1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah of Tamar and Perez begot Hezron, Hezron begot Ram.
4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, Nahshon begot Salmon.
5 Salmon begot Boaz of Rahab and Boaz begot Obed of Ruth and Obed begot Jesse.
6 Jesse begot David the king. And David begot Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah.
7 And Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, Abijah begot Asa.
8 Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, Joram begot Uzziah.
9 Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, Ahaz begot Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, Amon begot Josiah.
11 Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the captivity in Babylon.
12 And after the captivity in Babylon, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel, Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, Eliakim begot Azor.
14 Azor begot Sadoc, Sadoc begot Achim, Achim begot Eliud.
15 Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, Matthan begot Jacob.
16 Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations and from David to the captivity in Babylon fourteen generations and from the captivity in Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not willing to make her a public example, decided to send her away secretly.
20 But as he thought on these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph you son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 And she shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this happened so what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying:
23 The virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a son; and they shall call his name Immanuel, which means God with us.
24 And Joseph woke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife.
25 But he did not have sexual intercourse with her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea in the days of Herod the king, astrologers from the east came to Jerusalem, saying:
2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.
3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was disturbed and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
5 And they said to him: In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written through the prophet:
6 And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah. For out of you shall come forth a Ruler, who shall be shepherd of My people Israel.
7 Then Herod secretly called the Magi and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said: Go and search carefully for the young child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I may also come and worship him.
9 And they, having heard the king, went their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.
10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him, and opening their treasures they offered to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
12 And being warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country by another route.
13 Now when they had departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,
15 and stayed there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt did I call My son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the astrologers, was furious and sent out soldiers and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all the borders of it aged two years and under, according to the time which he had determined from the Magi.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
18 A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying:
20 Arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead that sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
23 and he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
1 And in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying:
2 Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness - Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
4 Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins and his food was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
6 And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the anger to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
9 And think not to say within yourselves: We have Abraham as our father, for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
10 And even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 I indeed baptize you in water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire;
12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor and he will gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
13 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.
14 But John would have stopped him, saying: I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?
15 But Jesus answering said to him: Permit it now, for thus it becomes us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted him.
16 And Jesus when he was baptized immediately came up out of the water, and the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and coming to rest on him.
17 And a voice came from the heavens, saying: This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1 Jesus is Tempted Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
3 And the tempter came and said to him: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
4 But he answered and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the Devil took him into the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
6 and said to him: If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning you, and on their hands they shall carry you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said to him: Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.
8 Again, the Devil took him to an exceeding high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them.
9 And he said to him: All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
10 Then said Jesus to him: Away with you Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
11 Then the Devil left him, and angels came and ministered to him.
12 Now when he heard that John was imprisoned, he withdrew into Galilee.
13 And leaving Nazareth, he went and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:
15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-
16 the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and the shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
17 From that time began Jesus to preach and to say: Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
19 And he said to them: Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they immediately left the nets and followed him.
21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22 And they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.
24 Then his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them
25 And great crowds followed him, those from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.
1 And seeing the crowds, he went into the mountain and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are you when men reproach you because of me, and persecute you and falsely accuse you of all sorts of evil.
12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven; for likewise they persecuted the prophets that preceded you.
13 You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savour, with what shall it be salted? It becomes good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under the feet of men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket but on the stand; and it shines for all that are in the house.
16 Likewise, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I came not to destroy but to fulfil.
18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the law, until all things be accomplished.
19 Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men to do so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no way enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 You have heard that it was said to those of old: You shall not kill, and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.
22 But I say to you, that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever shall say to his brother Raca shall be in danger of the council, and whoever shall say Moros shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
23 If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift before the altar and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift.
25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the street. Lest the adversary deliver you to the judge and the judge deliver you to the officer and you be thrown into prison.
26 Truly I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.
27 You have heard that it was said: You shall not commit adultery.
28 But I say to you, that everyone that looks on a woman lusting for her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away, for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.
30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away, for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish and not your whole body go into Gehenna.
31 It was also said: Whoever shall send away his wife, let him give her a contract of divorce.
32 But I say to you, that everyone that divorces his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry a divorced woman commits adultery.
33 Again, you have heard that it was said to them of old: You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.
34 But I say to you: Swear not at all, neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God,
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet. Nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
37 But let your Yes mean Yes, and your No, No. For whatever is more than these comes from evil.
38 You have heard that it was said: An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
39 But I say to you: Do not resist him that is evil but whoever hits you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take away your coat, let him also have your cloak.
41 And whoever shall compel you to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
43 You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.
44 But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for them that persecute you,
45 that you might be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love them that love you, what reward have you? Even the tax collectors do the same!
47 And if you greet your brothers only, what do you more than they. The tax collectors do likewise.
48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
1 Take heed you do not do your good deeds before men, to be seen by them. Else you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
2 When therefore you do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
3 But when you do alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
4 that your alms may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.
5 And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your room and shut your door, pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.
7 And in praying do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Therefore, do not be like them! Even before you ask Him, your Father knows what things you need.
9 In this manner you should pray: Our Father who is in heaven, let Your Name be glorified.
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces, so that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 so you will not be seen by men to fast, but by your Father who is unseen; and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.
19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves cannot break in or steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is healthy, your whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25 Therefore I say to you: Do not be anxious for your life; what you shall eat, or what you shall drink. Nor for your body; what you shall wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body more than the garment?
26 Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow, nor do they reap or gather crops into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin!
29 Yet I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today but tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not more surely care for you, O you of little faith!
31 Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, How shall we be clothed?
32 For the Gentiles clamour for all these things; even though your heavenly Father knows you have need of them all.
33 So seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
1 Jesus Teaches About Pre-judging Judge not, that you be not judged.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged, and with what measure you use, it shall be applied to you.
3 And why do you see the splinter that is in your brother's eye but ignore the plank that is in your own eye?
4 Or how will you say to your brother: Let me remove the splinter in your eye, when you have a plank in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye and then shall you see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye.
6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces. Jesus Teaches About His Generous Father
7 Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you.
8 For everyone that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
9 Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him.
12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
13 Enter in by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
14 For narrow is the gate and straight the road that leads to life, but few are they that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
21 Not everyone that says to me: Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that pleases my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name do many mighty works?
23 And then will I tell them: I never knew you. Depart from me, you that work iniquity.
24 Everyone therefore that hears these words of mine and does them, shall be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
25 And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it did not collapse, for it was founded upon the rock.
26 And everyone that hears these words of mine and does not obey them, shall be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
27 And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it collapsed, and great was its collapse.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words that the crowds were astonished at his teaching.
29 For he taught them as one having authority and not as their scribes.
1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
2 And a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying: Lord, if you desire, you can make me clean.
3 And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying: I do desire. Be made clean! And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus said to him: See you tell no one, but go show yourself to the priests and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
5 And when he was entering into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, begging him,
6 saying: Lord, my servant lies in the house paralysed, grievously tormented.
7 And he said to him: I will come and heal him.
8 And the centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof, but only say the word and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers and I say to one: Go! And he goes. And to another: Come! And he comes. And to my servant: Do this! And he does it.
10 When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him: Truly I say to you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
11 And I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness. There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said to the centurion: Go your way. As you have believed, so it is done for you. And the servant was healed in that hour.
14 And when Jesus had entered Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
15 And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to him.
16 And when evening had come, they brought to him many possessed with demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all that were sick,
17 so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.
18 Now when Jesus saw great crowds about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.
19 And there came a scribe and said to him: Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
20 And Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
21 And another of the disciples said to him: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
23 And when he had boarded a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 And without warning, a furious storm arose on the sea, so much so that the boat was covered with the waves; but he slept.
25 And they came to him and awoke him, saying: Save us Lord! We perish!
26 And he said to them: Why are you fearful? O you of little faith! Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27 And the men marvelled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
28 And when he had arrived on the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could go that way.
29 And they cried out, saying: What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?
30 Now there was afar off from them a herd of many pigs feeding.
31 And the demons begged him, saying: If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.
32 And he said to them: Go. And they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the hill into the sea and perished in the waters.
33 And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to them that had been possessed with demons.
34 And all in the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to depart from their borders.
1 And he entered into a boat and crossed over and came into his own city.
2 And they brought to him a paralysed man, lying on a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralysed man: Son, be of good courage. Your sins are forgiven.
3 And certain of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes.
4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?
5 For which is easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, or, Arise and walk?
6 But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, he then said to the paralytic: Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.
7 And he arose and departed to his house.
8 But when the crowds saw it they were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9 And as Jesus left there he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as he sat eating in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples: Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?
12 But when he heard it, he said: They that are sick need a doctor, not they that are healthy.
13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. I come not to call the righteous but sinners.
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees often fast but your disciples do not fast?
15 And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride chamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
18 While he spoke these things to them, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying: My daughter is even now dead, but come and lay your hand upon her that she shall live.
19 And Jesus rose and followed him, as did his disciples.
20 And a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years, came behind him and touched the border of his garment.
21 For she said within herself: If I only touch his garment I shall be healed.
22 But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good courage. Your faith has healed you. And the woman was healed at that moment.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute-players and the crowd making a tumult,
24 he said: Leave! For the little girl is not dead but sleeps. And they Laughed at him in scorn.
25 But when the crowd had been put outside, he entered in and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose.
26 And the fame thereof went into all that land.
27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying: Have mercy on us, son of David!
28 And when he had arrived into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them: Do you believe that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yes Lord.
29 Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you.
30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly ordered them, saying: See that no one knows it!
31 But they went and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
32 And as they were leaving, a dumb man who was possessed with a demon was brought to him.
33 And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke and the crowds marvelled, saying: Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!
34 But the Pharisees said: By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
36 But when he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.
37 Then said he to his disciples: The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the labourers are few.
38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.
1 Jesus Authorises His Disciples to Preach and Heal And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.
3 Philip and Bartholomew. Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus,
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out and ordered them, saying: Do not go unto the Gentiles and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans.
6 Instead go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as you go, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
9 Acquire no gold, nor silver, nor brass for your purses,
10 no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff; for the labourer is worthy of his food.
11 And into whatever city or village you shall enter, search out who in it is worthy, and stay with them until you go.
12 And as you enter into the household, greet it.
13 And if the household be worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it be unworthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that household, or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 Truly I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
18 Yes and before governors and kings you shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them, and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious how or what you shall speak, for it shall be given to you at that time what to speak.
20 For it is not you that speaks, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.
21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death and the father his child, and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
22 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake; but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next. For truly I say to you, you shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man comes.
24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
26 Therefore fear them not. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and nothing hid that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
28 And do not be afraid of those that kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a very small coin? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Therefore, fear not. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Therefore, everyone who shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever shall deny me before men I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth. I came not to send peace but a sword.
35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.
41 He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple; truly I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
2 Now when John heard about the works of the Christ while in prison, he sent word by his disciples
3 and said to him: Are you he that comes, or look we for another?
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: Go and tell John the things which you hear and see.
5 The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear and the dead are raised up; and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
6 And blessed is he, whoever shall find no cause to stumble over me.
7 And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
8 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Those that wear soft garments are in king's houses.
9 But what did you go out to see? To see a prophet? Yes! And I say to you, much more than a prophet!
10 This is he, of whom it is written: Listen, I send my messenger before your face; he shall prepare your way before you.
11 Truly I say to you, among those that are born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist. Yet he that is the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and men of violence take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if you are willing to receive it, this was Elijah that has to come.
15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But unto what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their fellows
17 and say: We piped to you and you did not dance. We wailed and you did not mourn.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say he has a demon.
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they say, Look, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! But wisdom is justified by her children.
20 Then he began to chastise the cities wherein most of his mighty works had been done, because they had not repented.
21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
23 And you Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? You shall go down to Hades, for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.
25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You did hide these things from the wise and prudent, and did reveal them to babes.
26 Yes Father, for so it was well-pleasing in Your sight.
27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son save the Father. Neither does anyone know the Father, save the Son and to whomsoever the Son wishes to reveal Him.
28 Come to me all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
1 At that time, on the Sabbath day, Jesus went through the grainfields, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears of grain to eat.
2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him: Look, your disciples do what is unlawful on the Sabbath.
3 But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him-
4 how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
6 But I say to you, that one greater than the temple is here.
7 But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
9 And he departed from there and went into their synagogue,
10 and saw a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? So that they might accuse him.
11 And he said to them: Which of you, if having only one sheep, and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not grab hold of it and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.
13 Then said he to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out and it was restored whole, as the other.
14 But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
15 And Jesus perceiving it withdrew from there; and many followed him and he healed them all,
16 and charged them that they should not make him known.
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:
18 Look at My servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul is well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon him and he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud, neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed he shall not break and a smoking wick he shall not quench, until he sends forth judgment to victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
22 Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so much so that the dumb man spoke and saw.
23 And all the crowds were amazed, and said: Can this be the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said: This man does not cast out demons but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
25 And knowing their thoughts, he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.
26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then shall his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges.
28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and ruin his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will ruin his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters.
31 Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.
32 And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in the age to come.
33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
34 You offspring of vipers, how can you being evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36 And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified and by your words you shall be condemned. Jesus Speaks of Signs, Unspiritual Attitudes and His True Family
38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Teacher, we would see a sign from you.
39 But he answered and said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there shall no sign be given it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, one greater than Jonah is here!
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, one greater than Solomon is here!
43 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
44 Then it says: I will return to my house from which I came out. And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.
45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.
46 While he was yet speaking to the crowds, his mother and his relatives stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
47 And someone said to him: Look, your mother and your relatives wait outside, wanting to speak to you.
48 But he answered and said to him that told him: Who is my mother? And who are my relatives?
49 And he stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said: Behold, my mother and my relatives!
50 For whoever shall please my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.
1 Jesus Speaks in Parables The Parable of the Sower On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea side.
2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the beach.
3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Listen, the sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side and the birds came and devoured them.
5 And others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth.
6 And when the sun had risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8 And others fell upon the good ground and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 He that has ears, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came and said to him: Why do you speak to them in parables?
11 And he answered and said to them: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whoever has, to him shall be given and he shall have abundance, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he has.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they see not, and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which said: By hearing you shall hear and shall in no wise understand, and seeing you shall see and shall in no wise perceive.
15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and repent, so that I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see and saw them not, and to hear the things which you hear and heard them not.
18 Hear then the parable of the sower.
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and understands it not, then comes the evil one and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
20 And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that hears the word and immediately with joy receives it.
21 Yet he does not have root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word, and the care of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands it- who truly carries fruit and brings it forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 He set another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while his men slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.
26 But when the plants sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the weeds appeared also.
27 And the servants of the householder came and said to him: Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?
28 And he said to them: An enemy has done this! And the servants said to him: Then do you want us to go and gather them up?
29 But he said: No. Lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up the weeds first and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 He set another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and lodge in its branches.
33 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all raised.
34 All these things spoke Jesus in parables to the crowds, and without a parable he said nothing to them.
35 This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.
37 And he answered and said: He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one.
39 The enemy that sowed them is the Devil, the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels.
40 As therefore the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the world.
41 The Son of Man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and them that do iniquity,
42 and shall cast them into the fiery furnace. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid, and in his joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is a merchant seeking fine pearls.
46 And having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.
48 When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.
49 So shall it be in the end of the world. The angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
50 and shall cast them into the fiery furnace. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 Have you understood all these things? They said to him: Yes.
52 And he said to them: Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out from his treasure things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
54 And coming into his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so much so that they were astonished, and said: From where has this man received this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then did this man get all these things?
57 And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, except in his hometown and in his own house.
58 And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
2 and said to his servants: This is John the Baptist! He has risen from the dead and therefore do these powers work in him.
3 For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John had said to him: It is not lawful for you to have her.
5 And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
6 But at Herod's birthday party, the daughter of Herodias danced before all and pleased Herod.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
8 And she, being encouraged by her mother, said: Give me here the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
9 And the king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he commanded it to be given.
10 He sent word and had John beheaded in the prison.
11 And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came and took away the corpse and buried him, and they went and told Jesus. Jesus Feeds 5000 Men Plus Their Families
13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place to be alone; but when the crowds heard, they followed him on foot from the cities.
14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying: This place is deserted and the day is now over. Send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy for themselves food.
16 But Jesus said to them: They need not go away. You give them something to eat.
17 And they say to him: We have here only five loaves and two fishes.
18 And he said: Bring them here to me.
19 And he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fishes and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples and the disciples to the crowds.
20 And they all ate and were filled, and they collected what was left over of the broken pieces- twelve baskets full!
21 And they that ate, besides women and children, were about five thousand men.
22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side of the sea, while he dismissed the crowds.
23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking upon the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were disturbed, saying: It is a ghost! And they cried out for fear.
27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good cheer. It is I! Be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered, and said: Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you by walking on the water.
29 And he said: Come. And Peter got out of the boat and walked upon the water to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind was strong, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me!
31 And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and took hold of him and said to him: O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
32 And when they boarded the boat, the wind ceased.
33 And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying: Of a truth you are the Son of God.
34 And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent word to all in that region and brought to him all who were sick,
36 and they pleaded with him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
1 Jesus Criticises Traditions Then there came to Jesus Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, saying:
2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
3 And he answered and said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 For God said: Honour your father and your mother, and he that speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.
5 But you say: Whoever shall say to his father or his mother: That with which you might have been profited by me is given to God-
6 he shall not honour his father. Thus you have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying:
8 This people honours me with their lips but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines which are the precepts of men.
10 And he called to himself the crowd, and said to them: Hear and understand.
11 It is not what enters into the mouth which defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
12 Then came the disciples, and said to him: Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?
13 But he answered and said: Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone. They are blind guides. And if the blind are guided by the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
15 And Peter answered and said to him: Explain to us the parable.
16 And he said: Are you still without understanding?
17 Do you not understand, that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and is expelled?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart, and it is they that defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness and slander.
20 These are the things which defile the man - but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man. Jesus Goes to Other CountriesHe Heals a Gentile Girl
21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.
23 But he did not answer her. And his disciples came and begged him, saying: Send her away, for she cries out after us.
24 But he answered and said: I was only sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying: Lord! Help me!
26 And he answered and said: It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
27 But she said: Yes, Lord. But even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her: O woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that moment.
29 And Jesus departed from there and came near to the Sea of Galilee; and he went up the mountain and sat there.
30 And there came to him great crowds, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed and many others; and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them;
31 so much so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking and the blind seeing.And they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.
33 And the disciples said to him: Where can we get so many loaves in this deserted place to fill so great a crowd?
34 And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? And they said: Seven, and a few small fish.
35 And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground.
36 He took the seven loaves and the fish; and he gave thanks and broke the bread and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
37 And they all ate and were filled, and they collected what was left over of the broken pieces- seven baskets full!
38 And besides women and children, they that had eaten were four thousand men.
39 And he sent away the crowds, boarded the boat and went into the region of Magdalla.
1 Jesus Describes Pharisees And Sadducees as Evil And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say: It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning: It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there shall be no sign given to it except the sign of Jonah. And he left them and departed.
5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.
6 And Jesus said to them: Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
7 And they discussed this among themselves, saying: We did not bring any bread.
8 And Jesus, aware of it, said: O you of little faith! Why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?
9 Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered
10 nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?
11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
12 Then they understood that he told them not to be careful concerning the yeast in bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Jesus Leaves Israel Again and Tests His Disciples' Understanding
13 Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of Man is?
14 And they said: Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
15 He said to them: But who do you say that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you but my Father who is in heaven.
18 And I also say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the grave shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then he ordered the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
21 From that time Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised
22 And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from you, Lord. This shall never happen to you!
23 But he turned, and said to Peter: Get behind me, Satan. You are a hindrance to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.
24 Then said Jesus to his disciples: If anyone wants to be my follower, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
25 For whoever would save his life shall lose it, and whoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what shall a man be profited if he shall gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
27 For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then shall he repay every man according to his deeds.
28 Truly I say to you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
1 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun and his garments became white as the light.
3 And there appeared before them Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus.
4 And Peter said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here. If it pleases you, I will make here three tabernacles- one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.
5 While he was yet speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear him!
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were terrified.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said: Arise and be not afraid.
8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying: Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man be risen from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him: Why do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
11 And he answered and said: Elijah indeed comes and shall restore all things.
12 But I say unto you, that Elijah came already and they knew him not, but did to him whatever they would. Likewise shall the Son of Man suffer by their hands.
13 Then understood the disciples that he spoke to them of John the Baptist. Jesus Heals an Epileptic
14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and knelt before him, saying:
15 Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 So I brought him to your disciples but they could not cure him.
17 And Jesus answered and said: O faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long must I tolerate you? Bring him here to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him and the boy was cured from that moment.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus privately, and said: Why could we not cast it out?
20 And he said to them: Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you: If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move. Nothing shall be impossible for you.
21 But this kind will not go out except by prayer and fasting.
22 And while they stayed in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of Man shall be delivered up into the hands of men,
23 and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were greatly distressed.
24 And when they arrived in Capernaum, they that collected the tribute money came to Peter, and said: Does not your teacher pay the tribute money?
25 He said: Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first of all, saying: Simon. What do you think? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive toll or tribute? From their own children, or from strangers?
26 And when he said "From strangers', Jesus said to him: Therefore the children are free.
27 However, not to give offence to them, go to the sea, cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a coin. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And he called to himself a little child and set him in the midst of them,
3 and said: Truly I say to you, except you turn and become as little children, you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.
6 But whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a great millstone should be hung about his neck and that he should be drowned in the depths of the sea.
7 Woe to the world because of temptations to stumble! For it is necessary that the temptations occur, but woe to that man through whom the temptation comes!
8 And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame, rather than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into the perpetual fire.
9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna.
10 See you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you, that in heaven their angels do always see the presence of my Father who is in heaven.
11 For the Son of Man came to save those which were lost.
12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
13 And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.
14 So it is not the wish of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
15 And if your brother sins against you, go show him his fault, between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
16 But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two others, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church, and if he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collectors.
18 Truly I say to you: Whatever things you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever things you shall release on earth shall be released in heaven.
19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
21 Then Peter came and said to him: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?
22 Jesus said to him: I do not say to you until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king who would make a reckoning with his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 And since he could not pay, his master ordered that he be sold with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell on his knees, saying: Lord, have patience with me and I will pay you all that I owe.
27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.
28 But that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, and he laid hold on him and took him by the throat, saying: Pay what you owe.
29 So his fellow-servant fell down and begged him, saying: Have patience with me and I will pay you.
30 But he refused and had him cast into prison, until he should pay that which was due.
31 When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.
32 Then his lord summoned him and said to him: You wicked servant; because you pleaded with me I forgave you all that debt.
33 Should not you also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you?
34 And his lord was angry and delivered him to the jailors, until he should pay all that was due.
35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.
1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.
2 And great crowds followed him; and he healed them there.
3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him, by asking: Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?
4 And he answered and said: Have you not read, that He who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
5 and said: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?
6 So they are no more two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, do not let man separate.
7 They said to him: Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and to put her away?
8 He said to them: Moses for your hardness of heart allowed you to send away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
9 And I say to you, whoever shall send his wife away, except for porneia and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he that marries a divorced woman, commits adultery.
10 The disciples said to him: If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.
11 But he said to them: Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.
12 For there are eunuchs that were born so from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs that were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
13 Then little children were brought to him, so that he should lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said: Let the little children come to me and do not prevent them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.
15 And he laid his hands on them and departed from there.
16 And someone came to him and said: Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said to him: Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.
18 He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: You shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,
19 honour your father and mother and, you shall love your neighbour as yourself.
20 The young man said to him: All these things have I observed from my youth. What do I still lack?
21 Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven, and come follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he was one that had great possessions.
23 And Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I say to you: It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 And when the disciples heard it, they were surprised, saying: Who then can be saved?
26 And Jesus looking upon them said to them: With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
27 Then asked Peter, saying: We have left all and followed you. What then shall we receive as a reward?
28 And Jesus said to them: Truly I say to you: You who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And everyone that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.
30 But many shall be last that are first, and first that are last.
1 Jesus' Parable of Labourers in the Vineyard For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing in the marketplace idle.
4 And to them he said: You go also into the vineyard and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he said to them: Why do you stand here idle all the day?
7 They said to him: Because no one has hired us. He said to them: You go also into the vineyard.
8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.
9 And when they who were hired about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10 And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, but likewise each received a denarius.
11 And when they received it, they grumbled at the master of the house, saying:
12 These last have spent only one hour but you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
13 And he answered and said to one of them: Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
14 Take that which is yours and go your way. It is my wish to give to this last even as I gave to you.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own money? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first and the first last.
17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them:
18 Listen, 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,
19 and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify; and the third day he shall be raised up.
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling before him and asking a certain thing of him.
21 And he said to her: What do you desire? She said to him: Command that in your kingdom these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand.
22 But Jesus answered and said: You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They said to him: We are able.
23 He said to them: You shall drink my cup indeed - but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand, is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.
24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brothers.
25 But Jesus called them to himself, and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and their great ones exercise authority over them.
26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you- must be your servant.
27 And whoever would be first among you shall be your slave.
28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
29 And as they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
30 And two blind men who were sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Lord, have mercy on us, you Son of David.
31 And the crowd rebuked them, that they should hold their peace; but they cried out the more, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, you Son of David!
32 And Jesus stood still and called them, and said: What do you desire I do for you?
33 They said to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately they received their sight and followed him.
1 Jesus Enters Jerusalem And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them: Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 And if anyone says something to you, you shall say: The Lord has need of them. And immediately he will send them.
4 Now this happened so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying:
5 Tell the daughter of Zion: Look, your King comes to you, meek and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus directed them,
7 and brought the ass and the colt and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon.
8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed shouted: Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
10 And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying: Who is this?
11 And the crowds said: This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. Jesus Clears the Temple
12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple. and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold the doves.
13 And he said to them: It is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers.
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David!, they were moved with indignation, and said to him:
16 Do you hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them: Yes. Did you never read: Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have perfected praise?
17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he became hungry.
19 And seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went to it and found nothing thereon but leaves only; and he said to it: Let there be no fruit from you again. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying: How did the fig tree immediately wither away?
21 And Jesus answered and said to them: Truly I say to you, If you have faith and doubt not, you shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you shall say to this mountain: Be taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
23 And when he had entered into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men? And they discussed it among themselves, saying: If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us, why then did you not believe him?
26 But if we shall say, from men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus and said: We do not know. He replied to them: Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.Jesus' Parable of the Two Sons
28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said: Son, today go and work in the vineyard.
29 And he answered and said: I will not; but afterward he repented and went.
30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said: I go sir; but did not go.
31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They replied: The first. Jesus said to them: Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and afterwards when you saw it, you still did not repent and believe him.
33 Jesus' Parable of the Vineyard and the Husbandmen Hear another parable. There was a man that was master of a house, who planted a vineyard and set a hedge about it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen; and went into another country.
34 And when the harvest season drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to get his fruit.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did the same to them.
37 And last of all he sent his son to them, saying: They will respect my son.
38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves: This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.
39 And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?
41 They said to him: He will miserably destroy those miserable men and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall pay him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
43 Therefore say I to you: The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
44 And he that falls on this stone shall be broken to pieces, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
45 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.
46 And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
1 Jesus' Parable About the Wedding Feast And Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying:
2 The kingdom of heaven is likened to a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
3 and sent out his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
4 Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited: Look, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!
5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business,
6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
7 The king was angry, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
8 Then he said to his servants: The wedding is ready, but they that were invited were not worthy.
9 Therefore, go to the main roads and as many as you shall find, invite them to the marriage feast.
10 And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.
11 But when the king entered to see the guests, he saw there a man who was not wearing a wedding-garment.
12 And he said to him: Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants: Bind him hand and foot and throw him outside into the darkness, where there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called but few chosen. The Pharisees Try to Trap Jesus Tribute Money to Caesar
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his talk.
16 And they sent to him their disciples, along with the Herodians, saying: Teacher. We know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth and care not for anyone, for you regard not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, what you think. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said: Why do you test me? You hypocrites!
19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denarius.
20 And he said to them: Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They said to him: Caesar's. He then said to them: Therefore give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
22 And when they heard it, they marvelled and left him and went away. The Sadducees Try to Trap Jesus - Resurrection
23 The same day Sadducees, that say that there is no resurrection, came to him; and they asked him:
24 Teacher. Moses said that if a man dies having had no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married and died having no seed, and thus left his wife to his brother.
26 In like manner the second also and the third, to the seventh.
27 And after them all, the woman died.
28 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she be of the seven? For they all had her.
29 But Jesus answered and said to them: You are mistaken, as you neither know the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying:
32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the crowds heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. A Pharisee Lawyer Tries to Trap Jesus The Greatest Commandment
34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered together.
35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him:
36 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?
37 And he said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
40 On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets. Jesus Tests the Pharisees Who is the Son of David?
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying:
42 What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he? They said to him: The son of David.
43 He said to them: How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying:
44 The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I put your enemies underneath your feet.
45 If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no one could say a word in reply. From that day nobody dared to ask him any other questions.
1 Jesus Warns About Hypocrisy Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying:
2 The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat.
3 Therefore all things whatever they tell you, do and observe; but do not you copy their works, for they say and do not.
4 Yes, they bind heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders; but they will not move them with their finger.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long,
6 and they love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.
8 But you are not to be called Rabbi- for one is your teacher, and all you are brothers.
9 And call no one on the earth your father- for one is your Father, He who is in heaven.
10 Neither be called masters - for one is your master, the Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
14 Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, while for a pretence you make long prayers. Therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
15 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he has become so, you make him twofold more a son of Gehenna than yourselves.
16 Woe to you, you blind guides, who say: Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
18 And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing! But whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound by his oath.
19 You blind men! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20 He therefore that swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.
21 And he that swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him that dwells in it.
22 And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him that sits on it.
23 Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cumin, yet have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy and faith.These you ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
24 You blind guides, that strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
25 Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 You blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside of it may become clean also.
27 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful but inwardly are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.
31 Therefore you witness to yourselves, you are the sons of them that slew the prophets.
32 Fill up then the measure of your fathers' iniquity.
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how shall you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
34 Therefore, look, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you shall kill and crucify, and some of them you shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
35 That upon you may fall the guilt for all the righteous blood shed on the land, from the blood of Abel the righteous to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings- but you were not willing!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
39 For I say to you, you shall not see me from this time forward, until you shall say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
1 Jesus Predicts the Temple Destruction, His Return and the End of the Age And Jesus came out of the temple and was going on his way when his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
2 But he answered and said to them: Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you. There shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us, when shall these things be? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one lead you astray.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying: I am the Christ, and shall lead many astray.
6 And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. Ensure you are not alarmed, for this must happen- but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 But all these things are the beginning of the birth pains.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many stumble and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall arise and shall lead many astray.
12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the majority shall grow cold.
13 But he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations- and then shall the end come.
15 Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads understand),
16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17 Let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
18 And let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
19 But woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
20 And pray that your flight is not in the winter, nor on a Sabbath.
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved- but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if anyone shall say to you, Here is the Christ, or another, Here is the Christ- do not believe them!
24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, which shall show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray- if possible- even the elect.
25 Listen, I have told you beforehand.
26 Therefore, if they shall say to you: Look, he is in the wilderness! Do not go. Look, he is in the inner chambers! Do not believe it.
27 For as the lightning comes from the east and is seen even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
28 Wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles gather together.
29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
30 And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in heaven.Then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now from the fig tree learn her parable. When her branch has become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near- at the doors.
34 Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away until all these things are accomplished.
35 Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Jesus Warns that the Time of the End is Only Known to God
36 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the Angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
37 And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For as in those days which were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39 and they did not realize until the flood came and took them all away. So shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
40 Then two men shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and one left.
42 Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
43 But know this! That if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household to give them their food in due time?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
47 Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all that he has.
48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord's coming is delayed,
49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants and shall eat and drink with the drunkards,
50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not expect him and in an hour when he does not know,
51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
1 Jesus' Parable of Ten Virgins Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were foolish and five were wise;
3 for the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
4 but the wise took flasks of oil along with their lamps.
5 Now while the bridegroom was delayed they all became drowsy and slept.
6 But at midnight there was a cry: Look! The bridegroom! Come out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
9 But the wise answered: Perhaps there will not be enough for us and you. Instead, you should go to them that sell oil and buy some for yourselves.
10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came- and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said: Truly I say to you, I do not know you.
13 Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know the day nor the hour. Jesus' Parable About the Servants and the Talents
14 For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants and delivered to them his goods.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one- to each according to his abilities; and he went on his journey.
16 Immediately he that received the five talents went and traded with them and made another five talents.
17 In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.
18 But he that received the one went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord's money.
19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants came and made a reckoning with them.
20 And he that received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying: Lord, you gave me five talents. Look, I have gained another five talents.
21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, so I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord!
22 And also he that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, you gave me two talents. Look, I have gained another two talents.
23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, so I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord!
24 And also he that had received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed.
25 And I was afraid and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Here, have what is yours.
26 But his lord answered and said to him: You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter seed.
27 You should have deposited my money with the bankers, so that on my return I would have collected my own money with interest.
28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
29 For to everyone that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.
30 And cast out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There, shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. Jesus' Parable About Sheep and Goats
31 But when the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the Angels with him, then he shall sit on the throne of his glory.
32 And before him shall be gathered all the nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left.
34 Then the King shall say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
36 Naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.
37 Then the righteous shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? Or thirsty and gave you drink?
38 And when did we see you as a stranger and welcome you? Or naked and clothed you?
39 And when did we see you sick, or in prison and came to you?
40 And the King shall answer and say to them: Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers, even the least, you did it to me.
41 Then he shall also say to them on the left hand: You who are cursed, depart from me, to the perpetual fire which is prepared for the Devil and his messengers.
42 For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.
43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me. Naked and you did not clothe me. Sick and in prison and you did not visit me.
44 Then they shall also answer, saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?
45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of these least, you did not do it to me.
46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life.
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples:
2 You know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered at the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
4 And they plotted together how they might seize Jesus using trickery and kill him.
5 But they said: Not during the feast, lest a riot arise among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.
8 But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this might have been sold for much and given to the poor.
10 But Jesus perceiving it, said to them: Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work upon me.
11 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me with you.
12 For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
13 Truly I say to you: Wherever in the whole world this gospel is preached, what this woman has done shall also be spoken of as a memorial to her.
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,
15 and said: What are you willing to give me if I will deliver him to you? And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time onward he sought opportunity to betray him. Jesus' Last Supper
17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where do you want us to prepare the Passover for you to eat?
18 And he said: Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him: The Teacher said, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
20 Now when evening had come, he was dining with the twelve disciples.
21 And as they were eating, he said: Truly I say to you: One of you shall betray me.
22 And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and all began to say to him: Is it I, Lord?
23 And he answered and said: He that dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better if that man had not been born.
25 And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said: Is it I, Rabbi? He said to him: You have said it.
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke it, and he gave it to the disciples, saying: Take, eat. This is my body.
27 And he took a cup and gave thanks and gave it to them, saying: All of you, drink it.
28 For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say to you, I shall not drink of this fruit of the vine from this time forward, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
31 Then Jesus said to them: You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written: I will smite the shepherd and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.
33 But Peter answered and said to him: If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.
34 Jesus said to him: Truly I say to you, that this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times.
35 Peter said to him: Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you. Likewise said all the disciples.
36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples: Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
38 Then he said to them: My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me.
39 And he went forward a little and fell on his face and prayed, saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me. Nevertheless, not as I will but as You will.
40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter: What! Could you not watch with me for one hour?
41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 Again a second time he went away and prayed, saying: My Father, if this cup cannot pass, except I drink it, Your will be done.
43 And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44 And he left them again and went away and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.
45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them: Sleep on now and take your rest. The hour is at hand and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Arise! Let us be going. He that betrays me is nearby.
47 And while he yet spoke, Judas, one of the twelve, came; and with him a great crowd with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Take him.
49 And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Greetings, Rabbi; and kissed him.
50 And Jesus said to him: Friend, do what you came to do. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
51 And one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
52 Then said Jesus to him: Put away your sword into its place, for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Do you think I cannot ask my Father and He shall, even now, send me more than twelve legions of Angels?
54 But how then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?
55 In that hour Jesus said to the mob: Have you come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching and you did not take me.
56 But all this is happening so that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.
57 And they that had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
58 But Peter followed him afar off, to the court of the high priest; and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.
59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
60 And they did not find any, though many false witnesses came. But afterwards came two,
61 and said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.
62 And the high priest stood up and said to him: Do you answer nothing? What is it that these testify against you?
63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I bind you under oath to the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus said to him: You have said it; nevertheless I say to you, from this time forward you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest tore his garments, saying: He has spoken blasphemy. What further need have we of witnesses? You have now heard the blasphemy.
66 What is your judgement? They answered and said: He is worthy of death.
67 Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him with the palms of their hands,
68 saying: Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is he that struck you?
69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a maid came to him, saying: You also were with Jesus the Galilean.
70 But he denied before them all, saying: I do not know what you say.
71 And when he went out to the entrance, another maid saw him and said to the bystanders: This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath: I do not know the man.
73 And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter: Of a truth you also are one of them, for your dialect makes you known.
74 Then he began to curse and to swear: I do not know the man! And immediately the cock crowed.
75 And Peter remembered the words which Jesus had said: Before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly.
1 Jesus is Brought to Pilate Now when morning had arrived, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
2 And they bound him and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
4 saying: I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? See to it yourself.
5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and departed, and he went away and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said: It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8 Therefore that field is called to this day, The field of blood.
9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel.
10 And they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.
11 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him: Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him: You say it.
12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he said nothing.
13 Then Pilate said to him: Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?
14 And he gave him no answer, not even one word, so much so that the governor was astonished.
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
16 And they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
17 Therefore, when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them: Who do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
18 For he knew that they had delivered him up out of envy.
19 And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21 But the governor answered and said to them: Which of the two do you want me to release to you? And they said: Barabbas!
22 Pilate said to them: What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all said: Let him be crucified!
23 And he said: Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying: Let him be crucified!
24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying: I am innocent of this man's blood. See to it yourselves.
25 And all the people answered and said: His blood is on us and on our children.
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and the whole battalion gathered around him.
28 And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 And they plaited a crown of thorns and put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand, and they knelt down before him and mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!
30 And they spat upon him and took the reed and struck him on the head.
31 And when they had mocked him, they took the robe from him and dressed him in his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.
32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they forced to carry the cross.
33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, the place of a skull,
34 they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted it, he would not drink it.
35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
36 And they sat there and watched him.
37 And over his head they put the written accusation against him, which read: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
38 Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on his left.
39 And they that passed by derided him, wagging their heads,
40 and saying: You that would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41 In like manner also the chief priests with the Scribes and elders mocked him, saying:
42 He saved others; he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
43 He trusts in God, let Him deliver him now- if He desires him. For he said: I am the Son of God.
44 And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice: Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
47 And some of them standing there, when they heard it, said: This man calls Elijah.
48 And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.
49 And the rest said: Let him be. Let us see whether Elijah comes to save him.
50 And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
51 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth quaked and the rocks were split.
52 And the tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised,
53 and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 Now the centurion and those that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that happened, were terrified, saying: Truly this was the Son of God.
55 And many women were there watching from afar, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.
56 Among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. Jesus is Buried
57 And when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given him.
59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great stone as the door of the tomb, and departed.
61 And Mary Magdalene was there and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 Now the next day, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together before Pilate,
63 saying: Sir, we remember that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I will rise again.
64 Therefore, command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and so the last error will be worse than the first.
65 Pilate said to them: You have a guard. Go make it as secure as you can.
66 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
2 And there was a great earthquake, for an Angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
3 His appearance was as lightning and his garment white as snow,
4 and for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.
5 And the angel said to the women: Do not be fearful, for I know you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
6 He is not here, for he is risen, even as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and that he goes ahead of you into Galilee. There you shall see him. Look, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring this message to his disciples.
9 And Jesus met them, saying: Greetings! And they came and took hold of his feet and worshipped him.
10 Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee and there shall they see me.
11 Now while they were going, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
12 And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers,
13 saying: You are to say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will appease him and keep you out of trouble.
15 So they took the money and did as they were told; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying: All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you; andI am with you always, even to the end of the age.