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Therefore, having gone, disciple all nations; immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
Come to me, all ye wearied and loaded, and I will cause you to rest.
And Jesus, having come near, spake to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth:
But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.
And I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not overcome her.
And when the Son of man should come in his glory, and all his holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Think not that I have come to abolish the law, or the prophets: for I have come not abolish, but to complete.
And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:
Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Ye are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid, set on a mountain.
And the generation of Jesus Christ was thus: for Mary his mother having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child by the Holy Ghost.
And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy.
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it.
For everyone asking, receives and he seeking, finds; and to him knocking shall be opened.
Ye are the salt of the earth: and if the salt be rendered insipid, with what shall it be salted? it is yet strong for nothing, except to be cast without, and to be trodden under foot of men.
And Jesus born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold the magi from the sunrisings arrived in Jerusalem, saying:
So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.
And hold from false prophets which come in to you in sheep's dresses, but within they are rapacious wolves.
Happy the compasaionate: for they shall be commiserated.
For this I say to you, Be not anxious about your soul, what ye eat, and what ye drink; nor about your body, what ye put on. Is not the soul more than food, and the body than dress?
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins,
Teaching them to keep all things whatever I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all the days, even to the end of time. Amen.
Happy the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain; and he having sat down, his disciples came to him.
None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
Attend ye not to do your justice before men, to be seen to them; and if otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which in the heavens.
But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.
Therefore all whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God.
And this good news of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole habitable globe for a witness to all nations: and then shall the end come.
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.
Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:
For as a man going abroad, called his own servants, and delivered them his possessions:
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
Therefore, be ye perfected, as your Father which is in the heavens is perfected.
And after the sabbaths, in the shining forth to one of the sabbaths, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to behold the tomb.
Think not that I came to cast peace upon earth; I came not to cast peace, but a sword.
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me.
Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock.
Happy they making peace: for they shall be called sons of God.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love in the assemblies, and in the corners of the broad ways to stand praying, so that they might appear to men. Verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times?
And Jesus, having been immersed, went up straight from the water, and, behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
And they eating, Jesus, having taken the bread and praised, brake and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.
And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea of Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say me to be, the Son of Man?
Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom.
And fear not from those killing the body, and not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him able to destroy also soul and body in hell.
And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, into a mountain, where Jesus commanded them:
I truly immerse you in water to repentance; but he coming after me is stronger than I, whose shoes I am not fit to lift up; he shall immerse in the Holy Spirit, and fire
And concerning that day and hour, none know, nor the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only.
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill: and whoever should kill shall be subject to judgment:
Ye have heard, that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Therefore, when ye see the abomination of devastation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him reading, understand:)
And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand.
For verily I say to you, Till heaven pass away, and earth, one iota, or one mark, should not pass away from the law, till all should be
Happy they hungering and thirsting for Justice: for they shall be filled.
And, behold, one having come said to him, Good teacher, what good shall I do, that I might have eternal life?
Every one therefore who shall agree with me before men, I also will agree with him before my Father, him in the heavens.
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani I this is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye exact tenths and dill and cummin, and ye have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: these it was necessary to do, and not to let go those.
For if ye let go to men their faults, your Father which in the heavens will also let go to you.
Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: and the just into eternal life.
And quickly after the pressure of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;
And quickly Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before him to the other side, till he should loose the crowds.
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words should not pass away.
Happy the pure in heart: tor they shall see God.
For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
In that time Jesus having answered, said, I acknowledge to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to children.
For false Christs, and false prophets, shall be raised up, and give great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if possible, also the chosen.
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field:
And Jesus said to them, For your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If ye have faith as a kernel of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Go away from thence, and it shall go away; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
But I say to you, That every one seeing a woman, to eagerly desire her, has already committed adultery with her, in his heart.
And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read, that he having made from the beginning, made them male and female,
But I say to you, That every one becoming angry with his brother, shall be subject to judgment: and whoever should say to his brother, Raca, should be, subject to the council: and whoever should say, O foolish, shall be subject to a hell of fire.
As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.
But Jesus said, Let go the young children, and hinder them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.
In these days John the Baptist is present, proclaiming in the desert of Judea;
And all things, whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, shall ye receive.
And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.
Again, I say to you, That if two of you agree in opinion for everything which they ask, it shall be to them of my Father, he in the heavens.
For then shall be great pressure, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor should be.
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
Then says he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out; and it was restored, sound as the other.
And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart.
And sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him apart, saying, Say to us when these shall be, and what the sign of thy arrival, and the termination of the time.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.
For I also am a man under power, having soldiers under me: and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.
For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in:
For this is my blood, that of the new covenant, having been poured out for many, for the remission of sins.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy store-house, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which in secret; and thy Father who seeing in secret shall give back to thee openly.
And Jesus having looked up said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and much glory.
And Herod the king having heard, was stirred up, and all Jerusalem with him.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to her; how often did I wish to gather thy children together, which manner a bird gathers together her young broods under the wings, and ye would not!
Happy the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be as in heaven also upon the earth.
In that hour came the disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens?
And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying to them,
And said, Truly I say to you, Except ye be turned, and become as young children, ye should not come into the kingdom of the heavens.
For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers; and then he will give back to each according to his deed.
And having called his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every weakness.
And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, master of a house, who went out as soon as morning to hire workmen for his vineyard.
And reflecting upon these things, behold a messenger of the Lord appeared to him saying, Joseph, thou son of David, thou shouldest not fear to take to thyself Mary thy wife: for that begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz; begat Ezekias;
The young man says to him, All these have I watched from my youth; what yet do I want?
Cure the sick, cleanse the leprous, rouse the dead, cast out demons; as a gift ye have received, as a gift give.
If therefore, thou bring thy gift upon the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother has anything against thee,
From then Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must depart to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised in the third day.
And Jesus having answered, said to them, See lest any lead you astray.
And having gone forward a little, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: but not as I will, but as thou.
Happy they driven out for justice: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens.
And Jesus went about the whole of Galilee, teaching in their assemblies, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing disease, and every weakness in the people.
Then he says to his disciples, Truly the harvest much, but the laborers few.
And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatever thou shalt bind upon earth shall be bound in the heavens: and whatever thou shalt loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
And they, having gone back, lo, the messenger of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him.
And it was said, That whosoever should loose his wife, let him give her a repudiation.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a treasure hid in the field; which a man finding, concealed, and from his joy, he retires, and all things which he has he sells, and he purchases that field.
From then Jesus began to proclaim, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
And Jesus went about all the cities and towns, teaching in their assemblies, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every weakness in the people.
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim beget Elind;
And Jesus having gone out, went out of the temple: and his disciples came near to shew him the buildings of the temple.
And praying, talk ye not vainly as the nations; for they think that by their profaneness of speech they shall be listened to.
And the Pharisees having heard that he muzzled the Sadducees, were gathered upon the same.
And the second like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.
And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to loose his wife for every cause
In that time Jesus went in the sabbaths through the standing corn and his disciples were hungry, and begen to pluck the ears, end eat.
And I say to you, That every idle word which men speak, they shill return word for it in the day of judgment.
Lift up my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and humble in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.
Happy they suffering: for they shall be comforted.
Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father.
And Jesus, walking about by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a sweep-net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Then says Jesus to him, Retire, Satan; for it has been written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him alone shalt thou serve.
These twelve Jesus sent, having announced to them, saying, Go not in the way of the nations, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, a captain of a hundred came to him, and beseeching him,
By their fruits shall ye know them. Far from it, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from caltrops
And evening being come, they brought him many possessed with evil spirits: and he east out the spirits by the word, and cured all having evils:
And as the days of Noe, so shall be the arrival of the Son of man.
And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not:
And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.
And Jesus, having gone forth from thence, withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have we cast out evil spirits, and in thy name done many powers?
For as the lightning comes forth from the sunrisings, and shines to the descents; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man.
For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
But I say to you, That whosoever shall let go his wife except for the reason of adultery, makes her to commit adultery; and whosoever should marry her having been loosed, commits adultery.
Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.
And Elind begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
And having seen the crowds, he felt compassion for them, for they were relaxed and dispersed, as sheep not having a shepherd.
Therefore should ye not be anxious about the morrow: for the morrow shall be anxious about the things of itself. Sufficient for the day its evil.
Then comes Jesus with them into the place called Gethsemane, and says to the disciples, Sit here, till I, having gone, shall pray.
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
They say to him, Caesar's. Then says he to them, Give back then to Caesar the things of Caesar; and the things of God to God.
And behold a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented.
Truly I say to you, Whatever things ye should bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things ye should loose upon earth shall be loosed in heaven.
And the whole of this has been that it might be completed having been spoken by the prophet, saying,
And I say to you, That whoever should loose his wife, except for fornication, and marry another, commits adultery; and he having married the one loosed commits adultery.
And the Pharisees took counsel against him, having gone out, that they might kill him.
And Jesus came into the temple of God, and cast out all those selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the money-changers' tables, and the seats of those selling doves,
And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.
But I say to you not to resist evil: but whosoever shall smite thee with a rod upon thy right cheek, turn to him also the other.
And let go to us our debts, as we let go to our debtors.
And the Pharisees, seeing, said to his disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with tax collectors and the sinful?
For this I say to you, All sin and blasphemy shall be let go to men; but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be let go to men.
See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their messengers in the heavens always behold the face of my Father which is in the heavens.
And when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of gloomy aspect: for they conceal their faces that they might appear to men fasting. Verily I say to you, That they have their reward.
And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
Therefore be ye not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, What shall we put round us?
O generation of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the month speaks.
Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be.
Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And ye will be about to hear of wars and rumors of war: see, be not terrified; for all must be, but the end is not yet.
And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field:
And he said to him, Why sayest thou me good? None is good except one, God; but if thou wouldst come into life, keep the commands.
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes.
And from the sixth hour, darkness was upon all the earth, even to the ninth hour.
And why seest thou the mote which is in thy brother's eye, and the beam in thine eye thou observest not?
And Jesus, having answered, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed to thee, but my Father, he in the heavens.
For I say to you, That except your justice abound more than the scribes and Pharisees, ye should not come into the kingdom of the heavens.
Whoever therefore, should loose one of the least of these commands, and so teach men, he shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens: but whoever should do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
And if thine eye give thee cause of offence, take it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members be destroyed, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
And whoever should offend one of these little ones believing in me, it is profitable for him that the millstone of an ass be hung upon his neck, and he be sunk in the midst of the sea.
Again, ye have heard, that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear a false oath, and thou shalt. return to the Lord thine oaths.
So that ye might be sons of your Father, which in the heavens: for he makes his sun rise upon evil and good, and rains on the just and unjust.
From the days of John the Immerser till now the kingdom of the heavens is achieved by force, and they committing violence seize it eagerly.
And Jesus said to them, Verily I say to you, That ye having followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man should sit upon the throne of his glory, shall be seated ye also upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Hear another parable: A certain man was master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a winepress, and let it out to farmers, and went abroad:
For strait the gate and afflicted the way leading into life, and few are they finding it.
Then he possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, was brought to him; and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spake and saw also.
And being evening, then there came a rich man from Arimathea, Joseph by name, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus:
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in.
All things were delivered to me by my Father; and none knows the Son, except the Father; nor knows any one the Father, except the Son, and to whom the Son will reveal
He loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me; and he loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me.
Then young children were brought to him, that he might put hands upon them and pray: and the disciples censured them.
So that that spoken by Esaias the prophet was completed, saying. He took our weakness, and lifted up diseases.
Then says Jesus to him, Turn back thy sword to its place: for all they having taken the sword, shall perish by the sword.
Give us this day our bread sufficient for sustenance.
Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;
Is not this the son of the carpenter? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth; Behold, in the store-houses, believe ye not.
Then the Pharisees, having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in word.
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob: and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.
He is not here: for he was raised, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And, behold, the covering of the temple was cleft in two, from above to below; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks were cleft:
But what seems to you A man had two children; and having come to the first, he said, Child, retire to-day, work in my vineyard.
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.
He not being with me is against me; and he not gathering with me; scatters.
But they worship me in vain, teaching doctrines the commands of men.
And having gone, learn what is this, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has indicated to you to flee from the wrath about to come?
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed tombs, which without indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee.
And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples.
And he shall send his messengers, with the great voice of the trumpet, and they shall bring together his chosen from the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities.
Do ye not yet understand, that everything going into the mouth proceeds to the belly, and is cast out in the privy?
And in the first of the unleavened loaves, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where wilt thou we should prepare for thee to eat the pascha?
And having come into the house, they found the young child with Mary his mother, and having fallen, they worshipped him; and having opened their treasures they brought forward to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
And ye shall be hated by all for my name: and he having remained to the end shall be saved.
And they were immersed in Jordan by him, acknowledging their sins.
And Jesus having heard, withdrew from thence into a desert place apart: and the crowds, having heard, followed him on foot from the cities.
And having come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
If ye, therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children how much more will your Father which is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
He speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler, having come, worshipped him, saying; That my daughter has just now died: but having come, put thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
But if ye should not let go to men their faults, neither will your Father let go your faults.
But happy your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
For there are eunuchs, who were born so from the mother's belly: and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of the heavens. He being able to receive, let him receive.
And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens.
And Jesus censured him; and the demon went forth out of him: and the child was cured from that hour.
And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Say that these my two sons might sit, the one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.
And it was when Jesus finished these words he removed from Galilee, and came from the bounds of Judea beyond Jordan;
And being evening, his disciples came to him, saying, It is a desert place, and the time has passed already; loose the crowds, that, having gone into towns, they might purchase food for themselves.
And he having come beyond the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed with evil spirits, coming out of the tombs, met him, very rough, so that not any could pass by that way.
But Jesus, having called them, said, Ye know that the rulers rule over their nations, and the great exercise authority over them.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has yoked together, let not man separate.
And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, That with difficulty shall a rich one come into the kingdom of the heavens.
Where is he born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the sunrising, and have come to worship him.
And Peter having answered him, said, Lord, if thou art, encourage me to come upon the waters.
And from the fig tree learn a parable; When already her young shoot should be tender, and the leaves should spring forth, ye know that summer is near:
And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Ye are led astray, not having known the writings, nor the power of God.
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient,
Then shall they deliver you to pressure, and they shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations, for my name.
For from the heart come forth evil reflections, slaughters, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, defamations:
For nation shall be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and plagues, and shakings in places.
And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren.
This people draw near me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart keeps off far from me.
But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.
Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
For in the rising up they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the messengers of God in heaven.
And having turned, he said to Peter, Retire behind me, Satan: thou art an offence, to me: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men.
And Jesus having known, withdrew from thence; and many crowds followed him, and he cured them all;
And because anxiety shall increase, the love of many shall be cooled.
Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them
Neither do they burn a light, and set it under a basket, but upon a chandelier: and it shines to all in the house.
Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
For verily I say to you, that many prophets and just desired eagerly to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye hear, and heard not.
And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
And Joseph having awaked from sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord commanded him:
So that that spoken by the prophet Esaias might be completed, saying,
Then the disciples having come to Jesus apart, said, Why could not we cast it out?
But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart; give ye them to eat.
And he touched her hand, and the fever let her go: and she arose, and served them.
And think not to say in yourselves we have Abraham a father; for I say to you that God can of these stones raise up children to Abraham.
Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest
And if ye will receive, this is Elias he about to come.
And he says to him, All these will I give to thee, if, falling down, thou wouldst worship me.
And Jesus said to the captain of a hundred, Retire; as thou hast believed, let it be to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.
And Jesus having answered, said, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink, and be immersed with the immersion which I am immersed? They say to him, We can.
And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended.
Then the devil lets him go, and behold, the messengers came up, and they served him.
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus has it been written by the prophet:
Therefore take the talent away from him, and give him having ten talents.
Then shall the just answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished or thirsting, and gave to drink
And he not having to give back, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all which he had also to be given back.
He shall not contend, nor cry; nor shall any hear his voice in the streets.
And he having sown upon rocky places, this is he hearing the word, and quickly with joy receiving it;
And having twined a crown of thorns, they put upon, his head: and a reed upon his right hand: and having fallen upon the knees before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions.
That thou mightest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father which in secret; and thy Father which in secret, will give back to thee openly.
Neither do they cast new wine into old wineskins: but if otherwise, the wine-skins burst, and the wine is poured out, and the wine-skins are destroyed; but they cast new wine into new wine-skins, and they are both preserved.
And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven.
And Jesus said to them, The sons of the nuptial chamber cannot mourn inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them; but the days shall come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast.
And having left Nazareth behind, having come, he dwelt in Capernaum, near the sea, in the boundaries of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness
And thou fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
And with us were seven brethren: and the first, having married, died; and having no seed, he left his wife to his brother.
And if the house should be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you.
And he says to them, Truly my cup shall ye drink, and with the immersion which I am immersed shall ye be immersed; but to sit on my right, and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those it was prepared for by my Father.
And he comes to his disciples, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, So were ye not able to watch with me one hour?
But he having sown upon good earth is he hearing the word, and understanding; who indeed bears fruit, and who makes truly a hundred, and who sixty, and who thirty.
And in his name shall the nations hope.
And the lord of that servant, having felt compassion, loosed him, and let go to him the money lent.
And Peter having taken him, began to reproach him, saying, Be propitious to thyself, Lord: this shall not be to thee.
And no one puts on a cover of uncombed fragment upon an old garment, for its filling takes away from the garment, and the division is Worse.
He shall not break a bruised reed, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he should draw forth judgment to victory.
These are the things polluting a man: but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not a man.
Every tree not making good fruit is cut off, and cast into fire.
Then Herod having secretly called for the magi, searched thoroughly from them the time of the star appearing.
For he was teaching them as having power, and not as the scribes.
That thine alms might be in secret; and thy Father, who seeing in secret, shall give back to thee openly.
And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, Having gone, examine thoroughly concerning the child; and when ye should find, announce ye to me, so that I also, having gone, will worship him.
And saying, We played the flute to you, and ye moved not; we lamented to you and ye lamented not.
For she said in herself, If I should only touch the hem of his garment, I shall be saved.
And they having heard the king went forth; and, behold the star they saw in the sunrising, it led before them, till having come, it stood above where the young child was.
And when they mocked him, they put off from him the loose, warm cloak, and put on him his garments, and brought him away to crucify.
And John hindered him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me?
The baptism of John, whence was it of heaven or of men And they reasoned by themselves, saying, If we say, Of heaven; he will say to us, Why, then, believed ye him not?
And Jesus, having answered, said to them, I will also ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these.
And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.
But that servant having come, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred drachmas, and having seized, he choked him, saying, Give back to me what thou owest.
And having spit upon him, they took the reed, and struck upon his head.
And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.
Let go there thy gift, before the altar, and retire; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then, having come, bring thy gift.
And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?
And seeing the star, they rejoiced with great joy exceedingly.
And if thy right hand give thee cause of offence, cut it off, and cast from thee; for it is profitable to thee, that one of thy members should be destroyed; and not thy whole body should be cast into hell.
So also ye without truly appear just to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if in Tyre and Sidon had been the powers being in you, long since had they repented in sackcloth and ashes.
And he said to them, A man, an enemy, has done this: and his servants said to him, Wilt thou therefore we, having departed, should gather them
And having received intimation of the divine will in a dream not to turn back to Herod, by another way they went back to their own country.
Verily I say to thee, Thou shouldst not come out thence, even till, thou shouldst give back the last fourth.
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has an evil spirit.
And hold ye from men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their assemblies will they scourge you.
And he said, Come. And Peter having gone down from the ship, walked upon the waters, to go to Jesus.
And the farmers having taken his servants, truly one they stripped, and one they killed, and one they stoned.
And I say to you that neither Solomon in all his glory was surrounded as one of these.
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
Verily I say to you, it shall be more supportable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me.
They say to him, He will miserably destroy these wicked, and let out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.
And cast ye the useless servant into darkness without; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.
And they having returned into Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men:
And he answered her not a word. And his disciples, having come, asked him, saying, Loose her; for she cries out after us.
Then his lord, having called him, said unto him, O thou evil servant, I let go to you all that debt since thou besoughtest me:
That it might be completed having been spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,
The people sitting in darkness saw a great light; and to them sitting in the room and shadow of death, light has sprung up to them.
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let go I will cast out the mote from thine eye: and behold a beam in thine eye.
Then Jesus, having answered, said to her, O woman, great thy faith: let it be to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
And the captain of a hundred having answered said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter in under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
But when the crowd was driven forth, having entered, he seized her hand, and the little girl was awakened.
But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead inter the dead.
And in men's sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.
And having come, to the place called Golgotha, which is called the place of the skull,
Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
And having loosed the crowds, he went up into a mount apart to pray: and being evening, he was there alone.
And one scribe, coming near, said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.
And having risen, be took to himself the young child and his mother by night, and turned back in Egypt:
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and deck the monuments of the just,
And Herod having died, behold a messenger of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents.
And Jesus having come into the ruler's house, and seeing the flute players and the crowd making an uproar,
And the ten having heard, felt pain about the two brethren.
But that we should not scandalize them, having gone to the sea, cast a fish hook, and lift up the fish coming up first, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a gold coin: having taken that, give to them for me and thee.
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and the wise, and scribes: and of them shall ye kill and crucify; and of them shall ye chastise in your assemblies, and drive out from city to city,
For ye yourselves are not speaking, but the spirit of your father speaking in you.
And a report went forth of him into the whole of Syria: and they brought to him all those having injuries, being oppressed by various diseases, and trials, and being under the influence of a demon, and being lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them.
And saying, Lord, my servant has been laid up in the house a paralytic, being grievously tormented.
And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.
And the robbers crucified with him, reproached him with the same.
And, behold, there was a man having the hand withered. And they asked him saying, Is it lawful to cure in the sabbaths? that they might expose him.
And quickly Jesus spake to them, saying, Take courage; I am; be not afraid.
And having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed and instantly his leprosy was cleansed.
And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go and inter my father.
And I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast out? for this shall they be your judges.
And the disciples seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear.
And having proceeded thence, he saw other two brethren, James him of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, adjusting their nets; and he called them.
Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free.
Then were crucified with him two robbers; one from the right hand, and the other from the left.
And having passed from thence, Jesus came to the sea of Galilee; and having gone up into a mountain, he sat there.
But I say to you, To Tyre and Sidon shall it be more supportable in the day of judgment, than to you.
And having come into the house, the blind came to him: and Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I can do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to thee, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes or census? from their sons, or from strangers?
And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no one; but retire, show thyself to the priest, and bring near the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
And many first shall be last, and the last first.
A voice was heard in Rama, wailing, and weeping, and much lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, for they are not.
And the men admired, saying, Of what race is this for the winds and the sea listen to him.
And the servants of the master of the house having come, said to him, Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field whence therefore has it tares?
And ye shalt be brought before leaders and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Then his fellow-servant having fallen at his feet besought him, saying, Be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee.
And many crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond Jordan.
And having come to the second, he said likewise. And he, having answered, said, I, Lord: and he departed not.
And his fellow-servants having seen the thing done, were greatly grieved, and having come, made known to their lord all things done.
And they instantly having let go their nets, followed him.
And, behold, two blind sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus passes by, cried out, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David.
And having encouraged the crowds to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves, and two fishes, and having looked up to heaven, he praised; and having broken, gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
For John came to you in the way of justice, and ye believed him not: and the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, seeing, repented not afterwards, to believe him.
And having heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea, instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; and having received intimation of the divine will in a dream, he turned back into the parts of Galilee.
And, behold, a great shaking was in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves: and be slept.
So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye let not go each to his brother from your hearts their falls.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined.
And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus asked them,
And after all died also the woman.
And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the remaining of fragments, twelve baskets full.
And after the transferring of Babylon Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard should come, what will he do to those farmers?
He says to them, Give way; for the girl is not dead but sleeps; and they mocked him.
Saying, What seems to you about Christ? Whose son is he They say to him, David's.
And the ship was already in the midst of the sea, overcharged by waves: for the wind was contrary.
Therefore in the rising up whose of the seven shall the woman be? for they all had her.
And saying, He loosing the temple, and building in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.
And the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
But that ye might know that the Son of man has power upon earth to let go sins, (then he says to the paralytic), Having risen, take up thy bed and retire to thy house.
And having risen, he took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
And when they deliver you up, have no care how or what ye should speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.
And the evil spirits besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.
Then shall be two in the field; one shall be taken, and one is let go;
And his disciples, having come near, awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are lost.
And all the crowds were affected, and said, Is not this the son of David?
For to every one having shall be given, and he shall be in abundance: and from him not having, also what he has shall be taken away from him.
Or how can any one come into the house of the strong, and plunder his goods, except be first bind the strong? and then he will plunder his house.
The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, casts forth good things: and the evil man, out of the evil treasure, casts forth evil things.
I am God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
But if we say, Of men; we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet.
Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they seeking the soul of the young child have died.
And he said to them, Which of you shall be the man who shall have one sheep, and if this should fall into a pit in the sabbaths, will he not take hold of it, and raise it up?
But this has been wholly that the writings of the prophets might be filled up. Then all the disciples, having left him, fled.
And quickly Jesus, having stretched out the hand, laid hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, for what didst thou doubt?
How much then does a man surpass a sheep? So that it is lawful to do well in the sabbaths.
And she said, Yes, Lord; for the little dogs also eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their lord.
And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his parts.
Others he saved; himself he cannot save. If he is King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him:
But I say to you, That to the land of Sodom it shall be more supportable in the day of judgment, than to you.
And the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance.
And quickly having come to Jesus, he said, Hail, Rabbi! and kissed him.
Peter says to him, Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee: likewise also said all the disciples.
And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. And he said to them, Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.
And far off from them was a herd of many swine grazing.
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Then the servant, having fallen, worshipped him, saying, Lord, be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee.
And his disciples say to him, Whence to us, in a lonely place, so many loaves, to satisfy such a crowd I
And behold, certain of the scribes said in themselves, This defames.
And his disciples having come near, took away the body, and interred it; and having come, they announced to Jesus.
And the crowds, seeing, admired, and praised God, giving such power to men.
And Jesus seeing their reflections, said, Why reflect ye within your hearts?
And having gone into the ship, the wind ceased.
And Peter having answered, said to him, And if all men shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized.
And he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they with him;
Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee
For why is it easier to say, Sins are let go to thee; or say, Arise and walk?
And having passed from thence, he went into their assembly;
Nor wallet for the way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor rod: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
And if ye knew what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent.
So also ye, when ye should see all these things, know ye that it is near at the doors.
And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath.
And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child: and children shall rise up in revolt against parents, and kill them.
And to him, having come into the temple to him teaching, came the chief priests and elders of the people, saying, By what authority doest thou these? and who gave thee this authority?
Wherefore ye bear testimony to yourselves, that ye are the sons of those having slain the prophets.
How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone?
All these things spake Jesus in parables to the crowds; and without a parable spake he not to them.
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, worshipping, and asking something of him.
And John having heard in prison the works of Christ, having sent two of his disciples,
In that day the Sadducees came to him, they saying there is to be no rising up: and they asked him,
Then one of the twelve having gone forth, he being called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests,
Or have ye not read in the law, that in the sabbaths, the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are innocent?
What I say to you in darkness, speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the houses.
Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the writings, The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner? This was from the Lord, and it was wonderful in your eyes.
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus threatened them, saying, See, let none know.
For this is he for whom it was Written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season
And his disciples were greatly struck with amazement, saying, Who then can be saved?
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised. And they were greatly grieved.
So that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up; saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things having been hid from the foundation of the world.
And he yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow.
The blind receive sight, and the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf bear, the dead are roused, and the poor have good news announced.
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.
Behold, I have told you beforehand.
And he, having answered, said, I will not; but afterward, having felt regret, he departed.
And Jesus says to him, Thou hast said: but I say to you, from henceforth ye shall see the Son of man, sitting from the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
For many are called, and few chosen.
And the disciples having come near, said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican.
And, behold, they brought him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, child thy sins are let go to thee.
And he having answered, said to them, An evil generation and an adulteress seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
And they having come to the crowd, there came to him a man, supplicating on his knees to him, and saying,
And as they were going to announce to his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, Rejoice ye. And they having come, held his feet firmly, and worshipped him.
Then if any say to you, Behold, here Christ, or there; believe ye not.
For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned.
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the chosen, those days shall be shortened.
But he having persevered to the end, this shall be saved.
But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out demons, the kingdom of God has come before hand upon you.
Fear not therefore; ye have the preeminence over many sparrows.
And Jesus, having come into Peter's house, saw his mother-in-law having been laid up, and affected with fever.
Sufficient to the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzeboul, how much more those pertaining to his household?
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees hypocrites! for ye go about sea and dry land to make one proselyte, and when he should become, ye make him the son of hell, twofold more than you.
And all the people having answered, said, His blood upon us, and upon our children.
And he yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd, with swords, and sticks, from the chief priests, and the more ancient of the people.
And then shall I confess to them that I never knew you. Go away from me, ye working iniqnity.
And having answered, he said to them, For to you it was given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it was not given.
And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Truly I say to you, if ye have faith, and be not removed, ye shall do not only that of the fig tree, but also to this mountain, if ye should say, Be thou lifted up, and cast into the sea, it shall be.
Verily I say to you, in the begotten of women has there not risen a greater than John the Immerser; but the less in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
And the tombs were opened: and many bodies of the holy ones, having been set to sleep, were raised,
And Jesus, again having cried with a great voice, let go the spirit.
And when the unclean spirit has gone out from a man, he passes through sterile places, seeking rest, and finds not.
And coming, they found a man, a Cyrenian, Simon by name; they compelled him that he should lift up his cross.
And these going forth, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye forth into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James, he of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, he surnamed Thaddeus;
And having taken the cup, and given thanks, he gave to them, saying, Drink of it all ye.
And going, proclaim, saying, That the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
And having been morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to kill him:
And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be completed spoken by the prophets, That he shall be called a Nazarite.
And having crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lot: that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up: They divided among them my garments, and upon my clothing they cast lot.
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
Another parable spake he to them; The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of wheaten flour, till the whole was leavened.
He yet speaking, behold, a shining cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented; hear ye him.
And Jesus having heard, said to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but they having evils.
And all their works do they, to be seen by men: and make broad their preservatives, and enlarge the border of their garments
Then began he to blame the cities in which were his greatest powers, because they repented not.
And many false prophets shall be raised up, and deceive many.
And I say to you, That many shall come from the sunrising and the descents, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens.
For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it.
And he having answered, said to them, It being evening, ye say, Calm weather: for the heaven is fiery red.
And again I say to you, It is of easier labor for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God.
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
And he, having answered, said, I was not sent except to the sheep having been lost, of the house of Israel.
The Son of man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and those doing iniquity;
And said, For this shall a man leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;
And was there till the death of Herod: that it might be completed having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree rotten, and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Verily I say to you, Some are standing here, who should not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
And he took to himself his wife, and knew her not till she brought forth her first born son: and be called his name Jesus.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, being called Christ, the anointed.
Then says Jesus to them, All ye shall be scandalized in me this night; for it has been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered up and down.
And Jesus passing from thence, two blind ones followed him, crying out and saying, Commiserate us, O son of David.
For this I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation doing its fruits.
For this is he spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, A voice of him crying in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.
But let your word be Yea, yea, and No, no: but that above this is of evil.
For I say to you, Ye should not see me from henceforth, till ye should say, Praised be he coming in the name of the Lord.
In these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.
And his lord having become angry, delivered him to the torturers even till he should give back all being owed to him.
The disciple is not above the teacher, nor the servant above his lord.
Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the store; but he will burn down the chaff in inextinguishable fire.
But the Pharisees, having heard, said, He casts not out demons, but by Beelzebub, ruler of demons.
And Jesus having answered said to him, Permit now; for so it is suitable for us to complete all justice: then he permitted him.
And then shall many be offended, and they shall deliver up one another, and they shall hate one another.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man a glutton, and wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinful; and wisdom has been justified from her children.
Honour thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
And having cast down the silver coins in the temple, he withdrew and having gone away, he strangled him self.
Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man shall be delivered to be crucified.
Serpents, generations of vipers, how would ye flee from the judgment of hell?
Therefore the kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, the king, who wished to lift up the word together with his servants.
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be remitted to him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be let go to him, neither in this time, nor that about to be.
The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son.
But this kind goes not forth but by prayer and fasting.
For if ye love them loving you, what reward. have you? do not also the tax collectors the same?
And they set above his head his accusation, having been written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Then the soldiers of the leader, having taken Jesus to the Pretorium, gathered together the whole band against him.
And whoever takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.
And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved, and to be dejected.
And when they drive you out in this city, flee ye to another; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man come.
Then was completed that having been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of him prized, whom they from the sons of Israel prized;
When therefore thou doest alms, thou shouldst not sound the trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in the assemblies, and in the streets, that they might be praised by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.
And Jesus knowing their reflections, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.
Therefore make not yourselves like them: for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye ask him.
And, behold, there was a great shaking; for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come near, rolled away the stone from the door, and sat above it.
And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.
But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.
And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leprous,
Or what man is of you, which, if his son ask bread, he will not give him a stone?
An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; and no sign shall be given her, except the sign of Jonas the prophet. And having left them, he departed.
And Jesus having answered said to them, Having gone, announce to John what ye hear and see:
And the greater of you shall be your servant.
For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many.
And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and care is to thee for none; for thou lookest not to the face of men.
And every one who lets go houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for the sake of my name, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
And having called the crowd, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand.
He finding his soul shall lose it; and he having lost his soul for my sake shall find it.
Do ye therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
And having seen one fig tree by the way, he came to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only; and he says to it, Let no more fruit be from thee forever. And instantly the fig tree was dried up.
And they having come to Capernaum, they taking double drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay double drachmas?
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we had not been their partakers in the blood of the prophets,
And in the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate
And they, going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they prepared, went in with him to the nuptials; and the door was locked.
Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Rath; and Obed begat Jesse;
And Peter sat without in the court-yard, and one young girl came to him saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
For they bind loads heavy and difficult to carry, and put upon men's shoulders; and with their fingers will they not move them.
For the Son of man has come to save the lost.
Then came to him the disciples of John; saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?
But it shall not be so among you; but whoever should wish to be great among you, let him be your attendant;
And Jesus stood before the leader: and the leader asked him, saying, Art thou King of the Jews? Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.
And, behold, a leper, having come, worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
So that the crowds wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel.
And whoever should give to drink one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
And many women were there, beholding from far off, who followed Jesus out of Galilee, serving him:
Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel.
Jesus says to him, Truly I say to thee that in this night, before the cock utters a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice.
But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, it is the throne of God:
And behold, a woman discharging blood twelve years, having come near behind, touched the hem of his garment:
Therefore be ye also prepared: for what hour ye think not, the Son of man comes.
And whoever should not receive you, nor hear your words, coming out of that house or that city, shake off the cloud of the dust of your feet.
And whoever shall receive such a young child in my name, receives me.
Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy king comes to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and a colt, son of a beast of burthen.
And if the grass of the field, being this day, and to morrow cast into the furnace, God so clothes much rather you, ye of little faith!
To what shall I liken this generation I it is like little boys sitting in market-places, and calling to their companions,
Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be repaid to you.
And he, having answered, said to them, Wherefore do ye also pass by the command of God by your tradition
Therefore all whatever they say to you to keep, keep and do; and according to their works do not, for they say and do not.
And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor in the sabbath.
And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a large sweep-net, cast into the sea, and having gathered of every kind:
And it was when Jesus finished ordering his twelve disciples, he went away from thence to teach and proclaim in all their cities.
And the messenger, having answered, said to the women, Be ye not afraid; for I know that ye seek Jesus, having been crucified.
And he said, No; lest gathering the tares, ye root up the wheat together with them.
And they having held Jesus, brought to Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and elders were gathered together.
And others fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth, and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no depth of earth.
Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him upon the small wing of the temple;
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for pretence, praying at great lengths; for this shall ye receive more distingnished judgment.
And in the morning, Today, wintry weather: for heaven, being sad, is fiery red. Hypocrites, truly ye know to decide the face of heaven, but the signs of the times ye cannot.
And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the kids: .
Said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you? and they placed to him thirty silver coins.
Then shall the just emit a brilliant light as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He having ears to hear, let him hear.
Woe to the world for offences I for there is necessity for offences to come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
And Jesus having called his disciples, said, I feel compassion for the crowd, for already they remain with me three days, and they have nothing they could eat: and I will not leave them fasting, lest they be relaxed in the way.
He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, thus: Thou shalt not murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;
For whoever should do the will of my Father, him in the heavens, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
And the crowds leading before, and following, cried, saying, Osanna to the son of David: he coming in the name of the Lord being praised; Osanna in the highest ones.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a wholesale merchant, seeking beautiful pearls:
And they having gone, behold they brought to him a man dumb, possessed with an evil spirit.
For as they were in the days of the inundation, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noe came into the ark,
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
Behold my servant, which I have chosen: my dearly beloved, in whom my soul was contented; I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment to the nations.
And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.
But the things going forth out of the mouth come from the heart, and these pollute the man.
For all these the nations seek for; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
And having bound they brought him away, and they delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the leader.
And the names of the twelve sent are these: first, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, he of Zebedee and John his brother;
And Jesus having answered, said to them, Elias truly comes first and will re-establish all things.
And they said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yes; have ye never read, That out of the mouths of young children and sucklings thou hast adjusted praise?
Thinkest thou that I am not able to call to my Father for aid, and he will set before me more than twelve legions of messengers?
And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and he said to them,
And about dress, why are ye anxious? Consider the white lilies of the field, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin:
And he having sown among thorns, this is he hearing the word; and the care of this time, and the deceit of riches, choke the word, and it is unfruitful.
Saying, Upon Moses' seat sat the scribes and Pharisees.
He receiving you, receives me; and he receiving me, receives him sending me.
Truly I say to you, All these shall come upon this generation.
For whoever has shall be given to him, and he shall have in excess; and whoever has not, also what he has shall be taken away from him.
But whoever should deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father, him in the heavens.
And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone.
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
And, behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those boundaries, cried out to him, saying, Pity me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is badly possessed with an evil spirit.
He trusted upon God; let him now deliver him, if he desires him: for he said, That I am the Son of God.
Whoever, therefore, should be humbled as this young child, the same is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.
And he says to them, It was written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; and ye have made it a den of robbers.
He says to them that Moses for your hard heart permitted you to loose your wives: and from the beginning it was not so.
Woe to you blind guides, saying, Whoever should swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever should swear by the gold of the temple, he is indebted!
For Herod, having seized John, bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife:
So every good tree makes good fruits; but the rotten tree makes evil fruits.
So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.
And Jesus said to them, See ye not all these? truly I say to you, Stone upon stone shall not be left here, which shall not be loosened.
So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.
And the prophecy of Esaias is filled up in them, saying, In hearing shall ye hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.
And it was when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were struck with amazement at his teaching:
But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does:
But what went ye out to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you, and more eminent than a prophet.
And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.
The queen of the South shall be raised up in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the end of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon here.
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam from thine eye, and thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote from thy brother's eye.
Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David, fourteen generations; and from David to the transferring of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the transferring of Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.
Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And they having come quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, ran to announce to his disciples.
And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting.
And I say to you, that I drink not from henceforth of this fruit of the vine, even till that day when I drink it new with you, in the kingdom of my Father.
What does it seem to you? if there be to any man a hundred sheep, and one of them have been led astray, does he not, having left the ninety-nine upon the mountains, having gone, seek the one led astray?
And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, by no means art thou least among the leaders of Judah for out of thee shall come forth the leader, who shall feed my people.
For my yoke is useful, and my load is light.
And in the accusing him by the chief priests and the more ancient, he answered nothing.
Therefore fear them not; for nothing has been covered, which shall not be revealed; and concealed, that shall not be known.
Go ye into the town opposite to us, and quickly shall ye find an ass bound, and a colt with her; having loosed, bring to me.
For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Then did they spit in his face, and cuffed him, and struck him with a rod:
And he having answered, said to them, He sowing the good seed is the Son of man:
And having come into his native land, he taught them in their assembly, so that they were struck with amazement, and said, Whence to him this wisdom, and powers?
And many crowds came to him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them:
Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.
Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.
For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.
And Jesus said to him, Friend, for what comest thou? Then having come near, they put hands upon Jesus, and held him firmly.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die.
And he says to them, Why are ye timorous, ye of little faith? Then having risen, he censured the winds and sea; and there was a great calm.
And knew not till the inundation came, and took them all away; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking upon the sea.
And the crowds said, This is Jesus, the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.
For wherever be the fall, there will the eagles be gathered together.
And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up.
And now also the axe lies at the root of the trees; therefore every one not making good fruit is cut off and cast into fire.
Then comes he to his disciples, and says to them, Sleep for the remaining time, and take rest: behold, the hour has drawn near, and the Son of man is delivered into the hands of the sinful.
And if thy hand or thy foot give thee cause of offence, cut them off, and cast from thee: it is good for thee to come into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.
And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves.
And his aspect was as lightning, and his garment white as snow.
And he said to them, Therefore every scribe, having been a disciple in the kingdom of the heavens, is like to a man, master of a house, who casts out from his treasure new things and old.
Then Jesus having dismissed the crowds, went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
Then said the king to his servants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him away, and cast ye him into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.
But Jesus was silent. And the chief priest having answered, said to him, I cause thee to swear by the living God, that thou tell us, if thou art Christ, the Son of God.
Then says he to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch ye with me.
Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Then says Jesus to them, Be ye not afraid: retire, and announce to my brethren that they should go away into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and scribes, and the more ancient of the people, into the court-yard of the chief priest, called Caliaphas,
And it being evening, he reclined at table with the twelve.
Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day, neither the hour, in which the Son of man comes.
And if thine eye give thee cause of offence, take it out, and east from thee: it is good for thee, one-eyed, to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into a hell of fire.
And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
And they going, behold certain of the watch having come to the city, announced to the chief priests all having been done.
And in the festival the leader was accustomed to loose one imprisoned to the crowd, which they desired.
Truly the Son of man retires as has been written concerning him; and woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! it was good for him if that man had not been born.
And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light.
And the king, having come in to behold the reclining, saw there a man not clad with the garment of the wedding:
They say to him, Why then did Moses charge to give a writing of divorce, and loose her?
And they said, Some, truly, John the Baptist: and others, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
As therefore the tares are gathered together and burnt in fire; so shall it be in the end of this time.
And Jesus having heard, admired, and said to those following; Verily I say to you, not in Israel have I found such faith.
And many crowds were assembled together to him; therefore having entered into the ship, he sat down, and all the crowd stood upon the sea shore.
And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And many crowds followed him; and he cured them there.
Nor be ye called leaders, for one is your Leader, Christ.
But what went ye out to see? A man clad in soft garments? but they having soft things are in king's houses.
And Joseph her husband being just, and not willing to expose her to disgrace, wished to let her go in secret.
And the centurion, and they with him, observing Jesus, having seen the shaking, and the things having been, were greatly afraid, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
And I say to you, That Elias has already come, and they knew him not, but did by him whatever they would. So also the Son of man is about to suffer by them.
Not that coming into the mouth pollutes the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this pollutes the man.
Again of a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, My Father if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, let thy will be.
And Jesus having come, saw a great crowd: and he felt compassion for them, and he cured their sick.
They gave him vinegar to drink. (mingled with bile: and having tasted, he would not drink.
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the bride against her mother-in-law.
And Jesus having turned round, and seeing her, said, Take courage, daughter; thy faith has saved thee. And the woman was saved from that hour.
His disciples say to him, If the cause of a man is so with the woman, it is not profitable to marry.
Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way.
But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand.
Therefore say to us, What seems to thee Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
And the enemy having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers.
So shall it be in the end of time; the messengers shall come forth, and separate the evil from the midst of the just,
And to whatever city or town ye should come in, examine who in it is worthy; and there remain till ye go forth.
And they in the ship, having come, worshipped him, saying, Thou art truly the Son of God.
And should not honour his father or his mother. And ye have annulled the command of God by your tradition.
And to him wishing to be judged with thee, and to take thy coat, let go to him also thy garment.
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you.
And thou, Capernaum, lifted up even to heaven, thou shalt he brought down to hades: for if in the people of Sodom had been the powers being in thee, they had remained till this day.
This is the first and the great command.
The Ninevite men shall rise up in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at the proclamation of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas here.
And to one he truly gave five talents, and to one, two, and to one, one; to each according to his own power; and he quickly went abroad.
And whoever shall compel thee to carry dispatches one mile, go forward with him two.
For always the poor ye have with you, but me ye have not always.
Then he loosed to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him up, that, he might be crucified.
And the chief priests, and the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
And Jesus, having felt compassion, touched their eyes: and quickly their eyes looked up, and they followed him.
And, behold, they cried out., saying, What to us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? hast thou come here to torture us before the time
Be kindly disposed to thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, lest thy opponent should deliver thee to the judge, and the judge should deliver thee to the assistant, and thou be cast into prison.
And he falling upon this stone shall be crushed: but upon whomsoever it should fall, it shall winnow him.
To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away.
Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, called Christ? They all say to him, Let him be crucified.,
Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.
Then shall he answer them saying, Inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me.
And having agreed for a drachma a day, he sent them to his vineyard.
The festivities of Herod's birthday being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
Implore therefore the Lord of the harvest, so that he might draw forth laborers into his harvest.
The Lord said to my Lord, Sit by my right, till I make thine enemies the footstool of my feet
Lord, pity my son: for he is a lunatic, and suffers badly: for many times he falls into the fire, and many times into the water.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my things? Or is thine eye evil because I am good
And all these the beginning of anguish.
His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.
So is not the will of your Father, he in the heavens, that one of these little ones be lost.
For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
And he said to them, Retire. And having gone, they went away into the herd of swine: and, behold, all the herd of swine rushed down the precipice into the sea, and died in the water.
And Jesus said to them, Attend and keep from the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
And having seen him, they worshipped him; and some doubted.
And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him.
And others fell upon good earth and gave fruit, some truly a hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty.
Then Peter having answered, said to him, Behold, we have let go all things, and have followed thee; what therefore shall be to us?
And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things which he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Osanna to the son of David; they felt pain.
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were saved from danger.
Suffer both to grow together till harvest; and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; and gather the wheat into my barn.
Which of you, being anxious, can add one cubit to his size?
And Jesus, having answered, said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you how long shall I endure you? bring him here to me.
Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see.
And, behold, one of them with Jesus, having stretched out the hand, pulled out his sword, having struck the chief priest's servant, took away his ear.
But the Pharisees said, By the chief of demons he casts out demons.
Two grinding in the mill; one shall be taken, and one let go.
He says to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
And Peter, having answered, said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: let us make here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Neither shouldst thou swear by thy head, for thou cant not make one hair white or black.
And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house.
And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not:
And they, coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the sight to none, even till the Son of man rises from the dead.
Truly I say to you, Wheresoever this good news be proclaimed in the whole world, shall it also be spoken what she did, for a remembrance of her.
And a man's enemies, they pertaining to his household.
And quickly one of them, having run, and taken a sponge, and filled with vinegar, and put upon a reed, gave him to drink.
Then understood they that he spake, not to keep from the leaven of bread, but from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
And they eating, he said, Truly I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.
And the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
And the whole of this was, that that spoken by the prophet be completed; saying,
And when saw we thee a stranger, and brought in or naked, and put around
There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of costly perfumed ointment, and she poured upon the head of him, reclining at table.
And he shall cut him in two equal parts, and he shall set his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
How do ye not understand that I spake not to you concerning bread, to keep from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
And the crowd censured them that they should be silent: but they cried the more, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David.
And he delivering him up, gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he: hold him firmly.
Neither by the earth; for it is the footstool of his feet: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great kings
And having been gathered together with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave sufficient silver coins to the soldiers,
And the chief priests, having taken the silver coins, said, It is not lawful to cast them for an offering, since it is the price of blood.
And they shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and scourge, and crucify: and he shall be raised the third day.
Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized?
And he did not many powers there, because of their unbelief.
Foolish and blind; for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple consecrating the gold?
And put it in his new tomb, which he quarried in the rock: and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he departed.
And after much time the lord of these servants comes, and lifts up the word with them.
Saying, Lord, we remember that that impostor said, yet living, After three days, I arise.
And the blind and lame came to him in the temple; and he cured them.
And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled.
And wishing to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, because they held John as a prophet.
And the king, having heard, was angry, and having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
And love the first place at suppers, and the first seat in the assemblies,
And Jesus having known, said to them, Why offer ye toils to the woman? for a good work has she worked upon me.
And having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he was raised from the dead; and, behold, he leads before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him: behold I have said to you.
He receiving a prophet in a prophet's name, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he receiving the just in the name of the just, shall take the reward of the just
And Judas delivering him up, having answered, said, Far from it, am I, Rabbi? He said to him, Thou hast said.
And a very great crowd strewed their garments in the way; and others cut down young shoots from the trees, and strewed in the way.
And he having sworn by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him sitting above it.
And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
And he having answered, said, He having dipped with me the hand in the small dish, the same shall deliver me up.
And having been urged on by her mother, Give me, she says, here upon a board, the head of John the Baptist.
And afterwards came also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
And the chief priests and Pharisees, having heard his parable, knew that he spake of them.
Saying, Say ye, That his disciples having come by night, stole him, we being asleep.
For she, casting this perfumed oil upon my body, did to prepare me for interment,
Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee?
And he said, Retire ye into the city, to a certain person, and say to him, The teacher says, My time is near; with thee do I the pascha with my disciples.
And a certain one said to him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee.
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, having said to him, That before the cock utter a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice. And having gone forth without, he wept bitterly.
And he having answered, said to him speaking to him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
And those servants, having come to the ways, gathered together all, as many as they found, also both the evil and good, and the nuptial feast was filled with the reclining.
He upon the house-tops, let him not come down to take away anything out of his house:
And Jesus having known, said to them, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no loaves
And likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye above ordinary? and do not the tax collectors the same?
Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of five thousand, and how many baskets ye took?
Wherefore, that field was called, The field of blood, even to this day.
For he knew that through envy, they had delivered him, up.
The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not,
And ye say, Whoever should say to father or mother, A gift, whatever thou shouldest be profited by me;
And having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having returned thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying, That he blasphemed: what further need have we of witnesses? see, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
And they, having gone, rendered the tomb secure, having sealed the stone with the watch.
Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts?
And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed of the third time, speaking the same word.
For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her:
Who, finding one pearl of great value, having departed, he sold all things which he had, and purchased it.
Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation.
And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come.
And the foolish said to the discerning, Give us of your oil; for our lights are quenched.
Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus.
And the disciples, having heard, fell upon their face, and were greatly afraid.
And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison.
But Jesus, having known their evil, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
And the king was grieved: but for his oath, and those reclining together at the table, he ordered to be given.
And they having received the silver coins, did as they were taught; and this word was spread a report by the Jews till this day.
And they, not having heeded, departed, one truly to his own field, and one to his traffic:
Go ye, therefore, to the passages of the ways, and as many as ye should find, call to the nuptial feast.
Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not what they witness against thee?
And he, having answered, said to one of them, Friend, I injure thee not; didst not thou agree with me for a drachma?
And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why stand ye here idle the whole day?
And, behold, all the city came forth to the meeting to Jesus: and seeing him, they besought that he would go away from their boundaries.
Then began he to anathematize, and to swear, That I know not the man: and quickly the cock uttered a sound.
And the demon being cast out, the dumb, spake, and the crowd admired, saying, It was never so brought to light in Israel.
And the disciples, seeing, wondered, saying, How suddenly was the fig tree dried up!
Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day.
Therefore they assembled together, Pilate laid to them, Whom will ye I shall loose to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, called Christ?
And he answered him not to one word: so that the leader wondered greatly.
And he having received five talents, having gone, worked with them, and he made other five talents.
And the chief priest, having risen, said to him, Answerest thou nothing? what do these witness against thee?
And they said, Not in the festival, lest there should be an uproar among the people.
And they being greatly grieved, began each of them to say to him, Far from it am I, O Lord: