for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us.

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

But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among the dead will they be persuaded.

And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe to him by whom they come!

And they lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion on us.

And seeing them he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were cleansed.

And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but the nine, where are they?

nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.

And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow them.

they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;

and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,

And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:

And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw it rebuked them.

And when they have scourged him they will kill him; and on the third day he will rise again.

And they understood nothing of these things. And this word was hidden from them, and they did not know what was said.

And they told him that Jesus the Nazaraean was passing by.

And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

And all murmured when they saw it, saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.

But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.

And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them.

And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?

And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

And they led it to Jesus; and having cast their own garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it.

And as he went, they strewed their clothes in the way.

And as he drew near, already at the descent of the mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen,

saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;

and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?

but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

And they answered, they did not know whence.

And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.

And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.

And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast him out.

And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect him.

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.

And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!

But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no man's person, but teachest with truth the way of God:

Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.

And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.

And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,

And they asked him saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be; and what is the sign when these things are going to take place?

But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name;

But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations be fulfilled.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, on looking at them, that already the summer is near.

and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.

But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare it?

And having gone they found it as he had said to them; and they prepared the passover.

And they began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this.

And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

But ye are they who have persevered with me in my temptations.

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

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.

And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said to him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

And having laid hold on him, they led him away, and they led him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed afar off.

And they having lit a fire in the midst of the court and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

And they said many other injurious things to him.

And they all said, Thou then art the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say that I am.

And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.

And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.

But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this man and release Barabbas to us;

But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him.

But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.

And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place.

And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will.

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

for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:

And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.

And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.

But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared.

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

And when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.

And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?

And they remembered his words;

And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.

and they conversed with one another about all these things which had taken place.

And it came to pass as they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus himself drawing nigh, went with them;

And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

and, not having found his body, came, saying that they also had seen a vision of angels, who say that he is living.