CHAPTER I._The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses.

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THE

NEW TESTAMENT,

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, WITH CHRONOLOGICAL

ARRANGEMENT OF THE SACRED BOOKS, AND IMPROVED

DIVISIONS OF CHAPTERS AND VERSES

LEICESTER AMBROSE SAWYER.

BOSTON:

JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY.

CLEVELAND, OHIO:

HENRY P. B. JEWETT.

LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON AND COMPANY.

1858.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by

JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of

Massachusetts.

LITHOTYPED BY COWLES AND COMPANY,

17 WASHINGTON ST.,

BOSTON.

Press of Allen and Farnham.

PREFACE.

THIS is not a work of compromises, or of conjectural interpretations of

the sacred Scriptures, neither is it a paraphrase, but a strict literal

rendering. It neither adds nor takes away; but aims to express the

original with the utmost clearness, and force, and with the utmost

precision. It adopts, however, except in the prayers, a thoroughly

modern style, and makes freely whatever changes are necessary for this

purpose.

Besides being a contribution to Biblical science, it is designed to be

a still more important contribution to practical religion, for which

the Bible in its original languages and in all its translations is

chiefly valuable. The translation depends mainly on its superior

adaptation to this end, under the blessing of God, for its success and

usefulness. If it shall be found on trial to be a superior instrument

of piety and virtue, it will doubtless meet with favor and do good. The

ascendency of practical religion is not so general or complete, that

any additional help for its promotion can be deemed unnecessary.

New translations of the Scriptures are generally introduced with

apologies and received with caution and distrust. In many cases men

have resisted them as dangerous innovations, and attempted to

exterminate them with fire and sword. This was the case with the

translations of Wickliffe and of Tindal. But truth and the kind

providence of God were too mighty for their enemies, and these

translations lived to see their persecutors in the dust, and to laugh

them to scorn. Wickliffe's translation was published in 1380, in a dark

age. Many good men anticipated from it the greatest calamities, and

resisted it with the most intemperate zeal, and every species of

denunciation was used against it. It was made from the Vulgate, and not

from the Greek and Hebrew, and was imperfect; but it was a great

improvement on what existed before, and it proved a great blessing.

Tindal was contemporary with Luther, and undertook to give a new

translation of the Bible to England, as Luther did to Germany. He

completed his New Testament against the greatest opposition, and

published it in 1526, and was engaged on the Old Testament, when he was

arrested, imprisoned a year, and then brought to the stake and

strangled and burnt, at the age of fifty-nine, A.D. 1536. He was the

morning star of the Reformation in England, and became by his

translation of the New Testament and a part of the Old, and by the

interest he excited in the subject of improved translations in England,

one of the great benefactors of his race. He was a man of great

gentleness, kindness, simplicity of character, and benevolence, and his

life is without a stain. Coverdale translated the whole Bible, and

published it in 1535 while Tindal was in prison waiting for his crown

of martyrdom. Several other translations followed, and that of King

James last of all, in 1611.

King James's translation was made by forty-seven translators, divided

into six companies, and laboring on their work three years. The Douay

Bible was first translated and published complete in 1609, almost

simultaneously with the Bible of King James. It has the disadvantage of

having been made from the Latin Vulgate, and not directly from the

original Greek and Hebrew, but is a valuable version, and like the

Bible of King James, is one of the great monuments of the times which

produced it, as well as of the church which has adhered to it. It is

good but not perfect; and it is hoped that its friends will not be

unwilling to accept an improvement.

From the publication of Wickliffe's Bible in 1380, to that of Tindal's

New Testament in 1526, was one hundred and forty-six years. From the

publication of Tindal's New Testament in 1526, to that of King James's

Bible in 1611, was eighty-five years. There was considerable progress

made in knowledge, and the English language was considerably changed,

in the interval of one hundred and forty-six years between the

publication of Wickliffe's Bible and Tindal's New Testament. There was

also considerable progress in knowledge, and some changes were made in

the English language, in the interval of eighty-five years between the

publication of Tindal's New Testament and King James's Bible.

The period that has elapsed between the publication of King James's

Bible in 1611 and the present time (1858) is two hundred and

forty-seven years, sixteen years more than the entire period from the

publication of Wickliffe's Bible in 1380 to that of King James's in

1611. Besides, this has been a period of unparalleled activity in the

investigation of Biblical subjects, and the prosecution of Biblical

studies. Two hundred and forty-seven years, reckoning, thirty-three

years to a generation, are seven generations and a half; and these

seven generations and a half have been engaged in Biblical studies with

unprecedented diligence and success, making great improvements in the

text, detecting numerous interpolations and errors, making great

improvements in the rendering, and detecting numerous errors in it; but

the almost exclusive Bible of common life, of the family, the school,

the church, and of private and devotional reading and study, with

English Protestants, is still the Bible of King James, with its errors

uncorrected, its interpolations unremoved, and its defects unsupplied.

Several new translations have been made since King James's time, but

none of them have as yet been received with any considerable favor.

King James's Bible, though extravagantly eulogized, was an excellent

version for the times that produced it; yet it made much less

improvement on the Bishop's Bible, the Geneva Bible, and Tindal's,

Coverdale's, and others which it superseded, than Tindal's and

Coverdale's did on Wickliffe's. Tindal, in the face of constant

persecution, and cut off from many of the advantages and facilities

which in more auspicious times he might have enjoyed, did more for the

English Bible than all King James's translators. So did Luther for the

Bible in Germany.

It is an unfortunate result of King James's translation of the Bible by

an imposing council of learned men, that it has tended to discourage

individual effort in respect to a labor of this kind, and to create a

prejudice against it as necessarily incompetent and untrustworthy.

Societies and councils have their spheres in which they are useful; yet

they often transcend them and intrude on those of individuals. But

there are great works which individuals can perform better than

multitudes or councils. Councils did not make the Bible at first. It

was made by individuals, each man acting for himself, and giving

utterance to the mighty thoughts that God had given him. A council did

not make Paradise Lost, and could not; nor has a council ever produced

any immortal work of genius or learning, unless it is the English Bible

of King James. With this exception, these are all the works of

individuals. As individuals, therefore, have generally been the

prosecutors of literary enterprises, in the department of Bible

translation no less than in other departments, and as individuals have

been eminently successful and useful in this department of labor

heretofore, both in England and other countries, let it be hoped that

they may be again.

There is a vast accumulation of knowledge to be made available by some

one, or in some way, for the production of an improved English Bible,

that shall bear the same relation to the advanced knowledge of these

times, which Tindal's, Coverdale's, and that of King James did to

theirs. More study has been expended on the sacred text and its

interpretation, and more progress made in Biblical knowledge in the

last seven generations, than in all time before. This knowledge is

treasured up in critical editions of the original Scriptures, critical

commentaries on them in Latin and other languages, in Greek and Hebrew

Lexicons, and in other works in the various departments of Biblical

learning, embracing commentaries on the English Scriptures, several of

which are extensive and valuable. No man can gainsay them, no man can

disparage them. They are monuments of the most precious and valuable

learning of their times. Scholars with ample means and ample time for

critical research, and those whose tastes and professions and

convictions of duty incline them in that direction, may in a long

series of years become masters of much of this learning, and receive

the benefit of it. A few are masters of it, but how few! But how are

the people to obtain it? When are they to find the time to obtain it?

Where are they to find the means? The clergy are the instructors of the

people on sacred subjects. Biblical learning is a part of their

profession. They study it by day and by night, from youth to old age;

but how are the great mass of clergymen even, amidst their parish cares

and homiletical labors, and with their limited means and restricted

libraries, to obtain much of this knowledge? Some of it they may

obtain, but much of it they will not, and cannot.

The only way in which the vast stores of Biblical learning accumulated

during the last two hundred and forty-seven years, by the labors of

seven and a half generations toiling in succession, each generation

beginning where that which preceded it left off, and each adding

something to the stock which it received, can become available for the

general benefit of the people, is by an improved text and translation

of the Bible, into which, as far as possible, they shall all be

brought, and to the perfection of which they shall contribute. This is

the task which has been undertaken in the present work, and with what

degree of success, the public will judge. The text which has been

followed in this translation, is that of Tischendorf, published at

Leipsic in 1850. It is not only a great improvement on the received

text, but on the critical texts that are in general use in this

country. Tischendorf follows Griesbach, Lachman and others, and

availing himself of their labors, together with his own accurate

collations of manuscripts extending to nearly all the most ancient

manuscripts in the world, and following in the steps of Lachman by

editing solely from ancient authority, has brought the text of the New

Testament to a degree of perfection not anticipated or even hoped for

in past ages. It is a high recommendation of this translation, and will

command for it an additional respect from all competent judges, that it

follows this highly improved text. Readers will be able by this to see

what is the Bible and what is not. It is not claimed for the text of

Tischendorf that it is perfect; no text can be; but it is claimed for

it, that it retains no known interpolation in the sacred books, and

omits nothing known to belong to them. Future laborers will doubtless

make some improvements on the text of Tischendorf, as he has done on

that of Lachman; but they cannot be expected to change it essentially.

I have deviated from Tischendorf in omitting Jesus as the proper name

of Barabbas in two instances in Matt. xxv. 4, and occasionally in

punctuation, and have retained two important interpolations in the

text, duly noted as such, Mark, xvii. and John, x. 8.

The recent work of Trench on the English Bible came to hand after

considerable progress had been made in stereotyping this volume. The

translator was highly gratified to find that nearly all the

improvements and corrections suggested by that eminent scholar were

already made in this work, together with many others.

The arrangement of the books and divisions of the chapters and verses

in this Translation are believed to be great improvements on those in

common use. As such they are commended to the attention of translators

and editors in different languages, and it is hoped will be found

satisfactory.

The chronology of the New Testament is involved in great obscurity. The

Christian Era was first proposed by Dionysius Exiguus, about A.D. 550,

and was gradually adopted in the seventh and eighth centuries. By a

mistake of Dionysius it was made to commence from four to six years too

late. The birth of Christ was from 4 to 6 B.C.; his baptism, in the

fifteenth year of Tiberius, A.D. 24; his death, probably, A.D. 28; and

the events recorded in the first part of Acts prior to the death of

Herod, A.D. 44, occurred considerably earlier than the dates usually

assigned to them.

Matthew and Luke probably wrote their gospels A.D. 62 or 63; Mark and

John, theirs A.D. 65-68. Acts was written A.D. 63. All the books of the

New Testament were probably written before the destruction of

Jerusalem, in the interval of seventeen years from A.D. 53 to 70.

The author of Revelation bears the same name as one of the Evangelists.

But this does not prove that he was the same person, neither is the

church tradition on the subject entitled to undoubted confidence. The

author of Revelation does not claim to be an apostle; and by not making

that claim in a book so extraordinary, virtually teaches that he is not

such. His style also presents points of diversity from that of the

Evangelist, that seem to be incompatible with the supposition that the

same author wrote both works.

With these few explanations I commend this volume to the acceptance and

blessing of our kind Father in heaven, and send it forth, accompanied

with many prayers, to call men from sin to holiness, and from death and

sorrow to the only true life and joy.

BOSTON, Mass., October, 1858.

CONTENTS.

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

1. The Gospel of Matthew

2. The Gospel of Mark

3. The Gospel of Luke

4. The Gospel of John

5. Acts of the Apostles

THE EPISTLES OF PAUL.

1. First Epistle to the Thessalonians

2. Second Epistle to the Thessalonians

3. The Epistle to the Galatians

4. First Epistle to the Corinthians

5. Second Epistle to the Corinthians

6. The Epistle to the Romans

7. The Epistle to Philemon

8. The Epistle to the Colossians

9. The Epistle to the Ephesians [Laodiceans]

10. The Epistle to the Philippians

11. The Epistle to Titus

12. First Epistle to Timothy

13. Second Epistle to Timothy

THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES.

1. The Epistle of James

2. First Epistle of Peter

3. Second Epistle of Peter

4. The Epistle of Judas

5. First Epistle of John

6. Second Epistle of John

7. Third Epistle of John

8. The Epistle to the Hebrews

1. REVELATION

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW.

CHAPTER I.

THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF CHRIST.

1 [1:1]AN account of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the

son of Abraham. [1:2]Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and

Jacob begat Judah and his brothers; [1:3]and Judah begat Pharez and

Zarah by Thamar; and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,

[1:4]and Ram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Nashon, and Nashon

begat Salmon, [1:5]and Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed

by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, [1:6]and Jesse begat David the king.

2 And David begat Solomon by the wife of Uriah, [1:7]and Solomon begat

Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa, [1:8]and Asa

begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram, and Jehoram begat

Uzziah, [1:9]and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz

begat Hezekiah, [1:10]and Hezekiah begat Manassah, and Manassah begat

Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, [1:11] and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his

brothers at the Babylonian exile.

3 [1:12]After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel, and

Shealtiel begat Zerubabel, [1:13]and Zerubabel begat Abiud, and Abiud

begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azar, [1:14]and Azar begat Zadoc, and

Zadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, [1:15]and Eliud begat

Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, [1:16]and

Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, called

Christ. [1:17]All the generations therefore, from Abraham to David, are

fourteen generations; and from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen

generations; and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ, fourteen

generations.

4 [1:18]The birth of Christ was thus. His mother Mary having been

espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with

child by the Holy Spirit. [1:19]But Joseph her husband being a

righteous man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing to

put her away privately. [1:20]But while he was thinking of these

things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream,

saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that

which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit, [1:21]and she shall

bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his

people from their sins.

5 [1:22]But all this was done, that the word of the Lord might be

fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying; [1:23]Behold, the

virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call

his name Emmanuel; which is interpreted, God is with us. [1:24]And when

Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had

commanded him, and took his wife, [1:25]and knew her not till she bore

a son, and he called his name Jesus.

CHAPTER II.

THE INFANCY OF CHRIST.

1 [2:1]AND Jesus being born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of Herod

the king, behold Magi came from the East to Jerusalem, saying,

[2:2]Where is the king of the Jews born? For we have seen his star in

the East, and have come to worship him. [2:3]And Herod the king hearing

this was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; [2:4]and assembling all

the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where

the Christ is born. [2:5]And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea;

for thus it is written by the prophet; [2:6]And you Bethlehem, land of

Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah, for out of

you shall come a governor who shall rule my people Israel.

2 [2:7]Then Herod, calling the Magi secretly, asked them the precise

time when the star appeared; [2:8]and sending them to Bethlehem, said,

Go and inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found

him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him. [2:9]And hearing

the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the

East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young

child was. [2:10]And seeing the star they rejoiced with great joy;

[2:11]and coming into the house they saw the young child with Mary his

mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their

treasures they presented him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

[2:12] And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod,

they departed to their country another way.

3 [2:13]And when they had departed, 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 remain there till I tell you;

for Herod will seek the young child to destroy it. [2:14]And he arose

and took the young child and his mother by night, and fled into Egypt,

[2:15]and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be

fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt

have I called my son.

4 [2:16]Then Herod seeing that he was despised by the Magi, was

exceedingly angry, and sent and destroyed all the children in

Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under,

according to the precise time which he had learned of the Magi.

[2:17]Thus was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet,

saying; [2:18]A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and great

mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted

because they were not.

5 [2:19]And when Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared

to Joseph in a dream, in Egypt, saying, [2:20]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. [2:21]And he arose and took the

young child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel. [2:22]But

hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his

father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a

dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, [2:23] and went and lived

in a city called Nazareth, that the word spoken by the prophets might

be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazoraean.

CHAPTER III.

CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION.

1 [3:1]AND in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the

wilderness of Judea, saying, [3:2]Change your minds, for the kingdom of

Heaven is at hand. [3:3]For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the

prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the

way of the Lord, make his paths straight. [3:4]And this John had his

clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his

food was locusts and wild honey. [3:5]Then went out to him Jerusalem,

and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, [3:6] and were

baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

2 [3:7]And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the

baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to

flee from the wrath to come? [3:8]Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a

change of mind; [3:9]and think not to say within yourselves, We have

Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones

to raise up children to Abraham; [3:10]and already the axe lies at the

root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is

cut down and cast into the fire. [3:11]I indeed baptize you with water

to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I,

whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy

Spirit, and fire; [3:12]whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he

will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into

the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable

fire.

3 [3:13]Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be

baptized by him. [3:14]But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be

baptized by you, and do you come to me? [3:15]But Jesus answered and

said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all

righteousness. Then he suffered him; [3:16] and Jesus being baptized

went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were

opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon

him. [3:17]And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my

beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

4 [4:1]Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be

tempted by the devil. [4:2]And having fasted forty days and forty

nights, he was afterwards hungry. [4:3]And the tempter came and said to

him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.

[4:4]And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by

bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God.

[4:5]Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the

pinnacle of the temple, [4:6]and said to him, If you are the Son of

God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels

charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest

at any time you dash your foot against a stone. [4:7]Jesus said to him,

Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. [4:8]Again

the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the

kingdoms of the world, and their glory, [4:9]and said to him, All these

things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

[4:10]Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written,

You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

[4:11]Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.

CHAPTER IV.

CHRIST COMMENCING HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.

1 [4:12]AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to

Galilee; [4:13]and leaving Nazareth he came and lived at Capernaum on

the lake, in the bounds of Zebulon and Naphtali, [4:14]that the word

might be fulfilled, spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; [4:15]Land of

Zebulon and Naphtali, by the way of the lake, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the nations, [4:16]the people who sat in darkness have seen

a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death

has light arisen. [4:17]From that time Jesus began to preach, and to

say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

2 [4:18]And walking by the lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon,

called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for

they were fishermen. [4:19]And he said to them, Come after me, and I

will make you fishermen of men. [4:20]And they left their nets,

immediately, and followed him. [4:21]And going forward thence, he saw

two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in

the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called

them. [4:22]And they immediately left the ship and their father, and

followed him.

3 [4:23]And he went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,

preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and

every infirmity among the people. [4:24]And his fame went out into all

Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various

diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and

he cured them; [4:25] and great multitudes followed him from Galilee,

and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

CHAPTER V.

CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

1 [5:1]AND seeing the multitudes, he went on the mountain and sat down;

and his disciples came to him. [5:2]And he opened his mouth and taught

them, saying; [5:3]Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the

kingdom of heaven. [5:5] Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit

the earth. [5:4]Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be

comforted. [5:6]Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for

righteousness, for they shall be filled. [5:7]Blessed are the

merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. [5:8]Blessed are the pure in

heart, for they shall see God. [5:9]Blessed are the peace makers, for

they shall be called children of God. [5:10]Blessed are the persecuted

for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [5:11]Blessed

are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every

evil against you, falsely, for my sake. [5:12] Rejoice and exult, for

great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who

were before you.

2 [5:13]You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its

strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more,

except being cast out to be trodden upon by men. [5:14]You are the

light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid.

[5:15]Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a modius [1.916

gallon measure], but on a candlestick, and it shines to all in the

house. [5:16]Let your light so shine before men that they may see your

good works, and glorify your father in heaven. [5:17]Think not that I

have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to

destroy but to complete. [5:18]For I tell you truly, that till heaven

and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away

from the law till all things are accomplished. [5:19]Whoever therefore

shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so,

shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do

and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [5:20]For

I tell you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes

and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

3 [5:21]You have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not

kill; and whoever kills shall be subject to the judgment. [5:22]But I

tell you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be subject

to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Worthless fellow,

shall be subject to the Sanhedrim; and whoever says, You fool, shall be

subject to the hell of fire. [5:23]If, therefore, you offer your gift

on the altar, and there remember that your brother has any thing

against you, [5:24]leave there your gift before the altar, and go and

first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

[5:25]Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are with him in the

way, lest the accuser deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver

you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. [5:26]I tell you

truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans

[4 mills].

4 [5:27]You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery;

[5:28] but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire

her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

[5:29]But if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from

you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish,

and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. [5:30]And if

your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is

better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that

your whole body should go into hell. [5:31]And it was said, Whoever

would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement. [5:32]

But I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery,

causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put

away, commits adultery. [5:33]Again, you have heard that it was said by

the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the

Lord your oaths. [5:34]But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by

heaven, for it is God's throne; [5:35]nor by the earth, for it is his

footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King;

[5:36]nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or

black. [5:37]But let your speech be, yes, yes, and no, no; for any

thing more than this is evil.

5 [5:38]You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth

for a tooth. [5:39]But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but

whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other

also; [5:40]and if a man wishes to have a law suit with you, and take

away your coat, let him have your cloak also; [5:41]and whoever shall

compel you to go one mile, go two miles with him. [5:42]Give to him

that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.

[5:43]You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor,

and hate your enemy. [5:44]But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray

for those that persecute you; [5:45]that you may be children of your

Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the

good, and rains on the just and unjust. [5:46]For if you love those

that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same?

[5:47]And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than

[others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same? [5:48]Be therefore

perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

6 [6:1]But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to

be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father

in heaven. [6:2] When, therefore, you give in charity, sound not a

trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the

streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you truly, they have

their reward. [6:3]But when you give in charity let not your left hand

know what your right hand does, [6:4]that your charity may be in

secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

7 [6:5]And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to

pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets,

that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

[6:6]But when you pray enter into your private room, and having shut

your door pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who

sees in secret shall reward you. [6:7]And when you pray use not vain

repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for

their much speaking. [6:8]Be not, therefore, like them; for your

Father knows what you need before you ask him. [6:9]Pray, therefore,

thus; Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name; [6:10]thy kingdom

come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth; [6:11]give us to-day

our essential bread, [6:12]and forgive us our debts as we forgive our

debtors; [6:13]and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.

[6:14]For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will

forgive you; [6:15]but if you forgive not men, neither will your Father

forgive your offenses.

8 [6:16]And when you fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad

countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men

to fast. I tell you truly, they have their reward. [6:17]But when you

fast, anoint your head, and wash your face, [6:18]that you may not

appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret; and your Father

who sees in secret shall reward you.

9 [6:19]Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth

and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.

[6:20]But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither a

moth nor corrosion destroys, and where thieves dig not through nor

steal; [6:21]for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

10 [6:22]The light of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is

sound, your whole body will be light; [6:23]but if your eye is evil,

your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you

is darkness, how great is the darkness! [6:24]No one can serve two

masters; for either he will hate the first, and love the other, or he

will adhere to the first, and despise the other. You cannot serve God

and riches. [6:25]On this account I tell you, be not anxious for your

soul, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body,

what you shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body

more than clothing? [6:26]Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not,

neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly

Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? [6:27]Which of

you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature? [6:28]And why

are you anxious concerning clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,

how they grow; they perform no hard labor, neither do they spin;

[6:29]but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like

one of these. [6:30]And if God so clothes the grass of the field,

which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much

more clothe you, men of little faith? [6:31]Be not anxious, therefore,

saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or with what shall

we be clothed? [6:32]For after all these things the gentiles seek; and

your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. [6:33]But

seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be

added to you. [6:34]Be not anxious, therefore, for to-morrow, for

to-morrow will be anxious for its; sufficient for the day is its evil.

11 [7:1]Judge not, that you be not judged; [7:2]for with what judgment

you judge you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure it

shall be measured to you. [7:3]And why do you see a speck in your

brother's eye, and not consider a beam in your own eye? [7:4]or how

will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the speck from your eye,

and behold a beam in your own eye? [7:5] Hypocrite, cast out first the

beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out the speck

from your brother's eye. [7:6]Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither

cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their

feet, and turn and rend you. [7:7]Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek,

and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. [7:8]For

every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him

that knocks, it shall be opened. [7:9]Or is there any man of you, who,

if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone? [7:10]or if he

asks a fish, will give him a serpent? [7:11]If you then, being evil,

know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your

Father in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him. [7:12]All

things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to

them; for this is the law and the prophets.

12 [7:13]Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and

spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that

enter in by it; [7:14]for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way

which leads to life, and few are those who find it. [7:15]But beware of

false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they

are rapacious wolves. [7:16]You shall know them by their fruits. Do men

gather grapes from thorns? or figs from thistles? [7:17]So every good

tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree bears bad fruits; [7:18]a good

tree cannot bear bad fruits, nor a bad tree good fruits. [7:19] Every

tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

[7:20] By their fruits, therefore, you shall know them.

13 [7:21]Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into

the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in

heaven. [7:22]Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not

prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your

name performed many mighty works? [7:23]and then will I confess to

them, I never knew you; depart from me you that commit wickedness.

14 [7:24]Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and

performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the

rock; [7:25]and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds

blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on the

rock. [7:26]And every one who hears these words of mine and performs

them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the

sand; [7:27]and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds

blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great.

[7:28]And when Jesus had finished these words the multitudes were

astonished at his teaching; [7:29]for he taught them as having

authority, and not as their scribes.

CHAPTER VI.

CHRIST'S MIRACLES, PREVIOUS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS TWELVE APOSTLES.

1 [8:1]AND when he went down from the mountain great multitudes

followed him; [8:2]and behold, a leper came and worshipped him, saying,

Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me. [8:3]And stretching out his

hand, he touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed; and his leprosy was

immediately cleansed. [8:4]And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no

man, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which

Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

2 [8:5]And when he entered into Capernaum a centurion came to him,

beseeching him, [8:6]and saying; Lord, my servant lies sick in my house

with paralysis, exceedingly distressed. [8:7]He said to him, I will

come and cure him. [8:8] And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I

am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word

and my servant will be cured. [8:9]For I also am a man under

authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he

goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this,

and he does it. [8:10]Jesus hearing wondered and said to those that

followed him, I tell you truly, I have not found so great a faith with

any one in Israel; [8:11]and I tell you that many shall come from the

East and from the West, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and

Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, [8:12]but the children of the kingdom

shall be cast into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and

gnashing of teeth. [8:13]And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; as you

have believed be it to you; and the servant was cured at that hour.

3 [8:14]And Jesus coming into the house of Peter, saw his wife's mother

lying and sick with a fever. [8:15]And he touched her hand, and the

fever left her; and she arose and waited on them. [8:16]And when it

was evening they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the

spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick, [8:17]that the word

might be fulfilled spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; He took our

infirmities and bore our diseases.

4 [8:18]And Jesus seeing great multitudes around him commanded them to

go away to the other side. [8:19]And a certain scribe came and said to

him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. [8:20]And Jesus said

to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have places of

shelter, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

[8:21]Another of the disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go

away and bury my father. [8:22]But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and

let the dead bury their dead. [8:23]And he entered into a ship, and his

disciples followed him. [8:24]And behold there was a great tempest on

the lake, so that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was

asleep. [8:25] And they came and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we

perish. [8:26]And he said to them, Why are you afraid, men of little

faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the lake, and there was

a great calm. [8:27]And the men wondered, saying, What kind of a man is

this, that the winds and the lake obey him?

5 [8:28]And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the

Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly

fierce, so that no man could pass that way. [8:29]And behold they

cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come

hither before the time to torment us? [8:30]And there was far off from

them a herd of many swine feeding. [8:31]And, the demons besought him,

saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. [8:32]And

he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of

swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the

lake, and died in the waters; [8:33]and those who fed them fled, and

going away into the city reported all things, and the events relating

to the demoniacs. [8:34]And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus;

and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds.

6 [9:1]And entering a ship, he crossed over, and came to his own city;

[9:2] and behold they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And

Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Son, be of good

courage; your sins are forgiven. [9:3]And behold some of the scribes

said within themselves, This man blasphemes. [9:4]And Jesus observing

their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? [9:5]For in

what respect is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, than to say,

Arise and walk? [9:6]But that you may know that the Son of man has

power on the earth to forgive sins, then he said to the paralytic,

Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. [9:7]And he arose and

departed to his house. [9:8]And when the multitudes saw it they were

afraid, and glorified God who had given such power to men.

7 [9:9]And Jesus departing thence saw a man sitting at the

custom-house, called Matthew; and he said to him, Follow me. And he

arose and followed him. [9:10] And he was reclining in the house, and

behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his

disciples. [9:11]And when the Pharisees saw them they said to his

disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

[9:12]And hearing it he said, The well need not a physician, but the

sick. [9:13]Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a

sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

8 [9:14]Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and

the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples fast not? [9:15]And Jesus

said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the

bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom

will be taken from them, and then they shalt fast. [9:16]But no one

puts a piece of unfilled cloth on an old garment; for it takes away its

fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse. [9:17]Neither do

they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise the bottles break, and

the wine is poured out and the bottles destroyed; but they put new wine

into new bottles, and both are preserved.

9 [9:18]While he was saying these words to them, behold a ruler came

and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now dead, but come and put

your hand on her and she shall live. [9:19]And Jesus arose and followed

him, and his disciples. [9:20]And behold a woman having a hemorrhage of

twelve years approached him from behind, and touched the fringe of his

garment; [9:21]for she said within herself, If I can only touch his

garment I shall be cured. [9:22]And Jesus turning around and seeing

her, said, Daughter, be of good courage, your faith has cured you. And

the woman was cured from that hour.

10 [9:23]And Jesus coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the

musicians and the multitude making a tumultuous noise, [9:24]said, Go

away; for the girl is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him.

[9:25]But when the multitude were removed he went in and took her hand,

and the girl arose. [9:26]And the report went out into all that land.

11 [9:27]And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him,

crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David! [9:28]And when he

had gone into the house the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to

them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes,

Lord. [9:29]Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith

be it to you; [9:30]and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them

strictly, saying, See that no one knows it. [9:31]But they went out and

made him known in all that land.

12 [9:32]And when they had gone away, behold, the people brought to him

a man, a dumb demoniac. [9:33]And the demon being cast out, the dumb

spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in

Israel. [9:34]But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler

of the demons.

13 [9:35]And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in

their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and

curing every disease, and every infirmity. [9:36]And seeing the

multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and

scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. [9:37]Then he said to his

disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few.

[9:38]Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest to thrust laborers into

his harvest.

CHAPTER VII.

THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.

1 [10:1]AND calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power over

impure spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every

infirmity. [10:2] And the names of the twelve apostles are these;

First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the

son of Zebedee, and John his brother; [10:3]Philip and Bartholomew;

Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and

Lebbeus, called Thaddeus; [10:4]Simon, the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot,

who also betrayed him. [10:5]These twelve Jesus sent out and charged

them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and enter not into a city

of Samaritans, [10:6]but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of

Israel; [10:7]and as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is

at hand. [10:8] Cure the sick, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; you

have received gratuitously, gratuitously give. [10:9]Take not gold, nor

silver, nor copper for your purses, [10:10]nor a provision sack for the

way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staves; for the laborer is worthy of

his support; [10:11]and into whatever city or village you enter,

inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you leave.

[10:12]And when you go into a house, salute it; [10:13]and if the house

is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is not

worthy, your blessing shall return to you. [10:14]And if any one does

not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or

that city, shake off the dust of your feet. [10:15]I tell you truly, it

shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in a day of

judgment, than for that city.

2 [10:16]Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be

therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves. [10:17]But beware of

men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their

synagogues, [10:18]and you shall be brought before governors, and

kings, for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations. [10:19]But

when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or

what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say;

[10:20]for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that

speaks in you. [10:21]And a brother shall deliver a brother to death,

and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents

and put them to death; [10:22]and you shall be hated by all men for my

sake. But he that endures to the end shall be saved. [10:23]And when

they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly,

that you will not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall

come.

3 [10:24]A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his

master. [10:25]It is sufficient for the disciple to be as his teacher,

and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the

house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his family

by that name. [10:26]Fear them not, therefore, for there is nothing

concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known.

[10:27]What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you

hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops. [10:28]And fear not those

who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear

him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

4 [10:29]Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and

one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father. [10:30]Even

the hairs of your head are all numbered. [10:31]Fear not, therefore,

you are of more value than many sparrows. [10:32]Every one, therefore,

who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my

Father in heaven; [10:33]and whoever denies me before men, him will I

also deny before my Father in heaven.

5 [10:34]Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have

not come to send peace, but a sword. [10:35]I have come to set a man at

variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a

bride against her mother-in-law; [10:36]and a man's enemies shall be

those of his own house. [10:37]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; [10:38]and he that does not take up his cross and

follow me is not worthy of me. [10:39]He that finds his life shall lose

it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. [10:40]He

that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him

that sent me. [10:41]He that receives a prophet in the name of a

prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he that receives a

righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous

man's reward. [10:42]And whoever shall give one of these little ones a

cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you truly, he

shall by no means lose his reward. [11:1]And when Jesus had finished

his charge to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and

preach in their cities.

CHAPTER VIII.

JOHN THE BAPTIST QUESTIONING CHRIST'S MESSIAHSHIP.

1 [11:2]AND John hearing in the prison of the works of Christ, sending

by his disciples, [11:3]said to him, Are you he that was coming, or

look we for another? [11:4]And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and

tell John what you see and hear; [11:5]the blind see, the lame walk,

the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the

poor have the good news preached to them; [11:6]and blessed is he that

is not offended with me.

2 [11:7]And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes,

concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed

shaken with the wind? [11:8]But what went you out to see? A man wearing

fine clothes? Behold, they that wear fine clothes are in the houses of

kings. [11:9]But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you,

and more than a prophet. [11:10]For this is he of whom it is written;

Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare your way

before you. [11:11]I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those

born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the

kingdom of heaven is greater than he. [11:12]And from the days of John

the Baptist till now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the

violent take it by force. [11:13]For all the prophets and the law

prophesied till John. [11:14]And if you will receive it, this is

Elijah, who was to come.

3 [11:15]He that has ears, let him hear. [11:16]To what shall I liken

this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who

call to their companions, [11:17]and say, We have played on pipes for

you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not

lamented. [11:18]For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they

say, He has a demon; [11:19]the Son of man came eating and drinking,

and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of

publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

4 [11:20]Then he began to rebuke those cities in which most of his

mighty works had been done, because they changed not their minds.

[11:21]Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty

works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they

would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

[11:22]But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in

a day of judgment than for you. [11:23]And you, Capernaum, which are

exalted even to heaven, shall go down even to hades; for if the mighty

works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have

remained to this day. [11:24]But I tell you, that it shall be more

tolerable for the land of Sodom in a day of judgment, than for you.

5 [11:25]At that time Jesus answering said, I thank thee, Father, Lord

of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and

intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes. [11:26]Yes, Father, for

so it has seemed good in thy sight. [11:27]All things are given me by

my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows

the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

[11:28]Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy laden, and I

will give you rest. [11:29]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;

[11:30]for my yoke is easy, and my burden light.

CHAPTER IX.

CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF THE SABBATH.

1 [12:1]AT that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the

sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pick the heads and

eat. [12:2]And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your

disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. [12:3]But he

said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and

those who were with him? [12:4]how he entered into the house of God and

eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for

those with him, but only for the priests? [12:5]Or have you not read in

the law, that the priests profane the sabbath in the temple, and are

blameless? [12:6]But I tell you that here is an object greater than

the temple. [12:7]But if you had known what, I wish for mercy and not a

sacrifice, means, you would not have condemned the innocent; [12:8]for

the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

2 [12:9]And departing thence he went into their synagogue, [12:10]and

behold a man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him,

saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse

him. [12:11]And he said to them, What man is there of you having one

sheep, who if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not take hold

of it and lift it out? [12:12]How much then is a man better than a

sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. [12:13] Then he

said to the man, Stretch out your hand; and he stretched it out, and it

was restored as sound as the other; [12:14]and the Pharisees went out

and took counsel against him to destroy him.

3 [12:15]But Jesus knowing it departed thence, and great multitudes

followed him; and he cured them all, [12:16]and charged them not to

make him known; [12:17]that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by

Isaiah the prophet, saying; [12:18]Behold my servant, whom I have

chosen; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my

spirit on him, and he shall declare judgment to the nations. [12:19]He

shall not strive nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the

streets. [12:20]A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax

shall he not extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory.

[12:21]And in his name shall nations hope.

CHAPTER X.

CHRIST'S MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO DEMONS. HIS RELATIONS.

1 [12:22]THEN a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he

cured him, so that the blind and dumb spoke and saw. [12:23]And all

the multitudes wondered and said, Is this the Son of David? [12:24]But

the Pharisees hearing it, said, This man does not cast out demons,

except by Beelzebul, a ruler of the demons. [12:25]But knowing their

thoughts, he said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is

destroyed; and no city or house divided against itself can stand.

[12:26]If Satan casts out Satan he is divided against himself. How then

can his kingdom stand? [12:27]And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons,

by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your

judges. [12:28] But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the

kingdom of God has come upon you. [12:29]Or how can one enter into the

house of a strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the

strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

2 [12:30]He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not

with me scatters. [12:31]Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy

shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be

forgiven men. [12:32] And if one speaks a word against the Son of man

it shall be forgiven him; but if one speaks against the Holy Spirit it

shall not be forgiven him either in this life or in that to come.

[12:33]Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree

bad, and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

[12:34]Offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things?

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. [12:35]The good

man, out of his good treasury, casts forth good things; and the evil

man, out of his evil treasury, casts forth evil things. [12:36]But I

tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an

account in a day of judgment; [12:37] for by your words you shall be

justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

3 [12:38]Then answered some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying,

Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you. [12:39]But he answered and

said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and

no sign shall be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah. [12:40]For

as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so

shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the

earth. [12:41]The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with

this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the

preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. [12:42]The

queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation

and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the

wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

[12:43]But when the impure spirit has gone out of a man, it goes

through dry places seeking a rest, and finds none. [12:44]Then it says,

I will return to my house from which I went out; and coming, it finds

it empty, swept, and adorned. [12:45]Then it goes and takes with itself

seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell

there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall

it be also with this evil generation.

4 [12:46]And while he was speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother

and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak to him. [12:47]And

some one said to him, Behold your mother and your brothers stand

without, desiring to speak to you. [12:48]And he answered and said to

him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

[12:49]and stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my

mother, and my brothers! [12:50]For whoever does the will of my Father

in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER XI.

CHRIST'S PARABLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE.

1 [13:1]AND on that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the

lake. [13:2] And great multitudes came together to him; and he went

into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the shore.

[13:3]And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a

sower went out to sow; [13:4]and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and

the birds came and devoured it. [13:5]And some fell on rocky places,

where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had

no depth of earth; [13:6]and when the sun arose it was scorched, and

because it had no root it was dried up. [13:7]And some fell among

thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it. [13:8]But some fell on

good ground, and bore fruit; some a hundred, some sixty, and some

thirty-fold. [13:9]He that has ears let him hear.

2 [13:10]And his disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to

them in parables? [13:11]And he answered and said to them, Because it

is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to

them it is not given; [13:12]for whoever has, to him shall be also

given, and he shall abound; but whoever has not, from him shall be

taken away even what he has. [13:13]For this reason I speak to them in

parables; because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear,

nor understand. [13:14]And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah,

which says; Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you

shall see and not perceive; [13:15]for the hearts of this people have

become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes

have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with

their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should

heal them. [13:16]But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your

ears, for they hear. [13:17]For I tell you truly, that many prophets

and righteous men have desired to see what you see and have not seen

it, and to hear what you hear and have not heard it.

3 [13:18]Hear, therefore, the parable of the sower. [13:19]When any one

hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one

comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that

received seed by the way. [13:20]He that received seed on the rocky

places is he that hears the word and immediately receives it with joy

[13:21]but has no root in himself, but is only a temporary [disciple];

and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he is

immediately offended. [13:22]And he that received seed among thorns is

he that hears the word, and the cares of this life and the

deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

[13:23]But he that received the seed in the good ground is he that

hears the word, and understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces

some one hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty-fold.

4 [13:24]And he delivered them another parable, saying; The kingdom of

heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field; [13:25]and while

the men slept, his enemy came and sowed poisonous darnel in the midst

of the wheat, and went away. [13:26]But when the stalk grew up and

bore fruit, then the poisonous darnel appeared. [13:27]And the servants

of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed

in your field? Whence then has it poisonous darnel? [13:28]And he said

to them, An enemy has done this. And they said to him, Do you wish us

to go and take them out? [13:29]And he said, No; lest in taking out the

poisonous darnel, you pull up the wheat with it; [13:30]let both grow

together till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say

to the reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in

bundles to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse.

5 [13:31]He delivered them another parable, saying, The kingdom of

heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field,

[13:32]which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the

greatest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven

come and lodge on its branches. [13:33]He spoke another parable to

them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid

in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

[13:34]All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in parables; and

without a parable spoke he not to them; [13:35]that it might be

fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth

in parables; I will declare things which have been concealed from the

foundation of the world.

6 [13:36]Then leaving the multitudes; he went into the house, and his

disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the

poisonous darnel of the field. [13:37]And he answered and said to them,

He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; [13:38]the field is the

world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the poisonous

darnel are the children of the wicked one; [13:39] the enemy that sowed

them is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the world; and

the reapers are angels. [13:40]As, therefore, poisonous darnel is

collected and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of

the world. [13:41]The Son of man will send his angels, and they shall

collect out of his kingdom all offenses, and all that commit

wickedness, [13:42]and cast them into a furnace of fire; and there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. [13:43] Then the righteous

shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that

has ears, let him hear.

7 [13:44]The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which

a man found, and concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that

he had and bought that field. [13:45]Again; the kingdom of heaven is

like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, [13:46]who, finding one very

costly, went and sold all that he had and bought it. [13:47]Again; the

kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and collecting

[fish] of every kind, [13:48]which, when it was full, men drew to the

shore, and sifting down put up the good in vessels and cast the bad

away. [13:49]So shall it be at the consummation of the world. The

angels shall come forth and separate the evil from the midst of the

good, [13:50]and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be

weeping and gnashing of teeth. [13:51]Have you understood all these

thing? They said to him, Yes, Lord. [13:52]And he said to them, Every

scribe therefore that is instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like a

householder who casts out of his treasury things new and old.

8 [13:53]And when Jesus had finished these parables he departed thence,

[13:54] and coming to his native country he taught them in their

synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has this man

this wisdom and these mighty works? [13:55]Is not this the carpenter's

son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and

Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? [13:56]And are not his sisters all with

us? Whence then has this man all these things? [13:57]And they were

offended with him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without

honor, except in his native country, and in his own house; [13:58] and

he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.

CHAPTER XII.

THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.--CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND

WALKING ON THE LAKE.

1 [14:1]AT that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

[14:2]and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is raised

from the dead; and on that account the mighty works are performed by

him. [14:3]For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in

prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. [14:4]For

John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. [14:5]And

he wished to kill him; but feared the people, because they regarded him

as a prophet. [14:6]And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of

Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, [14:7]on account of

which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask;

[14:8]and she, having been put forward by her mother, said, Give me

here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

2 [14:9]And the king was sorry; but on account of the oath, and those

reclining with him, he commanded it to be given. [14:10]And he sent and

beheaded John in the prison; [14:11]and his head was brought on a plate

and given to the girl, and she carried it to her mother. [14:12]And his

disciples went and took up the body and buried it, and came and told

Jesus.

3 [14:13]And when Jesus heard of it he departed thence in a ship to a

solitary place by himself. And the multitudes hearing of it followed

him on foot from the cities.

4 [14:14]And going out he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on

them, and cured their sick. [14:15]And when it was evening his

disciples came to him, saying, The place is solitary, and the hour is

already past; dismiss the multitudes that they may go to the villages

and buy themselves food. [14:16]But Jesus said to them, They need not

go away; give them food to eat. [14:17]And they said to him, We have

here only five loaves and two fishes. [14:18]And he said, Bring them

here to me. [14:19]And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the

grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and, looking up to

heaven, blessed them, and having broken them gave the bread to the

disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. [14:20]And they all eat

and were filled; and they took up the fragments which remained over,

twelve travelling-baskets full; [14:21]and those that eat were about

five thousand men, besides women and children.

5 [14:22]And he immediately constrained the disciples to go into a ship

and go before him to the other side, till he should dismiss the

multitudes. [14:23]And having dismissed the multitudes, he went on a

mountain by himself to pray. And when it was evening he was there

alone. [14:24]But the ship was now in the midst of the lake tossed by

the waves, for the wind was contrary. [14:25]And in the fourth watch of

the night he came to them walking on the lake. [14:26]And when the

disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were troubled and said, It

is an apparition; and they cried out for fear. [14:27]But Jesus

immediately spoke to them, saying, Be of good courage; it is I; be not

afraid. [14:28]And Peter answered and said to him, Lord, if it is you,

command me to come to you on the waters. [14:29]And he said, Come. And

Peter going down from the ship walked on the waters to go to Jesus.

[14:30]But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink,

cried, saying, Lord save me! [14:31]and Jesus immediately stretching

out his hand, took hold of him and said, Man of little faith, why did

you doubt? [14:32]And when they entered into the ship, the wind

ceased; [14:33]and those in the ship came and worshipped him; saying,

Truly you are the Son of God.

6 [14:34]And having crossed over, they came to Gennesaret. [14:35]And

when the men of that place knew him, they sent to all the country

around, and brought to him all that were sick, [14:36]and requested of

him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many

as touched it were entirely cured.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF JEWISH TRADITIONS, ETC.

1 [15:1]THEN came the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying,

[15:2]Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, for

they wash not their hands when they eat bread? [15:3]And he answered

and said to them, Why do you transgress the command of God by your

tradition? [15:4]For God said, Honor your father and mother; and he

that reviles father or mother, let him surely die. [15:5]But you say,

Whoever says to his father or mother what you might be profited with by

me is a gift, [15:6]then he shall not honor his father or his mother;

and you have made the law of God of no effect by your tradition. [15:7]

Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophecy of you, saying; [15:8]This people

honors me with the lips, but their heart is far from me. [15:9]But in

vain do they worship me, teaching teachings and commandments of men.

2 [15:10]And having called the multitude, he said, Hear and understand.

[15:11] Not that which enters into the mouth, defiles the man; but that

which proceeds out of the mouth that defiles the man. [15:12]Then the

disciples came to him, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees

were offended when they heard this word? [15:13]And he answered and

said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be

rooted up. [15:14]Let them go; they are blind guides of the blind. But

if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into the pit.

[15:15]And Peter answered and said to him, Explain the parable to us.

[15:16]And he said, Are you so entirely without understanding?

[15:17]Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes

into the stomach, and is cast out on the earth? [15:18]But the things

which proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the

man. [15:19]For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,

adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies:

[15:20]these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with

unwashed hands does not defile the man.

3 [15:21]And Jesus going out thence departed to the regions of Tyre and

Sidon. [15:22]And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out

and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is

badly affected with a demon. [15:23]But he answered her not a word. And

his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries

after us. [15:24]But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the

lost sheep of the house of Israel. [15:25]And she came and worshipped

him, saying, Lord, help me! [15:26]But he answered and said, It is not

right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs. [15:27]But she

said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from

the table of their masters. [15:28]Then Jesus answered and said to her,

O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her

daughter was cured from that hour.

4 [15:29]And returning thence Jesus came to the lake of Galilee, and

going up on the mountain sat down there. [15:30]And great multitudes

came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the

crippled, and many others; and they cast them at Jesus' feet, and he

cured them; [15:31]so that the multitude wondered, seeing the dumb

talk, the crippled sound, the lame walk, and the blind see; and they

glorified the God of Israel.

5 [15:32]And Jesus calling his disciples, said, I pity the multitude,

for it is now three days that they have continued with me, and they

have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting lest they faint by

the way. [15:33]But his disciples said to him, Whence shall we obtain

so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude?

[15:34]And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said,

Seven, and a few small fishes. [15:35]And he commanded the people to

sit down on the ground, [15:36]and taking the seven loaves and the

fishes, and giving thanks, he broke, and gave them to the disciples,

and the disciples to the multitudes. [15:37]And they all eat and were

filled; and they took up the fragments that remained, seven

store-baskets full. [15:38]And those who eat were four thousand men,

besides women and children. [15:39]And dismissing the multitude he went

into the ship, and came into the bounds of Magadan.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHRIST REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES, ETC.

1 [16:1]AND the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to Jesus to try him

desired him to show them a sign from heaven. [16:2]But he answered and

said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather for

the sky is red; [16:3]and in the morning, It will rain to-day for the

sky is red and lowering. You know how to distinguish the face of the

sky, but you cannot distinguish the signs of the times. [16:4]An evil

and adulterous generation seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it

except the sign of Jonah. And he left them and departed.

2 [16:5]And when his disciples came to the other side they forgot to

take bread. [16:6]And Jesus said to them, Observe and beware of the

leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. [16:7]But they reasoned within

themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread. [16:8]But

Jesus knowing it, said, Why do you reason within yourselves, men of

little faith, because you have not taken bread? [16:9]Do you not yet

understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how

many travelling-baskets you took up? [16:10]nor the seven loaves of the

four thousand, and how many store-baskets you took up? [16:11]Why do

you not understand that I spoke to you not of bread, to beware of the

leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? [16:12]Then they understood that

he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the

teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

3 [16:13]And Jesus coming into the parts of Cesarea Philippi, asked his

disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? [16:14]And

they said, Some, John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and others,

Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. [16:15]And he said to them, Who say

you that I am? [16:16]And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the

Christ, the Son of the living God. [16:17] And Jesus answered and said

to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has

not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. [16:18] And I tell

you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my

assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

[16:19]And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and

whatever you bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever

you unbind on the earth shall be unbound in heaven. [16:20]Then he

charged his disciples to tell no man that he was the Christ.

4 [16:21]From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must

go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief

priests, and scribes, and be killed, and raised on the third day.

[16:22]And Peter taking hold of him said, rebuking him, Far be it from

you, Lord! This shall not be to you. [16:23]But he turned and said to

Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me! For you regard

not the things of God, but those of men.

5 [16:24]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.

[16:25]For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever

loses his life for my sake, shall find it. [16:26]For what is a man

profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what

will a man give as an exchange for his life? [16:27]For the Son of man

is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then

shall he render to every one according to his doing. [16:28]I tell you

truly, that some of those standing here shall not taste death till they

see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

CHAPTER XV.

CHRIST TRANSFIGURED.--CURING A DEMONIAC, AND PAYING THE SACRED TRIBUTE.

1 [17:1]AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, his

brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. [17:2]And

he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and

his garments were white as the light. [17:3]And behold there appeared

to them Moses and Elijah conversing with him. [17:4]And Peter answered

and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you please,

we will make here three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses,

and one for Elijah. [17:5]While he was yet speaking, behold a bright

cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying,

This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.

[17:6]And when they heard this the disciples fell on their faces, and

were greatly afraid. [17:7]And Jesus came and touched them, and said,

Arise, and be not afraid. [17:8]And lifting up their eyes they saw no

man, except Jesus alone.

2 [17:9]And when they went down from the mountain Jesus charged them,

saying, Tell no man the vision till the Son of man is raised from the

dead. [17:10]And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the

scribes say that Elijah must first come? [17:11]And he answered and

said, Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things. [17:12]But I

tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him

what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to

suffer from them. [17:13]Then the disciples understood that he spoke to

them of John the Baptist.

3 [17:14]And when they came to the multitude, a man came to him,

kneeling to him and saying, [17:15]Lord, have mercy on my son, for he

is a lunatic, and suffers greatly. For he often falls into the fire,

and often into the water. [17:16]And I brought him to your disciples

and they could not cure him. [17:17] Jesus answered and said, O

unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How

long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to me. [17:18]And Jesus rebuked

him, and the demon went out of him, and the child was cured from that

hour. [17:19]Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why

could we not cast it out? [17:20]And Jesus said to them, On account of

your unbelief. For I tell you truly, if you have a faith like a mustard

seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed thence to that place,

and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

[17:21]But this kind goes not out, except by prayer and fasting.

4 [17:22]And as they were returning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The

Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, [17:23]and

they will kill him, and on the third day he shall be raised; and they

were grieved exceedingly.

5 [17:24]And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the

didrachma [28 cents], came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher

pay the didrachma? [17:25]He said, Yes. And when he came into the

house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From

whom do the kings of the earth receive taxes, or a tribute? From their

children, or from strangers? [17:26]He said to him, From strangers.

Jesus said to him; Then are the children free; [17:27]but that we may

not offend them, go to the lake, and cast in a hook, and take the first

fish that comes up, and opening its mouth you will find a stater [56

cents]. Take that and give it to them, for me and you.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF GREATNESS.--OFFENSES AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

1 [18:1]AT that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is the

greatest in the kingdom of heaven? [18:2]And calling a little child, he

set it in the midst of them, [18:3]and said, I tell you truly, that if

you do not turn and become like little children, you can by no means

enter into the kingdom of heaven. [18:4]Whoever humbles himself like

this little child, shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven;

[18:5]and whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives

me; [18:6]but whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in

me, it would be better for him that a millstone should be hung to his

neck, and that he should be plunged into the depths of the sea.

2 [18:7]Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must

necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

[18:8]If your hand or foot offends you, cut it off and cast it from

you. It is better for you to enter into life lame, or crippled, than

having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

[18:9]And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you.

It is better for you to enter into life having one eye, than having two

eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

3 [18:10]See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I tell

you that their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

[18:12]What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is

lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and

seek for the lost one? [18:13]And if he finds it, I tell you truly that

he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which were not lost.

[18:14]So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these

little ones should perish.

4 [18:15]But if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him

between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your

brother. [18:16]But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two

more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be

established; [18:17]and if he will not hear them, tell the assembly;

and if he will not hear the assembly, let him be to you as a gentile

and a publican. [18:18]I tell you truly, that whatever you bind on the

earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you unbind on the earth

shall be unbound in heaven. [18:19]Again, I tell you, that if two of

you shall agree on the earth concerning any thing for which they shall

ask, they shall have it from my Father in heaven; [18:20]for where two

or three are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of

them.

5 [18:21]Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how many times shall my

brother sin against me and I forgive him? Till seven times?

[18:22]Jesus said to him, I say not to you till seven times, but till

seventy times seven. [18:23]On this account, the kingdom of heaven is

like a king who wished to settle with his servants. [18:24]And

beginning to settle, a debtor of ten thousand talents [$10,000,000] was

brought to him. [18:25]And he having nothing to pay, the lord commanded

him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and

payment to be made. [18:26]Then the servant fell down and worshipped

him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay all. [18:27]And the

lord of that servant having compassion on him released him, and forgave

him the debt.

6 [18:28]But that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants

who owed him one hundred denarii [$14], and seizing him, he choked him,

saying, Pay what you owe me. [18:29]Then his fellow-servant fell down

and besought him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you.

[18:30]But he would not; but went and cast him into prison till he

should pay the debt. [18:31]Then his fellow-servants seeing what was

done, were greatly displeased, and went and related to their lord all

things that were done. [18:32]Then his lord called him, and said to

him, Evil servant; I forgave you all that debt because you besought me

[to do it]. [18:33]Ought you not also to pity your fellow-servant, as I

pitied you? [18:34]And his lord was displeased, and delivered him to

the tormentors till he should pay all the debt. [18:35]So also will my

heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not each one his brother from

your hearts.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, ETC.

1 [19:1]AND when Jesus had finished these words he departed from

Galilee, and came into the bounds of Judea beyond the Jordan; [19:2]and

great multitudes followed him, and he cured them there. [19:3]And the

Pharisees came to him to try him, and said, Is it lawful [for a man] to

put away his wife for every cause? [19:4]And he answered and said,

Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and

female? [19:5]and he said, On this account shall a man leave his father

and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

[19:6]So that they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God

has yoked together, let not man separate.

2 [19:7]They said to him, Why then did Moses command us to give a bill

of divorcement, and put her away? [19:8]He said to them, Moses, on

account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives;

but from the beginning it was not so. [19:9]And I tell you, that

whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, and marries another,

commits adultery; and whoever marries her that is put away, commits

adultery.

3 [19:10]The disciples said to him, If the case of a man is thus with

his wife, it is not expedient to marry. [19:11]And he said to them, All

do not receive this word, but those to whom it is given. [19:12]For

there are eunuchs from birth, who were born so from their mother; and

there are eunuchs who are made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs

who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.

He that is able to receive [this doctrine] let him receive it.

4 [19:13]Then little children were brought to him that he should put

his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. [19:14]But

Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them

not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. [19:15]And he put his hands

on them and departed thence.

5 [19:16]And behold one came and said to him, Teacher, what good [work]

shall I do that I may have eternal life? [19:17]And he said to him, Why

do you ask me of the good? one is the good. But if you wish to enter

into life, keep the commandments. [19:18]He said to him, What? And

Jesus said, this; You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery;

You shall not steal; You shall not testify falsely; [19:19]Honor your

father and mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

[19:20]The young man said to him, All these have I kept; what do I lack

yet? [19:21]Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell your

property, and give to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in

heaven; and come and follow me. [19:22]And when the young man heard

[this] he went away sad, for he had great possessions.

6 [19:23]And Jesus said to his disciples, I tell you truly, that a rich

man will enter into the kingdom of heaven with difficulty. [19:24]And

again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a

needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

[19:25]And the disciples hearing this, were greatly astonished, and

said, Who then can be saved? [19:26]But Jesus looking on them, said,

With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

7 [19:27]Then Peter answered and said, Behold we have left all and

followed you; what shall we have therefore? [19:28]And Jesus said to

them, I tell you truly, that you who have followed me, in the

regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory,

shall yourselves also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes

of Israel; [19:29]and whoever has left brothers or sisters, or a father

or mother, or children, or lands or houses, for my name's sake, shall

receive many times as much, and inherit eternal life. [19:30]But many

first shall be last; and last, first.

8 [20:1]For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out

early in the morning to hire laborers in his vineyard. [20:2]And

agreeing with the laborers for a denarius [14 cents] a day, he sent

them into his vineyard. [20:3] And going out about the third hour, he

saw others standing idle in the market; [20:4]and he said to them, go

also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they

went. [20:5]Again going out about the sixth and ninth hours, he did

likewise. [20:6]And going out about the eleventh hour he found others

standing, and said to them, Why stand you all the day idle? [20:7]They

said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into

the vineyard. [20:8]And when it was evening the lord of the vineyard

said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them the wages

[stipulated], beginning from the last even to the first. [20:9]And

those who came about the eleventh hour, received a denarius [14 cents]

each. [20:10]And those who came first supposed that they should receive

more. And they also received a denarius [14 cents] each; [20:11]and

when they had received it, they complained of the householder,

[20:12]saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made

them equal with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

[20:13]But he answered and said to one of them, Neighbor, I do you no

wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius [14 cents]? [20:14]Take

what belongs to you, and go, for I will give to the last even as to

you. [20:15]Is it not right for me to do what I will with my own? Is

your eye evil because I am good? [20:16]So the last shall be first,

and the first last.

9 [20:17]And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took his twelve disciples

aside privately, and said to them on the way, [20:18]Behold we go up to

Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests

and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, [20:19]and deliver him

to the gentiles, to mock, and scourge, and crucify him; and on the

third day he shall be raised.

10 [20:20]Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her

sons, worshipping, and asking a certain thing of him. [20:21]And he

said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Say that these my two

sons shall sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in

your kingdom. [20:22]But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you

ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said

to him, We can. [20:23]He said to them; you shall drink indeed of my

cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give,

but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. [20:24]And the ten

hearing this were displeased with the two brothers. [20:25]But Jesus

called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the gentiles

exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over

them; but it shall not be so among you. [20:26]But whoever wishes to be

great among you, let him be your minister; [20:27]and whoever wishes to

be first among you, let him be your servant, [20:28]as the Son of man

came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for

many.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHRIST CURING TWO BLIND MEN.--ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, AND

CURSING THE FIG TREE.

1 [20:29]AND as they proceeded from Jericho a great multitude followed

him. [20:30]And behold two blind men who sat by the way, hearing that

Jesus was passing by cried, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of

David! [20:31]And the multitude charged them to be still; but they

cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David! [20:32]And

Jesus stopped, and called them and said, What do you wish me to do for

you? [20:33]They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

[20:34]And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes; and

immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.

2 [21:1]And when they approached Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at

the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, [21:2]and said to

them, Go into the village opposite to you, and you will immediately

find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them, and lead them to me:

[21:3]and if any one asks you why, say that the Lord has need of them,

and he will immediately send them. [21:4] But all this was done that

the words spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, who says;

[21:5]Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek,

seated on an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

3 [21:6]And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them,

[21:7]and brought the ass and the colt, and put garments on them, and

he sat on them. [21:8]And a vast multitude spread their garments in the

way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them in the

way; [21:9]and the multitudes that went before, and those that

followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that

comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!

4 [21:10]And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was moved,

saying, Who is this? [21:11]And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the

prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee. [21:12]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 brokers, and the seats of those that

sold doves, [21:13]and said to them, It is written, my house shall be

called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers.

5 [21:14]And the blind and crippled came to him in the temple, and he

cured them. [21:15]And when the chief priests and scribes saw the

wonderful works which he performed, and the children crying in the

temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were displeased,

[21:16]and said to him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to

them, Yes. Have you never read, that out of the mouths of babes and

nursing infants, you have perfected praise? [21:17]And he left them,

and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

6 [21:18]And returning into the city in the morning he was hungry;

[21:19]and seeing a fig tree by the way he went to it, and found

nothing on it, except leaves only, and he said to it, Let there be no

fruit on you forever. And the fig tree immediately withered, [21:20]and

the disciples seeing it, wondered and said, How soon is this fig tree

withered! [21:21]Jesus answered and said to them, I tell you truly,

that if you have faith and doubt not, you shall not only do this of the

fig tree, but if you should say to this mountain, Be taken up and be

cast into the sea, it would be done; [21:22]and all things whatever

which you ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHRIST QUESTIONED BY THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS. THE PARABLE OF THE

VINEYARD.

1 [21:23]AND Jesus having gone into the temple, the chief priests and

elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what

authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

[21:24]Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one

question, which, if you tell me, I will tell you by what authority I do

these things. [21:25]Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or

from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we say from

heaven, he will say to us, Why did you not believe him? [21:26]But if

we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a

prophet. [21:27] And they answered Jesus, and said, We do not know. And

he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these

things.

2 [21:28]But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the

first, and said, Son, go and work to-day in the vineyard. [21:29]But

he answered and said, I will not; but afterwards he repented, and went.

[21:30]And he came to the other, and said the same. And he answered and

said, I will go sir, but went not. [21:31]Which of the two did the

will of the father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, I

tell you truly, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of

God before you. [21:32]For John came to you in a way of righteousness,

and you believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him;

and when you saw this, you did not afterwards repent, that you might

believe him.

3 [21:33]Hear another parable: There was a man, a householder, who

planted a vineyard, and made a hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in

it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

[21:34]And when the time of the fruits approached he sent his servants

to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. [21:35]And the husbandmen took

his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

[21:36]Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they

treated them in the same manner. [21:37]And afterwards he sent them his

son, saying, They will reverence my son. [21:38]But when the husbandmen

saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us

kill him and take his inheritance. [21:39]And they took him, and cast

him out of the vineyard, and killed him. [21:40]When, therefore, the

lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen?

[21:41]They said to him, He will inflict on those men a miserable

death, and let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render

him the fruits in their seasons.

4 [21:42]Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures, The

stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of a

corner? this is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes? [21:43]I

tell you, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you,

and given to a nation yielding its fruits.

5 [21:45]And the chief priests and Pharisees hearing his parables, knew

that he spoke of them; [21:46]and they sought to take him, but feared

the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

CHAPTER XX.

THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING, AND QUESTIONS OF THE PHARISEES AND

SADDUCEES.

1 [22:1]AND Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables saying,

[22:2] The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made a wedding

for his son. [22:3]And he sent his servants to call the invited to the

wedding, and they would not come. [22:4]Again he sent other servants,

saying, Tell the invited, Behold, I have prepared my supper, my oxen

and fatted creatures are killed, and all things are ready; come to the

wedding. [22:5]But they neglected it, and went away, one to his farm,

and another to his merchandise; [22:6]and the rest took his servants

and treated them injuriously, and killed them. [22:7]And the king was

angry, and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up

their city.

2 [22:8]Then he said to his servants, The wedding indeed is ready, but

the invited were not worthy. [22:9]Go, therefore, to the crossings of

the ways, and invite all you find to the wedding. [22:10]And those

servants went out into the highways, and collected all whom they found,

both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with guests.

3 [22:11]And the king coming in to see the guests observed there a man

who had not on a wedding garment, [22:12]and said to him, Friend, how

came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

[22:13]Then the king said to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and

cast him into the darkness outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing

of teeth. [22:14]For many are called, but few chosen.

4 [22:15]Then the Pharisees went and took counsel to ensnare him in his

words. [22:16]And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians,

saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in

truth, and care not for any man; for you regard not the face of men.

[22:17]Tell us, therefore, what you think; is it right to pay tribute

to Caesar or not? [22:18]Jesus knowing their wickedness, said, Why do

you hypocrites try me? [22:19]Show me the tribute money. And they

brought him a denarius [14 cents]. [22:20]And he said to them, Whose is

this image and this inscription? [22:21]They said to him, Caesar's.

Then he said to them, Give therefore Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's

to God. [22:22]And hearing, they wondered, and went away and left him.

5 [22:23]On that day the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no

resurrection, and asked him, [22:24]saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any

one dies having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and

raise up children for his brother. [22:25]Now there were with us seven

brothers; and the first married, and died; and having no children he

left his wife to his brother; [22:26]in like manner also the second,

and third, till the seventh; [22:27] last of all the woman died also.

[22:28]In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the

seven? for they all had her. [22:29]And Jesus answered and said to

them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

[22:30]For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are married, but

are as angels in heaven. [22:31]But concerning the resurrection of the

dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, [22:32]I

am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God

is not a God of the dead, but of the living. [22:33]And the multitudes

who heard were astonished at his teaching.

6 [22:34]And the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees,

were assembled together, [22:35]and one of them, a lawyer, asked him,

to try him, [22:36]Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?

[22:37]And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all

your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind. [22:38]This is the

great and first commandment. [22:39]And the second is like it, You

shall love your neighbor as yourself. [22:40]On these two commandments

hang all the law and the prophets.

7 [22:41]And the Pharisees being assembled together, Jesus asked them,

[22:42] saying, What do you think of the Christ? whose son is he? They

said to him, David's. [22:43]He said to them, How then does David in

spirit call him Lord, saying, [22:44]The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on

my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool? [22:45]If then

David calls him Lord, how is he his son? [22:46]And no one was able to

answer him a word, neither dared any one after that day to question him

farther.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHRIST DENOUNCING THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.

1 [23:1]THEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes and his disciples,

[23:2]saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. [23:3]All

things therefore which they tell you, do and keep. But do not their

works. For they say and do not, [23:4]but bind heavy burdens and put

them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

[23:5]And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make

broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes, [23:6] and love

the first tables at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues,

[23:7]and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

[23:8] But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you

are all brothers. [23:9]And call no man your father on the earth, for

one is your heavenly Father. [23:10]Neither be called leaders, for one

is your leader, the Christ. [23:11]But the greatest of you shall be

your servant, [23:12]and whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and

he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

2 [23:13]But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut

up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither

do you suffer those entering to go in. [23:15]Woe to you scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass the sea and the dry land to make

one proselyte; and when he is gained you make him twice as much a child

of hell as yourselves. [23:16]Woe to you blind guides, who say, Whoever

swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of

the temple, he is bound. [23:17]Fools and blind! for which is greater,

the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold? [23:18] If a man

swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if he swears by the gift which

is on it, he is bound. [23:19]Fools and blind! For which is greater,

the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? [23:20]He then that

swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it; [23:21]and

he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that inhabits

it; [23:22]and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God,

and by him that sits on it.

3 [23:23]Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe

mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters

of the law, justice, mercy, and faith. These you ought to do, and not

neglect the others. [23:24] Blind guides! who strain out a gnat and

swallow down a camel. [23:25]Woe to you scribes and Pharisees,

hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and platter, but

within they are full of plunder and excess. [23:26]Blind Pharisee!

cleanse first that which is in the cup and platter, that its outside

may be clean also. [23:27]Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair without, but

within are full of the bones of the dead and of all impurity.

[23:28]So also you on the outside appear just to men, but within you

are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. [23:29]Woe to you scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and

adorn the tombs of the righteous, [23:30]and say, If we had been in the

days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the

blood of the prophets. [23:31]So that you testify to yourselves that

you are children of those who killed the prophets; [23:32]and you have

filled up the measure of your fathers. [23:33]Serpents, offspring of

vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?

4 [23:34]Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and

scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you

will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

[23:35]that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood

of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom

you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

[23:36]I tell you truly, that all these [crimes] shall come on this

generation.

5 [23:37]Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those

sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as

a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not!

[23:38]Behold, your house is left to you desolate; [23:39]for I tell

you that you shall not see me henceforth, till you say, Blessed is he

that comes in the name of the Lord!

CHAPTER XXII.

CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF HIS KINGDOM.

1 [24:1]AND Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his

disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

[24:2]And he answered and said to them, Do you not see all these

things? I tell you truly, there shall not be left here stone upon stone

that shall not be thrown down. [24:3]And as he sat on the Mount of

Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us when these

things shall be; and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the

consummation of the world? [24:4]And Jesus answered and said to them,

See that no man deceives you; [24:5]for many shall come in my name,

saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many. [24:6]And you shall

hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you be not terrified, for all

things must be accomplished; but the end is not yet. [24:7]For nation

shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall

be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in different places;

[24:8]but all these things are the beginning of sorrows.

2 [24:9]Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and

you shall be hated by all nations on my account; [24:10]and then many

shall be offended, and shall betray one another, and hate one another;

[24:11]and many false prophets shall be raised up and deceive many,

[24:12]and because wickedness shall abound the love of the many shall

become cold: [24:13]but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

[24:14]And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the

world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.

3 [24:15]When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, spoken

of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place--let him that reads

understand,-- [24:16]then let those in Judea flee to the mountains.

[24:17]Let not him that is on his house come down to take the things

from his house; [24:18]and let not him that is in the field return back

to take his clothes; [24:19]and woe to those with child and giving

nurse in those days! [24:20]But pray that your flight may not be in

the winter, nor on the Sabbath; [24:21]for at that time there shall be

great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world

even till now, nor ever shall be. [24:22]And unless those days were

shortened no flesh would be saved: but on account of the elect those

days shall be shortened.

4 [24:23]Then if one says to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there!

believe it not. [24:24]For false Christs and false prophets shall be

raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if

possible, even the elect. [24:25]Behold, I have told you before.

[24:26]If, therefore, they say to you, Behold he is in the wilderness,

go not forth; Behold he is in private rooms, believe it not. [24:27]For

as the lightning comes forth from the East, and shines even to the

West, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. [24:28] Wherever the

dead body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

5 [24:29]And immediately after the affliction of those days the sun

shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars

shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

[24:30]And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and

then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the

Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

[24:31]And he shall send his angels with a loud sound of a trumpet, and

they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from the one end of

heaven to the other.

6 [24:32]But learn the parable of the fig tree. When its branch is now

green, and puts forth leaves, you know that the summer is nigh.

[24:33]So also when you see all these things, know that [the Son of

man] is nigh, at the doors. [24:34]I tell you truly, that this

generation shall not pass away till all these things shall be

accomplished. [24:35]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words

shall not pass away.

7 [24:36]But of that day and hour no man knows, nor the angels of

heaven; but my Father only. [24:37]And as the days of Noah, so shall

the coming of the Son of man be. [24:38]For as in the days before the

flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,

till the day that Noah entered the ark, [24:39]and knew not till the

flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of

man be. [24:40]Then two shall be in the field; one is taken and the

other left. [24:41]Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is

taken and the other left.

8 [24:42]Watch, therefore, for you know not on what day your Lord

comes, [24:43]But know this, that if the householder had known in what

watch the thief comes, he would have watched, and not have suffered his

house to be broken into. [24:44]Therefore be you also ready, for in

such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. [24:45]Who then is

the faithful and wise servant whom the Lord has placed over his family

to give them food in due season? [24:46]Blessed is that servant whom

his Lord, when he comes, shall find so doing. [24:47]I tell you truly,

that he will place him over all his estates.

9 [24:48]But if that evil servant says in his heart, My Lord delays his

coming, [24:49]and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eats and

drinks with drunkards, [24:50]the Lord of that servant will come on a

day when he looks not for him, and at an hour that he knows not of,

[24:51]and will punish him with the utmost severity, and appoint his

portion with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of the

teeth.

10 [25:1]Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who

took their own lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom; [25:2]and

five of them were foolish, and five wise. [25:3]The foolish took their

lamps and took no oil with them; [25:4]but the wise took oil in the

vessels with their lamps. [25:5] And while the bridegroom delayed, all

slumbered and slept; [25:6]but at midnight there was a cry, Behold the

bridegroom; go out to meet him. [25:7]Then all those virgins arose and

trimmed their own lamps. [25:8]And the foolish said to the wise, Give

us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out. [25:9]But the wise

answered, saying, [No]; lest there be not enough for us and you; go

rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves. [25:10]And while

they went to buy the bridegroom came; and the ready went in with him to

the wedding, and the door was shut. [25:11]And afterwards the other

virgins came, and said, Lord, Lord, open to us. [25:12]But he answered

and said, I tell you truly I know you not. [25:13]Watch, therefore, for

you know not the day nor the hour.

11 [25:14]For, as a man going abroad called his servants, and delivered

to them his estates; [25:15]to one he gave five talents [$5,000], to

another two [$2,000], and to another one [$1,000]; to each according to

his ability, and immediately went abroad. [25:16]And he that received

the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five;

[25:17]in like manner, also, he that received the two gained two

others; [25:18]but he that received the one went away and dug in the

earth and hid his lord's money. [25:19]And after a long time the lord

of those servants came, and had a settlement with them. [25:20] And he

that received the five talents came and brought five other talents,

saying, Lord, you committed to me five talents; behold, I have gained

five other talents. [25:21]His lord said to him, Well done, good and

faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will

place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord. [25:22]And he

that received the two talents also came to him and said, Lord, you

committed to me two talents; behold, I have gained two others.

[25:23]His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you

have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many:

enter into the joy of your lord.

12 [25:24]And he that received the one talent also came and said, Lord,

I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sowed,

and gathering where you have not scattered, [25:25]and being afraid I

went away and hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have what is

yours. [25:26]And his Lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful

servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather whence

I have not scattered? [25:27]And you ought then to have given my money

to the brokers, and at my coming, I should have received my own with

interest. [25:28]Take his talent, therefore, from him, and give it to

him that has ten talents; [25:29]for to every one that has shall be

given, and he shall have an abundance; but from him that has not, even

what he has shall be taken away; [25:30]and cast the unprofitable

servant into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing

of the teeth.

13 [25:31]But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the

angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory,

[25:32]and all the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall

separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from

the goats; [25:33]and he shall place the sheep on his right hand, and

the goats on his left.

14 [25:34]Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come,

blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

foundation of the world; [25:35]for I was hungry and you gave me food;

I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me

in; [25:36]naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I

was in prison, and you came to me. [25:37]Then shall the righteous

answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? or

thirsty, and give you drink? [25:38]when did we see you a stranger, and

take you in? or naked, and clothe you? [25:39]when did we see you sick,

or in prison, and come to you? [25:40]And the king shall answer and say

to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of

the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.

15 [25:41]Then shall he say to those on his left hand, Depart from me

accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

[25:42]For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you

gave me no drink; [25:43] a stranger, and you took me not in; sick and

in prison and you visited me not. [25:44]Then shall they also answer

and say, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger,

or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you? [25:45]Then he

shall answer them saying, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have

not done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have not done

it to me. [25:46]And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but

the righteous into life eternal.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S SUPPER, ETC.

1 [26:1]WHEN Jesus had finished all these words he said to his

disciples, [26:2]You know that after two days is the passover, and the

Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. [26:3]Then the chief

priests and the elders of the people were assembled in the court of the

chief priest, who was called Caiaphas, [26:4]and they took counsel to

seize Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. [26:5]But they said, Not at

the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

2 [26:6]And Jesus being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

[26:7]a woman came to him having a vase of very costly ointment, and

poured it on his head, as he reclined. [26:8]And his disciples seeing

it were displeased, and said, Why is this waste? [26:9]This could have

been sold for much and given to the poor. [26:10]But Jesus knowing it,

said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? for she has done a good

work for me; [26:11]for the poor you always have with you, but me you

have not always. [26:12]For in putting this ointment on my body, she

has done it to prepare me for burial. [26:13]I tell you truly, that

wherever this good news is preached in all the word, what this woman

has done shall be told for a memorial of her.

3 [26:14]Then went one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot to the chief

priests, [26:15]and said, What will you give me to deliver him to you?

And they gave him thirty [shekels] of silver [$16.80]. [26:16]And from

that time he sought a good opportunity to deliver him up. [26:17]And on

the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying,

Where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the passover? [26:18]And

he said, Go into the city to such a one, and say to him, The Teacher

says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover with you, together

with my disciples. [26:19]And the disciples did as Jesus commanded

them, and prepared the passover; [26:20]and when it was evening he

reclined with the twelve. [26:21]And as they were eating, he said, I

tell you truly, that one of you will betray me. [26:22]And being

grieved exceedingly, they each one began to say to him, Lord, is it I?

[26:23]But he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the

dish, he shall betray me. [26:24]The Son of man goes indeed, as it is

written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!

it would be good for him if that man had not been born. [26:25]And

Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He said to

him, As you say.

4 [26:26]And as they were eating Jesus took the bread, and having

blessed, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is

my body. [26:27] And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to

them, saying, Drink you all of it; [26:28]this is my blood of the new

covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

[26:29]And I tell you that I will not drink henceforth of this product

of the vine, till that day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom

of my Father. [26:30]And having sung a hymn they went out to the Mount

of Olives.

5 [26:31]Then Jesus said to them, You will all be offended with me this

night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of

the flock shall be scattered; [26:32]but after I have risen I will go

before you into Galilee. [26:33]And Peter answered and said to him, If

all men shall be offended with you, I will not. [26:34]Jesus said to

him, I tell you truly, that this night, before the cock crows, you will

deny me thrice. [26:35]Peter said to him, If it should be necessary

for me to die with you, I will by no means deny you. And all the

disciples said the same.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE, AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM.

1 [26:36]THEN Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and

said to the disciples, Sit here, till I go and pray there. [26:37]And

taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and

dejected. [26:38]Then he said to them, My soul is sorrowful even to

death; remain here and watch with me. [26:39]And going forward a

little, he fell on his face, and prayed and said, My Father, if it is

possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou

wilt. [26:40]And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and

said to Peter, Are you so unable to watch with me one hour?

[26:41]Watch and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed

is willing, but the flesh is weak.

2 [26:42]Going away again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father,

if this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, thy will be done.

[26:43]And he came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were

heavy. [26:44]And leaving them, again he went away and prayed, saying

the same words. [26:45]Then he came to the disciples and said to them,

Do you sleep still and take your rest? Behold the hour is at hand, and

the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners. [26:46]Arise,

let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.

3 [26:47]And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the

twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs,

from the chief priests and elders of the people. [26:48]And he that

betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, The one that I shall kiss is he;

take him. [26:49]And immediately coming forward to Jesus, he said,

Hail, Rabbi, and kissed him. [26:50]But Jesus said to him, Comrade,

for what have you come? Then they came forward, and laid hands on

Jesus, and took him. [26:51]And behold, one of those with Jesus,

stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the servant of

the chief priest cut off his ear. [26:52]Then Jesus said to him, Put up

your sword in its place; for all who take the sword shall perish by the

sword. [26:53]Do you think that I could not ask my Father, and he would

furnish me more than twelve legions of angels? [26:54]How then would

the Scriptures be accomplished, that it must be so?

4 [26:55]At that time Jesus said to the multitudes, Have you come out

as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily

teaching in the temple, and you did not take me; [26:56]but all this

was done that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the

disciples all forsook him and fled. [26:57]And having taken Jesus,

they led him away to Caiaphas, the chief priest, where the scribes and

elders were assembled. [26:58]But Peter followed him at a distance,

even to the court of the chief priest, and going in sat with the

officers to see the end.

5 [26:59]And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim sought false

testimony against Jesus to kill him, [26:60]and did not find it, though

many false witnesses came forward. But afterwards, two coming forward

[26:61]said, This man said, I can destroy the temple of God and build

it in three days. [26:62] And the chief priest rising up said to him,

Do you answer nothing? What do these testify against you? [26:63]But

Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering, said to him, I adjure

you, by the living God, to tell me if you are the Christ, the Son of

God. [26:64]Jesus said to him, As you say; but I tell you that

hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the

power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

6 [26:65]Then the chief priest rent his clothes, saying, He has

blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you

have heard the blasphemy. [26:66]What do you think? And they answered

and said, He is worthy of death. [26:67]Then they spit in his face, and

struck him with their fists, and some struck him with the palms of

their hands, [26:68]saying, Prophesy to us, Christ, who is it that

struck you?

7 [26:69]But Peter sat without in the court; and a female servant came

to him, saying, You also were with Jesus the Galilean. [26:70]But he

denied it before all, saying, I know not what you say. [26:71]And going

out into the porch, another [female servant] saw him, and said to those

there, This man was also with Jesus the Nazoraean. [26:72]And again he

denied with an oath, saying, I know not the man. [26:73]But after a

little while those standing by came forward, and said to Peter,

Certainly you are also one of them, for your speech makes you manifest.

[26:74]Then he began to curse and swear, saying, I know not the man.

And immediately a cock crew; [26:75]and Peter remembered the word of

Jesus, who said, Before a cock crows you will deny me thrice; and he

went out and wept bitterly.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHRIST BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE.

1 [27:1]AND when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of

the people took counsel against Jesus to kill him. [27:2]And having

bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the

procurator. [27:3]Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was

condemned, repenting, returned the thirty shekels of silver [$16.80] to

the chief priests and elders, [27:4] saying, I have sinned, betraying

innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it.

[27:5]And throwing down the silver in the temple he departed; and

having gone away strangled himself.

2 [27:6]And the chief priests taking the silver said, It is not lawful

to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

[27:7]And taking counsel, they bought with it the potter's field for a

burying place for strangers. [27:8]For this reason, the field is called

a field of blood to this day. [27:9]Then was fulfilled the word spoken

by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; And they took the thirty shekels of

silver, the price of him that was prized, whom [men] from the sons of

Israel set a price upon, [27:10]and gave them for the potter's field,

as the Lord commanded me.

3 [27:11]And Jesus stood before the procurator; and the procurator

asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him,

As you say. [27:12] And when he was accused by the chief priests and

elders he answered nothing. [27:13]Then Pilate said to him, Do you not

hear how many things they testify against you? [27:14]And he answered

him not a word; so that the procurator wondered greatly.

4 [27:15]And at the feast the procurator was accustomed to release to

the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose; [27:16]and he then had a

noted prisoner called Barabbas. [27:17]When, therefore, they were

assembled together, Pilate said to them, Which do you wish me to

release to you? Barabbas? or Jesus, called Christ? [27:18]For he knew

that they had delivered him up from envy. [27:19]And as he sat on the

tribunal his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that

just man, for I have suffered much to-day on his account, from a dream.

5 [27:20]But the chief priests and elders persuaded the people to ask

for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus. [27:21]And the procurator answered

and said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release to you?

And they said, Barabbas. [27:22]Pilate said to them, What then shall I

do to Jesus, called Christ? They all said, Let him be crucified.

[27:23]But he said, [No]; for what evil has he done? And they cried

more vehemently, saying, Let him be crucified.

6 [27:24]And Pilate seeing that he accomplished nothing, but that

rather a tumult was made, took water and washed his hands before the

multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see you to

it. [27:25]And all the people answered and said, His blood be upon us

and upon our children. [27:26]Then he released Barabbas to them, and

having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHRIST'S DEATH AND BURIAL.

1 [27:27]THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the

Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort, [27:28]and stripped

him, and put on him a crimson cloak, [27:29]and making a crown of

thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they

knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

[27:30]And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his

head. [27:31]And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off from

him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him.

2 [27:32]And going out, they found a Cyrenian by the name of Simon,

whom they compelled to bear his cross. [27:33]And coming to a place

called Golgotha, which is called A place of a cranium, [27:34]they gave

him vinegar to drink mixed with gall; and when he had tasted of it he

would not drink.

3 [27:35]And having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting

lots, [27:36]and sat down and watched him there. [27:37]And they put

over his head his accusation, written; THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE

JEWS. [27:38]Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right

hand, and the other on the left.

4 [27:39]And those who went by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

[27:40]and saying, You that destroy the temple and build it in three

days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the

cross. [27:41]And the chief priests in like manner also mocked him,

with the scribes and elders, and said, [27:42]He saved others, himself

he cannot save. If he is the king of Israel let him come down now from

the cross, and we will believe on him; [27:43]he trusted in God; let

him deliver him if he wishes for him; for he said, I am a Son of God.

[27:44]The robbers also that were crucified with him did the same, and

reproached him. [27:45]And from the sixth hour there was darkness on

all the land till the ninth hour; [27:46]and at about the ninth hour

Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that

is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [27:47]And some of those

standing there hearing him, said, He calls for Elijah. [27:48]And one

of them ran immediately to him, and took a sponge, and filled it with

vinegar, and putting it on a reed gave it to him to drink. [27:49]But

the rest said, Let him alone; let us see if Elijah will come and save

him. [27:50]And Jesus crying again with a loud voice, gave up the

spirit.

5 [27:51]And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two, from top

to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks rent, [27:52]and the

tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints that slept arose,

[27:53]and going out of the tombs, after his resurrection entered into

the holy city, and appeared to many.

6 [27:54]And the centurion and those with him watching Jesus, seeing

the earthquake, and the [other] events which occurred, were greatly

afraid, and said, Certainly, this was a Son of God. [27:55]And there

were many women there, beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from

Galilee, to wait upon him; [27:56]among whom were Mary the Magdalene,

and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of

Zebedee.

7 [27:57]And when it was evening a rich man came from Arimathea, by the

name of Joseph, who himself also was a disciple of Jesus; [27:58]this

man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate

commanded it to be given him; [27:59]and Joseph took the body, and

wrapped it in clean linen, [27:60] and placed it in a new tomb of his

which he had excavated in a rock, and having rolled a great stone to

the door of the tomb he went away; [27:61]and Mary the Magdalene and

the other Mary were there, sitting opposite to the tomb.

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION.

1 [27:62]AND on the next day, which is after the preparation, the chief

priests and Pharisees were assembled together to Pilate, [27:63]and

said, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said when he was yet alive,

After three days I will rise. [27:64]Command, therefore, the tomb to be

made safe till the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal

him, and say to the people, He is raised from the dead, and the last

error be worse than the first. [27:65]Pilate said to them, You have a

guard; go and make it as safe as you can. [27:66]And they went and made

the tomb safe with a guard, having sealed the stone.

2 [28:1]And after the sabbath, when it began to dawn on the first day

of the week, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the

tomb. [28:2]And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of

the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat

upon it. [28:3]And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing

as white as snow; [28:4]and from fear of him the keepers shook and

became like dead men. [28:5]And the angel answered and said to the

women, Fear not, for I know that you seek Jesus the crucified. [28:6]He

is not here, for he is raised, as he said. Come and see the place where

the Lord lay, [28:7]and go immediately and tell his disciples that he

is raised from the dead; and behold, he will go before you into

Galilee; there shall you see him. Behold, I have told you. [28:8]And

going out immediately from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran

to tell his disciples.

3 [28:9]And behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail! And they

approached him, and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

[28:10]Then Jesus said to them, Fear not; go and tell my brothers to go

to Galilee, and there they shall see me. [28:11]And as they went,

behold, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests

all the things which had happened. [28:12]And being assembled with the

elders, and taking counsel, they gave large sums of money to the

soldiers, [28:13]saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole

him while we slept; [28:14]and if this is heard of by the procurator we

will satisfy him and secure you. [28:15]And they took the silver and

did as they were told; and this report is circulated among the Jews to

this day.

4 [28:16]And the eleven disciples went to Galilee on the mountain where

Jesus had appointed them; [28:17]and they saw and worshipped him; but

some doubted. [28:18]And Jesus coming near spoke to them, saying, All

power is given me in heaven and on the earth; [28:19]go and disciple

all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit; [28:20]teaching them to keep all things which I

have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the

consummation of the world.

THE GOSPEL OF MARK.

CHAPTER I.

THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, HIS

TEMPTATIONS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS MINISTRY.

1 [1:1]THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

[1:2]as it is written in Isaiah the prophet; Behold, I send my

messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way. [1:3]A voice of

one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his

paths straight.

2 [1:4]John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a

change of mind for the forgiveness of sins. [1:5]And all the country of

Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were baptized

by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

3 [1:6]And John was clothed with camel's hairs and a leather girdle

about his loins, and he eat locusts and wild honey, [1:7]and preached,

saying, After me comes one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes

I am not fit to stoop down and untie; [1:8]I have baptized you with

water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

4 [1:9]In those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee, and was

baptized in the Jordan by John; [1:10]and going up immediately out of

the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a

dove upon him; [1:11]and there was a voice from heaven, You are my

beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. [1:12]And the Spirit

immediately drove him into the wilderness, [1:13]and he was in the

wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the beasts; and

the angels waited on him.

5 [1:14]And after John was delivered up Jesus came into Galilee

preaching the good news of God, [1:15]saying, The time is completed,

and the kingdom of God is at hand; change your minds and believe in the

good news. [1:16]And passing along by the lake of Galilee, he saw

Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the lake, for

they were fishermen. [1:17]And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I

will make you fishermen of men. [1:18]And immediately leaving their

nets they followed him. [1:19]And proceeding a little further on he

saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; and they were in

the ship mending the nets; [1:20]and he immediately called them. And

leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired men, they went

away after him.

6 [1:21]And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the sabbath

he taught in the synagogues. [1:22]And they were astonished at his

teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the

scribes.

7 [1:23]And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an

impure spirit, and he cried out, [1:24]saying, What have you to do with

us, Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you

are, the holy [Son] of God! [1:25]And Jesus rebuked him saying, Be

still, and come out of him. [1:26]And the impure spirit affecting him

with convulsions, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

[1:27]And all were astonished, so that they inquired among themselves,

saying, What is this? a new teaching with authority, and does he

command the impure spirits and they obey him? [1:28]And his fame went

out immediately into all the country about Galilee.

8 [1:29]And going immediately out of the synagogue, they came into the

house of Simon and Andrew with James and John; [1:30]and Simon's

mother-in-law was lying with a fever; and immediately they told him of

her. [1:31]And coming, he took her by the hand, and raised her up, and

the fever immediately left her, and she waited on them.

9 [1:32]And at evening when the sun went down they brought to him all

that were sick, and the demoniacs; [1:33]and the whole city was

assembled at the door. [1:34]And he healed many that were sick with

various diseases, and cast out many demons, and suffered not the demons

to say that they knew him.

10 [1:35]And in the morning while it was quite dark he arose and went

out, and departed to a solitary place, and there prayed. [1:36]And

Simon and those with him followed him, [1:37]and said to him, All men

seek you. [1:38]And he said to them, Let us go elsewhere to the

adjoining villages to preach there; because for this purpose have I

come. [1:39]And he preached in their synagogues in all Galilee, and

cast out demons.

11 [1:40]And a leper came to him beseeching him, saying to him, If you

will, you can cleanse me. [1:41]And having compassion on him, he

stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I will; be

cleansed. [1:42]And the leprosy immediately left him, and he was

cleansed. [1:43]And giving him a strict charge, he immediately sent him

away, [1:44]and said to him, See that you say nothing to any one, but

go and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what

Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. [1:45]And going out he spread

and published abroad the report, to such an extent that he [Jesus]

could no longer go openly into a city, but was without in solitary

places; and they came to him from every quarter.

CHAPTER II.

CHRIST FORGIVING SINS, EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, AND HIS

DOCTRINE OF FASTING, OF THE SABBATH, ETC.

1 [2:1]AND entering again into Capernaum after some days, it was

reported that he was in the house. [2:2]And many came together

immediately, so that there was no room, not even in the places about

the door; and he spoke to them the word. [2:3]And they came to him

bringing a paralytic, borne by four; [2:4]and not being able to

approach him on account of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where

he was, and having made an opening let down the bed on which the

paralytic was laid. [2:5]And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the

paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.

2 [2:6]And some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoned in

their minds, [2:7]Why does this man speak so? he blasphemes. Who can

forgive sins but God alone? [2:8]And Jesus immediately knowing in his

spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, Why do

you reason in your minds? [2:9]in what respect is it easier to say to

the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven you, than to say, Arise, take up

your bed and walk? [2:10]But that you may know that the Son of man has

power to forgive sins on the earth, he said to the paralytic, [2:11]I

tell you, arise, take your bed and go to your house. [2:12]And he was

raised up and immediately taking his bed he went away before all; so

that all were astonished, and glorified God, saying, We never saw the

like.

3 [2:13]And he went out again by the lake, and all the multitude came

to him, and he taught them. [2:14]And passing by he saw Levi, the son

of Alpheus, sitting at the custom house, and said to him, Follow me;

and he arose and followed him. [2:15]And he was reclining in his house,

and many publicans and sinners also reclined with Jesus and his

disciples, for many also followed him. [2:16]And the scribes and

Pharisees seeing him eating with sinners and publicans, said to his

disciples, Why does he eat and drink with sinners and publicans?

[2:17]And Jesus hearing it, said to them, The well need not a

physician, but the ill; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

4 [2:18]And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted. And

they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and the

disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples fast not?

[2:19]And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast as

long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the

bridegroom with them, they cannot fast, [2:20]but days will come when

the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast at

that time. [2:21]No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old

garment; if he does the new piece takes away its fullness from the old,

and the rent is made worse. [2:22]And no one puts new wine into old

bottles; if he does the wine breaks the bottles, and the wine and the

bottles are destroyed.

5 [2:23]And he was passing on the sabbath through the grain fields, and

his disciples began to make their way, picking heads of grain.

[2:24]And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on the sabbath,

which it is not lawful to do. [2:25]And he said to them, Have you never

read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry? both he and

those with him? [2:26]How he entered into the house of God under

Abiathar the chief priest, and eat the show bread, which it was not

lawful to eat, except for the priests, and gave also to them that were

with him? [2:27]And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and

not man for the sabbath; [2:28]so that the Son of man is Lord even of

the sabbath.

6 [3:1]And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man

there having a withered hand. [3:2]And they watched him [to see] if he

would cure him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. [3:3]And he

said to the man having the withered hand, Arise in the midst. [3:4]And

he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil?

to save life, or to kill? And they were silent. [3:5]And looking around

on them in anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he

said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and

his hand was restored. [3:6]And the Pharisees went out immediately with

the Herodians, and took counsel against him to kill him.

7 [3:7]And Jesus went away with his disciples to the lake; and a great

multitude followed him from Galilee, [3:8]and from Jerusalem, and from

Judea, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan. And those about Tyre and

Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what he did, came to him. [3:9]And he

told his disciples to have a boat constantly attend him on account of

the multitude, that they might not throng him. [3:10]For he cured many,

so that all who had diseases fell down before him, that they might

touch him; [3:11]and the impure spirits when they saw him fell down

before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God. [3:12] And he

strictly charged them not to make him known.

CHAPTER III.

CHRIST CALLING THE TWELVE APOSTLES, THE CHARACTER OF HIS MIRACLES,

ETC., AND HIS LOVE FOR HIS DISCIPLES.

1 [3:13]AND he went up on the mountain, and called whom he would; and

they went to him. [3:14]And he appointed twelve, that they should be

with him, and that he might send them out to preach, [3:15]and have

power to cast out demons. [3:16]And he gave to Simon the name of Peter.

[He appointed him], [3:17]and James the son of Zebedee, and John the

brother of James--and he gave them the names of Boanerges, which is,

Sons of thunder-- [3:18]and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and

Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and

Simon the Zealot, [3:19]and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And

they came into a house, [3:20]and again a multitude came together, so

that they could not eat bread. [3:21]And those with him hearing of it,

went out to take him; for they said, He is beside himself.

2 [3:22]And the scribes coming down from Jerusalem said, He has

Beelzebul, and casts out demons by the ruler of demons. [3:23]And

calling them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out

Satan? [3:24]And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom

cannot stand; [3:25]and if a house is divided against itself, that

house cannot stand; [3:26]and if Satan has risen up against himself,

and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. [3:27]But no one can

enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he

first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. [3:28]I

tell you truly, That all sins and blasphemies with which they blaspheme

shall be forgiven the children of men; [3:29]but whoever blasphemes

against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness, but is the

subject of an eternal mistake; [3:30]because they said, He has an

impure spirit.

3 [3:31]Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing without,

sent to him to call him. [3:32]And a multitude sat around him. And they

said to him, Behold your mother, and your brothers, and your sisters

seek you without. [3:33] And he answered them and said, Who is my

mother, or my brothers? [3:34]And looking round on those sitting about

him, he said, Behold my mother, and my brothers! [3:35]Whoever shall do

the will of God, this is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER IV.

CHRIST'S PARABLES BY THE LAKE, AND HIS STILLING A TEMPEST. 1 [4:1]AND

again he taught by the lake; and a very great multitude came together

to him, so that entering into a ship he sat on the lake, and all the

multitude were by the lake on the land. [4:2]And he taught them many

things in parables, and said to them, in his teaching, [4:3]Hear!

behold a sower went out to sow; [4:4]and in sowing, some fell on the

way, and the birds came and devoured it. [4:5]And some fell on a rocky

place, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because

it had no depth of earth; [4:6]and when the sun rose, it was scorched,

and because it had no root it was dried up. [4:7]And some fell among

thorns; and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

[4:8]And some fell on good ground, and produced fruit, growing up and

increasing, and bore one thirty, one sixty, and one a hundred. [4:9]And

he said, He that has ears, let him hear.

2 [4:10]And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, asked

him the parable. [4:11]And he said to them, To you is given the mystery

of the kingdom of God, but to those without all things are in parables;

[4:12]that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may

hear, and not understand, lest at any time they should turn, and be

forgiven. [4:13]And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How

then will you know all parables?

3 [4:14]The sower sows the word. [4:15]And these are those where the

word is sown by the way; and when they hear, Satan comes immediately

and takes away the word which was sown upon them. [4:16]And these in

like manner are those sown on the rocky places; when they hear the

word, they immediately receive it with joy, [4:17]and have no root in

themselves, but are temporary [disciples]. Then, when affliction or

persecution occurs on account of the word, they are immediately

offended. [4:18]And those sown among thorns are different. They are

those who hear the word, [4:19]and the cares of life, and the

deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things coming in,

choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. [4:20]And these are those

sown in good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit,

one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

4 [4:21]And he said to them, Does a light come to be put under a modius

[1.916 gallon measure], or under a bed? and not to be put in a

candlestick? [4:22]For there is nothing hid that shall not be made

manifest, nor any thing concealed that shall not come to light.

[4:23]If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. [4:24]And he said to

them, Consider what you hear. With what measure you measure it shall be

measured to you, and more shall be given you. [4:25]For whoever has,

to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him even what he has

shall be taken away.

5 [4:26]And he said, So is the kingdom of God as a man casts the seeds

into the earth, [4:27]and sleeps and wakes, night and day, and the seed

germinates, and grows he knows not how. [4:28]The earth produces

spontaneously, first the stalk, then the head, then the full wheat in

the head. [4:29]And when the wheat delivers itself, he immediately

sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come. [4:30]And he said,

To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? or with what parable shall I

present it? [4:31]It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the

earth is the least of all seeds on the earth; [4:32]but when sown, it

comes up, and becomes the greatest of all plants, and produces great

branches, so that the birds of heaven can dwell under its shade.

[4:33]And with many such parables spoke he the word to them as they

could hear; [4:34]but without a parable spoke he not to them; and,

privately, he explained all things to his disciples.

6 [4:35]And on that day, when it was evening, he said to them, Let us

cross over to the other side. [4:36]And dismissing the multitude, they

took him as he was in the ship; and other ships also were with him.

[4:37]And there was a great tempest of wind, and the waves beat over

the ship, so that the ship was already filled. [4:38]And he was in the

stern, on the pillow, asleep. And they awoke him and said to him,

Teacher, do you not care that we perish? [4:39]And he arose, and

rebuked the wind, and said to the lake, Hush! Be still! And the wind

ceased, and there was a great calm. [4:40]And he said to them, Why are

you so fearful? How have you no faith? [4:41]And they were greatly

afraid, and said one to another, What man is this, that even the wind

and the lake obey him?

CHAPTER V.

CHRIST CURING A DEMONIAC AND THE WOMAN WITH A HEMORRHAGE, AND RAISING A

DEAD CHILD.

1 [5:1]AND they came across the lake to the country of the Gerasenes.

[5:2]And as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit

immediately met him from the tombs, [5:3]who lived in the tombs, and

none could bind him with a chain; [5:4]for he was often bound with

fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters

crushed, and no one could subdue him. [5:5]And he was always night and

day in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself

with stones. [5:6]And seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran and worshipped

him, [5:7]and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with

me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to

torment me. [5:8] For he said to him, Impure spirit, come out of the

man. [5:9]And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My

name is Legion, for we are many.

2 [5:10]And they besought him much that he would not send them out of

the country. [5:11]And there was there on the mountain a great herd of

swine feeding. [5:12]And they besought him, saying, Send us to the

swine, that we may go into them. [5:13]And Jesus immediately permitted

them. And the impure spirits going out entered into the swine, and the

herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, about two thousand, and

were drowned in the lake.

3 [5:14]And those who fed them fled and told it in the city and in the

country; and they came out to see what was done. [5:15]And they came to

Jesus, and saw the demoniac who had the legion, sitting down, clothed,

and in his right mind, and they were afraid. [5:16]And those who saw

related to them how it had been with the demoniac, and concerning the

swine. [5:17]And they besought him to depart from their bounds.

[5:18]And entering into the ship, the man that had been a demoniac

besought him that he might go with him; [5:19]and he permitted him not,

but said to him, Go to your home, to your friends, and relate to them

what the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.

[5:20]And he went away and proclaimed in the Decapolis what great

things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

4 [5:21]And Jesus having crossed again in the ship to the other side, a

great multitude came together to him; and he was by the lake. [5:22]And

one of the synagogue rulers came, Jairus by name, and seeing him, fell

at his feet, [5:23] and besought him much, saying, My little daughter

is at the point of death; come and lay hands on her, that she may be

restored, and she shall live. [5:24]And he went away with him; and a

great multitude followed him, and thronged him. [5:25]And a certain

woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years, [5:26]and having taken many

things by many physicians, and expended all her property, and not being

benefited, but rather growing worse, [5:27]hearing of Jesus, came in

the crowd behind him and touched his clothes. [5:28]For she said, If I

can touch his clothes I shall be cured.

5 [5:29]And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she

knew in herself that she was cured of the plague. [5:30]And Jesus

immediately knowing in himself that a power had gone out from him,

turning round in the crowd said, Who touched my clothes? [5:31]And his

disciples said to him, You see the multitude throng you, and do you

say, Who touched me? [5:32]And he looked round to see her that had done

this. [5:33]And the woman being afraid, and trembling, knowing what was

done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

[5:34]And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in

peace, and be well of your plague.

6 [5:35]And while he was yet speaking persons came from the house of

the synagogue ruler, saying, Your daughter is dead; why trouble the

teacher? [5:36] And Jesus hearing the word spoken, said to the

synagogue ruler, Fear not, only believe. [5:37]And he permitted no man

to accompany him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of

James. [5:38]And they came to the house of the synagogue ruler, and saw

the tumult, and the people weeping and lamenting much. [5:39]And he

went in and said to them, Why do you make a tumult and weep? the little

child is not dead, but sleeps. [5:40]And they derided him. And putting

them all out, he took the father and mother of the little child, and

those with him, and went in where the little child was; [5:41]and

taking the hand of the little child, he said to her, Talitha cum, which

is interpreted, Girl, I tell you arise; [5:42]and immediately the girl

arose and walked about, for she was twelve years old. And they were

astonished with great astonishment. [5:43]And he charged them strictly

that no one should know it, and directed that food should be given her.

CHAPTER VI.

CHRIST AT NAZARETH, SENDING OUT HIS TWELVE APOSTLES TO PREACH, THE

DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE REPORT OF THE APOSTLES, FEEDING FIVE

THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.

1 [6:1]AND he departed thence, and came into his own country. And his

disciples followed him. [6:2]And when it was the sabbath, he taught in

the synagogue; and many heard him and were astonished, and said, Whence

has this man these things? and what is the wisdom given to him? And

[what are] these mighty works done by his hands? [6:3]Is not this the

carpenter? the son of Mary? and a brother of James, and Joset, and

Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were

offended with him. [6:4]And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not

without honor, except in his own country, and with his relations, and

in his own house. [6:5]And he could not do any mighty work there,

except that he laid hands on a few sick persons, and cured them.

[6:6]And he wondered at their unbelief. And he went about the villages

in order, teaching.

2 [6:7]And he called the twelve, and sent them out two and two, and

gave them power over impure spirits; [6:8]and charged them to take

nothing for the way, except a staff only; not bread, nor a provision

sack, nor copper in the girdle, [6:9]but to wear sandals, and not to

put on two coats. [6:10]And he said to them, Where you enter into a

house, there remain till you go out thence. [6:11] And whatever place

will not receive you, nor hear you, when you go out thence shake off

the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them. [6:12]And

going out, they preached that [men] should change their minds,

[6:13]and cast out many demons, and anointed many sick persons with

oil, and cured them.

3 [6:14]And Herod the king, heard [of Jesus], for his name was widely

known, and said, John the Baptist has risen from the dead; and on this

account the mighty works are performed by him. [6:15]But others said,

he is Elijah; and others said, He is a prophet, like one of the

prophets. [6:16]But Herod hearing of him, said, This is John whom I

beheaded; he has been raised up. [6:17]For Herod had sent and taken

John, and, put him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother

Philip's wife, because he had married her. [6:18]For John said to

Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. [6:19]And

Herodias was displeased with him, and wished to kill him, but was not

able. [6:20]For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and

holy man, and he preserved him, and hearing him, did many things, and

heard him gladly. [6:21] And on a convenient day, when Herod made a

supper in honor of his birthday, for his great men, and the chiliarchs,

and the first men of Galilee, [6:22]the daughter of this Herodias came

in and danced, and pleased Herod, and those that reclined with him. And

the king said to the girl, Ask me what you will and I will give it to

you; [6:23]and he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me I will

give you, to half of my kingdom. [6:24]And she went out and said to her

mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

[6:25]And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked,

saying, I wish you to give me immediately on a plate the head of John

the Baptist.

4 [6:26]And the king was extremely sorry, but on account of the oaths,

and those reclining with him, he was not willing to refuse her.

[6:27]And the king immediately sending an executioner, commanded him to

bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

[6:28]and brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the girl, and the

girl gave it to her mother. [6:29]And his disciples hearing of it, came

and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.

5 [6:30]And the apostles came together to Jesus and reported to him all

things, both what they had done and what instructions they had given.

[6:31]And he said to them, Come to a solitary place by yourselves, and

rest a little; for many were coming and going, and there was no

convenient time to eat. [6:32]And they went away to a solitary place in

the ship by themselves. [6:33]And many saw them going, and knew them;

and they ran together there from all the cities on foot, and went

before them. [6:34]And going out he saw a great multitude, and had

compassion on them, for they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and

he taught them much.

6 [6:35]And when much time had already passed, his disciples came to

him and said, This is a solitary place, and much time has already

passed; [6:36]dismiss them, that they may go to the farms and villages

around, and buy them something to eat. [6:37]And he answered and said

to them, Give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go

and buy two hundred denarii [$28] worth of bread, and give them to eat?

[6:38]And he said to them, How many loaves have you? go and see. And

knowing, they said, Five, and two fishes. [6:39]And he commanded them

to cause all to recline in companies on the green grass. [6:40]And they

sat down in squares, by hundreds and by fifties. [6:41]And taking the

five loaves and two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and

broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them.

And he divided the two fishes to all. [6:42]And they all eat, and were

filled; [6:43]and they took up of fragments twelve traveling-baskets

full, and of the fishes. [6:44] And they that eat the bread were five

thousand men.

7 [6:45]And he immediately constrained his disciples to go into the

ship, and to go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he

dismissed the multitude; [6:46]and having dismissed them, he went away

to the mountain to pray. [6:47]And when it was evening, the ship was in

the midst of the lake, and he alone on the land. [6:48]And seeing them

troubled to proceed, for the wind was against them, about the fourth

watch of the night he came to them walking on the lake, and wished to

pass by them. [6:49]And seeing him walking on the lake, they thought it

was an apparition, and cried out, [6:50]for they all saw and were

troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them, Be of

good courage; it is I; be not afraid. [6:51]And he went up to them into

the ship, and the wind ceased, and they were astonished in themselves

above measure, and wondered; [6:52]for they understood not concerning

the bread, for their heart was hardened.

8 [6:53]And crossing over they came to the land of Gennesaret, and came

to anchor. [6:54]And going out of the ship, they immediately knew him,

[6:55]and ran about through that whole country, and brought those that

were sick on beds where they heard that he was. [6:56]And wherever he

went, in villages, or cities, or country places, they placed the sick

in the markets, and besought him that they might touch the fringe of

his garment, and as many as touched him were cured.

CHAPTER VII.

CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF DEFILEMENT; CURING A GENTILE DEMONIAC, AND A DEAF

AND DUMB PERSON.

1 [7:1]AND the Pharisees and some of the scribes having come from

Jerusalem came together to him, [7:2]and seeing some of his disciples

eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands, [they found fault].

[7:3]For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not unless they wash their

hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders. [7:4]And from

a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other

[customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and

sextuses [1 1-2 pint measures], and brass vessels, and beds. [7:5]And

the Pharisees and scribes asked, Why do not your disciples conform to

the tradition of the elders; but eat bread with defiled hands?

2 [7:6]And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophecy of you,

hypocrites, as it is written; This people honors me with the lips, but

their heart is far from me; [7:7]but in vain do they worship me,

teaching for teachings the commandments of men; [7:8]for leaving the

commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men.

3 [7:9]And he said to them, Well do you reject the commandment of God,

to keep your tradition; [7:10]for Moses said, Honor your father and

your mother, and, He that reviles father or mother, let him surely die.

[7:11]But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is a

corban, which is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me, [he

shall be free]; [7:12]and suffer him no longer to do any thing for his

father or his mother; [7:13]making the word of God of no effect by your

tradition which you have delivered; and many such things you do.

[7:14]And again calling all the people, he said to them, Hear me, all

of you, and understand. [7:15]Nothing which being out of a man entering

into him, can defile him; but those things which proceed from the man,

these are the things which defile the man.

4 [7:17]And when he had gone from the multitude into the house, his

disciples asked him concerning the parable. [7:18]And he said to them,

Are you also so without understanding? Do you not understand that

nothing which enters into a man from without can defile him,

[7:19]because it enters not into his heart, but into the stomach, and

goes out to the earth, purifying all aliments? [7:20] But he said,

that which comes out of the man, this defiles him; [7:21]for from

within, from the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, fornications,

[7:22] thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousness, malice, deceit,

lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. [7:23]All these

evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.

5 [7:24]And he rose up, and departed thence to the regions of Tyre. And

entering into a house he wished no one to know it; and he could not be

hid. [7:25]But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure

spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; [7:26]and she

was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the

demon out of her daughter. [7:27]And he said to her, Suffer the

children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's

bread, and cast it to the little dogs. [7:28]And she answered and said

to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the

children's crumbs. [7:29]And he said to her, For this speech, go; the

demon has gone out of your daughter. [7:30]And departing to her house,

she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out.

6 [7:31]And again going out of the bounds of Tyre, he came through

Sidon, to the lake of Galilee, in the midst of the bounds of Decapolis.

[7:32]And they brought him a dumb man that stammered, and besought him

to put his hand on him. [7:33]And taking him from the multitude by

himself, he put his fingers in his ears, and spit, and touched his

tongue, [7:34]and looking up to heaven he groaned, and said to him,

Ephphatha, which is, Be opened. [7:35]And immediately his ears were

opened, and the cord of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke correctly.

[7:36]And he charged them to tell no one; but as much as he charged

them, so much the more they proclaimed [his works]. [7:37]And they were

astonished above measure, and said, He has done all things well; he

makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHRIST FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND, REFUSING TO GIVE A SIGN FROM HEAVEN,

WARNING HIS DISCIPLES AGAINST THE PHARISEES, CURING A BLIND MAN,

CALLING FORTH PETER'S CONFESSION, AND PREDICTING HIS OWN DEATH.

1 [8:1]IN those days, again a very great multitude being [around him],

and not having any thing to eat, calling his disciples, he said to

them, [8:2]I have compassion on the multitude, because already they

have continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat; [8:3]and if

I send them fasting to their homes, they will faint by the way, for

some of them are from afar. [8:4]And his disciples answered him, Whence

will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a wilderness?

[8:5]And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven.

[8:6]And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and

taking the seven loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to

his disciples to set before them, and they set them before the people.

[8:7]And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he

commanded to present them also. [8:8]And they eat and were filled; and

they took up of the fragments that remained over, seven store-baskets;

[8:9]and they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.

2 [8:10]And entering immediately into the ship, with his disciples, he

came into the parts of Dalmanutha. [8:11]And the Pharisees went out and

questioned him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, to try him.

[8:12]And groaning in his spirit, he said, Why does this generation

seek a sign? I tell you truly, there shall no sign be given to this

generation. [8:13]And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and

went away to the other side.

3 [8:14]And they forgot to take bread, and had but one loaf with them

in the ship. [8:15]And he charged them, saying, Observe and beware of

the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. [8:16]And they

reasoned with themselves, because they had no bread. [8:17]And Jesus

knowing it, said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread?

Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened?

[8:18]Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?

And do you not remember? [8:19]When I broke the five loaves for the

five thousand, how many traveling baskets of fragments took you up?

They said to him, Twelve. [8:20]And when I broke the seven loaves for

the four thousand, how many store-baskets of fragments took you up? And

they said, Seven. [8:21]And he said to them, Do you not yet understand?

4 [8:22]And they came to Bethsaida; and they brought him a blind man,

and besought him to touch him. [8:23]And taking the hand of the blind

man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his eyes, and

putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any thing? [8:24]And

looking up he said, I see men, as trees walking. [8:25]Then he put his

hands on his eyes again, and he looked, and was restored, and saw all

things clearly. [8:26]And he sent him to his house, saying, Go not into

the village.

5 [8:27]And Jesus went away, and his disciples, to the villages of

Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to

them, Who do men say that I am? [8:28]And they spoke to him, saying,

John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others still, One of the

prophets. [8:29]And he asked them, And who say you that I am? Peter

answered and said to him, You are the Christ. [8:30] And he charged

them to tell no one of him. [8:31]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 killed, and after three days

be raised again. [8:32]And he spoke this word plainly; and Peter taking

hold of him, rebuked him. [8:33]But turning round, and looking on his

disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, Get behind me, Satan! for you

regard not the things of God, but the things of men.

6 [8:34]And calling the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them,

Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up

his cross and follow me. [8:35]For whoever wishes to save his life,

shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, and that of

the good news, shall save it. [8:36]For what will it profit a man to

gain the whole world and lose his life? [8:37]for what is the exchange

for his life? [8:38]For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, in

this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also

be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father, with the holy

angels. [9:1]And he said to them, I tell you truly, that there are some

of those standing here, who shall not taste death till they see the

kingdom of God having come with power.

CHAPTER IX.

CHRIST TRANSFIGURED, CURING A DEMONIAC, AGAIN PREDICTING HIS DEATH, THE

PRINCIPLES OF HIS KINGDOM.

1 [9:2]AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and

brought them up on a high mountain by themselves alone, and was

transfigured before them; [9:3]and his garments became shining,

extremely white, so that no fuller on the earth could whiten them.

[9:4]And Elijah appeared to them; with Moses, and they conversed with

Jesus. [9:5]And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for

us to be here; and we will make three tabernacles, one for you, and one

for Moses, and one for Elijah; [9:6]for he knew not what he answered,

for they were afraid. [9:7]And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice

came from the cloud, This is my beloved Son; hear him. [9:8]And looking

round immediately they no longer saw any one but Jesus alone with them.

2 [9:9]And coming down from the mountain he charged them to tell no man

what they had seen, till the Son of man should have risen from the

dead. [9:10]And they kept the word, inquiring with themselves what the

rising from the dead meant. [9:11]And they asked him, saying, Why do

the scribes say that Elijah must first come? [9:12]And he said to them,

Elijah comes first, and restores all things; as also it is written of

the Son of man, That he shall suffer many things, and be set at naught;

[9:13]but I tell you, that Elijah has come, and they have done to him

what they wished, as it was written of him.

3 [9:14]And coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude about

them, and the scribes disputing with them. [9:15]And immediately all

the multitude seeing him, were highly pleased, and ran forward and

saluted him. [9:16]And he asked, What were you disputing about with

them? [9:17]And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I have

brought my son to you, having a dumb spirit; [9:18]and wherever it

takes him it convulses him, and he foams and grates his teeth, and

becomes emaciated. And I spoke to your disciples to cast it out, and

they could not. [9:19]And he answered and said to them, O faithless

and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I

suffer you? Bring him to me. [9:20]And they brought him to him. And

seeing him, the spirit immediately affected him with convulsions, and

he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming. [9:21]And he asked

his father, How long a time is it since this came upon him? And he

said, From a little child; [9:22]and it often casts him into fire, and

into waters, to destroy him; but if you are able, help us, and have

mercy on us. [9:23]And Jesus said to him, If you are able? all things

are possible to him that believes. [9:24]And the father of the little

child immediately crying out, said, I believe; help my unbelief.

4 [9:25]And Jesus seeing that a multitude ran together, rebuked the

impure spirit, saying to him, Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come

out of him, and enter into him no more. [9:26]And crying out and

affecting him with many convulsions, he went out. And he was like a

dead person, so that many said, He is dead. [9:27]But Jesus took him

by the hand and raised him up, and he stood up. [9:28]And when he went

into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not

cast it out? [9:29]And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing

but prayer.

5 [9:30]And departing thence, he passed through Galilee, and desired

that no one should know him, [9:31]for he taught his disciples, and

said to them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and

they shall kill him. And when he is killed, on the third day he shall

rise again. [9:32]And they understood not the word, and were afraid to

ask him.

6 [9:33]And he came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he

asked them, What did you dispute about on the way? [9:34]And they were

silent; for they had disputed with each other on the way as to who was

the greatest. [9:35]And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to

them, If any one wishes to be first, he shall be last of all, and a

servant of all. [9:36]And taking a little child, he put it in the midst

of them, and taking it in his arms, said to them, [9:37] Whoever

receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever

receives me, receives not me, but him that sent me. [9:38]And John

spoke to him, saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in

your name, who follows not us, and we forbade him. [9:39]And Jesus

said, Forbid him not; for no one will perform a mighty work in my name,

and be able lightly to speak evil of me. [9:40]For whoever is not

against us is for us; [9:41]and whoever gives you a cup of water

because you are Christ's, truly he shall not lose his reward.

7 [9:42]And whoever shall offend one of the little ones having faith,

it would be better for him if a millstone was put about his neck and he

was cast into the sea. [9:43]And if your hand offends you, cut it off;

it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having two hands

to go away into hell, into the inextinguishable fire. [9:45]And if your

foot offends you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life

lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell. [9:47]And if your eye

offends you, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the

kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell,

[9:48]where the worm dies not and the fire is not extinguished. [9:49]

For every man shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be

salted with salt. [9:50]Salt is good; but if the salt has become

insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be

at peace one with another.

CHAPTER X.

CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN AND THE WAY OF SALVATION, HIS

DEATH PREDICTED, AND SIGHT RESTORED TO BARTIMEUS.

1 [10:1]AND he arose and went thence into the bounds of Judea, and

beyond the Jordan; and again multitudes came together to him, and again

he taught them as he was accustomed. [10:2]And the Pharisees came and

asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?

[10:3]And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?

[10:4]And they said, Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorcement

and put her away. [10:5]And Jesus said to them, Because of your

hardness of heart, he wrote you this ordinance; [10:6]but from the

beginning of creation, he made them male and female. [10:7]For this

cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and the two shall be one

flesh; [10:8] so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. [10:9]What

God therefore has yoked together, let not man separate.

2 [10:10]And his disciples asked him again, in the house, concerning

this. [10:11]And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and

marries another, commits adultery with her; [10:12]and if a woman puts

away her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

3 [10:13]And they brought him little children that he should touch

them; and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. [10:14]But

Jesus seeing it, was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little

children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom

of God. [10:15]I tell you truly, that whoever does not receive the

kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. [10:16]And

he took them in his arms, and laid his hands on them, and blessed them.

4 [10:17]And as he was going on the way, one ran before and kneeled

down to him, and asked him, Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit

eternal life? [10:18]And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good?

none is good but one, God. [10:19]You know the commandments; You shall

not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall

not testify falsely, You shall not defraud, Honor your father and

mother. [10:20]And he answered and said to him, Teacher, all these have

I kept from my youth. [10:21]And Jesus looking at him, loved him, and

said to him, One thing you lack; go and sell what you have, and give to

the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and come and take up

your cross and follow me. [10:22]And he was grieved at this saying, and

went away sad, for he had great possessions.

5 [10:23]And Jesus looking around said to his disciples, With what

difficulty shall those having riches enter into the kingdom of God!

[10:24]And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus

answered again and said to them, Children, with what difficulty shall

those who trust in riches enter into the kingdom of God! [10:25]It is

easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, than for a

rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. [10:26]And they were greatly

astonished, and said to themselves, Who then can be saved? [10:27]Jesus

looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for

with God all things are possible.

6 [10:28]Peter said to him, Behold we have left all things and followed

you. [10:29]Jesus said, I tell you truly, there is no one who has left

a house, or brothers, or sisters, or a mother, or father, or children,

or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the good news, [10:30]who

shall not receive a hundred fold now at this present time, houses, and

brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with

persecutions, and in the life to come eternal life. [10:31]But many

first shall be last, and the last first.

7 [10:32]And they were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went

before them; and they were amazed, and afraid, as they followed him.

And again taking the twelve aside, he told them the things that were

about to befall him; [10:33] Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son

of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they

will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the gentiles, [10:34]and

they will mock him, and spit on him, and scourge him, and kill him, and

after three days he shall rise again.

8 [10:35]And James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying,

Teacher, we wish you to do for us what we will ask of you. [10:36]And

he said to them, What do you wish me to do for you? [10:37]And they

said to him, Grant us that we may sit one on your right hand, and the

other on your left, in your glory. [10:38] And Jesus said to them, You

know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be

baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? [10:39] And they

said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall drink of the cup

of which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am

baptized; [10:40]but to sit on my right hand, or left, is not mine to

give but to those for whom it is prepared.

9 [10:41]And the ten, hearing this, were displeased with James and

John. [10:42]And Jesus called them and said to them, You know that

those who desire to rule the gentiles exercise lordship over them, and

their great men exercise authority over them; [10:43]but it shall not

be so with you. But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be

your minister; [10:44]and whoever wishes to be first of you, let him be

a servant of all. [10:45]For the Son of man also came not to be

served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.

10 [10:46]And they came to Jericho. And as he went from Jericho, and

his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timeus, Bartimeus, a

blind beggar, sat by the way. [10:47]And hearing that Jesus was the

Nazarene, he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

[10:48]And many charged him to be still. But he cried much more, Son

of David, have mercy on me. [10:49]And Jesus stopping, said, Call him.

And they called the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage;

arise, he calls you. [10:50]And he cast aside his garment, and leaping

up went to Jesus. [10:51]And Jesus answered him and said, What do you

wish me to do for you? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I

may receive my sight. [10:52]And Jesus said to him, Go; your faith has

cured you. And he immediately received sight, and followed him in the

way.

CHAPTER XI.

CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, CURSING THE BARREN FIG TREE,

PURIFYING THE TEMPLE, INCULCATING FAITH IN GOD, AND REPLYING TO THE

PHARISEES.

1 [11:1]AND when they came near to Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany,

at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, [11:2]and said to

them, Go into the village opposite to you, and as you enter it you will

immediately find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; untie him and

bring him. [11:3]And if any one says to you, Why do you do this? say,

The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him. [11:4]And

they went and found a colt tied at the door without, at the crossing of

the streets, and they untied him. [11:5]And some of those standing

there said to them, Why do you untie the colt? [11:6]And they said as

Jesus directed, and they let them go.

2 [11:7]And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put on it their

clothes, and he sat on it. [11:8]And many spread their clothes in the

way; and others cutting branches from the trees spread them in the way;

[11:9]and those who went before, and those who followed, cried,

Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!

[11:10]Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, which is coming!

Hosanna in the highest [heavens]! [11:11]And Jesus went into Jerusalem,

and into the temple, and looking round on all things when it was now

evening he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

3 [11:12]And on the next day as they returned from Bethany he was

hungry; [11:13]and seeing a fig tree at a distance having leaves, he

went to see if he could find any thing on it. And having come to it, he

found nothing except leaves, for it was not time for figs. [11:14]And

he spoke and said to it, Let no one eat fruit of you forever! And his

disciples heard him.

4 [11:15]And they came to Jerusalem, and going into the temple he cast

out those that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables

of the brokers, and the seats of those that sold doves, [11:16]and

permitted no one to carry a vessel through the temple. [11:17]And he

taught them, saying, It is written, my house shall be called a house of

prayer for all nations; but you have made it a den of robbers.

[11:18]And the scribes and chief priests came and sought how they might

destroy him, for they feared him, because all the people were

astonished at his teaching. [11:19]And when it was evening he went out

of the city.

5 [11:20]And passing along in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried

up from the roots. [11:21]And Peter remembering, said to him, Rabbi,

behold the fig tree which you cursed is dried up. [11:22]And Jesus

answered and said to them, Have faith in God; [11:23]I tell you truly,

that whoever shall say to this mountain, be raised up and be cast into

the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what

he says will be done, whatever he says shall be done for him.

[11:24]Therefore I tell you, all things whatever which you ask in

prayer, believe that you shall receive them, and you shall have them.

[11:25] And when you stand praying, forgive if you have any thing

against any, that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses.

6 [11:27]And they came again to Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the

temple, the chief priests, and scribes, and elders came to him,

[11:28]and said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or

who gave you this authority to do them? [11:29]And Jesus said to them,

I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what

authority I do these things. [11:30]The baptism of John; was it from

heaven, or of men? answer me. [11:31]And they reasoned with

themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say, Why did you not

believe him? [11:32]But if we say from men, they feared the people, for

all considered John as a prophet indeed. [11:33]And they answered and

said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither do I

tell you by what authority I do these things.

7 [12:1]And he said to them, in parables, A man planted a vineyard and

made a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let

it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. [12:2]And he sent a servant to

the husbandmen at the time to receive from the husbandmen of the fruits

of the vineyard; [12:3] and they took him, and beat him, and sent him

away empty. [12:4]And again he sent another servant to them, and they

wounded him on the head, and treated him shamefully. [12:5]And he sent

another, and they killed him; and many others, and they beat some, and

killed some. [12:6]Having yet one beloved son, he sent him last to

them, saying, They will reverence my son.

8 [12:7]But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir;

come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. [12:8]And

seizing him, they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

[12:9]What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy

those husbandmen, and let the vineyard to others. [12:10]Have you not

read this Scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, has become

the head of a corner; [12:11]this is from the Lord, and it is wonderful

in our eyes? [12:12]And they sought to take him, and feared the

multitude, for they knew that he spoke this parable against them. And

they left him, and went away.

9 [12:13]And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and Herodians to

ensnare him in his words. [12:14]And they came and said to him,

Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no one, for you

respect not the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it

lawful to pay tribute to Caesar or not? [12:15]Shall we pay? or shall

we not pay? But he knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you

try me? Bring me a denarius [14 cents], that I may see it. [12:16]And

they brought him one. And he said to them, Whose is this figure, and

the inscription? And they said to him, Caesar's. [12:17]And Jesus said,

Render Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's to God. And they wondered at

him.

10 [12:18]And the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no

resurrection, and asked him, saying, [12:19]Teacher, Moses wrote to us,

that if one's brother dies and leaves a wife, and leaves no child, his

brother shall take his wife and raise up children for his brother.

[12:20]There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died,

and left no child; [12:21]and the second took her, and died leaving no

child; and the third in like manner. [12:22]And the seven left no

child. Last of all, the woman died also. [12:23]In the resurrection,

when they rise, whose wife shall she be? for the seven had her as a

wife. [12:24]Jesus said to them, Do you not err on this account, not

knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? [12:25]For when they rise

from the dead, they neither marry nor are married, but are like angels

in heaven. [12:26]But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not

read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I

am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

[12:27]He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; you greatly err.

11 [12:28]And one of the scribes coming forward hearing them disputing,

knowing that he answered them well, asked him, What commandment is

first of all? [12:29] Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, the Lord

our God is one Lord; [12:30]and you shall love the Lord your God with

all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

[12:31]Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There

is no other commandment greater than these. [12:32]And the scribe said

to him, Well, teacher, you have said truly; there is one [God], and no

other but him; [12:33]and to love him with all the heart, and all the

understanding, and all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as

himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. [12:34]And

Jesus seeing him, that he answered understandingly, said to him, You

are not far from the kingdom of God; and no one dared to question him

more.

12 [12:35]And Jesus answered and said, teaching in the temple, How do

the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? [12:36]David

himself said, by the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my

right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. [12:37]David

himself calls him Lord, and whence is he his son? And the great

multitude heard him gladly.

13 [12:38]And he said to them in his teaching, Beware of the scribes

who desire to walk in long robes, and desire salutations in the

markets, [12:39]and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first

places at feasts; [12:40]who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence

make long prayers. They shall receive a greater judgment.

14 [12:41]And sitting opposite to the treasury, he observed how the

multitude cast copper into the treasury. And many rich men cast in

much; [12:42]and one poor widow came and cast in two lepta, which is a

quadrans [4 mills]. [12:43] And calling his disciples, he said to them,

I tell you truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than all who

have cast into the treasury. [12:44]For all [others] have cast in of

their abundance; but she of her want has cast in all that she had her

entire living.

CHAPTER XII.

CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE JEWISH

COMMONWEALTH.

1 [13:1]AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to

him, Teacher, see what stones, and what buildings! [13:2]And Jesus

said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be left

a stone upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down. [13:3]And as he

sat on the mount of Olives, opposite to the temple, Peter, and James,

and John, and Andrew, asked him privately, [13:4]Tell us when shall

these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things are

about to be accomplished? [13:5]And Jesus said to them, See that no man

deceives you; [13:6]for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [the

Christ], and shall deceive many. [13:7]And when you hear of wars and

rumors of wars, be not afraid, for these things must be; but the end is

not yet. [13:8]For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom

against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in [different] places,

and there shall be famines. These are the beginnings of sorrows.

2 [13:9]But take heed to yourselves; they shall deliver you up to

Sanhedrims, and you shall be beaten in synagogues, and shall be brought

before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

[13:10]And the good news must first be preached to all nations.

[13:11]And when they deliver you to afflictions, be not anxious

beforehand what you shall say; but whatever is given you in that hour,

this speak; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

[13:12]And brother shall deliver brother to death, and father, son; and

children shall rise up against their parents and kill them; [13:13]and

you shall be hated by all on my account; but he that endures to the end

shall be saved.

3 [13:14]And when you see the abomination of desolation standing where

it ought not, let him that reads understand, then let those in Judea

flee to the mountains; [13:15]and let not him that is on the house go

down into the house, nor enter to take any thing out of his house;

[13:16]and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his

garment. [13:17]And woe to those with child, and those giving nurse in

those days! [13:18]But pray that it may not be in the winter,

[13:19]for those days shall be an affliction, such as has not been from

the beginning of the creation that God created till now, and shall not

be. [13:20]And unless the Lord had shortened those days no flesh would

be saved; but for the elects' sake, whom he has chosen, he has

shortened the days.

4 [13:21]And then if any one says to you, Behold the Christ is here!

Behold there! believe it not. [13:22]For false prophets shall arise,

and perform miracles and wonders, to deceive, if possible, the elect.

[13:23]But beware; I have foretold you all things.

5 [13:24]But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be

darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, [13:25]and the stars

shall fall from heaven, and the powers in the heavens shall be shaken.

[13:26]And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with

great power and glory. [13:27] And then shall he send his angels and

gather together the elect, from the four winds, from the end of the

earth to the end of heaven.

6 [13:28]But learn the parable of the fig tree. When its branch is now

tender and it puts forth leaves, it is known that the summer is nigh;

[13:29]so also when you see all these things occur, know that [the Son

of man] is nigh, at the doors. [13:30]I tell you truly, that this

generation shall not pass away till all these things are accomplished.

[13:31]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass

away. [13:32]But of that day, and hour, knows no man, not an angel in

heaven, nor the Son; but the Father. [13:33]Observe, watch, for you

know not when the time is.

7 [13:34]As a man leaving his house to go abroad, and giving authority

to his servants, and to each one his work, commanded the porter to

watch, [13:35] watch, therefore, for you know not when the master of

the house comes; at evening, at midnight, at the cock crowing, or in

the morning; [13:36]lest, coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping.

[13:37]And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE CONSPIRACY OF JUDAS, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S

SUPPER, ETC.

1 [14:1]AND after two days was the passover and the unleavened bread.

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might take him by

deception, and kill him. [14:2]But they said, Not at the feast, lest

there be a tumult of the people. [14:3]And when he was at Bethany, and

was reclining at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came, having a

vase of ointment of genuine nard, extremely costly, and breaking the

vase she poured it out on his head.

2 [14:4]And some were displeased, [and said] to themselves, Why was

this waste of the ointment? [14:5]For this ointment could have been

sold for more than three hundred denarii [$42] and given to the poor;

and they blamed her. [14:6] But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do you

trouble her? She has performed a good work on me. [14:7]The poor you

have always with you, and you can do them good when you will; but me

you have not always. [14:8]She has done what she could. She anticipated

anointing my body for the burial. [14:9]I tell you truly, that wherever

this good news shall be preached in all the world, this also which she

has done shall be told for a memorial of her.

3 [14:10]And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief

priests to betray him to them. [14:11]And when they heard him they were

glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might betray

him at a convenient time.

4 [14:12]And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the

passover, his disciples said to him, Where do you wish us to go and

prepare to eat the passover? [14:13]And he sent two of his disciples,

and said to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you bearing an

earthen pitcher of water. Follow him, [14:14]and where he enters in,

say to the master of the house, The teacher says, where is the public

room in which I may eat the passover with my disciples? [14:15]And he

will show you a large upper room, furnished, ready; and there prepare

for us. [14:16]And his disciples went out, and came into the city, and

found as he had said to them, and prepared the passover.

5 [14:17]And when it was evening he came, with the twelve, [14:18]And

as they reclined, and were eating, Jesus said, I tell you truly, that

one of you who eats with me will betray me. [14:19]And they were

sorry, and said to him, one by one, Is it I? And another, Is it I?

[14:20]And he said to them, It is one of the twelve who dips with me in

the dish. [14:21]The Son of man goes indeed as it is written of him,

but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would be

good for him if that man had not been born.

6 [14:22]And as they eat he took the bread, and having blessed, broke

and, gave to them, and said, Take, this is my body. [14:23]And he took

the cup, and having given thanks gave them, and they all drank of it.

[14:24]And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is

poured out for many. [14:25]I tell you truly, that I will drink of the

product of the vine no more till that day when I drink it new in the

kingdom of God. [14:26]And having sung a hymn they went out to the

Mount of Olives.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHRIST AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND IN GETHSEMANE.

1 [14:27]AND Jesus said to them, You will all be offended; for it is

written, I will smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered;

[14:28]but after I am raised I will go before you into Galilee.

[14:29]But Peter said to him, Even if all should be offended, yet I

will not. [14:30]And Jesus said to him, I tell you truly, that to-day,

on this night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me thrice.

[14:31]And he said, more strongly, If it should be necessary for me to

die with you I will by no means deny you; and they all said the same.

2 [14:32]And they came to a place which was called Gethsemane; and he

said to his disciples, Sit here, till I pray. [14:33]And he took Peter,

and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed and dejected.

[14:34]And he said to them, My soul is extremely sorrowful, even to

death; remain here and watch. [14:35] And going forward a little he

fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour might

pass away from him. [14:36]And he said, Abba, father, all things are

possible to thee. Take away this cup from me; but not what I will but

what thou wilt. [14:37]And he came and found them sleeping, and said to

Peter, Simon, do you sleep? Could you not watch one hour? [14:38]Watch

and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed is willing,

but flesh is weak. [14:39]And again going away he prayed, saying the

same words. [14:40]And again coming he found them sleeping; for their

eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him. [14:41]And he

came a third time, and said to them, Sleep henceforth, and be

refreshed. It is enough; the hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is

betrayed into the hands of sinners! [14:42]arise, let us go; behold, he

that betrays me is at hand!

3 [14:43]And immediately, while he was yet speaking, Judas the

Iscariot, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with

swords and clubs, from the chief priests, and scribes, and elders.

[14:44]And the traitor had given them this signal, saying, Whom I shall

kiss, he is the one; take him, and lead him away safely. [14:45]And

coming, he immediately approached him, and said, Rabbi! Rabbi! and

kissed him. [14:46]And they laid hands on him and took him.

4 [14:47]And one of those who stood by drew a sword and struck the

servant of the chief priest, and cut off his car. [14:48]And Jesus

answered and said to them, Have you come out as against a robber, with

swords and clubs to apprehend me? [14:49]I was daily with you in the

temple teaching, and you did not take me. But [it was done] that the

Scriptures might be fulfilled. [14:50]And all forsook him and fled.

[14:51]And one young man followed him with a linen cloth wrapped about

his naked body. And the young men caught him; [14:52]and leaving the

linen cloth he escaped from them naked.

CHAPTER XV.

CHRIST BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, AND BEFORE PILATE.

1 [14:53]AND they led away Jesus to the chief priest; and all the chief

priests, and elders, and scribes came together to him. [14:54]And

Peter followed him at a distance, till he came into the court of the

chief priest; and he sat with the officers and warmed himself before

the light. [14:55]And the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim sought

testimony against Jesus to kill him, and did not find it. [14:56]For

many testified falsely against him, but their testimony did not agree;

[14:57]and some arose and testified falsely against him, saying,

[14:58]We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands,

and in three days will build another made without hands. [14:59]And

neither in this did their testimony agree. [14:60]And the chief priest

standing up in the midst asked Jesus, saying, Do you not answer any

thing to what these testify against you? [14:61]And he was silent, and

answered nothing.

2 Again the chief priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the

Christ, the Son of the Blessed? [14:62]And Jesus said, I am; and you

shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power, and

coming with the clouds of heaven. [14:63]And the high priest rent his

clothes, and said, What further need have we of witnesses? [14:64]You

have heard the blasphemy; what do you think? And they all condemned him

to be deserving of death. [14:65]And some spit on him; and they

blindfolded him, and beat him with the fist, and said to him, Prophesy.

And the officers beat him with open hands.

3 [14:66]And Peter being in the court below, one of the female servants

of the chief priest came, [14:67]and seeing Peter warming himself,

looked at him, and said, You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.

[14:68]But he denied it, saying, I do not know [him]; neither do I know

what you say. And he went out into the porch, and a cock crew.

[14:69]And the female servant seeing him said to those standing by,

This is one of them. [14:70]But he again denied it. And after a short

time those standing by again said to Peter, You are certainly one of

them, for you are also a Galilean. [14:71]And he cursed and swore, I

know not this man of whom you speak. [14:72]And a cock crew a second

time. And Peter was reminded of the word, how Jesus said to him, Before

a cock crows twice, you will deny me thrice. And he wept bitterly.

4 [15:1]And immediately in the morning, the chief priests taking

counsel with the elders, and scribes, and all the Sanhedrim, bound

Jesus, and brought and delivered him to Pilate. [15:2]And Pilate asked

him, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus answered and said to him,

As you say. [15:3]And the chief priests accused him of many things.

[15:4]And Pilate again asked him saying, Do you answer nothing? see how

many things they charge against you. [15:5]And Jesus answered him not

any more; so that Pilate wondered.

5 [15:6]And at the feast he released to them a prisoner, whomsoever

they chose. [15:7]And there was a man called Barabbas, bound with the

insurgents, who had committed murder in a sedition. [15:8]And the

multitude went up and requested as he had always done to them.

[15:9]And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you wish me to release to

you the king of the Jews? [15:10]For he knew that the chief priests had

delivered him up from envy. [15:11]But the chief priests moved the

people that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

6 [15:12]And Pilate again answered and said to them, What, then, do you

wish me to do to him whom you call the king of the Jews? [15:13]And

they cried again, Crucify him! [15:14]And Pilate said to them, [Why]?

for what evil has he done? But they cried more violently, Crucify him!

[15:15]And Pilate wishing to satisfy the multitude released to them

Barabbas; and having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHRIST CRUCIFIED, HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.

1 [15:16]AND the soldiers led him away into the court which is the

Praetorium, and called together all the cohort. [15:17]And they put on

him a purple garment, and plaiting a thorny crown put it on him.

[15:18]And they saluted him, Hail, king of the Jews! [15:19]And they

struck his head with a reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped

him. [15:20]And when they had mocked him they took off the purple

garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to

crucify him, [15:21]and compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was

passing along, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and

Rufus, to bear his cross.

2 [15:22]And they brought him to Golgotha, which is interpreted A place

of a cranium, [15:23]and gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did

not take it. [15:24]And they crucified him, and divided his clothes,

casting lots for them which should take any thing. [15:25]And it was

the third hour when they crucified him, [15:26]and the inscription of

his accusation was written, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

3 [15:27]And they crucified with him two robbers, one on his right hand

and the other on his left. [15:29]And those who passed by reviled him,

wagging their heads, and saying, Aha, you that destroy the temple and

build it in three days! [15:30]save yourself, and come down from the

cross. [15:31]In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with

the scribes, said one to another, He saved others; himself he cannot

save; [15:32]let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the

cross, that we may see and believe. And those crucified with him

reproached him.

4 [15:33]And when it was the sixth hour, there was darkness over all

the earth till the ninth hour. [15:34]And at the ninth hour Jesus cried

with a loud voice, saying, Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani? which is

interpreted, my God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me? [15:35]And some

of those standing by, hearing him, said, See, he calls Elijah.

[15:36]And one ran, and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on

a reed gave it to him to drink, saying, Let him alone; let us see if

Elijah will come to take him down.

5 [15:37]And Jesus crying with a loud voice, expired. [15:38]And the

vail of the temple was rent in two, from top to bottom; [15:39]and the

centurion who stood near, opposite to him, seeing that he so expired,

said, Truly, this man was a Son of God.

6 [15:40]And the women also saw from afar, among whom were Mary the

Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joset, and

Salome, [15:41]who also followed him when he was in Galilee, and waited

on him, and many others who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

7 [15:42]And when it was now evening, because it was the preparation,

which is before the sabbath, [15:43]Joseph came, who was from

Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also himself expected the

kingdom of God, and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of

Jesus. [15:44]And Pilate wondered that he was already dead; and calling

the centurion asked him if he had been dead for some time. [15:45]And

knowing [his death,] from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

[15:46]And having bought linen, he took him down and wrapped him in the

linen, and placed him in a tomb which was cut from a rock, and rolled a

stone against the door of the tomb. [15:47]And Mary the Magdalene and

Mary the mother of Joset saw where he was laid.

8 [16:1]And when the sabbath was passed, Mary the Magdalene and Mary

the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come

and anoint him. [16:2] And very early in the morning, on the first day

of the week, they came to the tomb at the rising of the sun. [16:3]And

they said to themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the

door of the tomb?-- [16:4]and looking up they saw that the stone was

rolled away--for it was very great.

9 [16:5]And coming to the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the

right side, clothed with a white robe; and they were astonished.

[16:6]And he said to them, Be not astonished; you seek Jesus the

Nazarene, who was crucified. He is raised; he is not here. See the

place where they laid him. [16:7]But go, tell his disciples and Peter

that he goes before you to Galilee; there you shall see him as he said

to you. [16:8]And they went out and fled from the tomb; and trembling

and amazement seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they

were afraid.

CHAPTER XVII.

AN ADDITION BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER.

1 [16:9]AND having arisen early on the first day of the week, he

appeared first to Mary the Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven

demons. [16:10]She went and told those who had been with him, who were

weeping and lamenting; [16:11] and when they heard that he was alive,

and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

2 [16:12]Afterwards he appeared in another form to two of them as they

walked, going into the country. [16:13]And they went and announced it

to the rest; they did not believe it.

3 [16:14]And afterwards he appeared to the eleven, as they reclined,

and reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they

believed not those who had seen him since he rose from the dead.

[16:15]And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach the good news

to all the creation; [16:16]he that believes and is baptized shall be

saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned. [16:17]And these

signs shall follow those that believe; in my name they shall cast out

demons, they shall speak with new tongues, [16:18]they shall take up

serpents, and if they drink any deadly [poison] it shall not hurt them;

and they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well.

4 [16:19]Then the Lord, after speaking with them, was taken up to

heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. [16:20]And they went abroad

and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the

word by the accompanying miracles.

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION, AND THE TWO ANNUNCIATIONS.

1 [1:1]SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the

things fully believed among us, [1:2]as they delivered them to us who,

from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,

[1:3]it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately

from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,

[1:4]that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you

have been taught.

2 [1:5]In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain

priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife

was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. [1:6]And

they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments

and ordinances of the Lord blameless. [1:7] And they had no son,

because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

3 [1:8]And when he was performing the priest's office in the order of

his class before God, it fell to his lot, [1:9]according to the custom

of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense;

[1:10]and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the

hour of incense. [1:11]And an angel of the Lord appeared to him,

standing on the right side of the altar of incense; [1:12]and Zachariah

was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

4 [1:13]And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer

is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall

call his name John. [1:14]And he shall be to you a joy and rejoicing;

and many shall rejoice at his birth; [1:15]for he shall be great in the

sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall

be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth; [1:16]and many of

the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. [1:17]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

righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. [1:18] And

Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old

man, and my wife advanced in years. [1:19]And the angel answered and

said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God; and I was sent to

speak to you, and to tell you this good news. [1:20]And behold you

shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are

accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall be

fulfilled in their time.

5 [1:21]And the people waited for Zachariah, and wondered that he staid

so long in the temple. [1:22]And when he came out he could not speak to

them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. And

he made signs to them, and continued dumb. [1:23]And when the days of

his service were completed he departed to his house. [1:24]And after

these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and hid herself five

months, saying, [1:25]Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in the days in

which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.

6 [1:26]And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a

city of Galilee, by the name of Nazareth, [1:27]to a virgin espoused to

a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the

virgin was Mary. [1:28]And coming in to her, he said, Hail, favored

one! The Lord is with you! [1:29]And she was troubled at his word, and

doubted what this salutation meant. [1:30]And the angel said to her,

Fear not, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [1:31]And behold you

shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall call his name Jesus.

[1:32]He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High.

And the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

[1:33]and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his

kingdom there shall be no end.

7 [1:34]And Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not

a man? [1:35]And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit

shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow

you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God.

[1:36]And behold Elizabeth, your relative, even she is pregnant with a

son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her called barren;

[1:37]for nothing is impossible with God. [1:38] And Mary said, Behold,

I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.

And the angel departed from her.

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