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Matthew 1 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begot Isaac: Isaac begot Jacob: Jacob begot Judah and his brothers: 3 Judah begot Pharez and Zerah of Tamar: Pharez begot Hezron: Hezron begot Ram: 4 Ram begot Amminadab: Amminadab begot Nashon: Nashon begot Salmon: 5 Salmon begot Boaz of Rahab: Boaz begot Obed of Ruth: Obed begot Jesse: 6 Jesse begot David the king. David begot Solomon of the wife of Uriah: 7 Solomon begot Rehoboam: Rehoboam begot Abijah: Abijah begot Asa: 8 Asa begot Jehosaphat: Jehosaphat begot Jehoram: Jehoram begot Uzziah: 9 Uzziah begot Jotham: Jotham begot Ahaz: Ahaz begot Hezekiah: 10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh: Manasseh begot Amon: Amon begot Josiah: 11 Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time of the removal to Babylon. 12 But after the removal to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel: Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel: 13 Zerubbabel begot Abihud: Abihud begot Eliakim: Eliakim begot Azor: 14 Azor begot Zadoc: Zadoc begot Achim: Achim begot Eliud: 15 Eliud begot Eleazar: Eleazar begot Matthan: Matthan begot Jacob: 16 Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham till David, are fourteen generations; and from David till the removal to Babylon, are fourteen generations; and from the removal to Babylon till Christ, are fourteen generations. 18 But the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 And Joseph her husband, being just and not willing to make her an example, intended to put her away privately. 20 But while he thought of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she shall bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 And all this was done, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which is, when translated, God with us. 24 And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took to him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth a son; and he called his name Jesus. Matthew 2 1 But after Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying: Where is he that has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising, and have come to worship him. 3 And hearing it, king Herod was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and inquired of them where the Christ should be born. 5 And they said to him: In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet: 6 And thou, Bethlehem, land of Judah, art by no means the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come a Governor, who shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod having secretly called the Magi, inquired of them strictly the time at which the star appeared; 8 and sending them to Bethlehem, said: Go, make strict inquiry for the young child: and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may go and worship him. 9 And after hearing the king, they departed; and lo, the star which they had seen at its rising, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with very great joy. 11 And coming into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and falling down they worshipped him; and having opened their treasures they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew into their own country by another way. 13 But after they had withdrawn, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I bring thee word; for Herod is about to seek for the young child, to destroy him. 14 And he arose and took the young child and his mother, by night, and withdrew into Egypt, 15 and 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 called my Son. 16 Then Herod, seeing that he had been deceived by the Magi, was greatly enraged; and, having sent out, he slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from the age of two years and under, according to the time which he had strictly inquired of the Magi. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: 18 A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and great mourning: Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted because they are no more. 19 But after Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying: Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead that sought the young child's life. 21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea, in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; but being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the regions of Galilee, 23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets: He shall be called a Nazarene. Matthew 3 1 But in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 saying: Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 But the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of leather around his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, 6 and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance, 9 and think not to say within yourselves: We have Abraham for a father; for I say to you that God is able of these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 And now the ax is lying at the root of the trees: every tree, therefore, that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you in water in order to repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire: 12 whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his grain into the granary; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. 13 Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 But he forbade him, saying: I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me? 15 But Jesus answered and said to him: Permit it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill every righteous act. Then he permitted him. 16 And having been baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon him. 17 And lo, a voice from the heavens, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 4 1 Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. 2 And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. 4 But he answered and said: It is written: Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes forth through the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on the wing of the temple. 6 and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall take thee up, lest thou strike thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him: Again it is written: Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof. 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, 9 and said to him: All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then Jesus says to him: Get hence, Satan; for it is written: The Lord thy God thou shalt worship, and him only shalt thou serve 11 Then the devil left him; and, behold, angels came and ministered to him. 12 But when he had heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee; 13 and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is on the sea, in the borders of Zebulon and Naphtali; 14 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15 The land of Zebulon, and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 the people that sat in darkness saw great light; and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death light arose. 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand. 18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishers. 19 And he said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they immediately left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And immediately leaving the ship and their father, they followed him. 23 And he went about in the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every malady among the people. 24 And his fame went abroad into the whole of Syria; and they brought to him all that were sick with various diseases, and that were afflicted with torments, and those possessed with demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he cured them. 25 And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. Matthew 5 1 But seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him; 2 and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs in the kingdom of the heavens. 4 Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. 5 Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful; for they shall receive mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God. 10 Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. 11 Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you falsely for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in the heavens; for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you. 13 You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt shall have become tasteless, by what means shall it be salted? It is then good for nothing but, after being cast out, to be trod upon by men. 14 You are the light of the world. A city that lies upon a mountain cannot be hid: 15 neither do men light a lamp and put it under the measure, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all that are in the house. 16 So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens. 17 Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets: I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For verily I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one yod or one point shall in no way pass from the law, till all be accomplished. 19 Whoever therefore shall make void one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens, 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness shall be more abundant than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 21 You have heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be liable to the judgment. 22 But I say to you, that whoever is angry with his brother shall be liable to the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother. Worthless fellow, shall be liable to the Sanhedrim; but whoever shall say: Thou fool, shall be liable to be cast into hellfire. 23 If therefore thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember that thy brother has anything against thee, 24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 25 Agree with thy opponent-at-law quickly, while thou art on the road with him, lest perhaps the opponent-at-law deliver thee to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou shalt have paid the last farthing. 27 You have heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. 28 But I say to you, That every one that looks on a woman to cherish desire, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 But if thy right eye ensnares thee, pull it out, and throw it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not that thy whole body be thrown into hell. 30 And if thy right hand ensnares thee, cut it off, and throw it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not that thy whole body go away into hell. 31 And it has been said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. 32 But I say to you, that whoever shalt put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her that is put away commits adultery. 33 Again: you have heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt pay to the Lord thy oaths. 34 But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; 35 nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King: 36 neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your word be yes, yes; no, no; and that which is more than these is of the evil one. 38 You have heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. 39 But I say to you, that you resist not the injurious; but whoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And to him that will go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, give up thy mantle also. 41 And whoever will impress thee to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him that asks of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away. 43 You have heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. 44 But I say to you. Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; 45 that you may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends his rain on the just and the unjust. 46 For if you love them that love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? Do not even the heathen the same? 48 Be you therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 6 1 But take heed that you do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them: other wise you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens. 2 When therefore thou wouldst do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily I say to you: They have their reward in full. 3 But when thou doest a charitable deed, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does; 4 that thy charitable deed may be in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee. 5 And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you: They have their reward in full. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, go into thy closet; and having closed thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee. 7 But when you pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathens; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not therefore like them; for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask him. 9 In this way therefore pray you: Our Father who art in the heavens: hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done as in heaven also on earth. 11 Give us this day our needful bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors; 13 and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 14 For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; 15 but if you for give not men, neither will your Father forgive your offenses. 16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, They have their reward in full. 17 But do thou, when fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, 18 that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. 21 For where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If thy eye be simple thy whole body shall be full of light; 23 but if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If then the light that is in thee is darkness, how great that darkness. 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon. 25 For this reason I say to you: Be not anxious for your life what you shall eat, nor for your body what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing? 26 Look at the birds of heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into granaries; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them: are you not much better than they? 27 But which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to his age? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, nor do they spin. 29 But I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed as one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the herb of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Then, be not anxious, saying: What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or with what shall we be clothed? 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these. 33 But seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these shall be given you in addition. 34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own evil. Matthew 7 1 Judge not that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged, and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you. 3 And why beholdest thou the splinter that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the splinter out of thy eye, and behold, the beam is in thy own eye. 5 Hypocrite, pull first the beam out of thy own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to pull the splinter out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither throw your pearls before swine, less they trample them with their feet, and turn and tear you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, of whom should his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 or if he should also ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If then you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in the heavens give good gifts to those who ask him? 12 All things therefore whatever you would that men should do to you, even so do you to them; for this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter in through the strait gate; for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction; and many are they that go in through it; 14 for strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leads to life, and few are they that find it. 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17 So every good tree produces goodly fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree produce goodly fruit. 19 Every tree that does not produce goodly fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore, by their fruits you shall know them. 21 Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I confess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity. 24 Every one therefore that hears these words of mine and does them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not; for it was founded on the rock. 26 And every one that hears these words of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was its fall. 28 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching; 29 for he taught them as having authority and not as their scribes. Matthew 8 1 And when he had come down from the mountain, many multitudes followed him. 2 And behold, a leper came and worshipped him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And he stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying: I will, be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him: See that thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 5 And when he had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion beseeching him, 6 and saying: Lord, my servant lies in my house palsied, fearfully tormented. 7 He says to him: I will come and cure him. 8 But the centurion answering said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak only in a word, and my servant shall be restored to health. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one: Go, and he goes; and to another: Come, and he comes; and to my servant: Do this, and he does it. 10 And hearing it Jesus was filled with admiration, and said to those that followed: Verily I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith. 11 But I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline at tables with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens; 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall go forth into the darkness that is without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said to the centurion: Go; as thou hast believed, be it done for thee. And the servant was restored to health in that hour. 14 And Jesus came into the house of Peter, and saw his mother-in-law lying and ill of a fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and ministered to him. 16 But when evening had come, they brought to him many possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases. 18 But Jesus seeing many multitudes about him, gave orders to depart to the other side. 19 And a scribe came and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest. 20 And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the heaven have roosts, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. 22 But he said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead. 23 And after he had entered the ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. 25 And they came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save, we perish. 26 And he says to them: Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 And the men were astonished, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? 28 And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one could pass by that way. 29 And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Hast thou come hither before the time, to torment us? 30 And there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine feeding. 31 And the demons besought him saying: If thou dost cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. 32 And he said to them: Go. And they came out, and went away into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and died in the waters. 33 But those who fed them fled, and going away into the city told all things, and what had happened to those possessed with the demons. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him they besought that he would depart from their borders; Matthew 9 1 And he entered a ship and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And behold, they brought to him a palsied man lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Take courage, son, thy sins are for given. 3 And behold, some of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. 4 And Jesus perceiving their thoughts, said: Why think you evil in your hearts? 5 I For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say: Arise and walk? 6 But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has authority to forgive sins, then he says to the palsied man: Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. 7 And he arose and went away to his house. 8 And the multitudes saw and were afraid, and glorified God who had given such authority to men. 9 And Jesus passing by thence saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the customhouse, and said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 10 And it came to pass that, as he reclined at tables in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples, 11 And the Pharisees seeing it said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and sinners? 12 But hearing it he said: Those who are in health have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what "I desire mercy and not sacrifice" means. For I came not to call righteous men, but sinners. 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 15 And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride chamber mourn while the bride groom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. 17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise, the bottles break, and the wine runs out, and the bottles perish; but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved together. 18 While he was speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and worshipped him, saying: My daughter just now died; but come and lay thy hand on her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20 And behold, a woman, that had had an issue of blood for twelve years, came behind and touched the fringe of his mantle; 21 for she said within herself: If I may only touch his mantle, I shall be saved. 22 But he turned and saw her and said: Daughter, take courage; thy faith has saved thee. And the woman was saved from that hour. 23 And Jesus entered the house of the ruler and saw the pipers and the multitude making a noise, and said: 24 Withdraw, for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him. 25 But when the multitude had been put out, he went in and took her hand, and the maid arose. 26 And the fame of this went forth into that whole land. 27 And as Jesus was passing by thence, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. 28 And after he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them: Believe you that I am able to do this? They said to him: Yes, Lord. 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you. 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them in a threatening manner, saying: See that no one know it. 31 But they went out and published him abroad in all that land. 32 But as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a man dumb possessed with a demon. 33 And after the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. And the multitudes were astonished, saying: Never did it appear thus in Israel. 34 But the Pharisees said: By the prince of the demons casts he out the demons. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every infirmity. 36 But seeing the multitudes he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and scattered as sheep that had no shepherd. 37 Then said he to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few: 38 pray therefore the Lord of the harvest that he send forth laborers into his harvest. Matthew 10 1 And he called to him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits so that they could cast them out, and cure every disease and every infirmity. 2 But the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot who also delivered him up. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth after he had charged them, saying: Into the road to the Gentiles go not, and into a city of the Samaritans enter not; 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as you go, preach saying: The kingdom of the heavens is at hand. 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out the demons: freely you received, freely give. 9 Provide not gold, neither silver, nor brass in your girdles; 10 no bag for the journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer is worthy of his support. 11 Into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till you go forth. 12 And when you enter a house, salute it. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Verily, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be come therefore wise as serpents, and guileless as doves. 17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you; 18 and before governors also and kings shall you be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak; for there shall be given you in that hour what you shall speak; 20 for you are not the speakers, but it is the Spirit of my Father that speaks in you. 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you shall be hated by all because of my name; but he that endures to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other for verily I say to you, you shall not have made the circuit of the cities of Israel, till the Son of man shall have come. 24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he become as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have surnamed the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household. 26 Be not then afraid of them; for nothing is concealed that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And yet not one of them shall fall to the ground without your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in the heavens. 33 But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens. 34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth, I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man in opposition to his father, and a daughter to her mother, and a daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law; 36 and a man's enemies shall be those of his household. 37 He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me; 38 and he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. 40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. 41 He that receives a prophet because he is a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whoever shall give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. Matthew 11 1 And it came to pass when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 But John, having heard in prison of the works of Christ, sent by his disciples, 3 and said to him: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? 4 And answering. Jesus said to them: Go and tell John what things you hear and see; 5 the blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them; 6 and blessed is he whoever shall not be offended at me. 7 But as these were going away, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken by the wind? 8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed ill soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. 12 But from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by force, and men of force seize upon it eagerly. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John; 14 and if you will receive it, he is Elijah that was to come. 15 He that has ears, let him hear. 16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sit ting in the markets, who call to the others, 17 and say: We piped to you, and you did not dance: we wailed, and you did not lament. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon. 19 The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say: Behold, a man, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. And yet Wisdom is justified by her works. 20 Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not. 21 Alas for thee, Chorazin; Alas for thee, Bethsaida; for if the mighty works which have been done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 Further more I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted to heaven? Thou shalt be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 Furthermore I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee. 25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee. Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that thou hart hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: 26 yes, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father: neither knows any one the Father but the Son, and he to whomever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come to me, all you that labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is good, and my burden is light. Matthew 12 1 At that time Jesus went, on the sabbath, through the fields of grain: and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pull the ears of grain and to eat. 2 And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. 3 But he said to them: Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him? 4 how he entered the house of God, and ate of the loaves of the presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but for the priests only? 5 or have you not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6 But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what “I desire mercy and not sacrifice” means, you would not have condemned the blameless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. 9 And he departed thence, and came into their synagogue. 10 And behold, a man had a withered hand; and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. 11 But he said to them: What man shall there be of you, who shall have one sheep; and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it up? 12 How much better then, a man is than a sheep: so then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. 13 Then he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored to soundness as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, that they might destroy him. 15 But Jesus perceived it and withdrew thence. And many folk followed him, and he cured them all, 16 and charged them that they should not make him known, 17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: 18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not contend nor cry out, neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking wick shall he not extinguish, till he send forth judgment to victory. 21 And in his name shall nations trust. 22 Then was brought to him a demoniac blind and dumb; and he cured him so that the dumb man spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were astonished and said: Is this the Son of David? 24 But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not cast out the demons but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons. 25 And knowing their thoughts he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate; and no city or house divided against itself shall stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges. 28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then has the kingdom of God already come upon you. 29 Or how can any one enter the house of the strong man and seize on his instruments, unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plunder his house? 30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters. 31 For this reason I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And who ever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that to come. 33 Either make the tree goodly and its fruit goodly, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by the fruit the tree is known. 34 Brood of vipers, how can you being evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of his good ; treasure brings forth good things; and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 38 Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying: Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said t to them: A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and lo, something, greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because she came from the most distant parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here. 43 When the unclean spirit has gone out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says: I will return into my house whence I came. And he comes and finds it unoccupied, and swept, and adorned. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this wicked generation. 46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without seeking to speak to him. 47 And some one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand with out, seeking to speak to thee. 48 But he answered and said to him that told him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? 49 And stretching forth his hand over his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brothers; 50 for whoever shall have done the will of my Father who is in the heavens, this is my brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew 13 1 In that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea. 2 And many multitudes came together to him so that he entered a ship and sat down, and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow. 4 And, as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 But others fell on rocky places where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up because they had no depth of earth; 6 but when the sun had risen, they I were scorched, and because they had no root they withered. 7 But others fell on thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 But others I fell on good ground, and brought forth fruit, one a hundredfold, one sixty, one thirty. 9 He that has ears, let him hear. 10 And the disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables? 11 And he answered and said: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given. 12 For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. 13 For this reason I speak to them in parables, because when seeing they see not, and when hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. 15 For the heart of this people has become fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes they have closed, lest perhaps they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should restore them to health. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 Verily I say to you: Many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and saw not, and to hear what you hear, and heard not. 18 Hear you then the parable of him that sowed. 19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and snatches away that which is sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way. 20 But he that was sown on the rocky places is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, he immediately takes offense. 22 But he that was sown among thorns is he that hears the word, and the care of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But he that was sown on good ground, is he that hears the word and understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces, one a hundred fold, one sixty, one thirty. 24 Another parable laid he before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares over in the midst of the wheat and went away. 26 But when the blade sprung up and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him; Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? Whence then has it tares? 28 He said to them: An enemy did this. And the servants say to him: Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said: No, lest perhaps while gathering the tares you root up the wheat together with them. 30 Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary. 31 Another parable laid he before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field: 32 which indeed is less than all the seeds; but when it has grown, is greater than the garden plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches. 33 Another parable spoke he to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened. 34 All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable spoke he nothing to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things concealed from the foundation. 36 Then dismissing the multitudes he came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 And he answered and said: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man: 38 the field is the world: the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the wicked one: 39 the enemy that sowed them is the devil: the harvest is the conclusion of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 As then the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the conclusion of the age. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause offense, and them that do iniquity, 42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear. 44 The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hid in the field, which a man found and hid, and for joy over it he went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. 45 Again: the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46 when he had found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. 47 Again: the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind: 48 which, when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down they gathered the good into baskets, but threw the bad away. 49 So shall it be in the conclusion of the age: the angels shall come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 Have you understood all these things? They say to him, Yes. 52 And he said to them: Therefore, every scribe instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a master of a house, who brings forth out of his treasury things new and old. 53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of these parables, he departed thence. 54 And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said: Whence has this man this wisdom and the mighty works? 55 Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judah? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things? 57 And they were offended s at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor unless in his own country and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Matthew 14 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 and said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he has risen from the dead, and for this reason the powers are active within him. 3 For Herod having taken John, had bound him, and put him away in prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother. 4 For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And intending to kill him, he was afraid of the multitude, because they held him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst and pleased Herod: 7 wherefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. 8 And she having been before instigated by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist. 9 And the king though grieved, be cause of the oaths and the guests commanded it to be given, 10 and sent and beheaded John in the prison. 11 And his head was brought in a dish and given to the maiden; and she carried it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came and took away the corpse and buried it, and came and told Jesus. 13 And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew thence in a ship to a desert place apart; and the multitudes hearing it followed him on foot from the cities. 14 And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and was moved with pity for them and cured their sick. 15 But when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying: The place is desert, and the hour has already passed: therefore send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. 16 But he said to them: They have no need to go away; do you give them to eat. 17 And they say to him: We have here nothing but five loaves and two fishes. 18 And he said: Bring them hither to me. 19 And after commanding the multitudes to recline on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and having looked up to heaven he blessed, and broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the multitudes. 20 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what remained of the broken pieces twelve traveling baskets full. 21 And those who had eaten were about five thousand men besides women and children. 22 And he compelled the disciples to enter the ship, and go before him to the other side, till he should send the multitudes away. 23 And having sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when evening had come he was there alone. 24 But the ship now in the midst of the sea was tossed by the waves; for the wind was against it. 25 And at the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking over the sea. 26 And seeing him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying: It is a specter; and they cried out for fear. 27 But he immediately spoke to them, saying: Take courage, it is I: be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said: Lord, if it is thou, command me to come to thee over the waters. 29 And he said: Come. And going down from the ship Peter walked over the waters, and came to Jesus. 30 But seeing the wind he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying: Lord, save me. 31 And Jesus immediately stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? 32 And after they had come up into the ship the wind ceased. 33 And those in the ship worshipped him, saying: Truly thou art the Son of God. 34 And they passed over and came to the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when they had knowledge of him, the men of that place sent into that whole region round about, and brought to him all that were sick; 36 and they besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his mantle; and as many as touched were thoroughly restored to health. Matthew 15 1 Then came to Jesus Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, saying: 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But answering he said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying: Honor thy father and thy mother; and he that curses father or mother let him surely die; 5 but you say: Whoever shall say to his father or his mother: That, by whatever thou mightest receive aid from me, is a gift, he shall no more honor his father or his mother. 6 And you have made the law of God of no effect because of your traditions. 7 Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying: This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. 9 But in vain do they show devotion to me, teaching teachings the commandments of men. 10 And calling the multitude to him he said to them: Hear and understand; 11 not that which enters the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man. 12 Then came the disciples and said to him: Knowest thou that the Pharisees, when they heard the saying, were offended? 13 But he answered and said: Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if a blind man lead a blind man, both shall fall into the pit. 15 But Peter answered and said to him: Explain to us the parable. 16 And he said; Are you also yet without understanding? 17 Do you not perceive that every thing that enters the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the sink? 18 But the things that come forth from the mouth proceed from the heart; and these defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, lewdness, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 20 These are the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not the man. 21 And Jesus went out thence and withdrew into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came forth from those borders and cried out, saying: Have mercy on me. Lord, Son of David: my daughter is grievously afflicted by a demon. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Dismiss her, for she cries after us. 24 But he answered and said: I have not been sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 And she came and worshipped him, saying: Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said: It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. 27 And she said: Yes, Lord: and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done for thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was restored to health from that hour. 29 And having departed thence Jesus came by the sea of Galilee; and going up into the mountain he sat there, 30 And there came to him many multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they threw them down at his feet; and he cured them, 31 so that the multitude was astonished when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 But Jesus called to him his disciples and said: I have pity on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest perhaps they faint on the road. 33 And the disciples said to him: Whence have we in the desert as many loaves as can fill so great a multitude? 34 And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? They said: Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And having commanded; the multitude to recline on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and after giving thanks he broke, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitudes. 37 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what remained of the broken pieces, seven provision baskets full. 38 And they that had eaten were four thousand men besides children and women. 39 And 1 he sent the multitudes away, and entered the ship, and came into the borders of Magadan. Matthew 16 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered and said to them: 3 [no verse] 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah. And he left them and departed. 5 And the disciples having come to the other side had forgotten to take bread. 6 And Jesus said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying: Because we took no bread. 8 But Jesus perceiving it, said: Why reason among yourselves, O you of little faith, because you took no bread? 9 Do you not yet understand, and do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many traveling baskets you took up? 10 nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many provision baskets you took up? 11 How is it that you do not understand that I spoke not to you of bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 12 Then they understood that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 13 And when Jesus had come into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 They said: Some, John the Baptist, but others, Elijah, and yet others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He says to them: But who say you that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answering said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. 18 And I also say to thee, that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in the heavens; and whatever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in the heavens. 20 Then he charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. 21 From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day. 22 And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be to thee. 23 But he turned and said to Peter: Get behind me, Satan: thou art my stumbling block, for thou thinkest not the things of God, but the things of men. 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall have lost his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall have gained the whole world, but yet shall have lost his life? Or what will a man give as a ransom for his life? 27 For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then will he reward each one according to his work. 28 Verily I say to you: There are some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Matthew 17 1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter and James and John his brother, and leads them up into a high mountain apart. 2 And he was transfigured before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him. 4 And Peter answered and said to Jesus: Lord, it is good that we are here; if thou wiltest I will make here three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a cloud of light overshadowed them; and lo, a voice from the cloud saying: This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased: hear him. 6 And hearing it the disciples fell on their face and were greatly afraid. 7 And Jesus came forward, and touching them said: Arise and be not afraid. 8 But when they had lifted up their eyes they saw no one but Jesus only. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no one till the Son of man shall have risen from the dead. 10 And the disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must first come? 11 He answered and said: Elijah indeed comes; and he will restore all things. 12 But I say to you, that Elijah has already come, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. So also shall the Son of man suffer by them. 13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist. 14 And when they came to the multitude, there came to him a man kneeling to him, 15 and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples and they were not able to cure him. 17 And Jesus answered and said, O generation unbelieving and perverse, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you; Bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the child was cured from that hour. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said: Why were we not able to cast it out? 20 He said to them: Because of your little faith; for verily I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard, you shall say to this mountain: Be removed hence to that place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible for you. 21 [no verse] 22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they shall kill him, and on the third day he shall arise. And they were very sad. 24 And when they came into Capernaum, they that collected the didrachma came to Peter and said: Does your teacher pay the didrachma? 25 He said: Yes. And after he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying: What think you, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tribute or custom? From their own sons, or from those of others? 26 And when he had said: From those of others; Jesus said to him: Then are the sons free. 27 But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and throw in a hook, and take the fish that first comes up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that and give it to them for me and thee. Matthew 18 1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens? 2 And calling a little child to him, he placed it in the midst of them, 3 and said: Verily I say to you, unless you turn and become as little children, you shall in no way enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens. 5 And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me. 6 But whoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hung about his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Alas for the world because of offenses; for it is necessary that offenses come, yet alas for the man through whom the offense comes. 8 But if thy hand or thy foot offends thee, cut it off and throw it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 9 And if thy eye offends thee, pull it out and throw it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. 10 Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens. 11 For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost. 12 What think you? If any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and seek for that which went astray? 13 And if it happen that he find it, verily I say to you, that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that went not astray. 14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones perish. 15 And if thy brother sin, go, tell him of his fault between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican. 18 Verily I say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again, I say to you that if two of you on earth shall agree concerning any thing what ever they will ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in the heavens. 20 For where there are two or three that have come together for my name, there am I in the midst of them. 21 Then came Peter and said to him: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Till seven times? 22 Jesus says to him: I say not to thee, till seven times, but till seventy times seven. 23 For this reason the kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man, a king, who wished to take up a settlement with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle, there was brought to him one that owed him ten thousand talents. 25 And as he was not able to pay, the lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 Falling down therefore, that servant worshipped him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27 And the lord of that servant moved with pity loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants that owed him a hundred denarii; and laying hold on him he took him by the throat, saying: Pay, if thou owest any thing. 29 Falling down therefore, his fellow servant besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. 30 But he would not; but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 Therefore his fellow servants seeing what had been done, were greatly grieved, and came and made known to their lord all that had been done. 32 Then his lord called him and said to him: Wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because thou didst entreat me: 33 did it not behoove thee also to have mercy on t thy fellow servant, as I also had mercy on thee? 34 And being angry t his lord delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due him. 35 So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if you from your hearts forgive not each one his brother. Matthew 19 1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2 And many multitudes followed him, and he cured them there. 3 And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said: Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female? 5 and said: For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. 6 So then no longer are they two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce and put her away? 8 He said to them: Moses because of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. 9 But I say to you: Whoever puts away his wife unless for lewdness, and marries another, commits adultery. 10 The disciples say to him: If such is the case of the man with the wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said to them: All cannot receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. 13 Then were brought to him little children, that he might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said to them: Let the little children alone and forbid them not to come to me; for to such belongs the kingdom of the heavens. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 16 And behold, one came to him and said: Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said to him: Why dost thou ask me about the good? One is good. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 Which said he. And Jesus said: Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false testimony. 19 honor thy father and thy mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 20 The young man says to him: All these have I kept; what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell thy goods, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come follow me. 22 And hearing it, the young man went away grieved; for he had great possessions. 23 And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, that a rich man will with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 24 But again I say to you that it is easier for a camel to enter in through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 25 And the disciples hearing it were greatly astonished, saying: Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus looked on them and said to them: With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. 27 Then Peter answered and said to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee: what therefore shall we have? 28 And Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you yourselves also shall sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one that has left brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, or houses, for the sake of my name, shall receive many times more and shall inherit eternal life. 30 But many first shall be last and last first. Matthew 20 1 For the kingdom of the heavens is like a man a master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. 2 And when he l had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the market idle, 4 and he said to them: Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever may be right I will give you. 5 And they went. And again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did in like manner. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and said to them: Why do you stand here all the day idle? 7 They said to him: Because no one has hired us. He said to them: Go you also into the vineyard. 8 And when evening had come the lord of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and pay the hire, beginning from the last even to the first. 9 And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius. 10 But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they should receive more; and they also received each one a denarius. 11 But when they received it they murmured against the master of the house, 12 saying: These the last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day, and the heat. 13 But he answered one of them and said: Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with I me for a denarius? 14 Take that which is thine and go. But I will give to this the last even as to thee: 15 is it not allowed me to do what I will with my own? or is thy eye evil because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last. 17 And as Jesus went up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately, and on the way said to them: 18 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death. 19 And they will deliver him to the Gentiles, to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he shall rise. 20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping and asking something of him. 21 And he said to her: What wilt thou? She says to him: Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said: You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say to him: We are able. 23 He says to them: My cup indeed you shall drink, but to sit on my right and on my left, it is not mine to give this, but it shall be given to those for whom it has been prepared, by my Father. 24 But when the ten heard it, they were displeased with the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lord ship over them, and the great exercise authority over them. 26 Not so shall it be among you; but who ever will become great among you shall be your minister; 27 and whoever will be first among you, shall be your servant; 28 as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many. 29 And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the way, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying: Have mercy on us, son of David. 31 But the multitude rebuked them that they should be silent; and they cried out the more, saying: Lord, have mercy on us, son of David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What will you that I should do for you? 33 They say to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 And moved with pity Jesus touched their eyes; and they immediately received sight, and followed him. Matthew 21 1 And when they were near to Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them: Go into the village that is opposite to you, and you will immediately find an ass tied and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me. 3 And if any one say anything to you, you shall say that the Lord has need of them; and he will immediately send them. 4 And this was done that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying: 5 Say to the daughter of Zion: Behold, thy King comes to thee meek and mounted on an ass, yes, on a colt the foal of a beast of burden. 6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus had commanded them, 7 and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and he sat upon them. 8 And the most of the multitude spread their mantles in the road, but others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road. 9 And the multitudes that went before him, and those that followed cried out, saying: Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. 10 And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this? 11 And the multitudes said: This is the prophet Jesus, who is from Nazareth of Galilee. 12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those that sold doves, 13 and said to them: It is written: My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers. 14 And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple, and he cured them. 15 And the chief priests and the scribes seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying: Hosanna to the Son of David, they were displeased, 16 and said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them: Yes; have you never read that out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast prepared praise? 17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. 18 But in the morning as he re turned to the city he was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree on the road, he went to it, and found nothing on it, but leaves only; and he said to it: Let fruit grow from thee no more for ever. And the fig tree immediately withered. 20 And the disciples seeing it were astonished, saying: How did the fig tree immediately wither? 21 But Jesus answered and said to them: Verily I say to you, if you have faith and doubt not, you shall do not only this of the fig tree, but if you say even to this mountain: Be taken up, and be thrown into the sea, it shall be done. 22 And all things whatever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive. 23 And when he had come into the temple, as he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him, saying: By I what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24 But Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one word, which if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? Of heaven or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying: 26 If we say: Of heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? but if we say: Of men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus and said: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what think you? A man had two sons; coming to the first he said: Son, go, work today in the vineyard. 29 But he answered and said: I will not; afterward he regretted it and went. 30 And coming to the other he said in like manner. And he answered and said: I go, sir; and went not. 31 Which of the two did the will of the father? They say: The first. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you that the publicans and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and you, when you saw it, afterwards felt no regret that you might believe him. 33 Hear another parable. A man was master of a house, and he planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug in it a wine press and built a tower, and let it out to vinedressers, and went into another country. 34 But when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, to receive his fruits. 35 And the vinedressers took his servants and scourged one, and killed another, and threw stones at another. 36 Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in like manner. 37 But at last he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. 38 But the vinedressers seeing the son said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance. 39 And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers? 41 They say to him: The wretches he will wretchedly destroy them, and the vineyard he will let out to other vinedressers, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus says to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures: A stone which the builders rejected, this be came the head of the corner: this was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes? 43 Wherefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth its fruits. 44 And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind. 45 But when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them; 46 and seeking to lay hold of him they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet. Matthew 22 1 And answering, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man, a king, who made a marriage for his son. 3 And he sent forth his servants to call those that had been called to the marriage; and they would not come. 4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying: Tell those who have been called: Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and the fallings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage. 5 But they were careless and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. 6 But the rest, laying hold on his servants, outraged and slew them. 7 And the king was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire. 8 Then said he to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready, but those who were called were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to the crossroads, and whoever you find call to the marriage. 10 And those servants went out into the roads, and brought together all as many as they found, both bad and good, and the bride chamber was filled with guests. 11 But when the king came in to look upon the guests, he saw there a man that had not a wedding garment. 12 And he said to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent. 13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his feet and hands and cast him into the darkness that is without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few chosen. 15 Then went the Pharisees and took counsel that they might entrap him in a word. 16 And they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and thou carest for no one, for thou lookest not on the person of men: 17 tell us therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? 18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness said: Why tempt me, hypocrites? 19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought him a denarius. 20 And Jesus says to them: Whose image is this, and the superscription? 21 They say: Caesar's. Then says he to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. 22 And hearing they wondered, and leaving him they went away. 23 In that day came to him Sadducees who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, 24 saying: Teacher, Moses said: If any one die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married and died; and not having offspring he left his wife to his brother. 26 In like manner also the second and the third, to the seventh. 27 But last of all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven shall she be the wife? for all had her. 29 But Jesus answered and said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven. 31 But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33 And the multitudes hearing it were astonished at his teaching. 34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, came together to the same place; 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, tempting him: 36 Teacher, what commandment is great in the law? 37 And he said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 A second is like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets. 41 But as the Pharisees had come together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying: What think you of the Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him: David's. 43 He says to them: How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying: 44 The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand till I put thy enemies under thy feet. 45 If thus David calls him, Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one from that day venture to ask him another question. Matthew 23 1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2 saying: The scribes and Pharisees have sat down in Moses' seat. 3 All things therefore whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works; for they say and do not. 4 And they bind heavy burdens and lay them on the shoulders of men; but themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 And all their works they do to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes; 6 and they love the first reclining places at suppers and the first seats in the synagogues, 7 and the salutations in the markets, and to be called by men Rabbi. 8 But be you not called Rabbi; for one is your teacher, and you all are, brethren. 9 And call no one on earth your father; for one is your Father, the heavenly. 10 Neither be called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ. 11 And the greatest of you shall be your minister. 12 For whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and who ever shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13 But alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you eat up the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers. For this reason you shall receive the greater condemnation. 14 But alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for you go not in, neither do you permit those who are entering, to go in. 15 Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him twofold more a child of hell than yourselves. 16 Alas for you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor. 17 Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is on it, is a debtor. 19 Blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, he that swears by the altar swears by it, and by all that is on it; 21 and he that swears by the temple swears by it, and by him that dwells in it; 22 and he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits upon it. 23 Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, the justice, and the mercy, and the faithfulness: these ought you to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but swallow the camel. 25 Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but within they are full of rapine and incontinence. 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of it the cup, that its outside also may become clean. 27 Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you are like whitened sepulchers, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead and of all uncleanness. 28 So also you outwardly indeed appear to men to be righteous, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous, 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. 31 So then you testify for yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Do you also fill up the measure of your fathers? 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Wherefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes: of them you will kill and crucify, and of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that there may come on you all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say to you, all these things shall come on this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, and you refused. 38 Behold, your house is left to you deserted. 39 For I say to you, you shall no more see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Matthew 24 1 And going out Jesus was departing from the temple; and his disciples came to him to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 And he answered and said to them: See you not all these things? Verily I say to you, there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us, when shall these things be, and what the sign of thy coming and of the conclusion of the age? 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: See that no one deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying: I am the Christ, and shall deceive many. 6 But you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you be not troubled; for they must be, but not yet is the end. 7 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 But all these are the beginning of pains. 9 Then they shall deliver you up to affliction, and shall kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations because of my name. 10 And then shall many be offended, and deliver one another up, and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall arise and deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of many shall grow cold. 13 But he that endures to the end, he shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the end come. 15 When therefore you see the abomination* of desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, let the reader understand, * The Roman eagle causing desolation. 16 then let those that are in Judea flee to the mountains; 17 he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take the goods out of his house; 18 and he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his garment. 19 But alas for them that are with child, and them that give suck in those days. 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter nor on a sabbath. 21 For there shall be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor shall ever be. 22 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved; but because of the elect those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ, or there, believe it not. 24 For false Christs and false prophets shall arise, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand. 26 If then they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe not. 27 Fort as the lightning comes forth from the east and shines even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. 28 Wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles come together. 29 But immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and all the tribes of the land shall wail, and shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great trumpet, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds from the ends of the s heavens to the ends of them. 32 But from the fig tree learn the parable. When its branch has now d become tender and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near; 33 so also you, when you see all these things, know that it is near at the doors. 34 Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of the heavens, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as they were in the days that were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day in which Noah entered the ark, 39 and knew not till the flood came and took them all away; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two men be in the field, one shall be taken and one left: 41 two women shall be grinding at the mill, one shall be taken and one left. 42 Watch therefore: for you know not in what day your Lord comes. 43 But know this: that if the master of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have kept awake and not have permitted his house to be broken through. 44 Wherefore be you also ready, for at an hour at which you think not the Son of man comes. 45 Who is then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord has set over his household servants, to give them their food in season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord on coming shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say to you that he will set him over all his goods. 48 But if the wicked servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays, 49 and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken: 50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day which he looks not for, and at an hour that he knows not, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25 1 Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 For the foolish took the lamps and took no oil with themselves; 4 but the wise took oil in the vessels with their own lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom delayed they all nodded and fell asleep. 6 And at midnight a cry was made: Behold the bridegroom; go out to meet him. 7 Then arose all those virgins and adorned their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. 9 But the wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and you, go rather to those that sell and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. 11 But afterwards came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open for us. 12 But he answered and said: Verily I say to you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for you know not the day nor the hour. 14 For as a man, on leaving home, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods; 15 and to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his own ability, and left home. 16 Immediately he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made other five talents. 17 In like manner he that had received the two gained other two. 18 But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 But after a long time the lord of those servants comes and takes up a settlement with them. 20 And he that had received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying: Lord, five talents thou didst deliver to me: see, other five talents have I gained. 21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many: enter into the joy of thy lord. 22 And he that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, two talents thou didst deliver to me: see, other two talents have I gained. 23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many: enter into the joy of thy lord. 24 And he that had received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering whence thou didst not scatter; 25 and being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thy own. 26 But his lord answered and said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather whence I did not a scatter? 27 It behooved thee then to put my money with the bankers, and on coming I could have received my own with interest. 28 Take then from him the talent and give it to him that has the ten talents. 29 For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has a not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness that is without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 But when the Son of man shall have come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory; 32 and there shall be gathered before him all the nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall place the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the king say to those on his right: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me to your homes; 36 I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungry and fed thee? or thirsty and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee to our homes? or naked and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick or in prison and came to thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me. 41 Then shall, he say to those also on the left: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave, me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you took me not to your homes; naked, and you clothed me not: sick and in prison, and you visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not to thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. Matthew 26 1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples: 2 You know that after two days the Passover is kept, arid the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. 3 Then came together the chief priests and the elders of the people into the court of the chief priest who is called Caiaphas; 4 and they took counsel that they might take Jesus by craft and kill him. 5 But they said: Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people. 6 And while Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8 And the disciples seeing it were displeased, saying: Why was this waste? 9 for this could have been sold for much and given to the poor. 10 But Jesus perceiving it said to them: Why trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work on me. 11 For the poor you have always with you, but me you have not always. 12 For she, in pouring this ointment on my body, has done it to prepare me for burial. 13 Verily I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also which she has done shall be told for a memorial of her. 14 Then went one of the twelve that was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests 15 and said: What will you give me, and I will de liver him to you? And they weighed to him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought an opportunity that he might deliver him up. 17 And on the first day of the unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover? 18 And he said: Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him: The Teacher says: My time is at hand, with thee I keep the Passover with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had commanded them, and made ready the Passover. 20 But when evening had come, he reclined at table with the twelve disciples. 21 And as they were eating he said; Verily I say to you that one of you shall deliver me up. 22 And being very sad they began each one to say to him: Lord, is it I? 23 But he answered and said: He that dips the hand with me into the dish, he shall deliver me up. 24 The Son of man indeed goes as it is written of him. But alas for that man, by whom the Son of man is delivered up: good were it for that man if he had not been born. 25 And Judas who delivered him up answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? He says to him: Thou hast said. 26 But as they were eating, Jesus took bread and having blessed he broke, and giving to the disciples he said: Take, eat: This is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and having given thanks he gave to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood of the New Covenant, that is shed for many for remission of sins. 29 But I say to you, I will not henceforth drink of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father. 30 And they sung a hymn and went out into the mount of Olives. 31 Then Jesus says to them: All of you shall be offended at me this night. For it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. 32 But after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 And Peter answered and said to him: Though all should be offended at thee, I will never be offended. 34 Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee that on this night, before a cock shall have crowed, thou wilt deny me three times. 35 Peter says to him: Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee. In like manner also said all the disciples. 36 Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and ii says to the disciples: Sit here till I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be in grief and anguish. 38 Then he says to them: My soul is encompassed with sorrow even to death: remain here and watch with me. 39 And going forward a little he fell upon his face in prayer, and saying: Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; and not as I will, but as thou. 40 And he comes to his disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter: So you had not strength to watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42 Again a second time he went away and prayed, saying: My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, thy will be a done. 43 And he came again and found them sleeping; for their eyes were heavy. 44 And leaving them he again went away, and prayed the third time, saying the same word again. 45 Then comes he to the disciples and says to them: Sleep the remaining time and rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners. 46 Arise, let us go: behold, he is at hand that delivers me up. 47 And as he was yet speaking, behold. Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people, 48 He that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying: The one that I shall kiss is he; hold him fast. 49 And immediately he came to Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi! and kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him: Friend, for what purpose have you come? Then they came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast. 51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him: Put back your sword into its place; for all that take the sword shall perish by the sword. 53 Do you think that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he would cause more than twelve legions of angels to stand by me? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 55 At the same time Jesus said to the multitudes: Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I sat daily with you in the temple and taught, and you did not take me. 56 All this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled. 57 And those who took Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and elders had come together. 58 But Peter followed him, at a distance, to the palace of the chief priest, and went in and sat with the attendants, to see the end. 59 And the chief priests and the elders, and the whole Sanhedrim, sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and found none. Though many false witnesses came, yet they found none. At last two false witnesses came, 61 and said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 And the chief priest arose, and said to him: Do you make no answer? What do these testify against you? 63 But Jesus remained silent. And the chief priest answered and said to him: I adjure you, by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God? 64 Jesus said to him: You have said. Moreover, I say to you, Here after you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming upon the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the chief priest rent his clothes, and said: He has spoken impiously; what further need have we of witnesses? See now, you have heard his impious words: 66 What think you? They answered and said: He is a subject for death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and strike him with their fists; some struck him with the open hand, 68 and said: Give an answer to us, Christ: Who is he that struck you? 69 But Peter was sitting without in the court; and a maidservant came to him, and said: You also l were with Jesus of Galilee. 70 But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what you say. 71 And when he went out into the entrance, another maidservant saw him, and said to those who were there: This man was also with Jesus the Nazarene. 72 And again he denied, with an oath: I know not the man. 73 After a little while, those who stood by came and said to Peter: Of a truth you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you. 74 Then he began to curse and to swear: I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had spoken to him: Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly. Matthew 27 1 When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus, that they might put him to death. 2 And they bound him and led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, who had delivered him up, when he saw that he was condemned, stung by remorse, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. But they said: What is it to us? Thou wilt see to it. 5 And throwing the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew, and went and hanged himself. 6 But the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said: It is not lawful to put them into the sacred treasury, because they are the price of blood. 7 But they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. 8 Wherefore, that field has been called the field of blood to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who had a price set upon him, on whom they of the sons of Israel set a price, 10 and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me, 11 But Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said: Thou sayest. 12 And while he was accused by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing. 13 Then says Pilate to him: Hearest thou not how many things they testify against thee? 14 And he answered him to not even one word, so that the governor was greatly astonished. 15 But at every feast the governor had been accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose. 16 And they had then a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 When therefore they had come together Pilate said to them: Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up. 19 And while he sat on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered much this day in a dream because of him. 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 And the governor answered and said to them: Which of the two will you that I release to you? They said: Barabbas. 22 Pilate says to them: What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? They all say: Let him be crucified. 23 But he said: Why, what evil has he done? They cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified. 24 And Pilate seeing that nothing avails, but rather that a tumult is rising, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this man: see you to it. 25 And all the people answered and said: His blood be upon us and upon our children. 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus, after he had scourged him, he delivered up that he might be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace and brought together to him the whole band. 28 And having stripped him they put on him a purple cloak, 29 and having plaited a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and bowing the knee before him they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews; 30 and having spit upon him they took the reed and struck upon his head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him. 32 And going out they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they impressed to carry his cross. 33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, which is called the place of a skull, 34 they gave him to drink wine mingled with gall; and when he had tasted, he would not drink. 35 But when they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting the lot; 36 and sitting down they watched him there. 37 And they placed over his head his accusation written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were crucified with him two robbers, one on the right and one on the left. 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads 40 and saying: Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself, if thou art the Son of God, and come down from the cross. 41 In like manner the chief priests mocking with the scribes and elders said: 42 Others he saved, himself he cannot save; King of Israel is he, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him; 43 he trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God. 44 And the robbers that were crucified with him uttered the same reproaches against him. 45 But from the sixth hour dark ness came over all the land till the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Elei, Elei, lema sabachtha nei? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 And some of them that stood there hearing it said: This man calls for Elijah. 48 And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed, gave it to him to drink. 49 But the rest said: Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him. 50 But Jesus again cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent into two from top to bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent, 52 and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept awoke; 53 and they came out of their sepulchers after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. 54 And the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake and what things had taken place, were greatly afraid, saying: Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him: 56 among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 57 But when evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus: 58 this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given. 59 And taking the body Joseph wrapped it in clean linen, 60 and laid it in his new sepulcher which he had hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher he departed. 61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite to the tomb. 62 But on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, 63 saying: Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while yet alive: After three days, I shall arise. 64 Command therefore that the tomb be made safe till the third day, lest perhaps the disciples come and steal him and say to the people: He has risen from the dead, and the last deception shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said to them: You have a guard: go, make it as safe as you know how. 66 And they went and made the tomb safe, sealing the stone and setting the guard. Matthew 28 1 But after the sabbath, as it began to dawn into the first of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the tomb. 2 And lo, there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord having descended from heaven and come, had rolled away the stone and had sat upon it. 3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men. 5 But the angel answered and said to the women: Fear not you; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified; 6 he is not here; for he has risen as he said: Come, see the place where he lay. 7 And go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead; and behold, he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him. Lo, I have told you. 8 And going away quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, they ran to bring his disciples word. 9 And behold, Jesus met them, saying: Hail. And they came and laid hold of his feet, and worshipped him. 10 Then says Jesus to them: Fear not: go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 11 But as they were going, be hold, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests all that had been done. 12 And having come together with the elders, and taken counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers, 13 saying: Say that his disciples came by night and stole him while we slept. 14 And if this be heard before the governor, we will persuade him and make you secure. 15 And they took the money and did as they were taught; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews to this day. 16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to a mountain where Jesus had appointed them; 17 and when they saw him they worshipped, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying : All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 20 teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you. And lo, I am with you, all the days, to the conclusion of the age. Mark 1 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way: 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 It was John who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair and a girdle of leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying: After me comes he that is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 I have baptized you in water, but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 9 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. 10 And immediately going up out of the water he saw the heavens rent, and the Spirit like a dove coming down upon him. 11 And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 12 And immediately the Spirit drives him into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. 14 But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15 that the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent and believe in the gospel. 16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon throwing a net about in the sea; for they were fishers. 17 And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men. 18 And immediately leaving the nets they followed him. 19 And going forward a little he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were also in the ship mending the nets. 20 And he immediately called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants they went away after him. 21 And they entered into Capernaum; and immediately, on the sabbath, he taught in the synagogue. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou hast come to destroy us. We know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him: Be silent, and come out of him. 26 And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, and having cried out with a loud voice came out of him. 27 And all were amazed, so that they inquired one of another, saying: What means this? A new teaching according to authority: he also commands the unclean spirits, and they obey him. 28 And his fame immediately went forth everywhere into the whole surrounding country of Galilee. 29 And immediately on going out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 30 And the mother-in-law of Simon lay ill of a fever and they immediately tell him of her. 31 And he came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand. And the fever left her, and she ministered to them. 32 But after evening had come, when the sun went down, they brought to him all that were sick, and those possessed with demons; 33 And the whole city was collected together at the door. 34 And he cured many that were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons, and permitted not the demons to speak, because they knew him. 35 And very early while yet night, he rose up and went out, and went away to a desert place, and there prayed. 36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. 37 And found him, and said to him: All seek for thee. 38 And he said to them: Let us go elsewhere to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth. 39 And he went through the whole of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues, and casting out demons. 40 And there came to him a leper, entreating him and kneeling, saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And moved with pity he stretched forth his hand and touched him and said: I will; be clean. 42 And the leprosy immediately departed from him, and he was made clean. 43 And after charging him in a threatening manner, he immediately sent him forth, 44 and said to him: See that thou say nothing to any one, but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 45 But he went out and began to proclaim it much, and publish the matter abroad, so that he could no longer openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places; and they came to him from every quarter. Mark 2 1 And entering again into Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was in a house. 2 And many came together, so that the house could no longer contain them, nor the space about the door; and he spoke the word to them. 3 And they came bringing to him a palsied man borne by four. 4 And not being able to bring him near to him on account of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and digging through, they let down the bed on which the palsied man lay. 5 And Jesus seeing their faith says to the palsied man: Son, thy sins are forgiven. 6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts: 7 Why speaks this man thus? He blasphemes: who can forgive sins but one, God? 8 And Jesus immediately perceiving by his spirit that they thus reasoned in themselves, said to them: Why reason these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the palsied man: Thy sins are forgiven, or to say: Rise and take up thy bed and go? 10 But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has authority to forgive sins, he says to the palsied man: 11 I say to thee, rise, take up thy bed and go to thy house. 12 And he arose and immediately taking up his bed, he went out before all, so that they all were astonished, and glorified. God, saying: Thus never saw we. 13 And he went forth again to the sea; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them 14 And passing by he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the customs-house, and said to him: Follow me And he rose up and followed him. 15 And it came to pass that he was reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinners reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and there followed him, 16 also the scribes of the Pharisees. And seeing that he ate with the publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples: Why does he eat and drink with the publicans and sinners? 17 And hearing it Jesus says to them: They that are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call righteous men, but sinners. 18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast. 20 But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment: otherwise, that which fills up takes from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old bottles: otherwise, the wine bursts the bottles, and the wine and bottles are lost. 23 And it came to pass that he was going on the sabbath through the fields of grain; and his disciples began to go on the way pulling the ears of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful? 25 And he said to them: Did you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him? 26 how he entered into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the loaves of the presence, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to those also that were with him? 27 And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 So then the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Mark 3 1 And he entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there that had a withered hand; 2 And they watched him if he would cure him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. 3 And he says to the man that had the withered hand: Rise and come into the midst. 4 And he says to them: Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. 5 And looking around on them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, he says to the man: Stretch forth the hand. And he stretched it forth, and his hand was restored to health. 6 And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians, and took counsel against him, that they might destroy him. 7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed from Galilee and from Judea, 8 And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what things he did, came to him. 9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait upon him because of the multitude, that they might not throng him; 10 For he cured many, so that they fell upon him, that they might touch him, as many as had scourges. 11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him and cried out, saying: Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he charged their minds that they should not make him known. 13 And he went up into the mountain, and called to him whom he would; and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have authority to cast out the demons. 16 And he appointed the twelve; and Simon he surnamed Peter. 17 And James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James; and these he surnamed Boanerges, which is sons of thunder; 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up, and he came into a house; 20 And a multitude again came together, so that they were able not even to eat bread. 21 And his relatives hearing it came forth to take him; for they said: He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he casts out the demons. 23 And he called them to him and spoke to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, he is divided; and he can not stand, but has an end. 27 But no one is able, on entering into the house of the strong man, to seize upon his instruments, unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. 28 Verily I say to you that all shall be forgiven the sons of men, the sins and the blasphemies, whatever things they shall blasphemously utter; 29 But whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, has forgiveness never, but is guilty of an eternal sin. 30 Because they said: He has an unclean spirit. 31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing without sent to him calling him. 32 And a multitude sat about him; and they said to him: Behold, thy mother, and thy brothers, and thy sisters without seek thee. 33 And he answered and said to them: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? 34 And looking around on those sitting round about him, he says: Behold my mother and my brothers. 35 Whoever shall have done the will of God, this is my brother and sister and mother. Mark 4 1 And again he began to teach by the sea. And there came together to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship and sat in the sea, and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching: 3 Hear; Behold, the sower went forth to sow. 4 And it came to pass while he sowed some fell by the way, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 And other fell on the rocky place, where it had not much earth; and it immediately sprung up because it had not depth of earth; 6 And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root it withered. 7 And other fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no fruit. 8 And others fell on good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing, and produced to thirty and to sixty and to a hundred. 9 And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them: To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God but to them that are without all things are done in parables; 12 that seeing they may see and may not perceive; and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn and it; should be forgiven them. 13 And he says to them: Know you not this parable, and how will you know all parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 But these are they that are by the way side where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are they in like manner that were sown on the rocky places; who when they hear the word immediately with joy receive it; 17 And yet they have no root in themselves, but endure for a time: then when affliction or persecution arises because of the word they immediately take offense. 18 And others are they that were sown over the thorns: these are they that hear the word, 19 And the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires about other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 And they that were sown on good ground are those who hear the word and receive it, and bring forth fruit in thirties, and in sixties, and in hundreds. 21 And he said to them: Is a lamp brought that it may be put under the measure or under the bed? Is it not brought that it may be put on the lampstand? 22 For there is nothing hid, unless that it may be made manifest: nor was any thing concealed, but that it might come into open view. 23 If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it shall be measured to you, and more shall be given to you. 25 For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. 26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should sow seed upon the earth, 27 And should sleep and awake night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knows not how. 28 The earth of its own accord brings forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the fruit shall have presented itself, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is ready. 30 And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what parable shall we set it forth? 31 It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the earth, is less than all the seeds that are on the earth; 32 And yet when it is sown, it springs up and becomes greater than all garden-plants, and; makes great branches, so that the birds of heaven can lodge under its shadow. 33 And with many such parables spoke he the word to them, as they were able to hear; 34 But without a parable spoke he not to them; but privately he explained all things to his disciples. 35 And on that day when it was evening he says to them: Let us pass over to the other side. 36 And leaving the multitude they took him as he was in the ship, and there were also other ships with him. 37 And there came a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was now full. 38 And he was sleeping in the prow on the boat-cushion; and they awoke him and said to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea: Peace be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said to them: Why are you so fearful? How have you no faith? 41 And they were afraid with great fear, and said one to another: Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Mark 5 1 And they came to the other side of the sea to the, country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and not even with a chain was any one any longer able to bind him, 4 Because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been pulled asunder by him and the fetters had been broken; and no one was able to subdue him; 5 And always night and day among the tombs and in the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And seeing Jesus at a distance he ran and worshipped him; 7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For he said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man. 9 And he asked him: What is thy name? And he said to him: My name is legion, for we are many. 10 And they besought him much that he would not send them out of the country. 11 But there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine feeding; 12 And they besought him, saying: Send us to the swine that we may enter into them. 13 And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd, about two thousand, rushed down the steep into the sea, and were choked in the sea. 14 And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country; and they came I to see what it was that had been done. 15 And they come to Jesus and see him that had the demon, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him that had had the legion, and they were afraid. 16 And they that had seen told them how it had happened to the demon and concerning the swine. 17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders. 18 And as he was entering the ship, he that had been possessed with the demon besought him that he might be with him. 19 And he permitted him not, but said to him: Go to thy house to thy own, and tell them what things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee. 20 And he went away, and began to proclaim in Decapolis what things Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished. 21 And when Jesus had again passed over in the ship to the other side, a great multitude came together to him, and he was by the sea. 22 And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus; and seeing him he falls at his feet, 23 and beseeches him much, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death, I pray that thou wouldst come and lay thy hand on her, that she may be saved and live. 24 And he went away with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him. 25 And a woman that had had an issue of blood for twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was in no way benefited, but rather grew worse. 27 Hearing of the things concerning Jesus, came behind in the multitude, and touched his clothes; 28 For she said: If I may touch even his clothes, I shall be saved. 29 And immediately the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in her body that she was restored to health from that scourge. 30 And Jesus immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, turned about in the multitude and said: Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said to him: Seest thou the multitude thronging thee and sayest thou: Who touched me? 32 And he looked around to see her that had done this. 33 But the woman being afraid and trembling, knowing what had been done for her, came and fell before him and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has saved thee: go in peace, and be well of thy scourge. 35 While he was yet speaking there came some from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying: Thy daughter is dead, why trouble the Teacher further? 36 But Jesus, disregarding the word that was spoken, said to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not, only believe. 37 And he permitted no one to follow with him but Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. 38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those who wept and bewailed much; 39 And entering in he says to them: Why make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeps. 40 And they derided him. But he, having put them all out, takes the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goes in where the child was. 41 And he took the child by the hand and said to her: Talitha kumi, which is translated: Maiden, I say to thee, arise. 42 And the maiden immediately rose up and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were immediately astonished with great astonishment. 43 And he charged them much that no one should know this and commanded that there should be given her to eat. Mark 6 1 And he went out thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples followed him. 2 And when the sabbath had come he began to teach in the synagogue; and many hearing were astonished, saying: Whence has this man these things, and what the wisdom that is given to this man? and are such mighty deeds done through his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. 4 And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless in his own country, and among his relatives, and in his own house. 5 And he was able to do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick persons and cured them. 6 And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went about the villages round about teaching. 7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth two and two; and gave them authority over unclean spirits; 8 And charged them to take nothing for the journey but a staff only; no bread, no bag, no brass in the girdle, 9 But be shod with sandals: and put not on two coats. 10 And he said to them: Wherever you enter a house, there abide till you go forth thence. 11 And whatever place shall not have received you nor heard you, when you go out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet, for a testimony against them. 12 And they went forth and preached that men should repent; 13 and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many sick and cured them. 14 And Herod the king heard, for his name had become known, and said: John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and for this reason the powers are active within him. 15 But others said: It is Elijah; but others said: He is a prophet like one of the prophets. 16 But Herod, when he heard, said: John whom I beheaded, he has risen. 17 For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound him in prison because of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, for he had married her. 18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife. 19 And Herodias was angry with him, and desired to kill him, and was not able. 20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he kept him in safety, and hearing him he was much perplexed, and heard him with pleasure. 21 And a suitable time having come, when Herod on his birthday had made a supper for his great men, and the officers of thousands, and the first men of Galilee; 22 and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in and danced, she pleased Herod and those that reclined with him at table; and the king said to the maiden: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give thee. 23 And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask I will give thee to the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out and said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Baptist. 25 And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that thou at once give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king though he became very sad, because of the oaths and; those that reclined at table with him would not reject her. 27 And the king immediately sent an executioner and ordered to bring his head. 28 And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the maiden; and the maiden gave it to her mother. 29 And his disciples heard it and came and took away his corpse, and laid him in a sepulcher. 30 And the apostles came together to Jesus, and told him all things that they had done and taught. 31 And he says to them: Do you yourselves come apart to a desert place, and rest a little. For many were coming and going, and they had leisure not even to eat. 32 And they went away by ship to a desert place apart. 33 And many saw them going and knew them, and ran thither on foot from all the cities, and outwent them. 34 And coming out he saw a great multitude, and was moved with pity for them, because they were as sheep that had no shepherd, and began to teach them many things. 35 And as much time had already passed, his disciples came and said: The place is desert, and already much time is spent: 36 dismiss them, that they may go into the country and villages round about and buy for themselves what they may eat. 37 But he answered and said to them: Do you give them to eat. And they say to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them to eat? 38 But he says to them: How many loaves have you? Go, see. And having learned they say: Five and two fishes. 39 And he ordered them that all should recline by table-parties on the green grass. 40 And they reclined in oblong squares, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed; and broke the loaves, and gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes he divided among all. 42 And all ate and were filled: 43 And they took up of the broken pieces twelve provision-baskets full, and of the fishes. 44 And those that had eaten the loaves were five thousand men. 45 And he immediately constrained his disciples to enter the ship, and go before him to the other side to Bethsaida till he himself should send away the multitude. 46 And having sent them away he went into the mountain to pray. 47 And when evening had come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land. 48 And seeing them toiling in rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on the sea. And he intended to pass by them. 49 But seeing him walking on the sea they thought that it was a specter, and cried out; 50 for they all saw him and were alarmed. But he immediately talked with them, and said to them: Take courage, it is I, be not afraid. 51 And he went up to them into the ship and the wind ceased. And they were greatly astonished in themselves beyond measure. 52 For they had not learned by means of the loaves, but their heart was hardened. 53 And when they had passed over to the land they came to Gennesaret, and drew to shore. 54 And when they had come out of the ship, they immediately knew him, 55 And ran about that whole country, and began to carry the sick about in beds where they heard that he was. 56 And wherever he went into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the markets, and besought him that they might touch even the fringe of his mantle; and as many as touched him were saved. Mark 7 1 And there came together to him the Pharisees and some of the scribes that had come from Jerusalem. 2 And seeing some of his disciples that they ate bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, 3 for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, eat not. Holding the tradition of the elders; 4 And when they come from market, unless they immerse themselves, they eat not; and there are many other things that they received to hold, the immersion of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels: 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with common hands? 6 And he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written. This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me; 7 but in vain do they offer reverence to me, teaching teachings the commandments of men. 8 Leaving the commandment of God you hold the tradition of men. 9 And he said to them: Well do you set aside the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother, and: He that curses father or mother let him surely die. 11 But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother: That, by whatever thou mightest receive aid from me, is corban, which is a gift. 12 You no longer permit him to do any thing for his father or mother, 13 Making the word of God of no effect by your tradition which you have delivered. And many things like these you do. 14 And again calling the multitude to him he said to them: Hear me, all of you, and understand. 15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him; but the things that proceed from a man are they that defile a man. 16 [no verse] 17 And when he had entered the house apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them: So even you are without understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without by entering into a man can defile him? 19 because it goes not into his heart, but into his belly, and is cast out into the sink, making all meats clean. 20 But he said: That which proceeds from a man, that defiles a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, lewdness, thefts, murders, 22 Adulteries, covetousness, wicked counsels, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, haughtiness, folly: 23 All these wicked things proceed from within, and defile a man. 24 But he arose and went away thence into the borders of Tyre. And entering a house he desired that no one should know it, and was not able to escape notice; 25 But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately heard of him, and came in and fell at his feet; 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her: Let the children first be filled; for it is not good to take the children’ s bread and throw it to the little dogs. 28 But she answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yet the little dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29 And he said to her: Because of this saying go, the demon has gone out of thy daughter. 30 And she went away to her house, and found the little child lying on the bed, and the demon gone out. 31 And again going forth out of the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. 32 And they bring to him one deaf and that spoke with difficulty; and they beseech him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue. 34 and looking up to heaven he sighed, and said to him: Ephphatha, which is, Be opened. 35 And his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was immediately loosed, and he spoke plainly. 36 And he charged them to tell no one; but as much as he charged them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it. 37 And they were exceedingly amazed, saying: He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak, Mark 8 1 In those days, the multitude again being great, and they having nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them: 2 I have pity on the multitude, because they have now continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away to their homes fasting, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from far. 4 And his disciples answered him: Whence shall any one be able to satisfy these with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked them: How many loaves have you? They said: Seven. 6 And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. 7 And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed and set them before them. 8 And they ate and were satisfied, and took up what remained of the broken pieces, seven provision-baskets. 9 And they were about four thousand; and he sent them away. 10 And immediately entering the ship with his disciples, he came into the regions of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And sighing deeply in his spirit, he said: Why does this generation seek for a sign? Verily I say to you: No sign shall be given to this generation. 13 And leaving them he again embarked, and went to the other side. 14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the ship. 15 And he charged them, saying: Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned one with another: Because we have no bread. 17 And perceiving it he said to them: Why reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive, neither understand? Have you your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes see you not, and having ears hear you not, and do you not remember, 19 when I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many traveling- baskets full of broken pieces you took up? They say to him: Twelve. 20 When the seven also among the four thousand, how many provision-baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? And they say: Seven. 21 And he said to them: Do you not yet understand? 22 And they come to Bethsaida And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him. 23 And taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him out of the village; and having spit on his eyes, he laid his hands on him, and asked him if he saw anything. 24 And he looked up and said: I behold men, for I perceive them as trees walking. 25 Then he again laid his hands on his eyes; and he saw clearly and was restored, and beheld all things distinctly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying: Go not into the village. 27 And Jesus and his disciples went forth into the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them: Who do men say that I am? 28 They answered him, saying: John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, but others, One of the prophets. 29 And he asked them: But you, who say you that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them to tell no one concerning him. 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and rise after three days. 32 And he uttered this saying plainly. And Peter took him and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and looking on his disciples he rebuked Peter and said: Get behind me, Satan, for thou thinkest not the things of God, but the things of men. 34 And calling the multitude to him with his disciples, he said to them: Whoever will follow after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and to lose his life? 37 For what would a man give as a ransom for his life? 38 For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man shall also be ashamed of him, when, he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 9 1 And he said to them: Verily I say to you that there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God coming in power. 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James, and John, and led them up into a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them; 3 And his clothing became shining, very white, as no fuller on earth can whiten. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were conversing with Jesus. 5 And Peter answering said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good that we are here, and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 6 For he knew not what he should answer; for they were greatly afraid. 7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and there came a voice from the cloud: This is my beloved Son, hear him. 8 And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one but Jesus alone with themselves. 9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, unless when the Son of man should have risen from the dead. 10 And they kept the saying among themselves, inquiring what to rise from the dead is. 11 And they asked him, saying: Why say the Pharisees and the scribes that Elijah must first come? 12 And he said to them: Elijah coming first restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of man? that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught. 13 But I say to you that Elijah also has come, and they have done to him what things they wished, as it is written of him. 14 And coming to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes disputing with them. 15 And immediately all the multitude seeing him were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked them: Why are you disputing with them? 17 And one from the multitude answered him: Teacher, I brought to thee my son that has a dumb spirit. 18 And wherever he seizes him he throws him down; and he foams and gnashes with his teeth and pines away; and I spoke to thy disciples that they would cast him out, and they were not able. 19 And he answered and said to them: O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me. 20 And they brought him to him. And when he saw him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and he fell upon the ground, and rolled foaming. 21 And he asked his father: How long is it since this came on him? He replied: From a child; 22 And he has often thrown him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if in any way thou canst, have pity on us and help us. 23 But Jesus said to him: What is this “If thou canst”? All things are possible to him that believes. 24 The father of the child immediately crying out said: I believe; help thou my unbelief. 25 But Jesus, seeing that the multitude was running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him: Dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And after crying out and throwing him into strong convulsions he came out; and he became like one dead, so that many said: He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he came into the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why were we not able to cast him out? 29 And he said to them: This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer. 30 And going out thence they passed along through Galilee, and he wished that no one should know it; 31 For he taught his disciples and said to them that the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and when he has been killed he will rise after three days. 32 But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33 And they came into Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them: About what were you disputing on the way? 34 But they were silent; for they had disputed one with another on the way who was greatest. 35 And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to them: If any one will be first, he shall be last of all and minister of all. 36 And he took a little child and set him in the midst of them, and took him in his arms and said to them: 37 Whoever shall receive one of these little children in my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him that sent me. 38 John said to him: Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and he follows not us; and we forbade him, because he follows not us. 39 But Jesus said: Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a mighty deed in my name, and be able hastily to speak evil of me; 40 For he that is not against us, is for us. 41 For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe, it were better for him if an upper millstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go away into hell, into the unquenchable fire. 44 [no verse] 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having two feet to be thrown into hell. 46 [no verse] 47 And if thy eye offend thee, pull it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be thrown into hell, 48 Where their worm dies not and the fire is not quenched. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good; but if the salt become saltless, by what means will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another. Mark 10 1 And rising up he came thence into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan; and multitudes came together again to him; and as he was accustomed he again taught them. 2 And the Pharisees came and asked him if it is lawful for a man to put away his wife, tempting him. 3 But answering he said to them: What did Moses command you? 4 They replied: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and put her away. 5 But Jesus said to them: Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote for you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of creation, male and female made he them; 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, 8 And the two shall be one flesh: so no longer are they two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house the disciples again asked him about this matter. 11 And he said to them: Whoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12 And if she puts away her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. 13 And they brought to him little children that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 And Jesus seeing it was displeased, and said to them: Let the little children come to me; forbid them not; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I say to you: Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no way enter into it. 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them much, putting his hands upon them. 17 And as he went forth into the road, one ran to him, and kneeling to him asked him: Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 But Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, God. 19 Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony. Thou shalt not defraud, Honor thy father and thy mother. 20 And he said to him: Teacher, all these have I kept from my youth. 21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him: One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come follow me. 22 But becoming sad at that saying he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. 23 And looking around, Jesus says to his disciples: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God. 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus again answering says to them: Children, how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God: 25 it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 But they were more amazed, saying among themselves: Who then can be saved? 27 Looking on them, Jesus says: With men, impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God. 28 Peter began to say to him: Behold, we have left all things and followed thee. 29 Jesus replied: Verily I say to you, there is no one that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, 30 But he shall receive a hundred fold now at this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many first shall be last, and last first. 32 And they were in the road going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed; and as they followed they were afraid. And taking the twelve aside again he began to tell them the things that were about to befall him: 33 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief of priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles, 34 And they shall mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and put him to death, and after three days he shall rise. 35 And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him: Teacher, we wish that thou wouldst do for us whatever we ask of thee. 36 And he said to them: What will you that I should do for you? 37 And they said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy glory. 38 But Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? 39 They said to him: We are able. Jesus said to them: The cup that I drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized you shall be baptized; 40 but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but it shall be given to those for whom it has been prepared. 41 And when the ten heard they began to be displeased with James and John. 42 And calling them to him, Jesus says to them: You know that those who are accounted to rule the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. 43 Not so however is it among you; but whoever will become great among you, shall be your minister, 44 And whoever of you will become first, shall be servant of all. 45 For the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 46 And they come to Jericho. And as he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say: Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. 48 And many rebuked him that he should be silent; but he cried much more: Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood and said: Call him. And they called the blind man, saying to him: Take courage, rise, he calls thee. 50 And throwing aside the mantle, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 And answering him, Jesus said: What wilt thou that I shall do for thee? And the blind man said to him: Rabboni, that I may receive sight. 52 Jesus said to him: Go, thy faith has saved thee. And he immediately received sight, and followed him in the way. Mark 11 1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and to Bethany at the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 And said to them: Go into the village that is opposite to you, and, immediately on entering it, you shall find a colt tied, on which no man has ever yet sat: loose and bring him. 3 And if any one say to you: Why do you this? say: The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him hither again. 4 And they went and found the colt tied at the door without at the turn of the street, and they loosed him. 5 And some of those standing there said to them: What do you loosing the colt? 6 And they answered them as Jesus’ had said; and they gave them permission. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their clothes upon him, and he sat on him. 8 And many spread their mantles in the road, but others, bundles of straw, having cut them from the fields. 9 And those that went before, and those that followed, cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: 10 blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest. 11 And he went into Jerusalem into the temple; and having looked around on all things, the hour being now late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 12 And, on the morrow, as they came out from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing a fig-tree at a distance having leaves, he came if perhaps he might find anything on it; and when he came to it he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs. 14 And answering he said to it: No more for ever may any one eat fruit from thee. And his disciples heard him. 15 And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple he began to drive out those that sold and those that bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of those that sold doves, 16 And permitted no one to carry a vessel through the temple; 17 and taught and said to them: Is it not written that my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers. 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard, and sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude were astonished at his teaching. 19 And when it became late he went forth out of the city. 20 And as they passed by in the morning they saw the fig-tree withered from the roots. 21 And Peter calling it to mind said to him: Rabbi, See, the fig-tree that thou cursedst has withered. 22 And Jesus answered and said to them: Have faith in God. 23 Verily I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be taken up and thrown into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says shall take place, it shall be done for him. 24 Wherefore I say to you, all things whatever you pray for and ask, believe that you receive, and you shall have them. 25 And when you stand praying, forgive if you have any thing against any one, that your Father who is in the heavens may forgive you your offenses. 26 [no verse] 27 And they came again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders, 28 and said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? Or who gave thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things? 29 But Jesus said to them: I will ask you one word, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these, things. 30 The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men? Answer me. 31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say: Of heaven, he will reply: Why then did you not believe him? 32 but shall we say: Of men, they feared the people; for all held John that he was a prophet indeed. 33 And they answered Jesus and said: We know not. And Jesus said to them: Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. Mark 12 1 And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge about it, and dug an under winevat and built a tower, and let it out to vinedressers and went into another country. 2 And at the time he sent to the vinedressers a servant, that he might receive from the vinedressers of the fruits of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and scourged him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they wounded him in the head and dishonored him. 5 And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others, scourging some, and killing some. 6 Yet one had he, a son beloved: he sent him to them last, saying: They will reverence my son. 7 But those vinedressers said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this scripture? A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner: 11 this was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes? 12 And they sought to lay hold on him and feared the multitude: for they knew that he had Spoken the parable against them. And leaving him they went away. 13 And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may entrap him in a word. 14 And they come and say to him: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and thou carest for no one; for thou lookest not on the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? Must we give or not give? 15 But he, perceiving their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt me? Bring me a denarius that I may see it. 16 They brought it. And he said to them: Whose image is this, and the superscription? They said to him: Caesar’s. 17 And Jesus said to them: Return to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they were astonished at him. 18 And the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him, and questioned him, saying: 19 Teacher, Moses wrote for us that, if any one’s brother die, and leave a wife, and leave no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and died leaving no offspring; and the third in like manner; 22 and the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them shall she be the wife? For the seven had her as a wife. 24 Jesus said to them: Do you not therefore err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in the heavens. 26 But concerning the dead, that they do rise. Have you not read in the book of Moses, at the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You greatly err. 28 And one of the scribes came forward as he had heard them disputing, and seeing that he had answered them well, he asked him: Which is the first commandment of all? 29 Jesus answered him: The first is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; 30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. 31 The second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said to him: Teacher, in truth hast thou well said that there is One, and there is no other beside him. 33 And to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself is more than all whole burnt- offerings and sacrifices. 34 And Jesus, seeing him that he had answered with understanding, said to him: Not far art thou from the kingdom of God. And no one any more ventured to ask him a question. 35 And Jesus answered and said, while teaching in the temple: How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool. 37 David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the great multitude heard him with pleasure. 38 And in his teaching he said; Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk about in robes, and love salutations in the markets, 39 And the first seats in the synagogues, and the first reclining places at suppers: 40 Who eat up widow’s houses and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation. 41 And as he sat opposite the treasury, he was observing how the multitude threw money into the treasury; and many rich men threw in much; 42 And there came one poor widow and threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And calling his disciples to him, he said to them: Verily I say to you that this poor widow has thrown in more than all that are throwing into the treasury; 44 For all have thrown in out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has thrown in all that she had, her whole living. Mark 13 1 And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher, see what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings. 2 And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives opposite to the temple. Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately: 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? And what the sign when all these things shall be accomplished? 5 And Jesus began to say to them: See that no one deceive you. 6 Many shall come in my name, saying: I am he, and shall deceive many. 7 But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: they must take place, but not yet the end. 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: there shall be earthquakes in various places, there shall be famines. 9 These are the beginning of pains. But see you to yourselves: they shall deliver you up to councils, and in synagogues you shall be beaten, and before governors and kings shall you stand for my sake, for a testimony to them. 10 And among all nations shall the gospel first be preached. 11 And when they lead you delivering you up, be not anxious beforehand what you shall speak; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, this speak; for you are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit. 12 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child, and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 13 And you shall be hated by all because of my name; but he that endures to the end, he shall be saved. 14 But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains: 15 And he that is on the housetop let him not come down nor go in to take any thing from his house: 16 And he that is in the field let him not turn back to take his mantle. 17 But alas for them that are with child, and them that give suck in those days. 18 But pray that it may not take place in winter. 19 For those days shall be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation, which God created, till now, and shall not be. 20 And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the elect whom he has chosen he has shortened the days. 21 And then, if any one say to you: Lo, here is Christ, lo there; believe not. 22 But false Christs, and false prophets shall arise, and shall do signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, the elect. 23 But do you beware: I have told you all things beforehand. 24 But in those days after that affliction the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then shall he send the angels and gather the elect from the four winds, from the end of earth to the end of heaven. 28 But learn the parable from the fig-tree. When its branch has now become tender and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near: 29 So also you, when you see these things taking place, know that it is near, at the doors. 30 Verily I say to you that this generation shall not pass away, till all these things shall have been accomplished. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day or the hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. 33 Beware, watch; for you know not when the time is. 34 As a man, going to another country, left his house, and gave to his servants authority, to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore; for you know not when the lord of the house comes, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 But what I say to you, I say to all. Watch. Mark 14 1 But after two days came the passover and the unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death; 2 For they said: Not on the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people. 3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly: after breaking the box she poured it on his head. 4 But some expressed displeasure among themselves: Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor; and they murmured against her. 6 But Jesus said: Let her alone: why give her trouble? a good work has she wrought on me. 7 For the poor you have always with you, and when you will you can do them good; but me you have not always. 8 What she could she has done: she has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial. 9 And verily I say to you, wherever the gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she has done shall be told for a memorial of her. 10 And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them. 11 And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money; and he sought how he might conveniently deliver him up. 12 And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples say to him: Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou mayest eat the passover? 13 And he sends two of his disciples and says to them: Go into the city, and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house that the Teacher says: Where is my guest-chamber where I may eat the passover with my disciples? 15 And he will show you a large upper room furnished, ready: there prepare for us. 16 And the disciples went out, and came into the city, and found as he had said to them, and made ready the passover. 17 And when it was evening he comes with the twelve. 18 And as they reclined at table and ate, Jesus said: Verily I say to you that one of you shall deliver me up, he that eats with me. 19 They began to be sad and to say to him one by one: Is it I? 20 But he said to them: one of the twelve, he that dips with me into the dish. 21 For the Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up: good were it for that man if he had not been born. 22 And as they ate, having taken bread and blessed, he broke and gave to them and said: Take: this is my body. 23 And having taken the cup and given thanks, he gave to them; and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them: This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25 Verily I say to you that I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, till that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 26 And they sung a hymn and went out into the mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus says to them: You all shall be offended; for it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after I have risen I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said to him: Though all should be offended, yet not I. 30 And Jesus says to him: Verily I say to thee that thou, this day, on this night, before a cock shall have crowed twice, thou shalt deny me three times. 31 But he said with vehemence: Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I will in no way deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. 32 And they come to a place, the name of which is Gethsemane; and he says to his disciples: Sit here till I pray. 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed and in anguish, 34 And said to them: My soul is encompassed with sorrow even to death: remain here and watch. 35 And going forward a little he fell on the ground, and prayed that if it was possible the hour might pass away from him; 36 And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible for thee; remove this cup from me: yet not what I will, but what thou. 37 And he comes and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? hadst thou not strength to watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into I temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same word. 40 And he returned and found them sleeping again; for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him. 41 And he comes the third time and says to them: Sleep the remaining time, and rest; it is enough; the hour has come: behold, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise, let us go: behold, he that delivers me up is at hand. 43 And immediately while he was yet speaking, comes Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and elders. 44 But he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying: Whomever I shall kiss, he it is: hold him fast, and lead him away securely. 45 And when he had come he immediately came forward and said to him: Rabbi, and kissed him; 46 And they laid hands on him and held him fast. 47 But some one of those standing by drew a sword, and smote the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus answered and said to them: As against a robber you have come out with swords and clubs to take me. 49 Daily was I with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hold on me; but that the scriptures might be fulfilled. 50 And all left him and fled. 51 And one, a young man, followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body; and they laid hold of him; 52 But he left the linen cloth and fled naked. 53 And they led Jesus away to the chief priests; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. 54 And Peter followed him at a distance, till within the court of the chief priests; and he was sitting with the attendants, and warming himself at the fire. 55 And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus, to put him to death, and found none; 56 For many testified falsely against him, and their testimony did not agree. 57 And some arose and testified falsely against him, saying: 58 We heard him say that I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands. 59 And not even thus did their testimony agree. 60 And the chief priest arose in the midst and asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee? 61 But he was silent and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asked him and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said: I am; and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. 63 And the chief priest rent his clothes and said: What further need have we of witnesses? 64 You have heard the blasphemy: what think you? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death. 65 And some began to spit upon him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with the fist, and say to him: Prophesy; and the attendants, striking him with the open hand, took him into custody. 66 And while Peter was below in the court, there came one of the maidservants of the chief priest, 67 And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked on him and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarene. 68 But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth without into the entrance, and a cock crew. 69 And the maidservant saw him and began again to say to those standing by: This man is of them. 70 But he again denied. And after a little while again they that stood by said to Peter: Truly thou art of them; for thou art a Galilean. 71 But he began to call down curses on himself, and to swear: I know not this man of whom you speak. 72 And immediately a second time a cock crew. And Peter remembered the word as Jesus spoke to him: Before a cock shall have crowed twice, thou shalt deny me three times. And when he thought on it he wept. Mark 15 1 And immediately in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders and the scribes, and the whole Sanhedrim having prepared counsel, bound Jesus and led him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him: Thou sayest. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him: Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they accuse thee, 5 But Jesus no longer answered any thing: so that Pilate wondered. 6 But at every feast he released to them one prisoner whom they chose. 7 And there was one called Barabbas bound with the insurgents who, in the insurrection, had committed murder. 8 And the multitude coming up began to ask that he would do as he was accustomed to do for them. 9 And Pilate answered them, saying: Will you that I release to you the King of the Jews? 10 For he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests instigated the multitude that he should rather release Barabbas to them. 12 And Pilate again answered and said to them: What then will you that I shall do with him whom you call King of the Jews? 13 They again cried out: Crucify him. 14 But Pilate said to them: Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out vehemently: Crucify him. 15 And Pilate, willing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Pretorium, and called together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him in purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns they put it on him: 18 And began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews. 19 And they struck his head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bowing the knees they worshipped him. 20 And when they had derided him, they took of from him the purple, and put on him his own clothes. And they led him out to crucify him, 21 And they impressed one, Simon a Cyrenian, as he passed by coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22 And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, when translated, the place of a skull. 23 And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not receive it. 24 And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting a lot on them what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 And the superscription of his accusation written on him was, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 28 [no verse] 27 And with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. 29 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself by coming down from the cross. 31 In like manner also the chief priests deriding among themselves with the scribes said: Others he saved, himself he cannot save. 32 Christ the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him. 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there came a darkness over the whole land till the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice: Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthanei, which is, translated: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of those that stood by, hearing it, said: Lo, he calls for Elijah. 36 But someone ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down. 37 But Jesus having uttered a loud cry expired. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom. 39 And the centurion that stood by opposite to him, seeing that he thus expired, said: Truly this man was the Son of God. 40 And there were women also looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and the mother of Jesus, and Salome; 41 Who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others came up with him to Jerusalem. 42 And evening having now come, because it was the preparation, which is sabbath-eve, 43 Came Joseph who was of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 But Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he inquired if he had been dead any time; 45 And learning from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph. 46 And he bought linen, took him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher that had been hewed out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher. 47 And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Jesus saw where he was laid. Mark 16 1 And when the sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first of the week they came to the sepulcher, the sun having risen. 3 And they said among themselves: Who shall roll away for us the stone from the door of the sepulcher? 4 And looking up they see that the stone had been rolled away; for it was very great. 5 And they entered the sepulcher and saw a young man, sitting at the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed. 6 But he says to them: Be not amazed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he has risen, he is not here: see the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you. 8 And going out they fled from the sepulcher; for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid. Note: According to Tischendorf, the remaining twelve verses were not written by Mark. Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus have them not. The learned reader can see the proof as given by Tischendorf. See, also, Tregelles and Alford. Luke 1 1 Since many have undertaken to draw up a narrative of the matters that have been fully accomplished among us, 2 as those, who, from the beginning became eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, after having accurately traced all things from the first, to write them in order for thee, most noble Theophilus, 4 that thou mightst know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed. 5 There was in the days of Herod king of Judea a priest, named Zachariah, of the class of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizebeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because Elizebeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days. 8 But it came to pass while he acted as priest, in the order of his class, before God, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord; 10 and all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizebeth shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name John; 14 and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he shall by no means drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb; 16 and many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God; 17 and he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. 18 And Zachariah said to the angel: By what means shall 1 know this? for I am an aged man, and my wife is advanced in her days. 19 And the angel answered and said to him: I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and I am sent to speak to thee, and bring thee these good tidings. 20 And behold, thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall be accomplished, because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. 21 And the people were waiting for Zachariah, and wondered that he stayed so long in the temple. 22 But when he came out he was not able to speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them, and remained speechless. 23 And it came to pass when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house. 24 And after those days his wife Elizebeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying: 25 Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days in which he looked on me to take away my reproach among men. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. 28 And coming in to her, the angel said: Hail, highly favored, the Lord is with thee. 29 But she was troubled at the word, and was reasoning what manner of salutation this could be. 30 And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God. 31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and Son of the Highest shall he be called; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 But Mary said to the angel: How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said to her: The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy one that is born shall be called the Son of God. 36 And behold, thy relative Elizebeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: 37 for no word from God shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: let it be done for me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 39 And Mary arose in those days and went into the mountainous country with haste to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elizebeth. 41 And it came to pass when Elizebeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe in her womb leaped. And Elizebeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and spoke out with a loud cry, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come, to me? 44 For behold, as the voice of thy salutation came into my ears, the babe in my womb leaped with joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there shall be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord. 46 And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoiced in God my Saviour, 48 because he looked upon the lowly condition of his handmaid. For behold, from this time shall all generations call me blessed, 49 because the mighty One has done great things for me. And holy is his name; 50 and his mercy is from generation to generation on them that fear him. 51 He has shown might with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the understanding of their heart: 52 he has cast down the mighty from thrones, and exalted the lowly: 53 the poor has he filled with good things and the rich has he sent empty away. 54 He has helped Israel his servant, by remembering mercy, 55 (as he spoke to our fathers), to Abraham and to his posterity forever. 56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house. 57 But the time for Elizebeth to bring forth was completed, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy to her and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child, and they called it by the name of its father, Zachariah. 60 And its mother answered and said: No; but it shall be called John. 61 And they said to her: There is no one of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father what he would have him called. 63 And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: His name is John. And they all wondered. 64 But his mouth was immediately opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 65 And fear came on all that dwelt about them; and all these things were much talked of in all the mountainous country of Judea; 66 and all that heard laid them up in their heart, saying: What then will this child be? for the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: 68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people; 69 and has raised up for us, in the house of David his servant, a horn of salvation, 70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of ancient times, 71 salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, 72 to show mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us 74 that being delivered from the hand of enemies we might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And thou also, O child, shalt be called prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the. Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give to his people the knowledge of salvation in remission of their sins, 78 through the tender mercies of our God, in which the dawn from on high has visited us, 79 to give light to them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel. Luke 2 1 But it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the habitable land should be enrolled. 2 This enrollment took place first when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, each one to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, 5 to be enrolled with Mary who was betrothed to him, being with child. 6 And it came to pass while they were there, the days for her to bring forth were completed; 7 and she brought forth her son the firstborn, and swathed him, and laid him in a stall, because there was no place for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds living in the fields, and keeping guard over their flock during the watches of the night. 9 And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were afraid with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them: Fear not; for behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people; 11 for there is born to you this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign to you: you shall find a babe swathed in a stall. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men of his good pleasure. 15 And it came to pass when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go now to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us. 16 And they came in haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the stall. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known concerning this thing that had been told them of this child. 18 And all that heard were astonished at the things told to them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things that they had heard and seen as it had been told to them. 21 And when eight days had been completed for circumcising him, his name was also called Jesus, as it had been called by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb. 22 And when the days of their purification had been completed, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, 23 as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord; 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons. 25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him: 26 and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see, death, before he had seen the Lord’s anointed. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law, 28 he also took him into his arms, and blessed God and said: 29 Now, Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, 30 for my eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 which thou hast prepared before the face of all the people, 32 a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33 And his father and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this is set for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against. 35 And a sword shall pass through thy soul also that thoughts may be revealed out of many hearts. 36 There was also Anna a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher: she was advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, 37 and she was a widow till eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, serving day and night with fastings and prayers. 38 And coming in at the same hour, she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39 And when they had accomplished all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. 41 And his parents went yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of passover. 42 And when he was twelve years of age, they having gone up according to the custom of the feast, 43 and having completed the days, on their return the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and his parents knew it not. 44 But supposing that he was in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought for him among the relatives and the acquaintances, 45 and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem seeking for him. 46 And it came to pass after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and asking them questions; 47 and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when they saw him they were amazed, and his mother said to him: Child, why hast thou dealt with us thus? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee, sorrowing. 49 And he said to them: Why is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be about my Father’s business? 50 And they understood not the word that he spoke to them. 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all the words in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and age, and in favor with God and men. Luke 3 1 But in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the days of the chief priest Annas and of Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness; 3 and he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight: 5 every ravine shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth, 6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7 He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Bring forth then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves: We have Abraham as a father; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 9 And now also the ax is lying at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that brings not forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 10 And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do? 11 And he answered and said to them: He that has two coats let him give to him that has none, and he that has food let him do in like manner. 12 And publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? 13 And he said to them: Exact no more than that which has been appointed to you. 14 And soldiers also asked, saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no one, accuse no one falsely, and be content with your wages. 15 But while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he were the Christ or not, 16 John answered, saying to them all: I indeed baptize you in water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire: 17 whose winnowing-shovel is in his hand to thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and gather the grain into his granary; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. 18 With many other exhortations then indeed preached he the gospel to the people; 19 but Herod the tetrarch being reproached by him concerning Herodias the wife of his brother, and concerning all the wicked things which Herod had done, 20 added this also to them all; he shut up John in prison. 21 But it came to pass that while all the people were baptized, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit came down, in a bodily form like a dove, upon him, and a voice came from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased, 23 And Jesus himself was, when he began his ministry, about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, son of Heli, 24 son of Matthat, son of Levi, son: of Malchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph, 25 son of Mattithiah, son: of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, 26 son of Maath, son of Mattithiah, son of Shimei, son of Joseph, son of Joda, 27 son of Jonan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, 28 son of Malchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmaam, son of Er, 29 son of Jesus, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi, 30 son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim, 31 son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, 32 son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon, 33 son of Aminadab, son of Admin, son of Ami, son of Hezron, son of Pharez, son of Judah, 34 son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor, 35 son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Heber, son of Shelah, 36 son of Kenan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, 37 son of Methusaleh, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Kenan, 38 son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God. Luke 4 1 But Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit into the wilderness forty days, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended he was hungry. 3 And the devil said to him: If thou art the Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread. 4 And Jesus answered to him: It is written that not by bread alone shall man live. 5 And having led him up, he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to him: To thee will I give all this authority and the glory of them, for to me it is delivered; and to whomever I will I give it: 7 if therefore thou wilt worship before me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said to him: It is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve, 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the wing of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down hence; 10 for it is written that he shall give his angels charge concerning thee to guard thee safely; 11 and in their hands they shall take thee up, lest perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answered and said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation he departed from him for a time. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and a fame concerning him went forth through all that surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, glorified by all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it is written: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me 19 to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind; to set at liberty the bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And having rolled up the book and given it back to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him. 21 And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this Scripture in your ears. 22 And all applauded him and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth, and said: Is not this the son of Joseph? 23 And he said to them: You will surely speak this parable to me: Physician, heal thyself; whatever things we heard were done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 24 But he said: Verily I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 And I tell you in truth that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, when there came a great famine on the whole land: 26 and to no one of them was Elijah sent but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a woman a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the days of Elisha the prophet, and no one of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all in the synagogue, on hearing these things, were filled with anger, 29 and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the mount on which their city was built, so as to cast him down headlong; 30 but passing through the midst of them, he went away. 31 And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths; 32 and they were amazed at his teaching, for his word was with authority. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man that had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice: 34 Aha, what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent and come out of him. And the demon threw him into the midst and came out of him, and hurt him in no way. 36 And amazement came upon all, and they spoke one to another, saying: What a word is this, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out? 37 And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the surrounding country. 38 And rising up from the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon’s mother-in-law was confined with a great fever; and they besought him for her. 39 And standing over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately rose and ministered to them. 40 But when the sun had gone down, all, as many as had any sick with various diseases, brought them to him; and he laid his hands on each one of them and cured them. 41 And demons also went forth from many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he permitted them not to speak, for they knew that he was the Christ. 42 But when it was day he went out and departed to a desert place; and the multitudes sought for him: and they came to him, and endeavored to detain him that he might not go away from them. 43 But he said to them: I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this was I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. Luke 5 1 But it came to pass while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and had washed the nets. 3 And entering into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land; and sitting down in the ship he taught the multitudes. 4 But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answered and said: Master, through the whole night have we toiled and taken nothing; yet at thy word I will let down the nets. 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a great number of fishes; and their nets began to break. 7 And they made signs to the partners in the other ship that they should come and help them; and they came, and filled both ships, so that they began to sink. 8 But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at the knees of Jesus, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For amazement had seized on him and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes that they had taken; 10 and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not: from this time thou shalt catch men. 11 And they drew the ships to land, left all and followed him. 12 And it came to pass while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he, stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying: I will; be clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 15 But the more there went abroad the report concerning him; and many multitudes came together to hear, and to be cured of their infirmities. 16 But he withdrew into the deserts, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on one of the days that he was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present that he might heal. 18 And behold, men bringing on a bed a man who was a paralytic; and they sought to bring him in and lay him before him. 19 And not finding by what way they could bring him in be cause of the multitude, they went up on the housetop, and through the tiling let him down with the bed into the midst before Jesus. 20 And seeing their faith he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone? 22 But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said to them: Why reason in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say: Arise and walk? 24 But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic: I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy bed, and go to thy house. 25 And he immediately rose up before them, took up that on which he had lain, and went away to his house glorifying God. 26 And astonishment seized on them all; and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things today. 27 And after these things he went out, and saw a publican named Levi sitting at the custom-house, and said to him: Follow me. 28 And leaving all, he arose and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answered and said to them: They that have health have no need of a physician, but they that are sick; 32 I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance. 33 And they said to him: The disciples of John fast often and make prayers; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink. 34 But Jesus said to them: Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But days will come; and when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days. 36 And he spoke also a parable to them: No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise, both the new makes a rent, and the piece that is from the new agrees not with the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old bottles; otherwise, the new wine bursts the bottles, and itself is spilled, and the bottles perish; 38 but new wine must be put into new bottles. 39 And no one after drinking old, desires new; for he says: The old is good. Luke 6 1 And it came to pass, on the first sabbath after the second day of the feast, that he went through the fields of grain, and his disciples pulled the ears of grain and ate, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said: Why do you that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath? 3 And Jesus answered and said to them: Have you not read this that David did, when he was hungry, himself and those that were with him? 4 How he entered into the house of God, and took the loaves of the presence, and ate and gave also to those that were with him, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? 5 And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 6 And it came to pass on another sabbath that he went into the synagogue and taught. And a man was there, and his right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him if he would cure on the sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had the withered hand: Rise and stand in the midst. And he arose and stood. 9 And Jesus said to them: I ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy. 10 And looking around on them all, he said to him: Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another what they should do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in these days that he went into the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13 And when day had come, he called to him his disciples, and having chosen from among them twelve, whom he also named apostles, 14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon who is called Zealot, 16 and Judas brother of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor; 17 and having come down with them he stood in a plain; and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases; 18 and those oppressed by unclean spirits were cured; 19 and all the multitude sought to touch him, for power went forth from him and cured all. 20 And he lifted up his eyes upon his disciples and said: Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. 22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall shut you out from their society, and shall reproach you, and cast your name out as evil for the sake of the Son of man. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy; for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so did their fathers to the prophets. 24 But alas for you that are rich, for you have your consolation in full. 25 Alas for you that are filled now, for you shall be hungry. Alas for you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26 Alas when all men shall speak well of you; for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 27 But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you, 28 bless them that curse you; pray for them that insult you. 29 To him that smites thee on the cheek offer the other also; and from him that takes from thee thy mantle, thy coat also withhold not. 30 Give to every one that asks of thee; and from him that takes away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner. 32 And if you love them that love you, what thanks have you? for sinners love those that love them. 33 For if you do good to those that do good to you, what thanks have you? even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the same. 35 But love your enemies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil. 36 Become merciful, as your Father is merciful. 37 And judge not, and you shall not be judged; and condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Release, and you shall be released; 38 give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your lap; for with what measure you measure it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? will not both fall into a pit? 40 A disciple is not above the teacher; but every one thoroughly instructed shall be as his teacher. 41 And why beholdest thou l the splinter that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye? 42 How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull out the splinter that is in thy eye, thyself not beholding the beam in thy eye? Hypocrite, pull first the beam out of thy eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in thy brother’s eye. 43 For there is no good tree that produces corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that produces good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit; for not from thorns collect they figs, neither from a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45 The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is good; and the evil man, out of the evil treasury, brings forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 46 But why call me: Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say? 47 Every one that comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you to whom he is like. 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and deepened, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood came, the stream dashed against that house, and had not strength to shake it; because it was well built. 49 But he that hears and does not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house on the earth, against which the stream dashed, and it immediately fell in heaps; and the ruin of that house was great. Luke 7 1 After he had finished all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion’s servant that was dear to him, being sick, was about to die. 3 But hearing of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant. 4 And they came to Jesus and asked him earnestly, saying: He is worthy for whom thou shalt do this: 5 for he loves our nation, and has himself built for us the synagogue. 6 And Jesus went with them. But when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come in under my roof; 7 wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee; but say in a word, and let my servant be restored to health. 8 For I am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one: Go, and he goes; and to another: Come, and he comes; and to my servant: Do this, and he does it. 9 And when Jesus heard these things he was astonished at him; and turning, he said to the multitude that followed him: I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith. 10 And those that had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well. 11 And it came to pass on the following day he went to a city called Nain; and there went with him many of his disciples and a great multitude. 12 And when he came near the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out dead an only-born son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a great multitude of the city was with her. 13 And seeing her, the Lord had pity on her, and said to her: Weep not. 14 And coming forward he touched the bier; and those that bore it stopped; and he said: Young man, I say to thee. Arise. 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother. 16 And fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has risen among us; and, God has visited his people. 17 And this saying concerning him went forth into the whole of Judea, and all the region round about. 18 And his disciples told John of all these things. 19 And having called some two of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? 20 And coming to him the men said: John the Baptist has sent us to thee, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? 21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and scourges and evil spirits, and to many blind he gave to see. 22 And he answered and said to them: Go tell John what things you have seen and heard, that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them; 23 and blessed is he whoever is not offended at me. 24 But when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken by the wind? 25 But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ houses. 26 But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face who shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 I say to you, among those born of women there is no prophet greater than John; but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people that heard and the publicans justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John; 30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not having been baptized by him. 31 To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? 32 They are like children that sit in the market and call one to another, saying: We piped to you and you did not dance, we mourned and you did not lament. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say: He has a demon. 34 The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say: Behold, a man, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. 35 And yet wisdom is justified on the part of all her children. 36 And some one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he went into the house of the Pharisee, and reclined at table. 37 And behold, a woman, who was in the city, a sinner, and had learned that he reclined at table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 and stood behind at his feet weeping, and began to moisten his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 But the Pharisee that had invited him seeing it, spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touches him, that she is a sinner. 40 And Jesus answered and said to him: Simon, I have something to say to thee. He replied: Teacher, say on. 41 A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed him five hundred denarii, the other, fifty. 42 As they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them then would love him the more? 43 Simon answered and said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave the more. He said to him: Thou hast rightly judged. 44 And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entered thy house; water for my feet thou gavest not; but she with her tears has moistened my feet, and with her hair has wiped them. 45 A kiss thou gavest me not; but she from the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 With oil my head thou didst not anoint; but she with ointment has anointed my feet. 47 Wherefore, I say to thee, her sins which are many are forgiven, because she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven, loves little. 48 And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that reclined at table began to say within themselves: Who is this that also forgives sins? 50 But he said to the woman: Thy faith has saved thee, go in peace. Luke 8 1 And it came to pass afterward that he went through every city and village, preaching and telling the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him, 2 and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases; Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had gone seven demons, 3 and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their goods. 4 But as a great multitude had come together, and they were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable: 5 The sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way, and was trod down, and the birds of heaven ate it up; 6 and other fell upon the rock, and springing up it withered because it had no moisture; 7 and other fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it; 8 and other fell on the good ground, and springing up it produced fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And his disciples asked him what the parable might be. 10 And he said: To you is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. 11 But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 And they by the way are they that hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed they should be saved. 13 And they on the rock are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation apostatize. 14 But that which fell among thorns, are they that hear, and, going forth, are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground, are they that in a good and honest heart having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit in patience. 16 But no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, that they who come in may see the light. 17 For there is nothing concealed that shall not become manifest, neither hid which shall not be known and come into open view. 18 Take heed therefore how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he seems to have shall be taken from him. 19 And his mother and his brothers were coming to him, and were not able to approach him because of the multitude. 20 And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brothers stand without desiring to see thee. 21 But he answered and said to them: My mother and my brothers are they that hear the word of God and do it. 22 And it came to pass on one of the days that he himself entered a ship, and his disciples; and he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake; and they put to sea. 23 But as they were sailing he fell asleep; and a squall of wind came down on the lake, and they were filled and were in danger. 24 And coming forward, they waked him, saying: Master, Master, we perish. But he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And he said to them: Where is your faith? But being afraid they were astonished, saying one to another: Who then is this, that he commands both the winds and the water, and they obey him? 26 And they sailed down to the country of the Gergesenes, which is opposite to Galilee. 27 And when he had come forth to land, there met him from the city a man that had demons; and for a long time he wore no clothing, and abode not in a house, but in the tombs. 28 But seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell before him, and with a loud voice said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not. 29 For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man; for at many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and fetters, being imprisoned; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts. 30 And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? And he said: Legion, for many demons had entered into him. 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the abyss. 32 But there was a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain; and they besought him that he would permit them to enter into them. And he permitted them. 33 And the demons having come out of the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake and were choked. 34 But those who fed them, seeing what had been done, fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35 And they came out to see what had been done, and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had gone, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid. 36 And those that saw told them how the possessed with demons had been saved. 37 And all the multitude of the surrounding country of the Gergesenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; and he entered a ship and returned. 38 And the man out of whom the demons had gone besought him, that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying: 39 Return to thy house, and tell how great things God has done for thee. And he departed, proclaiming throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him. 40 And it came to pass when Jesus had returned, the multitude received him gladly; for all were looking for him. 41 And behold, there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; and falling at the feet of Jesus, he besought him to come into his house, 42 for he had a daughter, an only child, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as he was going, the multitudes thronged him. 43 And a woman, who had had an issue of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole living on physicians and could be cured by none, 44 came behind and touched the fringe of his mantle; and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me? And as all denied, Peter and those with him said: Master, the multitudes press on thee and crowd about thee. 46 But Jesus said: Some one touched me; for I perceived power going forth from me. 47 And the woman, seeing that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and having fallen before him told before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she had been immediately restored to health. 48 But he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has saved thee; go in peace. 49 While he was yet speaking, there comes some one from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying: Thy daughter is dead: trouble the Teacher no more. 50 But Jesus hearing it answered him: Fear not; only believe, and she shall be saved. 51 And when he had come to the house, he permitted no one to go in with him but Peter and John and James, and the father and the mother of the child. 52 And all wept, and lamented her. But he said: Weep not: she is not dead, but sleeps. 53 And they derided him, knowing that she was dead. 54 And taking her by the hand, he called, saying: Child, awake. 55 And her spirit returned, and she immediately arose; and he commanded that food should be given to her. 56 And her parents were astonished; but he charged them to tell no one what had been done. Luke 9 1 And having called together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal, 3 and said to them: Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor silver, nor have two coats apiece. 4 And whatever house you enter, there abide, and thence depart. 5 And as many as may not receive you, when going out from that city shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them. 6 And they went out and passed through every village, preaching the gospel and curing everywhere. 7 But Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that were done, and was perplexed because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, 8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that a prophet, some one of the ancients, had risen. 9 But Herod said: John I beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him. 10 And the apostles returned and told him all things that they had done. And he took them with him and withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida. 11 But the multitudes knew it and followed him; and he received them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed those that had need of healing. 12 But the day began to decline; and the twelve came and said to him: Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and country round about, and lodge and find food; for we are here in a desert place. 13 But he said to them: Do you give them to eat. They replied: We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people. 14 And they were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples: Make them recline in table-parties of fifty each. 15 And they did so, and made them all recline. 16 And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, blessed them and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 17 And all ate and were filled; and there was taken up what remained to them of broken pieces, twelve traveling-baskets. 18 And it came to pass as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him; and he asked them, saying: Who do the multitude say that I am? 19 And they answered and said; John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, some one of the ancients, has risen. 20 But he said to them: But who say you that I am? And Peter answered and said: The Christ of God. 21 And charging them strictly, he commanded them to tell this to no one, 22 saying that the Son of man must suffer many things, and he rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise the third day. 23 And he said to all: If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it. 25 For what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, but destroy himself or be lost? 26 For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you truly, there are some of these standing here that shall not taste of death till they shall have seen the kingdom of God. 28 And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. 29 And it came to pass as he prayed that the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothing was white and glittering. 30 And behold, two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elijah; 31 who appearing in glory spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem. 32 But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; but keeping awake they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him. 33 And it came to pass as they were separated from him Peter said to Jesus: Master, it is good that we are here, and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah, not knowing what he said. 34 And as he spoke these things there came a cloud and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came from the cloud, saying: This is my Son, the elect; hear him. 36 And when the voice had passed, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence, and told no one, in those days, any of the things that they had seen. 37 And it came to pass on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. 38 And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying: Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, for he is my only born; 39 and lo, a spirit seizes him, and suddenly cries out, and convulses him so that he foams, and after bruising him hardly departs from him. 40 And I requested thy disciples that they would cast him out; and they were not able. 41 And Jesus answered and said: O generation faithless and perverse, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring thy son hither. 42 But while he was yet coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him; and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and restored the child to health, and gave him again to his father. 43 And all were amazed at the majesty of God. But while all were wondering at all things that he did, he said to his disciples: 44 Put you into your ears these words; for the Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they comprehended not this saying, and it was concealed from them that they could not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him concerning this saying. 46 And there arose a reasoning among them as to which of them was greatest. 47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a little child and set it by him, 48 and said to them: Whoever shall receive this child in my name receives me; and whoever shall receive me, receives him that sent me; for he that is least among you all, he is great. 49 And John answered and said: Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he follows not with us. 50 And Jesus said to him: Forbid not, for he that is not against us is for us. 51 But it came to pass as the days of his being received up were completing, he steadfastly fixed his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before his face. And they went and entered a city of the Samaritans, so as to make ready for him; 53 and they received him not, because his face was going to Jerusalem. 54 And the disciples James and John, seeing it, said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them? 55 But he turned and rebuked them. 56 And they went to another village. 57 And as they were going on the way, some one said to him: I will follow thee wherever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the heavens have roosts, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. 59 And he said to another: Follow me. He replied: Permit me first to go and bury my father. 60 But he said to him: Let the dead bury their own dead: but go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said: I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit me to take leave of those at my house. 62 And Jesus said to him: No one that puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 10 1 But after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was about to come. 2 And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few: pray therefore the Lord of the harvest that he send laborers into his harvest. 3 Go; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals: salute no one by the way. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say: Peace to this house. 6 And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not, it shall return upon you. 7 And abide in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 8 And whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you, 9 and cure those in it that are sick, and say to them: The kingdom of God has come near to you, 10 But whatever city you enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets of it and say: 11 Even the dust of your city that cleaves to us on our feet we wipe off against you: yet know this that the kingdom of God is near. 12 And I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city. 13 Alas for thee, Chorazin; alas for thee, Bethsaida; for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 Furthermore, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted to heaven? Thou shalt be brought down to hades. 16 He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me. 17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying: Lord, even the demons are subjected to us in thy name. 18 And he said to them: I beheld Satan like lightning from heaven fallen. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in any way hurt you. 20 Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you; but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens. 21 In that hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said: I give thee thanks, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast concealed these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22 And turning to the disciples, he said: All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomever the Son will reveal him. 23 And turning to the disciples he said privately: Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I say to you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear. 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up tempting him, saying: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 And he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou? 27 And he answered and said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. 28 And he said to him: Thou hast rightly answered: do this, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbor? 30 Jesus replying said: A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him and wounded him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance a priest went down on that road, and seeing him, passed by on the other side. 32 And in like manner also a Levite, having come to the place, went and looked on and passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan on a journey came opposite to him, and seeing him, was moved with pity; 34 and going to him, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and setting him on his own beast, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And on the morrow, taking out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper and said: Take care of him, and whatever thou spendest more. I on my return will repay thee. 36 Which of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that fell among the robbers? 37 He replied: He that showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner. 38 And it came to pass as they journeyed that he went into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the feet of the Lord and heard his word. 40 But Martha was perplexed about much service; and she stood by him and said: Lord, carest thou not that my sister has left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. 41 But the Lord answered and said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things; 42 of one however there is need; for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Luke 11 1 And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he had ceased, some one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said to them: Whenever you pray, say: Father, thy name be hallowed: thy kingdom come: 3 give us day by day our needful bread; 4 and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation. 5 And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 because a friend of mine has come from a journey to me, and I have not what I may set before him. 7 And he from within shall answer and say: Trouble me not; the door is now closed, and my children with me are in bed: I cannot rise to give thee. 8 I say to you, though he will not give him, having risen because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9 And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10 For every one that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks it shall be opened. 11 But should a son ask bread of any one of you that is a father, would he give him a stone? or also a fish, would he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 or should he also ask an egg, would he give him a scorpion? 13 If therefore you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him. 14 And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; but it came to pass when the demon had gone out the dumb man spoke. And the multitudes wondered; 15 but some of them said: By Beelzebub, the prince of the demons, he casts out the demons. 16 And others tempting sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he knowing their thoughts said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and house falls against house. 18 And if Satan also has been divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? for you say, that I cast out the demons by Beelzebub. 19 But if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out the demons, then has the kingdom of God already come upon you. 21 When the strong man armed keeps guard over his palace, his goods are in peace. 22 But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes away all his armor in which he has trusted, and distributes his spoils. 23 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters*. * lit. “scatters me” in Sinaiticus, according to Ehrman. 24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finding none, he says: I will return to my house whence I came. 25 And he comes and finds it swept and set in order. 26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and entering in, they dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. 27 And it came to pass as he said these things, a woman from the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the breasts that thou didst suck. 28 But he said: Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it. 29 And while the multitudes crowded together, he began to say: This generation is an evil generation: it seeks a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation. 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. 33 No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but upon the lamp-stand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is thy eye. When thy eye is simple, thy whole body also is full of light; but whenever it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore lest the light that is in thee is darkness. 36 If thus thy whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the lamp by its brightness gives thee light. 37 But while he spoke, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; and he went in and reclined at table. 38 And the Pharisee seeing it wondered that he had not first immersed himself before dinner. 39 But the Lord said to him: Now, you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40 Senseless men; did not he that made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give the contents as charity, and behold, all things are clean to you. 42 But alas for you Pharisees, for you pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ought you to have done and not leave those undone. 43 Alas for you Pharisees, for you love the chief seat in the synagogues and salutations in the markets. 44 Alas for you, for you are as graves that appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not. 45 And some one of the lawyers answering said to him: Teacher, saying these things, thou reproachest us also. 46 He replied: Alas for you lawyers also, for you burden men with burdens hard to be borne, and yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Alas for you, for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Therefore you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they indeed killed them, but you build. 49 Wherefore also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of them they will kill and persecute, 50 that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house: yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. 52 Alas for you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you went not in yourselves, and those that were entering you hindered. 53 And when he had gone out thence the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very angry, and to press him to speak of many things, 54 lying in wait to catch something I from his mouth. Luke 12 1 In the meantime, when myriads of the multitude had come together, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first: Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 But nothing is concealed which shall not be revealed, and hid which shall not be made known. 3 Wherefore, whatever things you have said in darkness, shall be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed on the housetops. 4 But I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after this have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? And yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: you are of more value than many sparrows. 8 But I say to you: Whoever confesses me before men, him also shall the Son of man confess before the angels of God; 9 but he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 10 And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but to him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven. 11 But when they bring you before synagogues, and rulers, and authorities, be not anxious how or what you shall answer in defense or what you shall say; 12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what things you ought to say. 13 But someone from the multitude said to him: Teacher, speak to my brother that he divide with me the inheritance. 14 But he said to him: Man, who appointed me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness, for no one has his life in the abundance of the things which he possesses. 16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying: The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. 17 And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do, for I have not where I shall gather in my fruits? 18 And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there will I gather in all my produce and my good things; 19 and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: rest, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said to him: Senseless man, this night shall they require thy soul of thee: but the things that thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. 22 And he said to his disciples: Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your life what you shall eat, neither for your body what you shall put on. 23 Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing? 24 Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor granary, and yet God feeds them: how much better you are than the birds. 25 But which of you by being anxious can add to his age one cubit? 26 If then you can do not even the least, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they neither spin nor weave; yet I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 28 And if God so clothes the grass that to-day is in the field, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith. 29 And you, seek not what you shall eat and what you shall drink, and be not of doubtful mind; 30 for all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knows that you need these. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be given you in addition. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give charity: make for yourselves purses that grow not old, a treasury unfailing in the heavens, where no thief comes near, neither moth corrupts. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and be you like men awaiting their lord, when he shall return from the marriage, that when he comes and knocks they may immediately open to him. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes will serve them. 38 And if in the second, and if in the third watch, he shall come and find them so, blessed are they. 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would not have permitted his house to be broken through. 40 And you, be ready, for at an hour at which you think not the Son of man comes. 41 But Peter said to him: Lord, to us dost thou speak this parable or also to all? 42 And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent, whom the lord shall appoint over his company of servants to give the measure of food in season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord on coming shall find so doing. 44 Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his goods. 45 But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays to come, and shall begin to smite the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also and to drink and to be drunken: 46 the lord of that servant will come in a day that he looks not for, and at an hour that he knows not, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful. 47 But that servant that knew his lord’s will, and did not prepare or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; 48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And every one to whom much has been given, of him much shall be required, and to whom much has been committed, of him will they ask the more. 49 A fire came I to throw upon the earth, and what would I if it were already kindled? 50 A baptism have I to be baptized with, and how am I in pain till it be accomplished. 51 Think you that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you no, but rather division. 52 For there shall be, from this time, five in one house divided; three against two and two against three 53 shall they be divided, father against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. 54 And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say that a shower is coming, and so it comes to pass; 55 and when you see the south wind blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it comes to pass. 56 Hypocrites, you know how to judge of the face of the earth and of the heaven, but how do you not judge of this time? 57 And why also do you not of yourselves judge that which is right? 58 For as thou goest with thy opponent-at-law to the ruler, on the way endeavor to be delivered from him, lest perhaps he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the collector, and the collector throw thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not come out thence till thou shalt have paid even the last farthing. Luke 13 l And there were present at that time some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered and said to them: Think you that these Galileans had become sinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you no; but unless you repent, you shall all in like manner perish. 4 Or those eighteen, on whom fell the tower in Siloam and killed them, think you that they had become debtors above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you no; but unless you repent, you shall all in like manner perish. 6 And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser: Behold, for three years I come seeking fruit on this fig- tree and find none: cut it down; why also spoils it the ground? 8 But he answered and said to him: Sir, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and throw in manure; 9 and if afterward it produce fruit; but if not, thou shalt cut it down. 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, a woman that had had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together and was not able to lift herself up at all. 12 And seeing her, Jesus called to her and said to her: Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity; 13 and he laid his hands on her; and she immediately stood erect, and glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered, being angry because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, and said to the multitude: There are six days in which work ought to be done: on them therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath day. 15 But the Lord answered him and said: Hypocrites, does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away and give him water? 16 But this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound lo, eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that had been done by him. 18 He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard that a man took and threw into his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the heaven roosted in its branches. 20 And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he passed through the cities and villages teaching and making the journey to Jerusalem. 23 And some one said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: 24 Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able. 25 From whatever time the master of the house shall have risen up and closed the door and you shall have begun to stand without and to knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us, and he shall answer and say to you: I know you not whence you are: 26 then shall you begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and in our streets hast thou taught. 27 And he will say: I tell you, I know you not whence you are: depart from me, all workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out. 29 And they shall come from east and west and north and south, and shall recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, there are last that shall be first, and there are first that shall be last. 31 At that hour came to him some Pharisees, saying to him: Get out and depart hence, for Herod will kill thee. 32 And he said to them: Go and tell this fox: Behold, I cast out demons and perfect cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I make an end. 33 But I must journey today and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not possible that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children together as a hen her young under her wings, and you refused. 35 Behold, your house is left to you. I say to you that you shall not see me till the time come when you shall say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Luke 14 1 And it came to pass that he entered on a sabbath into the house of some one of the chief men of the Pharisees to eat bread, and they were watching him. 2 And behold, there was before him a man that had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath, or not? But they were silent. 4 And he took him and restored him to health and let him go. 5 And answering, he said to them: Shall a son or ox of any one of you fall into a pit and will he not immediately draw him out on the sabbath day? 6 And they were not able to answer him to these things. 7 But when he observed how they chose out the chief places, he spoke a parable to those that were called saying to them: 8 When thou art called by any one to a marriage, do not recline on the chief place, lest a more honorable than thou may have been called by him, 9 and he that called thee and him shall come and say to thee: Give this man place, and then thou begin with shame to occupy the last place. 10 But when thou art called, go and recline on the last place; that when he that called thee come, he shall say to thee: Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honor in the presence of those that recline with thee. 11 For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. 12 And he said also to him that had called him: When thou wouldst make a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also call thee in turn, and a recompense be made thee. 13 But when thou wouldst make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, 14 and thou shalt be blessed: for they cannot recompense thee; but thou shalt have recompense in the resurrection of the just. 15 And some one of those that reclined with him, hearing these things, said to him: Blessed is he that eats bread in the kingdom of God. 16 But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and called many; 17 and sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to those that had been called: Come, for it is now prepared. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a field, and I must 1 needs go and see it: I pray thee, have me excused. 19 And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to prove them: I pray thee, have me excused. 20 And another said: I have married a wife and therefore I cannot come. 21 And the servant came back and reported these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and the poor and maimed and blind and lame bring in hither. 22 And the servant said: Lord, what thou didst command has been done, and yet there is room. 23 And the lord said to the servant: Go out into the roads and hedges; and compel them to come in, that my house may be full; 24 for I say: to you that not one of those men that have been called shall taste of my supper. 25 And many multitudes journeyed with him; and he turned and said to them: 26 If any one comes to me and hates not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For what one of you intending to build a tower sits not down first and counts the cost, if he has enough to finish it? 29 lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all that see begin to deride him, 30 saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king going to engage in battle with another king, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 But if not, while he is yet far off, he sends an embassy and asks conditions of peace. 33 So then, no one of you that forsakes not all that he has can be my disciple. 34 Salt then is good; but if the salt become tasteless, by what means shall it be seasoned? 35 It is fit neither for earth nor for manure: they cast it out. He that has ears, let him hear. Luke 15 1 And all the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to him to hear him. 2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners and eats with them. 3 But he spoke to them this parable, saying: 4 What man of you, that has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, till he find it? 5 And when he finds it, he lays it on his shoulder rejoicing; 6 and having come home, he calls together the friends and the neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost. 7 I say to you that so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous who have no need of repentance. 8 Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together the friends and neighbors, saying: Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I lost. 10 So, I say to you, there arises joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents. 11 And he said: A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to the father: Father, give me the part of the estate that falls to me. And he divided to them the living. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and went from home into a distant country, and there wasted his estate by riotous living. 14 But when he had spent all, there arose a great famine throughout that land, and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine; 16 and he desired to fill his belly with the pods that the swine did eat; and no one gave to him. 17 But having come to himself, he said: How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare; but I am perishing here with hunger. 18 I will arise and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight; 19 no longer am I worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose and came to his father. And while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had pity on him; and running, he fell upon his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight; no longer am I worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants: Bring forth the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; 23 and bring the fatted calf, kill, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this, my son, was dead and lives again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 But his older son was in the field; and when he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing; 26 and calling to him one of the servants, he inquired what these things meant. 27 And he said to him: Thy brother has come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him in health. 28 But he was angry, and would not go in; and his father came out and entreated him. 29 But he answered and said to the father: Behold, so many years do I serve thee, and at no time have I transgressed thy commandment; and yet to me thou hast at no time given a kid that I might make merry with my friends; 30 but when thy son, this that has eaten up thy living with harlots, came, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf. 31 But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and all mine is thine; 32 but to make merry and to be glad was needful, for this thy brother was dead and lives again; was lost and is found. Luke 16 1 And he said also to the disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him of wasting his goods. 2 And he called him and said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer act as steward. 3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do? for my lord takes from me the stewardship. To dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed. 4 I have found what I shall do, that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses. 5 And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first: How much owest thou my lord? 6 He said: A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him: Take back thy note, and sit down quickly and write fifty. 7 Then he said to another: And how much owest thou? And he said: A hundred homers of wheat. He says to him: Take back thy note, and write eighty. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had acted prudently; for the children of this age are, in reference to their generation, wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations. 10 He that is faithful in very little is faithful also in much, and he that is unjust in very little is unjust also in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give to you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other; or he will hold the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and scoffed at him. 15 And he said to them: You are they that justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16 The law and the prophets preached till John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it by force. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fall. 18 Every one that puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he that marries her that is put away from a husband commits adultery. 19 But there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, feasting splendidly every day. 20 And a certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 and desiring to be fed with that which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 But it came to pass that the poor man died and was carried by angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said: Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus likewise evil things; but now here he is comforted and thou art tormented. 26 And in all these regions between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they that would pass hence to you cannot, neither can they pass thence to us. 27 And he said: I pray thee then, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house; 28 for I have five brothers: that he may earnestly testify to them, lest they themselves also come to this place of torment. 29 But Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them. 30 And he said: No, father Abraham; but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent. 31 But he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one should rise from the dead. Luke 17 1 And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that offenses come not; but alas for him through whom they come: 2 it were better for him that an upper millstone were hung about his neck and he thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times turn to thee, saying: I repent, thou shalt forgive him. 5 And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. 6 But the Lord said: If you have faith as a grain of mustard, you might say to this sycamine tree: Be uprooted and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you. 7 But which of you in having a servant plowing or feeding a flock, will say to him when he comes from the field: Come immediately and recline at table? 8 But will he not say to him: Make ready my supper, and gird thyself and serve me till I eat and drink, and after this thou shalt eat and drink? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded? 10 So also you, when you shall have done all things that are commanded you, say that we are unprofitable servants; we have done what we ought to have done. 11 And it came to pass as he journeyed to Jerusalem, he also went through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a certain village there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off; 13 and they lifted up their voices, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And seeing, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they went they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned, with a loud voice glorifying God; 16 and fell on his face at his feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. 17 But Jesus answered and said: Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Were there not found returning to give glory to God but this one of another race? 19 And he said to him: Arise and go: thy faith has saved thee. 20 And having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not with observation; 21 neither shall they say: Lo, here or there; for behold, the kingdom of God is among you. 22 But he said to his disciples: Days will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you: Lo here, lo there: go not after them nor follow them. 24 For as the lightning flashing out from one place under heaven shines to the other place under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were giving in marriage till the day on which Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all. 28 Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; 29 but on the day in which Lot went out of Sodom, there rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed all. 30 So shall it be in the day in which the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he that is in the field let him likewise not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose it shall save it alive. 34 I say to you, on that night there shall be two men in one bed: one shall be taken and the other left: 35 there shall be two women grinding together: the one shall be taken, but the other left. 37 And they answer and say to him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: Where the body is, there also will the eagles be gathered together. Luke 18 1 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that they ought always to pray and not grow weary, 2 saying: There was in a city a judge that feared not God, and regarded not man. 3 And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me, on my opponent-at-law. 4 And he would not for a time; but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, neither regard man, 5 yet, because this widow gives me trouble, I will avenge her, lest coming continually she weary me. 6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says; 7 and will not God avenge his elect who cry to him day and night, and does he bear long towards them? 8 I say to you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless will the Son of man, when he comes, find the faith on the earth? 9 And he spoke also this parable to some that trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I pay tithes of all that I possess. 13 But the publican, standing far off, would not lift even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me the sinner. 14 I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather indeed than the other; for every one that exalts himself shall be humbled, but he that humbles himself shall be exalted. 15 And they brought to him also their infants that he might touch them; but the disciples, seeing, rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying: Let the little children come to me and forbid them not; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. 18 And a ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, God. 20 Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Honor thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said: All these have I kept from youth. 22 But Jesus, hearing, said to him: Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come follow me. 23 But hearing these things, he became very sad; for he was very rich. 24 But seeing him, Jesus said: How hardly do they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God: 25 for it is easier for a camel to go in through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they that heard said: Who then can be saved? 27 But he said: Things impossible with men are possible with God. 28 And Peter said: Behold, we have left our own and followed thee. 29 And he said to them: Verily I say to you, there is no one that has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who shall not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 And taking the twelve aside, he said to them: Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets in reference to the Son of man shall be accomplished; 32 for he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be derided and outraged and spit upon; 33 and they shall scourge and kill him, and the third clay he shall rise. 34 And they understood none of these things; and this saying was concealed from them; and they knew not the things that were spoken. 35 And it came to pass as he drew near to Jericho, a blind man sat by the road begging. 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he inquired what this meant. 37 And they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was passing by. 38 And he cried out, saying: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 39 But those that went before rebuked him that he should be silent; but much more did he cry: Son of David, have mercy on me. 40 But Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he had come near he asked him: 41 What wilt thou that I shall do for thee? And he said: Lord, that I may receive sight. 42 And Jesus said to him: Receive sight: thy faith has saved thee. 43 And he immediately received sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God. Luke 19 1 And he entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And behold, a man named Zacchaeus, and he was chief publican, and was rich; 3 and he sought to see Jesus, who he was, and could not from the multitude, for in stature he was small. 4 And running before, he went up into a sycamore, that he might see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up and said to him: Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must abide to-day at thy house. 6 And he hastened and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And seeing it, they all murmured, saying: He has gone in to be guest with a sinful man. 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord: Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give to the poor; and if from any one I have taken any thing by false accusation, I repay fourfold. 9 And Jesus said to him: This day has salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost. 11 And as they heard these things he also spoke a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear. 12 He said, therefore: A nobleman went into a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and return. 13 And he called his ten servants and gave to them ten pounds, and said to them: Engage in trade till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying: We are not willing that this man shall reign over us. 15 And it came to pass when he had returned, having received the kingdom, he also ordered that those servants to whom he had given the money should be called to him, that he might know what each had gained by trading. 16 And the first came to him, saying: Lord, thy pound has gained ten pounds. 17 And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because, thou hast been faithful in very little, have authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, saying: Thy pound, lord, has made five pounds. 19 And he said also to him: Be thou also over five cities. 20 And the other came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I have had laid away in a napkin; 21 for I feared thee, because thou art a hard man: thou takest up what thou didst not deposit, and reapest what thou didst not sow. 22 He says to him: Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knowest that I am a hard man, taking up what I did not deposit, and reaping what I did not sow. 23 And why gavest thou not my money to the bank? and I on coming could have collected my own with interest. 24 And he said to those that stood by: Take from him the pound and give to him that has the ten pounds. 25 And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds. 26 I say to you: To every one that has shall be given, but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away. 27 But these my enemies, that were not willing that I should reign over them, bring hither and slay them before me. 28 And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying: Go into the village opposite, in which, on entering, you shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men ever sat: loose and bring him. 31 And if any one ask you: Why loose him? say thus; that the Lord has need of him. 32 And those that were sent went and found as he had said to them. 33 And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why loose the colt? 34 and they said: Because the Lord has need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus, and having thrown their mantles upon the colt, they set Jesus upon him. 36 And as he went they spread their mantles in the road. 37 But as he was drawing near now to the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty deeds which they had seen, 38 saying: Blessed be the King in the name of the Lord: in heaven peace, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him: Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said: I say to you, that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out. 41 And when he drew near, beholding the city, he wept over it, 42 saying: If thou hadst known, even thou, even in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they are hid from thy eyes. 43 For days will come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast up a mound about thee; and encircle thee round about, and shut thee up on every side; 44 and level thee with the ground and thy children within thee; and will not leave within thee a stone upon a stone, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45 And entering into the temple he began to cast out those that sold, 46 saying to them: It is written: And my house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers. 47 And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief men of the people sought to destroy him, 48 and found not what they could do; for all the people hung listening upon him. Luke 20 1 And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon him. 2 and spoke, saying to him: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things, or who is he that gave thee this authority? 3 But he answered and said to them: I also will ask you a word, and tell me: 4 The baptism of John, of heaven was it, or of men? 5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say: Of heaven, he will reply: Why did you not believe him? 6 But if we say: Of men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. 7 And they answered that they knew not whence. 8 And Jesus said to them: Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 9 And he began to speak to the people this parable. A man planted a vineyard and let it out to vinedressers, and went abroad for a long time. 10 And at the season he sent to the vinedressers a servant, that they might give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the vinedressers scourged him and sent him forth empty. 11 And he also sent another servant; but they scourged that one also, and having dishonored him, sent him forth empty. 12 And he also sent a third; but they wounded this one also and cast him out. 13 And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps they will reverence him. 14 But seeing him, the vinedressers reasoned one with another, saying: This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours. 15 And they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy these vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others. And hearing, they said: May it not be. 17 But he looked on them and said: What then is this that is written? A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner. 18 Every one that falls on that stone shall be broken; but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to dust. 19 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay their hands on him at the same hour, and were afraid of the people; for they knew that against them he had spoken this parable. 20 And watching closely, they sent spies that feigned themselves to be just, that they might lay hold on a word of his, so that they could deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not a person, but teachest the way of God in truth: 22 is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not? 23 But perceiving their craftiness, he said to them: 24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? They said: Caesar’s. 25 And he said to them: Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. 26 And they were not able to lay hold of his speech in the presence of the people; and being astonished at his answer, they were silent. 27 And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came and asked him a question, 28 saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, if any one’s brother die having a wife, and he be without children, that his brother shall take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 There were then seven brothers. And the first took a wife and died without children; 30 and the second 31 and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven left no children and died. 32 At last the woman also died. 33 The woman then in the resurrection, of which of them shall she be the wife? For the seven had her as a wife. 34 And Jesus said to them: The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but they that shall be counted worthy to obtain that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage: 36 nor indeed can they die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses has made known at the Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; 38 and he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him. 39 And some of the scribes answered and said: Teacher, thou hast well said. 40 For no one again ventured to ask him another question. 41 But he said to them: How say they that Christ is David’s son, 42 for David himself says in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand 43 till I make thy enemies thy footstool? 44 David then calls him Lord; and how is he his son? 45 But as all the people were hearing, he said to the disciples: 46 Beware of the scribes that delight to walk about in robes, and love salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers; 47 who eat up the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation. Luke 21 1 And looking up, he saw the rich throwing their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw a widow, a needy one, throw in thither two mites, 3 and he said: Truly I say to you that this poor widow has thrown in more than they all; 4 for all these out of their abundance have thrown in among the gifts, but she out of her poverty has thrown in all the living that she had. 5 And as some were speaking of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said: 6 As to these things that you see, days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying: Teacher, when then shall these things be? and what the sign when these things shall be accomplished? 8 And he said: Take heed that you be not deceived; for many will come in my name, saying: I am he, and the time is at hand: go not after them. 9 But when you hear of wars and tumults, be not alarmed; for these things must take place first, but not immediately the end. 10 Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11 great earthquakes also shall there be, and in places famines and pestilences, fearful sights also shall there be, and great signs from heaven. 12 But before all these they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name: 13 it shall turn out to you for testimony. 14 Resolve therefore in your hearts that you meditate not beforehand to make a defense; 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist or gainsay. 16 But you shall be delivered up both by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they shall put to death, 17 and you shall be hated by all because of my name. 18 And yet a hair from your head shall not be lost: 19 in your endurance preserve your souls. 20 But when you see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that the desolation of it is near. 21 Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, and those in the midst of it go out, and those in the country not enter into it; 22 for days of vengeance are these for the fulfilling of all things that are written. 23 Alas for them that are with child and them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land and wrath on this people; 24 and they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trod down by Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles shall have been fulfilled. 25 And there shall be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars, and on earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 men failing in heart for fear and expectation of things coming on the habitable land; for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming on a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these things begin to take place, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near. 29 And he spoke a parable to them: See the fig-tree and all the trees: 30 when they now put forth leaves, seeing it you know of yourselves that summer is now near. 31 So also you, when you see these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Verily I say to you: This generation shall not pass away till all these things shall have been accomplished. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 34 But take heed to yourselves lest perhaps your hearts become heavy with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day come upon you suddenly 35 like a snare; for it shall come upon all that dwell on the face of all the land. 36 But watch at every time, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of man. 37 And he was teaching in the temple during the day, but he went out and spent the night in the mount of Olives. 38 And all the people came early to him in the temple to hear him. Luke 22 1 But the feast of unleavened bread, which is called passover, drew near; 2 and the chief priests and scribes sought how they might destroy him; for they feared the people. 3 But Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve; 4 and he went away and conferred with the chief priests and captains how he might deliver him up to them. 5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money; 6 and he consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them in the absence of the multitude 7 And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be killed; 8 and he sent Peter and John, saying: Go and prepare for us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said to him: Where wilt thou that we make ready? 10 And he said to them: Behold, after you have gone into the city, there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters; 11 and you shall say to the master of the house: The Teacher says to thee: Where is the guest-chamber where I may eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13 And they went and found as he had said to them, and prepared the passover. 14 And when the hour had come, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them: With desire have I desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you that I will no more eat it till it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And having taken a cup and given thanks, he said: Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you that I will not drink henceforth of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God shall have corner 19 And having taken bread and given thanks, he broke and gave to them, saying: This is my body, that is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 And the cup in like manner, after he had supped, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that is poured out for you. 21 But behold, the hand of him that delivers me up is with me on the table. 22 For indeed the Son of man goes according to that which is determined, but alas for that man by whom he is delivered up. 23 And they began to inquire among themselves which of them it might be that was about to do this thing. 24 And there had been also a contention among them as to which of them was thought to be greatest. 25 But he said to them: The kings of the nations exercise lordship over them, and they that have authority over them are called benefactors: 26 you however shall not be so, but he that is the greatest among you, let him become as the youngest, and he that leads as he that serves. 27 For which is greater, he that reclines at table or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I in the midst of you am as he that serves. 28 But you are they that have continued steadily with me in my trials. 29 And I appoint to you as my Father has appointed to me a kingdom, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has greatly desired you that he may sift you as wheat; 32 but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. And thou, when thou hast turned to me, strengthen thy brethren. 33 And he said to him: Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death. 34 But he said: I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow this day, till thou shalt have three times denied that thou knowest me. 35 And he said to them: When I sent you forth without purse and bag and sandals, needed you any thing? They said: Nothing. 36 And he said to them: But now, he that has a purse, let him take it; in like manner, also a bag; and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy. 37 For I say to you that this that is written must be fulfilled in me; this: And with the lawless was he numbered; for that concerning me has an end. 38 And they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to them: It is enough. 39 And going out, he went according to custom to the mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed him. 40 And when he had come to the place he said to them: Pray that you enter not into temptation. 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and kneeling down he prayed, 42 saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me; yet, not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly. And his sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 And he arose from prayer, came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief, 46 and said to them: Why sleep? arise and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. 47 While he was yet speaking, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and came near to Jesus to kiss him. 48 And Jesus said to him: Judas, dost thou deliver up the Son of man with a kiss? 49 But they about him, seeing what would be, said: Lord, shall we smite with the sword? 50 And some one of them struck the servant of the chief priest and cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus answered and said: Let me alone till this, and he touched his ear and healed him. 52 And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders that had come to him: As against a robber you have come forth, with swords and clubs: 53 while I was with you a daily in the temple, you stretched not forth your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness. 54 And they took him, and led and brought him into the house of the chief priest; but Peter followed at a distance. 55 And after they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and were sitting together, Peter sat in the midst of them. 56 And a maidservant saw him sitting at the fire, and, looking earnestly on him, said: This man also was with him. 57 But he denied him, saying: Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little another saw him and said: Thou also art of them. But Peter said: Man, I am not. 59 And after an interval of about one hour some other confidently affirmed, saying: Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean. 60 But Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crew; 61 and the Lord turned and looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, as he had said to him: Before a cock shall have crowed this day, thou shalt deny me three times. 62 And he went out and wept bitterly. 63 And the men that held him derided him, striking him; 64 and having blindfolded him, they asked, saying: Prophesy: who is he that struck thee? 65 And many other things did they blasphemously say to him. 66 And when it was day, there came together the eldership of the people, chief priests also and scribes, and they led him away to their Sanhedrim, saying: If thou art the Christ, tell us. 67 And he said to them: If I tell you, you will not believe; 68 and if I ask, you will not answer. 69 But from this time shall the Son of man be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. 70 And they all said: Thou art then the Son of God? He said to them: You say it, for I am. 71 And they said: What further need have we of testimony? For we ourselves have heard from his mouth. Luke 23 1 And the whole number of them rose and led him to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying: We found this man turning our nation away, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him: Thou sayest. 4 But Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes: I find no fault in this man. 5 But they were vehement, saying: He excites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea, even beginning from Galilee, to this place. 6 But Pilate, hearing, inquired if the man were a Galilean; 7 and learning that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him up to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days. 8 And Herod, when he saw Jesus, was exceeding glad; for he had for a long time desired to see him, because he had heard of him, and hoped to see some sign done by him. 9 And he questioned him with many words; but he answered him nothing. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. 11 But Herod also, with his men of war having set him at naught and mocked him, put on him a splendid robe and sent him back to Pilate. 12 And on the same day Herod and Pilate became friends to each other; for before they had been at enmity between themselves. 13 But Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 said to them: You have brought to me this man as turning the people away; and behold, I, having examined him in your presence, have found in this man no fault as to the things which you charge against him. 15 No, nor even Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. 16 I will therefore chastise and release him. 17 [no verse] 18 But they cried out all at once, saying: Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas: 19 who for a certain insurrection made in the city and for murder had been cast into prison. 20 Again, however, Pilate called to them, wishing to release Jesus. 21 But they cried against it, saying: Crucify, crucify him. 22 But the third time spoke he to them: Why, what evil has he done? No cause of death have I found in him: I will therefore chastise and release him. 23 But they were urgent with loud cries, demanding that he should be crucified; and their cries prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that their demand should go into effect. 25 And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they chose; but Jesus he delivered up to their will. 26 And as they led him away, laying hold on Simon a certain Cyrenian, as he came from the country, they laid on him the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women that bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turned to them and said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me; but weep for yourselves and for your children; 29 for behold, there are coming days in which they shall say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that did not give suck. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall on us, and to the hills: Cover us; 31 for if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry? 32 And there were led others also, two evildoers, to be crucified with him. 33 And when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evildoers, one on the right and the other on the left. 34 But Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And dividing his clothing among them, they cast lots. 35 And the people stood looking on; but the rulers scoffed, saying: Others he saved, let him save himself, if he is the Christ, the chosen of God. 36 And the soldiers also derided him, coming to him, offering him vinegar, 37 and saying: If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself. 38 And there was also a superscription over him: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 And one of the evildoers that were hanged reviled him: Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us. 40 But the other, answering, rebuked him and said: Dost not even thou fear God, seeing that thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of what we have done; but this man has done nothing amiss. 42 And he said: Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom. 43 And he said to him: Verily I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise. 44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land till the ninth hour, 45 the sun having failed; and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 46 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired. 47 And the centurion, seeing what had taken place, glorified God, saying: Certainly this man was righteous. 48 And all the multitudes that had come together to that scene, having looked upon the things that were done, returned, smiting their breasts. 49 And all his acquaintance, and women that had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, looking upon these things. 50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a counselor, also a good and righteous man, 51 he had not consented to their counsel and deed of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who looked for the kingdom of God: 52 this man came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; 53 and having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher hewed in rock, where no one had yet lain. 54 And it was the day of the preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. 55 And women that had come up with him out of Galilee followed and observed the sepulcher, and how his body was laid; 56 and having returned, they prepared spices and ointments; and they rested indeed on the sabbath, according to the commandment. Luke 24 1 But on the first of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices that they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher; 3 but entering, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass as they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in bright clothing 5 and the women being afraid and bowing their faces to the earth the angels said to them: Why see among the dead for him that lives? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he spoke to you while he was yet in Galilee, 7 saying of the Son of man that he must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and rise on the third day. 8 And they remembered his words, 9 and returned from the sepulcher and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 And they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; and the rest with them told these things to the apostles. 11 And these words appeared in their sight as idle tales, and they believed them not. 12 But Peter arose and ran to the sepulcher, and stooping down, he saw the linen clothes lying by themselves; and he departed, wondering in himself at that which had come to pass. 13 And behold, two of them were going on the same day to a village named Emmaus, distant from Jerusalem sixty furlongs; 14 and they were conversing one with another about all these things that had happened. 15 And it came to pass while they were conversing and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them; 16 but their eyes were held so that they did not know him. 17 And he said to them: What matters are these that you interchange one with another as you walk? And they stood still with countenances sad. 18 But one, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said to him: Dost thou only dwell as a stranger in Jerusalem and hast not known the things that have come to pass in it in these days? 19 And he said to them: What things? And they said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who became a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to the condemnation of death and crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that it had been he that was about to redeem Israel. Yet even with all this, this is the third day since these things were done. 22 But also some women of our company astonished us; having been early at the sepulcher, 23 and not finding his body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 And some of those with us went to the sepulcher, and found it so even as the women had said, but him they saw not. 25 And he said to them: O without understanding, and slow of heart to believe in all things that the prophets have spoken. 26 Was it not needful that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory? 27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 28 And they drew near to the village whither they were going, and he made a show of going further; 29 and they constrained him, saying: Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day has now declined. And he went in to abide with them. 30 And it came to pass as he reclined at table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke and gave to them; 31 but their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. 32 And they said one to another: Was not our heart burning within us, as he spoke to us on the way, as he opened to us the scriptures? 33 And they rose up the same hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those with them collected together, 34 saying that the Lord has certainly risen and has appeared to Simon. 35 And they told what had taken place on the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread. 36 But while they were talking of these things, he himself stood in the midst of them. 37 And being terrified and becoming fearful, they thought that they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see me have. 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 But while they believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them: Have you anything here to eat? 42 And they gave him a piece of broiled fish; 43 and he took it and ate in their presence. 44 And he said to them: These are my words, which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things that are written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms concerning me must be fulfilled. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures; 46 and he said to them: Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And I send the promise of my Father upon you; but do you continue in the city, till you be clothed with power from on high. 50 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, as he blessed them, he was separated from them. 52 And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple praising God. John 1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him came into being not one thing that is in being. 4 In him is life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There came a man, sent from God; his name was John: 7 this man came for a testimony, that he might testify of the light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not the light, but came that he might testify of the light. 9 That was the true light, which, coming into the world, gives light to every man. 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came to his own country, and his own people received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, to those that believe on his name, 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified of him and cried, saying: This was he of whom I said: He that comes after me has been advanced before me, because he was before me. 16 For of his fullness have we all received, and grace for grace; 17 for the law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. 19 And the testimony of John is this, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him: Who art thou? 20 And he confessed and denied not, and confessed: I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? He said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? and he answered: No. 22 They then said to him: Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those that sent us: what sayest thou of thyself? 23 He replied: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 24 And some had been sent from the Pharisees, 25 and they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? 26 John answered them, saying: I baptize in water: in the midst of you there stands whom you know not, 27 he that comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose. 28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29 On the next day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold, the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said: After me comes a man who has been advanced before me, because he was before me. 31 And I knew him not, but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptizing in water. 32 And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending, like a dove, from heaven, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said to me: On whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, this is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit. 34 And I have seen, and I have testified that this is the Son of God. 35 On the next day again John stood, and two of his disciples, 36 and looking upon Jesus as he was walking, he says: Behold, the Lamb of God! 37 The two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them: 39 What seek you? They said to him: Rabbi (which is called, when translated, Teacher), where abidest thou? 40 He says to them: Come and see. They came therefore and saw where he abode, and continued with him that day: it was about the tenth hour. 41 It was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, one of the two that had heard from John and followed him: 42 he first finds his own brother Simon and says to him: We have found the Messiah, which is, translated, Christ. 43 He brought him to Jesus. Looking upon him, Jesus said: Thou art Simon the son of Joanna: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, translated. Peter. 44 On the next day he wished to go forth into Galilee, and found Philip. And Jesus said to him: Follow me. 45 But Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. 46 Philip finds Nathaniel, and says to him: We have found him of whom wrote Moses in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, who is of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 47 Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him: Come and see. 48 Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and said concerning him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. 49 Nathaniel said to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called thee, whilst thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 50 Nathaniel answered him: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art King of Israel. 51 Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said to thee that I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these. 52 And he said to him: Verily, verily, I say to you, you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John 2 1 And on the third day a marriage took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; 2 and Jesus also was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And they had no wine, because the wine of the marriage feast had failed. Then said the mother of Jesus to him: They have no wine. 4 Jesus said to her: Woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour has not yet come. 5 His mother said to the waiters: Whatever he says to you, do. 6 And according to the purification of the Jews, there were lying there six water vessels of stone, containing two or three baths each. 7 Jesus says to them: Fill the water vessels with water. And they filled them to the brim. 8 And he says to them: Draw out now, and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried it. 9 But when the master of the feast had tasted the water that had been made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters that drew the water knew, the master of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him: Every man at the first sets out the good wine; and when they have become drunk, the inferior: thou hast kept the good wine till now. 11 This beginning of signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed on him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they remained there not many days. 13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the moneychangers sitting; 15 and having made a scourge of cords, he drove all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen, and poured out the money of the money-changers, and overturned the tables; 16 and to those that sold doves he said: Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. 17 The disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for thy house consumes me. 18 The Jews then answered and said to him: What sign showest thou to us, that thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 The Jews therefore said: Forty and six years was this temple in building, and in three days wilt thou raise it up? 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. 23 But when he was in Jerusalem on the Passover on the feast, many believed on his name, seeing his signs which he did; 24 but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, 25 and because he had no need that any one should testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man. John 3 1 But there was a man of the Pharisees, his name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; 2 he came to him by night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that from God thou hast come as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, unless God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus says to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born? 5 Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say to thee, Unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Wonder not that I said to thee: You must be born again. 8 The wind blows where it pleases, and the sound of it thou hearest, but thou knowest not whence it comes and whither it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things take place? 10 Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say to thee, that which we know we speak, and that which we have seen we testify, and our testimony you receive not. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you believe not, how will you believe if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no one has ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; 15 that every one that believes in him may have life eternal. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes on him might not perish, but have life eternal. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18 He that believes on him is not condemned: he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 But the condemnation is this, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his works may be reproved; 21 but he that does the truth comes to the light that his works may be made manifest that they are wrought in God. 22 After this came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea, and there he abode with them and baptized. 23 But John also was baptizing in Enon near Salem, because much water was there; and they came and were baptized; 24 for not yet had John been cast into prison. 25 There arose therefore a discussion, on the part of some of the disciples of John, with a Jew, about purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast testified, behold, he baptizes and all come to him. 27 John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing unless it be given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves will testify for me that I said: I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, greatly rejoices because of the voice of the bridegroom. This my joy therefore has been fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must become less. 31 He that comes from above is over all: he that is of the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. He that comes from heaven 32 testifies of what he has seen and heard, and his testimony no one receives. 33 He that has received his testimony has attested that God is true. 34 For he whom God sent speaks the words of God; for not by measure does he give the Spirit. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 36 He that believes on the Son has life eternal; he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. John 4 1 When therefore Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John. 2 though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples baptized. 3 he left Judea and went away again into Galilee. 4 But he must needs go through Samaria. 5 He comes therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the place which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 And Jacob’s well was there. Jesus then, having been wearied with the journey, sat thus on the well: it was about the sixth hour. 7 There comes a woman from Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her: Give me to drink. 8 For his disciples had gone away into the city, to buy food, 9 The woman, who was a Samaritan, says to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? 10 Jesus answered and said to her: If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who he is that says to thee: Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman says to him: Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence hast thou the living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said to her: Everyone that drinks of this water shall thirst again; 14 but whoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up to life eternal. 15 The woman says to him: Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 16 He says to her: Go, call thy husband and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said: I have no husband, Jesus says to her: Well hast thou said: I have no husband; 18 for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. This thou hast spoken truly. 19 The woman says to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where we ought to worship. 21 Jesus says to her: Believe me, woman, that the hour comes when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall you worship the Father. 22 You worship you know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews; 23 but the hour comes and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him. 24 God is spirit; and they that worship must worship in spirit and truth. 25 The woman says to him: I know that Messiah comes, who is called Christ: when he has come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus says to her: I that speak to thee am he. 27 And on this came his disciples, and wondered that he talked with the woman: no one, however, said: What seekest thou or why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman therefore left her water-pot and went away into the city, and said to the men: 29 Come, see a man that has told me all things that I have done; is this the Christ? 30 They went forth from the city and came to him. 31 In the meantime his disciples besought him, saying: Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said to them: I have food to eat that you know not of. 33 Then said the disciples one to another: Has any one brought him food? 34 Jesus says to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and finish his work. 35 Say you not that there are yet four months, and harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are white for the harvest. 36 Already he that reaps receives reward and gathers fruit for eternal life, that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this is the saying true, that there is one that sows and another that reaps. 38 I have sent you to reap that on which you have not labored: others have labored, and you have entered into their labor. 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who testified that he told me all things that I had done. 40 When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to abide with them; and he abode; there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word, 42 and said to the woman: We no longer believe because of thy saying; for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is in truth the Saviour of the world. 43 But after the two days he went forth thence into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had come to the feast. 46 He came then again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was in Capernaum a nobleman, whose son was sick; 47 he, hearing that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, came to him, and besought him that he would come down and restore his son to health; for he was about to die. 48 Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe. 49 The nobleman said to him: Sir, come down before my child die. 50 Jesus said to him: Go, thy son lives. The man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and went. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him: Thy son lives. 52 He then inquired of them the hour in which he began to mend: they then said to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53 The father therefore knew that it was in that hour in which Jesus had said to him: Thy son lives; and he himself believed and all his house. 54 This again is the second sign that Jesus did on coming out of Judea into Galilee. John 5 1 After this was the feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 And there is in Jerusalem at the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a multitude of sick persons, blind, lame, withered. 4 [no verse] 5 But there was a man there that had been sick thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus saw him lying, and, knowing that he had already been sick a long time, said to him: Wilt thou be restored to health? 7 The sick man answered him: Sir, I have no man, that when the water is stirred he may put me into the pool; but while I am coming another goes down before me. 8 Jesus says to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And the man was restored to health, and took up his bed and walked; but a sabbath was on that day. 10 The Jews then said to him that had been cured: It is a sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 11 He answered them: He that made me well said to me: Take up thy bed and walk. 12 They asked him: Who is the man that said to thee: Take up and walk? 13 But the sick man knew not who he was; for Jesus had withdrawn, as a multitude was in the place. 14 After this Jesus finds him in the temple; and he said to him: Behold, thou hast been restored to health: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee. 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus that had made him well. 16 And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. 17 But he answered them: My Father works till now, and I work. 18 For this reason did the Jews seek the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God. 19 Jesus therefore answered and said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever he does, these also the Son does in like manner, 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all things that he himself does; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may wonder. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will. 22 For neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judicial authority to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father who sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say to you, that he that hears my word and believes on him that sent me has life eternal, and comes not into condemnation, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Verily, verily, I say to you, that the hour comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so has he given to the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. 28 Wonder not at this, for the hour comes in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth, those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; those that have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 I can do nothing of myself: as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my will, but the will of him that sent me. 31 If I testify of myself, my testimony is not true: 32 there is another that testifies of me, and you know that the testimony which he testifies of me is true. 33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth; 34 but I receive not testimony from man, but these things I say that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and the shining light, and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light. 36 But I have testimony greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to accomplish, the works themselves that I do, testify of me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me, he has testified of me: neither his voice have you heard at any time, nor his shape have you seen, 38 and his word you have not abiding in you, for whom he has sent, him you believe not. 39 You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life, and they are they that testify of me; 40 and yet you will not come to me that you may have life. 41 I receive not glory from men, 42 but I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him you would receive. 44 How can you believe while receiving glory one from another, and you seek not the glory that is from the only God? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is he that accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if you believe not his writings, how will you believe my words? John 6 1 After this Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias; 2 and a great multitude followed him because they saw the signs that he did in case of the sick. 3 But Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip: Whence can we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do. 7 Philip answered him: Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for these, that each one may take some little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to him: 9 There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two little fishes; but what are these among so many? 10 Jesus said: Make the men recline. And there was much grass in the place. The men therefore reclined, in number about five thousand. 11 Jesus therefore took the loaves, and gave thanks, and gave to those that reclined; in like manner also of the fishes as much as they wished. 12 But when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the broken pieces that remain, that nothing be lost. 13 They gathered them therefore, and filled twelve traveling-baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained after they had eaten. 14 The men therefore, seeing the sign that he had done, said: This is in truth the prophet that comes into the world. 15 Jesus then, knowing that they were about to come and seize him to make him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone. 16 But when evening had come, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 and having entered a ship, were going beyond the sea to Capernaum. But darkness overtook them, and Jesus had not yet come to them: 18 the sea also arose, because a great wind was blowing. 19 Having rowed therefore about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near the ship, and they were afraid. 20 But he said to them: It is I, be not afraid. 21 They then willingly received him into the ship, and immediately the ship was at the land to which they were going. 22 On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other little ship there but one, and that Jesus had not entered the ship with his disciples, but his disciples had gone away alone: 23 however, little ships had come from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread when the Lord had given thanks. 24 When, therefore, the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they entered the little ships and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 And having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when earnest thou hither? 26 Jesus answered them and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, you seek me not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that abides to life eternal, which the Son of man gives you; for him has God the Father attested. 28 They said therefore to him: What must we do that we may work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent. 30 They said then to him: What doest thou then as a sign, that we may see and believe thee; what workest thou? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: Bread from heaven gave he them to eat. 32 Then said Jesus to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the bread from heaven, the true. 33 For the bread which is God's is he that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. 34 They said therefore to him: Lord, always give us this bread. 35 Jesus then said to them: I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall not hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen and do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not cast out; 38 for I have come down from heaven, not that I might do my will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the will of him that sent me, that I shall lose nothing of all that he has given me, but shall raise it up in the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that whoever sees the Son and believes on him may have life eternal, and I shall raise him up in the last day. 41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said: I am the bread that came down from heaven; 42 and they said: Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How now says this man: I have come down from heaven? 43 Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God: every one that has heard from the Father and has learned, comes to me. 46 Not that any one has seen the Father, but he that is from God, he has seen the Father. 47 Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes has life eternal. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died: 50 this is the bread that comes down from heaven, that any one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread, that came down from heaven: if any one eat of my bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also that I will give for the life of the world, is my flesh. 52 The Jews then contended one with another, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up in the, last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also that eats me even he shall live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live forever. 59 These things spoke he in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum. 60 Therefore many of his disciples on hearing it said: A hard saying is this: who can hear it? 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this, said to them: Does this offend you? 62 If then you should see the Son of man ascending where he was before? 63 The spirit is that which makes alive; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that would deliver him up. 65 And he said: For this reason have I said to you that no one can come to me unless it be given him of the Father. 66 From this time therefore many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him. 67 Jesus then said to the twelve: Will you also go away? 68 Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? The words of eternal life hast thou; 69 and we have believed and known that thou art the Holy One of God. 70 He answered them: Have I not chosen you twelve? and one of you is a devil. 71 But he spoke of Judas, son of Simon Tscariot; for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve. John 7 1 After this Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 But the feast of the Jews, that of tabernacles, was near. 3 His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest; 4 for no one does any thing in secret and desires himself to be known openly. If thou doest these things, make thyself manifest to the world. 5 For neither did his brothers believe on him. 6 Jesus says to them: My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 Do you go up to the feast: I go not up to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come. 9 Having said these things, he abode in Galilee. 10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he himself also went up, not openly, but in secret. 11 The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said: Where is he? 12 And there was much murmuring concerning him among the multitude; some said: He is a good man: others said: No, but he deceives the multitude. 13 No one, however, spoke boldly concerning him, for fear of the Jews. 14 But now at the middle of the festival Jesus went up into the, temple and taught. 15 The Jews therefore were astonished, saying: How knows this man letters, not having learned? 16 Jesus then answered them and said: My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me: 17 if any one will do his will he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak of myself. 18 He that speaks of himself seeks his own glory: he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law? and none of you does the law. Why do you seek to kill me? 20 The multitude answered: Thou hast a demon: who seekest to kill thee? 21 Jesus answered and said to them: One work I have done and you all wonder. 22 Moses has given you circumcision, not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers, and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I restored the entire man to health on the sabbath? 24 Judge not, according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 25 Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they seek to kill? 26 And lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then certainly known that this is the Christ? 27 However, we know this man, whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is. 28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but he is true that sent me, whom you know not: 29 I know him, because I am from him and he sent me. 30 They therefore sought to take him, and no one laid his hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 But many of the multitude believed on him, and said: When Christ comes, will he do more signs than these that this man does? 32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent attendants that they might take him. 33 Therefore said Jesus: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that sent me. 34 You shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I am you cannot come. 35 The Jews therefore said one to another: Whither does this man intend to go, that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go among the dispersion of the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What means this word that he spoke: You shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I am, you cannot come? 37 But on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come and drink. 38 He that believes on me, as the scripture said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 But this he spoke of the Spirit which those that believe on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. 40 Some of the multitude therefore, hearing these words, said: This is in truth the prophet; 41 others said: This is the Christ; others said: Does the Christ then come out of Galilee? 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the posterity of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was? 43 There was therefore a division among the multitude, because of him; 44 but some of them wished to take him; no one, however, laid hands on him. 45 The attendants therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them: Why did you not bring him? 46 The attendants answered: Never man so spoke, as this man speaks. 47 The Pharisees answered them: Are you also deceived? 48 Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? 49 But the multitude, that knows not the law, are cursed. 50 Nicodemus, being one of them, says to them: 51 Does our law condemn the, man unless it first hear from him and know what he does? 52 They answered and said to him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search and see that out of Galilee a prophet arises not. [John 7:53 – 8:11 is not found in the Sinaiticus. Anderson includes instead two versions or these verses – the first from codex D and the second a different account supposed by Griesbach to be a very probable omission. 53 And they went each one to his own house. John 7 8:1 But Jesus went into the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he comes again into the temple, and all the people came to him. 3 And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in sin, and having placed her in the midst. 4 the priests say to him, tempting him, that they may have an accusation against him: Teacher, this woman has been taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now, Moses in the law commanded us to stone such: but now what sayest thou? 6 But Jesus stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground. 7 But as they continued asking, he lifted himself up and said to them: Let him that is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. 8 And he again stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground. 9 And each one of the Jews went out, beginning from the elder, so that all went out; and he was left alone, and the woman being in the midst. 10 And Jesus lifted himself up and said to the woman: Where are they? Has no one condemned thee? 11 And she said to him: No one, sir. And he said: Neither do I condemn thee; go, from this time sin no more. 8:1 But Jesus went into the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery, and having placed her in the midst 4 they say to him: Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now, in the law Moses commanded that such should be stoned: thou therefore, what sayest thou? 6 But this they said tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground. 7 And as they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw the stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 But they having heard, and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the elder to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 But Jesus lifted himself up, and seeing no one but the woman, said to her: Woman, where are, those thy accusers? Has no one condemned thee? 11 She said: No one, sir. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.] 12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the Light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou testifiest of thyself: thy testimony is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said to them: Though I testify of myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I came and whither I go: you know not whence I come or whither I go. 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16 And even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and he that sent me. 17 And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me testifies of me. 19 They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: You know neither me nor my Father: if you had known me, you would have known my Father also. 20 These words spoke he in the treasury while teaching in the temple; and no one took him, because his hour had not yet come. 21 He therefore said again to them: I go away, and you shall seek me, and in your sin you shall die: whither I go you cannot come. 22 The Jews then said: Will he kill himself, because he says: Whither I go you cannot come? 23 And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above: you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 Therefore said I to you that you shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sins. 25 They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: Altogether that which I also say to you. 26 I have many things to say and to judge of you; but he that sent me is true, and what I have heard from him, these things I speak unto the world. 27 They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father. 28 Then said Jesus: When you shall have, lifted up the Son of man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is with me: he has not left me alone, for I do always the things that are pleasing to him. 30 While he was speaking these things many believed on him. 31 Jesus then said to the Jews that believed on him: If you abide in my word, you are my disciples in truth, 32 and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered to him: We are Abraham's posterity, and have never been in bondage to any one; how sayest thou: You shall become free? 34 Jesus answered them: Verily, verily, I say to you, that every one that does sin is a servant of sin. 35 But the servant abides not in the house forever: the Son abides forever. 36 If, then, the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham's posterity; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. 38 I speak what things I have seen with my Father, and you then do what things you have heard from your father. 39 They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them: If you were the children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham; 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man that has spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God: this Abraham did not. 41 You do the works of your fathers. They said to him: We have not been born of lewdness; we have one Father, God. 42 Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, you would love me; for I came forth from God and have come hither: nor indeed have I come of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why know you not my speech? because you cannot hear my word. 44 You are of your father, the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks what is false, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it. 45 But because I tell you the truth, you believe me not. 46 Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 He that is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you hear not, because you are not of God. 48 The Jews answered and said to him: Do we not well say that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? 49 Jesus answered: I have not a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 But I seek not my glory: there is that seeks and judges. 51 Verily, verily, I say to you, if any one keep my word, he shall never see death. 52 The Jews said to him: Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If any one keep my word, he shall never taste of death: 53 art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father that glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God; 55 and yet you have not known him, but I know him. If I should say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him, and his word I keep. 56 Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he could see my day, and he saw it and was glad. 57 The Jews then said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I am. 59 They therefore took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. John 9 1 And passing by he saw a man blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying: Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him. 4 We must work the works of him that sent us while it is day: there comes night, when no man can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world. 6 He said these things, and spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, 7 and said to him: Go wash in the pool of Siloam, which is, translated. Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing. 8 The neighbors therefore, and those that had seen him before, that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Others said that this is he; others said: No, but he is like him. He said: I am he. 10 They therefore said to him: How were thy eyes opened? 11 He answered: The man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me: Go to Siloam and wash. Having gone therefore and washed, I received sight. 12 They said to him: Where is he? He says: I know not. 13 They bring to the Pharisees him that was formerly blind. 14 And it was a sabbath on the day in which Jesus made clay and opened his eyes. 15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received sight. He said to them: He put clay upon my eyes and I washed and do see. 16 Some of the Pharisees therefore said: This man is not from God, for he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them. 17 They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, because he has opened thy eyes? He said: He is a prophet. 18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he was blind and had received sight, till they had called the parents of him that had received sight, 19 and asked them, saying: Is this your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How, then, does he now see? 20 His parents therefore answered and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees we know not, or who opened his eyes we know not: ask him; he is of age: he shall speak for himself 22 These things said his parents because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 23 For this reason his parents said that he is of age, ask him. 24 They therefore a second time called the man that had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He then answered: If he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, being blind, I now see. 26 They said therefore to him: What did he for thee? How opened he thy eyes? 27 He answered them: I have told you already, and you did not hear: why will you hear again? Will you also become his disciples? 28 They reviled him and said: Thou art a disciple of that man, but we are Moses' disciples: 29 we know that God spoke to Moses, but this man, we know not whence he is. 30 The man answered and said to them: Why, in this is that which is wonderful, that you know not whence he is, and yet he has opened my eyes. 31 We know that God hears not sinners, but if any one be a worshiper of God and do his will, him he hears. 32 Never was it heard that any one opened the eyes of one that had been born blind: 33 if this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 34 They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and he found him and said: Dost thou believe on the Son of man? 36 He answered and said: And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? 37 Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that talks with thee. 38 He said, Lord, I believe; and he worshiped him. 39 And Jesus said: For judgment have I come into this world, that those that see not may see, and that those that see may become blind. 40 Some of the Pharisees that were with him heard, and said to him: Are we also blind? 41 Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you would not have sin; but now you say: We see: your sin remains. John 10 1 Verily, verily, I say to you, he that enters not through the door into the sheepfold, but goes up by some other way, he is a thief and a robber: 2 but he that enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he puts forth all of his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice; 5 but a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. 6 This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they knew not what things they were that he spoke to them. 7 Jesus therefore said: Verily, verily, I say to you: I am the door of the sheep. 8 All as many as have come are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: through me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes not but that he may steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep: 12 he that is a hireling and not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them, 13 because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know mine, and mine know me, 15 as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also must I bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, one shepherd. 17 For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. Authority have I to lay it down, and authority have I to take it again: this commandment I received from my Father. 19 There arose again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Therefore many of them said: He has a demon and is mad; why hear him? 21 Others said: These words are not of one that has a demon: can a demon open the eyes of the blind? 22 But the feast of dedication was held in Jerusalem; it was winter; 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch. 24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him: How long dost thou keep us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered: I have told you, and you do not believe: the works 13 t that I do in my Father's name, these 1 testify of me; 26 but you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, 28 and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 What the Father has given to me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one. 31 Again the Jews took up stones to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them: Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for what one of these do you stone me? 33 The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said: You are gods? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken: 36 of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, say you: Thou blasphemest; because I said: I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not; 38 but if I do, although you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and acknowledge that the Father is in me and I in the Father. 39 They then sought to take him, and he went forth from their hand. 40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was first baptizing, and abode there. 41 And many came to him and said: John indeed did no sign, but all things whatever John said of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. John 11 l But a man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was Mary that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 But Jesus hearing it, said: This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 5 Now, Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 When therefore he had heard that he was sick, then indeed he abode two days in the place where he was: 7 then after this he says to the disciples: Let us go into Judea again. 8 The disciples say to him: Rabbi, the Jews just now sought to stone thee, arid goest thou thither again? 9 Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If any one walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of the world: 10 if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. 11 These things said he, and after this he says to them: Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him. 12 Then the disciples said to him: Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he shall be saved. 13 Jesus, however, had spoken of his death; but they supposed that he spoke of the rest of sleep. 14 Therefore Jesus then said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead; 15 and I rejoice for your sakes, in order that you may believe, that I was not there; but let us go to him. 16 Thomas, who is called Didymus, then said to his fellow-disciples: Let I us also go, that we may die with him. 17 Jesus came therefore and found that he had been four days in the tomb. 18 But Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. 19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary and their friends, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him; but Mary sat in the house. 21 Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died. 22 And now I know that whatever things thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. 23 Jesus says to her: Thy brother shall rise. 24 Martha says to him: I know that he will rise in the resurrection, in the last day. 25 Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes on me, though he were dead, he shall live, 26 and whoever lives and believes on me shall never die: believest thou this? 27 She says to him: Yes, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, he that comes into the world. 28 And after saying this she went away and called Mary her sister secretly, saying: The Teacher is present, and calls for thee. 29 When she heard, she rose quickly and came to him; 30 but Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha had met him. 31 Therefore the Jews that were with her in the house, and were comforting her, seeing Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb, that she might weep there. 32 Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died. 33 Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, was greatly moved in spirit, and was troubled, 34 and said: Where have you laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Therefore said the Jews: See how he loved him. 37 But some of them said: Could not this man, that opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not die? 38 Jesus therefore, again greatly moved within himself, comes to the tomb; but it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus says: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that had died, says to him: Lord, the smell is now offensive; for he has been dead four days. 40 Jesus says to her: Did I not tell thee that if thou wouldst believe thou shouldst see the glory of God? 41 They therefore took away the stone; but Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 But I knew that thou always hearest me; but yet, on account of the multitude that stands around, I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me. 43 And having said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that had been dead came forth, bound hands and feet with swathing bands; and his face was bound around with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them: Loose him, and let him go. 45 Many therefore of the Jews, that had come to Mary and had seen what he did, believed on him; 46 but some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees brought together the Sanhedrim, and said: What do we, for this man does many signs? 48 If we let him alone thus, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them: You know nothing, 50 neither do you consider that it is profitable for us that one man die for the people and not that the whole nation perish. 51 But this he spoke not of himself, but, being chief priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation; 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might gather into one the children of God also, that were scattered abroad. 53 From that day therefore they took counsel to kill him. 54 Jesus then no longer walked openly among the Jews; but went away thence into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim; and there he abode with his disciples. 55 But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the passover, that they might purify themselves. 56 They therefore sought Jesus and said among themselves while standing in the temple: What think you, that he will not come to the feast? 57 But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandments that, if any knew where he was, he should make it known, in order that they might take him. John 12 1 Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. 2 They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those that reclined at table with him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of the ointment of pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the perfume of the ointment. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he that was about to deliver him up, says: 5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor? 6 But this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the bag he carried what was thrown in. 7 Jesus therefore said: Let her alone; she bought it that she might keep it to the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you have always with you, but me you have not always. 9 The great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there, and came not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests had determined that they would kill Lazarus also, 11 because many of the Jews, on account of him, went away and believed on Jesus. 12 On the next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 took branches of palm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, and blessed is the King of Israel. 14 But Jesus, finding a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written: 15 Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King comes sitting upon the foal of an ass. 16 These things his disciples knew not at first, but when Jesus had been glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things for him. 17 The multitude that was with him therefore testified that he had called Lazarus from the tomb, and raised him from the dead. 18 For this reason also the multitude met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: You see that you profit nothing: behold, the world has gone after him. 20 But of those that went up to worship at the feast, there were some Greeks: 21 these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying: Sir, we wish to see Jesus. 22 Philip comes and tells Andrew: Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus. 23 But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, itself abides alone; but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. 25 He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal. 26 If any one serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant also be: if any one serve me him will my Father honor. 27 Now is my soul troubled, and what; shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I to this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice from heaven: I have glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 Therefore the multitude that stood by, hearing it, said that it thundered: others said: An angel has spoken to him. 30 Jesus answered and said: Not for my sake came this voice, but for yours. 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out, 32 and I, when I shall have been lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself. 33 But this he said, signifying by what kind of death he was about to die. 34 Then the multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever, and how sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this, the Son of man? 35 Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while the light is among you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness overtake you not; and he that walks in darkness knows not whither he goes. 36 While you have the light, believe on the light, that you may become sons of light. These things spoke Jesus and went away and hid himself from them. 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, they believed not on him. 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who of us has believed what is heard? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and should turn and I should give them health. 41 These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of him. 42 Yet however, of the rulers, many believed on him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. 44 But Jesus cried and said: He that believes on me believes not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 and he that sees me sees him that sent me. 46 I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in darkness. 47 And if any one hear my words and keep them not, I judge him not; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejects me and receives not my words, has that which judges him: the word that I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of myself, but the Father who sent me, he himself has given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is life eternal. What things therefore I speak, as the Father said to me, so I speak. John 13 1 But before the feast of passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 And when supper had ended, as the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray him. 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going to God, 4 rises from supper and lays aside his garments; and having taken a towel, he girded himself: 5 then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. 6 He then comes to Simon Peter; he says to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered and said to him: What I am doing thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know after this. 8 Peter says to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: Unless I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter says to him: Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 10 Jesus says to him: He that has bathed has no need to wash his hands and head, but is wholly clean; and you are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew him that would deliver him up; for this reason he said: Not all of you are clean. 12 When therefore he had washed their feet and had taken his garments, and reclined again at table, he said to them: Do you know what I have done for you? 13 You call me: Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for I am. 14 If, then, I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another; 15 for I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16 Verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor is an apostle greater than he that sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18 I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled: He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. 19 Even now I tell you before it comes to pass, that when it shall have come to pass you may believe that I am he. 20 Verily, verily, I say to you, he that receives whom I shall send receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. 21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up. 22 The disciples looked one at another, doubting concerning whom he spoke. 23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining in the bosom of Jesus: 24 Simon Peter then nods to this one and says to him: Tell who it is of whom he speaks. 25 Therefore he, leaning back thus on the breast of Jesus, says to him: Lord, who is it? 26 Jesus answers: He it is for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him. Therefore, having dipped the morsel, he takes it and gives it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. 27 And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Jesus therefore says to him: What thou doest, do quickly. 28 But no one of those reclining at table knew for what purpose he said this to him; 29 for some supposed, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to him: Buy the things of which we have need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. 30 Having therefore received the morsel, he went out Immediately; and it was night. 31 When therefore he had gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him. God also will glorify him in himself, and he will immediately glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while am I with you: you shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews, that where I am you cannot come, to you also I say it now. 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 In this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. 36 Simon Peter says to him: Lord. whither goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me hereafter. 37 Peter says to him: Lord, why can I not follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. 38 Jesus answered: Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me three times. John 14 1 Let not your hearts be troubled: believe on God, believe also on me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if not so, I would have told you; for I am going to prepare a place for you. 3 And when I shall have gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again, and take you to myself, that where I am you also may be. 4 And whither I go you know the way. 5 Thomas says to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how know we the way? 6 Jesus says to him: I am he way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father but through me. 7 If you have known me, you shall know my Father also; and even now you know him and lave seen him. 8 Philip says to him: Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. 9 Jesus says to him: So long a time am I with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father: how sayest thou: show us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I speak not of myself: the Father, who abides in me, does the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me: if not, believe because of the works themselves. 12 Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do he also shall do, and greater works than these shall he do because I go to the Father. 13 And whatever you shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask any thing in my name. I will do it. 15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will entreat the Father, and anther Advocate will he give you, that he may be with you for ever, 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it sees* him not, neither knows him: you know him, because he abides with you and shall be in you. * Discerns or acknowledges him not 18 I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world sees me no more; but you shall see me; because I live and you shall live. 20 In that day you shall know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. 21 He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, says to him: Lord, and how is it that thou will manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him. 24 He that loves me not keeps not my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father’s that sent me. 25 These things have I spoken to you while abiding with you; 26 but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and shall bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave you, my peace I give you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You heard that I said to you: I go away and come to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that when it comes to pass you may believe. 30 No longer will I talk much with you; for the prince of the world comes, and has nothing in me, 31 but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence. John 15 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away, and every one that bears fruit, he cleanses, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are now clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you: 4 abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing. 6 If any one abide not in me, he is cast out as the branch and withers, and they gather it and throw it into the fire, and it is burned. 7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. 8 In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you and your joy may be fulfilled. 12 My commandment is this, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends, if you do what things I command you. 15 I no longer call you servants, because the servant knows not what his lord does; but I have called you friends, because An all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that you may go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another. 18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me first. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He that hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no other did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without a cause. 26 When the Advocate has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me; 27 and you also shall testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. John 16 1 These things have I spoken to you that you may not be offended. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: indeed, the hour comes that every one that kills you will think that he offers service to God. 3 And these things will they do because they have not known the Father nor me. 4 But these things I have spoken to you that when the hour comes you may remember them, that I told you. And these things I told you not from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I go to him that sent me, and no one of you asks me: Whither goest thou? 6 And yet, because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is profitable for you that I go away. For if I go not away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. 9 Of sin indeed, because they believe not on me; 10 but of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more; 11 but of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now; 13 but when he has come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you in all the truth; for he shall not speak of himself, but whatever he hears he shall speak, and he shall announce to you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me, for he shall take of mine and announce it to you. 15 All things whatever the Father has are mine: therefore I said that he takes of mine and announces to you. 16 A little while, and you see me no more, and again a little while, and you shall see me. 17 Some of his disciples therefore said one to another: What is this that he says to us: A little while, and you see me not, and again a little while, and you shall see me? and that 1 go to the Father? 18 They said therefore: This, what is it that he says, The little while? We know not what he says. 19 Jesus knew that they desired to ask him, and he said to them: Concerning this do you inquire among yourselves because I said: A little while, and you see me not, and again a little while, and you shall see me? 20 Verily, verily, I say to you, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy. 21 The wife, when she is in labor, has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she has brought forth the child, she no longer remembers the affliction for joy that a man has been born into the world. 22 And you therefore now indeed have sorrow; but I shall see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you. 23 And in that day, of me you shall ask nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name. 24 Till now you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be fulfilled. 25 These things I have spoken to you in parables: the hour comes when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but will tell you plainly concerning the Father. 26 In that day you shall ask in my name, and 1 say not to you that I will beseech the Father for you; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world: again I leave the world and go to the Father. 29 His disciples say: Behold, now thou speakest plainly, and utterest no parable. 30 Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast no need that any one should ask thee: in this we believe that thou earnest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them: Do you now believe? 32 Behold, the hour comes, and has come, that you shall be scattered each one to his own and leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction; but take courage, I have overcome the world. John 17 1 These things spoke Jesus; and, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: Father, the hour has come: glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee, 2 as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that to all that thou hast given him he may give them life eternal. 3 But eternal life is this, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth, having finished the work that thou gavest me to do; 5 and now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was. 6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word; 7 now they know that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee; 8 for the words that thou gavest me I have given them, and they have received them, and have known in truth that I came forth from thee, and have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those that thou hast given me, for they are thine, 10 and all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I have been glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in my name that thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we. 12 When I was with them I kept them in thy name that thou hast given me, and I have guarded them, and no one of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the Scripture may be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou take them out of the world, but that thou keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou didst send me into the world, I sent them into the world; 19 and for them I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. 20 But not for these only do I pray, but also for those that believe on me through their word, 21 that they all may be one, as thou. Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me. 22 And the glory that thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, as to what thou hast given me, I would that they also be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which thou hast given me because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, though the world has not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou didst send me; 26 and I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them. John 18 1 Having said these things, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Cedar, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples. 2 But Judas, also, who delivered him up, knew the place, because Jesus had often gone thither in company with his disciples. 3 Judas therefore, having received the band, the attendants from the chief priests and from the Pharisees, comes thither with torches and lamps and weapons. 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them: Whom seek you? 5 They answered him: Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them: I am he. But Judas also, who delivered him up, stood with them. 6 When therefore he said to them: I am he, they went back and fell on the ground. 7 Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek you? And they said: Jesus the Nazarene. 8 Jesus answered: I told you that I am he: if then ye seek me, let these go away. 9 That the word might be fulfilled which he spoke: Of those that thou hast given me I have lost none. 10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear; and the name of the servant was Malchus. 11 Jesus then said to Peter: Put the sword into the sheath. The cup that the Father has given me, shall I not drink it? 12 Therefore the band and the officer and the attendants of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, 13 and led him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas who was chief priest that year. 14 and it was Caiaphas that advised the Jews that it was profitable that one man should die for the people. 15 But there followed Jesus, Simon Peter and another disciple. And that disciple was acquainted with the chief priest, and went with Jesus into the court of the chief priest, 16 but Peter stood at the gate without. Then the other disciple, the acquaintance of the chief priest, went in and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. 17 Then the maidservant that kept the door says to Peter: Art not thou also of the disciples of this man? He says: I am not. 18 But the servants and the attendants, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold, were standing and warming them selves; and Peter also was standing with them and warming himself. 19 Then the chief priest asked Jesus concerning his disciples and concerning his teaching. 20 Jesus answered him: I have spoken plainly to the world: I have always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and in secret have I spoken nothing. 21 Why dost thou ask me? Ask those that have heard what I spoke to them: behold, these know what I said. 22 But when he had spoken this, one of the attendants that stood by struck Jesus with his open hand, saying: Answerest thou the chief priest thus? 23 Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me? 24 Annas then sent him, bound, to Caiaphas the chief priest. 25 But Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They then said to him: Art not thou also of his disciples? He denied and said: I am not. 26 One of the servants of the chief priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, says: Did I not see thee in the garden with him? 27 Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately a cock crew. 28 Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas to the pretorium; and it was early morn. And they went not into the pretorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate therefore came forth to them and said: What accusation bring you against this man? 30 They answered and said to him: If this man had not done evil, we would not have delivered him to thee. 31 Pilate therefore said to them: Take you him and judge him according to your law. The Jews then said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any one to death: 32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying by what kind of death he was about to die. 33 Then Pilate entered the pretorium again, and called Jesus and said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews? 34 Jesus answered: Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell thee of me? 35 Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests delivered thee to me: what hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world my servants would fight, that might not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not hence, 37 Pilate then said to him: Art thou not then a king? Jesus answered: Thou sayest, for I am a king. To this end was I born, and to this end have I come into the world, that I might testify to the truth: every one that is of the truth hears my voice. 38 Pilate says to him: What is truth? And having said this. he went out again to the Jews, and said to them: I find no fault in him. 39 But you have a custom that I release to you one at the passover: will you therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews? 40 They then cried out again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. But Barabbas was a robber. John 19 1 Pilate therefore then took Jesus and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and threw a purple garment around him, 3 and came to him and said: Hail, King of the Jews; and they struck him with the open hand. 4 Pilate again came forth and said to them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that you may know that I find no fault. 5 Jesus therefore came forth wearing the crown of thorns and purple garment. And he says to them: Behold the man. 6 Therefore when the chief priests and the attendants saw him, they cried out: Crucify, crucify. Pilate says to them: Take you him and crucify him; for I find no fault in him. 7 The Jews answered: We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 8 Thereupon when Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid, 9 and went into the pretorium again, and said to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate says to him: Speakest thou not to me? Knowest thou not that I have authority to release thee and authority to crucify thee? 11 Jesus answered: Thou couldst have had no authority against me, unless it had been given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me to thee has the greater sin. 12 After this Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not a friend of Caesar: every one that makes himself king speaks against Caesar. 13 Then Pilate, after hearing these words, brought Jesus forth, and sat on the judgment- seat in a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews: Behold your king. 15 They therefore cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar. 16 Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. They therefore took Jesus; 17 and bearing the cross for himself, he went forth to a place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha, 18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on this side and on that, but Jesus in the midst. 19 But Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross; and it was written: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 Many of the Jews therefore read this title, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, in Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews then said to, Pilate: Write not: The king of the Jews, but that he said: I am the king of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written. 23 The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, for each soldier a part, and his coat. But the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said therefore one to another: Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. That the scripture might be fulfilled: They divided my garments among them, and on my raiment they cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 25 But there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. 27 Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had been already finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says: I thirst. 29 There lay a vessel full of vinegar: having therefore put a sponge full of vinegar on hyssop, they put it to his mouth. 30 When therefore he had received the vinegar, he said: It is finished; and having bowed his head, he gave up the spirit. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain on the cross during the sabbath, for that sabbath was a great day, besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers and broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him; 33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw him already dead, they broke not his legs; 34 but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water. 35 And he that saw it has testified, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he speaks what is true, that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced. 38 But after these things Joseph, who was of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. They came therefore and took him away. 39 But Nicodemus also came, he that had come to him by night at the first, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 They therefore took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial. 41 But there was, in the place where he had been crucified, a garden, and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which no one had ever yet been laid. 42 There then because of the preparation of the Jews, for the sepulcher was near, laid they Jesus. John 20 1 But on the first of the week, Mary Magdalene comes to the sepulcher early, it being yet dark, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher. 2 She therefore runs and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and says to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. 3 Thereupon Peter went forth and the other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. 4 But the two ran together; and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the sepulcher; 5 and having stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: however he went not in. 6 Then comes Simon Peter following him; and he went into the sepulcher, and saw the linen cloths lying, 7 and the handkerchief, which was on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself. 8 Therefore, the other disciple also that came first to the sepulcher then went in, and saw and believed; 9 for they not yet knew the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10 The disciples then went away again to their homes. 11 But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping. Then as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the sepulcher, 12 and saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She says to them: They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. Having said these things, she turned back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus says to her: Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing that he was the gardener, says to him: Sir, if thou hast borne him away, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 16 Jesus said to her: Mary. She turned and said to him in Hebrew: Rabboni, which is called, Teacher. 17 Jesus says to her: Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. 18 Mary Magdalene comes and tells the disciples: I have seen the Lord; and that he had said these things to her. 19 When therefore evening had come on that day, the first of the week, and the doors had been closed where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace to you. 20 And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Thereupon the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 He then said to them again: Peace to you; as the Father has sent me, I also send you. 22 And having said this, he breathed on them and said to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 Whosesoever sins you forgive, they are forgiven them; whosesoever sins you retain, they are retained. 24 But Thomas, who is called Didymus, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. 26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace to you. 27 Then he says to Thomas: Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach thy hand, and put it into my side, and be not faithless, but believing. 28 Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus says to him: Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that, though not seeing, have yet believed. 30 Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, believing, you may have life in his name. John 21 1 After these things Jesus manifested himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias: and he manifested himself thus. 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathaniel who was from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter says to them: I go a fishing. They say to him: We also are going with thee. They went out and entered the ship, and on that night they caught nothing. 4 But the morning having now come, Jesus stood on the shore: the disciples, however, knew not that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus therefore says to them: Children, have you any thing to eat? (beside bread). They answered him: No. 6 He says to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find. They cast therefore, and were no longer able to draw it because of the multitude of fishes. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it was the Lord, girded on his upper garment, for he was naked,* and threw himself into the sea; * Had on only an undergarment 8 but the other disciples came with the ship (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net of fishes. 9 Therefore when they had come to the land, they saw a fire of coals lying, and fish lying on it, and bread. 10 Jesus says to them: Bring of the fish that you have just now taken. 11 Simon Peter came up and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty- three: and though there were so many, the net was not rent. 12 Jesus says to them: Come and breakfast. But no one of the disciples ventured to ask him: Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. 13 Jesus comes and takes the bread and gives it to them, and the fish in like manner. 14 This was now the third time on which Jesus had manifested himself to the disciples, after he had risen from the dead. 15 Therefore, when they had breakfasted, Jesus says to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my lambs. 16 He says to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? He says to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Be a shepherd to my sheep. 17 He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he says to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, verily, I say to you, when thou wast young thou didst gird thyself and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt become old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldst not. 19 But this he spoke signifying by what kind of death he should glorify God. And having said this, he says to him: Follow me. 20 Peter turned and saw the disciple that Jesus loved following, who also reclined at supper on his breast and said: Lord, who is he that delivers thee up? 21 Peter therefore, seeing this man, says to Jesus: Lord, but what shall this man do? 22 Jesus says to him: If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me. 23 Therefore went this saying, forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die; and yet Jesus did not say to him: Thou shalt not die, but: If I will that he remain till I come. 24 This is the disciple that testifies of these things, and that wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. Acts 1 1 The former discourse I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, 2 till the day in which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 to whom he also showed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 4 And being assembled together with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which, said he, you heard from me: 5 for John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. 6 They that had come together therefore asked him, saying: Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? He said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority; 8 but you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. 9 And when he had said these things, as they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they were looking steadfastly toward heaven as he departed, behold, two men stood by them in white garments, 11 who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand looking towards heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven. 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey. 13 And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room where they were abiding, both Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James. 14 These all continued with one accord in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. 15 And in these days Peter rose up in the midst of the brethren and said (and there was a multitude of names together, about a hundred and twenty): 16 Men, brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke before through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became leader to those that took Jesus; 17 for he was numbered among us, and had obtained the part of this ministry. 18 This man therefore purchased a field with the reward of iniquity, and, having fallen headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out: 19 which also became known to all that dwell in Jerusalem, so that that field is called in their own language, Akeldama, that is, a field of blood. 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation become deserted, and let no one dwell in it, and: His overseer’s office let another take. 21 Therefore of these men who have accompanied us all the time, during which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John, till the day in which he was taken up from us, must one become a witness with us of his resurrection. 23 And they appointed two, Joseph, who is called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 24 And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, make known which one of these two thou hast chosen, 25 that he may take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned away to go to his own place. 26 And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Acts 2 1 And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together at the same time. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent blast, and filled the whole house where they were sitting; 3 and there appeared to them tongues like fire distributing themselves, and it sat on each one of them; 4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven; 6 but when this sound had come, the multitude came together and were perplexed, because they heard them speaking, each one in his own language. 7 And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these that speak Galileans? 8 And how hear we, each one in our own language in which we were born, 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and we that dwell in Mesopotamia, Judea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia also and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and Roman residents, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, how hear we them speaking in our own tongues, the mighty works of God? 12 And they were all astonished and in doubt, saying one to another: What can this be? 13 But others, mocking, said: They are full of sweet wine. 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them: Men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words. 15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day; 16 but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18 and indeed on my servants and on my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs In the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great day of the Lord shall come. 21 And it shall come to pass that whoever shall have called on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man eminently distinguished among you on the part of God by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did through him in the midst of you, as yourselves know, 23 him delivered up by the fixed counsel and foreknowledge of God, you, through the hands of lawless men, did crucify and slay: 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held in subjection by it. 25 For David says in reference to him: I foresaw the Lord always in my presence, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad: moreover, also, my flesh shall rest in hope, 27 because thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou didst make known to me the ways of life, thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29 Men, brethren, I may freely say to you of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his sepulcher is among us till this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set of the fruit of his loins upon his throne; 31 foreseeing, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that neither was he left in hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus has God raised up, of whom we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you both see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but himself says: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, 35 till I make thy enemies thy footstool. 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this same Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ. 37 And hearing it they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: Men, brethren, what must we do? 38 And Peter said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall have called. 40 And with many other words did he testify, and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation. 41 They therefore gladly received his word and were baptized, and were added on that day, about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued steadfastly in the teaching of the apostles and the fellowship, the breaking of the bread and the prayers. 43 And fear came on every soul; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles in Jerusalem; and great fear was upon all. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things in common; 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all as any one had need; 46 and continuing daily with one accord in the temple, breaking bread also from house to house, they partook of food in gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord daily added together the saved. Acts 3 1 But Peter and John were going up into the temple, at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth. 2 And a man, lame from his mother’s womb, was borne along; whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called Beautiful, to ask charity from them that went into the temple: 3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive charity. 4 But Peter, looking intently upon him with John, said: Look on us. 5 And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said: Silver and gold have I not; but what I have, this I give thee: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk. 7 And, taking him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles became strong; 8 and leaping up, he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God; 10 and they recognized him, that it was he that sat for charity at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at that which had happened to him. 11 But while he was holding Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. 12 And seeing it, Peter answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder at this man, or on us why earnestly look as if by our own power of godliness we had made him to walk; 13 The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, though he had determined to release him; 14 the holy and just one you however denied, and demanded that a murderer should be given to you; 15 but the author of life you slew, whom God raised from the dead, of whom we are witnesses. 16 And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know: even the faith that is through him has given him this entire soundness in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers: 18 but the things that God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Anointed should suffer, he has thus fulfilled. 19 Repent therefore and turn, that your sins may be blotted out that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and he may send him that was destined for you, Christ Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive, till the times of the restoration of all things that God has spoken through the mouth of his holy prophets of ancient times. 22 Moses indeed said: A prophet shall the Lord our God raise up for you from among your brethren, like me: him shall you hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. 23 And it shall come to pass that every soul that will not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. 24 And all the prophets also, from Samuel and those after, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 To you first, God having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning every one away from your iniquities. Acts 4 1 But as they were speaking to the people, there came upon them the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees, 2 being vexed because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead; 3 and they laid their hands on them, and put them in prison till the morrow; for it was already evening. 4 But many of them that heard the word believed, and the number of the men amounted to five thousand. 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and the elders and scribes, came together in Jerusalem, 6 Annas also the chief priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest; 7 and, placing them in the midst, they inquired: In what power or in what name did you this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are this day examined with respect to the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he has been saved, 10 be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand before you in health. 11 This is the stone that was set at naught by you builders, which has become the head of the corner. 12 And salvation is in none other; neither indeed is there another name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved. 13 And seeing the boldness of Peter and of John, and perceiving that they were men without learning, and plain, they were astonished; they also recognized them that they had been with Jesus; 14 and seeing the man that had been cured standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply. 15 But having commanded them to go out of the Sanhedrim, they conferred one with another, 16 saying: What must we do to these men? For indeed that a well-known sign has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it; 17 but that it may spread no further among the people, let us severely threaten them that they speak no more in this name to any one of men. 18 And having called them, they commanded them to speak not at all, neither to teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John, answering, said to them: Whether it is right in the sight of God to hear you rather than God, judge you; 20 for we can but speak the things that we have seen and heard. 21 And having further threatened them, they let them go, not finding how they might punish them, because of the people; for all glorified God on account of what had been done; 22 for the man on whom this sign of healing had been done was more than forty years old. 23 But having been let go, they came to their own, and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 And having heard, they, with one accord, lifted up a voice to God and said: Lord, thou that madest the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things that in them are. 25 that through the Holy Spirit by the mouth of our father David thy servant didst say: Why did Gentiles rage and peoples desire vain things? 26 The kings of the land stood up, and the rulers were collected together against the Lord and against his Anointed. 27 For in truth there were collected in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with Gentiles and peoples of Israel, 28 to do all that thy hand and thy counsel before determined to be done. 29 And now. Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, 30 in stretching forth thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus. 31 And after they had prayed, the place where they were collected together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness. 32 And the heart and the soul of the multitude of believers were one; and not even one said that any of the things he had was his own; but they had all things in common. 33 And with great power did the apostles give testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. 34 For neither was there any needy person among them; for as many as were possessors of lands or of houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things sold, 35 and laid them at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each as any one had need. 36 But Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, which is, when translated, Son of consolation, a Levite, by birth a Cyprian, 37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. Acts 5 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also having knowledge of it, and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles. 3 But Peter said: Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart, that thou shouldst attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and that thou shouldst keep back part of the price of the field? 4 While it remained, did it not remain thine, and when sold, was it not in thy own right? Why is it that thou didst conceive this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. 5 And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired; and great fear came on all that heard. 6 But the younger men, having risen, wound him up, and, having carried him out, buried him. 7 But there was an interval of about three hours, and his wife, not knowing what had been done, came in. 8 And Peter answered to her: Tell me, did you sell the field for so much? And she said: Yes, for so much. 9 And Peter said to her: Why is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. 10 And she fell down immediately at his feet and expired. And the young men coming in found her dead, and having carried her out buried her by her husband. 11 And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things. 12 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people: and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch; 13 but of the rest, no one ventured to join himself to them, but the people magnified them; 14 and believers in the Lord were the more added, multitudes of both men and women: 15 so that they brought out the sick even into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that even the shadow of Peter as he came might overshadow some one of them. 16 And there came together also the multitude of the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those oppressed by unclean spirits, all of whom were cured. 17 But the chief priest arose and all those with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with zeal, 18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison. 19 But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison and brought them out and said: 20 Go, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And hearing, they entered about daybreak into the temple and taught. And the chief priest came and those with him, and called together the Sanhedrim and all the eldership of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But the attendants came and found them not in the prison; and, having returned, reported, 23 saying: The prison we found closed in all safety, and the guards standing before the doors, but on opening we found no one within. 24 And when both the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what this might be. 25 And some one came and told them: Behold, the men whom you put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people. 26 Then went the captain with the attendants and brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. 27 And they brought them and made them stand in the Sanhedrim. And the chief priest asked them, 28 saying: We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you wish to bring upon us the blood of this man. 29 But answering, Peter and the apostles said: We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging on a tree: 31 him has God exalted to his right hand as a prince and savior, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. 32 And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit, whom he has given to those that obey him. 33 And hearing, they were cut to the heart, and counseled to kill them. 34 but there arose a certain one in the Sanhedrim, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the men out a little while; 35 and said to them: Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves with respect to these men, what you are about to do. 36 For before these days arose Theudas, saying that himself was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain, and all as many as were persuaded by him were scattered and came to naught. 37 After this man arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew off people after him; and he was destroyed, and all as many as were persuaded by him were dispersed. 38 And now, I say to you, stand off from these men and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; 39 but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow them, lest perhaps you also be found fighting against God. 40 And they were persuaded by him; and having called the apostles in, and beaten them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 They then went from the presence of the Sanhedrim rejoicing, because they were thought worthy to be dishonored for the name. 42 Also every day in the temple and from house to house, they ceased not to teach and preach Christ Jesus. Acts 6 1 And in these days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 But the twelve, calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not pleasing to us that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. 3 But look out, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of spirit and wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business; 4 and we will attend continually to prayer and the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying was pleasing in the sight of all the multitude; and they chose out Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas a proselyte of Antioch, 6 whom they placed before the apostles; and they prayed and laid their hands on them. 7 And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples was enlarged in Jerusalem greatly, and a great number of the priests became obedient to the faith. 8 But Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 And there arose some of those that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen, 10 and were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. 11 Then they suborned men to say: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God; 12 and they excited the people and the elders and the scribes; and, coming upon him, they seized him, and led him to the Sanhedrim; 13 and set up false witnesses who said: This man ceases not to speak words against the holy place and the law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene shall destroy this place, and change the customs that Moses delivered to us. 15 And all that sat in the Sanhedrim, looking earnestly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel. Acts 7 1 And the chief priest said: Are these things so? 2 And he said: Men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3 and said to him: Come out from thy land and from thy kindred, and come into the land that I will show thee. 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And thence after his father had died he removed him into this land, in which you now dwell; 5 and he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth, though he had promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, while he had no child. 6 But God spoke thus, that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, and they would bring them into bondage, and afflict them four hundred years; 7 and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God, and after that ‘they shall come forth and serve me in this place.’ 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the patriarchs envied Joseph and sold him into Egypt; yet God was with him, 10 and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him ruler over Egypt and over all his house. 11 But there came a famine over the whole of Egypt and of Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 And Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent forth our fathers the first time. 13 And the second time, Joseph was made known to his brothers, and the race of Joseph became known to Pharaoh. 14 And Joseph sent and called to him his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls. 15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers, 16 and were carried over to Sychem and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Hamor, the father of Sychem. 17 But as the time of the promise which God had made to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, 18 till there arose another king, who knew not Joseph. 19 This man dealt insidiously with our race, and afflicted our fathers, so that they exposed their infants, that they might not live. 20 At which time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God. And he was nursed three months in his father’s house; 21 but when he was exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and nursed him as a son for herself. 22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and deeds. 23 But when the time of forty years was completed for him, it came into his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel. 24 And, seeing one unjustly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed by smiting the Egyptian. 25 And he thought that his brethren would understand that God, through his hand, was giving salvation to them; but they understood not. 26 And on the following day he showed himself to them as they fought, and urged them to peace, saying: Men, you are brethren: why treat one another unjustly? 27 But he that treated his neighbor unjustly thrust him away, saying: Who appointed thee ruler and judge over us? 28 Wilt thou kill me as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday? 29 And at that saying Moses fled and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. 30 And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel in flaming fire of a bush. 31 And Moses, seeing, wondered at the sight; but as he drew near to behold it, there came the voice of the Lord: 32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And Moses trembled and ventured not to behold. 33 And the Lord said to him: Loose the sandal of thy feet; for the place on which thou standest is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and their groaning have I heard, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 35 This Moses, whom they denied, saying: Who appointed thee ruler and judge? this man God sent both as ruler and deliverer, with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them out after having performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 37 This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up for you from among your brethren, like me. 38 This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us, 39 to whom our fathers would not become obedient, but thrust him away and turned in their heart to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron: Make us gods that shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him. 41 And they made a calf in those days and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands. 42 But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Victims and sacrifices did you offer to me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel, 43 and did you take up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, the images that you made to worship? and I will remove you beyond Babylon. 44 Our fathers in the wilderness had the tabernacle of testimony, as he had appointed who spoke to Moses that he should make it according to the pattern which he had seen; 45 which also our fathers received and brought in with Joshua, when they took possession of the nations, whom God thrust out from the face of our fathers till the days of David: 46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find a dwelling for the house of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him a house. 48 However, the Most High dwells not in places made with hands, as says the prophet: 49 Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what the place of my rest? 50 Did not my hand make all these things? 51 Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit, as your fathers, also you. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who foretold concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers: 53 who received the law as the arrangements of angels, and have not kept it. 54 And hearing these things, they were cut to their hearts, and gnashed upon him with their teeth. 55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56 and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. 57 And having cried with a loud voice, they stopped their ears and rushed with one accord upon him, 58 and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul; 59 and they stoned Stephen, calling on the Lord and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And having said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was consenting to his death. Acts 8 1 And there arose at that day a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem: they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 But godly men helped to bury Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and, dragging men and women, he committed them to prison. 4 They therefore that had been scattered went everywhere, preaching the word; 5 but Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. 6 And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs that he did. 7 For there were many of those that had unclean spirits; these, crying with a loud voice, came out of them; and many paralytics and lame persons were cured; 8 and there arose great joy in that city. 9 But a certain man named Simon before this used magic in the city, and astonished the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one; 10 to whom they gave heed, from small to great, saying: This man is the power of God, which is called great. 11 And they gave heed to him because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts. 12 But when they believed Philip, preaching concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 And Simon himself also believed, and having been baptized, he continued with Philip, and seeing the mighty deeds and signs that were done, he was astonished. 14 But the apostles that were in Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John, 15 who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For he had not yet fallen on any one of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 But Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Spirit was given, offered them money, 19 saying: Give me also this authority, that on whomever I shall have laid hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said to him: Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought to purchase for thyself with money the gift of God. 21 Thou hast no part, neither lot, in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee; 23 for I perceive that thou art bitter gall and a bundle of unrighteousness. 24 But Simon answered and said: Pray you to the Lord for me, that none of the things that you have spoken may come upon me. 25 They therefore having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem: they also preached the gospel in many cities of the Samaritans. 26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go toward the south, to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: this is desert. 27 And he arose and went; and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a high officer of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 was also returning, and, sitting in his chariot, was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip: Go forward and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And running forward, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said: Understandest thou, then, what thou readest? 31 But he said: How should I unless some one guide me? And he requested Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 And the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: As a sheep for slaughter was he led; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so opens he not his mouth. 33 In his humiliation his judgment* was taken away: his generation who shall describe? for his life is taken from the earth. * The justice due him. 34 And the eunuch answered and said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself or of some other man? 35 But Philip opened his mouth and began at the same Scripture, and preached to him Jesus. 36 And as they went along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch says: Behold, water: what hinders me from being baptized? 37 [no verse] 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 But when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found it Azotus; and passing through he preached the gospel in all the cities till he came to Caesarea. Acts 9 1 But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if he should find any of the way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 But as he was going, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly there flashed around him a light from heaven; 4 and having fallen to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul,why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said: Who art thou, Lord? And he said: I am Jesus whom thou persecuteth! 6 But rise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 But the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice, but seeing no one. 8 And Saul arose from the ground; but when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and he ate not, neither did he drink. 10 But there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias. And he said: Behold me, Lord. 11 And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, of Tarsus; for behold, he prays, 12 and has seen a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hand on him, that he may receive sight. 13 But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many of this man, what evils he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem; 14 and how he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said to him: Go; for a chosen vessel is this man to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings also, and the sons of Israel; 16 for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name. 17 And Ananias went, and entered into the house, and having laid his hands on him, said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to thee on the way by which thou earnest, has sent me, that thou mayest receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as if scales; and he received sight, and arose and was baptized; 19 and having taken food, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples in Damascus some days; 20 and immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, that this is the Son of God. 21 But all that heard were astonished, and said: Is not this he that destroyed in Jerusalem those that call on this name, and has he not come hither for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests? 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. 23 But when many days were fulfilled, the Jews counselled together to kill him; 24 but their plot was made known to Saul. And they also watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him; 25 and his disciples took him. and by night let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. 26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join himself to the disciples; and they all feared him, not believing that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and told them how on the way he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 And he was with them going in and out in Jerusalem; speaking boldly in the name of the Lord, 29 he spoke to, and also disputed with, the Hellenists; but they undertook to kill him. 30 And the brethren, knowing it, brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 31 Then indeed the church throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord; and through the aid of the Holy Spirit was multiplied. 32 But it came to pass that Peter, passing through all places, came down also to the saints that dwell in Lydda. 33 And he found there a man named Aeneas, that had lain on a bed for eight years, who was a paralytic. 34 And Peter said to him: Aeneas, Jesus Christ restores thee to health: arise, and make thy bed for thyself. And he immediately arose; 35 and all that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord. 36 And there was in Joppa a female disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, is called Dorcas; she was full of good works and charities that she did. 37 But it came to pass in those days that, having been taken sick, she died; and they washed her and laid her in an upper room. 38 And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, beseeching: Delay not to come to us, 39 And Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. 40 But having put them all out, Peter kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, she sat up. 41 But giving her a hand, he raised her up; and having called the saints and widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. 43 And it came to pass that he remained many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner. Acts 10 1 But a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italian, 2 devout and fearing God with all his house who gave many charities to the people and prayed to God always, 3 saw in a vision, evidently about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him: Cornelius. 4 But looking earnestly on him and becoming afraid, he said: What is it, Lord? And he said to him: Thy prayers and thy charities have come up for a memorial before God. 5 And now, send men to Joppa and call for one Simon, who is surnamed Peter: 6 he lodges with one Simon, a tanner, who has a house by the sea. 7 And when the angel that spoke to him had gone away, he called two of the household servants, and a devout soldier of those that waited on him, 8 and having made known all things to them, he sent them to Joppa. 9 But on the morrow, as they went on their way and drew near to the city. Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. 10 And he became very hungry and desired to eat. But while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 and saw heaven opened, and some vessel, like a great sheet, descending, let down by the four corners upon the earth: 12 in which were all manner of fourfooted beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and birds of the heaven. 13 And there came a voice to him: Rise, Peter, kill and eat. 14 But Peter said: By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything common and unclean. 15 And a voice came again a second time to him: The things that God has cleansed call thou not common. 16 And this was done three times, and immediately the vessel was taken up into heaven. 17 But while Peter was doubting in himself, what the vision that he had seen might be, behold, the men that had been sent by Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate, 18 and, calling, asked if Simon who is surnamed Peter lodged there. 19 But while Peter carefully considered about the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, men seek thee; 20 but arise and go down, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them. 21 And Peter went down to the men and said: Behold, I am he whom you seek: what is the cause for which you are present? 22 And they said: Cornelius, a centurion, a man just and fearing God, well reported of also by all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee. 23 Having called them in therefore, he lodged them. But on the morrow he arose and went forth with them; and some of the brethren that were of Joppa accompanied him. 24 And on the next day he entered into Caesarea; and Cornelius was looking for him, having called together his relatives and near friends. 25 But as Peter went in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet and worshipped. 26 But Peter raised him up, saying: Stand up: I myself also am a man. 27 And conversing with him, he went in, and found many that had come together, 28 and said to them: You know that it is not lawful for a man a Jew to join himself to or go in to one of another race; yet God has showed me that I must call no man common or unclean: 29 wherefore, having been sent for, I came also without objecting. I ask therefore, for what purpose have you sent for me? 30 And Cornelius said: Four days ago up to this hour, was I at the ninth praying in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 and said: Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy charities are remembered before God. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore we all are present before God, to hear all things that have been commanded thee by the Lord. 34 And Peter opened his mouth and said: In truth, I comprehend that God is not a respecter of persons, 35 but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him, 36 the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all. 37 You know the word that was published throughout the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached, 38 JESUS OF NAZARETH, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and giving health to all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him; 39 and we are witnesses of all things that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem: whom they slew by hanging upon a tree. 40 This man God raised on the third day and made him manifest, 41 not to all the people, but to witnesses that were before appointed by God, to us who 34 ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead; 42 and he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he that has been appointed by God as judge of living and dead. 43 To him give all the prophets witness that, through his name, every one that believes on him shall receive remission of sins. 44 While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all that heard the word. 45 And the believers of the circumcision, as many as came with Peter, were astonished, because on the Gentile; also the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out; 46 for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered: 47 Can any one forbid water, that those should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit even as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they besought him to remain some days, Acts 11 but the apostles and the brethren that were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him, 3 saying: Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 And Peter began and laid the matter before them in order, saying: 5 I was in a city, Joppa, praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, some vessel, like a great sheet, descending, let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even to me. 6 Into which having looked attentively, I observed and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens. 7 And I heard also a voice saying to me: Rise, Peter, kill and eat. 8 But I said: By no means, Lord, for a common or unclean thing has never entered my mouth. 9 But a voice answered a second time from heaven: The things that God has cleansed, call thou not common. 10 And this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, immediately three men, sent from Caesarea to me, stood at the house in which I was. 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, n |