and Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez became the father of Hezron, and Hezron became the father of Aram,

And a report about him went out {throughout} Syria, and they brought to him all those {who were sick} with various diseases and afflicted by torments, demon-possessed and epileptics and paralytics, and he healed them.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the {people of old}, 'Do not swear falsely, but fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

And he spoke many [things] to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,

"You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower:

And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.

Then he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.

And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled [it] with sour wine and put [it] on a reed [and] gave [it] to him to drink.

saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'