Online Bible 1995 March/ROM-1025.iso/olb/masters/texts/darby.lzh/LU.LZH/LU

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1:1 Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation
 concerning the matters fully believed among us,
1:2 as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and
 attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
1:3 it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from
 the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most
 excellent Theophilus,
1:4 that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in
 which thou hast been instructed.
1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a
 certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and
 his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
1:6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the
 commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1:7 And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and
 they were both advanced in years.
1:8 And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service
 before God in the order of his course,
1:9 it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the
 priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn
 incense.
1:10 And all the multitude of the people were praying without at
 the hour of incense.
1:11 And an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him, standing on the
 right of the altar of incense.
1:12 And Zacharias was troubled, seeing [him], and fear fell
 upon him.
1:13 But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy
 supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear
 thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
1:14 And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall
 rejoice at his birth.
1:15 For he shall be great before [the] Lord, and he shall drink
 no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with [the]
 Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
1:16 And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to [the] Lord
 their God.
1:17 And *he* shall go before him in [the] spirit and power of
 Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient
 ones to [the] thoughts of just [men], to make ready for [the]
 Lord a prepared people.
1:18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for
 *I* am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?
1:19 And the angel answering, said to him, *I* am Gabriel, who
 stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to
 bring these glad tidings to thee;
1:20 and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak,
 till the day in which these things shall take place, because
 thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled
 in their time.
1:21 And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered
 at his delaying in the temple.
1:22 But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they
 recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was
 making signs to them, and continued dumb.
1:23 And it came to pass, when the days of his service were
 completed, he departed to his house.
1:24 Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid
 herself five months, saying,
1:25 Thus has [the] Lord done to me in [these] days in which he
 looked upon [me] to take away my reproach among men.
1:26 But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God
 to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth,
1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of
 the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.
1:28 And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou]
 favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art *thou*
 amongst women].
1:29 But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word,
 and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.
1:30 And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast
 found favour with God;
1:31 and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son,
 and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
1:32 *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the]
 Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David
 his father;
1:33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages,
 and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.
1:34 But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know
 not a man?
1:35 And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit
 shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow
 thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall
 be called Son of God.
1:36 And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has
 conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to
 her that was called barren:
1:37 for nothing shall be impossible with God.
1:38 And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to
 me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
1:39 And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill
 country with haste, to a city of Judah,
1:40 and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted
 Elizabeth.
1:41 And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of
 Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled
 with [the] Holy Spirit,
1:42 and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed [art]
 *thou* amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.
1:43 And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord
 should come to me?
1:44 For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my
 ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.
1:45 And blessed [is] she that has believed, for there shall be
 a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from [the] Lord.
1:46 And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
1:47 and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
1:48 For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for
 behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy
 [is] his name;
1:50 and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them
 that fear him.
1:51 He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered
 haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
1:52 He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away
 the rich empty.
1:54 He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember
 mercy,
1:55 (as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed
 for ever.
1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to
 her house.
1:57 But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should
 bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.
1:58 And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that [the] Lord had
 magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
1:59 And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to
 circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his
 father, Zacharias.
1:60 And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called
 John.
1:61 And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk
 who is called by this name.
1:62 And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish
 it to be called.
1:63 And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John
 is his name. And they all wondered.
1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and
 he spake, blessing God.
1:65 And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in
 the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the
 subject of conversation.
1:66 And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying,
 What then will this child be? And [the] Lord's hand was with
 him.
1:67 And Zacharias his father was filled with [the] Holy Spirit,
 and prophesied, saying,
1:68 Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has
 visited and wrought redemption for his people,
1:69 and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of
 David his servant;
1:70 as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have
 been since the world began;
1:71 deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who
 hate us;
1:72 to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy
 covenant,
1:73 [the] oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
1:74 to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we
 should serve him without fear
1:75 in piety and righteousness before him all our days.
1:76 And *thou*, child, shalt be called [the] prophet of [the]
 Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of [the] Lord to
 make ready his ways;
1:77 to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by [the]
 remission of their sins
1:78 on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; wherein
 [the] dayspring from on high has visited us,
1:79 to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in
 [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of
 peace.
1:80 -- And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and
 he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.
2:1 But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out
 from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the
 habitable world.
2:2 The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the
 government of Syria.
2:3 And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his
 own city:
2:4 and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city
 Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called
 Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,
2:5 to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was
 betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.
2:6 And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her
 giving birth [to her child] were fulfilled,
2:7 and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up
 in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there
 was no room for them in the inn.
2:8 And there were shepherds in that country abiding without,
 and keeping watch by night over their flock.
2:9 And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the]
 glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with]
 great fear.
2:10 And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I
 announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to
 all the people;
2:11 for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city,
 who is Christ [the] Lord.
2:12 And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped
 in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.
2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
 heavenly host, praising God and saying,
2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good
 pleasure in men.
2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into
 heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our
 way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing
 that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
2:16 And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph,
 and the babe lying in the manger;
2:17 and having seen [it] they made known about the country the
 thing which had been said to them concerning this child.
2:18 And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them
 by the shepherds.
2:19 But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering
 [them] in her heart.
2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for
 all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said
 to them.
2:21 And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him,
 his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the
 angel before he had been conceived in the womb.
2:22 And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying
 according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to
 present [him] to the Lord
2:23 (as it is written in the law of [the] Lord: Every male that
 opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
2:24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the
 law of [the] Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young
 pigeons.
2:25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was
 Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the
 consolation of Israel, and [the] Holy Spirit was upon him.
2:26 And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit,
 that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's
 Christ.
2:27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the
 parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him
 according to the custom of the law,
2:28 *he* received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
2:29 Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy
 word, in peace;
2:30 for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
2:31 which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
2:32 a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles and [the] glory of
 thy people Israel.
2:33 And his father and mother wondered at the things which were
 said concerning him.
2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo,
 this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in
 Israel, and for a sign spoken against;
2:35 (and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that
 [the] thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.
2:36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of
 [the] tribe of Asher, who was far advanced in years, having
 lived with [her] husband seven years from her virginity,
2:37 and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not
 depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and
 prayers;
2:38 and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord,
 and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in
 Jerusalem.
2:39 And when they had completed all things according to the law
 of [the] Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city
 Nazareth.
2:40 And the child grew and waxed strong [in spirit], filled
 with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.
2:41 And his parents went yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of
 the passover.
2:42 And when he was twelve years old, and they went up [to
 Jerusalem] according to the custom of the feast
2:43 and had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus
 remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not [of it];
2:44 but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed
 together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their
 relations and acquaintances:
2:45 and not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking
 him.
2:46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the
 temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them
 and asking them questions.
2:47 And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding
 and answers.
2:48 And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said
 to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy
 father and I have sought thee distressed.
2:49 And he said to them, Why [is it] that ye have sought me?
 did ye not know that I ought to be [occupied] in my Father's
 business?
2:50 And they understood not the thing that he said to them.
2:51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was
 in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in
 her heart.
2:52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour
 with God and men.
3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius
 Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod
 tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea
 and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of
 Abilene,
3:2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, [the] word of
 God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3:3 And he came into all the district round the Jordan,
 preaching [the] baptism of repentance for [the] remission of
 sins,
3:4 as it is written in [the] book of [the] words of Esaias the
 prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the
 way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.
3:5 Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill
 shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become a
 straight [path], and the rough places smooth ways,
3:6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
3:7 He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be
 baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to
 flee from the coming wrath?
3:8 Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not
 to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father, for I
 say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up
 children to Abraham.
3:9 And already also the axe is applied to the root of the
 trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut
 down and cast into [the] fire.
3:10 And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?
3:11 And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats,
 let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let
 him do likewise.
3:12 And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said
 to him, Teacher, what should we do?
3:13 And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is
 appointed to you.
3:14 And persons engaged in military service also asked him
 saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress
 no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.
3:15 But as the people were in expectation, and all were
 reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether *he* might be
 the Christ,
3:16 John answered all, saying, *I* indeed baptise you with
 water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose
 sandals I am not fit to unloose; *he* shall baptise you with
 [the] Holy Spirit and fire;
3:17 whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
 purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his
 garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
3:18 Exhorting then many other things also he announced [his]
 glad tidings to the people.
3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to
 Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked
 things which Herod had done,
3:20 added this also to all [the rest], that he shut up John in
 prison.
3:21 And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised,
 and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was
 opened,
3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove
 upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, *Thou* art my beloved
 Son, in thee I have found my delight.
3:23 And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years
 old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,
3:24 of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,
3:25 of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai,
3:26 of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,
3:27 of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,
3:28 of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,
3:29 of Joses, of Eliezer, of Joreim, of Matthat, of Levi,
3:30 of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,
3:31 of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,
3:32 of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,
3:33 of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,
3:34 of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,
3:35 of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,
3:36 of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
3:37 of Methusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
3:38 of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.
4:1 But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the
 Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
4:2 forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did
 not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
4:3 And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to
 this stone, that it become bread.
4:4 And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall
 not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
4:5 And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed
 him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of
 time.
4:6 And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power,
 and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I
 will I give it.
4:7 If therefore *thou* wilt do homage before me, all [of it]
 shall be thine.
4:8 And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do
 homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
4:9 And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the
 temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself
 down hence;
4:10 for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels
 concerning thee to keep thee;
4:11 and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise
 thou strike thy foot against a stone.
4:12 And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not
 tempt [the] Lord thy God.
4:13 And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed
 from him for a time.
4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee;
 and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about
 him;
4:15 and *he* taught in their synagogues, being glorified of
 all.
4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he
 entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the
 sabbath day, and stood up to read.
4:17 And [the] book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and
 having unrolled the book he found the place where it was
 written,
4:18 [The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has
 anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he has sent
 me to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight,
 to send forth [the] crushed delivered,
4:19 to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord.
4:20 And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up
 to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the
 synagogue were fixed upon him.
4:21 And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is
 fulfilled in your ears.
4:22 And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of
 grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not
 this the son of Joseph?
4:23 And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable,
 Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken
 place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.
4:24 And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is
 acceptable in his [own] country.
4:25 But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in
 Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for
 three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon
 all the land,
4:26 and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of
 Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.
4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha
 the prophet, and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the
 Syrian.
4:28 And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue,
 hearing these things;
4:29 and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led
 him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was
 built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;
4:30 but *he*, passing through the midst of them, went his way,
4:31 and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught
 them on the sabbaths.
4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was
 with authority.
4:33 And there was in the synagogue a man having a spirit of an
 unclean demon, and he cried with a loud voice,
4:34 saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene?
 hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the
 Holy [One] of God.
4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out
 from him. And the demon, having thrown him down into the midst,
 came out from him without doing him any injury.
4:36 And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one
 another, saying, What word [is] this? for with authority and
 power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.
4:37 And a rumour went out into every place of the country round
 concerning him.
4:38 And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the
 house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a
 bad fever; and they asked him for her.
4:39 And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left
 her; and forthwith standing up she served them.
4:40 And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons
 sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid
 his hands on every one of them, he healed them;
4:41 and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying,
 *Thou* art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them
 not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
4:42 And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert
 place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and
 [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.
4:43 But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings
 of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I
 have been sent forth.
4:44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
5:1 And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the
 word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:
5:2 and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the
 fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.
5:3 And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he
 asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down
 and taught the crowds out of the ship.
5:4 But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into
 the deep [water] and let down your nets for a haul.
5:5 And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured
 through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word
 I will let down the net.
5:6 And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of
 fishes. And their net broke.
5:7 And they beckoned to their partners who were in the other
 ship to come and help them, and they came, and filled both the
 ships, so that they were sinking.
5:8 But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying,
 Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.
5:9 For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who
 were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;
5:10 and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee,
 who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear
 not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.
5:11 And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they
 followed him.
5:12 And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that
 behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus,
 falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou
 wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.
5:13 And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying, I
 will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed
 from him.
5:14 And he enjoined him to tell no one; but go, shew thyself to
 the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses ordained, for
 a testimony to them.
5:15 But the report concerning him was spread abroad still more,
 and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed from
 their infirmities.
5:16 And *he* withdrew himself, and was about in the desert
 [places] and praying.
5:17 And it came to pass on one of the days, that *he* was
 teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law
 sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and
 Judaea and [out of] Jerusalem; and [the] Lord's power was
 [there] to heal them.
5:18 And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed;
 and they sought to bring him in, and put [him] before him.
5:19 And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the
 crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the
 tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.
5:20 And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven
 thee.
5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason [in their
 minds], saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able
 to forgive sins but God alone?
5:22 But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering said to
 them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
5:23 which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to
 say, Rise up and walk?
5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth
 to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee,
 Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.
5:25 And immediately standing up before them, having taken up
 that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying
 God.
5:26 And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and
 were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things
 to-day.
5:27 And after these things he went forth and saw a
 tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes,
 and said to him, Follow me.
5:28 And having left all, rising up, he followed him.
5:29 And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house,
 and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who
 were at table with them.
5:30 And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his
 disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers
 and sinners?
5:31 And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound
 health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
5:32 I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful
 [ones] to repentance.
5:33 And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast
 often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the
 Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?
5:34 And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the
 bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?
5:35 But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been
 taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.
5:36 And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of
 a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend
 the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with
 the old.
5:37 And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new
 wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the
 skins will be destroyed;
5:38 but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are
 preserved.
5:39 And no one having drunk old wine [straightway] wishes for
 new, for he says, The old is better.
6:1 And it came to pass on [the] second-first sabbath, that he
 went through cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the
 ears and eating [them], rubbing [them] in their hands.
6:2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is
 not lawful to do on the sabbath?
6:3 And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much
 as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were
 with him,
6:4 how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread
 and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is
 not lawful that [any] eat, unless the priests alone?
6:5 And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath
 also.
6:6 And it came to pass on another sabbath also that he entered
 into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, and
 his right hand was withered.
6:7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would
 heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to
 accuse him.
6:8 But *he* knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had
 the withered hand, Get up, and stand in the midst. And having
 risen up he stood [there].
6:9 Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful
 on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to
 destroy [it]?
6:10 And having looked around on them all, he said to him,
 Stretch out thy hand. And he did [so] and his hand was restored
 as the other.
6:11 But *they* were filled with madness, and they spoke
 together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.
6:12 And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the
 mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
6:13 And when it was day he called his disciples, and having
 chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:
6:14 Simon, to whom also he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew
 his brother, [and] James and John, [and] Philip and
 Bartholomew,
6:15 [and] Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus and
 Simon who was called Zealot,
6:16 [and] Judas [brother] of James, and Judas Iscariote, who
 was also [his] betrayer;
6:17 and having descended with them, he stood on a level place,
 and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the
 people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre
 and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their
 diseases;
6:18 and those that were beset by unclean spirits were healed.
6:19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out
 from him and healed all.
6:20 And *he*, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said,
 Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
6:21 Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed
 ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
6:22 Blessed 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 wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
6:23 rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your
 reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their
 fathers act toward the prophets.
6:24 But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.
6:25 Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you
 who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
6:26 Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner
 did their fathers to the false prophets.
6:27 But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to
 those that hate you;
6:28 bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you
 despitefully.
6:29 To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other;
 and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy
 body-coat also.
6:30 To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that
 takes away what is thine, ask it not back.
6:31 And as ye wish that men should do to you, do *ye* also to
 them in like manner.
6:32 And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to
 you? for even sinners love those that love them.
6:33 And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank
 is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
6:34 And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what
 thank is it to you? [for] even sinners lend to sinners that
 they may receive the like.
6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
 nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall
 be sons of [the] Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful
 and wicked.
6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is
 merciful.
6:37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and
 ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to
 you.
6:38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed
 down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given
 into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete
 it shall be measured to you again.
6:39 And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead
 a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?
6:40 The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that
 is perfected shall be as his teacher.
6:41 But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy
 brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?
6:42 or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow [me],
 I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not
 seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first
 the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to
 cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.
6:43 For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor
 a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;
6:44 for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not
 gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.
6:45 The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings
 forth good; and the wicked [man] out of the wicked, brings
 forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his
 mouth speaks.
6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that
 I say?
6:47 Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does
 them, I will shew you to whom he is like.
6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep,
 and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the
 stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it
 had been founded on the rock.
6:49 And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has
 built a house on the ground without [a] foundation, on which
 the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of
 that house was great.
7:1 And when he had completed all his words in the hearing of
 the people, he entered into Capernaum.
7:2 And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was
 ill and about to die;
7:3 and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the
 Jews, begging him that he might come and save his bondman.
7:4 But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently,
 saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,
7:5 for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue
 for us.
7:6 And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far
 from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to
 him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that
 thou shouldest enter under my roof.
7:7 Wherefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to thee.
 But say by a word and my servant shall be healed.
7:8 For *I* also am a man placed under authority, having under
 myself soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and
 to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and
 he does [it].
7:9 And Jesus hearing this wondered at him, and turning to the
 crowd following him said, I say to you, Not even in Israel have
 I found so great faith.
7:10 And they who had been sent returning to the house found the
 bondman, who was ill, in good health.
7:11 And it came to pass afterwards he went into a city called
 Nain, and many of his disciples and a great crowd went with
 him.
7:12 And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead
 man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a
 widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city [was] with
 her.
7:13 And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for
 her, and said to her, Weep not;
7:14 and coming up he touched the bier, and the bearers stopped.
 And he said, Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.
7:15 And the dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to
 his mother.
7:16 And fear seized on all, and they glorified God, saying, A
 great prophet has been raised up amongst us; and God has
 visited his people.
7:17 And this report went out in all Judaea concerning him, and
 in all the surrounding country.
7:18 And the disciples of John brought him word concerning all
 these things:
7:19 and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to
 Jesus, saying, Art *thou* he that is coming, or are we to wait
 for another?
7:20 But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has
 sent us to thee, saying, Art *thou* he that is coming, or are
 we to wait for another?
7:21 In that hour he healed many of diseases and plagues and
 evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.
7:22 And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to
 John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk,
 lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are
 evangelized;
7:23 and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7:24 And the messengers of John having departed, he began to
 speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the
 wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?
7:25 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate
 garments? Behold, those who are in splendid clothing and live
 luxuriously are in the courts of kings.
7:26 But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you,
 and [what is] more excellent than a prophet.
7:27 This is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, *I* send
 my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before
 thee;
7:28 for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a
 greater [prophet] is no one than John [the baptist]; but he who
 is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
7:29 (And all the people who heard [it], and the tax-gatherers,
 justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;
7:30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to
 themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by
 him.)
7:31 To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation,
 and to whom are they like?
7:32 They are like children sitting in the market-place, and
 calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye
 have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
7:33 For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor
 drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
7:34 The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say,
 Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and
 sinners;
7:35 and wisdom has been justified of all her children.
7:36 But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with
 him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his
 place at table;
7:37 and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, and knew
 that he was sitting at meat in the house of the Pharisee,
 having taken an alabaster box of myrrh,
7:38 and standing at his feet behind [him] weeping, began to
 wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of
 her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the
 myrrh.
7:39 And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with
 himself saying, This [person] if he were a prophet would have
 known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a
 sinner.
7:40 And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to
 say to thee. And he says, Teacher, say [it].
7:41 There were two debtors of a certain creditor: one owed five
 hundred denarii and the other fifty;
7:42 but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them
 [their debt]: [say,] which of them therefore will love him
 most?
7:43 And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave
 the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.
7:44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, Seest thou this
 woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me not water on my
 feet, but *she* has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them
 with her hair.
7:45 Thou gavest me not a kiss, but *she* from the time I came
 in has not ceased kissing my feet.
7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but *she* has
 anointed my feet with myrrh.
7:47 For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven;
 for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves
 little.
7:48 And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven.
7:49 And they that were with [them] at table began to say within
 themselves, Who is this who forgives also sins?
7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith has saved thee; go in
 peace.
8:1 And it came to pass afterwards that *he* went through [the
 country] city by city, and village by village, preaching and
 announcing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the
 twelve [were] with him,
8:2 and certain women who had been healed of wicked spirits and
 infirmities, Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven
 demons had gone out,
8:3 and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and
 many others, who ministered to him of their substance.
8:4 And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming
 to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
8:5 The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some
 fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the
 birds of the heaven devoured it up;
8:6 and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was
 dried up because it had not moisture;
8:7 and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns
 having sprung up with [it] choked it;
8:8 and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up
 bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He
 that has ears to hear, let him hear.
8:9 And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable
 be?
8:10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of
 the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that
 seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
8:11 But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
8:12 But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the
 devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may
 not believe and be saved.
8:13 But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive
 the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a
 time, and in time of trial fall away.
8:14 But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they
 who having heard go away and are choked under cares and riches
 and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
8:15 But that in the good ground, these are they who in an
 honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring
 forth fruit with patience.
8:16 And no one having lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or
 puts it under a couch, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they
 who enter in may see the light.
8:17 For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest,
 nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.
8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him
 shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to
 have shall be taken from him.
8:19 And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not
 get to him because of the crowd.
8:20 And it was told him [saying], Thy mother and thy brethren
 stand without, wishing to see thee.
8:21 But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren
 are those who hear the word of God and do [it].
8:22 And it came to pass on one of the days, that *he* entered
 into a ship, himself and his disciples; and he said to them,
 Let us pass over to the other side of the lake; and they set
 off from shore.
8:23 And as they sailed, he fell asleep; and a sudden squall of
 wind came down on the lake, and they were filled [with water],
 and were in danger;
8:24 and coming to [him] they woke him up, saying, Master,
 master, we perish. But he, rising up, rebuked the wind and the
 raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.
8:25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And, being
 afraid, they were astonished, saying to one another, Who then
 is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and
 they obey him?
8:26 And they arrived in the country of the Gadarenes, which is
 over against Galilee.
8:27 And as he got out [of the ship] on the land, a certain man
 out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and put on
 no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.
8:28 But 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 torment me not.
8:29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the
 man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound,
 kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was
 driven by the demon into the deserts.
8:30 And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said,
 Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go
 away into the bottomless pit.
8:32 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the
 mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to
 enter into those; and he suffered them.
8:33 And the demons, going out from the man, entered into the
 swine, and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake,
 and were choked.
8:34 But they that fed [them], seeing what had happened, fled,
 and told [it] to the city and to the country.
8:35 And they went out to see what had happened, and came to
 Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out,
 sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. And they
 were afraid.
8:36 And they also who had seen it told them how the possessed
 man had been healed.
8:37 And all the multitude of the surrounding country of the
 Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were
 possessed with great fear; and *he*, entering into the ship,
 returned.
8:38 But the man out of whom the demons had gone besought him
 that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying,
8:39 Return to thine house and relate how great things God has
 done for thee. And he went away through the whole city,
 publishing how great things Jesus had done for him.
8:40 And it came to pass when Jesus returned, the crowd received
 him gladly, for they were all expecting him.
8:41 And behold, a man came, whose name was Jairus, and he was
 [a] ruler of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus
 besought him to come to his house,
8:42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old,
 and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.
8:43 And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years,
 who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be
 cured by any one,
8:44 coming up behind, touched the hem of his garment, and
 immediately her flux of blood stopped.
8:45 And Jesus said, Who has touched me? But all denying, Peter
 and those with him said, Master, the crowds close thee in and
 press upon thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?
8:46 And Jesus said, Some one has touched me, for *I* have known
 that power has gone out from me.
8:47 And the woman, seeing that she was not hid, came trembling,
 and falling down before him declared before all the people for
 what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately
 healed.
8:48 And he said to her, [Be of good courage,] daughter; thy
 faith has healed thee; go in peace.
8:49 While he was yet speaking, comes some one from the ruler of
 the synagogue, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; do not
 trouble the teacher.
8:50 But Jesus, hearing it, answered him saying, Fear not: only
 believe, and she shall be made well.
8:51 And when he came to the house he suffered no one to go in
 but Peter and John and James and the father of the child and
 the mother.
8:52 And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not
 weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.
8:53 And they derided him, knowing that she had died.
8:54 But *he*, having turned them all out and taking hold of her
 hand, cried saying, Child, arise.
8:55 And her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and
 he commanded [something] to eat to be given to her.
8:56 And her parents were amazed; but he enjoined them to tell
 no one what had happened.
9:1 And having called together the twelve, he gave them power
 and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases,
9:2 and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the
 sick.
9:3 And he said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither
 staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; nor to have two
 body-coats apiece.
9:4 And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide and thence
 go forth.
9:5 And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that
 city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness
 against them.
9:6 And going forth they passed through the villages, announcing
 the glad tidings and healing everywhere.
9:7 And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were
 done [by him], and was in perplexity, because it was said by
 some that John was risen from among [the] dead,
9:8 and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one
 of the old prophets had risen again.
9:9 And Herod said, John *I* have beheaded, but who is this of
 whom I hear such things? and he sought to see him.
9:10 And the apostles having returned related to him whatever
 they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart into [a
 desert place of] a city called Bethsaida.
9:11 But the crowds knowing [it] followed him; and he received
 them and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those
 that had need of healing.
9:12 But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said
 to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages
 around, and [into] the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for
 here we are in a desert place.
9:13 And he said to them, Give *ye them to eat. And they said,
 We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless *we*
 should go and buy food for all this people;
9:14 for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his
 disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.
9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
9:16 And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up
 to heaven he blessed them, and broke and gave to the disciples
 to set before the crowd.
9:17 And they all ate and were filled; and there was taken up of
 what had remained over and above to them in fragments twelve
 hand-baskets.
9:18 And it came to pass as he was praying alone, his disciples
 were with him, and he asked them saying, Who do the crowds say
 that I am?
9:19 But they answering said, John the baptist; but others,
 Elias; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen
 again.
9:20 And he said to them, But *ye*, who do ye say that I am? And
 Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
9:21 But, earnestly charging them, he enjoined [them] to say
 this to no man,
9:22 saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be
 rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
 killed, and the third day be raised up.
9:23 And he said to [them] all, If any one will come after me,
 let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;
9:24 for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it,
 but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, *he* shall save
 it.
9:25 For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the
 whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of
 the loss of himself?
9:26 For whosoever shall have been 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.
9:27 But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those
 standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have
 seen the kingdom of God.
9:28 And it came to pass after these words, about eight days,
 that taking Peter and John and James he went up into a mountain
 to pray.
9:29 And as he prayed the fashion of his countenance became
 different and his raiment white [and] effulgent.
9:30 And lo, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elias,
9:31 who, appearing in glory, spoke of his departure which he
 was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.
9:32 But Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep: but
 having fully awoke up they saw his glory, and the two men who
 stood with him.
9:33 And it came to pass as they departed from him, Peter said
 to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make
 three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
 Elias: not knowing what he said.
9:34 But as he was saying these things, there came a cloud and
 overshadowed them, and they feared as they entered into the
 cloud:
9:35 and there was a voice out of the cloud saying, *This* is my
 beloved Son: hear him.
9:36 And as the voice was [heard] Jesus was found alone: and
 *they* kept silence, and told no one in those days any of the
 things they had seen.
9:37 And it came to pass on the following day, when they came
 down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
9:38 And lo, a man from the crowd cried out saying, Teacher, I
 beseech thee look upon my son, for he is mine only child:
9:39 and behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out,
 and it tears him with foaming, and with difficulty departs from
 him after crushing him.
9:40 And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out,
 and they could not.
9:41 And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted
 generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring
 hither thy son.
9:42 But as he was yet coming, the demon tore him and dragged
 him all together. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and
 healed the child and gave him back to his father.
9:43 And all were astonished at the glorious greatness of God.
 And as all wondered at all the things which [Jesus] did, he
 said to his disciples,
9:44 Do *ye* let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of
 man is about to be delivered into men's hands.
9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from
 them that they should not perceive it. And they feared to ask
 him concerning this saying.
9:46 And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be [the]
 greatest of them.
9:47 And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having
 taken a little child set it by him,
9:48 and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child
 in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives
 him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, *he*
 is great.
9:49 And John answering said, Master, we saw some one casting
 out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he follows
 not with us.
9:50 And Jesus said to him, Forbid [him] not, for he that is not
 against you is for you.
9:51 And it came to pass when the days of his receiving up were
 fulfilled, that *he* stedfastly set his face to go to
 Jerusalem.
9:52 And he sent messengers before his face. And having gone
 they entered into a village of the Samaritans that they might
 make ready for him.
9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was [turned
 as] going to Jerusalem.
9:54 And his disciples James and John seeing [it] said, Lord,
 wilt thou that we speak [that] fire come down from heaven and
 consume them, as also Elias did?
9:55 But turning he rebuked them [and said, Ye know not of what
 spirit ye are].
9:56 And they went to another village.
9:57 And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to
 him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.
9:58 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds
 of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where
 he may lay his head.
9:59 And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow
 me to go first and bury my father.
9:60 But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own
 dead, but do *thou* go and announce the kingdom of God.
9:61 And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first
 allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.
9:62 But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on [the]
 plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
10:1 Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others
 also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city
 and place where he himself was about to come.
10:2 And he said to them, The harvest indeed [is] great, but the
 workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that
 he may send out workmen into his harvest.
10:3 Go: behold *I* send you forth as lambs in the midst of
 wolves.
10:4 Carry neither purse nor scrip nor sandals, and salute no
 one on the way.
10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace to
 this house.
10:6 And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon
 it; but if not it shall turn to you again.
10:7 And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such
 things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire.
 Remove not from house to house.
10:8 And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you,
 eat what is set before you,
10:9 and heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of
 God is come nigh to you.
10:10 But into whatsoever city ye may have entered and they do
 not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
10:11 Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the
 feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the
 kingdom of God is come nigh.
10:12 I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in
 that day than for that city.
10:13 Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the
 works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in
 Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in
 sackcloth and ashes.
10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the
 judgment than for you.
10:15 And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven,
 shalt be brought down even to hades.
10:16 He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you
 rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.
10:17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the
 demons are subject to us through thy name.
10:18 And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling
 out of heaven.
10:19 Behold, I give you the power of treading upon serpents and
 scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing
 shall in anywise injure you.
10:20 Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to
 you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.
10:21 In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I
 praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that
 thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast
 revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been
 well-pleasing in thy sight.
10:22 All things have been 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 whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal
 [him].
10:23 And having turned to the disciples privately he said,
 Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
10:24 For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired
 to see the things which ye behold, and did not see [them]; and
 to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear [them].
10:25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and
 saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life
 eternal?
10:26 And he said to him, What is written in the law? how
 readest thou?
10:27 But 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 thine understanding; and thy neighbour
 as thyself.
10:28 And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and
 thou shalt live.
10:29 But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And
 who is my neighbour?
10:30 And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from
 Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into [the hands of] robbers, who
 also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away
 leaving him in a half-dead state.
10:31 And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and
 seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
10:32 and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came
 and looked [at him] and passed on on the opposite side.
10:33 But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing
 [him], was moved with compassion,
10:34 and came up [to him] and bound up his wounds, pouring in
 oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to
 [the] inn and took care of him.
10:35 And on the morrow [as he left], taking out two denarii he
 gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him,
 and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, *I* will render to thee
 on my coming back.
10:36 Which [now] of these three seems to thee to have been
 neighbour of him who fell into [the hands of] the robbers?
10:37 And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to
 him, Go, and do *thou* likewise.
10:38 And it came to pass as they went that *he* entered into a
 certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received
 him into her house.
10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also, having sat
 down at the feet of Jesus was listening to his word.
10:40 Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up
 she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me
 to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
10:41 But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art
 careful and troubled about many things;
10:42 but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good
 part, the which shall not be taken from her.
11:1 And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying,
 when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach
 us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
11:2 And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, thy name be
 hallowed; thy kingdom come;
11:3 give us our needed bread for each day;
11:4 and remit us our sins, for we also remit to every one
 indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.
11:5 And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and
 shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have
 three loaves,
11:6 since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I
 have nothing to set before him;
11:7 and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the
 door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I
 cannot rise up to give [it] thee?
11:8 -- I say to you, Although he will not get up and give
 [them] to him because he is his friend, because of his
 shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many
 as he wants.
11:9 And *I* say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you;
 seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
11:10 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds;
 and to him that knocks it will be opened.
11:11 But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread,
 and [the father] shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and
 instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?
11:12 or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?
11:13 If therefore *ye*, being evil, know how to give good gifts
 to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of
 heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
11:14 And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it
 came to pass, the demon being gone out, the dumb [man] spoke.
 And the crowds wondered.
11:15 But some from among them said, By Beelzebub the prince of
 the demons casts he out demons.
11:16 And others tempting [him] sought from him a sign out of
 heaven.
11:17 But *he*, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every
 kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and a
 house set against a house falls;
11:18 and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall
 his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by
 Beelzebub.
11:19 But if *I* by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons -- by
 whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be
 your judges.
11:20 But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the
 kingdom of God is come upon you.
11:21 When the strong [man] armed keeps his own house, his goods
 are in peace;
11:22 but when the stronger than he coming upon [him] overcomes
 him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will
 divide the spoil [he has taken] from him.
11:23 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers
 not with me scatters.
11:24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes
 through dry places seeking rest; and not finding [any] he says,
 I will return to my house whence I came out.
11:25 And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.
11:26 Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than
 himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last
 condition of that man becomes worse than the first.
11:27 And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain
 woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him,
 Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which
 thou hast sucked.
11:28 But *he* said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the
 word of God and keep [it].
11:29 But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This
 generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign
 shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.
11:30 For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also
 the Son of man be to this generation.
11:31 A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with
 the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she
 came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
 and behold, more than Solomon is here.
11:32 Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this
 generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the
 preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.
11:33 But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under
 the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in
 may see the light.
11:34 The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is
 simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked,
 thy body also is dark.
11:35 See therefore that the light which is in thee be not
 darkness.
11:36 If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any
 part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee
 with its brightness.
11:37 But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he
 would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at
 table.
11:38 But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not
 first washed before dinner.
11:39 But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the
 outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward [parts] are
 full of plunder and wickedness.
11:40 Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside
 also?
11:41 But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all
 things are clean to you.
11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and
 rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of
 God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those
 aside.
11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the
 synagogues and salutations in the market-places.
11:44 Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear
 not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
11:45 And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him,
 Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
11:46 And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye
 lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch
 the burdens with one of your fingers.
11:47 Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,
 but your fathers killed them.
11:48 Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your
 fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their
 sepulchres].
11:49 For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will
 send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they
 kill and drive out by persecution,
11:50 that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured
 out from the foundation of the world may be required of this
 generation,
11:51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who
 perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it
 shall be required of this generation.
11:52 Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken
 away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and
 those who were entering in ye have hindered.
11:53 And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the
 Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of
 many things;
11:54 watching him, [and seeking] to catch something out of his
 mouth, [that they might accuse him].
12:1 In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered
 together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to
 his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
 which is hypocrisy;
12:2 but there is nothing covered up which shall not be
 revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
12:3 therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be
 heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in
 chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
12:4 But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the
 body and after this have no more that they can do.
12:5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after
 he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to
 you, Fear *him*.
12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them
 is not forgotten before God.
12:7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not
 therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
12:8 But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men,
 the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
12:9 but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied
 before the angels of God;
12:10 and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it
 shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously
 against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
12:11 But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers
 and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall
 answer, or what ye shall say;
12:12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself
 what should be said.
12:13 And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak
 to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
12:14 But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge
 or a divider over you?
12:15 And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from
 all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance
 [that] his life is in his possessions.
12:16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a
 certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
12:17 And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do?
 for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.
12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries
 and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and
 my good things;
12:19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good
 things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be
 merry.
12:20 But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be
 required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
12:21 Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not
 rich toward God.
12:22 And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto
 you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the
 body, what ye shall put on.
12:23 The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
12:24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which
 have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How
 much better are *ye* than the birds?
12:25 But which of you by being careful can add to his stature
 one cubit?
12:26 If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye
 careful about the rest?
12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor
 spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was
 clothed as one of these.
12:28 But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the
 field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather
 you, O ye of little faith?
12:29 And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall
 drink, and be not in anxiety;
12:30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek
 after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
12:31 but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be
 added to you.
12:32 Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure
 of your Father to give you the kingdom.
12:33 Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves
 purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in
 the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
12:34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
12:36 and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may
 leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open
 to him immediately.
12:37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall
 find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself
 and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
12:38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third
 watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
12:39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known
 in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and
 not have suffered his house to be dug through.
12:40 And ye therefore, be *ye* ready, for in the hour in which
 ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
12:41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to
 us, or also to all?
12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent
 steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the
 measure of corn in season?
12:43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall
 find doing thus;
12:44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that
 he has.
12:45 But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord
 delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the
 maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
12:46 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does
 not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut
 him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
12:47 But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not
 prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many
 [stripes];
12:48 but he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of
 stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom
 much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to
 whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the
 more.
12:49 I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I
 if already it has been kindled?
12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I
 straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
12:51 Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay,
 I say to you, but rather division:
12:52 for from henceforth there shall be five in one house
 divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against
 three:
12:53 father against son, and son against father; mother against
 daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against
 her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her
 mother-in-law.
12:54 And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising
 out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so
 it happens.
12:55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will
 be heat; and it happens.
12:56 Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the
 earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not
 discern this time?
12:57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
12:58 For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a
 magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest
 he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver
 thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
12:59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence
 until thou hast paid the very last mite.
13:1 Now at the same time there were present some who told him
 of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with [that of]
 their sacrifices.
13:2 And he answering said to them, Think ye that these
 Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they
 suffered such things?
13:3 No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish
 in the same manner.
13:4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and
 killed them, think ye that *they* were debtors beyond all the
 men who dwell in Jerusalem?
13:5 No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish
 in like manner.
13:6 And he spoke this parable: A certain [man] had a fig-tree
 planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and
 did not find [any].
13:7 And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, [these] three years
 I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it
 down; why does it also render the ground useless?
13:8 But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this
 year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
13:9 and if it shall bear fruit -- but if not, after that thou
 shalt cut it down.
13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the
 sabbath.
13:11 And lo, [there was] a woman having a spirit of infirmity
 eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to
 lift her head up.
13:12 And Jesus, seeing her, called to [her], and said to her,
 Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13:13 And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was
 made straight, and glorified God.
13:14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus
 healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are
 six days in which [people] ought to work; in these therefore
 come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
13:15 The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does
 not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from
 the manger and leading [it] away, water [it]?
13:16 And this [woman], who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan
 has bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, ought she not to be
 loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
13:17 And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him
 were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious
 things which were being done by him.
13:18 And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to
 what shall I liken it?
13:19 It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and
 cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and
 the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.
13:20 And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of
 God?
13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three
 measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
13:22 And he went through one city and village after another,
 teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem.
13:23 And one said to him, Sir, [are] such as are to be saved
 few in number? But he said unto them,
13:24 Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow
 door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will
 not be able.
13:25 From the time that the master of the house shall have
 risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall 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:
13:26 then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence
 and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;
13:27 and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye
 are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity.
13:28 There shall 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, but yourselves cast out.
13:29 And they shall come from east and west, and from north and
 south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.
13:30 And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there
 are first who shall be last.
13:31 The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him,
 Get out, and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee.
13:32 And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
 demons and accomplish cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third
 [day] I am perfected;
13:33 but I must needs walk to-day and to-morrow and the [day]
 following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of
 Jerusalem.
13:34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that kills the prophets
 and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have
 gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her
 wings, and ye would not.
13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you,
 that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed
 [is] he that comes in the name of [the] Lord.
14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of
 the rulers, [who was] of the Pharisees, to eat bread on [the]
 sabbath, that *they* were watching him.
14:2 And behold, there was a certain dropsical [man] before him.
14:3 And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and
 Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
14:4 But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let
 him go.
14:5 And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass
 or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him
 up on the sabbath day?
14:6 And they were not able to answer him to these things.
14:7 And he spoke a parable to those that were invited,
 remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,
14:8 When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay
 thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more
 honourable than thou be invited by him,
14:9 and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give
 place to this [man], and then thou begin with shame to take the
 last place.
14:10 But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down
 in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he
 may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have
 honour before all that are lying at table with thee;
14:11 for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he
 that abases himself shall be exalted.
14:12 And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou
 makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy
 brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be
 they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be
 made thee.
14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame,
 blind:
14:14 and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means]
 to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the
 resurrection of the just.
14:15 And one of those that were lying at table with [them],
 hearing these things, said to him, Blessed [is] he who shall
 eat bread in the kingdom of God.
14:16 And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and
 invited many.
14:17 And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to
 those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.
14:18 And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves.
 The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out
 and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I
 go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and on this
 account I cannot come.
14:21 And the bondman came up and brought back word of these
 things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger,
 said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes
 of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and
 blind.
14:22 And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast
 commanded, and there is still room.
14:23 And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and
 fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;
14:24 for I say to you, that not one of those men who were
 invited shall taste of my supper.
14:25 And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he
 said to them,
14:26 If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father
 and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters,
 yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
14:27 and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me
 cannot be my disciple.
14:28 For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not
 first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed]
 to complete it;
14:29 in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not
 being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at
 him,
14:30 saying, This man began to build and was not able to
 finish?
14:31 Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with
 another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel
 whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against
 him with twenty thousand?
14:32 and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an
 embassy, he asks for terms of peace.
14:33 Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is
 his own cannot be my disciple.
14:34 Salt [then] [is] good, but if the salt also has become
 savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
14:35 It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast
 out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
15:1 And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near
 to him to hear him;
15:2 and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This
 [man] receives sinners and eats with them.
15:3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
15:4 What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one
 of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness
 and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5 and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders,
 rejoicing;
15:6 and being come to the house, calls together the friends and
 the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have
 found my lost sheep.
15:7 I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for
 one repenting sinner, [more] than for ninety and nine righteous
 who have no need of repentance.
15:8 Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one
 drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek
 carefully till she find it?
15:9 and having found it she calls together the friends and
 neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the
 drachma which I had lost.
15:10 Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of
 God for one repenting sinner.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons;
15:12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give
 to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he
 divided to them what he was possessed of.
15:13 And after not many days the younger son gathering all
 together went away into a country a long way off, and there
 dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
15:14 But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine
 throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of
 that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the
 swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
15:17 And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of
 my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by
 famine.
15:18 I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him,
 Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one
 of thy hired servants.
15:20 And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he
 was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with
 compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him
 with kisses.
15:21 And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against
 heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy
 son.
15:22 But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best
 robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and
 sandals on his feet;
15:23 and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and
 make merry:
15:24 for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost
 and has been found. And they began to make merry.
15:25 And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up],
 he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26 And having called one of the servants, he inquired what
 these things might be.
15:27 And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father
 has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and
 well.
15:28 But he became angry and would not go in. And his father
 went out and besought him.
15:29 But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years
 I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of
 thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make
 merry with my friends:
15:30 but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with
 harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
15:31 But he said to him, Child, *thou* art ever with me, and
 all that is mine is thine.
15:32 But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this
 thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost
 and has been found.
16:1 And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain
 rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as
 wasting his goods.
16:2 And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that
 I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou
 canst be no longer steward.
16:3 And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for
 my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to
 dig; I am ashamed to beg.
16:4 I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed
 from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.
16:5 And having called to [him] each one of the debtors of his
 own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
16:6 And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him,
 Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.
16:7 Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe?
 And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take
 thy writing and write eighty.
16:8 And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had
 done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own
 generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
16:9 And *I* say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the
 mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be
 received into the eternal tabernacles.
16:10 He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much;
 and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in
 much.
16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous
 mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
16:12 and if ye have not been faithful in that which is
 another's, who shall give to you your own?
16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate
 the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one
 and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these
 things, and mocked him.
16:15 And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves
 before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is
 highly thought of is an abomination before God.
16:16 The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time
 the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every
 one forces his way into it.
16:17 But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass
 away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
16:18 Every one who puts away his wife and marries another
 commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from
 a husband commits adultery.
16:19 Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and
 fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
16:20 And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was
 laid at his gateway full of sores,
16:21 and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from
 the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his
 sores.
16:22 And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he
 was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And
 the rich man also died and was buried.
16:23 And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he
 sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
16:24 And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on
 me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in
 water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.
16:25 But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully
 received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus
 evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in
 suffering.
16:26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is
 fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot,
 nor do they who [desire to cross] from there pass over unto us.
16:27 And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou
 wouldest send him to the house of my father,
16:28 for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify
 to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
16:29 But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets:
 let them hear them.
16:30 But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead
 should go to them, they will repent.
16:31 And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the
 prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they
 be persuaded.
17:1 And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that
 offences come, but woe [to him] by whom they come!
17:2 It would be [more] profitable for him if a millstone were
 hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he
 should be a snare to one of these little ones.
17:3 Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke
 him; and if he should repent, forgive him.
17:4 And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day,
 and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou
 shalt forgive him.
17:5 And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.
17:6 But the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
 [seed], ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up,
 and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.
17:7 But which of you [is there] who, having a bondman ploughing
 or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say,
 Come and lie down immediately to table?
17:8 But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup on,
 and gird thyself and serve me that I may eat and drink; and
 after that *thou* shalt eat and drink?
17:9 Is he thankful to the bondman because he has done what was
 ordered? I judge not.
17:10 Thus *ye* also, when ye shall have done all things that
 have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we
 have done what it was our duty to do.
17:11 And it came to pass as he was going up to Jerusalem, that
 he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
17:12 And as he entered into a certain village ten leprous men
 met him, who stood afar off.
17:13 And they lifted up [their] voice saying, Jesus, Master,
 have compassion on us.
17:14 And seeing [them] he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to
 the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were
 cleansed.
17:15 And one of them, seeing that he was cured, turned back,
 glorifying God with a loud voice,
17:16 and fell on [his] face at his feet giving him thanks: and
 *he* was a Samaritan.
17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but
 the nine, where [are they]?
17:18 There have not been found to return and give glory to God
 save this stranger.
17:19 And he said to him, Rise up and go thy way: thy faith has
 made thee well.
17:20 And having been asked by the Pharisees, When is the
 kingdom of God coming? he answered them and said, The kingdom
 of God does not come with observation;
17:21 nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the
 kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
17:22 And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye
 shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and
 shall not see [it].
17:23 And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not,
 nor follow [them].
17:24 For as the lightning shines which lightens from [one end]
 under heaven to [the other end] under heaven, thus shall the
 Son of man be in his day.
17:25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected of
 this generation.
17:26 And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall
 it be in the days of the Son of man:
17:27 they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in
 marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the
 flood came and destroyed all [of them];
17:28 and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they
 ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they
 builded;
17:29 but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained
 fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all [of them]:
17:30 after this [manner] shall it be in the day that the Son of
 man is revealed.
17:31 In that day, he who shall be on the housetop, and his
 stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he
 that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
17:32 Remember the wife of Lot.
17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and
 whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.
17:34 I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon
 one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
17:35 Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be
 seized and the other shall be let go.
17:36 [Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be seized
 and the other let go.]
17:37 And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to
 them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered
 together.
18:1 And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that
 they should always pray and not faint,
18:2 saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and
 not respecting man:
18:3 and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him,
 saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
18:4 And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within
 himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,
18:5 at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her,
 that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.
18:7 And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him
 day and night, and he bears long as to them?
18:8 I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when
 the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?
18:9 And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that
 they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men],
 this parable:
18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a
 Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
18:11 The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I
 thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust,
 adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
18:12 I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
18:13 And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up
 even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O
 God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
18:14 I say unto you, This [man] went down to his house
 justified rather than that [other]. For every one who exalts
 himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be
 exalted.
18:15 And they brought to him also infants that he might touch
 them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.
18:16 But Jesus calling them to [him] said, Suffer little
 children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is
 the kingdom of God.
18:17 Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the
 kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter
 therein.
18:18 And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having
 done what, shall I inherit eternal life?
18:19 But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is
 none good but one, God.
18:20 Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do
 not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy
 father and thy mother.
18:21 And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth.
18:22 And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing
 is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute
 to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and
 come, follow me.
18:23 But when he heard this he became very sorrowful, for he
 was very rich.
18:24 But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said,
 How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the
 kingdom of God;
18:25 for it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's
 eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
18:26 And those who heard it said, And who can be saved?
18:27 But he said, The things that are impossible with men are
 possible with God.
18:28 And Peter said, Behold, *we* have left all things and have
 followed thee.
18:29 And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one
 who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or
 children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
18:30 who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in
 the coming age life eternal.
18:31 And he took the twelve to [him] and said to them, Behold,
 we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the
 Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;
18:32 for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be
 mocked, and insulted, and spit upon.
18:33 And when they have scourged [him] they will kill him; and
 on the third day he will rise again.
18:34 And they understood nothing of these things. And this word
 was hidden from them, and they did not know what was said.
18:35 And it came to pass when he came into the neighbourhood of
 Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging.
18:36 And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this
 might be.
18:37 And they told him that Jesus the Nazaraean was passing by.
18:38 And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy
 on me.
18:39 And those [who were] going before rebuked him that he
 might be silent; but *he* cried out so much the more, Son of
 David, have mercy on me.
18:40 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be led to him.
 And when he drew nigh he asked him [saying],
18:41 What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord,
 that I may see.
18:42 And Jesus said to him, See: thy faith has healed thee.
18:43 And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God.
 And all the people when they saw [it] gave praise to God.
19:1 And he entered and passed through Jericho.
19:2 And behold, [there was] a man by name called Zacchaeus, and
 he was chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich.
19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for
 the crowd, because he was little in stature.
19:4 And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he
 might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].
19:5 And when he came up to the place, Jesus looked up and saw
 him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for
 to-day I must remain in thy house.
19:6 And he made haste and came down, and received him with joy.
19:7 And all murmured when they saw [it], saying, He has turned
 in to lodge with a sinful man.
19:8 But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the
 half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken
 anything from any man by false accusation, I return [him]
 fourfold.
19:9 And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this
 house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
19:10 for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which
 is lost.
19:11 But as they were listening to these things, he added and
 spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they
 thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately
 manifested.
19:12 He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a
 distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.
19:13 And having called his own ten bondmen, he gave to them ten
 minas, and said to them, Trade while I am coming.
19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him,
 saying, We will not that this [man] should reign over us.
19:15 And it came to pass on his arrival back again, having
 received the kingdom, that he desired these bondmen to whom he
 gave the money to be called to him, in order that he might know
 what every one had gained by trading.
19:16 And the first came up, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has
 produced ten minas.
19:17 And he said to him, Well [done], thou good bondman;
 because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou
 in authority over ten cities.
19:18 And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made
 five minas.
19:19 And he said also to this one, And *thou*, be over five
 cities.
19:20 And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy
 mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.
19:21 For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou
 takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what
 thou hast not sowed.
19:22 He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked
 bondman: thou knewest that *I* am a harsh man, taking up what I
 have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.
19:23 And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and
 *I* should have received it, at my coming, with interest?
19:24 And he said to those that stood by, Take from him the mina
 and give [it] to him who has the ten minas.
19:25 And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
19:26 For I say unto you, that to every one that has shall be
 given; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall
 be taken from him.
19:27 Moreover those mine enemies, who would not [have] me to
 reign over them, bring them here and slay [them] before me.
19:28 And having said these things, he went on before, going up
 to Jerusalem.
19:29 And it came to pass as he drew near to Bethphage and
 Bethany at the mountain called [the mount] of Olives, he sent
 two of his disciples,
19:30 saying, Go into the village over against [you], in which
 ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no
 [child] of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it
 [here].
19:31 And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose [it]? thus shall
 ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.
19:32 And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as
 he had said to them.
19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to
 them, Why loose ye the colt?
19:34 And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.
19:35 And they led it to Jesus; and having cast their own
 garments on the colt, they put Jesus on [it].
19:36 And as he went, they strewed their clothes in the way.
19:37 And as he drew near, already at the descent of the mount
 of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing,
 to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power
 which they had seen,
19:38 saying, Blessed the King that comes in the name of [the]
 Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
19:39 And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him,
 Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.
19:40 And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these
 shall be silent, the stones will cry out.
19:41 And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,
19:42 saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in
 this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they
 are hid from thine eyes;
19:43 for days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall
 make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around,
 and keep thee in on every side,
19:44 and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children
 in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone:
 because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.
19:45 And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those
 that sold and bought in it,
19:46 saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of
 prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
19:47 And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the
 chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people
 sought to destroy him,
19:48 and did not find what they could do, for all the people
 hung on him to hear.
20:1 And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching
 the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the
 chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,
20:2 and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou
 doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this
 authority?
20:3 And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you [one]
 thing, and tell me:
20:4 The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?
20:5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should
 say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?
20:6 but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone
 us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
20:7 And they answered, they did not know whence.
20:8 And Jesus said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what
 authority I do these things.
20:9 And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man
 planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the
 country for a long time.
20:10 And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman,
 that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but
 the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent [him] away empty.
20:11 And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten
 him also, and cast insult upon him, sent [him] away empty.
20:12 And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him
 also, cast [him] out.
20:13 And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will
 send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will
 respect [him].
20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among
 themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come,] let us kill him,
 that the inheritance may become ours.
20:15 And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed
 [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to
 them?
20:16 He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give
 the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May
 it never be!
20:17 But he looking at them said, What then is this that is
 written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has
 become the corner-stone?
20:18 Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on
 whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour
 to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew
 that he had spoken this parable of them.
20:20 And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons,
 pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in
 [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power
 and authority of the governor.
20:21 And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou
 sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no [man's] person,
 but teachest with truth the way of God:
20:22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
20:23 But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye
 tempt me?
20:24 Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it?
 And answering they said, Caesar's.
20:25 And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to
 Caesar, and what is God's to God.
20:26 And they were not able to take hold of him in [his]
 expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer,
 they were silent.
20:27 And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any
 resurrection, coming up [to him],
20:28 demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any
 one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his
 brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
20:29 There were then seven brethren: and the first, having
 taken a wife, died childless;
20:30 and the second [took the woman, and *he* died childless];
20:31 and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven
 left no children and died;
20:32 and last of all the woman also died.
20:33 In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she
 become wife, for the seven had her as wife?
20:34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and
 are given in marriage,
20:35 but they who are counted worthy to have part in that
 world, and the resurrection from among [the] dead, neither
 marry nor are given in marriage;
20:36 for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to
 angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
20:37 But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in [the section
 of] the bush, when he called [the] Lord the God of Abraham and
 the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;
20:38 but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for
 all live for him.
20:39 And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast
 well spoken.
20:40 For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.
20:41 And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is
 David's son,
20:42 and David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord
 said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand
20:43 until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?
20:44 David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?
20:45 And, as all the people were listening, he said to his
 disciples,
20:46 Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long
 robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first
 seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;
20:47 who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make
 long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
21:1 And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into
 the treasury;
21:2 but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two
 mites.
21:3 And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow
 has cast in more than all;
21:4 for all these out of their abundance have cast into the
 gifts [of God]; but she out of her need has cast in all the
 living which she had.
21:5 And as some spoke of the temple, that it was adorned with
 goodly stones and consecrated offerings, he said,
21:6 [As to] these things which ye are beholding, days are
 coming in which there shall not be left stone upon stone which
 shall not be thrown down.
21:7 And they asked him saying, Teacher, when then shall these
 things be; and what [is] the sign when these things are going
 to take place?
21:8 And he said, See that ye be not led astray, for many shall
 come in my name, saying, *I* am [he], and the time is drawn
 nigh: go ye not [therefore] after them.
21:9 And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not
 terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end
 is not immediately.
21:10 Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up against nation,
 and kingdom against kingdom;
21:11 there shall be both great earthquakes in different places,
 and famines and pestilences; and there shall be fearful sights
 and great signs from heaven.
21:12 But before all these things they shall lay their hands
 upon you and persecute you, delivering [you] up to synagogues
 and prisons, bringing [you] before kings and governors on
 account of my name;
21:13 but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.
21:14 Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand
 [your] defence,
21:15 for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
 opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.
21:16 But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren
 and relations and friends, and they shall put to death [some]
 from among you,
21:17 and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake.
21:18 And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.
21:19 By your patient endurance gain your souls.
21:20 But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then
 know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
21:21 Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains,
 and those who are in the midst of it depart out, and those who
 are in the country not enter into it;
21:22 for these are days of avenging, that all the things that
 are written may be accomplished.
21:23 But woe to them that are with child and to them who give
 suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the
 land and wrath upon this people.
21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led
 captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden
 down of [the] nations until [the] times of [the] nations be
 fulfilled.
21:25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and
 upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity [at] the roar
 of the sea and rolling waves,
21:26 men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is
 coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens
 shall be shaken.
21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud
 with power and great glory.
21:28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and
 lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.
21:29 And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig-tree and
 all the trees;
21:30 when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, [on]
 looking [at them], that already the summer is near.
21:31 So also *ye*, when ye see these things take place, know
 that the kingdom of God is near.
21:32 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall in no
 wise pass away until all come to pass.
21:33 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words
 shall in no wise pass away.
21:34 But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be
 laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that
 day come upon you suddenly unawares;
21:35 for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon
 the face of the whole earth.
21:36 Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be
 accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to
 come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
21:37 And by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night,
 going out, he remained abroad on the mountain called [the
 mount] of Olives;
21:38 and all the people came early in the morning to him in the
 temple to hear him.
22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which [is] called the
 passover, drew nigh,
22:2 and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might
 kill him; for they feared the people.
22:3 And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote,
 being of the number of the twelve.
22:4 And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and
 captains as to how he should deliver him up to them.
22:5 And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.
22:6 And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an
 opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.
22:7 And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover
 was to be killed.
22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the
 passover for us, that we may eat [it].
22:9 But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare [it]?
22:10 And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a
 man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow
 him into the house where he goes in;
22:11 and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher
 says to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where I may eat the
 passover with my disciples?
22:12 And *he* will shew you a large upper room furnished: there
 make ready.
22:13 And having gone they found it as he had said to them; and
 they prepared the passover.
22:14 And when the hour was come, he placed himself at table,
 and the [twelve] apostles with him.
22:15 And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat
 this passover with you before I suffer.
22:16 For I say unto you, that I will not eat any more at all of
 it until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
22:17 And having received a cup, when he had given thanks he
 said, Take this and divide it among yourselves.
22:18 For I say unto you, that I will not drink at all of the
 fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God come.
22:19 And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he
 broke [it], and gave [it] to them, saying, This is my body
 which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
22:20 In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying,
 This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out
 for you.
22:21 Moreover, behold, the hand of him that delivers me up [is]
 with me on the table;
22:22 and the Son of man indeed goes as it is determined, but
 woe unto that man by whom he is delivered up.
22:23 And *they* began to question together among themselves who
 then it could be of them who was about to do this.
22:24 And there was also a strife among them which of them
 should be held to be [the] greatest.
22:25 And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over
 them, and they that exercise authority over them are called
 benefactors.
22:26 But *ye* [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among
 you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
22:27 For which [is] greater, he that is at table or he that
 serves? [Is] not he that is at table? But *I* am in the midst
 of you as the one that serves.
22:28 But *ye* are they who have persevered with me in my
 temptations.
22:29 And *I* appoint unto you, as my Father has appointed unto
 me, a kingdom,
22:30 that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and
 sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has
 demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;
22:32 but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not;
 and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy
 brethren.
22:33 And he said to him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both
 to prison and to death.
22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, [the] cock shall not crow
 to-day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
22:35 And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and
 scrip and sandals, did ye lack anything? And they said,
 Nothing.
22:36 He said therefore to them, But now he that has a purse let
 him take [it], in like manner also a scrip, and he that has
 none let him sell his garment and buy a sword;
22:37 for I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be
 accomplished in me, And he was reckoned with [the] lawless: for
 also the things concerning me have an end.
22:38 And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he
 said to them, It is enough.
22:39 And going forth he went according to his custom to the
 mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him.
22:40 And when he was at the place he said to them, Pray that ye
 enter not into temptation.
22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and
 having knelt down he prayed,
22:42 saying, Father, if thou wilt remove this cup from me: --
 but then, not my will, but thine be done.
22:43 And an angel appeared to him from heaven strengthening
 him.
22:44 And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his
 sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the
 earth.
22:45 And rising up from his prayer, coming to the disciples, he
 found them sleeping from grief.
22:46 And he said to them, Why sleep ye? rise up and pray that
 ye enter not into temptation.
22:47 As he was yet speaking, behold, a crowd, and he that was
 called Judas, one of the twelve, went on before them, and drew
 near to Jesus to kiss him.
22:48 And Jesus said to him, Judas, deliverest thou up the Son
 of man with a kiss?
22:49 And they who were around him, seeing what was going to
 follow, said [to him], Lord, shall we smite with [the] sword?
22:50 And a certain one from among them smote the bondman of the
 high priest and took off his right ear.
22:51 And Jesus answering said, Suffer thus far; and having
 touched his ear, he healed him.
22:52 And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the
 temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out
 as against a robber with swords and sticks?
22:53 When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not
 stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and
 the power of darkness.
22:54 And having laid hold on him, they led him [away], and they
 led [him] into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed
 afar off.
22:55 And they having lit a fire in the midst of the court and
 sat down together, Peter sat among them.
22:56 And a certain maid, having seen him sitting by the light,
 and having fixed her eyes upon him, said, And this [man] was
 with him.
22:57 But he denied [him], saying, Woman, I do not know him.
22:58 And after a short time another seeing him said, And *thou*
 art of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.
22:59 And after the lapse of about one hour another stoutly
 maintained it, saying, In truth this [man] also was with him,
 for also he is a Galilaean.
22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And
 immediately, while he was yet speaking, [the] cock crew.
22:61 And the Lord, turning round, looked at Peter; and Peter
 remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before
 [the] cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice.
22:62 And Peter, going forth without, wept bitterly.
22:63 And the men who held him mocked him, beating [him];
22:64 and covering him up, asked him saying, Prophesy, who is it
 that struck thee?
22:65 And they said many other injurious things to him.
22:66 And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both
 [the] chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and
 led him into their council, saying,
22:67 If *thou* art the Christ, tell us. And he said to them, If
 I tell you, ye will not at all believe;
22:68 and if I should ask [you], ye would not answer me at all,
 nor let me go;
22:69 but henceforth shall the Son of man be sitting on the
 right hand of the power of God.
22:70 And they all said, *Thou* then art the Son of God? And he
 said to them, *Ye* say that I am.
22:71 And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for
 we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?
23:1 And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to
 Pilate.
23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this
 [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to
 Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
23:3 And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art *thou* the king of
 the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.
23:4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find
 no guilt in this man.
23:5 But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching
 throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.
23:6 But Pilate, having heard Galilee [named], demanded if the
 man were a Galilaean;
23:7 and having learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction,
 remitted him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in
 those days.
23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had
 been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing
 many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done
 by him;
23:9 and he questioned him in many words, but *he* answered him
 nothing.
23:10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood and accused
 him violently.
23:11 And Herod with his troops having set him at nought and
 mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back
 to Pilate.
23:12 And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the
 same day, for they had been at enmity before between
 themselves.
23:13 And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and
 the rulers and the people,
23:14 said to them, Ye have brought to me this man as turning
 away the people [to rebellion], and behold, I, having examined
 him before you, have found nothing criminal in this man as to
 the things of which ye accuse him;
23:15 nor Herod either, for I remitted you to him, and behold,
 nothing worthy of death is done by him.
23:16 Having chastised him therefore, I will release him.
23:17 ( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the
 feast.)
23:18 But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man]
 and release Barabbas to us;
23:19 who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken
 place in the city, and [for] murder, had been cast into prison.
23:20 Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again
 addressed [them].
23:21 But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him.
23:22 And he said the third time to them, What evil then has
 this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will
 chastise him therefore and release him.
23:23 But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he
 might be crucified. And their voices [and those of the chief
 priests] prevailed.
23:24 And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take
 place.
23:25 And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been
 cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered
 up to their will.
23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold on a certain
 Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, and put the cross
 upon him to bear it behind Jesus.
23:27 And a great multitude of the people, and of women who
 wailed and lamented him, followed him.
23:28 And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of
 Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and
 over your children;
23:29 for behold, days are coming in which they will say,
 Blessed [are] the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and
 breasts that have not given suck.
23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon
 us; and to the hills, Cover us:
23:31 for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall
 take place in the dry?
23:32 Now two others also, malefactors, were led with him to be
 put to death.
23:33 And when they came to the place which is called Skull,
 there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right
 hand, the other on the left.
23:34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not
 what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.
23:35 And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with
 them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save
 himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.
23:36 And the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering
 him vinegar,
23:37 and saying, If *thou* be the king of the Jews, save
 thyself.
23:38 And there was also an inscription [written] over him in
 Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew letters: This is the King of the
 Jews.
23:39 Now one of the malefactors who had been hanged spoke
 insultingly to him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save
 thyself and us.
23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost *thou*
 too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment?
23:41 and *we* indeed justly, for we receive the just recompense
 of what we have done; but this [man] has done nothing amiss.
23:42 And he said to Jesus, Remember me, [Lord,] when thou
 comest in thy kingdom.
23:43 And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, To-day shalt
 thou be with me in paradise.
23:44 And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness
 over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.
23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent
 in the midst.
23:46 And Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, said, Father,
 into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he
 expired.
23:47 Now the centurion, seeing what took place, glorified God,
 saying, In very deed this man was just.
23:48 And all the crowds who had come together to that sight,
 having seen the things that took place, returned, beating
 [their] breasts.
23:49 And all those who knew him stood afar off, the women also
 who had followed him from Galilee, beholding these things.
23:50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a
 good man and a just
23:51 (this [man] had not assented to their counsel and deed),
 of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also waited, [himself
 also,] for the kingdom of God
23:52 -- he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus;
23:53 and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and
 placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever
 been laid.
23:54 And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was
 coming on.
23:55 And women, who had come along with him out of Galilee,
 having followed, saw the sepulchre and how his body was placed.
23:56 And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and
 ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the
 commandment.
24:1 But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the
 morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices
 which they had prepared.
24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
24:3 And when they had entered they found not the body of the
 Lord Jesus.
24:4 And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it,
 that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.
24:5 And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to
 the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among
 the dead?
24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you,
 being yet in Galilee,
24:7 saying, The Son of man must be delivered up into the hands
 of sinners, and be crucified, and rise the third day.
24:8 And they remembered his words;
24:9 and, returning from the sepulchre, related all these things
 to the eleven and to all the rest.
24:10 Now it was Mary of Magdala, and Johanna, and Mary the
 [mother] of James, and the others with them, who told these
 things to the apostles.
24:11 And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale,
 and they disbelieved them.
24:12 But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping
 down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away
 home, wondering at what had happened.
24:13 And behold, two of them were going on the same day to a
 village distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem, called Emmaus;
24:14 and they conversed with one another about all these things
 which had taken place.
24:15 And it came to pass as they conversed and reasoned, that
 Jesus himself drawing nigh, went with them;
24:16 but their eyes were holden so as not to know him.
24:17 And he said to them, What discourses are these which pass
 between you as ye walk, and are downcast?
24:18 And one [of them], named Cleopas, answering said to him,
 Thou sojournest alone in Jerusalem, and dost not know what has
 taken place in it in these days?
24:19 And he said to them, What things? And they said to him,
 The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet
 mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
24:20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up
 to [the] judgment of death and crucified him.
24:21 But *we* had hoped that *he* was [the one] who is about to
 redeem Israel. But then, besides all these things, it is now,
 to-day, the third day since these things took place.
24:22 And withal, certain women from amongst us astonished us,
 having been very early at the sepulchre,
24:23 and, not having found his body, came, saying that they
 also had seen a vision of angels, who say that he is living.
24:24 And some of those with us went to the sepulchre, and found
 it so, as the women also had said, but him they saw not.
24:25 And *he* said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to
 believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
24:26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to
 enter into his glory?
24:27 And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he
 interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning
 himself.
24:28 And they drew near to the village where they were going,
 and *he* made as though he would go farther.
24:29 And they constrained him, saying, Stay with us, for it is
 toward evening and the day is declining. And he entered in to
 stay with them.
24:30 And it came to pass as he was at table with them, having
 taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken it, gave it to
 them.
24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognised him. And
 he disappeared from them.
24:32 And they said to one another, Was not our heart burning in
 us as he spoke to us on the way, [and] as he opened the
 scriptures to us?
24:33 And rising up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem.
 And they found the eleven, and those with them, gathered
 together,
24:34 saying, The Lord is indeed risen and has appeared to
 Simon.
24:35 And they related what [had happened] on the way, and how
 he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.
24:36 And as they were saying these things, he himself stood in
 their midst, and says to them, Peace [be] unto you.
24:37 But they, being confounded and being frightened, supposed
 they beheld a spirit.
24:38 And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why are
 thoughts rising in your hearts?
24:39 behold 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
 having.
24:40 And having said this he shewed them his hands and his
 feet.
24:41 But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were
 wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat?
24:42 And they gave him part of a broiled fish and of a
 honeycomb;
24:43 and he took it and ate before them.
24:44 And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke
 to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written
 concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must
 be fulfilled.
24:45 Then he opened their understanding to understand the
 scriptures,
24:46 and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved
 the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third
 day;
24:47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be
 preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem.
24:48 And *ye* are witnesses of these things.
24:49 And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but
 do ye remain in the city till ye be clothed with power from on
 high.
24:50 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and having lifted
 up his hands, he blessed them.
24:51 And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was
 separated from them and was carried up into heaven.
24:52 And *they*, having done him homage, returned to Jerusalem
 with great joy,
24:53 and were continually in the temple praising and blessing
 God.