Gospel harmony based on John

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Birth of John and Jesus

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Birth of John and Jesus

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(1) ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; ²this one was in the beginning with God; ³all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened. ⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men, ⁵and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

(1) ¹Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, ²as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, -- ³it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus, ⁴that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.

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⁵As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

⁷And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.

⁸And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

¹²And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

¹¹And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

¹⁸yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?'

¹⁹and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

²⁰And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah^[6], and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth; }⁶and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless, }⁷and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days. }⁸And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God, }⁹according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord, }¹⁰and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume. }¹¹And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume, }¹²and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

¹³and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

¹⁴and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

¹⁵for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

¹⁶and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

¹⁷and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

¹⁸And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

¹⁹And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

²⁰and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'

²¹And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,

²²and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

²³And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,

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²⁴and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived,

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and hid herself five months, saying --

²⁵`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.'

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²And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and hath not borne;³and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou [art] barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son.⁴And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,⁵for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

²⁶And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which [is] Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary. ²⁸And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord [is] with thee; blessed [art] thou among women;' }²⁹and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be. }³⁰And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God; }³¹and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; }³²he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, }³³and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'

³⁴And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

³⁵And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

³⁶and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

³⁷because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

³⁸And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

²and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah,

³⁹And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea, }⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. }⁴¹And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, }⁴²and spake out with a loud voice, and said, `Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb; }⁴³and whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me? }⁴⁴for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb; }⁴⁵and happy [is] she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.' ⁴⁶And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord,

⁴⁷And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

⁴⁸Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

⁴⁹For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy [is] His name,

⁵⁰And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

⁵¹He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

⁵²He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

⁵³The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

⁵⁴He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

⁵⁵As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed -- to the age.'

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and is there days -- four months.

³And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back,

⁵⁶And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

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⁵⁷And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son, }⁵⁸and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her. }⁵⁹And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias, }⁶⁰and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.' ⁶¹And they said unto her -- `There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,' }⁶²and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called, }⁶³and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder; ⁶⁴and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

⁶⁵And fear came upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,

⁶⁶and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁶⁷And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying, }⁶⁸`Blessed [is] the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people, }⁶⁹And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant, }⁷⁰As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age; }⁷¹Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us, }⁷²To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant, }⁷³An oath that He sware to Abraham our father, }⁷⁴To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

⁷⁵To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

⁷⁶And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

⁷⁷To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

⁷⁸Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

⁷⁹To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.' ⁸⁰And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel

Augustus is known to have taken a census of Roman citizens at least three times, in 28 BC, 8 BC, and 14

(1) ¹⁸And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, ¹⁹and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

²⁰And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten [is] of the Holy Spirit,

²¹and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

²²And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

²³`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us [he is] God.'

²⁴And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,

²⁵and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus

(2) }¹And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled -- }²this first enrollment came to pass before Cyrenius was governor of Syria -- }³and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,

⁴and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

⁵to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

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⁶And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth, }⁷and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

(2) }¹And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, }²saying, `Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.' ³And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him, ⁴and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born. ⁵And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

⁶And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

⁷Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

⁸and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

⁹And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

¹⁰And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

¹¹and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

¹²and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

⁸And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock, ⁹and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear. ¹⁰And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people -- ¹¹because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David, ¹²and this [is] to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.' }¹³And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, }¹⁴`Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.' ¹⁵And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, `We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

¹⁶And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

¹⁷and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

¹⁸And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

¹⁹and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;

²⁰and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

²¹And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb

A woman when she giveth seed, and hath born a male, then she hath been unclean seven days, according to the days of separation for her sickness she is unclean;

³and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;

⁴and thirty and three days she doth abide in the blood of her cleansing; against any holy thing she doth not come, and unto the sanctuary she doth not go in, till the fulness of the days of her cleansing.

¹³And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.' ¹⁴And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, ¹⁵and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, `Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

²²And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present to the Lord, }²³as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, -- `Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,' ²⁴and to give a sacrifice, according to that said in the Law of the Lord, `A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.'

²⁵And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [is] Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him, }²⁶and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit -- not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord. }²⁷And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him, }²⁸then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said, }²⁹`Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace, }³⁰because mine eyes did see Thy salvation, }³¹which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples, }³²a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

³³And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

³⁴and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, `Lo, this [one] is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against --

³⁵(and also thine own soul shall a sword pass through) -- that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed.'

³⁶And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity, }³⁷and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day, }³⁸and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

autumn, 6BC

¹⁶Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children^[7] in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.¹⁷Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,¹⁸`A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

³⁹And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;

Josephus tells us that Herod died after a lunar eclipse. He gives an account of events between this eclipse and his death, and between his death and Passover.

(the total eclipse of Mar 23, 5BC was visible in its entirety beginning at moonrise.

The total eclipse of Sept 15, of 5BC was also visible)

A partial eclipse took place on March 13, 4 BCE, about 29 days before Passover, and this eclipse is usually taken to be the one referred to by Josephus. (This eclipse began very near moonset)

(The eclipse of Jul 5, 1BC was not visible)

¹⁹And Herod having died,

Herod Archelaus (23 BC – c. 18 AD) was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea (biblical Edom) from 4 BC to 6 AD

lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,²⁰saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died -- those seeking the life of the child.'²¹And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,²²and having heard that Archelaus doth reign over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,²³and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that `A Nazarene he shall be called.'

Passover, 6 AD
The Jewish historian Josephus recorded that in the year 6-7, after the exile of Herod Archelaus, Quirinius, a Roman senator, became governor (Legatus) of Syria and was, while an equestrian assistant named Coponius was assigned as the first governor (Prefect) of the newly-created Iudaea Province. These governors were assigned to conduct a tax census for the Emperor in Syria and Iudaea.Josephus links the census to an uprising led by Judas of Galilee and the beginning of a resistance movement that he called the Zealots

⁴⁰and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.⁴¹And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,⁴²and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,⁴³and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,⁴⁴and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,⁴⁵and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.⁴⁶And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,⁴⁷and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.⁴⁸And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'⁴⁹And he said unto them, `Why [is it] that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'⁵⁰and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,⁵¹and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,⁵²and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

Baptism of Jesus (Passover)

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Baptism of Jesus (Passover)
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(1) ⁶There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name [is] John, ⁷this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him; ⁸that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light. ⁹He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world; ¹⁰in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him: ¹¹to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him; ¹²but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name, ¹³who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten. ¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;' ¹⁶and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace; ¹⁷for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come; ¹⁸God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare. ¹⁹And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?' ²⁰and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed -- `I am not the Christ.' ²¹And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.' ²²They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?' ²³He said, `I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.' ²⁴And those sent were of the Pharisees, ²⁵and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?' ²⁶John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me, ²⁷of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.' ²⁸These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,	(3) ¹And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, ²and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,' ³for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.' ⁴And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. ⁵Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, ⁶and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins. ⁷And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, ⁹and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, ¹⁰and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast. ¹¹`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire, ¹²whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'	(1) ¹A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. ²As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' -- ³`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' -- ⁴John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins, ⁵and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field, ⁷and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals; ⁸I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'	(3) ¹And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar [early 29 AD]^[8] -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea [26 CE to 36 CE], and Herod tetrarch of Galilee [4BC - 39 AD], and Philip his brother [4 BC–AD 34], tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene -- ²Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, ³and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins, ⁴as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths; ⁵every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways; ⁶and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' ⁷Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; ⁹and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.' ¹⁰And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' ¹¹and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.' ¹²And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?' ¹³and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.' ¹⁴And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.' ¹⁵And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ; ¹⁶John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire; ¹⁷whose winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.' ¹⁸And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people, ¹⁹and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did, ²⁰added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.
	¹³Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him, ¹⁴but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!' ¹⁵But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him
²⁹on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; ³⁰this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me: ³¹and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. ³²And John testified, saying -- `I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him; ³³and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit; ³⁴and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'	¹⁶And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, ¹⁷and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'	⁹And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan; ¹⁰and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him; ¹¹and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'	²¹And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, ²²and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'
			²³And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph...
	(4) ¹Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,	¹²And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,	(4) ¹And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,
³⁵On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples, ³⁶and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God;' ³⁷and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, `What seek ye?' and they said to them, `Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?' ³⁹He saith to them, `Come and see;' they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth. ⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him; ⁴¹this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, `We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,) ⁴²and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, `Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,' (which is interpreted, A rock.)
⁴³On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.' ⁴⁴And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter; ⁴⁵Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, `Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who [is] from Nazareth;' ⁴⁶and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, `Come and see.' ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;' ⁴⁸Nathanael saith to him, `Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, `Before Philip's calling thee -- thou being under the fig-tree -- I saw thee.' ⁴⁹Nathanael answered and saith to him, `Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel.' ⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, `Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;' ⁵¹and he saith to him, `Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.'
(2) ¹And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, ²and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage; ³and wine having failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, `Wine they have not;' ⁴Jesus saith to her, `What -- to me and to thee, woman? not yet is mine hour come.' ⁵His mother saith to the ministrants, `Whatever he may say to you -- do.' ⁶And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. ⁷Jesus saith to them, `Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim; ⁸and he saith to them, `Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare. ⁹And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom, ¹⁰and saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.' ¹¹This beginning of the signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him; ¹²after this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and there they remained not many days.
¹³And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, ¹⁴and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting, ¹⁵and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew, ¹⁶and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.' ¹⁷And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;' ¹⁸the Jews then answered and said to him, `What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost these things?' ¹⁹Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.' ²⁰The Jews, therefore, said, `Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?' ²¹but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body; ²²when, then, he was raised out of the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this to them, and they believed the Writing, and the word that Jesus said. ²³And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing; ²⁴and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all [men], ²⁵and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man.
(3) ¹And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, ²this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.' ³Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;' ⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?' ⁵Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God; ⁶that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷`Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above; ⁸the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.' ⁹Nicodemus answered and said to him, `How are these things able to happen?' ¹⁰Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel -- and these things thou dost not know! ¹¹`Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive; ¹²if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe? ¹³and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down -- the Son of Man who is in the heaven. ¹⁴`And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up, ¹⁵that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during, ¹⁶for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. ¹⁷For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him; ¹⁸he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; ²⁰for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected; ²¹but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'	²and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. ³And the Trier having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.' ⁴But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' ⁵Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.' ⁷Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' ⁸Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the realms of the world and the glory of them, ⁹and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.' ¹⁰Then saith Jesus to him, `Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' ¹¹Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.	¹³and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.	²forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered, ³and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.' ⁴And Jesus answered him, saying, `It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.' ⁵And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the realms of the world in a moment of time, ⁶and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it; ⁷thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.' ⁸And Jesus answering him said, `Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.' ⁹And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, `If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence, ¹⁰for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee, ¹¹and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.' ¹²And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' ¹³And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.
²²After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing; ²³and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized -- ²⁴for John was not yet cast into the prison -- ²⁵there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying, ²⁶and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.' ²⁷John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven; ²⁸ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; ²⁹he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. ³⁰`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less; ³¹he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all. ³²`And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth; ³³he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true; ³⁴for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit; ³⁵the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand; ³⁶he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'
(4) ¹When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, ²(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,) ³he left Judea and went away again to Galilee, ⁴and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.	¹²And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,	¹⁴And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God, ¹⁵and saying -- `Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'
⁵He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son; ⁶and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour; ⁷there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, `Give me to drink;' ⁸for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals; ⁹the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, `How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans. ¹⁰Jesus answered and said to her, `If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.' ¹¹The woman saith to him, `Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water? ¹²Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?' ¹³Jesus answered and said to her, `Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again; ¹⁴but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.' ¹⁵The woman saith unto him, `Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.' ¹⁶Jesus saith to her, `Go, call thy husband, and come hither;' ¹⁷the woman answered and said, `I have not a husband.' Jesus saith to her, `Well didst thou say -- A husband I have not; ¹⁸for five husbands thou hast had, and, now, he whom thou hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly.' ¹⁹The woman saith to him, `Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet; ²⁰our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye -- ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.' ²¹Jesus saith to her, `Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father; ²²ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews; ²³but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; ²⁴God [is] a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.' ²⁵The woman saith to him, `I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;' ²⁶Jesus saith to her, `I am [he], who am speaking to thee.' ²⁷And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, `What seekest thou?' or `Why speakest thou with her?' ²⁸The woman then left her water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men, ²⁹`Come, see a man, who told me all things -- as many as I did; is this the Christ?' ³⁰They went forth therefore out of the city, and were coming unto him. ³¹And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;' ³²and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.' ³³The disciples then said one to another, `Did any one bring him anything to eat?' ³⁴Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work; ³⁵do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already. ³⁶`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together; ³⁷for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper. ³⁸I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered. ³⁹And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, -- `He told me all things -- as many as I did.' ⁴⁰When, then, the Samaritans came unto him, they were asking him to remain with them, and he remained there two days; ⁴¹and many more did believe because of his word, ⁴²and said to the woman -- `No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world -- the Christ.'

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(4) ⁴³And after the two days he went forth thence, and went away to Galilee, ⁴⁴for Jesus himself testified that a prophet in his own country shall not have honour;

(4) ¹⁴And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the region round about concerning him, ¹⁵and he was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all. ¹⁶And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read; ¹⁷and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written: ¹⁸`The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance, ¹⁹To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.' ²⁰And having folded the roll, having given [it] back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him. ²¹And he began to say unto them -- `To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;' ²²and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?' ²³And he said unto them, `Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;' ²⁴and he said, `Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country; ²⁵and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land, ²⁶and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but -- to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow; ²⁷and many lepers were in the time of Elisha the prophet, in Israel, and none of them was cleansed, but -- Naaman the Syrian.' ²⁸And all in the synagogue were filled with wrath, hearing these things, ²⁹and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong, ³⁰and he, having gone through the midst of them, went away.

(4) ¹³and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, ¹⁴that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁵`Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! -- ¹⁶the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.' ¹⁷From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

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¹⁸ And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side; ¹⁹ and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;' ²⁰ and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.' ²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;' ²² and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

¹⁸And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers -- ¹⁹and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' ²⁰and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

(1) ¹⁶And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers, ¹⁷and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;' ¹⁸and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

(5) ¹And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, ²and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets, ³and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat. ⁴And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, `Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;' ⁵and Simon answering said to him, `Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.' ⁶And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking, ⁷and they beckoned to the partners, who [are] in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking. ⁸And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, `Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;' ⁹for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took, ¹⁰and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;' ¹¹and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

(8) ²³And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him, ²⁴and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping, ²⁵and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.' ²⁶And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm; ²⁷and the men wondered, saying, `What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

(4) ³⁶and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him. ³⁷And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled, ³⁸and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?' ³⁹And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm: ⁴⁰and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?' ⁴¹and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

(8) ²²And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he himself went into a boat with his disciples, and he said unto them, `We may go over to the other side of the lake;' and they set forth, ²³and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril. ²⁴And having come near, they awoke him, saying, `Master, master, we perish;' and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm, ²⁵and he said to them, `Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, `Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

²¹And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, ²²and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

¹⁹And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, ²⁰and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

²³And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people, ²⁴and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them. ²⁵And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

(5) ¹And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, ²and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying: ³`Happy the poor in spirit -- ¹And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, ²and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying: ³`Happy the poor in spirit --
(5:4 - 8:1 beatitudes)

(6) ¹²And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God, ¹³and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles, ¹⁴(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, ¹⁶Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;) ¹⁷and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses, ¹⁸and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed, ¹⁹and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all. ²⁰And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God. ²¹`Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

(1) ⁴⁰and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him -- `If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.' ⁴¹And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;' ⁴²and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth, ⁴⁴and saith to him, `See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.' ⁴⁵And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter

¹²And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on [his] face, he besought him, saying, `Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;' ¹³and having stretched forth [his] hand, he touched him, having said, `I will; be thou cleansed;' and immediately the leprosy went away from him. ¹⁴And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;' ¹⁵but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities, ¹⁶and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

(8) ¹And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him, ²and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;' ³and having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, `I will, be thou cleansed,' and immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus saith to him, `See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

²⁸And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way, ²⁹and lo, they cried out, saying, `What -- to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?' ³⁰And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding, ³¹and the demons were calling on him, saying, `If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;' ³²and he saith to them, `Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters, ³³and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs. ³⁴And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on [him] that he might depart from their borders.

(5) ¹And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes, ²and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ³who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him, ⁴because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him, ⁵and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones. ⁶And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him, ⁷and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!' ⁸(for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,') ⁹and he was questioning him, `What [is] thy name?' and he answered, saying, `Legion [is] my name, because we are many;' ¹⁰and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region. ¹¹And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding, ¹²and all the demons did call upon him, saying, `Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;' ¹³and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea -- and they were about two thousand -- and they were choked in the sea. ¹⁴And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done; ¹⁵and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded -- him having had the legion -- and they were afraid; ¹⁶and those having seen [it], declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine; ¹⁷and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders. ¹⁸And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him, ¹⁹and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own [friends], and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee; ²⁰and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.

²⁶And they sailed down to the region of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee, ²⁷and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs, ²⁸and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!' ²⁹For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters -- guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts. ³⁰And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,) ³¹and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss, ³²and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them, ³³and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked. ³⁴And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields; ³⁵and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid; ³⁶and those also having seen [it], told them how the demoniac was saved. ³⁷And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back. ³⁸And the man from whom the demons had gone forth was beseeching of him to be with him, and Jesus sent him away, saying, ³⁹`Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

⁴⁵when then, he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all things that he did in Jerusalem in the feast -- for they also went to the feast. ⁴⁶Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine, and there was a certain courtier, whose son was ailing in Capernaum, ⁴⁷he, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judea to Galilee, went away unto him, and was asking him that he may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die. ⁴⁸Jesus then said unto him, `If signs and wonders ye may not see, ye will not believe.' ⁴⁹The courtier saith unto him, `Sir, come down before my child die;' ⁵⁰Jesus saith to him, `Be going on; thy son doth live.' And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on, ⁵¹and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying -- `Thy child doth live;' ⁵²he inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him -- `Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him;' ⁵³then the father knew that [it was] in that hour in which Jesus said to him -- `Thy son doth live,' and he himself believed, and his whole house; ⁵⁴this again a second sign did Jesus, having come out of Judea to Galilee.

²¹And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,²²and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,²⁴saying, `Away! what -- to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.'²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him,'²⁶and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,²⁷and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, `What is this? what new teaching [is] this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!'²⁸And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.

³¹And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths, ³²and they were astonished at his teaching, because his word was with authority. ³³And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice, ³⁴saying, `Away, what -- to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.' ³⁵And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought; ³⁶and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, `What [is] this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?' ³⁷and there was going forth a fame concerning him to every place of the region round about.

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¹ And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city, ² and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.' ³ And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, `This one doth speak evil.' ⁴ And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵ for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk? ⁶ `But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.' ⁷ And he, having risen, went to his house, ⁸ and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

(2)

¹ And again he entered into Capernaum, after [some] days, and it was heard that he is in the house, ² and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word. ³ And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four, ⁴ and not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken [it] up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying, ⁵ and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.' ⁶ And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ `Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one -- God?' ⁸ And immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, `Why these things reason ye in your hearts? ⁹ which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Thy sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk? ¹⁰ `And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins -- (he saith to the paralytic) -- ¹¹ I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;' ¹² and he rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying -- `Never thus did we see.'

¹⁷And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was -- to heal them.¹⁸And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,¹⁹

and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus, ²⁰ and he having seen their faith, said to him, `Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.' ²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, `Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?' ²² And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto them, `What reason ye in your hearts? ²³ which is easier -- to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk? ²⁴ `And that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins -- (he said to the one struck with palsy) -- I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little couch, be going on to thy house.' ²⁵ And presently having risen before them, having taken up [that] on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God, ²⁶ and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying -- `We saw strange things to-day.'

⁵And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him, ⁶and saying, `Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,' ⁷and Jesus saith to him, `I, having come, will heal him.' ⁸And the centurion answering said, `Sir, I am not worthy that thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed; ⁹for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth [it].' ¹⁰And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, `Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found; ¹¹and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens, ¹²but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.' ¹³And Jesus said to the centurion, `Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

(7) ¹And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum; ²and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him, ³and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant. ⁴And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- `He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this, ⁵for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.' ⁶And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, `Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter; ⁷wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed; ⁸for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth [it].' ⁹And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, `I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;' ¹⁰and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

⁹And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

¹³And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,¹⁴and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

²⁷And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'²⁸and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

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¹⁴ And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid, and fevered, ¹⁵ and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

²⁹And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John, ³⁰and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her, ³¹and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

³⁸And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her,³⁹and having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her, and presently, having risen, she was ministering to them

¹⁰And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,¹¹and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'¹²And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;¹³but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

¹⁵And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'¹⁷ And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

²⁹And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),³⁰and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'³¹ And Jesus answering said unto them, `They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:³²I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

¹⁴ Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?' ¹⁵And Jesus said to them, `Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast. ¹⁶`And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made. ¹⁷`Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

¹⁸And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'¹⁹And Jesus said to them, `Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;²⁰ but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast -- in those days.²¹`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not -- the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;²²

and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'

³³And they said unto him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications -- in like manner also those of the Pharisees -- but thine do eat and drink?'³⁴And he said unto them, `Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them -- to fast?³⁵ but days will come, and, when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, then they shall fast in those days.'³⁶And he spake also a simile unto them -- `No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that [is] from the new.³⁷

`And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; ³⁸ but new wine into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved together; ³⁹ and no one having drunk old [wine], doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.'

pool of Bethesda

(5) ¹After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, ²and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches, ³in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water, ⁴for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held. ⁵and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years, ⁶him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, `Dost thou wish to become whole?' ⁷The ailing man answered him, `Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.' ⁸Jesus saith to him, `Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;' ⁹and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day, ¹⁰the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.' ¹¹He answered them, `He who made me whole -- that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;' ¹²they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?' ¹³But he that was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus did move away, a multitude being in the place. ¹⁴After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, `Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.' ¹⁵The man went away, and told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole, ¹⁶and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath. ¹⁷And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;' ¹⁸because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

equal to God

(5)¹⁹Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth; ²⁰for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder. ²¹`For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth; ²²for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son, ²³that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him. ²⁴`Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life. ²⁵`Verily, verily, I say to you -- There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live; ²⁶for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself, ²⁷and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man. ²⁸`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, ²⁹and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment. ³⁰`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

Testimony of John

(5)³¹`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true; ³²another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true; ³³ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth. ³⁴`But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved; ³⁵he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light. ³⁶`But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me. ³⁷`And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen; ³⁸and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe. ³⁹`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; ⁴⁰and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life; ⁴¹glory from man I do not receive, ⁴²but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves. ⁴³`I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive; ⁴⁴how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that [is] from God alone ye seek not? ⁴⁵`Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom ye have hoped; ⁴⁶for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me; ⁴⁷but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?'

¹⁶And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,¹⁷that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, `Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

³²And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs, ³³and the whole city was gathered together near the door, ³⁴and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

⁴⁰And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them [his] hands having put, did heal them. ⁴¹And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying -- `Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

³⁵And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;³⁶and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,³⁷and having found him, they say to him, -- `All do seek thee;'³⁸and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

⁴²And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,⁴³and he said unto them -- `Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

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¹⁸ While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that `My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.' ¹⁹ And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

²¹And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea,²²and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,²³and he was calling upon him much, saying -- `My little daughter is at the last extremity -- that having come, thou mayest lay on her [thy] hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'²⁴and he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him,

⁴⁰And it came to pass, in the turning back of Jesus, the multitude received him, for they were all looking for him,⁴¹and lo, there came a man, whose name [is] Jairus, and he was a chief of the synagogue, and having fallen at the feet of Jesus, was calling on him to come to his house;⁴²because he had an only daughter about twelve years [old], and she was dying.

³⁹And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

⁴⁴and he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee

²⁰and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,²¹for she said within herself, `If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'²²And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, `Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the woman was saved from that hour.

²⁵and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,²⁶and many things having suffered under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse,²⁷having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,²⁸for she said -- `If even his garments I may touch, I shall be saved;'²⁹and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.³⁰And immediately Jesus having known in himself that out of him power had gone forth, having turned about in the multitude, said, `Who did touch my garments?'³¹and his disciples said to him, `Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and thou sayest, `Who did touch me!'³²And he was looking round to see her who did this,³³and the woman, having been afraid, and trembling, knowing what was done on her, came, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth,³⁴and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

⁴³ and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any, ⁴⁴ having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood. ⁴⁵ And Jesus said, `Who [is] it that touched me?' and all denying, Peter and those with him said, `Master, the multitudes press thee, and throng [thee], and thou dost say, Who [is] it that touched me!' ⁴⁶ And Jesus said, `Some one did touch me, for I knew power having gone forth from me.' ⁴⁷ And the woman, having seen that she was not hid, trembling, came, and having fallen before him, for what cause she touched him declared to him before all the people, and how she was healed presently; ⁴⁸ and he said to her, `Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee, be going on to peace.'

³⁵As he is yet speaking, there come from the chief of the synagogue's [house, certain], saying -- `Thy daughter did die, why still dost thou harass the Teacher?'³⁶And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'³⁷And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

⁴⁹While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's [house], saying to him -- `Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'⁵⁰and Jesus having heard, answered him, saying, `Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be saved.'

¹¹And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,¹²and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.¹³And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'¹⁴and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing [it] stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'¹⁵and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;¹⁶and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- `A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- `God did look upon His people.'¹⁷And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

²³And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,²⁴he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;²⁵but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,²⁶and the fame of this went forth to all the land.

³⁸and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;³⁹and having gone in he saith to them, `Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;⁴⁰and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying,⁴¹and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, `Talitha cumi;' which is, being interpreted, `Damsel (I say to thee), arise.'⁴²And immediately the damsel arose, and was walking, for she was twelve years [old]; and they were amazed with a great amazement,⁴³and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat

⁵¹And having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;⁵²and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;⁵³and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;⁵⁴and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, `Child, arise;'⁵⁵and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;⁵⁶and her parents were amazed, but he charged them to say to no one what was come to pass.

²⁷And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, `Deal kindly with us, Son of David.' ²⁸And he having come to the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus saith to them, `Believe ye that I am able to do this?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.' ²⁹Then touched he their eyes, saying, `According to your faith let it be to you,' ³⁰and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, `See, let no one know;' ³¹but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

³²And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac, ³³and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that `It was never so seen in Israel:' ³⁴but the Pharisees said, `By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

(6)

¹ And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, ² and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, `Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done? ³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him. ⁴ And Jesus said to them -- `A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;' ⁵ and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal [them]; ⁶ and he wondered because of their unbelief.

³⁵And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

And he was going round the villages, in a circle, teaching,

³⁶And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd, ³⁷then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; ³⁸beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'

(10) ¹And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. ²And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus; ⁴Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up. ⁵These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

sending out the 12

⁶and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.⁷`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;⁸infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.⁹`Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,¹⁰nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.¹¹`And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.¹²And coming to the house salute it,¹³and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.¹⁴`And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,¹⁵verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.¹⁶`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.¹⁷And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

¹⁸and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

²⁰for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

²¹`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

²²and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

²³`And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

²⁴`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

²⁵sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

²⁶`Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

²⁷that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

²⁸`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

²⁹`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

³⁰and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

³¹be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

³²`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

³³and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

³⁴`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

³⁵for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

³⁶and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

³⁷`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

³⁸and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

³⁹`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰`He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

⁴¹he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

⁴²and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

⁷and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,⁸and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only -- no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle,⁹but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.¹⁰And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,¹¹and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'¹²And having gone forth they were preaching that [men] might reform,¹³and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing [them].

(9) ¹And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses, ²and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing. ³And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each; ⁴and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart; ⁵and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.' ⁶And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

(11) ¹And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

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²And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, ³said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?' ⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see, ⁵blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed, ⁶and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.' ⁷And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? --

¹⁸And the disciples of John told him about all these things, ¹⁹and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?' ²⁰And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?' ²¹And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight. ²²And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed; ²³and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

speech about john
`What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind? 8`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses. 9`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,
10for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 11Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he. 12`And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force, 13for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy, 14and if ye are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come; 15he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.
16`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades, 17and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast. 18`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; 19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
20Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform. 21`Wo to thee, Chorazin! wo to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed; 22but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.
23`And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained unto this day; 24but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'
25At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes. 26Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee. 27`All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him]. 28`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, 29take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls, 30for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.'

speech about john
²⁴And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken? ²⁵but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings! ²⁶`But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet: ²⁷this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee; ²⁸for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'
²⁹And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John, ³⁰but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him. ³¹And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? ³²they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep! ³³`For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon; ³⁴the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners; ³⁵and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

³⁶And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),³⁷and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,³⁸and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.³⁹And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind [is] the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'⁴⁰And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.'⁴¹`Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;⁴²and they not having [wherewith] to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'⁴³And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.'⁴⁴And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;⁴⁵a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what [time] I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;⁴⁶with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;⁴⁷therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'⁴⁸And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;'⁴⁹and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, `Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?'⁵⁰and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'

(12) ¹At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat, ²and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.' ³And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him -- ⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone? ⁵`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here; ⁷and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless, ⁸for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

²³And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears, ²⁴and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?' ²⁵And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him? ²⁶how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?' ²⁷And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath, ²⁸so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'

(6) ¹And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands, ²and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?' ³And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him, ⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?' ⁵and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

(8) ¹ And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve [are] with him, ² and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth, ³ and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance. ⁴ And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile: ⁵ `The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it. ¹⁹ And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude, ²⁰ and it was told him, saying, `Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;' ²¹ and he answering said unto them, `My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

⁹And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue, ¹⁰and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise [it]? ¹²How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.' ¹³Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched [it] forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

(3) ¹ And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered, ² and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him. ³ And he saith to the man having the hand withered, `Rise up in the midst.' ⁴ And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent. ⁵ And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

⁶And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered, ⁷and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, `Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood. ⁹Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?' ¹⁰And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other; ¹¹and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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14And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him, 15and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all, 16and did charge them that they might not make him manifest, 17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 18`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare, 19he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice, 20a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory, 21and in his name shall nations hope.'	⁶and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him. ⁷And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a yellow -- a great multitude -- having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him. ⁹And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him, ¹⁰for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him -- as many as had plagues; ¹¹and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying -- `Thou art the Son of God;' ¹²and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.
	¹³And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him; ¹⁴and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach, ¹⁵and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons. ¹⁶And he put on Simon the name Peter; ¹⁷and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names -- Boanerges, that is, `Sons of thunder;' ¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite, ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up;
	and they come into a house. ²⁰And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread; ²¹and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,
²²Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. ²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the Son of David?'
²⁴but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.' ²⁵And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every realm having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand, ²⁶and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his realm stand? ²⁷`And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons -- by whom do they cast out? because of this they -- they shall be your judges. ²⁸`But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God. ²⁹`Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder. ³⁰`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter. ³¹Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. ³²And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming. ³³`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known. ³⁴`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak. ³⁵The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things. ³⁶`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; ³⁷for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'	²²and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said -- `He hath Beelzeboul,' and -- `By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.' ²³And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary? ²⁴and if a realm against itself be divided, that realm cannot be made to stand; ²⁵and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand; ²⁶and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end. ²⁷`No one is able the vessels of the strong man -- having entered into his house -- to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil. ²⁸`Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil, ²⁹but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness -- to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;' ³⁰because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'
³⁸Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.' ³⁹And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet; ⁴⁰for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here! ⁴²`A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here! ⁴³`And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find; ⁴⁴then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned: ⁴⁵then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'
⁴⁶And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him, ⁴⁷and one said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to thee.' ⁴⁸And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?' ⁴⁹And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren! ⁵⁰for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'	³¹Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him, ³²and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.' ³³And he answered them, saying, `Who is my mother, or my brethren?' ³⁴And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, `Lo, my mother and my brethren! ³⁵for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'
¹And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, ²and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand, ³and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow, ⁴and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them, ⁵and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth, ⁶and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered, ⁷and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them, ⁸and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'	(4) ¹And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, ²and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching: ³`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow; ⁴and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it; ⁵and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth, ⁶and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither; ⁷and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not; ⁸and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.' ⁹And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
¹⁰And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?' ¹¹And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given, ¹²for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him. ¹³`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand, ¹⁴and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, ¹⁵for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them. ¹⁶`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, ¹⁷for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.	¹⁰And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile, ¹¹and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done; ¹²that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.' ¹³And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
¹⁸`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower: ¹⁹Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way. ²⁰`And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it, ²¹and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled. ²²`And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. ²³`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'	¹⁴He who is sowing doth sow the word; ¹⁵and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts. ¹⁶`And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it, ¹⁷and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled. ¹⁸`And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word, ¹⁹and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. ²⁰`And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
	²¹And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand? ²²for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light. ²³If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.' ²⁴And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added; ²⁵for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.'
²⁴Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, ²⁵and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away, ²⁶and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel. ²⁷`And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel? ²⁸And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up? ²⁹`And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- ye root up with it the wheat, ³⁰suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'	²⁶And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth, ²⁷and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how; ²⁸for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear; ²⁹and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'
³¹Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field, ³²which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'	³⁰And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it? ³¹As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth; ³²and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.' ³³And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear, ³⁴and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.
³³Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.' ³⁴All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them, ³⁵that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
³⁶Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.' ³⁷And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man, ³⁸and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers. ⁴⁰`As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age, ⁴¹the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his realm all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness, ⁴²and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth. ⁴³`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear. ⁴⁴`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field. ⁴⁵`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls, ⁴⁶who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind, ⁴⁸which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out, ⁴⁹so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous, ⁵⁰and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.' ⁵¹Jesus saith to them, `Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.'
⁵²And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'
⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,	³⁵And he saith to them on that day, evening having come, `We may pass over to the other side;'
⁵⁴and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works? ⁵⁵is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶and his sisters -- are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?' ⁵⁷and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house:' ⁵⁸and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.

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(14) ¹At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

²and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

(6) ¹⁴And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- `John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

¹⁵Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

¹⁶And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

⁷And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead; ⁸and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen; ⁹and Herod said, `John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him. ¹⁰And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did,

³For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, ⁴for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,' ⁵and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him. ⁶But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod, ⁷whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask. ⁸And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist; ⁹and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded [it] to be given; ¹⁰and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

¹¹and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother.

¹²And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,

¹⁷For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her, ¹⁸for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;' ¹⁹and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, ²⁰for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly. ²¹And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee, ²²and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,' ²³and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my realm.' ²⁴And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'

²⁵and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

²⁶And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

²⁷and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

²⁸and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

²⁹and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

³⁰And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

(6) ¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias),

²and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

³and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,

¹³and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself,

³¹and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity, ³²and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.

and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,¹¹and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

⁴and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews. ⁵Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' -- ⁶and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do. ⁷Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;' ⁸one of his disciples -- Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter -- saith to him, ⁹`There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?' ¹⁰And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand, ¹¹and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

¹³they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

¹⁴The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

¹⁵Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

¹⁴And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

¹⁵and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

¹⁶And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.'

¹⁷And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

¹⁸And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.'

¹⁹And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

²⁰and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

²¹and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

³³And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him, ³⁴and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things. ³⁵And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, -- `The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced, ³⁶let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.' ³⁷And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?' ³⁸And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.' ³⁹And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass, ⁴⁰and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.

⁴¹And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves, and was giving to his disciples, that they may set before them, and the two fishes divided he to all,

⁴²and they did all eat, and were filled,

⁴³and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,

⁴⁴and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

¹²And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.' ¹³And he said unto them, `Give ye them to eat;' and they said, `We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;' ¹⁴for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, `Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;' ¹⁵and they did so, and made all to recline; ¹⁶and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude; ¹⁷and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

(15) ³²And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, `I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'

³³And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

³⁴And Jesus saith to them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven, and a few little fishes.'

³⁵And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,

³⁶and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

³⁷And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

³⁸and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children.

(8) ¹In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them, ²`I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; ³and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

⁴And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

⁵And he was questioning them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven.'

⁶And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before [them]; and they did set before the multitude.

⁷And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before [them];

⁸and they did eat and were filled, and they took up that which was over of broken pieces -- seven baskets;

⁹and those eating were about four thousand.

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them, ¹⁸the sea also -- a great wind blowing -- was being raised, ¹⁹having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid; ²⁰and he saith to them, `I am [he], be not afraid;' ²¹they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.

²²And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes; ²³and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone, ²⁴and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea, ²⁶and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying -- `It is an apparition,' and from the fear they cried out; ²⁷and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good courage, I am [he], be not afraid.'

⁴⁵And immediately he constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before to the other side, unto Bethsaida, till he may let the multitude away, ⁴⁶and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray. ⁴⁷And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land; ⁴⁸and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them. ⁴⁹And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out, ⁵⁰for they all saw him, and were troubled, and immediately he spake with them, and saith to them, `Take courage, I am [he], be not afraid.'

³⁹And having let away the multitudes, he went into the boat, .

And he let them away, ¹⁰and immediately having entered into the boat with his disciples, ,

²⁸And Peter answering him said, `Sir, if it is thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters;' ²⁹and he said, `Come;' and having gone down from the boat, Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus, ³⁰but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, `Sir, save me.' ³¹And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, `Little faith! for what didst thou waver?'

³²and they having gone to the boat the wind lulled, ³³and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, `Truly -- God's Son art thou.'

⁵¹And he went up unto them to the boat, and the wind lulled, and greatly out of measure were they amazed in themselves, and were wondering, ⁵²for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.

³⁴And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, ³⁵and having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill, ³⁶and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.

⁵³And having passed over, they came upon the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore, ⁵⁴and they having come forth out of the boat, immediately having recognised him, ⁵⁵having run about through all that region round about, they began upon the couches to carry about those ill, where they were hearing that he is, ⁵⁶and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.

and did come to the borders of Magdala

he came to the parts of Dalmanutha

²²On the morrow, the multitude that was standing on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little boat there except one -- that into which his disciples entered -- and that Jesus went not in with his disciples into the little boat, but his disciples went away alone, ²³(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks), ²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus; ²⁵and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, `Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?' ²⁶Jesus answered them and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied; ²⁷work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- [even] God.' ²⁸They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?' ²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

³⁰They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

manna from heaven

(6)³¹our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

³²Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

³³for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

³⁴They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.'

³⁵And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time;

³⁶but I said to you, that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not;

³⁷all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

³⁸because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

³⁹`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

⁴⁰and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'

⁴¹The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, `I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;'

⁴²and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?'

⁴³Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, `Murmur not one with another;

⁴⁴no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁴⁵it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me;

⁴⁶not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

⁴⁸I am the bread of the life;

⁴⁹your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

⁵⁰this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

⁵¹`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my soma, that I will give for the life of the world.'

⁵²The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us [his] soma to eat?'

⁵³Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the [soma]] of the Son of Man, and may not drink his wine, ye have no life in yourselves;

⁵⁴he who is eating my soma, and is drinking my wine, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁵⁵for my soma truly is food, and my wine truly is drink;

⁵⁶he who is eating my soma, and is drinking my wine, doth remain in me, and I in him.

⁵⁷`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

⁵⁸this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'

(15) ¹Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

²`Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

³And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

⁴for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

⁵but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering [is] whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

⁶and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

⁷`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

⁸This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

⁹and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'

(7) ¹And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

²and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

³for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

⁴and, [coming] from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

⁵Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

⁶and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written,

This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me; ⁷and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

⁸for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

⁹And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

¹⁰for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

¹¹and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), [is] whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

¹²and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

¹³setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

(16) ¹And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

²and he answering said to them, `Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,

³and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red -- gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

⁴`A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away

¹¹and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him; ¹²and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, `Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.' ¹³And having left them, having entered again into the boat, he went away to the other side;

⁵⁹These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum; ⁶⁰many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?' ⁶¹And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, `Doth this stumble you? ⁶²if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before? ⁶³the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life; ⁶⁴but there are certain of you who do not believe;' for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing, and who is he who will deliver him up, ⁶⁵and he said, `Because of this I have said to you -- No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.' ⁶⁶From this [time] many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

⁶⁷Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?'

¹⁰And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand: ¹¹not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.' ¹²Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?' ¹³And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up; ¹⁴let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.' ¹⁵And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.' ¹⁶And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding? ¹⁷do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

¹⁸but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

¹⁹for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

²⁰these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

¹⁴And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand; ¹⁵there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man. ¹⁶If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.' ¹⁷And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile, ¹⁸and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him? ¹⁹because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.' ²⁰And he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; ²¹for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

²²thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

²³all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'

⁵And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves,⁶and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'⁷and they were reasoning in themselves, saying, `Because we took no loaves.'⁸And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?⁹do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?¹⁰nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?¹¹how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread -- to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?'¹²Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹⁴and they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat,¹⁵and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'¹⁶and they were reasoning with one another, saying -- `Because we have no loaves.'¹⁷And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?¹⁸Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?¹⁹When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' they say to him, `Twelve.'²⁰`And when the seven to the four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' and they said, `Seven.'²¹And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

(8) ²²And he cometh to Bethsaida, and they bring to him one blind, and call upon him that he may touch him,

²³and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put [his] hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

²⁴and he, having looked up, said, `I behold men, as I see trees, walking.'

²⁵Afterwards again he put [his] hands on his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored, and discerned all things clearly,

²⁶and he sent him away to his house, saying, `Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell [it] to any in the village.'

(15) ²¹And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,

²²and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

²³And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

²⁴and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

²⁵And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;'

²⁶and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'

²⁷And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'

²⁸then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great [is] thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

(7) ²⁴And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,

²⁵for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, --

²⁶and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation -- and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.

²⁷And Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the little dogs.'

²⁸And she answered and saith to him, `Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.'

²⁹And he said to her, `Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;'

³⁰and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

(16) ¹³And Jesus, having come to the parts of Cesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, `Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?'

¹⁴and they said, `Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

²⁷And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cesarea Philippi, and in the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, `Who do men say me to be?' ²⁸And they answered, `John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'

¹⁸And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, `Who do the multitudes say me to be?' ¹⁹And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

⁶⁸Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

⁶⁹and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

¹⁵He saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' ¹⁶and Simon Peter answering said, `Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

²⁹And he saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering saith to him, `Thou art the Christ.'

²⁰and he said to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering said, `The Christ of God.'

¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him, `Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. ¹⁸`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it; ¹⁹and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you -- the twelve? and of you -- one is a devil.

⁷¹And he spake of Judas, Simon's [son], Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.

²⁰Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no one that he is Jesus the Christ. ²¹From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.

³⁰And he strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it, ³¹and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;

²¹And having charged them, he commanded [them] to say this to no one, ²²saying -- `It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.'

²²And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;' ²³and he having turned, said to Peter, `Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.' ²⁴Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, ²⁵for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it, ²⁶for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life? ²⁷`For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work. ²⁸Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.'

³²and openly he was speaking the word. And Peter having taken him aside, began to rebuke him, ³³and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, `Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.' ³⁴And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me; ³⁵for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it; ³⁶for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? ³⁷Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life? ³⁸for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'(9) ¹And he said to them, `Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'

²³And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me; ²⁴for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it; ²⁵for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself? ²⁶`For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers'; ²⁷and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

(17) ¹And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves, ²and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light, ³and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.

²And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them, ³and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten [them]. ⁴And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

²⁸And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray, ²⁹and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white -- sparkling. ³⁰And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah, ³¹who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem,

⁴And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.' ⁵While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.' ⁶And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid, ⁷and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, `Rise, be not afraid,' ⁸and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

⁵And Peter answering saith to Jesus, `Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:' ⁶for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid. ⁷And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, hear ye him;' ⁸and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves.

³²but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him. ³³And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, `Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,' not knowing what he saith: ³⁴and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud, ³⁵and a voice came out of the cloud saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved; hear ye him;' ³⁶and when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone;

⁹And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.'

⁹And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead; ¹⁰and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.

and they were silent, and declared to no one in those days anything of what they have seen.

¹⁰And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?' ¹¹And Jesus answering said to them, `Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things, ¹²and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.' ¹³Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

¹¹And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first. ¹²And he answering said to them, `Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought? ¹³But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'

¹⁴And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,¹⁵and saying, `Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,¹⁶and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'¹⁷And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'¹⁸and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

¹⁴And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them, ¹⁵and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him. ¹⁶And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?' ¹⁷and one out of the multitude answering said, `Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit; ¹⁸and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.' ¹⁹And he answering him, said, `O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;' ²⁰and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming. ²¹And he questioned his father, `How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, `From childhood, ²²and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.' ²³And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;' ²⁴and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, `I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'

²⁵Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit -- dumb and deaf -- I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

²⁶and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

²⁷but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

³⁷And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude, ³⁸and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, `Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten; ³⁹and lo, a spirit doth take him, and suddenly he doth cry out, and it teareth him, with foaming, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him, ⁴⁰and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.' ⁴¹And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;' ⁴²and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore [him] sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³And they were all amazed at the greatness of God, and while all are wondering at all things that Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

¹⁹Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'²⁰And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you

²⁸And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself -- `Why were we not able to cast it forth?' ²⁹And he said to them, `This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'

Mary & Lazarus (Tabernacles)

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(7)¹And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,

(9) ⁴³And they were all amazed at the greatness of God, and while all are wondering at all things that Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, ⁴⁴`Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.' ⁴⁵And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

(17) ²² And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men, ²³ and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,' and they were exceeding sorry.

(9) ³⁰ And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know, ³¹ for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, `The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,' ³² but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.

²⁴And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher -- doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.' ²⁵And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?' ²⁶Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free; ²⁷but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

⁴⁶And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?⁴⁷and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,⁴⁸and said to them, `Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all -- he shall be great.'

(18) ¹At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?'

²And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

³and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

⁴whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

⁵`And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

³³And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'³⁴and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;³⁵and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'³⁶And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,³⁷ `Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

take the lowest seat

⁷And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them, ⁸`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him, ⁹and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place. ¹⁰`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee; ¹¹because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.' ¹²And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

¹³but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

¹⁴and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

parable of the great banquet

¹⁵And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;' ¹⁶and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many, ¹⁷and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready. ¹⁸`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused. ¹⁹`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused: ²⁰and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

²¹`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

²²`And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

²³`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

²⁴for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

⁴⁹And John answering said, `Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;'⁵⁰and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

³⁸And John did answer him, saying, `Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'³⁹And Jesus said, `Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me:⁴⁰for he who is not against us is for us;⁴¹for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

take up your cross

²⁵And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them, ²⁶`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; ²⁷and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple. ²⁸`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing? ²⁹lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him, ³⁰saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

³¹`Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

³²and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

³³`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

³⁴`The salt [is] good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? ³⁵neither for land nor for manure is it fit -- they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

⁶and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

⁴²and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.⁴³`And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --

⁷`Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!⁸`And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.⁹`And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.¹⁰`Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

¹¹for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.¹²`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?¹³and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;¹⁴so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

eating with sinners/lost sheep
¹And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, ²and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
³And he spake unto them this simile, saying, ⁴`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? ⁵and having found, he doth lay [it] on his shoulders rejoicing, ⁶and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one. ⁷`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
⁸`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find? ⁹and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost. ¹⁰`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

¹⁵`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;¹⁶and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.¹⁷`And if he may not hear them, say [it] to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

⁴⁴where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.⁴⁵`And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --⁴⁶where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.⁴⁷And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire --⁴⁸where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;⁴⁹for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.⁵⁰The salt [is] good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season [it]? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

prodigal son

¹¹And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

¹²and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to [me], and he divided to them the living.

¹³`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

¹⁴and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

¹⁵and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

¹⁶and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

¹⁷`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

¹⁸having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

¹⁹and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

²⁰`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

²¹and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

²²`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

²³and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,

²⁴because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

²⁵`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

²⁶and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

²⁷and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

²⁸`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

²⁹and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

³⁰but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

³¹`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

³²but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

¹⁸`Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens. ¹⁹`Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens, ²⁰for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.' ²¹Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' ²²Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven

²³`Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants, ²⁴and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents, ²⁵and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all; ²⁷and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him. ²⁸`And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest. ²⁹His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all; ³⁰and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing. ³¹`And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, and having come, shewed fully to their lord all the things that were done; ³²then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me, ³³did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

³⁴`And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

³⁵so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'

unjust steward

¹And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods; ²and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward. ³`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: -- ⁴I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses. ⁵`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord? ⁶and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

⁷`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

⁸`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

⁹and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles. ¹⁰`He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much; ¹¹if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you? ¹²and if in the other's ye became not faithful -- your own, who shall give to you? ¹³`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

(9) ⁵¹And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

⁵²and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

⁵³and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

⁵⁴And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou [that] we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

⁵⁵and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

Tabernacles in secret
(7)²and the feast of the Jews was nigh -- that of tabernacles --
³his brethren, therefore, said unto him, `Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost; ⁴for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things -- manifest thyself to the world;' ⁵for not even were his brethren believing in him.
⁶Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready; ⁷the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil. ⁸Ye -- go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;'
⁹and saying these things to them, he remained in Galilee.
¹⁰And when his brethren went up, then also he himself went up to the feast, not manifestly, but as in secret;
¹¹the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, `Where is that one?' ¹²and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said -- `He is good;' and others said, `No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;' ¹³no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.
¹⁴And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,
¹⁵and the Jews were wondering, saying, `How hath this one known letters -- not having learned?'
¹⁶Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me; ¹⁷if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself. ¹⁸`He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him; ¹⁹hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'
²⁰The multitude answered and said, `Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'
²¹Jesus answered and said to them, `One work I did, and ye all wonder, ²²because of this, Moses hath given you the circumcision -- not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers -- and on a sabbath ye circumcise a man; ²³if a man doth receive circumcision on a sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye wroth with me that I made a man all whole on a sabbath? ²⁴judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'
²⁵Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, `Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill? ²⁶and, lo, he doth speak freely, and they say nothing to him; did the rulers at all know truly that this is truly the Christ? ²⁷but this one -- we have known whence he is; and the Christ, when he doth come, no one doth know whence he is.'
²⁸Jesus cried, therefore, in the temple, teaching and saying, `Ye have both known me, and ye have known whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but He who sent me is true, whom ye have not known; ²⁹and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.'
³⁰They were seeking, therefore, to seize him, and no one laid the hand on him, because his hour had not yet come,
³¹and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said -- `The Christ -- when he may come -- will he do more signs than these that this one did?' ³²The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him;
³³Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time I am with you, and I go away unto Him who sent me; ³⁴ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'
³⁵The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, `Whither is this one about to go that we shall not find him? -- to the dispersion of the Greeks is he about to go? and to teach the Greeks; ³⁶what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'
³⁷And in the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, `If any one doth thirst, let him come unto me and drink; ³⁸he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'
³⁹and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
⁴⁰Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, `This is truly the Prophet;' ⁴¹others said, `This is the Christ;' and others said, `Why, out of Galilee doth the Christ come? ⁴²Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ doth come?' ⁴³A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of him. ⁴⁴And certain of them were willing to seize him, but no one laid hands on him;
⁴⁵the officers came, therefore, unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, `Wherefore did ye not bring him?' ⁴⁶The officers answered, `Never so spake man -- as this man.' ⁴⁷The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, `Have ye also been led astray? ⁴⁸did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹but this multitude, that is not knowing the law, is accursed.'
⁵⁰Nicodemus saith unto them -- he who came by night unto him -- being one of them, ⁵¹`Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?' ⁵²They answered and said to him, `Art thou also out of Galilee? search and see, that a prophet out of Galilee hath not risen;' ⁵³and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the mount of the Olives.

adulteress

(8)¹And at dawn he came again to the temple, ²and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them; ³and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst, ⁴they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery, ⁵and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?' ⁶and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground, ⁷and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

⁸and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,

⁹and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

¹⁰And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, `Woman, where are those -- thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'

¹¹and she said, `No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, `Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'

I am the light
(8)¹²Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.' ¹³The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;' ¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go. ¹⁵`Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one, ¹⁶and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me; ¹⁷and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true; ¹⁸I am [one] who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'
¹⁹They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.' ²⁰These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;
²¹therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.' ²²The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
²³and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world; ²⁴I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.'
²⁵They said, therefore, to him, `Thou -- who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, `Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning; ²⁶many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.' ²⁷They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;
²⁸Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am [he]; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak; ²⁹and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.' ³⁰As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;
³¹Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, ³²and the truth shall make you free.'
³³They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?' ³⁴Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin, ³⁵and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age; ³⁶if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free. ³⁷`I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you; ³⁸I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'
³⁹They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing; ⁴⁰and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not; ⁴¹ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;' ⁴²Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me; ⁴³wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word. ⁴⁴`Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father. ⁴⁵`And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me. ⁴⁶Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me? ⁴⁷he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'
⁴⁸The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?' ⁴⁹Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me; ⁵⁰and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging; ⁵¹verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see -- to the age.'
⁵²The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age! ⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?' ⁵⁴Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God; ⁵⁵and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep; ⁵⁶Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
⁵⁷The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?' ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'
⁵⁹they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

blind from birth
(9)¹And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth, ²and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?' ³Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him; ⁴it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: -- ⁵when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.' ⁶These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him, ⁷`Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,' which is, interpreted, Sent. (cf Solomon's Pools) He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;
⁸the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, `Is not this he who is sitting and begging?' ⁹others said -- `This is he;' and others -- `He is like to him;' he himself said, -- `I am [he].' ¹⁰They said, therefore, to him, `How were thine eyes opened?' ¹¹he answered and said, `A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;' ¹²they said, therefore, to him, `Where is that one?' he saith, `I have not known.'
¹³They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind, ¹⁴and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, `Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash -- and I see.'
¹⁶Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, `This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, `How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them. ¹⁷They said to the blind man again, `Thou -- what dost thou say of him -- that he opened thine eyes?' ¹⁸and he said -- `He is a prophet.'
The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight, ¹⁹and they asked them, saying, `Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?' ²⁰His parents answered them and said, `We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.' ²²These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him -- Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue; ²³because of this his parents said -- `He is of age, ask him.'
²⁴They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, `Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;' ²⁵he answered, therefore, and said, `If he be a sinner -- I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.' ²⁶And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?' ²⁷He answered them, `I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?'
²⁸They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples; ²⁹we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one -- we have not known whence he is.' ³⁰The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes! ³¹and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear; ³²from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind; ³³if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.' ³⁴They answered and said to him, `In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!' and they cast him forth without
³⁵Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, `Dost thou believe in the Son of God?' ³⁶he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?' ³⁷And Jesus said to him, `Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;' ³⁸and he said, `I believe, sir,' and bowed before him. ³⁹And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
⁴⁰And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, `Are we also blind?' ⁴¹Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain

The door
(10)¹`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; ²and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep; ³to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth; ⁴and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice; ⁵and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'
⁶This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them; ⁷Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep; ⁸all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them; ⁹I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture. ¹⁰`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
¹¹`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep; ¹²and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep; ¹³and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep. ¹⁴`I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine, ¹⁵according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, ¹⁶and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd. ¹⁷`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it; ¹⁸no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'
¹⁹Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words, ²⁰and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?' ²¹others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'

(10) ²²And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter, ²³and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon, ²⁴the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.' ²⁵Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me; ²⁶but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, ²⁷according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me, ²⁸and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

²⁹my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

³⁰I and the Father are one.'

³¹Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

³²Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

³³The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

³⁴Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

³⁵if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

³⁶of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

³⁷if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

³⁸and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me [is] the Father, and I in Him.'

³⁹Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

⁴⁰and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there, ⁴¹and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;' ⁴²and many did believe in him there.

Lazarus raised from the dead

(11) ¹And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister -- ²and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing -- ³therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

⁴and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

⁵And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

⁶when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

⁷then after this, he saith to the disciples, `We may go to Judea again;'

⁸the disciples say to him, `Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!'

⁹Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

¹⁰and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

¹¹These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

¹²therefore said his disciples, `Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;'

¹³but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

¹⁴Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;

¹⁵and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'

¹⁶therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, `We may go -- we also, that we may die with him,'

¹⁷Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

¹⁸And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

¹⁹and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

²⁰Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.

²¹Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

²²but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'

²³Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'

²⁴Martha saith to him, `I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'

²⁵Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

²⁶and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;

²⁷believest thou this?' she saith to him, `Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'

²⁸And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, `The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

²⁹she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;

³⁰and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;

³¹the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- `She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

³²Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'

³³Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,

³⁴`Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, `Sir, come and see;'

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him!'

³⁷and certain of them said, `Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'

³⁸Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

³⁹Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died -- Martha -- saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

⁴⁰Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

⁴¹They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, `Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;

⁴²and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said [it], that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'

⁴³And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, `Lazarus, come forth;'

⁴⁴and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, `Loose him, and suffer to go.'

⁴⁵Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;

⁵⁶for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village. ⁵⁷And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;' ⁵⁸and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.' ⁵⁹And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;' ⁶⁰and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.' ⁶¹And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;' ⁶²and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

(19) ¹And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, ²and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. ³And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' ⁴And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made [them], from the beginning a male and a female made them, ⁵and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh? ⁶so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.' ⁷They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' ⁸He saith to them -- `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. ⁹`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

(10) ¹And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.

²And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

³and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

⁴and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

⁵And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

⁶but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

⁷on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

⁸and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

⁹what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

¹⁴And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him, ¹⁵and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God; ¹⁶the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it; ¹⁷and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall. ¹⁸`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

beggar lazarus in heaven

19`And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

20and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

21and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

22`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

23and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

24and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

25`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

26and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

27`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

28for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

29`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

30and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

31And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

millstone into sea

(17) ¹And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo [to him] through whom they come;

²it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

forgive your brother

³`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

⁴and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

faith as a mustard seed
⁵And the apostles said to the Lord, `Add to us faith;' ⁶and the Lord said, `If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

unprofitable servants

⁷`But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat? ⁸but will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink? ⁹Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not. ¹⁰`So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

¹⁰His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.' ¹¹And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given; ¹²for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive [it] -- let him receive.'

¹⁰And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him, ¹¹and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; ¹²and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

(11)⁴⁶but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did; ⁴⁷the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs? ⁴⁸if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.' ⁴⁹and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, `Ye have not known anything, ⁵⁰nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.' ⁵¹And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation, ⁵²and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one. ⁵³From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

⁵⁴Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

(10) ¹And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

²then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

³`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

⁴carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

⁵and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

⁶and if indeed there may be there the son of peace, rest on it shall your peace; and if not so, upon you it shall turn back.

⁷`And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy [is] the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

⁸and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

⁹and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

¹⁰`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

¹¹And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

¹²and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

ten lepers

¹¹And it came to pass, in his going on to Jerusalem, that he [had] passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee, ¹²and he entering into a certain village, there [had] met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off, ¹³and they lifted up the voice, saying, `Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;' ¹⁴and having seen [them], he said to them, `Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

¹⁵and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God, ¹⁶and he fell upon [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where? ¹⁸There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;' ¹⁹and he said to him, `Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

olivet discourse???

²⁰And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation; ²¹nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.' ²²And he said unto his disciples, `Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold [it]; ²³and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow; ²⁴for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one [part] under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day; ²⁵and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation. ²⁶`And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man; ²⁷they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all; ²⁸in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

²⁹and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

³⁰`According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

³¹in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

³²remember the wife of Lot.

³³Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

³⁴`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

³⁵two women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

³⁶two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.'

³⁷And they answering say to him, `Where, sir?' and he said to them, `Where the body [is], there will the eagles be gathered together.'

unjust judge

(18) ¹And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth [us] always to pray, and not to faint,

²saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding --

³and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

⁴and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

⁵yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

⁶And the Lord said, `Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

⁷and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?

⁸I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

¹³`Wo to thee, Chorazin; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

¹⁴but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵`And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

¹⁶`He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

¹⁷And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;'¹⁸and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;¹⁹lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;²⁰but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

exalting oneself

⁹And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: ¹⁰`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer; ¹¹the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer; ¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess. ¹³`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner! ¹⁴I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

²¹In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee. ²²`All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].'

¹³Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;' ¹⁵and having laid on them [his] hands, he departed thence.

¹³And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, ¹⁴and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; ¹⁵verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;' ¹⁶and having taken them in his arms, having put [his] hands upon them, he was blessing them.

¹⁵And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, ¹⁶and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; ¹⁷verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

²³And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, `Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

²⁵And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' ²⁶And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?' ²⁷And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.' ²⁸And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'

¹⁶And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' ¹⁷And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.' ¹⁸He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, ¹⁹honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' ²⁰The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?' ²¹Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.' ²²And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

¹⁷And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?' ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One -- God; ¹⁹the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.' ²⁰And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.' ²¹And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.' ²²And he -- gloomy at the word -- went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

¹⁸And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done -- shall I inherit life age-during?' ¹⁹And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good, except One -- God; ²⁰the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.' ²¹And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;' ²²and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;' ²³and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

²⁹And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?'³⁰and Jesus having taken up [the word], said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving [him] half dead.³¹`And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;³²and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.³³ `But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion, ³⁴ and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him; ³⁵ and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee. ³⁶ `Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?' ³⁷ and he said, `He who did the kindness with him,' then Jesus said to him, `Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.'

²³and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens; ²⁴and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.' ²⁵And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?' ²⁶And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' ²⁷Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?' ²⁸And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; ²⁹and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit; ³⁰and many first shall be last, and last first.

²³And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!' ²⁴And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.' ²⁶And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, `And who is able to be saved?' ²⁷And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.' ²⁸And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.' ²⁹And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news', ³⁰who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during; ³¹and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

²⁴And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, `How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God! ²⁵for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.' ²⁶And those who heard, said, `And who is able to be saved?' ²⁷and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.' ²⁸And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;' ²⁹and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God, ³⁰who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'

workers in vineyard

(20) ¹`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, ²and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³`And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle, ⁴and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you; ⁵and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner. ⁶And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle? ⁷they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive. ⁸`And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first. ⁹And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary. ¹⁰`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary, ¹¹and having received [it], they were murmuring against the householder, saying,

¹²that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.

¹³`And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

¹⁴take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

¹⁵is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

¹⁶So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

¹⁷And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them, ¹⁸`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, ¹⁹and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'

³²And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him, ³³-- `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations, ³⁴and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'

³¹And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed -- that have been written through the prophets -- to the Son of Man, ³²for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, ³³and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.' ³⁴And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

²⁰Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him, ²¹and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.' ²²And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.' ²³And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.' ²⁴And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers, ²⁵and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them, ²⁶but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant; ²⁷and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant; ²⁸even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

³⁵And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;' ³⁶and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?' ³⁷and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;' ³⁸and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?' ³⁹And they said to him, `We are able;' and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized; ⁴⁰but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared.' ⁴¹And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John, ⁴²but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them; ⁴³but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister, ⁴⁴and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all; ⁴⁵for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

²⁹And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude, ³⁰and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us, sir -- Son of David.' ³¹And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, `Deal kindly with us sir -- Son of David.' ³²And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, `What will ye [that] I may do to you?' ³³they say to him, `Sir, that our eyes may be opened;' ³⁴and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus -- Bartimaeus the blind -- was sitting beside the way begging, ⁴⁷and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David -- Jesus! deal kindly with me;' ⁴⁸and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.' ⁴⁹And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;' ⁵⁰and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus. ⁵¹And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;' ⁵²and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.

³⁵And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, ³⁶and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be, ³⁷and they brought him word that Jesus the Nazarene doth pass by, ³⁸and he cried out, saying, `Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;' ³⁹and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.' ⁴⁰And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him, ⁴¹saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.' ⁴²And Jesus said to him, `Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;' ⁴³and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.

¹And having entered, he was passing through Jericho, ²and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich, ³and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small, ⁴and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by. ⁵And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, `Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;' ⁶and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing; ⁷and having seen [it], they were all murmuring, saying -- `With a sinful man he went in to lodge!' ⁸And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.' ⁹And Jesus said unto him -- `To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; ¹⁰for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

parable of the 10 pounds

¹¹And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest. ¹²He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a realm, and to return, ¹³and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business -- till I come; ¹⁴and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us. ¹⁵`And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the realm, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business. ¹⁶`And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds; ¹⁷and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities. ¹⁸`And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds; ¹⁹and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities. ²⁰`And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin; ²¹for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. ²²`And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow! ²³and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it? ²⁴`And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds --

²⁵(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --

²⁶for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,

²⁷but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.'

⁵⁵And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;⁵⁶they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, `What doth appear to you -- that he may not come to the feast?'⁵⁷and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew [it], so that they may seize him.

(12) ¹Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;

²they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

³Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

⁴Therefore saith one of his disciples -- Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up --

⁵`Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

⁶and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

⁷Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

⁸for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

⁹A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;

¹⁰and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,

¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.

¹²On the morrow, a great multitude that came to the feast, having heard that Jesus doth come to Jerusalem,¹³took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, `Hosanna, blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord -- the king of Israel;'¹⁴and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,¹⁵`Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'¹⁶And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him. ¹⁷The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;

¹⁸because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign,

¹⁹the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'

¹And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,²saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring ye to me;³and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'⁴And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,⁵`Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'⁶And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,⁷brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set [him] upon them;⁸and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

¹ As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,² saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.³ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”⁴ They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, ⁵ some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” ⁶ They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. ⁷ When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. ⁸ Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

²⁸And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.²⁹And it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples,³⁰having said, Go away to the village over-against, in which, entering into, ye shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring [it];³¹and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose [it]? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.'³²And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,³³and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, `Why loose ye the colt?'³⁴and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'³⁵and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it.³⁶And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way,

⁹and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

⁹Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,“Hosanna!”“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”¹⁰“Blessed is the coming realm of our father David!”“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

³⁷and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

³⁸saying, `blessed [is] he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.'

³⁹And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;'

⁴⁰and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

⁴¹And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

⁴²saying -- `If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

⁴³`Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

⁴⁴and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'

¹⁰And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?'

¹¹And the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who [is] from Nazareth of Galilee.'

¹²And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

¹³and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'

¹⁴And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,

¹⁵and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

¹⁶and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'

¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything,

⁴⁵And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

⁴⁶saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'

³⁸And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,³⁹and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,⁴⁰and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'⁴¹And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,⁴² but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'

¹⁷And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

¹⁸and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

¹⁹and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, `No more from thee may fruit be -- to the age;' and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

¹² The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. ¹³ Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴ Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

¹⁵ On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, ¹⁶ and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. ¹⁷ And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

¹⁸ The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

²⁰And the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, `How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?'

²¹And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

²²and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

¹⁹ When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

²⁰ In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. ²¹ Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!” 22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

⁴⁸and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

(11) ¹And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

²And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

³our appointed bread be giving us daily;

⁴and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

⁵And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,⁶seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,⁷and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.⁸`I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;⁹and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;¹⁰for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.¹¹`And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?¹²and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?¹³If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

¹⁴And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,¹⁵and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'¹⁶and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

(21) ²³And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?' ²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things; ²⁵the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? ²⁶and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.' ²⁷And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

(11) ²⁷And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

²⁸and they say to him, `By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'

²⁹And Jesus answering said to them, `I will question you -- I also -- one word; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things;

³⁰the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

³¹And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

³²But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

³³and answering they say to Jesus, `We have not known;' and Jesus answering saith to them, `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'

(20)¹And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],

²and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

³And he answering said unto them, `I will question you -- I also -- one thing, and tell me:

⁴the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

⁶and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

⁷And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was],

⁸and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'

²⁸`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'²⁹And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.³⁰`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not;³¹which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,³²for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.

parable of the tenants

³³`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.³⁴`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,³⁵and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.³⁶`Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.³⁷`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;³⁸and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;³⁹and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;⁴⁰whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'⁴¹They say to him, `Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

parable of the tenants

¹And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;²and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,³and they, having taken him, did severely beat [him], and did send him away empty.⁴`And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded [him] in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured.⁵`And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.⁶`Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son;⁷and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;⁸and having taken him, they did kill, and cast [him] forth without the vineyard.⁹`What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

parable of the tenants

⁹And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,¹⁰and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.¹¹`And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;¹²and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.¹³`And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son -- the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;¹⁴and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;¹⁵and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed [him]; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?¹⁶He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'

Jesus and Beelzebub

(11) ¹⁷And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every realm having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall; ¹⁸and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his realm be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.

¹⁹`But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

²⁰but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

²¹`When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

²²but when the stronger than he, having come upon [him], may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

²³he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

²⁴`When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;

²⁵and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;

²⁶then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

happy is the womb
²⁷And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!' ²⁸And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'

sign of Jonah

²⁹And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet, ³⁰for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation. ³¹`A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here! ³²`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

lamp of the body

³³`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light. ³⁴`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened; ³⁵take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness; ³⁶if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

⁴²Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

⁴³`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

⁴⁴and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

⁴⁵And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

⁴⁶and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

¹⁰And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

¹¹from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'

¹²And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

¹⁷and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner?¹⁸every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

¹And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,²`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,³and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.⁴`Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things [are] ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;⁵and they, having disregarded [it], went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;⁶and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay [them].⁷`And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;⁸then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,⁹be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.¹⁰`And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.¹¹`And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,¹²and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.¹³`Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;¹⁴for many are called, and few chosen.'

²⁰And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,²¹these then came near to Philip, who [is] from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, `Sir, we wish to see Jesus;'²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.²³And Jesus responded to them, saying, `The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified;²⁴verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; ²⁵he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

²⁶if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

²⁷`Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say -- Father, save me from this hour? -- but because of this I came to this hour;²⁸Father, glorify Thy name.' There came, therefore, a voice out of the heaven, `I both glorified, and again I will glorify [it];'²⁹the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, `A messenger hath spoken to him.'³⁰Jesus answered and said, `Not because of me hath this voice come, but because of you;³¹now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth; ³²and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'

³³And this he said signifying by what death he was about to die;

³⁴the multitude answered him, `We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain -- to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this -- the Son of Man?'³⁵Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;³⁶while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

³⁷yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him,³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?'³⁹Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,⁴⁰`He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'⁴¹these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. ⁴²Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,

⁴³for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

⁴⁴And Jesus cried and said, `He who is believing in me, doth not believe in me, but in Him who sent me;⁴⁵and he who is beholding me, doth behold Him who sent me;⁴⁶I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;⁴⁷and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.⁴⁸`He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day, ⁴⁹because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

⁵⁰and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

¹⁵Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,¹⁶and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;¹⁷tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'¹⁸And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?¹⁹show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a denary;²⁰and he saith to them, `Whose [is] this image and the inscription?'²¹they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'²²and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

¹³and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,¹⁴and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'¹⁵And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, `Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;'¹⁶and they brought, and he saith to them, `Whose [is] this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, `Caesar's;'¹⁷and Jesus answering said to them, `Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;' and they did wonder at him.

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

²⁰And, having watched [him], they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,²¹and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;²²Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'²³And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt?²⁴shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, `Of Caesar:'²⁵and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'²⁶and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

Marriage at the Resurrection

²³In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,²⁴`Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.²⁵`And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;²⁶in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the seventh,²⁷and last of all died also the woman;²⁸therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife -- for all had her?'²⁹And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;³⁰for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.³¹`And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'³³And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;

Marriage at the Resurrection

¹⁸And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,¹⁹`Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.²⁰`There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;²¹and the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner,²²and the seven took her, and left no seed, last of all died also the woman;²³in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God?²⁵for when they may rise out of the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers who are in the heavens.²⁶`And concerning the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the Book of Moses (at The Bush), how God spake to him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;²⁷he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'

Marriage at the Resurrection

²⁷And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,²⁸saying, `Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless -- that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.²⁹`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,³⁰and the second took the wife, and he died childless,³¹and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven -- they left not children, and they died;³²and last of all died also the woman:³³in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? -- for the seven had her as wife.'³⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,³⁵but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;³⁶for neither are they able to die any more -- for they are like messengers -- and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.³⁷`And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;³⁸and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'

The Greatest Commandment

³⁴and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;³⁵and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,³⁶`Teacher, which [is] the great command in the Law?'³⁷And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --³⁸this is a first and great command;³⁹and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;⁴⁰on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'

The Greatest Commandment

²⁸And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, `Which is the first command of all?'²⁹and Jesus answered him -- `The first of all the commands [is], Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength -- this [is] the first command;³¹and the second [is] like [it], this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'³²And the scribe said to him, `Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;³³and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.'³⁴And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, `Thou art not far from the reign of God;' and no one any more durst question him.

The Greatest Commandment
³⁹And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;'⁴⁰and no more durst they question him anything.

Whose Son Is the Messiah

⁴¹And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,⁴²saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, `Of David.'⁴³He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,⁴⁴The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?⁴⁵If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?'⁴⁶And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.

Whose Son Is the Messiah
³⁵And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, `How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?³⁶for David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on My right hand, till I place thine enemies -- thy footstool;³⁷therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,

Whose Son Is the Messiah
⁴¹And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David,⁴²and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,⁴³till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;⁴⁴David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'

A Warning Against Hypocrisy

¹Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,²saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;³all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;⁴for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.⁵`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,⁶they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,⁷and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.⁸`And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director -- the Christ, and all ye are brethren;⁹and ye may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,¹⁰nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director -- the Christ.¹¹And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,¹²and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

A Warning Against Hypocrisy
³⁸and he was saying to them in his teaching, `Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,³⁹and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,⁴⁰who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

A Warning Against Hypocrisy
⁴⁵And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,⁴⁶`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,⁴⁷who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

woes on the pharisees and the experts in the law

³⁷And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat), ³⁸and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner. ³⁹And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness; ⁴⁰unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make? ⁴¹But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

⁴²`But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting. ⁴³`Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places. ⁴⁴`Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'

⁴⁵And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;' ⁴⁶and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens. ⁴⁷`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs; ⁴⁹because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute, ⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

⁵¹from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

⁵²`Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

7 Woes on the Lawyers & Pharisees

¹³`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.¹⁴`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.¹⁵`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.¹⁶`Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor!¹⁷Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?¹⁸`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!¹⁹Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?²⁰`He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;²¹and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;²²and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.²³`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved [you] to do, and those not to neglect.²⁴`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.²⁵`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.²⁶`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.²⁷`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;²⁸so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ²⁹`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

³⁰and 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.

³¹So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

³²and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.

³³`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

³⁴`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

³⁵that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

³⁶verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁷`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

³⁸Lo, left desolate to you is your house;

³⁹for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

hypocrisy

⁵³And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things, ⁵⁴laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

(12) ¹At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; ²and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

³because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

⁴`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do; ⁵but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him. ⁶`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, ⁷but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value. ⁸`And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God, ⁹and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

¹⁰and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

¹¹`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

¹²for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.'

The Widow’s Offering

⁴¹And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much,⁴²and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.⁴³And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;⁴⁴for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, all that she had put in -- all her living.'

The Widow’s Offering

¹And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury -- rich men,

²and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,

³and he said, `Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;

⁴for all these out of their superabundance did cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, did cast in.'

olivet discourse

¹And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple,²and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'³And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,⁵for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,⁶and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to pass, but the end is not yet.⁷`For nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;⁸and all these [are] the beginning of sorrows;⁹then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;¹⁰and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.¹¹`And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;¹²and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;¹³but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;¹⁴and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.¹⁵`Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)¹⁶then those in Judea -- let them flee to the mounts; ¹⁷he on the house-top -- let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;

¹⁸and he in the field -- let him not turn back to take his garments.

¹⁹`And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

²⁰and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;

²¹for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

²²And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

²³`Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;

²⁴for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

²⁵Lo, I did tell you beforehand.

²⁶`If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;

²⁷for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

²⁸for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

²⁹`And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

³⁰and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

³¹and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

³²`And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer [is] nigh,

³³so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.

³⁴Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

³⁵The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

³⁶`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers of the heavens -- except my Father only;

³⁷and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

³⁸for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

³⁹and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.

⁴⁰Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;

⁴¹two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.

⁴²`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

⁴³and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;

⁴⁴because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

⁴⁵`Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

⁴⁶Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

⁴⁷verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

⁴⁸`And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

⁴⁹and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

⁵⁰the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

⁵¹and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

Olivet discourse

¹And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!'²and Jesus answering said to him, `Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'³And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,⁴`Tell us when these things shall be? and what [is] the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?'⁵And Jesus answering them, began to say, `Take heed lest any one may lead you astray,⁶for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am [he], and many they shall lead astray;⁷and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end [is] not yet;⁸for nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows [are] these.⁹`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;¹⁰and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.¹¹`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.¹²`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,¹³and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.¹⁴`And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;¹⁵and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;¹⁶and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment. ¹⁷`And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;

¹⁸and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter,

¹⁹for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;

²⁰and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

²¹`And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;

²²for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

²³and ye, take heed; lo, I have foretold you all things.

²⁴`But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

²⁵and the stars of the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁶`And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,

²⁷and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.

²⁸`And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;

²⁹so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.

³⁰Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;

³¹the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

³²`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son -- except the Father.

³³Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

³⁴as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

³⁵watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;

³⁶lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

³⁷and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

olivet discourse

⁵And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,⁶`These things that ye behold -- days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'⁷And they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what [is] the sign when these things may be about to happen?'⁸And he said, `See -- ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am [he], and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;⁹and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end [is] not immediately.'¹⁰Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm,¹¹great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be;¹²and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;¹³and it shall become to you for a testimony.¹⁴`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,¹⁵for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.¹⁶`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;¹⁷and ye shall be hated by all because of my name --¹⁸and a hair out of your head shall not perish;¹⁹in your patience possess ye your souls.²⁰`And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;

²¹then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;

²²because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.

²³`And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

²⁴and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

²⁵`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

²⁶men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁷`And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;

²⁸and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'

²⁹And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

³⁰when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

³¹so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

³²verily I say to you -- This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;

³³the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

³⁴`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

³⁵for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land,

³⁶watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

³⁷And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

³⁸and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

¹`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;²and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;³they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;⁴and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.⁵`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,⁶and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.⁷`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,⁸and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;⁹and the prudent answered, saying -- Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.¹⁰`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;¹¹and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;¹²and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.¹³`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come

The Parable of the Bags of Gold

¹⁴`For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,¹⁵and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.¹⁶`And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;¹⁷in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;¹⁸and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.¹⁹`And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;²⁰and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.²¹`And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.²²`And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.²³`His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.²⁴`And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;²⁵and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!²⁶`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!²⁷it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.²⁸`Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,²⁹for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him; ³⁰and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

The Sheep and the Goats

³¹`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;³²and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,³³and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.³⁴`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;³⁵for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;³⁶naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.³⁷`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?³⁸and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?³⁹and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?⁴⁰`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did [it].⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;⁴²for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;⁴³a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.⁴⁴`Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?⁴⁵`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me.⁴⁶And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

who made me a judge
¹³And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.' ¹⁴And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?' ¹⁵And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

parable of the rich fool

¹⁶And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well; ¹⁷and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits? ¹⁸and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things, ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be? ²¹so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

do not worry

²²And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; ²³the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing. ²⁴`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls? ²⁵and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? ²⁶If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious? ²⁷`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

²⁸and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

²⁹`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

³⁰for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

³¹but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

³²`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

sell and give to the poor
³³sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; ³⁴for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be. ³⁵`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

watchfulness

³⁶and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him. ³⁷`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them; ³⁸and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy are those servants. ³⁹`And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through; ⁴⁰and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

who is that servant

⁴¹And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?' ⁴²And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure? ⁴³Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so; ⁴⁴truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him. ⁴⁵`And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken; ⁴⁶the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

⁴⁷`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

⁴⁸and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

not peace but division

⁴⁹`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? ⁵⁰but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed! ⁵¹`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; ⁵²for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three; ⁵³a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

interpreting the times

⁵⁴And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so; ⁵⁵and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is; ⁵⁶hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time -- how do ye not make proof of [it]?

⁵⁷`And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous? ⁵⁸for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison; ⁵⁹I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

Galileans killed by Pilate

(13) ¹And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices; ²and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

³No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

⁴`Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

⁵No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

fig tree

⁶And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; ⁷and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless? ⁸`And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung; ⁹and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

infirm woman 18 years

¹⁰And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, ¹¹and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all, ¹²and Jesus having seen her, did call [her] near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;' ¹³and he laid on her [his] hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God. ¹⁴And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, `Six days there are in which it behoveth [us] to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.' ¹⁵Then the Lord answered him and said, `Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water [it]?

¹⁶and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?'

¹⁷And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

grain of mustard and yeast

¹⁸And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.' ²⁰And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God? ²¹It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

going through villages to jerusalem
are those saved few

²²And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem; ²³and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them, ²⁴`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able; ²⁵from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are, ²⁶then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach; ²⁷and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

²⁸`There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

²⁹and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

³⁰and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

herod wishes to kill you

³¹On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;' ³²and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected; ³³but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem. ³⁴`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will. ³⁵`Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

¹ Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. ² “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

(14) ¹ And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, redon a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him, ² and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him; ³ and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?' ⁴ and they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], he healed him, and let [him] go; ⁵ and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?' ⁶ and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

⁶And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat). ⁸And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose [is] this waste? ⁹for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.' ¹⁰And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me; ¹¹for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always; ¹²for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she did [it]. ¹³Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this [one] did shall also be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

(14) ³And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;

⁴and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

⁵for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

⁶And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

⁷for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

⁸what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

⁹Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

Last supper (Passover)

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¹⁷And on the first [day] of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou [that] we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?' ¹⁸and he said, `Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;' ¹⁹and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.

¹²And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, [that,] having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

¹³And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, `Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;

¹⁴and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house -- The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

¹⁵and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.'

¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

⁷And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

⁸and he sent Peter and John, saying, `Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;'

⁹and they said to him, `Where wilt thou that we might prepare?'

¹⁰And he said to them, `Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,

¹¹and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

¹²and he shall show you a large upper room furnished, there make ready;'

¹³and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover.

(13)¹And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who [are] in the world -- to the end he loved them. ²And supper being come, the devil already having put [it] into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver him up, ³Jesus knowing that all things the Father hath given to him -- into [his] hands, and that from God he came forth, and unto God he goeth,

²⁰And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

¹⁷And evening having come, he cometh with the twelve,

¹⁴And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,

¹⁵and he said unto them, `With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

¹⁶for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

⁴doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself; ⁵afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded. ⁶He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou -- dost thou wash my feet?'

⁷Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

⁸Peter saith to him, `Thou mayest not wash my feet -- to the age.' Jesus answered him, `If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;'

⁹Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.'

¹⁰Jesus saith to him, `He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;'

¹¹for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, `Ye are not all clean.'

¹²When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you?

¹³ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;

¹⁴if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

¹⁵`For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

¹⁶verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

¹⁷if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

¹⁸not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

¹⁹`From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he];

²⁰verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'

²¹These things having said, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and did testify, and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will deliver me up;' ²²the disciples were looking, therefore, one at another, doubting concerning whom he speaketh. ²³And there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving;

²⁴Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,

²⁵and that one having leant back on the breast of Jesus, respondeth to him, `Sir, who is it?'

²⁶Jesus answereth, `That one it is to whom I, having dipped the morsel, shall give it;' and having dipped the morsel, he giveth [it] to Judas of Simon, Iscariot.

²⁷And after the morsel, then the Adversary entered into that one, Jesus, therefore, saith to him, `What thou dost -- do quickly;'

²⁸and none of those reclining at meat knew for what intent he said this to him,

²⁹for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, `Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;

³⁰having received, therefore, the morsel, that one immediately went forth, and it was night.

²¹and while they are eating, he said, `Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.' ²²And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, `Is it I, Sir?' ²³And he answering said, `He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up;

²⁴the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but wo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

²⁵And Judas -- he who delivered him up -- answering said, `Is it I, Rabbi?' He saith to him, `Thou hast said.'

²⁶And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, `Take, eat, this is my soma;'

²⁷and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, `Drink ye of it -- all;

²⁸for this is my wine of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;

²⁹and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.'

¹⁸and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, `Verily I say to you -- one of you, who is eating with me -- shall deliver me up.'

¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?' and another, `Is it I?'

²⁰And he answering said to them, `One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;

²¹the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but wo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

²²And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my soma.'

²³And having taken the cup, having given thanks, he gave to them, and they drank of it -- all;

²⁴and he said to them, `This is my wine of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

²⁵verily I say to you, that no more may I drink of the produce of the vine till that day when I may drink it new in the reign of God.'

¹⁷And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he said, `Take this and divide to yourselves, ¹⁸for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.' ¹⁹And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, `This is my soma, that for you is being given, this do ye -- to remembrance of me.'

²⁰In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup [is] the new covenant in my wine, that for you is being poured forth.

²¹`But, lo, the hand of him delivering me up [is] with me on the table,

²²and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but wo to that man through whom he is being delivered up.'

²³And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

²⁴And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater.

²⁵And he said to them, `The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;

²⁶but ye [are] not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

²⁷for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

²⁸`And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

²⁹and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a realm,

³⁰that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my realms, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'

³¹And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

³²and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

³³And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;'

³⁴and he said, `I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

³⁵And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.'

³⁶Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take [it] up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

³⁷for I say to you, that yet this that hath been written it behoveth to be fulfilled in me: And with lawless ones he was reckoned, for also the things concerning me have an end.'

³⁸And they said, `Sir, lo, here [are] two swords;' and he said to them, `It is sufficient.'

³⁰And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives; ³¹then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad; ³²but, after my having risen, I will go before you to Galilee.'

³³And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

³⁴Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that, this night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.'

³⁵Peter saith to him, `Even if it may be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee;' in like manner also said all the disciples.

²⁶And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives, ²⁷and Jesus saith to them -- `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, ²⁸but after my having risen I will go before you to Galilee.'

²⁹And Peter said to him, `And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;'

³⁰And Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

³¹And he spake the more vehemently, `If it may be necessary for me to die with thee -- I will in nowise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.

After Judas left

³¹When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, `Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him; ³²if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him. ³³`Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews -- Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say [it] now.

³⁴`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

³⁵in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

³⁶Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, `Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.' ³⁷Peter saith to him, `Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;' ³⁸Jesus answered him, `Thy life for me thou wilt lay down! verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow till thou mayest deny me thrice.'

(14)¹`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; ²in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you; ³and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

⁴and whither I go away ye have known, and the way ye have known.'

⁵Thomas saith to him, `Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?' ⁶Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me; ⁷if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'

⁸Philip saith to him, `Sir, shew to us the Father, and it is enough for us;' ⁹Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father? ¹⁰Believest thou not that I [am] in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;

¹¹believe me, that I [am] in the Father, and the Father in me; and if not, because of the works themselves, believe me.

¹²`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do -- that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

¹³and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

¹⁴if ye ask anything in my name I will do [it].

¹⁵`If ye love me, my commands keep,

¹⁶and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age;

¹⁷the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.

¹⁸`I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;

¹⁹yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;

²⁰in that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you;

²¹he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

²²Judas saith to him, (not the Iscariot), `Sir, what hath come to pass, that to us thou are about to manifest thyself, and not to the world?' ²³Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make; ²⁴he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

²⁵`These things I have spoken to you, remaining with you,

²⁶and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

²⁷`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

²⁸ye heard that I said to you -- I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said -- I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

²⁹`And now I have said [it] to you before it come to pass, that when it may come to pass, ye may believe;

³⁰I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

³¹but that the world may know that I love the Father, and according as the Father gave me command so I do; arise, we may go hence.

(15)¹`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; ²every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit; ³already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

⁴remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

⁵`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

⁶if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

⁷if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

⁸`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

⁹According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love; ¹⁰if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love; ¹¹these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

¹²`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

¹³greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

¹⁴ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

¹⁵no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

¹⁶`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

¹⁷`These things I command you, that ye love one another;

¹⁸if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; ¹⁹if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you. ²⁰`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

²¹but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

²²if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.

²³`He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

²⁴if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

²⁵but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.

²⁶`And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

²⁷and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.

(16)¹`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled, ²out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God; ³and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

⁴`But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said [them] to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

⁵and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

⁶but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

⁷`But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

⁸and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

⁹concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;

¹⁰and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;

¹¹and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

¹²`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;

¹³and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

¹⁴He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you.

¹⁵`All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;

¹⁶a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.' ¹⁷Therefore said [some] of his disciples one to another, `What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?' ¹⁸they said then, `What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'

¹⁹Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, `Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

²⁰verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

²¹`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

²²`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

²³and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;

²⁴till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

²⁵`These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

²⁶`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

²⁷for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;

²⁸I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

²⁹His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou; ³⁰now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.' ³¹Jesus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

³²and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;

³³these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'

⁽¹⁷⁾These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said -- `Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee, ²according as Thou didst give to him authority over all flesh, that -- all that Thou hast given to him -- he may give to them life age-during; ³and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;

⁴I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do [it].

⁵`And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;

⁶I did manifest Thy name to the men whom Thou hast given to me out of the world; Thine they were, and to me Thou hast given them, and Thy word they have kept; ⁷now they have known that all things, as many as Thou hast given to me, are from Thee, ⁸because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.

⁹`I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are,

¹⁰and all mine are Thine, and Thine [are] mine, and I have been glorified in them;

¹¹and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;

¹²when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

¹³`And now unto Thee I come, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves;

¹⁴I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

¹⁵I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.

¹⁶`Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;

¹⁷sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

¹⁸as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world;

¹⁹and for them do I sanctify myself, that they also themselves may be sanctified in truth.

²⁰`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; ²¹that they all may be one, as Thou Father [art] in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me. ²²`And I, the glory that thou hast given to me, have given to them, that they may be one as we are one;

²³I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send me, and didst love them as Thou didst love me.

²⁴`Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

²⁵`Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,

²⁶and I made known to them Thy name, and will make known, that the love with which Thou lovedst me in them may be, and I in them.'

(18)¹These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples,

³⁶Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, `Sit ye here, till having gone away, I shall pray yonder.' ³⁷And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy; ³⁸then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.' ³⁹And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

(14) ³²And they come to a spot, the name of which [is] Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I may pray;'

³³and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

³⁴and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul -- to death; remain here, and watch.'

³⁵And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

³⁶and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

(22) ³⁹And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him,

⁴⁰and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.'

⁴¹And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

⁴²saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me --; but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

⁴³And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him;

⁴⁴and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

⁴⁰And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! ⁴¹watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' ⁴²Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, `My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, Thy will be done;'

⁴³and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying the same word;

⁴⁵then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners.

⁴⁶Rise, let us go; lo, he hath come nigh who is delivering me up.'

³⁷And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour! ³⁸Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' ³⁹And again having gone away, he prayed, the same word saying; ⁴⁰and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him. ⁴¹And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest -- it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

⁴²rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'

⁴⁵And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow, ⁴⁶and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

²and Judas also, who delivered him up, had known the place, because many times did Jesus assemble there with his disciples. ³Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons; ⁴Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?'

⁵they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, `I am [he];' -- and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; --

⁶when, therefore, he said to them -- `I am [he],' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

⁷Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;'

⁸Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

⁹that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- `Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

⁴⁷And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people. ⁴⁸And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, `Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;' ⁴⁹and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him;

⁵⁰and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

⁴³And immediately -- while he is yet speaking -- cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders; ⁴⁴and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,' ⁴⁵and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him. ⁴⁶And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

⁴⁷And while he is speaking, lo, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them, and he came nigh to Jesus to kiss him, ⁴⁸and Jesus said to him, `Judas, with a kiss the Son of Man dost thou deliver up?'

¹⁰Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear -- and the name of the servant was Malchus -- ¹¹Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?'

⁵¹And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear. ⁵²Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; ⁵³dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

⁵⁴how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'

⁴⁷and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.

⁴⁹And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, `Sir, shall we smite with a sword?' ⁵⁰And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear, ⁵¹and Jesus answering said, `Suffer ye thus far,' and having touched his ear, he healed him.

⁵⁵In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me; ⁵⁶but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

⁴⁸And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me! ⁴⁹daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me -- but that the Writings may be fulfilled.' ⁵⁰And having left him they all fled;

⁵²And Jesus said to those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- `As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks? ⁵³while daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.'

⁵¹and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about [his] naked body, and the young men lay hold on him, ⁵²and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

Trial

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Gethsemane
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¹²The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him, ¹³and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year, ¹⁴and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.	⁵⁷And those laying hold on Jesus led [him] away unto Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together, ⁵⁸and Peter was following him afar off, unto the court of the chief priest, and having gone in within, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end. ⁵⁹And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find;	⁵³And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes; ⁵⁴and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire. ⁵⁵And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony -- to put him to death, and they were not finding, ⁵⁶for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.	⁵⁴And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest.
	and at last two false witnesses having come near, ⁶¹said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.' ⁶²And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee? ⁶³and Jesus was silent.	⁵⁷And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying -- ⁵⁸`We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;' ⁵⁹and neither so was their testimony alike.
	And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.' ⁶⁴Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.' ⁶⁵Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- `He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking; ⁶⁶what think ye?' and they answering said, `He is worthy of death.' ⁶⁷Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap, ⁶⁸saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck thee?'	⁶⁰And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?' ⁶¹and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, `Art thou the Christ -- the Son of the Blessed?' ⁶²and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.' ⁶³And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses? ⁶⁴Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and they all condemned him to be worthy of death, ⁶⁵and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.
¹⁵And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest, ¹⁶and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter. ¹⁷Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;' ¹⁸and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself. ¹⁹The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching; ²⁰Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing; ²¹why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.' ²²And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?' ²³Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?' ²⁴Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest. ²⁵And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, `I am not.' ²⁶One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?' ²⁷again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew	⁶⁹And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, `And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!' ⁷⁰And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what thou sayest.' ⁷¹And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;' ⁷²and again did he deny with an oath -- `I have not known the man.' ⁷³And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.' ⁷⁴Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- `I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow, ⁷⁵and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- `Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.	⁶⁶And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest, ⁶⁷and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!' ⁶⁸and he denied, saying, `I have not known [him], neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew. ⁶⁹And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near -- `This is of them;' ⁷⁰and he was again denying. And after a little again, those standing near said to Peter, `Truly thou art of them, for thou also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;' ⁷¹and he began to anathematize, and to swear -- `I have not known this man of whom ye speak;' ⁷²and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- `Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping.	And Peter was following afar off, ⁵⁵and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them, ⁵⁶and a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, `And this one was with him!' ⁵⁷and he disowned him, saying, `Woman, I have not known him.' ⁵⁸And after a little, another having seen him, said, `And thou art of them!' and Peter said, `Man, I am not.' ⁵⁹And one hour, as it were, having intervened, a certain other was confidently affirming, saying, `Of a truth this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean;' ⁶⁰and Peter said, `Man, I have not known what thou sayest;' and presently, while he is speaking, a cock crew. ⁶¹And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him -- `Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;' ⁶²and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.
			⁶³And the men who were holding Jesus were mocking him, beating [him]; ⁶⁴and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, `Prophesy who he is who smote thee?' ⁶⁵and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him. ⁶⁶And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim, ⁶⁷saying, `If thou be the Christ, tell us.' And he said to them, `If I may tell you, ye will not believe; ⁶⁸and if I also question [you], ye will not answer me or send me away; ⁶⁹henceforth, there shall be the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.' ⁷⁰And they all said, `Thou, then, art the Son of God?' and he said unto them, `Ye say [it], because I am;' ⁷¹and they said, `What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear [it] from his mouth.'
²⁸They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover; ²⁹Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?' ³⁰they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.' ³¹Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him -- ye -- and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;' ³²that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.	¹And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death; ²and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.	¹And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered [him] to Pilate;	(23) ¹And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate, ²and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'
	³Then Judas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying, ⁴`I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!' ⁵and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself. ⁶And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;' ⁷and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers; ⁸therefore was that field called, `Field of blood,' unto this day. ⁹Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price, ¹⁰and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint to me.'
³³Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?' ³⁴Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?' ³⁵Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?' ³⁶Jesus answered, `My realm is not of this world; if my realm were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my realm is not from hence.' ³⁷Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say [it]; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.' ³⁸Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?'	¹¹And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'	²and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say [it].'	³And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say [it].'
and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him;³⁹and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'⁴⁰therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one -- but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.	¹²And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,	³And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, [but he answered nothing.]	⁴And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;' ⁵and they were the more urgent, saying -- `He doth stir up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea -- having begun from Galilee -- unto this place.' ⁶And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,
(19)¹Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge [him], ²and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place [it] on his head, and a purple garment they put around him, ³and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.			⁷and having known that he is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him back unto Herod, he being also in Jerusalem in those days. ⁸And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long [time] to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him, ⁹and was questioning him in many words, and he answered him nothing. ¹⁰And the chief priests and the scribes stood vehemently accusing him, ¹¹and Herod with his soldiers having set him at nought, and having mocked, having put around him gorgeous apparel, did send him back to Pilate, ¹²and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.
⁴Pilate, therefore, again went forth without, and saith to them, `Lo, I do bring him to you without, that ye may know that in him I find no fault;' ⁵Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, `Lo, the man!' ⁶When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;'			¹³And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, ¹⁴said unto them, `Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him; ¹⁵no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him; ¹⁶having chastised, therefore, I will release him,'
			¹⁷for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast, ¹⁸and they cried out -- the whole multitude -- saying, `Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,' ¹⁹who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.
Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;' ⁷the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
⁸When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid, ⁹and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?' ¹¹Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'
¹²From this [time] was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'	¹³then saith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?' ¹⁴And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.	⁴And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!' ⁵and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered.	²⁰Pilate again then -- wishing to release Jesus -- called to them, ²¹but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'
	¹⁵And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed, ¹⁶and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas, ¹⁷they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?' ¹⁸for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.	⁶And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking; ⁷and there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed murder. ⁸And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them, ⁹and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?' ¹⁰for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up; ¹¹and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
¹³Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without -- and he sat down upon the tribunal -- to a place called, `Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha; ¹⁴and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour,	¹⁹And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'		noon
and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!' ¹⁵and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'	²⁰And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus; ²¹and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye [that] I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.' ²²Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!' ²³And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.' ²⁴And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;' ²⁵and all the people answering said, `His blood [is] upon us, and upon our children!'	¹²And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye [that] I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?' ¹³and they again cried out, `Crucify him.' ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;'	²²And he a third time said unto them, `Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release [him].' ²³And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,
¹⁶Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led [him] away,	²⁶Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] up that he may be crucified;	¹⁵and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged [him] -- that he might be crucified.	²⁴and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done, ²⁵and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.
	²⁷then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band; ²⁸and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak, ²⁹and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put [it] on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of the Jews.' ³⁰And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head; ³¹and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify [him].	¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band, ¹⁷and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put [it] on him, ¹⁸and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.' ¹⁹And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him, ²⁰and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments,
¹⁷and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called [Place] of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha;	³²And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;	and they led him forth, that they may crucify him. ²¹And they impress a certain one passing by -- Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus -- that he may bear his cross,	²⁶And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear [it] behind Jesus.
			²⁷And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,²⁸and Jesus having turned unto them, said, `Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;²⁹for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;³⁰then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; --³¹for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'

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(19) ¹⁸where they crucified him, and with him two others, on this side, and on that side, and Jesus in the midst. ¹⁹And Pilate also wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;' ²⁰this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman. ²¹The chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, `Write not -- The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;' ²²Pilate answered, `What I have written, I have written.' ²³The soldiers, therefore, when they did crucify Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, also the coat, and the coat was seamless, from the top woven throughout, ²⁴they said, therefore, to one another, `We may not rend it, but cast a lot for it, whose it shall be;' that the Writing might be fulfilled, that is saying, `They divided my garments to themselves, and upon my raiment they did cast a lot;' the soldiers, therefore, indeed, did these things. ²⁵And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; ²⁶Jesus, therefore, having seen [his] mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' ²⁷afterward he saith to the disciple, `Lo, thy mother;' and from that hour the disciple took her to his own [home].	³³and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull, ³⁴they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink. ³⁵And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;' ³⁶and sitting down, they were watching him there, ³⁷and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.' ³⁸Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,	(15) ²²and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;' ²³and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive. ²⁴And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take; ²⁵and it was the third hour, and they crucified him; ²⁶and the inscription of his accusation was written above -- `The King of the Jews.' ²⁷And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left,	(23) ³²And there were also others -- two evil-doers -- with him, to be put to death; ³³and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left. ³⁴And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.	3pm
	³⁹and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building [it], save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.' ⁴¹And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴²`Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him; ⁴³he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said -- Son of God I am;' ⁴⁴with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.	²⁹And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, `Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder! ³⁰save thyself, and come down from the cross!' ³¹And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save. ³²The Christ! the king of Israel -- let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those crucified with him were reproaching him.	³⁵And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, `Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.' ³⁶And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him, ³⁷and saying, `If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.' ³⁸And there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, `This is the King of the Jews.'^[9] ³⁹And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, `If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.' ⁴⁰And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, `Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment? ⁴¹and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;' ⁴²and he said to Jesus, `Remember me, lord, when thou mayest come in thy reign;' ⁴³and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'
	⁴⁵And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,	³³And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the whole land till the ninth hour,	⁴⁴And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,	9pm - midnight
	(could not have been a solar eclipse since it was Passover) Apr 25 31AD (JD# 1732495, Wed) ^[[\|[5]]]:partial eclipse from 20:00 to 00:30
²⁸After this, Jesus knowing that all things now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst;' ²⁹a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, did put [it] to his mouth; ³⁰when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.	⁴⁶and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?' ⁴⁷And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- `Elijah he doth call;' ⁴⁸and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a sponge, having filled [it] with vinegar, and having put [it] on a reed, was giving him to drink, ⁴⁹but the rest said, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come -- about to save him.' ⁵⁰And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;	³⁴and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, `Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?' which is, being interpreted, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?' ³⁵And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, `Lo, Elijah he doth call;' ³⁶and one having run, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, having put [it] also on a reed, was giving him to drink, saying, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to take him down.' ³⁷And Jesus having uttered a loud cry, yielded the spirit,		Midnight
	⁵¹and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom,	³⁸and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to bottom,	⁴⁵and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,
			⁴⁶and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.
	and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, ⁵²and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose, ⁵³and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
³¹The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away. ³²The soldiers, therefore, came, and of the first indeed they did break the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him, ³³and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs; ³⁴but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;
³⁵and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe. ³⁶For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, `A bone of him shall not be broken;' ³⁷and again another Writing saith, `They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'	⁵⁴And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'	³⁹and the centurion who was standing over-against him, having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit, said, `Truly this man was Son of God.'	⁴⁷And the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, `Really this man was righteous;'
	⁵⁵And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, ⁵⁶among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.	⁴⁰And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹(who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.	⁴⁸and all the multitudes who were come together to this sight, beholding the things that came to pass, smiting their breasts did turn back; ⁴⁹and all his acquaintances stood afar off, and women who did follow him from Galilee, beholding these things.
³⁸And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea -- being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews -- ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus, ³⁹and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds. ⁴⁰They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial; ⁴¹and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid; ⁴²there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.	⁵⁷And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus, ⁵⁸he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back. ⁵⁹And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen, ⁶⁰and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away	⁴²And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead, ⁴⁵and having known [it] from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre,	⁵⁰And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous, ⁵¹-- he was not consenting to their counsel and deed -- from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God, ⁵²he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus, ⁵³and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid. ⁵⁴And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was dawning,	6am
	⁶¹and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.	⁴⁷and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where he is laid.	⁵⁵and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed,
			⁵⁶and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.
	⁶²And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate, ⁶³saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise; ⁶⁴command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.' ⁶⁵And Pilate said to them, `Ye have a watch, go away, make secure -- as ye have known;' ⁶⁶and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.
(20) ¹And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb,	¹And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,	¹And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, ²and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun, ³and they said among themselves, `Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'	(24) ¹And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain [others] with them,	6am Sunday
	²and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it, ³and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow, ⁴and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.
and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,		⁴And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away -- for it was very great,	²and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,
			³and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel, ⁵and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, `Why do ye seek the living with the dead? ⁶he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee, ⁷saying -- It behoveth the Son of Man to be delivered up to the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.' ⁸And they remembered his sayings,
²she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, `They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.'			⁹and having turned back from the tomb told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. ¹⁰And it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things, ¹¹and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.
³Peter, therefore, went forth, and the other disciple, and they were coming to the tomb, ⁴and the two were running together, and the other disciple did run forward more quickly than Peter, and came first to the tomb, ⁵and having stooped down, seeth the linen clothes lying, yet, indeed, he entered not. ⁶Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying, ⁷and the napkin that was upon his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but apart, having been folded up, in one place; ⁸then, therefore, entered also the other disciple who came first unto the tomb, and he saw, and did believe; ⁹for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again. ¹⁰The disciples therefore went away again unto their own friends,			¹²And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass.
¹¹and Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting, ¹²one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. ¹³And they say to her, `Woman, why dost thou weep?' she saith to them, `Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;'	⁵And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek; ⁶he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying; ⁷and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee, there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.'	⁵and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed. ⁶And he saith to them, `Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him! ⁷and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.
	⁸And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;	⁸And, having come forth quickly, they fled from the sepulchre, and trembling and amazement had seized them, and to no one said they anything, for they were afraid.
¹⁴and these things having said, she turned backward, and seeth Jesus standing, and she had not known that it is Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus saith to her, `Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, `Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;' ¹⁶Jesus saith to her, `Mary!' having turned, she saith to him, `Rabbouni;' that is to say, `Teacher.' ¹⁷Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'	⁹and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, `Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him. ¹⁰Then saith Jesus to them, `Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'
	¹¹And while they are going on, lo, certain of the watch having come to the city, told to the chief priests all the things that happened, ¹²and having been gathered together with the elders, counsel also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers, ¹³saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him -- we being asleep; ¹⁴and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.' ¹⁵And they, having received the money, did as they were taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews till this day.
			¹³And, lo, two of them were going on the same day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which [is] Emmaus, ¹⁴and they were conversing with one another about all these things that have happened. ¹⁵And it came to pass in their conversing and reasoning together, that Jesus himself, having come nigh, was going on with them, ¹⁶and their eyes were holden so as not to know him, ¹⁷and he said unto them, `What [are] these words that ye exchange with one another, walking, and ye are sad?' ¹⁸And the one, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said unto him, `Art thou alone such a stranger in Jerusalem, that thou hast not known the things that came to pass in it in these days?' ¹⁹And he said to them, `What things?' And they said to him, `The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man -- a prophet -- powerful in deed and word, before God and all the people, ²⁰how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him; ²¹and we were hoping that he it is who is about to redeem Israel, and also with all these things,	few days before pentecost
			(on this third day) [referred to above] After these things happened ²²certain women of ours also astonished us, coming early to the tomb, ²³and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive, ²⁴and certain of those with us went away unto the tomb, and found as even the women said, and him they saw not.'
			²⁵And he said unto them, `O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake! ²⁶Was it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?' ²⁷and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.
			²⁸And they came nigh to the village whither they were going, and he made an appearance of going on further, ²⁹and they constrained him, saying, `Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them. ³⁰And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them, ³¹and their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became unseen by them. ³²And they said one to another, `Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'
¹⁸Mary the Magdalene cometh, telling to the disciples that she hath seen the Lord, and [that] these things he said to her.			³³And they, having risen up the same hour, turned back to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven, and those with them, ³⁴saying -- `The Lord was raised indeed, and was seen by Simon;' ³⁵and they were telling the things in the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread,
¹⁹It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;'			³⁶and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, `Peace -- to you;'
²⁰and this having said, he shewed them his hands and side; the disciples, therefore, rejoiced, having seen the Lord.			³⁷and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit. ³⁸And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts? ³⁹see my hands and my feet, that I am he; handle me and see, because a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having.' ⁴⁰And having said this, he shewed to them the hands and the feet,
			⁴¹and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, `Have ye anything here to eat?' ⁴²and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb, ⁴³and having taken, he did eat before them,
			⁴⁴and he said to them, `These [are] the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.' ⁴⁵Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings, ⁴⁶and he said to them -- `Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day, ⁴⁷and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem: ⁴⁸and ye -- ye are witnesses of these things.
			⁴⁹`And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'	(1) ³to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God. ⁴And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he,] `Ye did hear of me; ⁵because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit -- after not many days.'
				⁶They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?' ⁷and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority; ⁸but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'
²¹Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;' ²²and this having said, he breathed on [them], and saith to them, `Receive the Holy Spirit; ²³if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'			⁵⁰And he led them forth without -- unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,	(2) ¹And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, ²and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting, ³and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them, ⁴and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
			⁵¹and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven; ⁵²and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.	(1) ⁹And these things having said -- they beholding -- he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;
				¹⁰and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel, ¹¹who also said, `Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.' ¹²Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;
²⁴And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came; ²⁵the other disciples, therefore, said to him, `We have seen the Lord;' and he said to them, `If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.'
²⁶And after eight days, again were his disciples within, and Thomas with them; Jesus cometh, the doors having been shut, and he stood in the midst, and said, `Peace to you!' ²⁷then he saith to Thomas, `Bring thy finger hither, and see my hands, and bring thy hand, and put [it] to my side, and become not unbelieving, but believing.' ²⁸And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;' ²⁹Jesus saith to him, `Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed; happy those not having seen, and having believed.' ³⁰Many indeed, therefore, other signs also did Jesus before his disciples, that are not written in this book; ³¹and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'
(21) ¹After these things did Jesus manifest himself again to the disciples on the sea of Tiberias, and he did manifest himself thus: ²There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the [sons] of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. ³Simon Peter saith to them, `I go away to fish;' they say to him, `We go -- we also -- with thee;' they went forth and entered into the boat immediately, and on that night they caught nothing. ⁴And morning being now come, Jesus stood at the shore, yet indeed the disciples did not know that it is Jesus; ⁵Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `Lads, have ye any meat?' ⁶they answered him, `No;' and he said to them, `Cast the net at the right side of the boat, and ye shall find;' they cast, therefore, and no longer were they able to draw it, from the multitude of the fishes. ⁷That disciple, therefore, whom Jesus was loving saith to Peter, `The Lord it is!' Simon Peter, therefore, having heard that it is the Lord, did gird on the outer coat, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea; ⁸and the other disciples came by the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but as it were about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net of the fishes; ⁹when, therefore, they came to the land, they behold a fire of coals lying, and a fish lying on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus saith to them, `Bring ye from the fishes that ye caught now;' ¹¹Simon Peter went up, and drew the net up on the land, full of great fishes, an hundred fifty and three, and though they were so many, the net was not rent. ¹²Jesus saith to them, `Come ye, dine;' and none of the disciples was venturing to inquire of him, `Who art thou?' knowing that it is the Lord; ¹³Jesus, therefore, doth come and take the bread and give to them, and the fish in like manner; ¹⁴this [is] now a third time Jesus was manifested to his disciples, having been raised from the dead. ¹⁵When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, [son] of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.' ¹⁶He saith to him again, a second time, `Simon, [son] of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Tend my sheep.' ¹⁷He saith to him the third time, `Simon, [son] of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep; ¹⁸verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou wast girding thyself and wast walking whither thou didst will, but when thou mayest be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and shall carry [thee] whither thou dost not will;' ¹⁹and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, `Be following me.' ²⁰And Peter having turned about doth see the disciple whom Jesus was loving following, (who also reclined in the supper on his breast, and said, `Sir, who is he who is delivering thee up?') ²¹Peter having seen this one, saith to Jesus, `Lord, and what of this one?' ²²Jesus saith to him, `If him I will to remain till I come, what -- to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die, ²³yet Jesus did not say to him, that he doth not die, but, `If him I will to remain till I come, what -- to thee?' ²⁴this is the disciple who is testifying concerning these things, and he wrote these things, and we have known that his testimony is true. ²⁵And there are also many other things -- as many as Jesus did -- which, if they may be written one by one, not even the world itself I think to have place for the books written. Amen.	¹⁶And the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mount where Jesus appointed them, ¹⁷and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did waver. ¹⁸And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; ¹⁹having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'

↑ asked to sit at right and left in his kingdom. Was on mount of transfiguration
↑ asked to sit at right and left in his kingdom. was on mount of transfiguration
↑ Jesus found him when he decided to go to (wedding in) Galilee.
↑ was chosen over Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus)
↑ Lev 23
¹⁵`And ye have numbered to you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect sabbaths; ¹⁶unto the morrow of the seventh sabbath ye do number fifty days, and ye have brought near a new present to Jehovah;
↑ The course of Abijah was the eighth course so Zacharias would have officiated the eighth week after the beginning of the New Year
↑ Josephus also stated that Herod was so concerned that no one would mourn his death, that he commanded a large group of distinguished men to come to Jericho, and he gave order that they should be killed at the time of his death so that the displays of grief that he craved would take place. Fortunately for them, Herod's son Archilaus and sister Salome did not carry out this wish
↑ in A.D. 13 his proconsular power was made co-extensive with that of Augustus. Augustus died on 19 August A.D. 14. The Senate convened on 18 September to inaugurate the new reign
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[1] sked to sit at right and left in his kingdom. Was on mount of transfiguration

[2] sked to sit at right and left in his kingdom. was on mount of transfiguration

[3] Jesus found him when he decided to go to (wedding in) Galilee.

[4] was chosen over Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus)

[5] Lev 23
¹⁵`And ye have numbered to you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect sabbaths; ¹⁶unto the morrow of the seventh sabbath ye do number fifty days, and ye have brought near a new present to Jehovah;

[6] The course of Abijah was the eighth course so Zacharias would have officiated the eighth week after the beginning of the New Year

[7] Josephus also stated that Herod was so concerned that no one would mourn his death, that he commanded a large group of distinguished men to come to Jericho, and he gave order that they should be killed at the time of his death so that the displays of grief that he craved would take place. Fortunately for them, Herod's son Archilaus and sister Salome did not carry out this wish

[8] A.D. 13 his proconsular power was made co-extensive with that of Augustus. Augustus died on 19 August A.D. 14. The Senate convened on 18 September to inaugurate the new reign

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Table of Apostles
Matthew 10	Mark 3	Luke 6	Acts 1:13	notes
Simon called Peter (Greek)	Simon whom he named Peter	Simon whom he named Peter	Peter called Cephas (Aramaic)	from Bethsaida. son of Jonah. fisherman
Andrew		Andrew		Andrew from Bethsaida. Brother of Peter. Fisherman. Disciple of John
James (son of Zebedee)	James (Boanerges, son of Zebedee)	James	John	fisherman^[1]
John (son of Zebedee)	John (Boanerges, son of Zebedee)	John	James	fisherman^[2]
	Andrew		Andrew

Philip	Philip	Philip	Philip	from Bethsaida^[3]
			Thomas	Thomas the Apostle (Aramaic for twin) (called Didymus, Greek for twin)
Bartholomew	Bartholomew	Bartholomew	Bartholomew	(Nathanael from Cana?)
Thomas
Matthew (tax collector)	Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	(Levi son of Alphaeus^[Mark 2:14])
	Thomas	Thomas

James (of Alphaeus)	James (of Alphaeus)	James (of Alphaeus)	James (of Alphaeus)
Thaddaeus	Thaddaeus
Simon (zealot)	Simon (zealot)	Simon (zealot)	Simon (zealot)
		Judas (of James)	Judas (of James)	Jude of James possible brother of Jesus
Judas Iscariot	Judas Iscariot	Judas Iscariot	Matthias^[4]	son of Simon Iscariot^[John 6:71]

Gospel harmony based on John

Contents

Birth of John and Jesus

Baptism of Jesus (Passover)

Crossing the lake (Tabernacles)

Feed 5000 (Passover)

Mary & Lazarus (Tabernacles)

Last supper (Passover)

Trial

Cross

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