American Bible Union New Testament.

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.

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1866.

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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.

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

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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.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW.

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

¹⁷All 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.

¹⁸Now 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. ¹⁹And Joseph her husband, being just, and not willing to expose her openly¹⁹, desired to put her away privately. ²⁰But 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. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.

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

²⁴And Joseph, awaking from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord bade him, and took to him his wife; ²⁵and he knew her not till she brought forth a son²⁵; and he called his name Jesus.

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

⁷Then Herod, having secretly called the wise men, inquired of them exactly the time of the appearing of the star. ⁸And 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. ⁹And 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. ¹⁰And seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. ¹¹And 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. ¹²And being warned by God in a dream, not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.

¹³And 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. ¹⁴And he arose and took the child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt, ¹⁵and 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.

¹⁶Then 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. ¹⁷Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

¹⁹But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, ²⁰saying: 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. ²¹And he arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. ²²But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judæa 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. ²³And 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 Judæa, ²and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ³For this is he that was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying:

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

⁵Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region about the Jordan; ⁶and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷But 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? ⁸Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance; ⁹and 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. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹I 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; ¹²whose 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.

¹³Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be immersed by him. ¹⁴But John sought to hinder him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me? ¹⁵And Jesus answering said to him: Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And 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. ²And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterwards hungered. ³And coming to him, the tempter said: If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread. ⁴But 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.

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

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

⁸Again the Devil takes him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ⁹and says to him: All these things I will give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. ¹⁰Then 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. ¹¹Then the Devil leaves him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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

¹⁷From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ¹⁸And 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. ¹⁹And he says to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰And they, immediately leaving the nets, followed him. ²¹And 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. ²²And they, immediately leaving the ship and their father, followed him.

²³And 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. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judæa, 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. ²And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying:

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

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

¹¹Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you falsely¹¹, for my sake. ¹²Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

¹³Ye 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.

¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can not be hid. ¹⁵Nor 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. ¹⁶Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

¹⁷Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. ¹⁸For 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. ¹⁹Whoever 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.

²⁰For 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.

²¹Ye heard that it was said to those²¹ of old: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. ²²But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause^22a, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca^22b! shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire. ²³Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; ²⁴leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift.

²⁵Agree 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. ²⁶Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

²⁷Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. ²⁸But 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. ²⁹And 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. ³⁰And 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.

³¹And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. ³²But 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.

³³Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old³³: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths. ³⁴But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; ³⁵nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ³⁶Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black. ³⁷But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil.

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

⁴³Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you; ⁴⁵that 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. ⁴⁶For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same? ⁴⁷And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus? ⁴⁸Be 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. ²Therefore 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. ³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does; ⁴that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee.

⁵And 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. ⁶But 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.

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

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

¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸that 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.

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

²²The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light; ²³but 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! ²⁴No 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.

²⁵For 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? ²⁶Behold 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? ²⁷And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature²⁷? ²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor spin; ²⁹and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰And 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? ³¹Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed? ³²For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these. ³³But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to you. ³⁴Take 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. ²For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. ³And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴Or 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? ⁵Hypocrite! 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.

⁶Give 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.

⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. ⁹Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹If 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? ¹²Therefore 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.

¹³Enter 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. ¹⁴¹⁴Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life, and few are they who find it.

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

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

²¹Not 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. ²²Many 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? ²³And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

²⁴Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine²⁴, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶And 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. ²⁷And 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.

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

VIII. When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ²And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. ³And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And 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.

⁵And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, ⁶and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied, grievously tormented. ⁷And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal him. ⁸The 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. ⁹For 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. ¹⁰And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel. ¹¹And 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; ¹²but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! ¹³And 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.

¹⁴And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick with fever. ¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to him. ¹⁶When 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; ¹⁷that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.

¹⁸And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, commanded to depart to the other side. ¹⁹And a certain scribe came, and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. ²²But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

²³And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him. ²⁴And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. ²⁵And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish. ²⁶And 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. ²⁷And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

²⁸And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes²⁸, 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. ²⁹And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Camest thou hither to torment us before the time? ³⁰And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. And the demons besought him, saying: ³¹If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. ³²And 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. ³³And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. ³⁴And, 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. ²And, 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. ³And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. ⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said: Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say: Arise, and walk? ⁶But 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. ⁷And rising up he departed to his house. ⁸And seeing it the multitudes feared, and glorified God, who gave such power to men.

⁹And 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. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners? ¹²And Jesus hearing it, said: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. ¹³But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

¹⁴Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn¹⁵, 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. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷Nor 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.

¹⁸While 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. ¹⁹And Jesus arose and was following him, he and his disciples. ²⁰And behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment. ²¹For she said within herself: If I only touch his garment, I shall be made whole. ²²And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee whole. ²³And 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, ²⁴said: Give place; for the maiden is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵But when the crowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the maiden arose. ²⁶And this report went abroad into all that land.

²⁷And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. ²⁸And 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. ²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you. ³⁰And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. ³¹But they, going out, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

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

³⁵And 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. ³⁶And seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and scattered³⁶, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then he says to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. ³⁸Pray 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.

²And 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; ³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus surnamed Thaddeus; ⁴Simon the Cananite⁴, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying: Go not into the way to the Gentiles, and into a city of Samaritans enter not. ⁶But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And as ye go, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead⁸, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye received, freely give. ⁹Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles; ¹⁰nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff; for the laborer is worthy of his living. ¹¹And into whatever city or village ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. ¹²But when ye come into the house, salute it. ¹³And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵Verily 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.

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

¹⁹But 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. ²⁰For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.

²¹And 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. ²²And ye will be hated by all, for my name's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.

²³But 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.

²⁴A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord. ²⁵It 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!

²⁶Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known. ²⁷What 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. ²⁸And 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.

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

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

³⁴Think not that I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵For 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; ³⁶and a man's foes will be they of his household.

³⁷He 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. ³⁸And he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰He that receives you receives me; and he that receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹He 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. ⁴²And 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.

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

⁴And Jesus answering said to them: Go and report to John what ye hear and see. ⁵The 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. ⁶And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.

⁷And 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?

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

⁹But what went ye out to see? A prophet⁹? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰For this is he of whom it is written:

¹¹Verily 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.

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

¹⁶But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, who call to their fellows, ¹⁷and say: We piped to you, and ye danced not; we sang the lament, and ye did not beat the breast. ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon. ¹⁹The 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.

²⁰Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his miracles were done, because they repented not. ²¹Woe 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. ²²But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

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

²⁵At 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; ²⁶yea, O Father, that so it seemed good in thy sight! ²⁷All 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.

²⁸Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls. ³⁰For 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. ²And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. ³And he said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered, himself and those with him; ⁴how 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? ⁵Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here. ⁷But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

⁹And departing from thence, he went into their synagogue. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And 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? ¹²How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. ¹³Then he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.

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

²²Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both²² spoke and saw. ²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is this the Son of David? ²⁴But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not cast out the demons, except through Beelzebul, prince of the demons. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? ²⁷And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁸But if I through the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then is the kingdom of God come near to you. ²⁹Or 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.

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

³¹Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. ³²And 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.

³³Either 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.

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

³⁸Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him saying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. ³⁹But 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. ⁴⁰For 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. ⁴¹Men 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. ⁴²A 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.

⁴³But when the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds it not. ⁴⁴Then he says, I will return into my house from whence I came out and coming he finds it empty, swept, and set in order. ⁴⁵Then 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.

⁴⁶While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷And one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, seeking to speak to thee. ⁴⁸But he answering said to him that told him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰For 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. ²And 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. ³And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying:

⁴Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. ⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away. ⁷And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked them. ⁸And others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹He that has ears to hear, let him hear⁹.

¹⁰And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹And he answering said to them: To you it is given¹¹ to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given. ¹²For 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. ¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand. ¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says:

¹⁶But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷For 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.

¹⁸Hear therefore the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When 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.

²⁰And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹and 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.

²²And 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. ²³And 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.

²⁴Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. ²⁵But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶And when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also. ²⁷And 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? ²⁸He said to them: An enemy did this. The servants said to him: Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? ²⁹He said: Nay, lest while ye gather up the darnel, ye root up the wheat with them. ³⁰Let 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.

³¹Another 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. ³²Which 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.

³³Another 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.

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

³⁶Then having sent away the multitudes³⁶, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field. ³⁷And answering he said to them:

He that sows the good seed is the Son of man. ³⁸The field is the world. The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world. ⁴¹The 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, ⁴²and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the gnashing of teeth! ⁴³Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear⁴³.

⁴⁴Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and concealed; and for joy thereof⁴⁴, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

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

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

⁵¹Did ye understand all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord. ⁵²And 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.

⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, that he departed thence. ⁵⁴And 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? ⁵⁵Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph⁵⁵, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things? ⁵⁷And 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.

XIV. At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus. ²And he said to his servants: This is John the Immerser; he is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers² work in him.

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

¹³And 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. ¹⁴And going forth he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and he healed their sick.

¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶But Jesus said to them: They need not go away; give ye them to eat. ¹⁷And they say to him: We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. ¹⁸He said: Bring them hither to me. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And they all ate, and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. ²¹And they who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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

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

³²And when they had entered into the ship, the wind ceased. ³³And those in the ship came and worshiped him³³, saying: Of a truth, thou art the Son of God.

³⁴And passing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵And the men of that place, knowing him, sent out into all that country round, and brought to him all that were diseased ³⁶and 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: ²Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ³And he answering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition? ⁴For God commanded, saying⁴: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die. ⁵But ye say: Whoever says to his father or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited with from me, ⁶shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made the word of God⁶ of no effect, for the sake of your tradition.

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

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

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

²¹And Jesus, going forth from thence, withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. ²²And 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. ²³But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Dismiss her; because she cries after us. ²⁴But he answering said: I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵But she came and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, help me. ²⁶But he answering said: It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs. ²⁷And she said: Yea, Lord; for the dogs also eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table. ²⁸Then 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.

²⁹And departing from thence, Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee; and going up into the mountain, he sat down there. ³⁰And 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; ³¹so 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.

³²And 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. ³³And his disciples say to him: Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? ³⁴And Jesus says to them: How many loaves have ye? And they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. ³⁵And he commanded the multitudes to lie down on the ground. ³⁶And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up of the fragments that remained seven baskets full. ³⁸And they who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹And 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. ²And he answering said to them: When it is evening, ye say: Fair weather! for the sky is red. ³And 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?

⁴An 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.

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

¹³And having come into the region of Cæsarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of man is¹³? ¹⁴And they said: Some, John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

¹⁵He says to them: But who do ye say that I am? ¹⁶And Simon Peter answering said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him: Happy art thou, Simon Bar-jonah¹⁷; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸And I also say to thee, that thou art Peter^18a, and upon this rock I will build my church^18b; and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹And 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.

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

²¹From 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.

²²And Peter taking him aside began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from thee, Lord; this shall not be to thee. ²³But he turned and said to Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan²³; thou art an offense to me; for thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵For whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake, shall find it. ²⁶For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange²⁶ for his soul? ²⁷For 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.

²⁸Verily 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. ²And he was transfigured before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light. ³And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. ⁴And 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. ⁵While 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. ⁶And the disciples, hearing it, fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid. ⁷And Jesus coming to them touched them, and said: Arise, and be not afraid. ⁸And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one save Jesus only.

⁹And 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.

¹⁰And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? ¹¹And he answering said: Elijah indeed comes, and will restore all things. ¹²But 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.

¹⁴And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him, and saying: ¹⁵Lord, 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. ¹⁶And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. ¹⁷And 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. ¹⁸And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out from him, and the child was cured from that hour.

¹⁹Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said: Why could not we cast him out? ²⁰And 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. ²¹But this kind goes not forth, except by prayer and fasting.

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

²⁴And they having come to Capernaum, those who received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said: Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel²⁴? ²⁵He 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? ²⁶He says to him: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then are the sons free. ²⁷But 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?

²And Jesus, calling a little child to him, placed it in the midst of them, ³and 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. ⁴Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵And whoever shall receive one such little child, in my name, receives me. ⁶But 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.

⁷Woe 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! ⁸But 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. ⁹And 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.

¹⁰Take 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. ¹¹For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.

¹²What 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? ¹³And 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. ¹⁴So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

¹⁵But 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. ¹⁶But 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. ¹⁷And 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. ¹⁸Verily 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.

¹⁹Again 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. ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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

²³Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who desired to make a reckoning with his servants. ²⁴And when he had begun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand talents²⁴. ²⁵But 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. ²⁶The servant therefore, falling, prostrated himself before him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. ²⁷And the lord of that servant, moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denáries²⁸; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat, saying: Pay me that thou owest. ²⁹Therefore his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. ³¹And his fellow-servants, seeing what was done, were very sorry, and came and disclosed to their lord all that was done. ³²Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou wicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me. ³³Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant, as I too had pity on thee? ³⁴And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵So 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 Judæa beyond the Jordan. ²And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

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

⁴And he answering said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made them⁴ from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵and said: For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. ⁶So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God joined together, let not man put asunder.

⁷They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? ⁸He says to them: Moses, for your hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹And 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.

¹⁰His disciples say to him: If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry. ¹¹But he said to them: Not all can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. ¹²For 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.

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

¹⁶And, behold, one came to him and said: Teacher, what good shall I do, that I may have eternal life? ¹⁷And, 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. ¹⁸He 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; ¹⁹Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ²⁰The young man says to him: All these I kept; what do I yet lack? ²¹Jesus 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. ²²But when the young man heard this saying, he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

²³And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵And the disciples, hearing it, were exceedingly amazed, saying: Who then can be saved? ²⁶But Jesus, looking on them, said to them: With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. ²⁷Then Peter answering said to him: Behold, we forsook all, and followed thee; what then shall we have? ²⁸And 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. ²⁹And 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. ³⁰But 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. ²And having agreed with the laborers for a denáry² a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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

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

⁸And 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. ⁹And they of the eleventh hour came, and received every man a denáry. ¹⁰But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they also received each one a denáry. ¹¹And on receiving it, they murmured against the householder, ¹²saying: These last labored one hour, and thou madest them equal to us, who bore the burden of the day, and the burning heat.

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

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

¹⁷And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart; and in the way he said to them: ¹⁸Behold, 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, ¹⁹and will deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify; and on the third day he will rise again.

²⁰Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down and asking a certain thing of him. ²¹And 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. ²²But 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. ²³And 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. ²⁴And the ten, hearing it, were much displeased with the two brothers. ²⁵But 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. ²⁶Not so shall it be among you; ²⁷but whoever would become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant; ²⁸even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

²⁹And as they were going forth from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰And 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. ³¹And 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. ³²And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What will ye that I shall do to you? ³³They say to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴And 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, ²saying 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. ³And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say: The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them.

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

⁶And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat thereon. ⁸And most of the multitude spread their own garments in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed in the way. ⁹And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna⁹ to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰And as he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying: Who is this? ¹¹And the multitudes said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹²And 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. ¹³And he says to them: It is written,

¹⁴And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵But 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, ¹⁶and 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?

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

¹⁸And in the morning, as he was returning into the city, he hungered. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How did the fig-tree immediately wither away? ²¹And 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. ²²And all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

²³And 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? ²⁴And 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. ²⁵John'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? ²⁶But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷And 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.

²⁸But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said: Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. ²⁹And he answering said: I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. ³⁰And he came to the other³⁰, and said likewise. And he answering said: I will, sir; and went not. ³¹Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first³¹. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³²For 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.

³³Hear 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. ³⁴And when the season of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. ³⁵And the husbandmen taking his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did to them likewise. ³⁷And afterward he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. ³⁸But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance. ³⁹And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? ⁴¹They 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. ⁴²Jesus says to them: Did ye never read in the Scriptures:

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

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

²The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage for his son. ³And he sent forth his servants to call those who were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. ⁴Again 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. ⁵But they made light of it, and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. ⁶And the rest laid hold of his servants, and ill-treated and slew them. ⁷And the king, hearing it, was angry; and sending forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. ⁸Then he says to his servants: The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. ⁹Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye find, bid to the marriage. ¹⁰And 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.

¹¹And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man not clothed with a wedding garment; ¹²and he says to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. ¹³Then 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! ¹⁴For many are called, but few are chosen.

¹⁵Then the Pharisees went and took counsel, how they might ensnare him with a word¹⁵. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? ¹⁸But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites! ¹⁹Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denáry¹⁹. ²⁰And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? ²¹They say to him: Cæsar's. Then says he to them; Render therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. ²²And hearing it they wondered, and left him and went away.

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

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

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

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

⁴⁵If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? ⁴⁶And 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, ²saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sat down in Moses' seat. ³All, therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works, for they say and do not. ⁴For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but will not move them with their finger. ⁵But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes; ⁶and love the first place at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues, ⁷and the greetings in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi⁷. ⁸But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Teacher, and all ye are brethren. ⁹And call not any your father on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. ¹⁰Neither be called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ. ¹¹But the greatest of you shall be your servant. ¹²And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¹³But 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 in¹³:

¹⁵Woe 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.

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

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

²³Woe 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.

²⁵Woe 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. ²⁶Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean.

²⁷Woe 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. ²⁸So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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

³⁴Therefore, 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; ³⁵that 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. ³⁶Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁷Jerusalem! 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! ³⁸Behold, your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹For 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. ²And 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.

³And 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? ⁴And Jesus answering said to them: Take heed, lest any one lead you astray. ⁵For many will come in my name, saying: I am the Christ; and will lead astray many. ⁶And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars. Take heed, be not troubled; for all must come to pass⁶; but not yet is the end! ⁷For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. ⁸But all these are the beginning of sorrows. ⁹Then will they deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰And then will many be offended, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹And many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. ¹²And because iniquity abounds, the love of the many will become cold. ¹³But he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved. ¹⁴And 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.

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

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

²⁹And 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. ³⁰And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth³⁰ mourn, and shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

³¹And 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.

³²And 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. ³³So also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.

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

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

⁴²Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day⁴² your Lord comes. ⁴³But 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. ⁴⁴Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes.

⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in due season? ⁴⁶Happy that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing! ⁴⁷Verily I say to you, that he will set him over all his goods. ⁴⁸But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; ⁴⁹and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware; ⁵¹and 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. ²And five of them were wise, and five foolish. ³The foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with them; ⁴but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him. ⁷Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹But 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. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And afterward come also the rest of the virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹²But he answering said: Verily I say to you, I know you not.

¹⁴For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods; ¹⁵and to one gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and straightway went abroad. ¹⁶And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents. ¹⁷Likewise also he that received the two gained other two. ¹⁸But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them. ²⁰And 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. ²¹His 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. ²²And 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. ²³His 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. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵And fearing, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, thou hast thine own. ²⁶And 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? ²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have received my own with interest. ²⁸Take therefore the talent from him, and give to him that has the ten talents. ²⁹For 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. ³⁰And cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

³¹And 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. ³²And 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. ³³And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³⁴Then 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. ³⁵For 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, ³⁶naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

³⁷Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? ³⁸And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰And 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.

⁴¹Then 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. ⁴²For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye did not give me drink; ⁴³I 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.

⁴⁴Then 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? ⁴⁵Then 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.

⁴⁶And 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: ²Ye know that after two days comes the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

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

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

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

¹⁷And 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? ¹⁸And 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. ¹⁹And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover.

²⁰And when evening was come, he reclined at table with the twelve. ²¹And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me. ²²And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began to say to him, each one: Lord, is it I? ²³And he answering said: He that dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me. ²⁴The 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.

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

²⁶And as they were eating, Jesus took the loaf²⁶, and blessed, and broke, and gave to the disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body. ²⁷And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink all ye of it. ²⁸For this is my blood of the new covenant²⁸, which is shed for many, for remission of sins. ²⁹And 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.

³¹Then 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. ³²But after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

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

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

³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping; and he says to Peter: Were ye so unable to watch with me one hour? ⁴¹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

⁴²Again, 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. ⁴³And coming he again found them sleeping; for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. ⁴⁵Then he comes to his disciples, and says to them: Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest⁴⁵! Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶Rise, let us be going. Behold, he is at hand that betrays me.

⁴⁷And 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. ⁴⁸And his betrayer gave them a sign, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; hold him fast. ⁴⁹And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him. ⁵⁰And Jesus said to him: Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then they came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast. ⁵¹And, 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. ⁵²Then says Jesus to him: Put back thy sword into its place; for all they who take the sword shall perish with the sword. ⁵³Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father, and he will send⁵³ me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

⁵⁵In 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. ⁵⁶But all this has been done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him, and fled.

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

⁵⁹And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; ⁶⁰and found none, though many false witnesses came. But at last came two, ⁶¹and said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. ⁶²And the high priest arose, and said to him: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee? ⁶³But 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. ⁶⁴Jesus 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. ⁶⁵Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying: He blasphemed! What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, ye now heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What think ye? They answering said: He is guilty of death. ⁶⁷Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him, ⁶⁸saying: Prophesy to us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?

⁶⁹And Peter was sitting without, in the court. And a damsel came to him, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilæan. ⁷⁰But he denied before all, saying: I know not what thou sayest. ⁷¹And 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. ⁷²And again he denied, with an oath: I do not know the man. ⁷³And 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. ⁷⁴Then he began to invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed. ⁷⁵And 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. ²And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate the governor.

³Then 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, ⁴saying: I sinned in betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is it to us? Look thou to it. ⁵And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went away and hanged himself. ⁶And 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. ⁷And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. ⁸Wherefore that field was called the field of blood, unto this day.

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

¹¹And 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. ¹²And when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he made no answer. ¹³Then says Pilate to him: Hearest thou not what things they witness against thee? ¹⁴And he made him no answer, not even to one word; so that the governor greatly wondered.

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

¹⁹And 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.

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

²⁴And 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. ²⁵And all the people answering said: His blood be on us, and on our children. ²⁶Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged him, he delivered up to be crucified.

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Pretorium, and gathered to him the whole band. ²⁸And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. ²⁹And 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! ³⁰And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. ³¹And 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. ³²And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross.

³³And having come to a place called Golgotha (which is called, Place of a skull), ³⁴they gave him vinegar to drink³⁴, mingled with gall; and tasting it, he would not drink. ³⁵And having crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots. ³⁶And sitting down, they watched him there. ³⁷And they set up over his head his accusation, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸Two robbers are then crucified with him, one on the right hand, and one on the left. ³⁹And those passing by reviled him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰and 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. ⁴¹Likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said: ⁴²Others 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. ⁴³He trusts in God; let him now deliver him, if he desires him; for he said I am the Son of God. ⁴⁴And also the robbers, who were crucified with him, reproached him with the same thing.

⁴⁵And from the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land, unto the ninth hour. ⁴⁶And 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? ⁴⁷Some of those standing there, hearing it, said: This man calls for Elijah⁴⁷. ⁴⁸And 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. ⁴⁹But the rest said: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to save him.

⁵⁰And Jesus, again crying with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit. ⁵¹And 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; ⁵²and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep arose, ⁵³and coming out of the tombs, after his resurrection, went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

⁵⁴And 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.

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

⁵⁷And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be given up. ⁵⁹And taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and 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. ⁶¹And Mary the Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

⁶²And on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, ⁶³saying: Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise. ⁶⁴Command, 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. ⁶⁵Pilate said to them: Ye have a watch; go, make secure, as ye know how. ⁶⁶And 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. ²And 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. ³His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow; ⁴and for fear of him the keepers shook, and became as dead men. ⁵And the angel answering said to the women: Fear not ye; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come hither, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷And 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.

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

¹¹And 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. ¹²And having assembled with the elders, and taken counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers, ¹³saying: Say, that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. ¹⁴And if this shall be heard by the governor¹⁴, we will persuade him, and make you secure. ¹⁵And they, taking the money, did as they were taught. And this saying was reported abroad among the Jews, until this day.

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

¹⁸And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying: All power was given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹Go therefore, and disciple all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; ²⁰teaching 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, ²as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; ³the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. ⁴John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. ⁵And there went out to him all the country of Judæa, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷And 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. ⁸I indeed immersed you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

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

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

¹⁴And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, publishing the good news of the kingdom of God¹⁴, ¹⁵and saying: The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the good news.

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

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

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

²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, ²⁴saying: What have we to do with thee²⁴, Jesus, Nazarene! Didst thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. ²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace, and come out of him. ²⁶And the unclean spirit, tearing him, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. ²⁷And they were all amazed; so that they questioned among themselves, saying: What is this²⁷? A new teaching, with authority! And he commands the unclean spirits, and they obey him. ²⁸And immediately his fame spread abroad into all the surrounding region of Galilee.

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

³²And evening having come, when the sun set, they brought to him all that were sick, and those possessed with demons. ³³And all the city was gathered together at the door. ³⁴And 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.

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

⁴⁰And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. ⁴¹And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand and touched him, and says to him: I will; be thou cleansed. ⁴²And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³And sternly charging him, he forthwith sent him away; ⁴⁴and 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. ⁴⁵But 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. ²And straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.

³And they come to him, bringing one that was palsied, borne by four. ⁴And 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. ⁵And Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the palsied man: Child, thy sins are forgiven. ⁶But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts: ⁷Why does this man speak thus? He blasphemes. Who can forgive sins but one, God? ⁸And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why reason ye these things in your hearts? ⁹Which is easier, to say to the palsied man, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? ¹⁰But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he says to the palsied man,) ¹¹I say to thee, arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. ¹²And 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.

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

¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶And 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? ¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting¹⁸; and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁹And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber fast¹⁹, while the bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast. ²⁰But days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in that day. ²¹No 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. ²²And no one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is destroyed, and the skins²².

²³And it came to pass, that he went through the grain-fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began to go forward²³, plucking the ears of grain. ²⁴And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful? ²⁵And he said to them: Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself and they who were with him; ²⁶how 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? ²⁷And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. ²⁸So 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. ²And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. ³And he says to the man having the withered hand: Arise, and come into the midst. ⁴And 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. ⁵And 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.

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

¹³And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he would; and they went to him. ¹⁴And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, ¹⁵and to have authority to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons. ¹⁶And Simon he surnamed Peter; ¹⁷and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder; ¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite¹⁸, ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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

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

³¹And his brothers and his mother come; and standing without they sent to him, calling him. ³²And a crowd was sitting about him; and they say to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers without are seeking thee. ³³And he answered them, saying: Who is my mother, or my brothers? ³⁴And looking round on those who sat about him, he said: Behold my mother, and my brothers! ³⁵For 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. ²And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching:

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

¹⁰And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. ¹¹And 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; ¹²that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn, and be forgiven. ¹³And he says to them: Know ye not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?

¹⁴The sower sows the word. ¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶And these are they likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷and 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. ¹⁸And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they that hear the word, ¹⁹and 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. ²⁰And 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.

²¹And 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? ²²For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor was done in secret, but that it should come abroad. ²³If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁴And 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. ²⁵For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

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

³⁰And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what comparison shall we set it forth? ³¹As a grain of mustard; which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth. ³²And 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.

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

³⁵And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them: Let us pass over to the other side. ³⁶And dismissing the multitude, they take him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with him. ³⁷And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled. ³⁸And he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? ³⁹And awaking, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ⁴⁰And he said to them: Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? ⁴¹And 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. ²And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ³who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even with chains. ⁴Because 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. ⁵And always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and cutting himself with stones. ⁶But seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and bowed down to him, ⁷and 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. ⁸For he said to him: Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man. ⁹And he asked him: What is thy name? And he says to him: My name is Legion; because we are many. ¹⁰And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

¹¹And there was there, by the mountain, a great herd of swine feeding. ¹²And all the demons besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶And they who saw it related to them how it befell him who was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine. ¹⁷And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

¹⁸And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been possessed with demons besought him that he might be with him. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And he departed, and began to publish in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all wondered.

²¹And 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. ²²And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet, ²³and 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. ²⁴And he went with him; and a great multitude was following him, and thronging him.

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

³⁵While 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? ³⁶And Jesus, overhearing the word that was spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue: Be not afraid; only believe. ³⁷And he suffered no one to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. ³⁸And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly. ³⁹And entering in, he says to them: Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping. ⁴⁰And 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. ⁴¹And taking the hand of the child, he says to her: Talitha kumi; which is interpreted, Damsel, I say to thee, arise. ⁴²And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. ⁴³And 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. ²And 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? ³Is 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. ⁴And 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. ⁵And he was not able to do any miracle there, save that he laid his hands on a few sick, and healed them. ⁶And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about the surrounding villages, teaching.

⁷And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; ⁸and commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only; no bread, no bag, no money, in their girdle; ⁹but that they be shod with sandals and, Put not on two coats. ¹⁰And he said to them: Wherever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart from thence. ¹¹And whatever place shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them¹¹.

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

¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵Others said: It is Elijah. And others said: It is a prophet, like any one of the prophets. ¹⁶But Herod hearing of it, said: John, whom I beheaded, is risen from the dead. ¹⁷For 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. ¹⁸For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. ¹⁹And Herodias was angry with him, and desired to put him to death; and she could not, ²⁰for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man; and he observed him²⁰, and hearing him did many things, and heard him gladly.

²¹And 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; ²²and 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. ²³And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. ²⁴And she, going out, said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Immerser. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶And the king became very sorrowful; but for the sake of his oath, and of those reclining with him, he would not reject her. ²⁷And immediately the king sent one of the guard, and commanded to bring his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. ²⁹And his disciples hearing of it came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰And the apostles gather together unto Jesus; and they reported to him all things, both what they did, and what they taught. ³¹And 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. ³²And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. ³³And they saw them departing, and many knew them, and ran together there on foot from all the cities, and came before them. ³⁴And 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.

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

⁴⁷And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land. ⁴⁸And 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. ⁴⁹And they seeing him walking on the sea, supposed it was a spectre, and cried out; ⁵⁰for 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. ⁵¹And he went up to them into the ship; and the wind ceased. And they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. ⁵²For they considered not the loaves; for their heart was hardened.

⁵³And passing over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and anchored there. ⁵⁴And when they had come out of the ship, immediately recognizing him ⁵⁵they ran through all that region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick, where they heard he was. ⁵⁶And 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. ²And seeing some of his disciples eating bread with defiled (that is, unwashen) hands, they found fault. ³For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they carefully wash their hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴And 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. ⁵And 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? ⁶And he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites; as it is written:

⁸For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, immersions of pots and cups; and many other such things ye do. ⁹And he said to them: Well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition! ¹⁰For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die. ¹¹But 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—¹¹; ¹²and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother, ¹³annulling the word of God by your tradition, which ye handed down. And many such things ye do.

¹⁴And again calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hearken to me every one, and understand. ¹⁵There 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. ¹⁶If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸And 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? ¹⁹Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, cleansing all food. ²⁰And he said: That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. ²³All these evil things come forth from within, and defile the man.

²⁴And 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. ²⁵For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, hearing of him, came and fell at his feet. ²⁶The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. ²⁷And 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. ²⁸And she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. ²⁹And he said to her: For this saying go thy way; the demon has gone out of thy daughter. ³⁰And departing to her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out.

³¹And 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. ³²And 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. ³³And taking him aside from the multitude he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue, ³⁴and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him: Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. ³⁵And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶And he charged them that they should tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more abundantly they published it; ³⁷and 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: ²I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; ³and if I dismiss them fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; and some of them have come from afar. ⁴And his disciples answered him: From whence will one be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in a wilderness? ⁵And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? And they said: Seven. ⁶And 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. ⁷And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them. ⁸And they ate, and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that were left seven baskets. ⁹And they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.

¹⁰And straightway entering into the ship with his disciples, he came into the region of Dalmanutha. ¹¹And the Pharisees came out, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. ¹²And 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. ¹³And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and departed to the other side.

¹⁴And they forgot to take bread; and they had none in the ship with them, except one loaf. ¹⁵And he charged them, saying: Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. ¹⁶And they reasoned among themselves, saying: It is because we have no bread. ¹⁷And 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? ¹⁸Having eyes, do ye not see? And having ears, do ye not hear? And do ye not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? They say to him: Twelve. ²⁰And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? And they said: Seven. ²¹And he said to them: How is it that ye do not understand?

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

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

³¹And 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. ³²And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him. ³³But 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.

³⁴And 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. ³⁵For 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. ³⁶For what will it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? ³⁷Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul? ³⁸For 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.

²And 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. ³And his garments became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth can whiten. ⁴And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵And 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. ⁶For he knew not what to say; for they were sore afraid. ⁷And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a voice came out of the cloud: This is my beloved Son; hear ye him. ⁸And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus only with themselves.

⁹And 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. ¹⁰And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves, what is the rising from the dead.

¹¹And they asked him, saying: Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come? ¹²And 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. ¹³But I say to you, that Elijah also has come, and they did to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

¹⁴And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them. ¹⁵And straightway all the multitude seeing him were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. ¹⁶And he asked them: What question ye with them? ¹⁷And one of the multitude answered him: Teacher, I brought to thee my son, having a dumb spirit. ¹⁸And 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. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And they brought him to him. And seeing him, straightway the spirit rent him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. ²¹And he asked his father: How long is it, since this came upon him? And he said: From a child. ²²And 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. ²³Jesus said to him: If thou art able! All things are possible to the believing. ²⁴And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said: I believe; help thou my unbelief. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶And crying out, and rending him sorely, it came out of him. And he became as one dead; so that many said: He is dead. ²⁷But Jesus taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

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

³⁰And going forth from thence, they passed through Galilee and he would not that any one should know it. ³¹For 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. ³²But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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

³⁸And 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. ³⁹But 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. ⁴⁰For he that is not against us is for us. ⁴¹For 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. ⁴²And 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. ⁴³And 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; ⁴⁴where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵And 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; ⁴⁶where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷And 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; ⁴⁸where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. ⁵⁰Salt 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 Judæa, and the further side of the Jordan. And again the multitudes come together to him; and as he was wont, he again taught them.

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

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

¹³And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. ¹⁴But 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. ¹⁵Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter therein. ¹⁶And he folded them in his arms, put his hands on them, and blessed them.

¹⁷And 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? ¹⁸And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God. ¹⁹Thou 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. ²⁰And he answering said to him: Teacher, all these I kept from my youth. ²¹And 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. ²²And he became sad at that saying, and went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

²³And looking around, Jesus says to his disciples: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁴And 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! ²⁵It 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. ²⁶And they were exceedingly amazed, saying among themselves: Who then can be saved? ²⁷And Jesus, looking on them, says: With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.

²⁸Peter began to say to him: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee. ²⁹And 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, ³⁰but 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. ³¹But many first will be last, and the last first.

³²And 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: ³³Behold, 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; ³⁴and they will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and will kill him; and after three days he will rise again.

³⁵And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying: Teacher, we desire that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask. ³⁶And he said to them: What do ye desire that I should do for you? ³⁷They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy glory. ³⁸And 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? ³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰But 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.

⁴¹And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James and John. ⁴²And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule⁴² over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister; ⁴⁴and whoever would become chiefest of you, shall be servant of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timæus, Bartimæus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side. ⁴⁷And hearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say: Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. ⁴⁸And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁹And Jesus stood still, and said: Call him. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he calls thee. ⁵⁰And he, casting away his garment, leaped up, and came to Jesus. ⁵¹And 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. ⁵²And 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, ²and 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. ³And if any one say to you: Why do ye this? say: The Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. ⁴And they departed, and found a colt tied by the door without, on the street; and they loose him. ⁵And some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, loosing the colt? ⁶And they said to them as Jesus commanded; and they let them go. ⁷And they bring the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. ⁸And many spread their garments in the way, and others branches, cutting them from the fields⁸. ⁹And they that went before, and they that followed, cried: Hosanna! blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest! ¹¹And 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.

¹²And on the morrow, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And answering he said to it: Let no one eat fruit from thee, henceforth forever. And his disciples heard it.

¹⁵And 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; ¹⁶and suffered not that any one should carry a vessel through the temple. ¹⁷And 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. ¹⁸And 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. ¹⁹And when it became late, he went forth out of the city.

²⁰And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. ²¹And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to him: Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away. ²²And Jesus answering says to them: Have faith in God. ²³Verily 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. ²⁴Therefore I say to you: All things whatever ye ask, when ye pray, believe that ye received, and ye shall have them.

²⁵And 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. ²⁶But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses²⁶.

²⁷And 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. ²⁸And they said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority, to do these things? ²⁹And 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. ³⁰John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me. ³¹And they reasoned among themselves, saying: ³²If 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. ³³And 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. ²And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. ³And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴And 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. ⁵And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son. ⁷But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸And they took, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture:

¹²And 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.

¹³And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to entrap him with a word. ¹⁴And 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 Cæsar, or not? ¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denáry¹⁵, that I may see it. ¹⁶And they brought it. And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? And they said to him: Cæsar's. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to them: Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marveled at him.

¹⁸And there come to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying: ¹⁹Teacher, 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. ²⁰There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. ²¹And the second took her, and died, and he also left no seed; and the third likewise. ²²And the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman died also. ²³In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife? For the seven had her for a wife. ²⁴Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God? ²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in heaven. ²⁶And 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? ²⁷He is not God of the dead, but of the living. Ye greatly err.

²⁸And 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? ²⁹And Jesus answered him: First is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; ³⁰and 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. ³¹Second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³²And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that he is one, and there is no other beside him; ³³and 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. ³⁴And 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.

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

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

³⁸And 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, ³⁹and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts; ⁴⁰who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

⁴¹And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much. ⁴²And one poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a farthing. ⁴³And 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. ⁴⁴For 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! ²And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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

⁵And Jesus began to say to them: Take heed lest any one lead you astray. ⁶For many will come in my name, saying: I am he; and will lead many astray. ⁷And 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. ⁸For 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.

⁹But 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. ¹⁰And the good news must first be preached among all the nations.

¹¹But 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. ¹²And 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. ¹³And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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

¹⁷But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! ¹⁸And pray that it be not in the winter. ¹⁹For 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. ²⁰And 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.

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

²⁴But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light; ²⁵and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. ²⁶And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory. ²⁷And 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.

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

³²But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. ³³Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is. ³⁴As 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; ³⁵watch 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; ³⁶lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷And 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. ²For they said: Not at the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

³And 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. ⁴And there were some that were much displeased among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? ⁵For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denáries, and given to the poor. And they murmured at her. ⁶And Jesus said: Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? She wrought a good work on me. ⁷For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always. ⁸She did what she could; she beforehand anointed my body for the preparation for burial. ⁹Verily 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.

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

¹²And 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? ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And 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? ¹⁵And he will show you a large upper room furnished, ready; there prepare for us. ¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he said to them; and they made ready the passover.

¹⁷And at evening he comes with the twelve. ¹⁸And 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! ¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I? And another said: Is it I? ²⁰And he answering said to them: It is one of the twelve, one that dips with me into the dish. ²¹The 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.

²²And as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf, blessed, and broke, and gave it to them, and said: Take it; this is my body. ²³And taking the cup, he gave thanks, and gave it to them; and they all drank of it. ²⁴And he said to them: This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many. ²⁵Verily 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.

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

²⁹And Peter said to him: Though all shall be offended, yet will not I. ³⁰And 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. ³¹But he said the more vehemently: If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. Likewise also said they all.

³²And they come to a place which was named Gethsemane. And he says to his disciples: Sit ye here, while I shall pray. ³³And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be troubled. ³⁴And he says to them: My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, unto death; tarry here, and watch. ³⁵And going forward a little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶And 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.

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

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

⁴¹And he comes the third time, and says to them: Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest⁴¹? It is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Rise, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.

⁴³And 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. ⁴⁴And his betrayer had given them a signal, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold of him, and lead him away securely. ⁴⁵And coming, he goes straightway to him, and says: Master, Master; and kissed him.

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

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

⁵³And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. ⁵⁴And 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.

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

⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee? ⁶¹But 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? ⁶²And 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. ⁶³And the high priest, rending his clothes, says: What further need have we of witnesses? ⁶⁴Ye heard the blasphemy. What think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵And 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.

⁶⁶And Peter being below in the court, there comes one of the maid-servants of the high priest; ⁶⁷and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁶⁸But 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.

⁶⁹And the maid-servant, seeing him, began again to say to those standing by: This is one of them. ⁷⁰And 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 Galilæan. ⁷¹But he began to invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know this man of whom ye speak. ⁷²And 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. ²And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it. ³And the chief priests accused him of many things.

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

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

¹⁵And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be crucified. ¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. ¹⁷And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did homage to him. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. ²²And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull. ²³And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. ²⁴And having crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what any one should take. ²⁵And it was the third hour; and they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of the accusation against him was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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

³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamasabachthani? Which is interpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me? ³⁵And some of those standing by, hearing it, said: Behold, he calls Elijah. ³⁶And 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. ³⁷And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, expired. ³⁸And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. ³⁹And 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.

⁴⁰And 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; ⁴¹who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which is the day before the sabbath⁴²), ⁴³Joseph from Arimathæa, 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. ⁴⁴And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead. ⁴⁵And having learned it from the centurion, he gave the dead body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And 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. ⁴⁷And 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.

²And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, when the sun was risen. ³And they said to one another: Who will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre? ⁴And looking up, they see that the stone has been rolled away. For it was very great. ⁵And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were affrighted. ⁶And 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. ⁷But 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. ⁸And 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.

⁹And 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. ¹⁰She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹And they, hearing that he is alive, and was seen by her, believed not.

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

¹⁴Afterward 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. ¹⁵And he said to them: Go into all the world, and preach the good news to every creature. ¹⁶He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned. ¹⁷And these signs shall accompany those who have believed; in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸they 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.

¹⁹The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God; ²⁰and 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 us¹, ²as they, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, delivered them to us; ³it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced all from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus; ⁴that thou mightest know the certainty concerning those things⁴ wherein thou wast instructed.

⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, 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. ⁶And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. ⁷And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren; and they both were now far advanced in years.

⁸And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God, in the order of his course, ⁹it fell to his lot, according to the custom of the priest's office, to burn incense, going into the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of incense. ¹¹And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²And Zachariah seeing him was troubled, and fear fell upon him. ¹³But 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. ¹⁴And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵For 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. ¹⁶And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. ¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸And Zachariah said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And, 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.

²¹And the people were waiting for Zachariah; and they were wondering at his long tarrying in the temple. ²²And 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.

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

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

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

³⁴Then said Mary to the angel: How shall this be, seeing that I know not a man? ³⁵And 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. ³⁶And, 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. ³⁷For with God nothing shall be³⁷ impossible.

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

³⁹And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with haste, into a city of Judah; ⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹And 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. ⁴²And she spoke out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For, behold, as the voice of thy salutation came into my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵And happy is she, who believed that there shall be⁴⁵ a fulfillment of the things told her from the Lord.

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

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

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

⁵⁹And 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. ⁶⁰And his mother answered and said: Nay; but he shall be called John. ⁶¹And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ⁶²And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. ⁶³And asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote, saying: His name is John. And they all wondered. ⁶⁴And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue was loosed; and he spoke, blessing God. ⁶⁵And fear came on all that dwelt around them. And all these things⁶⁵ were told abroad in all the hill-country of Judæa. ⁶⁶And 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.

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

⁷⁶And 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, ⁷⁷in order to give knowledge of salvation to his people in remission of their sins; ⁷⁸through the tender mercies of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high visited us, ⁷⁹to give light to those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, in order to guide our feet into the way of peace.

⁸⁰And 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 Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be registered. ²This registering was the first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. ³And all went to be registered, each one to his own city. ⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and family of David), ⁵to be registered with Mary his betrothed wife, who was with child. ⁶And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were completed that she should bring forth. ⁷And 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.

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

¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. ¹⁷And having seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. ¹⁸And all that heard wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds. ¹⁹And Mary kept all these things¹⁹, pondering them in her heart. ²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was told to them.

²¹And 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.

²²And 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;) ²⁴and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.

²⁵And, 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, ²⁶And it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. ²⁷And 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, ²⁸then he took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said: ²⁹Now, Lord, thou lettest thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; ³⁰because my eyes saw thy salvation, ³¹which thou preparedst before the face of all the peoples, ³²a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

³³And his father and mother wondered at the things spoken of him. ³⁴And 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.

³⁶And 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; ³⁷and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, serving day and night with fastings and prayers. ³⁸And 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.

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

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

⁴⁶And 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. ⁴⁷And all that heard him, were astonished at his understanding and answers. ⁴⁸And 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. ⁴⁹And he said to them: How is it that ye sought me? Did ye not know, that I must be in my Father's house⁴⁹? ⁵⁰And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.

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

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

⁷He 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? ⁸Bring 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. ⁹And 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.

¹⁰And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do? ¹¹He 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.

¹²And there came also publicans to be immersed; and they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³And he said to them: Exact no more than that which is appointed you. ¹⁴And 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 wages¹⁴.

¹⁵And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the Christ, ¹⁶John 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; ¹⁷whose 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.

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

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

²¹Now it came to pass, when all the people had been immersed, that as Jesus, having also been immersed, was praying, the heaven was opened, ²²and 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.

²³And Jesus himself was, when he began²³, about thirty years of age; being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, ²⁴the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, ²⁵the son of Matthias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, ²⁶the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, ²⁷the son of Joanna, the son of Reza, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, ²⁸the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, ²⁹the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, ³⁰the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, ³¹the son of Meleah, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ³²the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahon, ³³the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, ³⁴the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ³⁵the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Salah, ³⁶the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ³⁷the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan, ³⁸the 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 ²forty days, tempted by the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he hungered.

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

⁵And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶And 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. ⁷If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. ⁸And Jesus answering said to him: It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

⁹And 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. ¹⁰For it is written: He will give his angels command concerning thee, to keep thee; ¹¹and on their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹²And Jesus answering said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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

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

¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And unrolling the book, he found the place where it was written:

²⁰And 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. ²¹And he began to say to them: To-day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. ²²And 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? ²³And 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. ²⁴And he said: Verily I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. ²⁵But 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; ²⁶and to none of them was Elijah sent, but unto Zarephath of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow. ²⁷And there were many lepers in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian. ²⁸And all in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath. ²⁹And 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. ³⁰But he, passing through the midst of them, went away.

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

³³And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴saying: 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. ³⁵And 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. ³⁶And 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? ³⁷And there went out a rumor concerning him into every place of the country around.

³⁸And 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 fever³⁸; and they besought him for her. ³⁹And standing over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she arose and ministered to them.

⁴⁰Now 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. ⁴¹And 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.

⁴²And 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. ⁴³And 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. ⁴⁴And 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, ²that he saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing the nets. ³And 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.

⁴And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the deep; and do ye let down your nets for a draught. ⁵And Simon answering said to him: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing; but at thy word I will let down the net. ⁶And having done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net began to break. ⁷And 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. ⁸And Simon Peter, seeing it, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying: Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. ⁹For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken; ¹⁰and 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. ¹¹And having brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

¹²And 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. ¹³And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴And 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.

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

¹⁷And 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 Judæa, and Jerusalem; and there was power of the Lord for healing them. ¹⁸And, behold, men brought on a bed a man who was palsied; and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And seeing their faith he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? ²²But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answering said to them: What reason ye in your hearts? ²³Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk? ²⁴But 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. ²⁵And immediately standing up before them, he took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God. ²⁶And they were all amazed; and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.

²⁷And 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. ²⁸And leaving all, he arose and followed him.

²⁹And 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. ³⁰And the Pharisees, and their scribes³⁰, murmured against his disciples, saying: Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners? ³¹And Jesus answering said to them: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. ³²I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.

³³And 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? ³⁴And he said to them: Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast, ³⁴ while the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵But days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days. ³⁶And 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. ³⁷And 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. ³⁸But new wine must be put into new skins, and both are preserved together³⁸. ³⁹And no one having drunk old wine straightway desires new; for he says: The old is better³⁹.

VI. And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first¹, that he was going through grain-fields; and his disciples plucked and ate the ears of grain, rubbing them with their hands. ²And some of the Pharisees said: Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath? ³And Jesus answering them said: And have ye not read this, what David did when he hungered, himself and they who were with him; ⁴how 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? ⁵And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

⁶And 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. ⁷And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸But 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. ⁹Then said Jesus to them: I will ask you what is lawful⁹ on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it? ¹⁰And looking round on them all, he said to him: Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹And they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another, as to what they should do to Jesus.

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

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

²²Happy 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. ²³Rejoice 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.

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

²⁷But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you²⁸. ²⁹To 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.

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

³²For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners love those who love them. ³³And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the same. ³⁴And 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.

³⁵But 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. ³⁶Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

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

³⁸Give, 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.

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

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

⁴²How 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.

⁴³For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit, nor corrupt tree that bears good fruit. ⁴⁴For 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. ⁴⁵The 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.

⁴⁶And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? ⁴⁷Every one that comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸He 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. ⁴⁹But 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 fell⁴⁹; 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. ²And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and about to die. ³And having heard concerning Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and heal his servant. ⁴And they, coming to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him; ⁵for he loves our nation, and himself built our synagogue.

⁶And 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. ⁷Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee; but say with a word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸For 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. ⁹And 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.

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

¹¹And 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. ¹²And 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. ¹³And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not. ¹⁴And he came and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. ¹⁵And the dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. ¹⁶And fear seized on all; and they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and, God has visited his people. ¹⁷And this report went forth in all Judæa concerning him, and in all the country around.

¹⁸And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things. ¹⁹And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? ²⁰And 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? ²¹And in that very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil spirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight. ²²And 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. ²³And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.

²⁴And 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?

²⁵But 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.

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

²⁸For 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.

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

³¹To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? ³²They 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. ³³For John the Immerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say: He has a demon. ³⁴The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. ³⁵But wisdom was justified on the part of all her children.

³⁶And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table. ³⁷And, 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; ³⁸and 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.

³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰And Jesus answering said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he says: Teacher, say on. ⁴¹A certain money-lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denáries⁴¹, and the other fifty. ⁴²And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, tell me, will love him most? ⁴³Simon answering said: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou didst rightly judge. ⁴⁴And 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. ⁴⁵Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I came in, ceased not to kiss my feet. ⁴⁶My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷Wherefore I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. ⁴⁸And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹And they who reclined with him began to say within themselves: Who is this that also forgives sins? ⁵⁰And 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, ²and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called the Magdalene, from whom had gone out seven demons, ³and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their substance.

⁴And a great multitude coming together, of those also who came to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: ⁵The 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. ⁶And another fell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. ⁸And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold.

⁹And his disciples asked him, what this parable was. ¹⁰And 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.

¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹²Those 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. ¹³Those 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. ¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵But 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.

¹⁶No 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. ¹⁷For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad. ¹⁸Take 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.

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

²²And 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. ²³And 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. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵And 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!

²⁶And they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee. ²⁷And 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. ²⁸And 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. ²⁹For 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.

³⁰And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him. ³¹And he besought him that he would not command them to go away into the abyss. ³²And 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. ³³And going out of the man, the demons entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were choked. ³⁴And seeing what was done the herdsmen fled, and reported it in the city and in the country, ³⁵And 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. ³⁶They also who saw it reported to them how he that was possessed by demons was healed. ³⁷And 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. ³⁸And the man, out of whom the demons had gone, besought him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying: ³⁹Return 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.

⁴⁰And it came to pass, when Jesus returned, that the multitude received him; for they were all waiting for him. ⁴¹And, 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; ⁴²for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he went the multitudes thronged him.

⁴³And 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, ⁴⁴came up behind, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. ⁴⁵And 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? ⁴⁶And Jesus said: Some one touched me; for I perceived that power has gone out from me.

⁴⁷And 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. ⁴⁸And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee whole; go in peace.

⁴⁹While 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. ⁵⁰But Jesus hearing it, answered him: Fear not; only believe, and she shall be restored.

⁵¹And 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. ⁵²And all were weeping and bewailing her. And he said: Weep not; she is not dead, but is sleeping. ⁵³And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. ⁵⁴And he, taking hold of her by the hand, called, saying: Maiden, arise. ⁵⁵And her spirit returned, and she immediately arose; and he commanded that food should be given her. ⁵⁶And 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. ²And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. ³And he said to them: Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money, nor have two coats apiece. ⁴And into whatever house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart. ⁵And 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.

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

⁷And 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; ⁸and by some: Elijah has appeared; and by others: One of the old prophets has risen again. ⁹And Herod said: John I beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

¹⁰And the apostles, returning, related to him all that they did. And taking them with him, he retired privately to a city called Bethsaida. ¹¹And 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.

¹²And 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. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them lie down in companies of fifty. ¹⁵And they did so, and made them all lie down. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And they ate, and were all filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

¹⁸And 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? ¹⁹They answering said: John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again. ²⁰And he said to them: But who do ye say that I am? Peter answering said: The Christ of God. ²¹And strictly charging them, he commanded them to say this to no one; ²²saying: 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.

²³And he said to all: If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. ²⁴For whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it ²⁵For what is a man profited, when he has gained the whole world, and lost or forfeited himself? ²⁶For 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. ²⁷And 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.

²⁸And 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. ²⁹And it came to pass, while he was praying, that the appearance of his countenance became changed, and his raiment white and glistening. ³⁰And, behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah; ³¹who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, which he was about to fulfill in Jerusalem.

³²But 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. ³³And 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. ³⁴While he said this, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them; and they feared as they entered into the cloud. ³⁵And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my chosen Son; hear ye him.

³⁶And 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.

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

⁴¹And Jesus answering said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring hither thy son. ⁴²And 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. ⁴³And 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: ⁴⁴Do ye let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men. ⁴⁵But 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.

⁴⁶And there arose in them the thought⁴⁶, which of them was greatest. ⁴⁷And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child and placed it by him, ⁴⁸and 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.

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

⁵¹And 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. ⁵²And he sent messengers before his face; and they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. ⁵³And they did not receive him, because his face was directed toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴And 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? ⁵⁵And he turned, and rebuked them, and said: Ye know not⁵⁵ of what spirit ye are. ⁵⁶And they went to another village.

⁵⁷And as they were going in the way, a certain one said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ⁵⁸And 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.

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

⁶¹And another also said; I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit me to bid farewell to those in my house. ⁶²And 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. ²And 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. ³Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. ⁴Carry neither purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way. ⁵And into whatever house ye enter, first say: Peace be to this house. ⁶And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; and if not, it shall return to you. ⁷And in that house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give⁷; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. ⁸And into whatever city ye enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you; ⁹and heal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of God has come nigh unto you. ¹⁰But into whatever city ye enter and they receive you not, go out into the streets of the same, and say: ¹¹Even the dust of your city that cleaves to our feet, we wipe off to you¹¹; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has come nigh. ¹²I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

¹³Woe 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. ¹⁴But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you. ¹⁵And thou, Capernaum, that art exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to the underworld.

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

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

²¹In 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. ²²All 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.

²³And turning to the disciples, he said privately: Happy are the eyes that behold what ye are beholding. ²⁴For 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.

²⁵And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? ²⁶He said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou? ²⁷And 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. ²⁸And he said to him: Thou answeredst rightly. This do, and thou shalt live. ²⁹But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?

³⁰And 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. ³¹And by chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him, he passed by on the other side. ³²And in like manner also a Levite, arriving at the place, came and saw, and passed by on the other side.

³³And a certain Samaritan, as he was journeying, came where he was, and seeing him had compassion; ³⁴and 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. ³⁵And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two denáries³⁵ and gave to the host, and said: Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

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

³⁸And 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. ³⁹And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus, and heard his word. ⁴⁰But 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. ⁴¹And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things. ⁴²But 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. ²And he said to them: When ye pray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. ³Give us day by day our daily bread³. ⁴And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

⁵And he said to them: Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him: ⁶Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; ⁷and 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? ⁸I 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. ⁹I also say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ¹⁰For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

¹¹And 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? ¹²Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? ¹³If 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?

¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵But some of them said: He casts out the demons through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons. ¹⁶And others, tempting, sought of him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls¹⁷. ¹⁸And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out the demons through Beelzebul. ¹⁹And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁰But if with the finger of God I cast out the demons, then is the kingdom of God come near to you.

²¹When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace. ²²But 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.

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

²⁴When 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. ²⁵And coming, he finds it swept and set in order. ²⁶Then 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.

²⁷And 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! ²⁸And he said: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!

²⁹And 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. ³⁰For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

³¹A 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. ³²Men 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.

³³No 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. ³⁴The 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. ³⁵Take heed therefore, lest the light that is in thee is darkness³⁵. ³⁶If 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.

³⁷And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him and he went in, and reclined at table. ³⁸And the Pharisee, seeing it, wondered that he did not first immerse himself before dinner. ³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰Fools! Did not he, who made the outside, make the inside also? ⁴¹But give that which ye have in alms⁴¹; and, behold, all things are clean to you.

⁴²But 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.

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

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

⁴⁵And a certain one of the lawyers answering says to him: Teacher, in saying these things thou reproachest us also. ⁴⁶And 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.

⁴⁷Woe to you! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres⁴⁸. ⁴⁹Therefore also said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute; ⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, ⁵¹from 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.

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

⁵³And 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 things⁵³; ⁵⁴lying 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. ²For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, nor hidden, that shall not be known. ³Wherefore, 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.

⁴And 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. ⁵But 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. ⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? And not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁸And 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; ⁹but he that denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. ¹⁰And 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.

¹¹And 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. ¹²For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

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

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

²²And 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. ²³The life is more than food, and the body than raiment. ²⁴Consider 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! ²⁵And which of you by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature²⁵? ²⁶If therefore ye can not do even that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

²⁷Consider 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. ²⁸And 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? ²⁹And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind. ³⁰For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these. ³¹But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.

³²Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³Sell 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. ³⁴For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; ³⁶and 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. ³⁷Happy 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. ³⁸And if he shall come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find it so, happy are those servants. ³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the Son of man comes.

⁴¹And Peter said to him: Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or also to all? ⁴²And 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? ⁴³Happy that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing! ⁴⁴Of a truth I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

⁴⁵But 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; ⁴⁶the 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.

⁴⁷And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; ⁴⁸but 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.

⁴⁹I came to send fire upon the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled⁴⁹? ⁵⁰But I have an immersion to undergo; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! ⁵¹Suppose ye that I came to give peace in the earth? I tell you, nay; but only division. ⁵²For from this time forth, five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three. ⁵³They 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.

⁵⁴And 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. ⁵⁵And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say: There will be heat; and it comes to pass. ⁵⁶Hypocrites! 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? ⁵⁷And why even of yourselves do ye not judge what is right? ⁵⁸For 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. ⁵⁹I 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 Galilæans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices. ²And answering he said to them: Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they have suffered such things? ³I tell you, nay; but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish. ⁴Or 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? ⁵I tell you, nay; but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

⁶He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. ⁷And 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 encumber⁷ the ground? ⁸And he answering says to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and cast in manure. ⁹And if it bear fruit —; and if not, hereafter thou shalt cut it down⁹.

¹⁰And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. ¹¹And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and wholly unable to raise herself up. ¹²And Jesus seeing her, called her to him, and said to her: Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. ¹³And he laid his hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. ¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵And 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? ¹⁶And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo, eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath? ¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹It 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.

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

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

²³And a certain one said to him: Lord, are there few that are saved? ²⁴And 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. ²⁵When 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; ²⁶then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets. ²⁷And he will say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all workers of unrighteousness. ²⁸There 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. ²⁹And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰And, behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

³¹On that day there came certain Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and go hence; for Herod desires to kill thee. ³²And 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. ³³But 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.

³⁴Jerusalem! 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! ³⁵Behold, 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. ²And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had the dropsy. ³And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? And they were silent. ⁴And taking hold of him, he healed him, and let him go. ⁵And to them he said: Who is there of you, whose ox or ass⁵ shall fall into a pit, and he will not straightway draw him up on the sabbath day? ⁶And they could not answer him again to these things.

⁷And he spoke a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the first places; saying to them: ⁸When 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; ⁹and 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. ¹⁰But 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. ¹¹For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

¹²And 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. ¹³But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴And happy shalt thou be, because they can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.

¹⁵And 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! ¹⁶And he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and bade many. ¹⁷And he sent his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say to those who were bidden: Come, for all things are now ready. ¹⁸And they all, with one mind, began¹⁸ 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. ¹⁹And another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial of them; I pray thee let me be excused. ²⁰And another said: I married a wife; and therefore I can not come.

²¹And 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. ²²And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou didst command, and yet there is room. ²³And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them²³ to come in, that my house may be filled; ²⁴for I say to you, that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper.

²⁵And great multitudes were going with him; and turning, he said to them: ²⁶If 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. ²⁷And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple. ²⁸For who of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it? ²⁹Lest haply, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him, ³⁰saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish. ³¹Or 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? ³²Else, while he is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy, and desires conditions of peace.

³³So then, whoever of you forsakes not all that he has can not be my disciple. ³⁴Salt therefore is good; but if even the salt has become tasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned? ³⁵It 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. ²And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.

³And he spoke this parable to them, saying: ⁴What 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? ⁵And having found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me; because I found my sheep which was lost. ⁷I 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.

⁸Or 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? ⁹And having found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying: Rejoice with me; because I found the piece which I lost. ¹⁰So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

¹¹And he said: A certain man had two sons. ¹²And 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. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And when he had spent all, there arose a grievous famine in that country; and he began to be in want. ¹⁵And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. ¹⁶And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks which the swine ate; and no one gave to him. ¹⁷And coming to himself, he said: How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! ¹⁸I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee. ¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.

²⁰And 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. ²¹And the son said to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son. ²²But 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; ²³and bring the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry. ²⁴Because this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

²⁵Now his elder son was in the field. And as he came, and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶And calling to him one of the servants, he inquired what these things meant. ²⁷And he said to him: Thy brother is come; and thy father killed the fatted calf, because he received him back, safe and sound. ²⁸And he was angry, and would not go in; and his father came out, and entreated him. ²⁹And 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. ³⁰But when this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf. ³¹And he said to him: Child, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. ³²It 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. ²And 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. ³And 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. ⁴I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. ⁵And having called to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first: How much owest thou to my master? ⁶And he said: A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. ⁷Then 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. ⁸And 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. ⁹And 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. ¹⁰He 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. ¹¹If therefore ye were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? ¹²And if ye were not faithful in that which is another's, who will give to you your own? ¹³No 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.

¹⁴And the Pharisees also; who were covetous, heard all these things; and they derided him. ¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶The 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. ¹⁷And it is easier that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the law should fail.

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

¹⁹There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. ²⁰And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, ²¹and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. ²²And 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; ²³and in the underworld, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵But 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. ²⁶And 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. ²⁷And he said: I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house. ²⁸For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, that they may not also come into this place of torment. ²⁹Abraham says to him: They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. ³⁰And he said: Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they will repent. ³¹And 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! ²It 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.

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

⁵And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. ⁶And 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.

⁷And 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; ⁸and 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? ⁹Does he thank that servant, because he did the things that were commanded? I think not. ¹⁰So 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.

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

²⁰And 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; ²¹nor shall they say, Lo here! or, Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you²¹.

²²And 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. ²³And they will say to you, See here; or, See there; go not away, and follow not. ²⁴For 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. ²⁵But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected on the part of this generation.

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

³¹In 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. ³²Remember Lot's wife. ³³Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life shall preserve it.

³⁴I say to you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken, and the other will be left. ³⁵Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken, and the other left. ³⁷And 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; ²saying: There was in a certain city a certain judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man. ³And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. ⁴And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, ⁵yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.

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

⁹And he spoke this parable to some who trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others. ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹The 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. ¹²I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess¹². ¹³And 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. ¹⁴I 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.

¹⁵And they brought to him also infants, that he might touch them; and the disciples seeing it rebuked them. ¹⁶But 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. ¹⁷Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter therein.

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

²⁸And Peter said: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee. ²⁹And 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, ³⁰who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

³¹And 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. ³²For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, ³³and they will scourge him, and put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again. ³⁴And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hidden from them, and they knew not the things that were said.

³⁵And it came to pass, that as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the way-side, begging. ³⁶And hearing a multitude passing by, he inquired what this was. ³⁷And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. ³⁸And he called aloud, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. ³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he was come near, he asked him, ⁴¹saying: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said: Lord, that I may receive sight. ⁴²And Jesus said to him: Receive sight; thy faith has made thee whole. ⁴³And 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. ²And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, and he was a chief publican; and this man was rich. ³And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and he could not on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature. ⁴And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him; because by that way he was to pass through. ⁵And 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. ⁶And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. ⁷And seeing it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a sinner.

⁸And 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. ⁹And Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹And 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. ¹²He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Traffic, till I come.

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

¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound gained ten pounds. ¹⁷And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because thou wast faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

¹⁸And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound made five pounds. ¹⁹And he said also to this man: And be thou over five cities. ²⁰And another came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin. ²¹For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. ²²And 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? ²³Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my coming, should have required it with interest. ²⁴And he said to those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has the ten pounds. ²⁵And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds. ²⁶For 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.

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

²⁸And having spoken these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹And 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, ³⁰saying: 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. ³¹And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say to him: Because the Lord has need of him. ³²And they that were sent forth departed, and found even as he said to them. ³³And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why loose ye the colt? ³⁴And they said: The Lord has need of him. ³⁵And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast their garments upon the colt, they set Jesus thereon. ³⁶And as he went, they spread their garments in the way. ³⁷And 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; ³⁸saying: Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!

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

⁴¹And when he came near, as he saw the city, he wept over it, ⁴²saying: 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. ⁴³For 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, ⁴⁴and 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.

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

⁴⁷And 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, ⁴⁸and 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, ²and spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is he that gave thee this authority? ³And he answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing; and tell it me. ⁴John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? ⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why, then did ye not believe him? ⁶But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. ⁷And they answered, that they knew not whence it was. ⁸And Jesus said to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

⁹And 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. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And again he sent another servant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they sent away empty. ¹²And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

¹³And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps, seeing him, they will reverence him. ¹⁴But 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. ¹⁵So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And hearing it, they said: Far be it! ¹⁷And he, looking on them, said: What then is this that is written,

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

¹⁹And 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.

²⁰And watching him²⁰, 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. ²¹And 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. ²²Is it lawful that we should give tribute to Cæsar, or not? ²³And perceiving their craftiness, he said to them: ²⁴Show me a denáry²⁴. Whose image and inscription has it? And answering they said: Cæsar's. ²⁵And he said to them: Render therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. ²⁶And they could not take hold of his words before the people; and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

²⁷And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, coming to him, asked him, ²⁸saying: 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.

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

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

³⁷Now 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. ³⁸For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for to him all live.

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

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

⁴⁵And in the hearing of all the multitude, he said to his disciples: ⁴⁶Beware 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; ⁴⁷who 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. ²And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. ³And he said: Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all. ⁴For all these, out of their abundance, cast into the offerings; but she, out of her want, cast in all the living that she had.

⁵And as some were saying of the temple, that it has been adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, he said: ⁶As 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. ⁷And 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?

⁸And 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. ⁹And 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.

¹⁰Then said he to them: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; ¹¹and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be great portents and signs from heaven. ¹²And 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. ¹³And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.

¹⁴Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer. ¹⁵For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake. ¹⁸And there shall not a hair of your head perish. ¹⁹In your patience possess your souls¹⁹.

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

²³Woe 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. ²⁴And 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.

²⁵And 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; ²⁶men'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. ²⁷And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. ²⁸And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption is drawing nigh.

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

³⁴And 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. ³⁵For as a snare shall it come on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶And 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.

³⁷And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called Olivet. ³⁸And 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; ²and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

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

⁷And the day of unleavened bread came, when the passover must be killed. ⁸And he sent away Peter and John, saying: Go, and prepare us the passover, that we may eat it. ⁹And they said to him: Where wilt thou that we prepare? ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And 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? ¹²And he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready. ¹³And they went away, and found as he had said to them. And they made ready the passover.

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

¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And the cup in like manner after supper, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.

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

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

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

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

³⁵And he said to them: When I sent you without purse, and bag, and sandals, lacked ye anything? And they said: Nothing. ³⁶Therefore 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. ³⁷For 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 end³⁷.

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

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

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

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

⁵²And 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? ⁵³When 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.

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

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

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

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

⁶¹And 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. ⁶²And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

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

⁶⁶And when it was day, the elders of the people⁶⁶, and the chief priests and scribes, came together; and they brought him up into their council, saying: ⁶⁷If thou art the Christ, tell us. And he said to them: If I tell you, ye will not believe. ⁶⁸And if I ask, ye will not answer. ⁶⁹But henceforth shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. ⁷⁰And they all said: Art thou then the Son of God? And he said to them: Ye say it; for I am. ⁷¹And 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. ²And they began to accuse him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king. ³And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it. ⁴And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes: I find no fault in this man. ⁵And they were the more violent, saying: He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judæa, beginning from Galilee, unto this place.

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

⁸And 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. ⁹And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing. ¹⁰And the chief priests and scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. ¹¹And 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. ¹²And Pilate and Herod on that day became friends with each other; for before they were at enmity between themselves.

¹³And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, ¹⁴said 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. ¹⁵No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you up to him; and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. ¹⁶I will therefore chastise, and release him. ¹⁷¹⁷ ¹⁸And 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.)

²⁰Again, therefore, Pilate spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus. ²¹But they cried, saying: Crucify, crucify him. ²²And 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. ²³And they were urgent with loud voices, requiring that he should be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. ²⁴And Pilate gave sentence, that what they required should be done. ²⁵And he released him who for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they required; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

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

³²And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. ³³And 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. ³⁴And Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting lots.

³⁵And 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. ³⁶And the soldiers also coming to him mocked him, offering him vinegar, ³⁷and saying: If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself.

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

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

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

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

⁵⁰And, behold, a man named Joseph, a counselor, a good and just man, ⁵¹(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathæa a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, ⁵²this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³And 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. ⁵⁴And it was the day of preparation, and the sabbath drew on. ⁵⁵And the women also, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and viewed the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. ⁵⁶And 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. ²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. ³And entering in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴And it came to pass, that as they were much perplexed concerning this, behold two men stood by them in shining garments. ⁵And they being afraid and bowing their faces to the earth, they said to them: Why seek ye the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke to you when he was yet in Galilee, ⁷saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again. ⁸And they remembered his words.

⁹And returning from the sepulchre, they reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And their words seemed to them as idle talk, and they believed them not.

¹²But 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.

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

¹⁷And he said to them: What communications are these, that ye have one with another, as ye walk, and are sad? ¹⁸And 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? ¹⁹And 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; ²⁰and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. ²¹But 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. ²²Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, who were early at the sepulchre; ²³and not finding his body, came saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. ²⁴And 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.

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

²⁸And they drew near to the village, whither they were going; and he made as though he would go further. ²⁹But 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.

³⁰And it came to pass, that as he was reclining at table with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and breaking, gave to them. ³¹And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. ³²And 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?

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

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

⁴⁹And, 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.

⁵⁰And he led them out as far as to Bethany; and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹And it came to pass, while he blessed them, that he parted from them, and was borne up into heaven. ⁵²And they, having worshiped him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy; ⁵³and 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. ²The same was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made by him³; and without him was nothing made that has been made. ⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us¹⁴; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵John 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 me¹⁵. ¹⁶Because out of his fullness we all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

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

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

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

²⁹On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This is he of whom I said: After me comes a man who is preferred before me; because he was before me³⁰. ³¹And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water.

³²And John bore witness, saying: I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it abode upon him. ³³And 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. ³⁴And I have seen, and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.

³⁵Again, on the morrow, John was standing, and two of his disciples; ³⁶and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says: Behold the Lamb of God! ³⁷And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸And 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? ³⁹He 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.

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard it from John, and followed him. ⁴¹He first finds his brother Simon, and says to him: We have found the Messiah, which is interpreted, Christ. ⁴²And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, beholding him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jonah; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted, Peter⁴².

⁴³On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee. And he finds Philip; and Jesus says to him: Follow me. ⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip 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. ⁴⁶And Nathanael said to him: Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him: Come and see. ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! ⁴⁸Nathanael 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. ⁴⁹Nathanael answered: Rabbi; thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. ⁵⁰Jesus 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. ⁵¹And he says to him: Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth⁵¹ 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. ²And Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage. ³And wine having failed, the mother of Jesus says to him: They have no wine. ⁴Jesus says to her: Woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come. ⁵His mother says to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do it. ⁶Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the Jewish custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins⁶ apiece. ⁷Jesus says to them: Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸And he says to them: Draw out now, and bear to the ruler of the feast. And they bore it. ⁹When 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, ¹⁰and 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. ¹¹This beginning of the signs Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

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

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

¹⁸The Jews therefore answered and said to him: What sign dost thou show to us, seeing that thou doest these things? ¹⁹Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. ²⁰Therefore said the Jews: Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? ²¹But he said it of the temple of his body. ²²When 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.

²³And when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, on the feast-day, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought. ²⁴But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, ²⁵and 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. ²The 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.

³Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born again³, he can not see the kingdom of God. ⁴Nicodemus 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?

⁵Jesus 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. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Marvel not that I said to thee: Ye must be born again.

⁸The 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.

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

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

²⁵There arose therefore a question, on the part of John's disciples with a Jew, about purification. ²⁶And 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.

²⁷John answered and said: A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. ²⁸Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him. ²⁹He 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. ³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹He 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. ³²And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and his testimony no one receives. ³³He that received his testimony has set his seal, That God is true. ³⁴For he whom God sent forth speaks the words of God; for he gives not³⁴ the Spirit by measure. ³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶He 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), ³he left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee. ⁴And he must go through Samaria. ⁵He comes therefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar⁵, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

⁷There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus, says to her: Give me to drink. ⁸For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. ⁹The 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. ¹⁰Jesus 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. ¹¹The woman says to him: Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou the living water. ¹²Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? ¹³Jesus answered and said to her: Every one that drinks of this water shall thirst again. ¹⁴But 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. ¹⁵The woman says to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

¹⁶Jesus says to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. ¹⁷The woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus says to her: Thou saidst well, I have no husband. ¹⁸For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. That thou hast spoken truly.

¹⁹The woman says to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. ²⁰Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. ²¹Jesus says to her: Woman, believe me, an hour is coming, when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. ²²Ye worship that which ye know not; we worship that which we know; because salvation is of the Jews. ²³But 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. ²⁴God is spirit; and they that worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth.

²⁵The woman says to him: I know that Messiah comes (who is called Christ); when he is come, he will tell us all things. ²⁶Jesus says to her: I that speak to thee am he. ²⁷And upon this came his disciples; and they marveled that he talked with the woman²⁷. Yet no one said: What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? ²⁸The woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city; and she says to the men: ²⁹Come, see a man who told me all things that ever I did. Is this the Christ? ³⁰Then they went out of the city, and came to him.

³¹In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying: Master, eat. ³²But he said to them: I have food to eat that ye know not of. ³³Therefore said the disciples one to another: Has any one brought him aught to eat? ³⁴Jesus says to them: My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work. ³⁵Do 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. ³⁶And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷And herein is the true saying: One sows, and another reaps. ³⁸I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored. Other men have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to remain with them. And he remained there two days. ⁴¹And far more believed because of his word; ⁴²and 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.

⁴³And after the two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. ⁴⁴For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

⁴⁵When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast. ⁴⁶So 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. ⁴⁷He, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judæa into Galilee, went to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son; for he was about to die. ⁴⁸Jesus therefore said to him: Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. ⁴⁹The nobleman says to him: Sir, come down ere my child die. ⁵⁰Jesus 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. ⁵¹And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and brought word saying: Thy child lives. ⁵²He 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. ⁵³The 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. ⁵⁴This second sign Jesus wrought, when he had come out of Judæa into Galilee.

V. After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ²And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. ³In these lay a multitude of the infirm, of blind, lame, withered [waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴For 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]⁴. ⁵And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years. ⁶Jesus 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? ⁷The 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. ⁸Jesus says to him: Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. ⁹And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked.

And on that day was the sabbath. ¹⁰The Jews therefore said to him that was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry the bed. ¹¹He answered them: He who made me whole, the same said to me: Take up thy bed, and walk. ¹²They asked him therefore: Who is the man that said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk? ¹³And he who was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus conveyed himself away, there being a multitude in the place.

¹⁴Afterward 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. ¹⁵The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who made him whole. ¹⁶And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them: My Father works hitherto, and I work. ¹⁸For 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.

¹⁹Jesus 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. ²⁰For 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. ²¹For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; so also the Son quickens whom he will. ²²For neither does the Father judge any one; but all judgment he has given to the Son; ²³that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.

²⁴Verily, 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. ²⁵Verily, 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. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, so he gave also to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷And he gave him authority to execute judgment also, because he is a son of man. ²⁸Marvel not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, ²⁹and shall come forth; they that did good, to the resurrection of life, and they that did evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

³⁰I 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.

³¹If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. ³²There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. ³³Ye have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴But I receive the witness not from man; but these things I say, that ye might be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and shining lamp; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. ³⁶But 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. ³⁷And 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. ³⁸And ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

³⁹Search³⁹ the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life, and these are they that testify of me; ⁴⁰and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. ⁴¹I receive not honor from men. ⁴²But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. ⁴³I have come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. ⁴⁴How can ye believe, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from God alone ye seek not? ⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses in whom ye have placed your hope. ⁴⁶For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. ⁴⁷But 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. ²And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought on the sick. ³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. ⁴And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵Jesus 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? ⁶And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do. ⁷Philip answered him: Two hundred denáries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little. ⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to him: ⁹There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but what are they among so many? ¹⁰Jesus said: Make the men lie down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹And 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. ¹²When they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. ¹³Therefore 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. ¹⁴The men therefore, seeing the sign that Jesus wrought, said: This is of a truth the Prophet that comes into the world.

¹⁵Jesus 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. ¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷and entering into the ship, were going over the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them; ¹⁸and as a strong wind was blowing, the sea began to rise. ¹⁹When 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. ²⁰But he says to them: It is I, be not afraid. ²¹They therefore willingly received him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land whither they were going.

²²On 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); ²⁴when 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. ²⁵And having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither? ²⁶Jesus 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. ²⁷Work 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, ²⁸Therefore they said to him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? ²⁹Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he sent. ³⁰They therefore said to him: What sign doest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work? ³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. ³²Jesus 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. ³³For the bread of God is that which³³ comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.

³⁴They therefore said to him: Lord, evermore give us this bread. ³⁵Jesus 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. ³⁶But I said to you, that ye have also seen me, and do not believe. ³⁷All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out. ³⁸Because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. ³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰For 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.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he said: I am the bread that came down out of heaven. ⁴²And 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?

⁴³Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵It 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. ⁴⁶Not that any one has seen the Father, save he who is from God; he has seen the Father.

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has everlasting life. ⁴⁸I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ⁵⁰This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die. ⁵¹I 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.

⁵²The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³Jesus 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. ⁵⁴He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷As 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. ⁵⁸This 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.

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard it, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it? ⁶¹But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Does this offend you? ⁶²What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending up where he was before? ⁶³It is the spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. ⁶⁴But 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. ⁶⁵And 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.

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷Jesus said therefore to the twelve: Will ye also go away? ⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of eternal life. ⁶⁹And we believe and know, that thou art the Holy One of God. ⁷⁰Jesus answered them: Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil? ⁷¹He 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 Judæa, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

²Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand. ³His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou doest. ⁴For no one does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world. ⁵For neither did his brothers believe on him. ⁶Jesus therefore says to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready. ⁷The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil. ⁸Go ye up to the feast. I go not up to this feast; because my time is not yet fully come.

⁹Having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee. ¹⁰But when his brothers were gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.

¹¹The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said: Where is he? ¹²And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said: He is a good man; others said: Nay, but he misleads the multitude. ¹³No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴But when it was already the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. ¹⁵And the Jews wondered, saying: How knows this man letters, having never learned? ¹⁶Jesus therefore answered them, and said: My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷If any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. ¹⁸He 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.

¹⁹Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you keeps the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? ²⁰The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a demon; who seeks to kill thee? ²¹Jesus answered and said to them: I did one work, and ye all marvel. ²²Moses 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. ²³If 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? ²⁴Judge not according to appearance, but judge the righteous judgment.

²⁵Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they seek to kill? ²⁶But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Did the rulers know²⁶ in truth that this is the Christ? ²⁷But we know this man, whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is.

²⁸Jesus 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. ²⁹I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. ³⁰Therefore they sought to seize him; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

³¹But of the multitude many believed on him, and said: When the Christ comes, will he work more signs than these which this man wrought? ³²The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him. ³³Jesus therefore said: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him who sent me. ³⁴Ye will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come. ³⁵The 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? ³⁶What is this saying that he said: Ye will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come?

³⁷In 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. ³⁸He that believes on me, as said the Scripture, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ³⁹And 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.

⁴⁰Some of the multitude therefore, hearing the words, said: Of a truth this is the Prophet. ⁴¹Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Does the Christ then come out of Galilee? ⁴²Did not the Scripture say, that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was? ⁴³A division therefore arose among the multitude because of him. ⁴⁴And some of them desired to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.

⁴⁵The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them: Why did ye not bring him? ⁴⁶The officers answered: Never man spoke like this man⁴⁷. ⁴⁷The Pharisees answered them: Are ye also led astray? ⁴⁸Did any of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹But this multitude, that know not the law, are accursed. ⁵⁰Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one of them): ⁵¹Does our law judge a man, except it first hear from him, and know what he does? ⁵²They answered and said to him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet⁵². ⁵³⁵³[And each one went to his house.

²And 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. ³And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and having placed her in the midst, ⁴they say to him: Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act: ⁵Now in the law Moses commanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say? ⁶This 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. ⁷And 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. ⁸And again stooping down, he wrote in the ground. ⁹And 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. ¹⁰And Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said to her: Woman, where are they, thine accusers? Did no one condemn thee? ¹¹She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.]

¹²Again 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. ¹³The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. ¹⁴Jesus 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. ¹⁵Ye judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. ¹⁶And even if I judge, my judgment is true; because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. ¹⁷It is written also in your law, that the witness of two men is true. ¹⁸I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me. ¹⁹They 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.

²⁰These 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.

²¹Again 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. ²²The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself? because he says: Whither I go, ye can not come. ²³And he said to them: Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴I 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. ²⁵Therefore they said to him: Who art thou? And Jesus said to them: That which I also say to you from the beginning. ²⁶I 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. ²⁷They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father.

²⁸Therefore 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. ²⁹And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone; because I do always the things that please him. ³⁰As he spoke these words many believed on him.

³¹Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples; ³²and ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free. ³³They answered him: We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to any one. How sayest thou: Ye shall be made free? ³⁴Jesus answered them: Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin. ³⁵And the servant abides not in the house forever. ³⁶The Son abides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed. ³⁷I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. ³⁸I speak what I have seen with my Father; and ye therefore do what ye have heard from your father.

³⁹They 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. ⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not. ⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of fornication; we have one father, God. ⁴²Jesus 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. ⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye can not hear my word. ⁴⁴Ye 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. ⁴⁵And because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.

⁴⁶Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? ⁴⁷He that is of God hears God's words; ye therefore hear not, because ye are not of God.

⁴⁸The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? ⁴⁹Jesus answered: I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. ⁵⁰And I seek not my own glory; there is one that seeks, and judges. ⁵¹Verily, verily, I say to you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever. ⁵²The 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. ⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest thou thyself? ⁵⁴Jesus 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. ⁵⁵And 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. ⁵⁶Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. ⁵⁷The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? ⁵⁸Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. ⁵⁹They 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. ²And his disciples asked him, saying: Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? ³Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. ⁴I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when none can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

⁶Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, ⁷and said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

⁸The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sits and begs? ⁹Some said: This is he; and others: He is like him; he said: I am he. ¹⁰Therefore they said to him: How were thine eyes opened? ¹¹He 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. ¹²They said to him: Where is he? He said: I know not.

¹³They bring to the Pharisees him who before was blind. ¹⁴And it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Again 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. ¹⁶Therefore 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. ¹⁷They say to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, seeing that he opened thine eyes? He said: He is a Prophet.

¹⁸The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he was blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him that received sight. ¹⁹And they asked them, saying: Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then does he now see? ²⁰His parents answered them and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹But 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. ²²These 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. ²³Therefore his parents said: He is of age; ask him.

²⁴They 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. ²⁵He answered therefore: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. ²⁶They therefore said to him: What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes? ²⁷He answered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples? ²⁸They reviled him, and said: Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. ²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses; but this man we know not, whence he is. ³⁰The man answered and said to them: Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and he opened mine eyes. ³¹Now we know that God hears not sinners. But if any one is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears. ³²Since the world began, it was not heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. ³³If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. ³⁴They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

³⁵Jesus heard that they cast him out; and finding him, he said to him: Dost thou believe on the Son of God? ³⁶He answered and said: Who then is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? ³⁷And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that talks with thee. ³⁸And he said: Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.

³⁹And Jesus said: For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not may see, and that they who see may become blind. ⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him: Are we also blind? ⁴¹Jesus 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. ²But he that enters in through the door is a shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. ⁴And when he has put forth all his own, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.

⁷Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹I am the door. If any one enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰The 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.

¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²But 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. ¹³The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and am known by mine, ¹⁵as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷For this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. ¹⁸No 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.

¹⁹Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him? ²¹Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

²²And there came the feast of the dedication, in Jerusalem; and it was winter. ²³And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon. ²⁴The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold us in doubt²⁴? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁵Jesus 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. ²⁶But ye do not believe; for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; ²⁸and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹My 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. ³⁰I and the Father are one.

³¹The Jews therefore took up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? ³³The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being man, makest thyself God. ³⁴Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? ³⁵If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture can not be broken, ³⁶say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? ³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. ³⁸But 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. ³⁹Therefore they sought again to seize him; and he went forth, out of their hand.

⁴⁰And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was at first immersing; and there he abode. ⁴¹And many came to him, and said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke of this man were true. ⁴²And many believed on him there.

XI. Now a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of Mary and Martha her sister. ²It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³The sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. ⁴And 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.

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶When therefore he heard that he was sick, he then abode two days in the place where he was. ⁷Then after this he says to the disciples: Let us go into Judæa again. ⁸The disciples say to him: Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? ⁹Jesus 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. ¹⁰But if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

¹¹These 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. ¹²Therefore his disciples said: Lord if he has fallen asleep, he will be restored. ¹³But Jesus had spoken of his death; but they thought that he said it of taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that ye may believe. But let us go to him. ¹⁶Therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Having come therefore, Jesus found that he had already been four days in the tomb.

¹⁸Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. ¹⁹And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus is coming, went and met him; but Mary sat in the house. ²¹Then said Martha to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ²²But even now, I know that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give it thee. ²³Jesus says to her: Thy brother will rise again. ²⁴Martha says to him: I know that he will rise again, in the resurrection at the last day. ²⁵Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live; ²⁶and whoever lives and believes on me, shall never die. Believest thou this? ²⁷She says to him: Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.

²⁸And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying: The Teacher is come, and calls for thee. ²⁹And she, when she heard it, rises quickly and comes to him.

³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. ³¹The 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.

³²Mary 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.

³³Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in spirit, and was troubled. ³⁴And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. ³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him! ³⁷And 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? ³⁸Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

³⁹Jesus 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. ⁴⁰Jesus says to her: Said I not to thee, that, if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

⁴¹So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes upward, and said: Father, I thank thee that thou didst hear me. ⁴²And 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. ⁴³And having thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. ⁴⁴And 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.

⁴⁵Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what he did, believed on him. ⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did.

⁴⁷Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs? ⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. ⁴⁹And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: Ye know nothing; ⁵⁰nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. ⁵¹And this he spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; ⁵²and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵³Therefore from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death. ⁵⁴Jesus 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.

⁵⁵And 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. ⁵⁶They 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? ⁵⁷Now 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. ²They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him.

³Then 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. ⁴Then says one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray him: ⁵Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denáries⁵, and given to the poor? ⁶This he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore⁶ what was put therein. ⁷Then said Jesus: Let her alone; she has kept it⁷ to the day of my preparation for burial. ⁸For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

⁹A 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.

¹⁰But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; ¹¹because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

¹²On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem, ¹³took 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. ¹⁴And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written:

¹⁶These 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.

¹⁷The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness. ¹⁸For this the multitude also met him, because they heard that he had wrought this sign. ¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him.

²⁰And there were certain Greeks, of those who come up to worship at the feast. ²¹These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. ²²Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus.

²³And Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come, that the Son of man should be glorified. ²⁴Verily, 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. ²⁵He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. ²⁶If 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.

²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour²⁷! But for this cause came I unto this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify thy name. Then there came a voice out of heaven: I both have glorified it, and will glorify it again.

²⁹The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said that it thundered; others said: An angel has spoken to him. ³⁰Jesus answered and said: This voice came not for my sake, but for your sakes. ³¹Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out. ³²And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me. ³³This he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

³⁴The 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? ³⁵Jesus 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. ³⁶While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light.

³⁷But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not believe on him; ³⁸that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

⁴¹These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of him. ⁴²Yet, 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; ⁴³for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

⁴⁴And Jesus cried and said: He that believes on me, believes not on me but on him who sent me. ⁴⁵And he that beholds me beholds him who sent me. ⁴⁶I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness. ⁴⁷And 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. ⁴⁸He 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. ⁴⁹Because 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. ⁵⁰And 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. ²And supper being served, the Devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; ³knowing that the Father has given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God, and is going to God, ⁴he rises from the supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel he girded himself. ⁵After 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.

⁶He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and Peter says to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ⁷Jesus answered and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. ⁸Peter says to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. ⁹Simon Peter says to him: Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰Jesus 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. ¹¹For he knew his betrayer; therefore he said: Ye are not all clean.

¹²When 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? ¹³Ye call me the Teacher, and the Master; and ye say well, for so I am. ¹⁴If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵For I gave you an example, that as I did to you, ye also should do. ¹⁶Verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor one that is sent¹⁶ greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

¹⁸I 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. ¹⁹Even now I tell you, before it comes to pass, that when it comes to pass, ye may believe that I am he. ²⁰Verily, verily, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who sent me.

²¹Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me. ²²The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke. ²³And there was reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. ²⁴To him therefore Simon Peter beckons, and says to him: Say who it is of whom he speaks. ²⁵And he, leaning back on Jesus' breast, says to him: Lord, who is it? ²⁶Jesus 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. ²⁷And after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him: What thou doest, do quickly.

²⁸And no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him. ²⁹For 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.

³⁰He then, having received the morsel, went immediately out; and it was night.

³¹When therefore he was gone out, Jesus says: Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. ³²If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will straightway glorify him. ³³Children, 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. ³⁴A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵By this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one toward another.

³⁶Simon 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. ³⁷Peter says to him: Lord, why can not I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. ³⁸Jesus 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 me¹. ²In 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. ³And 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. ⁴And ye know the way whither I go.

⁵Thomas says to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how do we know the way? ⁶Jesus says to him: I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, but by me. ⁷If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

⁸Philip says to him: Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us. ⁹Jesus 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? ¹⁰Believest 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. ¹¹Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe for the very works' sake.

¹²Verily, 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. ¹³And whatever ye shall ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask of the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever; ¹⁷the 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. ¹⁸I will not leave you bereaved¹⁸; I will come to you.

¹⁹Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but ye see me; because I live, ye shall live also. ²⁰In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. ²¹He 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.

²²Judas says to him (not Iscariot): Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³Jesus 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. ²⁴He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

²⁵These things have I spoken to you, while abiding with you. ²⁶But 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.

²⁷Peace 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. ²⁸Ye 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. ²⁹And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe.

³⁰I will no longer talk much with you; for the prince of the world comes, and in me he has nothing. ³¹But 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. ²Every 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. ³Ye are already clean, through the word which I have spoken to you.

⁴Abide 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. ⁵I 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. ⁶If 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. ⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.

⁸Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye shall become my disciples. ⁹As the Father loved me, I also loved you; abide in my love. ¹⁰If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

¹¹These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy be made full. ¹²This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I loved you. ¹³Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you.

¹⁵No 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. ¹⁶Ye 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.

¹⁷These things I command you, that ye love one another. ¹⁸If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹If 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. ²⁰Remember 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. ²¹But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me.

²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin. ²³He that hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴If 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. ²⁵But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law: They hated me without a cause.

²⁶But 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. ²⁷And 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. ²They 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. ³And these things they will do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But 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.

⁵And now I go to him who sent me; and none of you asks me: Whither goest thou? ⁶But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷But 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. ⁸And when he is come, he will convict the world, in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment; ⁹of sin, in that they believe not on me; ¹⁰of righteousness, in that I go to my Father, and ye behold me no more; ¹¹of judgment, in that the prince of this world has been judged.

¹²I have yet many things to say to you, but ye can not bear them now. ¹³But 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. ¹⁴He will glorify me; because he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you. ¹⁵All things that the Father has are mine. Therefore, I said, that he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you. ¹⁶A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.

¹⁷Therefore 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? ¹⁸They said therefore: What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says.

¹⁹Jesus 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? ²⁰Verily, 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. ²¹A 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. ²²And so ye now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

²³And 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. ²⁴Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

²⁵These 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. ²⁶In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you; ²⁷for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. ²⁸I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

²⁹His disciples say to him: Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no parable. ³⁰Now 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.

³¹Jesus answered them: Do ye now believe? ³²Behold, 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.

³³These 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; ²as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as thou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life. ³And this is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou didst send. ⁴I glorified thee on the earth; I finished the work which thou hast given me to do. ⁵And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. ⁶I 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. ⁷Now they know that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee; ⁸because 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. ⁹I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are thine. ¹⁰And all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

¹¹And 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, ¹²While 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. ¹³And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them. ¹⁴I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. ¹⁶They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. ¹⁷Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. ¹⁸As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. ¹⁹And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. ²⁰And I pray not for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word; ²¹that 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. ²²And the glory which thou hast given to me I have given to them, that they may be one, as we are one; ²³I 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.

²⁴Father, 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. ²⁵Righteous Father! And the world knew thee not! But I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me; ²⁶and 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. ²And Judas also, his betrayer knew the place; because Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

³Judas therefore, having received the band and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with torches and lamps and weapons. ⁴Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them: Whom do ye seek? ⁵They answered him: Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them: I am he. And Judas also, his betrayer, was standing with them.

⁶When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

⁷Again therefore he asked them: Whom do ye seek? And they said: Jesus the Nazarene. ⁸Jesus answered: I told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way; ⁹that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Of those whom thou hast given me, I lost none.

¹⁰Then 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. ¹¹Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

¹²So the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him, ¹³and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴And it was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it is expedient that one man should die for the people.

¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶But 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. ¹⁷Then the damsel that kept the door says to Peter: Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He says: I am not.

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching. ²⁰Jesus 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. ²¹Why askest thou me? Ask those who have heard, what I spoke to them. Behold, these know what things I said.

²²And 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? ²³Jesus answered him: If I spoke evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why dost thou smite me?

²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶One 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? ²⁷Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately a cock crowed.

²⁸Then 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. ²⁹Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this man? ³⁰They answered and said to him: If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. ³¹Pilate 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; ³²that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

³³Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews? ³⁴Jesus answered: Dost thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee concerning me? ³⁵Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief priests, delivered thee up to me. What didst thou? ³⁶Jesus 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. ³⁷Pilate 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.

³⁸Pilate 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. ³⁹But 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? ⁴⁰They 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. ²And 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, ³and said: Hail, King of the Jews! And they gave him blows on the face.

⁴Pilate 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. ⁵Jesus therefore came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And he says to them: Behold the man!

⁶When 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. ⁷The Jews answered him: We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

⁸When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was the more afraid. ⁹And he went again into the palace, and says to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰Then 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? ¹¹Jesus 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. ¹²Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou let this man go, thou art not a friend of Cæsar. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Cæsar.

¹³When 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. ¹⁴And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews: Behold your king! ¹⁵But 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 Cæsar. ¹⁶Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

¹⁷And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of a skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha; ¹⁸where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. ¹⁹And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁰This 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. ²¹Therefore 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. ²²Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written.

²³Then 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. ²⁴They 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:

These things the soldiers did. ²⁵And there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene. ²⁶Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: Woman, behold thy son! ²⁷Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

²⁸After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says: I thirst. ²⁹Now 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. ³⁰When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said: It is finished; and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

³¹The 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. ³²The soldiers came, therefore, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. ³³But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they broke not his legs. ³⁴But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.

³⁵And 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. ³⁶For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. ³⁷And again another scripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

³⁸And after this, Joseph from Arimathæa, 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. ³⁹And 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. ⁴⁰They 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.

⁴¹And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no one was yet laid. ⁴²There 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. ²She 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.

³Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went to the sepulchre. ⁴And the two ran together; and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. ⁵And stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying; yet he went not in. ⁶Then comes Simon Peter following him; and he went into the sepulchre, and sees the linen cloths lying, ⁷and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by itself. ⁸Then therefore the other disciple, who came first to the sepulchre, went in also; and he saw, and believed. ⁹For not even yet did they know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

¹⁰The disciples therefore went away again to their own home. ¹¹And Mary was standing by the sepulchre without, weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped clown into the sepulchre, ¹²and beholds two angels in white, sitting the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus lay. ¹³And 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.

¹⁴Having said this, she turned back and beholds Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus 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. ¹⁶Jesus says to her: Mary! Turning, she says to him in Hebrew: Rabboni! (which is to say, Teacher!) ¹⁷Jesus 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.

¹⁸Mary the Magdalene comes bringing word to the disciples, that she has seen the Lord, and that he spoke these things to her.

¹⁹When 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. ²⁰And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, when they saw the Lord.

²¹Jesus therefore said to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. ²²And having said this, he breathed on them, and says to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever ye retain, they are retained.

²⁴But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵The 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.

²⁶And 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. ²⁷After 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. ²⁸Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord, and my God. ²⁹Jesus says to him: Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Happy they who saw not, and have believed!

³⁰Many other signs also did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. ³¹But 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.

²There 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. ³Simon 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.

⁴But when morning was now come, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. ⁵Jesus therefore says to them: Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him: No. ⁶And 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.

⁷Therefore 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. ⁸And 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.

⁹When therefore they went out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus says to them: Bring of the fishes which ye just now caught. ¹¹Simon 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.

¹²Jesus 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. ¹³Jesus comes, and takes the bread and gives to them, and the fish likewise. ¹⁴This the third time already, Jesus manifested himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.

¹⁵When 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.

¹⁶He 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.

¹⁷He 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.

¹⁸Verily, 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, an