the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us

(This first registration took place [when] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

"The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

But he answered [and] said to him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on [it].

And the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'

So the first arrived, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more!'

And the second came, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.'

And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

And they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas.'

And [when he] got up from the prayer [and] came to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow,

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour win