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Title: The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
       The common English version, corrected by the final committee
       of the American Bible Union.

Author: Various

Editor: Committee of the American Bible Union

Release Date: August 19, 2008 [EBook #26361]

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THE

NEW TESTAMENT

OF OUR

LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.


THE COMMON ENGLISH VERSION, CORRECTED BY THE FINAL

COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.

Second Revision.


[_Willingham Memorial_.]

NEW YORK:

AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.

LONDON:

TRUBNER & CO., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW.

1866.

_2d Thousand_.]                             [_Brevier 18mo Edition_.



NOTE.

This Revised Testament has been prepared under the auspices of the
American Bible Union, by the most competent scholars of the day. No
expense has been spared to obtain the oldest translations of the
Bible, copies of the ancient manuscripts, and other facilities to make
the revision as perfect as possible.

The paragraph form has been adopted in preference to the division by
verse, which is a modern mode of division, never used in the ancient
scriptures. But, for convenience of reference, the numbers of the
verses are retained.

All quotations from the Old Testament are distinctly indicated, and
the poetic form is restored to those which appear as poetry in the
original.

The revisers have been guided in their labors by the following rules
prescribed by the Union:


RULES FOR THE REVISION OF THE ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT.

The received Greek text, critically edited, with known errors
corrected, must be followed.

The common English version must be the basis of revision, and only
such alterations must be made as the exact meaning of the text and the
existing state of the language may require.

The exact meaning of the inspired text, as that text expressed it to
those who understood the original Scriptures at the time they were
first written, must be given in corresponding words and phrases, so
far as they can be found in the English language, with the least
possible obscurity or indefiniteness.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by THE
AMERICAN BIBLE UNION, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of
the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Thomas Holman, Printer,
Corner of Centre and White Sts., New York.

Electrotyped by Smith & McDougal,
82 and 64 Beekman St., N. Y.



THE

NEW TESTAMENT


THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW.

I.

BOOK of the generation of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
(2)Abraham begot Isaac; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot Judah
and his brothers; (3)and Judah begot Pharez and Zarah, of Tamar; and
Pharez begot Hezron; and Hezron begot Ram; (4)and Ram begot Amminadab;
and Amminadab begot Nahshon; and Nahshon begot Salmon; (5)and Salmon
begot Boaz, of Rahab; and Boaz begot Obed, of Ruth; and Obed begot
Jesse; (6)and Jesse begot David the king; and David begot Solomon, of
the wife of Uriah; (7)and Solomon begot Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begot
Abijah; and Abijah begot Asa; (8)and Asa begot Jehoshaphat; and
Jehoshaphat begot Joram; and Joram begot Uzziah; (9)and Uzziah begot
Jotham; and Jotham begot Ahaz; and Ahaz begot Hezekiah; (10)and
Hezekiah begot Manasseh; and Manasseh begot Amon; and Amon begot
Josiah; (11)and Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of
the removal to Babylon. (12)And after the removal to Babylon, Jeconiah
begot Salathiel; and Salathiel begot Zerubbabel; (13)and Zerubbabel
begot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliakim; and Eliakim begot Azor; (14)and
Azor begot Zadock; and Zadock begot Achim; and Achim begot Eliud;
(15)and Eliud begot Eleazar; and Eleazar begot Matthan; and Matthan
begot Jacob; (16)and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom
was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

(17)All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are
fourteen generations; and from David unto the removal to Babylon,
fourteen generations; and from the removal to Babylon unto the Christ,
fourteen generations.

(18)Now the birth of Jesus Christ was after this manner. His mother
Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she
was found with child by the Holy Spirit. (19)And Joseph her husband,
being just, and not willing to expose her openly[1:19], desired to put
her away privately. (20)But while he thought on these things, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, son
of David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife; for that which is
begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. (21)And she shall bring forth a
son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people
from their sins.

(22)And all this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

    (23)Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
    And shall bring forth a son,
    And they shall call his name Immanuel;

which is interpreted[1:23], God with us.

(24)And Joseph, awaking from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord bade
him, and took to him his wife; (25)and he knew her not till she
brought forth a son[1:25]; and he called his name Jesus.



II.

AND Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem, (2)saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For
we saw his star in the east, and came to do him homage. (3)And the
king, Herod, hearing it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
(4)And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the
people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. (5)And
they said to him: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written by
the prophet:

    (6)And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah,
    Art by no means least among the princes of Judah;
    For out of thee shall come forth a Governor,
    Who shall rule my people Israel.

(7)Then Herod, having secretly called the wise men, inquired of them
exactly the time of the appearing of the star. (8)And he sent them to
Bethlehem, and said: Go and inquire strictly concerning the child; and
when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and
do him homage. (9)And they, having heard the king, departed; and lo,
the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came
and stood over where the child was. (10)And seeing the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. (11)And coming into the house, they
saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to
him; and opening their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold
and frankincense and myrrh. (12)And being warned by God in a dream,
not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by
another way.

(13)And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears
to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word; for
Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him. (14)And he arose and
took the child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,
(15)and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt
I called my son.

(16)Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, was
exceedingly enraged; and he sent forth, and slew all the male children
that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and
under, according to the time which he had exactly learned from the
wise men. (17)Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through
Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

    (18)A voice was heard in Ramah,
    Weeping, and great mourning[2:18];
    Rachel weeping for her children,
    And would not be comforted, because they are not.

(19)But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt, (20)saying: Arise, and take the child and
his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who
sought the child's life. (21)And he arose, and took the child and his
mother, and came into the land of Israel. (22)But hearing that
Archelaus reigned in Judaea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid
to go thither; and being warned by God in a dream, he retired into the
region of Galilee. (23)And he came and dwelt in a city called
Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the
prophets: He shall be called a Nazarene.



III.

IN those days comes John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea, (2)and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(3)For this is he that was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah,
saying:

    The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    Prepare the way of the Lord,
    Make straight his paths.

(4)And he, John, had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

(5)Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region
about the Jordan; (6)and they were immersed by him in the Jordan,
confessing their sins. (7)But seeing many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them: Brood of vipers,
who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? (8)Bring forth therefore
fruit worthy of repentance; (9)and think not to say within yourselves,
We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of
these stones to raise up children to Abraham. (10)And already the axe
is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not
forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. (11)I indeed
immerse you in water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is
mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will
immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; (12)whose fan is in his hand,
and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather
his wheat into the garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire
unquenchable.

(13)Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be
immersed by him. (14)But John sought to hinder him, saying: I have
need to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me? (15)And Jesus
answering said to him: Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to
fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. (16)And having been
immersed, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and lo, the
heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending,
as a dove, and coming upon him. (17)And lo, a voice out of heaven,
saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.



IV.

THEN Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted
by the Devil. (2)And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he
afterwards hungered. (3)And coming to him, the tempter said: If thou
art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.
(4)But he answering said: It is written, Man shall not live on bread
alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

(5)Then the Devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him on the
pinnacle of the temple, (6)and says to him: If thou art the Son of
God, cast thyself down; for it is written:

    He will give his angels command concerning thee;
    And on their hands they will bear thee up,
    Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

(7)Jesus said to him: Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God.

(8)Again the Devil takes him into an exceedingly high mountain, and
shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; (9)and
says to him: All these things I will give thee, if thou wilt fall down
and worship me. (10)Then Jesus says to him: Get thee hence, Satan; for
it is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve. (11)Then the Devil leaves him; and behold, angels came and
ministered to him.

(12)And hearing that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee.
(13)And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by
the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; (14)that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

    (15)The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali,
    By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles,
    (16)The people that sat in darkness, saw great light,
    And to those sitting in the region and shadow of death light
sprang up.

(17)From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. (18)And walking by the sea of Galilee,
he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. (19)And he says
to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. (20)And
they, immediately leaving the nets, followed him. (21)And going on
from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their
nets; and he called them. (22)And they, immediately leaving the ship
and their father, followed him.

(23)And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness
and every infirmity among the people. (24)And his fame went forth into
all Syria; and they brought to him all that were sick, taken with
divers diseases and torments, and possessed with demons, and lunatic,
and palsied; and he healed them. (25)And great multitudes followed him
from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and from
beyond the Jordan.



V.

AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and he having
sat down, his disciples came to him. (2)And he opened his mouth, and
taught them, saying:

(3)Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

(4)Happy they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

(5)Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the earth[5:5].

(6)Happy they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they
shall be filled.

(7)Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

(8)Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

(9)Happy the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God.

(10)Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.

(11)Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall
say all evil against you falsely[5:11], for my sake. (12)Rejoice, and
exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted
the prophets that were before you.

(13)Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become tasteless,
wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot by men.

(14)Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can
not be hid. (15)Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the bushel,
but on the lamp-stand; and it shines to all that are in the house.
(16)Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

(17)Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came
not to destroy, but to fulfill. (18)For verily I say to you, till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled. (19)Whoever therefore shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the
least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them,
he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

(20)For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that
of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven.

(21)Ye heard that it was said to those[5:21] of old: Thou shalt not
kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.
(22)But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother,
without cause[5:22a], shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever
shall say to his brother, Raca[5:22b]! shall be in danger of the
council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of
hell-fire. (23)Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and
there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; (24)leave
there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy
brother and then come and offer thy gift.

(25)Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with
him; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (26)Verily
I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the
uttermost farthing.

(27)Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. (28)But
I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her,
has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (29)And if thy
right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee;
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not
thy whole body be cast into hell. (30)And if thy right hand causes
thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable
for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be
cast into hell.

(31)And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her
a writing of divorcement. (32)But I say to you, that whoever shall put
away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit
adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.

(33)Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old[5:33]: Thou shalt
not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths. (34)But
I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's
throne; (35)nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by
Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. (36)Nor shalt thou
swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or
black. (37)But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is
more than these comes of evil.

(38)Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth. (39)But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever
shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
(40)And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let
him have thy cloak also. (41)And whoever shall compel thee to go one
mile, go with him two. (42)Give to him that asks of thee, and from him
that would borrow of thee turn not away.

(43)Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt
hate thine enemy. (44)But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray
for those who persecute you; (45)that ye may be sons of your Father
who is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the
good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. (46)For if ye love
those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the
same? (47)And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels?
Do not also the heathen thus? (48)Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father who is in heaven is perfect.



VI.

TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by
them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
(2)Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they
may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their
reward. (3)But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what
thy right hand does; (4)that thine aims may be in secret and thy
Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee.

(5)And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love
to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full
their reward. (6)But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy
Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

(7)But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for
they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (8)Be not
ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him. (9)Do ye, therefore, pray after this
manner:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

(10)Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the
earth.

(11)Give us this day our daily bread[6:11].

(12)And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors.

(13)And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil[6:13].

(14)For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you; (15)but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

(16)And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance;
for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast.
Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward. (17)But thou,
when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; (18)that thou
appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy
Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

(19)Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and
rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. (20)But lay
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. (21)For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

(22)The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single,
thy whole body will be light; (23)but if thine eye be evil, thy whole
body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness,
how great the darkness! (24)No man can serve two masters; for either
he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one and
despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.

(25)For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall
put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
(26)Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor
gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not
much better than they? (27)And which of you by taking thought can add
one cubit to his stature[6:27]? (28)And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil
not, nor spin; (29)and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these. (30)And if God so clothes the
grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the
oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith? (31)Take not
thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewith shall we be clothed? (32)For after all these do the
Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all
these. (33)But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these shall be added to you. (34)Take not thought, therefore,
for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself.
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.



VII.

JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. (2)For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you. (3)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
(4)Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from
thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye? (5)Hypocrite!
first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see
clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

(6)Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls
before the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and
rend you.

(7)Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened to you. (8)For every one that asks receives; and he
that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (9)Or
what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give
him a stone? (10)And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
(11)If ye 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? (12)Therefore all things whatever ye
would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is
the law and the prophets.

(13)Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and
broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in
thereat. (14)[7:14]Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way,
that leads to life, and few are they who find it.

(15)Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but
inwardly are ravening wolves.

(16)Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thorns, or figs from thistles? (17)So every good tree brings forth
good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. (18)A good
tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. (19)Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut
down, and cast into the fire. (20)So then, from their fruits ye shall
know them.

(21)Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. (22)Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name
do many miracles? (23)And then will I profess to them, I never knew
you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

(24)Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine[7:24], and
does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the
rock. (25)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds
blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been
founded on the rock. (26)And every one who hears these sayings of
mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built
his house on the sand. (27)And the rain descended, and the streams
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and
great was the fall of it.

(28)And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the
multitudes were astonished at his teaching. (29)For he taught them as
having authority, and not as the scribes.



VIII.

WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed
him. (2)And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying:
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. (3)And stretching forth his
hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And
immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (4)And Jesus says to him: See
thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the
gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

(5)And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion,
beseeching him, (6)and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied,
grievously tormented. (7)And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal
him. (8)The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that
thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my
servant will be healed. (9)For I am a man under authority, having
soldiers under me, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to
another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does
it. (10)And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed:
Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.
(11)And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and
will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the
kingdom of heaven; (12)but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out
into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing
of teeth! (13)And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou
didst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that
hour.

(14)And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law
lying, and sick with fever. (15)And he touched her hand, and the fever
left her; and she arose, and ministered to him. (16)When evening was
come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he
cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick;
(17)that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the
prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our
sicknesses.

(18)And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, commanded to depart
to the other side. (19)And a certain scribe came, and said to him:
Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20)And Jesus
says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but
the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (21)And another of
his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my
father. (22)But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury
their own dead.

(23)And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him.
(24)And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the
ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. (25)And the
disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish.
(26)And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then
rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
(27)And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that
even the winds and the sea obey him!

(28)And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the
Gadarenes[8:28], there met him two possessed with demons, coming out
of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass by
that way. (29)And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do
with thee, Son of God? Camest thou hither to torment us before the
time? (30)And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine
feeding. And the demons besought him, saying: (31)If thou cast us out,
send us away into the herd of swine. (32)And he said to them, Go. And
they, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole
herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.
(33)And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every
thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. (34)And,
behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they
besought that he would depart from their borders.



IX.

AND entering into the ship he passed over, and came to his own city.
(2)And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a
bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Child, be
of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven. (3)And, behold, certain of the
scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. (4)And Jesus
knowing their thoughts said: Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
(5)For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say:
Arise, and walk? (6)But that ye may know that the Son of man has power
on earth to forgive sins, (then says he to the palsied man) Arise,
take up thy bed, and go to thy house. (7)And rising up he departed to
his house. (8)And seeing it the multitudes feared, and glorified God,
who gave such power to men.

(9)And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting
at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And
he rose up and followed him. (10)And it came to pass that, as he
reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners
came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples. (11)And the
Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat
with the publicans and the sinners? (12)And Jesus hearing it, said:
They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (13)But
go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I
came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

(14)Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the
Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? (15)And Jesus said
to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn[9:15], so long as the
bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will
be taken from them, and then they will fast. (16)And no one puts a
piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up
takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. (17)Nor do they put
new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out,
and the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and
both are preserved together.

(18)While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a
ruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but
come and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. (19)And Jesus arose
and was following him, he and his disciples. (20)And behold, a woman,
having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the
fringe of his garment. (21)For she said within herself: If I only
touch his garment, I shall be made whole. (22)And Jesus, turning and
seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee
whole. (23)And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus,
coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the
crowd making a noise, (24)said: Give place; for the maiden is not
dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. (25)But when the
crowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the
maiden arose. (26)And this report went abroad into all that land.

(27)And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him,
crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. (28)And when he
had come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to
them: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yea,
Lord. (29)Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith
be it done to you. (30)And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly
charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. (31)But they,
going out, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

(32)And as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a man
dumb, possessed with a demon. (33)And the demon being cast out, the
dumb spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying: It was never so seen
in Israel. (34)But the Pharisees said: He casts out the demons through
the prince of the demons.

(35)And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and
healing every sickness and every infirmity. (36)And seeing the
multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were
harassed, and scattered[9:36], as sheep having no shepherd. (37)Then
he says to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the
laborers are few. (38)Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
will send forth laborers into his harvest.



X.

AND calling to him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over
unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness
and every infirmity.

(2)And the names of the twelve apostles are these; first Simon, who is
called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother; (3)Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the
publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus surnamed Thaddeus;
(4)Simon the Cananite[10:4], and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed
him.

(5)These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying: Go not
into the way to the Gentiles, and into a city of Samaritans enter not.
(6)But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7)And as
ye go, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (8)Heal the
sick, raise the dead[10:8], cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye
received, freely give. (9)Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in
your girdles; (10)nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals,
nor staff; for the laborer is worthy of his living. (11)And into
whatever city or village ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy;
and there abide till ye go thence. (12)But when ye come into the
house, salute it. (13)And if the house be worthy, let your peace come
upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
(14)And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye go
out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. (15)Verily
I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

(16)Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be
therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves. (17)But beware of
men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in
their synagogues; (18)and before governors also and kings will ye be
brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

(19)But when they deliver you up, take not thought how or what ye
shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall
speak. (20)For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father
that speaks in you.

(21)And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the
father the child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause
them to be put to death. (22)And ye will be hated by all, for my
name's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be
saved.

(23)But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other; for
verily I say to you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel,
till the Son of man come.

(24)A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
(25)It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the
servant as his lord: If they called the master of the house Beelzebul,
how much more those of his household!

(26)Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall
not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known. (27)What I say to
you in the darkness, that speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in
the ear, that proclaim upon the house-tops. (28)And be not afraid of
those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather
fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

(29)Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them shall not
fall on the ground without your Father. (30)But the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. (31)Fear not therefore; ye are of more value
than many sparrows.

(32)Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before men, him
will I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven. (33)But
whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my
Father who is in heaven.

(34)Think not that I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to
send peace, but a sword. (35)For I came to set a man at variance with
his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with her
mother-in-law; (36)and a man's foes will be they of his household.

(37)He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me;
and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
(38)And he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not
worthy of me. (39)He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that
loses his life for my sake shall find it.

(40)He that receives you receives me; and he that receives me receives
him who sent me. (41)He that receives a prophet in the name of a
prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a
righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous
man's reward. (42)And whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water
only to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, verily I
say to you, he shall not lose his reward.



XI.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus made an end of commanding his twelve
disciples, that he departed thence to teach and to preach in their
cities.

(2)And John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent
by his disciples, (3)and said to him: Art thou he that comes, or look
we for another?

(4)And Jesus answering said to them: Go and report to John what ye
hear and see. (5)The blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are
cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor good
tidings are published. (6)And happy is he, whoever shall not be
offended at me.

(7)And as these were departing, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? A
reed shaken by the wind?

(8)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold,
they who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.

(9)But what went ye out to see? A prophet[11:9]? Yea, I say to you,
and more than a prophet. (10)For this is he of whom it is written:

    Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face,
    Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

(11)Verily I say to you, among those born of women, there has not
risen a greater than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the
kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

(12)And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of
heaven suffers violence, and the violent seize upon it. (13)For all
the prophets and the law prophesied until John. (14)And if ye are
willing to receive it, he is the Elijah that should come. (15)He that
has ears to hear, let him hear.

(16)But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children
sitting in the markets, who call to their fellows, (17)and say: We
piped to you, and ye danced not; we sang the lament, and ye did not
beat the breast. (18)For John came neither eating nor drinking, and
they say: He has a demon. (19)The Son of man came eating and drinking,
and they say: Behold a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of
publicans and sinners. But wisdom was justified on the part of her
children.

(20)Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his miracles
were done, because they repented not. (21)Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe
to thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles, that were done in you, had
been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes. (22)But I say to you, it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

(23)And thou, Capernaum, [11:23a]that wast exalted to heaven, shalt go
down to the underworld[11:23b]. For if the miracles, that were done in
thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
(24)But I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

(25)At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise
and discerning, and reveal them to babes; (26)yea, O Father, that so
it seemed good in thy sight! (27)All things were delivered to me by my
Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; nor does any one know
the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal
him.

(28)Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will
give you rest. (29)Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.
(30)For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.



XII.

AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and
his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears of grain, and to
eat. (2)And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples
are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. (3)And he
said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered,
himself and those with him; (4)how he entered into the house of God,
and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor
for those with him, but for the priests alone? (5)Or have ye not read
in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the
sabbath, and are blameless? (6)But I say to you, that a greater than
the temple is here. (7)But if ye had known what this means, I desire
mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless.
(8)For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

(9)And departing from thence, he went into their synagogue. (10)And
behold, there was a man, having his hand withered. And they asked him,
saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse
him. (11)And he said to them: What man will there be of you, that
shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will
not lay hold of it, and raise it up? (12)How much better then is a man
than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. (13)Then
he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth;
and it was restored whole, as the other.

(14)And the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they
might destroy him. (15)But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew from thence;
and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. (16)And he
charged them that they should not make him known; (17)that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

    (18)Behold my servant, whom I chose,
    My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased.
    I will put my spirit upon him,
    And he will declare judgment to the Gentiles.
    (19)He will not strive, nor cry;
    Nor will any one hear his voice in the streets.
    (20)A bruised reed he will not break,
    And smoking flax he will not quench,
    Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
    (21)And in his name will Gentiles hope.

(22)Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind, and
dumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both[12:22] spoke
and saw. (23)And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is this the
Son of David? (24)But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not
cast out the demons, except through Beelzebul, prince of the demons.
(25)And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation; and any city or house
divided against itself shall not stand. (26)And if Satan cast out
Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom
stand? (27)And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through
whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
(28)But if I through the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then is
the kingdom of God come near to you. (29)Or how can any one enter into
a strong man's house, and seize upon his goods, except he first bind
the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

(30)He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with
me scatters abroad.

(31)Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven
to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
(32)And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be
forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not
be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

(33)Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree
corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from the fruit the tree is known.

(34)Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (35)The good man
out of the good treasure sends forth good things; and the evil man out
of the evil treasure sends forth evil things. (36)But I say to you,
that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment. (37)For from thy words thou shalt be
justified, and from thy words thou shalt be condemned.

(38)Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him
saying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. (39)But he
answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after
a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the
prophet. (40)For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly
of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth. (41)Men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment
with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at
the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
(42)A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it; for she came from the utmost parts of
the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.

(43)But when the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes
through dry places seeking rest, and finds it not. (44)Then he says, I
will return into my house from whence I came out and coming he finds
it empty, swept, and set in order. (45)Then he goes, and takes with
him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in
and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the
first. So shall it be also with this wicked generation.

(46)While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother
and his brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to him.
(47)And one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers are
standing without, seeking to speak to thee. (48)But he answering said
to him that told him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
(49)And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, he said:
Behold my mother and my brothers! (50)For whoever shall do the will of
my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.



XIII.

AND on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side.
(2)And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went
into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
(3)And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying:

(4)Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by
the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them. (5)And others fell
on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they
sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. (6)And when the sun
was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they
withered away. (7)And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came
up, and choked them. (8)And others fell on the good ground, and
yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (9)He that
has ears to hear, let him hear[13:9].

(10)And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to
them in parables? (11)And he answering said to them: To you it is
given[13:11] to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to
them it is not given. (12)For whoever has, to him shall be given, and
he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall
be taken from him. (13)Therefore I speak to them in parables; because
seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.
(14)And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says:

    With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand;
    And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.
    (15)For the heart of this people is become gross,
    And their ears are dull of hearing,
    And their eyes they have closed;
    Lest haply they see with their eyes,
    And hear with their ears,
    And understand with their heart,
    And turn, and I shall heal them.

(16)But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because
they hear. (17)For verily I say to you, that many prophets and
righteous men desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see,
and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear.

(18)Hear therefore the parable of the sower. (19)When any one hears
the word of the kingdom, and understands not, then comes the evil one
and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was
sown by the way-side.

(20)And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word,
and immediately with joy receives it; (21)and has not root in himself,
but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises
because of the word, immediately he is offended.

(22)And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word,
and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the
word, and it becomes unfruitful. (23)And that sown on the good ground,
this is he that hears the word and understands; who bears fruit, and
produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

(24)Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of
heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. (25)But
while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat, and
went away. (26)And when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then
appeared the darnel also. (27)And the servants of the householder came
and said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From
whence then has it darnel? (28)He said to them: An enemy did this. The
servants said to him: Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
(29)He said: Nay, lest while ye gather up the darnel, ye root up the
wheat with them. (30)Let both grow together until the harvest. And in
time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the darnel,
and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my
barn.

(31)Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of
heaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in
his field. (32)Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is
grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the
birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

(33)Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to
leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the
whole was leavened.

(34)All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables; and
without a parable he spoke nothing to them; (35)that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying:

    I will open my mouth in parables;
    I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

(36)Then having sent away the multitudes[13:36], he went into the
house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the
parable of the darnel of the field. (37)And answering he said to them:

He that sows the good seed is the Son of man. (38)The field is the
world. The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the
darnel are the sons of the evil one, (39)and the enemy that sowed them
is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are
angels. (40)As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned
with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world. (41)The Son of man
will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom
all the causes of offense, and those who do iniquity, (42)and will
cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the
gnashing of teeth! (43)Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him
hear[13:43].

(44)Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the
field, which a man found and concealed; and for joy thereof[13:44], he
goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

(45)Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking goodly
pearls; (46)and having found one pearl of great price, he went and
sold all that he had, and bought it.

(47)Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, cast into the sea,
and gathering together of every kind. (48)Which, when it was filled,
they drew up upon the beach, and sat down and gathered the good into
vessels, but cast the bad away. (49)So will it be in the end of the
world. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from
among the just, (50)and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there
will be the wailing, and the gnashing of teeth!

(51)Did ye understand all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
(52)And he said to them: Therefore every scribe, instructed in the
kingdom of heaven, is like to a householder, who brings forth out of
his treasure new and old.

(53)And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, that he
departed thence. (54)And coming into his own country, he taught them
in their synagogue; so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has
this man this wisdom, and the miracles? Is not this the carpenter's
son? (55)Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and
Joseph[13:55], and Simon, and Judas? (56)And his sisters, are they not
all with us? Whence then has this man all these things? (57)And they
were offended at him. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without
honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.

(58)And he did not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.



XIV.

AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus. (2)And he
said to his servants: This is John the Immerser; he is risen from the
dead, and therefore do these powers[14:2] work in him.

(3)For Herod laid hold of John, and bound him and put him in prison,
for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother. (4)For John
said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her. (5)And though
desiring to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they
held him as a prophet. (6)But when Herod's birthday was kept, the
daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
(7)Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatever she should
ask. (8)And she, being urged on by her mother, says: Give me here, on
a platter, the head of John the Immerser. (9)And the king was sorry;
but for the sake of the oath, and of those who reclined at table with
him, he commanded it to be given. (10)And he sent, and beheaded John
in the prison. (11)And his head was brought on a platter, and was
given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother. (12)And his
disciples came and took up the body, and buried it; and they went and
reported it to Jesus.

(13)And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence by ship, into a
desert place apart. And the multitudes hearing of it, followed him on
foot from the cities. (14)And going forth he saw a great multitude,
and had compassion on them, and he healed their sick.

(15)And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: The
place is desert, and the time is already passed away; dismiss the
multitudes, that they may go away into the villages, and buy
themselves victuals. (16)But Jesus said to them: They need not go
away; give ye them to eat. (17)And they say to him: We have here but
five loaves, and two fishes. (18)He said: Bring them hither to me.
(19)And he commanded that the multitudes should lie down on the grass,
and took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven
he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the
disciples to the multitudes. (20)And they all ate, and were filled;
and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
(21)And they who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and
children.

(22)And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the
ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the
multitudes.

(23)And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up into the mountain
apart to pray; and when evening was come, he was there alone. (24)But
the ship was already in the midst of the sea, vexed by the waves; for
the wind was contrary. (25)And in the fourth watch of the night he
went to them, walking on the sea. (26)And the disciples, seeing him
walking on the sea, were troubled, saying: It is a spectre. And they
cried out for fear. (27)But straightway Jesus spoke to them, saying:
Be of good cheer; it is I, be not afraid. (28)And Peter answering him
said: Lord, if it is thou, bid me come to thee on the water. (29)And
he said: Come. And coming down from the ship, Peter walked on the
water, to go to Jesus. (30)But seeing the wind boisterous, he was
afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.
(31)And immediately Jesus, stretching forth his hand, took hold of
him, and said to him: Thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?

(32)And when they had entered into the ship, the wind ceased. (33)And
those in the ship came and worshiped him[14:33], saying: Of a truth,
thou art the Son of God.

(34)And passing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. (35)And
the men of that place, knowing him, sent out into all that country
round, and brought to him all that were diseased (36)and besought him
that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as
touched were made whole.



XV.

THEN there come to Jesus the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem,
saying: (2)Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3)And he
answering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of
God, for the sake of your tradition? (4)For God commanded,
saying[15:4]: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father
or mother, let him surely die. (5)But ye say: Whoever says to his
father or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited
with from me, (6)shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made
the word of God[15:6] of no effect, for the sake of your tradition.

(7)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying:

    (8)This people honor me with their lips,
    But their heart is far from me.
    (9)But in vain they worship me,
    Teaching as doctrines commandments of men.

(10)And calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hear, and
understand: (11)Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man;
but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

(12)Then came to him his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou that
the Pharisees, when they heard the saying, were offended? (13)And he
answering said: Every plant, which my heavenly Father planted not,
shall be rooted up. (14)Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the
blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.

(15)And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable.
(16)And he said: Are ye also even yet without understanding? (17)Do ye
not yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the
belly, and is cast out into the drain? (18)But the things that proceed
out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
(19)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies. (20)These are
the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles
not the man.

(21)And Jesus, going forth from thence, withdrew into the region of
Tyre and Sidon. (22)And behold, a woman of Canaan, coming out from
those borders, cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of
David; my daughter is grievously possessed with a demon. (23)But he
answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him,
saying: Dismiss her; because she cries after us. (24)But he answering
said: I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
(25)But she came and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, help me. (26)But
he answering said: It is not good to take the children's bread, and
cast it to the dogs. (27)And she said: Yea, Lord; for the dogs also
eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table. (28)Then Jesus
answering said to her: O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee
as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

(29)And departing from thence, Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee;
and going up into the mountain, he sat down there. (30)And great
multitudes came to him, having with them lame, blind dumb, maimed, and
many others, and laid them down at his feet, and he healed them;
(31)so that the multitudes wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking,
the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they
glorified the God of Israel.

(32)And Jesus, having called to him his disciples, said: I have
compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three
days, and have nothing to eat; and I will not dismiss them fasting,
lest they faint in the way. (33)And his disciples say to him: Whence
should we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to fill so great a
multitude? (34)And Jesus says to them: How many loaves have ye? And
they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. (35)And he commanded the
multitudes to lie down on the ground. (36)And he took the seven loaves
and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples,
and the disciples to the multitude. (37)And they all ate, and were
filled. And they took up of the fragments that remained seven baskets
full. (38)And they who ate were four thousand men, besides women and
children. (39)And dismissing the multitudes, he entered into the ship,
and came into the borders of Magdala.



XVI.

AND the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and tempting desired him
to show them a sign from heaven. (2)And he answering said to them:
When it is evening, ye say: Fair weather! for the sky is red. (3)And
in the morning: A storm to-day! for the sky is red and lowering. Ye
know how to discern the face of the sky, but can ye not the signs of
the times?

(4)An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign
shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and
departed.

(5)And coming to the other side, his disciples forgot to take bread.
(6)And Jesus said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and Sadducees. (7)And they reasoned among themselves,
saying: Because we took no bread! (8)And Jesus knowing it said: Ye of
little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye took no
bread? (9)Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of
the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (10)Nor the seven
loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (11)How
is it that ye do not understand, that I spoke not to you of bread?
But, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees! (12)Then
they understood, that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of
bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

(13)And having come into the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked
his disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of man is[16:13]?
(14)And they said: Some, John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and
others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

(15)He says to them: But who do ye say that I am? (16)And Simon Peter
answering said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
(17)And Jesus answering said to him: Happy art thou, Simon
Bar-jonah[16:17]; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but
my Father who is in heaven. (18)And I also say to thee, that thou art
Peter[16:18a], and upon this rock I will build my church[16:18b]; and
the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it. (19)And I
will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever thou shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

(20)Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no one that
he is the Christ.

(21)From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must
go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.

(22)And Peter taking him aside began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far
from thee, Lord; this shall not be to thee. (23)But he turned and said
to Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan[16:23]; thou art an offense to me;
for thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.

(24)Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (25)For
whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his
life for my sake, shall find it. (26)For what is a man profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man
give as an exchange[16:26] for his soul? (27)For the Son of man will
come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will
reward each one according to his works.

(28)Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who
shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.



XVII.

AND after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John his
brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart. (2)And he was
transfigured before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his
garments became white as the light. (3)And behold, there appeared to
them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. (4)And Peter answering said
to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou wilt, let us
make here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
Elijah. (5)While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them. And behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (6)And the
disciples, hearing it, fell on their face, and were exceedingly
afraid. (7)And Jesus coming to them touched them, and said: Arise, and
be not afraid. (8)And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one save
Jesus only.

(9)And as they came down out of the mountain, Jesus charged them,
saying: Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is risen from the
dead.

(10)And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then say the scribes that
Elijah must first come? (11)And he answering said: Elijah indeed
comes, and will restore all things. (12)But I say to you, that Elijah
is already come, and they knew him not, but did with him whatever they
would. So also is the Son of man about to suffer by them.

(13)Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the
Immerser.

(14)And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man,
kneeling down to him, and saying: (15)Lord, have mercy on my son; for
he is lunatic, and is sorely afflicted; for ofttimes he falls into the
fire, and oft into the water. (16)And I brought him to thy disciples,
and they could not cure him. (17)And Jesus answering said: O faithless
and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall
I bear with you? Bring him hither to me. (18)And Jesus rebuked him;
and the demon went out from him, and the child was cured from that
hour.

(19)Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said: Why could not we
cast him out? (20)And he said to them: Because of your want of faith.
For verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye
shall say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall
remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. (21)But this kind goes
not forth, except by prayer and fasting.

(22)And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of
man is about to be delivered into the hands of men (23)and they will
put him to death, and he will rise on the third day. And they were
exceedingly sorrowful.

(24)And they having come to Capernaum, those who received the
half-shekel came to Peter, and said: Does not your teacher pay the
half-shekel[17:24]? (25)He says, Yes. And when he came into the house,
Jesus anticipated him, saying: What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do
the kings of the earth take customs, or tribute? Of their sons, or of
strangers? (26)He says to him: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then
are the sons free. (27)But that we may not offend them, go to the sea
and cast a hook, and take the fish that first comes up; and opening
its mouth thou wilt find a shekel; that take, and give to them for me
and thee.



XVIII.

AT that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven?

(2)And Jesus, calling a little child to him, placed it in the midst of
them, (3)and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not turn and become
as the little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
(4)Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (5)And whoever shall receive
one such little child, in my name, receives me. (6)But whoever shall
cause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it were
better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and
he were plunged in the depth of the sea.

(7)Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it must needs be that
causes of offense come; but woe to that man, through whom the cause of
offense comes! (8)But if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to offend,
cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into
life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into
the everlasting fire. (9)And if thine eye causes thee to offend, pluck
it out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life
with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.

(10)Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say
to you, that their angels in heaven always behold the face of my
Father who is in heaven. (11)For the Son of man came to save that
which was lost.

(12)What think ye? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is
gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains,
and go and seek that which is gone astray? (13)And if it be that he
find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the
ninety and nine that went not astray. (14)So it is not the will of
your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

(15)But if thy brother shall sin against thee, go show him his fault
between thee and him alone, If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained
thy brother. (16)But if he hear not, take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established. (17)And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the
church; and if he neglect to hear the church also, let him be to thee
as a heathen and a publican. (18)Verily I say to you: Whatever ye
shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever ye shall
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

(19)Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth,
concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by
my Father who is in heaven. (20)For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

(21)Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? (22)Jesus says
to him: I say not to thee, until seven times, but until seventy times
seven.

(23)Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who
desired to make a reckoning with his servants. (24)And when he had
begun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand
talents[18:24]. (25)But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded
him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and
payment to be made. (26)The servant therefore, falling, prostrated
himself before him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee
all. (27)And the lord of that servant, moved with compassion, released
him, and forgave him the debt. (28)But that servant went out, and
found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred
denaries[18:28]; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat,
saying: Pay me that thou owest. (29)Therefore his fellow-servant fell
down and besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay
thee. (30)And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he
should pay the debt. (31)And his fellow-servants, seeing what was
done, were very sorry, and came and disclosed to their lord all that
was done. (32)Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou
wicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest
me. (33)Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant,
as I too had pity on thee? (34)And his lord was angry, and delivered
him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.
(35)So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts
forgive not every one his brother.



XIX.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus finished these sayings, that he
departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the
Jordan. (2)And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them
there.

(3)And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying: Is it
lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

(4)And he answering said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made
them[19:4] from the beginning made them male and female, (5)and said:
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave
to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. (6)So that they are no
longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God joined together, let not
man put asunder.

(7)They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a writing of
divorcement, and to put her away? (8)He says to them: Moses, for your
hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the
beginning it was not so. (9)And I say to you, that whoever shall put
away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another,
commits adultery; and whoever marries her when put away, commits
adultery.

(10)His disciples say to him: If the case of the man with the woman is
so, it is not good to marry. (11)But he said to them: Not all can
receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. (12)For there are
eunuchs, who were so born from the mother's womb; and there are
eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who made
themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is
able to receive it, let him receive it.

(13)Then were brought to him little children, that he might put his
hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. (14)But Jesus
said: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me;
for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. (15)And he laid his hands
on them, and departed thence.

(16)And, behold, one came to him and said: Teacher, what good shall I
do, that I may have eternal life? (17)And, he said to him: Why dost
thou ask me concerning good? One is the Good. But if thou desirest to
enter into life, keep the commandments. (18)He says to him, Which?
Jesus said: Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou
shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness; (19)Honor thy
father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
(20)The young man says to him: All these I kept; what do I yet lack?
(21)Jesus said to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven; and come, follow me. (22)But when the young man heard this
saying, he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

(23)And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, that a rich
man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. (24)And again I say
to you: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (25)And the
disciples, hearing it, were exceedingly amazed, saying: Who then can
be saved? (26)But Jesus, looking on them, said to them: With men this
is impossible; but with God all things are possible. (27)Then Peter
answering said to him: Behold, we forsook all, and followed thee; what
then shall we have? (28)And Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you,
that ye who followed me, in the renovation, when the Son of man shall
sit on his throne of glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel. (29)And every one who forsook houses, or
brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my name's sake, shall receive manifold more, and shall
inherit everlasting life. (30)But many first will be last, and last
first.



XX.

FOR the kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early
in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. (2)And having
agreed with the laborers for a denary[20:2] a day, he sent them into
his vineyard.

(3)And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle
in the market-place. (4)And to them he said: Go ye also into the
vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their
way.

(5)Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

(6)And about the eleventh he went out, and found others standing, and
says to them: Why stand ye here all the day idle? (7)They say to him:
Because no one hired us. He says to them: Go ye also into the
vineyard.

(8)And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his
steward: Call the laborers, and pay them the hire, beginning from the
last, unto the first. (9)And they of the eleventh hour came, and
received every man a denary. (10)But when the first came, they
supposed that they should receive more; and they also received each
one a denary. (11)And on receiving it, they murmured against the
householder, (12)saying: These last labored one hour, and thou madest
them equal to us, who bore the burden of the day, and the burning
heat.

(13)But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong.
Didst thou not agree with me for a denary? (14)Take what is thine, and
go. But I will give to this last, even as to thee. (15)Is it not
lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil,
because I am good?

(16)So will the last be first, and the first last; for many are
called, but few are chosen.

(17)And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart;
and in the way he said to them: (18)Behold, we are going up to
Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests
and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, (19)and will deliver
him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify; and on the third
day he will rise again.

(20)Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons,
bowing down and asking a certain thing of him. (21)And he said to her:
What wilt thou? She says to him: Command that these my two sons shall
sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.
(22)But Jesus answering said: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to
drink of the cup that I shall drink of? They say to him: We are able.
(23)And he says to them: Ye shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit
on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but is for them
for whom it has been prepared by my Father. (24)And the ten, hearing
it, were much displeased with the two brothers. (25)But Jesus, having
called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles
exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise
authority over them. (26)Not so shall it be among you; (27)but whoever
would become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever
would be first among you, let him be your servant; (28)even as the Son
of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his
life a ransom for many.

(29)And as they were going forth from Jericho, a great multitude
followed him. (30)And behold, two blind men sitting by the way-side,
hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried, saying: Have mercy on us, O
Lord, Son of David. (31)And the multitude rebuked them, that they
should hold their peace. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy
on us, O Lord, Son of David. (32)And Jesus stood still, and called
them, and said: What will ye that I shall do to you? (33)They say to
him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. (34)And Jesus, moved with
compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received
sight; and they followed him.



XXI.

AND when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the
mount of the Olives, Jesus sent forth two disciples, (2)saying to
them: Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will
find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me.
(3)And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say: The Lord has need of
them; and straightway he will send them.

(4)Now all this has been done, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through the prophet, saying:

    (5)Say to the daughter of Zion,
    Behold, thy King comes to thee,
    Meek, and mounted upon an ass,
    And upon a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.

(6)And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them,
(7)brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and
he sat thereon. (8)And most of the multitude spread their own garments
in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed
in the way. (9)And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
cried, saying: Hosanna[21:9] to the Son of David; Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (10)And as he
entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying: Who is this?
(11)And the multitudes said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth
of Galilee.

(12)And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that
sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the
money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves. (13)And he says
to them: It is written,

    My house shall be called a house of prayer;
    But ye make it a den of robbers.

(14)And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he
healed them. (15)But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the
wonders that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased, (16)and
said to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them:
Yea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou
preparedst praise?

(17)And leaving them, he went forth out of the city into Bethany, and
lodged there.

(18)And in the morning, as he was returning into the city, he
hungered. (19)And seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and
found nothing thereon but leaves only. And he says to it: Let there be
no fruit from thee henceforward, forever. And immediately the fig-tree
withered away. (20)And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How
did the fig-tree immediately wither away? (21)And Jesus answering said
to them: Verily I say to you, if ye have faith, and do not doubt, not
only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye say to
this mountain, be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be
done. (22)And all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye
shall receive.

(23)And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what
authority doest thou these things; and who gave thee this authority?
(24)And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing,
which if ye tell me, I too will tell you by what authority I do these
things. (25)John's immersion, whence was it? From heaven, or from men?
And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he
will say to us: Why then did ye not believe him? (26)But if we say,
From men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.
(27)And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And he said to
them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

(28)But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first,
and said: Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. (29)And he answering
said: I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. (30)And he came
to the other[21:30], and said likewise. And he answering said: I will,
sir; and went not. (31)Which of the two did the father's will? They
say to him: The first[21:31]. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you,
that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before
you. (32)For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did
not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and
ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe
him.

(33)Hear another parable. There was a householder, who planted a
vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and
built a tower, and let it out to husband-men, and went abroad. (34)And
when the season of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, to receive his fruits. (35)And the husbandmen taking his
servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. (36)Again
he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did to them
likewise. (37)And afterward he sent to them his son, saying: They will
reverence my son. (38)But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among
themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his
inheritance. (39)And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard,
and killed him. (40)When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes,
what will he do to those husbandmen? (41)They say to him: He will
miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the vineyard to
other husbandmen, who will deliver over to him the fruits in their
seasons. (42)Jesus says to them: Did ye never read in the Scriptures:

    The stone which the builders disallowed,
    The same is become the head of the corner;
    This is from the Lord,
    And is wonderful in our eyes.

(43)Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken
from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
(44)And he that falls upon this stone will be broken; but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

(45)And the chief priests and Pharisees, hearing his parables, knew
that he spoke of them. (46)And they sought to lay hold of him, but
feared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.



XXII.

AND Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying:

(2)The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a
marriage for his son. (3)And he sent forth his servants to call those
who were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. (4)Again he
sent forth other servants, saying: Tell those who are bidden, Behold,
I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all
things are ready; come to the marriage. (5)But they made light of it,
and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. (6)And the
rest laid hold of his servants, and ill-treated and slew them. (7)And
the king, hearing it, was angry; and sending forth his armies, he
destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. (8)Then he says
to his servants: The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were
not worthy. (9)Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye
find, bid to the marriage. (10)And those servants went out into the
highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad
and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests.

(11)And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man not
clothed with a wedding garment; (12)and he says to him: Friend, how
camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was
speechless. (13)Then the king said to the attendants: Bind him hand
and foot, and cast him forth into the outer darkness. There will be
the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! (14)For many are called, but
few are chosen.

(15)Then the Pharisees went and took counsel, how they might ensnare
him with a word[22:15]. (16)And they send out to him their disciples,
with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and
teachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any one, for
thou regardest not the person of men. (17)Tell us, therefore, what
thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? (18)But
Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites!
(19)Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a
denary[22:19]. (20)And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the
inscription? (21)They say to him: Caesar's. Then says he to them;
Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God
the things that are God's. (22)And hearing it they wondered, and left
him and went away.

(23)On that day came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no
resurrection, and asked him, (24)saying: Teacher, Moses said, If any
one die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and
raise up seed to his brother. (25)Now there were with us seven
brothers; and the first married and died, and having no seed left his
wife to his brother. (26)Likewise the second also, and the third, unto
the seventh. (27)And last of all the woman died also. (28)In the
resurrection therefore, of which of the seven shall she be wife? For
they all had her.

(29)Jesus answering said to them: Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures,
nor the power of God. (30)For in the resurrection they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
(31)But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that
which was spoken to you by God, saying: (32)I am the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the
dead, but of the living. (33)And the multitudes, hearing it, were
astonished at his teaching.

(34)And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to
silence, collected together; (35)and one of them, a lawyer, asked,
tempting him and saying: (36)Teacher, what commandment is great in the
law? (37)Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38)This is
the great and first commandment. (39)And the second is like to it:
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. (40)On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

(41)While the Pharisees were collected together, Jesus asked them,
(42)saying: What think ye concerning the Christ? Of whom is he the
son? They say to him: Of David. (43)He says to them: How then does
David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying:

    (44)The Lord said to my Lord,
    Sit on my right hand,
    Till I put thine enemies under thy feet.

(45)If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? (46)And no one
was able to answer him a word; nor durst any one from that day
question him any more.



XXIII.

THEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples, (2)saying:
The scribes and the Pharisees sat down in Moses' seat. (3)All,
therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according
to their works, for they say and do not. (4)For they bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but
will not move them with their finger. (5)But all their works they do
to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the
fringes; (6)and love the first place at feasts, and the first seats in
the synagogues, (7)and the greetings in the markets, and to be called
by men, Rabbi, Rabbi[23:7]. (8)But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is
your Teacher, and all ye are brethren. (9)And call not any your father
on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. (10)Neither
be called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ. (11)But the
greatest of you shall be your servant. (12)And whoever shall exalt
himself shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be
exalted.

(13)But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut
up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in, nor suffer
those who are entering to go in[23:13]:

(15)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye traverse
sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more a child of hell than yourselves.

(16)Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the
temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the
temple, he is bound. (17)Fools and blind; for which is greater, the
gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? (18)And, Whoever shall
swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift
that is upon it, he is bound. (19)Fools and blind; for which is
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

(20)He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all
things thereon. (21)And he that swears by the temple, swears by it,
and by him who dwells therein. (22)And he that swears by heaven,
swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon.

(23)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay
tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the
weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these
ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

(24)Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

(25)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse
the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of
rapacity and excess. (26)Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of
the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean.

(27)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like
to whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but
within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. (28)So
also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

(29)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build
the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
and say: (30)If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not
have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. (31)So
that ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of those who killed
the prophets; (32)and fill ye up the measure of your fathers!

(33)Serpents! Brood of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of hell?

(34)Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them
ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
(35)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,
from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of
Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36)Verily I
say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

(37)Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those
sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as
a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
(38)Behold, your house is left to you desolate. (39)For I say to you,
ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say: Blessed is he that
comes in the name of the Lord.



XXIV.

AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple; and his disciples
came to him, to show him the buildings of the temple. (2)And he
answering said to them: See ye not all these things? Verily I say to
you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall
not be thrown down.

(3)And as he sat on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came to him
privately, saying: Tell us, when will these things be, and what is the
sign of thy coming and of the end of the world? (4)And Jesus answering
said to them: Take heed, lest any one lead you astray. (5)For many
will come in my name, saying: I am the Christ; and will lead astray
many. (6)And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars. Take heed, be
not troubled; for all must come to pass[24:6]; but not yet is the end!
(7)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places. (8)But all these are the beginning of sorrows. (9)Then will
they deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be
hated by all nations for my name's sake. (10)And then will many be
offended, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
(11)And many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
(12)And because iniquity abounds, the love of the many will become
cold. (13)But he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.
(14)And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end.

(15)When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of
through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that
reads mark!) (16)then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains; he
that is upon the house, (17)let him not come down to take the things
out of his house; (18)and he that is in the field, let him not turn
back to take his garments. (19)But woe to those who are with child,
and to those who give suck in those days! (20)And pray that your
flight be not in winter, nor on a sabbath. (21)For then will be great
affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until
now, no nor shall be. (22)And unless those days were shortened, no
flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the chosen, those days shall
be shortened. (23)Then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ,
or, Here, believe it not. (24)For there will arise false Christs, and
false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so as, if
possible, to lead even the chosen astray. (25)Behold, I have told you
before.

(26)If therefore they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go not
forth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not. (27)For
as the lightning comes forth from the east, and shines even unto the
west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. (28)For wherever the
carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

(29)And immediately, after the affliction of those days, the sun shall
be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars
shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
(30)And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and
then shall all the tribes of the earth[24:30] mourn, and shall see the
Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

(31)And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from
one end of heaven to the other.

(32)And learn the parable from the fig-tree: When its branch is
already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that the summer
is near. (33)So also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is
near, at the doors.

(34)Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass, till all
these things are done. (35)Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my
words shall not pass away.

(36)But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of
heaven, but my Father only. (37)But as the days of Noah, so shall be
also the coming of the Son of man. (38)For as they were in the days
before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, (39)and knew
not until the flood came, and took all away; so shall be also the
coming of the Son of man. (40)Then shall there be two men in the
field, one is taken, and one is left; (41)two women grinding at the
mill, one is taken, and one is left.

(42)Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day[24:42] your Lord
comes. (43)But know this, that if the master of the house had known in
what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not
have suffered his house to be broken through. (44)Therefore be ye also
ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes.

(45)Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord set over
his household, to give them their food in due season? (46)Happy that
servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing! (47)Verily I
say to you, that he will set him over all his goods. (48)But if that
evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming;
(49)and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and
drink with the drunken; (50)the lord of that servant will come in a
day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware;
(51)and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the
hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!



XXV.

THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took
their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. (2)And five of them
were wise, and five foolish. (3)The foolish, taking their lamps, took
no oil with them; (4)but the wise took oil in their vessels with their
lamps. (5)While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
(6)And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to
meet him. (7)Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
(8)And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our
lamps are going out. (9)But the wise answered, saying: Not so; there
will not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell, and
buy for yourselves. (10)And while they went to buy, the bridegroom
came; and they who were ready went in with him to the marriage; and
the door was shut. (11)And afterward come also the rest of the
virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. (12)But he answering said:
Verily I say to you, I know you not.

(13)Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!

(14)For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered
to them his goods; (15)and to one gave five talents, to another two,
and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and
straightway went abroad. (16)And he that received the five talents
went and traded with them, and gained other five talents. (17)Likewise
also he that received the two gained other two. (18)But he that
received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's
money. (19)After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and
reckons with them. (20)And he that received the five talents came and
brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five
talents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them. (21)His lord
said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful
over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of
thy lord. (22)And he also that received the two talents came and said:
Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two
talents beside them. (23)His lord said to him: Well done, good and
faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee
over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (24)And he also that
received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art
a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou
strewedst not. (25)And fearing, I went and hid thy talent in the
earth. Lo, thou hast thine own. (26)And his lord answering said to
him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest that I reap where I did
not sow, and gather where I strewed not? (27)Thou oughtest therefore
to have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have
received my own with interest. (28)Take therefore the talent from him,
and give to him that has the ten talents. (29)For to every one that
has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has
not, even what he has shall be taken away. (30)And cast forth the
unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the
weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

(31)And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the
angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory. (32)And
before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them
one from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.
(33)And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left.

(34)Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world. (35)For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in,
(36)naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in
prison, and ye came to me.

(37)Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee
hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? (38)And when
saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee?
(39)And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? (40)And
the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as
ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

(41)Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me,
accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his
angels. (42)For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was
thirsty, and ye did not give me drink; (43)I was a stranger, and ye
did not take me in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; sick, and in
prison, and ye did not visit me.

(44)Then will they also answer, saying: Lord, when saw we thee
hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister to thee? (45)Then will he answer them,
saying: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the
least of these, ye did it not to me.

(46)And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the
righteous into everlasting life.



XXVI.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these sayings, he said to
his disciples: (2)Ye know that after two days comes the passover, and
the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

(3)Then assembled together the chief priests, and the elders of the
people, in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
(4)and consulted together that they might take Jesus by craft, and put
him to death. (5)But they said: Not at the feast, that there may not
be a tumult among the people.

(6)And Jesus being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
(7)there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious
ointment, and poured it on his head as he reclined at table. (8)And
his disciples seeing it were displeased, saying: To what purpose is
this waste? (9)For this might have been sold for much, and given to
the poor. (10)And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why trouble ye the
woman? For she wrought a good work upon me. (11)For the poor ye have
always with you; but me ye have not always. (12)For she, in pouring
this ointment on my body, did it to prepare me for burial. (13)Verily
I say to you, wherever this good news shall be preached in the whole
world, this also that she did shall be told, for a memorial of her.

(14)Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief
priests, (15)and said: What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to
you? And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver. (16)And from
that time he sought opportunity to deliver him up.

(17)And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the
disciples came to Jesus, saying to him: Where wilt thou that we
prepare for thee to eat the passover? (18)And he said: Go into the
city to such a man, and say to him: The Teacher says, my time is at
hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. (19)And
the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover.

(20)And when evening was come, he reclined at table with the twelve.
(21)And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, that one of
you will betray me. (22)And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began
to say to him, each one: Lord, is it I? (23)And he answering said: He
that dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
(24)The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him; but woe to
that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for
him, if that man had not been born.

(25)And Judas, his betrayer, answering said: Rabbi, is it I? He says
to him: Thou saidst it.

(26)And as they were eating, Jesus took the loaf[26:26], and blessed,
and broke, and gave to the disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my
body. (27)And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them,
saying: Drink all ye of it. (28)For this is my blood of the new
covenant[26:28], which is shed for many, for remission of sins.
(29)And I say to you, that I will not drink henceforth of this fruit
of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you, in the
kingdom of my Father.

(30)And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives.

(31)Then Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended because of me
this night. For it is written: I will smite the Shepherd, and the
sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (32)But after I have
risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

(33)Peter answering said to him: Though all shall be offended because
of thee, I will never be offended. (34)Jesus said to him: Verily I say
to thee, that this night, before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny
me. (35)Peter says to him: Even though I should die with thee, I will
not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

(36)Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and says
to the disciples: Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray. (37)And
taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be
sorrowful, and to be troubled. (38)Then says he to them: My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful, unto death. Tarry ye here, and watch with me.

(39)And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and
saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me.
But yet, not as I will, but as thou wilt. (40)And he comes to the
disciples, and finds them sleeping; and he says to Peter: Were ye so
unable to watch with me one hour? (41)Watch and pray, that ye enter
not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is
weak.

(42)Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying: My Father,
if this can not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be
done. (43)And coming he again found them sleeping; for their eyes were
heavy.

(44)And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words. (45)Then he comes to his disciples, and says to
them: Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest[26:45]!
Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the
hands of sinners. (46)Rise, let us be going. Behold, he is at hand
that betrays me.

(47)And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve,
came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and elders of the people. (48)And his betrayer gave them
a sign, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; hold him fast. (49)And
forthwith he came to Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.
(50)And Jesus said to him: Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then they
came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast. (51)And, behold, one
of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his
sword, and striking the servant of the high priest took off his ear.
(52)Then says Jesus to him: Put back thy sword into its place; for all
they who take the sword shall perish with the sword. (53)Thinkest thou
that I can not now pray to my Father, and he will send[26:53] me more
than twelve legions of angels? (54)How then shall the Scriptures be
fulfilled, that thus it must be?

(55)In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes: Are ye come out as
against a robber, with swords and staves, to take me? I sat daily with
you teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold of me. (56)But all
this has been done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him, and fled.

(57)And they who laid hold of Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. (58)And Peter
followed him afar off, unto the court of the high priest; and entering
in, he sat with the servants, to see the end.

(59)And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought
false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; (60)and
found none, though many false witnesses came. But at last came two,
(61)and said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and to build it in three days. (62)And the high priest arose, and said
to him: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?
(63)But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him: I
adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the
Christ, the Son of God. (64)Jesus says to him: Thou saidst it. But I
say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. (65)Then the high
priest rent his clothes, saying: He blasphemed! What further need have
we of witnesses? Behold, ye now heard his blasphemy. (66)What think
ye? They answering said: He is guilty of death. (67)Then they spit in
his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him, (68)saying: Prophesy
to us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?

(69)And Peter was sitting without, in the court. And a damsel came to
him, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean. (70)But he
denied before all, saying: I know not what thou sayest. (71)And he
having gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to
those who were there: This man also was with Jesus the Nazarene.
(72)And again he denied, with an oath: I do not know the man. (73)And
after a little while, they that stood by came and said to Peter:
Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech betrays thee.
(74)Then he began to invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know the
man. And immediately a cock crowed. (75)And Peter remembered the word
of Jesus when he said: Before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny me.
And he went out, and wept bitterly.



XXVII.

AND when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the
people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death. (2)And
having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius
Pilate the governor.

(3)Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,
repenting brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priests and the elders, (4)saying: I sinned in betraying innocent
blood. And they said: What is it to us? Look thou to it. (5)And
casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he
went away and hanged himself. (6)And the chief priests took the silver
pieces, and said: It is not lawful to put them into the treasury,
since it is the price of blood. (7)And they took counsel, and bought
with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. (8)Wherefore that
field was called the field of blood, unto this day.

(9)Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the
prophet, saying:

    And they took the thirty pieces of silver,
    The price of him that was priced,
    Whom they of the sons of Israel did price,
    (10)And gave them for the potter's field,
          as the Lord appointed to me.

(11)And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned
him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him:
Thou sayest it. (12)And when he was accused by the chief priests and
the elders, he made no answer. (13)Then says Pilate to him: Hearest
thou not what things they witness against thee? (14)And he made him no
answer, not even to one word; so that the governor greatly wondered.

(15)Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude
one prisoner, whom they would. (16)And they had then a noted prisoner,
called Barabbas. (17)When therefore they were assembled, Pilate said
to them: Whom will ye that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is
called Christ? (18)For he knew that through envy they delivered him
up.

(19)And as he sat on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying:
Have nothing to do with that just man; for I suffered much this day,
in a dream, because of him.

(20)And the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes,
that they should ask for Barabbas, and should destroy Jesus. (21)And
the governor answering said to them: Which of the two will ye that I
release to you? And they said: Barabbas. (22)Pilate says to them: What
then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say to him:
Let him be crucified. (23)And the governor said: What evil then did
he? But they cried the more, saying: Let him be crucified.

(24)And Pilate, seeing that it avails nothing, but rather that a
tumult is made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude,
saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look ye to it.
(25)And all the people answering said: His blood be on us, and on our
children. (26)Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having
scourged him, he delivered up to be crucified.

(27)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Pretorium,
and gathered to him the whole band. (28)And they stripped him, and put
on him a scarlet robe. (29)And having platted a crown of thorns, they
put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee
before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews! (30)And
they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
(31)And when they had mocked him, they took off the robe from him, and
put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. (32)And
as they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they
compelled to bear his cross.

(33)And having come to a place called Golgotha (which is called, Place
of a skull), (34)they gave him vinegar to drink[27:34], mingled with
gall; and tasting it, he would not drink. (35)And having crucified
him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots. (36)And
sitting down, they watched him there. (37)And they set up over his
head his accusation, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(38)Two robbers are then crucified with him, one on the right hand,
and one on the left. (39)And those passing by reviled him, wagging
their heads, (40)and saying: Thou that destroyest the temple, and
buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God,
come down from the cross. (41)Likewise also the chief priests mocking,
with the scribes and elders, said: (42)Others he saved, himself he can
not save. If he is King of Israel, let him now come down from the
cross, and we will believe on him. (43)He trusts in God; let him now
deliver him, if he desires him; for he said I am the Son of God.
(44)And also the robbers, who were crucified with him, reproached him
with the same thing.

(45)And from the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land,
unto the ninth hour. (46)And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? That is: My God, my
God, why didst thou forsake me? (47)Some of those standing there,
hearing it, said: This man calls for Elijah[27:47]. (48)And
straightway one of them ran and took a sponge, and having filled it
with vinegar and put it on a reed, gave him to drink. (49)But the rest
said: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to save him.

(50)And Jesus, again crying with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.
(51)And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent; (52)and
the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen
asleep arose, (53)and coming out of the tombs, after his resurrection,
went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

(54)And the centurion, and they that with him were watching Jesus, on
seeing the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly
afraid, saying: Truly this was the Son of God.

(55)And many women were there, beholding afar off, they who followed
Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him; (56)among whom was Mary the
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of
the sons of Zebedee.

(57)And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea,
named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. (58)This man
went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded
that the body should be given up. (59)And taking the body, Joseph
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (60)and laid it in his own new
tomb, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone
to the door of the tomb, he departed. (61)And Mary the Magdalene was
there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

(62)And on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief
priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, (63)saying: Sir, we
remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive: After three
days I will rise. (64)Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made
secure until the third day lest his disciples come and steal him away,
and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error
will be worse than the first. (65)Pilate said to them: Ye have a
watch; go, make secure, as ye know how. (66)And they went, and made
the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone, in connection with the watch.



XXVIII.

AND late in the sabbath, as it was dawning into the first day of the
week, came Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary to view the
sepulchre. (2)And behold, there was a great earthquake. For an angel
of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone,
and sat upon it. (3)His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow; (4)and for fear of him the keepers shook, and
became as dead men. (5)And the angel answering said to the women: Fear
not ye; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus, who was crucified. (6)He
is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come hither, see the place
where the Lord lay. (7)And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he
is risen from the dead. And behold, he goes before you into Galilee;
there ye shall see him. Behold, I told you.

(8)And going out quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy,
they ran to bring his disciples word. (9)And behold, Jesus met them,
saying: All hail! And they, coming to him, laid hold of his feet, and
worshiped him. (10)Then Jesus says to them: Be not afraid; go, bear
word to my brethren, to go away into Galilee, and there they shall see
me.

(11)And as they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the
city, and reported to the chief priests all the things that were done.
(12)And having assembled with the elders, and taken counsel, they gave
much money to the soldiers, (13)saying: Say, that his disciples came
by night, and stole him away while we slept. (14)And if this shall be
heard by the governor[28:14], we will persuade him, and make you
secure. (15)And they, taking the money, did as they were taught. And
this saying was reported abroad among the Jews, until this day.

(16)And the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into the mountain
where Jesus had appointed them. (17)And seeing him, they worshiped
him; but some doubted.

(18)And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying: All power was given to
me in heaven and on earth. (19)Go therefore, and disciple all the
nations, immersing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit; (20)teaching them to observe all things, whatever
I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you alway, unto the end of the
world.



THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK.


I.

THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God, (2)as it
is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger
before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; (3)the voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his
paths. (4)John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the
immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. (5)And there went out
to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they
were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

(6)And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle
about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. (7)And he preached,
saying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet
of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. (8)I indeed
immersed you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

(9)And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan. (10)And straightway
coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens parted, and the Spirit
as a dove descending upon him. (11)And there came a voice out of
heaven: Thou art my beloved son; in thee I am well pleased.

(12)And immediately the Spirit drives him forth into the wilderness.
(13)And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was
with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

(14)And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee,
publishing the good news of the kingdom of God[1:14], (15)and saying:
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and
believe in the good news.

(16)And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew,
Simon's brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
(17)And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will cause you to
become fishers of men. (18)And immediately leaving the nets, they
followed him.

(19)And going a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, who also were in the ship mending the nets. (20)And
straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the
ship with the hired servants, they went after him.

(21)And they enter into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath he
went into the synagogue, and taught. (22)And they were astonished at
his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the
scribes.

(23)And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And
he cried out, (24)saying: What have we to do with thee[1:24], Jesus,
Nazarene! Didst thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the
Holy One of God. (25)And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace,
and come out of him. (26)And the unclean spirit, tearing him, and
crying with a loud voice, came out of him. (27)And they were all
amazed; so that they questioned among themselves, saying: What is
this[1:27]? A new teaching, with authority! And he commands the
unclean spirits, and they obey him. (28)And immediately his fame
spread abroad into all the surrounding region of Galilee.

(29)And immediately, having come out of the synagogue, they entered
into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (30)And the
mother-in-law of Simon was lying sick with fever; and immediately they
tell him concerning her. (31)And he came and raised her up, taking
hold of her hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she
ministered to them.

(32)And evening having come, when the sun set, they brought to him all
that were sick, and those possessed with demons. (33)And all the city
was gathered together at the door. (34)And he healed many that were
sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and suffered not
the demons to speak, because they knew him.

(35)And rising very early, by night, he went out, and departed into a
solitary place, and there prayed. (36)And Simon, and they who were
with him, followed after him. (37)And having found him, they say to
him: All are seeking thee. (38)And he says to them: Let us go
elsewhere, into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also;
for, for this I came forth. (39)And he was preaching in their
synagogues, throughout all Galilee, and casting out the demons.

(40)And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down
to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.
(41)And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand and
touched him, and says to him: I will; be thou cleansed. (42)And
immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
(43)And sternly charging him, he forthwith sent him away; (44)and says
to him: See thou say nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses commanded, for a
testimony to them. (45)But he, going forth, began to publish it much,
and to spread abroad the report; so that he could no longer openly
enter into a city, but was without in desert places. And they came to
him from every quarter.



II.

AND again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was heard
that he is in the house. (2)And straightway many were gathered
together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door; and
he spoke the word to them.

(3)And they come to him, bringing one that was palsied, borne by four.
(4)And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude,
they uncovered the roof where he was; and having broken it up, they
let down the bed whereon the palsied man lay. (5)And Jesus, seeing
their faith, says to the palsied man: Child, thy sins are forgiven.
(6)But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts: (7)Why does this man speak thus? He blasphemes. Who can
forgive sins but one, God? (8)And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his
spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why
reason ye these things in your hearts? (9)Which is easier, to say to
the palsied man, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up
thy bed, and walk? (10)But that ye may know that the Son of man has
power on earth to forgive sins, (he says to the palsied man,) (11)I
say to thee, arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. (12)And he
arose, and immediately taking up the bed went forth before all; so
that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying: We never saw it thus.

(13)And he went forth again by the sea-side; and all the multitude
came to him, and he taught them.

(14)And passing along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the
place of receiving custom, and said to him: Follow me. And rising up
he followed him. (15)And it came to pass, as he reclined at table in
his house, that many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus
and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. (16)And
the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with the sinners and
publicans, said to his disciples: How is it that he eats and drinks
with the sinners and the publicans? (17)And Jesus, hearing it, says to
them: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. I
came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

(18)And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting[2:18];
and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the
Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? (19)And Jesus said to
them: Can the sons of the bridechamber fast[2:19], while the
bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with
them, they can not fast. (20)But days will come, when the bridegroom
will be taken from them; and then they will fast in that day. (21)No
one sews a piece of unfulled cloth upon an old garment; else the new
filling up of the old takes from it, and a worse rent is made. (22)And
no one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine bursts the skins,
and the wine is destroyed, and the skins[2:22].

(23)And it came to pass, that he went through the grain-fields on the
sabbath; and his disciples began to go forward[2:23], plucking the
ears of grain. (24)And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they
on the sabbath that which is not lawful? (25)And he said to them: Did
ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself
and they who were with him; (26)how he went into the house of God, in
the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show-bread, which it
is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who
were with him? (27)And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the sabbath. (28)So that the Son of man is Lord also
of the sabbath.



III.

AND he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there,
having his hand withered. (2)And they watched him, whether he would
heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. (3)And he says to
the man having the withered hand: Arise, and come into the midst.
(4)And he says to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to
do evil; to save life, or to kill? But they were silent. (5)And
looking round on them with anger, being grieved for their hardness of
heart, he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it
forth; and his hand was restored.

(6)And going out, the Pharisees immediately took counsel with the
Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. (7)And Jesus
withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from
Galilee followed; and from Judaea, (8)and from Jerusalem, and from
Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan, and they about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. (9)And
he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him
because of the multitude, that they might not throng him. (10)For he
healed many, so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as
had plagues. (11)And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down
before him, and cried, saying: Thou art the Son of God. (12)And he
strictly charged them that they should not make him known.

(13)And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he would;
and they went to him. (14)And he appointed twelve, that they should be
with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, (15)and to have
authority to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons. (16)And Simon he
surnamed Peter; (17)and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother
of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder;
(18)and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,
and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the
Cananite[3:18], (19)and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

And they come into the house. (20)And the multitude comes together
again, so that they could not even eat bread. (21)And hearing of it,
his kinsmen went out to lay hold of him; for they said: He is beside
himself.

(22)And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said: He has
Beelzebul, and through the prince of the demons he casts out the
demons. (23)And calling them to him, he said to them in parables: How
can Satan cast out Satan? (24)And if a kingdom be divided against
itself, that kingdom can not stand. (25)And if a house be divided
against itself, that house can not stand. (26)And if Satan rose up
against himself, and is divided, he can not stand, but has an end.
(27)No one can enter into a strong man's house, and plunder his goods,
except he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his
house. (28)Verily I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of
men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme. (29)But he
that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness
forever, but is guilty of eternal sin; (30)because they said: He has
an unclean spirit.

(31)And his brothers and his mother come; and standing without they
sent to him, calling him. (32)And a crowd was sitting about him; and
they say to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers without are
seeking thee. (33)And he answered them, saying: Who is my mother, or
my brothers? (34)And looking round on those who sat about him, he
said: Behold my mother, and my brothers! (35)For whoever shall do the
will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.



IV.

AND he began again to teach by the sea-side. And there was gathered to
him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat
down in the sea; and all the multitude was by the sea on the land.
(2)And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his
teaching:

(3)Hearken; behold, the sower went forth to sow. (4)And it came to
pass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and
devoured it. (5)And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not
much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had not depth of
earth. (6)But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had
not root, it withered away. (7)And another fell among the thorns; and
the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. (8)And
another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up
and increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a
hundredfold. (9)And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

(10)And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve
asked him concerning the parables. (11)And he said to them: To you is
given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without,
all things are done in parables; (12)that seeing they may see, and not
perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply
they should turn, and be forgiven. (13)And he says to them: Know ye
not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?

(14)The sower sows the word. (15)And these are they by the way-side;
where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately
and takes away the word that was sown in them. (16)And these are they
likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the
word, immediately receive it with gladness; (17)and have no root in
themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or
persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended.
(18)And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they
that hear the word, (19)and the cares of the world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in
choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (20)And these are they that
are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it,
and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.

(21)And he said to them: Is the lamp brought that it may be put under
the bushel, or under the bed? Is it not, that it may be put on the
lamp-stand? (22)For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor
was done in secret, but that it should come abroad. (23)If any one has
ears to hear, let him hear.

(24)And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you.
(25)For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even
what he has shall be taken from him.

(26)And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast the
seed upon the earth, (27)and sleeps and rises night and day, and the
seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how. (28)For the earth brings
forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full
grain in the ear. (29)But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts
forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

(30)And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what
comparison shall we set it forth? (31)As a grain of mustard; which,
when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in
the earth. (32)And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater
than all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds
of the air can lodge under its shadow.

(33)And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they
were able to hear. (34)But without a parable he spoke not to them; and
in private he explained all things to his disciples.

(35)And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them: Let us
pass over to the other side. (36)And dismissing the multitude, they
take him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with
him. (37)And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat
into the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled. (38)And
he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and
say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? (39)And awaking,
he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm. (40)And he said to them: Why
are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? (41)And they
feared exceedingly, and said one to another: Who then is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?



V.

AND they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the
Gerasenes. (2)And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there
met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, (3)who had his
dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even
with chains. (4)Because he had often been bound with fetters and
chains; and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters
broken in pieces, and no one could tame him. (5)And always, night and
day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and
cutting himself with stones. (6)But seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and
bowed down to him, (7)and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have
I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by
God, do not torment me. (8)For he said to him: Come forth, unclean
spirit, out of the man. (9)And he asked him: What is thy name? And he
says to him: My name is Legion; because we are many. (10)And he
besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

(11)And there was there, by the mountain, a great herd of swine
feeding. (12)And all the demons besought him, saying: Send us into the
swine, that we may enter into them. (13)And immediately Jesus gave
them leave. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the
swine. And the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, about two
thousand, and were choked in the sea. (14)And they who fed them fled,
and reported it in the city and in the country. And they came to see
what it was that was done. (15)And they come to Jesus, and see him who
was possessed with demons, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him
who had the legion, and they were afraid. (16)And they who saw it
related to them how it befell him who was possessed with demons, and
concerning the swine. (17)And they began to beseech him to depart from
their borders.

(18)And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been possessed
with demons besought him that he might be with him. (19)And he
suffered him not; but says to him: Go into thy house, to thy friends,
and announce to them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and
had compassion on thee. (20)And he departed, and began to publish in
the Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all wondered.

(21)And Jesus having passed over again in the ship to the other side,
a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. (22)And
there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And
seeing him, he fell at his feet, (23)and besought him much, saying: My
little daughter lies at the point of death. I pray thee come, and lay
thy hands on her, that she may be healed and live. (24)And he went
with him; and a great multitude was following him, and thronging him.

(25)And a certain woman, who had a flow of blood twelve years, (26)and
had suffered much by many physicians, and spent all that she had, and
was not at all benefited but rather grew worse, (27)hearing of Jesus,
came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. (28)For she said:
If I touch even his garments, I shall be made whole. (29)And
straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she perceived
in her body that she was healed of that plague. (30)And immediately
Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,
turned about in the crowd, and said: Who touched my garments? (31)And
his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging thee,
and sayest thou: Who touched me? (32)And he looked around to see her
who had done this. (33)But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing
what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all
the truth. (34)And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee
whole; go in peace, and be healed of thy plague.

(35)While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the
synagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou
the Teacher any further? (36)And Jesus, overhearing the word that was
spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue: Be not afraid; only
believe. (37)And he suffered no one to follow with him, save Peter,
and James, and John the brother of James. (38)And they come to the
house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those
who wept and wailed greatly. (39)And entering in, he says to them: Why
do ye make a tumult, and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping.
(40)And they laughed him to scorn. But he, putting them all out, takes
the father of the child, and the mother, and those who were with him,
and enters in where the child was. (41)And taking the hand of the
child, he says to her: Talitha kumi; which is interpreted, Damsel, I
say to thee, arise. (42)And straightway the damsel arose, and walked;
for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with
a great astonishment. (43)And he charged them strictly that no one
should know this. And he commanded that something should be given her
to eat.



VI.

AND he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his
disciples follow him. (2)And when the sabbath was come, he began to
teach in the synagogue. And many hearing were astonished, saying: From
whence has this man these things? And what is the wisdom which is
given him, and such miracles wrought by his hands? (3)Is not this the
carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and
Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were
offended at him. (4)And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without
honor, except in his own country, and among his own kindred, and in
his own house. (5)And he was not able to do any miracle there, save
that he laid his hands on a few sick, and healed them. (6)And he
marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about the surrounding
villages, teaching.

(7)And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by
two and two; and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; (8)and
commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff
only; no bread, no bag, no money, in their girdle; (9)but that they be
shod with sandals and, Put not on two coats. (10)And he said to them:
Wherever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart from
thence. (11)And whatever place shall not receive you, nor hear you,
when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a
testimony to them[6:11].

(12)And they went out, and preached that men should repent. (13)And
they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick,
and healed them.

(14)And the king, Herod, heard of it, for his name was spread abroad;
and he said: John the Immerser is risen from the dead, and therefore
do these powers work in him. (15)Others said: It is Elijah. And others
said: It is a prophet, like any one of the prophets. (16)But Herod
hearing of it, said: John, whom I beheaded, is risen from the dead.
(17)For he, Herod, sent forth and laid hold of John, and bound him in
prison, for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip, his brother;
because he had married her. (18)For John said to Herod: It is not
lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. (19)And Herodias was angry
with him, and desired to put him to death; and she could not, (20)for
Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man; and he
observed him[6:20], and hearing him did many things, and heard him
gladly.

(21)And a convenient day having come, when Herod on his birthday made
a supper for his nobles, and for the chief captains, and the first men
of Galilee; (22)and the daughter of Herodias having come in and
danced, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and
the king said to the damsel: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will
give it thee. (23)And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask of me,
I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. (24)And she, going
out, said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of
John the Immerser. (25)And straightway she came in with haste to the
king, and asked, saying: I will that immediately thou give me, on a
platter, the head of John the Immerser. (26)And the king became very
sorrowful; but for the sake of his oath, and of those reclining with
him, he would not reject her. (27)And immediately the king sent one of
the guard, and commanded to bring his head. And he went and beheaded
him in the prison, (28)and brought his head on a platter, and gave it
to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. (29)And his
disciples hearing of it came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a
tomb.

(30)And the apostles gather together unto Jesus; and they reported to
him all things, both what they did, and what they taught. (31)And he
said to them: Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest
awhile; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure
even to eat. (32)And they departed into a desert place by ship
privately. (33)And they saw them departing, and many knew them, and
ran together there on foot from all the cities, and came before them.
(34)And going forth he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on
them, because they were as sheep having no shepherd; and he began to
teach them many things.

(35)And the day being now far spent, his disciples come to him, and
say: The place is desert, and the time is now far passed. (36)Dismiss
them, that they may go away into the surrounding fields and villages,
and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. (37)He
answering said to them: Give ye them to eat. And they say to him:
Shall we go and buy two hundred denaries worth of bread, and give them
to eat? (38)He says to them: How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And
when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes. (39)And he commanded
them to make all lie down by companies on the green grass. (40)And
they lay down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. (41)And taking
the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and
blessed and broke the loaves, and gave to the disciples to set before
them; and the two fishes he divided among them all. (42)And they all
ate, and were filled. (43)And they took up fragments filling twelve
baskets, and part of the fishes. (44)And they who ate of the loaves
were five thousand men. (45)And straightway he constrained his
disciples to enter into the ship, and to go before to the other side
to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the multitude. (46)And having taken
leave of them, he went away into the mountain to pray.

(47)And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea,
and he was alone on the land. (48)And he saw them distressed in
rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And about the fourth watch
of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea, and would have
passed by them. (49)And they seeing him walking on the sea, supposed
it was a spectre, and cried out; (50)for all saw him, and were
troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and says to them: Be of
good cheer; it is I, be not afraid. (51)And he went up to them into
the ship; and the wind ceased. And they were sore amazed in themselves
beyond measure, and wondered. (52)For they considered not the loaves;
for their heart was hardened.

(53)And passing over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and
anchored there. (54)And when they had come out of the ship,
immediately recognizing him (55)they ran through all that region, and
began to carry about on beds those who were sick, where they heard he
was. (56)And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or fields,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they
might touch if it were but the fringe of his garment. And as many as
touched him were made whole.



VII.

AND there come together to him the Pharisees and certain of the
scribes, who came from Jerusalem. (2)And seeing some of his disciples
eating bread with defiled (that is, unwashen) hands, they found fault.
(3)For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they carefully wash
their hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders. (4)And
coming from the market, except they immerse themselves, they do not
eat. And there are many other things which they received to hold,
immersions of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. (5)And
the Pharisees and the scribes ask him: Why do not thy disciples walk
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with defiled
hands? (6)And he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you
hypocrites; as it is written:

    This people honor me with their lips,
    But their heart is far from me.
    (7)But in vain they worship me,
    Teaching as doctrines commandments of men.

(8)For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of
men, immersions of pots and cups; and many other such things ye do.
(9)And he said to them: Well do ye reject the commandment of God, that
ye may keep your own tradition! (10)For Moses said: Honor thy father
and thy mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely
die. (11)But ye say: If a man say to his father or his mother, It is
Corban (that is, a gift) whatever thou mightest be profited with from
me--[7:11]; (12)and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father
or his mother, (13)annulling the word of God by your tradition, which
ye handed down. And many such things ye do.

(14)And again calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hearken
to me every one, and understand. (15)There is nothing from without a
man, that entering into him can defile him; but the things that come
out of him, these are they that defile the man. (16)If any one has
ears to hear, let him hear.

(17)And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his
disciples asked him concerning the parable. (18)And he says to them:
Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that
whatever from without enters into the man can not defile him?
(19)Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes
out into the drain, cleansing all food. (20)And he said: That which
comes out of the man, that defiles the man. (21)For from within, out
of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders, (22)thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. (23)All these
evil things come forth from within, and defile the man.

(24)And rising up he departed thence into the borders of Tyre and
Sidon; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know
it. And he could not be hidden. (25)For a woman, whose little daughter
had an unclean spirit, hearing of him, came and fell at his feet.
(26)The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought
him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. (27)And he
said to her: Let the children first be filled; for it is not good to
take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. (28)And she
answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the dogs under the table eat
of the children's crumbs. (29)And he said to her: For this saying go
thy way; the demon has gone out of thy daughter. (30)And departing to
her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon
gone out.

(31)And again going forth out of the borders of Tyre, he came through
Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of
Decapolis. (32)And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon
him. (33)And taking him aside from the multitude he put his fingers
into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue, (34)and looking up to
heaven, he sighed, and says to him: Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
(35)And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue
was loosed, and he spoke plainly. (36)And he charged them that they
should tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more abundantly
they published it; (37)and were beyond measure astonished, saying: He
has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb
to speak.



VIII.

IN those days, there being a very great multitude, and they having
nothing to eat, he called to him his disciples, and says to them: (2)I
have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now
three days, and have nothing to eat; (3)and if I dismiss them fasting
to their own houses, they will faint by the way; and some of them have
come from afar. (4)And his disciples answered him: From whence will
one be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in a wilderness?
(5)And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? And they said: Seven.
(6)And he commanded the multitude to lie down on the ground. And he
took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his
disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
(7)And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he
commanded to set these also before them. (8)And they ate, and were
filled; and they took up of the fragments that were left seven
baskets. (9)And they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.

(10)And straightway entering into the ship with his disciples, he came
into the region of Dalmanutha. (11)And the Pharisees came out, and
began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven,
tempting him. (12)And sighing deeply in his spirit, he says: Why does
this generation seek a sign? Verily I say to you, there shall no sign
be given to this generation. (13)And leaving them, he entered again
into the ship, and departed to the other side.

(14)And they forgot to take bread; and they had none in the ship with
them, except one loaf. (15)And he charged them, saying: Take heed,
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. (16)And
they reasoned among themselves, saying: It is because we have no
bread. (17)And Jesus knowing it, says to them: Why reason ye, because
ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your
heart yet hardened? (18)Having eyes, do ye not see? And having ears,
do ye not hear? And do ye not remember? (19)When I broke the five
loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did
ye take up? They say to him: Twelve. (20)And when the seven among the
four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? And
they said: Seven. (21)And he said to them: How is it that ye do not
understand?

(22)And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and
beseech him to touch him. (23)And taking the blind man by the hand, he
led him forth out of the village; and spitting in his eyes, and
putting his hands on him, he asked him if he beheld anything. (24)And
looking up he said: I behold men; for I see them as trees walking.
(25)Then again he put his hands on his eyes, and he saw clearly; and
he was restored, and saw all things distinctly. (26)And he sent him
away to his house, saying: Go not even into the village, nor tell it
to any in the village.

(27)And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the villages of
Caesarea Philippi: And in the way he asked his disciples, saying to
them: Who do men say that I am? (28)And they answered him saying: John
the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.
(29)And he asked them: But who do ye say that I am? And Peter
answering says to him: Thou art the Christ. (30)And he charged them
that they should tell no one concerning him.

(31)And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the
scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. (32)And he
spoke that saying openly. And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke
him. (33)But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked
Peter, saying: Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou thinkest not the
things of God, but those of men.

(34)And calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to
them: Whoever desires to follow after me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross, and follow me. (35)For whoever will save his life
shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life, for the sake of me and
of the glad tidings, shall save it. (36)For what will it profit a man,
to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? (37)Or what shall a man
give as an exchange for his soul? (38)For whoever shall be ashamed of
me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him
will also the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his
Father with the holy angels.



IX.

AND he said to them: Verily I say to you, that there are some of those
standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the
kingdom of God already come with power.

(2)And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John,
and brings them up into a high mountain apart by themselves. And he
was transfigured before them. (3)And his garments became shining,
exceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth can whiten. (4)And
there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with
Jesus. (5)And Peter answering said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us
to be here; and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elijah. (6)For he knew not what to say; for they
were sore afraid. (7)And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a
voice came out of the cloud: This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.
(8)And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus
only with themselves.

(9)And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they
should relate what they had seen to no one, except when the Son of man
shall have risen from the dead. (10)And they kept the saying,
questioning among themselves, what is the rising from the dead.

(11)And they asked him, saying: Why say the scribes that Elijah must
first come? (12)And he said to them: Elijah indeed comes first, and
restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of man? That he
must suffer many things, and be set at naught. (13)But I say to you,
that Elijah also has come, and they did to him whatever they would, as
it is written of him.

(14)And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them,
and scribes questioning with them. (15)And straightway all the
multitude seeing him were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted
him. (16)And he asked them: What question ye with them? (17)And one of
the multitude answered him: Teacher, I brought to thee my son, having
a dumb spirit. (18)And wherever it lays hold of him, it tears him, and
he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and he pines away. And I spoke to thy
disciples, that they should cast it out; and they could not. (19)And
he answering, says to them: O faithless generation, how long shall I
be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me. (20)And
they brought him to him. And seeing him, straightway the spirit rent
him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. (21)And he asked
his father: How long is it, since this came upon him? And he said:
From a child. (22)And ofttimes it cast him both into the fire, and
into the water, to destroy him. But if thou art able to do anything,
have compassion on us, and help us. (23)Jesus said to him: If thou art
able! All things are possible to the believing. (24)And straightway
the father of the child cried out, and said: I believe; help thou my
unbelief. (25)And Jesus, seeing that a multitude came running
together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him: Dumb and deaf
spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter into him no more.
(26)And crying out, and rending him sorely, it came out of him. And he
became as one dead; so that many said: He is dead. (27)But Jesus
taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

(28)And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him
privately: Why could not we cast it out? (29)And he said to them: This
kind can go out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.

(30)And going forth from thence, they passed through Galilee and he
would not that any one should know it. (31)For he taught his
disciples, and said to them: The Son of man is delivered up into the
hands of men, and they will kill him and when he is killed, after
three days he will rise again. (32)But they understood not the saying,
and were afraid to ask him.

(33)And they came to Capernaum. And having come into the house he
inquired of them: Of what were ye reasoning among yourselves by the
way? (34)But they were silent; for by the way they had disputed with
one another, who was greatest. (35)And sitting down, he called the
twelve, and says to them: If any one desires to be first, he shall be
last of all, and servant of all. (36)And taking a child, he placed it
in the midst of them; and folding it in his arms, he said to them:
(37)Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me
and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me.

(38)And John answered him, saying: Teacher, we saw one casting out
demons in thy name, who follows not us; and we forbade him, because he
follows not us. (39)But Jesus said: Forbid him not; for there is no
one who shall do a miracle in my name, and can lightly speak evil of
me. (40)For he that is not against us is for us. (41)For whoever shall
give you a cup of water to drink in that name, that ye are Christ's,
verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. (42)And whoever
shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it
is better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he were cast into the sea. (43)And if thy hand cause thee to
offend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed,
than having the two hands to go into hell, into the fire that is
unquenchable; (44)where their worm dies not, and the fire is not
quenched. (45)And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is
better for thee to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to
be cast into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable; (46)where their
worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. (47)And if thine eye
cause thee to offend, pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter
into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast
into hell-fire; (48)where their worm dies not, and the fire is not
quenched. (49)For every one shall be salted with fire, and every
sacrifice shall be salted with salt. (50)Salt is good; but if the salt
become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with one another.



X.

AND rising up he goes thence into the borders of Judaea, and the
further side of the Jordan. And again the multitudes come together to
him; and as he was wont, he again taught them.

(2)And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, if it is lawful for a
man to put away a wife, tempting him. (3)And he answering said to
them: What did Moses command you? (4)And they said: Moses permitted to
write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. (5)And Jesus
answering said to them: For your hardness of heart he wrote you this
command. (6)But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male
and female. (7)For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh. (8)So
that they are no longer two, but one flesh. (9)What therefore God
joined together, let not man put asunder.

(10)And in the house his disciples asked him again concerning this.
(11)And he says to them: Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry
another, commits adultery against her. (12)And if a woman shall put
away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery.

(13)And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them;
and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. (14)But Jesus seeing
it, was much displeased, and said to them: Suffer the little children
to come to me; forbid them not, for to such belongs the kingdom of
God. (15)Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of
God as a little child, shall not enter therein. (16)And he folded them
in his arms, put his hands on them, and blessed them.

(17)And as he was going forth into the way, there came one running,
and kneeling to him, and asked him: Good Teacher, what shall I do that
I may inherit eternal life? (18)And Jesus said to him: Why callest
thou me good? There is none good but one, God. (19)Thou knowest the
commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.
(20)And he answering said to him: Teacher, all these I kept from my
youth. (21)And Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him: One
thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross,
and follow me. (22)And he became sad at that saying, and went away
sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

(23)And looking around, Jesus says to his disciples: How hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! (24)And the
disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answering again says
to them: Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to
enter into the kingdom of God! (25)It is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God. (26)And they were exceedingly amazed, saying among
themselves: Who then can be saved? (27)And Jesus, looking on them,
says: With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all
things are possible.

(28)Peter began to say to him: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee.
(29)And Jesus answering said: Verily I say to you, there is no one who
forsook house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,
(30)but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and
brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with
persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life. (31)But many
first will be last, and the last first.

(32)And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus was
going before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed they
were afraid. And again he took with him the twelve, and began to say
to them what things should happen to him: (33)Behold, we are going up
to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief
priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death and
will deliver him up to the Gentiles; (34)and they will mock him, and
scourge him, and spit upon him, and will kill him; and after three
days he will rise again.

(35)And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying:
Teacher, we desire that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask.
(36)And he said to them: What do ye desire that I should do for you?
(37)They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right
hand, and the other on the left, in thy glory. (38)And Jesus said to
them: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I
drink, or to endure the immersion which I endure? (39)And they said to
him: We are able. And Jesus said to them: Ye shall indeed drink the
cup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure. (40)But to
sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for
them for whom it has been prepared.

(41)And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James
and John. (42)And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know
that they who are accounted to rule[10:42] over the Gentiles exercise
lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
(43)But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among
you, shall be your minister; (44)and whoever would become chiefest of
you, shall be servant of all. (45)For even the Son of man came not to
be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for
many.

(46)And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho
with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus,
Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side. (47)And
hearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say:
Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. (48)And many rebuked him, that
he should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David,
have mercy on me. (49)And Jesus stood still, and said: Call him. And
they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he
calls thee. (50)And he, casting away his garment, leaped up, and came
to Jesus. (51)And Jesus answering said to him: What wilt thou that I
should do to thee? The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive
sight. (52)And Jesus said to him: Go thy way; thy faith has made thee
whole. And immediately he received sight, and followed him in the way.



XI.

AND when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the
mount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, (2)and says
to them: Go into the village over against you; and immediately, on
entering into it, ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man has sat;
loose and bring him. (3)And if any one say to you: Why do ye this?
say: The Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him
hither. (4)And they departed, and found a colt tied by the door
without, on the street; and they loose him. (5)And some of those
standing there, said to them: What do ye, loosing the colt? (6)And
they said to them as Jesus commanded; and they let them go. (7)And
they bring the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he
sat upon him. (8)And many spread their garments in the way, and others
branches, cutting them from the fields[11:8]. (9)And they that went
before, and they that followed, cried: Hosanna! blessed is he that
comes in the name of the Lord; (10)blessed is the coming kingdom of
our father David; Hosanna in the highest! (11)And he entered into
Jerusalem, and into the temple; and having looked around on all
things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany with the
twelve.

(12)And on the morrow, when they had come out from Bethany, he was
hungry. (13)And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if
haply he might find anything thereon. And coming to it, he found
nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs. (14)And
answering he said to it: Let no one eat fruit from thee, henceforth
forever. And his disciples heard it.

(15)And they come into Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he
began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and
overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those
who sold doves; (16)and suffered not that any one should carry a
vessel through the temple. (17)And he taught, saying to them: Is it
not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the
nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers. (18)And the chief
priests and the scribes heard it. And they sought how they might
destroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished
at his teaching. (19)And when it became late, he went forth out of the
city.

(20)And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from
the roots. (21)And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to him: Master,
behold, the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away. (22)And
Jesus answering says to them: Have faith in God. (23)Verily I say to
you, that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be thou taken up and
cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it. (24)Therefore I say
to you: All things whatever ye ask, when ye pray, believe that ye
received, and ye shall have them.

(25)And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any
one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses. (26)But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who
is in heaven forgive your trespasses[11:26].

(27)And they come again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the
temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders. (28)And they said to him: By what authority doest thou these
things? And who gave thee this authority, to do these things? (29)And
Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing; and
answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
(30)John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.
(31)And they reasoned among themselves, saying: (32)If we say, from
heaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say
from men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a
prophet. (33)And answering they say to Jesus: We do not know. And
Jesus says to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do
these things.



XII.

AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard,
and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and
let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. (2)And at the season he
sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the
husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. (3)And they took him and
beat him, and sent him away empty. (4)And again he sent to them
another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the
head, and sent him away shamefully treated. (5)And he sent another;
and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
(6)Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them
last, saying: They will reverence my son. (7)But those husbandmen said
among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the
inheritance will be ours. (8)And they took, and killed him, and cast
him out of the vineyard. (9)What therefore will the lord of the
vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give
the vineyard to others. (10)And have ye not read this scripture:

    The stone which the builders disallowed,
    The same is become the head of the corner;
    (11)This is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes.

(12)And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for
they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him,
and went away.

(13)And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians,
to entrap him with a word. (14)And they come and say to him: Teacher,
we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest
not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it
lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? (15)Shall we give, or shall
we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt
ye me? Bring me a denary[12:15], that I may see it. (16)And they
brought it. And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the
inscription? And they said to him: Caesar's. (17)And Jesus answering
said to them: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to
God the things that are God's. And they marveled at him.

(18)And there come to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection.
And they asked him, saying: (19)Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if
one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, his
brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
(20)There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying
left no seed. (21)And the second took her, and died, and he also left
no seed; and the third likewise. (22)And the seven took her, and left
no seed. Last of all the woman died also. (23)In the resurrection
therefore, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be
wife? For the seven had her for a wife. (24)Jesus answering said to
them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor
the power of God? (25)For when they shall rise from the dead, they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in
heaven. (26)And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read
in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying: I am
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? (27)He
is not God of the dead, but of the living. Ye greatly err.

(28)And one of the scribes came to him, and having heard them
reasoning together, and perceiving that he answered them well, asked
him: Which commandment is first of all? (29)And Jesus answered him:
First is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;
(30)and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This
is the first commandment. (31)Second is this: Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
(32)And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that
he is one, and there is no other beside him; (33)and to love him with
all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul,
and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is
more than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices. (34)And Jesus,
seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far
from the kingdom of God. And no one dared any longer to question him.

(35)And Jesus answering said, while teaching in the temple: How say
the scribes that the Christ is son of David? (36)For David himself
said, in the Holy Spirit:

    The LORD said to my Lord,
    Sit on my right hand,
    Till I put thy enemies under thy feet.

(37)David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the
great multitude heard him gladly.

(38)And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who
love to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets,
(39)and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the
feasts; (40)who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long
prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

(41)And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much.
(42)And one poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a
farthing. (43)And calling to him his disciples, he said to them:
Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who
are casting into the treasury. (44)For all cast in out of their
abundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her
whole living.



XIII.

AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him:
Teacher, see what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings!
(2)And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There
shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown
down.

(3)And as he was sitting on the mount of the Olives, over against the
temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately:
(4)Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all
these things are about to be accomplished.

(5)And Jesus began to say to them: Take heed lest any one lead you
astray. (6)For many will come in my name, saying: I am he; and will
lead many astray. (7)And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of
wars, be not troubled, for it must come to pass; but not yet is the
end. (8)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in divers places, and there
will be famines and commotions; these are the beginning of sorrows.

(9)But do ye take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to
councils, and in the synagogues ye will be beaten; and ye will be
brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to
them. (10)And the good news must first be preached among all the
nations.

(11)But when they lead you away to deliver you up, take not thought
beforehand what ye shall speak nor premeditate; but whatever shall be
given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but
the Holy Spirit. (12)And the brother will deliver up the brother to
death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against
parents, and will put them to death. (13)And ye will be hated by all
for my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same
shall be saved.

(14)But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it
ought not, (let him that reads, mark!) then let those in Judaea flee
to the mountains. (15)And he that is upon the house, let him not go
down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house.
(16)And he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his
garment.

(17)But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in
those days! (18)And pray that it be not in the winter. (19)For in
those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning
of the creation which God created until now, neither shall be. (20)And
if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been
saved; but for the sake of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the
days.

(21)And then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ, or Lo,
there, believe not. (22)For false Christs and false prophets will
arise, and will show signs and wonders, so as to lead, if possible,
even the chosen astray. (23)But do ye take heed; I have foretold you
all.

(24)But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light; (25)and the stars
shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in heaven shall be
shaken. (26)And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds,
with great power and glory. (27)And then will he send forth the
angels, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

(28)And learn the parable from the fig-tree. When its branch is
already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is
near. (29)So also ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know that
it is near, at the doors. (30)Verily I say to you, that this
generation shall not pass, till all these things are done. (31)Heaven
and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

(32)But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. (33)Take heed, watch; for ye know
not when the time is. (34)As a man who is abroad, having left his
house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also
commanded the porter that he should watch; (35)watch therefore, for ye
know not when the master of the house comes, at evening, or at
midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning; (36)lest coming
suddenly he find you sleeping. (37)And what I say to you, I say to
all, Watch.



XIV.

TWO days after, was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread;
and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him
by craft, and put him to death. (2)For they said: Not at the feast,
lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

(3)And he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was
reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of
ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and
poured it on his head. (4)And there were some that were much
displeased among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the
ointment made? (5)For this ointment could have been sold for more than
three hundred denaries, and given to the poor. And they murmured at
her. (6)And Jesus said: Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? She
wrought a good work on me. (7)For the poor ye have always with you,
and when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always.
(8)She did what she could; she beforehand anointed my body for the
preparation for burial. (9)Verily I say to you, wherever the good news
shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be
told for a memorial of her.

(10)And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests,
to deliver him up to them. (11)And they, when they heard it, were
glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might
conveniently deliver him up.

(12)And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when they
killed the passover, his disciples say to him: Where wilt thou that we
go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? (13)And he sends
forth two of his disciples, and says to them: Go into the city, and
there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him.
(14)And where he shall go in, say to the master of the house: The
Teacher says, Where is the guest-chamber, in which I may eat the
passover with my disciples? (15)And he will show you a large upper
room furnished, ready; there prepare for us. (16)And his disciples
went forth, and came into the city, and found as he said to them; and
they made ready the passover.

(17)And at evening he comes with the twelve. (18)And as they were
reclining at table, and eating, Jesus said: Verily I say to you, that
one of you will betray me, one that eats with me! (19)And they began
to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I? And another
said: Is it I? (20)And he answering said to them: It is one of the
twelve, one that dips with me into the dish. (21)The Son of man indeed
goes, as it is written of him; but woe to that man through whom the
Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been
born.

(22)And as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf, blessed, and broke,
and gave it to them, and said: Take it; this is my body. (23)And
taking the cup, he gave thanks, and gave it to them; and they all
drank of it. (24)And he said to them: This is my blood of the
covenant, which is shed for many. (25)Verily I say to you, I will
drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it
new in the kingdom of God.

(26)And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives.
(27)And Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended; because it is
written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
(28)But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

(29)And Peter said to him: Though all shall be offended, yet will not
I. (30)And Jesus says to him: Verily I say to thee, that thou this
day, in this night, before a cock crows twice, wilt thrice deny me.
(31)But he said the more vehemently: If I should die with thee, I will
not deny thee. Likewise also said they all.

(32)And they come to a place which was named Gethsemane. And he says
to his disciples: Sit ye here, while I shall pray. (33)And he takes
with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to
be troubled. (34)And he says to them: My soul is exceedingly
sorrowful, unto death; tarry here, and watch. (35)And going forward a
little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible,
the hour might pass from him. (36)And he said: Abba, Father, all
things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what
I will, but what thou wilt.

(37)And he comes, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter:
Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? (38)Watch and
pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak.

(39)And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. (40)And
returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy;
and they knew not what to answer him.

(41)And he comes the third time, and says to them: Do ye sleep the
remaining time, and take your rest[14:41]? It is enough, the hour is
come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
(42)Rise, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.

(43)And immediately, while he was yet speaking, comes Judas, one of
the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and the scribes and the elders. (44)And his betrayer had
given them a signal, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold
of him, and lead him away securely. (45)And coming, he goes
straightway to him, and says: Master, Master; and kissed him.

(46)And they laid their hands on him, and held him fast. (47)And one
of those standing by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high
priest, and took off his ear. (48)And Jesus answering said to them:
Came ye out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to take me?
(49)I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay
hold of me; but that the Scriptures might be fulfilled! (50)And all
forsook him, and fled.

(51)And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth
cast about his naked body; and the young men lay hold of him. (52)And
leaving behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.

(53)And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him assembled
all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. (54)And Peter
followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest, and was
sitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire.

(55)And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony
against Jesus, in order to put him to death; and they found none.
(56)For many bore false witness against him; but their testimonies
agreed not together. (57)And certain ones rose up, and bore false
witness against him, saying: (58)We heard him say, I will destroy this
temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another
made without hands. (59)And not even so did their testimony agree.

(60)And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus,
saying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?
(61)But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest
asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed? (62)And Jesus said: I am; and ye shall see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of
heaven. (63)And the high priest, rending his clothes, says: What
further need have we of witnesses? (64)Ye heard the blasphemy. What
think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

(65)And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet
him, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him
in charge.

(66)And Peter being below in the court, there comes one of the
maid-servants of the high priest; (67)and seeing Peter warming
himself, she looked upon him, and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the
Nazarene. (68)But he denied, saying: I do not know, nor do I
understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the fore-court; and
a cock crowed.

(69)And the maid-servant, seeing him, began again to say to those
standing by: This is one of them. (70)And he again denied it.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely
thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean. (71)But he began to
invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know this man of whom ye speak.
(72)And a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered the word,
how Jesus said to him: Before a cock crows twice, thou wilt thrice
deny me. And as he thought thereon, he wept.



XV.

AND straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and
scribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus
and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. (2)And Pilate
asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to
him: Thou sayest it. (3)And the chief priests accused him of many
things.

(4)And Pilate asked him again, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold
what things they testify against thee. (5)But Jesus no longer made any
answer; so that Pilate marveled.

(6)And at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they
asked. (7)And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with his
companions in sedition, who in the sedition had committed murder.
(8)And coming up, the multitude began to make request, according as he
had always done for them. (9)And Pilate answered them, saying: Will ye
that I release to you the King of the Jews? (10)For he knew that
through envy the chief priests had delivered him up. (11)But the chief
priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to
them Barabbas. (12)And Pilate answering, said again to them: What will
ye then that I shall do to him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
(13)And they cried again: Crucify him. (14)And Pilate said to them:
What evil then has he done? And they cried the more exceedingly:
Crucify him.

(15)And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them
Barabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be
crucified. (16)And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is
Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. (17)And they clothe
him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on
him. (18)And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! (19)And
they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and
kneeling down, did homage to him. (20)And when they had mocked him,
they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments.

And they lead him out to crucify him. (21)And they compel one Simon, a
Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of
Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (22)And they bring him to the
place Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull. (23)And they
gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. (24)And having
crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what
any one should take. (25)And it was the third hour; and they crucified
him. (26)And the inscription of the accusation against him was written
over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(27)And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and
one on his left. (28)And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: And
he was reckoned with transgressors. (29)And they that passed by railed
at him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the
temple, and buildest it in three days; (30)save thyself, and come down
from the cross. (31)Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with
another, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he
can not save. (32)Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now
from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were
crucified with him reproached him.

(33)And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour. (34)And at the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is
interpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me? (35)And some
of those standing by, hearing it, said: Behold, he calls Elijah.
(36)And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a
reed, and gave him to drink, saying: Let alone; let us see whether
Elijah comes to take him down. (37)And Jesus, uttering a loud cry,
expired. (38)And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the
top to the bottom. (39)And the centurion who was standing near, over
against him, seeing that he so cried out and expired, said: Truly this
man was the Son of God.

(40)And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also
Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of
Joses, and Salome; (41)who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him,
and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to
Jerusalem.

(42)And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which
is the day before the sabbath[15:42]), (43)Joseph from Arimathaea, an
honorable counselor, who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of
God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of
Jesus. (44)And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling
to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead. (45)And
having learned it from the centurion, he gave the dead body to Joseph.
(46)And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him
in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a
rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. (47)And Mary
the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where he was laid.



XVI.

AND the sabbath being past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

(2)And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the
sepulchre, when the sun was risen. (3)And they said to one another:
Who will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre?
(4)And looking up, they see that the stone has been rolled away. For
it was very great. (5)And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a
young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they
were affrighted. (6)And he says to them: Be not affrighted. Ye are
seeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not
here. Behold the place where they laid him. (7)But go, say to his
disciples, and to Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. There
shall ye see him, as he said to you. (8)And they went out, and fled
from the sepulchre; for trembling and astonishment seized them. And
they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

(9)And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
(10)She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they
mourned and wept. (11)And they, hearing that he is alive, and was seen
by her, believed not.

(12)After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they
walked, going into the country. (13)They also went and reported it to
the rest; nor did they believe them.

(14)Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at
table, and upbraided their unbelief and hardness of heart, because
they believed not those who saw him after he was risen. (15)And he
said to them: Go into all the world, and preach the good news to every
creature. (16)He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he
that believes not shall be condemned. (17)And these signs shall
accompany those who have believed; in my name they shall cast out
demons; they shall speak with new tongues; (18)they shall take up
serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them,
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

(19)The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into
heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God; (20)and they went
forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word by the signs that followed.



THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE.


I.

FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration
concerning the things fully believed among us[1:1], (2)as they, who
from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
delivered them to us; (3)it seemed good to me also, having accurately
traced all from the very first, to write to thee in order, most
excellent Theophilus; (4)that thou mightest know the certainty
concerning those things[1:4] wherein thou wast instructed.

(5)There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain
priest, Zachariah by name, of the course of Abijah; and his wife was
of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. (6)And they
were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord blameless. (7)And they had no child, because
Elisabeth was barren; and they both were now far advanced in years.

(8)And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office
before God, in the order of his course, (9)it fell to his lot,
according to the custom of the priest's office, to burn incense, going
into the temple of the Lord. (10)And the whole multitude of the people
were praying without, at the hour of incense. (11)And there appeared
to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar
of incense. (12)And Zachariah seeing him was troubled, and fear fell
upon him. (13)But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah; for thy
prayer was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and
thou shalt call his name John. (14)And thou shalt have joy and
gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. (15)For he shall be
great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine nor strong drink;
and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's
womb. (16)And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord
their God. (17)And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of
Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a prepared people
for the Lord.

(18)And Zachariah said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I
am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years. (19)And the angel
answering said to him: I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of
God; and I was sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these glad
tidings. (20)And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak,
until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou didst
not believe thy words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

(21)And the people were waiting for Zachariah; and they were wondering
at his long tarrying in the temple. (22)And when he came out he was
not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a
vision in the temple; and he was making signs to them, and remained
speechless.

(23)And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were
completed, that he departed to his own house.

(24)And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived; and she hid
herself five months, saying: (25)Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in
the days wherein he looked on me to take away my reproach among men.

(26)And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a
city of Galilee, named Nazareth, (27)to a virgin betrothed to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name
was Mary. (28)And the angel coming in to her, said: Hail, highly
favored! The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. (29)And
she was troubled at the saying; and was considering what manner of
salutation this might be. (30)And the angel said to her: Fear not,
Mary; for thou didst find favor with God. (31)And, behold, thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name
Jesus. (32)He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest;
and the Lord God will give to him the throne of David his father;
(33)and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his
kingdom there shall be no end.

(34)Then said Mary to the angel: How shall this be, seeing that I know
not a man? (35)And the angel answering said to her: The Holy Spirit
will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow
thee; therefore also the Holy One that is born shall be called the Son
of God. (36)And, behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also has
conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her
who is called barren. (37)For with God nothing shall be[1:37]
impossible.

(38)And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me
according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

(39)And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with
haste, into a city of Judah; (40)and entered into the house of
Zachariah, and saluted Elisabeth. (41)And it came to pass, as
Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, that the babe leaped in her
womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. (42)And she spoke
out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women, and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb. (43)And whence is this to me, that
the mother of my Lord should come to me? (44)For, behold, as the voice
of thy salutation came into my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for
joy. (45)And happy is she, who believed that there shall be[1:45] a
fulfillment of the things told her from the Lord.

(46)And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord; (47)and my spirit
rejoiced in God my Savior. (48)Because he looked upon the low estate
of his handmaid; for, behold, henceforth all generations will call me
happy. (49)Because the Mighty One did great things for me; and holy is
his name. (50)And his mercy is from generation to generation, to those
who fear him. (51)He wrought might with his arm; he scattered the
proud in the imagination of their hearts. (52)He cast down princes
from thrones, and exalted those of low degree. (53)The hungry he
filled with good, and the rich he sent empty away. (54)He helped
Israel, his servant; to remember mercy, (55)as he spoke to our
fathers, for Abraham and for his seed forever.

(56)And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her
own house.

(57)Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and
she brought forth a son. (58)And her neighbors and her kindred heard
that the Lord showed great mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with
her.

(59)And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to
circumcise the child; and they called him Zachariah, after the name of
his father. (60)And his mother answered and said: Nay; but he shall be
called John. (61)And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred
that is called by this name. (62)And they made signs to his father,
how he would have him called. (63)And asking for a writing-tablet, he
wrote, saying: His name is John. And they all wondered. (64)And his
mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue was loosed; and he spoke,
blessing God. (65)And fear came on all that dwelt around them. And all
these things[1:65] were told abroad in all the hill-country of Judaea.
(66)And all who heard laid them up in their hearts, saying: What then
will this child be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

(67)And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and
prophesied, saying: (68)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, that
he visited and wrought redemption for his people; (69)and raised up a
horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant, (70)(as
he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets of old,) (71)salvation from
our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; (72)to show mercy
to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; (73)the oath which
he swore to Abraham our father, (74)to grant to us, that without fear,
being rescued from the hand of our enemies, we should serve him,
(75)in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

(76)And also thou, O child, shalt be called Prophet of the Highest;
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,
(77)in order to give knowledge of salvation to his people in remission
of their sins; (78)through the tender mercies of our God, whereby the
dayspring from on high visited us, (79)to give light to those sitting
in darkness and the shadow of death, in order to guide our feet into
the way of peace.

(80)And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the
deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.



II.

AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be registered. (2)This
registering was the first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.
(3)And all went to be registered, each one to his own city. (4)And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judaea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem (because he was
of the house and family of David), (5)to be registered with Mary his
betrothed wife, who was with child. (6)And so it was, that, while they
were there, the days were completed that she should bring forth.
(7)And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in
swathing bands, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room
for them in the inn.

(8)And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
and keeping watch over their flock by night. (9)And, behold, an angel
of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
them; and they were sore afraid. (10)And the angel said to them: Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall
be to all the people. (11)For to you is born this day in the city of
David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (12)And this shall be to you
the sign: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swathing bands, lying in a
manger. (13)And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host, praising God and saying: (14)Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good will among men.

(15)And it came to pass, when the angels were gone away from them into
heaven, that the shepherds said one to another: Let us go now unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord
made known to us. (16)And they came with haste, and found both Mary
and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. (17)And having seen it,
they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this
child. (18)And all that heard wondered at the things which were told
them by the shepherds. (19)And Mary kept all these things[2:19],
pondering them in her heart. (20)And the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was
told to them.

(21)And when eight days were completed for circumcising him, his name
was called Jesus; the name given by the angel before he was conceived
in the womb.

(22)And when the days of their purification, according to the law of
Moses, were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present
him to the Lord, (23)(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every
male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) (24)and to
offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A
pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.

(25)And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;
and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of
Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him, (26)And it was revealed to
him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had
seen the Christ of the Lord. (27)And he came by the Spirit into the
temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him
after the custom of the law, (28)then he took him into his arms, and
blessed God, and said: (29)Now, Lord, thou lettest thy servant depart
in peace, according to thy word; (30)because my eyes saw thy
salvation, (31)which thou preparedst before the face of all the
peoples, (32)a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory
of thy people Israel.

(33)And his father and mother wondered at the things spoken of him.
(34)And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this
child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign
that shall be spoken against, (35)(and a sword shall pierce through
thine own soul also), that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.

(36)And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the
tribe of Asher. She was of great age, and had lived with a husband
seven years from her virginity; (37)and she was a widow of about
fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, serving
day and night with fastings and prayers. (38)And she, coming up at
that very time, likewise gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to
all that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

(39)And when they had performed all things according to the law of the
Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. (40)And
the child grew, and became strong, being filled with wisdom; and the
favor of God was upon him.

(41)And his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the
passover. (42)And when he was twelve years old, they having gone up
according to the custom of the feast, (43)and completed the days, as
they returned, Jesus the child remained behind in Jerusalem. And his
parents knew it not, (44)but supposing that he was in the company,
went a day's journey, and sought him among their kindred and
acquaintance; (45)and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem,
seeking him.

(46)And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the
temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and
asking them questions. (47)And all that heard him, were astonished at
his understanding and answers. (48)And seeing him they were amazed.
And his mother said to him: Child, why didst thou thus deal with us?
Behold, thy father and I sought thee, sorrowing. (49)And he said to
them: How is it that ye sought me? Did ye not know, that I must be in
my Father's house[2:49]? (50)And they understood not the saying which
he spoke to them.

(51)And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject
to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

(52)And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God
and men.



III.

NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when
Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee,
and his brother Philip tetrarch, of Iturea and of the region of
Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, (2)when Annas was high
priest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of
Zachariah, in the wilderness. (3)And he came into all the country
about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto
remission of sins, (4)as it is written in the book of the words of
Isaiah the prophet:

    The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    Prepare the way of the Lord,
    Make straight his paths.
    (5)Every valley shall be filled,
    And every mountain and hill shall be brought low;
    And the crooked shall be straight,
    And the rough ways smooth;
    (6)And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

(7)He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by
him: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
(8)Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to
say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to
you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
(9)And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree
therefore, that brings not forth good fruit, is cut down and cast into
the fire.

(10)And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do?
(11)He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart
to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

(12)And there came also publicans to be immersed; and they said to
him: Teacher, what shall we do? (13)And he said to them: Exact no more
than that which is appointed you. (14)And soldiers also asked him,
saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no
one, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages[3:14].

(15)And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning
in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the
Christ, (16)John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in
water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the latchet of
whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the
Holy Spirit and fire; (17)whose fan is in his hand, and he will
thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into
his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable.

(18)And with many other exhortations he published the good tidings to
the people.

(19)But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of
Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils which Herod
did, (20)added to all this also, that he shut up John in prison.

(21)Now it came to pass, when all the people had been immersed, that
as Jesus, having also been immersed, was praying, the heaven was
opened, (22)and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape as a dove
upon him; and there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved
Son; in thee I am well pleased.

(23)And Jesus himself was, when he began[3:23], about thirty years of
age; being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
(24)the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of
Janna, the son of Joseph, (25)the son of Matthias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, (26)the son of
Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph,
the son of Judah, (27)the son of Joanna, the son of Reza, the son of
Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, (28)the son of
Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son
of Er, (29)the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the
son of Matthat, the son of Levi, (30)the son of Simeon, the son of
Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
(31)the son of Meleah, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son
of Nathan, the son of David, (32)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahon, (33)the son of
Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the
son of Judah, (34)the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, (35)the son of Serug, the
son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Salah,
(36)the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son
of Noah, the son of Lamech, (37)the son of Methuselah, the son of
Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan,
(38)the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.



IV.

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan; and he
was led in the Sprit into the wilderness (2)forty days, tempted by the
Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he
hungered.

(3)And the Devil said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command this
stone that it become bread. (4)And Jesus answered him, saying: It is
written, Man shall not live on bread alone.

(5)And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all
the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. (6)And the Devil said
to him: All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them;
because it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I
will. (7)If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. (8)And
Jesus answering said to him: It is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

(9)And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the
temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down
from hence. (10)For it is written: He will give his angels command
concerning thee, to keep thee; (11)and on their hands they shall bear
thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. (12)And Jesus
answering said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy
God.

(13)And having finished every temptation, the Devil departed from him
for a season.

(14)And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and
there went out a report concerning him through all the surrounding
country. (15)And he taught in their synagogues, being honored by all.

(16)And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And, as his
custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day; and he
stood up to read. (17)And there was delivered to him the book of the
prophet Isaiah. And unrolling the book, he found the place where it
was written:

    (18)The Spirit of the Lord is upon me;
    Because he anointed me to publish good tidings to the poor;
    He has sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives,
    And recovering of sight to the blind,
    To send the oppressed away free,
    (19)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

(20)And rolling up the book he gave it again to the servant, and sat
down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
(21)And he began to say to them: To-day is this scripture fulfilled in
your ears. (22)And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words
of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said: Is not this
Joseph's son? (23)And he said to them: Ye will surely say to me this
proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatever we heard done in Capernaum,
do also here in thy country. (24)And he said: Verily I say to you, no
prophet is accepted in his own country. (25)But I tell you of a truth,
there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the
heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great
famine throughout all the land; (26)and to none of them was Elijah
sent, but unto Zarephath of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.
(27)And there were many lepers in Israel, in the time of Elisha the
prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
(28)And all in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were
filled with wrath. (29)And they rose up, and thrust him out of the
city, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was
built, to cast him down headlong. (30)But he, passing through the
midst of them, went away.

(31)And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was
teaching them on the sabbath; (32)and they were astonished at his
teaching, because his word was with power.

(33)And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean
demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, (34)saying: Ah! what have
we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Didst thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. (35)And Jesus rebuked
him, saying: Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon
throwing him in the midst came out from him, doing him no harm.
(36)And amazement came on all; and they spoke with one another,
saying: What is this word, that with authority and power he commands
the unclean spirits, and they come out? (37)And there went out a rumor
concerning him into every place of the country around.

(38)And he rose up and went from the synagogue, and entered into the
house of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was seized with a
violent fever[4:38]; and they besought him for her. (39)And standing
over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she
arose and ministered to them.

(40)Now when the sun was setting, all that had any sick with divers
diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on each one of
them, and healed them. (41)And demons also came out from many, crying
out, and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And he, rebuking them,
suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

(42)And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place. And
the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he
should not depart from them. (43)And he said to them: I must publish
the good news of the kingdom of God to other cities also; because for
this I was sent forth. (44)And he preached in the synagogues of
Galilee.



V.

AND it came to pass, as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the
word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, (2)that he
saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of
them, and were washing the nets. (3)And entering into one of the
ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the
land. And sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.

(4)And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the
deep; and do ye let down your nets for a draught. (5)And Simon
answering said to him: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing;
but at thy word I will let down the net. (6)And having done this, they
inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net began to break.
(7)And they beckoned to their partners in the other ship, to come and
help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they
began to sink. (8)And Simon Peter, seeing it, fell down at the knees
of Jesus, saying: Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
(9)For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the
draught of the fishes which they had taken; (10)and likewise also
James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.

And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch
men. (11)And having brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and
followed him.

(12)And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, that there
was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and
besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.
(13)And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying: I will; be
thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. (14)And
he charged him to tell no one: But go, and show thyself to the priest,
and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to
them.

(15)But all the more went abroad the report concerning him; and great
multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their
infirmities. (16)And he was wont to retire into the solitary places,
and pray.

(17)And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he was teaching; and
there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come
out of every village of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem; and there
was power of the Lord for healing them. (18)And, behold, men brought
on a bed a man who was palsied; and they sought to bring him in, and
to lay him before him. (19)And not finding by what way they might
bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop,
and let him down through the tiling with the couch into the midst
before Jesus. (20)And seeing their faith he said: Man, thy sins are
forgiven thee. (21)And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,
saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but
God alone? (22)But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answering said to
them: What reason ye in your hearts? (23)Which is easier, to say, Thy
sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk? (24)But that ye may
know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, (he
said to the palsied man,) I say to thee, arise, and taking up thy
couch go to thy house. (25)And immediately standing up before them, he
took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying
God. (26)And they were all amazed; and they glorified God, and were
filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.

(27)And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named
Levi, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he said to him:
Follow me. (28)And leaving all, he arose and followed him.

(29)And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a
great company of publicans and of others who reclined at the table
with them. (30)And the Pharisees, and their scribes[5:30], murmured
against his disciples, saying: Why do ye eat and drink with the
publicans and sinners? (31)And Jesus answering said to them: They who
are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (32)I have not
come to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.

(33)And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and
make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and
drink? (34)And he said to them: Can ye make the sons of the
bridechamber fast, [5:34] while the bridegroom is with them? (35)But
days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then
shall they fast in those days. (36)And he spoke also a parable to
them: No one rends a piece from a new garment, and puts it on an old
garment; else both the new will make a rent, and the piece from the
new agrees not with the old. (37)And no one puts new wine into old
skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and will itself be
poured out, and the skins will perish. (38)But new wine must be put
into new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38]. (39)And no one
having drunk old wine straightway desires new; for he says: The old is
better[5:39].



VI.

AND it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first[6:1], that
he was going through grain-fields; and his disciples plucked and ate
the ears of grain, rubbing them with their hands. (2)And some of the
Pharisees said: Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the
sabbath? (3)And Jesus answering them said: And have ye not read this,
what David did when he hungered, himself and they who were with him;
(4)how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread,
and gave to those who were with him, which it is not lawful to eat
except for the priests alone? (5)And he said to them: The Son of man
is Lord also of the sabbath.

(6)And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into
the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was
withered. (7)And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he
would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against
him. (8)But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the
withered hand: Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose up,
and stood. (9)Then said Jesus to them: I will ask you what is
lawful[6:9] on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil; to save life,
or to destroy it? (10)And looking round on them all, he said to him:
Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored.
(11)And they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another,
as to what they should do to Jesus.

(12)And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the
mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (13)And
when it was day, he called to him his disciples. And having chosen
from them twelve (whom he named also apostles); (14)Simon, whom he
also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and
Philip and Bartholomew, (15)and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, (16)and Judas brother of James, and
Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer; (17)and having come down with
them, he stood on a plain, and a company of his disciples, and a great
multitude of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of
Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their
diseases; (18)and those vexed by unclean spirits were healed; (19)and
all the multitude sought to touch him, because power went out from him
and healed them all.

(20)And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Happy are ye
poor; for yours is the kingdom of God. (21)Happy are ye that hunger
now; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall
laugh.

(22)Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the sake of the Son of man. (23)Rejoice in that day, and
leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the
same manner did their fathers to the prophets.

(24)But woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your
consolation. (25)Woe to you that are full; for ye shall hunger. Woe to
you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep. (26)Woe! when all men
shall speak well of you; for in the same manner did their fathers to
the false prophets.

(27)But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who
hate you, (28)bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse
you[6:28]. (29)To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the
other; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat
also.

(30)Give to every one that asks of thee; and of him who takes away thy
goods demand them not again. (31)And as ye would that men should do to
you, do ye also in like manner to them.

(32)For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even
the sinners love those who love them. (33)And if ye do good to those
who do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the
same. (34)And if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive, what
thanks have ye? And sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as
much in return.

(35)But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the
Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil. (36)Be ye
merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

(37)And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye
shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.

(38)Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For
with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you
again.

(39)And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind?
Shall they not both fall into the ditch? (40)A disciple is not above
the teacher; but every one shall be perfected as his teacher.

(41)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

(42)How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me cast out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! cast out first the beam out of
thine eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote that
is in thy brother's eye.

(43)For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit, nor corrupt
tree that bears good fruit. (44)For every tree is known from its own
fruit. For from thorns they do not gather figs, nor from a bramble
bush do they harvest grapes. (45)The good man out of the good treasure
of his heart brings forth that which is good; and the evil, out of the
evil, brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the
heart his mouth speaks.

(46)And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
(47)Every one that comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I
will show you to whom he is like. (48)He is like a man building a
house, who digged deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a
flood arose, the stream burst upon that house, and could not shake it;
because it was well builded. (49)But he that hears, and does not, is
like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; on
which the stream burst, and immediately it fell[6:49]; and the ruin of
that house was great.



VII.

WHEN he completed all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he
entered into Capernaum. (2)And a certain centurion's servant, who was
dear to him, was sick and about to die. (3)And having heard concerning
Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would
come and heal his servant. (4)And they, coming to Jesus, besought him
earnestly, saying: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him;
(5)for he loves our nation, and himself built our synagogue.

(6)And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the
house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him: Lord, trouble
not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my
roof. (7)Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee;
but say with a word, and my servant will be healed. (8)For I am a man
placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this
one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my
servant, Do this, and he does it. (9)And Jesus hearing these things,
marveled at him; and turning said to the multitude that followed him:
I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.

(10)And they who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant
whole that had been sick.

(11)And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called
Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.
(12)And as he came near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man
was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and
a great multitude of the city was with her. (13)And seeing her, the
Lord had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not. (14)And he came
and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still. And he said:
Young man, I say to thee, arise. (15)And the dead sat up, and began to
speak. And he gave him to his mother. (16)And fear seized on all; and
they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and,
God has visited his people. (17)And this report went forth in all
Judaea concerning him, and in all the country around.

(18)And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these
things. (19)And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to
Jesus, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (20)And
coming to him, the men said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee,
saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (21)And in
that very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil
spirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight. (22)And answering he
said to them: Go, and report to John what ye saw and heard; that the
blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are published.
(23)And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.

(24)And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to
the multitudes concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness
to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

(25)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?
Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in
kings' palaces.

(26)But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and
much more than a prophet. (27)This is he, of whom it is written:

    Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face,
    Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

(28)For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is a greater
prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is
greater than he.

(29)And all the people, hearing it, and the publicans, justified God,
having been immersed with John's immersion. (30)But the Pharisees and
the lawyers rejected the counsel of God toward themselves, not having
been immersed by him.

(31)To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what
are they like? (32)They are like to children sitting in the market,
and calling to one another, saying: We piped to you, and ye danced
not; we sang the lament to you, and ye wept not. (33)For John the
Immerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say:
He has a demon. (34)The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and
ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans
and sinners. (35)But wisdom was justified on the part of all her
children.

(36)And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. And entering
into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table. (37)And, behold,
a woman who was a sinner in the city, learning that he is reclining at
table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of
ointment; (38)and standing behind at his feet weeping, began to wet
his feet with tears, and wipe them with the hairs of her head, and
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

(39)And seeing it, the Pharisee who had bidden him spoke within
himself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and
what sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.
(40)And Jesus answering said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to
thee. And he says: Teacher, say on. (41)A certain money-lender had two
debtors. The one owed five hundred denaries[7:41], and the other
fifty. (42)And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which
of them therefore, tell me, will love him most? (43)Simon answering
said: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou
didst rightly judge. (44)And turning to the woman, he said to Simon:
Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gayest me no
water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them
with her hair. (45)Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I
came in, ceased not to kiss my feet. (46)My head with oil thou didst
not anoint; but she anointed my feet with ointment. (47)Wherefore I
say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to
whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. (48)And he said to
her: Thy sins are forgiven. (49)And they who reclined with him began
to say within themselves: Who is this that also forgives sins? (50)And
he said to the woman: Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.



VIII.

AND it came to pass afterward, that he journeyed through every city
and village, preaching, and publishing the good news of the kingdom of
God; and with him the twelve, (2)and certain women who had been healed
of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called the Magdalene, from whom
had gone out seven demons, (3)and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's
steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their
substance.

(4)And a great multitude coming together, of those also who came to
him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: (5)The sower went forth
to sow his seed. And as he sowed, one fell by the way-side; and it was
trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. (6)And another
fell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had
no moisture. (7)And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns
sprang up with it, and choked it. (8)And another fell into the good
ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold.

And saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him
hear.

(9)And his disciples asked him, what this parable was. (10)And he
said: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God;
but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing
they may not understand.

(11)Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. (12)Those by
the way-side are they that hear; after that comes the Devil, and takes
away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be
saved. (13)Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, with joy
receive the word; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and
in time of temptation fall away. (14)And that which fell among the
thorns, these are they who have heard, and going forth are choked with
the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to
perfection. (15)But that in the good ground, these are they who, in an
honest and good heart, having heard, hold fast the word, and bring
forth fruit with patience.

(16)No one, having lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it
under a bed; but puts it on a lamp-stand, that they who enter in may
behold the light. (17)For nothing is secret that shall not be made
manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.
(18)Take heed therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him shall be
given; and whoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken
from him.

(19)And his mother and his brothers came to him; and they could not
come near him on account of the multitude. (20)And it was told him,
saying: Thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, desiring to
see thee. (21)And he answering, said to them: My mother and my
brothers are these, who hear and do the word of God.

(22)And it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship
with his disciples. And he said to them: Let us go over to the other
side of the lake. And they launched forth. (23)And as they were
sailing, he fell asleep. And there came down a storm of wind on the
lake; and they began to be filled, and were in jeopardy. (24)And
coming to him, they awoke him, saying: Master, Master, we perish. And
he, rising, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they
ceased, and there was a calm. (25)And he said to them: Where is your
faith? And they, fearing, wondered; saying one to another: Who then is
this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey
him!

(26)And they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is over
against Galilee. (27)And when he had gone forth upon the land, there
met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons a long time, and
wore no clothing, and abode not in a house, but in the tombs. (28)And
seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud
voice said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high
God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. (29)For he commanded the
unclean spirit to come out from the man. For of a long time it had
seized him, and he was bound, being secured with chains and fetters;
and bursting the bands, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

(30)And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? And he said,
Legion; because many demons had entered into him. (31)And he besought
him that he would not command them to go away into the abyss. (32)And
there was a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain; and they
besought him that he would permit them to enter into them. And he
permitted them. (33)And going out of the man, the demons entered into
the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were
choked. (34)And seeing what was done the herdsmen fled, and reported
it in the city and in the country, (35)And they went out to see what
was done. And they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the
demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his
right mind; and they were afraid. (36)They also who saw it reported to
them how he that was possessed by demons was healed. (37)And the whole
multitude of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes besought him to
depart from them; for they were seized with great fear.

And he, entering into the ship, returned. (38)And the man, out of whom
the demons had gone, besought him that he might be with him. But he
sent him away, saying: (39)Return into thy house, and relate how great
things God did for thee. And he departed, and published through the
whole city how great things Jesus did for him.

(40)And it came to pass, when Jesus returned, that the multitude
received him; for they were all waiting for him. (41)And, behold,
there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue; and falling at the feet of Jesus, he besought him that he
would come into his house; (42)for he had an only daughter, about
twelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he went the multitudes
thronged him.

(43)And a woman having a flow of blood twelve years, who had spent all
her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any one, (44)came
up behind, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her
flow of blood ceased. (45)And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me?
And when all denied it, Peter and those with him said: Master, the
multitudes throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou: Who is it that
touched me? (46)And Jesus said: Some one touched me; for I perceived
that power has gone out from me.

(47)And the woman, seeing that she was not concealed, came trembling,
and falling down before him, declared before all the people for what
cause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately. (48)And he
said to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee whole; go in peace.

(49)While he was yet speaking, there comes one from the ruler of the
synagogue's house, saying to him: Thy daughter is dead; trouble not
the Teacher. (50)But Jesus hearing it, answered him: Fear not; only
believe, and she shall be restored.

(51)And entering into the house, he suffered no one to go in with him,
save Peter and James and John, and the father of the maiden, and the
mother. (52)And all were weeping and bewailing her. And he said: Weep
not; she is not dead, but is sleeping. (53)And they laughed him to
scorn, knowing that she was dead. (54)And he, taking hold of her by
the hand, called, saying: Maiden, arise. (55)And her spirit returned,
and she immediately arose; and he commanded that food should be given
her. (56)And her parents were astonished. But he charged them to tell
no one what was done.



IX.

AND having called the twelve together, he gave them power and
authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases. (2)And he sent
them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. (3)And he
said to them: Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor bag,
nor bread, nor money, nor have two coats apiece. (4)And into whatever
house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart. (5)And whoever will
not receive you, when ye go out from that city, shake off even the
dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

(6)And going forth, they went through the villages, publishing the
good news, and healing everywhere.

(7)And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things that were done. And
he was perplexed, because it was said by some: John has risen from the
dead; (8)and by some: Elijah has appeared; and by others: One of the
old prophets has risen again. (9)And Herod said: John I beheaded; but
who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

(10)And the apostles, returning, related to him all that they did. And
taking them with him, he retired privately to a city called Bethsaida.
(11)And the multitudes, when they knew it, followed him. And receiving
them, he spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those
who had need of healing.

(12)And the day began to decline. And the twelve came, and said to
him: Dismiss the multitude, that they may go into the villages around,
and the fields, and lodge, and find food; for here we are in a desert
place. (13)And he said to them: Do ye give them to eat. And they said:
We have not more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go
and buy food for all this people. (14)For they were about five
thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them lie down in
companies of fifty. (15)And they did so, and made them all lie down.
(16)And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to
heaven and blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set
before the multitude. (17)And they ate, and were all filled. And there
were taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

(18)And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, that his disciples
were with him; and he asked them, saying: Who do the multitudes say
that I am? (19)They answering said: John the Immerser; and others,
Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.
(20)And he said to them: But who do ye say that I am? Peter answering
said: The Christ of God. (21)And strictly charging them, he commanded
them to say this to no one; (22)saying: The Son of man must suffer
many things, and be rejected on the part of the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day.

(23)And he said to all: If any one will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (24)For whoever
will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my
sake, the same shall save it (25)For what is a man profited, when he
has gained the whole world, and lost or forfeited himself? (26)For
whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man
be ashamed, when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father
and of the holy angels. (27)And I say to you of a truth, there are
some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they
see the kingdom of God.

(28)And it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that he
took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain
to pray. (29)And it came to pass, while he was praying, that the
appearance of his countenance became changed, and his raiment white
and glistening. (30)And, behold, two men were talking with him, who
were Moses and Elijah; (31)who appeared in glory, and spoke of his
departure, which he was about to fulfill in Jerusalem.

(32)But Peter and they who were with him were heavy with sleep; and
awaking, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
(33)And it came to pass, that, as they were departing from him, Peter
said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make
three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not
knowing what he said. (34)While he said this, there came a cloud, and
overshadowed them; and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
(35)And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my chosen
Son; hear ye him.

(36)And when the voice had come, Jesus was found alone. And they kept
silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had
seen.

(37)And it came to pass, on the next day, when they had come down from
the mountain, that a great multitude met him. (38)And, behold, a man
from the multitude cried, saying: Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon
my son; for he is my only child. (39)And, behold, a spirit takes him,
and he suddenly cries out; and it tears him with foaming, and hardly
departs from him, bruising him. (40)And I entreated thy disciples to
cast him out; and they could not.

(41)And Jesus answering said: O faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring hither thy son.
(42)And while he was yet coming, the demon threw him down, and tore
him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and
gave him back to his father. (43)And all were amazed at the mighty
power of God.

But while all were wondering at all things which Jesus did, he said to
his disciples: (44)Do ye let these words sink into your ears, for the
Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men. (45)But they
understood not this saying, and it was hidden from them, that they
perceived it not; and they feared to ask him concerning that saying.

(46)And there arose in them the thought[9:46], which of them was
greatest. (47)And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a
child and placed it by him, (48)and said to them: Whoever shall
receive this child in my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive
me, receives him who sent me; for he that is least among you all, the
same is great.

(49)And John answering said: Master, we saw one casting out demons in
thy name; and we forbade him, because he follows not with us. (50)And
Jesus said to him: Forbid him not; for he that is not against us is
for us.

(51)And it came to pass, when the days were being completed that he
should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
(52)And he sent messengers before his face; and they went and entered
into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. (53)And they
did not receive him, because his face was directed toward Jerusalem.
(54)And his disciples, James and John, seeing it, said: Lord, wilt
thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them,
as also Elijah did? (55)And he turned, and rebuked them, and said: Ye
know not[9:55] of what spirit ye are. (56)And they went to another
village.

(57)And as they were going in the way, a certain one said to him: I
will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (58)And Jesus said to him:
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son
of man has not where to lay his head.

(59)And he said to another: Follow me. But he said: Lord permit me
first to go and bury my father. (60)And he said to him: Let the dead
bury their own dead; but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

(61)And another also said; I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit
me to bid farewell to those in my house. (62)And Jesus said to him: No
one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the
kingdom of God.



X.

AFTER these things the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent
them two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither
he himself was about to come. (2)And he said to them: The harvest
indeed is great, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of
the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. (3)Go
your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. (4)Carry
neither purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way.
(5)And into whatever house ye enter, first say: Peace be to this
house. (6)And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon
it; and if not, it shall return to you. (7)And in that house remain,
eating and drinking such things as they give[10:7]; for the laborer is
worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. (8)And into whatever
city ye enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you; (9)and
heal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of God
has come nigh unto you. (10)But into whatever city ye enter and they
receive you not, go out into the streets of the same, and say:
(11)Even the dust of your city that cleaves to our feet, we wipe off
to you[10:11]; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has come nigh.
(12)I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for
Sodom, than for that city.

(13)Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles
had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would
long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. (14)But it
will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for
you. (15)And thou, Capernaum, that art exalted to heaven, shalt be
brought down to the underworld.

(16)He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me;
and he that rejects me, rejects him who sent me.

(17)And the seventy returned with joy, saying: Lord, even the demons
are subjected to us in thy name. (18)And he said to them: I beheld
Satan fall as lightning from heaven. (19)Behold, I have given you
power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. (20)But yet, rejoice not in
this, that the spirits are subjected to you; but rejoice, that your
names are written in heaven.

(21)In that hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said: I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things
from the wise and discerning, and reveal them to babes; yea, O Father,
that so it seemed good in thy sight. (22)All things were delivered to
me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and
who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to
reveal him.

(23)And turning to the disciples, he said privately: Happy are the
eyes that behold what ye are beholding. (24)For I say to you, that
many prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and saw
not, and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard not.

(25)And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying:
Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26)He said to him:
What is written in the law? How readest thou? (27)And he answering
said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and
thy neighbor as thyself. (28)And he said to him: Thou answeredst
rightly. This do, and thou shalt live. (29)But he, desiring to justify
himself, said to Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?

(30)And Jesus answering said: A certain man was going down from
Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. (31)And
by chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him, he
passed by on the other side. (32)And in like manner also a Levite,
arriving at the place, came and saw, and passed by on the other side.

(33)And a certain Samaritan, as he was journeying, came where he was,
and seeing him had compassion; (34)and coming to him, bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him on his own beast, he
brought him to an inn, and took care of him. (35)And on the morrow
when he departed, he took out two denaries[10:35] and gave to the
host, and said: Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more,
when I come again, I will repay thee.

(36)Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that
fell among the robbers? (37)And he said: He that had mercy on him. And
Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.

(38)And it came to pass, as they were going, that he entered into a
certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into
her house. (39)And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the
feet of Jesus, and heard his word. (40)But Martha was encumbered with
much serving; and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care
that my sister left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help
me. (41)And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art
anxious and troubled about many things. (42)But one thing is needful;
and Mary chose the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.



XI.

AND it came to pass that, as he was in a certain place praying, when
he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray,
as also John taught his disciples. (2)And he said to them: When ye
pray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. (3)Give us
day by day our daily bread[11:3]. (4)And forgive us our sins; for we
ourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into
temptation.

(5)And he said to them: Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go
to him at midnight, and say to him: (6)Friend, lend me three loaves;
for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing
to set before him; (7)and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble
me not; the door is already shut, and my children with me are in bed;
I can not rise and give thee? (8)I say to you, though he will not rise
and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity
he will rise and give him as many as he needs. (9)I also say to you:
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened to you. (10)For every one that asks receives; and he
that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

(11)And what father is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread,
he will give him a stone; or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a
serpent? (12)Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
(13)If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him?

(14)And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to
pass, when the demon was gone out, that the dumb man spoke; and the
multitudes wondered. (15)But some of them said: He casts out the
demons through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons. (16)And others,
tempting, sought of him a sign from heaven. (17)But he, knowing their
thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is
brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house
falls[11:17]. (18)And if Satan also is divided against himself, how
shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out the demons
through Beelzebul. (19)And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons,
through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your
judges. (20)But if with the finger of God I cast out the demons, then
is the kingdom of God come near to you.

(21)When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace.
(22)But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him,
he takes away his whole armor, wherein he trusted, and divides his
spoils.

(23)He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with
me scatters abroad.

(24)When the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through
dry places, seeking rest; and not finding it, he says, I will return
into my house whence I came out. (25)And coming, he finds it swept and
set in order. (26)Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits
more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the
last state of that man becomes worse than the first.

(27)And it came to pass, as he was saying these things, that a certain
woman lifting up her voice from the multitude, said to him: Happy the
womb that bore thee, and breasts which thou didst suck! (28)And he
said: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!

(29)And the multitudes gathering more and more, he began to say: This
generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign; and no sign shall
be given it, but the sign of Jonah. (30)For as Jonah became a sign to
the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

(31)A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of
this generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the
utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold,
a greater than Solomon is here. (32)Men of Nineveh will rise in the
judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they
repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah
is here.

(33)No one, having lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, or under
the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the
light. (34)The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is
single, thy whole body also is light; but when it is evil, thy body
also is dark. (35)Take heed therefore, lest the light that is in thee
is darkness[11:35]. (36)If therefore thy whole body is light, having
no part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp, with its bright
shining, gives thee light.

(37)And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him and
he went in, and reclined at table. (38)And the Pharisee, seeing it,
wondered that he did not first immerse himself before dinner. (39)And
the Lord said to him: Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup
and the platter; but your inward part is full of rapacity and
wickedness. (40)Fools! Did not he, who made the outside, make the
inside also? (41)But give that which ye have in alms[11:41]; and,
behold, all things are clean to you.

(42)But woe to you, Pharisees! because ye pay tithe of mint and rue
and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought
ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

(43)Woe to you, Pharisees! because ye love the first seat in the
synagogues, and the greetings in the markets.

(44)Woe to you! because ye are as tombs that appear not, and men
walking over them know it not.

(45)And a certain one of the lawyers answering says to him: Teacher,
in saying these things thou reproachest us also. (46)And he said: Woe
to you lawyers also! because ye load men with burdens grievous to be
borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your
fingers.

(47)Woe to you! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and
your fathers killed them. (48)So then ye bear witness to and approve
the deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, and ye
build their sepulchres[11:48]. (49)Therefore also said the wisdom of
God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they
will slay and persecute; (50)that the blood of all the prophets, which
was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this
generation, (51)from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah,
who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say to you, it
shall be required of this generation.

(52)Woe to you lawyers! because ye took away the key of knowledge; ye
entered not in yourselves, and those who were entering in ye hindered.

(53)And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many
things[11:53]; (54)lying in wait for him, seeking to catch something
out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.



XII.

IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of
thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say
to his disciples: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy. (2)For there is nothing covered, that shall not be
revealed, nor hidden, that shall not be known. (3)Wherefore, whatever
ye said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what ye
spoke in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.

(4)And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those who kill the
body, and after that have no more that they can do. (5)But I will warn
you whom ye shall fear; fear him, who after he has killed has power to
cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him. (6)Are not five sparrows
sold for two pence? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
(7)But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are
of more value than many sparrows.

(8)And I say to you: Every one that shall acknowledge me before men,
him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God;
(9)but he that denied me before men shall be denied before the angels
of God. (10)And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of
man, it will be forgiven him; but to him that blasphemes against the
Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.

(11)And when they bring you to the synagogues, and magistrates, and
authorities, take not thought how or what ye shall answer, or what ye
shall say. (12)For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour
what ye ought to say.

(13)And a certain one of the multitude said to him: Teacher, speak to
my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. (14)And he said to
him: Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? (15)And he said
to them: Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; because a man's
life consists not in the abundance of his possessions.

(16)And he spoke a parable to them, saying: The ground of a certain
rich man brought forth plentifully. (17)And he thought within himself,
saying: What shall I do, because I have not where to store my fruits?
(18)And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will
build greater; and there I will store all my fruits and my goods.
(19)And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. (20)But God said to
him: Fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose
shall those things be, which thou didst provide? (21)So is he that
lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

(22)And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, take not
thought for the life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye
shall put on. (23)The life is more than food, and the body than
raiment. (24)Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which
have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. How much better
are ye than the birds! (25)And which of you by taking thought can add
a cubit to his stature[12:25]? (26)If therefore ye can not do even
that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

(27)Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I
say to you, that even Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these. (28)And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in
the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, ye
of little faith? (29)And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye
shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind. (30)For all these things
do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye
have need of these. (31)But seek his kingdom, and these things shall
be added to you.

(32)Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom. (33)Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide
yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure unfailing in the
heavens, where a thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts. (34)For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

(35)Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; (36)and ye
like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the
wedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open to him
immediately. (37)Happy those servants, whom their lord when he comes
shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself,
and make them recline at table, and will come forth and serve them.
(38)And if he shall come in the second watch, or in the third watch,
and find it so, happy are those servants. (39)And this know, that if
the master of the house had known at what hour the thief is coming, he
would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken
through. (40)Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the
Son of man comes.

(41)And Peter said to him: Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or
also to all? (42)And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful, the wise
steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the
portion of food in due season? (43)Happy that servant, whom his lord
when he comes shall find so doing! (44)Of a truth I say to you, that
he will make him ruler over all his goods.

(45)But if that servant say in his heart: My lord delays his coming;
and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidservants, and to eat
and drink, and to be drunken; (46)the lord of that servant will come
in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not
aware, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the
faithless.

(47)And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor
did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; (48)but
he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten
with few. For to whomsoever much was given, of him much will be
required; and to whom they committed much, of him they will require
the more.

(49)I came to send fire upon the earth; and what will I, if it is
already kindled[12:49]? (50)But I have an immersion to undergo; and
how am I straitened till it be accomplished! (51)Suppose ye that I
came to give peace in the earth? I tell you, nay; but only division.
(52)For from this time forth, five in one house will be divided, three
against two, and two against three. (53)They will be divided, father
against son, and son against father; mother against the daughter,
and daughter against the mother; mother-in-law against her
daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.

(54)And he said also to the multitudes: When ye see the cloud rising
from the west, straightway ye say: A shower is coming and so it comes
to pass. (55)And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say: There will
be heat; and it comes to pass. (56)Hypocrites! Ye know how to judge of
the face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that ye know not how
to judge of this time? (57)And why even of yourselves do ye not judge
what is right? (58)For when thou art going with thine adversary to the
magistrate, on the way give diligence that thou mayest be delivered
from him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee
to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison. (59)I say to
thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last
mite.



XIII.

THERE were present at that season some who brought him word concerning
the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.
(2)And answering he said to them: Suppose ye that these Galilaeans
were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered such
things? (3)I tell you, nay; but, except ye repent, ye shall all in
like manner perish. (4)Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam
fell, and slew them, suppose ye that they were sinners above all the
men who dwell in Jerusalem? (5)I tell you, nay; but, except ye repent,
ye shall all in like manner perish.

(6)He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in
his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
(7)And he said to the vine-dresser: Behold, three years I come seeking
fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down; why does it also
encumber[13:7] the ground? (8)And he answering says to him: Lord, let
it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and cast in
manure. (9)And if it bear fruit--; and if not, hereafter thou shalt
cut it down[13:9].

(10)And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
(11)And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and was bowed together, and wholly unable to raise
herself up. (12)And Jesus seeing her, called her to him, and said to
her: Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. (13)And he laid his
hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified
God. (14)And the ruler of the synagogue answering (being indignant
because Jesus healed on the sabbath), said to the multitude: There are
six days in which it is proper to work; in them therefore come and be
healed, and not on the sabbath. (15)And the Lord answered him, and
said: Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or
ass from the manger, and lead him away to water him? (16)And ought not
this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo,
eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath? (17)And as
he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the
multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

(18)He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like? And to what
shall I liken it? (19)It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man
took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree,
and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

(20)And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
(21)It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures
of meal, till the whole was leavened.

(22)And he went through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying
toward Jerusalem.

(23)And a certain one said to him: Lord, are there few that are saved?
(24)And he said to them: Strive to enter in through the strait gate;
for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
(25)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and
ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord,
open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence
ye are; (26)then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy
presence, and thou didst teach in our streets. (27)And he will say, I
tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all workers of
unrighteousness. (28)There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of
teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. (29)And
they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will
recline at table in the kingdom of God. (30)And, behold, there are
last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

(31)On that day there came certain Pharisees, saying to him: Depart,
and go hence; for Herod desires to kill thee. (32)And he said to them:
Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day
and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected. (33)But yet, I must
go to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following; because it may not be
that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

(34)Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those
sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as
a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not! (35)Behold, your
house is left to you desolate. And I say to you: Ye shall not see me,
until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the
name of the Lord.



XIV.

AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief of
the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath, that they watched him.
(2)And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had the dropsy.
(3)And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is
it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? And they were silent. (4)And
taking hold of him, he healed him, and let him go. (5)And to them he
said: Who is there of you, whose ox or ass[14:5] shall fall into a
pit, and he will not straightway draw him up on the sabbath day?
(6)And they could not answer him again to these things.

(7)And he spoke a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how
they chose out the first places; saying to them: (8)When thou art
bidden by any one to a wedding, recline not in the first place at
table, lest one more honorable than thou may have been bidden by him;
(9)and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give
place to this man; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the
lowest place. (10)But when thou art bidden, go and recline in the
lowest place; that when he that bade thee comes, he may say to thee,
Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have honor in the presence of
those who recline at table with thee. (11)For every one that exalts
himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be
exalted.

(12)And he said also to him who bade him: When thou makest a dinner or
a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor
rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be
made thee. (13)But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind. (14)And happy shalt thou be, because they
can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the
resurrection of the righteous.

(15)And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, hearing
these things, said to him: Happy is he, who shall eat bread in the
kingdom of God! (16)And he said to him: A certain man made a great
supper, and bade many. (17)And he sent his servant, at the hour of the
supper, to say to those who were bidden: Come, for all things are now
ready. (18)And they all, with one mind, began[14:18] to excuse
themselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I
must needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused. (19)And
another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial
of them; I pray thee let me be excused. (20)And another said: I
married a wife; and therefore I can not come.

(21)And the servant came, and reported these things to his lord. Then
the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither
the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind. (22)And the servant said:
Lord, it is done as thou didst command, and yet there is room. (23)And
the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them[14:23] to come in, that my house may be filled; (24)for I
say to you, that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my
supper.

(25)And great multitudes were going with him; and turning, he said to
them: (26)If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even
his own life besides, he can not be my disciple. (27)And whoever does
not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple. (28)For
who of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and
count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it? (29)Lest
haply, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all
that behold begin to mock him, (30)saying: This man began to build,
and was not able to finish. (31)Or what king, going to make war
against another king, does not first sit down and consult, whether he
is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who comes against him with
twenty thousand? (32)Else, while he is yet a great way off, he sends
an embassy, and desires conditions of peace.

(33)So then, whoever of you forsakes not all that he has can not be my
disciple. (34)Salt therefore is good; but if even the salt has become
tasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned? (35)It is fit neither for
the land, nor for the dunghill; they cast it out. He that has ears to
hear, let him hear.



XV.

AND there were drawing near to him all the publicans and the sinners
to hear him. (2)And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying:
This man receives sinners, and eats with them.

(3)And he spoke this parable to them, saying: (4)What man of you,
having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave
the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is
lost, until he finds it? (5)And having found it, he lays it on his
shoulders, rejoicing. (6)And coming home, he calls together his
friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me; because I
found my sheep which was lost. (7)I say to you, that so there will be
joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and
nine just persons, who have no need of repentance.

(8)Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till
she finds it? (9)And having found it, she calls her friends and
neighbors together, saying: Rejoice with me; because I found the piece
which I lost. (10)So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of
the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

(11)And he said: A certain man had two sons. (12)And the younger of
them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of the property
that falls to me. And he divided to them his living. (13)And not many
days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad
into a far country, and there wasted his substance in riotous living.
(14)And when he had spent all, there arose a grievous famine in that
country; and he began to be in want. (15)And he went and joined
himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into
his fields to feed swine. (16)And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks which the swine ate; and no one gave to him. (17)And
coming to himself, he said: How many hired servants of my father have
bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! (18)I will
arise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I sinned
against heaven, and before thee. (19)I am no longer worthy to be
called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.

(20)And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great
way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on
his neck, and kissed him. (21)And the son said to him: Father, I
sinned against heaven, and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be
called thy son. (22)But the father said to his servants: Bring forth a
robe, the best, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and
sandals on his feet; (23)and bring the fatted calf, and kill it; and
let us eat and be merry. (24)Because this my son was dead and is alive
again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

(25)Now his elder son was in the field. And as he came, and drew near
to the house, he heard music and dancing. (26)And calling to him one
of the servants, he inquired what these things meant. (27)And he said
to him: Thy brother is come; and thy father killed the fatted calf,
because he received him back, safe and sound. (28)And he was angry,
and would not go in; and his father came out, and entreated him.
(29)And he answering said to his father: Lo, so many years do I serve
thee, and never transgressed thy command; and to me thou never gayest
a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. (30)But when this thy
son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for
him the fatted calf. (31)And he said to him: Child, thou art ever with
me, and all that I have is thine. (32)It was meet that we should make
merry, and be glad; because this thy brother was dead and is alive
again; and was lost, and is found.



XVI.

AND he said also to the disciples: There was a certain rich man, who
had a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods.
(2)And having called him, he said to him: What is this that I hear of
thee? Give account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer
steward. (3)And the steward said within himself: What shall I do? for
my master takes away from me the stewardship. I am not able to dig; to
beg I am ashamed. (4)I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out
of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. (5)And
having called to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the
first: How much owest thou to my master? (6)And he said: A hundred
measures of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down
quickly, and write fifty. (7)Then he said to another: And how much
owest thou? And he said: A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to
him: Take thy bill, and write fourscore. (8)And the master commended
the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; because the sons of
this world are, in their generation, wiser than the sons of light.
(9)And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into the
everlasting habitations. (10)He that is faithful in that which is
least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is
unjust also in much. (11)If therefore ye were not faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? (12)And
if ye were not faithful in that which is another's, who will give to
you your own? (13)No servant can serve two masters; for either he will
hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and despise
the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.

(14)And the Pharisees also; who were covetous, heard all these things;
and they derided him. (15)And he said to them: Ye are they who justify
themselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is
highly esteemed among men is abomination before God.

(16)The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the good
news of the kingdom of God is published, and every man presses into
it. (17)And it is easier that heaven and earth should pass away, than
that one tittle of the law should fail.

(18)Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits
adultery; and he who marries her when put away from a husband commits
adultery.

(19)There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day. (20)And there was a certain
beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, (21)and
desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's
table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. (22)And it came to
pass, that the beggar died; and he was borne away by the angels into
Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried; (23)and in
the underworld, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (24)And he cried and said:
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip
the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented
in this flame. (25)But Abraham said: Child, remember that in thy
lifetime thou receivedst thy good things in full, and Lazarus in like
manner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art
tormented. (26)And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf
is fixed; that they who would pass from hence to you may not be able,
nor those from thence pass over to us. (27)And he said: I pray thee
therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house.
(28)For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, that they
may not also come into this place of torment. (29)Abraham says to him:
They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. (30)And he said:
Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they
will repent. (31)And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from
the dead.



XVII.

AND he said to his disciples: It is impossible that causes of offense
should not come; but woe to him through whom they come! (2)It were
better for him that a mill stone were placed about his neck, and he
were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these
little ones to offend.

(3)Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he
repent, forgive him. (4)And if he sin against thee seven times in the
day, and seven times turn to thee saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive
him.

(5)And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. (6)And the
Lord said: If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would say to this
sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and planted in the sea;
and it would have obeyed you.

(7)And who of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will
say to him immediately, when he has come in from the field, Come and
recline at table; (8)and will not rather say to him, Make ready
wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and serve me, till I have eaten
and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? (9)Does he thank
that servant, because he did the things that were commanded? I think
not. (10)So also ye, when ye shall have done all the things that were
commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that
which was our duty to do.

(11)And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he went
through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. (12)And as he was entering
into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar
off. (13)And they lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have
mercy on us. (14)And seeing it, he said to them: Go, show yourselves
to the priests. And it came to pass that, as they went, they were
cleansed. (15)And one of them, seeing that he was healed, turned back,
with a loud voice glorifying God, (16)and fell down on his face at his
feet, giving thanks to him; and he was a Samaritan. (17)And Jesus
answering said: Were not the ten cleansed? And where are the nine?
(18)Were none found returning to give glory to God, except this
stranger? (19)And he said to him: Arise, and go; thy faith has made
thee whole.

(20)And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would
come, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not with
observation; (21)nor shall they say, Lo here! or, Lo there! for,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you[17:21].

(22)And he said to the disciples: Days will come, when ye will desire
to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it.
(23)And they will say to you, See here; or, See there; go not away,
and follow not. (24)For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one
part under heaven, shines unto the other part under heaven, so will
the Son of man be in his day. (25)But first he must suffer many
things, and be rejected on the part of this generation.

(26)And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days
of the Son of man. (27)They ate, they drank, they married, they were
given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and
the flood came and destroyed all. (28)In like manner also as it was in
the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they
planted, they builded; (29)but the same day that Lot went out from
Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.
(30)After the same manner will it be, in the day when the Son of man
is revealed.

(31)In that day, he who shall be on the house-top, and his goods in
the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he that is in
the field, let him likewise not turn back. (32)Remember Lot's wife.
(33)Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may
lose his life shall preserve it.

(34)I say to you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one
will be taken, and the other will be left. (35)Two women will be
grinding together; one will be taken, and the other left. (37)And they
answering say to him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: Where the body
is, there also will the eagles be gathered together.



XVIII.

AND he spoke also a parable to them, to the end that they ought always
to pray, and not to faint; (2)saying: There was in a certain city a
certain judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man. (3)And there was
a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my
adversary. (4)And he would not for a while; but afterward he said
within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, (5)yet because
this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she
weary me.

(6)And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says. (7)And will not
God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he is long
suffering in respect to them? (8)I say to you, that he will avenge
them speedily. But yet, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith
on the earth?

(9)And he spoke this parable to some who trust in themselves that they
are righteous, and despise others. (10)Two men went up into the temple
to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. (11)The Pharisee
stood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
publican. (12)I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I
possess[18:12]. (13)And the publican, standing afar off, would not
even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying:
God be merciful to me, the sinner. (14)I say to you, this man went
down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that
exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be
exalted.

(15)And they brought to him also infants, that he might touch them;
and the disciples seeing it rebuked them. (16)But Jesus calling them
to him, said: Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid
them not; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. (17)Verily I say to
you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child,
shall not enter therein.

(18)And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I
do to inherit eternal life? (19)And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou
call me good? None is good save one, God. (20)Thou knowest the
commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother. (21)And he
said: All these I kept from my youth. (22)And Jesus hearing it said to
him: Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and
distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me. (23)And hearing this, he became very sorrowful; for
he was exceedingly rich. (24)And Jesus seeing him became very
sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the
kingdom of God! (25)For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
(26)And they who heard it said: And who can be saved? (27)And he said:
The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

(28)And Peter said: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee. (29)And he
said to them: Verily I say to you, there is no one that forsook house,
or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the
kingdom of God, (30)who shall not receive manifold more in this
present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

(31)And taking with him the twelve, he said to them: Behold, we are
going up to Jerusalem, and all the things written by the prophets for
the Son of man shall be accomplished. (32)For he will be delivered to
the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, (33)and
they will scourge him, and put him to death; and on the third day he
will rise again. (34)And they understood none of these things; and
this saying was hidden from them, and they knew not the things that
were said.

(35)And it came to pass, that as he came near to Jericho, a certain
blind man was sitting by the way-side, begging. (36)And hearing a
multitude passing by, he inquired what this was. (37)And they told
him, that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. (38)And he called aloud,
saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. (39)And they who went
before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried much
the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. (40)And Jesus stood still,
and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he was come near, he
asked him, (41)saying: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he
said: Lord, that I may receive sight. (42)And Jesus said to him:
Receive sight; thy faith has made thee whole. (43)And immediately he
received sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people,
seeing it, gave praise to God.



XIX.

AND having entered in, he was passing through Jericho. (2)And behold,
there was a man named Zaccheus, and he was a chief publican; and this
man was rich. (3)And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and he could
not on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature.
(4)And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him;
because by that way he was to pass through. (5)And Jesus, when he came
to the place, looked up and saw him, and said to him: Zaccheus, make
haste and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. (6)And he
made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. (7)And seeing
it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a
sinner.

(8)And Zaccheus stood up, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half
of my goods I give to the poor; and if I took aught from any one by
false accusation, I restore fourfold. (9)And Jesus said to him: This
day is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of
Abraham. (10)For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which
was lost.

(11)And as they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought
that the kingdom of God would immediately appear. (12)He said
therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return. (13)And having called his ten
servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Traffic, till I
come.

(14)But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying:
We will not have this man to reign over us.

(15)And it came to pass, when he had returned, having received the
kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom
he gave the money, that he might know what each gained by trading.
(16)And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound gained ten pounds.
(17)And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because thou wast
faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

(18)And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound made five pounds.
(19)And he said also to this man: And be thou over five cities.
(20)And another came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept
laid up in a napkin. (21)For I feared thee, because thou art an
austere man; thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest
what thou didst not sow. (22)And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will
I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,
taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow?
(23)Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my
coming, should have required it with interest. (24)And he said to
those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that
has the ten pounds. (25)And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds.
(26)For I say to you, that to every one that has shall be given; and
from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.

(27)But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them,
bring hither, and slay them before me.

(28)And having spoken these things, he went before, going up to
Jerusalem. (29)And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and
Bethany, at the mount called Olivet, that he sent forth two of his
disciples, (30)saying: Go into the opposite village, in which as ye
are entering ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose
and bring him. (31)And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus
shall ye say to him: Because the Lord has need of him. (32)And they
that were sent forth departed, and found even as he said to them.
(33)And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why
loose ye the colt? (34)And they said: The Lord has need of him.
(35)And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast their garments upon
the colt, they set Jesus thereon. (36)And as he went, they spread
their garments in the way. (37)And as he was drawing near, just at the
descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the
disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all
the miracles which they saw; (38)saying: Blessed be the King who comes
in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!

(39)And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him: Teacher,
rebuke thy disciples. (40)And answering he said to them: I tell you
that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

(41)And when he came near, as he saw the city, he wept over it,
(42)saying: If even thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the
things that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine
eyes. (43)For days will come upon thee, that thine enemies will cast
up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on
every side, (44)and will level thee with the ground, and thy children
within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another;
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

(45)And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold;
(46)saying to them: It is written, And my house shall be a house of
prayer; but ye made it a den of robbers.

(47)And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and
the scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,
(48)and could not find what they might do; for all the people hung,
listening, upon him.



XX.

AND it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people
in the temple, and publishing the good news, that the chief priests
and the scribes came to him with the elders, (2)and spoke to him,
saying: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is
he that gave thee this authority? (3)And he answering said to them: I
also will ask you one thing; and tell it me. (4)John's immersion, was
it from heaven, or from men? (5)And they reasoned with themselves,
saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why, then did ye not
believe him? (6)But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us;
for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. (7)And they answered,
that they knew not whence it was. (8)And Jesus said to them: Neither
do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

(9)And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a
vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long
time. (10)And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that
they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen
beat him, and sent him away empty. (11)And again he sent another
servant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they
sent away empty. (12)And again he sent a third; and they wounded him
also, and cast him out.

(13)And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my
beloved son; perhaps, seeing him, they will reverence him. (14)But
when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying:
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may
become ours. (15)So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? (16)He will
come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to
others. And hearing it, they said: Far be it! (17)And he, looking on
them, said: What then is this that is written,

    The stone which the builders disallowed,
    The same is become the head of the corner.

(18)Every one that falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

(19)And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him
in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke
this parable against them.

(20)And watching him[20:20], they sent forth spies, feigning
themselves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in
order to deliver him up to the magistracy, and to the authority of the
governor. (21)And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that thou
sayest and teachest rightly, and regardest not the person of any, but
teachest the way of God truly. (22)Is it lawful that we should give
tribute to Caesar, or not? (23)And perceiving their craftiness, he
said to them: (24)Show me a denary[20:24]. Whose image and inscription
has it? And answering they said: Caesar's. (25)And he said to them:
Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God
the things that are God's. (26)And they could not take hold of his
words before the people; and they marveled at his answer, and held
their peace.

(27)And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection,
coming to him, asked him, (28)saying: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if a
man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his
brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

(29)There were therefore seven brothers; and the first took a wife,
and died childless; (30)and the second and the third took her; (31)and
in like manner also the seven left no children, and died. (32)At last
the woman also died. (33)In the resurrection, therefore, of which of
them is she wife? For the seven had her for a wife.

(34)And Jesus answering said to them: The sons of this world marry,
and are given in marriage. (35)But they who are accounted worthy to
obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry,
nor are given in marriage; (36)for neither can they die any more; for
they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the
resurrection.

(37)Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, at The Bush, when
he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob. (38)For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living;
for to him all live.

(39)And some of the scribes answering said: Teacher, thou saidst well.
(40)For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

(41)And he said to them: How say they that the Christ is son of David?
(42)And David himself says in the book of Psalms:

    The LORD said to my Lord,
    Sit on my right hand,
    (43)Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

(44)David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?

(45)And in the hearing of all the multitude, he said to his disciples:
(46)Beware of the scribes, who desire to go about in long robes, and
love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues,
and the first places at feasts; (47)who devour widows' houses, and for
a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater
condemnation.



XXI.

AND looking up, he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the
treasury. (2)And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither
two mites. (3)And he said: Of a truth I say to you, that this poor
widow cast in more than all. (4)For all these, out of their abundance,
cast into the offerings; but she, out of her want, cast in all the
living that she had.

(5)And as some were saying of the temple, that it has been adorned
with beautiful stones and offerings, he said: (6)As for these things
which ye behold, days will come in which there shall not be left one
stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. (7)And they asked
him, saying: Teacher, when therefore will these things be, and what
will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?

(8)And he said: Take heed that ye be not led astray. For many will
come in my name, saying: I am he, and the time is at hand. Go not
after them. (9)And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not
terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is
not immediately.

(10)Then said he to them: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; (11)and there will be great earthquakes, and in
divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be great
portents and signs from heaven. (12)And before all these, they will
lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into
synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my
name's sake. (13)And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.

(14)Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye
shall answer. (15)For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all
your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand. (16)And ye
will be delivered up both by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and
friends; and some of you they will cause to be put to death. (17)And
ye will be hated by all for my name's sake. (18)And there shall not a
hair of your head perish. (19)In your patience possess your
souls[21:19].

(20)And when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know
that its desolation is at hand. (21)Then let those in Judaea flee into
the mountains; and let those in the midst of it depart out; and let
those in the fields not enter into it. (22)Because these are the days
of vengeance, that all the things which are written may be fulfilled.

(23)Woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck, in
those days! For there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath
to this people. (24)And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be
trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be
fulfilled.

(25)And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars; and on
the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the
sea and waves; (26)men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking
for those things that are coming on the world; for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken. (27)And then shall they see the Son of man
coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. (28)And when these
things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption is drawing nigh.

(29)And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the
trees. (30)When they already shoot forth, seeing it ye know of
yourselves that the summer is already near. (31)So also ye, when ye
see these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near.
(32)Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all
shall have come to pass. (33)Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my
words shall not pass away.

(34)And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and that day come upon you unawares. (35)For as a snare shall it come
on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth. (36)And watch, in
every time praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

(37)And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he
went out, and abode in the mount that is called Olivet. (38)And all
the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear
him.



XXII.

NOW the feast of unleavened bread was drawing near, which is called
the Passover; (2)and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking
how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

(3)And Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, being of the number
of the twelve. (4)And he went away, and consulted with the chief
priests and captains, how he might deliver him up to them. (5)And they
were glad, and covenanted to give him money. (6)And he promised, and
sought opportunity to deliver him up to them in the absence of the
multitude.

(7)And the day of unleavened bread came, when the passover must be
killed. (8)And he sent away Peter and John, saying: Go, and prepare us
the passover, that we may eat it. (9)And they said to him: Where wilt
thou that we prepare? (10)And he said to them: Behold, when ye have
entered into the city, there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of
water; follow him into the house where he enters in. (11)And ye shall
say to the master of the house: The Teacher says to thee, Where is the
guestchamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples? (12)And
he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready.
(13)And they went away, and found as he had said to them. And they
made ready the passover.

(14)And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles
with him. (15)And he said to them: I earnestly desired to eat this
passover with you before I suffer. (16)For I say to you, I shall eat
of it no more, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. (17)And
having received a cup, he gave thanks and said: Take this, and divide
it among yourselves. (18)For I say to you, I will not drink of the
fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

(19)And taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them,
saying: This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance
of me. (20)And the cup in like manner after supper, saying: This cup
is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.

(21)But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the
table. (22)For the Son of man indeed goes, as it was determined; but
woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! (23)And they began to inquire
among themselves, who then it might be that should do this thing?

(24)And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should
be accounted the greatest. (25)And he said to them: The kings of the
Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority
over them are called benefactors. (26)But ye are not so; but let the
greatest among you become as the younger, and he that is chief as he
that serves. (27)For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or
he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am in the
midst of you as he that serves. (28)Ye are they who have continued
with me in my temptations; (29)and I appoint to you a kingdom, as my
Father appointed to me, (30)that ye may eat and drink at my table in
my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.

(31)And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to
sift as the wheat. (32)But I prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not;
and thou, when thou hast turned, strengthen thy brethren.

(33)And he said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both to
prison and to death. (34)And he said: I say to thee, Peter, a cock
will not crow this day, till thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest
me.

(35)And he said to them: When I sent you without purse, and bag, and
sandals, lacked ye anything? And they said: Nothing. (36)Therefore
said he to them: But now, he that has a purse let him take it, and
likewise a bag; and he that has not, let him sell his garment and buy
a sword. (37)For I say to you, that yet this which is written must be
accomplished in me: And he was reckoned among transgressors; for the
things concerning me have an end[22:37].

(38)And they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said: It
is enough!

(39)And going out, he went as he was wont to the mount of the Olives;
and his disciples also followed him. (40)And when he was at the place,
he said to them: Pray that ye enter not into temptation. (41)And he
withdrew from them about a stone's throw; and kneeling down, he
prayed, (42)saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup
from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.

(43)And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
(44)And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat
became as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
(45)And rising up from prayer, and coming to the disciples, he found
them sleeping, from sorrow. (46)And he said to them: Why sleep ye?
Arise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

(47)While he was yet speaking, behold a multitude, and he that was
called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to
Jesus to kiss him. (48)But Jesus said to him: Judas, betrayest thou
the Son of man with a kiss? (49)And they who were about him, seeing
what would follow, said to him: Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
(50)And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest,
and took off his right ear. (51)And Jesus answering said: Suffer thus
far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

(52)And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and
elders, who were come to him: Have ye come out as against a robber,
with swords and staves? (53)When I was daily with you in the temple,
ye stretched not forth your hands against me. But this is your hour,
and the power of darkness.

(54)And they took him, and led him away, and brought him into the
house of the high priest. And Peter followed afar off.

(55)And they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and sat
down together, Peter sat down among them. (56)And a certain maid
seeing him as he sat by the fire, and looking intently upon him, said:
This man also was with him. (57)And he denied him, saying: Woman, I do
not know him.

(58)And after a little while, another seeing him said: Thou also art
of them. And Peter said: Man, I am not.

(59)And about the space of one hour after, another confidently
affirmed, saying: Of a truth this one also was with him; for he is a
Galilaean. (60)And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And
immediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crowed.

(61)And the Lord turning looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how he said to him: Before a cock crows this day,
thou wilt deny me thrice. (62)And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

(63)And the men who held Jesus mocked him, beating him; (64)and having
blindfolded him they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that smote
thee? (65)And many other things they said, reviling him.

(66)And when it was day, the elders of the people[22:66], and the
chief priests and scribes, came together; and they brought him up into
their council, saying: (67)If thou art the Christ, tell us. And he
said to them: If I tell you, ye will not believe. (68)And if I ask, ye
will not answer. (69)But henceforth shall the Son of man sit on the
right hand of the power of God. (70)And they all said: Art thou then
the Son of God? And he said to them: Ye say it; for I am. (71)And they
said: Why need we any further witness? For we ourselves heard it from
his own mouth.



XXIII.

AND the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. (2)And
they began to accuse him, saying: We found this man perverting our
nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ, a king. (3)And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou
the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it.
(4)And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes: I find no
fault in this man. (5)And they were the more violent, saying: He stirs
up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee,
unto this place.

(6)When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the man is a Galilaean.
(7)And learning that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him
up to Herod, who also was himself in Jerusalem at that time.

(8)And Herod, when he saw Jesus, rejoiced greatly; for he had desired
for a long time to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and
he hoped to see some sign wrought by him. (9)And he questioned him in
many words; but he answered him nothing. (10)And the chief priests and
scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. (11)And Herod with his men of
war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arraying him in a gorgeous
robe sent him back to Pilate. (12)And Pilate and Herod on that day
became friends with each other; for before they were at enmity between
themselves.

(13)And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the
rulers and the people, (14)said to them: Ye brought to me this man, as
one perverting the people; and, behold, I, having examined him before
you, found no fault in this man, touching those things whereof ye
accuse him. (15)No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you up to him; and
behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. (16)I will
therefore chastise, and release him. (17)[23:17] (18)And they cried
out all at once, saying: Away with this man, and release to us
Barabbas! (19)(who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for
murder, was cast into prison.)

(20)Again, therefore, Pilate spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.
(21)But they cried, saying: Crucify, crucify him. (22)And a third time
he said to them: What evil then has this man done? I found no cause of
death in him. I will therefore chastise, and release him. (23)And they
were urgent with loud voices, requiring that he should be crucified.
And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. (24)And
Pilate gave sentence, that what they required should be done. (25)And
he released him who for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom
they required; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

(26)And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon a Cyrenian,
coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might
bear it after Jesus. (27)And there followed him a great company of the
people, and of women who also bewailed and lamented him. (28)But Jesus
turning to them said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but
weep for yourselves, and for your children. (29)For, behold, days are
coming in which they shall say: Happy the barren, and wombs that never
bore, and breasts that never gave suck. (30)Then shall they begin to
say to the mountains: Fall on us; and to the hills: Cover us. (31)For
if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the
dry?

(32)And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be
put to death. (33)And when they had gone away to the place which is
called A Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on
the right hand, and the other on the left. (34)And Jesus said: Father,
forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his
garments, casting lots.

(35)And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed,
saying: Others he saved; let him save himself, if he is the Christ,
the chosen of God. (36)And the soldiers also coming to him mocked him,
offering him vinegar, (37)and saying: If thou art the King of the
Jews, save thyself.

(38)And there was an inscription written over him: THIS IS THE KING OF
THE JEWS.

(39)And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed at him, saying:
If thou art the Christ, save thyself and us. (40)But the other
answering rebuked him, saying: Dost thou not even fear God, seeing
thou art in the same condemnation? (41)And we indeed justly; for we
are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man did nothing
amiss. (42)And he said to Jesus: Remember me, when thou comest in thy
kingdom. (43)And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, to-day thou
shalt be with me in paradise.

(44)And it was about the sixth hour; and darkness came over the whole
land until the ninth hour. (45)And the sun was darkened; and the vail
of the temple was rent in the midst. (46)And Jesus, crying with a loud
voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having
said this, he expired.

(47)And the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying:
Verily, this man was righteous! (48)And all the multitudes who had
come together to that sight, having beheld the things that were done,
returned, beating their breasts. (49)And all his acquaintance were
standing afar off, and women who had followed him from Galilee,
beholding these things.

(50)And, behold, a man named Joseph, a counselor, a good and just man,
(51)(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea
a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, (52)this
man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. (53)And taking it
down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn
in the rock, where no one was yet laid. (54)And it was the day of
preparation, and the sabbath drew on. (55)And the women also, who had
come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and viewed the
sepulchre, and how his body was laid. (56)And returning, they prepared
spices and ointments; and on the sabbath they rested, according to the
commandment.



XXIV.

NOW on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came
to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they prepared. (2)And they
found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. (3)And entering in,
they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. (4)And it came to pass,
that as they were much perplexed concerning this, behold two men stood
by them in shining garments. (5)And they being afraid and bowing their
faces to the earth, they said to them: Why seek ye the living among
the dead? (6)He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke to
you when he was yet in Galilee, (7)saying: The Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the
third day rise again. (8)And they remembered his words.

(9)And returning from the sepulchre, they reported all these things to
the eleven, and to all the rest. (10)And it was Mary the Magdalene,
and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with
them, who said these things to the apostles. (11)And their words
seemed to them as idle talk, and they believed them not.

(12)But Peter rose up, and ran to the sepulchre; and stooping down, he
beholds the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed to his
home, wondering at that which was come to pass.

(13)And, behold, two of them were going on that same day to a village
called Emmaus, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. (14)And they
were conversing together concerning all these things that had taken
place. (15)And it came to pass, that while they were conversing and
reasoning, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. (16)But their
eyes were holden that they should not know him.

(17)And he said to them: What communications are these, that ye have
one with another, as ye walk, and are sad? (18)And one, whose name was
Cleopas, answering said to him: Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem
and not know the things that have come to pass there in these days?
(19)And he said to them: What things? And they said to him: The things
concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and
word before God and all the people; (20)and how the chief priests and
our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified
him. (21)But we were hoping that it was he who was to redeem Israel.
But indeed, beside all this, to-day is the third day since these
things were done. (22)Yea, and certain women also of our company made
us astonished, who were early at the sepulchre; (23)and not finding
his body, came saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who
say that he is alive. (24)And some of those who were with us went away
to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women said; but him they
saw not.

(25)Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets have spoken! (26)Was it not necessary, that the
Christ should suffer these things, and enter into his glory? (27)And
beginning from Moses, and all the prophets, he explained to them in
all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

(28)And they drew near to the village, whither they were going; and he
made as though he would go further. (29)But they constrained him,
saying: Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day has
declined. And he went in to abide with them.

(30)And it came to pass, that as he was reclining at table with them,
he took bread, and blessed it, and breaking, gave to them. (31)And
their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of
their sight. (32)And they said one to another: Did not our heart burn
within us, while he talked to us in the way, and while he opened to us
the Scriptures?

(33)And rising up in the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem; and
they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,
(34)saying: The Lord is risen indeed, and he appeared to Simon.
(35)And they related what things were done in the way, and how he
became known by them in the breaking of bread.

(36)And while they were speaking these things, he himself stood in the
midst of them, and says to them: Peace be to you. (37)But they were
terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.
(38)And he said to them: Why are ye troubled? And wherefore do
thoughts arise in your hearts? (39)See my hands and my feet, that it
is I myself. Handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones,
as ye see me have. (40)And having said this, he showed them his hands
and his feet. (41)And while they yet believed not for joy, and
wondered, he said to them: Have ye here anything to eat? (42)And they
gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb. (43)And he
took, and ate it before them. (44)And he said to them: These are my
words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things
must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the
prophets, and psalms, concerning me. (45)Then he opened their
understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. (46)And he
said to them: Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and
should rise from the dead on the third day; (47)and that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all the
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (48)Ye are witnesses of these things.

(49)And, behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But
do ye tarry in the city, until ye are endued with power from on high.

(50)And he led them out as far as to Bethany; and lifting up his
hands, he blessed them. (51)And it came to pass, while he blessed
them, that he parted from them, and was borne up into heaven. (52)And
they, having worshiped him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy;
(53)and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.



THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN.


I.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. (2)The same was in the beginning with God. (3)All things were
made by him[1:3]; and without him was nothing made that has been made.
(4)In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (5)And the
light shines in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

(6)There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (7)The same
came for witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all
might believe. (8)He was not the light; but [came] to bear witness of
the light. (9)There was the true light, which lights every man that
comes into the world. (10)He was in the world, and the world was made
by him, and the world knew him not. (11)He came to his own, and his
own received him not. (12)But as many as received him, to them he gave
power to become children of God, to those who believe on his name;
(13)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God.

(14)And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us[1:14]; and we beheld
his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of
grace and truth.

(15)John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I
said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was
before me[1:15]. (16)Because out of his fullness we all received, and
grace for grace. (17)For the law was given through Moses; grace and
truth came through Jesus Christ. (18)No one has ever seen God; the
only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

(19)And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? (20)And he confessed,
and denied not; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. (21)And they
asked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says: I am not. Art thou
the Prophet? And he answered: No. (22)They said therefore to him: Who
art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest
thou of thyself? (23)He said: I am the voice of one crying in the
wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the
prophet.

(24)And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. (25)And they asked
him, and said to him: Why then dost thou immerse, if thou art not the
Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? (26)John answered them, saying: I
immerse in water. There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know
not; (27)he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not
worthy to loose.

(28)These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John
was immersing.

(29)On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world! (30)This is he of
whom I said: After me comes a man who is preferred before me; because
he was before me[1:30]. (31)And I knew him not; but that he might be
made manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water.

(32)And John bore witness, saying: I have seen the Spirit descending
as a dove out of heaven, and it abode upon him. (33)And I knew him
not; but he who sent me to immerse in water, the same said to me: Upon
whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding on him, the
same is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit. (34)And I have seen, and
have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.

(35)Again, on the morrow, John was standing, and two of his disciples;
(36)and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says: Behold the Lamb of
God! (37)And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed
Jesus. (38)And Jesus turning, and beholding them following, says to
them: What seek ye? They said to him: Rabbi (which interpreted means,
Teacher), where dost thou abide? (39)He says to them: Come, and ye
shall see. They came and saw where he abode; and they abode with him
that day. It was about the tenth hour.

(40)Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard
it from John, and followed him. (41)He first finds his brother Simon,
and says to him: We have found the Messiah, which is interpreted,
Christ. (42)And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, beholding him, said:
Thou art Simon the son of Jonah; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is
interpreted, Peter[1:42].

(43)On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee. And he finds Philip;
and Jesus says to him: Follow me. (44)Now Philip was from Bethsaida,
of the city of Andrew and Peter. (45)Philip finds Nathanael, and says
to him: We have found him of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets
wrote, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. (46)And
Nathanael said to him: Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
says to him: Come and see. (47)Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and
says of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
(48)Nathanael says to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and
said to him: Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the
fig-tree, I saw thee. (49)Nathanael answered: Rabbi; thou art the Son
of God, thou art the King of Israel. (50)Jesus answered and said to
him: Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest
thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these. (51)And he says to
him: Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth[1:51] ye shall see
heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.



II.

AND on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the
mother of Jesus was there. (2)And Jesus also was bidden, and his
disciples, to the marriage. (3)And wine having failed, the mother of
Jesus says to him: They have no wine. (4)Jesus says to her: Woman,
what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come. (5)His mother
says to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do it. (6)Now there
were set there six water-pots of stone, after the Jewish custom of
purifying, containing two or three firkins[2:6] apiece. (7)Jesus says
to them: Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to
the brim. (8)And he says to them: Draw out now, and bear to the ruler
of the feast. And they bore it. (9)When the ruler of the feast tasted
the water that was made wine (and he knew not whence it was, but the
servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called
the bridegroom, (10)and says to him: Every man sets forth the good
wine first; and when they have drunk freely, then that which is worse.
Thou hast kept the good wine until now. (11)This beginning of the
signs Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and
his disciples believed on him.

(12)After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his
brothers, and his disciples; and they abode there not many days.

(13)And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. (14)And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and
sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting. (15)And having made a
scourge of small cords, he drove all out of the temple, both the sheep
and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the
tables; (16)and to those who sold doves he said: Take these things
hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. (17)And his
disciples remembered that it is written: for thy house consumes me.

(18)The Jews therefore answered and said to him: What sign dost thou
show to us, seeing that thou doest these things? (19)Jesus answered
and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise
it up. (20)Therefore said the Jews: Forty and six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? (21)But
he said it of the temple of his body. (22)When therefore he was risen
from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they
believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus spoke.

(23)And when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, on the feast-day,
many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.
(24)But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,
(25)and had no need that any one should testify of man; for he himself
knew what was in man.



III.

THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews. (2)The same came to him by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we
know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one can do these
signs which thou doest, except God be with him.

(3)Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee,
except a man be born again[3:3], he can not see the kingdom of God.
(4)Nicodemus says to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he
enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

(5)Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born
of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.
(6)That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of
the Spirit is spirit. (7)Marvel not that I said to thee: Ye must be
born again.

(8)The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but knowest not whence it comes, and whither it goes. So is every one
that is born of the Spirit.

(9)Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be?
(10)Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou the teacher of Israel,
and knowest not these things? (11)Verily, verily, I say to thee, we
speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye
receive not our testimony. (12)If I told you the earthly things, and
ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you the heavenly
things? (13)And no one has ascended up into heaven, but he who came
down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. (14)And as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be
lifted up; (15)that every one who believes on him may have everlasting
life. (16)For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten
Son, that whoever believes on him, should not perish, but may have
everlasting life. (17)For God sent not his Son into the world to judge
the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (18)He that
believes on him is not judged; but he that believes not has already
been judged, because he has not believed on the name of the
only-begotten Son of God. (19)And this is the judgment, that light has
come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light;
for their deeds were evil. (20)For every one that does evil hates the
light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
(21)But he that does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may
be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

(22)After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of
Judaea; and there he remained with them, and immersed. (23)And John
also was immersing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much
water there; and they came, and were immersed. (24)For John was not
yet cast into prison.

(25)There arose therefore a question, on the part of John's disciples
with a Jew, about purification. (26)And they came to John and said to
him: Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast
borne witness, behold, he immerses, and all come to him.

(27)John answered and said: A man can receive nothing, except it be
given him from heaven. (28)Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said,
I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him. (29)He that has the
bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands
and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.
This my joy therefore is made full. (30)He must increase, but I must
decrease. (31)He that comes from above is above all; he that is from
the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; he that comes from
heaven is above all. (32)And what he has seen and heard, that he
testifies; and his testimony no one receives. (33)He that received his
testimony has set his seal, That God is true. (34)For he whom God sent
forth speaks the words of God; for he gives not[3:34] the Spirit by
measure. (35)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into
his hand. (36)He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he
that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
abides on him.



IV.

WHEN therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard, that Jesus made
and immersed more disciples than John (2)(though Jesus himself
immersed not, but his disciples), (3)he left Judaea, and departed
again into Galilee. (4)And he must go through Samaria. (5)He comes
therefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar[4:5], near to the parcel
of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6)And Jacob's well was
there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus
on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

(7)There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus, says to her:
Give me to drink. (8)For his disciples had gone away into the city to
buy food. (9)The Samaritan woman therefore says to him: How is it that
thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, being a Samaritan woman? For
Jews do not associate with Samaritans. (10)Jesus answered and said to
her: If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee,
Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have
given thee living water. (11)The woman says to him: Sir, thou hast
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou
the living water. (12)Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave
us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his
cattle? (13)Jesus answered and said to her: Every one that drinks of
this water shall thirst again. (14)But whoever drinks of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall
give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up into
everlasting life. (15)The woman says to him: Sir, give me this water,
that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

(16)Jesus says to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. (17)The
woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus says to her: Thou
saidst well, I have no husband. (18)For thou hast had five husbands;
and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. That thou hast spoken
truly.

(19)The woman says to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
(20)Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. (21)Jesus says to
her: Woman, believe me, an hour is coming, when ye shall neither in
this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. (22)Ye worship that
which ye know not; we worship that which we know; because salvation is
of the Jews. (23)But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true
worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such
the Father seeks to worship him. (24)God is spirit; and they that
worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth.

(25)The woman says to him: I know that Messiah comes (who is called
Christ); when he is come, he will tell us all things. (26)Jesus says
to her: I that speak to thee am he. (27)And upon this came his
disciples; and they marveled that he talked with the woman[4:27]. Yet
no one said: What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? (28)The
woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city; and she
says to the men: (29)Come, see a man who told me all things that ever
I did. Is this the Christ? (30)Then they went out of the city, and
came to him.

(31)In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying: Master, eat.
(32)But he said to them: I have food to eat that ye know not of.
(33)Therefore said the disciples one to another: Has any one brought
him aught to eat? (34)Jesus says to them: My food is to do the will of
him who sent me, and to finish his work. (35)Do ye not say, that there
are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you,
lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are already white
for harvest. (36)And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit
unto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may
rejoice together. (37)And herein is the true saying: One sows, and
another reaps. (38)I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not
labored. Other men have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

(39)And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the
saying of the woman, who testified: He told me all that ever I did.
(40)When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to
remain with them. And he remained there two days. (41)And far more
believed because of his word; (42)and said to the woman: We no longer
believe because of thy saying; for we ourselves have heard, and know
that this is in truth the Savior of the world.

(43)And after the two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
(44)For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his
own country.

(45)When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him,
having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also
went to the feast. (46)So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he
made the water wine.

And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick, in Capernaum.
(47)He, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judaea into Galilee,
went to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his
son; for he was about to die. (48)Jesus therefore said to him: Except
ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. (49)The nobleman says
to him: Sir, come down ere my child die. (50)Jesus says to him: Go thy
way; thy son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to
him, and he went his way. (51)And as he was now going down, his
servants met him, and brought word saying: Thy child lives. (52)He
inquired of them, therefore, the hour when he began to amend. And they
said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.
(53)The father knew, therefore, that it was in the same hour in which
Jesus said to him: Thy son lives. And he himself believed, and his
whole house. (54)This second sign Jesus wrought, when he had come out
of Judaea into Galilee.



V.

AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. (2)And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool,
which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
(3)In these lay a multitude of the infirm, of blind, lame, withered
[waiting for the moving of the water. (4)For an angel went down at a
certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. He therefore;
who first went in after the troubling of the water, was made whole of
whatever disease he had][5:4]. (5)And a certain man was there, who had
an infirmity thirty and eight years. (6)Jesus seeing this man lying,
and knowing that he had been already a long time thus, says to him:
Dost thou desire to be made whole? (7)The infirm man answered him:
Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the
pool; but while I am coming, another goes down before me. (8)Jesus
says to him: Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. (9)And immediately the
man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked.

And on that day was the sabbath. (10)The Jews therefore said to him
that was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry
the bed. (11)He answered them: He who made me whole, the same said to
me: Take up thy bed, and walk. (12)They asked him therefore: Who is
the man that said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk? (13)And he who
was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus conveyed himself away, there
being a multitude in the place.

(14)Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple. And he said to him:
Behold, thou hast been made whole; sin no more, lest something worse
befall thee. (15)The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus
who made him whole. (16)And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus,
because he did these things on the sabbath. (17)But Jesus answered
them: My Father works hitherto, and I work. (18)For this therefore the
Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the
sabbath, but also called God his Father, making himself equal with
God.

(19)Jesus therefore, answered and said to them: Verily, verily, I say
to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father
do; for what things soever he does, these also does the Son in like
manner. (20)For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things
that he himself does; and greater works than these will he show him,
that ye may marvel. (21)For as the Father raises up the dead, and
quickens them; so also the Son quickens whom he will. (22)For neither
does the Father judge any one; but all judgment he has given to the
Son; (23)that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that
honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.

(24)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that hears my word, and believes
him who sent me, has everlasting life, and comes not into judgment,
but has passed out of death into life. (25)Verily, verily, I say to
you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice
of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. (26)For as the
Father has life in himself, so he gave also to the Son to have life in
himself. (27)And he gave him authority to execute judgment also,
because he is a son of man. (28)Marvel not at this; for an hour is
coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
(29)and shall come forth; they that did good, to the resurrection of
life, and they that did evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

(30)I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is
just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

(31)If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. (32)There is
another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he
witnesses of me is true. (33)Ye have sent to John, and he has borne
witness to the truth. (34)But I receive the witness not from man; but
these things I say, that ye might be saved. (35)He was the burning and
shining lamp; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his
light. (36)But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works
which the Father gave me to finish, the works themselves that I do
bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. (37)And the Father,
who sent me, he has borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his
voice at any time, nor have ye seen his shape. (38)And ye have not his
word abiding in you; for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

(39)Search[5:39] the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have
eternal life, and these are they that testify of me; (40)and ye will
not come to me, that ye may have life. (41)I receive not honor from
men. (42)But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
(43)I have come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another
shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (44)How can ye
believe, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from
God alone ye seek not? (45)Do not think that I will accuse you to the
Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses in whom ye have placed
your hope. (46)For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he
wrote of me. (47)But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
believe my words?



VI.

AFTER these things Jesus went away, beyond the sea of Galilee, which
is the sea of Tiberias. (2)And a great multitude followed him, because
they saw the signs which he wrought on the sick. (3)And Jesus went up
into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. (4)And the
passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. (5)Jesus therefore lifting
up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude is coming to him, says
to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? (6)And this
he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do.
(7)Philip answered him: Two hundred denaries worth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that each one may take a little. (8)One of his
disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to him: (9)There
is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but
what are they among so many? (10)Jesus said: Make the men lie down.
Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number
about five thousand. (11)And Jesus took the loaves; and having given
thanks, he distributed to those who were lying down; and likewise of
the fishes as much as they desired. (12)When they were filled, he said
to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be
lost. (13)Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve
baskets with fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over
and above to those who had eaten. (14)The men therefore, seeing the
sign that Jesus wrought, said: This is of a truth the Prophet that
comes into the world.

(15)Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him
by force, to make him a king, withdrew again into the mountain,
himself alone. (16)And when evening came, his disciples went down to
the sea, (17)and entering into the ship, were going over the sea to
Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them;
(18)and as a strong wind was blowing, the sea began to rise. (19)When
therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they
see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship; and they
were afraid. (20)But he says to them: It is I, be not afraid. (21)They
therefore willingly received him into the ship; and immediately the
ship was at the land whither they were going.

(22)On the morrow, the multitude that stood on the other side of the
sea, seeing that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus
went not with his disciples into the ship, but his disciples went away
alone (23)(but there came other boats from Tiberias near to the place
where they ate bread, when the Lord had given thanks); (24)when
therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his
disciples, they themselves entered into the boats, and came to
Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. (25)And having found him on the other
side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
(26)Jesus answered them and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, ye
seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves
and were filled. (27)Work not for the food that perishes, but for the
food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will
give to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed, (28)Therefore they
said to him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?
(29)Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he sent. (30)They therefore said to him: What sign
doest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou
work? (31)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is
written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. (32)Jesus therefore
said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you
the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from
heaven. (33)For the bread of God is that which[6:33] comes down out of
heaven, and gives life to the world.

(34)They therefore said to him: Lord, evermore give us this bread.
(35)Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life. He that comes to me
shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
(36)But I said to you, that ye have also seen me, and do not believe.
(37)All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes
to me I will not cast out. (38)Because I have come down from heaven,
not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (39)And this
is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he has given me I
should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. (40)For
this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and
believes on him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at
the last day.

(41)The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he said: I am the
bread that came down out of heaven. (42)And they said: Is not this
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then
does this man say: I have come down out of heaven?

(43)Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.
(44)No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and
I will raise him up at the last day. (45)It is written in the
prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that has
heard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. (46)Not that any
one has seen the Father, save he who is from God; he has seen the
Father.

(47)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has
everlasting life. (48)I am the bread of life. (49)Your fathers ate the
manna in the wilderness, and are dead. (50)This is the bread that
comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die. (51)I
am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of
this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give
is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

(52)The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can
this man give us his flesh to eat? (53)Jesus therefore said to them:
Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (54)He that eats my
flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up
at the last day. (55)For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true
drink. (56)He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me,
and I in him. (57)As the living Father has sent me, and I live because
of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me.
(58)This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your
fathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall
live forever.

(59)These things he said in the synagogue, while teaching in
Capernaum.

(60)Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard it, said: This is
a hard saying; who can hear it? (61)But Jesus, knowing in himself that
his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Does this offend you?
(62)What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending up where he was
before? (63)It is the spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits
nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are
life. (64)But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew
from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was
that should betray him. (65)And he said: For this cause I have said to
you, that no one can come to me, except it be given him from the
Father.

(66)From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more
with him.

(67)Jesus said therefore to the twelve: Will ye also go away?
(68)Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast
words of eternal life. (69)And we believe and know, that thou art the
Holy One of God. (70)Jesus answered them: Did I not choose you, the
twelve, and one of you is a devil? (71)He spoke of Judas Iscariot, son
of Simon; for he it was that would betray him, being one of the
twelve.



VII.

AND after these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk
in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

(2)Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
(3)His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence, and go into
Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou doest.
(4)For no one does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be
known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the
world. (5)For neither did his brothers believe on him. (6)Jesus
therefore says to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is
always ready. (7)The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because
I testify of it, that its works are evil. (8)Go ye up to the feast. I
go not up to this feast; because my time is not yet fully come.

(9)Having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee. (10)But
when his brothers were gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not
openly, but as it were in secret.

(11)The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said: Where is he?
(12)And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him.
Some said: He is a good man; others said: Nay, but he misleads the
multitude. (13)No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the
Jews.

(14)But when it was already the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into
the temple and taught. (15)And the Jews wondered, saying: How knows
this man letters, having never learned? (16)Jesus therefore answered
them, and said: My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. (17)If
any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether
it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. (18)He that speaks from
himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who
sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

(19)Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you keeps the law?
Why do ye seek to kill me? (20)The multitude answered and said: Thou
hast a demon; who seeks to kill thee? (21)Jesus answered and said to
them: I did one work, and ye all marvel. (22)Moses has for this cause
given you circumcision, not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers;
and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. (23)If a man receives
circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken;
are ye angry at me, because I made a man altogether whole on the
sabbath? (24)Judge not according to appearance, but judge the
righteous judgment.

(25)Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they
seek to kill? (26)But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to
him. Did the rulers know[7:26] in truth that this is the Christ?
(27)But we know this man, whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no
one knows whence he is.

(28)Jesus therefore cried, teaching in the temple and saying: Ye both
know me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but
he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (29)I know him; because I
am from him, and he sent me. (30)Therefore they sought to seize him;
and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

(31)But of the multitude many believed on him, and said: When the
Christ comes, will he work more signs than these which this man
wrought? (32)The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things
concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers
to seize him. (33)Jesus therefore said: Yet a little while I am with
you, and I go to him who sent me. (34)Ye will seek me, and shall not
find me; and where I am, ye can not come. (35)The Jews said therefore
among themselves: Whither will this man go, that we shall not find
him? Will he go to those dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the
Greeks? (36)What is this saying that he said: Ye will seek me, and
shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come?

(37)In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. (38)He
that believes on me, as said the Scripture, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water. (39)And this he spoke concerning the
Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy
Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.

(40)Some of the multitude therefore, hearing the words, said: Of a
truth this is the Prophet. (41)Others said: This is the Christ. But
some said: Does the Christ then come out of Galilee? (42)Did not the
Scripture say, that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from
the town of Bethlehem, where David was? (43)A division therefore arose
among the multitude because of him. (44)And some of them desired to
seize him; but no one laid hands on him.

(45)The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees;
and they said to them: Why did ye not bring him? (46)The officers
answered: Never man spoke like this man[7:47]. (47)The Pharisees
answered them: Are ye also led astray? (48)Did any of the rulers
believe on him, or of the Pharisees? (49)But this multitude, that know
not the law, are accursed. (50)Nicodemus says to them (he who came to
him by night, being one of them): (51)Does our law judge a man, except
it first hear from him, and know what he does? (52)They answered and
said to him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see, that out of
Galilee arises no prophet[7:52]. (53)[7:53][And each one went to his
house.



VIII.

JESUS went to the mount of the Olives.

(2)And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the
people came to him; and having sat down, he was teaching them. (3)And
the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery;
and having placed her in the midst, (4)they say to him: Teacher, this
woman was taken in adultery, in the very act: (5)Now in the law Moses
commanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say?
(6)This they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to
accuse him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with his
finger in the ground. (7)And as they continued asking him, raising
himself up, he said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him
first cast the stone at her. (8)And again stooping down, he wrote in
the ground. (9)And they hearing it, and being convicted by their
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the
last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
(10)And Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said
to her: Woman, where are they, thine accusers? Did no one condemn
thee? (11)She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I
condemn thee; go, and sin no more.]

(12)Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the
world; he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall
have the light of life. (13)The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou
bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. (14)Jesus
answered and said to them: Though I bear witness of myself, my witness
is true; because I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know
not whence I come, or whither I go. (15)Ye judge according to the
flesh; I judge no one. (16)And even if I judge, my judgment is true;
because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. (17)It is
written also in your law, that the witness of two men is true. (18)I
am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears
witness of me. (19)They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father?
Jesus answered: Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye knew me, ye
would know my Father also.

(20)These words he spoke in the treasury, while teaching in the
temple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet
come.

(21)Again therefore he said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me,
and shall die in your sin. Whither I go, ye can not come. (22)The Jews
therefore said: Will he kill himself? because he says: Whither I go,
ye can not come. (23)And he said to them: Ye are from beneath; I am
from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (24)I said
therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe
not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (25)Therefore they said
to him: Who art thou? And Jesus said to them: That which I also say to
you from the beginning. (26)I have many things to say and to judge
concerning you. But he who sent me is true; and the things which I
heard from him, these I speak to the world. (27)They understood not
that he spoke to them of the Father.

(28)Therefore Jesus said to them: When ye shall have lifted up the Son
of man, then ye shall know that I am he; and of myself I do nothing,
but as the Father taught me, those things I speak. (29)And he who sent
me is with me. He has not left me alone; because I do always the
things that please him. (30)As he spoke these words many believed on
him.

(31)Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye
continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples; (32)and ye shall know
the truth, and the truth will make you free. (33)They answered him: We
are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to any one. How
sayest thou: Ye shall be made free? (34)Jesus answered them: Verily,
verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin.
(35)And the servant abides not in the house forever. (36)The Son
abides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be
free indeed. (37)I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to
kill me, because my word has no place in you. (38)I speak what I have
seen with my Father; and ye therefore do what ye have heard from your
father.

(39)They answered and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus says
to them: If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of
Abraham. (40)But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you
the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not. (41)Ye do the
works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of
fornication; we have one father, God. (42)Jesus said to them: If God
were your father, ye would love me; for from God I came forth, and am
come; neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. (43)Why do ye not
understand my speech? Because ye can not hear my word. (44)Ye are of
your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was
a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because
truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own;
because he is a liar, and the father of it. (45)And because I speak
the truth, ye believe me not.

(46)Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not
believe me? (47)He that is of God hears God's words; ye therefore hear
not, because ye are not of God.

(48)The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art
a Samaritan, and hast a demon? (49)Jesus answered: I have not a demon;
but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. (50)And I seek not my own
glory; there is one that seeks, and judges. (51)Verily, verily, I say
to you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever.
(52)The Jews said to him: Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham
is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If a man keep my saying,
he shall not taste of death, forever. (53)Art thou greater than our
father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest
thou thyself? (54)Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is
nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is
your God. (55)And ye know him not; but I know him. And if I say, I
know him not, I shall be a liar like to you. But I know him, and I
keep his word. (56)Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; and
he saw it, and was glad. (57)The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art
not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58)Jesus said to
them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. (59)They
took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and
went out of the temple.



IX.

AND passing along, he saw a man blind from his birth. (2)And his
disciples asked him, saying: Master, who sinned, this man or his
parents, that he should be born blind? (3)Jesus answered: Neither this
man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made
manifest in him. (4)I must work the works of him who sent me, while it
is day. Night is coming, when none can work. (5)As long as I am in the
world, I am the light of the world.

(6)Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the
spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (7)and
said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted,
Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

(8)The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he
was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sits and begs? (9)Some said:
This is he; and others: He is like him; he said: I am he.
(10)Therefore they said to him: How were thine eyes opened? (11)He
answered: A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and
said to me: Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash. And I went away and
washed, and received sight. (12)They said to him: Where is he? He
said: I know not.

(13)They bring to the Pharisees him who before was blind. (14)And it
was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
(15)Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him, how he received
sight. He said to them: He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and
do see. (16)Therefore some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from
God, because he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man that
is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.
(17)They say to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, seeing
that he opened thine eyes? He said: He is a Prophet.

(18)The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he was
blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him that
received sight. (19)And they asked them, saying: Is this your son, who
ye say was born blind? How then does he now see? (20)His parents
answered them and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was
born blind. (21)But by what means he now sees, we know not; or who
opened his eyes, we know not. He is of age; ask him. He shall speak
for himself. (22)These words spoke his parents, because they feared
the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any one
acknowledged him as Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
(23)Therefore his parents said: He is of age; ask him.

(24)They therefore called a second time the man that was blind, and
said to him: Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.
(25)He answered therefore: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (26)They therefore
said to him: What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes? (27)He
answered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore
would ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples? (28)They
reviled him, and said: Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses'
disciples. (29)We know that God has spoken to Moses; but this man we
know not, whence he is. (30)The man answered and said to them: Why
herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and he
opened mine eyes. (31)Now we know that God hears not sinners. But if
any one is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
(32)Since the world began, it was not heard that any one opened the
eyes of one born blind. (33)If this man were not from God, he could do
nothing. (34)They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born
in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

(35)Jesus heard that they cast him out; and finding him, he said to
him: Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (36)He answered and said:
Who then is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? (37)And Jesus said to
him: Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that talks with thee.
(38)And he said: Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.

(39)And Jesus said: For judgment came I into this world; that they who
see not may see, and that they who see may become blind. (40)And some
of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him:
Are we also blind? (41)Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would
not have sin. But now ye say: We see. Your sin remains!



X.

VERILY, verily, I say to you: He that enters not through the door into
the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a
robber. (2)But he that enters in through the door is a shepherd of the
sheep. (3)To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and
he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. (4)And when he has
put forth all his own, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him,
for they know his voice. (5)And a stranger they will not follow, but
will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.

(6)This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they understood not what
things they were which he spoke to them.

(7)Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I
am the door of the sheep. (8)All who came before me are thieves and
robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. (9)I am the door. If any one
enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and
find pasture. (10)The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it
abundantly.

(11)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for
the sheep. (12)But he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose
own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and
flees; and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. (13)The
hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
(14)I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and am known by mine,
(15)as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my
life for the sheep. (16)And other sheep I have, which are not of this
fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one flock, one shepherd. (17)For this the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. (18)No one takes
it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it
down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I
received from my Father.

(19)Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these
words. (20)And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad, why do
ye hear him? (21)Others said: These are not the words of one that has
a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

(22)And there came the feast of the dedication, in Jerusalem; and it
was winter. (23)And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of
Solomon. (24)The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him: How
long dost thou hold us in doubt[10:24]? If thou art the Christ, tell
us plainly.

(25)Jesus answered them: I told you, and ye do not believe. The works
that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. (26)But ye do
not believe; for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. (27)My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; (28)and I
give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any
one pluck them out of my hand. (29)My Father, who has given them to
me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my
Father's hand. (30)I and the Father are one.

(31)The Jews therefore took up stones again to stone him. (32)Jesus
answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for
which of those works do ye stone me? (33)The Jews answered him: For a
good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou,
being man, makest thyself God. (34)Jesus answered them: Is it not
written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (35)If he called them gods
to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture can not be broken,
(36)say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? (37)If I
do not the works of my Father, believe me not. (38)But if I do, though
ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know, that
the Father is in me, and I in the Father. (39)Therefore they sought
again to seize him; and he went forth, out of their hand.

(40)And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John
was at first immersing; and there he abode. (41)And many came to him,
and said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke
of this man were true. (42)And many believed on him there.



XI.

NOW a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of
Mary and Martha her sister. (2)It was the Mary who anointed the Lord
with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus
was sick. (3)The sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold,
he whom thou lovest is sick. (4)And Jesus hearing it, said: This
sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that
the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)When
therefore he heard that he was sick, he then abode two days in the
place where he was. (7)Then after this he says to the disciples: Let
us go into Judaea again. (8)The disciples say to him: Master, the Jews
of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? (9)Jesus
answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in
the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.
(10)But if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light
is not in him.

(11)These things said he; and after this he says to them: Lazarus our
friend has fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
(12)Therefore his disciples said: Lord if he has fallen asleep, he
will be restored. (13)But Jesus had spoken of his death; but they
thought that he said it of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then therefore
Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead. (15)And I am glad for
your sakes that I was not there, that ye may believe. But let us go to
him. (16)Therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow
disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.

(17)Having come therefore, Jesus found that he had already been four
days in the tomb.

(18)Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.
(19)And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them
concerning their brother.

(20)Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus is coming, went and
met him; but Mary sat in the house. (21)Then said Martha to Jesus:
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even
now, I know that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give it
thee. (23)Jesus says to her: Thy brother will rise again. (24)Martha
says to him: I know that he will rise again, in the resurrection at
the last day. (25)Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the
life; he that believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live;
(26)and whoever lives and believes on me, shall never die. Believest
thou this? (27)She says to him: Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the
Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.

(28)And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister
secretly, saying: The Teacher is come, and calls for thee. (29)And
she, when she heard it, rises quickly and comes to him.

(30)Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place
where Martha met him. (31)The Jews therefore who were with her in the
house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and
went out, followed her, saying: She goes to the tomb to weep there.

(32)Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell
down at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother had not died.

(33)Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who
came with her, groaned in spirit, and was troubled. (34)And he said:
Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus
wept.

(36)The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him! (37)And some of
them said: Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have
caused even that this man should not have died? (38)Jesus therefore,
again groaning in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a
stone lay upon it.

(39)Jesus says: Take away the stone. The sister of him that was dead,
Martha, says to him: Lord, by this time he is offensive; for he has
been dead four days. (40)Jesus says to her: Said I not to thee, that,
if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

(41)So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes upward, and
said: Father, I thank thee that thou didst hear me. (42)And I knew
that thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the multitude
standing around I said it, that they might believe that thou didst
send me. (43)And having thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice:
Lazarus, come forth. (44)And he that was dead came forth, bound hand
and foot with grave clothes; and his face was bound about with a
napkin. Jesus says to them: Loose him, and let him go.

(45)Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what he did,
believed on him. (46)But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and
told them what Jesus did.

(47)Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council,
and said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs? (48)If we
let him thus alone, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come
and take away both our place and nation. (49)And a certain one of
them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: Ye know
nothing; (50)nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one
man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. (51)And this
he spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he
prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; (52)and not for the
nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the
children of God that were scattered abroad.

(53)Therefore from that day forth they took counsel together to put
him to death. (54)Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the
Jews; but departed thence to the country near to the wilderness, to a
city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

(55)And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went up to
Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, that they might
purify themselves. (56)They sought therefore for Jesus, and said among
themselves, as they stood in the temple: What think ye, that he will
not come to the feast? (57)Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had
given a commandment, that, if any one knew where he was, he should
make it known, that they might seize him.



XII.

THEREFORE Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where
Lazarus was who had been dead, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
(2)They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served; and
Lazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him.

(3)Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly,
and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and
the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (4)Then says one
of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray
him: (5)Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred
denaries[12:5], and given to the poor? (6)This he said, not because he
cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and
bore[12:6] what was put therein. (7)Then said Jesus: Let her alone;
she has kept it[12:7] to the day of my preparation for burial. (8)For
the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

(9)A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there. And
they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus
also, whom he raised from the dead.

(10)But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also
to death; (11)because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and
believed on Jesus.

(12)On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast,
hearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem, (13)took branches of the
palm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna; blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. (14)And
Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written:

    (15)Fear not, daughter of Zion;
    Behold, thy King comes,
    Sitting on an ass's colt.

(16)These things his disciples understood not at the first. But when
Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were
written of him, and that they did these things to him.

(17)The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus
out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness. (18)For
this the multitude also met him, because they heard that he had
wrought this sign. (19)The Pharisees therefore said among themselves:
Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after
him.

(20)And there were certain Greeks, of those who come up to worship at
the feast. (21)These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida
of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus.
(22)Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell
Jesus.

(23)And Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come, that the Son
of man should be glorified. (24)Verily, verily, I say to you, except
the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but
if it die, it brings forth much fruit. (25)He that loves his life
shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it
unto life eternal. (26)If any one serve me, let him follow me; and
where I am, there shall also my servant be. If any one serve me, him
will the Father honor.

(27)Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me
from this hour[12:27]! But for this cause came I unto this hour.
(28)Father, glorify thy name. Then there came a voice out of heaven: I
both have glorified it, and will glorify it again.

(29)The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said that it
thundered; others said: An angel has spoken to him. (30)Jesus answered
and said: This voice came not for my sake, but for your sakes. (31)Now
is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be
cast out. (32)And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all
men to me. (33)This he said, signifying by what manner of death he
should die.

(34)The multitude answered him: We heard out of the law that the
Christ abides forever; and how sayest thou: The Son of man must be
lifted up? Who is this Son of man? (35)Jesus therefore said to them:
Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the
light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walks in the
darkness knows not whither he goes. (36)While ye have the light,
believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light.

These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

(37)But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not
believe on him; (38)that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spoke:

    Lord, who believed our report,
    And to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?

(39)Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

    (40)He has blinded their eyes,
    And has hardened their heart;
    That they should not see with their eyes,
    And understand with their heart,
    And turn, and I should heal them.

(41)These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of
him. (42)Yet, even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of
the Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put
out of the synagogue; (43)for they loved the glory of men more than
the glory of God.

(44)And Jesus cried and said: He that believes on me, believes not on
me but on him who sent me. (45)And he that beholds me beholds him who
sent me. (46)I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes
on me may not abide in the darkness. (47)And if any one hear my words,
and keep them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the
world, but to save the world. (48)He that rejects me, and receives not
my words, has one that judges him. The word that I spokes that shall
judge him in the last day. (49)Because I spoke not from myself; but
the Father who sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should
say, and what I should speak. (50)And I know that his commandment is
everlasting life. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has
said to me, so I speak.



XIII.

AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour has
come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having
loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end. (2)And
supper being served, the Devil having already put into the heart of
Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; (3)knowing that the Father
has given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God,
and is going to God, (4)he rises from the supper, and lays aside his
garments, and taking a towel he girded himself. (5)After that he pours
water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and
to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

(6)He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and Peter says to him: Lord,
dost thou wash my feet? (7)Jesus answered and said to him: What I do
thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8)Peter says to
him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee
not, thou hast no part with me. (9)Simon Peter says to him: Lord, not
my feet only, but also my hands and my head. (10)Jesus says to him: He
that has bathed has no need save to wash the feet, but is wholly
clean. And ye are clean; but not all. (11)For he knew his betrayer;
therefore he said: Ye are not all clean.

(12)When therefore he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and
reclining again at table, said to them: Know ye what I have done to
you? (13)Ye call me the Teacher, and the Master; and ye say well, for
so I am. (14)If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet,
ye also ought to wash one another's feet. (15)For I gave you an
example, that as I did to you, ye also should do. (16)Verily, verily,
I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor one that is
sent[13:16] greater than he who sent him. (17)If ye know these things,
happy are ye if ye do them.

(18)I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the
scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats the loaf with me lifted up
his heel against me. (19)Even now I tell you, before it comes to pass,
that when it comes to pass, ye may believe that I am he. (20)Verily,
verily, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send receives me;
and he that receives me receives him who sent me.

(21)Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and
said: Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.
(22)The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he
spoke. (23)And there was reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his
disciples, whom Jesus loved. (24)To him therefore Simon Peter beckons,
and says to him: Say who it is of whom he speaks. (25)And he, leaning
back on Jesus' breast, says to him: Lord, who is it? (26)Jesus
answers: He it is, to whom I shall give the morsel, when I have dipped
it. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, son
of Simon. (27)And after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus
therefore says to him: What thou doest, do quickly.

(28)And no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.
(29)For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to
him: Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something
to the poor.

(30)He then, having received the morsel, went immediately out; and it
was night.

(31)When therefore he was gone out, Jesus says: Now is the Son of man
glorified, and God is glorified in him. (32)If God is glorified in
him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will straightway
glorify him. (33)Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will
seek me; and as I said to the Jews, whither I go ye can not come, so
now I say to you. (34)A new commandment I give to you, that ye love
one another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another. (35)By
this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one
toward another.

(36)Simon Peter says to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered
him: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow
me afterward. (37)Peter says to him: Lord, why can not I follow thee
now? I will lay down my life for thee. (38)Jesus answers: Wilt thou
lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will
not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.



XIV.

LET not your heart be troubled. Believe on God, and believe on
me[14:1]. (2)In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not
so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.
(3)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
will receive you to myself; that where I am ye may be also. (4)And ye
know the way whither I go.

(5)Thomas says to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how
do we know the way? (6)Jesus says to him: I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father, but by me. (7)If ye knew me, ye
would know my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have
seen him.

(8)Philip says to him: Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us.
(9)Jesus says to him: Am I so long time with you, and dost thou not
know me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how
sayest thou: Show us the Father? (10)Believest thou not that I am in
the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I
speak not of myself; but the Father who dwells in me, he does the
works. (11)Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me;
or else believe for the very works' sake.

(12)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me, the works
that I do he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do,
because I go to the Father. (13)And whatever ye shall ask in my name,
that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14)If ye
shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

(15)If ye love me, keep my commandments. (16)And I will ask of the
Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with
you forever; (17)the Spirit of truth, whom the world can not receive,
because it sees him not, neither knows him; but ye know him, because
he abides with you, and shall be in you. (18)I will not leave you
bereaved[14:18]; I will come to you.

(19)Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but ye see me;
because I live, ye shall live also. (20)In that day ye shall know that
I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (21)He that has my
commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that
loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will
manifest myself to him.

(22)Judas says to him (not Iscariot): Lord, how is it that thou wilt
manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? (23)Jesus answered and
said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father
will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
(24)He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which ye
hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

(25)These things have I spoken to you, while abiding with you. (26)But
the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things
which I said to you.

(27)Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world
gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid. (28)Ye heard how I said to you: I go away; and I come to
you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced that I go to the Father;
because the Father is greater than I. (29)And now I have told you
before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may
believe.

(30)I will no longer talk much with you; for the prince of the world
comes, and in me he has nothing. (31)But that the world may know that
I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do.
Arise, let us go hence.



XV.

I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2)Every branch
in me that bears not fruit, he takes it away; and every one that bears
fruit, he cleanses it, that it may bear more fruit. (3)Ye are already
clean, through the word which I have spoken to you.

(4)Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of
itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, if ye abide
not in me. (5)I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me
and I in him, the same bears much fruit; because without me ye can do
nothing. (6)If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the
branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the
fire, and they are burned. (7)If ye abide in me, and my words abide in
you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.

(8)Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye
shall become my disciples. (9)As the Father loved me, I also loved
you; abide in my love. (10)If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide
in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his
love.

(11)These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and
your joy be made full. (12)This is my commandment, that ye love one
another, as I loved you. (13)Greater love has no one than this, that
one lay down his life for his friends. (14)Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatever I command you.

(15)No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not
what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things
that I heard from my Father I made known to you. (16)Ye did not choose
me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit,
and that your fruit may remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the
Father in my name, he may give it you.

(17)These things I command you, that ye love one another. (18)If the
world hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you.
(19)If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because
ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this
the world hates you. (20)Remember the word that I said to you: A
servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will
also persecute you; if they kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
(21)But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake,
because they know not him who sent me.

(22)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but
now they have no cloak for their sin. (23)He that hates me hates my
Father also. (24)If I had not done among them the works which no other
one has done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and
hated both me and my Father. (25)But this comes to pass, that the word
might be fulfilled that is written in their law: They hated me without
a cause.

(26)But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the
Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will
bear witness of me. (27)And ye also shall bear witness, because ye are
with me from the beginning.



XVI.

THESE things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.
(2)They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, a time is coming,
that every one who kills you will think he makes an offering to God.
(3)And these things they will do to you, because they have not known
the Father, nor me. (4)But these things I have spoken to you, that
when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you. And these
things I told you not from the beginning, because I was with you.

(5)And now I go to him who sent me; and none of you asks me: Whither
goest thou? (6)But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow
has filled your heart. (7)But I tell you the truth, it is expedient
for you that I depart; for if I depart not, the Comforter will not
come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. (8)And when he is
come, he will convict the world, in respect of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment; (9)of sin, in that they believe not on
me; (10)of righteousness, in that I go to my Father, and ye behold me
no more; (11)of judgment, in that the prince of this world has been
judged.

(12)I have yet many things to say to you, but ye can not bear them
now. (13)But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you
into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but whatever
he shall hear, that will he speak, and he will tell you the things to
come. (14)He will glorify me; because he will receive of mine, and
will tell it to you. (15)All things that the Father has are mine.
Therefore, I said, that he will receive of mine, and will tell it to
you. (16)A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little
while, and ye shall see me.

(17)Therefore some of his disciples said to one another: What is this
that he says to us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a
little while, and ye shall see me; and, I go to the Father? (18)They
said therefore: What is this that he says, A little while? We know not
what he says.

(19)Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them:
Do ye inquire of this with one another, that I said, A little while,
and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me?
(20)Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but
the world will rejoice; and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow
shall be turned into joy. (21)A woman when she is in travail has
sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has borne the child,
she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the
world. (22)And so ye now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and
your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

(23)And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say
to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my
name. (24)Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be made full.

(25)These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming,
when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you
plainly of the Father. (26)In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I
say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you; (27)for the
Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed
that I came forth from God. (28)I came forth from the Father, and have
come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

(29)His disciples say to him: Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and
speakest no parable. (30)Now we know that thou knowest all things, and
needest not that any one should ask thee. By this we believe that thou
camest forth from God.

(31)Jesus answered them: Do ye now believe? (32)Behold, an hour is
coming, and has come, that ye will be scattered, each one to his own,
and will leave me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is
with me.

(33)These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace.
In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world.



XVII.

THESE words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said:
Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify
thee; (2)as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as
thou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life. (3)And
this is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou didst send. (4)I glorified thee on the earth;
I finished the work which thou hast given me to do. (5)And now, O
Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was. (6)I manifested thy name to the
men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and
thou hast given them to me; and they have kept thy word. (7)Now they
know that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee;
(8)because the words which thou gayest me I have given to them, and
they received them, and knew in truth that I came forth from thee, and
believed that thou didst send me. (9)I pray for them; I pray not for
the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are
thine. (10)And all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine;
and I am glorified in them.

(11)And I am no longer in the world; and these are in the world, and I
come to thee. Holy Father, keep those in thy name whom thou hast given
me, that they may be one, as we are, (12)While I was with them, I kept
them in thy name. Those whom thou hast given me I watched over and
none of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the scripture
might be fulfilled. (13)And now I come to thee; and these things I
speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them. (14)I
have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are
not of the world, as I am not of the world. (15)I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep
them from the evil. (16)They are not of the world, as I am not of the
world. (17)Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. (18)As thou
didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. (19)And
for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in
the truth. (20)And I pray not for these only, but also for those who
believe on me through their word; (21)that all may be one; as thou,
Father, in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the
world may believe that thou didst send me. (22)And the glory which
thou hast given to me I have given to them, that they may be one, as
we are one; (23)I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected
into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst
them as thou lovedst me.

(24)Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they
also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given
me; because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
(25)Righteous Father! And the world knew thee not! But I knew thee,
and these knew that thou didst send me; (26)and I made known to them
thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst
me may be in them, and I in them.



XVIII.

HAVING spoken these words, Jesus went out with his disciples beyond
the brook Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered and his
disciples. (2)And Judas also, his betrayer knew the place; because
Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

(3)Judas therefore, having received the band and officers from the
chief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with torches and lamps and
weapons. (4)Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming
upon him, went forth and said to them: Whom do ye seek? (5)They
answered him: Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them: I am he. And
Judas also, his betrayer, was standing with them.

(6)When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and
fell to the ground.

(7)Again therefore he asked them: Whom do ye seek? And they said:
Jesus the Nazarene. (8)Jesus answered: I told you that I am he; if
therefore ye seek me, let these go their way; (9)that the saying might
be fulfilled, which he spoke: Of those whom thou hast given me, I lost
none.

(10)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and smote the servant of
the high priest, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was
Malchus. (11)Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the
sheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

(12)So the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took
Jesus and bound him, (13)and led him away to Annas first; for he was
father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. (14)And it
was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it is expedient that one man
should die for the people.

(15)And Simon Peter and the other disciple followed Jesus. That
disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the
court of the high priest. (16)But Peter was standing at the door
without. Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high
priest, went out and spoke to her that kept the door, and brought in
Peter. (17)Then the damsel that kept the door says to Peter: Art not
thou also one of this man's disciples? He says: I am not.

(18)And the servants and the officers were standing there, having made
a fire of coals, because it was cold, and were warming themselves; and
Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.

(19)The high priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples,
and concerning his teaching. (20)Jesus answered him: I have spoken
openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the
temple, where all the Jews assemble; and I spoke nothing in secret.
(21)Why askest thou me? Ask those who have heard, what I spoke to
them. Behold, these know what things I said.

(22)And when he had said this, one of the officers who was standing by
gave Jesus a blow on the face, saying: Answerest thou the high priest
so? (23)Jesus answered him: If I spoke evil, bear witness of the evil;
but if well, why dost thou smite me?

(24)Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. (25)And Simon
Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him:
Art thou also one of his disciples? He denied, and said: I am not.
(26)One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him
whose ear Peter cut off, says: Did not I see thee in the garden with
him? (27)Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately a cock crowed.

(28)Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Governor's palace; and
it was early; and they themselves went not into the palace, that they
might not be defiled, but might eat the passover. (29)Pilate therefore
went out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this
man? (30)They answered and said to him: If this man were not a
malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. (31)Pilate
therefore said to them: Do ye take him, and judge him according to
your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to
put any one to death; (32)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled,
which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

(33)Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus,
and said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews? (34)Jesus answered:
Dost thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee concerning me?
(35)Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief
priests, delivered thee up to me. What didst thou? (36)Jesus answered:
My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my
servants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews;
but now is my kingdom not from hence. (37)Pilate therefore said to
him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest it; because I
am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come
into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that
is of the truth hears my voice.

(38)Pilate says to him: What is truth? And having said this, he went
out again to the Jews, and says to them: I find no fault in him.
(39)But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the
passover. Do ye desire therefore that I release to you the King of the
Jews? (40)They all therefore cried out again, saying: Not this one,
but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.



XIX.

THEN therefore Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. (2)And the
soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and put on
him a purple robe; and they came to him, (3)and said: Hail, King of
the Jews! And they gave him blows on the face.

(4)Pilate went forth again, and says to them: Behold, I bring him
forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. (5)Jesus
therefore came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple
robe. And he says to them: Behold the man!

(6)When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they
cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Do
ye take him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him. (7)The Jews
answered him: We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because
he made himself the Son of God.

(8)When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was the more afraid.
(9)And he went again into the palace, and says to Jesus: Whence art
thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. (10)Then says Pilate to him: Dost
thou not speak to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release
thee, and have power to crucify thee? (11)Jesus answered: Thou wouldst
have no power against me, except it were given thee from above.
Therefore he that delivers me to thee has the greater sin.
(12)Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out,
saying: If thou let this man go, thou art not a friend of Caesar.
Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

(13)When therefore Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus forth,
and sat down on the judgment-seat in a place called the Pavement, and
in Hebrew, Gabbatha. (14)And it was the preparation of the passover,
and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews: Behold your king!
(15)But they cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him.
Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests
answered: We have no king but Caesar. (16)Then therefore he delivered
him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

(17)And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of
a skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha; (18)where they crucified
him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the
midst. (19)And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the cross. And
the writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(20)This title therefore many of the Jews read; because the place
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in
Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. (21)Therefore said the chief priests of
the Jews to Pilate: Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said,
I am King of the Jews. (22)Pilate answered: What I have written, I
have written.

(23)Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments,
and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also his coat. And
the coat was without a seam, woven from the top throughout. (24)They
said therefore to one another: Let us not rend it, but cast lots for
it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which
says:

    They parted my garments among them.
    And for my vesture they cast lots.

These things the soldiers did. (25)And there were standing by the
cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene. (26)Jesus therefore seeing his mother,
and the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: Woman,
behold thy son! (27)Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother!
And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

(28)After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that
the scripture might be accomplished, says: I thirst. (29)Now there was
set a vessel full of vinegar; and they, having filled a sponge with
vinegar, and put it on a hyssop-stalk, bore it to his mouth. (30)When
Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said: It is finished; and he
bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

(31)The Jews therefore, since it was the preparation, that the bodies
might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath day
was a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and
they be taken away. (32)The soldiers came, therefore, and broke the
legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him.
(33)But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead,
they broke not his legs. (34)But one of the soldiers with a spear
pierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.

(35)And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true,
and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also might believe.
(36)For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be
fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. (37)And again another
scripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

(38)And after this, Joseph from Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,
but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take
away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,
and took away the body of Jesus. (39)And there came also Nicodemus,
who at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh
and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. (40)They took therefore the
body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the
custom of the Jews to prepare for burial.

(41)And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in
the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no one was yet laid. (42)There
they laid Jesus therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews,
because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.



XX.

AND on the first day of the week Mary the Magdalene comes early, while
it is yet dark, to the sepulchre, and sees the stone taken away out of
the sepulchre. (2)She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter, and to
the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them: They took away
the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they laid him.

(3)Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went
to the sepulchre. (4)And the two ran together; and the other disciple
outran Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. (5)And stooping down he
sees the linen cloths lying; yet he went not in. (6)Then comes Simon
Peter following him; and he went into the sepulchre, and sees the
linen cloths lying, (7)and the napkin that was about his head not
lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by
itself. (8)Then therefore the other disciple, who came first to the
sepulchre, went in also; and he saw, and believed. (9)For not even yet
did they know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

(10)The disciples therefore went away again to their own home. (11)And
Mary was standing by the sepulchre without, weeping. So, as she wept,
she stooped clown into the sepulchre, (12)and beholds two angels in
white, sitting the one at the head and the other at the feet, where
the body of Jesus lay. (13)And they say to her: Woman, why weepest
thou? She says to them: Because they took away my Lord, and I know not
where they laid him.

(14)Having said this, she turned back and beholds Jesus standing, and
knew not that it was Jesus. (15)Jesus says to her: Woman, why weepest
thou? Whom dost thou seek? She, supposing that it was the gardener,
says to him: Sir, if thou didst bear him hence, tell me where thou
laidest him, and I will take him away. (16)Jesus says to her: Mary!
Turning, she says to him in Hebrew: Rabboni! (which is to say,
Teacher!) (17)Jesus says to her: Touch me not; for I have not yet
ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them: I
ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

(18)Mary the Magdalene comes bringing word to the disciples, that she
has seen the Lord, and that he spoke these things to her.

(19)When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the
week, the doors having been shut, where the disciples were assembled,
for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst; and he says
to them: Peace be to you. (20)And having said this, he showed them his
hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, when they saw
the Lord.

(21)Jesus therefore said to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father
has sent me, I also send you. (22)And having said this, he breathed on
them, and says to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. (23)Whosesoever sins
ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever ye retain, they
are retained.

(24)But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them
when Jesus came. (25)The other disciples therefore said to him: We
have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I see in his hands the
print of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails,
and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

(26)And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas
with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst,
and said: Peace be to you. (27)After that, he says to Thomas: Reach
hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach thy hand, and thrust it
into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. (28)Thomas answered
and said to him: My Lord, and my God. (29)Jesus says to him: Because
thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Happy they who saw not, and
have believed!

(30)Many other signs also did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book. (31)But these are written, that ye
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
believing ye may have life in his name.



XXI.

AFTER these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at
the sea of Tiberias; and he manifested himself in this manner.

(2)There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and
Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two
others of his disciples. (3)Simon Peter says to them: I go a fishing.
They say to him: We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered
into the ship; and in that night they caught nothing.

(4)But when morning was now come, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the
disciples knew not that it was Jesus. (5)Jesus therefore says to them:
Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him: No. (6)And he
said to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall
find. They cast it therefore; and now they were not able to draw it,
for the multitude of the fishes.

(7)Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter: It is the
Lord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it is the Lord, girded on
his outer garment (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.
(8)And the other disciples came in the boat (for they were not far
from land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net with
the fishes.

(9)When therefore they went out upon the land, they see a fire of
coals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread. (10)Jesus says to
them: Bring of the fishes which ye just now caught. (11)Simon Peter
went on board, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a
hundred and fifty and three; and though there were so many, the net
was not broken.

(12)Jesus says to them: Come hither, and break your fast. And none of
the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it is the
Lord. (13)Jesus comes, and takes the bread and gives to them, and the
fish likewise. (14)This the third time already, Jesus manifested
himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.

(15)When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon
Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He says to
him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my
lambs.

(16)He says to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest
thou me? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He
says to him: Tend my sheep.

(17)He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou
me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest
thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou
knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: Feed my sheep.

(18)Verily, verily, I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst
gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt be
old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee,
and lead thee whither thou wouldst not. (19)And this he spoke,
signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God.

And having spoken this, he says to him: Follow me. (20)Peter, turning
about, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also at the
supper leaned back on his breast, and said: Lord, who is he that
betrays thee? (21)Peter seeing him says to Jesus: Lord, and what shall
this man do? (22)Jesus says to him: If I will that he remain till I
come, what is it to thee? Do thou follow me.

(23)This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that
disciple should not die. And Jesus said not to him, that he should not
die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee?

(24)This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote
these things; and we know that his testimony is true. (25)And there
are also many other things which Jesus did; and if they should be
written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not
contain the books that should be written.



THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.


I.

THE former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that
Jesus began both to do and to teach, (2)until the day when he was
taken up, after he had given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to
the apostles whom he chose; (3)to whom also he showed himself living,
after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days
appearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of
God.

(4)And, being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father,
which ye heard from me; (5)for John indeed immersed in water; but ye
shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.

(6)They therefore, having come together[1:6], asked him, saying: Lord,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (7)And he
said to them: It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the
Father appointed by his own authority[1:7]. (8)But ye shall receive
power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be my
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto
the utmost part of the earth.

(9)And having spoken these things, while they beheld he was borne up,
and a cloud received him out of their sight. (10)And while they were
looking intently into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them
in white apparel; (11)who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand ye
looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye saw him going into heaven.

(12)Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,
which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey. (13)And when they
came in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew
and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas
the brother of James. (14)These all continued with one accord in
prayer, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

(15)And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and
said (the number of names together was about a hundred and twenty):
(16)Men, brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should be
fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before
concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus.
(17)Because he was numbered with us, and obtained the office of this
ministry.--(18)Now this man purchased a field with the wages of
iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all
his bowels gushed out. (19)And it became known to all who dwell at
Jerusalem; so that that field was called, in their own tongue,
Aceldama, that is, Field of blood.--(20)For it is written in the book
of Psalms:

    Let his habitation be made desolate,
    And let no one dwell therein.

And:

    Let another take his office[1:20].

(21)Therefore, of these men, who accompanied us all the time that the
Lord Jesus went in and out among us, (22)beginning from John's
immersion, unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made
a witness with us of his resurrection.

(23)And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed
Justus, and Matthias. (24)And they prayed, saying: Thou, Lord, who
knowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou didst choose,
(25)that he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which
Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.
(26)And they gave their lots[1:26]; and the lot fell upon Matthias;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.



II.

AND when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place. (2)And suddenly there came a sound out of heaven
as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting. (3)And there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
distributed among them; and it sat upon each of them. (4)And they were
all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

(5)Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, from every
nation under heaven. (6)And this being noised abroad[2:6], the
multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard
them speak in his own language. (7)And all were amazed, and wondered,
saying one to another Behold, are not all these who speak Galilaeans?
(8)And how do we hear, every man in our own tongue, wherein we were
born, (9)Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit
Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, (10)Phrygia and
Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of
Rome, both Jews and proselytes, (11)Cretes and Arabians, hear them
speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God? (12)And all were
amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another: What may this mean?
(13)But others mocking said: They are filled with sweet wine.

(14)But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
said to them: Men of Judaea, and all that dwell in Jerusalem, be this
known to you, and hearken to my words. (15)For these are not drunken,
as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. (16)But this is
what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

    (17)And it shall be in the last days, saith God,
    That I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh;
    And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
    And your young men shall see visions,
    And your old men shall dream dreams;
    (18)And even on my servants and on my handmaids,
    I will pour out of my Spirit in those days,
    And they shall prophesy.
    (19)And I will show wonders in heaven above,
    And signs in the earth beneath,
    Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
    (20)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
    And the moon into blood,
    Before the great and notable day of the Lord shall come.
    (21)And it shall be, that every one who shall call
          on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

(22)Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man
accredited to you from God by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which
God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know;
(23)this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless
ones; (24)whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death;
because it was not possible that he should be held by it. (25)For
David says concerning him:

    I saw the Lord always before me;
    Because he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
    (26)For this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted;
    Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope;
    (27)Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld,
    Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
    (28)Thou didst make known to me the ways of life;
    Thou wilt make me full of joy with thy presence.

(29)Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David,
that he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto
this day. (30)Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore
to him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on
his throne, (31)he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the
Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did
his flesh see corruption.

(32)This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (33)Being
therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from
the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which
ye now see and hear. (34)For David did not ascend into heaven; but he
says himself:

    The Lord said to my Lord,
    Sit on my right hand,
    (35)Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

(36)Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God
made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

(37)And hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to
Peter and the rest of the apostles: Men, brethren, what shall we do?
(38)And Peter said to them: Repent, and be each of you immersed, upon
the name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit. (39)For the promise is to you, and to
your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God
shall have called.

(40)And with many other words did he bear witness and exhort, saying:
Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

(41)They therefore, having received[2:41] his word, were immersed and
on that day there were added about three thousand souls. (42)And they
were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the
distribution, and the breaking of bread, and prayers. (43)And fear
came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought through
the apostles. (44)And all that believed were together, and had all
things common; (45)and sold their possessions and goods, and divided
them among all, as any one had need. (46)And daily attending with one
accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they
partook of food with gladness and singleness of heart, (47)praising
God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the
church daily those who are saved[2:47].



III.

AND Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour
of prayer, being the ninth hour. (2)And a certain man lame from his
mother's womb was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of
the temple, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering
into the temple; (3)who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the
temple, asked alms. (4)And Peter, looking intently upon him, with
John, said: Look upon us. (5)And he gave heed to them, expecting to
receive something from them. (6)And Peter said: Silver and gold have I
none; but what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ,
the Nazarene, rise up and walk. (7)And seizing him by the right hand,
he raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankles received
strength; (8)and leaping forth, he stood, and walked, and entered with
them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. (9)And
all the people saw him walking and praising God; (10)and they
recognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful
gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at
that which had happened to him.

(11)And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together
to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
(12)And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why
wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our
own power or godliness we had made this man to walk? (13)The God of
Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified
his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the
presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him. (14)But ye denied
the Holy and Just, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to
you. (15)But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the
dead, whereof we are witnesses[3:15]. (16)And his name, upon the faith
in his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the
faith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the
presence of you all.

(17)And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance, as also your
rulers. (18)But thus God fulfilled what he before announced by the
mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer. (19)Repent
therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that
the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
(20)and that he may send forth Jesus Christ, before appointed for you;
(21)whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the
restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his
holy prophets from the beginning. (22)Moses said: A Prophet will the
Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him
shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. (23)And it
shall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be
utterly destroyed from among the people. (24)And also all the prophets
from Samuel, both he and they who followed, as many as spoke, also
foretold these days.

(25)Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made
with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed. (26)Unto you first, God, having
raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away
every one of you from your iniquities.



IV.

AND while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2)being
indignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the
resurrection from the dead. (3)And they laid hands on them, and put
them in prison unto the morrow; for it was now evening.

(4)But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of
the men became about five thousand.

(5)And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,
and scribes, (6)and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were
gathered together unto Jerusalem. (7)And having set them in the midst,
they asked: By what power, or by what name, did ye do this?

(8)Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of
the people, and elders of Israel; (9)if we are this day examined in
respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this
person has been made whole; (10)be it known to you all, and to all the
people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom
ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man
stand here before you whole. (11)He is the stone that was set at
naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.
(12)And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other
name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.

(13)And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that
they were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they
recognized them, that they were with Jesus. (14)And beholding the man
who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say
against it. (15)But having commanded them to go aside out of the
council, they conferred among themselves, (16)saying: What shall we do
to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is
manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny
it. (17)But that it spread no further among the people, let us
strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this
name. (18)And having called them, they commanded them not to speak at
all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.

(19)But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in
the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.
(20)For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.

(21)And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no
way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified
God for that which was done; (22)for the man was above forty years
old, on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought.

(23)And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and reported
all that the chief priests and elders said to them. (24)And they,
hearing it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said:
Lord, thou art he who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all
things in them; (25)who by the mouth of thy servant David said:

    Why did the heathen rage[4:25],
    And the peoples imagine vain things?
    (26)The kings of the earth stood near,
    And the rulers assembled together,
    Against the Lord, and against his Christ.

(27)For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy
servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, (28)to do whatever thy
hand and thy counsel before determined to be done. (29)And now, Lord,
behold their threatenings; and grant to thy servants, that with all
boldness they may speak thy word, (30)by stretching forth thy hand for
healing, and that signs and wonders may be wrought through the name of
thy holy servant Jesus.

(31)And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were
assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they
spoke the word of God with boldness.

(32)And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and of
one soul; and not one said that aught of the things which he possessed
was his own, but they had all things common. (33)And with great power
the apostles gave the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus;
and great grace was upon them all. (34)For there was no one among them
that lacked; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold
them, and brought the prices of the things sold, (35)and laid them at
the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each one,
according as he had need.

(36)And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is
interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, born in Cyprus, (37)having
land sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the
apostles.



V.

BUT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a
possession, (2)and kept back part of the price, his wife also being
aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the feet of
the apostles. (3)But Peter said: Ananias, why did Satan fill thy
heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part
of the price of the land? (4)While it remained, was it not thine own?
And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why didst thou
conceive this thing in thy heart? Thou didst not lie to men, but to
God. (5)And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and expired; and
great fear came on all that heard these things. (6)And the young men
arose, wrapt him up, and carried him out[5:6], and buried him.

(7)And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not
knowing what was done, came in. (8)And Peter answered her: Tell me,
whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said: Yes, for so much.
(9)And Peter said to her: Why is it that ye agreed together to tempt
the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy
husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. (10)And immediately
she fell at his feet, and expired; and coming in, the young men found
her dead, and carried her forth, and buried her by her husband.
(11)And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard
these things.

(12)And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders
wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in
Solomon's porch. (13)But of the rest no one dared to join himself to
them; but the people honored them; (14)(and still more were believers
added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women); (15)so that
along the streets they brought forth the sick, and laid them on beds
and pallets, that, as Peter was passing, the shadow at least might
overshadow some one of them. (16)And the multitude also of the cities
around came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons, and those
who were vexed by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.

(17)But the high priest rose up, and all that were with him, which is
the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with indignation, (18)and
laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison.

(19)But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors; and
having brought them forth, he said: (20)Go, stand and speak in the
temple to the people all the words of this life. (21)And hearing it,
they went into the temple at early dawn, and taught.

And the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the
council together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and
sent to the prison to have them brought. (22)But the officers, when
they came, found them not in the prison; and returning, they reported,
(23)saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all security, and the
keepers standing without before the doors; but when we opened them, we
found no one within.

(24)And when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief
priests heard these things, they were at a loss concerning them, to
what this might grow. (25)But one came and told them, saying: Behold,
the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and
teaching the people. (26)Then went the captain with the officers, and
brought them, not with violence (for they feared the people), that
they might not be stoned. (27)And having brought them, they set them
before the council. And the high priest asked them, (28)saying: Did we
not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And, behold, ye
have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this
man's blood upon us.

(29)And Peter answering, and the apostles, said: We ought to obey God
rather than men. (30)The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
slew, hanging him on a tree. (31)Him, as a prince and a Savior, did
God exalt to his right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and
remission of sins. (32)And we are his witnesses of these things, and
the Holy Spirit also, which God gave to those who obey him.

(33)And they, hearing it, were convulsed with rage, and took counsel
to slay them. (34)But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee,
named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and
commanded to put the men forth a little while; (35)and said to them:
Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what ye are about to do in
respect to these men. (36)For before these days arose Theudas,
boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four
hundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed
him, were scattered and brought to naught. (37)After this man arose
Judas the Galilaean, in the days of the registering, and drew away
much people after him; he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed
him, were dispersed. (38)And now I say to you, refrain from these men,
and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it
will come to naught; (39)but if it is of God ye can not overthrow
them; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.

(40)And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they
scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus,
and let them go.

(41)They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council,
because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.
(42)And every day, in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased
not to teach, and to publish the glad tidings of Jesus the Christ.



VI.

AND in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied,
there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews,
because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. (2)And
the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said: It
is not proper that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
(3)Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good
repute, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint
over this business. (4)But we will give ourselves to prayer, and to
the ministry of the word.

(5)And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen,
a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus,
and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of
Antioch, (6)whom they set before the apostles; and having prayed, they
laid their hands on them.

(7)And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests
were obedient to the faith.

(8)And Stephen, full of grace and of power, did great wonders and
signs among the people. (9)And there arose certain ones of the
synagogue so called of the Freedmen[6:9], and Cyrenians, and
Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with
Stephen. (10)And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the
spirit with which he spoke. (11)Then they suborned men, who said: We
have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

(12)And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes;
and coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the council,
(13)and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak
words against this holy place, and the law. (14)For we have heard him
say, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will
change the customs which Moses delivered to us. (15)And all that sat
in the council, looking intently upon him, saw his face as the face of
an angel.



VII.

AND the high priest said: Are then these things so? (2)And he said:
Brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our
father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
(3)and said to him: Go forth from thy country, and from thy kindred,
and come into the land which I shall show thee. (4)Then he went forth
from the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence,
after his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land,
wherein ye now dwell. (5)And he gave him no inheritance in it, not
even a foot-breadth; and he promised to give it to him for a
possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child. (6)And
God spoke after this manner, that his seed shall be a sojourner in a
strange land, and they will bring them into bondage, and afflict them
four hundred years. (7)And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage
I will judge, said God; and after that they shall come forth, and
shall serve me in this place. (8)And he gave him the covenant of
circumcision; and thus he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth
day, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. (9)And the
patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with
him, (10)and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him
favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made
him governor over Egypt and all his house.

(11)And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and
a great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance. (12)But
Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, first sent out our
fathers. (13)And at the second time, Joseph was recognized by his
brothers; and the race of Joseph was made known to Pharaoh. (14)Then
Joseph sent, and called for Jacob his father, and all his kindred,
threescore and fifteen souls. (15)And Jacob went down into Egypt, and
died, he and our fathers, (16)and were removed to Shechem, and laid in
the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor,
the father of Shechem.

(17)But as the time of the promise drew near, which God declared to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, (18)until another
king arose who knew not Joseph. (19)He, dealing subtly with our race,
afflicted our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants,
that they might not be preserved alive. (20)In which time Moses was
born, and was exceeding fair[7:20], who was nourished three months in
his father's house. (21)And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter
took him up, and nourished him for herself as a son.

(22)And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and
was mighty in words and in deeds. (23)And when he was forty years old,
it came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel.
(24)And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged
the one oppressed by smiting the Egyptian. (25)For he supposed his
brethren would understand, that God by his hand would deliver them;
but they understood not. (26)And on the following day he showed
himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace,
saying: Ye are brethren; why wrong ye one another? (27)But he who was
wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler
and a judge over us? (28)Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the
Egyptian yesterday? (29)And Moses fled at this saying, and became a
sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. (30)And when
forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of
the mount Sinai an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. (31)And Moses,
seeing it, wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it,
the voice of the Lord came to him, saving: (32)I am the God of thy
fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold. (33)And the Lord said
to him: Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou
standest is holy ground. (34)Truly, I saw the affliction of my people
in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and came down to deliver them.
And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. (35)This Moses whom they
denied, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him did God send as
a ruler and a redeemer by the hand[7:35] of the angel who appeared to
him in the bush. (36)He brought them out, working wonders and signs in
the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty
years.

(37)This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel: A Prophet
will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto. (38)This is he
who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke
to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the
living oracles to give to us; (39)to whom our fathers would not be
obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back
again into Egypt, (40)saying to Aaron: Make us gods who shall go
before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of
Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

(41)And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the
idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. (42)And God turned
away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written
in the book of the prophets:

    Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
    Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
    (43)And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
    And the star of the god Remphan,
    The figures which ye made to worship them;
    And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

(44)Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness,
as he who spoke to Moses commanded, that he should make it according
to the pattern that he had seen; (45)which also our fathers received,
and brought in with Joshua into the possession of the heathen, whom
God drove out before our fathers, unto the days of David; (46)who
found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for
the God of Jacob. (47)But Solomon built a house for him. (48)Yet the
Most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet:

    (49)Heaven is my throne,
    And the earth is my footstool.
    What house will ye build for me, saith the Lord;
    Or what is my place of rest?
    (50)Did not my hand make all these things?

(51)Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always
resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye. (52)Which of
the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who
announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye
have now become the betrayers and murderers; (53)who received the law
as the ordinances of angels, and kept it not.

(54)Hearing these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and
gnashed their teeth against him. (55)But, being full of the Holy
Spirit, he looked intently into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and
Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said: (56)Behold, I see
the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of
God. (57)And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears,
and rushed upon him with one accord; (58)and having cast him out of
the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their garments
at the feet of a young man named Saul, (59)and stoned Stephen, calling
and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (60)And kneeling down, he
cried with a loud voice: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And
saying this, he fell asleep.



VIII.

AND Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day there arose a
great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all
were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria,
except the apostles. (2)And devout men carried Stephen to his burial,
and made great lamentation over him. (3)But Saul laid waste the
church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women,
committed them to prison.

(4)They, therefore, that were scattered, went abroad, preaching the
word. (5)And Philip went down to the city[8:5] of Samaria, and
preached to them the Christ. (6)And the multitudes with one accord
gave heed to the things said by Philip, when they heard, and saw the
signs which he wrought. (7)For out of many who had unclean spirits
they went forth, crying with loud voice; and many that were palsied,
and that were lame, were healed. (8)And there was great joy in that
city.

(9)But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using
sorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some
great one; (10)to whom all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,
saying: This man is the great power of God[8:10]. (11)And to him they
gave heed, because for a long time they were bewitched by his
sorceries. (12)But when they believed Philip publishing the good news
concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
immersed, both men and women. (13)And Simon also himself believed; and
having been immersed, he continued with Philip, and wondered,
beholding the miracles and signs which were wrought.

(14)And the apostles in Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria has received
the word of God, sent to them Peter and John; (15)who, having come
down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
(16)for he had not yet fallen upon any of them; but they had only been
immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus. (17)Then they laid their hands
on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

(18)And Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles'
hands the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money, (19)saying: Give
me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the
Holy Spirit. (20)But Peter said to him: Thy money perish with thee;
because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money:
(21)Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter[8:21]; for thy heart is
not right in the sight of God. (22)Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart
shall be forgiven thee. (23)For I perceive that thou art in the gall
of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.

(24)And Simon answering, said: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none
of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

(25)They, therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord,
were returning to Jerusalem, and publishing the good news to many
villages of the Samaritans. (26)But an angel of the Lord spoke to
Philip, saying: Arise, and go down to the south, to the way that goes
down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert.

(27)And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, an
officer of state of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all
her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, (28)was returning,
and sitting in his chariot; and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
(29)And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot. (30)And Philip ran thither, and heard him reading Isaiah the
prophet. And he said: Understandest thou then what thou art reading?
(31)And he said: How could I, except some one should guide me? And he
entreated Philip to come up, and sit with him.

(32)And the contents of the Scripture which he was reading was this:

    He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
    And as a lamb dumb before his shearer,
    So he opens not his mouth.
    (33)In his humiliation his judgment was taken away;
    And his generation[8:33] who shall fully declare?
    For his life is taken away from the earth.

(34)And the eunuch answering said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom does
the prophet speak this? Of himself, or of some other man? (35)And
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, made known
to him the good news of Jesus. (36)And as they went along the way,
they came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water;
what hinders that I should be immersed? (37)[8:37]And Philip said: If
thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And answering he said:
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (38)And he commanded
that the chariot should stop. And they went down both into the water,
both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him. (39)And when they
came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip;
and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
(40)But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published
the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.



IX.

BUT Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, (2)and asked of him
letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this
way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to
Jerusalem.

(3)And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus. And suddenly there
flashed around him a light from heaven; (4)and he fell to the earth,
and heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
(5)And he said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus,
whom thou persecutest. (6)But arise, and go into the city, and it
shall be told thee what thou must do.

(7)And the men who journeyed with him were standing speechless,
hearing the voice, but seeing no one. (8)And Saul arose from the
earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw nothing; and leading him by
the hand, they brought him into Damascus. (9)And he was three days
without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

(10)And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and
to him the Lord said, in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am
here, Lord. (11)And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the
street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for
one called Saul of Tarsus. For, behold, he prays; (12)and in a vision
he saw a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him,
that he might receive sight.

(13)And Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many concerning this
man, how great evils he did to thy saints at Jerusalem. (14)And here
he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy
name. (15)But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is to me a chosen
vessel, to bear my name before Gentiles, and kings, and the sons of
Israel; (16)for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my
name's sake. (17)And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me,
Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, that thou mayest
receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. (18)And immediately
there fell off from his eyes as it were scales; and he received sight,
and arose, and was immersed; (19)and having taken food, he was
strengthened.

And Saul was certain days with the disciples at Damascus. (20)And
straightway he preached Jesus, in the synagogues, that he is the Son
of God. (21)And all that heard him were amazed, and said: Is not this
he who destroyed in Jerusalem those who call on this name? And he came
hither for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief
priests.

(22)But Saul was more strengthened, and confounded the Jews who dwelt
at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

(23)And when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel to kill
him. (24)But their lying in wait became known to Saul. And they were
watching the gates day and night to kill him. (25)But the disciples
took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in
a basket.

(26)And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, attempted to join himself to
the disciples; and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a
disciple. (27)But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles,
and related fully to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that he
spoke to him, and how he preached boldly at Damascus in the name of
Jesus. (28)And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,
(29)and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus; and was
speaking and disputing against the Grecian Jews; but they were
attempting to slay him. (30)And the brethren, learning it, brought him
down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

(31)The church therefore, throughout all Judaea and Galilee and
Samaria, had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the
Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.

(32)And it came to pass that Peter, going through them all, came down
also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda. (33)And there he found a
certain man named Aeneas, who had lain upon a pallet eight years, who
was palsied. (34)And Peter said to him: Aeneas, Jesus the Christ makes
thee whole; arise, and make thy bed. And immediately he arose. (35)And
all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him; and they turned to the
Lord.

(36)And there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which
interpreted is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works, and
of alms, which she did. (37)And it came to pass in those days, that
she was sick, and died. And having washed her, they laid her in an
upper chamber. (38)And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples,
having heard that Peter was there, sent to him two men, entreating
that he would not delay to come to them.

(39)And Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought
him into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with
them. (40)But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed;
and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her
eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up. (41)And he gave her his hand, and
raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her
alive. (42)And it became known throughout all Joppa; and many believed
on the Lord.

(43)And it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa, with one
Simon, a tanner.



X.

THERE was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of
the band called the Italian band; (2)devout, and one that feared God
with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God
always. (3)He saw in a vision, distinctly, about the ninth hour of the
day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him: Cornelius!
(4)And fixing his eyes on him, he was afraid, and said: What is it,
Lord? And he said to him: Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a
memorial before God. (5)And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,
who is surnamed Peter. (6)He lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose
house is by the seaside.

(7)And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius was gone, he called two
of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on
him; (8)and having told them all these things, he sent them to Joppa.

(9)On the morrow, as they were journeying, and drawing near to the
city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour.
(10)And he became very hungry, and desired to eat. While they now were
making ready, there fell upon him a trance; (11)and he beholds heaven
opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great sheet,
bound by four corners, and let down upon the earth; (12)wherein were
all the fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth, and birds
of the air. (13)And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter; slay, and
eat. (14)But Peter said: Not so, Lord; for I never ate anything common
or unclean. (15)And a voice came to him again, the second time: What
God cleansed, call not thou common. (16)This was done thrice; and the
vessel was taken up again into heaven.

(17)And while Peter was doubting in himself what the vision might be
which he saw, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having
made inquiry for Simon's house, came and stood before the gate;
(18)and calling they asked, whether Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
lodges here.

(19)While Peter was earnestly considering the vision, the Spirit said
to him: Behold, men are seeking thee. (20)But arise, and go down, and
go with them, making no scruple; because I have sent them.

(21)Peter went down to the men, and said: Behold, I am he whom ye
seek. What is the cause for which ye are here? (22)And they said:
Cornelius, a centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of
good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a
holy angel to send for thee to his house; and to hear words from thee.

(23)He called them in, therefore, and lodged them. And on the morrow
Peter went forth with them, and certain brethren from Joppa went with
him. (24)And on the morrow after, they entered into Caesarea. And
Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his kinsmen and
near friends. (25)And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and
fell down at his feet, and did reverence to him. (26)But Peter raised
him, saying: Stand up; I myself also am a man. (27)And while talking
with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. (28)And
he said to them: Ye know that it is unlawful[10:28] for a Jew to keep
company with, or come to, one of another nation; but God showed me
that I should not call any man common or unclean. (29)Wherefore I also
came without delay, when sent for. I ask therefore for what reason did
ye send for me?

(30)And Cornelius said: Four days ago I was fasting unto this hour,
and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and, behold, a man
stood before me in bright clothing, (31)and said: Cornelius, thy
prayer was heard, and thine alms were remembered before God. (32)Send
therefore to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he
lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea-side; who, when he
comes will speak to thee. (33)Immediately therefore I sent to thee;
and thou didst well in coming hither. Now therefore we are all present
before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee from the Lord.

(34)And Peter opened his mouth, and said: Of a truth I perceive that
God is not a respecter of persons; (35)but in every nation he that
fears him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to him. (36)The word
which he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace
through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), (37)ye know; the thing which
was done throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the
immersion which John preached; Jesus of Nazareth, (38)how God anointed
him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed by the Devil; because God was with
him. (39)And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the
country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, hanging him on
a tree. (40)Him God raised on the third day, and showed him openly;
(41)not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God,
to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. (42)And
he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he
who has been appointed by God to be Judge of the living and dead.
(43)To him all the prophets bear witness, that through his name every
one who believes on him shall receive remission of sins.

(44)While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on
all who heard the word. (45)And those of the circumcision who
believed, as many as came with Peter, were astonished, that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. (46)For they
heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God.

Then answered Peter: (47)Can any one forbid the water, that these
should not be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit even as we also?
(48)And he commanded that they should be immersed in the name of the
Lord. Then they entreated him to remain certain days.



XI.

AND the apostles, and the brethren throughout Judaea, heard that the
Gentiles also received the word of God. (2)And when Peter went up to
Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
(3)saying: Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with
them.

(4)But Peter rehearsed the matter to them in order, from the
beginning, saying: (5)I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a
trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet,
let down out of heaven by four corners; and it came even to me. (6)On
which fixing my eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the
earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the air.
(7)And I heard a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
(8)But I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean ever
entered into my mouth. (9)But a voice answered me a second time out of
heaven: What God cleansed, regard not thou as common. (10)And this was
done three times; and all were drawn up again into heaven.

(11)And, behold, immediately there stood three men at the house where
I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea. (12)And the Spirit bade
me go with them, making no scruple. And these six brethren also went
with me, and we entered into the man's house. (13)And he told us how
he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying to him: Send to
Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter; (14)who will speak to
thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, and all thy house.

(15)And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as also on
us at the beginning; (16)and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he
said: John indeed immersed in water, but ye shall be immersed in the
Holy Spirit. (17)If therefore God gave the like gift to them as to us,
having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who then was I, that I could
withstand God?

(18)When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified
God, saying: So then, to the Gentiles also God gave repentance unto
life.

(19)Now they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose
on account of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and
Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews. (20)But some of them were
men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the
Greeks, publishing the good news of the Lord Jesus. (21)And the hand
of the Lord was with them; and a great number believed, and turned to
the Lord.

(22)But the report concerning them came to the ears of the church
which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas, to go as far as
Antioch. (23)Who having come, and seen the grace of God, rejoiced; and
he exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they should cleave to the
Lord. (24)For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of
faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

(25)And Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to seek for Saul; (26)and having
found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a
whole year they came together in the church, and taught a great
multitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

(27)And in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
(28)And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the
Spirit that there should be a great dearth over all the world; which
came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. (29)And the disciples,
according as any one was prospered, determined each of them to send
relief to the brethren dwelling in Judaea; (30)which also they did,
sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.



XII.

AND about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to
oppress[12:1] certain of the church. (2)And he slew James the brother
of John with the sword. (3)And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he
proceeded further to take Peter also; (then were the days of
unleavened bread;) (4)whom he also seized and put in prison,
delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending
after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

(5)Peter therefore was kept guarded in the prison; but earnest prayer
was made by the church to God on his behalf.

(6)And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter
was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and keepers
before the door were guarding the prison. (7)And, behold, an angel of
the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the prison; and he smote
Peter on the side, and raised him, saying: Rise up quickly. And his
chains fell from off his hands. (8)And the angel said to him: Gird
thyself, and bind on thy sandals; and he did so. And he said to him:
Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. (9)And he went out, and
followed him; and knew not that what was done by the angel was true,
but thought he saw a vision.

(10)And having passed the first and the second watch, they came to the
iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them of its own
accord; and they went out, and passed on through one street, and
immediately the angel departed from him.

(11)And Peter, having come to himself, said: Now I know truly, that
the Lord sent forth his angel, and delivered me out of the hand of
Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. (12)And
becoming fully conscious of it, he went to the house of Mary the
mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were gathered
together, and praying.

(13)And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maidservant came
to hearken, named Rhoda.

(14)And recognizing Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for
gladness, but ran in, and told that Peter was standing before the
gate. (15)And they said to her: Thou art mad. But she confidently
affirmed that it was even so. And they said: It is his angel.

(16)But Peter continued knocking; and opening the door they saw him,
and were amazed. (17)And beckoning to them with the hand to be silent,
he related to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he
said: Go tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And he
departed, and went to another place.

(18)And when it was day, there was no small commotion among the
soldiers, as to what was become of Peter. (19)And Herod, when he had
sought for him, and found him not, after examining the keepers,
commanded that they should be led away to death. And he went down from
Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

(20)And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians.
But they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the
king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country
was nourished by that of the king.

(21)And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his
throne, and made a speech to them. (22)And thereupon the people
shouted: The voice of a god, and not of a man! (23)And immediately an
angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not glory to God; and he
was eaten by worms, and expired.

(24)But the word of God grew and multiplied. (25)And Barnabas and Saul
returned from Jerusalem, having performed the service, taking with
them also John, who was surnamed Mark.



XIII.

AND there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and
teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the
Cyrenean, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul.

(2)And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy
Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, unto the work to
which I have called them. (3)Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid
their hands on them, they sent them away.

(4)They therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to
Seleucia; and from thence they sailed away to Cyprus. (5)And having
come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of
the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.

(6)And having gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain
Magian, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus; (7)who was
with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man.
He, having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of
God. (8)But Elymas the Magian (for so his name is interpreted),
withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

(9)Then Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit,
fixed his eyes on him, (10)and said: O full of all deceit and all
wickedness, child of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou
not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? (11)And now, behold,
the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing
the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and
darkness; and going about, he sought persons to lead him by the hand.

(12)Then the proconsul, seeing what was done, believed, being
astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

(13)And Paul and his companions, having put to sea from Paphos, came
to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to
Jerusalem. (14)But they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch in
Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat
down. (15)And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the
rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Men, brethren, if ye
have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.

(16)And Paul arose, and beckoning with the hand, said: Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, hearken. (17)The God of this people of Israel
chose our fathers; and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the
land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it. (18)And
about the time of forty years he nourished them[13:18] in the
wilderness. (19)And having destroyed seven nations in the land of
Canaan, he gave them their land as a possession, (20)about four
hundred and fifty years. And after that, he gave judges, until Samuel
the prophet. (21)And afterward they desired a king; and God gave them
Saul the Son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
(22)And having removed him, he raised up for them David to be their
king; to whom also he gave testimony, saying: I found David the son of
Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

(23)Of the seed of this man, God, according to promise, raised up to
Israel a Savior, Jesus; (24)John having first preached, before his
entrance, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.
(25)Now as John was finishing his course, he said: Whom do ye suppose
me to be? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, the
sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

(26)Men, brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and whoever among
you fears God, to you the word of this salvation was sent forth.
(27)For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing
him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day,
fulfilled them in condemning him. (28)And though they found no cause
of death, they demanded of Pilate that he should be slain. (29)And
when they had fulfilled all the things written of him, they took him
down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb. (30)But God raised him
from the dead. (31)And he was seen for many days by those who came up
with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the
people. (32)And we declare to you glad tidings of the promise made to
the fathers, (33)that God has fulfilled this to us their children, in
raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm[13:33]:

    Thou art my Son;
    I this day have begotten thee.

(34)And that he raised him up from the dead to return no more to
corruption, he has thus spoken: I will give to you the holy, the sure
promises of David. (35)Wherefore also in another psalm he says: Thou
wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. (36)For David, having
served his own generation according to the purpose of God, fell
asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption. (37)But he,
whom God raised, saw not corruption.

(38)Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that remission of
sins through this man is announced to you; (39)and by him all that
believe are justified from all things, from which ye were not able to
be justified by the law of Moses.

(40)Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the
prophets:

    (41)Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish;
    Because I work a work in your days,
    A work which ye will not believe,
    Though one should fully declare it to you.

(42)And as they were going out, they besought that these words might
be spoken to them on the next sabbath. (43)And when the congregation
was broken up, many of the Jews and of the proselyte worshipers
followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to
continue in the grace of God.

(44)And on the next sabbath day, almost the whole city came together
to hear the word of God. (45)But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were
filled with indignation, and spoke against the things said by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming.

(46)Then Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly, and said: It was necessary
that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since ye
thrust it from you, and judge yourselves not worthy of the eternal
life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. (47)For so has the Lord commanded
us:

    I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,
    That thou shouldst be for salvation to the end of the earth.

(48)And the Gentiles hearing it rejoiced, and glorified the word of
the Lord; and as many as were appointed unto eternal life believed.
(49)And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the
region.

(50)But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the
chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and
Barnabas, and drove them out from their borders. (51)And they, having
shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.
(52)And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.



XIV.

AND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke, that a great multitude both of
Jews and Greeks believed. (2)But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up
and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren. (3)They
spent a long time, therefore, speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave
testimony to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be
done by their hands.

(4)But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the
Jews, and part with the apostles. (5)And when a movement was made,
both of the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone
them, (6)they, being aware of it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia,
Lystra and Derbe, and the region around; (7)and there they were
publishing the good news.

(8)And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being
lame from his mother's womb, who never walked. (9)This man was
listening to Paul as he spoke; who, fixing his eyes on him, and
perceiving that he had faith to be healed, (10)said with a loud voice:
Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up, and walked.

(11)And the multitudes, seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voices,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia: The gods are come down to us in the
likeness of men. (12)And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul,
Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. (13)And the priest of
Jupiter, that was before the city, having brought oxen and garlands to
the gates, would have offered sacrifice with the people. (14)But the
apostles, Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rent their clothes, and
rushed forth to the multitude; crying out, (15)and saying: Sirs, why
do ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, bringing
you glad tidings, that ye should turn from these vanities to the
living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things
that are therein; (16)who, in the ages past, suffered all nations to
walk in their own ways; (17)although he left not himself without
witness, in that he did good, giving you rain from heaven, and
fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

(18)And with these sayings they hardly restrained the people from
sacrificing to them.

(19)But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and having
persuaded the people, and stoned Paul, they drew him out of the city,
supposing that he was dead. (20)But the disciples having gathered
around him, he rose up, and came into the city; and on the morrow he
departed with Barnabas to Derbe. (21)And having published the good
news to that city, and made many disciples, they turned back to
Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch; (22)confirming the souls of the
disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must
through much affliction enter into the kingdom of God.

(23)And having appointed for them elders in every church, they
commended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they
believed. (24)And after passing through Pisidia, they came to
Pamphylia. (25)And having spoken the word in Perga, they went down to
Attalia; (26)and thence they sailed away to Antioch, from whence they
had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they
accomplished.

(27)And having come, and gathered the church together, they reported
how great things God wrought with them, and that he opened to the
Gentiles a door of faith. (28)And they spent no little time with the
disciples.



XV.

AND certain men, coming down from Judaea, taught the brethren: Except
ye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye can not be saved.
(2)Paul and Barnabas having therefore had no little dissension and
discussion with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and
certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and
elders, about this question.

(3)They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed
through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the
Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren. (4)And having
come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the
apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought
with them. (5)But there arose some of those from the sect of the
Pharisees who believed, saying: It is necessary to circumcise them,
and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

(6)And the apostles and the elders came together to consider this
matter. (7)And when there had been much discussion, Peter arose, and
said to them: Men, brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made
choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of
the glad tidings and believe. (8)And God who knows the heart bore them
witness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, as also to us; (9)and made no
difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

(10)Now therefore why do ye tempt God, by putting a yoke upon the neck
of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
(11)But, through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe that we shall
be saved, in the same manner as they also.

(12)And all the multitude became silent, and listened to Barnabas and
Paul, narrating how great signs and wonders God wrought among the
Gentiles through them.

(13)And after they were silent, James answered, saying: Men, brethren,
hearken to me. (14)Simeon narrated how at first God visited the
Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. (15)And with this
agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:

    (16)After this I will return,
    And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down;
    And I will rebuild the ruins thereof, and will set it up again;
    (17)that the rest of men may seek after the Lord,
    And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name has been called,
    Saith the Lord, who does these things[15:17].

(18)Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

(19)Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not those who from among
the Gentiles are turning to God; (20)but that we write to them, that
they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from
what is strangled, and from blood. (21)For Moses of old time has in
every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every
sabbath.

(22)Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, resolved,
having chosen men from themselves, to send them to Antioch with Paul
and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men
among the brethren. (23)And they wrote by them thus:

The apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from the
Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:
(24)Forasmuch as we heard, that some who went out from us troubled you
with words, subverting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised
and keep the law[15:24], to whom we gave no commandment; (25)it seemed
good to us, having become of one mind, to choose men and send them to
you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, (26)men who have hazarded
their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(27)We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who will themselves also
by word tell you the same things. (28)For it seemed good to the Holy
Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no further burden except these
necessary things; (29)that ye abstain from things offered to idols,
and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; from
which if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Farewell.

(30)They therefore, being dismissed, came to Antioch; and assembling
the multitude they delivered the letter. (31)And having read it, they
rejoiced for the consolation. (32)And Judas and Silas, also themselves
being prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed
them.

(33)And having remained a while, they were dismissed with peace from
the brethren to the apostles. (34)But it pleased Silas to abide there
still[15:34]. (35)Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch,
teaching and publishing the glad tidings of the word of the Lord, with
many others also.

(36)And some days after, Paul said to Barnabas: Let us return now, and
visit the brethren in every city where we preached the word of the
Lord, and see how they do. (37)And Barnabas determined to take with
them John, who was surnamed Mark. (38)But Paul thought it proper not
to take with them him who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went
not with them to the work. (39)And there arose a sharp contention, so
that they parted one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark, and
sailed to Cyprus. (40)And Paul, having chosen Silas, went forth, being
commended by the brethren to the grace of God. (41)And he went through
Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.



XVI.

AND he came down to Derbe and Lystra. And, behold, a certain disciple
was there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but
whose father was a Greek; (2)who was well reported of by the brethren
in Lystra and Iconium. (3)Him Paul wished to go forth with him, and
took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those
places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

(4)And as they journeyed through the cities, they delivered to them
the decrees to keep, that were ordained by the apostles and elders who
were in Jerusalem. (5)The churches, therefore, were established in the
faith, and increased in number daily.

(6)And having gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, and
being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, (7)they
came to Mysia, and attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of
Jesus did not permit them. (8)And passing by Mysia, they came down to
Troas.

(9)And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man, a
Macedonian, beseeching him, and saying: Come over into Macedonia and
help us. (10)And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to
go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish
the good news to them. (11)Therefore setting sail from Troas, we ran
with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to
Neapolis; (12)and from thence to Philippi, which is a chief city of
that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we continued in that city
certain days.

(13)And on the sabbath, we went forth out of the gate by a river side,
where was wont to be a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to
the women who came together.

(14)And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening; whose heart the Lord
opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul. (15)And when she was
immersed and her household, she besought us, saying: If ye have judged
me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide. And
she constrained us.

(16)And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, a
certain bondmaid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her
masters much gain by soothsaying. (17)She, having followed Paul and
us, cried, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God,
who announce to us the way of salvation.

(18)And this she did many days. But Paul, being indignant[16:18],
turned and said to the spirit: I command thee in the name of Jesus
Christ to come out from her. And he came out the same hour.

(19)And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain departed, laid
hold of Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place before the
rulers. (20)And having brought them to the magistrates, they said:
These m