Online Bible 1995 March/ROM-1025.iso/olb/masters/texts/ylt.lzh/MT.LZH/MT

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1:1 A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of
 Abraham.
1:2 Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat
 Judah and his brethren,
1:3 and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat
 Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,
1:4 and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and
 Nahshon begat Salmon,
1:5 and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth,
 and Obed begat Jesse,
1:6 and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat
 Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah's,
1:7 and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and
 Abijah begat Asa,
1:8 and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and
 Joram begat Uzziah,
1:9 and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz
 begat Hezekiah,
1:10 and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and
 Amon begat Josiah,
1:11 and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, at the
 Babylonian removal.
1:12 And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel,
 and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel,
1:13 and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and
 Eliakim begat Azor,
1:14 and Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim
 begat Eliud,
1:15 and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and
 Matthan begat Jacob,
1:16 and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was
 begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.
1:17 All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David
 [are] fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian
 removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal
 unto the Christ, fourteen generations.
1:18 And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother
 Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming
 together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,
1:19 and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to
 make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
1:20 And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the
 Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David,
 thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which
 in her was begotten [is] of the Holy Spirit,
1:21 and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
 name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'
1:22 And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled
 that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
1:23 `Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a
 son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being
 interpreted `With us [he is] God.'
1:24 And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the
 messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,
1:25 and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the
 first-born, and he called his name Jesus.
2:1 And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the
 days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to
 Jerusalem,
2:2 saying, `Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we
 saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'
2:3 And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all
 Jerusalem with him,
2:4 and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the
 people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.
2:5 And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it
 hath been written through the prophet,
2:6 And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no
 means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee
 shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'
2:7 Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire
 exactly from them the time of the appearing star,
2:8 and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone --
 inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have
 found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to
 him.'
2:9 And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star,
 that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having
 come, it stood over where the child was.
2:10 And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding
 great joy,
2:11 and having come to the house, they found the child with
 Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and
 having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts,
 gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,
2:12 and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back
 unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own
 region.
2:13 And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord
 doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take
 the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there
 till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child
 to destroy him.'
2:14 And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by
 night, and withdrew to Egypt,
2:15 and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be
 fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
 saying, `Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'
2:16 Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages,
 was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male
 children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years
 and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from
 the mages.
2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the
 prophet, saying,
2:18 `A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and
 much mourning -- Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she
 would not be comforted because they are not.'
2:19 And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a
 dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,
2:20 saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and
 be going to the land of Israel, for they have died -- those
 seeking the life of the child.'
2:21 And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and
 came to the land of Israel,
2:22 and having heard that Archelaus doth reign over Judea
 instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither, and
 having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the
 parts of Galilee,
2:23 and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it
 might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that
 `A Nazarene he shall be called.'
3:1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in
 the wilderness of Judea,
3:2 and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the
 heavens,'
3:3 for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet,
 saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
 the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'
3:4 And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle
 of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and
 honey of the field.
3:5 Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and
 all the region round about the Jordan,
3:6 and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing
 their sins.
3:7 And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming
 about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did
 shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
3:8 bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
3:9 and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have --
 Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones
 to raise children to Abraham,
3:10 and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid,
 every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and
 to fire is cast.
3:11 `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he
 who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not
 worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy
 Spirit and with fire,
3:12 whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse
 his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the
 chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'
3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John
 to be baptized by him,
3:14 but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee
 to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'
3:15 But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it
 is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth
 suffer him.
3:16 And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from
 the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw
 the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,
3:17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son
 -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'
4:1 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be
 tempted by the Devil,
4:2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he
 did hunger.
4:3 And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of
 God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'
4:4 But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread
 alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the
 mouth of God.'
4:5 Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth
 set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
4:6 and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself
 down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall
 charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up,
 that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'
4:7 Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt
 not tempt the Lord thy God.'
4:8 Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth
 shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of
 them,
4:9 and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling
 down thou mayest bow to me.'
4:10 Then saith Jesus to him, `Go -- Adversary, for it hath been
 written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou
 shalt serve.'
4:11 Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and
 were ministering to him.
4:12 And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did
 withdraw to Galilee,
4:13 and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at
 Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and
 Naphtalim,
4:14 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah
 the prophet, saying,
4:15 `Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea,
 beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --
4:16 the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light,
 and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light
 arose to them.'
4:17 From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform
 ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'
4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers,
 Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into
 the sea -- for they were fishers --
4:19 and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make
 you fishers of men,'
4:20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow
 him.
4:21 And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers,
 James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with
 Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,
4:22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their
 father, did follow him.
4:23 And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their
 synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and
 healing every disease, and every malady among the people,
4:24 and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to
 him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and
 pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he
 healed them.
4:25 And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and
 Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
5:1 And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and
 he having sat down, his disciples came to him,
5:2 and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:
5:3 `Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of
 the heavens.
5:4 `Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.
5:5 `Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.
5:6 `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness --
 because they shall be filled.
5:7 `Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
5:8 `Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.
5:9 `Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons
 of God.
5:10 `Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because
 theirs is the reign of the heavens.
5:11 `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may
 persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for
 my sake --
5:12 rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in
 the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were
 before you.
5:13 `Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose
 savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good
 henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down
 by men.
5:14 `Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is
 not able to be hid;
5:15 nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but
 on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;
5:16 so let your light shine before men, that they may see your
 good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the
 heavens.
5:17 `Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the
 prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;
5:18 for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the
 earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away
 from the law, till that all may come to pass.
5:19 `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the
 least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the
 reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them],
 he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
5:20 `For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not
 abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not
 enter to the reign of the heavens.
5:21 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not
 kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;
5:22 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his
 brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and
 whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in
 danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be
 in danger of the gehenna of the fire.
5:23 `If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar,
 and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything
 against thee,
5:24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be
 reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.
5:25 `Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in
 the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the
 judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to
 prison thou mayest be cast,
5:26 verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence
 till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.
5:27 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not
 commit adultery;
5:28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a
 woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in
 his heart.
5:29 `But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it
 out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy
 members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.
5:30 `And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it
 off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy
 members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.
5:31 `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let
 him give to her a writing of divorce;
5:32 but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife,
 save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit
 adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth
 commit adultery.
5:33 `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou
 shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine
 oaths;
5:34 but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the
 heaven, because it is the throne of God,
5:35 nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by
 Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,
5:36 nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not
 able one hair to make white or black;
5:37 but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is
 more than these is of the evil.
5:38 `Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for
 tooth;
5:39 but I -- I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever
 shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
5:40 and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to
 take -- suffer to him also the cloak.
5:41 `And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,
5:42 to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is
 willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.
5:43 `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
 and shalt hate thine enemy;
5:44 but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those
 cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those
 accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,
5:45 that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because
 His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth
 send rain on righteous and unrighteous.
5:46 `For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye?
 do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
5:47 and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye
 abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?
5:48 ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in
 the heavens is perfect.
6:1 `Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by
 them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who
 [is] in the heavens;
6:2 whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest
 not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the
 synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from
 men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!
6:3 `But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what
 thy right hand doth,
6:4 that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is
 seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
6:5 `And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the
 hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the
 corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they
 may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their
 reward.
6:6 `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and
 having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who [is] in secret,
 and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee
 manifestly.
6:7 `And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the
 nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall
 be heard,
6:8 be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know
 those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
6:9 thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who [art] in the
 heavens! hallowed be Thy name.
6:10 `Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also
 on the earth.
6:11 `Our appointed bread give us to-day.
6:12 `And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.
6:13 `And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us
 from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and
 the glory -- to the ages. Amen.
6:14 `For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will
 forgive you -- your Father who [is] in the heavens;
6:15 but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither
 will your Father forgive your trespasses.
6:16 `And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour
 countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may
 appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have
 their reward.
6:17 `But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
6:18 that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy
 Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in
 secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
6:19 `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth,
 where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through
 and steal,
6:20 but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where
 neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not
 break through nor steal,
6:21 for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.
6:22 `The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye
 may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
6:23 but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark;
 if, therefore, the light that [is] in thee is darkness -- the
 darkness, how great!
6:24 `None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate
 the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and
 despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.
6:25 `Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your
 life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your
 body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the
 nourishment, and the body than the clothing?
6:26 look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor
 reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father
 doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?
6:27 `And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age
 one cubit?
6:28 and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the
 lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor
 do they spin;
6:29 and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory
 was arrayed as one of these.
6:30 `And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and
 to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not
 much more you, O ye of little faith?
6:31 therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat?
 or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?
6:32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your
 heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;
6:33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness,
 and all these shall be added to you.
6:34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow
 shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day
 [is] the evil of it.
7:1 `Judge not, that ye may not be judged,
7:2 for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in
 what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
7:3 `And why dost thou behold the mote that [is] in thy
 brother's eye, and the beam that [is] in thine own eye dost not
 consider?
7:4 or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out
 the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam [is] in thine own
 eye?
7:5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and
 then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
 brother's eye.
7:6 `Ye may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast
 your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them
 among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.
7:7 `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find;
 knock, and it shall be opened to you;
7:8 for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is
 seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be
 opened.
7:9 `Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf
 -- a stone will he present to him?
7:10 and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to
 him?
7:11 if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give
 to your children, how much more shall your Father who [is] in
 the heavens give good things to those asking him?
7:12 `All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may
 be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and
 the prophets.
7:13 `Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide [is] the
 gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and
 many are those going in through it;
7:14 how strait [is] the gate, and compressed the way that is
 leading to the life, and few are those finding it!
7:15 `But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in
 sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
7:16 From their fruits ye shall know them; do [men] gather from
 thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
7:17 so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree
 doth yield evil fruits.
7:18 A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad
 tree to yield good fruits.
7:19 Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast
 to fire:
7:20 therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.
7:21 `Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come
 into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of
 my Father who is in the heavens.
7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in
 thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in
 thy name done many mighty things?
7:23 and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew
 you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.
7:24 `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and
 doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his
 house upon the rock;
7:25 and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the
 winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for
 it had been founded on the rock.
7:26 `And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not
 doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his
 house upon the sand;
7:27 and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the
 winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its
 fall was great.'
7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the
 multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
7:29 for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as
 the scribes.
8:1 And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did
 follow him,
8:2 and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying,
 `Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;'
8:3 and having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him,
 saying, `I will, be thou cleansed,' and immediately his leprosy
 was cleansed.
8:4 And Jesus saith to him, `See, thou mayest tell no one, but
 go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses
 commanded for a testimony to them.'
8:5 And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a
 centurion calling upon him,
8:6 and saying, `Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a
 paralytic, fearfully afflicted,'
8:7 and Jesus saith to him, `I, having come, will heal him.'
8:8 And the centurion answering said, `Sir, I am not worthy that
 thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my
 servant shall be healed;
8:9 for I also am a man under authority, having under myself
 soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to
 another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this,
 and he doth [it].'
8:10 And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those
 following, `Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great
 faith have I found;
8:11 and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come
 and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in
 the reign of the heavens,
8:12 but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer
 darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the
 teeth.'
8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, `Go, and as thou didst
 believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in
 that hour.
8:14 And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his
 mother-in-law laid, and fevered,
8:15 and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she
 arose, and was ministering to them.
8:16 And evening having come, they brought to him many
 demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did
 heal all who were ill,
8:17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah
 the prophet, saying, `Himself took our infirmities, and the
 sicknesses he did bear.'
8:18 And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did
 command to depart to the other side;
8:19 and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I
 will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'
8:20 and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the
 birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not
 where he may lay the head.'
8:21 And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me
 first to depart and to bury my father;'
8:22 and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to
 bury their own dead.'
8:23 And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow
 him,
8:24 and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat
 was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,
8:25 and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying,
 `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'
8:26 And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
 faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea,
 and there was a great calm;
8:27 and the men wondered, saying, `What kind -- is this, that
 even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
8:28 And he having come to the other side, to the region of the
 Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of
 the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by
 that way,
8:29 and lo, they cried out, saying, `What -- to us and to thee,
 Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to
 afflict us?'
8:30 And there was far off from them a herd of many swine
 feeding,
8:31 and the demons were calling on him, saying, `If thou dost
 cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'
8:32 and he saith to them, `Go.' And having come forth, they
 went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the
 swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the
 waters,
8:33 and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city,
 they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.
8:34 And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having
 seen him, they called on [him] that he might depart from their
 borders.
9:1 And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his
 own city,
9:2 and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a
 couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the
 paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been
 forgiven thee.'
9:3 And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, `This
 one doth speak evil.'
9:4 And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye
 evil in your hearts?
9:5 for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to
 thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?
9:6 `But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon
 the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic)
 -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'
9:7 And he, having risen, went to his house,
9:8 and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God,
 who did give such power to men.
9:9 And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the
 tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,'
 and he, having risen, did follow him.
9:10 And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house,
 that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying
 (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,
9:11 and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples,
 `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher
 eat?'
9:12 And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole
 have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;
9:13 but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not
 sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but
 sinners, to reformation.'
9:14 Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying,
 `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples
 fast not?'
9:15 And Jesus said to them, `Can the sons of the bride-chamber
 mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall
 come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they
 shall fast.
9:16 `And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old
 garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a
 worse rent is made.
9:17 `Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the
 skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are
 destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are
 preserved together.'
9:18 While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler
 having come, was bowing to him, saying that `My daughter just
 now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she
 shall live.'
9:19 And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,
9:20 and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,
 having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his
 garments,
9:21 for she said within herself, `If only I may touch his
 garment, I shall be saved.'
9:22 And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said,
 `Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and
 the woman was saved from that hour.
9:23 And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having
 seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,
9:24 he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die,
 but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;
9:25 but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he
 took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,
9:26 and the fame of this went forth to all the land.
9:27 And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him,
 calling and saying, `Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'
9:28 And he having come to the house, the blind men came to him,
 and Jesus saith to them, `Believe ye that I am able to do
 this?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.'
9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, `According to your
 faith let it be to you,'
9:30 and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged
 them, saying, `See, let no one know;'
9:31 but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all
 that land.
9:32 And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man
 dumb, a demoniac,
9:33 and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the
 multitude did wonder, saying that `It was never so seen in
 Israel:'
9:34 but the Pharisees said, `By the ruler of the demons he doth
 cast out the demons.'
9:35 And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the
 villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the
 good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every
 malady among the people.
9:36 And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with
 compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as
 sheep not having a shepherd,
9:37 then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed [is]
 abundant, but the workmen few;
9:38 beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may
 put forth workmen to His harvest.'
10:1 And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to
 them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out,
 and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.
10:2 And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first,
 Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of
 Zebedee, and John his brother;
10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the
 tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed
 Thaddeus;
10:4 Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also
 deliver him up.
10:5 These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to
 them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into
 a city of the Samaritans go not in,
10:6 and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of
 Israel.
10:7 `And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the
 heavens hath come nigh;
10:8 infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be
 raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely
 give.
10:9 `Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,
10:10 nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor
 staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.
10:11 `And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire
 ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.
10:12 And coming to the house salute it,
10:13 and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come
 upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to
 you.
10:14 `And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words,
 coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of
 your feet,
10:15 verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the
 land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for
 that city.
10:16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves,
 be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
10:17 And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to
 sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,
10:18 and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my
 sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
10:19 `And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how
 or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour
 what ye shall speak;
10:20 for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father
 that is speaking in you.
10:21 `And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father
 child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall
 put them to death,
10:22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he
 who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.
10:23 `And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to
 the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed
 the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.
10:24 `A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above
 his lord;
10:25 sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher,
 and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they
 did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?
10:26 `Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing
 covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be
 known;
10:27 that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light,
 and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
10:28 `And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not
 able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both
 soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
10:29 `Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them
 shall not fall on the ground without your Father;
10:30 and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered;
10:31 be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.
10:32 `Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men,
 I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the
 heavens;
10:33 and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him
 before my Father who is in the heavens.
10:34 `Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth;
 I did not come to put peace, but a sword;
10:35 for I came to set a man at variance against his father,
 and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law
 against her mother-in-law,
10:36 and the enemies of a man are those of his household.
10:37 `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy
 of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not
 worthy of me,
10:38 and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after
 me, is not worthy of me.
10:39 `He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his
 life for my sake shall find it.
10:40 `He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is
 receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,
10:41 he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet,
 shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a
 righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a
 righteous man's reward,
10:42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones
 a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I
 say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve
 disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their
 cities.
11:2 And John having heard in the prison the works of the
 Christ, having sent two of his disciples,
11:3 said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do
 we look?'
11:4 And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to
 John the things that ye hear and see,
11:5 blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed,
 and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news
 proclaimed,
11:6 and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'
11:7 And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
 concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view?
 -- a reed shaken by the wind?
11:8 `But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft
 garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings'
 houses.
11:9 `But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to
 you, and more than a prophet,
11:10 for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send
 My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before
 thee.
11:11 Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those
 born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is
 least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.
11:12 `And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the
 reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do
 take it by force,
11:13 for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,
11:14 and if ye are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who
 was about to come;
11:15 he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.
11:16 `And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like
 little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their
 comrades,
11:17 and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we
 lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
11:18 `For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
 He hath a demon;
11:19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo,
 a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers
 and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
11:20 Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done
 most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.
11:21 `Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! because, if
 in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done
 in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;
11:22 but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more
 tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.
11:23 `And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted,
 unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been
 done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained
 unto this day;
11:24 but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more
 tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'
11:25 At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee,
 Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst
 hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst
 reveal them to babes.
11:26 Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.
11:27 `All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none
 doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the
 Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to
 reveal [Him].
11:28 `Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I
 will give you rest,
11:29 take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am
 meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,
11:30 for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.'
12:1 At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn,
 and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears,
 and to eat,
12:2 and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy
 disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'
12:3 And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when
 he was hungry, himself and those with him --
12:4 how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the
 presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor
 to those with him, except to the priests alone?
12:5 `Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the
 priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are
 blameless?
12:6 and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;
12:7 and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not
 sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,
12:8 for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'
12:9 And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,
12:10 and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they
 questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?'
 that they might accuse him.
12:11 And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall
 have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a
 ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise [it]?
12:12 How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so
 that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'
12:13 Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,' and he
 stretched [it] forth, and it was restored whole as the other.
12:14 And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation
 against him, how they might destroy him,
12:15 and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there
 followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,
12:16 and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,
12:17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah
 the prophet, saying,
12:18 `Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My
 soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment
 to the nations he shall declare,
12:19 he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the
 broad places his voice,
12:20 a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he
 shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,
12:21 and in his name shall nations hope.'
12:22 Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he
 healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
12:23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the
 Son of David?'
12:24 but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not
 cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.'
12:25 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every
 kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no
 city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,
12:26 and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against
 himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?
12:27 `And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your
 sons -- by whom do they cast out? because of this they -- they
 shall be your judges.
12:28 `But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons,
 then come already unto you did the reign of God.
12:29 `Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong
 man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the
 strong man? and then his house he will plunder.
12:30 `He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not
 gathering with me, doth scatter.
12:31 Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking
 shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit
 shall not be forgiven to men.
12:32 And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it
 shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the
 Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age,
 nor in that which is coming.
12:33 `Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make
 the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree
 known.
12:34 `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things --
 being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the
 mouth speak.
12:35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth
 put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil
 treasure doth put forth evil things.
12:36 `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may
 speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of
 judgment;
12:37 for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and
 from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'
12:38 Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees,
 saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.'
12:39 And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and
 adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to
 it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;
12:40 for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and
 three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the
 earth three days and three nights.
12:41 `Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this
 generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the
 proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!
12:42 `A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with
 this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the
 ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a
 greater than Solomon here!
12:43 `And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man,
 it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not
 find;
12:44 then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came
 forth; and having come, it findeth [it] unoccupied, swept, and
 adorned:
12:45 then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits
 more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and
 the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall
 it be also to this evil generation.'
12:46 And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his
 mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,
12:47 and one said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do
 stand without, seeking to speak to thee.'
12:48 And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my
 mother? and who are my brethren?'
12:49 And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples,
 he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!
12:50 for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the
 heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
13:1 And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house,
 was sitting by the sea,
13:2 and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so
 that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the
 multitude on the beach did stand,
13:3 and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo,
 the sower went forth to sow,
13:4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the
 fowls did come and devour them,
13:5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not
 much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not
 having depth of earth,
13:6 and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through
 not having root, they withered,
13:7 and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up
 and choke them,
13:8 and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving
 fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some
 thirty.
13:9 He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
13:10 And the disciples having come near, said to him,
 `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
13:11 And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been
 given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to
 these it hath not been given,
13:12 for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall
 have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he
 hath shall be taken from him.
13:13 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because
 seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor
 understand,
13:14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that
 saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand,
 and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,
13:15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the
 ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest
 they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and
 with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal
 them.
13:16 `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears
 because they hear,
13:17 for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous
 men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not
 see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.
13:18 `Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:
13:19 Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not
 understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that
 which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the
 way.
13:20 `And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is
 hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,
13:21 and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and
 persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word,
 immediately he is stumbled.
13:22 `And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is
 hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the
 deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh
 unfruitful.
13:23 `And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is
 hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear
 fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some
 sixty, and some thirty.'
13:24 Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of
 the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
13:25 and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed
 darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
13:26 and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then
 appeared also the darnel.
13:27 `And the servants of the householder, having come near,
 said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field?
 whence then hath it the darnel?
13:28 And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the
 servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, [that] having gone away
 we may gather it up?
13:29 `And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- ye
 root up with it the wheat,
13:30 suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the
 time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first
 the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat
 gather up into my storehouse.'
13:31 Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of
 the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having
 taken, did sow in his field,
13:32 which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may
 be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so
 that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'
13:33 Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens
 is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three
 measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'
13:34 All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes,
 and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
13:35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the
 prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter
 things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
13:36 Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the
 house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to
 us the simile of the darnel of the field.'
13:37 And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good
 seed is the Son of Man,
13:38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are
 the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil
 one,
13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest
 is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
13:40 `As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with
 fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,
13:41 the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they
 shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks,
 and those doing the unlawlessness,
13:42 and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there
 shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
13:43 `Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the
 reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him
 hear.
13:44 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid
 in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his
 joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth
 that field.
13:45 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a
 merchant, seeking goodly pearls,
13:46 who having found one pearl of great price, having gone
 away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.
13:47 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was
 cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,
13:48 which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the
 beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into
 vessels, and the bad they did cast out,
13:49 so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers
 shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the
 righteous,
13:50 and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there
 shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'
13:51 Jesus saith to them, `Did ye understand all these?' They
 say to him, `Yes, sir.'
13:52 And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having
 been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like
 to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his
 treasure things new and old.'
13:53 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he
 removed thence,
13:54 and having come to his own country, he was teaching them
 in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were
 saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?
13:55 is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called
 Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
13:56 and his sisters -- are they not all with us? whence, then,
 to this one all these?'
13:57 and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A
 prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in
 his own house:'
13:58 and he did not there many mighty works, because of their
 unbelief.
14:1 At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,
14:2 and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did
 rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are
 working in him.'
14:3 For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put
 him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,
14:4 for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to
 have her,'
14:5 and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because
 as a prophet they were holding him.
14:6 But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of
 Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,
14:7 whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever
 she might ask.
14:8 And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me
 (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;
14:9 and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of
 those reclining with him, he commanded [it] to be given;
14:10 and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,
14:11 and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to
 the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother.
14:12 And his disciples having come, took up the body, and
 buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,
14:13 and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a
 desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did
 follow him on land from the cities.
14:14 And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and
 was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;
14:15 and evening having come, his disciples came to him,
 saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let
 away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may
 buy to themselves food.'
14:16 And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away --
 give ye them to eat.'
14:17 And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves,
 and two fishes.'
14:18 And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.'
14:19 And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the
 grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes,
 having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having
 broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples
 to the multitudes,
14:20 and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up
 what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;
14:21 and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from
 women and children.
14:22 And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into
 the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might
 let away the multitudes;
14:23 and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the
 mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was
 there alone,
14:24 and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed
 by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to
 them, walking upon the sea,
14:26 and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea,
 were troubled saying -- `It is an apparition,' and from the
 fear they cried out;
14:27 and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good
 courage, I am [he], be not afraid.'
14:28 And Peter answering him said, `Sir, if it is thou, bid me
 come to thee upon the waters;'
14:29 and he said, `Come;' and having gone down from the boat,
 Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus,
14:30 but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having
 begun to sink, he cried out, saying, `Sir, save me.'
14:31 And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand,
 laid hold of him, and saith to him, `Little faith! for what
 didst thou waver?'
14:32 and they having gone to the boat the wind lulled,
14:33 and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying,
 `Truly -- God's Son art thou.'
14:34 And having passed over, they came to the land of
 Gennesaret,
14:35 and having recognized him, the men of that place sent
 forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him
 all who were ill,
14:36 and were calling on him that they might only touch the
 fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.
15:1 Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and
 Pharisees -- saying,
15:2 `Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
 elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat
 bread.'
15:3 And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye
 transgress the command of God because of your tradition?
15:4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother;
 and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die
 the death;
15:5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An
 offering [is] whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --
15:6 and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did
 set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
15:7 `Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8 This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with
 the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;
15:9 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings --
 commands of men.'
15:10 And having called near the multitude, he said to them,
 `Hear and understand:
15:11 not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the
 man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this
 defileth the man.'
15:12 Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast
 thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were
 stumbled?'
15:13 And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly
 Father did not plant shall be rooted up;
15:14 let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if
 blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'
15:15 And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this
 simile.'
15:16 And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?
15:17 do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth
 doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?
15:18 but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart
 do come forth, and these defile the man;
15:19 for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders,
 adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil
 speakings:
15:20 these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with
 unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'
15:21 And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts
 of Tyre and Sidon,
15:22 and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having
 come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir
 -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'
15:23 And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having
 come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because
 she crieth after us;'
15:24 and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost
 sheep of the house of Israel.'
15:25 And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help
 me;'
15:26 and he answering said, `It is not good to take the
 children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'
15:27 And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat
 of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'
15:28 then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great [is]
 thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter
 was healed from that hour.
15:29 And Jesus having passed thence, came nigh unto the sea of
 Galilee, and having gone up to the mountain, he was sitting
 there,
15:30 and there came to him great multitudes, having with them
 lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast
 them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them,
15:31 so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones
 speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and
 they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32 And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, `I have
 compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they
 continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to
 let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'
15:33 And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a
 wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'
15:34 And Jesus saith to them, `How many loaves have ye?' and
 they said, `Seven, and a few little fishes.'
15:35 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the
 ground,
15:36 and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having
 given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the
 disciples to the multitude.
15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up
 what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,
15:38 and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women
 and children.
15:39 And having let away the multitudes, he went into the boat,
 and did come to the borders of Magdala.
16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did
 question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
16:2 and he answering said to them, `Evening having come, ye
 say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,
16:3 and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red
 -- gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do
 know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!
16:4 `A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a
 sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the
 prophet;' and having left them he went away.
16:5 And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to
 take loaves,
16:6 and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the
 leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'
16:7 and they were reasoning in themselves, saying, `Because we
 took no loaves.'
16:8 And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why reason ye in
 yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?
16:9 do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of
 the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?
16:10 nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many
 baskets ye took up?
16:11 how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of
 bread -- to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and
 Sadducees?'
16:12 Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of
 the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees
 and Sadducees.
16:13 And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi,
 was asking his disciples, saying, `Who do men say me to be --
 the Son of Man?'
16:14 and they said, `Some, John the Baptist, and others,
 Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'
16:15 He saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'
16:16 and Simon Peter answering said, `Thou art the Christ, the
 Son of the living God.'
16:17 And Jesus answering said to him, `Happy art thou, Simon
 Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to thee,
 but my Father who is in the heavens.
16:18 `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon
 this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall
 not prevail against it;
16:19 and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the
 heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be
 having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest
 loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the
 heavens.'
16:20 Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no
 one that he is Jesus the Christ.
16:21 From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that
 it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer
 many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes,
 and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.
16:22 And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him,
 saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'
16:23 and he having turned, said to Peter, `Get thee behind me,
 adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not
 mind the things of God, but the things of men.'
16:24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to
 come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross,
 and follow me,
16:25 for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and
 whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,
16:26 for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world,
 but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an
 exchange for his life?
16:27 `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his
 Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each,
 according to his work.
16:28 Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing
 here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of
 Man coming in his reign.'
17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John
 his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by
 themselves,
17:2 and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as
 the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,
17:3 and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking
 together with him.
17:4 And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us
 to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for
 thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'
17:5 While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed
 them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My
 Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'
17:6 And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face,
 and were exceedingly afraid,
17:7 and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, `Rise,
 be not afraid,'
17:8 and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except
 Jesus only.
17:9 And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged
 them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man
 out of the dead may rise.'
17:10 And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the
 scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'
17:11 And Jesus answering said to them, `Elijah doth indeed come
 first, and shall restore all things,
17:12 and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did
 not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the
 Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'
17:13 Then understood the disciples that concerning John the
 Baptist he spake to them.
17:14 And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a
 man, kneeling down to him,
17:15 and saying, `Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is
 lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into
 the fire, and often into the water,
17:16 and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not
 able to heal him.'
17:17 And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and
 perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear
 you? bring him to me hither;'
17:18 and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and
 the lad was healed from that hour.
17:19 Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said,
 `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'
17:20 And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for
 verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of
 mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder
 place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to
 you,
17:21 and this kind doth not go forth except in prayer and
 fasting.'
17:22 And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them,
 `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of
 men,
17:23 and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,'
 and they were exceeding sorry.
17:24 And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the
 didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher -- doth
 he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.'
17:25 And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him,
 saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth --
 from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons
 or from the strangers?'
17:26 Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.' Jesus said to
 him, `Then are the sons free;
17:27 but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to
 the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take
 thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater,
 that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'
18:1 At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying,
 `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?'
18:2 And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the
 midst of them,
18:3 and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and
 become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the
 heavens;
18:4 whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the
 greater in the reign of the heavens.
18:5 `And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth
 receive me,
18:6 and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones
 who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty
 millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in
 the depth of the sea.
18:7 `Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a
 necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man
 through whom the stumbling-block doth come!
18:8 `And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble,
 cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter
 into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or
 two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.
18:9 `And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out
 and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into
 the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna
 of the fire.
18:10 `Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones,
 for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do
 always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,
18:11 for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.
18:12 `What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and
 there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the
 ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is
 gone astray?
18:13 and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I
 say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the
 ninety-nine that have not gone astray;
18:14 so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the
 heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.
18:15 `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him
 his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou
 didst gain thy brother;
18:16 and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two,
 that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may
 stand.
18:17 `And if he may not hear them, say [it] to the assembly,
 and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as
 the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.
18:18 `Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the
 earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever
 things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in
 the heavens.
18:19 `Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the
 earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be
 done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,
18:20 for where there are two or three gathered together -- to
 my name, there am I in the midst of them.'
18:21 Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often
 shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till
 seven times?'
18:22 Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven
 times, but till seventy times seven.
18:23 `Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a
 man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,
18:24 and he having begun to take account, there was brought
 near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,
18:25 and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to
 be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he
 had, and payment to be made.
18:26 The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him,
 saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;
18:27 and the lord of that servant having been moved with
 compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.
18:28 `And, that servant having come forth, found one of his
 fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and
 having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me
 that which thou owest.
18:29 His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet,
 was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will
 pay thee all;
18:30 and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into
 prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
18:31 `And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were
 done, were grieved exceedingly, and having come, shewed fully
 to their lord all the things that were done;
18:32 then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil
 servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst
 call upon me,
18:33 did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy
 fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?
18:34 `And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the
 inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;
18:35 so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not
 forgive each one his brother from your hearts their
 trespasses.'
19:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he
 removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea,
 beyond the Jordan,
19:2 and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them
 there.
19:3 And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and
 saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for
 every cause?'
19:4 And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He
 who made [them], from the beginning a male and a female made
 them,
19:5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and
 mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two --
 for one flesh?
19:6 so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore
 God did join together, let no man put asunder.'
19:7 They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll
 of divorce, and to put her away?'
19:8 He saith to them -- `Moses for your stiffness of heart did
 suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it
 hath not been so.
19:9 `And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if
 not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery;
 and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit
 adultery.'
19:10 His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the
 woman is so, it is not good to marry.'
19:11 And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but
 those to whom it hath been given;
19:12 for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so
 born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and
 there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the
 reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive [it] -- let him
 receive.'
19:13 Then were brought near to him children that he might put
 hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.
19:14 But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not,
 to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'
19:15 and having laid on them [his] hands, he departed thence.
19:16 And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher,
 what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'
19:17 And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one
 [is] good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter
 into the life, keep the commands.'
19:18 He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt
 not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal,
 thou shalt not bear false witness,
19:19 honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy
 neighbour as thyself.'
19:20 The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my
 youth; what yet do I lack?'
19:21 Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go
 away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
 have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'
19:22 And the young man, having heard the word, went away
 sorrowful, for he had many possessions;
19:23 and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you,
 that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the
 heavens;
19:24 and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through
 the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into
 the reign of God.'
19:25 And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly,
 saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?'
19:26 And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men
 this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
19:27 Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all,
 and follow thee, what then shall we have?'
19:28 And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who
 did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit
 upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve
 thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;
19:29 and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or
 father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my
 name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during
 shall inherit;
19:30 and many first shall be last, and last first.
20:1 `For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a
 householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen
 for his vineyard,
20:2 and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he
 sent them into his vineyard.
20:3 `And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others
 standing in the market-place idle,
20:4 and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard,
 and whatever may be righteous I will give you;
20:5 and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the
 sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.
20:6 And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found
 others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood
 all the day idle?
20:7 they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to
 them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be
 righteous ye shall receive.
20:8 `And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to
 his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having
 begun from the last -- unto the first.
20:9 And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did
 receive each a denary.
20:10 `And the first having come, did suppose that they shall
 receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,
20:11 and having received [it], they were murmuring against the
 householder, saying,
20:12 that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst
 make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day
 -- and the heat.
20:13 `And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no
 unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with
 me?
20:14 take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to
 this, the last, also as to thee;
20:15 is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is
 thine eye evil because I am good?
20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many
 are called, and few chosen.'
20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples
 by themselves in the way, and said to them,
20:18 `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be
 delivered to the chief priests and scribes,
20:19 and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him
 to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the
 third day he will rise again.'
20:20 Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee,
 with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,
20:21 and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him,
 `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy
 right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'
20:22 And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask
 for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about
 to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be
 baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.'
20:23 And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink,
 and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be
 baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not
 mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by
 my father.'
20:24 And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the
 two brothers,
20:25 and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known
 that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them,
 and those great do exercise authority over them,
20:26 but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will
 among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;
20:27 and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be
 your servant;
20:28 even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to,
 but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
20:29 And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a
 great multitude,
20:30 and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard
 that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us,
 sir -- Son of David.'
20:31 And the multitude charged them that they might be silent,
 and they cried out the more, saying, `Deal kindly with us sir
 -- Son of David.'
20:32 And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, `What will
 ye [that] I may do to you?'
20:33 they say to him, `Sir, that our eyes may be opened;'
20:34 and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their
 eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they
 followed him.
21:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to
 Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two
 disciples,
21:2 saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and
 immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her --
 having loosed, bring ye to me;
21:3 and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that
 the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'
21:4 And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that
 was spoken through the prophet, saying,
21:5 `Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to
 thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a
 beast of burden.'
21:6 And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus
 commanded them,
21:7 brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their
 garments, and set [him] upon them;
21:8 and the very great multitude spread their own garments in
 the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and
 were strewing in the way,
21:9 and the multitudes who were going before, and who were
 following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,
 blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in
 the highest.'
21:10 And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was
 moved, saying, `Who is this?'
21:11 And the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who
 [is] from Nazareth of Galilee.'
21:12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast
 forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the
 tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of
 those selling the doves,
21:13 and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a
 house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of
 robbers.'
21:14 And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple,
 and he healed them,
21:15 and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the
 wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the
 temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much
 displeased;
21:16 and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And
 Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the
 mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'
21:17 And having left them, he went forth out of the city to
 Bethany, and did lodge there,
21:18 and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,
21:19 and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to
 it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to
 it, `No more from thee may fruit be -- to the age;' and
 forthwith the fig-tree withered.
21:20 And the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, `How
 did the fig-tree forthwith wither?'
21:21 And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If
 ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the
 fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be
 lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;
21:22 and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing,
 ye shall receive.'
21:23 And he having come to the temple, there came to him when
 teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people,
 saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who
 gave thee this authority?'
21:24 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I
 also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you
 by what authority I do these things;
21:25 the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or
 from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If
 we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then,
 did ye not believe him?
21:26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for
 all hold John as a prophet.'
21:27 And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He
 said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what
 authority I do these things.
21:28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having
 come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my
 vineyard.'
21:29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having
 repented, he went.
21:30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same
 manner, and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not;
21:31 which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to
 him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you,
 that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into
 the reign of God,
21:32 for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye
 did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did
 believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to
 believe him.
21:33 `Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a
 householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round
 it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave
 it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.
21:34 `And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his
 servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,
21:35 and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they
 scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.
21:36 `Again he sent other servants more than the first, and
 they did to them in the same manner.
21:37 `And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will
 reverence my son;
21:38 and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among
 themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may
 possess his inheritance;
21:39 and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard,
 and killed him;
21:40 whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what
 will he do to these husbandmen?'
21:41 They say to him, `Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them,
 and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will
 give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'
21:42 Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A
 stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner;
 from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in
 our eyes.
21:43 `Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall
 be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its
 fruit;
21:44 and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and
 on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'
21:45 And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his
 similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
21:46 and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes,
 seeing they were holding him as a prophet.
22:1 And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes,
 saying,
22:2 `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who
 made marriage-feasts for his son,
22:3 and he sent forth his servants to call those having been
 called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to
 come.
22:4 `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those
 who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the
 fatlings have been killed, and all things [are] ready, come ye
 to the marriage-feasts;
22:5 and they, having disregarded [it], went away, the one to
 his own field, and the other to his merchandise;
22:6 and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult
 and slay [them].
22:7 `And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent
 forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their
 city he set on fire;
22:8 then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is
 ready, and those called were not worthy,
22:9 be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may
 find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.
22:10 `And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did
 gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the
 marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.
22:11 `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw
 there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,
22:12 and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in
 hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was
 speechless.
22:13 `Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his
 feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer
 darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the
 teeth;
22:14 for many are called, and few chosen.'
22:15 Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they
 might ensnare him in words,
22:16 and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians,
 saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way
 of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for
 any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;
22:17 tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to
 give tribute to Caesar or not?'
22:18 And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do
 ye tempt, hypocrites?
22:19 show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a
 denary;
22:20 and he saith to them, `Whose [is] this image and the
 inscription?'
22:21 they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them,
 `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the
 things of God to God;'
22:22 and having heard they wondered, and having left him they
 went away.
22:23 In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are
 saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him,
 saying,
22:24 `Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having
 children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up
 seed to his brother.
22:25 `And there were with us seven brothers, and the first
 having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife
 to his brother;
22:26 in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the
 seventh,
22:27 and last of all died also the woman;
22:28 therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall
 she be wife -- for all had her?'
22:29 And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not
 knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;
22:30 for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they
 given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.
22:31 `And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not
 read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
 of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'
22:33 And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his
 teaching;
22:34 and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the
 Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;
22:35 and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and
 saying,
22:36 `Teacher, which [is] the great command in the Law?'
22:37 And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
 with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine
 understanding --
22:38 this is a first and great command;
22:39 and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy
 neighbour as thyself;
22:40 on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the
 prophets do hang.'
22:41 And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did
 question them,
22:42 saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom
 is he son?' They say to him, `Of David.'
22:43 He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call
 him lord, saying,
22:44 The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may
 make thine enemies thy footstool?
22:45 If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?'
22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any
 from that day question him any more.
23:1 Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,
23:2 saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the
 Pharisees;
23:3 all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe
 and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and
 do not;
23:4 for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be
 borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger
 they will not move them.
23:5 `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they
 make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their
 garments,
23:6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the
 chief seats in the synagogues,
23:7 and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called
 by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
23:8 `And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your
 director -- the Christ, and all ye are brethren;
23:9 and ye may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one
 is your Father, who is in the heavens,
23:10 nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director
 -- the Christ.
23:11 And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,
23:12 and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and
 whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
23:13 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go
 in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
23:14 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long
 prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant
 judgment.
23:15 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and
 whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold
 more than yourselves.
23:16 `Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may
 swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by
 the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor!
23:17 Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the
 sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
23:18 `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
 whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!
23:19 Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gift, or the
 altar that is sanctifying the gift?
23:20 `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by
 it, and by all things on it;
23:21 and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it,
 and by Him who is dwelling in it;
23:22 and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the
 throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.
23:23 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did
 neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and
 the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved [you] to do, and
 those not to neglect.
23:24 `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the
 camel are swallowing.
23:25 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within
 they are full of rapine and incontinence.
23:26 `Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and
 the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
23:27 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do
 appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and
 of all uncleanness;
23:28 so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous,
 and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
23:29 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
 build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of
 the righteous,
23:30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we
 would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
 prophets.
23:31 So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them
 who did murder the prophets;
23:32 and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
23:33 `Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the
 judgment of the gehenna?
23:34 `Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise
 men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of
 them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from
 city to city;
23:35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured
 out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the
 blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the
 sanctuary and the altar:
23:36 verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this
 generation.
23:37 `Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and
 stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather
 thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens
 under the wings, and ye did not will.
23:38 Lo, left desolate to you is your house;
23:39 for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye
 may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the
 Lord.'
24:1 And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and
 his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the
 temple,
24:2 and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I
 say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone,
 that shall not be thrown down.'
24:3 And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the
 disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when
 shall these be? and what [is] the sign of thy presence, and of
 the full end of the age?'
24:4 And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one
 may lead you astray,
24:5 for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ,
 and they shall lead many astray,
24:6 and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars;
 see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to
 pass, but the end is not yet.
24:7 `For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
 kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
 earthquakes, in divers places;
24:8 and all these [are] the beginning of sorrows;
24:9 then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall
 kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of
 my name;
24:10 and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up
 one another, and shall hate one another.
24:11 `And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many
 astray;
24:12 and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love
 of the many shall become cold;
24:13 but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;
24:14 and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all
 the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall
 the end arrive.
24:15 `Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the
 desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet,
 standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)
24:16 then those in Judea -- let them flee to the mounts;
24:17 he on the house-top -- let him not come down to take up
 any thing out of his house;
24:18 and he in the field -- let him not turn back to take his
 garments.
24:19 `And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in
 those days;
24:20 and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on
 a sabbath;
24:21 for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not
 from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.
24:22 And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have
 been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be
 shortened.
24:23 `Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ!
 or here! ye may not believe;
24:24 for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
 and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead
 astray, if possible, also the chosen.
24:25 Lo, I did tell you beforehand.
24:26 `If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness
 he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may
 not believe;
24:27 for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and
 doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the
 Son of Man;
24:28 for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be
 gathered together.
24:29 `And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the
 sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
 and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the
 heavens shall be shaken;
24:30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the
 heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the
 breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the
 clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;
24:31 and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a
 trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the
 four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.
24:32 `And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already
 its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put
 forth, ye know that summer [is] nigh,
24:33 so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is
 nigh -- at the doors.
24:34 Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away
 till all these may come to pass.
24:35 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words
 shall not pass away.
24:36 `And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known --
 not even the messengers of the heavens -- except my Father
 only;
24:37 and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence
 of the Son of Man;
24:38 for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating,
 and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day
 Noah entered into the ark,
24:39 and they did not know till the flood came and took all
 away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.
24:40 Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received,
 and the one is left;
24:41 two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received,
 and one is left.
24:42 `Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what
 hour your Lord doth come;
24:43 and this know, that if the master of the house had known
 in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not
 suffered his house to be broken through;
24:44 because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what
 hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.
24:45 `Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his
 lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment
 in season?
24:46 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find
 doing so;
24:47 verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will
 set him.
24:48 `And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord
 doth delay to come,
24:49 and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and
 to drink with the drunken,
24:50 the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth
 not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,
24:51 and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites
 will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of
 the teeth.
25:1 `Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten
 virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the
 bridegroom;
25:2 and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;
25:3 they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not
 take with themselves oil;
25:4 and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their
 lamps.
25:5 `And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were
 sleeping,
25:6 and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the
 bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
25:7 `Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,
25:8 and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil,
 because our lamps are going out;
25:9 and the prudent answered, saying -- Lest there may not be
 sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and
 buy for yourselves.
25:10 `And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom
 came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts,
 and the door was shut;
25:11 and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins,
 saying, Sir, sir, open to us;
25:12 and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not
 known you.
25:13 `Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the
 hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
25:14 `For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants,
 and did deliver to them his substance,
25:15 and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and
 to another one, to each according to his several ability, went
 abroad immediately.
25:16 `And he who did receive the five talents, having gone,
 wrought with them, and made other five talents;
25:17 in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained,
 also he, other two;
25:18 and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged
 in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
25:19 `And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants,
 and taketh reckoning with them;
25:20 and he who did receive the five talents having come,
 brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou
 didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides
 them.
25:21 `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and
 faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many
 things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
25:22 `And he who also did receive the two talents having come,
 said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two
 talents I did gain besides them.
25:23 `His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and
 faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many
 things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
25:24 `And he also who hath received the one talent having come,
 said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where
 thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not
 scatter;
25:25 and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent
 in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!
25:26 `And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and
 slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and
 I gather whence I did not scatter!
25:27 it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders,
 and having come I had received mine own with increase.
25:28 `Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him
 having the ten talents,
25:29 for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have
 overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which
 he hath shall be taken from him;
25:30 and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer
 darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the
 teeth.
25:31 `And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and
 all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a
 throne of his glory;
25:32 and gathered together before him shall be all the nations,
 and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd
 doth separate the sheep from the goats,
25:33 and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and
 the goats on the left.
25:34 `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come
 ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been
 prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
25:35 for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and
 ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;
25:36 naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked
 after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.
25:37 `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when
 did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and
 we gave to drink?
25:38 and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or
 naked, and we put around?
25:39 and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came
 unto thee?
25:40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say
 to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren --
 the least -- to me ye did [it].
25:41 Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye
 from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath
 been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;
25:42 for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst,
 and ye gave me not to drink;
25:43 a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye
 put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look
 after me.
25:44 `Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did
 we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked,
 or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?
25:45 `Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you,
 Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did
 [it] not to me.
25:46 And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the
 righteous to life age-during.'
26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words,
 he said to his disciples,
26:2 `Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and
 the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.'
26:3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the
 scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the
 chief priest who was called Caiaphas;
26:4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by
 guile, and kill [him],
26:5 and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a
 tumult among the people.'
26:6 And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the
 leper,
26:7 there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of
 ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is
 reclining (at meat).
26:8 And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased,
 saying, `To what purpose [is] this waste?
26:9 for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given
 to the poor.'
26:10 And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give
 trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;
26:11 for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not
 always;
26:12 for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my
 burial she did [it].
26:13 Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be
 proclaimed in the whole world, what this [one] did shall also
 be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'
26:14 Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot,
 having gone unto the chief priests, said,
26:15 `What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up
 to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,
26:16 and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to
 deliver him up.
26:17 And on the first [day] of the unleavened food came the
 disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou [that]
 we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'
26:18 and he said, `Go away to the city, unto such a one, and
 say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I
 keep the passover, with my disciples;'
26:19 and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and
 prepared the passover.
26:20 And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with
 the twelve,
26:21 and while they are eating, he said, `Verily I say to you,
 that one of you shall deliver me up.'
26:22 And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him,
 each of them, `Is it I, Sir?'
26:23 And he answering said, `He who did dip with me the hand in
 the dish, he will deliver me up;
26:24 the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written
 concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man
 is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been
 born.'
26:25 And Judas -- he who delivered him up -- answering said,
 `Is it I, Rabbi?' He saith to him, `Thou hast said.'
26:26 And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread,
 and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples,
 and said, `Take, eat, this is my body;'
26:27 and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave
 to them, saying, `Drink ye of it -- all;
26:28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is
 being poured out -- to remission of sins;
26:29 and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this
 produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you
 new in the reign of my Father.'
26:30 And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of
 the Olives;
26:31 then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me
 this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the
 shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;
26:32 but, after my having risen, I will go before you to
 Galilee.'
26:33 And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be
 stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'
26:34 Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that, this
 night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.'
26:35 Peter saith to him, `Even if it may be necessary for me to
 die with thee, I will not deny thee;' in like manner also said
 all the disciples.
26:36 Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called
 Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, `Sit ye here, till
 having gone away, I shall pray yonder.'
26:37 And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he
 began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;
26:38 then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul
 -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'
26:39 And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face,
 praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this
 cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'
26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them
 sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour
 to watch with me!
26:41 watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation:
 the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
26:42 Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying,
 `My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink
 it, Thy will be done;'
26:43 and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their
 eyes were heavy.
26:44 And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed a
 third time, saying the same word;
26:45 then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them,
 `Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh,
 and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners.
26:46 Rise, let us go; lo, he hath come nigh who is delivering
 me up.'
26:47 And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve
 did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and
 sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
26:48 And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign,
 saying, `Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;'
26:49 and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail,
 Rabbi,' and kissed him;
26:50 and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou
 present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and
 took hold on him.
26:51 And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth
 the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the
 chief priest, he took off his ear.
26:52 Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its
 place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall
 perish;
26:53 dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my
 Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of
 messengers?
26:54 how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it
 behoveth to happen?'
26:55 In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a
 robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me!
 daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did
 not lay hold on me;
26:56 but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the
 prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left
 him, fled.
26:57 And those laying hold on Jesus led [him] away unto
 Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders
 were gathered together,
26:58 and Peter was following him afar off, unto the court of
 the chief priest, and having gone in within, he was sitting
 with the officers, to see the end.
26:59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the
 council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they
 might put him to death,
26:60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having
 come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses
 having come near,
26:61 said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the
 sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'
26:62 And the chief priest having stood up, said to him,
 `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?
26:63 and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said
 to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say
 to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'
26:64 Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to
 you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right
 hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.'
26:65 Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- `He
 hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now
 ye heard his evil speaking;
26:66 what think ye?' and they answering said, `He is worthy of
 death.'
26:67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others
 did slap,
26:68 saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck
 thee?'
26:69 And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came
 near to him a certain maid, saying, `And thou wast with Jesus
 of Galilee!'
26:70 And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what
 thou sayest.'
26:71 And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw
 him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of
 Nazareth;'
26:72 and again did he deny with an oath -- `I have not known
 the man.'
26:73 And after a little those standing near having come, said
 to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech
 doth make thee manifest.'
26:74 Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- `I have not
 known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,
26:75 and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said
 to him -- `Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and
 having gone without, he did weep bitterly.
27:1 And morning having come, all the chief priests and the
 elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put
 him to death;
27:2 and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him
 up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
27:3 Then Judas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that
 he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty
 silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,
27:4 `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they
 said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'
27:5 and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he
 departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.
27:6 And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said,
 `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the
 price of blood;'
27:7 and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field
 of the potter, for the burial of strangers;
27:8 therefore was that field called, `Field of blood,' unto
 this day.
27:9 Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the
 prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price
 of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel
 did price,
27:10 and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did
 appoint to me.'
27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did
 question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And
 Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'
27:12 And in his being accused by the chief priests and the
 elders, he did not answer any thing,
27:13 then saith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many
 things they witness against thee?'
27:14 And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that
 the governor did wonder greatly.
27:15 And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to
 release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,
27:16 and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,
27:17 they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said
 to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or
 Jesus who is called Christ?'
27:18 for he had known that because of envy they had delivered
 him up.
27:19 And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto
 him, saying, `Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for
 many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'
27:20 And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the
 multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and
 might destroy Jesus;
27:21 and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two
 will ye [that] I shall release to you?' And they said,
 `Barabbas.'
27:22 Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who
 is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'
27:23 And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they
 were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'
27:24 And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but
 rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the
 hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the
 blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'
27:25 and all the people answering said, `His blood [is] upon
 us, and upon our children!'
27:26 Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged
 Jesus, he delivered [him] up that he may be crucified;
27:27 then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to
 the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;
27:28 and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson
 cloak,
27:29 and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put [it]
 on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled
 before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of
 the Jews.'
27:30 And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were
 smiting on his head;
27:31 and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the
 cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to
 crucify [him].
27:32 And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name
 Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;
27:33 and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called
 Place of a Skull,
27:34 they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having
 tasted, he would not drink.
27:35 And having crucified him, they divided his garments,
 casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by
 the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over
 my vesture they cast a lot;'
27:36 and sitting down, they were watching him there,
27:37 and they put up over his head, his accusation written,
 `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'
27:38 Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right
 hand, and one on the left,
27:39 and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging
 their heads,
27:40 and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary,
 and in three days building [it], save thyself; if Son thou art
 of God, come down from the cross.'
27:41 And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with
 the scribes and elders, said,
27:42 `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be
 King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we
 will believe him;
27:43 he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He
 wish him, because he said -- Son of God I am;'
27:44 with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with
 him, were reproaching him.
27:45 And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land
 unto the ninth hour,
27:46 and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great
 voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God,
 my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'
27:47 And certain of those standing there having heard, said --
 `Elijah he doth call;'
27:48 and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken
 a spunge, having filled [it] with vinegar, and having put [it]
 on a reed, was giving him to drink,
27:49 but the rest said, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth
 come -- about to save him.'
27:50 And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded
 the spirit;
27:51 and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top
 unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,
27:52 and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints
 who have fallen asleep, arose,
27:53 and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising,
 they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
27:54 And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus,
 having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were
 exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'
27:55 And there were there many women beholding from afar, who
 did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,
27:56 among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
 James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57 And evening having come, there came a rich man, from
 Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to
 Jesus,
27:58 he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body
 of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.
27:59 And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean
 linen,
27:60 and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock,
 and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he
 went away;
27:61 and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other
 Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.
27:62 And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were
 gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto
 Pilate,
27:63 saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said
 while yet living, After three days I do rise;
27:64 command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the
 third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal
 him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and
 the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'
27:65 And Pilate said to them, `Ye have a watch, go away, make
 secure -- as ye have known;'
27:66 and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure,
 having sealed the stone, together with the watch.
28:1 And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the
 first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other
 Mary, to see the sepulchre,
28:2 and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of
 the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll
 away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,
28:3 and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing
 white as snow,
28:4 and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they
 became as dead men.
28:5 And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not
 ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye
 seek;
28:6 he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the
 place where the Lord was lying;
28:7 and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he
 rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee,
 there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.'
28:8 And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and
 great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;
28:9 and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo,
 Jesus met them, saying, `Hail!' and they having come near, laid
 hold of his feet, and did bow to him.
28:10 Then saith Jesus to them, `Fear ye not, go away, tell to
 my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they
 shall see me.'
28:11 And while they are going on, lo, certain of the watch
 having come to the city, told to the chief priests all the
 things that happened,
28:12 and having been gathered together with the elders, counsel
 also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers,
28:13 saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night,
 stole him -- we being asleep;
28:14 and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade
 him, and you keep free from anxiety.'
28:15 And they, having received the money, did as they were
 taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews till this
 day.
28:16 And the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mount
 where Jesus appointed them,
28:17 and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did
 waver.
28:18 And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given
 to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;
28:19 having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing
 them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
 Holy Spirit,
28:20 teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,)
 and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the
 age.'