5^ J" 2 ^ O 2 O O Pu o CO cD in CD THE NEW TESTA3IENT OUR LOUD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. TTIANSLATEP FROM THE LATIX VULGATE, rilLKJENTLY COMPARKD WITH THE ORKilNAL C.lIF.rK, ANI> riRST PIBIHHED nV THE JNl.USH COIXKCE AT RHUMs. AD. 1H2. ^VITlr .\NN"OT.\TI(1NS, REFEUENCE?, ASD AN JII.^TOKK AL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. H77// I.AWFIL WTIlolUTV. LONDON : BURNS AND OATES, Limited. Sinpriinatu". ►J< l^nuARDUSj Excise. BirmingJiamiensis. Aprilh 1S89. .Impviin.-aur, NicoLAUs, Card. Wiseman', West., 29 Sept ISilS. THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHPJST, ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. St. SIatthew, one of the twelve ApostTet, who from Icing a puhJIcan, that U, a txx-gatherer, was cnlUid by our Saviour to the A/josCU-ship ; in that profession his name teas Levi: (Luke v. 27, and Mark ii. 14.) He was the first of the Evangelists that ivrote the Gospel, and that in llebi-ew, or Syro-Chaldaic, which the Jews in Palestine spoke at that time. The original is not now extant, hut as it was translated in t/ie time of the Apostles into Greek, that version was of eqiial authority, lie wrote about six years after our LorcCs Ascension. CHAP. I. The genealogy of Christ : he is con- ceived and born of a virgin. THE book of the genei-cation of Jesus Christ, the sou of « Uavid, the son of Abraham : 2 ^ Abraham begot « Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob, d And Jacob begot Judas and his bre- thren. 3 « And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thaniar. / And Phares begot Esron, And E^ron begot Aram. 4 And Aram begot Amina- dab. 9 And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. 5 And Salmon begot Bonz of Rahab. h And Booz begot Obed of Rnth. And Obed begot Jesf5e. 6 i 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 Ro- " Luke 3. 31.— 5 Gen. 21. 3.—"^ Gen. 25. 25.— d Gen. 29. 35. — < Gen. 33. 29 1 Par. 2. 4— /Ruth 4. 18. 1 Par. 2. 5.— 9 Num. 7. 12.— A Ruth 4. 22.— t 1 Kinas 16. \. — k-z Kings 12. 24. — i 3 Kiugs 11. 43. boam. "1 xind Roboam begot Abia. " And Abia begot Asa. 8 And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias. 9 o And Ozias begot Joatham. P And Joatham begot Achaz. 1 And Achaz begot Ezechias. 10 ''And Ezecliias begot Ma- nasses. « And Manasses begot .\mon. t xi^.x Amon begot Josias. 11 " And Josias begot Jecho- nias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. I i2 And after the transniigra- I tion of li.abylon, Jechonias be- Igot Salathiel. And Salathicl j begot Zorobabel. I 13 And Zorobabel begot Abi- ud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. i And Eliacim begot Azor. ' 14 And Azor begot Sadoc. j And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achiin begot Eliud. I 1.5 And Eliud begot Eleazar. I And Eleazar begot Mathan. : And JIathan begot Jacob. I "' 3 Kint;s 14. 31.—" 3 Kinps 15. 8.— I " 2 Par. 20. 23. — P2, Par. 27. 9. — * 2 Par. 2S. 27.—'' i Par. Z± 33.—* 2 Par. U3. 25.— ' 2 Par. 33. 25.—" 2 Par. 36. 2. 1 CltAI'. I. 8T. MATTHEW. Chap II. 16 An and thou shalt c:dl his name Je.su.s. For he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled whicli the Lord spoke by the prophet, say- ing : 23 c Behold a virain s7iall le CHAP. n. The offerinot of the \ciMe m'n : thejihjht into JCt/i/pt : the mattacre of the In- nocenis. WHEN rf Jksus therefore wa.s born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, be- d A.M. •lOOO. Being four ye.irs lie- fore the coiiiiiion nccuuut called Auno Domini. Luke 2. 7. "Luke 1. 27.-6 Luke 1. 31. Acts 4. 12.—'= Isiiias 7. 14. CHAP. I. Ver. 16. The huthatui of Mary. The Ev.aui;elist gives us ratlier the pedigree of 8t Joseph, th.in tliat of the idessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Ilebreivs, who in their geiiealogiea took no notice of Women ; but as they were near akin, the jiedigree of the one showed that of th -• other. 2 Ver. 25. Till *he l/rour/ht forth her first-born fon. From these wonls Hel- vidius and other heretics most im- piously inferred that the blessed Vir- gin M.ary had other children beside.s Christ; but St. Jerome shews, by di- vers examples, that this expression of the Evangelist was a manner of s|)eaking usual among the Ilebrcirs, to denote by the word until, only wliat is clone, without any regard to the future : Thus it is aiid. Gen. chap, viii. ver. 6 .-viid 7. That A'oc sent forth a raven, which vent forth, and did not return till the waters were dried up on the earth. That is, did not return .iny more. Also /saia.i, chap. xlvi. ver. 4. God says : / am till you rjrota old. Who dare infer that Go.i should then cease to be ) Also in the first book of Machahees, chap. v. ver. 54. And they toent up to mount Sion with joy, and glad7icts, and offered holocausts, be- cause not one of them was slain till they had returned in peace. That is, not one was slain, l>efoie or after they had returned. Go»J s.iith to his divine Son: Sit on my ri;/ht hand till / maJic thy enemies tin/ footstool Shall he sit no longer after his enemies are subdued? Yea and for all eternity. St. Jerome also proves by Scripture ex.iuiples, that an onlii begotten .son. was also called first - Iwrn, or fir^l- begotten : because accordiug to the Chap. II. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. It hold, 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 Je- rusalem 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 liim : 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 imnces of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the ca.ptaAii that shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod privately call- ing the wise men learned dili- gently of them the time of the star which appeared to them ; 8 And sending them into Beth- lehem, said : Go and diligently inquire after the child ; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and 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 " Micb. 5. 2. John 7. 42. law, tlie first-born males were to be coii.«eeiixted to God : Sanctify unto me, saitb tlie Lord, every first-born that openeth the wo?nb among the children of Isruel, &c. £xod. chap. xiii. ver. 2. with Mary his mother, and fall- ing 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 theii- country. 13 And after they were de- parted, behold an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Jo- seph, saying : Arise, and take the childandhismother, and fly into Egypt : and be there tmtil 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 lie w^as there until the death of Herod. 15 That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: c Out of Egypt have I called my son. 16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceedingangry : and sending killed all the men-chil- dren that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inqtiired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying : 18 '^ ^ voice in Rama teas heard, lamentation and great mourning : Rachel beicailing her children, and ^co^dd not be com- forted, because they are not. 19 But when Herod was dead, behold an Angel of the Lord b Ps. 71. 10.— <^ Osee 11. l.—d Jer. 31. 15. 3 Cnxr. III. ST. MATXnEW. Chap. HI Rt>lK'arc'd in slcop to Joseph in 20 Sayiiip: Arise, nnd take the child and lii.s mother, and go into the land of Israel. I'or they ."xrc dead that Bought tlie life of the child. 21 Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into tlie land of Ii^racl. 22 But hearing tluvt Archc- Lius reigned in Judca in tho rooniof Herod hi8faUier,lie%va.s afi-aid to go thither : and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee. 23 And coming ho dwelt in a city called Nazareth : that it might bo fulfilled which was said by the prophets : That he .shall bo called a Nazarite. CHAP. III. The prcacldiiri of John : Christ is bap- tized. 4 ND °iu those d.ays cometli x\ JohntlicBapti-stprcachiug iu the desert of Judea. 2 And saying ; ** Do i^enance : for the kingdom of licaveu is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias tlie prophet, saying : c 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 : " A.U. 28.-6 M:irk 1. 4. Luko 3. •"i.— "^ Isaias 40. 3. M.-uk \. 3. Luke 3. 4. CHAP. III. Ver. 2. Do penance. ' Pajiiiteiiti.im .igite,' m- rctvoeire. Which word, .acconliiig to the u.se of the scriptures aiul the holy fathers, tloes not only signify rei>eiitiiiice .and amendment of life, but aito punisliing past sins by fasting, :u)tl suoh like i>e- uitential exeicise.s. and Inn meat was locuatd and wild honoy. 5 rfThcn went out to Inm Jerusalem .ind ail Judofi, Jind all the country about Jordaji : And wcro b:iptizt;d by him ill the Jordan couftssing their sins. 7 And seeing many of the Pharihces and Sadducees • com- ing to his baptism, he said to them : Ye brood of vipers, wlio hath showed you tu flee from the wrath to come ? S Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance. 9 And think not to say within yourselves, />Ye liave Abraham for our father. For I tell you th.at God is able of these stones toraise upchildrento Abraham. 10 For now the axe is laid to the root of the tix-es. Every treo therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and ca.st into the fire. 11 s' I indeed baptize you in water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier tlian I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear ; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire. 1 2 Wliose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor : and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff lie will burn with unquenchable fire. l-U ''Then Cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be bantizcd by him. d Jr.ark 1. 5.—' Luke 3. 7.—/ John ?. 39.—^ :Mark 1. 8. Luke 3. IC. JoLa 1. 26. Acts 1. 5. -A Mark 1. 9, Ver. 7. Pharisees and Sadducees. These w.ere two .sects among the Jews : of which the former were for tlie most liavt notorious hyjracrites ; the latter a. kind of fiee-thiulcers iu matters of ro- liiCion. Chap. IV. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. IV. 14 a But John stayed liim, Kaying : I ought to be baptized bv 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 fulfil 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 hira. 17 c And behold a voice from heaven, saying : This is my be- loved Son, in whom I am well pleased. CHAP. IV. Christ's fast of forty days : he is tempt- ed, lie begins to j^reach, to call dis- ciples to him, and to work ■>niracles. fjUiEN rf Jesus was led by the JL spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, af- terwards 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, e x^ot in bread alone doth man live, but in every u-ord 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 SonofGod,cast thyself down, for it is written : / That he hath given his Angels charge over thee, and intheir hands shall they bear thee u-p, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone. <* A.D. 30—6 Liike 3. 2-2.— " M.irk 1. 11. Luke 9. 35. 2 Pet. 1. 17.— cf A D. 30. Luke 4. I.— ^Peut. 8. 3. Liike 44.—/ Ps. 90. 11. 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again: ? Thou shaltnot tempt the Lord thy God. S Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain: and shewed 1dm all the kingdoms of the worl d, 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 thov. adore, and him only shalt IhoK serve. 11 Then the devil left him: aiid behold Angels came and ministered to him. 12 And when Jksus had heard tha.t John was dtlivered up, ' he retired into Galilee : 13 And leaving the city Na- zareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and of Nephthalim : 14 Til at it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet : 15 *-■ Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the loay of the sea beyond the Jorda.n, Gali- lee of the gert tiles : 16 The people that sat in dark- ness, hath seen great Ugh': and to them that .sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung v.p. 17 ^ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say : 9 Dent. n. is.-Jt Deut. 6. \X—i Mark 1. 14. Luke 4. 14. Johu 4. 43.— A Is.iias 9. 1— z Mark 1. 15. CHAP. IV. Ver. 8. Shewed him. ke. Thivt is, jiointed out to hiui where eaoli kingdom lay ; and set forth in words what was most glorious and ad - minible in eai;h of thein. Or also set before his eyes, as it weie in a l.argef map, a lively representation of all those kingdoms. 5 Ciur. V. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. V. Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. IS And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, " saw two bre- thren, yimou who i.s called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers). 19 And he saith to them : (,'ome ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. 20 And they immediately leav- ing their nets, followed bim. 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 fol- lowed him. 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna- gogues, and preaching the gos- pel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people. 24 Andhisfamewentthrough- out all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that w^ere taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were pos- sessed by devils and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them : 25 * And much people fol- lowed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jeru- salem, and from Judea,and from beyond the Jordan. CHAP. V. Christ's sermon upon the mount. The eight beatitudes. AND c seeing the multitudes, hewent upintoamountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him. " M.-irk 1. 16. Luke .i. 2. — b Mark . r. J.nke C. 17.— <■ A.D. 31, 6 2 And oi)ening his mouth he taught them, saying : 3 Ps. 23. 4 —A 1 Pet. 2. 20. and 3. 14. and 4. 14.— » Mark 9. 49. Luke 14. 43. CHAP. V. Ver. ."3. The poor in spirit. That is, the humble ; and they whose spirit is uot set upon richpSk Chap. V. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. V. 15'tNeitlierdomenliglitacan- dle and putit under abushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are m the house. 16 So let your light shine be- fore men, *that they may see your good work.s, 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 de- stroy, but to fulfil. 18 c For amen I saj^ unto you, till heaven and earth ps^s, 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 com- mandments, 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 Phari- sees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21 You have heard that it was said to them of old : /Thou shalt <• Mark 4. 21. Luke 8. IG. iiiul 11. 33. —6 1 Pet. 2. 12.—"^ Luke lf>. 17.—^ Ja.s. 2. 10.— < Luke 11. 39.—/ Exod. 20. 13. Deut. 5. 17. Ver. 17. To fulfil. By acconnilish- ing all the fisures and propheoies ; aud perfecting all that was iiin^erfect. Ver. 18. Amen. 'T\\a.t\s, assuredly, of a truth. This HeVirew word, Ame>t, is here retained by the example and au- thority of .all tlie four ev.iugelists, who have retained it. It is used by our Lord aa a strong as.severatioii, aud af- firmation of tlie truth. Ver. 21. Tlie Scribes a)id Pharisees. The Scribes were the doctors of the law of Moses : the Phariiecs were a precise set of men. making profe.ssiou of a more exact observance of the law: and iipon that account greatly esteemed among the people. Ver. 21. Shall be in danger of th judgment : That is, shall deserve to be not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. 22 But I say to you, that who- soever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judg- ment. 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 uf hell fire. 23 If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that tiiy brother bath anything against thee ; 21 Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother, and then coming thou shalt of- fer thy gift. 25 'J Be at agreement with thy adversarj' betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him ; lest perhaps the ads-ersary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 2G Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing. 27 You have heard that it a Luke 12. 53. punished by that lesser tribunal among the Jew.?, called the Judgment, whicli took cognizance of such crimes. Ver. 22. liaca : A word expressing great indignation or contempt. Shall be in danger of the council : Th.lt is, shall deserve to be pimished bj' the highest court of Judicature, called the Council, or Sanhedrim, consisting of seventy-two persons, where tlie high- est cau.ses were trietl and judged, which was at Jerusalem. — Il)id. Thou fool. This was then looked upon as ii heinous injury, when uttered with contempt, spite, or malice; aud there- fore is liere so severely condemned. Shall he in danger of hell fire : literally, .according to the Greek, shall deserve to be cast into the Gehenna of fire. Which words our Saviour made ut strictly oblige lu-cord- iiig to the letter, for neither did Christ nor Pt. Paul turn the other check. St. Jofm xviii. and Acts xxiii. Chap. VI. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. VI. 44 But I say to you, °- Love your enemies, ''do good to them that hate you : " and pray for them that jDersecute and cahira- niate you : 45 That you may be the chil- dren of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh liis sun to ri.-e 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 j'ou have? do not even the publi- cans this ? 47 And if you salute your bre- thren only, what do you more ? do not also the heathens this? 48 Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect. CHAP. VI. A continuation of the sermon on the mount. 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 alms-deed, sound not a trum- pet before thee,as the hypocrites do in the-synagogues and in the streets, that they maybe honour- ed by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their re ward. 3 But when thou dost alms. " Luke 6. 27.-6 Rom. 12. 20.- 23. 34. Acts 7. 59. ' Luke Ver. 4C. The Puhlicans. These were the g.-itherers of the public taxes : .i set (f men oilious and infamous amone; the Jews for their extortions and injus- tice. CHAP. VL Ver. 1. Tour justice, i. e. IVorfcs of Justice, viz. fasting, vr.nyer, and almsdeed.=;: which ought to Vi3 performed not out of ostentation. or a view to please mou, but solely to pleas.' G'cd. let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. 4 That thj' alms may be' in secret, and thy Fatherwho 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 comers of the streets, that they may be seen by men : Ameu I say to you, they have received their reward. C But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into tiiy 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 ai'e praying, speak not much, as the hea- thens. For they think that in tliL-ir 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 hmi. 9 Thus therefore shall you pray : f' Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is iu heaven. 11 Give us this day our super- substiintial bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temp- tation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. d Luke 11. 2. Ver. 11, Supcrsuhstantial hread. In St. Luke the same word is rendered daily bread. It is understood of tlie bread of life, which we receive iu the BIe.>^sed Sacrament. Ver. 13. Lead us riot into temptation. Tiiat is, suffer us not to be overcome by teniiitatiou. 9 Chap. VI. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. VI. 14 " For if j'ou will ftirLrivc men their ofTcncos, ymr he i- venly Father will forgive you also your ofTcuces. 15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences. 16 And wlien you fa.st, be not as tlie hj'pocrites, sad. For they di.sfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they liave received their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fast- est anoint thy head, and wa-sh thy face : 18 That thou appejir 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 throut,fh, nor steal. 21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also. 2-2 c 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 b3 darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be ? 2-1 '' No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other : or he will sustain the one, and de- "» Eccli. 28. n. 4. A 5. Infra, is .15 Mark 11. 25—6 Luke 12. 33. 1 Tiui. «S. 19.— "^ Luke 11. 34.— i Luke 16. 13. s] ii.se the other. You cannot serve God and m.immon. 2.') Tlicrefore I say to yon, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body what you shall put on. J.'* 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: nnd your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they ? 27 And which of you by tak- ing thought, can add to his sta- ture one cuVjit ? 2S 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 gloiy was .arrayed ;is 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 where- with shall we be clothed ? 3-2 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 jus- tice, 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. Suf- ficient for the day is the evil thereof. Ver. 24. Mammon. rorkUv interest. "10 Th.it is. riche.s. Ps. 54. S.'J. Luke 12. 22. 1 Ti:n. 6. 7. 1 Pet. 5. 7. Phil. 4. Crav. VII. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. VI I. CHAP. VII. The third part of the sermon on the mount. JUDGE a not, that you may not be judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, youshalibeft judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to j'ou again. 3 And 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 out of 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 per- haps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you they tear you. 7 c 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 rf Or what man is there among you, of wliom 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 hea- " Luke 6. 37. Rom. 2. 1.— 6 Mark 4. 2i.—<= Infra, 21. 22. Mark ll "4 Liike 11. 9. John 14. 13. Jas. i e' — d Luke 11. IL ven, give good things to them that ask liim? 12 « All things therefore what- soever ye would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and tlie 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 theieat. 14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that ieadeth to lif e : andf ewthere are thatfind it. 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Bj their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 17 Even so every good tree bringethforth good frnit,and the evil treebringethforth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. 19 9 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 'i Not every one that saith to me. Lord, Lord, shall enter intothekingdomofheaven; but he thatdoth thewill of myFather 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, i and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name ? J Tobias 4 16. (Luke 6. 31.-/ Luke 13. 24.-5' Supra, 3. 10. —A Infra, 25. 11. Luke6.46.— iActsl9. 13. 11 Chap. Vlll. ST. MATTllKW. Chap. VIII. 23 And then will I profess unto tlicni, I never knew you : « d«i lart from mc, yuu that work iniquity. 24 '' Every one tlicreforc that hcarcth 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 tlie floods came.and the winds blew, and they beat ujjon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. 20 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 full thereof. 28 And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these woj-ds, tlie people were in admi- ration at his doctrine. 29 c For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as their scribes and Pha- risees. CHAP. VII r. Christ cleanses the leper, I call th" cen- turion's servant, Peter's inother-in- law, and many others : he stills the storm at sea, drives the dci'ilsoiit of two vien possessed, and suffers them to go into the sioine. AND rf 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 " Ps. 6. 9. Infnv, 25. 41. Luke 13. 27. — ft Luke 6. 48. Koin. 2. 15. Jas 1. 22. — <^ Mark 1. 22. Luke 4. ?■%— d A.D. 31 —« Mark 1. 40. Luke 5. 21. 12 his hand, touched liim.fayin;,': I will, be thou nia'lo clean. And forthwith his Icj^rosy w;i« cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith to liim: See thou tell no man : but go, /■sliow thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses com- manded, for a testimony unto them. 5 !/ And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, bcscecliing him, C And s.aying, Lord, my ser- vant lieth at home sick of the ];>alsy, and is grievously tor- mented. 7 And Jesus s.ailh to him : I will come and heal him, 8 And the centurion, making answer, said : ^ Lord, I am not worthy that thou sliouldst enter under my roof; butonly say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 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 comcth, and to my servant. Do this, and he dueth it. 10 And Jesus hearing this, marvelled ; and said to them that followed him : Auien I say to you, I have not found so great faith in I>rael. 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. /Lev. 14. ?.— ^ Luke 7. 1.— '' Luke 7. C— 1 Alal. 1. IL Chap, VIII. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. VIII. 13 And Jesus said to the cen- turion : Go, and as thou hast be- lieved, so be it done to thee. And his servant was healed at the same hour. 14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his Avif e's mother lying, and sick of a fever. 15 And lie touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them. 16 o 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 aU that were sick he healed. 17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the pro- phet ^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 : c 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 liis disci- ples said to him: Lord, siiffer me lirst 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 discijiles followed him : 24 And behold a great tem- pest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but lie was asleep. " Mark 1. S2.— * Isaias 53. 4. 1 Pet. 2. Q4. — <^Luke 9. 63. — d Mark i. 36. Luke 8. 22. 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 fi-om them, an herd of many swine feeding. 31 And the devils besought him saying: If thou cast us or. thence, 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 everything, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils. 34 And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, ff and when they saw him, they be- sought him that he would de- part froiii their coasts. « ilnrk 5. 1. Luke 8 26.— /Mark 5. n. Luke 8. 3i.— » Mark 5. 17. Luke I 8. 37. 13 CUAP. IX. ST. MATIUKW. Chai-. IX. CHAP. IX. Christ healt one ilck of the paltji : cnlU Miittlirie : cum the iisuc o/ blood: riiUet to li/r the daughter nf Jairiu : givrt siijht to tii-o blind jiivn : ami hfttlt (I Utinib man posieited by the devil. 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 paby lying in a bed. And Jesl-s see- ing their faith, said to the man sick of the pal.sj' : Be of good heart, son, thy sins arc 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 i)Ower on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the 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 thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom - house, named Mattliew ; and he saith to him : Follow me. And he arose up and followed him. 10 And it came to pass as he was sitting- at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sin- ners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. " Mark 2. 3. Luke 5. 18. 2. 14. Luke 5. 27. 14 11 And the Pharisees seeiiijf it, said to his disciples: Why- doth your master eat with pub- licans and sinners? I'J But Jesus hearing it, said : Tliey tliat are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. 13 Go then and learn what this meanetli, c / ^cill have uierci/, and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, <' but sinners. 14 Then came to him the dis- ciples 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 biide- groom 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 imto an old garment. P'or it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. 17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Other- wise 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 / As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my ' Osee 6. C. Infra, 12. 7.— <* 1 Tim. 1. 15. — ' Mark 2. 18. Luke 5. 33.— / Mark 5. 23. Luke 8. 41. CHAP. IX. Ver. 15. Can the chil- dren of the bridegroom. This, by a Heliniism, sisjnifies the friends ovcom- 2>anions of tlie bridegroom. Chap. IX. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. X. daughter is even now dead ; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus rising up fol- lowed 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 gannent. 21 For she said within her- .■^elf : 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 naade 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 say- ing, 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 open- ed, and Jesus strictly charged « Mark 5. 25. Luke 8. 43. them, saying, See that no man know this. 31 But they going out, spread his fame abroad in aU 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 c And J Esus went about all the cities and towns, teach- ing 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 dis- ciples, >iother. 3 J.unes tlie son of Zebcdee, and John his brotlicr, Philip and I!;ulh(iluniew, 'ihoinas ami ilatthcw the puV>iic.in, and James Vie son of Alplieus, and Thaddeus. 4 Simon tlic Cananean, and Jud.is Iscaiiot, who also be- trayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus ^ent : commanding them, sayiny : Go ye not into the way of tlie gen- tiles, and into the eitics of ihe Samaritan-; enter ye not : 6 But go ye rather "to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 An i 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 re- ceived, freely ui e. 9 &Do not possess gold, nor Bilver.nor money in your purses. 10 Nor scrip for your journey. nor two coats, nor shots, nor a staff ; for the workman is worthy of his meat. •11 And into what.soevcr city or tov.'n you shall enter, inqiiire who in it is worthy, and there abide till j'ou 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 woithy, 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 oflf the dust from your feet. 15 Amen 1 say to you, it shall " Acts 13. 46.-6 M;uk 6. 8. Luke 5. 3. and 10. 4. 16 bo more tolerable fcjr tlic land of Sodom and Goiiiorrlia in tlio day of judgment, than for that city. 1(3 « Behold I Bend you as .sheep in the mid.st of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and t-iuiple as doves. 17 But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. IS And you >hall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testi- mony to them and to the gen- tiles : 19 But when they shall de- liver you up, rftake no thought how or what to s])cak : 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 'ihe brotlier also shall de- liver up the brother to death, and the father the son ; and the children shall rise up jigainst their parents, and shall put them to deatli. 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 wlun they shall per- secute 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 c The disciple is not ahove the master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the dis^ ' Luke 10. ?, —d Luke 12. 11.—' Luke 6. 40. John 13. 16. auil l.i. 20. CHAP. X. Ver. Ifi. Simple. Tliat is, harmless, plain, sincere, anil «itii- out guile. Chap. X. ST. MATTHEW. CiiAP. XL ciple that lie be as Ids master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the good-man of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of hia house- hold? 26 Therefore fear them not. « For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed ; nor hid, that shall not be known. 27 Tl)at which I tuU you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house- tops. iiS And fear ye not them that kill ihe body, and are not able to kill the soul ; but rather fear iiim that can destroy both soul and body into hell. 29 ^ Are not two .sparrows sold for a farthing: and not one of them shall fail on the gi"ound without j'our Fatiier. oO But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not therefore : better are you than many sparrows. 32 c Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confe-s him before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny hiui before my Father who is in heaven. 34: <^ Do not think that I came to send jjeace upon earth : I came not to send peace, but the sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance again-t his father, and « Mark 4. 22. Luke 8. 17 ami 12. ;. — » 2 Kings 14. 11. Acts 27. 35. — Mcark 8. 33. Luke 9. 25. aoid 12. 8. ; Tim. 2. 12.— d Luke 12. 51. Ver. 35. / came to set a man at variance. &c.. Not th.it this was the en J or (lesisu of the coming of our Sriviour ; but that his coii.iiig, aiil his doctrine would have this efiect, by the daughter against her mo- ther, and the daughter-iu-law agauist her mother-in-law. 36 « And a man's enemies shall be they of his own house- hold. b7 /He that loveth father or moth> r more than me, is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 38 (f Ami he tiat takuth not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worihy 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, receive;h me: and lie that re- ceiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a pro- phet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet : ami he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, sh ill receive the re ward of a just man. 42 ^' .\nd whosoever shall give todrink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water oiJy in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his re- w^ard. CHAP. XI. JoJin sends hi'! disciples to Christ, who iipbraiUs the Jetvs witit titeir inci-e- dalit;/, and calls to him such as arc sensible of their burdens. AND it came to pass : when Jksus had made an end of commanding his twelve disci- «JMich. 7. 6.— /Luke 14 "6.— ''Infra, 16. 24 Mnik 8. 34. Luke 14. 27.— h Luke 9 24. and 17. 33. Jolni 12. 25.— i Luke 10. 16. .JiihulS. 20.— A Mark 9. 40. reason of the obstinate re.'^istance that many would make, and of their per- secuting all such as should adhere to hiio. Chap. XI. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XI. ]>les. he )),is.se(l from thence, to U'licli .111(1 prcMcli ill theircitics. ■J " Now when John liad lie;ird in prison the works of Chri.st: .sending two of his disciples he said to him : 3 Art thou lie that art to come, or look we for another? 4.\ndJEsusraakinganswersaid to them: Go and relate to Jolm wliat you have heard and .seen. 5 * The l)lind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, tlic dead rise again, « the poor have the gos- ])el 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 gar- ments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings. 9 But what went you out t« 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 bffore thy face, icho shall jrrepare thy way before thee. 11 Amen I say to you, there liath 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. " Liike 7. 18.— i Isaia-s .S5. 5.—"= Is.iia.s CI. 1 —d Luke 7. 24.—' Mai. 3. 1. Mark. 1.2. Luke 7. 27. 12 And from the days of John the B;ipti.st until now, the king- domofhuavensufrcrcth violence, and the violent bear it aw.ay. 13 For all the prophet.s and tlie law prophesied initil John: 14 And if you will receive it, / he is Elias that is to come. 15 lie that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 But whereunto shall I es- teem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting iu the market-place. 17 Who crying to their com- panions say: We have piped to you, and you h.ave 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 Jer. 6. 16.— "^ 1 John 5. S.—oken of is that blas- plietny. liy which the Pharisees attri- buted tlie miracles of Clirist, wrought by the Spirit of God, to /It'elzebub the prince of devils. Now, tliis kind of sin is iisu.ally accompanied with bo much ob-stiiLOcy. and such wilful op- posing tlie Spirit of God. and the known truth, tliat men who are guilty of it, are seldom or ever converted: and therefore .ire never forgiven, be- cause they win not reiient. Other- wise there is no sin. which God cannot or will not forgive to such as sincerely repent, and have recourse to the keys of thechiircb- Chap. XIL ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XIL Every sin and blasplicmy shall be forgiven men, but tlie blas- phemj' 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 foi'- given 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 iiiouth 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 ac- count for it in tlie day of judg- ment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou Shalt be condemned. 3S Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 "Who answering said to " Luke 6. 45. Ver. 32. Nor in the world to coine. Froiu these words St. Auffustiiie {De. Civ. I. xxi. c. 13.) aiicl St. Gregonj {Dialog, iv. c. 39.) gather, that simie sin.s may be remitted in tlie world to come: aud, coiisequeutly, that there is a purgatory or a iniddle'place. Ver. 36. Kvery idle word. This shows there must be a place of teuipo- ral punishment hereafter where these slighter faults shall be pmiislied. Ver. 38. .1 siqn. That is. a miracle from heaven. St. Luke xi. iG. them : & An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign : and a sign shall not be giveji 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 he in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. 4i f^The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this gene- ration, and shall condemn it : because they did penance at the preaching ol Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with tiiis generation, and shall condemn it: « because she came from the ends of the earth to he^ir 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 lest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith : I will re- turn iiitomy house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, aud garnished. 45 Then he goeth, and taketli with him seven other si^irit.? more wicked than liimself, and they enter in and dwell there : 9 and the la.st state of that, man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. * Infra, 16. 4. Luke 11. 23. 1 Cor. 1. 22.— "•' Jonas 2. \.—d Jonas 3. b.—" 3 Kings 10. 1. 2 Par. 9. 1.—/ Luke 11. 2i.—3 2 Pet. 2. 20. Ver. 0. Three days, &c. Not com- plete days and nights; Init part of three days, and three nights, taken ac- cording to the way that the Hebrew. s counted their days and nights, viz., froiu evening to eve:;i'ig 21 Chap. XIII. ST. MATTHEW, CUAI'. XIII. 46 " As lie wjis yet speaking to tlic inultitiuic.4, bcliold lii.-s mother ami liis brethren atood without, scekingto8i)caktoliim. 47 And one said unto him : Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand withoutjsecking thee. 48 But he answering him that t(jld him, said : Wlio is my mo- ther, and who are my brethren? 4y And stretcliing fortli his liand towards his diseiples, he .said : Behold my mother and iny brethren. ttQ For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in lieaven, lie is my brother, and sister, and mother. CHAP. XIII. The parahlcx of the soiocr and the cockle ; of the nitustarU-sced, And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat : and all the multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he sijoke to them many things in parables, saying : Be- hold the sower went forth to sow. 4 And whilst he sowcth some fell by the way side, and the " 51 .^rk 3. 31. Luke 8. 19.— i M:irk 4. 1. Luke 8. 4. Vcr. 48. ^Vho is viy mother) Tliis ■was not spoken by way of .^lighting )ii3 mother, but to sliow that we are never to suffer ourselves to be taken from tlie service of God, by any inorJinate affection to our earthly parents: and that which our I>jrd chiefly regarded in liis mother, was her doing tlie will of his F;itht-r in heaven. It may also further allude to the reprohiuon of the Jews, his carnal kindred, ami the election of the Heiitiles. 22 birds of the air came and ale them up. 6 And other some fell upon stony ground, wliere they hail not much eartii : and theyspruiig up immediately. Ijccause they had no deepness of eartii. 6 And when the sun was \ip they were scorched : and bo- caui;e they had not root, they withered away. 7 And others fell among thorns : and the thorns grew up and choked theni. 8 And others fell upon good ground : and they brought fortli fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold. 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 c 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 wiiich 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 Lsaias is fulfilled in them, who saith : ^ By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand : and seeing you shall sec, and shall not i^r- ceive. 15 For the heart of this people is grown gross, a/iidzoith their ears they hare been dull of hearing, ' Infra, 25. 29.—'' lsaias 6. 9. Mark 4. 12. Luke 8. 10. John 12. 40. Acts 2S. 26. Uoin. 11. 8. Chap. XIII. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XIIL and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear vHth their ears, and understaiid with their hearty and he converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are youi- 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 un- derstandeth it not , there com eth the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heai-t: this is he that re- ceived the seed by the way side. 20 And he that received the seed upon stony ground : this 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 tribula- tion and persecution because of the word, he is presently scan- dalized. 22 And he that received the seed among thorns : is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitful- ness of riches choketh up the word, and he become th fruit- less. 23 But he that received the seed upon good ground : this is he that heareth the word, and un- dersiandeth. and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hun- " J.uke 10, 24. dred fold, and another sixty and another thirty. 24 ^ Another parable he pro- posed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, and went his way. 2G And when the blade wa.s sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. 27 And the servants of the good-man 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 enemyhath done this. And the servants said to him : Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? 29 And he said : No, lest per- haps, gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also to- gether with it. 30 Suffer both to gi-ow 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 bam. 31 c Another parable he pro- posed to them,saying: The king- dom 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 aU herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and dwell in the branches thereof. 33 Another parable he spoke i Mark 4. 26. — ''Mark 4. 31. Luke 13. 19. 23 Chap. XIII ST. MATTHEW. CiiAP. xiir. to tliciii : a The kingdom of liea- ven is like to leaven, which a ■woman took and hid in three mcasvircs of meal, uutil the whole was leavened. 34 All these thinrrs Je.st's spoke ill ]xiiablc.s to the mnlti- tudc.s : and without parables he did not speak to them. 35 That it mig-ht be fulfilled which was spoken by the pro- phet, saying: f> I ■wUi open viy viniUk in parables, I icill -utter thinffS hidden from the founda- tion of the world. 36 <^Tlien having sent away the multit udes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Exp<3und 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 chil- dren of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one. 39 And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil, rf But the harvest is the end of the woi'ld. 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 w^ork 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 "Luke \3. 21.— 6Ps. 77. 2. — ''Maik A. 04. — dApoc. 14. li. — f Wisd. 3. 7. Jl.in. 12. S. 24 ^ their Father. lie that hath euiH to hear, let him hear. 44 The kingdom of heaven ia like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man haviii/, the wife of C'leophas, sister to our Bles- sed Lady (St. A/att. xxviii. 56. St. John xix. 25), and therefore, according to the ■u.siial style of the Scripture, they were called hretliren, that is, wear relations to our Saviour. CHAP. XIV. Ver. 1. Tetrarch. This word, derived from the Greek, signifies one that rules over the fourth part of a kinsdom : as Herod then ruled over Galilee, which was but the fourth part of the kingdom of his fa- ther. 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 peo- ple : '* because they esteemed him as a prophet. 6 But on Herod's birth-day, the daugh' er of Herodias danced before them: and plea.sed Herod. 7 Whereupon he promi.sed with an oath, to give her what- .soever she would a.slc of liim. 8 But she being in.«tructe.l before by lier mother, s.iid: Giv^r 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 withhinj 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 gis-eii 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 a boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes hav- ing heard of it, followed him on loot out of the cities. 14 And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had com- pas.sion on them, and healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, say- ing: This is a desert jalace, and the hour is now passed : send away the multitudes,that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuaLs. they nrc blinfl,:in% u shaltbind upon earth, itshall he bound also in heaven : .and what- .soever thou shalt loo.'ie on earth, it shall be loosed .also n\ heaven. 20 Then he commanded his disciples, that they sliould tell no one that he was Jesus the ClUUST. 21 From that time Jksv.s bc- g.an to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jenisalem, 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, beg.an to rebuke liim, s.aying: 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 dis- ciples : e 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 ' John 20. 23. —d Mark 8. 33. — <■ Su- pr.a, 10. :',H. Luke S. 23. and 14. 27. — / Luke IT. 33. John 12. 25. Ver. 22. And Peter taking him. Th.it is, taking him .aside, out of .a tender love, resjiect and zeal for liis Lord and Master's honour, began to ex]Xistulate with him, as it were to rebuke him, saying, Ixird, far be it from thee to suffer death : but the Lord said to Peter, ver. 23, Go behind me, satan. These words may signify, begone from me ; but the holy fathers expound them otherwi-se, that is, come after me, or follow me : and by these words the Lord would have Peter to follow him in his suffering, and not to oppose the divine will by contradic- tion ; for the word satau means in Hebrew an adversary, or one th.at op- poses. Chap. XVII. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XVII. life, shall lose it : and he that shall lose liis life fur luy sake, shall find it. 26 For what doth it profit a inau,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 ac- cording 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. CHAP. XVII. The transfiguration of Christ : Be cures the lunatic child j'uretcUshis passion: andjxii/s the didrachma. AND c 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 gar- ments 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 3Ioses, and one for Elias. 5 And as he was yet speak- ing, behold a bright cloud over- shaded them . d And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying : This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. "Acts 17. 31. Rom. 2. 6.—* Mark e. 39. Luke 9. 28.— '^' M.-irk 9. 1. Luke 9. 28.— , ami to loo'; upon such ni rifuip to hear the church a.^ Ifn- ihens. He promltrn to his disciples the power of binding and looting: and that he fcill be in t'le 7nidiit of their asscinblies. Xo forgiveness fuv thein that will not forgive. AT c that hour the disciples came to Jesu.s, saying: Wlio, thiukest thou, is the greater iu the kingdom of hea- ven ? 2 <^ And Jesus calling unto htm a little child, set him iu the midst of them. 3 And said : Amen I say to you, <^ uiiless 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 gieater in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And he that shall receive one such little child iu my name, rcceivcth me. 6 / But he that shall scan- dalize one of these little ones " Mailc 9. 83. I.uke 9. 46.-4 lufiu, 19. 14.—' I Cor. 14. 20.—/ Mark 9. 41. Luke xvii. 2. CHAP. XVIII. Ver. C. Shall sean- dalizc. That is, shall put a stuiiiblii/i^- block ill their way, and cause them to tall iuto aiu. Chaf. XVIII. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XVIH. that believe in me, it were better forbim that a niillsrone should be banged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Wo to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come : but never- theless wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh. 8 «And if thy hand, or thy foot, scandalize thee, cvit it oft', 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 iiito 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 c For the son of man is come to save that which was lost. 12 f^ 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 goeth to seek that which is gone astray ? 13 And if it so be that he find it : Amen I say to you, he ve- joiceth more for that, than for the uinety-niuo that went not astray. « Supra, 5. 30. Jlark 9. 42.-4 Ps. .".3. S.— <^ Luke 19. 10.— d Luke 15. 4. Ver. 7. It must needs he, &c. Viz., cnjisiderinc; the wickedness and corrup- tion of the world. Ver. 8. Scamd-allze thee. That is, e.-.use thee to orteiid. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in hea- ven, that one of these little ones should i)erish. 15 e But if thy brother shall oflfend againsL thee, go, and re- buke liim between thee and liim alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain tiiy 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 chiu-ch. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to tuee as the heathen and publican. IS /i Amen I say to you, what- soever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven : and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth shall bo loosed also in heaven. 19 Again 1 say to you, that if two of j'ou shall consent upon earth, concerning anything 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? tiU seven times '? « Lev. 19. 17. Ecoli. 19. 13. Lulce 17. 3. Jas 5. 19.—/ Dput. 19. 15. John 8. 17. 2 Cor. 13. 1. Heb. 10. 2i,.—3 1 Cor. 5. 9. J Tliess. 3. 14.— A John 20. 23.— i Luke 17. 4. Ver. 20. There ain I in the midst o/ (hem. This is understood of such as- aeuiblies only, as are gathered in the name and authority of Christ; and in unity of the church of Christ. St, Cyprian do Vnitate £'cclesiI:.rk 10. CI. Liike CHAP. XX. TheiHirabte of the labourers in thcvliir- yard. The ambition of the tvirt soiu o/Zrbedee. Christ gives tijIU to two blind men. rpHEkingdom of heaven islikc I toanliou.seholdcr, who went out early in ttie morning to hiro labourers into his vineyard. 2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day. he .sent them into his viucyaid. 3 And going out about the third hour, he saw otiiers stind- ing 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 liour : and dill in like manner. C But about the eleventh hour he went out and found other.j standing, and he saith to them : Whv stand you here all the day idle ? 7 They .say to him : Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them : Go ye also into my vineyard. 8 And when evening w.as 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 everyman a penny. 11 And receiving it they mur- mured against the master of the house, 12 .Saying : These last have Chap. XX. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XX. worked but one hour, and tliou Ijpot made them equal to us, that have laorne the burden of the day and the heats. 13 But he answering said to one of them : Friend, 1 do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny? 14 Take what is tliine, and go thy way : I will also give to this last even as to thee. 15 Or. is it not lav-,-ful for me to do what I will ? is thy eye evil, because I am good? 16 « So shall the last be first, and first last. For many are called, biit few chosen. 17 And Jesus going up to •Ternsalem, took the twelve dis- ciples apart, and said to them : IS Behold we go up to Jeru- .salem, 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 tlic 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 vnth her sons, adoring and ask- ing 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 Jesxjs answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink ? They say to him : We can. « Supra, 19 30. Mark 10. 31. Luke IS. GO.—* Mark 10. S5. CHAP. XX. Ver. 15. What I tmll. ' >z., with my own, and in matters that cidi^ud ou uiy owu bouuty. 23 He saith to them : My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my rij^ht or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is pre- pared by my Father. 24 c And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation agamst the two brethren. 25 d 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 I your minister. 27 And he that will be first among you, shall be your ser- vant. I 28 e 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 gi-eat multitude followed him. 80 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 themnltltuderebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they ciied out the more, saying : O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us. 32 And jEsusstood,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 com- <= Mark 10. 41.-^ Luke 22. 25.-^ Phil. . 7.—/ Mark 10. 46.— Luke 18, 35. 37 XXI. ST. MATTHEW. Chap. XXI. pa.Sbioii on them, towclicd their eyes. And immediutely they hfiw, and followed him. CHAR XXI. CJirltt ridi-s into Jerusalem upon an ass : he raits the buyers and nellers 1 out of the temple : curses the fig-tree: and puts to silence the jjrcests ami scribes. AND" when they drew nigh to A Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto Mount Olivet, then Ji:«i;s 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 thei.i tome: 3 And if any man shall say anything to you.say ye, that the Lortl 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 t> Tell ye the daughter oj Sion : Behold thy king comeih to thee, meek; and sitting ui^onan ass, and a colt the foal of htr that is used to the yole. 6 And the disciples going did as Jesus commanded them. 7 And they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their gar- ments upon them, and made him sit thereon. 8 And a very great multitude .<-pread 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 « Mark 11.1. Luke 19.29.— » Ijmias C2. n. Zach. 9. 9. .Tdlm 12. 15.— ' Ps. 117. iC. Mark 11. 10. I.uke 19. 38. 38 fonielk in the name of the Lord : Jlosanna in the highest. 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, tl.e whole city was moved, saying: Who is 11 And the people said : llus is Jesus the prophet, from Na- zareth 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, I 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 tem- ple ; and he healed them. 1.5 And the chief priests and scribes seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the chilr dren crying in the temple, and saying, JJosanna to the son of David; were moved with indig- nation, ^^ . 16 And said to him : Ilearest thou what these say? Aiid 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. IS And in the morning re- turning 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 I d Mark 11. 13. Luke 19. 45. JoJ»\;- I 14 —' Is.aias 56. 7. Jer. 7. 11. Luke 19. ! 4C — / P.". 8. Z.—3 Miirk 11, IS. Chap. XXI. ST. MATTHEW. C'HAf. XXI. leaves only, and he said to it : May no fruit growontliee hence- forward for ever. And imme- diately 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 stag- ger not, not only this of the fig- tree shall you do, but also if 3-01 1 .shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the .sea, it shall be done. 22 ^ And all things whatso- ever youshall ask in prayer be- lieving, 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 au- thority dost thou these things V and who hath given thee this authority ? 24 Jesus answering said tp 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 tilings. 25 The baptism of John whence was it ? from heaven, or from men ? But they thought within themselves, saying : 2(3 If we shall say from hea- ven, 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 : (' ior all held John as a prophet. 27 And ansv/ering Jesus they said : We know not. He also said to them : Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. " Mark 11. 20.— i Supra, 7. 7. Mark n. 24. Joliu H. l:i. 16. 23. —<^ Mark 1 ; 23. Luke 20. 2. U Supra, 1-1. 6. 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 rei^entance, 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 said to them : Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God befoie you. 32 Fur John came to you in the way of justice and you did not believe him. But the pub- licans 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 a house- holder 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 tho fruits thereof. 3.5 And the husbandmen laj'- ing hands on his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other ser- vants more than the former : and they did to them in like manner. ' Isaias 5. 1. Jer. Luke 20. 9. 21. Mark 11. 30 Chap. XXI. ST. MATTHE^T. Chap. XXII. 37 And last of ;.ll lie sent to them his son, .saj'ing: They will reverence my son. 38 But the husbandmen see- ing the son, said among them- selves: "This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inhci-itance. .'59 And taking him they cast him foi-th out of the vineyard, ;ind killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what A\-ill he do to those husband- men ? 41 They say to him : He will Imng those evil men to an evil end: and will let out his vine- yard to other Imsbandmun, thit shall render him the fruit in due season. 42 Jesus saith to them : Have j-ou never read in the Scrip- tures : * The stone which the hxnlders rejected, the same is hecome the head of the corner ? By the Lord this has been done, and it is iconderfid in our eyes. 43 Therefore I say to yoii, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall he given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be bro- ken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests •and Pharisees had heard his j parables, they knew tiiat he i spoke of them. 46 And seeking to lay hands ! on him, they feared the multi- tudes : because they held him as a prophet. CHAP. XXII. TJie parable of the Tnarrifufc featXi (:hri^s. That is, some that belongetl to Herod, and that joined with hitn ill standing up for the netessity of I-.ayiijg tribute to Ces-ir, that is. to the Eouian eiapei-or. Some are of oi'inion that there w.ns a, senitatX! gathered together before him, and he shall separate tlieni 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 goits 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 king- dom prenared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 I' For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat : I wa.s thir>ty, and you gave me to drink : I was a sti-anger, and you took me in : 36 Naked, and yott covered me: ^sick, and you \asited me: I was in j^risou, and you came to me. 37 Then shall the just answer him , saying : Lord, when did wc see thee hungry, and fed thee ; thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 38 Ai d when did we seethcc a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee? 39 Or when did we see thcc sick or in prison, and came to thee? 40 And the king answering, shall say to them : Amen I say to yoti, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you difl it to me. 41 Then he shall say to them also that .«hall be on his left hand : "^ Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire " Supra. 13. 12 8. 18. .ind 19. 20. 48 J'ark 4. 25. Luke h Isai.TS as. 7. —' Eccli. 7. 80.- 23. Luke 13. 27. Ezec. r. ni'l ic. Suiii.T. 7. Chap. XXVI. ST. MATTHEW. Ch.\p. XXVI. which was prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry, and you gavemenot 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 an- swer 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 'i hen 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 a And these shall go into everlasting punishment : but the just, into life everlastiug. CHAP. XXVI. The Jews coiis)Are afiainst Chrisf. ITe is anointed l>>/ Mary. Tlie treason of Juciiis. The hist flipper. Theijrayer in the garden. Thcapprehmtsinn of our Lord: his treatment in the house vf Caiphas. AND & it came to pa«s, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples : 2 c You know that after two days shall 1 le the pasch. and the son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified : 3 Then were gath ered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high-priest, who was called Caiphas. 4 And they consulted toge- ther 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 u tumult among the jjeople. 6 And when Jrsca was in Bethauia, in thehouse of Simon the leper, 7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of pre- cious ointment, t^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 v/aste ? 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 sho hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For the poor you have always with j'ou : but mc 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, where- soever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also whicii she hath done, shall be told for a memory of her. 14 e Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to tlie chief priests, 15 And said to them : What will 3'ou give nie, and I will de- liver him unto you? But they ajipointed him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from thenceforth he uke 23. 26.— *Mnrk 1 IS. 2-2. Luke 23. 3.3. Jolin 1?. 17.— ; / Mark 15. 24. Luke 23. 34. Joliu 19. ] 23.— y Vs. 21. 10.— h Johu 2. 19. Chap. XXVII. ST. MATTHEW. CuxF. XXYIL build 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 self-same thing the thieves also, that were cru- cified 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 : c Eli, Eli, lamma sabac- thani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 And some that stood there and heard, said : This man call- cth Elias. 48 And immediately one of them running, took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar ; and put it ou 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 f^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. " Wis. 2. 18.-i Pb. 21. 9.-'- Ps. 21. astray : having ahv.ays with her pas- tors, as is here promised, Christ him- self, who is the ivay, the truth, and the life. (St. John xiv.j THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. MARK. St. Mark, the disciple and interpreter of St. Peter (saith St. Jerome), accordi/fj to what he heard from Peter hinuelf, wrote at Home a brief Gospel at the request of the hrtthren, about ten years after our Lord's Ascension, which wlicii Peter had heard, ho approved of it, and with his authority published it to thi> Church to be read. Baronius and others say, that the orifjinal teas written ia Latin, but the more general opinion is, that the Evangelist wrote it in Greek. CHAP. I.^ TJic preaching of John the r.nptist. Christ is baptized by him. Be calls his disciples, and works many tnira- cles. THE beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaias the prophet : « Behold I send ran angel hefore thy face, who shall pre'pare the way before thee. 'i'' A voice of one crying in the <* Malac. 3. 1.—* Isaias in. 3. Luke 3. 4. John 1. 23. 3Iatt. \dcscrt, Prepare ye the xcay of the \Lord, make straight his ■paths. I 4 c John was iii the desert 1 baptizing, and preaching the baptism of penance unto remis- sion of sins. I b <^ And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their ' sins. I 6 6 And John was clothed ■ <= A.D. 2S.— (« Matt. 3. 5.— < Matt. 3. 4. 57 Chap. I. ST. MARK. Chap. I. with camel's hair.and a leathern girdle about his loins: "and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preacbed, saying: * Theio conieth after me one mightier than I, the latclict of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 <-■ I have baptized you with water ; but he sliall baptize you with the Holy Gliost. 9 And it came to pass, in those days Jksus came from Nazareth of Galilee; and was baptized by Jolin in the Jor- dan. 10 And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, f' and the Spirit as a dove descending, and re- maining on him. 11 And there came a voice from heaven : Thou art my be- loved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 12 <" And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the de.sert. 13 And he was in the desei-t forty days, and forty nights : and was tempted by satan, and he was with beasts, and the angels ministered to him. 14 /And after that John was delivered up, Jksus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. 15 And saying : The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand : repent, and believe the gospel. 16 y And pas.sing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting " I.ov. 11. 22.-6 M.att. 3. 11. Luke 3 16. John 1. 27.—'' Acts 1. 5. and 2. 4. and 11. 16. .ind 10. 4.—d Luke 3. 2.'. John 1. n—' M;itt. 4. 1. Luke 4. ].— /Matt. 4 12. Luke 4 14. JoliU 4. 43.— 3 iUn 4. IS. Luke.i. 2. , nets into the sea (for they were fishermen). 17 And Jesus said to them : Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And immediately leaving their nets, they followed him. ly And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were mend- ing their nets in the ship : 29 And forthwith he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with his hired men, they followed him. 21 '' And they entered into Capharnaum, and forthwith upon the Sabbath-days going into the synagogue, he taught them. 22 i And they were astonit^hed at liis doctrine. For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes. 23 ^' And there was in their sj-nagogue, a man with an mi- clean spirit ; and he cried out, 24 Saying : What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Naza- reth? art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God. 2.5 And JESUstlireatenedhim, saying : Speak no more and go out of the man. 26 And the unclean spirit tearing him, and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying : What thing is this? what is this new doctrine? for with power he commandeth even the un- clean spirits,and they obey him. h M.itt. 4. 13. Luke 4. 31.— » Matt. 7. 25. Luke 4. 32.—* Luke 4. 33. Chap. I. ST. MARK. Chap. it. 28 And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of Gahlee. 29 « And immediately going out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever : and forth- with they tell him of her. 31 And coming to her he lifted her up, taking her Vjy the hand : and immediately the fe- ver left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And when it was evening after sunset, they brought to him all that were ill and that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were troubled with divers dis- eases ; & and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him. 35 And rising very early, going out he went into a desert place : and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. 37 And when they had found him, they said to him, All seek for thee. 38 And he saith to them : Let us go iiito the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also : for to this purpose am I come. 39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils. 40 <^ And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down, said to him : If thou wilt ; thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus having com- passion on him, stretched forth his hand ; and touching him, saith to him : I will. Be thou made clean. 42 And when he had spoken, immediatelj' the leprosy de- parted from him, and he was made clean. 43 And he strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away. 44 And he saith to him : See thou tell no one, but go, shew thyself to the high-priest, and offer for thy cleansing ^the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 45 But he being gone out, began to publish, and to blaze abroad the word ; so that he could not openly go into the city, but was without in desert places, and they flocked to him from all sides. CHAP. II. Christ heals the sick of the palsii: calls Matthew : and excuses his disciples. AND « again he entered into Capharuaum after some days. 2 And it was heard that he was in the house, and many came together, so that there was no room, no not even at the door ; and he spoke to them the word. 3 /And they came to him bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four. 4 And when they could not offer him unto him for the mul- titude, they uncovered the roof where he was : and opening it « Matt. 8. 14. Luke 4 .38.-6 Luke 4. I t of custom ; and he saith to him : Follow me. And lising up he followed him. 15 And it came to pasc, thn.t as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat " Job 14. 4. Luke 5. 27. 60 Isaj;;s ^3. 25.— e M.itt. 9. 9. down together with Jesu.s and his disciples. For tlicy were many, who also followed him. 16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate withpublicaneand sinners, said to his disciples : Why doth j-ouv master eat and drink with pub- licans and sinners ? 17 c Jesus hearing this, saith to them : They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just but sinners. 18 And the disciples of Jolin and the Pharisees used to fast : and they corne, and say to him : Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast : but thy disciples do not fast ? 19 And Jesus saith to them : Can the children of the mar- riage fast, as long as the bride- groom is with them ? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 <' But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them : and then they shall fast in thosedays. 21 No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment : otherwise the new piecing tak- eth away from the old, and there is made a greater rent. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles : otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spill- ed, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 «And it came to pass again, as the Lord v.-alked through the corn-fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began " 1 Tim. 1. 15.— d llatt. 9. 15. Luke 5. So.—' Matt. 12. 1. Luke 6. 1. CUAP. III. ST. MARK. Chap. Ill, to go forward and to pluck the cars of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said to him : Behold, why do they on the sabbatli-day that which is not lawful ? 25 And he said to them : ° Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him ? 26 How he went into the house of God under Abiathar the high-priest, and did eat tlie loaves of proposition & which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him ? 27 And he said to them : The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. 28 Tliei'efore the son of man is Lord of the sabbath also. CHAr. III. Christ heals the reithcrcd l/iand: Tie choos:'.t t!:e tiocXv: he confutes the biajphemy of the Pharisees. i ND che entered again into Jl the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath-days ; that they might accuse iiim. 3 And lie said to the man who had the withered hand : Stand up in the midst. 4 And he saith to them : Is it 1 u wf ul to do good on the sabbath- days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy ? But they held their peace. 5 And looking round about on them, with anger, being grieved for theblindness of their « 1 Kings 21. 6.- li. 10. Luke G. > Lev. 2t 9.— <^ Matt. hearts, he saith to the man'. ytretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth : and liis hand was restored unto him. 6 f' And the Phari-ees going out immediately made a con- sultation wirh the Herodians against him, how they might de- stroy him. 7 Cut Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea ; and a gi'eat multitude followed him, from Galilee and Judea, S And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and f i om beyond the Jordan. And they about Tj're and Sidon, a great multi- tude, hearing the tilings which he did, came to him. 9 And he spoke to his disci- ples that a sm- dl ship shouldw.ait onhim because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as Lad evils. 11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him. fell down before him : and they cried, say- ing : 12 Thoii art the son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known. 13 « And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself : and they came to him. 14 And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. 15 And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. 16 And to Simon he gave the name Peter. ratt. 1.-}. 2. Luke 8. 5. Chap. IV. ST. MARK. Chap. IV, niueli earth: and it shot upiin- mediately because it had no depth of earth : 6 And when the s\in was risen, it was scorched, and be- cause it had no root, it withered away, 7 And some fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And some fell upon good ground : and brought forth fruit that grew up, and increased, ,and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a hxmdred. 9 And he said : He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked hira the parable. 11 And he said to them : To you it is given to know the mys- tery of the kingdom of God : but to them that are without, all things are done in parables. 12 « That seeing they may see, and not perceive : and hear- ing they may hear, and not understand : lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And he saith to them : Are you ignorant of this pai-able? and how shall you know all j)arables? 14 He that soweth : soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way -side, where the word is " Isai.as 6. 9. Jlatt. 13. 14. John 12. 0. Acts 2S. 26. Rom. 11. 8. CHAP. IV. Ver. 12. That seeing the.i/ mail see, &c. lu punishmeut of their wih'uUy shutting their eyes (St. Matt. xiii. 15|, God justly withdrew those lights, aud graces, which other- wise he would have given them, for their effectual conversion. c sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately satan com- eth, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground : who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time : and then when tribula- tion and peisecution ariseth for the word, they are presently scandalized. 18 And others there are who are sown among thorns : theso are they that hear the word, 19 And the cares of the world, 6and thedeceitfulnessof riches, and the lusts after other things entering in choke thg word, and it is made fruitless. 20 And these are they who are sown upon the good ground, who liear the word, and receive it, aud yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred. 21 c And he said to them : Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed ? and not to be set on a candle- stick? 22 d For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made mani- fest: neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said to them ; Take heed what you hear. « In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you. b 1 Tim. 6. VI.— '^ 3Iatt. 5. 15. 16. and 11. :;3.— rf Matt. 10. 26. 17.—^ Matt. 7. 2. Luke 6. Luke 8. Luke 8, 63 Chap. IV. ST. MARK. Chap. V, 25 « For he that hath, to him shall be given : and he that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken away from him. 26 And he said : So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth, 27 And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up whilst he knoweth not. 28 For the earth of itself bi-ingeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the car, afterwards the full corn in the eai\ 29 And when the fruit is brought forth, immediatelj^ he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. 30 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God, or to what parable shall We compai'e it ? , 31b Jt is as a grain of mustard seed ; •which when it is sown in the earth, ia less than all the seeds that are in the earth : 32 And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becomcth greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof. 33 And with many such para- bles, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to Lear. 34 And without parable he did not speak unto them ; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples. 35 And he saith to them that day, when evening was come : Let us pass over to the other Bide. 36 " And sending away the multitude, they take him even " Matt. 13. 12. .and 25. 29. Luke 8. 1?. .lud 19. 2G.— & Matt. 1.3. 31. Luke 13. I'J.—" Matt. 8. 23. Luke 8. 22. 64 as he was in the ship : and there were other slaps with him. 37 And there aro.se a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleciiing upon a pillow : and they awake him, and say to him : Master, doth it not concern thee that we perish? 39 And rising up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea : Peace, be still. And the wind ceased ; and tnere was made a gre.at calm. 40 And he said to them : Why are j'ou fearful ? have you not faith yet? And tliey feared exceedingly: and they said one to another: Who is this (thinkest thou) that both wind and sea obey him ? CHAP. V. Cltrist casts out a Jegion of deviTs : he heals the issue of blood, and raises the daughter ofJairus to life. A ND rf they came over the J\. strait of the sea into the country of the Gerasens. 2 And as he went out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the monuments a man w^ith an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him, not even with chains. 4 For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him. 5 And he was always day and night in the monuments and in the mountains, crying and cut- ting himself with stones. d Matt. 8. 28. Luke 8. 26. Chap. V, ST. MARK. Chap. V. 6 And seeing Jesus, afar off, he ran and adored him. 7 And crying with a loud voice, he said : What have I to do witli thee, Jesps the Son of the most higli God? I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him : Go out of the man, tliou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him : What is thy name? And he saith to him : My name is Legion, for we are many. 10 And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of the country. 11 And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. 12 And the spirits Ijesought him, saying : Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the un- clean spirits going out, entered into the swine : and the herd with great violence was carried headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, and were stifled in the sea. 14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the fields. And they went out to see what was done : 15 And they come to Jesus, and they see him that was troubled with the devil, sitting, clothed, and well in his wits, and they were afraid. 16 And they that had seen it, told them, in what manner he had been dealt with who had the devil ; and concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pi'ay him that he would depart from their coasts. IS And when he went up into the ship, he that had been troubled with the devil, began to beseech him that he might be with him. 19 And he admitted him not, but saith to him : Go into thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercy on thee. 20 And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him : and all men wondered. 21 And when Jesus had passed again in the ship over the strait, a gi-eat multitude assenibled together unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 « And thei-e cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue named Jairus : and seeing him falleth down at his feet. 23 And he besought him much, saying : My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay thy hand upon her, tliat she may be safe, and may live. 24 And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. 25 And a woman who was under an issue of. blood twelve years, 26 And had suJBfered many things from many physicians, and had spent all that she had , and was nothing the better, but rather worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment. 28 For she said : If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole. 29 And forthwith the fountain " Matt. 9. 18. Luke 8. 41. 65 Chap. V, ST MARK. Chap. Vf. of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. 30 And immediately Jesu-s knowing in himself the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said : Who hath touched my gar- ments ? 31 And his disciples said to him : Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou who hath touched me ? 32 And he looked about to see her who bad done this. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her : « Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole : go in peace, and be thou whole of thy disease. 35 "While he was yet speak- ing, some come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, say- ing: Thy daughter is dead: why dost thou trouble the master any farther ? 36 But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, saith to the ruler of the synagogue : Fear not, only believe. 37 And he admitted not any man to follow him, but Peter, and James, and John the bro- ther of James. 38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue ; and he seeth a tumult, and peo- ple weeping and wailing much. 39 And going in, he saith to them: Why make you this a-do, and weep? the damsel is not dead but sleepeth. 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he having put them " Luke 7. 50. ;mil ?. 4S. (36 all out, taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were witli him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying, 41 And taking the damsel by the hand, he saith to her : Tali- tha cumi, which is, being inter- preted : damsel (I say to thee) arise. 42 And immediately the dam- sel rose up, and walked : and she was twelve years old : and they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43 And he charged them strictly that no man should know it : and commanded that something should be given her to eat. CHAr. VJ. Chrht teaches at Xazareth : he seiidi forth tlie twelve apostles : lie feeds /i a thousand with five loaves; andwalki upon the sea. AND Agoing out from thence, he went into his own coun- try ; and his disciples followed him. 2 And when the sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue : and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, saying : How came this man by all these things? and what wisdom is this that is given to him, and such mighty works as are wrought by his hands ? 3 c Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James,and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon ? are not also his sisters here with us ? And they were scandalized in regard of him. 4 And Jksus said to them : '- Matt. IS Chap. VI. ST. MARK. Chap. VI. « A. prophet is not without honour, but in bis own coun- try, and in his own house, and among his own kindred. [> And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, lay- ing his hands upon them. (5 And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching. 7 * And he called the twelve ; and began to send them two and two, and gave them ijower over unclean spirits. 8 And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, but a staff only : no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse. 9 '^ But to be shod with san- dals, and that they should not put on two coats. 10 And he said to them : "Wheresoever you shall enter into an house, there abide till you depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you ; e called. And they call the blind man, eaying to him : Be of better comfort : arise, he calleth thee. 50 Who castingoflF his garment leaped up, and came to him. 51 And JEsrs aiiswering, said to him : ^NTiat wilt thou that I should do to thee? And tlie blind man said to him : Rab- boni, that I may see. 52 And Jesi's saith to him : Go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. And imme- diately he s.'iw, and followed him in the way. .*CHAP. XI. ChrUt entrrt into JerutaUm upon nn au : curtet the barren fig-t^ee : and driret the bu^ert and *eUcrt (ntX of the temple. AND ''when they were draw- ing near to Jerusalem and to Betfaania at the naount of clives, he eendeth two of his disciples. 2 And saith to them : Go into the village that is over against Tou, and immediately at your coming in thither, you shall find a colt tied, ujkjix which no man yet hath sat : loose him, and bring hini. 3 And if any man shall say to you. Wi.at are you doing? B-'iy ye that the Lord hath need cf him : and imjr.c-diately he will let him come hither. 4 And going their way. they fu'ond the colt tied l^fore the ^'ate without in the meeting of two ways : and they loose iiin. 5 And some of tLem tha.* ^tood there, said to them : What do you loosing the colt ? C \Vho said to them as Jescs Chaf XL and hod commanded them they let him go w!*> ti„... 7 * And they br .It toJEsrs: and they ,r- meuts on him, and L>. aui u|x>ii him. " MAtt 21. L ;8 L:ike U. t9. ' ana btrewcu tiic-m in the way. I & And they that went V-fore and they th .' :' "' i.-d, ■ saying : ' U U he that conut ,, ... ;,,, ,...„.. j tf>e Lord : 10 Biased he the Icingdom of our father Darvl that eomtth: HotannaJi in the highest. 1 1 <* And he entered into Jeru- salem, into the temple : and having viewed all things round about, when now the eventide was come, he went out to Betha- nia with the twelve. 12 And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry. 13 « And when he had seen afar off a fig-tree having leaves, he came if perhaps he might find anything on it. .And when he was come to it, he found nothing but leaves. For it was not the time for figs. 14 And answering, he said to it : 3Iay no man hereafter eat fruit of thee any more for ever. And his dLsciples heard it. 15 And they come to Jeru- salem. » And when he was en- tered into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold and >, — 1 r;,. t-, ..'.-...■^^Ji^ andover- : the money- ■.^lirsof them » John IS. 14.—' P». lir. ». laiuas Zi. 1«. Matt- Jl. ». Luke 1». M.— rf Matt. n. W.— ' Malt. 81. l>. Chap. XI. ST. MAKE. Chap. Xir. 16 And he suffered uot that any man should carry a vessel through the temple : 17 And he taught, saying to them : Is it not written, « Mu house shall be called the house of pya>/er to all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves. 18 Which when the cliief priests and the scribes had lieard, they sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because the whole multitude was in admiration at his doctrine. 19 And when evening was come, he went forth out of the city. 20 And when they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. I'i And Peter remembering, said to him : Rabbi, behold the fig-tree, which thou didst curse, is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith to them : ^ Have the faith of God. 23 Amen I say to you, that ■whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his heart, Lut believe, that whatsoever he Eaith shall be done : it shall be done unto him. 24 <^ Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive : and they shall come unto you. 25 rfAnd when you shall stand to pray : forgive, if you have aught against any man ; that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sins. 26 But it you will not forgive, neither will your Father that in in heaven, forgive you your sins. 27 ^And they come again to Jerusalem. And when he wa.s walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. 28 And they say to him : By what authority dost thou these things? and who hath given ' thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things '? 29 And Jesus answering said to them : 1 will also ask you one word, and answer you me, and I will tell you by what au- thority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John wa.s it from heaven, or from meni: Answer me. 31 But they thought with themselves saying: If we say from heaven ; he will say. Why then did you not believe him ".' 32 If we say. From men, we fear the people. For all men counted John that he was a prophet indeed. 33 And tliey answering say to Jesus : We know not. And Jesus answering, saith to them : Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. CHAP. XII. ?7(. •). 79 Chap. XII. ST. MARK. Chap. XIL bandincn ; and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant to receive of tlic husbandmen, of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 Who having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent to Ihem another servant ; and him they wounded in the head, and vised hun reproachfully. 5 And again he sent another, and him they killed : and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed. 6 Therefore having yet one son most dear to him ; he also sent him unto them the last of all, saying : They wUl rever- ence my son. 7 But the husbandmen said one to another : This is the heir ; come let us kill him ; and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And laying hold on him they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and desti'oy tJio.'^e hus- bandmen ; and will give the vineyard to others. 10 And have you not read this scripture, « 2'hc stone icliicU the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner : 11 Bi/ the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes ? 12 And they sought to lay hands on him, but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him they went their way. " Ps. lir. 22. Lsaias 28. 16. M.att. 21. 42. Acts 4. 11. Rom. 9. 33. 1 Pet. 2. 7. 80 13 '^ .^nd they sen 1 to huii some of the Pharisees and of the Ilerodians ; that they should catch liim in his words. 14 Who coming, .s.ay to liim : Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and carest not for any man ; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar ; or shall wc not give it ? 15 Who knowing their wili- ncss, saith to them : Wliy temi:)t j'ou me? bring nie a penny that I may see it. IG And they brought it him. And he saith to tliem : Whose is this image and inscription ? They say to him, Cesar's. 17 And Jesus answering, s.aid to them : c Render therefore to Cesar the things that aro Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they mar- velled at him. 18 ''And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there i^^ no resuiTcction ; and they asked him, saying : 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, «that if any man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, hig brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren ; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue. 21 And the second took lier and died : and neither did ho leave any issue. And the third in like manner. 22 And the seven oil took her in like manner ; and did not * Matt. 22. 15. Luke 20. 20.—'" Rom. 13. 7.-4 Matt. 22. iS. Luke 20. 27.— « Deut. 20. 5. CiL\P. XII. ST. MARK. Chap. XII. leave issue. Last of all llie R'omau also died. 23 In the resurrection there- fore, when they shall i-ise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering saith to them : Do ye not there- fore err, because you know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God ? 25 For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be mar- ried, but are as the angels in heaven. 26 And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: <^I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? Ti He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err. 28 ^And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all. 29 And Jesus answered him: The fii-st commandment of all is, <^ Hear, Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. c!0 And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God xoith thy tchole heart, and icith thy whole soul, and icith thy xchole mind, and u-ith thy lohole strength. This is the first commandment. 31 (^ And the second is like to it : Thou shalt love thy neigh- boiir as thyself. There is no " Exod. 3. 6. Matt. 22. 32.— i Matt. 22. 35. — '^ Deut. 6, i. — d Lev. 19. 18. Matt. 22. 39. Kom. 13. 9. Gal. 5. H. Jas. 2. S. other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said to him: Well, master, thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and there is no other besides him. 33 And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength : and to love one's neighbour as one- self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices. 34 And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him : Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. 35 And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple : How do the scribes say, that Christ is the son of David ? 36 ^For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost : « The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I male thy enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth liim Lord, and whence is he then his son ? And a great multitude heard him gladly. 38 And he said to them in his doctrine: /Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and to be saluted in the market-place. 39 And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues, and to have the highest places at suppers : 40 Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer : these shall receive greater judgment. 41 s'And Jesus sitting over « Ps. 11-19. 1. Matt. 22. 44. I.uke 20. 42.— /Matt. 2.3. 6. Luke 11. 43. aud 20, 46.— i/ Luke 21. 1. 81 Cjjap. XI it. f;T. MARK. Chat. XI II. .against the treasury, beheld liow tlie pcoi^le cast luonej' into the trta.sury, and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she ca.st in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And calling his disciples together, he saith to them : Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast into the treasury. 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want cast in all she had, even her whole living. CHAP. XIII. Chrltt foretells the destruclion of Ote temple, and the siuns that shall fore- run the day of Judgment. AND n as he was going out of the temple, one of his dis- ciples saith to him : Master, behold what manner of stones, and what buildings are here. 2 And Jesl's answering, .said to him : Seest thou all these great buildings? 6 There shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olivet over against the tem- ple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him apart : 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall begin to be fulfilled? 5 And Jesus answering, be- gan to say to them : e Take heed lest any man deceive you. 6 For many shall come in my name saj'ing, I am he ; and they shall deceive many. 7 And when you shall hear " Matt. 24. 1.—* Luke 19. 44. aud 21. C— • Ephes. 5. 6. 2 TlieBS. 2. 3. 82 of w^ars and rumours of wars, fear ye not. For such things must needs be, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall bo earthquakes, in divers places, and famines. These things are the beginning of sorrows. But look to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten, aud you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them. 10 And unto all nations tho gospel must first be preached. 11 ^And when they shall lead 'you and deliver you up, be not thoughtful beforehand what you shall speak ; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that si^eak ye. For it is not you that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12 And the brother shall be- tray hLs brother unto death, and the father his sou ; and children shall ri.se up against the parents, aud shall work their death. 13 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake. . But ye that .shall endure unto the end, he shall be .saved. 14 *And when you shall see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not : he that readeth let him under- stand : then let them that are in Judea, flee unto the moun- tains : 15 And let him that is on the housetop, not go down into the d Matt. 10. 19. Luke 12. 11. and 21. 14.— « Dan. 9. 27. 3Iatt. 24. 15. Luke 21. 20. Chap. Xlll. ST. 31 ARK. Chap. XIU. liouse nor enter therein to take anything out of the house : 16 And let liim that shall be in the field, not turn back to take up his garment. 17 And wo to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days. IS But praj' ye, that these things hapi^en not in winter. 19 For in those days shall be such tribulations as were not from the beginning of the crea- tion which God created until now, neither shall be. 20 And luiless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh should be saved : but for the sake of the elect which he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 21 o- And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ ; lo, he is here : do not believe. 22 For there will rise up false christs and false prophets, and they shall shew signs and won- ders, to seduce (if it were pos- sible) even the elect. 23 Take you heed therefore ; behold I have foretold you all things. 24 b But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. 25 And the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers, that are in heaven, shall be moved. 26 And then shall they see the son of man coming in the clouds, with great power and glory. 27 '^And then shall he send " Matt. 24. 23. Luke 17. 23. and 21. 8.-6 Isaiag 13. 10. Ezech. 32. 7. Joel S. 10.— <^ Matt. 24. 31. his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 2S Now of the fig-tree learn ye a parable. When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves are come forth, you know that summer is very near. 29 So you also when you shall see these things come to pass, know ye that it is very nigh, even at the doors, 30 Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, until all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away. 32 But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but the Father. 33 <^Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is. 34 Even as a man who going into a far country, left his house ; and gave authority to his servants over every work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 "Watch ye therefore (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh : at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning). 36 Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping-. 37 And what I say to you I say to all : Watch. d Matt. 24. 42. CHAP. XIII. Ver. 32. Xor the Son. Not that the Son of God is absolutely ignorant o£ tlie day of judgment, but that he knoweth it not, as our teaclier: i.e., he knoweth it not so as to teach i\ to us, as not being exi)edie«t. S3 Chap. XIV, ST. MARK. Chap. XIV. CHAP. XIV. The first part of thr. history of the jjussion of ChrUt. "VrOW « the feast of the jmscb, J.1 and of the azymes was after two day.s : and the chief prie-sts and the scribes sought how they Tiiight by some wile lay hold on liim, and kill him. 2 IBut they said : Not on the festival day, lest there should be a tumult among the people. 3 ^ And when he was in Beth- aiiia in the house of Simon the lei^er, and was at meat, there came a woman having an ala- baster box of ointment of pre- cious spikenard : and breaking the alabaster box she poured it out ui^on his head. 4 Now there were some that had indignation within them- selves, and said : Wliy was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred jience, and given to the poor. And they miu*- mured against her. 6 But JKSfs said : Let her alone, why do you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me. 7 For the poor you have always with you ; and when- soever you wiU, you may do them good ; but me you have not always. 8 What she had, she hath done ; she is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial. 9 Amen I say to you, where- soever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, « Matt. 26. 2. Luke 22. 1. A.D. —i Matt. 2G. C. John 12. 1. CHAP. XIV. Ver. 1. Azymes. That is, the feaat of the uuleaveued tread. 84 that also which she hath done, .shall be told for a memorial of her. 10 '^ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priest.s, to betray him to them. 11 Who hearing it were glad ; and they promi-sed him they would give him money. And lie sought how he might con- veniently betray him. 12 rf Now on the first day of the unleavened bread when they sacrificed the pasch, the disci- ples say to him : Whither wilt thou that we go, and })repare for thee to eat the jiascli ? 13 And he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith to them : Go ye into the city; and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water, follow him ; 14 And whithersoever he shall go in, say to the naaster of the house, The master saith, Where is my refectory, where I may eat the pasch witli my disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large dining-room furnished; and there prepare ye for us. 10 And his disciples went their way, and came into the city ; and they found as he had told them, and they prepared the pasch. 17 « And when evening was come, he cometh witli the twelve. 18 And when they were at table and eating Jesus saith : Amen I saj'' to you, /one of you that eateth with me shall betray me. 19 But they began to be sor- rowful, and to say to him one by one : Is it I ? 20 Who saith to them : One <= Matt. 26. 14.— <( Matt. 2i;. 17. Luke 22. T.— « Matt. 20. 20. Luke 22. 17.— / Johu 13, SI. Chap. XIV. ST. :MAnK. Chap. XIV. of the twelve, wlio dippetli v:ith me his hand in the dish. 21 And the sou of man indeed goeth, " as it is written of him : liut -wo to that man by whom the son of man shall be be- trayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. 22 ^And whilst they were eating, Jesus tocik bread: and blessing broke, and gave to them, and said : Take ye, This is my body. 23 And having taken the chalice, giving thanks he gave it to them. And they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them : This is my blood of the new testa- ment, which shall be shed for many.' 25 Amen I say to you, that I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, tmtil that day when I shall drink it new in the king- dom of God. 20 And when they had said an hymn, they went forth to the mount of olives. 27 And Jesus saith to them : c You will all be scandalized in my regard this night ; for it is written, d I tcill atrike the shep- herd, and the sheep shall be dis- l^ried. 28 But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter saith to him : Although all shall be scandal- ized in thee, yet not I. 30 And Jesus saith to him : » Ps. 40. 10. Acts 1. 16.— ft JIatt. 26. 26. 1 Cor. 11. 24.—'' John 16. 32.— d Zach. 13. 7. Ver. 30. Crmo Ueice. The cocks crow at two different tiroes of the night : viz., aboiit midniglit for the first time ; and then about the time first crowing Amen I say to thee, to-day even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spoke the mora vehemently : Although I .should die together with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. 32 e And they come to a; farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples : Sifc you here, while I pray. 33 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him ; and he Ijegan to fear and to be heavy, 34 And he saith to them : My soul is sorrowful even unto death ; stay you here, and watch. 35 And when he was gone forward a little he fell flat on the ground ; and he prayed that if it might be, the hour might pass from him : 36 And he saith : Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee, remove this chalice from me, but not what I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, and find- eth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter : Simon, ^leepesl; thou? couldst thou not watch one hour ? 38 Watch ye, and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 39 And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words. 40 And when he returned he ^ Matt. 26. Luke 22. 40. commonly called the cock • crowinff. And this was the cock - crotcing our Savionr spoke of: and therefore the other Evangelists take no notice of the 85 Chap. XIV. ST. MARK. Chat. XIV. found them again .islecp (for their cj'es were heavy), and they knew not what to an.swer him. 41 And he cometh the third time, and .saith to them : Sleep ye now, and take your rest. It is enough : the hour is come; behold the .son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise up, let lis go. Be- hold, he that will betray me is at hand. 43 And while he was yet speaking, cometh Juda.s Is- caviot, one of the twelve, " and ■with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying: whomsoever I shall kiss, that is lie, lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. 45 And when he was come, immediately going up to him, lie saith : Hail, Rabbi : and he kissed him. 46 But they laid liands on him, and held him. 47 And one of them that stood by drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And JE.SU.S answering, said to them : Are you come out as to a robber with swords and staves to apprehend me ? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and 5>5u did not lay hands on me. But, that the scriptures mav be ful- filled. 50 * Then his discii>les leav- ing him, all fled away. 51 And a certain voung man « M.att. 20. 47. Luke 13. 3.— i Matt. 2G. 56. 80 followed him having a linen cloth cast about his naked 6oc/y ; and they laid hold on him. 52 But he, ca.stingofT the linen cloth, fled from them naked. 53 c And they brought Jesc-^ to the high-priest ; and all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together. 54 And Peter followed liini afar off even into the court of the high-priost ; and he sat with the servants at the tire, and warmed himself. 55 <* And the chief priests and all the council sought for evi- dence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and. found none. 50 For many bore false wit- ness against him, and their evi- dence were not agreeing. 57 And some rising up, boro false witness against him, say- ing : 58 We heard him say, « I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another not made with hands. ' 59 And their witness did not agree. 60 And the high-priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerestthou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men ? 61 But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high-priest asked him, and said to him : Art thou the Christ the Son of the blessed God ? 62 And Jesus said to him : I am. /And you shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and 'M.-itt. 26. ^T. Luke 22. 54. John Joliu 18. 13— And it was tlie third hour, and tliey crucified liini. 26 And the inscription of hi.s cause was written over. The Kino of the Jews. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves, the one on his right band and tbo other on his left. 28 /And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed. 29 And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and sajung : v Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days buildest it up again : 30 Save thyself, coming down from the cross. 31 In like manner also the chief priests mocking said with the scribes one to another : He saved others, himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and be- lieve. And they that were cru- cified with him, reviled him. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth liour. 34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying : f^ Eloi, Eloi, / Is,nias .'^3. 12.—? John 2. 19.— A Ts. 21.2. Matt. 27. 46. CH A P. XV. Ver. 25. TJie third hour. The ancient .icoount Jivicled the day into four piirts, whii;h were iiaiiietl from the hour from which they be- gan: the first, third, sixth and iiintli hour. Our Lord \v,i.s cruitified a little before no"U ; before the third hour liad quite expired ; but when the sixth hour was near at band. . Chap. XV. ST. MARK. Chap. XVI. lanima sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of the standers- by hearing, said : Behold he calleth Elias. 36 And one running and fill- ing a sponge with vinegar, and jjutting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying : StaJ^ let lis see if Elias come to take him down. 37 And Jesus having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. 39 And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner hehad given up the ghost, said : Indeed this man was the Son of God. 40 o And there were also women looking on afar off : among whom was Mary Mag- dalen, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph, and Salome ; 41 Who also when he was in Galilee, followed him, ^ and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem. 42 c And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day be- fore the Sabbath), 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the king- dom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 44 But Pilate wondered that "Matter. 55.— 6 Luke 8. 2.— <^^ Matt. 27. 57. Luke 23. 50. John 19. 38. he should be already dead. A nd sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead. 4.5 And when he had under- stood it by the centui-ion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepul- chre, which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Joseph be- held where he was laid. CHAP. XVI. Clirist's resurrection and ascension. AND <<■ when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Salome brought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint Jesus. 2 And very early in the morn- ing the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. 3 And they said one to an- other : Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre ? 4 And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was veiy great. 5 <^ And entering into the se- pulchre, they saw a young man d Matt. 28. 1. Luke 21. 1. John 20. 1. -« Matt. 28. 5. Luke 24. 4. John 20. 12. CHAP. XVI. Ver. 2. The sun heinrf now risen. They set out before it was light, to go to the sepulchre ; but the sun was risen when they arrived there. Or, figuratively, the sun here spoken of is the sun of justice, Christ Jesus our Lord, viho was risen before their coming. 89 CUAP. XVI. ST. MARK. ciiAi'. xvr. sitting on the right side.clothed ' with :i white robe : and they were astonished. 6 Who saith to them : Be not affrighted ; yo\i seek Jesis of Nazareth, who was crucified : he is risen, he is not here, be- hold the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples' and Peter, that he goeth before | you into Galilee ; there you i shall see him, " as he told you. 8 But they going out, fled I from the sepulchre. For a I trembling and fear had seized them : and they said nothing to any man ; for they were afraid. 9 But he rising early f> the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Maf?dalen, out of whem he had cast seven devils. 10 She went and told them that had been with him, who were mourning and weeping. 11 And they hearing that he was alive, and had been seen by her, did not believe. 12 c And after that he ap- peared in anotlier shape to two of them walking, as they were going into the country. 13 And they going told it to the rest: neither did they be- lieve them. 14 At length he appeared to the eleven as they were at table: and he upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen him after he was risen again. 15 And he said to them : Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every cre;i- ture. 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved : but he that believeth not shall be condemned. 17 And these signs .shall fol- low them that believe : <' In my name they shall cast out devils : « they shall speak with new tongues ; 18 / They shall take up ser- pents : and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them : ff they shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. 19 And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, /i was taken up into heaven, and sit- teth on the right hand of God. I 20 But they going forth, j preached everywhere : the Loi*d j working withal, and confirm- ing the word with signs tliat followed. d Acts 16. IS.—' Acts 2. 4. and 10. 46.— ' Supra, 14. 2».— 6 Jolin 20. 16.— "^Luke /Acts 28. .=>. — S' Acts 28. 8.—* Luke 24. 24.13. 151. 90 THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE. 8r, hcKE was a native of Antioch, the cajjital of S.>/ria ; he was hy profession a physician, and some ancient writers say, that heivas very skilful in paintint). He was convci'ted by St. Paul, and became his disciple and his companion in his travels, and fellotc-labourer in the ministry of the Gospel. He wrote in Orcek about iiventy-four years after our Lord's i'Sce7ision. CHAP. I. The conception of John the Baptist, and of Christ : the insitation and canticle of the Blessed Virgin : the birth of the Bai)tist, and the canticle of Za- chary. I FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration of the things that have been accom- phshed among us ; 2 According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eye- witnesses and ministers of the word : 3 It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee, in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That tliou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been insti'ucted, 5 There was in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, " of the course of Abia, and his • 1 Par. 24. 10. CHAP. I. Ver. 5. Of the course of Abia, i.e., of the rank of Abia, which vord in the Greek is commonly put for the employment of one day; tut here for the functions of a whole week. K'T, by the appriijitment of U.ivid, 1 wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth. 6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifica- tions of the Lord without blame. 7 And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. 8 And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly func- tion in the order of his course before God, 9 According to the custom of the priestly office, it was his lot to offer incense, going into the temple of the Lord ; 10 & And all the multitude of the people was praying without at the hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an Angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zachary seeing him was troubled, and fear fell upon him ; b Exod. 30. 7. Lev. 16. 17 Paral. 24, the descendants from Aaroti were divided into twenty-four families, of which the eishtli was Abia, from whotu de'-ceuded thi? Zacharias, who at this time was in tlie v:eek of liia priestlv function-!. 91 Chap. I. ST. LUKE Chap. I. 13 But the Angel said to hini ; Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard ; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John ; 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice in his nativity. 15 For he shall be great be- fore the Lord : and shall drink no wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother's womb. 16 And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias ; «tliat he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a per- fect people. IS And Zachary said to the Angel : Whereby shall I know this ? for I am an old man ; and iny wife is advanced in years. 19 And the Angel answering, said to him ; I am Gabriel who stand before God ; and am sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these good tidings. 20 And behold thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be able to speak until the day wherein tliese things shall come to pass ; because thou hast not believed my words, which shall be ful- filled in their time. 21 And the people was v\'ait- ing for Zachary ; and they won- dered that he tarried so long in the temple. 22 And when he came out he could not speak to them, <» Malac. 4. 6. 92 Matt. 11. !*• and they understood that he had seen a vision in the teiuplc. And he made signs to them, and remained dumb. 23 And it came to pass, after the days of liis office were ac- complished, he depax'ted to his own house. 2i And after those days, Eli- zabeth his wife conceived ; and hid herself five months, saymg : 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he hath had regard to take away my reproach among men. 26 And in the sixth month, tlie Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man who.se name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the Angel being come in, said unto her : Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee : Blessed art thou among women. 29 Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what man- ner of salutation this should be. 30 And the Angel said to her : Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found gi-ace with God. 31 & Behold thou shalt con- ceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son ; c and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the yon of the mo.st High, and the Lord God shall give nuto him the throne of David his father: ''and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, 33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end. b Tsai.os 7. 14.—'' Infra, 2. l.—d Dan. -. 14. aud 27. Miih. 4. 7. Chap. I. ST. LUKE. Chap. I. 8'i And jMary said to the Angel : How shall this be done, because I know not man ? 35 And the Angel answering, said to her : The Holy Gbost shall come upon thee, and the power of the anost High shall overshadow thee. And there- fore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 36 And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath con- ceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren ; 87 Because no word shall be impossible with God. 38 And jMary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word. And the Angel departed from her. 39 And -Mary rising' up in those days, VN-^ent into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda. 40 And she entered into the house of Zacbary, and saluted Elizabeth. 41 And it came to pass ; that when Elizabeth heard the sa- lutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Eli- zabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost : 42 And she cried out with a loud voice, and said : Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me ? 44 For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 4.J And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. 46 And Mary said : My soul dotli magnify the Lord : 47 And my spirit hath re- joiced in God my Saviour. 48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid ; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me bles- sed. 49 Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me ; and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him. 51 He hath shewed might "■ in his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. 52 He hath put down tlio mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble. 53 ^He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath sent empty away. 54 He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy. 55 As he spoke to our fathers, c to Abraham and to his seed for ever. 56 And Mary abode with her about three months : and she returned to her own house. 57 Now Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come, and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and « Isaias 51. 9. Ps. 32. 10.—* 1 Kings 2. 5. Ps. 33. 11.—'^ C4en. 17. 9. and 22. IS, Ps. 131. 11. Isaias 41. 8. Ver. 4S. Shan call me blessed. These words are a predittiou of that honour which the church in all ages shoulvl pay to the blessed Virgin. Let Pro- testants examine whetlier tliey are any way concerned iu tiiis inophecv. 93 Chap. I, ST. LUKE. Chap. I. kinsfolks heaid that tlic Lord liad shewed his great mercy towards her, and they congra- tulated with licr. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to i-ircunicise the child, and tliey called him by his father's name Zachary. 00 And liis mother answer- ing, said : Not so, but he shall be called John. 01 And they said to her : Tliere is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 02 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 03 And demanding a writing- table, he wrote, "saying: John is his name. And they all won- dered. 64 And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke blessing God. 65 And fear came upon all their neighbours ; and all these things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea : 66 And all they that had heard them laid them ui> in their heart, saying : What an one, think ye, shall this child be ? For the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost : and he prophesied, saying : 68 <' Blessed be the Lord God of Lsrael : because he liath visited and wrought the re- demption of his people : 09 f And hath raised up an " Supra, IS. — bTs. TC. 12. -<^ P.^. I'n. honi of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant. 70 ''As lie spoke by the moulh of his hoi}' ijrophets, who aro from the beginning. 71 Salvation from our ene- mies, and from the hand of all that hate us. 72 To perfonn mercy to our fathers ; and to remember his holy testament. 73 « The oath which he swore to Abraham our father, that ho would gi-ant to us, 74 Tliat being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve liim without fear, 75 In holiness and justice be- fore him, all our days, 76 And thou child, shalt be called the prophet of the high- est : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. 77 /To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins. 78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which 3 the Orient, from on high, hath visited us. 79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : to direct our feet into the way of peace. 80 And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit : and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel. Ver. 69. ITorn of salvation, i.e., A I'Oifcrful ealraCiuii, as L>r. Wetl;n.n' £4 d Jer. 23. 6. Jind 30. 10.— ' Gen. 22. IC. Jer. 31. 33. Heb. 6. 13. and 17.— /Ma!. 4. 5. Supra, v.—" Zach. 3. 9. and C. 12. Mai. 4. 2. translates it. For in the Scripture, by horn is generally uudei-stood streugtli and powvr. Ver. 78. The Orient. It is one of the titles of the Messi:i8, the true light of the world, and the tuu ul justice. Chap. II. ST. LUKE. Chap. II. CHAP. II. TTte birth of Christ: his presentation in the temple: }iimeon's prophecy. Christ at twelve years of age is found amongst the doctors. AND it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus ; that the whole world should be enrolled. 2 This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus the governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of f' David, which is called'' Beth- lehem : because he was of the house and family of David, 5 To be enrolled with Afary his espoused wife, who was with child. 6 And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she .should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger : be- cause there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night-watches over their flock. 9 And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round " 1 Kings 20. 6.-6 3Iich. 5. 2. Matt. CHAP. II. Ver. 7. ffer first-born. The lueaniug is, not that she had afterward any other child ; but it is a way of siieech among the Hebrews, to call them also the first-born, who are the only children. See Annot. Matt. 1. 25. about them, and they feared with a great fear. 10 And the angel said to them : Fear not ; for behold I bring you good tidings of gi'eat joy, that shall be to all the people : 11 For this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying : 14 Glory to God in the high- est : and on earth peace to men of good will. 15 And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another. Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass,whicli the Lord hath shewed to us. 16 And tliey came with haste: and they found Mary and Jo- seph, and the infant lying in the manger. 17 And seeing, they under- stood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child. 18 And all that heard won- dered : and at those things that were told them by the shep- herds. 19 But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds return- ed, glorifying and praising God, for all the things they had heard, and seen, as it was told unto them. 21 c And after eight days « Gen. 17 12. Lev. 12. 3. 95 Chap. II. ST. LUKE. Chap. II. were accomplished that the child should be circumcised ; his name was called «Jksus, which was called by the anjrel, before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And after the days of her purification * according to the law of Moses were accomplish- ed, they caiTied liiin to Jerusa- lem, to present him to the Lord. 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, <^ Every male open- inff the irorab shall be called holy to (he Lord. 9A And to offer a sacrifice ac- cording as it is written ^^ in the law of the Lord, a i^air of turtle doves, or two young pigeons. 25 And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and de- vout, waiting for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Ghost was in him. 26 And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death be- fore he had seen the Christ of the Lord. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, 28 He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said : 29 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace. 30 Because my eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thon hast prepared before the face of all peoples : 32 Alightto the revelation of the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33 And his father .and mother were wonderingat those tilings, which were spoken concerning him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: '■ Beliold this child is set for the fall, and fur the resurrection nf many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted. 35 And thy own sunt of the law was son of Heli. For Ileli and Jacob were brothers, by the same mother: and JJeli, who was the elder, dying without issue, Jacob, aa the law directed, married his widow ; in consequence of such marriage his son Joseph was reputed in the law the sou of Beli- Chap. III. ST. LUKE. Chap. IV. was of Matbathias, who was of Semei, who was of Joseph, who was of Juda, 27 Who was of Joanna, who was of Reza, who was of Zoro- "babel, who was of Salatliiel, who was of Neri, 28 Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of Cosan, who was of Helmadan, who was of Her, 29 Who was of Jesus, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jorim, who was of Mathat, who was of Levi, 30 Who was of Simeon, who was of Judas, who was of Joseph, who was of Jona, who was of Ehakim, 31 Who was of Melea, who was of Menna, who was of Ma- thatha, who was of Nathan, who was of David, 32 Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of Salmon, who was of Naasson, 33 Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Phares, who was of Judas, 34 Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abi'a- ham, who was of Thare, who was of Nachor, 35 Who was of Sarug, who was of Ragau, who was of Phaleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sale, 36 Who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of Beni, who was of Noe, who was of Lamech, 37 Who was of Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Jared, who was of Malaleel, who was of Cainan, 38 Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God. CHAP. IV. Christ's fastincf, and temptation. He is persecuted in Nazareth : his miracles in Capharnaum. AND « Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert, 2 For the space of forty days ; and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days ; and when they wei-e ended he was hungry. 3 And the devil said to him : If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him : It is written : ^ that man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And he said to him : To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them ; for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them. 7 If thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answering said to him : c It is written : Thoii slialt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. 9 And he brought him to JeiTisalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple ; and he said to him : If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence. 10 <^ For it is written, that he hath given his angels charge over thee, that they keep thee : 11 And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest j)er- « Matt. 4. 1. M.irk 1. 2 — * Dent. 8. 3. Matt. 4. 4.— 'Deut. 6. 13. and 10. 20.— d Ps 90. 11. 99 ClIAP. IV. ST. LUKB. Chap. IVw haps tlioa dash th>f foot af/alnst a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said to him: It is said, « Thoa shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him for a time. 14 ^ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country. 15 And he taught in their s3-nagogueSj and was magnified by all. 16 c And he came to Xazareth where he was brought up : and he went into the synagogue accoi'ding to his custom on the sabbath-day ; and he rose up to read, 17 And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where It was written : 18 >■ And they were astonished < 3 Kings 17. 9.—/ 4 Kings 5. 14.— !> Matt. 4. 13. 3Iark 1. 21.— A Matt. 7. 28. Chap. IV, ST. LUKE. Chap. Y. at his doctrine : for his speech was witli power. 33 "And in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil, and he cried out witli a loud voice, 34 Saying : Let us alone, what Iiave we to do with thee, Jf.sus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou ai-t, the Holy One of God. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying : Hold thj' peace, and go out of him. And when the devil bad thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, and Lui't him not at all. 36 And there came fear upon all, and they talked among themselves, saj-ing: What word is this, for with authority and power he commandeth the un- clean spirits, and they go out? 37 And the fame of him was published iuto every place of the country. 38 And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house. ''And Simon's wife'.s mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought him for her. 39 And standing over her, he commanded the fevei', and it left her. And immediately ris- ing, she ministered to them. 40 And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers diseases, brought them to him. But he laying his hands on every one of them, healed them. 41 c And devils went out from many, crying out and saying : Thou art the Son of God. And rebukingthem,hesufferedthem « Mark 1. 23— ^ Matt. 8. U. SI.—- ilalli 1. ."4. Mark 1. not to speak ; forthey knew that he was Christ. 42 And when it was day, going out he vrent into a de- sert place : and the multitudes sought him, and came unto him : and they stayed him that he -should not depart from them. 43 To whom he said : To other cities also I must preach the kitigdom of God : for therefore am I sent. 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. CHAP. V. T7te miraailoKS draiigh t offisJics. The cure of the leper and of Che 2^aral^tic, The call of Matthew. ANDitcame to pass that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, ha stood by the lake of Genesareth, 2 rf And saw two ships stand- ing by the lake : but the fisher- men were gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And going up into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired nim to draw back a little from the land. And sitting he taught the m ultitudes out of the ship. 4 Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon : Launch ovit into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering, said to him : Master, we have la- boured all the night, and have taken nothing ; but at thy word I will let down the net. 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes, and their net broke. 7 And they beckoned to their rfMatt.4. 18 Mark 1. IR. 101 Chap. V. ET. LUKE. Chap. V. partners that were in the other sliip, that they shouM come and help thcin. And they came, and filled botli the ships, so that they were almost sinking. 8 Which when tSimon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus's knees, saj'ing : Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was wholly asto- nished, and all that were with him, at the draught of tlie fishes wiiich they had taken. 10 And so were also James and John the sons of Zebedce, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus saith to Simon : Fear not ; from henceforth thoushalt catch men. 11 And having brought their ships to land, leaving all things they followed him. 12 "And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosj', who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, say- ing : Lord, if thou wilt, thou caust make me clean. 13 And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying : I will. Be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy de- parted from him. 14 And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, shew thyself to the priest, ^ and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a tes- timony to them. 15 But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great mul- titudes came together to hear, and to be healed 6?/ himoitlieir infirmities. 16 And he retired into the desert and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a . " Mutt. 8. 2. Mark 1. 40.— J Lev. 14. 4. I J02 certain day, as he sat tcachingr, that there were also Phariseea and doctors of the law .sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jeru-salein ; and the power of the Lord was to heal them. 18 c And behold men brought in a bed a man who had the palsy : and they souglit means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof, and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus. 20 Whose faith when he saw, he said : Man, thy sins are for- I given thee. 21 And the sci'ibes and Pha-' I risees began to think, saying : i Who is this who speaketh bl;\s- I phemies ? Who can forgive sins, but God alone ? 22 And when Jesus know their thoughts, answering he said to them : Wliat is it you think in your hearts? 23 Which is easier to say, Thy sins arc forgiven thee : or to say, iVi-ise and walk ? 24 But that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to foi-give sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy) I say to thee. Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 25 And immediately risingup before them, he took up the bed on which he lay ; and went away to his own house, glorify- ing God, 26 And all were astonished : and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, say- ' Matt. 9. M.-irk 2. 3. Chap. V. ST. LUKE. Chap. VL iiig : We have seen ■wonderful things to-day. 27 « And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican i:anied Levi, sitting at the re- ceipt of custom, and he said to him: Follow lue. 28 And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a gi*eat feast in his own house ; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others, that were at table with hira. 30 ^But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to bis disciples : Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sin- ners ? 31 And Jesus answering, said to them : They that ai-e whole, need not the physician: but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance. 33 And they said to him : c Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and the disciples of the Phari- sees in like manner ; but thine eat and drink? 34 To whom he said : Can you make the children of the bride- groom fast, whilst the bride- groom is with them ? 35 But the days will come ; when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days. 36 And he spoke also a simi- litude to them : That no man putteth a piece from a new gar- ment upon an old garment : otherwise he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old. ■^ 5ratt. 9. 9. Mark 2. 14.— 6 Mark 15.—'^ Mark 2. IS. 37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the new wine will break the bottles, and it will be spilled and the bottles will be lost. 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles ; and both are preserved. 39 And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new : for he saith, The old is better. CHAP. VL Christ exczucs his disciples : he cures vpon the sabbath-day: chooses the twelve, and makes a sermon to them. AND t^it came to pass on the second first sabbath, that as he went through the corn- fields his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And some of the Pharisees said to them : Why do you that which is not lawful on the sab- bath-days ? 3 And Jesus answering them, said : Have you not read so much as this, wliat David did, when himself was hungiy and they that were with him : 4 eHow he went into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of proposition, and gave to them that were with him, which is not lawful to eat, / but onlj' for the priests ? 5 And he said to them : The son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 6 And it came to pass also on d Matt. 12. 1. Mark 2. 23.—' 1 Kiuga 21. G— / Exod. 29. 32. Lev. 24. 9. CHAP. VI. Ver. 1. The second first sabbath. Some wulerstand this of the sabbath of Pentecost, which was the secoud lu course amongst tlie great feasts : others, of a. sabbath-day that iiiimediatelj' folluwed auy solemn fe.ost. 103 Chap. VI. ST. LUKE. Chap. VI. another sabbath, tliathe entered! 17 Ami comiir^ down with into the .synagogue, and taught. ' tl)eu), he stood in a pLiin place, " And there was a man, whose i and the company of his disci- right hand was withered. i pies, and a very great nudtitude 7 And the scribes and Phari- of people from all Judea and sees watched if he woxUd lic;d Jerusalem, and the sea-coast on the .sabbath ; that they might i both of Tyre and Sidon, find an accusation against him. I 18 Who were come to hear 8 Butheknewtheir thoughts; hiin, and to be healed of their and said to the man who had diseases. And they that were the witherel iiand : Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And rising he stood forth. 9 Then Jesus said to thera : I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath -days to do good or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy ? troubled with unclean spirits, were cured. 19 And all the multitude sought to touch hirn, for virtue went out from him, aud healed aU. 20 cAnd he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, .said : 10 And looking round about . Blessed arc ye pof>r : for yours on them all, he said to tlic man : is tiie kingdom of God. Stretch forth thy hand. And j 21 <* Blessed are ye that he stretched it forth ; and his hvmgei' now : for you shall be hand was restored. filled. Blessed are ye that weep 11 And they were filled with now : for you shall laugh, madness ; and they talked one | 22 <* Blessed shall j-ou be with another, wliat they might ^ when men shall hate you, and do to Jesus. I when they shall scimrate you, 12 And it came to pass in and sh ill reproach you, ancl those days, that he went out cast out yovn- name as evil, for into a mountain to pi'ay, and the son of man's sake. he passed the whole night in the prayer of God. 13 f> And when day was come, 23 Be glad in that day and rejoice ; for tehold, your re- ward is great in heaven. For he called unto hiui his disci- according to these things did pies; and he chose twelve of | their fathers to the proulicts. them (whom also he named 24 / But wo to you that are Apostles) : I rich : for you have your conso- 14 Simon whom he siu'named : bition. Peter, and Andrew his brother, | 25 » Wo to you that are filled: James and John, Philip and : for you shall hunger. Wo to Bartholomew, i you that now laugh : for you 15 Matthew and Thomas, | shall mourn and weep. James the son of Alpheus, and 26 Wo to you when men Simon who is called Zelotes, | shall bless you : For according 16 And Jude the brother of | to these things did their fathers James, and Judas Iscariot who to the false prophets, was the traitor. « M.itt. 12. 10. 1. Sl.irk n. l.j. 104 arnrk 3. l.-i Matt. 10. ' Matt. 5. 2.— f the need. Christ gt.HU the stonti at sea : casts out the Ic/jion : heals the issue of blood : a nd raises the daughter ofJairus to life. AXD it came to pass aftcr- ward.s, that he travelled through the cities and towns, b Matt. 9. 2. A'er. 36. One of the PlMrisees; i.e., I Simon. I 108 Ver. 47. Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much, la the Scripture an effect sumetiiiies seems attributed to one only cause when there are diver.s otiier conmir- ring: dispositions ; for the sins of this woui.au, ill this verse are said to be forgiven, tiecaiise she loved much: but verse 50, Christ tells her, thy faith hath made thee safe. Hence iu a true coii- versiou are joined faith, lio|ie, love, sorrow for sin, and other pious disiio- sitioiis. C'lIAP. VIII. ST. LUKE. Chap. VIII, preaching' and evangelizing the kingdom of God; andthetwelve witii him. 2 And certain •women who had been liealed of evil spirits and infirmities ; « Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth, 3 And Joanna the wife of Chusa Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who iniuistered unto him of their substance. 4 And when a very great TQultitude was gathered to- gether and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude. 5 & The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed some fell by tiie way side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And other some fell upon n rock ; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And other some fell among thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it. 8 And other some fell upon good gi'ound ; and being sprung up yielded fruit a hundred fold. Saying these things, he cried out : He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And his disciples asked him Tvhat this parable might be. 10 To whom he said : To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God : but to the rest in parables, c that seeing " Mark 16. 9.— J Matt. 13. 3. M.ark 4. 3.—= Isaias 6. 9. Matt. 13. 14. Mark 4. 1-2. John 12. 40. Acts 23. 26. Rom. 11. 8. CHAP. VIII. Ver. 10. Seeing tJiey ma;/ not Sac. See the annotation. Mark iv. 12. they may not see, and heariiig may not understand. 11 Now the parable is this : The seed is the word of God. 12 And they by the way side are they that hear; then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of their heart, lest b j- lieving they should be saved. 13 Now they upon the rock, are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy : and these have no roots : for they believe for awhile, and in time of temptation they fall away. 14 And that which fell among thorns, are they who have heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and yield no fruit. 15 But that on the good ground, are they who in a good and very good heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit in patience. 16 d Now no man lighting a candle covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed ; but setteth it upon a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light. 17 « For there is not anything secret, tliat shall not be made manifest ; nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad. IS Take heed therefore how you hear. /For wliosoevtr hath, to him shall be given ; and who- soever hath not, that aho which he thinketli he hath, shall be taken away from him. 19 ff And his mother and brethren came unto him ; and they could not come at him for the crowd. d Matt. 5. 15. Mark 4. 21.— « Matt. 10. !6. Mark 4. '22.—/ Matt. 13. 12. and 25. ■M.—ff Matt. 12. 46. Mai-k 3. 32. 109 Chap. VI 1 1. ST. LUKE. Chap. Vllf. 20 And it was told hira : Thy mother and thy brethren stand witliout, desiring to see thee. 21 Who answering said to them : My niotlier and my bre- thren, are they who hear the word of God, and do it. 22 " And it came to pass on a certain day, that lie went into a Uttle ship with his disciples, and he said to them : Let lis go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 And when they were sail- ing, he slept ; and there came down a storm of wind upon the lake, and they were filled, and were in danger. 24 And they came and awak- ened him, saying : blaster, we perish. But he arising rebuked the wind and the rage of the water ; and it ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And he said to them : Where is your faith? Who being afraid, wondered, saying one to another : Who is this (think you) that he command- eth both the winds and the sea, and they obey him ? 26 And they sailed to the country of the Gerasens which is over against Galilee. 27 And when he was come forth to the land, tliere met him a certain man who had a devil now a very long time, and he wore no clothes, neither did he abide in a house, but in the se- pulchres. 28 And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him ; and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. " 3Iatt. 8. 23. no Mark ■!. 36. 29 For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him, and he w;i3 bound with chains, and kept in fetters ; and breaking the lx)uds lie was driven by the devil into the deserts. 30 And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said : Legion ; because many devils were entered into him. 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. 32 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain ; and they be- sought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffex'ed them. 33 The devils therefore went out of the man, and entered into the swine ; and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and was stifled, 34 Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled, and told it in the city and in the villages. 35 And they went out to see what was done ; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at his feet, clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36 And they also that had seen told them how he had been healed from the legion. 37 And all the multitude of the country of the Gerasens be- sought him to depart fi'om them ; for they were taken with great fear. And he going up into the ship returned back again. 38 Now the man, out of whom the devils were departed, besought him that he might ba Chap. VIII. ST. LUKE. Chap. IX. ■with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying : 29 Return to thy house, and tell how great things God hath done to thee. And he went through the whole city, pub- lishing bow great things Jesus had done to him. 40 And it came to pass, that when Jesus was returned, the multitude received him : for they were all waiting for him. 41 « And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he w'as a ruler of the syna- gogue : and he fell down at the feet of Jesus, beseeching him that he would come into his house. 42 For he had an only daugh ter almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it hap pened, as he went, that he was thronged by the multitudes. 43 And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians, and could not be healed by any : 44 She came behind him, and touched the hem of his gar- ment ; and immediately the issue of her blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said : Who is it that touched me? And all denying, Peter and they that were with him said : Master, the multitudes throng and press thee, and dost thou say. Who touched me ? 46 And Jesus said : Some- body hatli touched me ; for I know that virtue is gone out from me. 47 And the woman seeing that she was not hid, came trembling, and fell down before " Matt. 9. IS. Mark 5. 2i. his feet : and declared before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately healed. 48 But he said to her : Daughtei-, thy faith hath made thee whole ; go thy way in peace. 49 As he was yet speaking, there cometli one to the ruler of the synagogue, saying to him : Thy daughter is dead ■ trouble him not. 50 And Jesus hearing this word, answered the father of the maid : Fear not ; believe only, and she shall be safe. 51 And when he was come to the house, he suffered not any man to go in with him, but Peter, and James, and John, and the father and mother of the maiden. 52 And all wept and movirncd for her. But he said : Weep not ; the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowmg that she was dead. 54 But he taking her by the hand, cried out, saying : Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit returned, and she rose immediately. And he bid them give her to eat. 56 And her parents were astonished, whom he charged to tell no man what was done. CHAP. IX. Christ sends fortJi Jiis ai)ostles : feeds five thousand with five loaves : U transfigured, and casts out a devil. 'I'^HEX b calling together the J. twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to ciu-e diseases. 4 Matt. 10. 1. Mark 3. 15. Ill CHAP, IX. BT. LUKE. Cjiap. IX. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to Lc:il the sick. 3 « And he .'^aid to them : Take nothiiigfforyourjourncy.ncithcr staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money, neitlier have two coats. 4 And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there, and depart not from thence. 5 And whosoever will not re- ceive you, b wlien ye go out of that city, shake oflf even tlie dust of your feet for a testimony against them. 6 And going out they went about tiirough the towns, preaching the gospel and heal- ing everj'where. 7 <^ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that were done by him ; and he was iu a doubt because it v.-as said 8 By some, that Jolm was risen from the dead : but by other some, tliat Elias liath appeared ; and by others, that one of tlic old prophets was risen again. 9 And Herod said : John I have beheaded ; but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him. 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done : and taking them he went aside into a dc- Fert place apart, which belong- eth to Bethsaida. 11 Which when the people knew they followed him, and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed them who had need of healing. 12 Now the day began to de- cline. And the twelve came " Matt. 10. 9. M;tik 6. S.— i Acts 13. 51.— "^ Matt. 14. 1; Mark 6. U. 112 and saitl to him : ''.Send away tlie nudtitude, that going into the towns .and villages round about, they may lodge and get victuals ; for we are here in a desert place. 13 But he said to them : Give you them to eat. And they said : « We have no more than five loaves and two fishes : un- less perhaps we should go and buy food for all this multitude. 14 Now there were .about five thousand men. And he said to his di>eiples : Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 15 And they did so. And made them all sit down. 10 And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them : and he broke, and distrilnited to his di.sciples, to set before the multitude. 17 And they did all eat, and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that re- mained to tliem, twelve baskets. 18 /And it came to pass ; as ho was alone praying, his dis- ciples also were with him : .and he asked them, saying : Whom do the people say that I am ? 19 But they answered, and said: John the Baptist; but some say Elias ; and othei-s say that one of the former prophets is risen again. 20 And he said to them : But whom do you say that I am ? Simon Peter answering, said : The Christ of God. 21 But he strictly charging tiiem, commanded they should tell this to no man, 22 Saying : c The son of man d Matt. 14. ;•>. Mark C. 36.— «.Tohn C. 0.— / Mntt. 16. 13. M.irk 8. 27.—? Matt 17. 21. Mark 8. 31. aud 9. 30. Chap. IX. ST. LUKE. Chap. IX. must suffer many things, and be rejected by the ancients and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day rise again. 23 "And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take np his cross daily, and follow me. 24 & For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it ; for he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it. 25 For what is a man advan- taged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, and cast away himself ? 26 c For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him the son of man shall be ashamed when he shall come in his majesty, and that of his Father, and of the holy Angels. 27 d But I tell you of a truth : There are some standing here that shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God. 28 e And it came to pass about eight days after these words, that he took Peter and James and John, and went up into a mountain to pray. 29 And whilst he prayed, the fhape of his countenance was altered, and his raiment be- came white and glittering. 30 And behold two men were talking with him. And they were Moses and Elias, 31 Appearing in majesty. And they spoke of his decease that he should accomplisliin Jerusalem. 32 But Peter and they that " Matt. 10. 33. and 16. 24. Mark 8. 34. Infra, 14. 27.-6 lufra, 17. 33. Johu 12 25.— « Matt. 10. 33. Mark 8. 38. 2 Tim. 2. 11.— ti Matt, 16. 2S. Mark S. 39 — « Matt. 17. 1. Mark 9. 1. were with him v.-ere heavy with sleep. And waking, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 33 And it came to pass that as they were departing from him, Peter saitli to Jesus : Master, it is good for us to be here : and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias : not knowing what he said. 34 And as he spoke these things there came a cloud, and overshadowed them : and they were afraid, when they entered into the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying : / This is my beloved Son, hear liim. 36 And whilst the voice was uttered, Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no man in those days any of these things which they had seen. 37 And it came to pass the day following, when they came down from the mountain, there met him a great multitude. 38 ? iVnd behold a man among the crowd cried out, saying : Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only one. 39 And lo, a .spirit seizeth him, and he suddenly crieth out, and he throweth him down and teareth him so that he foameth, and bruising him he hardlj' departeth from him. 40 And I desired thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not. 41 And Jesus answering said : O faithless and j^erverse genera- / 2 Pet. 1. ir.— ? Matt. 17. 14. Mai'k 9. IG. 113 Chap. IX. feT. LUKE. Chap. IX. tion, how long shall 1 be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son. 42 And as he was coming to him, the devil threw him down and tore him. 43 And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and cured the boy, and restoi-ed him to his father. 44 And all were astonished at the mighty power of God : but while all wondered at all the things he did, he said to his disciples : Lay you up in your hearts these words, for it .shall come to pass that the son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this word, and it was hid from them, so that they perceived it not. And they were afraid to ask him concerning this word. 46 "■ And there entered a thought into them, which of them should be greater. 47 But Jesus seeing the thouglits of their heart, took a child and set him by him. 48 And said to them : Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me : and whosoever shall re- ceive me, receiveth him that sent me. For he that is the lesser among you all, be is the greater. 49 And John answering, said : Master, we saw a certain man casting out devils in thj' name, and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said to him : Forbid him wot: for he that is not against you, is for you. 51 And it came to pass when the days of his assumption were " M^itt. IS. 1. Mark 0. 33. 114 accomplishing, that he stead- fastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And he sent messengers before his face : and going they entered into a city of the Sa- maritans, to prepare for him. 53 And they received him not, because his face was of one going to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John had seen this, they said : Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume th em? 55 And turning, he rebuked them, saying : You know not of what spirit you are. 56 ''The son of man came not to destroy souls, but to save. And they went into another town. 57 And it came to pass as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him : I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 "Jesus said 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. 59 But he said to another : Follow me. And he said : Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father. 60 And Jesus said to him : Let the dead bury their dead ; but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another said : I will follow thee, Lord, but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. 62 Jesus said to him : No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. i Joliii 3. IT. and 12. 47 — « Matt. 8. 20. Chap. X. ST. LUKE. Chap. X, ' CHAP. X. Christ sends forth, and instructs his seventy-two disci2)les. The good Sa- maritan. AND after these things the Lord appointed also other seventy-two : and he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come. 2 And he said to them : « The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the har- vest, that he send labourers into his harvest. 3 Go : & Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. •i c Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes ; rf and salute no man by the way. 5 Into whatsoever house you enter, first say : Peace be to this house : 6 And if the son of peace be there, your jDeace shall rest upon him : but if not, it shall return to you. 7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they have. « For the labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. 8 And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you; 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them : The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the streets thereof, say : 11 /Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us we wipe off against you. Yet know this that the kingdom of God is at hand. 12 I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city. 13 'J Wo to thee, Corozain, wo to thee, Bethsaida. For if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mighty works that have been wrought in you, they would have done penance long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more toler- able for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capharnaum, which art exalted unto hea- ven : thou shalt be thrust down to hell. 16 ^ He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that de- spiseth you, despiseth me. And he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. 17 And the seventy-two re- turned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us in thy name. 18 And he said to them : I saw satan like lightning falling from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20 But yet rejoice not in this that spirits are subject unto you : but rejoice in this, that your names are written in hea- ven. 21 »In that same hour he " Matt. 9. 37.-6 Matt. 10. 16.— « Matt. 10. 10. Mark 6. i.—d 4 Kings 4. 29.— •■ Deut. 24. 14. Matt. 10. 10. 1 Tim. 5. IS. /Acts 13. bl.—O Matt. 11. i\.—h Matt. 10. 40. Johu 13. 20.— i Matt. 11. 25. CHAP. X. Ver. 21. He rejoiced in 115 Chap. X. ST. LUKE, CllAt>. X. rejoiced in the IIol}' Gliost, and 1 .said: I confess to thee, O Fatlicr, I^ord of heaven and earth, be- cause thou liast hidden these things from tlie wise and pru- dent, and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight. 22 All things are delivered to me by my Father, and no one knoweth who the t^on is l)ut the Father; and who the Father is but the Son, and to whom the Son will reveal him. 23 And turning to his disci- ples, he said : " Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. 24 For I say to you that many prophets and kings 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 thern. 25 ^ And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him ; and saying: Master. wbatmu.st I do to possess eternal life ? 26 But he said to him : What is written in the law ? how readest thou ? 27 He answering, said: cThou slialt love the Lord thy God with thy tchole heart, and loith thy inhale soul, and icith all thy atrenr/th, and icith all thy mind, and thy neighbour as thyself, 28 And he said to him : Thou hast answered right : this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But lie willing to justify himself, said to Jesvs : And wlio is my neighbour? « Matt. 13. 16.— ft Matt. 22. 35. Mark 12. 28.—= Deut. 6. 5. tlie Holy Ghost. That is, according to Ms humanity he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and gave thauks to his eternal F:ither. IIG CO And Jescs an.swcring, .said : A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and having wounded him, went away leav- ing him half dead. 31 And it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way ; and seeing him, passed by. 32 In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. 33 But a certain Samaritan being on his journey, came near him ; and seeing him, was moved with compassion. 34 And going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine : and setting him upon his own beast.brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 0.5 And the next day he took out two pence, and gave to tho host, and said : Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt sp-.-nd over and above, I at my return will repay thee. 36 Which of these three in thy opinion was neighbour to him that fell among the rob- bers ? 37 But he said : He that shewed mercy to him. And JEsr.s said to him : Go, and do thou in like maimer. 38 Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town : and a certain woman named ^Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord's feet, heard his word. 40 But Mai-tha was busy about much serving. "Who stood and said : Lord, hast thou uo care that my sister hath left Chap. XI. ST. LUKE. Chap. XI. me alone to serve ? speak to aer therefore, that she help me. 41 And the Lord, answering, said to her : Martha, JIartha, thou art careful,andarttroubled about many things. 42 But one thing is necessary. JIary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from lier. CHAP. XI. lie teaches his diseiiJles to pray. Casts out a, dumb devil. Co?ifutes the Pha- risees ; and pronounces wo^s against them for their hypocrisy. AND it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him : Lord, teach ms to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said to them : When you pray, say : " Father, hal- lowed be thy name. Thy king- dom come. 3 Give us this day our daily In-ead. 4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. 5 And he said to them : Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him : Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him. 7 And he from within should answer and say : Trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. 8 Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend ; yet because of his importunity he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth. 9 6 And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given j'ou : seek, and you shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10 For every one that asketh, receiveth : and he that seeketh, findeth : and to him that knock- eth, it shall be opened. 11 c And which of you if he ask his father bread, will he give liim a stone? or a fish, will ho for a fish give him a serpent ? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion ? 13 If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him? 14 rf And he was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb ; and when he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke : and the multitudes were in ad- miration at it. 15 But some of them said : He casteth out devils «by Beel- zebub the prince of devils. 16 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. 17 But lie seeing their thoughts, said to them : Every kingdom divided against itself shall be brought to desolation, and house upon house shall fall. 18 And if satan also be divided against himself, how shali his kingdom stand ? be- " 3Iatt. c. 8. b Slatt. 7. 7. and 21. 22. Mark 11. 24. .ToliTi 14. 13. Jas. 1. 5.— '^Matf. 7. 9.— d Matt, 9. 32. and 12. 22.— « Matt. 9. 34. If 'rk 3. 22. 117 Chap. XL ST. LUKE. Chap. XI cause yoii Bay, that tlirough Beelzebub I cast out devils. 19 Now if I cast out devils by Beel/.ebub : 1)y whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils : doubtless the kiugdoni of God is come upon you. 21 When a strong man niTned keepcth his court : those things are in peacewhich he possesseth. 22 But if a stronger than he come upon him and overcome him : he will take away all his armour wherein he trusted, and will distribute his spoils. 23 He that is not with me, is against me : and he that gather- eth not with me, scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest : and not finding, he saith : I will return into my house whence I came out. 25 And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. 27 And it came to pass: as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd lifting up her voice said to him : Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck. 28 But he said : Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the ■word of God, and keep it. 29 And the multitudes run- ning together, he began to say : " This generation is a wicked generation : it askcth a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the pro- phet. 30 ^ For as Joiias was a sign to the Ninivites, so shall the son of man also be to this ge- neration. 31 cThe queen of the south shall rise in the judgment witli the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of So- lomon ; and behold more than Solomon here. 32 The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it,