as Jesus, having also been immersed, was praying, the heaven was
opened, (22)and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape as a dove
upon him; and there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved
Son; in thee I am well pleased.
(23)And Jesus himself was, when he began[3:23], about thirty years of
age; being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
(24)the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of
Janna, the son of Joseph, (25)the son of Matthias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, (26)the son of
Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph,
the son of Judah, (27)the son of Joanna, the son of Reza, the son of
Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, (28)the son of
Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son
of Er, (29)the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the
son of Matthat, the son of Levi, (30)the son of Simeon, the son of
Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
(31)the son of Meleah, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son
of Nathan, the son of David, (32)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahon, (33)the son of
Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the
son of Judah, (34)the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, (35)the son of Serug, the
son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Salah,
(36)the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son
of Noah, the son of Lamech, (37)the son of Methuselah, the son of
Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan,
(38)the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
IV.
AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan; and he
was led in the Sprit into the wilderness (2)forty days, tempted by the
Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he
hungered.
(3)And the Devil said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command this
stone that it become bread. (4)And Jesus answered him, saying: It is
written, Man shall not live on bread alone.
(5)And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all
the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. (6)And the Devil said
to him: All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them;
because it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I
will. (7)If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. (8)And
Jesus answering said to him: It is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
(9)And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the
temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down
from hence. (10)For it is written: He will give his angels command
concerning thee, to keep thee; (11)and on their hands they shall bear
thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. (12)And Jesus
answering said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy
God.
(13)And having finished every temptation, the Devil departed from him
for a season.
(14)And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and
there went out a report concerning him through all the surrounding
country. (15)And he taught in their synagogues, being honored by all.
(16)And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And, as his
custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day; and he
stood up to read. (17)And there was delivered to him the book of the
prophet Isaiah. And unrolling the book, he found the place where it
was written:
(18)The Spirit of the Lord is upon me;
Because he anointed me to publish good tidings to the poor;
He has sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives,
And recovering of sight to the blind,
To send the oppressed away free,
(19)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
(20)And rolling up the book he gave it again to the servant, and sat
down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
(21)And he began to say to them: To-day is this scripture fulfilled in
your ears. (22)And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words
of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said: Is not this
Joseph's son? (23)And he said to them: Ye will surely say to me this
proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatever we heard done in Capernaum,
do also here in thy country. (24)And he said: Verily I say to you, no
prophet is accepted in his own country. (25)But I tell you of a truth,
there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the
heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great
famine throughout all the land; (26)and to none of them was Elijah
sent, but unto Zarephath of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.
(27)And there were many lepers in Israel, in the time of Elisha the
prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
(28)And all in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were
filled with wrath. (29)And they rose up, and thrust him out of the
city, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was
built, to cast him down headlong. (30)But he, passing through the
midst of them, went away.
(31)And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was
teaching them on the sabbath; (32)and they were astonished at his
teaching, because his word was with power.
(33)And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean
demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, (34)saying: Ah! what have
we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Didst thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. (35)And Jesus rebuked
him, saying: Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon
throwing him in the midst came out from him, doing him no harm.
(36)And amazement came on all; and they spoke with one another,
saying: What is this word, that with authority and power he commands
the unclean spirits, and they come out? (37)And there went out a rumor
concerning him into every place of the country around.
(38)And he rose up and went from the synagogue, and entered into the
house of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was seized with a
violent fever[4:38]; and they besought him for her. (39)And standing
over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she
arose and ministered to them.
(40)Now when the sun was setting, all that had any sick with divers
diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on each one of
them, and healed them. (41)And demons also came out from many, crying
out, and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And he, rebuking them,
suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
(42)And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place. And
the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he
should not depart from them. (43)And he said to them: I must publish
the good news of the kingdom of God to other cities also; because for
this I was sent forth. (44)And he preached in the synagogues of
Galilee.
V.
AND it came to pass, as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the
word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, (2)that he
saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of
them, and were washing the nets. (3)And entering into one of the
ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the
land. And sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.
(4)And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the
deep; and do ye let down your nets for a draught. (5)And Simon
answering said to him: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing;
but at thy word I will let down the net. (6)And having done this, they
inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net began to break.
(7)And they beckoned to their partners in the other ship, to come and
help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they
began to sink. (8)And Simon Peter, seeing it, fell down at the knees
of Jesus, saying: Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
(9)For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the
draught of the fishes which they had taken; (10)and likewise also
James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch
men. (11)And having brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and
followed him.
(12)And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, that there
was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and
besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.
(13)And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying: I will; be
thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. (14)And
he charged him to tell no one: But go, and show thyself to the priest,
and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to
them.
(15)But all the more went abroad the report concerning him; and great
multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their
infirmities. (16)And he was wont to retire into the solitary places,
and pray.
(17)And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he was teaching; and
there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come
out of every village of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem; and there
was power of the Lord for healing them. (18)And, behold, men brought
on a bed a man who was palsied; and they sought to bring him in, and
to lay him before him. (19)And not finding by what way they might
bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop,
and let him down through the tiling with the couch into the midst
before Jesus. (20)And seeing their faith he said: Man, thy sins are
forgiven thee. (21)And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,
saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but
God alone? (22)But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answering said to
them: What reason ye in your hearts? (23)Which is easier, to say, Thy
sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk? (24)But that ye may
know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, (he
said to the palsied man,) I say to thee, arise, and taking up thy
couch go to thy house. (25)And immediately standing up before them, he
took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying
God. (26)And they were all amazed; and they glorified God, and were
filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.
(27)And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named
Levi, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he said to him:
Follow me. (28)And leaving all, he arose and followed him.
(29)And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a
great company of publicans and of others who reclined at the table
with them. (30)And the Pharisees, and their scribes[5:30], murmured
against his disciples, saying: Why do ye eat and drink with the
publicans and sinners? (31)And Jesus answering said to them: They who
are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (32)I have not
come to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.
(33)And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and
make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and
drink? (34)And he said to them: Can ye make the sons of the
bridechamber fast, [5:34] while the bridegroom is with them? (35)But
days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then
shall they fast in those days. (36)And he spoke also a parable to
them: No one rends a piece from a new garment, and puts it on an old
garment; else both the new will make a rent, and the piece from the
new agrees not with the old. (37)And no one puts new wine into old
skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and will itself be
poured out, and the skins will perish. (38)But new wine must be put
into new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38]. (39)And no one
having drunk old wine straightway desires new; for he says: The old is
better[5:39].
VI.
AND it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first[6:1], that
he was going through grain-fields; and his disciples plucked and ate
the ears of grain, rubbing them with their hands. (2)And some of the
Pharisees said: Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the
sabbath? (3)And Jesus answering them said: And have ye not read this,
what David did when he hungered, himself and they who were with him;
(4)how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread,
and gave to those who were with him, which it is not lawful to eat
except for the priests alone? (5)And he said to them: The Son of man
is Lord also of the sabbath.
(6)And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into
the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was
withered. (7)And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he
would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against
him. (8)But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the
withered hand: Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose up,
and stood. (9)Then said Jesus to them: I will ask you what is
lawful[6:9] on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil; to save life,
or to destroy it? (10)And looking round on them all, he said to him:
Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored.
(11)And they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another,
as to what they should do to Jesus.
(12)And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the
mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (13)And
when it was day, he called to him his disciples. And having chosen
from them twelve (whom he named also apostles); (14)Simon, whom he
also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and
Philip and Bartholomew, (15)and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, (16)and Judas brother of James, and
Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer; (17)and having come down with
them, he stood on a plain, and a company of his disciples, and a great
multitude of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of
Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their
diseases; (18)and those vexed by unclean spirits were healed; (19)and
all the multitude sought to touch him, because power went out from him
and healed them all.
(20)And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Happy are ye
poor; for yours is the kingdom of God. (21)Happy are ye that hunger
now; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall
laugh.
(22)Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the sake of the Son of man. (23)Rejoice in that day, and
leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the
same manner did their fathers to the prophets.
(24)But woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your
consolation. (25)Woe to you that are full; for ye shall hunger. Woe to
you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep. (26)Woe! when all men
shall speak well of you; for in the same manner did their fathers to
the false prophets.
(27)But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who
hate you, (28)bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse
you[6:28]. (29)To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the
other; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat
also.
(30)Give to every one that asks of thee; and of him who takes away thy
goods demand them not again. (31)And as ye would that men should do to
you, do ye also in like manner to them.
(32)For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even
the sinners love those who love them. (33)And if ye do good to those
who do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the
same. (34)And if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive, what
thanks have ye? And sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as
much in return.
(35)But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the
Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil. (36)Be ye
merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
(37)And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye
shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.
(38)Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For
with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you
again.
(39)And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind?
Shall they not both fall into the ditch? (40)A disciple is not above
the teacher; but every one shall be perfected as his teacher.
(41)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
(42)How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me cast out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! cast out first the beam out of
thine eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote that
is in thy brother's eye.
(43)For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit, nor corrupt
tree that bears good fruit. (44)For every tree is known from its own
fruit. For from thorns they do not gather figs, nor from a bramble
bush do they harvest grapes. (45)The good man out of the good treasure
of his heart brings forth that which is good; and the evil, out of the
evil, brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the
heart his mouth speaks.
(46)And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
(47)Every one that comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I
will show you to whom he is like. (48)He is like a man building a
house, who digged deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a
flood arose, the stream burst upon that house, and could not shake it;
because it was well builded. (49)But he that hears, and does not, is
like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; on
which the stream burst, and immediately it fell[6:49]; and the ruin of
that house was great.
VII.
WHEN he completed all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he
entered into Capernaum. (2)And a certain centurion's servant, who was
dear to him, was sick and about to die. (3)And having heard concerning
Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would
come and heal his servant. (4)And they, coming to Jesus, besought him
earnestly, saying: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him;
(5)for he loves our nation, and himself built our synagogue.
(6)And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the
house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him: Lord, trouble
not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my
roof. (7)Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee;
but say with a word, and my servant will be healed. (8)For I am a man
placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this
one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my
servant, Do this, and he does it. (9)And Jesus hearing these things,
marveled at him; and turning said to the multitude that followed him:
I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.
(10)And they who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant
whole that had been sick.
(11)And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called
Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.
(12)And as he came near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man
was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and
a great multitude of the city was with her. (13)And seeing her, the
Lord had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not. (14)And he came
and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still. And he said:
Young man, I say to thee, arise. (15)And the dead sat up, and began to
speak. And he gave him to his mother. (16)And fear seized on all; and
they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and,
God has visited his people. (17)And this report went forth in all
Judaea concerning him, and in all the country around.
(18)And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these
things. (19)And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to
Jesus, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (20)And
coming to him, the men said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee,
saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (21)And in
that very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil
spirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight. (22)And answering he
said to them: Go, and report to John what ye saw and heard; that the
blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are published.
(23)And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.
(24)And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to
the multitudes concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness
to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?
(25)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?
Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in
kings' palaces.
(26)But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and
much more than a prophet. (27)This is he, of whom it is written:
Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face,
Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
(28)For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is a greater
prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is
greater than he.
(29)And all the people, hearing it, and the publicans, justified God,
having been immersed with John's immersion. (30)But the Pharisees and
the lawyers rejected the counsel of God toward themselves, not having
been immersed by him.
(31)To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what
are they like? (32)They are like to children sitting in the market,
and calling to one another, saying: We piped to you, and ye danced
not; we sang the lament to you, and ye wept not. (33)For John the
Immerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say:
He has a demon. (34)The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and
ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans
and sinners. (35)But wisdom was justified on the part of all her
children.
(36)And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. And entering
into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table. (37)And, behold,
a woman who was a sinner in the city, learning that he is reclining at
table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of
ointment; (38)and standing behind at his feet weeping, began to wet
his feet with tears, and wipe them with the hairs of her head, and
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
(39)And seeing it, the Pharisee who had bidden him spoke within
himself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and
what sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.
(40)And Jesus answering said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to
thee. And he says: Teacher, say on. (41)A certain money-lender had two
debtors. The one owed five hundred denaries[7:41], and the other
fifty. (42)And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which
of them therefore, tell me, will love him most? (43)Simon answering
said: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou
didst rightly judge. (44)And turning to the woman, he said to Simon:
Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gayest me no
water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them
with her hair. (45)Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I
came in, ceased not to kiss my feet. (46)My head with oil thou didst
not anoint; but she anointed my feet with ointment. (47)Wherefore I
say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to
whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. (48)And he said to
her: Thy sins are forgiven. (49)And they who reclined with him began
to say within themselves: Who is this that also forgives sins? (50)And
he said to the woman: Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.
VIII.