1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
2 even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
5 There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elisabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren and they both were now well stricken in years.
8 Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 And the whole crowd of the people were praying outside in the hour of incense.
11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 Zacharias was disturbed when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zacharias, because your prayer is heard; your wife Elisabeth shall carry a son and you shall call his name John.
14 And you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth,
15 for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord. And he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turned to the Lord their God,
17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said to the angel: How shall I know this? For I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering said to him: I am Gabriel who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you these good tidings.
20 And you shall be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, and he continued making signs to them and remained dumb.
23 And it came to pass, when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.
24 And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying:
25 Thus has the Lord done to me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And he came in to her and said: Greetings, you that are highly favoured, the Lord is with you!
29 But she was greatly disturbed at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary. For you have found favour with God.
31 And you shall conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give to him the throne of his ancestor David.
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be, seeing I do not know a man?
35 And the angel answered and said to her: The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you. Therefore also the holy thing which is begotten within you shall be called the Son of God.
36 And Elisabeth your kinswoman, she who was called barren, has in her old age also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month of her pregnancy.
37 For no word from God shall be void of power.
38 And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord! Be it unto me according to your word! And the angel departed from her.
39 And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the baby jumped within her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 And she lifted up her voice with a loud cry and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby jumped in my womb for joy.
45 And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said: My soul does magnify the Lord,
47 and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour,
48 because He has looked upon the low estate of His handmaid. For from this time forward all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For He that is mighty has done to me great things, and holy is His name,
50 and His mercy is to generations and generations on them that fear Him.
51 He has shown strength with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart,
52 He has put down princes from their thrones and has exalted them of low station in life.
53 The hungry He has filled with good things and the rich He has sent away empty.
54 He has given help to Israel His servant, that He might remember mercy
55 (as He spoke to our fathers) toward Abraham and his seed for ever.
56 And Mary stayed with her about three months and then returned home.
57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.
58 And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified His mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father,
60 but his mother answered and said: No, he shall be called John.
61 And they said to her: There are none of your kindred that are called by this name.
62 And they made signs to his father, what he wanted him called.
63 And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, saying: His name is John. And they all marvelled.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed and he spoke, blessing God.
65 And fear came on all their neighbours. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea.
66 And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying:
68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David
70 (as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been since the world began),
71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us,
72 to show mercy towards our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant.
73 The oath which He spoke to Abraham our father,
74 to grant to us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve Him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
76 Yes, and you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you shall go before the presence of the Lord to make ready His ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to His people in the remission of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, when the sunrise shall dawn upon us,
79 to shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.
1 Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
2 This census first took place when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
3 And all went to register themselves, everyone to his own city.
4 And Joseph also went from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and family of David)
5 to enrol himself with Mary, who was engaged to him, being great with child.
6 And it came to pass, while they were there, the time came that she should give birth.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were shepherds in the same region staying in the field and keeping watch at night over their flock.
9 And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were terrified.
10 And the angel said to them: Be not afraid. For I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.
11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.
12 And this will be a sign to you: You shall find a baby wrapped in birth clothes and lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a crowd of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those in whom He is well pleased.
15 And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to each other: Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
16 And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph and the baby lying in the manger.
17 And when they saw it, they told people about the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
18 And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
19 And Mary treasured up all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it had been spoken to them.
21 And after eight days, when he was circumcised, his name was called Jesus, which name was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25 And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law,
28 then he took him into his arms and blessed God, and said:
29 Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word.
30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
31 which You have prepared before the presence of all peoples;
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.
33 And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him.
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against.
35 Yes, and a sword shall pierce through your own soul also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
37 and she had been a widow eighty four years. She departed not from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
38 And coming up to worship at that very same hour, she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all those that were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
39 And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.
41 And his parents went up every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to the tradition of the feast.
43 And when they had finished the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not.
44 Supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey; and then they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
45 And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.
46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him: Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.
49 And he said to them: How is it you searched for me? Did you not know that I would be in my Father's house?
50 And they did not understand what he spoke to them.
51 And he left with them and went to Nazareth, and was subject to them; and his mother treasured all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus developed both in wisdom and body, and in favour with God and men.
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying, In the wilderness make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked paths shall become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 He said to the crowds that went out to be baptized by him: You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves: We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
9 And even now, the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bring forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire.
10 And the crowds asked him, saying: What then must we do?
11 And he answered and said to them: He that has two coats, let him give to him that has none, and he that has food, let him do likewise.
12 And there came also tax collectors to be baptized; and they said to him: Teacher, what must we do?
13 And he said to them: Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.
14 And soldiers also asked him, saying: And we, what must we do? And he said to them: Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether he was the Christ,
16 John answered, saying to them all: I indeed baptize you with water, but there comes he that is mightier than I, whose shoelaces I am not worthy to untie. He shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
17 Whose fan is in his hand, to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
18 With many other appeals he preached good tidings to the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for marrying Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
20 also added this, that he locked John up in prison.
21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also having been baptized and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in a bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven: You are My beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.
23 And Jesus, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was legally reckoned) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 being tempted by the Devil for forty days. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were completed, he was hungry.
3 And the Devil said to him: If you are the Son of God, command these stones that they become bread.
4 And Jesus answered him: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.
5 And he led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the Devil said to him: To you will I give all this authority and the glory of them. For it has been delivered to me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.
7 Therefore, if you will worship me, it shall all be yours.
8 And Jesus answered and said to him: It is written, you shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
9 And he led him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.
10 For it is written: He shall give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you,
11 and on their hands they shall carry you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said to him: It is said, you shall not test the Lord your God.
13 And when the Devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a time.
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and the news about him went out throughout all the region.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
17 And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written:
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and the recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are bruised,
19 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to them: Today has this scripture been fulfilled in your hearing.
22 And all bore him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said: Is this not Joseph's son?
23 And he said to them: Doubtless you will say to me this proverb: Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.
24 And he said: Truly I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own hometown.
25 But of a truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land.
26 And to none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28 And they were all filled with anger in the synagogue as they heard these things.
29 And they rose up and threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way. Jesus in Capernaum
31 And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath day.
32 And they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.
33 And in the synagogue, there was a man that had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice:
34 Leave us alone! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! The Holy One of God!
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold your peace and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no hurt.
36 And amazement came upon all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying: What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out.
37 And there went a rumour concerning him into every place of the region round about.
38 And he rose up from the synagogue and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of him concerning her.
39 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever; and it left her, and immediately she rose up and served them.
40 And when the sun was setting, they brought to him all that were sick with various diseases; and he laid his hands on everyone of them and healed them.
41 And demons also came out from many, crying out and saying: You are the Son of God! But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
42 Now when it was day, he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought him and came to him, and tried to keep him from leaving them.
43 But he said to them: I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for this is why I was sent.
44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
1 Now it came to pass, while the crowd pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
2 And he saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
3 And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. And he sat down and taught the crowds out of the boat.
4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.
5 And Simon answered and said: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing, but at your word I will let down the nets.
6 And when they had done this, they caught a great many fishes; and their nets were breaking.
7 And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken.
10 And so were also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not. From this time forward you shall catch men.
11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all and followed him.
12 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, that there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, saying: Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.
13 And he stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying: I will. Be made clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him,
14 and he ordered him: Tell no one, but go your way and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
15 However, the report went around concerning him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16 But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on one of those days that he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
18 And men brought on a bed a man that was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in and to lay him before him.
19 But not finding by what way they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his couch, into the midst before Jesus.
20 And seeing their faith, he said: Man, your sins are forgiven you.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?
22 But Jesus, perceiving their reasoning, answered and said to them: Why reason you so in your hearts?
23 Which is easier to say: Your sins are forgiven; or to say: Arise and walk?
24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to him who was paralyzed): I say to you, arise and take up your bedding and go to your house.
25 And immediately, he stood up before them, picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things today.
27 And after these things he went and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him: Follow me.
28 And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and of others that were dining with them.
30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying: Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said to them: They that are in health have no need of a doctor, but they that are sick.
32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said to him: The disciples of John fast often and make supplications, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples eat and drink.
34 And Jesus said to them: Can you make the wedding guests fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; then will they fast, in those days.
36 And he spoke also a parable to them: No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment, else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.
37 And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins, or else the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilt, and the skins will perish.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.
39 And no one having drunk old wine immediately then desires new wine; for he says: The old is good.
1 Now it came to pass on a Sabbath that he was going through the grain fields; and his disciples plucked the ears and ate, rubbing them in their hands.
2 But certain of the Pharisees said: Why do you do what is unlawful on the Sabbath day?
3 And Jesus answered them, saying: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and they that were with him?
4 How he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?
5 And he said to them: The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
6 And it came to pass on another Sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him closely, whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
8 But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man that had his hand withered: Rise up and stand in the midst. And he arose and stood.
9 And Jesus said to them: I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?
10 And he looked round about on them all, and then said to him: Stretch out your hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored.
11 But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
12 And it came to pass in these days that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called his disciples, and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles.
14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became the betrayer.
17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place; and a great crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.
18 And they that were disturbed with unclean spirits were healed.
19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed them all.
20 Then he lifted up his eyes toward his disciples, and said: Blessed are you poor; for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you that hunger now; for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now; for you shall laugh.
22 Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall reject you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for your reward is great in heaven. For in the same manner did their fathers treat the prophets.
24 But woe to you that are rich! For you have received your consolation.
25 Woe to you, you that are full now! For you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! For in the same manner did their fathers do to the false prophets.
27 But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
28 bless those that curse you, pray for those that mistreat you.
29 To him that hits you on the cheek offer also the other, and from him that takes away your cloak- withhold not your coat also.
30 Give to everyone who asks of you, from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back;
31 and as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise.
32 For if you love those that love you, what praise do you have? For even sinners love those that love them.
33 And if you do good to those that do good to you, what praise do you have? For even sinners do the same.
34 And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what praise do you have? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.
35 But love your enemies, and do good and lend, never despairing, and your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High. For He is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
38 Give; and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they pour into your lap. For with what measure you use, it shall be measured to you again.
39 And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind guide the blind? Shall they not both fall into a pit?
40 The disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is perfected, shall be as his teacher.
41 And why do you see the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?
42 Or how can you say to your brother: Brother, let me cast out the splinter that is in your eye- when you yourself do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! Cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to cast out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.
43 For there is no good tree that brings forth corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree that brings forth good fruit.
44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For from thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush do they gather grapes.
45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
46 And why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and not do the things which I say?
47 Everyone that comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.
48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when the flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it; because it had been founded upon a rock.
49 But he that hears and does not do is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke- and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.
1 A Centurion's Servant Cured After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
3 And when he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, pleading with him to come and heal his servant.
4 And they, when they came to Jesus, pleaded earnestly, saying: He is worthy to have you do this for him,
5 for he loves our nation and he built our synagogue.
6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him: Lord, trouble not yourself. For I am not worthy that you should come under my roof;
7 therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to you. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8 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.
9 And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him: I say to you, I have not found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant healed.
11 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
12 Now when he came near to the gate of the city, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and many people of the city were with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not.
14 And he came near and touched the coffin; and the bearers stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to you, arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
16 And fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us, and God has visited His people!
17 And this report about him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.
18 And the disciples of John told him of all these things.
19 And John calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, asking: Are you he that comes, or look we for another?
20 And when the men came to him, they said: John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask: Are you he that comes, or do we look for another?
21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and illnesses and evil spirits, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
22 And he answered and said to them: Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard. The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the good news preached to them.
23 And blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
24 And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the crowds concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Look, they that are gorgeously apparelled and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26 But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he of whom it is written: Look, I send My messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
28 I say to you, among those that are born of women- there is none greater than John. Yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God's justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized by him.
31 And the Lord said: Unto whom shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
32 They are like children that sit in the marketplace and call to each other, who say: We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.
33 For John the Baptist came eating no bread nor drinking wine, and you say: He has a demon.
34 The Son of Man comes eating and drinking, and you say: Behold a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
36 And one of the Pharisees requested him to eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house and sat down to the meal.
37 And a woman who was in the city, a sinner, when she knew that he was dining in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,
38 and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee that had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that touches him, that she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said to him: Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said: Teacher, speak.
41 A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty.
42 When they had nothing with which to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
43 Simon answered and said: He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him: You have rightly judged.
44 And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: Saw you this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wetted my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil you did not anoint, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Therefore I say to you, that her sins, which are many, are forgiven (for she loved much). But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
48 And he said to her: Your sins are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at food with him began to say within themselves: Who is this that even forgives sins?
50 And he said to the woman: Your faith has saved you. Go into peace.
1 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God; and companying with him were the twelve,
2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them out of their means.
4 And when a great crowd came together, and they of every city had come to him, he spoke by a parable:
5 The sower went to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
6 And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
8 And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
10 And he said: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest the parables remain as parables; so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
11 Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they that have heard; then comes the Devil and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
13 And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, they for a while believe, but in time of temptation fall away.
14 And that which fell among the thorns, these are those that have heard, but as they go on their way, they are choked with cares and riches and the pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
15 And that in the good ground are those with an honest and good heart, who having heard the word, hold it fast and bring forth fruit with patience.
16 Nobody, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, so that they that enter may see the light.
17 For nothing is hid, that shall not be revealed; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
18 Take heed therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinks he has.
19 And there came to him his mother and relatives; and they could not come to him because of the crowd.
20 And it was told him: Your mother and your relatives stand outside, desiring to see you.
21 But he answered and said to them: My mother and my relatives are these that hear the word of God and do it.
22 Now it came to pass on one of those days that he boarded a boat, he and his disciples, and he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they cast off.
23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep; and there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and they were filling with water; and were in danger for their lives.
24 And they came to him and woke him, saying: Master, master, we perish! And he awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 And he said to them: Where is your faith? And being afraid they marvelled, saying to each other: Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?
26 And they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27 And when he had arrived upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons, and for a long time he had worn no clothes and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.
28 And when he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said: What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.
29 For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him, and he was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the chains apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
30 And Jesus asked him: What is your name? And he said: Legion. For many demons had entered into him.
31 And they begged him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them permission.
33 And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the hill into the lake and were drowned.
34 And when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the nearby town and in the countryside.
35 And they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man, from whom the demons had left, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.
36 And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons had been healed.
37 And all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into a boat and returned.
38 But the man from whom the demons had left pleaded with him that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying:
39 Return to your family, and declare what great things God has done for you. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great were the things Jesus had done for him.
40 And when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him. For they were all waiting for him.
41 And there came a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue; and he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come into his house.
42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age; and she was dying. But as he went, the crowds crushed him.
43 And a woman who had suffered from chronic bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood upon doctors and could not be healed by any,
44 came behind him and touched the border of his garment; and immediately her bleeding stopped.
45 And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter and they that were with him said: Master, the crowds press upon you and crush you.
46 But Jesus said: Someone did touch me. For I perceived power going out from me.
47 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him, declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
48 And he said to her: Daughter, your faith has made you whole. Go in peace.
49 While he yet spoke, there came one from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying: Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.
50 But Jesus hearing it, responded: Fear not. Only believe, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came to the house, he did not permit anyone to enter with him, except Peter, John and James, and the father and mother of the girl.
52 All were weeping and bewailing her, but he said: Weep not. For she is not dead but sleeps.
53 And they laughed at him with scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying: Little girl, arise.
55 And her spirit returned and she rose up immediately, and he commanded that something be given her to eat.
56 And her parents were amazed, but he ordered them to tell no one what had been done.
1 And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
3 And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money. Neither have two coats.
4 And into whatever house you enter, there stay and from there depart.
5 And as many as do not welcome you, when you depart from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6 And they departed and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done; and he was very worried, because of what was said by some, that John had risen from the dead;
8 and by some, that Elijah had appeared, and by others, that one of the old prophets had arisen.
9 And Herod said: John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
10 And the apostles, when they had returned, declared to him what things they had done. And he took them and withdrew to a city called Bethsaida.
11 But the crowds knew it, and they followed him; and he welcomed them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and those that had need of healing he cured.
12 And the day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him: Send the crowd away, that they may go into the villages and countryside and lodge and get provisions. For we are here in a deserted place.
13 But he said to them: You give them something to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.
14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down in groups, about fifty in each.
15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
16 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
17 And they ate and were all filled, and there was taken up of the leftovers twelve baskets.
18 And it came to pass, as he was praying alone, that his disciples joined him; and he asked them, saying: Who do the crowds say that I am?
19 And they answering said: John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others, that one of the old prophets has risen.
20 And he said to them: But who do you say that I am? And Peter answering said: The Christ of God.
21 And he ordered and commanded them to tell this to no one,
22 saying: The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
23 And he said to all: If anyone would follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
24 For whoever would save his life shall lose it, but whoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit his life?
26 For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his own glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27 But I tell you a truth: There are some that stand here, who shall in no way taste death, until they see the kingdom of God.
28 And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John and James and went up into the mountain to pray.
29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered and his garment became white and dazzling.
30 And talking with him were two men, who were Moses and Elijah,
31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
32 Now Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
33 And it came to pass, as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three booths, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah. Not knowing what he said.
34 And while he said these things, there came a cloud that overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered into the cloud.
35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is My Son, My chosen. Hear him.
36 And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they kept quiet and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
37 And it came to pass, the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
38 And a man from the crowd cried, saying: Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son; for he is my only child.
39 And a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.
40 And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.
41 And Jesus answered and said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.
42 And as he was coming, the demon dashed him down and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
43 And they were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marvelling at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples:
44 Let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of Man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.
45 But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying. Who is the Greatest?
46 And there arose a dispute among them, which of them was the greatest.
47 But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child and set him by his side,
48 and said to them: Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whoever shall receive me, receives Him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same is great.
49 And John answered and said: Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name and we forbade him, because he follows not with us.
50 But Jesus said to him: Forbid not. For he that is not against you is for you.
51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for him to be received up, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52 and sent messengers before his face; and they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
53 But they did not receive him, because his face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said: Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?
55 But he turned and rebuked them, saying: You know what kind of Spirit you have.
56 And they went to another village.
57 And as they were going along the road, someone said to him: I will follow you wherever you go.
58 And Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
59 And he said to another: Follow me. But he said: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
60 But he said to him: Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and publish the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said: I will follow you Lord, but first permit me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.
62 But Jesus said to him: No one, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
1 The Sending of the Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to go.
2 And he said to them: The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He send out labourers into His harvest.
3 Go your way. See, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4 Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.
5 And into whatever house you shall enter, first say: Peace to this house.
6 And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it, but if not, it shall return to you.
7 And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give. For the labourer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
8 And into whatever city you enter, if they welcome you, eat such things as are set before you.
9 Heal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of God comes near to you.
10 But into whatever city you shall enter and they do not welcome you, go out into the streets of it and say:
11 Even the dust from your city, that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God comes near.
12 I say to you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
13 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, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.
16 He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me, and he that rejects me rejects Him that sent me.
17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying: Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!
18 And he said to them: I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 See, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in any way hurt you.
20 Nevertheless, rejoice not that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
21 In that same hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said: I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father. For so it was pleasing in Your sight.
22 All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomever the Son wills to reveal Him.
23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately: Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see.
24 For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.
25 And a certain lawyer stood up, and to test him, asked: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 And he said to him: What is written in the law? How do you read it?
27 And he answered saying: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.
28 And he said to him: You have answered correctly. This do and you shall live.
29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?
30 Jesus answered and said: A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers who both stripped him and beat him, and departed leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
34 and came to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine, and he put him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the host, and said: Take care of him, and if you spend more, I, when I come back again, will repay you.
36 Which of these three, do you think, proved a neighbour to him that encountered the robbers?
37 And he said: The one who showed him mercy. And Jesus said to him: Go and do likewise.
38 Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet and heard his word.
40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said: Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.
41 But the Lord answered and said to her: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disturbed about many things.
42 But one thing is needful. For Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.
1 And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
2 And he said to them: When you pray, say, Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins. For we ourselves also forgive everyone that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
5 And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 for a friend of mine has arrived from a journey and I have nothing to set before him.
7 And he from within shall answer and say: Do not trouble me! The door is now shut and my children are with me in bed, I cannot rise and give anything to you?
8 I say to you, though he will not want to rise and give anything to him, yet because he is his friend, and because of the man's persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
9 And I say to you: Ask and it shall be given you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.
10 For everyone that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a snake?
12 Or if he shall ask for an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?
14 And he was casting out a demon that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke and the crowds marvelled.
15 But some of them said: By Beelzebub the prince of the demons he casts out demons.
16 And others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a family divided against a family falls apart.
18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? Because you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
19 And even if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe.
22 But when one stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armour in which he had trusted, and divides his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters.
24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says: I will return to my house from which I came.
25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, that a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice and said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you did suck.
28 But he said: Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it.
29 And when the crowds were gathering together to him, he began to say: This generation is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign, but there shall no sign be given to it, except the sign of Jonah.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of Man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 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, a greater than Jonah is here.
33 No one when he has lit a lamp puts it in a cellar, neither under a bucket, but on the lightstand, so that they who enter in may see the light.
34 The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Look therefore whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.
37 Now as he spoke, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, and he went in and sat down to eat.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
39 And the Lord said to him: Now you the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and plate, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 You foolish ones, did not He that made the outside make the inside also?
41 But give for alms those things which are within, and behold, all things are clean to you.
42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint, rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God; but these you should have done and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.
45 And one of the lawyers answering said to him: Teacher, in saying this you reproach us also.
46 And he said: Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
48 So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them and you build their tombs.
49 Therefore also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,
50 so that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation:
51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those that were entering in, you hindered.
53 And when he got out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things,
54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the crowd were gathered together, so much so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all: Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 But there is nothing covered up that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say to you my friends, do not be afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will warn you about whom you shall fear. Fear Him, who after He has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I say to you, fear Him!
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two very small coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrows.
8 And I say to you, every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God.
9 But he that denies me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
10 And everyone who shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him, but to him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say.
12 For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what you should say.
13 And one out of the crowd said to him: Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
14 But he said to him: Man! Who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said to them: Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness. For a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying: The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
17 And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I do not have anywhere to store my crops?
18 And he said: This will I do. I will pull down my barns and build greater ones, and there will I store all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said to him: You foolish one, this night is your soul required from you, and the things which you have prepared, whose shall they be?
21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
22 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for life, what you shall eat. Nor yet for your body, what you shall put on.
23 For the life is more than the food, and the body more than the clothing.
24 Consider the ravens, how they do not sow nor reap. They have no store nor barn, but God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to the measure of his life?
26 If then you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They do not toil, nor do they spin. Yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
28 But if God does so clothe the grass in the field, which today is and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more shall he clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 And do not seek what you shall eat and what you shall drink, neither be of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, but your Father knows you have need of these things.
31 Seek His kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.
32 Fear not little flock. For it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell that which you have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief draws near nor moth destroys.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Readiness for Christ's Return
35 Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning,
36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the master when he comes shall find awake. Truly I say to you, that he shall dress himself for service and make them sit down to eat, and shall come and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch and if in the third and find them waiting, so blessed are they.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake, and not have left his house to be broken into.
40 You also- beready. For in the hour you do not expect- the Son of Man comes.
41 And Peter said: Lord, are you telling this parable aimed at us, or to everyone?
42 And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful and wise steward whom his master shall set over his household to give them their portion of food in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his master, when he comes, shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say to you, that he will set him over all that he has.
45 But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming, and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunk,
46 the master of that servant shall come in a day when he does not expect, and at an hour he does not know, and shall cut him into pieces and put him with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, who knew his master's will and did not prepare or did not do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that did not know and did things worthy of stripes, he shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whom much is given, of him shall much be required, and to whom people commit much, of him will they ask the more.
49 I came to cast fire upon the earth, yet it is already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and great is my distress until it be accomplished!
51 Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? I tell you no, but rather division.
52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.
53 They shall be divided, father against son and son against father. Mother against daughter and daughter against her mother. Mother in law against her daughter in law and daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said to the crowds: Also, When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, Here comes a shower- and so it comes to pass.
55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be a scorching heat- and it comes to pass.
56 You hypocrites, you know how to interpret the signs of the earth and the sky, but how is it you do not know how to interpret this time?
57 And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
58 For as you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be rid of him. Lest he drag you to the judge and the judge shall deliver you to the officer, and the officer shall throw you into prison.
59 I say to you, you shall never get out, until you have paid the very last coin.
1 Now there were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And he answered and said to them: Do you think that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things?
3 I tell you no, but unless you repent, you shall all in like manner perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them. Do you think that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you no, but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
6 And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit thereon and found none.
7 And he said to the vinedresser: Behold, these three years I came seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?
8 And he answering said to him: Master, leave it alone this year also, I shall dig about it and fertilize it.
9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you shall cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11 And a woman was there who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years; she was bent over and could in no way straighten herself.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her: Woman, you are free from your infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd: There are six days in which men ought to work. In them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.
15 But the Lord answered them and said: You hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath release his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away for watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound for eighteen years, to have been freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?
17 And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 He replied: To what is the kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I liken it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it.
20 And again he said: Unto what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like the yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all raised.
22 And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching and journeying on to Jerusalem.
23 And one said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said to them:
24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door. For I say to you, many shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25 When the master of the house is risen and has shut the door, and you begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us!- he shall answer and say to you: I do not know who you are.
26 Then shall you begin to say: We did eat and drink in your presence, and you did teach in our streets.
27 And he shall say: I tell you, I do not know from where you are. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.
28 There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast out.
29 And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.
31 In that very hour certain Pharisees came warning him: Get out and leave here. For Herod wants to kill you.
32 And he said to them: Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow; and on the third day I shall reach my goal.
33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following. For it cannot be possible that a prophet can die anywhere except Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem! Jerusalem that kills the prophets and stones them that are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
35 Look, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you shall not see me, until you shall say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
2 And before him was a certain man that had the dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
4 But they held their peace. And he took him and healed him, and let him go.
5 And he said to them: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately draw him up on a Sabbath day?
6 And they could not answer these things.
7 And when he noted how they chose out the chief seats, he told a parable to those that were invited, saying to them:
8 When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the chief seat; lest a more honourable man than you be invited by him,
9 and he that invited you shall come and say to you: Give this man your place. Then you shall be shamed into taking the lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that has invited you comes, he may say to you: Friend, go up higher. Then shall you have glory in the presence of all that sit to eat with you.
11 For everyone that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
12 And he also said to him that had invited him: When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers and sisters, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbours, unless they also invite you and repay you.
13 But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
14 and you shall be blessed; because they do not have anything to repay you with. For you shall be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
15 And when one of his dinner guests heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!
16 But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and he invited many.
17 And he sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were invited: Come. For everything is now ready.
18 And they all began to make similar excuses. The first said to him: I have bought a field and I need to go out and see it; I pray you excuse me.
19 And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I pray you, have me excused.
20 And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore, I cannot come.
21 And the servant came and told his master these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and maimed and blind and lame.
22 And the servant said: Master, what you did command is done, and still there is room.
23 And the master said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say to you, that none of those men that were invited shall taste my supper.
25 Now there went with him great crowds; and he turned and said to them:
26 If anyone comes to me, and hates not his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have enough to complete it?
29 Unless, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish it, all that watch begin to mock him, saying:
30 This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel, whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador and asks conditions of peace.
33 So therefore whoever of you does not renounce all that he has, cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt therefore is good, but if the salt has lost its taste, with what shall it be seasoned?
35 It is useful neither for the soil nor for the manure heap, it is thrown away. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to him to hear him teach.
2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners and eats with them.
3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying:
4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep and having lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!
7 I say to you, that even so there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, than over ninety nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.
8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loses one piece, does not light a lamp and sweeps the house and seeks diligently until she finds it?
9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Even so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
11 And he said: A certain man had two sons.
12 And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the inheritance of property that is coming to me. And he divided his property between them.
13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered into money all he had, and took a journey into a far country; and there he squandered his inheritance in reckless living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 And he would gladly have filled his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything.
17 But when he came to his senses he said: How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
18 I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.
20 And he rose and went to his father. But while he was yet far away, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced and kissed him.
21 And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no more worthy to be called your son.
22 But the father said to his servants: Bring quickly the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.
23 And bring the fatted calf, kill it and let us eat and make merry.
24 For this my son who was dead, is alive again! He was lost and is found! And they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and inquired what these things might mean.
27 And he said to him: Your brother came, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.
28 But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and encouraged him.
29 But he answered and said to his father: Look! For so many years I have served you, and I never transgressed a commandment of yours, and yet you never gave me a kid that I might make merry with my friends.
30 But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said to him: Son, you are ever with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32 But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad. For this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost and is found.
1 And he said also to the disciples: There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused of wasting his goods.
2 And he called him and said to him: What is this that I hear of you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.
3 And the steward said to himself: What shall I do, seeing that my master takes away the stewardship from me? I do not have strength to dig. To beg I am ashamed.
4 I have resolved what to do, so that when I am discharged as steward, others may receive me into their houses.
5 And calling to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first: How much do you owe my master?
6 And he said: A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him: Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another: And how much do you owe? And he said: A hundred measures of wheat. He said to him: Take your bill and write eighty.
8 And his master commended the unrighteous steward, because he had done wisely. For the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
9 And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends by means of worldly riches; that, when they shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
10 He that is faithful in a very little, is faithful also in much, and he that is unrighteous in a very little, is unrighteous also in much.
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the handling of worldly riches, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else, he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
14 And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
15 And he said to them: You are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man enters violently into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
18 Everyone that puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he that marries one that is put away from a husband commits adultery.
19 Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, dining sumptuously every day.
20 And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died; and he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's breast, and the rich man also died and was buried.
23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his breast.
24 And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.
25 But Abraham said: Son, remember how you in your lifetime received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.
26 And besides all this, between us and you there is fixed a great gulf, so that they that would pass from here to you cannot, and none may cross over from there to us.
27 And he said: Therefore I beg you father that you would send him to my father's house.
28 For I have five brothers. That he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 But Abraham said: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
30 And he said: No father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, even if one rises from the dead.
1 And he said to his disciples: Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
2 It would be better for him if a millstone was hung about his neck and he was thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 And if he sins against you seven times in the day and seven times turns again to you, saying: I repent: You shall forgive him.
5 And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.
6 And the Lord said: If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamore tree: Be rooted up and be planted in the sea- and it would obey you.
7 But who is there of you, having a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, that will say to him when he comes in from the field: Come immediately and sit down to eat.
8 Instead will he not say to him: Make ready my supper and dress yourself and serve me, and after I have eaten and drunk, then you shall eat and drink?
9 Does he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
10 Even so you also, when you shall have done all the things that are commanded of you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
11 And it came to pass, as they were on their way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were lepers, who stood far away.
13 And they lifted up their voices, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us!
14 And when he saw them, he said to them: Go and show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God in a loud voice.
16 And he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks- though he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus responded: Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18 Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?
19 And he said to him: Arise and go your way. Your faith has made you whole.
20 And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not with observation.
21 Neither shall they say, Here it is, or, There it is! For the kingdom of God is among you.
22 And he said to the disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man and you shall not see it.
23 And they shall say to you, Look there, or, Look here. Do not go, nor follow after them.
24 For as the lightning shines from one part under the heaven to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of Man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, even so shall it also be in the days of the Son of Man.
27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot- they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.
29 But in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 After the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop with his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away, and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife!
33 Whoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it, but whoever shall lose it shall preserve it.
34 I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. One shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 There shall be two women grinding together at the mill; one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
36 There shall be two men in the field; one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
37 And they answered and said to him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: Where the body is, there will also the eagles gather together.
1 And he spoke a parable to them, that they should always pray and not lose heart, saying:
2 There was in a city a judge, who did not fear God and had no regard for man.
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came often to him, saying: Give me justice against my adversary.
4 And for a while he would not, but afterward he said to himself: Though I neither fear God, nor regard man,
5 yet because this widow troubles me, I will give her justice, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.
6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
7 And shall not God give justice to His chosen, who cry to Him day and night? Will He be slow to help them?
8 I say to you, that He will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?
9 And he spoke also this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt.
10 Two men went into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus: God, I thank you that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I get.
13 But the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me, the sinner.
14 I say to you, this man went home rendered righteous rather than the other. For everyone that exalts himself shall be humbled, but he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
15 And they were bringing to him even their babies, that he should touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 But Jesus called them to him, saying: Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of God.
17 Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no way enter into it.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
19 And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? None is good, save one- God!
20 You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honour your father and mother.
21 And he said: All these things have I observed from my youth.
22 And when Jesus heard it, he said to him: One thing you lack yet. Sell all you have and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come follow me.
23 But when he heard these things, he became exceedingly sorrowful. For he was very rich.
24 And Jesus looking at him, said: How hard it shall be for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they that heard it said: Then who can be saved?
27 But he said: The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
28 And Peter said: We have left our own and followed you.
29 And he said to them: Truly I say to you: There is no one that has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
30 who shall not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come, eternal life.
31 And he took aside the twelve, and said to them: We will go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets about the Son of Man shall be accomplished.
32 For he shall be delivered up to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and shamefully treated, and spat upon.
33 And they shall scourge and kill him, and on the third day he shall rise again.
34 And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hid from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.
35 And it came to pass, as he drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging.
36 And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passes by.
38 And he cried, saying: Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!
39 And those who led the way rebuked him, saying that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more: You son of David, have mercy on me!
40 And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him:
41 What do you want me to do for you? And he said: Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said to him: Receive your sight; your faith has made you whole.
43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.
1 And he entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 And a man named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector, and rich,
3 was seeking to see who Jesus was; but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature.
4 And he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him: Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.
6 And he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying: He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord: Behold Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have wrongfully exacted something from anyone, I restore fourfold.
9 And Jesus said to him: Today salvation has come to this house, as he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.
12 He therefore said: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
13 And he called ten servants of his, gave them ten minas and said to them: Trade with this until I return.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying: We do not want this man to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, when he had returned, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.
16 And the first came before him, saying: Lord, your minas have made ten minas more.
17 And he said to him: Well done, you good servant. Because you were found faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying: Your minas, Lord, have made five minas.
19 And he said to him: And you are to be over five cities.
20 And another came, saying: Lord, behold, here is your mina, I kept it laid away in a piece of cloth,
21 for I feared you, because you are a hard man. You demand what you did not deposit, and reap that which you did not sow.
22 He said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You thought that I am a hard man, demanding back what I did not deposit, and reaping that which I did not sow?
23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?
24 And he said to those that stood by: Take away from him the mina and give it to him that has the ten minas.
25 And they said to him: Lord, he has ten minas!
26 I say to you, that to everyone that has, shall be given, but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.
27 But bring here my enemies, and slay them before me, those who did not want me to reign over them.
28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
29 And it came to pass, when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
30 saying: Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
31 And if anyone asks you: Why do you untie him? You are to say: The Lord has need of him.
32 And they that were sent went away and found as he had said to them.
33 And as they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them: Why do you untie the colt?
34 And they said: The Lord has need of him.
35 And they brought it to Jesus, and they threw their garments upon the colt and sat Jesus on it.
36 And as he went, they spread their garments on the road.
37 And as he was now drawing near, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen, saying:
38 Blessed is the King that comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!
39 And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him: Teacher, rebuke your disciples.
40 And he answered and said: I tell you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
41 And when he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
42 saying: If you had known in this day, even you, the things which belong to your peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies shall set up a barricade around you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side,
44 and shall dash you to the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another. All this will happen because you did not perceive the time of your visitation.
45 And he entered into the temple, and began to throw out those that were selling there,
46 saying to them: It is written: My house shall be a house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves!
47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men of the people sought to destroy him.
48 But they could not figure out what they might do, because all the people so hung upon his words.
1 And it came to pass, on one of the days he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders.
2 And they spoke, saying to him: Tell us. By what authority do you do these things? Or, who is he that gave you this authority?
3 And he answered and said to them: I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
5 And they discussed it among themselves, saying: If we shall say from heaven, he will say, why did you not believe him?
6 But if we shall say, from men, all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered that they did not know.
8 And Jesus said to them: Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and rented it to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.
10 And when the time came, he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty handed.
11 And he sent yet another servant, and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty handed.
12 And he sent yet a third, and him also they wounded and threw him out.
13 And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be they will respect him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying: This is the heir! Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: God forbid.
17 But he looked upon them, and said: What then is this that is written: The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the headstone of the corner?
18 Everyone that falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces, but on whoever it shall fall, it will grind him to dust.
19 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to arrest him in that very hour, but they feared the people. For they perceived that he spoke this parable against them.
20 And they watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be sincere, so that they might catch him in something he said; so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the Roman governor.
21 And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know you say and teach rightly, and show no favouritism to any person, but in truth teach the way of God.
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them:
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And they said: Caesar's.
25 And he said to them: Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
26 And they were not able to catch him in what he said in the presence of the people, so they marvelled at his answer and held their peace.
27 And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection.
28 And they asked him, saying: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless.
30 And the second,
31 and the third took her, and likewise the seventh also left no children, and died.
32 Afterward the woman also died.
33 In the resurrection, whose wife of these shall she be? For the seven had her as wife.
34 And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry and are given in marriage.
35 But they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
36 Neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, when he called the Lord: The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
38 Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all live to Him.
39 And certain of the scribes answering said: Teacher, you have said well.
40 And after that they dared not question him anymore.
41 And he said to them: Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
42 For David himself said in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on My right hand,
43 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.
44 David therefore calls him Lord, so, how is he his son?
45 And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples:
46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts,
47 who devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.
1 And he looked up and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he saw a certain poor widow throwing in there two small coins.
3 And he said: Of a truth I say to you: This poor widow threw in more than all of them.
4 For all these out of their abundance have put in offerings, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.
5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said:
6 As for these things which you behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another; all shall be thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying: Teacher, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when these things are about to happen?
8 And he said: Take heed you are not led astray. For many shall come in my name, saying: I am he, and, The time is at hand. Do not be led astray by them.
9 And when you shall hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified. For these things are necessary and must happen first, but the end will not be immediately.
10 Then said he to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
11 and there shall be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences, and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12 But more significantly than all these things, they shall lay their hands on you and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
13 It shall turn out to be your opportunity to give a witness.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer.
15 For I will give you the words and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to contradict.
16 But you shall be delivered up even by your parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they shall kill some of you.
17 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 But not a hair of your head shall perish.
19 In your patience, you shall win your souls.
20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.
21 Then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them that are in the midst of her depart, and do not let them that are in the countryside enter therein.
22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 Woe to them that are with child in those days, and to those nursing babies! For there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden under foot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in sun, moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves.
26 Men will be fainting for fear in expectation of the things which are coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.
28 But when these things begin to happen, look up, lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.
29 And he told them a parable: Behold the fig tree and all the trees.
30 When they shoot forth, you see it, and know of yourselves that the summer is now near.
31 Even so, you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
32 Truly I say to you: This generation shall not pass away until all things are accomplished.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
34 But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with partying, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you unexpectedly.
35 For so shall it come upon all those that dwell on the face of all the earth.
36 But watch continually, praying that you may have strength to prevail against all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.
37 And every day he was teaching in the temple, and every night he went and stayed on the mount that is called Olivet.
38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.
1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
3 And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.
4 And he went away, and discussed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray him to them.
5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.
6 And he consented, and looked for an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the crowd.
7 And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.
8 And he sent Peter and John on an errand, saying: Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.
9 And they asked him: Where do you want us to prepare for it?
10 And he said to them: When you enter into the city, there you shall meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes.
11 And you shall say to the master of the house: The Teacher says to you: Where is the guest room, in which I shall eat the Passover with my disciples?
12 And he will show you a large furnished upper room. There make ready.
13 And they went and found as he had said to them, and they made ready the Passover.
14 And when the hour had arrived, he sat down with the apostles.
15 And he said to them: I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
16 For I say to you, I shall not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: Take this and share it among yourselves.
18 For I say to you, I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine from this time forward, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying: This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
20 And the cup in like manner after supper, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
21 But behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me at this table.
22 For the Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!
23 And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
24 And there arose also a dispute among them, as to which of them would be counted as greatest.
25 And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them, and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.
26 But you shall not be so, but he that is the elder among you, let him become as the younger, and he that is chief, as he that does serve.
27 For which is greater, he that sits at the table, or he that serves? Is not he that sits at the table? But among you, I am he that serves.
28 But you are those who have stayed with me in my time of trial.
29 And I appoint to you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed me,
30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and you shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, Satan has asked for you that he might sift you as wheat.
32 But I prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have been converted, strengthen your brothers.
33 And he said to him: Lord, with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death.
34 And he said: I tell you Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until you shall deny three times that you know me.
35 And he said to them: When I sent you out without purse and wallet and shoes, did you lack anything? And they said: Nothing.
36 And he said to them: But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet, and he that has none, let him sell his cloak and buy a sword.
37 For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: And he was numbered with the transgressors. For what is written about me must have its fulfilment.
38 And they said: Lord, look, here are two swords. And he said to them: That is quite enough.
39 And he came out and went, as his custom was, to the mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him.
40 And when he came to the place, he said to them: So that you do not enter into temptation, pray.
41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw away, and knelt down and prayed,
42 saying: Father, if You be willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless let not my will, but Yours be done.
43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
45 And when he rose up from his prayer, he went to the disciples, and found them sleeping from sorrow,
46 and said to them: Why do you sleep? Get up and pray, so that you will not enter into temptation.
47 While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him.
48 But Jesus said to him: Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
49 And when they that were about him saw what would follow, they said: Lord, shall we strike with the sword?
50 And a certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.
51 But Jesus said: No more of this! And he touched his ear and healed him.
52 And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders that had come against him: Have you come as against a robber, with swords and staves?
53 When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54 And they seized him and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed from a distance.
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
56 And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire and looking earnestly upon him, said: This man also was with him.
57 But he denied it, saying: Woman, I do not know him.
58 And after a little while another person saw him and said: You also are one of them. But Peter said: Man, I am not.
59 And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying: Of a truth, this man also was with him. For he is a Galilean.
60 But Peter said: Man, I do not know what you say. And immediately, as he spoke, the cock crew.
61 And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord that he had said to him: Before the cock crow this day, you shall deny me three times.
62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
64 And they blindfolded him and questioned him, saying: Prophesy- who is he that struck you?
65 And many other things they spoke against him, reviling him.
66 And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying:
67 If you are the Christ, tell us. But he said to them: If I tell you, you will not believe.
68 And if I ask you, you will not answer.
69 But from this time forward shall the Son of Man be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
70 And they all said: Are you then the Son of God? And he said to them: You say that I am.
71 And they said: What further testimony do we need? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.
1 And the whole company of them rose and brought him before Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding giving tribute to Caesar, and saying that he is Christ a king.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying: Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered them and said: You say it.
4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: I find no fault in this man.
5 But they were the more urgent, saying: He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.
6 But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.
7 And when he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.
8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad. For he had for a long time been desirous to see him, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.
9 So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer.
10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
11 And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him, and dressing him in gorgeous apparel, sent him back to Pilate.
12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. For before they had been enemies.
13 And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
14 and said to them: You brought to me this man, as one that perverts the people; and I, having examined him before you, found no fault in this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.
16 I will therefore chastise him and release him
17 (for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).
18 But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas
19 (one who had been cast into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder).
20 And Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus.
21 But they shouted, saying: Crucify, crucify him!
22 And he said to them the third time: Why! What evil has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him. I will therefore punish him and release him.
23 But they were insistent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
25 And he released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
26 And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
27 And a great crowd of the people followed him, and women mourned and wailed for him.
28 But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29 For the days are coming in which they shall say: Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall on us, and to the hills: Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32 And two others, both criminals, were led out with him to be executed.
33 And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
34 And Jesus said: Father, forgive them. For they do not know what they do. And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
35 And the people stood watching. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying: He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, His chosen!
36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him offering vinegar, and saying:
37 If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.
38 And there was also a written notice above him: This is the King of the Jews.
39 And one of the criminals that hung there hurled insults at him, saying: Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us.
40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said: Do you not even fear God, seeing you have the same judgment?
41 But we indeed justly. For we receive the due reward of our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.
42 And he said: Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.
43 And he said to him: Truly, I can say to you today right now, that you will indeed be with me in Paradise.
44 And it was now about the sixth hour; and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
45 the sun's light failing; and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle.
46 And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. And having said this, he breathed his last.
47 And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying: Certainly this was a righteous man.
48 And all the crowds that came together to this sight, when they saw the things that were done, returned, striking their breasts.
49 And all his acquaintances, and the women that had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
50 And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man
51 (he had not consented to their decision and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God,
52 this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet been laid.
54 And it was the day of the preparation; and the Sabbath drew on.
55 And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
56 And they returned and prepared spices and ointments. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
1 And on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 And they entered in, and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, while they were wondering about this, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them: Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember in what way he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee,
7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 And they remembered his words,
9 and returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the others.
10 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.
11 And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk, and they disbelieved them.
12 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he departed to his home, wondering about what had happened.
13 And two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
14 And they discussed with each other about all the things which had happened.
15 And it came to pass, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself drew near and went with them.
16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
17 And he said to them: What communications are these you have one with another as you walk? And they stood still, looking sad.
18 And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said to him: Do you live alone in Jerusalem, and therefore do not know the things which have happened there recently?
19 And he said to them: What things? And they told him the things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, that he was a prophet, mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him.
21 But we had hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Moreover besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.
22 Further, certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb.
23 And when they did not find his body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
24 And some of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even as the women had said. But him they saw not.
25 And he said to them: O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Was it not necessary that the Christ suffer these things and so enter into his glory?
27 And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted for them from all the scriptures, the things concerning himself.
28 And they drew near to the village where they were going, and he made as though he would go further.
29 And they urged him, saying: Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in to stay with them.
30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to eat, he took the bread, and blessing and breaking it, he gave to them.
31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
32 And they said to each other: Was not our heart burning within us, while he spoke to us on the road, while he opened up the scriptures to us?
33 And they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven gathered together, and those that were with them,
34 saying: The Lord has indeed risen, and has appeared to Simon!
35 And they told the things that had happened on the road, and how he was known to them by the breaking of the bread.
36 And as they spoke these things, he stood in the midst of them, and said to them: Peace to you!
37 But they were terrified and afraid, and supposed that they saw a ghost.
38 And he said to them: Why are you disturbed? And why do questions arise in your heart?
39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see! For a ghost has not flesh and bones, as you see me having.
40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41 And while they still disbelieved for joy and wondered, he said to them: Have you here anything to eat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a boiled fish.
43 And he took it and ate before them.
44 And he said to them: These are my words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things necessary be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning me.
45 Then opened he their mind so that they might understand the scriptures.
46 And he said to them: Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day,
47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 And I will send to you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.
50 And he led them out until they were as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.
51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
52 And they did homage to him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 and were continually in the temple, praising God.