'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

and Jesus answering said to them, 'Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

'Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

'And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, 'Six days there are in which it behoveth us to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'

And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, 'Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

'But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

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

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

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

lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

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

'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

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

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

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

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

I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

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

and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

And it came to pass, in his going on to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,

and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God,

for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one part under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

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

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

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

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

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

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

and he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed -- that have been written through the prophets -- to the Son of Man,

and they brought him word that Jesus the Nazarene doth pass by,

and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, 'Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

saying, 'What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, 'Sir, that I may receive sight.'

and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by.

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

'And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

'And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

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

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

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

And they answered, that they knew not whence it was,

and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty.

'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner?

every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

and they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless -- that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;

'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

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

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

And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

These things that ye behold -- days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

'And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;

because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.

when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

and he sent Peter and John, saying, 'Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;'

and they said to him, 'Where wilt thou that we might prepare?'

for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.'

And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, 'This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye -- to remembrance of me.'

In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but woe to that man through whom he is being delivered up.'

that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'

and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

for I say to you, that yet this that hath been written it behoveth to be fulfilled in me: And with lawless ones he was reckoned, for also the things concerning me have an end.'