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1:1 Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of
Abraham.
1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat
Juda and his brethren;
1:3 and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat
Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,
1:4 and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and
Naasson begat Salmon,
1:5 and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of
Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse,
1:6 and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon, of
her [that had been the wife] of Urias;
1:7 and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia
begat Asa,
1:8 and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram
begat Ozias,
1:9 and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz
begat Ezekias,
1:10 and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and
Amon begat Josias,
1:11 and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of
the carrying away of Babylon.
1:12 And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat
Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,
1:13 and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and
Eliakim begat Azor,
1:14 and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim
begat Eliud,
1:15 and Eliud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and
Matthan begat Jacob,
1:16 and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was
born Jesus, who is called Christ.
1:17 All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David
[were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying
away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying
away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations.
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary,
that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.
1:19 But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and
unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away
secretly;
1:20 but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of
[the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of
David, fear not to take to [thee] Mary, thy wife, for that
which is begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.
1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins.
1:22 Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled
which was spoken by [the] Lord, through the prophet, saying,
1:23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is,
being interpreted, 'God with us.'
1:24 But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the
angel of [the] Lord had enjoined him, and took to [him] his
wife,
1:25 and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn
son: and he called his name Jesus.
2:1 Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the
days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at
Jerusalem, saying,
2:2 Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we
have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.
2:3 But Herod the king having heard [of it], was troubled, and
all Jerusalem with him;
2:4 and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the
people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
2:5 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is
written through the prophet:
2:6 And *thou* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least
among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a
leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.
2:7 Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of
them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;
2:8 and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out
accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found
[him] bring me back word, so that *I* also may come and do him
homage.
2:9 And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the
star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until
it came and stood over the place where the little child was.
2:10 And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy.
2:11 And having come into the house they saw the little child
with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And
having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold,
and frankincense, and myrrh.
2:12 And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
2:13 Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of [the] Lord
appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to [thee] the
little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there
until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child
to destroy it.
2:14 And, having arisen, he took to [him] the little child and
his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.
2:15 And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might
be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord through the
prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
2:16 Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was
greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in
Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under,
according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the
magi.
2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias
the prophet, saying,
2:18 A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great
lamentation: Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not
be comforted, because they are not.
2:19 But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord
appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
2:20 Arise, take to [thee] the little child and its mother, and
go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the
little child are dead.
2:21 And he arose and took to [him] the little child and its
mother, and came into the land of Israel;
2:22 but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea,
instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and
having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into
the parts of Galilee,
2:23 and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that
should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He
shall be called a Nazaraean.
3:1 Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea,
3:2 and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn
nigh.
3:3 For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the
prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness:
prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.
3:4 And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a
leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was
locusts and wild honey.
3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the
country round the Jordan,
3:6 and were baptised by him in the Jordan, confessing their
sins.
3:7 But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his
baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has
forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
3:8 Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
3:9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham
for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these
stones to raise up children to Abraham.
3:10 And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees;
every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and
cast into the fire.
3:11 *I* indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he
that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not
fit to bear; *he* shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and
fire;
3:12 whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall
thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his
wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire
unquenchable.
3:13 Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be
baptised of him;
3:14 but John urgently forbad him, saying, *I* have need to be
baptised of thee; and comest *thou* to me?
3:15 But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it] now; for thus
it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers
him.
3:16 And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from
the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw
the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:
3:17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.
4:1 Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit
to be tempted of the devil:
4:2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he
hungered.
4:3 And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of
God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.
4:4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's
mouth.
4:5 Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon
the edge of the temple,
4:6 and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down;
for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels
concerning thee, and on [their] hands shall they bear thee,
lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
4:7 Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt
[the] Lord thy God.
4:8 Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews
him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
4:9 and says to him, All these things will I give thee if,
falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
4:10 Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is
written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him
alone shalt thou serve.
4:11 Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and
ministered to him.
4:12 But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed
into Galilee:
4:13 and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum,
which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and
Nepthalim,
4:14 that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through
Esaias the prophet, saying,
4:15 Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
4:16 -- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light,
and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to
them has light sprung up.
4:17 From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent,
for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
4:18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into
the sea, for they were fishers;
4:19 and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you
fishers of men.
4:20 And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately
followed him.
4:21 And going on thence he saw other two brothers, James the
[son] of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee
their father, mending their trawl-nets, and he called them;
4:22 and they, having left the ship and their father,
immediately followed him.
4:23 And [Jesus] went round the whole [of] Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the
kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness
among the people.
4:24 And his fame went out into the whole [of] Syria, and they
brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various
diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and
lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis,
and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.
5:1 But seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain, and
having sat down, his disciples came to him;
5:2 and, having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,
5:3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the
kingdom of the heavens.
5:4 Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.
5:5 Blessed the meek, for *they* shall inherit the earth.
5:6 Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for
*they* shall be filled.
5:7 Blessed the merciful, for *they* shall find mercy.
5:8 Blessed the pure in heart, for *they* shall see God.
5:9 Blessed the peace-makers, for *they* shall be called sons of
God.
5:10 Blessed they who are persecuted on account of
righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.
5:11 Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you,
and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.
5:12 Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens;
for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
5:13 *Ye* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become
insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for
anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by
men.
5:14 *Ye* are the light of the world: a city situated on the top
of a mountain cannot be hid.
5:15 Nor do [men] light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but
upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the
house.
5:16 Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see
your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the
heavens.
5:17 Think not that I am come to make void the law or the
prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth
pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
the law till all come to pass.
5:19 Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in
the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and
teach [them], *he* shall be called great in the kingdom of the
heavens.
5:20 For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass
[that] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter
into the kingdom of the heavens.
5:21 Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt
not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the
judgment.
5:22 But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry
with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but
whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to
[be called before] the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say,
Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
5:23 If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar,
and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something
against thee,
5:24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be
reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
5:25 Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou
art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party
deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
officer, and thou be cast into prison.
5:26 Verily I say to thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence
till thou hast paid the last farthing.
5:27 Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit
adultery.
5:28 But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman
to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in
his heart.
5:29 But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of
thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
5:30 And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of
thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
5:31 It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
let him give her a letter of divorce.
5:32 But *I* say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his
wife, except for cause of fornication, makes her commit
adultery, and whosoever marries one that is put away commits
adultery.
5:33 Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients,
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord
what thou hast sworn.
5:34 But *I* say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the
heaven, because it is [the] throne of God;
5:35 nor by the earth, because it is [the] footstool of his
feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of the great
King.
5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst
not make one hair white or black.
5:37 But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more
than these is from evil.
5:38 Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth
for tooth.
5:39 But *I* say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall
strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
5:40 and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body
coat, leave him thy cloak also.
5:41 And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him
two.
5:42 To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to
borrow of thee turn not away.
5:43 Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour and hate thine enemy.
5:44 But *I* say unto you, Love your enemies, [bless those who
curse you,] do good to those who hate you, and pray for those
who [insult you and] persecute you,
5:45 that ye may be [the] sons of your Father who is in [the]
heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends
rain on just and unjust.
5:46 For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have
ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
5:47 And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye
extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?
5:48 Be *ye* therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is
perfect.
6:1 Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them,
otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the
heavens.
6:2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the
streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say
unto you, They have their reward.
6:3 But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand does;
6:4 so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees
in secret will render [it] to thee.
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites;
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the
corners of the streets so that they should appear to men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6:6 But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and
having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and
thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.
6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are
of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through
their much speaking.
6:8 Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what
things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.
6:9 Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens,
let thy name be sanctified,
6:10 let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so
upon the earth;
6:11 give us to-day our needed bread,
6:12 and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,
6:13 and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.
6:14 For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father
also will forgive you [yours],
6:15 but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will
your Father forgive your offences.
6:16 And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in
countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may
appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their
reward.
6:17 But *thou*, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy
face,
6:18 so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy
Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret
shall render [it] to thee.
6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where
moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig
through nor steal;
6:21 for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.
6:22 The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be
single, thy whole body will be light:
6:23 but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If
therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the
darkness!
6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the
one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
6:25 For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your
life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your
body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and
the body than raiment?
6:26 Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor
reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father
nourishes them. Are *ye* not much more excellent than they?
6:27 But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one
cubit?
6:28 And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with
attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil
not, neither do they spin;
6:29 but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory
was clothed as one of these.
6:30 But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is
to-day, and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, will he not much
rather you, O [ye] of little faith?
6:31 Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or
What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?
6:32 for all these things the nations seek after; for your
heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.
6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you.
6:34 Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow
shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day [is] its
own evil.
7:1 Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
7:2 for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
7:3 But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy
brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?
7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast
out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine
eye?
7:5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and
then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye
of thy brother.
7:6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your
pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their
feet, and turning round rend you.
7:7 Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
7:8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds;
and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
7:9 Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him
a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
7:10 and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?
7:11 If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know [how] to give good
gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who
is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?
7:12 Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do
to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and
the prophets.
7:13 Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and
broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who
enter in through it.
7:14 For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to
life, and they are few who find it.
7:15 But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
7:16 By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch
of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
7:17 So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless
tree produces bad fruits.
7:18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree
produce good fruits.
7:19 Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast
into the fire.
7:20 By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.
7:21 Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my
Father who is in the heavens.
7:22 Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied through *thy* name, and through *thy* name cast out
demons, and through *thy* name done many works of power?
7:23 and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart
from me, workers of lawlessness.
7:24 Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I
will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the
rock;
7:25 and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds
blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had
been founded upon the rock.
7:26 And every one who hears these my words and does not do
them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house
upon the sand;
7:27 and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds
blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was
great.
7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words,
the crowds were astonished at his doctrine,
7:29 for he taught them as having authority, and not as their
scribes.
8:1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds
followed him.
8:2 And behold, a leper came up to [him] and did him homage,
saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.
8:3 And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I
will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4 And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no man, but go, shew
thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses ordained,
for a testimony to them.
8:5 And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to
him, beseeching him,
8:6 and saying, Lord, my servant lies paralytic in the house,
suffering grievously.
8:7 And Jesus says to him, *I* will come and heal him.
8:8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that
thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak a word, and
my servant shall be healed.
8:9 For *I* also am a man under authority, having under me
soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to
another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he
does it.
8:10 And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who
followed, Verily I say unto you, Not even in Israel have I
found so great faith.
8:11 But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising
and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham,
and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;
8:12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the
outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of
teeth.
8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and as thou hast
believed, be it to thee. And his servant was healed in that
hour.
8:14 And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his
mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;
8:15 and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she
arose and served him.
8:16 And when the evening was come, they brought to him many
possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word,
and healed all that were ill;
8:17 so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through
Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and
bore our diseases.
8:18 And Jesus, seeing great crowds around him, commanded to
depart to the other side.
8:19 And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.
8:20 And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds
of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where
he may lay his head.
8:21 But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me
first to go away and bury my father.
8:22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to
bury their own dead.
8:23 And he went on board ship and his disciples followed him;
8:24 and behold, [the water] became very agitated on the sea, so
that the ship was covered by the waves; but *he* slept.
8:25 And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we
perish.
8:26 And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea,
and there was a great calm.
8:27 But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is
this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
8:28 And there met him, when he came to the other side, to the
country of the Gergesenes, two possessed by demons, coming out
of the tombs, exceeding dangerous, so that no one was able to
pass by that way.
8:29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with
thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to
torment us?
8:30 Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many
swine feeding;
8:31 and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out,
send us away into the herd of swine.
8:32 And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into
the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd [of swine] rushed
down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.
8:33 But they that fed them fled, and went away into the city
and related everything, and what had happened as to those
possessed by demons.
8:34 And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when
they saw him, they begged [him] to go away out of their coasts.
9:1 And going on board the ship, he passed over and came to his
own city.
9:2 And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a
bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Be
of good courage, child; thy sins are forgiven.
9:3 And behold, certain of the scribes said to themselves, This
[man] blasphemes.
9:4 And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do *ye* think
evil things in your hearts?
9:5 For which is easier: to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to
say, Rise up and walk?
9:6 But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth
to forgive sins, (then he says to the paralytic,) Rise up, take
up thy bed and go to thy house.
9:7 And he rose up and went to his house.
9:8 But the crowds seeing [it], were in fear, and glorified God
who gave such power to men.
9:9 And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the
tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he
rose up and followed him.
9:10 And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that
behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table
with Jesus and his disciples.
9:11 And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why
does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?
9:12 But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not
need of a physician, but those that are ill.
9:13 But go and learn what [that] is -- I will have mercy and
not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but
sinners.
9:14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we
and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?
9:15 And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber
mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will
come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
9:16 But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for
its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes
place.
9:17 Nor do men put new wine into old skins, otherwise the skins
burst and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be
destroyed; but they put new wine into new skins, and both are
preserved together.
9:18 As he spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler coming in
did homage to him, saying, My daughter has by this died; but
come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live.
9:19 And Jesus rose up and followed him, and [so did] his
disciples.
9:20 And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux [for] twelve
years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;
9:21 for she said within herself, If I should only touch his
garment I shall be healed.
9:22 But Jesus turning and seeing her, said, Be of good courage,
daughter; thy faith has healed thee. And the woman was healed
from that hour.
9:23 And when Jesus was come to the house of the ruler, and saw
the flute-players and the crowd making a tumult,
9:24 he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps.
And they derided him.
9:25 But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took
her hand; and the damsel rose up.
9:26 And the fame of it went out into all that land.
9:27 And as Jesus passed on thence, two blind [men] followed
him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David.
9:28 And when he was come to the house, the blind [men] came to
him. And Jesus says to them, Do ye believe that I am able to do
this? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your
faith, be it unto you.
9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus charged them sharply,
saying, See, let no man know it.
9:31 But they, when they were gone out, spread his name abroad
in all that land.
9:32 But as these were going out, behold, they brought to him a
dumb man possessed by a demon.
9:33 And the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake. And the
crowds were astonished, saying, It has never been seen thus in
Israel.
9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casts out the demons through the
prince of the demons.
9:35 And Jesus went round all the cities and the villages,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of
the kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily
weakness.
9:36 But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for
them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not
having a shepherd.
9:37 Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest [is] great and
the workmen [are] few;
9:38 supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send
forth workmen unto his harvest.
10:1 And having called to [him] his twelve disciples, he gave
them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them
out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness.
10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first,
Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the
[son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;
10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the
tax-gatherer; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who
was surnamed Thaddaeus;
10:4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also
delivered him up.
10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them,
saying, Go not off into [the] way of [the] nations, and into a
city of Samaritans enter ye not;
10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens
has drawn nigh.
10:8 Heal [the] infirm, [raise the dead], cleanse lepers, cast
out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously.
10:9 Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass,
for your belts,
10:10 nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals,
nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.
10:11 But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who
in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth.
10:12 And as ye enter into a house salute it.
10:13 And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come
upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words,
as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of
your feet.
10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.
10:16 Behold, *I* send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be
therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.
10:17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to
sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;
10:18 and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my
sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
10:19 But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what
ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what
ye shall speak.
10:20 For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your
Father which speaks in you.
10:21 But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father
child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put
them to death;
10:22 and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he
that has endured to [the] end, *he* shall be saved.
10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the
other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the
cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.
10:24 The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman
above his lord.
10:25 [It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become
as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those
of his household?
10:26 Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered
which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be
known.
10:27 What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what
ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.
10:28 And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot
kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both
soul and body in hell.
10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them
shall not fall to the ground without your Father;
10:30 but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.
10:31 Fear not therefore; *ye* are better than many sparrows.
10:32 Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I*
also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also
deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
10:34 Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the
earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
10:35 For I have come to set a man at variance with his father,
and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with
her mother-in-law;
10:36 and they of his household [shall be] a man's enemies.
10:37 He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of
me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of
me.
10:38 And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me
is not worthy of me.
10:39 He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost
his life for my sake shall find it.
10:40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me
receives him that sent me.
10:41 He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall
receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous
man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous
man's reward.
10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little
ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple,
verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
11:1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his
twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in
their cities.
11:2 But John, having heard in the prison the works of the
Christ, sent by his disciples,
11:3 and said to him, Art *thou* the coming [one]? or are we to
wait for another?
11:4 And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what
ye hear and see.
11:5 Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and
deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings
preached to them:
11:6 and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.
11:7 But as they went [away], Jesus began to say to the crowds
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a
reed moved about by the wind?
11:8 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate
raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the
houses of kings.
11:9 But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you,
and more than a prophet:
11:10 this is he of whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my
messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before
thee.
11:11 Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among [the]
born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a
little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
11:12 But from the days of John the baptist until now, the
kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent
seize on it.
11:13 For all the prophets and the law have prophesied unto
John.
11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.
11:15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
11:16 But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like
children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their
companions,
11:17 say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have
mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.
11:18 For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they
say, He has a demon.
11:19 The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say,
Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of
tax-gatherers, and of sinners: -- and wisdom has been justified
by her children.
11:20 Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his
works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.
11:21 Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the
works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place
in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and
ashes.
11:22 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.
11:23 And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven,
shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power
which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it
had remained until this day.
11:24 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for
[the] land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.
11:25 At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father,
Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these
things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to
babes.
11:26 Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy
sight.
11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no
one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the
Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to
reveal [him].
11:28 Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I*
will give you rest.
11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;
11:30 for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the
cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck
the ears and to eat.
12:2 But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy
disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.
12:3 But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when
he was hungry, and they that were with him?
12:4 How he entered into the house of God, and ate the
shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for
those with him, but for the priests only?
12:5 Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the
priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
12:6 But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than
the temple.
12:7 But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not
sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
12:8 For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.
12:9 And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.
12:10 And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And
they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
that they might accuse him.
12:11 But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who
has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will
not lay hold of it and raise [it] up?
12:12 How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is
lawful to do well on the sabbath.
12:13 Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he
stretched [it] out, and it was restored sound as the other.
12:14 But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against
him, how they might destroy him.
12:15 But Jesus knowing [it], withdrew thence, and great crowds
followed him; and he healed them all:
12:16 and charged them strictly that they should not make him
publicly known:
12:17 that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through
Esaias the prophet, saying,
12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom
my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.
12:19 He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his
voice in the streets;
12:20 a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall
he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;
12:21 and on his name shall [the] nations hope.
12:22 Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind
and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb [man] spake and
saw.
12:23 And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this [man] the
Son of David?
12:24 But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man]
does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.
12:25 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and
every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.
12:26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against
himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?
12:27 And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by
whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be
your judges.
12:28 But if *I* by [the] Spirit of God cast out demons, then
indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you.
12:29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong
[man] and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong
[man]? and then he will plunder his house.
12:30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers
not with me scatters.
12:31 For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious
speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of
the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.
12:32 And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of
man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak
against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither
in this age nor in the coming [one].
12:33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the
tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the
tree is known.
12:34 Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being
wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
12:35 The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good
things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings
forth wicked things.
12:36 But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall
say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
12:37 for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned.
12:38 Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees,
saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.
12:39 But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous
generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to
it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.
12:40 For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three
days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the
heart of the earth three days and three nights.
12:41 Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the
preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.
12:42 A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with
this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the
ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold,
more than Solomon [is] here.
12:43 But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he
goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].
12:44 Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out;
and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.
12:45 Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits
worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the
last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus
shall it be to this wicked generation also.
12:46 But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his
mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy
brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.
12:48 But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my
mother, and who are my brethren?
12:49 And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said,
Behold my mother and my brethren;
12:50 for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in
[the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
13:1 And that [same] day Jesus went out from the house and sat
down by the sea.
13:2 And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that
going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd
stood on the shore.
13:3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying,
Behold, the sower went out to sow:
13:4 and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the
birds came and devoured them;
13:5 and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not
much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground]
because of not having [any] depth of earth,
13:6 but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of
not having [any] root were dried up;
13:7 and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and
choked them;
13:8 and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit,
one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
13:9 He that has ears, let him hear.
13:10 And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest
thou to them in parables?
13:11 And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to
them it is not given;
13:12 for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be
caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has
shall be taken away from him.
13:13 For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing
they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
13:14 and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which
says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and
beholding ye shall behold and not see;
13:15 for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have
heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes
as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with
the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them.
13:16 But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your
ears because they hear;
13:17 for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and
righteous [men] have desired to see the things which ye behold
and did not see [them], and to hear the things which ye hear
and did not hear [them].
13:18 *Ye*, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.
13:19 From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does
not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what
was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.
13:20 But he that is sown on the rocky places -- this is he who
hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
13:21 but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and
when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word,
he is immediately offended.
13:22 And he that is sown among the thorns -- this is he who
hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the
deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
13:23 But he that is sown upon the good ground -- this is he who
hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and
produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
13:24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of
the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his
field;
13:25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel
amongst the wheat, and went away.
13:26 But when the blade shot up and produced fruit, then
appeared the darnel also.
13:27 And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to
him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence
then has it darnel?
13:28 And he said to them, A man [that is] an enemy has done
this. And the bondmen said to him, Wilt thou then that we
should go and gather it [up]?
13:29 But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should
root up the wheat with it.
13:30 Suffer both to grow together unto the harvest, and in time
of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen, Gather first the
darnel, and bind it into bundles to burn it; but the wheat
bring together into my granary.
13:31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of
the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took
and sowed in his field;
13:32 which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown
is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of
heaven come and roost in its branches.
13:33 He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the
heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three
measures of meal until it had been all leavened.
13:34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables,
and without a parable he did not speak to them,
13:35 so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through
the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will
utter things hidden from [the] world's foundation.
13:36 Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house;
and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the
parable of the darnel of the field.
13:37 But he answering said, He that sows the good seed is the
Son of man,
13:38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are
the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the
evil [one];
13:39 and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the
harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen
are angels.
13:40 As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire,
thus it shall be in the completion of the age.
13:41 The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall
gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise
lawlessness;
13:42 and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there
shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
13:43 Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the
kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.
13:44 The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the
field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it
goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
13:45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant
seeking beautiful pearls;
13:46 and having found one pearl of great value, he went and
sold all whatever he had and bought it.
13:47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which
has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of
every kind,
13:48 which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the
shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and
cast the worthless out.
13:49 Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels
shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just,
13:50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall
be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
13:51 Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things?
They say to him, Yea, [Lord].
13:52 And he said to them, For this reason every scribe
discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man [that is]
a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and
old.
13:53 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables
he withdrew thence.
13:54 And having come into his own country, he taught them in
their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence
has this [man] this wisdom and these works of power?
13:55 Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother
called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and
Judas?
13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has
this [man] all these things?
13:57 And they were offended in him. And Jesus said to them, A
prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his
house.
13:58 And he did not there many works of power, because of their
unbelief.
14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
14:2 and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is
risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power
display their force in him.
14:3 For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in
prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.
14:4 For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have
her.
14:5 And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd,
because they held him for a prophet.
14:6 But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of
Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
14:7 whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she
should ask.
14:8 But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here
upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
14:9 And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and
those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.
14:10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;
14:11 and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the
damsel, and she carried [it] to her mother.
14:12 And his disciples came and took the body and buried it,
and came and brought word to Jesus.
14:13 And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a
desert place apart. And the crowds having heard [of it]
followed him on foot from the cities.
14:14 And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with
compassion about them, and healed their infirm.
14:15 But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying,
The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone
by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and
buy food for themselves.
14:16 But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give *ye*
them to eat.
14:17 But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and
two fishes.
14:18 And he said, Bring them here to me.
14:19 And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass,
having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up
to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave
[them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the
crowds.
14:20 And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was
over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.
14:21 But those that had eaten were about five thousand men,
besides women and children.
14:22 And immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board
ship, and to go on before him to the other side, until he
should have dismissed the crowds.
14:23 And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the
mountain apart to pray. And when even was come, he was alone
there,
14:24 but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed
by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
14:25 But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them,
walking on the sea.
14:26 And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were
troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out
through fear.
14:27 But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage;
it is *I*: be not afraid.
14:28 And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*,
command me to come to thee upon the waters.
14:29 And he said, Come. And Peter, having descended from the
ship, walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.
14:30 But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to
sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught
hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst
thou doubt?
14:32 And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.
14:33 But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying,
Truly thou art God's Son.
14:34 And having crossed over they came to the land of
Gennesaret.
14:35 And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent
to that whole country around, and they brought to him all that
were ill,
14:36 and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his
garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.
15:1 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to
Jesus, saying,
15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by
the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat
bread.
15:3 But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress
the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
15:4 For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He
that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5 But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother,
It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me
thou wouldest be profited:
15:6 and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother;
and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your
traditional teaching.
15:7 Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
15:8 This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far
away from me;
15:9 but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings
commandments of men.
15:10 And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them,
Hear and understand:
15:11 Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what
goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
15:12 Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know
that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?
15:13 But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly
Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
15:14 Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if
blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
15:15 And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this
parable.
15:16 But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?
15:17 Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into
the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into
the draught?
15:18 but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of
the heart, and those defile man.
15:19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings,
blasphemies;
15:20 these are the things which defile man; but the eating with
unwashen hands does not defile man.
15:21 And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the
parts of Tyre and Sidon;
15:22 and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those
borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of
David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.
15:23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came
to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries
after us.
15:24 But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the
lost sheep of Israel's house.
15:25 But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.
15:26 But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of
the children and cast it to the dogs.
15:27 But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the
crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
15:28 Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith [is]
great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was
healed from *that* hour.
15:29 And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of
Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;
15:30 and great crowds came to him, having with them lame,
blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at
his feet, and he healed them:
15:31 so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking,
crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they
glorified the God of Israel.
15:32 But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I
have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me
already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and
I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on
the way.
15:33 And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so
many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?
15:34 And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they
said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
15:35 And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
15:36 and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having
given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples,
and the disciples to the crowd.
15:37 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was
over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;
15:38 but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women
and children.
15:39 And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship
and came to the borders of Magadan.
16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked
him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.
16:2 But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye
say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
16:3 and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red
[and] lowering; ye know [how] to discern the face of the sky,
but ye cannot the signs of the times.
16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and
a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he
left them and went away.
16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they
had forgotten to take bread.
16:6 And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have
taken no bread.
16:8 And Jesus knowing [it], said, Why reason ye among
yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no
bread?
16:9 Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of
the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]?
16:10 nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many
baskets ye took [up]?
16:11 How do ye not understand that [it was] not concerning
bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees?
16:12 Then they comprehended that he did not speak of being
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:13 But when Jesus was come into the parts of
Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do
men say that I the Son of man am?
16:14 And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias;
and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.
16:15 He says to them, But *ye*, who do ye say that I am?
16:16 And Simon Peter answering said, *Thou* art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.
16:17 And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee,
but my Father who is in the heavens.
16:18 And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and
on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall
not prevail against it.
16:19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the
heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall
be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on
the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
16:20 Then he enjoined on his disciples that they should say to
no man that he was the Christ.
16:21 From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that
he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the
third day be raised.
16:22 And Peter taking him to [him] began to rebuke him, saying,
[God] be favourable to thee, Lord; this shall in no wise be
unto thee.
16:23 But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me,
Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the
things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.
16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to
come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and
follow me.
16:25 For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it;
but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
16:26 For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole
world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give
in exchange for his soul?
16:27 For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his
Father with his angels, and then he will render to each
according to his doings.
16:28 Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing
here that shall not taste of death at all until they shall have
seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
17:1 And after six days Jesus takes with [him] Peter, and James,
and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain
apart.
17:2 And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as
the sun, and his garments became white as the light;
17:3 and lo, Moses and Elias appeared to them talking with him.
17:4 And Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good we
should be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three
tabernacles: for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for
Elias.
17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying,
*This* is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear
him.
17:6 And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and
were greatly terrified.
17:7 And Jesus coming to [them] touched them, and said, Rise up,
and be not terrified.
17:8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone.
17:9 And as they descended from the mountain, Jesus charged
them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man
be risen up from among [the] dead.
17:10 And [his] disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say
the scribes that Elias must first have come?
17:11 And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first
and will restore all things.
17:12 But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they
have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would.
Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.
17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of
John the baptist.
17:14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him,
falling on his knees before him, and saying,
17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and suffers
sorely; for often he falls into the fire and often into the
water.
17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able
to heal him.
17:17 And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted
generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear
with you? Bring him here to me.
17:18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out from him,
and the boy was healed from that hour.
17:19 Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said [to him],
Why were not *we* able to cast him out?
17:20 And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily
I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed],
ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and
it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to
you.
17:21 But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.
17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The
Son of man is about to be delivered up into [the] hands of men,
17:23 and they shall kill him; and the third day he shall be
raised up. And they were greatly grieved.
17:24 And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the
didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay
the didrachmas?
17:25 He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus
anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings
of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from
their own sons or from strangers?
17:26 Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then
are the sons free.
17:27 But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea
and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and
when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take
that and give it to them for me and thee.
18:1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then
is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?
18:2 And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in
their midst,
18:3 and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and
become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the
kingdom of the heavens.
18:4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;
18:5 and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my
name, receives me.
18:6 But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who
believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great
millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the
depths of the sea.
18:7 Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be
that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence
comes!
18:8 And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and
cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life
lame or maimed, [rather] than having two hands or two feet to
be cast into eternal fire.
18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it]
from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed,
[rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
18:10 See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I
say unto you that their angels in [the] heavens continually
behold the face of my Father who is in [the] heavens.
18:11 For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.
18:12 What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred
sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the
ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has
gone astray?
18:13 And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I
say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of
the ninety and nine not gone astray.
18:14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the]
heavens that one of these little ones should perish.
18:15 But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him
between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained
thy brother.
18:16 But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two
besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two
witnesses or of three.
18:17 But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the
assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let
him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.
18:18 Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth
shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the
earth shall be loosed in heaven.
18:19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the
earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they
shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the]
heavens.
18:20 For where two or three are gathered together unto my name,
there am I in the midst of them.
18:21 Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my
brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?
18:22 Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times,
but until seventy times seven.
18:23 For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like
a king who would reckon with his bondmen.
18:24 And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand
talents was brought to him.
18:25 But he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded
him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything
that he had, and that payment should be made.
18:26 The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying,
Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.
18:27 And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion,
loosed him and forgave him the loan.
18:28 But that bondman having gone out, found one of his
fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having
seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest
anything.
18:29 His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down [at his
feet], besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will
pay thee.
18:30 But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison,
until he should pay what was owing.
18:31 But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place,
were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all
that had taken place.
18:32 Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him,
Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou
besoughtest me;
18:33 shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?
18:34 And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors
till he paid all that was owing to him.
18:35 Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive
not from your hearts every one his brother.
19:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words,
he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea
beyond the Jordan;
19:2 and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
19:3 And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is
it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
19:4 But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he
who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,
19:5 and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and
mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be
one flesh?
19:6 so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What
therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
19:7 They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a
letter of divorce and to send [her] away?
19:8 He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness,
allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it
was not thus.
19:9 But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife,
not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery;
and he who marries one put away commits adultery.
19:10 His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so
with his wife, it is not good to marry.
19:11 And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but
those to whom it has been given;
19:12 for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from
[their] mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made
eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of
themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that
is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].
19:13 Then there were brought to him little children that he
might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked
them.
19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder
them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of
such:
19:15 and having laid his hands upon them, he departed thence.
19:16 And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good
thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?
19:17 And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning
goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life,
keep the commandments.
19:18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not
kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal,
Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother, and Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
19:20 The young man says to him, All these have I kept; what
lack I yet?
19:21 Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell
what thou hast and give to [the] poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
19:22 But the young man, having heard the word, went away
grieved, for he had large possessions.
19:23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A
rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the
heavens;
19:24 and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to
enter a needle's eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God.
19:25 And when the disciples heard [it] they were exceedingly
astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?
19:26 But Jesus, looking on [them], said to them, With men this
is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
19:27 Then Peter answering said to him, Behold, *we* have left
all things and have followed thee; what then shall happen to
us?
19:28 And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That *ye*
who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man
shall sit down upon his throne of glory, *ye* also shall sit on
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
19:29 And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall
inherit life eternal.
19:30 But many first shall be last, and last first.
20:1 For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who
went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
20:2 And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day,
he sent them into his vineyard.
20:3 And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others
standing in the market-place idle;
20:4 and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and
whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their
way.
20:5 Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he
did likewise.
20:6 But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found
others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the
day idle?
20:7 They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to
them, Go also ye into the vineyard [and whatsoever may be just
ye shall receive].
20:8 But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard
says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their
wages, beginning from the last even to the first.
20:9 And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour
came, they received each a denarius.
20:10 And when the first came, they supposed that they would
receive more, and they received also themselves each a
denarius.
20:11 And on receiving it they murmured against the master of
the house,
20:12 saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast
made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and
the heat.
20:13 But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do
not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
20:14 Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to
this last even as to thee:
20:15 is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own
affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good?
20:16 Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many
are called ones, but few chosen ones.
20:17 And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve
disciples with [him] apart in the way, and said to them,
20:18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be
delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will
condemn him to death;
20:19 and they will deliver him up to the nations to mock and to
scourge and to crucify, and the third day he shall rise again.
20:20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with
her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
20:21 And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Speak
[the word] that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right
hand and one on thy left in thy kingdom.
20:22 And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye
drink the cup which *I* am about to drink? They say to him, We
are able.
20:23 [And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but
to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give,
but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.
20:24 And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about
the two brothers.
20:25 But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that
the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the
great exercise authority over them.
20:26 It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be
great among you, shall be your servant;
20:27 and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your
bondman;
20:28 as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
20:29 And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed
him.
20:30 And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having
heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy
on us, Lord, Son of David.
20:31 But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But
they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of
David.
20:32 And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will
ye that I shall do to you?
20:33 They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
20:34 And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and
immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they
followed him.
21:1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage,
at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
21:2 saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and
immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose
[them] and lead [them] to me.
21:3 And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord
has need of them, and straightway he will send them.
21:4 But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled
which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
21:5 Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to
thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal
of an ass.
21:6 But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had
ordered them,
21:7 brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon
them, and he sat on them.
21:8 But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the
way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and
strewing them on the way.
21:9 And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried,
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed [be] he who comes
in the name of [the] Lord; hosanna in the highest.
21:10 And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was
moved, saying, Who is this?
21:11 And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from
Nazareth of Galilee.
21:12 And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out
all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold
the doves.
21:13 And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be
called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of
robbers.
21:14 And blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he
healed them.
21:15 And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders
which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,
21:16 and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus
says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
21:17 And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany,
and there he passed the night.
21:18 But early in the morning, as he came back into the city,
he hungered.
21:19 And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and
found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let
there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree
was immediately dried up.
21:20 And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying,
How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!
21:21 And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what
[is done] to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this
mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it
shall come to pass.
21:22 And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
21:23 And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and
the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching,
saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave
thee this authority?
21:24 And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you
one thing, which if ye tell me, *I* also will tell you by what
authority I do these things:
21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men?
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say,
Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed
him?
21:26 but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all
hold John for a prophet.
21:27 And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. *He* also
said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do
these things.
21:28 But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to
the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard.
21:29 And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards
repenting himself he went.
21:30 And coming to the second he said likewise; and he
answering said, *I* [go], sir, and went not.
21:31 Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to
him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that
the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God
before you.
21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye
believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots
believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves
afterwards to believe him.
21:33 Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted
a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in
it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left
the country.
21:34 But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen
to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
21:35 And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed
another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they
did to them in like manner.
21:37 And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will
have respect for my son.
21:38 But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves,
This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his
inheritance.
21:39 And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard,
and killed him.
21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall
he do to those husbandmen?
21:41 They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil
[men], and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall
render him the fruits in their seasons.
21:42 Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures,
The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the
corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our
eyes?
21:43 Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be
taken from you and shall be given to a nation producing the
fruits of it.
21:44 And he that falls on this stone shall be broken, but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
21:45 And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his
parables, knew that he spoke about them.
21:46 And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the
crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
22:1 And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables,
saying,
22:2 The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made
a wedding feast for his son,
22:3 and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the
wedding feast, and they would not come.
22:4 Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons
invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my
fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the
wedding feast.
22:5 But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land,
and another to his commerce.
22:6 And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and
slew [them].
22:7 And [when] the king [heard of it he] was wroth, and having
sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their
city.
22:8 Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready,
but those invited were not worthy;
22:9 go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as
many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
22:10 And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought
together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the
wedding feast was furnished with guests.
22:11 And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld
there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.
22:12 And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here
not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and
hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer
darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
22:14 For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
22:15 Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might
ensnare him in speaking.
22:16 And they send out to him their disciples with the
Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and
teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one,
for thou regardest not men's person;
22:17 tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give
tribute to Caesar, or not?
22:18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye
me, hypocrites?
22:19 Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to
him a denarius.
22:20 And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and
superscription?
22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then
what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
22:22 And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him,
and went away.
22:23 On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection; and they demanded of him,
22:24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having
children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up
seed to his brother.
22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first
having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his
brother.
22:26 In like manner also the second and the third, unto the
seven.
22:27 And last of all the woman also died.
22:28 In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall
she be wife, for all had her?
22:29 And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the
scriptures nor the power of God.
22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.
22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not
read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
22:32 *I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the]
living.
22:33 And when the crowds heard [it] they were astonished at his
doctrine.
22:34 But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the
Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.
22:35 And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and
saying,
22:36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
22:37 And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
understanding.
22:38 This is [the] great and first commandment.
22:39 And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
22:40 On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets
hang.
22:41 And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded
of them,
22:42 saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is
he? They say to him, David's.
22:43 He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him
Lord, saying,
22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put
thine enemies under thy feet?
22:45 If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?
22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one
dare from that day to question him any more.
23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
23:2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves
down in Moses' seat:
23:3 all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and
keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,
23:4 but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on
the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.
23:5 And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they
make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders [of their
garments],
23:6 and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in
the synagogues,
23:7 and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of
men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
23:8 But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your
instructor, and all *ye* are brethren.
23:9 And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one
is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
23:10 Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor,
the Christ.
23:11 But the greatest of you shall be your servant.
23:12 And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and
whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for
ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for *ye* do
not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.
23:14
23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye
compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and
when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of
hell than yourselves.
23:16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear
by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the
gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
23:17 Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the
temple which sanctifies the gold?
23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing;
but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a
debtor.
23:19 [Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or
the altar which sanctifies the gift?
23:20 He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by
all things that are upon it.
23:21 And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him
that dwells in it.
23:22 And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God
and by him that sits upon it.
23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay
tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the
weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith:
these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
23:24 Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the
camel.
23:25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make
clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they
are full of rapine and intemperance.
23:26 Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and
of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are
like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but
within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
23:28 Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but
within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
23:29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye
build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the
just,
23:30 and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we
would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
prophets.
23:31 So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of
those who slew the prophets:
23:32 and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
23:33 Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the
judgment of hell?
23:34 Therefore, behold, *I* send unto you prophets, and wise
men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify,
and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will
persecute from city to city;
23:35 so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should
come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood
of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar.
23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon
this generation.
23:37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets
and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have
gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;
23:39 for I say unto you, Ye shall in no wise see me henceforth
until ye say, Blessed [be] he that comes in the name of [the]
Lord.
24:1 And Jesus went forth and went away from the temple, and his
disciples came to [him] to point out to him the buildings of
the temple.
24:2 And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these
things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here
upon a stone which shall not be thrown down.
24:3 And as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives the
disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall
these things be, and what is the sign of thy coming and [the]
completion of the age?
24:4 And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead
you.
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, *I* am the Christ,
and they shall mislead many.
24:6 But ye will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye
be not disturbed; for all [these things] must take place, but
it is not yet the end.
24:7 For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pestilences,
and earthquakes in divers places.
24:8 But all these [are the] beginning of throes.
24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall
kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's
sake.
24:10 And then will many be offended, and will deliver one
another up, and hate one another;
24:11 and many false prophets shall arise and shall mislead
many;
24:12 and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the
most shall grow cold;
24:13 but he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved.
24:14 And these glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in
the whole habitable earth, for a witness to all the nations,
and then shall come the end.
24:15 When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation,
which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in
[what is a] holy place, (he that reads let him understand,)
24:16 then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;
24:17 let not him that is on the house come down to take the
things out of his house;
24:18 and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his
garment.
24:19 But woe to those that are with child, and those that give
suck in those days.
24:20 But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on
sabbath:
24:21 for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not
been from [the] beginning of [the] world until now, nor ever
shall be;
24:22 and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had
been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut
short.
24:23 Then if any one say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or
here, believe [it] not.
24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if
possible, even the elect.
24:25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
24:26 If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert,
go not forth; behold, [he is] in the inner chambers, do not
believe [it].
24:27 For as the lightning goes forth from the east and shines
to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
24:28 [For] wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the
eagles.
24:29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the
sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken.
24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the land lament, and
they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.
24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of
trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from [the one] extremity of [the] heavens to [the other]
extremity of them.
24:32 But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its
branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the
summer is near.
24:33 Thus also *ye*, when ye see all these things, know that it
is near, at the doors.
24:34 Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed
away until all these things shall have taken place.
24:35 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words
shall in no wise pass away.
24:36 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels
of the heavens, but [my] Father alone.
24:37 But as the days of Noe, so also shall be the coming of the
Son of man.
24:38 For as they were in the days which were before the flood,
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the
day on which Noe entered into the ark,
24:39 and they knew not till the flood came and took all away;
thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.
24:40 Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is
left;
24:41 two [women] grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is
left.
24:42 Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord
comes.
24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known
in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and
not have suffered his house to be dug through [into].
24:44 Wherefore *ye* also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye
think not the Son of man comes.
24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord
has set over his household, to give them food in season?
24:46 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find
doing thus.
24:47 Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his
substance.
24:48 But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord
delays to come,
24:49 and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink
with the drunken;
24:50 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does
not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,
24:51 and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of
teeth.
25:1 Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten
virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the
bridegroom.
25:2 And five of them were prudent and five foolish.
25:3 They that were foolish took their torches and did not take
oil with them;
25:4 but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their
torches.
25:5 Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
25:6 But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold,
the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
25:7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
25:8 And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil,
for our torches are going out.
25:9 But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might
not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell,
and buy for yourselves.
25:10 But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the
[ones that were] ready went in with him to the wedding feast,
and the door was shut.
25:11 Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying,
Lord, Lord, open to us;
25:12 but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not
know you.
25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
25:14 For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country
called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.
25:15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to
another one; to each according to his particular ability, and
immediately went away out of the country.
25:16 And he that had received the five talents went and
trafficked with them, and made five other talents.
25:17 In like manner also he that [had received] the two, [he
also] gained two others.
25:18 But he that had received the one went and dug in the
earth, and hid the money of his lord.
25:19 And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and
reckons with them.
25:20 And he that had received the five talents came to [him]
and brought five other talents, saying, [My] lord, thou
deliveredst me five talents; behold, I have gained five other
talents besides them.
25:21 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman,
thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many
things: enter into the joy of thy lord.
25:22 And he also that had received the two talents came to
[him] and said, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me two talents;
behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.
25:23 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman,
thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
25:24 And he also that had received the one talent coming to
[him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man,
reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where
thou hadst not scattered,
25:25 and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the
earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
25:26 And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful
bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and
gather from where I had not scattered;
25:27 thou oughtest then to have put my money to the
money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine
with interest.
25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him
that has the ten talents:
25:29 for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be
in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has
shall be taken from him.
25:30 And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness;
there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
25:31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the
angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of
glory,
25:32 and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he
shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats;
25:33 and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats
on [his] left.
25:34 Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come,
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
[the] world's foundation:
25:35 for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye
gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
25:36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I
was in prison, and ye came to me.
25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw
we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave
thee to drink?
25:38 and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or
naked, and clothed thee?
25:39 and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?
25:40 And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to
you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it to me.
25:41 Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me,
cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels:
25:42 for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and
ye gave me not to drink;
25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did
not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
25:44 Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we
thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill,
or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
25:45 Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you,
Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither
have ye done it to me.
25:46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the
righteous into life eternal.
26:1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these
sayings, he said to his disciples,
26:2 Ye know that after two days the passover takes place, and
the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
26:3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were
gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was
called Caiaphas,
26:4 and took counsel together in order that they might seize
Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
26:5 but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult
among the people.
26:6 But Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper's house,
26:7 a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious
ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay
at table.
26:8 But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To
what end [was] this waste?
26:9 for this might have been sold for much and been given to
the poor.
26:10 But Jesus knowing [it] said to them, Why do ye trouble the
woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.
26:11 For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not
always.
26:12 For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done
it for my burying.
26:13 Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be
preached in the whole world, that also which this [woman] has
done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
26:14 Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote,
went to the chief priests
26:15 and said, What are ye willing to give me, and *I* will
deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces
of silver.
26:16 And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he
might deliver him up.
26:17 Now on the first [day] of [the feast of] unleavened bread,
the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we
prepare for thee to eat the passover?
26:18 And he said, Go into the city unto such a one, and say to
him, The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep the
passover in thy house with my disciples.
26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they
prepared the passover.
26:20 And when the evening was come he lay down at table with
the twelve.
26:21 And as they were eating he said, Verily I say to you, that
one of you shall deliver me up.
26:22 And being exceedingly grieved they began to say to him,
each of them, Is it *I*, Lord?
26:23 But he answering said, He that dips his hand with me in
the dish, *he* it is who shall deliver me up.
26:24 The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written
concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is
delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been
born.
26:25 And Judas, who delivered him up, answering said, Is it
*I*, Rabbi? He says to him, *Thou* hast said.
26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken [the] bread
and blessed, broke [it] and gave [it] to the disciples, and
said, Take, eat: this is my body.
26:27 And having taken [the] cup and given thanks, he gave [it]
to them, saying, Drink ye all of it.
26:28 For this is my blood, that of the [new] covenant, that
shed for many for remission of sins.
26:29 But I say to you, that I will not at all drink henceforth
of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new
with you in the kingdom of my Father.
26:30 And having sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of
Olives.
26:31 Then saith Jesus to them, All *ye* shall be offended in me
during this night. For it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
26:32 But after that I shall be risen, I will go before you to
Galilee.
26:33 And Peter answering said to him, If all shall be offended
in thee, *I* will never be offended.
26:34 Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, that during this
night, before [the] cock shall crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
26:35 Peter says to him, If I should needs die with thee, I will
in no wise deny thee. Likewise said all the disciples also.
26:36 Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane,
and says to the disciples, Sit here until I go away and pray
yonder.
26:37 And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
26:38 Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto
death; remain here and watch with me.
26:39 And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying
and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from
me; but not as *I* will, but as *thou* [wilt].
26:40 And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and
says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour
with me?
26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the
spirit indeed [is] ready, but the flesh weak.
26:42 Again going away a second time he prayed saying, My
Father, if this cannot pass [from me] unless I drink it, thy
will be done.
26:43 And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes
were heavy.
26:44 And leaving them, he went away again and prayed the third
time, saying the same thing.
26:45 Then he comes to the disciples and says to them, Sleep on
now and take your rest; behold, the hour has drawn nigh, and
the Son of man is delivered up into the hands of sinners.
26:46 Arise, let us go; behold, he that delivers me up has drawn
nigh.
26:47 And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the
twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and sticks
from the chief priests and elders of the people.
26:48 Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.
26:49 And immediately coming up to Jesus he said, Hail, Rabbi,
and covered him with kisses.
26:50 But Jesus said to him, [My] friend, for what purpose art
thou come? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized
him.
26:51 And behold, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand
and drew his sword, and smiting the bondman of the high priest
took off his ear.
26:52 Then saith Jesus to him, Return thy sword to its place;
for all who take the sword shall perish by the sword.
26:53 Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father,
and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?
26:54 How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it
must be?
26:55 In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as
against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily
[with you] teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.
26:56 But all this is come to pass that the scriptures of the
prophets may be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and
fled.
26:57 Now they that had seized Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas
the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were
assembled.
26:58 And Peter followed him at a distance, even to the palace
of the high priest, and entering in sat with the officers to
see the end.
26:59 And the chief priests and the elders and the whole
sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they
might put him to death.
26:60 And they found none, though many false witnesses came
forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward
26:61 and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of
God, and in three days build it.
26:62 And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest
thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?
26:63 But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said
to him, I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us if
*thou* art the Christ the Son of God.
26:64 Jesus says to him, *Thou* hast said. Moreover, I say to
you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the
right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has
blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold,
now ye have heard the blasphemy.
26:66 What think ye? And they answering said, He is liable to
the penalty of death.
26:67 Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some
struck him with the palms of their hand,
26:68 saying, Prophesy to us, Christ, Who is it who struck thee?
26:69 But Peter sat without in the palace-court; and a maid came
to him, saying, And *thou* wast with Jesus the Galilaean.
26:70 But he denied before all, saying, I do not know what thou
sayest.
26:71 And when he had gone out into the entrance, another [maid]
saw him, and says to those there, This [man] also was with
Jesus the Nazaraean.
26:72 And again he denied with an oath: I do not know the man.
26:73 And after a little, those who stood [there], coming to
[him], said to Peter, Truly *thou* too art of them, for also
thy speech makes thee manifest.
26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man.
And immediately [the] cock crew.
26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said [to
him], Before [the] cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice. And he
went forth without, and wept bitterly.
27:1 And when it was morning all the chief priests and the
elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they
might put him to death.
27:2 And having bound him they led him away, and delivered him
up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
27:3 Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been
condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and the elders,
27:4 saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless
blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* [to that].
27:5 And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he
left the place, and went away and hanged himself.
27:6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said,
It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is
[the] price of blood.
27:7 And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field
of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.
27:8 Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this
day.
27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias
the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver,
the price of him that was set a price on, whom [they who were]
of the sons of Israel had set a price on,
27:10 and they gave them for the field of the potter, according
as [the] Lord commanded me.
27:11 But Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor
questioned him, saying, Art *thou* the King of the Jews? And
Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.
27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and the
elders, he answered nothing.
27:13 Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things
they witness against thee?
27:14 And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the
governor wondered exceedingly.
27:15 Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release
one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.
27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.
27:17 They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to
them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus
who is called Christ?
27:18 For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.
27:19 But, as he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent
to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous
[man]; for I have suffered to-day many things in a dream
because of him.
27:20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds
that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
27:21 And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two
will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
27:22 Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who
is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
27:23 And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But
they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
27:24 And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that
rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his
hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of
this righteous one: see *ye* [to it].
27:25 And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us
and on our children.
27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having
scourged [him], he delivered up that he might be crucified.
27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with
[them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,
27:28 and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet
cloak;
27:29 and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his
head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before
him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
27:30 And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat
[him] on his head.
27:31 And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him,
and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify.
27:32 And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon
by name; him they compelled to go [with them] that he might
bear his cross.
27:33 And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means
Place of a skull,
27:34 they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and
having tasted [it], he would not drink.
27:35 And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst
[themselves], casting lots.
27:36 And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.
27:37 And they set up over his head his accusation written: This
is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
27:38 Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right
hand and one on the left.
27:39 But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
27:40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest
it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend
from the cross.
27:41 [And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with
the scribes and elders, said,
27:42 He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of
Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe
on him.
27:43 He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will
[have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.
27:44 And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast
the same reproaches on him.
27:45 Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the
whole land until [the] ninth hour;
27:46 but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
27:47 And some of those who stood there, when they heard [it],
said, This [man] calls for Elias.
27:48 And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge,
having filled [it] with vinegar and fixed [it] on a reed, gave
him to drink.
27:49 But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to
save him.
27:50 And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up
the ghost.
27:51 And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the
top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were
rent,
27:52 and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints
fallen asleep arose,
27:53 and going out of the tombs after his arising, entered into
the holy city and appeared unto many.
27:54 But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard
over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took
place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this [man] was Son of God.
27:55 And there were there many women beholding from afar off,
who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,
27:56 among whom was Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of
James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57 Now when even was come there came a rich man of
Arimathaea, his name Joseph, who also himself was a disciple to
Jesus.
27:58 *He*, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then
Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
27:59 And Joseph having got the body, wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth,
27:60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn in the rock;
and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went
away.
27:61 But Mary of Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting
opposite the sepulchre.
27:62 Now on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the
chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
27:63 saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver
said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.
27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the
third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away,
and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last
error shall be worse than the first.
27:65 And Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, secure it as
well as ye know how.
27:66 And they went and secured the sepulchre, having sealed the
stone, with the watch [besides].
28:1 Now late on sabbath, as it was the dusk of the next day
after sabbath, came Mary of Magdala and the other Mary to look
at the sepulchre.
28:2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of
[the] Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the
stone and sat upon it.
28:3 And his look was as lightning, and his clothing white as
snow.
28:4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became as dead
men.
28:5 And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not *ye*,
for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.
28:6 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the
place where the Lord lay.
28:7 And go quickly and say to his disciples that he is risen
from the dead; and behold, he goes before you into Galilee,
there shall ye see him. Behold, I have told you.
28:8 And going out quickly from the tomb with fear and great
joy, they ran to bring his disciples word.
28:9 And as they went to bring his disciples word, behold also,
Jesus met them, saying, Hail! And they coming up took him by
the feet, and did him homage.
28:10 Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my
brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see
me.
28:11 And as they went, behold, some of the watch went into the
city, and brought word to the chief priests of all that had
taken place.
28:12 And having assembled with the elders, and having taken
counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
28:13 saying, Say that his disciples coming by night stole him
[while] we [were] sleeping.
28:14 And if this should come to the hearing of the governor,
*we* will persuade him, and save *you* from all anxiety.
28:15 And they took the money and did as they had been taught.
And this report is current among the Jews until this day.
28:16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain
which Jesus had appointed them.
28:17 And when they saw him, they did homage to him: but some
doubted.
28:18 And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has
been given me in heaven and upon earth.
28:19 Go [therefore] and make disciples of all the nations,
baptising them to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit;
28:20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
enjoined you. And behold, *I* am with you all the days, until
the completion of the age.