The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew

Chapter 1

1    The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of 
Abraham:

2    Abraham begot Isaac.  And Isaac begot Jacob.  And Jacob begot Judas and his 
brethren.

3    And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar.  And Phares begot Esron.  And 
Esron begot Aram.

4    And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot 
Salmon.

5    And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab.  And Booz begot Obed of Ruth.  And Obed 
begot Jesse.

6    And Jesse begot David the king.  And David the king begot Solomon, of her 
that had been the wife of Urias.

7    And Solomon begot Roboam.  And Roboam begot Abia.  And Abia begot Asa.

8    And Asa begot Josaphat.  And Josaphat begot Joram.  And Joram begot Ozias.

9    And Ozias begot Joatham.  And Joatham begot Achaz.  And Achaz begot 
Ezechias.

10   And Ezechias begot Manasses.  And Manesses begot Amon.  And Amon begot 
Josias.

11   And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of 
Babylon.

12   And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel.  And 
Salathiel begot Zorobabel.

13   And Zorobabel begot Abiud.  And Abiud begot Eliacim.  And Eliacim begot Azor.

14   And Azor begot Sadoc.  And Sadoc begot Achim.  And Achim begot Eliud.

15   And Eliud begot Eleazar.  And Eleazar begot Mathan.  And Mathan begot Jacob.

16   And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who 
is called Christ.

17   So all the generations, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations.  
And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations:  
and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.

18   Now the generation of Christ was in this wise.  When as his mother Mary was 
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of 
the Holy Ghost.

19   Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly 
to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

20   But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord 
appeared to him in his sleep, saying:  Joseph, son of David, fear not to 
take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the 
Holy Ghost.

21   And she shall bring forth a son:  and thou shalt call his name JESUS.  For 
he shall save his people from their sins.

22   Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by 
the prophet, saying:

23   Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they 
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

24   And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had 
commanded him, and took unto him his wife.

25   And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn son:  and he called
     his name JESUS.

Chapter 2

1    When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king 
Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.

2    Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews?  For we have seen his 
star in the east, and are come to adore him.

3    And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4    And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the 
people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

5    But they said to him:  In Bethlehem of Juda.  For so it is written by the 
prophet:

6    And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes 
of Juda:  for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my 
people Israel.

7    Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the 
time of the star which appeared to them;

8    And sending them into Bethlehem, said:  Go and diligently inquire after 
the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may 
come to adore him.

9    Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they 
had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the 
child was.

10   And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

11   And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, 
and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered 
him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12   And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to 
Herod, they went back another way into their country.

13   And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in 
sleep to Joseph, saying:  Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly 
into Egypt:  and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass 
that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

14   Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into 
Egypt:  and he was there until the death of Herod:

15   That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying:  
Out of Egypt have I called my son.

16   Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding 
angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in 
all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time 
which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

17   Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:

18   A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel 
bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

19   But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to 
Joseph in Egypt,

20   Saying:  Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land 
of Israel.  For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

21   Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of 
Israel.

22   But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his 
father, he was afraid to go thither:  and being warned in sleep retired into 
the quarters of Galilee.

23   And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth:  that it might be fulfilled 
which was said by prophets:  That he shall be called a Nazarene.

Chapter 3

1    And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.

2    And saying:  Do penance:  for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3    For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying:  A voice 
of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his 
paths.

4    And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle 
about his loins:  and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

5    Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about 
Jordan:

6    And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

7    And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he
     said to them:  Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the
     wrath to come?

8    Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

9    And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father.  
For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to 
Abraham.

10   For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.  Every tree therefore 
that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

11   I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come 
after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall 
baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.

12   Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and 
gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable 
fire.

13   Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized 
by him.

14   But John stayed him, saying:  I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest 
thou to me?

15   And Jesus answering, said to him:  Suffer it to be so now.  For so it 
becometh us to fulfill all justice.  Then he suffered him.

16   And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water:  and lo, the
     heavens were opened to him:  and he saw the Spirit of God descending as
     a dove, and coming upon him.

17   And behold a voice from heaven, saying:  This is my beloved Son, in whom
     I am well pleased.

Chapter 4

1    Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the 
devil.

2    And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was 
hungry.

3    And the tempter coming said to him:  If thou be the Son of God, command 
that these stones be made bread.

4    Who answered and said:  It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, 
but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

5    Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the 
pinnacle of the temple,

6    And said to him:  If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is 
written:  That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands 
shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.

7    Jesus said to him:  It is written again:  Thou shalt not tempt the Lord 
thy God.

8    Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all 
the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

9    And said to him:  All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt 
adore me.

10   Then Jesus saith to him:  Begone, Satan:  for it is written, The Lord thy 
God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

11   Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.

12   And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into 
Galilee:

13   And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea 
coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim;

14   That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet:

15   Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the 
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

16   The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light:  and to them that 
sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.

17   From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say:  Do penance, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand.

18   And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is 
called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they 
were fishers).

19   And he saith to them:  Come ye after me, and I will make you to be 
fishers of men.

20   And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.

21   And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of 
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending 
their nets:  and he called them.

22   And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.

23   And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and 
preaching the gospel of the kingdom:  and healing all manner of sickness and 
every infirmity, among the people.

24   And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all 
sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as 
were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and he cured 
them:

25   And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from 
Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Chapter 5

1    And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was
     set down, his disciples came unto him.

2    And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:

3    Blessed are the poor in spirit:  for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4    Blessed are the meek:  for they shall possess the land.

5    Blessed are they that mourn:  for they shall be comforted.

6    Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice:  for they shall 
have their fill.

7    Blessed are the merciful:  for they shall obtain mercy.

8    Blessed are the clean of heart:  for they shall see God.

9    Blesses are the peacemakers:  for they shall be called children of God.

10   Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake:  for theirs 
is the kingdom of heaven.

11   Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak 
all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:

12   Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they 
persecuted the prophets that were before you.

13   You are the salt of the earth.  But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith 
shall it be salted?  It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to 
be trodden on by men.

14   You are the light of the world.  A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

15   Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a 
candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.

16   So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, 
and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

17   Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets.  I am 
not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

18   For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one 
tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

19   He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall 
so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that 
shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20   For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the 
scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

21   You have heard that it was said to them of old:  Thou shalt not kill.  And 
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.

22   But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in 
danger of the judgment.  And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council.  And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in 
danger of hell fire.

23   If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember 
that thy brother hath any thing against thee;

24   Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled 
to thy brother:  and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.

25   Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way 
with him:  lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge 
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26   Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay 
last farthing.

27   You have heard that it was said to them of old:  Thou shalt not commit 
adultery.

28   But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, 
hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29   And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from 
thee.  For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, 
rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.

30   And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee:  
for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather 
than that thy whole body be cast into hell.

31   And it hath been said, Whoseoever shall put away his wife, let him give 
her a bill of divorce.

32   But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for 
the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery:  and he that shall 
marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

33   Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not 
forswear thyself:  but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.

34   But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the 
throne of God:

35   Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool:  nor by Jerusalem, for it is 
the city of the great king:

36   Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair 
white or black.

37   But let your speech be yea, yea:  no, no:  and that which is over and 
above these, is of evil.

38   You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for
a tooth.

39   But I say to you not to resist evil:  but if one strike thee on thy right 
cheek, turn to him also the other:  

40   And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat,
let go thy cloak also unto him.

41   And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two,

42   Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee
turn not away.

43   You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and
hate thy enemy.

44   But I say to you, Love your enemies:  do good to them that hate you:  and
pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

45   That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh
his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and
the unjust.

46   For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have?  do not
even the publicans this?

47   And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more?  do not also the
heathens this?

48   Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

Chapter 6

1    Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them:
otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.

2    Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as
the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be
honoured by men.  Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

3    But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doth.

4    That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will
repay thee.

5    And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand
and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be
seen by men:  Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

6    But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the
door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret
will repay thee.

7    And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens.  For they think
that in their much speaking they may be heard.

8    Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful
for you, before you ask him.

9    Thus therefore shall you pray:  Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be
thy name.

10   Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11   Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

12   And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

13   And lead us not into temptation.  But deliver us from evil.  Amen.

14   For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will
forgive you also your offences.

15   But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you
your offences.

16   And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad.  For they disfigure
their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.  Amen I say to you,
they have received their reward.

17   But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

18   That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret:  
and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

19   Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth:  where the rust, and moth
consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

20   But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven:  where neither the rust nor
moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

21   For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.

22   The light of thy body is thy eye.  If thy eye be single, thy whole body
shall be lightsome.

23   But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome.  If then the
light that is in thee, be darkness:  the darkness itself how great shall it be!

24   No man can serve two masters.  For either he will hate the one, and love
the other:  or he will sustain the one, and despise the other.  You cannot
serve God and mammon.

25   Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall
eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on.  Is not the life more than
the meat:  and the body more than the raiment?

26   Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor
gather into barns:  and your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are not you of
much more value than they?

27   And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?

28   And for raiment why are you solicitous?  Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow:  they labour not, neither do they spin.

29   But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as
one of these.

30   And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast
into the oven, God doth so clothe:  how much more you, O ye of little
faith?

31   Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat:  or what shall we
drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

32   For after all these things do the heathens seek.  For your Father knoweth
that you have need of all these things.

33   Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these
things shall be added unto you.

34   Be not therefore solicitous for to morrow; for the morrow will be
solicitous for itself.  Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

Chapter 7

1    Judge not, that you may not be judged,

2    For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged:  and with what
measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3    Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not
the beam that is in thy own eye?

4    Or how sayest thou to thy brother:  Let me cast the mote out of thy eye;
and behold a beam is in thy own eye?

5    Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt
thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6    Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before
swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon
you, they tear you.

7    Ask, and it shall be given you:  seek, and you shall find:  knock, and it
shall be opened to you.

8    For every one that asketh, receiveth:  and he that seeketh, findeth:  and
to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

9    Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will
he reach him a stone?

10   Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

11   If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children:  how
much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that
ask him?

12   All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do
you also to them.  For this is the law and the prophets.

13   Enter ye in at the narrow gate:  for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

14   How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and
few there are that find it!

15   Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16   By their fruits you shall know them.  Do men gather grapes of thorns, or
figs of thistles?

17   Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.

18   A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring
forth good fruit.

19   Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and
shall be cast into the fire.

20   Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

21   Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven:  but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

22   Many will say to me in that day:  Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in
thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in
thy name?

23   And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:  depart from me, you
that work iniquity.

24   Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be
likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

25   And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat
upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

26   And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be
like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,

27   And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat
upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

28   And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people
were in admiration at his doctrine.

29   For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and
Pharisees.

Chapter 8

1    And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed
him:

2    And behold a leper came and adored him, saying:  Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.

3    And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying:  I will, be thou
made clean.  And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.

4    And Jesus saith to him:  See thou tell no man:  but go, shew thyself to the
priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.

5    And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion,
beseeching him,

6    And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is
grieviously tormented.

7    And Jesus saith to him:  I will come and heal him.

8    And the centurion making answer, said:  Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldst enter under my roof:  but only say the word, and my servant shall
be healed.

9    For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I
say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh,
and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

10   And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him:  
Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.

11   And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and
shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:

12   But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior
darkness:  there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13   And Jesus said to the centurion:  Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it
done to thee.  And the servant was healed at the same hour.

14   And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
lying, and sick of a fever:

15   And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and
ministered to them.

16   And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed
with devils:  and he cast out the spirits with his word:  and all that were
sick he healed:

17   That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias,
saying:  He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.

18   And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the
water.

19   And a certain scribe came and said to him:  Master, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou shalt go.

20   And Jesus saith to him:  The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air
nests:  but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.

21   And another of his disciples said to him:  Lord, suffer me first to go and
bury my father.

22   But Jesus said to him:  Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

23   And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:

24   And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered
with waves, but he was asleep.

25   And they came to him, and awaked him, saying:  Lord, save us, we perish.

26   And Jesus saith to them:  Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith?  Then
rising up he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

27   But the men wondered, saying:  What manner of man is this, for the winds
and the sea obey him?

28   And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of
the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out
of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

29   And behold they cried out, saying:  What have we to do with thee, Jesus
Son of God?  art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30   And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.

31   And the devils besought him, saying:  If thou cast us out hence, send us
into the herd of swine.

32   And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and
behold the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and
they perished in the waters.

33   And they that kept them fled:  and coming into the city, told every thing,
and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.

34   And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him,
they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.

Chapter 9

1    And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own
city.

2    And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed.  And
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy:  Be of good
heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

3    And behold some of the scribes said within themselves:  He blasphemeth.

4    And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said:  Why do you think evil in your
hearts?

5    Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee:  or to say,
Arise, and walk?

6    But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive
sins, (then said he to the man sick of palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed,
and go into thy house.

7    And he arose, and went into his house.

8    And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such
power to men.

9    And when Jesus passed on from hence, he saw a man sitting in the custom
house, named Matthew; and he saith to him:  Follow me. And he rose up and
followed him.

10   And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many
publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

11   And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples:  Why doth your master
eat with publicans and sinners?

12   But Jesus hearing it, said:  They that are in health need not a physician,
but they that are ill.

13   Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice.  
For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

14   Then came to him the disciples of John, saying:  Why do we and the
Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

15   And Jesus said to them:  Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long
as the bridegroom is with them?  But the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

16   And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment.  For it taketh
away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater
rent.

17   Neither do they put new wine into old bottles.  Otherwise the bottles break,
and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish.  But new wine they put
into new bottles:  and both are preserved.

18   And he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came
up, and adored him, saying:  Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come,
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19   And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.

20   And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years,
came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

21   For she said within herself:  If I shall touch only his garment, I shall
be healed.

22   But Jesus turning and seeing her, said:  Be of good heart, daughter, thy
     faith hath made thee whole.  And the woman was made whole from that hour.

23   And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels
and the multitude making a rout,

24   He said:  Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth.  And they
laughed him to scorn.

25   And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the
     hand.  And the maid arose.

26   And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

27   And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying
out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.

28   And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him.  And Jesus
saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you?  They say to
him, Yea, Lord.

29   Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done
unto you.

30   And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See
that no man know this.

31   But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

32   And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man,
possessed with a devil.

33   And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes
wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.

34   But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

35   And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
disease, and every infirmity.

36   And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them:  because they were
distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

37   Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the
labourers are few.

38   Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers
into his harvest.

Chapter 10

1    And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases,
and all manner of infirmities.

2    And the names of the twelve apostles are these:  The first, Simon who is
     called Peter, and Andrew his brother,

3    James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and
Thaddeus,

4    Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5    These twelve Jesus sent:  commanding them, saying:  Go ye not into the way
of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

6    But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7    And going, preach, saying:  The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8    Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils:  
freely have you received, freely give.

9    Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:

10   Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for
the workman is worthy of his meat.

11   And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is
worthy, and there abide till you go thence.

12   And when you come into the house, salute it, saying:  Peace be to this
house.

13   And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it
be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

14   And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words:  going forth out
of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.

15   Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

16   Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves.  Be ye therefore wise
as serpents and simple as doves.

17   But beware of men.  For they will deliver you up in councils, and they
will scourge you in their synagogues.

18   And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake,
for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:

19   But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak:  
for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.

20   For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh
in you.

21   The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father
the son:  and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall
put them to death.

22   And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake:  but he that shall
persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

23   And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another.  Amen
I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son
of man come.

24   The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.

25   It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant
as his lord.  If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how
much more them of his household?

26   Therefore fear them not.  For nothing is covered that shall not be
revealed:  nor hid, that shall not be known.

27   That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light:  and that which
you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

28   And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the
soul:  but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29   Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?  and not one of them shall fall
on the ground without your Father.

30   But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31   Fear not therefore:  better are you than many sparrows.

32   Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess
him before my Father who is in heaven.

33   But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my
Father who is in heaven.

34   Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth:  I came not to send
peace, but the sword.

35   For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter
against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36   And as a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.

37   He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he
that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38   And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

39   He that findeth his life, shall lose it:  and he that shall lose his life
for me, shall find it.

40   He that receiveth you, receiveth me:  and he that receiveth me, receiveth
him that sent me.

41   He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the
reward of a prophet:  and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a
just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.

42   And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of
cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not
lose his reward.

Chapter 11

1    And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve
disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities.

2    Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ:  sending two of his
disciples he said to him:

3    Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?

4    And Jesus making answer said to them:  Go and relate to John what you have
heard and seen.

5    The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the
dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

6    And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

7    And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
concerning John:  What went you out into the desert to see?  a reed shaken
with the wind?

8    But what went you out to see?  a man clothed in soft garments?  Behold they
that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

9    But what went you out to see?  a prophet?  yea I tell you, and more than
a prophet.

10   For this is he of whom it is written:  Behold I send my angel before thy
face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

11   Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women
a greater than John the Baptist:  yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom
of heaven is greater than he.

12   And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven
     suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

13   For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

14   And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.

15   He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

16   But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like?  It is like to
children sitting in the market place.

17   Who crying to their companions say:  We have piped to you, and you have
not danced:  we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

18   For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say:  He hath a devil.

19   The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say:  Behold a man that
is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners.  And
wisdom is justified by her children.

20   Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his
miracles, for that they had not done penance.

21   Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida:  for if in Tyre and Sidon
had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had
long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.

22   But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the
day of judgment, than for you.

23   And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven?  thou shalt go
down even unto hell.  For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that
have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.

24   But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
in the day of judgment, than for thee.

25   At that time Jesus answered and said:  I confess to thee, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.

26   Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.

27   All things are delivered to me by my Father.  And no one knoweth the Son,
but the Father:  neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he
to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.

28   Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

29   Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble
     of heart:  and you shall find rest to your souls.

30   For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

Chapter 12

1    At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath:  and his
disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.

2    And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him:  Behold thy disciples do that
which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

3    But he said to them:  Have you not read what David did when he was hungry,
and they that were with him:

4    How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of
proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that
were with him, but for the priests only?

5    Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in
the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

6    But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

7    And if you knew what this meaneth:  I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:  
you would never have condemned the innocent.

8    For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

9    And when he has passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.

10   And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him,
saying:  Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?  that they might
accuse him.

11   But he said to them:  What man shall there be among you, that hath one
sheep:  and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not
take hold on it and lift it up?

12   How much better is a man than a sheep?  Therefore it it lawful to do a
good deed on the sabbath days.

13   Then he saith to the man:  Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it
forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.

14   And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they
might destroy him.

15   But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence:  and many followed him, and he
healed them all.

16   And he charged them that they should not make him known.

17   That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

18   Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been
well pleased.  I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment
to the Gentiles.

19   He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice
in the streets.

20   The bruised reed he shall not break:  and smoking flax he shall not
extinguish:  till he send forth judgment unto victory.

21   And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.

22   Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb:  and
he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

23   And all the multitudes were amazed, and said:  Is not this the son of David?

24   But the Pharisees hearing it, said:  This man casteth not out the devils
but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

25   And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them:  Every kingdom divided
against itself shall be made desolate:  and every city or house divided
against itself shall not stand.

26   And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself:  how then
shall his kingdom stand?

27   And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them
out?  Therefore they shall be your judges.

28   But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God
come upon you.

29   Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his
goods, unless he first bind the strong?  and then he will rifle his house.

30   He that is not with me, is against me:  and he that gathereth not with me,
scattereth.

31   Therefore I say to you:  Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men,
but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

32   And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him:  but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not
be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

33   Either make the tree good and its fruit good:  or make the tree evil, and
its fruit evil.  For by the fruit the tree is known.

34   O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are
evil?  for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35   A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things:  and an evil
man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36   But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
render an account for it in the day of judgment.

37   For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.

38   Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying:  Master we
would see a sign from thee.

39   Who answering said to them:  An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a
sign:  and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

40   For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights:  so
shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three
nights.

41   The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall
condemn it:  because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas.  And
behold a greater than Jonas here.

42   The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it:  because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the
wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.

43   And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry
places seeking rest, and findeth none.

44   Then he saith:  I will return into my house from whence I came out.  And
coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45   Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter in and dwell there:  and the last state of that man
in made worse than the first.  So shall it be also to this wicked
generation.

46   As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his
brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

47   And one said unto him:  Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without,
seeking thee.

48   But he answering him that told him, said:  Who is my mother, and who are
my brethren?

49   And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said:  Behold my
mother and my brethren.

50   For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is
my brother, and sister, and mother.

Chapter 13

1    The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.

2    And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a
boat and sat:  and all the multitude stood on the shore.

3    And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying:  Behold the sower
went forth to sow.

4    And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air
came and ate them up.

5    And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth:  
and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

6    And when the sun was up they were scorched:  and because they had not root,
they withered away.

7    And others fell among thorns:  and the thorns grew up and choked them.

8    And others fell upon good ground:  and they brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.

9    He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10   And his disciples came and said to him:  Why speakest thou to them in
parables?

11   Who answered and said to them:  Because to you it is given to know the
     mysteries of the kingdom of heaven:  but to them it is not given.

12   For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound:  but he that
hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

13   Therefore do I speak to them in parables:  because seeing they see not,
and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14   And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith:  By hearing
you shall hear, and shall not understand:  and seeing you shall see, and
shall not perceive.

15   For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have
been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut:  lest at any time
they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

16   But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they
hear.

17   For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see
the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things
that you hear and have not heard them.

18   Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.

19   When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not,
there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his
heart:  this is he that received the seed by the way side.

20   And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the
word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.

21   Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time:  and when there
ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently
scandalized.

22   And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word,
and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the
word, and he becometh fruitless.

23   But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the
word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an
hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

24   Another parable he proposed to them, saying:  The kingdom of heaven is
likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.

25   But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the
wheat and went his way.

26   And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then
appeared also the cockle.

27   And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him:  Sir,
didst thou not sow good seed in thy field?  whence then hath it cockle?

28   And he said to them:  An enemy hath done this.  And the servants said to
him:  Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

29   And he said:  No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the
wheat also together with it.

30   Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I
will say to the reapers:  Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into
bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.

31   Another parable he proposed unto them, saying:  The kingdom of heaven is
like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

32   Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is
greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air
come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

33   Another parable he spoke to them:  The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven,
which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was
leavened.

34   All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes:  and without
parables he did not speak to them.

35   That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:  I
will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the
foundation of the world.

36   Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his
disciples came to him, saying:  Expound to us the parable of the cockle of
the field.

37   Who made answer and said to them:  He that soweth the good seed, is the
Son of man.

38   And the field, is the world.  And the good seed are the children of
the kingdom.  And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one.

39   And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil.  But the harvest is the end of
the world.  And the reapers are the angels.

40   Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire:  so shall it
be at the end of the world.

41   The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.

42   And shall cast them into the furnace of fire:  there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.

43   Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father.  He
that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

44   The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field.  Which a
man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that
he hath, and buyeth that field.

45   Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.

46   Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all
that he had, and bought it.

47   Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and
gathering together of all kind of fishes.

48   Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they
chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

49   So shall it be at the end of the world.  The angels shall go out, and shall
separate the wicked from among the just.

50   And shall cast them into the furnace of fire:  there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.

51   Have ye understood all these things?  They say to him:  Yes.

52   He said unto them:  Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of
heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of
his treasure new things and old.

53   And it came to pass:  when Jesus had finished these parables, he passed
from thence.

54   And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so
that they wondered and said:  How came this man by this wisdom and
miracles?

55   Is not this the carpenter's son?  Is not his mother called Mary, and his
brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:

56   And his sisters, are they not all with us?  Whence therefore hath he all
these things?

57   And they were scandalized in his regard.  But Jesus said to them:  A prophet
is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

58   And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

Chapter 14

1    At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.

2    And he said to his servants:  This is John the Baptist:  he is risen from
the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

3    For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison,
because of Herodias, his brother's wife.

4    For John said to him:  It is not lawful for thee to have her.

5    And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people:  because they
esteemed him as a prophet.

6    But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them:  and
pleased Herod.

7    Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask
of him.

8    But she being instructed before by her mother, said:  Give me here in a
dish the head of John the Baptist.

9    And the king was struck sad:  yet because of his oath, and for them that
sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.

10   And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

11   And his head was brought in a dish:  and it was given to the damsel, and
she brought it to her mother.

12   And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and
told Jesus.

13   Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by boat, into a desert
place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it, followed him on foot
out of the cities.

14   And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them,
and healed their sick.

15   And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying:  This is a
desert place, and the hour is now past:  send away the multitudes, that
going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.

16   But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go:  give you them to eat.

17   They answered him:  We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.

18   He said to them:  Bring them hither to me.

19   And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he
took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the
disciples to the multitudes.

20   And they did all eat, and were filled.  And they took up what remained,
twelve full baskets of fragments.

21   And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men, besides women
and children.

22   And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and to
go before him over the water, till he dismissed the people.

23   And having dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone to pray.  
And when it was evening, he was there alone.

24   But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves:  for the
wind was contrary.

25   And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.

26   And they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled, saying:  It is an
apparition.  And they cried out for fear.

27   And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying:  Be of good heart:  it is I,
fear ye not.

28   And Peter making answer, said:  Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee
upon the waters.

29   And he said:  Come.  And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the
water to come to Jesus.

30   But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid:  and when he began to sink, he
cried out, saying:  Lord, save me.

31   And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and
said to him:  O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

32   And when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased.

33   And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying:  Indeed thou
art the Son of God.

34   And having passed the water, they came into the country of Genesar.

35   And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent into all
that country, and brought to him all that were diseased.

36   And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment.  
And as many as touched, were made whole.

Chapter 15

1    Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:

2    Why do thy disciples trangress the tradition of the ancients?  For they
wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3    But he answering, said to them:  Why do you also transgress the commandment
of God for your tradition? For God said:

4    Honour thy father and mother:  And:  He that shall curse father or mother,
let him die the death.

5    But you say:  Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever
proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

6    And he shall not honour his father or his mother:  and you have made void
the commandment of God for your tradition.

7    Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:

8    This people honoureth me with their lips:  but their heart is far from me.

9    And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

10   And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them:  Hear
ye and understand.

11   Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man:  but what cometh out of
the mouth, this defileth a man.

12   Then came his disciples, and said to him:  Dost thou know that the
Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?

13   But he answering them, said:  Every plant which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up.

14   Let them alone:  they are blind, and leaders of the blind.  And if the blind
lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

15   And Peter answering, said to him:  Expound to us this parable.

16   But he said:  Are you also yet without understanding>

17   Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into
the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

18   But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart,
and those things defile a man.

19   For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

20   These are the things that defile a man.  But to eat with unwashed hands
doth not defile a man.

21   And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22   And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out,
said to him:  Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David:  my daughter is
grieviously troubled by the devil.

23   Who answered her not a word.  And his disciples came and besought him,
saying:  Send her away, for she crieth after us:

24   And he answering, said:  I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of
the house of Israel.

25   But she came and adored him, saying:  Lord, help me.

26   Who answering, said:  It is not good to take the bread of the children,
and to cast it to the dogs.

27   But she said:  Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall
from the table of their masters.

28   Then Jesus answering, said to her:  O woman, great is thy faith:  be it done
to thee as thou wilt:  and her daughter was cured from that hour.

29   And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of
Galilee.  And going up into a mountain, he sat there.

30   And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the
blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others:  and they cast them down at
his feet, and he healed them:

31   So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk,
and the blind see:  and they glorified the God of Israel.

32   And Jesus called together his disciples, and said:  I have compassion on
the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have
not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint
in the way.

33   And the disciples say unto him:  Whence then should we have so many loaves
in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

34   And Jesus said to them:  How many loaves have you?  But they said:  Seven,
and a few little fishes.

35   And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

36   And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake,
and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people.

37   And they did all eat, and had their fill.  And they took up seven baskets
full, of what remained of the fragments.

38   And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.

39   And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into
the coasts of Magedan.

Chapter 16

1    And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadduccees tempting:  and they
asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

2    But he answered and said to them:  When it is evening, you say, It will be
fair weather, for the sky is red.

3    And in the morning:  To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and
lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky:  and can you
not know the signs of the times?

4    A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign:  and a sign shall
not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.  And he left them, and
went away.

5    And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to
take bread.

6    Who said to them:  Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.

7    But they thought within themselves, saying:  Because we have taken no bread.

8    And Jesus knowing it, said:  Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of
little faith, for that you have no bread?

9    Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves among
five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

10   Nor the seven loaves among four thousand men, and how many baskets you
took up?

11   Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the bread I said to
you:  Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

12   Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the
leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

13   And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi:  and he asked his
disciples, saying:  Whom do men say that the Son of man is?

14   But they said:  Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others
Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15   Jesus saith to them:  But whom do you say that I am?

16   Simon Peter answered and said:  Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

17   And Jesus answering, said to him:  Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona:  
because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who
is in heaven.

18   And I say to thee:  That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it.

19   And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.  And 
whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in 
heaven:  and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be
loosed also in heaven.

20   Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that
he was Jesus the Christ.

21   From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must
go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and 
scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day
rise again.

22   And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying:  Lord, be it far
from thee, this shall not be unto thee.

23   Who turning, said to Peter:  Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal 
unto me:  because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but
the things that are of men.

24   Then Jesus said to his disciples:  If any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25   For he that will save his life, shall lose it:  and he that shall
lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

26   For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and 
suffer the loss of his own soul?  Or what exchange shall a man give
for his soul?

27   For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his 
angels:  and then will he render to every man according to his works.

28   Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that 
shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.

Chapter 17

1    And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John 
his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:

2    And he was transfigured before them.  And his face did shine as the
sun:  and his garments became white as snow.

3    And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him.

4    And Peter answering, said to Jesus:  Lord, it is good for us to be
here:  if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee,
and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5    And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them.  
And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying:  This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased:  hear ye him.

6    And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much
afraid.

7    And Jesus came and touched them:  and said to them, Arise, and fear
not.

8    And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus.

9    And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying:  
Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.

10   And his disciples asked him, saying:  Why then do the scribes say
that Elias must come first?

11   But he answering, said to them:  Elias indeed shall come, and restore
all things.

12   But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not,
but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind.  So also the Son of 
man shall suffer from them.

13   Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the
Baptist.

14   And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling
down on his knees before him, saying:  Lord, have pity on my son, for
he is a lunatic, and suffereth much:  for he falleth often into the fire, and 
often into the water.

15   And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

16   Then Jesus answered and said:  O unbelieving and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you?  How long shall I suffer you?  bring him hither to 
me.

17   And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child
was cured from that hour. 

18   Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said:  Why could not
we cast him out?

19   Jesus said to them:  Because of your unbelief.  For, amen I say to you,
if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this 
mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing
shall be impossible to you.

20   But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

21   And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them:  The Son
of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

22   And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.  And
they were troubled exceedingly.

23   And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that recieved the 
didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him:  Doth not your master pay
the didrachmas?

24   He said:  Yes.  And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented
him, saying:  What is thy opinion, Simon?  The kings of the earth, of
whom do they receive tribute or custom?  of their own children, or of
strangers?

25   And he said:  Of strangers.  Jesus said to him:  Then the children are
free. 

26   But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a 
hook:  and that fish which shall first come up, take:  and when thou
hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater:  take that, and 
give it to them for me and thee.

Chapter 18

1    At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying:  Who
thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?

2    And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the
midst of them,

3    And said:  Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and
become as little children, you shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven.

4    Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.

5    And he that shall receive one such little child in my name,
receiveth me.

6    But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that
believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone
should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be
drowned in the depth of the sea.

7    Woe to the world because of scandals.  For it must needs be
that scandals come:  but nevertheless woe to that man by whom
the scandal cometh.

8    And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off,
and cast it from thee.  It is better for thee to go into life
maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be
cast into everlasting fire.

9    And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee.  It is better for thee having one eye to enter
into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

10   See that you despise not one of these little ones:  for I say
to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of
my Father who is in heaven.

11   For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

12   What think you?  If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of
them should go astray:  doth he not leave the ninety-nine in
the mountains, and go to seek that which is gone astray?

13   And if it so be that he find it:  Amen I say to you, he
rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went
not astray.

14   Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven,
that one of these little ones should perish.

15   But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke
him between thee and him alone.  If he shall hear thee, thou
shalt gain thy brother.

16   And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two
more:  that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word
may stand.

17   And if he will not hear them:  tell the church.  And if he
will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen
and publican.

18   Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth,
shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall
loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.

19   Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon
earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it
shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.

20   For where there are two or three gathered together in my
name, there am I in the midst of them.

21   Then came Peter unto him and said:  Lord, how often shall my
brother offend against me, and I forgive him?  till seven times?

22   Jesus saith to him:  I say not to thee, till seven times; but
till seventy times seven times.

23   Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who
would take an account of his servants.

24   And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought
to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

25   And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he 
should be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment 
to be made.

26   But that servant falling down, besought him, saying:  Have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27   And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him
go and forgave him the debt.

28   But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his
fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence:  and laying
hold of him, throttled him, saying:  Pay what thou owest.

29   And his fellow servant falling down, besought him, saying:  
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

30   And he would not:  but went and cast him into prison, till he
paid the debt.

31   Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much
grieved, and they came and told their lord all that was done.

32   Then his lord called him; and said to him:  Thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

33   Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy
fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

34   And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers
until he paid all the debt.

35   So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive
not every one his brother from your hearts.

Chapter 19

1    And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he
departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea,
beyond Jordan.

2    And great multitudes followed him:  and he healed them
there.

3    And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and
saying:  Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4    Who answering, said to them:  Have ye not read, that he who
made man from the beginning, Made them male and female?  And
he said:

5    For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

6    Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh.  What
therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

7    They say to him:  Why then did Moses command to give a bill
of divorce, and to put away?

8    He saith to them:  Because Moses by reason of the hardness of
your heart permitted you to put away your wives:  but from
the beginning it was not so.

9    And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery:  and he that shall marry her that is put
away, committeth adultery.

10   His disciples say unto him:  If the case of a man with his
wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.

11   Who said to them:  All men take not this word, but they to
whom it is given.

12   For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's
womb:  and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men:  and
there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the
kingdom of heaven.  He that can take, let him take it.

13   Then were little children presented to him, that he should
impose hands upon them and pray.  And the disciples rebukedthem.

14   But Jesus said to them:  Suffer the little children, and
forbid them not to come to me:  for the kingdom of heaven is
for such.

15   And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from
thence.

16   And behold one came and said to him:  Good master, what good
shall I do that I may have life everlasting?

17   Who said to him:  Why asketh thou me concerning good?  One is
good, God.  But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18   He said to him:  Which?  And Jesus said:  Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not
steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.

19   Honour thy father and thy mother:  and, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.

20   The young man saith to him:  All these I have kept from my
youth, what is yet wanting to me?

21   Jesus saith to him:  If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven:  and come follow me.

22   And when the young man had heard this word, he went away
sad:  for he had great possessions.

23   Then Jesus said to his disciples:  Amen, I say to you, that a
rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24   And again I say to you:  It is easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter
into the kingdom of heaven.

25   And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered very
much, saying:  Who then can be saved?

26   And Jesus beholding, said to them:  With men this is
impossible:  but with God all things are possible.

27   Then Peter answering, said to him:  Behold we have left all
things, and have followed thee:  what therefore shall we have?

28   And Jesus said to them:  Amen, I say to you, that you, who have
followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the 
seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel.

29   And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters,
or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my
name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess
life everlasting.

30   And many that are first, shall be last:  and the last shall be first.

Chapter 20

1    The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went
out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2    And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he
sent them into his vineyard.

3    And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in
the market place idle.

4    And he said to them:  Go you also into my vineyard, and I
will give you what shall be just.

5    And they went their way.  And again he went out about the
sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner.

6    But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others
standing, and he saith to them:  Why stand you here all the
day idle?

7    They say to him:  Because no man hath hired us.  He saith to
them:  Go you also into my vineyard.

8    And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to
his steward:  Call the labourers and pay them their hire,
beginning from the last even to the first.

9    When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh
hour, they received every man a penny.

10   But when the first also came, they thought that they should
receive more:  and they also received every man a penny.

11   And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

12   Saying:  These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast
made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day
and the heats.

13   But he answering said to one of them:  Friend, I do thee no
wrong:  didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

14   Take what is thine, and go thy way:  I will also give to this
last even as to thee.

15   Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will?  is thy eye
evil, because I am good?

16   So shall the last be first, and the first last.  For many are
called, but few chosen.

17   And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples
apart, and said to them:

18   Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be
betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they
shall condemn him to death.

19   And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and
scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.

20   Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her
sons, adoring and asking something of him.

21   Who said to her:  What wilt thou?  She saith to him:  Say that
these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and
the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

22   And Jesus answering, said:  You know not what you ask.  Can
you drink the chalice that I shall drink?  They say to him:  We can.

23   He saith to them:  My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to
sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you,
but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

24   And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against
the two brethren.

25   But Jesus called them to him, and said:  You know that the princes
of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater, exercise 
power upon them.

26   It shall not be so among you:  but whosoever will be the
greater among you, let him be your minister:

27   And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.

28   Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.

29   And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude
followed him.

30   And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that
Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying:  O Lord, thou son of David, 
have mercy on us.

31   And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their
peace.  But they cried out the more, saying:  O Lord, thou son
of David, have mercy on us.

32   And Jesus stood, and called them, and said:  What will ye
that I do to you?

33   They say to him:  Lord, that our eyes be opened.

34   And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes.  And
immediately they saw, and followed him.

Chapter 21

1    And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to
Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2    Saying to them:  Go ye into the village that is over against
you, and immediately you shall find an ass tied, and a colt
with her:  loose them and bring them to me.

3    And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye, that the Lord hath   
need of them:  and forthwith he will let them go.

4    Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the prophet, saying:

5    Tell ye the daughter of Sion:  Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek,
and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of her that is used to
the yoke.

6    And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.

7    And they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their garments upon
them, and made him sit thereon.

8    And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way:  and
others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:

9    And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying:  
Hosanna to the son of David:  Blessed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lord:  Hosanna in the highest.

10   And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying:  
Who is this?

11   And the people said:  This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

12   And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold
and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money
changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves:

13   And he saith to them:  It is written, My house shall be called the
house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

14   And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple; and he
healed them.

15   And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he
did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying:  Hosanna to the
son of David; were moved with indignation.

16   And said to him:  Hearest thou what these say?  And Jesus said to them:  
Yea, have you never read:  Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings
thou hast perfected praise?

17   And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained
there.

18   And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.

19   And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and
found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it:  May no fruit
grow on thee henceforward for ever.  And immediately the fig tree
withered away.

20   And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying:  How is it presently
withered away?

21   And Jesus answering, said to them:  Amen, I say to you, if you shall
have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you
do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast
thyself into the sea, it shall be done.

22   And in all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you
shall receive.

23   And when he was come into the temple, there came to him, as he was
teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying:  By what 
authority dost thou these things?  and who hath given thee this authority?

24   Jesus answering, said to them:  I also will ask you one word, which if
you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25   The baptism of John, whence was it?  from heaven or from men?  But they
     thought within themselves, saying:

26   If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us:  Why then did you not
believe him?  But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude:  
for all held John as a prophet.

27   And answering Jesus, they said:  We know not.  He also said to them:  
Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28   But what think you?  A certain man had two sons; and coming to the
first, he said:  Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

29   And he answering, said:  I will not.  But afterwards, being moved with
repentance, he went.

30   And coming to the other, he said in like manner.  And he answering,
said:  I go, Sir; and he went not.

31   Which of the two did the father's will?  They say to him:  The first.  
Jesus saith to them:  Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the
harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.

32   For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe
him.  But the publicans and the harlots believed him:  but you, seeing
it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.

33   Hear ye another parable.  There was a man an householder, who planted a
vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a press, and
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen; and went into a strange country.

34   And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.

35   And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one, and killed
another, and stoned another.

36   Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to
them in like manner.

37   And last of all he sent to them his son, saying:  They will reverence
my son.

38   But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves:  This is the
heir:  come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.

39   And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

40   When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to
those husbandmen?

41   They say to him:  He will bring those evil men to an evil end; and will
let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in 
due season.

42   Jesus saith to them:  Have you never read in the Scriptures:  The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?  By 
the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

43   Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from
you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.

44   And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken:  but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

45   And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they
knew that he spoke of them.

46   And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes:  because
they held him as a prophet.

Chapter 22

1    And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:

2    The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for
his son.

3    And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the
marriage; and they would not come.

4    Again he sent other servants, saying:  Tell them that were invited,
Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my beeves and fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready:  come ye to the marriage.

5    But they neglected, and went their own ways, one to his farm, and
another to his merchandise.

6    And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them
contumeliously, put them to death.

7    But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and sending his
armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.

8    Then he saith to his servants:  The marriage indeed is ready; but they
that were invited were not worthy.

9    Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call
to the marriage.

10   And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that
they found, both bad and good:  and the marriage was filled with guests.

11   And the king went in to see the guests:  and he saw there a man who had
not on a wedding garment.

12   And he saith to him:  Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a
wedding garment?  But he was silent.

13   Then the king said to the waiters:  Bind his hands and feet, and cast
him into the exterior darkness:  there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.

14   For many are called, but few are chosen.

15   Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare
him in his speech.

16   And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying:  
Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of
God in truth, neither carest thou for any man:  for thou dost not
regard the person of men.

17   Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute
to Caesar, or not?

18   But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said:  Why do you tempt me, ye
hypocrites?

19   Shew me the coin of the tribute.  And they offered him a penny.

20   And Jesus saith to them:  Whose image and inscription is this?

21   They say to him:  Caesar's.  Then he saith to them:  Render therefore to
Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God, the things that are God's.

22   And hearing this they wondered, and leaving him, went their ways.

23   That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection; and asked him,

24   Saying:  Master, Moses said:  If a man die having no son, his brother
shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother.

25   Now there were with us seven brethren:  and the first having married a
wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.

26   In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh.

27   And last of all the woman died also.

28   At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be?  
for they all had her.

29   And Jesus answering, said to them:  You err, not knowing the
Scriptures, nor the power of God.

30   For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but 
shall be as the angels of God in heaven.

31   And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that
which was spoken by God, saying to you:

32   I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33   And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at his doctrine.

34   But the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came
together:

35   And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting him:

36   Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?

37   Jesus said to him:  Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole
heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.

38   This is the greatest and the first commandment.

39   And the second is like to this:  Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.

40   On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.

41   And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42   Saying:  What think you of Christ?  whose son is he?  They say to him:  
David's.

43   He saith to them:  How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying:

44   The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy
enemies thy footstool?

45   If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

46   And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from
that day forth ask him any more questions.

Chapter 23

1    Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2    Saying:  The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of
Moses.

3    All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do:  
but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.

4    For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's
shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

5    And all their works they do for to be seen of men.  For they make their
phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

6    And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the
synagogues,

7    And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

8    But be not you called Rabbi.  For one is your master; and all you are
brethren.

9    And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is
in heaven.

10   Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.

11   He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

12   And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled:  and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.

13   But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the
kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and
those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.

14   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites:  because you devour the
houses of widows, praying long prayers.  For this you shall receive the
greater judgment.

15   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round
about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made,
you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves.

16   Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the
temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is
a debtor.

17   Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?

18   And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor.

19   Ye blind:  for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?

20   He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things that are upon it:

21   And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that
dwelleth in it:

22   And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by
him that sitteth thereon.

23   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint,
and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law;
judgment, and mercy, and faith.  These things you ought to have done,
and not to leave those undone.

24   Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean
the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of
rapine and uncleanness.

26   Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the
dish, that the outside may become clean.

27   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to
whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within
are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness.

28   So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are 
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the
sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,

30   And say:  If we had been in the days of our Fathers, we would not have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31   Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons
of them that killed the prophets.

32   Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33   You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the
judgment of hell?

34   Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes:  
and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

35   That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the
earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of
Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and
the altar.

36   Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

37   Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them
that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy
children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and
thou wouldest not?

38   Behold, you house shall be left to you, desolate.

39   For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say:  
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Chapter 24

1    And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away.  And his disciples 
came to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2    And he answering, said to them:  Do you see all these things?  Amen I 
say to you there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that 
shall not be destroyed.

3    And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him 
privately, saying:  Tell us when shall these things be?  and what shall 
be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?

4    And Jesus answering, said to them:  Take heed that no man seduce you:

5    For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ:  and they will 
seduce many.

6    And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars.  See that ye be not 
troubled.  For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7    For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and 
there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places:

8    Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.

9    Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to 
death:  and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

10   And then shall many be scandalized:  and shall betray one another:  and 
shall hate one another.

11   And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.

12   And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow 
cold.

13   But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

14   And this gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in the whole world, 
for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come.

15   When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was 
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place:  he that 
readeth let him understand.

16   Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:

17   And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take 
any thing out of his house:

18   And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.

19   And woe to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days.

20   But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath.

21   For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from 
the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.

22   And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved:  
but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

23   Then if any man shall say to you:  Lo here is Christ, or there, do not 
believe him.

24   For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show 
great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.

25   Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.

26   If therefore they shall say to you:  Behold he is in the desert, go ye 
not out:  Behold he is in the closets, believe it not.

27   For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the 
     west:  so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

28   Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered 
together.

29   And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be 
darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall 
fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be moved:

30   And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:  and then 
shall all tribes of the earth mourn:  and they shall see the Son of man 
coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.

31   And he shall send his angels with a trumpet, and a great voice:  and 
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the 
farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them.

32   And from the fig tree learn a parable:  When the branch thereof is now 
tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.

33   So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is 
nigh, even at the doors.

34   Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these 
things be done.

35   Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.

36   But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but 
the Father alone.

37   And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38   For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, 
marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe 
entered into the ark,

39   And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away; so also 
shall the coming of the Son of man be.

40   Then two shall be in the field:  one shall be taken, and one shall be 
left.

41   Two women shall be grinding at the mill:  one shall be taken, and one 
shall be left.

42   Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.

43   But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour 
the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer 
his house to be broken open.

44   Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son 
of man will come.

45   Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath 
appointed over his family, to give them meat in season.

46   Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find 
so doing.

47   Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.

48   But if that evil servant shall say in his heart:  My lord is long a
coming:

49   And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink 
with drunkards:

50   The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not, and 
at an hour that he knoweth not:

51   And shall separate him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites.  
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Chapter 25

1    Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking 
their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

2    And five of them were foolish, and five wise.

3    But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with 
them:

4    But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.

5    And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.

6    And at midnight there was a cry made:  Behold the bridegroom cometh, go 
ye forth to meet him.

7    Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

8    And the foolish said to the wise:  Give us of your oil, for our lamps 
are gone out.

9    The wise answered, saying:  Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and 
for you, go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10   Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came:  and they that were 
ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.

11   But at last come also the other virgins, saying:  Lord, Lord, open to us.

12   But he answering said:  Amen I say to you, I know you not.

13   Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.

14   For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and 
delivered to them his goods;

15   And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another 
one, to every one according to his proper ability:  and immediately he 
took his journey.

16   And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded 
with the same, and gained other five.

17   And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two.

18   But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, 
and hid his lord's money.

19   But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned 
with them.

20   And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five 
talents, saying:  Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I 
have gained other five over and above.

21   His lord said to him:  Well done, good and faithful servant, because 
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many 
things:  enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22   And he also that had received the two talents came and said:  Lord, 
thou deliveredst two talents to me:  behold I have gained other two.

23   His lord said to him:  Well done, good and faithful servant:  because 
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many 
things:  enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24   But he that had received the one talent, came and said:  Lord, I know 
that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and 
gatherest where thou hast not strewed.

25   And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth:  behold here 
thou hast that which is thine.

26   And his lord answering, said to him:  Wicked and slothful servant, thou 
knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed:

27   Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and 
at my coming I should have received my own with usury.

28   Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that 
hath ten talents.

29   For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound:  but 
from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be 
taken away.

30   And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness.  
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

31   And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels 
with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.

32   And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall 
separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the 
goats:

33   And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

34   Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand:  Come, 
ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world.

35   For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave 
me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:

36   Naked, and you covered me:  sick, and you visited me:  I was in prison, 
and you came to me.

37   Then shall the just answer him, saying:  Lord, when did we see thee 
hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38   And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in?  or naked, and 
covered thee?

39   Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?

40   And the king answering, shall say to them:  Amen I say to you, as long 
as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

41   Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand:  Depart 
from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the 
devil and his angels.

42   For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat:  I was thirsty, and you 
gave me not to drink.

43   I was a stranger, and you took me not in:  naked, and you covered me 
not:  sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.

44   Then they also shall answer him, saying:  Lord, when did we see thee 
hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did 
not minister to thee?

45   Then he shall answer them, saying:  Amen I say to you, as long as you 
did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.

46   And these shall go into everlasting punishment:  but the just, into 
life everlasting.

Chapter 26

1    And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to 
his disciples:

2    You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the son of man 
shall be delivered up to be crucified:

3    Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the 
people into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:

4    And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend 
Jesus, and put him to death.

5    But they said:  Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a 
tumult among the people.

6    And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

7    There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious 
ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.

8    And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying:  To what purpose 
is this waste?

9    For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

10   And Jesus knowing it, said to them:  Why do you trouble this woman?  for 
she hath wrought a good work upon me.

11   For the poor you have always with you:  but me you have not always.

12   For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my 
burial.

13   Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the 
whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memory of her.

14   Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the 
chief priests,

15   And said to them:  What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto 
you?  But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

16   And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.

17   And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to Jesus, 
saying:  Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch?

18   But Jesus said:  Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him:  
the master saith, My time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch 
with my disciples.

19   And the disciples did as Jesus appointed to them, and they prepared 
the pasch.

20   But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples.

21   And whilst they were eating, he said:  Amen I say to you, that one of 
you is about to betray me.

22   And they being very much troubled, began every one to say:  Is it I, 
Lord?

23   But he answering, said:  He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, 
he shall betray me.

24   The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him:  but woe to that 
man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed:  it were better for him, 
if that man had not been born.

25   And Judas that betrayed him, answering, said:  Is it I, Rabbi?  He saith 
     to him:  Thou hast said it.

26   And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and 
broke:  and gave to his disciples, and said:  Take ye, and eat.  This is 
my body.

27   And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying:  
Drink ye all of this.

28   For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for 
many unto remission of sins.

29   And I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of 
the vine, until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the 
kingdom of my Father.

30   And a hymn being said, they went out unto mount Olivet.

31   Then Jesus said to them:  All you shall be scandalized in me this 
night.  For it is written:  I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of 
the flock shall be dispersed:

32   But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

33   And Peter answering, said to him:  Although all shall be scandalized in 
thee, I will never be scandalized.

34   Jesus said to him:  Amen I say to thee, that in this night before the 
cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.

35   Peter saith to him:  Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not 
deny thee.  And in like manner said all the disciples.

36   Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called
Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples:  Sit you here, till I go
yonder and pray.

37   And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to
grow sorrowful and to be sad.

38   Then he saith to them:  My soul is sorrowful even unto death:  stay you
here, and watch with me.

39   And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and
saying:  My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me.  
Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

40   And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith
to Peter:  What?  Could you not watch one hour with me?

41   Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation.  The spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh weak.

42   Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying:  My Father, if this
chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.

43   And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping:  for their eyes were
heavy.

44   And leaving them, he went again:  and he prayed the third time, saying
the selfsame word.

45   Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them:  Sleep ye now and
take your rest; behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall
be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46   Rise, let us go:  behold he is at hand that will betray me.

47   As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a
great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and
the ancients of the people.

48   And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying:  Whomsoever I shall
kiss, that is he, hold him fast.

49   And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said:  Hail, Rabbi.  And he kissed
him.

50   And Jesus said to him:  Friend, whereto art thou come?  Then they came
up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him.

51   And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his
hand, drew out his sword:  and striking the servant of the high priest,
cut off his ear.

52   Then Jesus saith to him:  Put up again thy sword into its place:  for
     all that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

53   Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me
presently more than twelve legions of angels?

54   How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?

55   In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes:  You are come out as it
were to a robber with swords and clubs to apprehend me.  I sat daily
with you, teaching in the temple, and you laid not hands on me.

56   Now all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled.  Then the disciples all leaving him, fled.

57   But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the
scribes and the ancients were assembled.

58   And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest.  
And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end.

59   And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness
against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

60   And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in.  And last
of all there came two false witnesses:

61   And they said:  This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and after three days to rebuild it.

62   And the high priest rising up, said to him:  Answerest thou nothing to
the things which these witness against thee?

63   But Jesus held his peace.  And the high priest said to him:  I adjure
thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the
Son of God.

64   Jesus saith to him:  Thou hast said it.  Nevertheless I say to you,
hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

65   Then the high priests rent his garments, saying:  He hath blasphemed;
what further need have we of witnesses?  Behold, now you have heard the
     blasphemy:

66   What think you?  But they answering, said:  He is guilty of death.

67   Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him:  and others struck
his face with the palms of their hands,

68   Saying:  Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?

69   But Peter sat without in the court:  and there came to him a servant
maid, saying:  Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.

70   But he denied before them all, saying:  I know not what thou sayest.

71   And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him, and she saith to
them that were there:  This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

72   And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.

73   And after a little while they came that stood by, and said to Peter:  
Surely thou also art one of them; for even thy speech doth discover thee.

74   Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man.  And
immediately the cock crew.

75   And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said:  Before the
cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.  And going forth, he wept bitterly.

Chapter 27

1    And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the
people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

2    And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the
governor.

3    Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting
himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and 
ancients,

4    Saying:  I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.  But they said:  What
is that to us?  look thou to it.

5    And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed:  and went and
hanged himself with an halter.

6    But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said:  It is
not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

7    And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the
potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.

8    For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of
blood, even to this day.

9    Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet,
saying:  And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him
that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.

10   And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to
me.

11   And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,
saying:  Art thou the king of the Jews?  Jesus saith to him:  Thou sayest it.

12   And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered
nothing.

13   Then Pilate saith to him:  Dost not thou hear how great testimonies
they allege against thee?

14   And he answered him to never a word; so that the governor wondered
exceedingly.

15   Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the
people one prisoner, whom they would.

16   And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas.

17   They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said:  Whom will you
that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?

18   For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

19   And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him,
saying:  Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have
suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

20   But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, that they
should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away.

21   And the governor answering, said to them:  Whether will you of the two
to be released unto you?  But they said, Barabbas.

22   Pilate saith to them:  What shall I do then with Jesus that is called
Christ?  They say all:  Let him be crucified.

23   The governor said to them:  Why, what evil hath he done?  But they cried
out the more, saying:  Let him be crucified.

24   And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult
was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying:  I
am innocent of the blood of this just man; look you to it.

25   And the whole people answering, said:  His blood be upon us and our
children.

26   Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus,
delivered him unto them to be crucified.

27   Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the hall, gathered
together unto him the whole band;

28   And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.

29   And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed
in his right hand.  And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him,
saying:  Hail, king of the Jews.

30   And spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head.

31   And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and
put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

32   And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon:  him they
forced to take up his cross.

33   And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place
of Calvary.

34   And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall.  And when he had
tasted, he would not drink.

35   And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting
lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
saying:  They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they
cast lots.

36   And they sat and watched him.

37   And they put over his head his cause written:  THIS IS JESUS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.

38   Then were crucified with him two thieves:  one on the right hand, and
one on the left.

39   And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

40   And saying:  Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three
days dost rebuild it:  save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God,
come down from the cross.

41   In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients,
mocking, said:

42   He saved others; himself he cannot save.  If he be the king of Israel,
let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

43   He trusted in God; let him now deliver him if he will have him; for he
said:  I am the Son of God.

44   And the selfsame thing the thieves also, that were crucified with
him, reproached him with.

45   Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth, until
the ninth hour.

46   And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying:  Eli,
Eli, lamma sabacthani?  that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47   And some that stood there and heard, said:  This man calleth Elias.

48   And immediately one of them running took a sponge, and filled it with
vinegar; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

49   And the others said:  Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to
deliver him.

50   And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

51   And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to
the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent.

52   And the graves were opened:  and many bodies of the saints that had
slept arose,

53   And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy
city, and appeared to many.

54   Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having
seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid,
saying:  Indeed this was the Son of God.

55   And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from
Galilee, ministering unto him:

56   Among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

57   And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea,
named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

58   He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.  Then Pilate commanded
that the body should be delivered.

59   And Joseph taking the body, wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth.

60   And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock.  
And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his way.

61   And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary sitting over
against the sepulchre.

62   And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief
priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

63   Saying:  Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was
yet alive:  After three days I will rise again.

64   Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day:  
lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the
people:  He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse
than the first.

65   Pilate saith to them:  You have a guard; go, guard it as you know.

66   And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting guards.

Chapter 28

1    And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first
day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the
sepulchre.

2    And behold there was a great earthquake.  For an angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.

3    And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow.

4    And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as
dead men.

5    And the angel answering, said to the women:  Fear not you; for I know
that you seek Jesus who was crucified.

6    He is not here, for he is risen, as he said.  Come, and see the place
where the Lord was laid.

7    And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen:  and behold
he will go before you into Galilee; there you shall see him.  Lo, I
have foretold it to you.

8    And they went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy,
running to tell his disciples.

9    And behold Jesus met them, saying:  All hail.  But they came up and took
hold of his feet, and adored him.

10   Then Jesus said to them:  Fear not.  Go, tell my brethren that they go 
into Galilee, there they shall see me.

11   Who when they were departed, behold some of the guards came into the
city, and told the chief priests all things that had been done.

12   And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel,
gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,

13   Saying:  Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when
we were asleep.

14   And if the governor shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure
you.

15   So they taking the money, did as they were taught:  and this word was
spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.

16   And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where
Jesus had appointed them.

17   And seeing them they adored:  but some doubted.

18   And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying:  All power is given to me in
heaven and in earth.

19   Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

20   Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:  
and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.