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

and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.'

And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

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

and having seen it, they were all murmuring, saying -- 'With a sinful man he went in to lodge!'

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

(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --

and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, 'Why loose ye the colt?'

and they said, 'The Lord hath need of it;'

and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it.

And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way,

and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

saying -- 'If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'

and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

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

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

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

and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.

And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son -- the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed him; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!'

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

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

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

shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'

and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven -- they left not children, and they died;

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

for neither are they able to die any more -- for they are like messengers -- and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

and no more durst they question him anything.

And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

And they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what is the sign when these things may be about to happen?'

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

'And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

'And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;

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

and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money,

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

and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover.

And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

And he said to them, 'When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, 'Nothing.'

And they said, 'Sir, lo, here are two swords;' and he said to them, 'It is sufficient.'

And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them,

and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, 'Prophesy who he is who smote thee?'

and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him.

And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim,

And they all said, 'Thou, then, art the Son of God?' and he said unto them, 'Ye say it, because I am;'

and they said, 'What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear it from his mouth.'

and they were the more urgent, saying -- 'He doth stir up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea -- having begun from Galilee -- unto this place.'

and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

and they cried out -- the whole multitude -- saying, 'Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'

but they were calling out, saying, 'Crucify, crucify him.'

And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear it behind Jesus.

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; --

for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain others with them,

and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel,

and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do ye seek the living with the dead?

And they remembered his sayings,

and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

and they were conversing with one another about all these things that have happened.

And he said to them, 'What things?' And they said to him, 'The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man -- a prophet -- powerful in deed and word, before God and all the people,

and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive,

and certain of those with us went away unto the tomb, and found as even the women said, and him they saw not.'

And they came nigh to the village whither they were going, and he made an appearance of going on further,

and they constrained him, saying, 'Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them.

and their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became unseen by them.

And they said one to another, 'Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'

And they, having risen up the same hour, turned back to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven, and those with them,

and they were telling the things in the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread,

and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, 'Peace -- to you;'

and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, 'Have ye anything here to eat?'

and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb,

and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'

And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' -- 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'

They said then to him, 'Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'

He saith to them, 'Come and see;' they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.

and wine having failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, 'Wine they have not;'

Jesus saith to them, 'Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim;

and he saith to them, 'Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare.

and saith to him, 'Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'