THE NEW TESTAMENT ^ 07 OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF *HS LATIN VULGATE; DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL GREEK; AND FIRST PUBLISHED BT THE ENGLISH COLLEGE OF RHEMES, ANNO 1582. NEWLY REVISED AND CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE CLEMENTIN EDITION or the scriptures; WITH ANNOTATIONS, TO CLEAR UP MODERN CONTROVERSIES IN RELIGION, AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES OF HOLY WRIT. APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED BT THE FOUR R. C. ARCHBISHOPS OF IRELAND, STEREOTYPE EDITION. Lex Domini immaculate convertens aniraas : Testimonium Domini Melt S3pientiam prolans parvulis. Psi lm xviii. S. DUBLIN : Printed by richard coyne, catholic bookseller, 16, parliament-street. 1820. APPROBATION. WE approve of this Edition of the Sacred Text of the NEW TESTAMENT according to the Doway English Version ; also of the Notes subjoined thereto. 27th, June, 1820. ifc Patrick Curtis, d. d. &c. ^ J. T. Troy, d. d. &c. >J< Patrick Everard, d. d. &c. >£< Oliver Kelly, d. d. &c. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, WITH THEIR PROPER NAMES, AND NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. Matthew hath Chapters— 28 Mark * 16 Luke * 24 John .« ,..21 The Acts of the Apostles —28 The Epistle to the Romans 16 I. Corinthians-... 16 IL Corinthians — . ••••13 Galatians 6 Ephesians. 6 Philippians 4 Colossians* '...i 4 I. Thessalonians * 5 II. Thes^alonians^.t.. ...... ..3 I. Timothy hath Chapters 6 II. Timothy 4 Titus 3 Philemon ••• -•• I The Epistle to the Hebrews 13 The Epistle of James 5 L Peter 5 II. Peter 3 I. John". 5 II John 1 III. John 1 Jude 1 The Revelation of St. John the Divine 22 Tlie GOSPEL according to Saint MA TTHEW. CHAP. I. Tlie Genealogy of Christ. TH E Book of the 'Generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren ; 3 And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram. \ And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. 5 And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse. .6 And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her thathadbeen thewifeoil Unas, 7 And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa. 8 And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias. 9 A nd Ozrs begot Joatham. Jcatham begot Achaz. And lz ! .gotEzechias. •d Ezechias begot Manas- nd Manassas begot Anion, non begot Josias. 11 And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren, in the transmi- gration of Babylon. 12 And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Saiatliiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel. 13 And Zorobabt j begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azon 14 And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud. 15 And Eliikl begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot -Mathan. And Ma than begot Jacob. 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jiisus who is called Okkist. 1 7 So all the generations, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations. And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations. And from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ, are fourteen generations. 18 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mo- ther Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Whereupon Joseph her hus-.; band, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, w r as minded to put her away privately. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, say* rog : Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a Son ; and thou shalt call his name Jtst's ; for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all thifl was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying : 23 Behold a virgin shall be icitk child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with Us. ^4 And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as -the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife. 25 And he knew' her not till she brought forth her first-born Son: and he called his name Jesus. ^ CHAP. II. The offerings of the wise men. ^JOW when Jesus was born in *V Bethlehem cf Juda, in the days of King Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying-, where is he that is St. MATTHEW. born King of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him. 3 And King Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him 4 And assembling together ail the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born. 5 But they said to him : In Beth- lehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet : 6 And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda ; for out of thee shall come forth the Ruler that shall rule my people Israel, 7 Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned, diligently of them the time of the star which ap- peared to them; 8 And sending them into Beth- lehem, said ; Go and diligently in- quire 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 re- joiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And entering into the house, they found the Child with Mary his mother, and failing down they a- dored him : and opening their trea- sures, they offered him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 32 And having received an an- swer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country. 1 3 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appear- ed in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the Child and his mother, and fly into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the Child to destroy him. 14 Who arose, and took the child" and his mother by night, and re- tired into Egypt : and he was there until the death of Herod : 15 That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the pro- phet, saying: Out of Egypt have 1 called my Son, 16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry ; and sending, killed all the men-children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and un- der, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that* which was spoken by Jeremias the pro* phet, saying : 18 A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning: Rachel bewailing her children, a ad would not be comforted because they arc not* 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appear- ed in sleep to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying : Arise, and take the Child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the Child. 21 Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee. 23 And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth : that it might be fulfilled which was said by the prophets : That he shall be called a , Nazarite. St. MATTHEW. CHAP. III. The preaching of John* AND in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching m the desart of Judea. 2 And saying : Do penance : for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying : A voice of one cr s yinp in the desart, prepare ye the ivay of the Lord, make straight his paths. 4 And the same John had his garment of camel's-hair, and a lea- thern girdle about his loins : and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusa- lem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan : 6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 And seeing many of the Phari- sees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them : Ye brood Df vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth therefore fruit wor- thy of penance. 9 And think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham for our father. For I telJ you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 10 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tr*.^ there- fore thatdoth not yield gooritTiiit shall' be cut down, and cast into the fire. Ill indeed baptize you in wa- ter unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear ; he shall baptize you hi the Holy Ghost and fire. 18 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly cleanse his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with un- quenchable fire. 13 Then cometh Jesus from Ga- lilee to the Jordan unto John to be baptized by him. 14 But John stayed hirn, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and coarsest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering', said to him : Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfSf ail jus- tice. Then he suffered him. 16 And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water-: and lo, the Heavens were opened to him : and he saw the spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him. 1? And behold a voice from Heaven, saying : This is my belov- ed Son, in whom 1 am v\eli pleas- ed. CHAP. IV. Christ's fast of forty days, §c. H^HEN Jesus \\ as led by the Spi* rit into the desart, to be tempt* ed by the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was alter* wards hungry. 3 And the tempter coming said to him : If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 Who answered and said : It is written, Not in bread atone doth man tire, but in every word that j ro- ceedethfrom the mouth of God. & Then the devil look him up into the holy city, and set him upon the-pinrmC^ of i\,e temple, 6 And said to him : If thou be the Son of God, can thyself down ; for it is written : That he hath given his Angels charge ever thee, ami in their hands shalt they hear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot Qgninst a stone. 7 Jesus said to him : It is writ- ten again, Thou shall not tempi the Lord thy God. 9 Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, a-d shewed him ail the kingdoms ot the world, and the glory of them. 9 And said to him : All these 6 St. MATTHEW. will I give thee, if falling down, thou wilt adore me. 10 Then Jesu9 saith to him : Begone, Satan, for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve, 1 1 Then the devil left him : and behold angels came and ministered to him. 12 And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he re- tired into Galilee : 13 And leaving the city Naza- reth, he came and dwelt in Caphar- naum on the sea- coast, in the bor* ders of Zabulon and ofNepthalim ; U That it might be fulfilled which was sa:d by Isaias the prophet: 15 The land of Zabulon and kind of Nepihulirn, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Gc like of the Gentiles : IG The people that sat in darkness, ■hath seen great tight ; and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up, 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say : Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. IS And J^sus walking by the ssa of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and An- drew his brothers, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers,) 19 And he saith to them: Come ye-afler me, and 1 will make you to be fishers cf men. . SO* And they immediately leav- ing their nets, followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of >ZebedeQ, and John his bro- ther, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets : and he called them. 22 And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him. 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna- gogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom : and healing all manner of sickness, and every in- firmity among the people. 24 And his fame went through- out all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and tor- ments, and such as were posses- sed by devils, and lunaticks, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them : 25 And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Deca- polis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. CHAP. V. Clirisfs Sermon upon ifte Mount, A ND seeing the multitudes, he **- went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him, 2 And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: 3 Blessed are the poor in Spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are the meek : for they shall possess the land. 5 Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice : for tney shall have their fill. 7 Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the clean of heart : for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake ; 12 Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the pro- phets that were before you. 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? It is St. MA' good for nothing any more but to be cast out. and to be trodden on by men. ' 14 Ton are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain can- not be hid. 15 Neither do men light a caudle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. 16 So !et your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, arid glorify your Father who is in heaven. it Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. 1 am not come to destroy but to fulfil. 18 For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 He therefore that shall break cue of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of beaven. But he that shah do and teach, he shall be tailed great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that, of tho scribes and pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 2i You have heard that it was laid to them of oh! : Thou shalt not till. And whosoever shall kill, :hall be in danger of the judgment. 22 But I say to you, that who- oever is angry with his brother, hull he in danger of the judgment. Uid whosoever shall say to his bro- her, Kaca, shall be in danger of he council. And whosoever shall jay. Thou fool, shall be in danger Jf hell fire. 23 If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou re- member that thy brother hath any thing against thee ; 24* Leave there thy offering be- TTHEW. ? fore the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother : and then coming thou shalt offer thy g-ift. 2.5 Be at agreement with thy ad- versary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him : lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast in- to prison. 26 Amen, I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing. 2? Ion have heard that it was said to them of old : Thou shalt not commit adultery. 23 But I say to you, that who- soever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already commit- ted adultery with her in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye scan- dalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand scan- dalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of .by members should perish rather than that thy whoia body go into hell. 31 And it hath been said, who- soever shall put away lis wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. 32 But I say to you, that who- soever shall put away Ins wife, ex- cepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery : And he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. 33 Again you have heard thai it was said to them of eid, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: But thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. 31 But I say to you not to sweat at all : neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God : 35 Nor by the earth, for it it his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. 6 St, MATTHEW. 3fi Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your speech be yea, yea : no, no : and that w hich is over and above these, is of evil. 38 You have heard that it hath been said. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say to you not to resist evil : but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the Other : 40 And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and takeaway thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two. 42 Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would bor- row of thee turn not away. 43 You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy. 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you ; and pray for them that per- secute and calumniate you : 45 That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. 46 For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have ? ♦lonot even the publicans 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 13 perfect. CHAP. VI. A cwiiinuation of trie serynon. 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 u in heaven, 2 Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet be- fore thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have re- ceived their reward. 3 But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. 4 That thy alms may be in se- cret, and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will repay thee. .5 And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the syna- gogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men : Amen I say to you, they have re- ceived their reward. 6 But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret : and thy Father, who seeth in secret will repay thee. 7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much* speaking they may be heard. 8 Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. 9 Thus therefore shalt thou pray : Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. 1 1 Give us this day our super* substantial bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into tempta- tion. But deliver us from evil. Amen. 14 For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. 15 But if you wiil not forgive men, neither will your Father for* give you your offences. 16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they dvs- St. MATTHEW, figure their faces, that they may ap- pear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face : 18 That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret : and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee. 19 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth : where the rust and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal. 20 But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven : where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal. 21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also. 22 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shad be lightsome. 23 But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall tie darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness : the darkness itself how great shall it be? 24 No man can serve two mas- ters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other : or he will sustain the one, and despise the other* You cannot serve God and Mammon. 25 Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not tile 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 hams : and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they ? 27 And which of you, by taking thought,, can add to his stature one cubit? 28 And for raiment why are you solicitous ? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow : they labour not, neither do they sphj, 29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. 30 And if the grass of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast in^o the oven, God doth so clothe : how much more you, O ye of little faith? 31 Be not solicitous! therefore, saying, what shall we eat : or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed ? 32 For after all these things do the heathen seek. For your Fa- ther knoweth that you have need of all these things. 33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Be not therefore solicitous for to-morrow : for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient fot the day is the evil thereof. CHAP. VII. The third fart of the sermon. TUDGE not, that you may not ** be judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged : and with what measure you mete, it. shall be measured to you again. 3 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 srfidt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. C Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet and IC St. MATTHEW. turning i\pon you, they tear you. 7 Ask, and it shall he given you : seek, and you shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 For every one that asketh, re- ceiveth : and he that seeketh, fiod- eth : and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone ? 10 Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent ? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your child- ren ; how much more will your Fa- ther, who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him ? 12 All things therefore whatso- ever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them.- For this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to de- struction, and many there are who go in thereat. 14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way, that leadeth to life : and few there are that find it ! 15 Beware of false prophets, who eome to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 By their fruits you shall know them. "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 17 Even so every good tree bring- eth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ISA good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil' tree tring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be east into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know therm 21 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord* shall enter into the kingdom of heaven : but he that doth the will of my Father, who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day ; lord. Lord, have not we pro- phesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name ? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me you that work iniquity. 24 Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock, 25 And the rain fell, and the flood* came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand ; 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew* and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof* 28 And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these w T ords, the people were in admiration at his doctrine. 29 For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the Scribes and Pharisees. CHAP. VIII. Christ cleanses the leper. A ND when he was come dowa -^ from the mountain, great mul- titudes followed him : 2 And behold a leper came and adored him, saying : Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, said : I will, Be thou made clean. And forth* with his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith to him : See thou tell no man : but go, shew thy- self to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a tes«* timony unto them. St. MATTHEW. 11 5 And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, -beseeching him, 6 And saying: Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him. 8 And the centurion making an- swer, said : Lord; I am not worthy that thou shouidst enter under n % roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and 1 say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 And Jesus hearing this, mar- velled ; and said to them that follow- ed him : Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel. 11 And I say unto you that many shall come from the Ea3t and the West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and fsaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven : 1:2 But the children of the king- dom-shall be cast out into the ex- terior darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Je3us said to the centu- rion : Go, and as thou hast believ- ed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour. 11 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever: 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and ministered to them. Id And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils; and he cast out the spirits with his word : and all that, were sick he healed. 1? That it might be fulfilled, vhich was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying : He took our in* finnities, and bore our diseases, 18 And Jesus seeing great mul- titudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said to him : Master, I will fol- low thee whithersoever thou shaltgo. 20 And Jesus saith to him : The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay Lis head. 2T And another of Lis disciples said to him : Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my lather. 22 But J bs us- said to him : Fol- low me, and let the dead bury their dead. 23 And when he entered into the boat, his disciples folio wed him. 24- And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with, waves, but he was asleep. 25 And. they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, sava us, we perish ! 26 And Jesus saith to them** Why are you fearful, ye of littl* faith ? Then rising up, he com- manded the wind*, and the sea, and. there came a great calm. 27 But the men wondered, say- ing : 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 lum two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepul- chres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pas* by that way. 29 And behold they cried out, Baying : What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God ? art thou come hither to torment us before the time ? 30 And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeaV ing. 31 And the devils besought hirr^ 12 St. MATTHEW. saying: If thou cast us out hence. Bend 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 run vio- lently down a steep place into the sea : and they perished in the waters. 33 And they that kept them lied : and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils. S-i And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that be would depart from their coasts. CHAP. IX. Christ heals one sick of the palsy. A ND entering into a boat, he ***■ passed over the water, and came into his own city. 2 And behold they brought to j lilm one sick of the palsy, lying in a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy ; Be of good heart, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. 3 And behold some of the Scribes said within themselves : He blas- pheineth. 4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said : Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 Whether is easier to say, thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say^ arise and walk ? 6 But that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 7 x\nd he ar^se, aad went into his house. 8 And the multitudes 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 Mat- thew ; 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 sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples : Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners ? •12 But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. 13 Go then and learn wdiat thi3 meaneth, I will have mercy? and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners. 1 4 Then came to him the disci- ples of John, saying : Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,, but thy disciples do not fast ? 15 And Jesus said to them : Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as Jong as the bridegroom is with them ? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken aw r ay from them, and then they shall fast. 16 And no body putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment,. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. } 7 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bot- tles : 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 daughter is even now dead ; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall five. 19 And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples. 20 And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. 21 For she said within herself,. St. MATTHEW. 13 If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed. 22 But Jesus turning and seeing her, said : Be of good heart, daugh- ter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 23 And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and Raw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout, 24 He said : Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25 And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose. 26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country. 27 And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have merry 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 h done unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no mail know this. 31 But they going out, spread his fame abroad in ai] 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 Kke seen in Israel. 34 But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities, and to ,vns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gos- pel of the kingdom, and healing tvery disease, and every infirmity. S6 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them : be- cause they were distressed, and ly- ing like sheer that have no shepherd. 37 Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest. CHA?. X. Christ sends out his twelve apostles. AND having called his twelve dis- ciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits,^ to cast them out, and to heal aJl manner of diseases and all manner of infirmities. 2 And the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. 3 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bar- tholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, 4 Simon the Cananean, and Jj- das Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These Twelve Jesus sent commanding them, saying : G ; ye not into the way of the gentiles, and into the dues ot the Samaritans enter ye not : 6 But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. S Heal the sick, raise the dead- cleanse the lepers, cast out devils* freely have you received; freely give 9 Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses : 10 Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat. 11 And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ycu go thence. 12 And when you come into the n St. MATTHEW. house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house. 13 And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it ; but if it be not worthy, your peace shail reiurn to you. 14 And whosoever shall not re- ceive you, nor hear your words : going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Amen I sa5 to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 16 Behold 1 send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye there- fore wise as serpents and simple as doves. 17 But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their syna- gogues. J 8 And you shall be brought be- fore governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles : 19 But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak : for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak. 20 For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speak eth in you* 21 The brother also shall deliver rip the brother to death, and the fa- ther the son ; and the children shall rise up against then parents, and shall put them to death. 22 And you shall he hated by all men for my name's sake: hut he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved. 23 And when they shall perse- cute you in this city, flee into ano- ther. Amen I say to you, you 6hall not finish all the cities of Is- rael, till the son of man come. 24- The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord. 2i5 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household ? 26 Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed, nor hid, that shall not be known. 27 That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops. 28 And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him thai can destroy boYh soul and body into hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing: and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very nairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. 32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who ig in heaven. 33 But he that shall deny me be- fore men, I will also deny him be- fore my Father who is in heaven. 34 Do not think that 1 came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace,, but the sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and he daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a man's enemies, shall be they of his own houshold. 37 He that loveth father or mo- ther more than me, is not worthy of me:: and he that loveth sou or daughter more than me, is not. worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and folio weth me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life, shall. St. MATTHEW. 15 Jose it : and lie that sliail lose his life for me, shall find it. 40 He that receiveth you, re- ceiveth me : and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall re- ceive the reward of a prophet, and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a ju3t man, shall receive the reward of a just man. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. CHAP. XI. John sendcth his disciples to Christ. AND it came to pass: when Jesus had made an end of com- manding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in prison the w r orks of Christ : sending two of his disciples he said to him : 3 Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another ? 4 And Jesus making answer said to them : Go ;and relate to John what you have heard and seen. 5 The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the po'or , have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me. 7 Ami when they went their way, Jesus began to s*y to the multi- tudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see ? a reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went you out to see ? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings. 9 But what went you out to §ee? a prophet ? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written : Bthold I send my Angel before thy face who shall prepare thy way before thee, 11 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than. John the baptist : yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven sufFereth violence, and the violent bear it away. 13 For all the p'rophets and the law prophesied until John : 14 And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come. 13 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like ? It is like to children sitting in the market- place. 17 Who crying to their compani- ons say : We have piped to you, and you have not danced : we have la- mented, and you have not mourned. 18 For John came neither eat- ing nor drinking ; and they say •. He hath a devil. 19 The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say : Be- hold a man that is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is jus- tified by her children. ^0 Then began he to upbraid the cities, wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance. 21 Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Beth^aida : for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mira- cles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sack-cloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. 23 And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven ? thou shalt go down even unto belli 16 St. MATTHEW. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day. 24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, then for thee. 25 At that time Jesus answered and said : I confess to thee, O Fa- ther, Lord of heaven and earth, be- cause thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. 26 Yea, Father ; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father : neither doth any one know the Fa- ther, but the Son, and lie to whom it shall please the Son to reveal Aim* 28 Come to me, all you that la- bour, and are burdened, and I will- refresh you. 29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart : and you shall find rest to your souls. SO For my yoke is sweet and my burden light. CHAR XII. Ckirst reproves the Pharisees* A T that time Jesus went through ^ the corn on the sabbath : and his disciples being hungry, began %o pluck the ears, and to eat. 2 And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him : Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do ©n the sabbath-days. 3 But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him : 4* How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not law- ful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only ? 5 Or have ye not read in the law> that on the sabbath-days the priests hi the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame? 6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. 7 And if you knew what this meaneth, / will have mercy, and not sacrifice : you would never have condemned the innocent. 8 For the son of man is Lord even of the sabbath. 9 And when he had passed from thence,he came iutotheir synagogue. 10 And behold there w r as a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days ? that they might accuse him. 11 But he said to them : What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep : and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up ? 12 How much better is a man than a sheep ? Therefore it is law- ful to do a good deed on the sab- bath-days. 13 Then he saith to the man : Stretch forth thy hand, and he stretched it forth, and it was re~ stored to health even as the other. 14 And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed, him, and he healed them all. 16 And he charged them that they should not make him known. 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias ths> prophet, saying: IS Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my Spirit uponhi/n, and he shall shew judgment to the gentiles* 19 He shall not contend, nor cry out % neither shall any man hear his voice in *tht streets* St. MATTHEW 17 20 Tlie hrnisea icej h*. sJiail not break, and smoking Jinx he shall not txringirish : till he send for ih judgment vnto victory. 21 And in his name the Gentiles iho.il hope. 22 Tnen was ^{%-red to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb : and he healed him, so that lie spoke and saw, 23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said : Is not this the son of David ? Qi But the Pharisees hearing it, said : This man casteih net out de- vils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them : Every kingdom divided against itself snail be made desolate: end every city or house divided against itself shaii not stand. 26 And if satan cast out satan, he is divided against himself: how fehen shall his kingdom stand ? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devil?, by whom do your child- ren cast them out ? Therefore they shall be your judges. 2S But it I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon yen. 29 Or how can any one enter into the house t?t the strong, and rixic nb goods, unless he first bird the strong ? and then he will rifle his house. 30 He that is not with me, is against me : and he that gathereth not with me, eeattereth. 3i Therefore I say to you : Every sin ana blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost> it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good : or make the tree evil, arid 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 evii ? for out of the abun- dance of the heart the moufeh speaketh. 35 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evii trea- sure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But 1 say unto you, that eve- ry idle word, that men shall speak, they shah render aj account for it in the day of judgment. 3T For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words tnou shait be condemned. 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisee^ answered him, sayings Master, we would see a sign from the.-. 39 Who answering said to them : An evil awl adulterous generation seekr-th a sign ; and a sign .-hall not btj given it, but the sign ot Jonas the prophet. 40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and ihree nights : so shall the son of man he in the heSft 01 the earth three days and three nights. 41 The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this gener.-rt.ion, and shall condemn it: because they aid penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here ¥4 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this genera- tion, and shall condemn it: because she came trom the endr ot the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo- mon, and behold a greater than Solomon here. 43 And when an unclean spirit 18 St. MATTHEW. is gone out of a man he walketh ] through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith. I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth ii empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. 46 As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. 47 And one said unto him, Behold thv mother and thy brethren stand were scorched : and because they had not root, they withered away. 7 And others fell among thorns : and the thorns grew up and choked tb. em. 8 And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixtv fold, and some thirty Lid. 9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10' And his disciples came and said to him : Why gpeakest thou to them in parables ? 11 Who answered, and said to them : Because to you it is given to of the kingdom ^without, seeking thee. 48 But he answering him that told him, said : Who is my mother, and who are my brethren ? 49 And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said : Be- hold my mother and my brethren. 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven ; he is my brother, and sister, and mother. CHAP. XIII. The parade of the sower, •TpKE same day Jests going out r* of the house, sal by the sea side, 2 And great multitudes were ga- thered together unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat : and all the multitude stood on the shore; 3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold the sower went forth to sow. 4 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up. 5 And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth : and they sprung up imme- diately, because they had no deep- ness of earth, § And when the sun was up they J know the mysterie of heaven; but to them it is not given. 13 For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound : but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath. 13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables : because seeing they see not. and hearing they hear not, nei- ther do they. understand : 14 And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith : By hearing you shall hear ; and shall not understand : and seeing yon shall see y and shall not perceive. Id For the heart of this people i$ giown gross } and with their ears ihey have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut •* lest at any time they should see with their eyes> and hear with their ears, and under- stand with their heart, and be con* verted, and I should heal them, 16 But blessed are your v ey«s, 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 s-en them : and to hear the tilings that you hear and have not heard them. 18 Hear you therefore thepara* ble of the sower. St. MATTHEW. 1§ When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and under- Btandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart : this 19 he that received 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 him- self, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized. 22 And he that received the seer] amorg thorns : is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches chok- elh up the word, and he becometh fruitless. 23 But he that received the seed upon good ground: this is he that heareth the word, and understand- eth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundred fold, and ano- ther sixty, and another thirty. 24 Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man •»!.: sowed good seed in his field; 23 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cackle among - the wheat, and went his way. 26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. 27 And the servants of the good man of the house coming, said to him : Sir, didst thou nut sow good seed in thy field ? whence then hath it cockie ? 25 And he said to them : An ene- my hath done this. And the ser- vants 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 J9 together root up the wheat also with it. 30 Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the har- vest I will say to the reapers : Ga- ther up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn. 31 Another parable he proposed unto them, saying : The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mus- tard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. 32 Which is the least indeed of all seeds : but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and be* cometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof. 33 Another parable he spoke to them : The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. 31 All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes; and without parables he aid not speak to them : 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the pro| I et saying: / will open my mou ngs hi 'hi en from the foundation of the wi Id. 36 Then . sent away the inultitrrires he ciw.t hito the house, and In e s came to him, say- ing : Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field. 37 Who made answer and said to them : He that soweth the good seedf is the son of man. 38 And the field, is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one. 39 And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the Angels. 40 Even as cockie therefore is 20 St. MATTHEW. 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 ail scandals, and them that work iniquity. 42 And shall cast them into the furnace ef fire : There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. lie that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and sell- eth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. 46 Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all. kind of fishes. 48 Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into ; ve5ty works shew forth them- mig! SC'Vi s in him. 3 For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison because of Herodias, his brother's wife. 4 For John said to him : It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people : be- cause they esteemed him as a pro- phet 6 But on Herod's birth -day, the daughter of Herodias danced be- fore them : and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him. 8 But she being instructed before by her mother, said : Give me here in a dish the head of John the Bap- tist. St, MATTHEW. 21 9 And the king was struck sad : yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given. 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 11 And his head was brought in a dish : and it was given to the dam- sel, and she brought it to her mo- ther. 13 And his diseiples 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 desart place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it, fol- lowed him on foot out of the cities. M And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compas- sion on them, and healed their sick! 16 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying . This is a desurt place, and the hour is now past: send sway the multi- tudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals. 16 But Jesus said to thern, They have no need to go, give you them to eat. 17 They answered him : \V> have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 Who said to them : Bring them hither to me. 19 And when he had command- ed the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heave:), he blessed, and brake, and i^ave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes, 20 And they did all eat, and were filled* And they took up what remained, twelve full baskets af fragments. 21 And the number of them that did eat was five thousand men, be- sides women and children. 22 And forthwith Jesus obliged and to go before him over the wa- ter, till he dismissed the people. 23 And having dismissed the mul- titude, he went up into a mountain alone to pray. And when it was evening, he was there alone. 24 But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves : for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea. 26 And they seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, say- ing : It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear. 27 And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying : Be of good heart; it is I, fear ye not. 28 And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters. 29 And he said : Come. And Pe- ter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come to Jesus. 30 But seeing the wind strong he was afraid : and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying : Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took held of him, and said to him : O thou of little fekh, w by didst thou doubt ? 32 Arid when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And they that were in the boat, came and adored him, say- ing : Indeed thou art the Son of God. 3-t And having passed the water, they came into the country of Ge- nevan 25 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they pent into all that country, and brought to him all that were dis- eased. 3t> And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of h ; s garment. And as many aa 1 nis^disciplef to go up into the boat, | touched,, were made whole. St. MATTHEW. CHAP. XV. Clirirt reproves the Scribes. rpHEN came to him /rom Jeru- •*- salem Scribes and Pharisees, saying : 2 Why do thy disciples trans- gress the tradition of the ancients ? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answering, said to them : Why do you aiso transgress the commandment of God for your tradition ? For God said : 4 Honour thy father and mother: And , He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. 6 But you say : Whosoever shall say to father or mother, the gift whatsoever proceedeth from me eh all profit thee. 6 And he shall not honour his father or his mother : and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition. 7 Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying: 8 This people honour eth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. 9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and com- mandments of men. 10 And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them : Hear ye and understand. 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but what cometh out of the mouth, this de- fileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said to him : Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized ? 13 But he answering said : Every plant which my heavenly Father bath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit. 15 And Peter answering said to him : Expound to us this parable. 16 But he said : Are you also yet without understanding ? 17 Do you not understand, that whatsoever entercth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy ? 18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. 19 For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimo- nies, blasphemies. 20 These are the things that de* fde a man. But to eat with un- washed hands doth not defile a man. 21 And Jei us went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, 22 And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him ; Have mercy on me, Lord, thou son of David : my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil. 23 Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying : Send her away, for she crieth after us : 24 And he answering said : I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and adored him, saying : Lord, help me. 26 Who answering, said : It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. 27 But she said : Yea, Lord : for the whelps also eat of the crums that fall from the table of their masters. 28 Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith : be it done to thee as thou wilt : and her daughter was cured from that hour. 29 And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee : and going up w» to a mountain he sat there. St. MATTHEW. 23 30 And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others : and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them : 31 So that the multitudes mar- velled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, the blind see : and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have com- passion on the multitudes, because they continue with me, now three days, and: have not what to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 33 And the disciples say unto him : Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desart, as to fill so great a multitude. 34. And Jesus said to them : How many loaves have you ? But they said : Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the mul- titude to sit down upon the ground. 3G And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people. 37 And they did all eat, and had their fill. AniHhey took up, seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments. 38 And they that did eat, were four thousand men, betide children and women. 39 And having dismissed the mul- titude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan. CHAP. XVI. Christ refuses a sign to the Pharisees. A ND there came to him the Pha- <™ risees and Sadducees tempt- ing : aiul they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say: It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning ; To-day there will he a storm, for the sky is red and lowring. You know then how to discern the face of. the sky : and can you not know the signs oi the times ? 4 A wicked and adulterous ge« neration seeketh after a sign : and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them and went away. 5 And when his disciples were come over the water, they had for* gotten to take bread. 6 Who said to them : Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7 But they thought within them- selves, saying: Because we have taken no bread. 8 And Jesus knowing it, said : Why do you think within your- selves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread ? 9 Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up? 10 Nor the seven loaves, among four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up ? 1 1 Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you : Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 12 Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sad* ducees. 13 And Jesus came into the quarters of Ccesarea Philippi : and he asked his disciples, saying : Whom do men say that the son of man is? 14< But they said : Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and oth-rs Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 Jesus saith to them : But whom do ) ou say that I am ? U St. 16 Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answering, said to Kirn: Blessed art thou Simon Bar- Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to thee : That thou art Peter ; and upon this rock 1 will build my churen, and the gates of hell sha41 not prevail against it. 19 And I will give to t T *ee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. SO Then he commanded his dis- ciples, that they should tell do one that he was Jesus the Christ. 21 From that tim^ Jssus began- to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients arid scribes and chief-priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again. 22 And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee, this shall not be un- to thee. 23 Who turning said to Peter : Go behind me, satan, thou art a scandal unto me : because thou sa- vourest not the things that are- of God, but the things that are of men. 24 Then Jesus said to his dis- ciples : If any man will oorae after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For he that will save his life, shall lose it : and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it. 26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suiter the loss of his own soul ? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul ? %7 For the son of man shall come in the glory of his Father wkh his MATTHEW. Angels : and then will he render to every man according to his works. 28 Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom, CHAP. XVII. Tlic transfiguration of Christ. A NO after six days Jesus taketK - ^ unto him Peter and James, and John his -brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart ; 3 And he was transfigured be- fore them. And his face did shine as the sun : and his garments be- came white as snow. 3 And behold there appeared Id them Moses and Elias talking with him. 4 And Peter answering, said td Jesus : Lord, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. . 5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud over-shaded them. And io a voice out of the cloud, saying : This is my beloved Son, in whom 1 am well pleased: hear ye him. 6 And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid. 7 And Jesus came and touched them : and said to them : Arise, and fear not. 8 And they lifting up their eye% saw no one, but only Jesus. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying : Tell the vision to no man, till the son of man he risen from the dead. 10 And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Eiias must come first ? 11 But he answering, said to them: Eiias indeed shall come, and restore all thing?. 12 But I say to ycu, that Eiias is already come, and they knew St. MATTHEW. 25 him not, but hare done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the son oi man shall suffer from them. 13 Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist. 14 And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees be- fore him, saying: Lord have pity on my son, forhe is a lunatic, and suf- fereth much : for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water. 15 And I brought him to" thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 16 Then Jesus answered and said : O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you ? how long shall I suffer you ? Bring him hither to me. 17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour. 18 Then came the disciples to Jtsus secretly, and said : Why could not we cast him out ? 19 Jesus said to them : Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. 20 But this kind is not cast cut but by prayer and fasting. 31 And when they abode to- gether in Galilee, Jesus said to them : The son of man shall be be- trayed into the hands of men : 32 And they shall kvll him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceed- ingly. Td And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him : Doth not your master pay the didrachma ? 24 He said : Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying : What is thy opinion, Simon ? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom ? of their own children, or of strangers ? 25 And he said : Of strangers. Jesus said to him : Then the chil- dren are free. 26 But that we may not scan- dalize them, go to the sea, and ca§i in a hook : and that fish which shall first come up, take : and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater : take that, and give it to them for me and thee. CHAP. XVIII. Christ teaches humility. AT that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, think- est thou, is the greater in the king* dom of heaven ? 2 And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them, 3 And said : Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and be- come as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, re- ceived] me. 6 But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. ? Wo to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come : but neverthe- less wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh. 8 And if thy hand or thy foot 6candalizethee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee S 26 St. MATTHEW. to go into life maimed or lame, than haying two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thy eye scandalize ibee, pluck it out, and cast it from iliee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. 10 See that you despise not one of these little ones : for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always gee the face of my Father who is in heaven. 11 For the son of man is come to save that which was lost. 12 What think you ? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray; doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the moun- tains, 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 rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety- nine that went not astray. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one ofthese little ones should perish. 15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gam thy brother. 16 And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more : that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. 17 And if he will not hear them : tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. 13 Amen I say to you, whatso- everjrou shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven • and what- soever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, iV shall be done to % them by my ^Father who is in heaven. 20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 21 Then came Peter unto him and said : Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? 22 Jesus saith to him : I say not to thee, till seven times ; but till seventy times seven times. 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants. 24 And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents. 25 And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 But that servant falling down, besought him, saying : Have pa- tience with me, and I will pay, thee all. 27 And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt. 28 But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow- servants that owed him an hundred pence : and laying hold of him he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest. 29 And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying : Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. , 30 And he w r ould not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt. 31 Now his fellow-servants see* ing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done. 32 Then his lord called him ; and said to him : Thou wicked servant, St. MATTHEW 2T I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besonghtest rne : 33 Shpulrist not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow- servant, even as I had compassion on thee ? 34 And his lord being an grv de- livered him t© the torturers, ail til he paid all the debt 35 So also shall my heavenly Fa- ther do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts. CHAP. XIX. ^Christ declares matrimony to be indissoluble, AND it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan. 2 And great multitudes followed him : and he healed them there. 3 And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying; Is it lawful for a man to put away hi* wife for every cause? 4 Who answering, said to them : Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female ? And he said : 5 For this cause, shall a man leave father and mother, and ]s?iull cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one Jleslu 6 Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. 7 They say to him : Why then did Closes command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away. 8 He saith to them : Because Closes by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives : but from the beginning it was not S9. 9 And I say to you, that whoso- ever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shali marry another, tommitteth adultery i and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. 10 His disciples say unto him : If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry. 11 Who said to them : All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given. i c 2 For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb : and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men : and there are eunuchs, who have made them- selves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it 13 Then were little children pre- sented to him, that he should im- pose hands upon them and pray.— And the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said to them : Suf- fer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me : for the kingdom of heaven is for such. 15 And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence. 16 And behold one came and said to him : Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? 1 7 Who said to him : Why ask- est thou me concerning good ? One is good, God. But|i r thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments IS He said to him: Which ? And Jesus said : Thou shalt do no mur- der, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mo* ther ; and, Thou shatt love thy neigh* hour a* thyself. 20 The young man saith to him : All these have I kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me ? 21 Jesus saith to him : If thou wMt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and ccme, follow me* 28 St. MATTHEW. 22 And when the young" man had heard this word, he went away sad : for he had great possessions. ^ 23 Then Jesus said to his disci- ciples: Amen I say to you, that a rich man shalj hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 25 And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered very much, paying : Who then can be saved ? 26 And ^Jesus beholding said to them : With men this is impossible : .but with God all things are possible. 27 Then Peter answering, said to him : Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee : what therefore shall we have ? 28 And Jesus said to them : Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regenera- tion, when the son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also ehall sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or child- ren, or lands for my name's sake : shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting. 30 And many that are first, shall be last ; and the last shall be first. CHAP. XX. The parabk of the labourers in the vineyard. THE kingdom of heaven is like to an householder who went out early in the morning to hire la- bourers into his vineyard. 2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the xnarket-place idle. 4 And he said to them : Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just. 5 And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour : and ^did iu like manner. 6 But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them . Why stand you here all the day idle ? 7 They say to him : Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them : Go you also into my vineyard* 8 And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward : Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first. 9 When therefore they were come that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10 But when the first also came, they thought that they should re* ceive more : and they also received every man a penny. 11 And receiving it they mur- mured against the master of the house, 12 Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us that have born the burden of the day and the heats. 13 But he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst thou not agree with me for a penny ? 14 Take what is thine, and go thy way : I will also give to this last even as to thee. 15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, be- cause I am good ? 16 So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. 17 And Jesus going up to Jeru- salem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them : IS Behold we go up to Jerusa* lem, and the sou of man shall be Defrayed totnecmer priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. 19 And shall deliver him to the gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again. 20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring' and asking something of him. 21 Who said to her : What wilt thou ? She saith to him : Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy rig^t hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. 22 And Jesus answering, said : You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink ? They say to him : We can. 23 He saith to them ; My chalice indeed you shall drink : but to nit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father. 24 And tne ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 25 But Jesus called them to him, and said : You know that the princes of the gentiles lord it over them : and they that are the great- er, exercise power upon them. 26 It shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister: 27 And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant. 28 Even as the son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a re- demption for many. 29 And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. - 30 And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried, out saying : Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us. 31 And the multitude rebuked St. MATTHEW. 25 them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying : O Lord, thou soil of David , have mercy on us. 32 And Jesus stood, and called them, and said : What will ye that I 1 do to you ? 33 They say to him : Lord, that our eyes be opened. 34 And Jesus having compas- sion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and fol- lowed him. CHAP. XXI. Christ rides into Jerusalem. AND when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto Mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two cHsdptes, 2 Saying to them : G.j ye into the village that is over against you, and immediately you -v-ah rind an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose; them and bring them to me : 2 And it' any man shall say any thing to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need ( f them : and forthwith he will let them jo. 4 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 5 TeU ye the dtugktei' of Sim :>Be- hold ihy king comcth to. thee* vieek, and sitting upon an ays, and a colt the foul of her that is used to the yoke. 6 And the disciples going did as Jesus commanded 1 them. 7 And they brought the ass and the colt: and laid their garments upon them, and made him sit thereon, 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way : and others cut boughs from the trees, ai:d strewed them in the way: 9 And. the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying: Hcsanna to the son of Da* vid : Blessed ?s he that comtih jit the name of the Lord. Husanna in the highest. 10 And when he was come into 30 St, MAT Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying : Who is this ? * i And the people said : This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee. 12 And Jesus, went into the tem- ple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the chairs of them that sold doves : 13 And he saith to them : It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer : but you have made it a den of thieves, 14 And there came to him the blind, and the lame in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And the chief priests* and scribes seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children cry- ing in the temple, and saying, Ho- sanna to the son of David ; were moved with indignation, 16 And said to him: Hearest thou what these say ? And Jesus paid 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. 1 8 And in the morning return- ing into the city, he was hungry. 19 And seeing a certain fig-tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it : May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever, And immediately the tig- tree withered away. 20 And the disciples seeing it w T ondered, saying: How is it pre- sently withered away ? 21 And Jesus answering said to them : Amen I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig-tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to thii mountain, Take up and cast THEW. thyself into the sea, it shall be done. 22 Aud all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive. 23 And when he was come into the temple, there came to him as lie was teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying . By what authority dost thou these things ? and who hath given thee this authority ? 24 Jesus answering said to them : I also will ask you one word, which if you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John whence was it ? from heaven, or from men ? But they thought within them- selves, saying : 26 If we shall say from heaven, he will say to us : Why then did you not believe him ? But if we shall say from men, we are afraid of the multitude : for all held John as a prophet. 27 And answering Jesus they said : We know not. He also said to them : Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what think you ? A cer- tain man had two sons, and com- ing to the first, he said : Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. 29 And , he answering", said : I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went. • * 30 And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he an- swering, said : I go } Sir, and he went not ; 31 Which of the two did the fa- ther's will ? They say to him : The first. Jesus saith to them : Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the king- dom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the w r ay of justice, and you did not be- lieve him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him : but you St. MATTHEW. 31 seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him. 33 Hear ye another parable : There was a man an householder who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to husband-men: and went into a strange country. 34 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his ser- vants to the husband-men, that .they might receive the fruits thereof. 35 And the huband-men laying hands on his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants more than the former : and they did to them in like manner. 37 And last of all he sent to them his son, saying ; They will re- verence my son. 38 But the husband-men seeing the son, said among themselves : This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance. 39 And taking him they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. ^40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husband-men ? 41 They say to him : He will bring those evil men to an evil end : and will let out his vineyard to other husband-men, that shall ren- der him the fruit in due season. 42 Jesus saith to them : Have you never read in the Scriptures : The stone which ilce builders re- jected, the same is become the head of the corner ? By the Lord this has been done, and it is wonder Jul in cur eyes. * 43 Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be uken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. 44 And w r hosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables^ the} r knew that he spoke of them. 45 And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes : because they held him asapronhet, CHAP. XXII. Tlve parable of the marriage-feast. A ND Jesus answering, spoke "■ again in parables to them, say- ing: 2 The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a mar- riage for his son. 3 And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the mar- riage : and they would not come. 4 Again he sent other servants, saying : Tell them that were in- vited : Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my beeves and fadings are killed, and all things are ready : come ye to the marriage. 5 But they neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandize. 6 And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously put them to death. 7 But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those mur- derers, and burnt their city. 8 Then he saith to his servants : The marriage indeed is ready: but they that were Invited, were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the high ways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage. 10 And his servants going forth irto the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good : and the marriage was filled with guests. 11 And the king went in to see the guests : and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. 52 St. .MAT 12 And he saith to him : Friend, how earnest thou in hither not hav- ing on a wedding garment? But he was silent. 13 Then the king said to the waiters : Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior dark- ness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are celled, but few ere chosen. 16 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to ensnare him in Ms speech. 16 And they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, say- ing : Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for thou dost not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not ? 18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said : Why do you cempt me, ye hypocrites ? 19 Shew me the coin of the tri- bute. And they offered him a peuny. 20 And Jesus saith to them; Whose image and inscription is this ? 21 They say to him, Cesar's. Then he saith to them : Render therefore to Cesar the things that are Cesar's : and to God, the things that are God's. 22 And hearing this they wonder- ed, and leaving him went their ways. 23 That day there came to him the Saddueees, who 6ay there is no resurrection : and asked him, 24 Saying : Master, Moses said, If a man die having no son, his bro- ther shall marry his wife, and raise tip issue to his Irother, 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having mar- ried a wife died, and not having iisue, left his wife to his brother. 26 In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh. THEW. 27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be ? for they all had her. 29 And Jesus answering, said to them : You err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they shall neither ma*ry nor be married: hut shall be as the Angels of God in heaven. 31 And concerning the resurrec- tion of the dead, have you not read that which was ppoken by God saying to you : 32 / am the God of Abraliam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob f He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33 And the multitudes hearing lt f were in admiration at his doctrine. 34 But the Pharisees bearing that he had silenced the Saddueees, came together: 35 And one of them a doctor of the law asked him, tempting him : 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy* self 40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets. 41 And the Pharisees being ga- thered together Jesus asked them, 42 Saying : What think you of Christ ? whose son is he ? They say to him : David's. 43 He saith to them : How then doth Davkl in spirit call him Lord ; saying; 44 The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make St. MATTHEW. 33 thy enemies thy foot-stool ? 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son ? 46 And no man was able to an- swer him a word : neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. CHAP. XXIII. Christ admonisheth the people^ &e> ri^HEN Jesus spoke to the multi- ■*■ tudes and to his disciples, 2 Saying: /Ihe scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. 3 All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do : but according to their works do ye not,: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy and in- supportable burdens : and lay them on men's shoulders: but with a finger of their own they will not move them. 5 And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes. 6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues, 7 And salutations in the market- place, and to be called by men, Rabbi. 8 But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master, and all you are brethren. 9 And'call none your father upon earth : for one is your father, who is in heaven, 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, Christ. 11 He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled : and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13 But wo to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : because you shul the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in ; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter. 14 Wo to you scribes and Pha- risees, hypocrites : because you de- vour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment 15 Wo to you scribes and Pha~ risees, hypocrites : because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte : and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than y oursel ves. 16 Wo to you blind guides, that say, whosoever shall swear by the temnle, it is nothing : but he that shall swear by thegold of the temple, is a debtor. 17 Ye foolish and blind : for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple, that sanctifieth the gold ? 18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing : but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor. 19 Ye blind : for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar, that sanctifieth the gift ? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it : 21 And whosoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it : 22 And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth.thereon* 23 Wo to you scribes and Pha- risees, hypocrites t because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. •25 Wo to you scribes and Pha- risees,, hypocrites : because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish : but within you are 34 St. MATTHEW. full of repine and uneleanness. 2f> Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean. 27 Wo to you scribes and Pha- risees, hypocrites : because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. 28 So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just ; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and ini- quity. 29 Wo to you scribes and Pha- risees, hypocrites, that build the sepulchres of the prophets.and adorn the monuments of the just. 30 And say : If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers, 33 You serpents generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of- hell ? 34 Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city : 35 That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias whom you killed between the temple and the altar. 36 Amen I say to you all these things shall come upon this gener- ation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how ften .would 1 have gathered to- gether thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not? 38 Beheld, your house shall be left to you, desolate. 39 For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say : Blessed is he that corneth in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV. Destruction of the temple foretold, AND Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And he answering said to them : Do you see all these things ? Amen I say to you there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall net be destroyed. 3 And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the w r orld ? 4 And Jesus answering, said to them : Take heed that no man se- duce you : ^ 5 For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many. 6 And you shall hear of w T ars, and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against king- dom ; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earth-quakes in places : 8 Now all these are the begin- nings of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death : and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be scan- dalized : and shall betray one an- other : and shall hate one another. St. MATTHEW. 35 1 1 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce; many. 12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold. 13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved. 14 And this Gospel of the king- dom shall he preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all na- tions, and then shall the consum- mation come. 15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel thepro[,heL, standing in the holy place : he thar readeth, let him understand. 16 Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains : 17 And he that is on the house- top, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house : 18 And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat. 19 And wo to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days. 20 But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the saobath. 21 For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world un- til^now, neither shall be. 22 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved : but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any shall say to you : Lo here is Christ, or there : do not believe him. 24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. 25 Behold I have told it to you, before hand. 26 If therefore they shall say to you : Behold he is in the desart ; go ye not out : Behold he is in the closets, believe it not. 27 For as lightning cometh out of the ease, and appeareth even into the west : so shall also the coming of the son of man be 23 Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together. 29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon, shall not give her light, and the stars shall fail from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be moved : 30 And then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven : and then shall ali tribes of the earth mourn : and they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of hea- ven with much power and majesty. 31 And he shall send his Angels with a trumpet, and a great voice: and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. 32 And from the fig-tree learn a parable ; when the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh. 33 So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh even at the doors. 34- Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass. 36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth, no not the Angels of heaven, but the Father alone. 37 And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the son of man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drink- ing, marrying and giving in mar- riage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark. 39 And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away : m 36 St. MATTHEW. also shall the coming of the son of man be. 40 Then two shall be in the field : one shall be taken, and one shall be left. 41 Two women shall be grind- ing at the mill : one shall be taken, and one shall be left. 42 Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will come. 43 But this know ye, that if the good man of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suf- fer his house to be broken open. 44 Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the son of man will come. 45 Who thinkest thou, is a faith- ftil and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season ? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing. 47 Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart : My lord is long a coming : 49 And shall begin to strike his fellow-servants, and shall eat, and drink with drunkards : 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not, and at an hour that he knoweth not 51 And shall separate him, and appoint his portion with the hypo- crites, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAR XXV. TJie parabh of ilie ten virgins. *npHEN shall the kingdom of hea- •-■* ven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. % And five of them were foolish, and five wise. 3 But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not tak*j oil with them : 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamp3. 5 And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at mid-night there was a cry made : Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise : Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. 9 The wise answerecf, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go you rather to them that sell,and buy for yourselves. 10 Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came : and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. 1 1 But at last come also the other virgins saying : Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answering said : Amen I say to you, I know you not. 13 Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour. 14 For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods. 15 And to one he gave five ta* lentg, and to another two, and to another one, to every one accord- ing to his proper ability : and inw mediately he took his journey. 16 And he that had received the five talents, went his way,and traded with the same, and gained other five. 17 And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two. *, 18 But be that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord's money 1£ But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them. 20 And he that had received the Ifive talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five taient^ behold I St. MATTHEW. 37 ve gained other five over and above. 21 His lord said to him : Well done, good and faithful servant, be- cause thou hast been faithful over a few things I will place thee over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 And he also that had received the two talents came and said : Lord, thou delivered st two talents to me, behold 1 have gained other two. 23 His lord said to him : Well done, good and faithful servant : be- cause thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things, enter thou into the joy of thy lord. St But he that had received the one talent, came and said : Lord, I know that thou art a harxl man; thou reapest where thou hast not gown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed. 25 And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth : behold here thou hast that which was thine. 26 And his lord answering, said to him : Wicked and slothful ser- vant, thou .knewest that I reap where I &ownot, and gather where I have not strewed : 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it him that hath ten talents. 29 For to every one that hath shall be given, and lie shall abound : but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away. 30 And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior dark- ness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 And when the son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty : 32 And all nations shall be ga- thered together before him, and he shall separate them one from ano- ther, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats : 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. 34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand; Come, ye blessed of my Fa- ther, possess you the kingdom pre- pared tor you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink : I was a stranger, and you took me in : 36 Naked, and you covered me . sick, and you visited me : I was in prison, and you came to me. 37 Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee, thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 38 And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or na- ked, and covered thee ? 39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee ? 40 And the king answering, shall say to them i A men I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, \ou did it to me. 41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand : Depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire which was prepar- ed for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat : i was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not : sick, and in pri- son, and you did not visit me. 44 Then they also shall answer him, saying : Lord when did we see thee hungry or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked,or sick, or in pri- son, zr.d did not minister to th«e ? 3S St. MATTHEW. 4o Then he shall answer them, saying : Amen I ^ay to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me. 46 And these shall go into ever- lasting punishment : but the just, into life everlasting. CHAP. XXVI. Tlie Jews conspire against Christ. A ND it came to pass, when Je- •**- sus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples : 2 You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified. 3 Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high- priest, who was called Caiphas : 4 And they consulted together, that by subtilty ithey might appre- hend Jesus, and put him to death. 5 But they said : Not on the fes- tival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people. 6 And when Jesus was in Betha- nia, in thehouse of Simon the leper, 7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of precioup ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table. 8 And the disciples eeeing it, had indignation, saying : To what purpose is this waste ? 9 For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 And Jesus knowing it, said to them : Why do ye trouble this woman ? for she hath wrought a good work upon me* 11 For the poor you have al- ways with you. but me you have not always. 12 For she in pouring this oint- ment 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 which she hath done* shall be told for a memory of her. 14 Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, 15 And said to them : What will you give me, and I will deli- ver him unto you ? But they ap- pointed him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him. 17 And on the first day of the A zymesrthe disciples came to Jesus saying : Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch ? 18 But Jesus said : Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him i The master saith, my time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Je- sus appointed to them, and they prepared the pasch. 20 But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples. 21 And whilst they were eating, he said : Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me. i 22 And they being very much troubled, began every one to say : Is it I, Lord ? 23 But he answering said : He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me. 24 The son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo to that man, by whom the son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. 25 And Judas that betrayed him, answering said : Is it I, Rabbi ? He saith to him : Thou hast said it. 26 And whilst they were at sup- per, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke : and gave to his disci- ples, and said : Take ye and eat : This is my body. 27 And taking the chalice he gave thanks: and gave to them, saying : Drink ye all of this. 28 For this is my blood of the new testament which sliall be shed for St. MATTHEW. many unto remission of sins. 29 And I say to you, 1 will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the kihg- dom.of my Father. 30 And a hymn being said, they went out into mount Olivet. 31 Then Jesus saith to them : All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written : / will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed. 32 But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galik-e. 33 And Peter answering, said to him : Although all shall be scanda- lized in thee, 1 will never be scan- dalized. 3 1, Jesus said to him : Amen I say to thee, that in this night before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. 35 Peter saith to him : Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner said all the disciples. SG Then Jescs came with them into a coumry place which is called Gethsemani : and he said to his dis- ciples . Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray. 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he be- gan to grow sorrowful and to be sad. 38 Then he saith to them : My soul is sorrowful even unto death : stay you here, and watch with me. 89 And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and say- ing : My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me, never- theless not as 1 will, but as thou wilt. 40 And he cometh to his dis- ciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me ? 41 Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. 42 Again the second time he went, and prayed, saying : My Father, it J I sat daily with you teaching io the 39 this chalice may not pass away but I must drink it, thy will be done. i 43 And he cometh again, and fhu leth them sleeping : for their eyes wei e heavy. 41< And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the self same word. 45 Then he cometh to his dis- ciples, and saith to them : Sleep ye now and take your rest: behold the hour is at hand, and the son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us go : behold he is at hand that will betray me. 47 As he yet spoke, behold Judas one of the twelve came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. 48 And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever 1 shall kiss, that is he, hold him fast. 49 And forthwith coming to J is us, he said : Hail, Rabbi. And he kiss- ed him. 50 And Jesus said to him : Friend, whereto art thou come ? Then they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him. 51 And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword : and striking the servant of the high- priest, cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus sauii to him : Put up again tiij sword into its place: for all that take the sword shall pe- rish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of Angels ? 54 How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done ? 55 in that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes : You are come out as it were to a robber with swords and clubs to apprehend me. 40 St. M temple,and you laid not hands on me. 56 Now all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fultilied. Then the disciples all leaving him, fled. 57 But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high-priest, • where the scribes and the ancients were assembled. 58 And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high- priest. And going in he sat with the ser- vants, that he might see the end. 59 And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death : 60 And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses ; 61 And they said : This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it. 6$ And the high-priest rising up, said to him : Answerest thou no- thing to the things which these wit- ness against thee. 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high-priest said to him : I ad- jure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith to him : Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coining in the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying : He hath blas- phemed, what further need have we of witnesses ? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy; 66 What think you ? But they an- swering said : He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others struck bis face with the palms of their hands. 68 Saying : Prophesy unto us, O Christ ; who is he that struck thee ? ATTKEW. 69 But Peter sat without in the court ; and there came to hirn a ser- vant-maid saying : Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. 70 But he denied before them all, saying : I knownot what thou sayest. 71 And as he went out of tht gate, another maid saw him, and she saith to them that were there : This man alsowas with Jesusof Nazareth. 7 C 2 And again he denied with an oath : That I know not the man. 73 And after a little while they came that stood by, and said to Pe- ter : Surely thou also art one of them : for even thy speech doth discover thee. 74 Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said : Before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth he went bitterly. * CHAP. XXVII. The pasnon of Christ. AND when morning was come, all the chief priests and antients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death. 2 And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned ; re- penting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to -the chief priests and antients, 4 Saying : I have sinned, in be* traying innocent blood. But they said : What is that to us ? look thou to it. 5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed : and went and hanged himself with an halter. 6 But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said : It k not lawful to put. them into the St. MATTHEW corbona, because it is the price of blood. 7 And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's held, to be a burying place for strangers. 8 For this cause that field was called haceldama, that is, the field of blood, eren to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the pro- phet, saying : And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel. 10 And they gave them unto the potter s field, as the lord appointed to me* 11 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou say est ft. 12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and antients, he answered nothing. 13 Then Pilate saith to him : Dost thou not hear how great tes- timonies they allege against thee? 14 Aiid he answered him to ne- ver a word : so that the governor wondered exceedingly. 15 Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to re- lease to the people one prisoner, whom they would. 16 And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas. 17 They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said : Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is calkd Chrirt ? IS For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. 19 And as he was sitting in the Elace of judgment, his, wife sent ta im, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man. For 1 have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 90 But the chief priests and an- 1 41 tients persuaded the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away. 21 And the governor answering, said to them : Whether will you of the two to be released unto you ? But they said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith to them : What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ ? They say all : Let him be crucified. 23 The governor said to them : Why what evil hath he done ? But they cried out the more, saying : Let him be crucified. 24- And Pilate seeing that he pre- vailed nothing: but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying : 1 am innocent of the blood of this just man : look you to it. 25 And the whole people answer- ing, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children. * 26 Then he released to them Ba- rabbas, and having scourged Jesus delivered him unto them to be cru- cified. 27 Then the soldiers of the go- vernor taking Jesus into the hall gathered together . unto him the whole band : 28 And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him. 25 And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, ami a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying : Hail, king of the Jews. 30 And spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head. 31 And aitcr they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him,. and put on him his own gar- ments, and led him away to crucify him. 32 And going out they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon : him they forced to take up his Gross. 33 And they came to the place 42 St, MAT that is called Golgotha, which is, the place of Calvary. 34 And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink. 35 And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots ; that it might be ful- filled which was spoken by the pro- phet, saying: They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they east lots, 36 And they sat and watched him. 37 And they put over his head his cause written : This is Jesus the King of the Jews. 38 Then were crucified with him two thieves : one on the right hand, and one on the left. 39 And they that passed by, blas- phemed him wagging their heads, 40 And saying : Yah, thou that destroy est the temple of God and m three days dost rebuild it; save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests with the scribes and antients 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 crucified with him, reproached him with. 45 T 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, say- ing: Eli, EH, lamma sabacthani? that is, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 And some that stood there and heard, said : This man calleth Elias. 48 And immediately on£ of them THEW. running, took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar ; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 And the others said ; Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him. 50 And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent. 52 And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose. 53 And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 Now the Centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying : Indeed this was the Son of God. 55 And there were there many women afar off who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him : 56 Among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 51 And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who •also himself was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate com- manded that the body should be delivered. 59 And Joseph taking the body, wrapt it up m a clean linen cloth. 60 And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his way. 61 And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre. St. MARK. 62 And the next day, which fol- lowed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, 63 Saying : Sir, we have re- membered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive : After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore the se- pulchre to be guarded until ^ the third day ; lest perhaps his disciples come, and steal him away, and say to the people he is risen from the dead : and the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said to them : You have a guard : go, guard it as you know. 66 And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and getting guards. ~ CHAP. XXVIII. The resurrection of Christ. AND in the end of the Sabbath when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven : and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it : 3 And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. 4 And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and be- came as dead men. 5 And the angel answering, said to the women : Fear not you : for I know that you stek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid. 7 And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen ; and be- hold he will go before you into Galilee : there you shall see him. 43 Lo, 1 have foretold it to you. 8 And they went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples. 9 And behold Jesus met them, saying : All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet, and adored him. 10 Then Jesus said to them : Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, there they shall see me. 1 1 Who when they were depart- ed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and toid the chief priests all things that had been done. 12 And they being assembled to- gether with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of mo- ney to the soldiers. 13 Saying: Say you, His disci- ples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep. \i And if the governor shall he^fr of this, we irSJ persuade him, and secure you. 15 So they taking the mon-ey, did as they were taught ; And this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day. 16 And the eleven uisciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesis had appointed them. 1 ? And seeing him they adored : but some doubted. 18 And Jesus coming spoke to them, saying : Ail power is given to me in heaven and in earth. 19 Going therefore teach ye all nations : baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have com- manded you : and behold I am with you all days, even to the con- summation of the world. The GOSPEL according to Saint MARK. CHAP. I. The preaching of John the Baptist. npHE beginning of the Gospe: * Ji.sus Christ the Sun oi G I of God. 44 St. MARK. 2 As it is written in Isalas the prophet : Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepai € the way before thee, 3 A voice of one crying in the depart, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight bis paths* 4 John was in the desart bap- tizing, and preaching the baptism of penance unto remission of sins. 5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and ail they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confess- ing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins : and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying : There cometh after me one migh- tier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop ^Jown and loose. 8 I have baptized you with wa- ter ; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 9 And it came to 'pass, in those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee ; and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit as a dove descending, and remaining on him. 1 1 And there came a voice from heaven ; Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 12 And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the desart. 13 And he was in the desart for- ty days, and forty nights ; and w r as tempted by satan, and he was with beasts, and the angels ministered to him. 14 And after that John was de- livered up, Jesus came into Gali- lee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. 15 And saying : The time is ae~ compiibhed and the kingdom of God is at hand ; repent, and be- lieve the gospel. 10 And passing by the sea of Ga- lilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, his brother, casting 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. 19 And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were mending their nets in the ship : 20 And forthwith he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with his hired men, they followed him. 21 And they enter into Caphar- naum, and forthwith upon the Sab bath days going into the syna- gogue, he taught them. 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine. For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes. 23 And there was in their syna- gogue, a man with an unclean spi- rit ; and he cried out, 24 Saying : What have we to da with thee Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?. I know who thou art, the Holy o:ie of God. 25 And Jesus threatened him, 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 a- mong themselves, saying : What thing is this? what is this new doc- trine ? for with power he command- eth fcvea the unclean spirits, and they obey him. 28 And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the coun- try of Gaiiiee. St. MARK. 45 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 forthwith they tell him of her* 31 And coming to her he lifted her up, taking her by the hand : and im- mediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And when it was evening af- ter sun-set, they brought to him all that were ill and that were pos- sessed with 'lev ife, 33 And all the city was gather- ed together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases; and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, be- cause they knew him. 3.5 And rising very early, going out he went into a desart 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 into the neighbouring towns aitd cities, that 1 may preach there also; for to this purpose am I come. 39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Gali- lee, and casting out devils. 40 And there came a leper to h : m, beseeching him, and kneeling down said to him : If thou wilt; thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus having compas- sion on him, stretched forth his hand ; and touching him, saith to him : I will. Be thou made clean. 42 And when he had spoken, im- mediately the leprosy departed 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 thoxx tell no one; but go, shew thy. self 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 desart places, and they flocked to him from all sides. CHAP. II. Christ heals the sick of the palsy. Jk XD again he entered into Ca- ** pharnanm after some days. 2 And it was heard jthat he was in the house, and many came toge* ther, so that there was no room, no not even at the door ; and he spoke to them the w r ord. 3 And they came to him bringing one sick oi the palsy, who was car- ried by four. 4 And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was : and opening it they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay. 5 And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the pal- sy : Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. 6" And there some of the scribes sitting there, and thinking in their hearts : 7 Why doth this man speak thus ? he blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only ? 8 Which Jesus presently know- ing in his spirit,that they so thought within themselves, saith to them i Why think you these things in your hearts ? 9 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy : Thy sins are for- given thee ; or to say : Arise, take up thy bed and walk? 10 But that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), 111 say to thee, Arise, take up thy bed. and go into thy house. 46 St. MARK. 19 And immediately he arose; and taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all, so that all won- dered, and glorified God, saying : We never saw the like. 13 And he went forth again to the sea side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. 14 And when he was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sit- ting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him : Follow me. And rising up he followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat down to- gether with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also fol- lowed him. 16 And the scribes and the Phari- sees seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 17 Jesus hearing ftiis, saith to them t 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 John and the Pharisees used to fast: and they come, arid say to him : Why do the disciples of John and of the Phari- sees fast ; but thy disciples do not fast? 19 And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? As long as they have the brid groom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when thejbridegroom shall betaken away from them ; and then they shall fast in those days. 21 No man soweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment : otherwise the new piecing taketh 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 spilled 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 walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his dis- ciples began to go forward and to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said to him : Behold, why do they on the sab- bath-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 the leaves of pro- position 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, and not man for the sabbath. 28 Therefore the son of man is Lord of the sabbath also. CHAP. III. Christ heals the withered hand* AND he entered again into the ** synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him whe- ther he would heal on the sahbath- days ; that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand : stand up in the midst. 4 And he saith to them : Is it lawful 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 the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man : Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth ; and his hand was restored unto him. 6 And the Pharisees going out immediately made a consultation St. MARK. with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 7 But Jesus retired with his dis- ciples to the sea : and a great mul- titude followed him, from Galilee and Judea. 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jor- dan. And they about Tyre and Si- don, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him. 9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him* 10 For he heal&d many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils. 11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him : itnd they cried saying : 12 Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known. 13 And going up into a moun- tain, 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. 17 And James the son of Zebe- dee, and John the brother of James: and he named them Boanerges, which is the sons of thunder. 18 And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and [Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean, 19 And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 20 And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay 4T Re hold on him. For they said : is become mad. 22 And the scribes who wer? come down from Jerusalem, said : He hath Beelzebub ; and ;by the prince of devils he casteth out devils. £3 And after he had called them together, he said to them in para- bles: How can satan fast out satan ? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand, 25And if a house be divided against itself that house cannot stand. 26 And if satan be risen up against himself, he is divided, a;;d cannot stand, but hath an end.. 27 No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, urfess he first bind the strong man, and then he shall plun- der his house. 28 Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies where- with they shall blaspheme: ?.9 But be that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, snail never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. 30 Because they said: lie hath an unclean spirit. 31 And his mother and his bre- thren came; and standing without sent unto him calling him, 32 And the multitude sat about him ; and they say to him : Behold thy mother and thy brethren with- out seek for thee. 33 And answering them, he said : Who is my mother and my brethren ? 34 And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith : Behold my mother and my brethren* §£ For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother and my sister and mother. CHAP. IV. The parublc of the sower. AND again he began to teach by the sea side ; and a great mul* 48 Sr. MARK. titude was gathered together unto him so that he went up into a ship and sat in the sea, and all the mul- titude was upon the land by the sea side. 2 And he taught them many- things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine : 3 Hear ye; Behold, the sower went out to sow. 4 Anil whilst he soweth, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came, and ate it up. 5 And other some fell upon stony ground where it had not much earth: and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth : 6 And when the sun was risen, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns : and the thorns grew up, and choak- ed 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 hundred. 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 him the parable. 1 1 And he said to them : To you it is given to know the mystery 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 hearing 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 parable? and how shall you know all parables f 14 He that soweth: soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is gown. and as soon as they have heard, immediately satan cometh, 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 j°y- 17 And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time: and then when tribulation and per- secution ariseth for the word, they are presently scandalized. 18 And others there are who are sown among thorns : these are they that hear the word, 19 And the cares cf the world and the deceitfulness of riches, and ihe lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made fruitless. 20 And these are they "who are sown upon the good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred. 21 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 candlestick ? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest : 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 mea- sure you shall mete, it shall be mea- sured to you again, and more shall be given to you. 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 king- dom of God, as if a man should east sem into the'earth, 27 And should sleep, and rise, n%ht and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up knoweth not. 28 For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the Made, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear, 29 And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately 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 compare it ? 31 it is as a grain of mustard seed ; which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth : 32 And when it is sown, it grow- eth up, and becometh 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 parables, he spoke to them the word, accord- ing as they were able to hear. 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 side. 36 Aiid sending away the multi- tude they take him even as he was in the stiff? : and there were other ships with him. 3? And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into i the iship, so that the ship was filled. 38 And he was in the hinder part . of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow: i and they awake lnm, and say to him : Master, doth it not concern i thee that $re perish r 39 And rising up he rebuked the t wind, atid said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased; and p there was made a great calm, i 40 And he said to them : Why are you fearful r have you not faith yet ? And they feared exceedingly : and they sard one to another ; who *i ' St. M ARK. 4* whilst he | is this (thinkest thou) that both, wind and sea obey him i CHAP. V. Christ casts out a leg-ion of devils. AND they came over the 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 with an un« clean 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 an (J night in the monuments and in the mountains, crying and cutting him- self with stones. 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 with thee, Jesus the Son of the mopt high God : I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him : Go out of the man, thou 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. 1 1 And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. 1 L 2 And the spirits besought him, saying : Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spi- rits going out, entered into the swine: and the herd with great vio- lence was carried headlong .into the sea, btinj; about two thousand, ar.£ were stifled in the sea. * S9 St. M 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 wit?, 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 pray him that he would depart from their coasts. 18 And when he went up into the ship, lie that had been troubled with the devil, began to beseech him that he might be with him. 19 And he admitted him not, but Skith to him : Go into thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great vhings the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercy on thee. 20 And he went his way, and be- gan to publish in Becapolis 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 great multitude assembled together unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue named Jairus : and seeing him ialleth 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, that 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 suffered many things from many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no- thing the better, but rather worse, 2? When she had heard of Jesus', came in the crowd behind iiim, anii touched his garment. 23 For she said : If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole. 29 And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. SO And immediately Jesus know* ing in himself the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said : Who hath touched my garments ? 31 And his disciples sakl to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou who hath touched me ? 32 And he looked about to see her who had 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 l^hile he was yet speaking, some come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying : Thy daughter is dead, why dost thou trouble the master any farther. 36 But Jesus having heard the w r ord 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 brother of James. 33 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue ; and he seeth a tumult, and people weep- ing 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 all out, taketh the father and the mo- ther of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 41 Ai d takiiig the damsel by the hand, lie sah.ii to her : Tid' f ha St. MARK. £i cumi, vihich is, being interpreted, damsel (I say to thee), arise. 42 And immediately the damsel rose up, and walked : and she was twelve years old : and they were as- tonished 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. CHAP. VI. Christ teaches at Nazareth. A ND going out from thence, he ■"- • went ir.to his own country ; and his disciples followed him. 2 And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the sy- nagogue: 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 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 Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred. 5 And he could not do any mi- racles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, laying his hands upon them. 6 And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching. ? And he called the twelve; and began to send them two and two, and gave them power 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 sandals, and that theyshould not put on two coats. 10 And he said to them : Where- soever you shall enter into an house, there abide till you depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not re- ceive you, nor hear you : going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them. 12 And going forth they preach- ed that men should do penance. 13 And they cast out many de- vils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. 1 1 And king Herod heard : (for his name was made manifest) and he said : John the Baptist is risen again from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth them* selves in him. 15 And others said i It is EUas, But others said : It is a propftet, as one of the prophets. ICy Which Herod hearing, saids John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of He- rodias the wife of Philip his brother* because he had married her. 18 For John said to Herod : It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother V wife. ID Now Herodias laid snares for him : and was desirous to put him to death and could not. 20 For Herod feared John, know- ing him to be a just and holy man : and kept him, and when he heard him did many things : and he heard him willingly. 21 And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birth-day, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee. 22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel : Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give ittLte. *2 St. MA 23 And he swore to her : What- soever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it he the half of my kingdom. 24 Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask ? But she said : The head of John the Baptist. 26 And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying : I will that forth- with thou give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was struck sad. Yet because ef his oath, and be- cause of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her : 27 But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. 29 And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish : and ga7e it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29 Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body ; and laid it in a tomb. 20 And the apostles coming to- gether unto Jesus, related to him all things that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them : Come apart into a desart place, and rest a little. For there were many com- ing and going : awd they had not «o much as time to eat. 32 And going up into a ship, they went into a desart place apart. 33 And they saw them going away, and many knew : and they ran flocking thither on foot from all the cities, and were there before them. 34 And Jesus going out saw a great multitude ; and he had com- passion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and be began to teach them many thing?. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, ^ saying : This is a desart place, and • the hour is now past : 36 Send them away, that going ii to the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat 57 And ke answering said to, them : Give you them to eat. And they said to him : Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to cat. 38 And he saith to them : How many leaves have you ? go and see. And when they knew, they say : Five, and two fishes. 39 And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they £at down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes : look- ing up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his dis- ciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all. 42 And they ail did eat, and had their fill. 43 And they took up the leav- ings, twelve lull baskets of frag- ments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat, were five thousand men. 45 And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship, that they might go before him ever the water to Bethsaida : whilst he dismissed the people. 46 And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray. 47 And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land. 48 And seeing them labouring in rowing (for the wind was against them) and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed "by tbrrn. 49 But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they 'cried out. 50 For they aii saw him, and were troubled. And immediately h« spoke with them, and said to them MARK. SI Have a good heart, it is I,fear ye not. 5\ And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind cea«ed : and they were far more astonished within themselves : 52 For they understood not con- cerning the loaves; for their heart was biinded. 53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genezareth, and set to the shore. 54. And when they were gone cut of the ship, immediately they knew him : 55 And running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds "those that were sick, where they heard he was. 56 And whithersoever he enter- ed, into towns or into villages or Cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment : and as many as touched him were made whole. CHAP. VII. Christ reli ukes the Pharisees. 4ND there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some ©f the scribes, coming from Jerusalem. 2 And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with com- mon, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often wash- ing their hands, holding the tradi- tion of the antients : 4 And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not : and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels and of beds. 5 And the Pharisees and scribes asked him Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the antients, but they eat bread with common hands? But he answering, said to them : Well did Isalas prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written : This people honoureth me •with their Hf)s y bat their heart is far from me. 7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men. 8 For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washings of pots and of cups : and many other things you do like to these. 9 And he said to them : Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 10 For Mosetf said: Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that shull curse father or mother M dying let liim die. 11 But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban (which is a gift) whatsoever ii from me, shall profit thee: 12 And farther you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother, 13 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given fcrth. And many other such like things you do. 1 i And calling again the multi- tude unto him, he said to them * Hear ye me all and understand. 15 There is nothing from with— out a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man. lf> If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 17 And when he was come into the hotise from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable. 18 And he saith to them : So are ycu also without knowledge? un- derstand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man, cannot defile him : 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purg- ing ail meats ? 4* St. M 20 Bat he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man. 21 For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, cov^tousucss, wicked- ness, deceit, last iviousi less, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile a man. 21 And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidoh : and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it, and he could not be hid. 25 For a woman as soon as she Beard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in, and fell down at his feet. 26 For the woman w r as a Gen- tile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 Who said to her : Suffer first the children to be filled : for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs. 28 But she answered, and said to him : Yea, Lord ; for the whelps also eat under the table of the crumbs of the children. 29 And he said to her: For this saying go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gene out. 31 And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of D^capolis. 32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb ; and they besought him that he would lay his hand up- on him. 33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting he touch- ed his tongue ; S-i And Iookk?g up to heaven, he ARK. groaned, and said to him : Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened. 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right, 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it. 37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying : He hath done all things well ; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. CHAP. VIII. Christ feeds four thousand. ¥ N those days again when there -S- was a great multitude, and had nothing to eat : calling his disciples together, he saith to them : 2 I have compassion on the mul- titude, for behold they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I shaB send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for some of them came from afar off. 4 And his disciples answered him : From whence, 'can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness ? 5 And he asked them : Ho w many loaves have ye ? Who said : Seven. 6 And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks he broke, and gave to his disciples for to set before them, and they set them before the people. 7 And they had a few little fishes ; and he liessed them, and command- ed them to be set before them. 8 And they did eat and were fil- led, and they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets. 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand : and he sent them away. 10 And immediately going up in- to a ship with his disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmanutha. St. MARK. 35 ] 1 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith : Why doth this generation ask a sign ? Amen I say to you, if a sign shall besriven to this generation. 13 And leaving them, he went up again into the ship, and passed to the other side of the water. 14 And they forgot to take bread : and they had but one loaf with them in the ship. 15 And he charged them saying: Take heed asd be wave of the leaven of the Pharisees,, and of the leaven Oi Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying: Because we have no bread. 17 Which Jesus knowing, saith to them : Why do you : f ison, be- cause you have no bread ? do you not yet know nor understand ? have you still your heart blinded ? 13 Having eyes see you not? and having ears hear yuu not ? neither do you remember. 19 When I broke the live loaves among five thousand ; how many baskets full of fragments took you up ? They say to him, Twelve. 20 When also the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets of fragments took you up ? And they say to him, Seven. 21 And he said to them: How do you not yet understand ? 22 And they came to Bethsaida ; and they bring to him a blind man, and they besought him that he would touch him. 23 And taking the blind man by the hand he hd him out of the town : and spitting upon his cye>, .syiiig his hands on him, he asked him if he saw any thing. 2i And looking up, he said : I see men, as it were trees, walking. 2.5 After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes, and he began to see, and was restored, so that he saw all tilings clearly. 26 And he sent him into his house, saying: Go into thy house, and if thou enter into the town, tell nobody. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples into the town of Csssarea Philippi ; and in the way he asked his disciples, saying to them : Whom do men say that I am ? 23 Who answered him, saying ■ John the Baptist ; but some Eliasj and others as one of the prophets. 29 Then he saith to them : Birt whom do you say that I am ? Peter answering said to him : Thou art the Christ. SO And he strictly charged them that they should not tell any man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the antients and by the high-priests, and the scribes, and be killed : and after three days rise again. 32 And he spoke the word open- ly. And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him. 33 Who turning about and see- ing his disciples, threatened Peter, saying : Go behind me, satan, be- cause thou savourest not the things that are of God, but that are of men. 34 And calling the multitude to- gether with his disciples, he said to them : If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the go/pel shall s.we it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suf- fer the loss of his soul ? 37 Qv what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? 38 For he that shall be ashamed of me, and of mv words in this adulterous and sinful generation, 16 St. MARK. the son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he shall come in the glory of ins Father with the holy angels. 80 And he said to them : Amen I say to yon, that there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste death,!ifl they see the king- dom of God corning in power. CHAP. IX. Christ is transfigured, AND after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John, and leadeth them np into an high mountain apart by themselves, and was transfigured before them. " 2 And his garments became shin- ing and exceeding white as snow, so us no fuller upon earth can make white. 3 And there appeared to them Elias with Moses ; and they were talking with Jesus. 4 And Peter answervig, said to Jesus : Rabbi, it is goo*- for us to be here ; and let us make three ta- bernacles, one for thee, and one for "JVfloses, and one for Elias. & For he knew not what he said ; for they were struck with fear : 6 And there was a cloud over- shadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying : This is. my 'jnost beloved son; hear ye him. 7 And immediately looking a- bout, they saw no man anymore but Jesus only with them. 8 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them not to teil any man what things they bad seen, till the son of man shall be risen again from the dead. 9 And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what that should mean, when he shall be risen from the dead. 10 And they asked him saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first ? 1 1 Who answering said to them: Elias when he shall come first, shall restore all things, and a? it is writ- ten of the son of man, that he must sutler many things and be de-pised. 12 B,«t I say to you, that Elias also is come (and they have done to him whatsoever they would) as it is written of him. IS And coming to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and th^ scribes disputing with them. 14 And presently all the people seeing- Jesus, was astonished and struck with fear: and running to him, they saluted him. 1.5 And he asked them, What do you question about among you ? 1G And one of the multitude an- swering, said : Master, I have brought my son to thee having a dumb spirit, 17 Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him, and he foameth, and gna ..Leth with the teeth, and pinethaway: and I spoke to thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not. 18 Who answering them, said: incredulous generation, how long shall I be with you ? how long shall 1 suffer you ? bring him^unto me* 19 And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him ; and being thrown down upon the ground, he row led about foaming. 20" And he asked his father : How long time is it since this hath happened unto him ? But he said : From his infancy : 21 And often times' hath he cast him into the fire and into waters, to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compas- sion on us. 22 And Jesus saith to him : If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 23 And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with tears said: I do believe; Lordhelp my unbelief. 24 And when Jesus saw the mul- titude running together* lie threat St. MARK. 67 pii the unclean sn r r:t< saving to him : Deaf and dumb spirit, I com- mand thee, to go out of him : aiid enter not any mere into him. 35 And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, and he became as dead, so that jnanv said : He is dead. 26 But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up ; and he arose. 27 And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly .asked him: Why could not we cast him out ? 28 And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. 29 And departing from thence they passed through Galilee, and he would not that any man should know it. 30 And he taught his disciples, and said to them : The son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and after that he 'is killed he shall rise again the third day. 3! But they understood not the word : and they were afraid to ask him. 32 And they came to Capharna- u-m. And when they were in the house, he asked them : What did you treat of in the way ? 33 But they held their pence, for in the way they had disputed a- mong themselves, which of them shoukl be the greatest. 34 And sitting down, he called the twelve, and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be last of all, and the minister of all. 35 And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom whew he had embraced, he saith to them : 36 Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name, re- ceiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. 37 John answered him, saying : Master, we saw one. casting out thv ddnh la thy name, wno johoweifi not us, and we forbad him. 38 But Jesus said ; Do not for- bid him. For thereis no mail that doth a miracle in my name, and can soon speak ill of me. 39 For he that is not against you, is for you. 40 For whosoever shall give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because you belong to Christ: Amen I say to you, he ishall not lose his reward; 41 A fid whosoever shall scanda- lize one of these little ones that be- lieve in me ; it were better for him that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 42 And if thy hand scandaliza thee, cut it ofK It is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire:. 43 Where their worm dieth not,, and the fire is not extinguished. 44 And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter 1 tme into life everlast- ing, than having two feet, to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire. 45 Wl ere their wo; in dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 46 And it thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out. It is better for thee with one eye to enter into the king- dom of God, than having two eyes to be ca^t into the hell of fire : 47 Where their worm diet!) not, and the tire is not extinguished. 4H For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be salted with salt. 49 Salt is good. But if the salt become unsavoury, wherewith will you season it ? Have salt in you, and have peace anions: you. CHAP. X. Marriage is not to be dissolved, AND rising up from thence, he cometh into the coasts of Judea heyond the Jordan : and the multi- 53 St. MARK. ttiues flock to him again. And a^ he was accustomed, he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees coming to him asked him ; Is it law hi] tor o man to put away his wife ? tempt- ing him. 3 But he answering, saith to them : What did Moses command you? 4 Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. 5 To whom Jesus answering, said : Because of the hardness or your heart he wrote you that precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female* 7 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother ; and shall cleave to his wife. 8 And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ' 10 And in tha house again his discipes asked him concerning the same thing. 11 And he saith t» them : Who- soever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if the wife shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committed adultery. 13 And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and saith to them : Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom, of God. 1.5 Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a littie child, shall not enter into it. 16 And embracing them, and lay- ing his hands upon them.. he blessed them. 1 7 And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man running* up and kneeling before him, asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may receive life everlasting ? 18 And Jesus said to him, Why caliest thou me good ? None is good but one, that is God. 19 Thou knowest the command- ments, Do not commit adultery, do not hilly do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy fur- ther and mother* 20 But he answering, said to him : Master, all these things I have observed from my youth. 21 And Jesus looking on him, loved him, and said to him : One thing is wanting unto thee : go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to < he poor, and thou shalt have trea- sure in heaven ; and come, follow me. 22 Who being struck sad at that saying, went away sorrowful: for he had great posses- ions. 23 And Jesus looking round, about, saith to his discuses : How hardly shall they, that have riches, enter into the kingdom of God ! 21 And the disciples were asto- nished at his words. But Jesus again answering, saith to them*:. Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into. the kingdom of God ! 25 It is easier for a camel to pass . through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 Who wondered the mora, saying among themselves ; Who then can be saved ? 27 And Jesus looking on them, saith : With men it is impossible;, but not with God. For all things are possible with God. 28 And Peter began to say unto, him ; Behold, we have fete all things, and have followed thee. 29 Jesus answering, said: Amen I say to you> there is no man who> St. M hath -eft house, or brethren,or sisters, -or father, or mother or children, cr lands for my sake and for the gospel, 3) Who shall vrA receive an hundred times as much, now in this time ; houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions : and in the world to ccn:e life everlasting-. 31 But many that are first, shall be last ; and the last, first. 32 And they were in ,the way going up to Jerusalem : and Jesus went before them, and they were astonished : and following were afraid. And taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should befal him, 33 Saying; Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes arid antients, and they shall condemn him to death, and* shall deliver him to the gentiles. 34 And they shell mock him. and spit on him, and scourge him, and kill him ; and the third day he shall rise again. 35 Atid James and John the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying : Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, then wotddst do it for ur«, SG But he sa : d to them : What v ould you that 1 should do for you? 37 And they said : Grant to us, that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy glory. 38 And Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice that I drink of: or be baptized with the baptism wherewith I am baptized? 39 But they "said to him : We can. And Jesus saith to them : You shall indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of: and with the bap- tism wherewith 1 am baptized, you shall be baptized. 40 But to sit on my right hand, or^on my left, is not mine to give ARrt £3 to yen, hut to them for whom it is prepared. 41 And the ten hearing it, began to be much displeased at James and John. 42 But Jsstjs caiiing them, saith to tkeiii : You know that they who seem to rule ever the gentiles., lord it over them: and then princes have power over them. 43 But it is not so among you ; but whosoever will be greater, shall be your minister. 44 And whosoever will be £rst among you, shall be the servant of all. 45 For the sou of man also is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a re* demption for many, 4d And they come to Jericho : and as he went out oi Jericho, with his disciples, and a very great mul- titude, Bar-timeus the blind man, the son of Timeus, sat by the way side begging. 47 Wiio when he had heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, began to cry out,. and to say : Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many rebuked him, that be might hold his peace ; but he cried a great deal the more : Son of David, have mercy on me, 49 And Jejtus standing still com- manded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him : Be of better comfort: arise, he calleth thee. 50 Who casting off his garment leaped up, and came to him, 51 And Jesus answering, said to him : What wilt thou that 1 should do to thee ? And the blind man said to him : Rabboni, that I may see. 52 And Jesus saith to him : Go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he saw, and followed him in the way. CHAP. XI. Christ enters into Jerusalem, §c. 4 ND when they were drawing **> near to Jerusalem and to Be - €0 St. 3 ihania at the mount of olives he sendeth two of his disci. ,-les, 2 And saith to them : Go into the village that is over-againstyou, End immediately at your coming in C'nther, you shall find a colt tied, o*jon which no man yet hath sat : loose him, and bring him, 3 And if any man shall say tD VOUj What are you doing ? say ye that the Lord hath need of him ; and immediately he will let him come hither. 4 And going their way, they found the colt tied before the gate without in the meeting of two ways: and they loose him. 5- And some of them that stood there, said to them : What do you loosing the colt? 6 Who said to them a9 Jesus bad commanded them ; and they let him go with them. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus ; and they lay their garments en him, and he sat upon him. 8 And many spread their gar- ments in the way : and others cut down boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way. 9 And they that went before and they that followed cried saying: Jfosannah, Messed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that eo?7ieih, Hosanna in the highest. 11 And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple: and having viewed all things round about, when now the even tide was come, he went out to Bethania with the twelve. 12 And the next day when thej came out from Bethania, he was hungry. 1.3 And when he had seen a- far i>ff a fig-tree having leaves, he- came;, if perhaps he might find any thing 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:. IKK. May no man hereafter eat fruit o thee any more for ever. And kia disomies heard it. L5 And they come to Jerusalem. And when he was entered into the temple, he began to cast out them that .sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves. 16 And he suffered not that any man should carry a vessel through the temple ; 17 And he taught, saying to them ; Is it not written, My house shall he called the house nf prayer to all nations ? But you have made it a den of thieves. IS Which when the chief priests and the scribes had heard* 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. 21 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 1 say to you, that wbo«* soever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his. heart, but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done : it shall be done unto. him. 84 Therefore I say unto you, all tmngs, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall re-, ceive : and they shall come unto you. 2,5 And when you shall stand to pray : forgive, if you have ought, against any man ; that your Father ajso, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sin?, 26 But if you will* not forgive St. MARK, neither will your Father that is in heaven, forgive you your sins. 27 And they come again to Jeru- salem. And when he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the antients. 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 : I will also ask you one word, and answer you me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John was it from heaven, or from men ? An- swer me. 31 But they thought with them- selves saying: If we say, from heaven ; he will say, Why then did you not believe him ? 32 If we say, From men, we fearthe people. For all men counted John that he was a prophet indeed. . 33 And they 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. The parable of the vineyard, cy<\ AND he began to speak to them in parables : A certain man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it, and dug a place for the wine fat, and built a tower, and let it to husband-men ; and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husband-men a servant to re- ceive of the husband-men, 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 them another servant ; and him they wounded in the head, and used him renroach fully. \ And a^ain he sent another, and M him they killed : and many others, of whom some they beat, and other* they killed. 6 Therefore having yet ore son, most dear to him : he al.-o -ent hit* unto them last of all, saving : They will reverence my son. 7 But the husband -men said one to another ; This is the heir ; cotdc, let us kill him ; and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And laying hold on him, they killed him, and east him out cf the vineyard. 9 'What therefore will the lcrd of the vin-yard do? He will coim and destroy those husband-men ; and will give the vineyard to others. 10 And have -you not read this scripture, The stone which the build*, ers rejected, tJte same is made the head of the corner : 1 1 By the Lord has this been done, ani it is wonderful in our eyes. It 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 hiu/ they went their way. 13 And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodiaus;. that they should catch him in his words. 14 Who coming, say to him : Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and carest not for any man ; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachtst the way of God in tint In Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar; or shall we not give it ? \5 Who knowing their wilincss, saith to them : Why tempt you me? bring me a penny that i may see it. id And they brought it him..— And he saith to them : Whose is this image,, and inscription ? They say to him, Cesar's. 17 And Jesus answering, said to them : Render therefore to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And 62 St. MASK, Ihey marvelled at him. IB And there came to him the Sadducees who say there is no re- surrection ; 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 leaveno children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother. 20 Now there were seven bre- ibern ; and the first tor-k a wife, and died leaving no issue. 21 And the second took her, and died: and neither did he leave any issue. And the third in like manner. 22 And the seven all took her in like manner? and did not leave issue. Last of all the woman ako died. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall ris«e again, who&e wife shall she be of them ? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering sakh to them : Do ye not therefore err, be- cause 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 married, 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 ; lam the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob f 27 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 rea- soning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment ofalh 29 And Jesus answered him : The first commandment of afl is, Mear, O Israel : ike Lord thy Gcd is ne God. 30 And thou shall love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like to it r Thou shall love thy, neighbour as thyself There is no other com- mandment greater than these. 82 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 sou!, and with the whole strength : and to love one's neigh- bour as oneself, 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 Gad* And no mtin after that, durst ask him any*qnestibn., 3.5 And Jesds answering said, teaching in the temple : How do the scribes say A that Christ Is the son of David ? 36 For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord said tr> my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy foot- stool. 37 David therefore himself call- eth him .Lord, and whence is he then his son ? And a great multi- tude heard him gladly. 38 And he .said to them in hig 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 : 4.0. Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer : these shall receive greater judgment. 41; And Jesus sitting over against the treasury , .beheld how the people cast money into the treasury, and many that were rich ca»t in much. 42 And there came a certai St. MARK. 63 poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And calling his disciples toge- ther, 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. 4i 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. Chrirf foretells the destruction cf the te?nple. A XD as he was going out of the ■"■ temp'e, one of lis disciples saith to him : Master, behold what manner of stones,, and- what build- ings are here. 2 And Jesus answering, said to him: Seest thou all thee g:eat buildings? There shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as ho sat on the mount of Olivet over against the temple, Pe- ter and James and John and An- drew arked him apart : 4 Tell lis, when s-hall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall begin to be fulfilled. 5 And Jesus answering, began to say to them, Take heed lest any mah deceive you. 6 For many shall come in my name saying I am he ; and they shall deceive many. i And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, f ar ye "not. For such things must needs be, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kimrdom against king- r}om,and there * h ill be earth-quakes in divers places, and famines. These tilings are the beginning of sorrows. 9 But look to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to coun- cils, and hi the synagogues you shall be beaten, and you shall stand be- fore governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them. 10 And unto ad nations the gosr* pel must first be preached. 11 And when they shaJl lead you and deliver you up, be not thought- ful hefore-ha; d what you shall speak ; but whatsoever shall be given you hi that hour, that speak ye. For it is not you that speak, but the- Holy Ghost. 12 And the brother shall betray his brother unto death, and the fa- ther his son ; and the children shall rise up against the parents, and shall work their death. 13 And you shall be hated by all men for rny name's sake. But he that shall endure unto the end, he shall be saved. 14 And when you shall seethe abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not: he that read* eth, let him understand: then let them that are in Judea, flee unto the mountains : 15 And let him that is on the house-top, not go down into Che house n< r ent< r therein to take any . thing out of the house: [6 And let him that shall be in the field, not turn back to take up his garnu lit. 1 7 And wo to them that are with child, and that give suck in these i lays. 18 But pray ye, that these things happen not in winter. 19 For in those days shall' be such tribulations as were not from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, neither shall be. 20 And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh should be saved : but for the sake of the elect whlc h he hath chosen, he haib shortened the days. 21 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. 64 St. M shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce (if it were possible) even the elect. 23 Take you been* therefore ; be- hold I have foretold you all things. 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be dark- ened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall be falling- down, and the powers, that are hi 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 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. 28 Now of thj 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. SO 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 midnght, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning.) 36 Lest coming on a sudden, he &id you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you I say to all : Watch. CHAR XIV. The history of the passion qf Christ. TfcTQW the feast of the pasch, and V* of the azyms was after two days: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile lay hold on him, and kill him. - 2 But they said: Not on the fes- tival day, lest there should be a tu- mult among the people. 3 And when he was in Bethanra in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a wo- man having an alabaster box ©f ointment of precious spikenard : and breaking the alabaster box she poured it out upon his head. 4 Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said : Why was this waste of the the ointment made ? 5 For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hun- dred pence 5 and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6 But Jesus said : Let her alone, why do you molest her ? She hath wrought a gcod work upon me. 7 For the poor you have always with you ; and whensoever you will, 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, whereso- ever this gospel shall he preached in the whole world, 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 priests, to betray him to them 11 Who hearing it were ^rlad; and they promised him they would give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. 12 Now on the first day of the unleavened bread when they sacri- ficed the pasch, the disciples say to St. M 'm : Whither wilt thou that we go, and p :eparefor thee to eat the pasch? 13 And he sendeth two of his disciple*, and Faith to them : Go ye into the city ; and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of wai t . follow him ; 14 And whithersoever he shall go in, say to the master of the house, The master saith, Where is my refectory, where I may eat the pasch with my disciples f 15 And he will shew you a large dining-room furnished ; and there prepare ye for us. 16 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 with the twelve. 18 And when they were at table and eating, Jesus saith : Amen I say to you, one of you that eatelh with me shall betray me. 19 But they began to be sorrow- fill, and to say to him one by one : Is it I? 20 Who saith to them : One of the twelve, who dippeth with me his hand in the dish. 21 And the son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo to that man by whom the son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. 22 And whilst they were eating, Jesus took 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 testament, which shall be shed for many. 25 Amen I say to you, that I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new m the kingdom of God. fi And when they had said an ARK. 65 hymn, they went forth to the mount of olives. 27 And Jesus saith to them ,• You will all be scandalized in my regard this night; for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the slieep ithall h c j dispersed. 28 But after I shall be risen again, I will uo before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter "saith to him l Al- though all shall be scandalized in thee, yet not I 30 And Jesus saith to him : Amen I say to thee, to-day even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shaltdeny me thrice. 31 But he spoke the more vehe- mently : Although I should die to- gether with thee, I will not deny thee. And in likemanner aLo said they all. 32 And they come to a farm call- ed Gethsemani. And he saith to Ins disciples: Sit you here, while I pray. 33 And he takKh Peter and James and John with him ; and he began to fear and to ne heavy. 34 And he saiih to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death ; stay you here and watch. 35 And when he was gone forward a httle, he fell fiat on the ground ; and he prayed that if it might be, the hour might pass from him : ut not what 1 will, but what thou wiit. 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping. And lie saith to Pe- ter : Simon, sieepest thou ? could st 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 found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy) and they knew not what to answer him. 41 And he cometh the third lime, and saith to them : Sleep ye now, Co St. M and take your rest. It is enough : the hour is come ; behold the son of nnan shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. 4 C 2 Rise up, let us go. Behold, he that will betray roe, is at hand. •13 And while he was yet speak- ing, cometh Judas Iscariot one c,f the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the ch-'ef priests and the scribes and the antients. 41 And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying : Whom- soever f shall kiss, that is he,lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. 45 And when he was come, im- mediately going up to him, he saith : Hail Rabbi : and he kissed him. 46 But they laid hands 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 Jesus answering, said to them : Are you come out as to a robber with swords and staves to apprehend me ? 43 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But, that the scriptures may be fulfilled. 50 Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away. 51 And a certain young man fol- lowed him having a linen cloth cast about his naked body ; and they laid hold on him. 52 But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked. 53 And they brought Jlsus to the high-priest ; and all the priests and the scribes and the antients as- sembled together* Si And Peter followed him a- far off, even into the court of :he high- priest ; and he sat with the servants at the fire, and warmed himself. 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesis, that they might put him to death, and found none. \RK. 56 For many bore false witness against him, and their evidence were not agreeing. 51 And some rising uj), bore false witness against him, saying: 58 We heard him say, 1 will de- stroy this temple made withhsnds, and within three days 1 will build another not made with hands. 5.9 And their witness did not agree. GO And the high-priest rising up in Ire midst, asked Jesus, saying : An.sw.rest thou 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 coming with the clouds of heaven. 63 Then the high-priest rending his garments, saith : What need we any farther witnesses ? 64 You have heard the blasphemy. What think you ? Who all con- demned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him : Prophesy : and the servants struck him with the palms of their hanids. 66 Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of maid-servants of the high-priest. 67 And when she had seen Peter wanning hhnseif, looking on him she saith : Thou also wast with Jlsus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied, saying : 4 nei- ther know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the eonrt ; and the cock crew. 69 And again a maid-servant seeing him, began to say to the scanners by : This is one of them. 70 But he denied agam. And after a while they that stood by, St. MARX. 6? aid again to Peter : Surely thou art one of them ; for thou art aiso a Ga- lilean. 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom you speak 72 And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remember- ed the word that Jesus had said unto him : Before the cock crow twice, thou shait thrice deny me. And he began to weep. CHAP. XV. Continuation of the passion, AND straightway in the morning the chief priests holding a con- sultation with the antients and the sciibes and the whole council, binding Jesus led him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him : Art thou the king of the Jews? but he answer- ing, saith to him : Thou say est it. 3 And the chief priests accused him in many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, say- ing: Answerest thou nothing: be- hold in how many things they ac- cuse thee. 5 But Jesus still answered no- thing ; So that Pikite wondered. 6 Now on :he festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they de- manded. 7 And there was one called Ba- rabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the se- dition had committed murder. 8 And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto \\ws.. 9 And Pilate answered them, and said : Will you that I rele.ise to you the king of the Jews ? loForheknevv that the chief priests had. delivered him up out of envy. 11 But the chief priests moved the people, that lie should rather release 3arabbas to the n. 12 And Pilate again answering, eaith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews ? 13 But they again cried out : Crucify km*. 14 And Pilate saith to them : v Why, what evil hath he done ? But they cried out the more : Cru- cify him. 15 And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 15 And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace, ami they call together the whole band : 17 And they cioath him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him. 18 And they began to salute him : Hail, king of the Jews. 19 And they struck his head with a reed : And they did spit 8n him. And bowing their knees, they adored him. _ 20 And after they had mocked him, they took off the pury^le from him, and put his own garments on him, and they led him cut to cru- cify him. 21 And they forced one Simon a Cy reman who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rums, to take up his cross. 22 And they bring him into the place culled Golgotha, which being interpreted is, the place of Calvarv. 2d And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh ; but he took it not. 21 And crucifying him, they di- vided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should •ake. 2 5 And it was the third hour, and hey crucified h ; m. 23 And the inscription of hia cause was written over, The King OF THfi JEWS. 2? And with him they crucify two thieves, tire one on his right hand and the other on his left. nd the Scripture was ful- i Galilee, followed him, and minister- hieh saith: And with the ed to him, and many ether womei 68 St. MARK. 28 And the filled \v wicked he was reputed. 29 And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their beads, and saying : 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 believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the wfiole earth until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, say- ing . Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou for- saken me ? 35 And some of the slanders by hearing, said : Behold, he calleth Bias. 36 And one running and filling a spunge with vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying : Stay, let us see if Ellas 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 cry- ing out in this manner he had given upT the ghost, said : Indeed this man was the Son of God. 40 And there were also women looking on a-far off: among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph, and Salome , 41 Who also when he was in en that came up with him to Jerusalem. 42 And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, thatris the day before the Sabbath.) 43 Joseph of Arimathea a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in bokRyte Pilate, and begged the body of J-esus. 44 But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And send- ing for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead. 45 And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And Joseph buying fine linen and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen and kd him in a sepulchre 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 beheld where he was laid. CHAP. XVI. Christ's Resureeiion and Ascension. AND when the Sabbath was past* ■"• Mary Magdtden and Masrj the mother of James and Salome bought| sweet spiees, that coming they might anoint Jesus. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. 3 And they said one to another : 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 very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe : and they were astonished. 6 Who saith to them : Be not affrighted ; you seek Jesus ol Na- zareth, who was crucified: he is risen, he is not here, behold the place where they laid him. St. LU 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he told you. 8 But they going out, fled from the sepulchre. For a trembling and fear had seized them : and they said nothing to any man ; for they were afraid. 9 But he rising early the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalen, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10 She went and told them that had been with him, who were mourning and weeping. 1 1 And they hearing that he was dive and haJ^een seen by her, did not believe, 12 And after that he appeared in another shape to two of them walk- ing, as they were going into the country. 13 And they going told it to the rest; neither did they believe them. 14 At length he appeared to the eleven as they were at table : and KB. 6? he upbraided them with their incre- dulity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen him after he was risen again. 1 5 And he said to them : Go ye into the whole world and preach the irospel to every creature. 16' He that believeth and is hap* tized, shall be saved : but he that believeth not, shall be condemned. 1 7 And these signs shall follow them that believe : In my name they shall cast out devils : they shall sr>eak with new tongues , 13 They shall take up serpents ; and if they shall drink ar.y deadly thing, it shall not hurt them : they shall lay their hinds upon the sick and they shad leeover. 19 And the Lord Jesu?, after he he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God. 20 But they going forth preach- ed every where : the Lord working withal, and confirming the word with signs that followed. TJce GOSPEL aceordi CHAP. I. The Conception of John the Baptist, 6[C T^ORASMUCH as many have ta- *• ken in hand to set forth in' or- der a narration of the things that have been accomplished among us; 2 According as they have deli- vered them unto U6, 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 fron the beginning, to write to thee m order, most excellent Theophilus, 4- That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed. 5 There was in the days of lie- rod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of xVbia, and his wife was of the : daughters of Aaron, and her name ng to Saint LUKE. Elizabtth. 6 And they were both just be* fore God, walking in all the"com- mandments and justifications 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 function in the order of his course before God, 9 According to the custom o:' the priestly office, it was his lot to of- fer incense, going into the temple of the Lord ; 10 And all the multitude of the people was praying without at the hour of incense, 1 1 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 \v:s troubled, wd fear fell upon him ; 70 St. I 13 But the Angel said to him : Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer- is beard ; 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 before 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 ; that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and the incredu- lous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a perfect people. 18 And Zachary said to the An- gel : Whereby sha;l I know this? tor I am an old man ; and my wife is advanced in years. 19 And the Angel answering, gaid 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 these things shall come to pass ; because thou hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their rime. 21 And the people was waiting for Zachary : and they wondered- that he tarried so long in the temple. 22 And when he came out he could not speak to them, and they understood that he had seen a vi- sion in the temple. And he made signs to them, and remained dumb. 23 And it came to pass, after the days of his office were accomplished, he departed to his own house. * 24- And after those days Eliza- beth his wiih conceived ; and hid ,UKE. herself rive months, saying : 25 Thus hath tile 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, the AngclGabriel was sent from God in- to a city of Gal. lee, called Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, ot the house of David; and the< vir- gin'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 trou- bled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salu- tation this should be. 30 And the Angel said to her : Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. 31 Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son ; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High, and the Lord God shall give unto 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. 34 And Mary said to the Angel : How shall this be done, because I know not man ? 35 And the Angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come uponfthee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. 36 And behold thy cousin Eliza- beth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth mouth with her that is called barren; 37 Because no word shall be im possible with God. 38 And Mary said Behold St. LUKE. fl ©nd-maid 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, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda. 40 And she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. 41 Ami it came to pass; that when Elizabeth heard the saluta- tion of Mary., the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth 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 Eor behold as soon as the Voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45 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 doth magnify the Lord : 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced m God my Saviour. 48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his hand-maid ; for be- hold from henceforth al! genera- tions shall call me blessed. 49 Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me : and Holy i.« his name. 50 And his mercy is from gene- ration 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 the 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 Israelii* servant, being mindful of hisrnercy. 5 5 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever. 56 And Mary abode with her about three months : and she re- turned to her own house 67 Now Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come, and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and kins- folks heard that the Lord had shew- ed his great mercy towards her, and they congratulated with her. 59 And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to cir- cumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary. 60 And his mother answering, said : Not so, but he shall be call- ed John. Gl And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his fa- ther, how he would have him called. 63 And demanding a writing-ta- ble, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered. 64 And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke blessing God. 6.3 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 up 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 propbeseJ saying: 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Is- rael : because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his peo- ple : 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of Dav'd his servant. 70 As he spoke by the mouth ot his holy prophets, who are from 72 St. I the Beginning, 71 Salvation from our enemies, 4nd from the hand of all that hate us. 72 To -perform mercy to our fath> rs ; and to remember his holy testament. 73 The oath which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us, 74 That being delivered from the hand of cur enemies, we may serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and justice before him, all our days. 76 And thou child, shalt be ca;led the prophet of the Highest : fbr- thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. 77 To give knowledge of salva- tion to his people, unto the remis- sion of their sins. 76 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which 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 desarts until the day of his ma- nifestation to Israel. CHAP. II. The birth of Christ. AND it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus; that the whole world should be enrolled. 9 This enrolling was first made by Cjrinus 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 David, which is called Bethlehem : because he was of the house and family of David, 5 To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife who was with child. 6 And it came to pass, that when tfcey were there, her days /were UKE. accomplished; that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her first- born son, and wrapped him up in swadling clothes, and laid him in a manger : because there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds watchii \g and keeping the night-watches over their flocM. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the bright- ness of God shone round 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 great joy, that shall be to all the people : 1 1 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 swadling clothes, and laid in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heaven- ly army, praising God, and sa-ybg^: 14 Glory to God in the highest: and ' on earth peace to men of good witl. 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 B • th-» lehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us. 16 And m they came with haste : and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. 17 And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child. 18 And all that heard, wonder- ed : and at those things that were told them by the shepherds. 19 B«t Mary kept all these words, pondering ihtm in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for al the things they had heard, and seen. as it was told or. to them, 21 And after eight days were ac- complished that the child should be circumcised; his name was called Jesus, which was called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And after the days of her pu- rification according to the law of jMoses were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to pre- ient him to the Lord. 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every mule opening the womO shall be called holy to the Lord. 24 And to offer a sacrifice accord- ing as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons. 26 And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and devout, wait- ing for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Ghost was in him. 28 And he had received an an- swer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before 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 cus- tom 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. SO Because my eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared be- fore the face of all people : 32 A light to the -revelation of the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33 And his father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother : Be- hold this child is set for the fall, and tor the resurrection of many in LUKE. 73 Israel, and for a sign which shall b€ contradicted, 35 And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many jiearts thoughts may be revealed. 36 And there was one Anna a prophetess, the daughter of Pha- nuel, of the tribe of Aser ; she was far advanced in years, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity. 37 And she was a widow until fourscore and four years ; who de- parted not from the temple, by fast- ings and prayers serving night and day. 3S Now she at the same hour coming in, confessed to the Lord ; and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel. 39 And after they had performed all things according to the law/of the Lord, they returned into Gal i* lee, to their city Nazareth. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom : and the grace of God was in him. 41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast, 43 And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem ; and his parents knew it not. 44 And thinking that he was hi the company, they came a day's journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance. 45 And not finding him, they re- turned into Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that af- ter three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers. D 71 St. L 48 And seeing him, they won- dered. And his mother said to him : Son, why hast thou done so to us ? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said to them: Kow is it that you sought me ? did you not know, that I must be about my Father's business? 50 And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them. 51 And he went down with them, ^and came to Nazareth; and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. 52 And Jesus advanced in wis- dom and age, and grace with God and men. CHAP. III. John's mission and preaching. >£f OW in the fifteenth year of the *" reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pon- tius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Gali- lee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Tra- chonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina. 2 Under the high-priests Annas and Caiphas : the word of the.Lord was made unto John the son of Zachary, in the desart. 3 And he came into all the coun- try about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the re- mission of sins ; 4 As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet : A voice of one crying in the wilder- ness : Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. 5 Every valley shall be filled ; and tvery mountain and hill shall be brought low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways, plain. 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7 He said therefore to the multi- tudes that went forth to be baptiz- ed by him : Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come ? UKE . 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance, and do not be- gin to say, We have Abraham for cur father. For I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 For now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree there- fore that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut dotvtij and cast into the fire. 10 And the people asked him, saying : What then shall we do ? 11 And he answering, said to them : He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner. 12 And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him ; M aster, what shall we do ? 13 But he said to them : Bo no- thing more than that which is ap- pointed you. 14 A rid the soldiers also asked him, saying : And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do vio- lence to no man, neither calumniate any man ; and be content with your pay. 15 And as the people was of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ : 16 John answered, saying unto ail ; 1 indeed baptize you with wa- ter ; but there shall come one mightier than 1, thelatchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose ; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor ; and will gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with un- quenchable fire. 18 And many other things ex- horting did he preach to the people. 19 But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him for Hero* dias his brother's wife, and for ail the evils which Herod had done, St. LUKE. 20 lie adder] this also above all, and shut up John in prison. 21 Now it came £o pass, when all the people was baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened : 22 And the Holy Ghost descend- ed in a bodily shape as a dove upon him: and a voice came from hea- ven : Thou art my beloved Sou., in thee 1 am well pleased. 23 And Jesus, himself was be- ginning about the age of thirty years : being (as it was supposed) the Son of Joseph, who was of He- li, who was of Mathat, 24 Who was of Levi, who was of Melchi, who was of Janne, who was of Joseph, 25 Who was of Mathathias, who was of Amos, who was of Na- hum, who was of Hesli, who was of Nagge, 26 Who was of Mahalh, who was of Mathathias, who was of Se- mei, who was of Joseph, who was of Juda. 27 Who was of Joannn, who was of Reza, who was of Zoroba- bel, who was of Salathiel, who was of Neri. 28 Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of Cosan, who was of Helmadan, who wasof Her. 29 Who was of .Testis, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jorim, who was of Mathal, who was of Levi, 30 Who was of Simeon, who was of Judas, who was of Joseph, who "was of Jona, who was of Eliakim, 31 Who was of Melea, who was of Menna, who was of Mathatha, 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 ofNaasson, 33 Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Phares, who was of Judas. 3i Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abraham, who A 1 was of Thare, who was of N"achor, 35 Who was of Sams*, who was of Ilagau, who was of Phaleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sale, 36 Who was of Cainan, who was of Araphaxad, who was of Sent, 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 fasting, and temptation. ND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desart, 2 For the space of forty days ; and was tempted by the devil. And he eat nothing in those days ; and when they were 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 breaxi. 4 And Jesus answered him : It is written : that man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word oj'God. 5 And the deril W him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a mo- ment 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 ar? 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: It is writ- en : Thou shaft adore the Lord thy G^d, and him only shali thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jeru- salem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple ; and he said to him : [i thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence. 10 For it is written, that hs hath ?6 St. LU given his angels charge over thee, 4diat they keep thee : 11 And that in their hands they shall hear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone, 13 And Jesus answering said to him : It is said : Thou shall 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 ;n the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country. 15 And he taught in tbeir syna- gogues, and was magnified by all. 16 And he came t& Nazareth -where he was brought u|': : and he went into the synagogue according 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 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, wherefore he hath anointed me, to preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me, to heal the contrite of heart. 19 To preach deliverance to the ^captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward, 20 And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 " And he began to say to them : This day is fulfilled this scripture in yGur ears. 22 And all gave testimony to him; and they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from h\s mouth, and they raid: Is not this the son of Joseph ? 23 And he said to them : doubt- less you will say to rn.e this simili- tude : Physician heal thyself: as great things as we have heard done in CapharnaiuiS; do alio hgrt in thy KE. own country. 21 And he said : Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth. 26 And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet ; and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things were filled with anger. 29 And they rose up and thurst him out of the city : and they brought him to the brow of the hill, whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them, went his way, 31 And he went down into Cap* harnaum a city of Galilee; and there he taught them on the sabbath-days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine ; for his speech was with power. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 Saying: Let us alone, what have we to do with thee Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come to de* stroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy one of God. 35^ And Jesus rebuked him, say- ing : Hold thy peace, and go out of him. And wheu thedevil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, and hurt him not at all. 36 And there came fear upon all, arid they talked among themselves, saying : What word is this, for with author! ty and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they go out? St. LU 37 And the fame of him was pub- lished intoe very 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 fever, and it left her. And immediately rising she minis- tered 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 erery one of them, healed them. 41 And devils went out from many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them he suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was Christ. 42 And when it was day, going out he went into a desart 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 th? kingdom of God : for therefore am I sent. 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. CHAP. V. The miraculous draught ofjlshes. AND it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth. 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake : but the fishermen 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 him to drawn back a little from the land. And sitting he taught the multitudes out of the ship. 4 Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon : Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 6 And Simon answering, said to him : Master we have laboured all 'HE. ?? the night, and have taken nothing-; but at thy word F will let down the net. 6 And when thev had done this," they enclosed a very great multi- tude of fishes, and their net broke. 7 And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship,, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both tne ship?, so that they were almost sinking. 8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jlsus's knees, say- ing : Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord. 9 For he was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken. 10 And so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who where Simon's partners. And Jesu* saith to Simon: Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 11 And having brought their ships to land, leaving all things they fol- lowed him. 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man* full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying : 1 will. Be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, tkmm thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded,tl»r a testimony to them. 15 But the fame of him went a- broad the more, and great multi- tudes came together tohear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 1 6 And he retired into the desart, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and 7B St. LUKE. doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem ; and the power of the Lord was to heal them. 18 And behold men brought in a bed a man who had the palsy : and they sought means to I ring him in, and" to lay him before him. 1 9 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, SO Whose faith when he saw, he said : Man,thy sins are forgiven thee. 21 And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying : Who is this who speaketh blasphemies ? Who xan forgive sins, but God alone 4 .? ^ 22 And when Jesus knew then? thoughts, answering he said to them : What is it you think in your hearts ? 23 Which is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ? 24 But that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive 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 rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay ; and he went away to his own house, glorifying God. 26 And all were astonished : and they glorified God. And they were tilled with fear, saying: W r e have seen wonderful things to-day. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt cf cus- tom, and he said to him : Follow me. 28 And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house ; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others, that were at table with them. 30 But their Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples : Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners ? 31 And Jesus answering, said to them : They that are 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 : W T hy do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner ; but thine eat and drink? 34 To whom he said : Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bridegroom is with them ? 35 But the days will come ; wheu the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days. 36 And he spoke alsoa similitude to them : That no man putteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment; otherwise he both rend- eth the nevv^and'.the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old. 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. VI. Christ excuses his disciples, AND it came to pass on the se- cond 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 sabbath-days ? 3 And Jesus answering them, said : Have you not read so mu< h as this, what David did, when him- St. LUKE. Tfr self was hungry and they that were with him : 4 How 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 only 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 another sabbath, that ha entered into the synagogue, and taught. And there was a man, whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath ; that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts ; and said to the man who had the withered hand : Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And rising, he stood forth. 9 Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sab- "bath-days to do good or to do evil ; to save life, or to destroy ? 10 And looking round about on them all, he said to the man : Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored. 11 And they were filled with madness; and they talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a moun- tain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God. 13 And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples; and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named Apostles :) 14 Simon whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bar- tholomew, 1.5 Mathew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes, 16 And Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iseariot who was the traitor. 1 7 And coming down'with them, he stood in a plain place, and the company of his disciples, and a very great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea- coast both of Tyre and Sidon, IS Who were come to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases. And they that were troubled with unclean spirits, were cured. 19 And all the multitude sought to touch him, for virtue went out from him, and healed all. 20 And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said : Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of Go,]. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now : for you shall be filled. Bles- sed are ye that weep now : for you shall laugh. 22 Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall re- proach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the son of man's sake. 23 Be glad in that day and re- joice ; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For according to these things did their fathers to the j rophets. 2-1 But wo to you that are rich : for yen have your consolation. 25 Wo to you that are filled : for you shall hunger. Wo to you that now laugh : for you shall mourn and weep. %6 Wo to you when men shall bless you : For according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets. 27 But I say to you that hear : Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you. 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you. 29 And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not ta take thy coat also. 80 St. LUKE, 30 Give to every one that asketh thee, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. 31 And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner. 32 And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you ? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if you do good to them who do good to you ; what thanks are to you ? for sinners also do this. 34 And if ye lend to them of whom you hope to receive ; what thanks are to you ? for sinners also lend to sinners,for to receive as imueh. 35 But love ye your enemies ; do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby : and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest ; for he is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil. 38 Be ye therefore merciful, as your father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. 38* Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bo- som. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again, 39 And he spoke also to them a similitude : Can the blind lead the blind ? do they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master : but every one shall be per- fect, if he be as his master. 41 And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye : but the beam that is in thy own eye thou consi- derestnot. 42 Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thy- self seest not the beam in thy own J thou see ©learly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye. 43 For there, is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit ; nor an evil, tree that bringeth forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bram- ble bush do they gather the grape. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, 40 And why call you me, Lord, Lord : and do not the things whiclt I say ? 47 Every one that cometh to me,, and heareth my words, and dath them, I will shew you to whom he is like, 48 He is like to a man buildiirg a house, who digged deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock. And? when a flood came, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and it could not shake it ; for it was* founded on a rock, 49 But he that heareth, and doth not ; is like to a man building his house upon the earth without a foundation : against which the stream beat vehemently, and im-, mediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great. CHAP. VII. Christ 7ieah ilie Centurion s servant, A ND when he had finished all his **> words in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capharnaum* 2 And the servant of a certain centurion, who was dear to him, being sick, was>ready to die : 3 And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him theantients of the Jews* desiring him to cgme and heal his servaut. 4 And when they came to Jksus, eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam I they besought him earnestly* say Dut of thy own eye; and then shalt;' iug to him, He is worthy that thou St. LU s-houldest do this for him. 5 For he loveth our nation ; and he hath built us a synagogue. 6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friend? to him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself. For I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof. 7 For which cause neither did 1 think myself worthy to come to thee : but say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers : and I say to one, go, and he goeth ; and to another, come, and he Com- eth ; and to my servant, do this, and he doth it. 9 Which Jesus hearing, marvel- led ; and turning about to the mul- titude that followed him, he said : Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith not even in Israel. 10 And they who were sent being returned to the house, found the servant whole who had been sick. 11 And it came to pass, after- wards that he went into a city that is called Nairn ; and there went with him his disciples and a great multitude. 12 And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother ■ and she was a wi- dow : and a great multitude of the city was with her. 13 Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy to- wards her, he said to her: Weep not. 14 And he came near and touch- ed the bier. And they that carried it, stood still. And he said : Young man, I say to thee, arise.. 15 And he that was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And he gave hrm to his mother. 1$ And there came a fear on them all:, and they glorified God. KE. Si saying, a rreat prophet is. risen up among us : and God hath visited his people. 17 And this mmour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the country round about. 3 8 And John's disciples told him - of all these tbrngs. 19 And John called to him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jeses, saving: Art thou he that art to come ; or look we for another ? 20 And when the men were come unto him, they said : John the Bap- tist hath sent us to thee, saying : Art thou he that art to come; or look we for another ? 21 (And in that same hour he cured many of their diseases, and hurts, and evil spirits : and to many that were blind he gave sight) 22 And answering, he said to them : Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen : The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached : 23 And blessed is he whosoever shall not be scandalized in me. 24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak to the multitudes concerning- John : What went you out into the desart to see ? a reed shaken with the wind ? 25 But what went you out to see ? a man clothed in soft gar- merits ?■ Behold they that are ia costly t apparel and live delicately, are .in the houses of kings. 26 But what went you out to see ? a prophet ? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is writ- ten : Behold Intend my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thte. "2S For I say to you : Amongst those that are bom of women, there is not a greater prophet than John €2 St. LUKE. the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God, is greater than he. yJ 29 And all the people hearing and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism. SO But the Pharisees and the law- yers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not bap- tized by him. 31 And the Lord said: Where- unto then shall I liken the men of this generation ? and to what are they like ? 32 They are like to children sit- ting in the market-place, and speak- ing one to another, and saying: We have piped to youj and you have not danced : we have mourned, and you have not wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine ; and you say: He hath a devil. 34 The son of man is come eat^ ing and drinking; and you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of pub- licans and sinners. 35 And wisdom is justified by all her children. 36 And one of the Pharisees de- sired him to eat with him. And he went into the house of the Phari- see, and sat-down to meat. 37 And behold a woman that was in the* city a sinner, when she knew that he sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an ala- baster box of ointment j 38 And standing behind at his feet, she began to wash his feet with tears, and wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying : This man, if be were a prophet, would know surely who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. 40 And Jesus answering, said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. But he said : Master, say U. 41 A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And whereas they had .;ot wherew 7 ith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most ? 43 Simon answering said : I sup- pose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him : Thou hast judged rightly. , 44 And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon : Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy. house, thou gavest me no water for my feet ; but she with tears hath washed my feet, and with her hairs hath wnped them. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss ; but she, since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil ihou didst not anoint ; but she with ointment hath anointed my feet. 47 Wherefore 1 say to thee; Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less. 48 And he said to her ; Thy sins are forgiven thee. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within'thena- selves : Who is this that forgiveth sins also ? 50 And he said to the woman : Thy faith hath made thee safe, go in peace. CHAP. VIII. The parable of the seed, \ AND it came to pass afterwards, that he travelled through the cities and towns preaching and evangelizing the kingdom of God ; and the twelve with him. 2 And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infir- mities ; Mary who is called Mag- dalen, out of whom seven devils St. LUKE. 83 ere gone forth. 3 And Joanna the wife of Chusa Heron's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto him of that* substance. 4 And when a very great mul- titude was gathered together 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 the way side, and it was trod- den down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And other some fell upon a 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 y it. 8 And other some fell upon good ground ; and being sprung up, yielded fruit an hundred fold. Say- ing these things, he cried out ; He that hath ears to hear, let hwn hear. 9 And his disciples asked him what 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, that seeing they may not see, and hearing may not under- stand. 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 believing they should be saved. 13 Now they upon the rock ; ore they who when they hear, receive the word with joy : and these have no roots: for they believe for a while, and in time of temptatiui 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 pleasure? cf 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 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 any thing se- cret, that shall not be made mani- fest ; nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad. 18 Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall he given ; and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he- hath, shall be taken away from him. 19 And his mother and brethren came unto him ; and they could not come at him for the crowd. 20 And it was told him : Thy mother and thy brethren stand with- out, desiring to see thee. 9\ Who answering, said to them : My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God, and do it. 22 And it cam? to pass on a cer- tain day ; that he went into a little ship with his disciples, and he said to them : Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 And when they were sailing, he slept ; and there came down a storm of wind upon the lake, and (hey were filled, and were in danger. 24 And they came and awaked him, saying : Master, we perish. But he arising, rebuked the wind and the rage of the water ; and it ceased, and there was a calm. 25 Ami hy said to them : Where is your faith f Who being afraid,. wondered saying one to another: Who is this (think you) that he- commandeth both the winds and the sea, and they obey him ? 26 And they sailed to the coun* try of the Gerasens which is over- against Galilee* 64 St. LUKE. 27 And when he was come forth to the land, there met him a certain man who had a devil now a very long time, and he wore no cloaths, neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres. 2$ 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 be- seech thee, do not torment me. 29 For he commanded the un- clean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him, and he was bound with chains, and kept in fetters ; and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the departs. 30 And Jesus asked him say- ing: What is thy name? But he said : Legion : because many de- vils 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 moun- tain ; and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 33 The devils therefore went out of the man, and entered into the swine ; and the herd run violently down a steep place into the lake, and was stifled. 34 Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled, and told U 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, sit- ting at his feet, eloathed, and in his sight mind, and they were afraid. 36 And they also that had seen told them how he had been healed feorn the legion. 37 And all the multitude of the •ountry of the. Geraseus besought feim to depart from them ; for they were taken with great fear. And he going up into the ship, returned hack again. 38 Now the man, out of whom the devils were departed, besought him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying : 39 Return to thy house, and tell how great things God hath done to thee. And he went through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done to him. 40 And it came to pass ; that when Jesus was returned, the mul- titude received him ; for they were all waiting for him. 41 And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus,and he was a ruler of the synagogue : and he fell down at the feet of Jesus, be- seeching him that he would come into his house, 42 For he had an only daughter almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened, as he went, that he was thronged by the multitudes. 43 And there was a certain wo- man 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 garment ; 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 hath 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 his feet; and, declared before [all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediatelyhealed. 48 But he said to her .: Daughter. thy faijtfc hathmade thee whole, go St. LUKE. 85 thy w-ay m peace. 49 A s lie was- vet speaki ng, there comet :h one to the ruler of the. sy- nagogue, saying, to hi m, ihydaughter is dead; trouble him not. ,50 And Jeojs 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 mourned for her. But he said : Weep not, the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing 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 asto- nished, whom he charged to tell no man what was done. CHAP. IX. Christ sends forth his apostles. npHEN callingtogetherthe twelve ■* apostles, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2- And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 5 And he said to them : Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor mo- ney, neither have two coats. 4 And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there, and depart not from thence. 5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet for a testimouy against them. 6 And going out they went about through the towns preaching the gospel and healing every where. 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that wercdone by him ; and he was in a doubt !>ecause it was said 8 By some, that John was risen from the dead : but by other some^ that Elias hath appeared : and by olhers, that one of the old prophets was rise. j 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 taki<»g them he went aaide into a desart place apart, which belongeth to Bethsaid-. 1 1 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 and said to him ; Send away the multi- tude, that going into the towns and villages round about they may lodge and get victuals ; for we are here in a desart place. 13 But he said to them : Give you them to eat. And they said : We Lave no more than five loaves and two fishes : unless perhaps we should go a>jd buy food for all this multitude. 14 Now there w r ere about fi\e thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Mske them sit down by fifties in a company. 15 And they did so. And made them all sit down. 16 And taking the five- loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them ; and he broke, and distributed to his disci- ples, to set before the multitude. 17 And they did all eat, and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets. 18 And it came to pass ; as he was alone praying, his disciples also were with hun ; and he asked them 85 St payings Whom do the people say that I am ? 19 But they answered, and said : John the Baptist; hut some say Elias ; and others, 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. 2i But he strictly charging them commanded they should tell this to no man, 22 Saying : The son of man must suffi r many things, and be rejected by the antients 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 up his eross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it ; for he that shall lose his life for my sake,shail save it. 25 For what is a man advan- taged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, and cast away himself? 26 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 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 And it came to pass about eightMays after these words, that he took Peter and James and John, and went up into a mountain to pray. %9 And whilst he prayed, the shape of his countenance was al- tered : and his raiment became white and glittering. 30 And behold two men were talking with him. And they were Moses and Elias, SI A ppearingin majesty. And they spoke of his decease that he should accomplish in Jerusalem. , LUKE. 82 But Peter and they that wer^ with him, were 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, Pe- ter saith to Jksus : 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 i not knowing what he said. 34 And as he spoke these things, there came a cloud, and oversha- dowed 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 him. 36 And whilst the voice was ut- tered, Jesus was found alone. And they held their pea^ce, 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 dow T n from the mountain, there met him a greatfmuhitude. 38 And behold a man among the crow r d 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 hardly departeth from him. 40 And I desired thy disciplee to cast him out, and they could not. 41 And Jesus answering said : faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I 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 tke un- clean spirit, and cured the boy, and restored 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 bis disciples: St. Lay yon up in your hearts these words, for it shall come to pass that the son of man shall he deliver- ed into the hands of men. 4 S 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 con- cerning this word. 46 And there entered a thought into them, which of them should be greater. 47 But Jesus seeing the thoughts of their heart, took a child and set hi m by him. 48 A ;id said to them, whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me, and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent ivie. For he that is the lesser among you all, he is the greater. 49 And John answering, said : Master, we saw a certain man cast- ing out devils in thy name, and we forbade him, because he followeth noi with us. £0 And Jesus said to him: For- bid him not : For he that is not against you, is for you. 51 And it came to pass when the days of his assumption were accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers be- fore his face : and going they en- tered into a city of the Samaritans 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 them ? SjS And turning, he rebuked them, saying: You know not of what spirit you are. 56 The son of man came riot to destroy souls, but to save. And they went into another town. 57 And it came to pass as they LUKE. 87 walked in the way, that a certaiq I will follow man said to hin 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 : FoJ. low me. And he said : Lord, suf- fer me first to go, and to bury my father. 60 And Jesus Raid to him : Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another said: I will fol- low 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. CHAP. X. Christ instructs his 72 disciples. A ND 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 la- bourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send labourers into his harvest. 3 Go : Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes ; and salute no man by the way. 5 Into whatsoever house you en- ter, first say ; Peace be to this house, 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: But if not, it shall return to you. 7 And in the same h/nise remain, eating and drinking such things as they have. For the labourer is wor- thy of his hire. Remove not from 83 house to house. 8 And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat s uch things as are Pet before you ; 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them : The king- dom of God is come nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city|you enter, and they receive you not, go- ing forth into the streets thereof, say: 1 1 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, jt shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city. 13 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 sack-cloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou Capharnaum which art exalted unto heaven : thou shalt be thrust down to hell. 1 6 He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that despiseth you, des- piseth me. And he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. 17 And the seventy-two returned 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. 1 9 Behold, - 1 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 arc written in heaven. 21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and said : I con- fess to thee, Father, Lord of hea- l t ;ke. ven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, , 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 Son is but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Sen, and to whom the Son will reveal him. 23 And turning to his disciples, 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 beard them. 25 And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him ; and say- ing : Master, what must 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 : Thott thalt love the Lord thy God with thy •whole hearty and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with ali 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 he willing to justify_hiriH self, said to Jesus: And who is ray neighbour ? 30 And Jesus answering, said t A certain man went down from Je- rusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and having wounded him went away leaving 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 aLevlte, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. 33 But acertain Samaritan being on bis journey, came near hnii i St. LUKE. £9 and seeing him was moved with compassion. 34 And going up to him, bound iw his wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his own beast brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two. pence, and gave to the host, and said : Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, I at my return will re- pay thee. 3G Which of these three in thy opinion was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers? 37 But he said : He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou iu like manner. 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 Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said : Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve ? speak to her therefore, that she help me. 41 And the Lord answering, said to her : Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled about many tilings. 42 But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her. CHAP. XI. He teaches his disciples to pray. AND it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciple* said to hhr: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his dis- ciples. 2 And he said to them : When qu pray, say : Father, hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come, 3 Give us this day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is in* debted 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 mid-night, 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 hare not what to set before him : 7 And he from within should an- swer 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 knock- ing, 1 say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend ; yet because of his im- poriunivy he will ri^e, and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you : seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10 For every one that asketh, re- ceiveth : and he that seeketh, find- eth : and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 1 1 And which of you if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone ? or a fish, will he for a fish give htm 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 chil- dren, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him ? 14 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 admiration at it. 15 But some of them said: he casteth out devils, by Beelzebub the prince of devils. 90 St. LUKE. 16 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he seeing their thoughts, raid to them : Every kingdom di- vided against itself, shall be brought to desolation, and house upon house shall fall. 18 And if satan also be divided against himself, how shall his king- dom stand? because you say, that through Beelzebub I cast out devils. 19 Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub : by whom do your chil- dren cast them out ? Therefore they shall be your judges. 20 But if I* by the finger of God cast out devils : doubtless the king- dom of God is come upon you. 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his court : those things are in peace which 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 distri- bute his spoils. 23 Ke that is not with me, is against me : and he that gaihereth not with me, scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he waiketh through places without water, seeking rest: and not finding, he gaith : I will re- turn into my house whence I came out. 2.5 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 lie said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it. 29 Ard the multitudes running together, he began to say: This generation is a wicked generation : it asketh a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 30 For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites : so shall the son of man also be to this generation. 31 The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall con- demn them : because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold more than Solomon here. 32 The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they did penance at the preaching of Jo- nas ; and behold more than Jonas here. 33 No man iighteth a candle, and putteth it in a hidden place, nor under a bushel : but upon a candle- stick, that they that come in may see the light. 34 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body wili be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be darksome. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not dark- ness. 36 If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of dark- ness : the whole shall be lightsome, and as a bright lamp shall enlighten thee. 37 And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him that he would dine with him. And he going in sat down to eat. 38 And the Pharisee began to say thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him : Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the plat- ter ; but yourinsjde issifull of rapine and iniquity. 40 Ye fools, did not he tha St. LUKE. 91 made that which is without, make also that which is within. 41 But yet that which remain- eth, give aims, and behold all things are clean unto yon. 42 But wo to you Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb: and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, *nd not to leave the other undone. 43 Wo to you Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-place. 44 Wo to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not, and men that walk over, are not aware. 45 And one of the lawyers an- swering, saith to him : Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also. 46 But he said : Wo to you law- yers also: because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear, and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. 47 Wo to you who build the mo- numents of the prophets : and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres. 4.9 For this cause also the wisdom of God said : I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute. 50 That the blood of all the pro- phets which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be re- quired of this generation, 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias who was slain between the altar and the temple. Yea I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. 52 Wo to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of know- ledge : you yourselves have not en- tered in, and those that were en- ering in you have hindered. 53 And he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began vehemently to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many things, 54- Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him. CHAP. XII. Christ warns us against hypocrisy. A ND when great multitudes stood -"■ about him so that they trod one'upon another, he began to say to his disciples : Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. l X For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed : nor hid- den that shall not be known. 3 For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be pub- lished in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear, in the chambers, shall be preached on the house-tons. 4 And I say to you my friends ; Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I trill shew you whom ye shall fear : fear ye him who after "he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. (> Are not live sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God ? 7 Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 8 And I say to you, whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the son of man also confess before the Angels of God. 9 But he that shall deny me be- fore men, shall be denied bv.Lre the Angels of God. 10, And whosoever speaketh a word against the s>»n of man it&hall be forgiven him : but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven?. 92 St. LUKE. 11 And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to ma- gistrates and powers, be not solici- tous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say. 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say. 13 And one of the multitude said to him : Master, speak to my bro- ther that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 But he said to him : Man, who hath appointed me judge or di- vider over you ? 1 5 And he said to them : Take heed and beware of all covetous- ness : for a man's life doth not con- sist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. 16 And he spoke a similitude to them, saying : The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. 17 And he thought- within him- self, saying : What shall 1 do, be- cause I have no room where to be- stow my fruits ? 18 And he said : This will I do ; I will pull down my barns, and will build greater : and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul ; Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thy rest, eat, drink, make good cheer. 20 But Gt;d said to him : Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee ; and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up trea- sure for himself, and is not rich to- wards God. 22 And he said to his disciples : Therefore I say to yGU, be not soli- citous for your life, what you shall eat ; Nor for your body, what you shall put on. 23 The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the rai- ment., j 24 Consider the ravens, for" they sow not, neither do they reap, nei- ther have they store-house nor barn, and.God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than thev ? 25 And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit. 26 If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for therestf 27 Consider the lilies how they grow ; they labour not, neither do t&ey spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in alLhis glory was cloathed like one of these. 28 Now if God cloath in this manner the grass that is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven ; how much more you, ye of little faith ? 29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things, 31 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. 33 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags, which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not : where no thief approacheth, nor moth cor- rupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands, 36 And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding : that when he cometh and knocketh they may open to hirn immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say -St. L to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them, 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 But this know ye, that if the house-holder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open. 40 Be you then also ready : for at whatTiour'you think not, the son of man will come. 41 And Peter said to him : Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all ? 42 And the Lord said: V> r ho (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lordsetteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season. 43 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing. 44 Verily I say to you he will set him over all that he possesseth. 45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord is long a coming ; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and be drunk : 46 Ttie lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers. 47 And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him itmch shall be required : and to •whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more. 49 I am come to cast fire on the ;KE. 98 earth ; and what will I but that it be kindled ? 50 And I have a baptism, where- with I am to be baptized : and how am. I straitened until a it be ac- complished ? 51 Think ye that I am come to give peace on earth ? I tell you no, but separation. 52 For there shall be from hence- forth five in one house divided ; three against two, and two against three. .53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 54 And he said also to the multi- tudes : When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say : A shower is coming: and so- it hap- peneth : 55 And when ye see the south* wind blow, you say: There will be heat : and it cometh to pass. 5(> You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the hea- ven and of the earth : but how is it that you do not discern this time ? 57 And why even'of yourselves do you not judge that which is just? 5H And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way endeavour to be delivered from him : lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison. 59 I say to thee thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite. CHAP. XIII. The necessity of penance, AND there were present at that very time seme that told hint of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answering, said ttf them : Think you that these Gall 94 St. I leans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suf- fered such things ? 3 No, I say to you : but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish. ■ 4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them : think you that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem. 5 No, I say to you : but except you do penance, you shall all like- wise perish. 6 He spoke also this parable : A certain man had a iig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seek- ing fruit on it, and found none. 7 And he said to the dresser of the vineyard : Behold for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down therefore ; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 But he answering said -to him : Lord, let it alone this year, also, cmtil I dig about it, and dung it. 9 And if happily it bear fruit : but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath. 1 1 And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eigh- teen years : and she was bowed to- gether, neither could she look up- wards at all. 12 Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity 13 And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the syna- gogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath) answering said to the multitude : Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed ; and not on the sab- bath-day. .UKE. 16 And the Lord answering him, said : Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you on the sabbath-day loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water? 16 And ought not this daughter ofAbrahamwhom Satan hathbound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? 17 And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed : and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him. 18 He said therefore : To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereuuto shall I resemble it. 19 It is iike to a grain of rnus* tard-seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and.the birds of the air lodged in thebranches thereof. 20 And again he said : Where- uuto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like ? 21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three mea- sures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and mak^ ing his journey to Jerusalem. 23 And a certain man said to him : Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them : 24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate : for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall* not be able. 25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut to the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us : and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence you are : 26 Then you shall begin to say : We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 And he shall say to you : I know you not whence you are : depart from me ail ye workers of St. LU iiiquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth : when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, they are last that shall be first, and they are firs I that shall be last. 31 The same day there came some of the Pharisees, saying tci him : Depart and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee. 32 And he said to th^tn : Go, and tell that fox, Behold I cast oil; devils, and do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I am consummated. 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day and to morrow and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how of- ten would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou would- est not ? 35 Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. Aid I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say; Blessed is he that corneth in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XIV. Christ heals the dropsy. A ND it came to pass when Jesus -" went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees on the sabbath-day to eat bread, that they watched him. 2 And behold there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, say- ing ; Is it lawful to heal on the KE. 95 sabbath-day? 4 But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away. 5 And answering them, he said : Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit ; and will not immediately draw him out on the .sabbath-day ? 6 And they could not answer him to these things. I And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them : 8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more ho- nourable than thou be invited by him ; 9 And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place : ami then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place : that when he who inviteth thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee : I I Because every one that exalt- eth himself shall be humbled ; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted. 12 And he said to him also that had invited him : When thou mak- es! a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours v\ho are rich : lest perhaps they also in- vite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee, 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. 14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recom pence : for re- compence shail be made thee at the resurrection of the just. 15 When one of them that sat' at 96 St. table with him, had heard these things, he said to him ; Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the king- dom of God. 16 But he said to him : A cer- tain man made a great supper, and invited many. 17 And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready, 18 And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it ; I pray thee, hold me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them : I pray thee hold me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore 1 can- not come. Si And the servant returning told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant ; Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring iri hither the poor and the 'feeble, and the blind and the lame. 2S And the servant said : Lord, It is done as^thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 23 And the Lord said to the ser- vant: Go out into the high-ways and hedges ; and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24. But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper. 25 And there went great multi- tudes with him; and turning, he said to them : 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea ai d his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not car- ry his cross and come after me can- not be iny disciple. LUKE. 28 For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it : 39 Lest after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him, 30 Saying: this man began to build, and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he be able with ten thous- and to meet him that with twenty ihous nd cometh against him. 32 Or else whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. S3 So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple. 34 Salt is goi d. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned ? 35 It is neither profitable for the land, nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. CHAP. XV. The parable of the lott sheep. ■TfcTOW the publicans and sinners *-* drew near unto hhn to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured saying : This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying : 4 What man of you that hath an hundred sheep: and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the depart, and go after that which was lost until he find it ? 5 And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders rejoicing : 6 And coming home call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them : Rejoice with me because I have found my sheep that was lost? 7 I tay to you, that even so there St. LUKE. 91 shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. 8 Or what woman having ten groats : if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house, and seek diligently, until she fincLit ? 9 And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neigh- bours, saying : Kejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost ? 10 So I say to you, there shall be joy before the Angels of God upon one sinner doing penance. 11 And he said : A certain man had two sons ; 12 And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided un'co them his substance. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathering all together, went abroad into a far country : and there wasted his substance liv- ing riotously. 14 And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want. 15 And he went, and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. ^ 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him. 17 And returning to himself, he said : How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger ? 18 1 will arise, and will goto my father, and say to him : Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee : 19 I am not now worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way oft, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him': Father, I have sinned against hea- ven, and before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son. 22 And the father said to his ser- vants : Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry : 24 Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again : was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 2.5 Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing : 26 And he called one of the ser- vants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him : Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe. 28 And he was angry and would not go in. His father therefore coming out began to intreat him. 29 And he answering, said to his father : Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends : 30 But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his sub- stance with harlots, thcu hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and ail I have is thine. S2 But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead, and is w come 98 St. L(JKE. to life again; he was lost^ and is found. chap, xvr- The parable of the unjust ttewaf d. AND he said also to his disciples : There was a certain rich man who had a steward : and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said to him : How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an account of thy stew- ardship : for now thou canst be steward no longer. 3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 Therefore calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first : How much dost thou owe iny lord ? 6 But he said : An hundred bar- rels of oil. And he said to him : Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then he said to another : And how much dost thou owe? Who said.: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him : Take thy bill, and write eighty. 8 And the lord commended the tmjust steward, forasmuch as he had clone wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. 9 And I say to you : Make unto you friends of the mammon of ini- quity, that when you shall fail, they rnay receive you into everlasting dwellings. 10 He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater : and he that is un- just in that which is little, is unjust ilso in that which is greater. 11 If then you have not been faith- ful in the unjust rriammon : who will trust you with that which is the true ? 12 And if you have not been faith- ful in that which is another's : who will give you that which is your own ? 13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other : or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serveGod and mammon. 14 Now the Pharisees who were covetous, heard all these things : and they derided him. 15 And he said to them : You are they who justify yourselves before men, but Gcd knoweth your hearts, for that w r hich is high to men, is an abomination before God. 16 The law and the prophets were until John ; from that time the king- dom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it. 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall. 18 Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, com- rnitteth adultery : and he that mar- rieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. 19 There was a certain rich man, who was cloathed in purple and fine linen : and feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And there was a certain beg- gar named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, 21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him, moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died : and he was buried in hell. 23 And lifting up his eyes, when he was in torments, he saw Abra- ham a- far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Si. LUKE. 99 2i And he cried and said : Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. 25 And Abraham said to him : Son, remember that thou didst re- ceive good things in thy life time, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is fixed a great chaos : so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither. 27 And he said : Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldest send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren. 28 That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. 29 And Abraham said to him : They have Moses and the prophets : let them hear them. 30 But he said: No, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance. 31 And he said" to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead. CHAP. XVII. Lessons of avoiding scandal, AND he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come : but wo to him through whom they come. 2 It were better for him, that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him. 4 And it he sin against thee se- ven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying, I repent ; forgive him. 5 And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said : If you hsd faith like to a grain of mustard-seed, you might say to this mulberry tree, be thou rooted up, and be thou transplanted into the sea: audi: would obey you. 7 But which of you having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him when he is come from the f?eld : immediately go, sit down to meat : 8 And will not rather say to nim: Make ready my supper, and gird thyself, and serve me whilst 1 eat and drink, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink ? 9 Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which he command- ed him ? 10 1 think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants ; we have done that which we ought to do. 11 And it came to pass, as he w r as going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a cer- tain town, there met him ton men that were lepers, who stood a- far off, 13 And lifted up their voice, say- ing: Jesus, master, have mercy on us. 14 Whom when he saw* he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. 1 j And one of them when he saw- that he was made clean, went back, with a loud vaice glorifying God. 16 And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks : and this was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering, said: Were not ten made clean ? and where are the nine ? 15 There is no one found to re- turn and give glory to God, bni 100 St. LUKE. this stranger, 19 And he said to him : Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole* 20 And being asked by the Pha- risees : when the kingdom of God should come ? he answered them and said: The kingdom of God ccmeth not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say : Be- hold here, or behold there. For lo the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said to his disciples : The days will come when you shall desire to see one day of the son of man ; and you shall not see it. 23 And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them : 24 For as the lightning that lightneth from under heaven, shiu- eth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the son of man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this ge- neration. 26 And as it came to pass m the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the son of man. 27 They did eat and drink, they married wives ana were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark : and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it came to pass in the days of Lot : They did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built : 29 And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and des- troyed them all, 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the son of man shall be revealed. ) SI In that hour he that shall be on the house top, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away : and he that shall be in the field, in like manner let him not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it : and whoso- ever shall lose it shall preserve it. 34 I say to you : in that night there shall be two men in one bed: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall betaken, and the other shall be left ; two men shall be in the field ; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 36 They answering say to him : Where, Lord? 37 Who said to them : Where- soever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered to* gether. CHAP. XVIII* The Pharisee and ike Publican. A ND he spoke also a parable to l" 1 them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint. 2 Saying : There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man. 3 And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying : Avenge me of my adver- sary. 4 And he would not for a long time. But he afterwards said within himself: Although I fear not God, nor regard man, 5 Yet because this widow is trou- blesome to me, I will avenge her* lest continually coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night: and will he have patience in their regard ? 8 1 say to you, that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the son of man, when he cometh- shall he find, think you, faith on earth ? 9 And to some who < trusted in * themselves as just, and despised St. others he ppoke also this parable : 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray : the one a Phari- see, and the ether a publican. 1 1 The Pharisee standing prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. 12 I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican standingia- far orT would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven ; but struck his breast saying : O God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I say to you this man went down into his house justified rather than the other : because every one that exalteth himself, shall be hum- bled; and he that humbleth him- self, shall be ex rfted. 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus calling them toge- ther, said: Suffer child i en to come to me and forbid them not, fer of such is the kingdom cf God. 17 Amen I say to you : Whoso- ever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a ehild, shall not enter into it. 18 And acertain ruler asked him, saying : Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life r 19 And Jesus said to him : Why dost thou call me good ? None is good but God alone. 20 Thou knowest the command- ments: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not commit adultery : Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not Sear false witness : Honour thy father and mother. 2i Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth. 22 Which when jE-ushad heard, he said to hd« : Yet one thing is wanting to thee : sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and LUKE. 101 thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 He having heard these things, became sorrowful, for he was very rich. 24< And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said ; How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God ? 25 For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they that beard it said : Who then can be saved ? 27 He said to them : The things that are impossible with men, are possible with God. 28 ThenfPeter said: Beheld we have left all things, and have fol- lowed thee. 29 Who said to them : Amen I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or bre- thren, or wife, or children for the kingdom of God's sake, 30 Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. 31 Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them: Be- hold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the son of man. 32 For he shall be delivered to the gentiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon : 33 And after they have scourged him, they will put h ; m to death, and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said. 35 Now*lt came o pass, when he drew nigh to .Jericho, that a cer- tain blind man sat by the way-side- begging. 3(5 And when he heard the muN titude passing by, he asked what this meant. 102 St. LUKE. 37 Arid they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 And he cried out saying : Je- sus son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And they that went before, rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried out much more, Son of David have mercy on me. 40 And Jesus standing com- manded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him, 41 Saying : What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see. 42 And Jksus said to him : Re- ceive thy sight; thy faith hath made thee wnole. 43 And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people when they saw it, gave praise to God. CHAP. XIX. Zacheus entertains Christ. AND entering in, he walked through Jericho. 2, And behold there was a man warned Zacheus ; who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature. 4 And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree that he might see him.: for he was to pass that way. 5 And^when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him ; Zacheus, make haste and come down : for this day J must abide in thy house. 6 And he made haste and came down, and received him with joy. 7 And when all saw it, they mur- mured,saying that he was gone to be ajniestwith a man that was a sinner. * 8 But Zacheus standing said to the Lord : Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor : and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him four- fold. 9 Jesus said to him : This day is salvation come to this house : be- cause he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. 11 As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a para- ble because he was nigh to Jerusa- lem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should imme- diately be manifested. 12 He said therefore : A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them : Trade till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him : and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. 15 And it came to pass that he returned, having received the king- dom : and he commanded his ser- vants to be called, to whom he had given the money ; that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 1 6 And the first came, saying : Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17 And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities. IS And the second came, say- ing : Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And he said to him : Be thou also over five cities. 20 And another came, saying": Lord, behold here is thy pound, whichJ have keptlaid up in a napkin, 21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. 22 He saith to him : Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wick- ed servant* Thou knewest that I St. LUKE. 103 was ?m austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which 1 did not sow : 23 And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury ? 24 And he said to them that stood by : Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath the ten pounds. 25 And they said to him : Lord, he hath ten pounds. 26 But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given and he shall abound : and from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him. 27 But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither ; and kill them before me. 28 And having said these tilings, he went before going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of hie disciples, 30 Saying: Go into the town which is over-against you, at your entering into which, you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten : loose him and bring him hither. SI And if any man shall ask you : Why do you loose him ? you shall say thus unto him : Because the Lord hath need of his service. 32 And they that were sent went their way, and founid the colt stand- ing, as he had said unto them. 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said ^to them : Why loose you the colt ? 34 But they said : Because the Lord hath need of him. 35 And they brought him to Je- bU£. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way. 37 And when he was now coming near the descent of mount Olivet' the v* r hole multitude of his disciples began w r ith joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen. 38 Saying : Blessed be the king who comethin thenarnejof the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory on high. 39 And some of the Pharisees from amongst the multitude said to him : Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 To whom he said ; I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. 41 And when he drew near, see- ing the city, he wept over it, saying: 42 If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee : and thy enemies shall cast » trench about, thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side. 44 And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee : and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation. 45 And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought. 46 Saying to them : It is written: My house is the house affrayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. 47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes, and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him : 48 And they found not what to do to him. For all the people were very attentive to hear him. CHAP. XX. The parable of the husbandman, AND it came to pass that on one of the days, as he was teach- ing the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the au- tients met together, 10-1 St. LUKE. 2 And spoke to him, saying : Tell us, by what authority dost thou these things ? or, Who is he that hath given thee this authority ? 3 And Jesus answering, said to them : I will also ask you one thing. Answer me ; 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men ? 5 But they thought within them- selves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say : Why then did yow not believe him ? 6 But if we say, Of men, the whole people will stone us : for they are persuaded that John was a pro- phet. 7 And they answered, that they knew not whence it was. 8 And Jesus said to them ; Nei- ther do I tell you by what autho- rity I do these things. 9 And he began to speak to the people this parable : A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen : and he was abroad for a long time. 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who beating him sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another servant. But they beat him aiso, and treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent the third: and they wounded him also, and east him out. 13 Then the lord of the vineyard said : What shall I do ? 1 will send my beloved son : it may be, when they see him, they will reverence him. 14 Whom when the husbandmen saw, they thought within them- selves, saying : This is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours, 15 So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vine- yard do to them ? 16 He will come, and will de- stroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him : God forbid. 17 But he looking on them, said : What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders' reject* ed, the same is become the head of the coi*ner ? 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be bruised : and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it wiU grind him to powder. 19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them. 20 And being upon the watch, they sent spies w T ho should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the au- thority and power of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying : Master, we know that thou speak- est and teachest rightly ; and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest the way of God in truth. 22 Is it lawful for us to give tri- bute to Ct^ar, or no ? 23 But he considering their guile, said to them : Why tempt you me ? 24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They answering said to him, Cesar's. 25 And he said to them : Render therefore to Cesar the things that are Cesar's; and to God the things that are God's. 26 And they could not reprehend his word before the people : and wondering at his answer, they held their peace. 27 And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked him, 28 Saying : Master, Moses wrote unto us, if any man's brother die having a wife, and he leave no chil- St. LUXE. 105 drrn, that his brother should take her to wife} and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren : and the first took a wife, and uied without children. 30 And the next took her to whe, and he al^o died childless. 31 And the third took her. And in like manner all the seven, and they left no children, and died. 52 Last of al J the woman died also. 53 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she he? For ail the seven had her to n ife. S~ And Jesus said to them : The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : 35 But they that shalJ be account- ed worthy of that wor'.d and of the resurrection from the dead, shall neither he married) nor take wives. SS Neither can they die any more: for they are equal to the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of theresurrection. 37 Now that the dead rise again, ?>loses also shewed, at the bush, when he eaUetfi tie Lord : The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 7 he God of Jacob. 38 For he is not the God of the dead, but of the tiring : for all live to him. CO And some of the scribes an- swering, said to him : Master, thou hast said well. 40 And after that they durst not ask hirn any more question.-. 4.1 But he said to them : How say they that Christ is the son of David. 4<2 And David bin 1 self saith in the book of psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my r i* ht hand, 43 Td I I make thy enemies, thy foot-stool i 44 David then calleth him Lord : and how is he his son ? 4 > And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples : \6 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the market-place, and the first chairs in the syna- gogues, and the chief rooms at feasts,. 47 Who devour the houses of wi- dows, feigning long prayers. These shall receive greater damnation. CHAP. XXI. The* widow's mite* A ND looking on, he saw 7 the rich ^ men cast their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites. 3 And he said : Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all. 4 For ail these have of their a~ bundance cast into the offerings of God : but she of her want, hath cast in all the living that she had. 5 And some saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said : G These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying : Master when shall these things be: and what shall be the sign when they shall betrin to come to pass ? S Who said : Take heed you be not seduced ; for many will come in my name, saying I am he : and the time is at hand: go ye not therefore after them. 9 And when you shall hear of w r ars and seditions, be not terrified : these things must first come to pass, but the end is not yet presently. 10 Then he said to them : Nation shall rise against nation, and king* dom against kingdom. 1 1 And there shall be great earth* quakes in divers places, and pesti- lences and famines, and terrors from heaven, and there shall be great sign** 12 But before all these thing* they will lay their bands on you : and persecute you, delivering \oti. wp to the synagogues and into prison?, dragging you befor* kings 1 and governors tor my name 3 sake. 106 St. 13 And it shall happen unto you for a testimony. 14 Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer. 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adver- saries shall not be able to resist and gain-say. 16 And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and Kinsmen and friends : and some of you they will put to death. IT And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake : 18 But a hair of your head shall not perish. 19 In your patience you shall possess your souls. 20 And when you shall see Jeru- salem compassed about with an army: then know that the desol- ation thereof is at hand. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains : and those who are in the midst thereof, depart out ; and those who are in the countries, not enter into it. 22 For these are the days of ven- geance, that all things may be ful- filled that are written. 23 But wo to them that are with child and give suck in those days ; for there shall be great distress in the iand, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge ©f the sword : and shall be led away captives into all nations : and Jeru- salem shall be trodden down by the gentiles : till the times of the na- tions be fulfilled. 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars : and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confu- sion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves, 26 Men withering away for fear, and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved : 27 And then they shall see the LUKE. son of man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads : because your redemp- tion is at hand. 29 And he spoke to them a si- militude. See the fig-tree, and all the trees : 30 When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh. Si So you also when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at'hand. 32 Amen I say to you, this ge~ iteration shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pa*s away, but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be over* charged with surfeiting and drunk- enness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly, 35 For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore praying at all times, that you may be account- ed worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand be- fore the son of man. 37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple: but at night going out, he abode in the mount that is called Olivet. 38 And ail the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him. CHAP. XXII. The treason of Judas, IJOW the feast of n leavened ** bread, which is called the pasch, was at hand. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people. 3 And satan entered into Judas who was surnamed Iscariot, one of the twelve. 4 And he went, and discoursed with the chief priests and the ma- gistrates, how he might betray him to them. 5- And they were glad, and cove- nanted to give him money. 6 And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him in the ab- sence of the multitude. 7 And the day of the unleavened bread came, on which it was neces- sary that the pasch should be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying : Go and prepare for us the pasch, that we may eat. 9 But they said : Where wilt thou that we prepare ? 10 And he said to them : Behold, as you go into the city, there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water : follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11 And you shall say to the good man of the house : The master saith to thee : Where is the guest-cham- ber, where 1 may eat the pasch with my disciples ? 12 And he will shew you a large dining room furnished : and there prepare. 13 And they going, found as he had said to them, and made ready the pasch. 14 And when the hour was come, be sat down and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said to them : With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you before I suffer. | 16 For I say to you, that from this time I will not eat it till it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And having taken the chalice he gave thanks, and said: Take, and divide it among you. ] 8 For I say to you, that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, tilljhe kingdom of God come. 19 And taking bread, he gave St. LUKE, given for you. 107 Do this' for a com mem oration of me. 20 In like maimer the chalice also, after he had supped, saying : This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you. 21 But yet behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And the son of man indeed- goeth, according to that which is determined: but yet wo to that man by whom he shall be betrayed. 23 And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there w T as also a strife amongst them, which of them should seem to be greater. 25 And he said to them : The kings of the gentiles lord it over them ; and they that have power over them, are called beneficent. 26 But you not so : but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth. 27 For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth > Is not he that sitteth at table? bat 1 am in the midst of you, as he that serveth : 28 And you are they who have con* tinued with me in my temptations. 29 And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a king* dom : 30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom : and may sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 51 And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you aa . wheat. 52 But I have prayed for thee thai thy faith fail not : and thou being once ccnverted.confirm thy brethren. 33 Who said to him : Lord, I^am ready to go with thee both into pri- thanks and brake; and gave to them, J son and to death saying; This is my body which is ■ 34, And he said: Lsay to thee, JOS St. LUKE. Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, tiilthou tl nice deny est that thou kno west me. And he said to them ; 35 When I sent you without purse arid scrip and shoes, did you want any thing? . 36 But they said: Nothing. Then said he unto them : But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and like- wise a scrip, and he that hath not, lethim sell his coat, and buy a sword. 37 For I say to you, that this that is written, must yet be fulfilled in me, And with the wicked was he reckoned. For the things concern- ing me have an end. 38 But they said : Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them : It is enough. $9 And going out he went ac- cording to his custom to the mount of olives. And his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was come to the place, he said to them : Pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast: and kneeling (•own he prayed. 43 Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me : But yet not my will, but thine be done. 43 And there appeared to him an Angel from heaven, strengthen- ing him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. 44 And his sweat became as drops of blood trickling down upon the ground. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, andwas come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. 46 And he said to them : Why sleep you ? arise, pray, lest you enter into temptation. 47 As he was yet speaking, be- hold a multitude : and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to -Jesus, for to kiss him. 48 And Jesus said to him : Ju- das dost thou betray the son of man with a kiss? 49 And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him : Lord, shall we strike with the sword ? 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus answering, said: Suffer ye thus far. And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. 52 And Jesus said to the chief priests, and magistrates of the tem- ple, and the antients that were come unto him, Are you come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs ? 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me, but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. 54 And apprehending him, they led him to the high-priest's house : But Peter followed a- far off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were sitting about it, Peter was in the midst of them. 56 Whom when a certain ser- vant maid had seen sitting at the light, and had earnestly beheld him, she said : This man also was with him. 57 But he denied him, saying : Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while ano* ther seeing him, said : Thou ako art one of them. But Peter said: man, I am not. 5£ And after the space as it were of one hour, another certain man affirmed, saying : Of a truth this man was also with him : for he is also a Galilean. 60 And Peter said:. Man, I know not what thou sayest. And imme- diately as he was yet speaking, the cock crew. 61 And the Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, as he had said : Ss\ I efore the cock crow, thou shall deny me thrice. 62 And Peter going out wept bitterly. 63 And the men that held him, tnocked him, and struck him. 64 And they blind-folded him, and smote his fac\ And they ask- ed him, saying : Prophesy, who is ft that struck thee ? 6.5 And blaspheming many other things they said against him. 6G And as soon as it was day, the autients of the people, and the chief priests, ►and scribes came to- gether, and they brought him into their council, saying : If thou be the Christ, tell us. 67 And he said to them : If I shall tell you, you will not believe me : 68 And if I shall ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me ^o. 69 But hereafter the son of man shall be sitting oil the right hand of the power of God. 70 The» said they all : Art thou then the Son ff God? Who said : Y< u say, that I am. 71 And they said: What need we any farther testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mo;.. CHAP. XXIII. C• t he answering, said : Thou sayest it. 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and t-o the multitudes : I tind no cause in this man. 5 But they were more earnest, saying: He surrtth up the people, teaching throughout ail Judca, be- ginning froisi vialiice to this place. UKE. 109 6 Bui Pilate hearing Galilee, ask- ed if the man were of Galiiee, 7 And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days. 8 And Herod seeing Jesus, was very glad, for he was desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him : and lie hoped to see some sign wrought by him. 9 And he questioned him in ma- ny words. But he answered him nothing. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood by earnestly accusing" him. 11 And Kcrod with his army set him at- nought : and mocked him, putting on him a white gar- ment, and sent him back to Pilate. IV And Herod and Pilate were made friends that same uay : for before they were enemies one to another. 13 And Pilate calling together the chief priests, and the magis- trates, and the people, ii Said to them ; You have pre- sented unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people, and behold I have examined him before you, find no cause in this man in those things wherein you accuse him. 15 Xo, nor Herod neither. For I sent you to him, and beheld, no- jthing worthy of death is done to him. 16 1 will chastise him therefore and release him. 17 Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day. IS But the whole multitude to- gether cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabba*. 19 Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for a murder, ist into prison. 2u And Pilate again spoke to 110 St. LUKE. them, desiring to release Jesus. 21 But they cried again, saying : Crucify him, crucify him. 22 And he said to them the third time : Why, what evil hath this mat) done ? I find no cause of death in him, I will chastise him there- fore and let him go. 23 But they were instant with loud voices requiring that he might be crucified : and their voices pre- vailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 2-5 And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition had been cast into prison, whom they had desired : but Jesus he de- livered up 4o their will. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold of one. Simon of Cy- rene coming from the country : and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning to them : said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over rae, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For behold the days shall come, wherein they will say : Bless- ed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck. SO Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us : and to the hills, Cover us* 31 For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done iia the dry ? 32 And there were also two other malefactors led with him, to be put to death. 33 And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there; and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34 And Jesus said : Father, for- give them, for they know not what they do. But they dividing his gar ments, cast lots. 35 And the people stood behold- ing, and the rulers with them de* rided him, saying : He saved others, let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him coming to him, and offering him vinegar. 37 And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. 38 And there was also a super- scription written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew : This is the Kin* of the Jews. 39 And one of those robbers who were : hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself, and us. 40 But the other answering re- buked him, saying : Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art under the same condemnation ? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds 5 but this man hath done no evil. 42 And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me w T hen thou shalt come into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said to him : Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. 44 And it w r as almost the sixth hour : and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour, 45 And the sun was darkened ; and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 46 And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said : Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost. 47 Now the centurion seeing what was done, glorified God, say- ing: Indeed this was a just man. 48 And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight, and saw the things that were* done,returned striking their breasts. 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that had followed him St. LU from Galilee, stood a-far off behold- ing these things. 50 And behold there was a man named Joseph, who was a counsel- lor, a good and a just man. 51 (The same had not consented to their counsel and doings) of Arimathea a city of Judea, who also himself looked for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid. 54 And it was the day of the pe- rasceve, and the sabbath drew on. 55 And the women that were come with him from Galilee, fol- lowing after, saw the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And returning they prepared spices and ointments : and on the sabbath-day they rested according to the commandment. CHAP. XXIV. Chrisfs resurrection. AND on the first day of the week very early in the morning they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. 3 And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold two men stood by them rrr shining apparel. 5 And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance to- wards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead ? 6 He is not here, but is risen. — Bemember how bespoke unto you, when he was yet in Galilee. 7 Saying : The son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third KE. Ill day rise again. 8 And they remembered his words. 9 And going back from the se- pulchre, they told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.^ 10 And it was Mary Magdalen, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles. 11 And these words seemed to them as idle tales, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter rising up ran to the sepulchre ; and stooping down he saw thi linen cloths laid by them- selves, and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 13 And behold, two of them went the same day to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus. 1 1 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. i5 And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesi t s himself also drawing near went with them. 16 But their eyes were held that they should not know him. 17 And he said to them ; What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad ? 18 And the one of them whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him ; Art thou only a stran- ger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been, done there in these days ? 19 To whom he said : What things ? And they said ; Concern- ing Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people. 20 And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be con- demned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel ; and now besides all this, to day is H2 St. L the third day since these things were done. 22 Yea and certain women also of our company, affrighted us, who before it was light, were at the se- pulchre, 23 And not finding his body, came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. 24 And some of our people went to the sepulchre : and found it so as the women had said, but him they found not. 25 Then he said to them : O fool- ish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken. 26 Ought not Christ to have suf- fered these things, and so to enter into his glory ? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophet?, he expounded to them lit all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. 38 And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther. 29 But they constrained him, saying : Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. 30 And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread, and blessed and brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened and they knew him : and he vanish- ed out of their sight. 32 And they said one to the other : Was not our heart burning within us,. whilst be spoke m the way, and opened to us the scriptures? 33 And rising up the same hour they went back to Jerusalem; and they found the eleveii gathered to- gether, anu those that were with them. 34 Saying, The Lord is risen in- deed, and hath appeared to Simon. UKE. 35 And they told what things were done in the way : and how they knew him in the breaking of bread. 36 Now whilst they were speak- ings these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them, and saith to them Peace be to you ; it is I, fear not. 37 But they being troubled and frighted, supposed that they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them : Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have. 40 And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and feet. 41 But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said : Have you here any thing to eat ? 42 And they offered him a piece of a broiled f;sh, and a honey-comb. 43 And when he had eaten be- fore them, taking the- remains he gave to them. 44 And he said to them : These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then he opened their under- standing, that they might under- stand the scriptures. 46 And he said to them : Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead the third day : 47 And that penance and remis- sion of sins should be preached iu his name unto all nations begin- ning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are witnesses of these things. 49 And I send the promise of my Father upon you : but stay you in the city, till you be endued with power from ou high. St. JOHN. 113 50 And he led them out as far as Bethania : and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them, and was curried up to heaven. 52 And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And they were always in thft temple praising and blessing God. Amen. The GOSPEL accoro IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him : and without him was made nothing that was made. 4 In him was Lfe, and the life was the light of men : $ And the light sdiineth in dark- ness, and the darkness did not com- prehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7. This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that ali men might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. 9 That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh 111 to this world. 10 He was in the world, and the w T orld was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came into his own, and his own received him not. t% But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. 13 Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. I4f And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only-begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. 15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth Q\it saying: This was he of whom I spoke : He that shall come after me, is preferred before ing to Saint JOHN. me : because he was before me. 16 And of his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace. ] 7 For the law was given by Moses, grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 13 No man hath seen God at any time : the only-begotton Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to hire, to ask him : Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and did not deny : and he confessed : I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him : What then? Art thou Elias? And he j-aid : I am not. Art thou the pro- phet ? And he answered: No. 22 They . c aid therefore unto him : Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us ? what sayesl thou of thyself? 23 He said : I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. 24 And they that were sent, were cf the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said to him : Why then dost thcu bap- tize, it thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor tiie prophet ? 2fi John answered them saying: I baptize with water; hut there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. ST The same is he Chat shall come after me, who is preferred before me : the latchet of whose .shoe I am not worthy to loose. I 28 Ihese things were done in Be- Ill St. JOHN. thania beyond the Jordan, ahere John was baptizing. 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and he saith : Be- hold the lamb of God, behold him who taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said : After me there eometh a man, who is preferred before me : because he was before me. 31 And I knew him not, hut that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John gave testimony, saying : 4 I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and he remained upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he, who sent me to baptize with water, said to me*: He upon whom thou shall see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, he it is that baptiz-th with the Holy Ghost. 34 *4nd I saw ; and I gave tes- timony, that this is the Son of God. 35 The next day again, John stood, and two of his disciples. 36 And beholding Jesus walking he saith : Rehoid the iamb of God. 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turning, arrd see- ing them following him, saith to them : What seek you ? Who said to him : Rabbi, (which is to say being interpreted, master) where dwell est thou? 39 He saith to them : Come and see. They came, and saw where he abode, and they staid with him that day : now It was about the tenth hour. 40 And Andrew the brother of Simon Peter was one of the two who had heard of John, and followed him. 41 He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him : We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 42 And he brought him to Js-» sus. And Jesus looking upon him, said : Thou art Simon the son o£ Jona : thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted, Peter. 43 On the following day he would go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him : Follow me. 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him : We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 46 And Nathanael said to him : Can any thing of good come from Nazareth ? Philip saith to him : Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, aad he saith of him : Be- hold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. 48 Naihanael saith to innr: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him : Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered him, and said : Babbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel. 50 Jesus answered, and said to him : Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou belie vest : greater things than these shalt thou see. 51 And he saith to him : Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see the heaven opened, and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man. CHAP. II. Christ changes ivater unto wine. A ND the third day there was a x: ^ marriage in Cana of Galilee : and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And the wine failing, the mo- ther of Jesus saith to him : They have no wine. 4 And Jesus saith to her : \Yo« St. JOHN. U5 man, what is it to me and to thee ? my hour is not yet come. 5 His mother sailh to the wai- ters : Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. 6 Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two cr three mea- sures a piece. 7 Jesus saith to them : Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And Jesus sajth to them : Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. 9 And when the chief st« vard had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief steward cal- leth the bridegroom, 10 And saith to him : Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drank, tJ u that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until novv. 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee : and manifested his glory, and his dis- ciples believed in him. 12 After this he went down to Caphamaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples : and they remained there not many days. 13 And the pasch of the Jews was at hand, arid Jesus went up to Jerusalem : 14 And he found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. 15 And when he had made as it were a scourge cf little cords, he drove them all out oi the temple, the sheep also and the oxen, and the money of the changers he pour- ed out, and the tables he overthrew. 16 And to them that sold doves be said : Take these things hence/ and make not the house of inv Fa- ther a house of traffic. 17 And bis disciples remembered that it was written : The zeal oj' thy house haih eaten me up. 18 The Jews therefore answered and said to him : What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things ? 19 Jesus answered and said to them : Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 The Jews then said : Six and forty years was this temple m build- ing, and wilt thou raise it up in three days ? 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body 22 When therefore he was risen again from the dead, his disciples remembered, that he had said tins, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had said. 23 Now vhtn he p as at Jeru- salem at the pasch, upon the festival day, many believed in his name, his signs which he did. 24 But Jesus did not trust him- self unto them, for that he knew all men, 2& And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man : for he knew what was in man. CHAP. III. Christ's discourse with Nicodemus. A^'D there was a man of the -^ Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jc 2 This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him : Rabbi, we know that then art come a teacher from God : for no man can do these signs which thou dost, unless God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said to him : Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he can- not see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith to him : How can a man be born when he is old ? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born again ? 5 Jesus answered : Amen, amen lis St. JOHN. I say to thee, unless a'man he born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom oi God. 6 That which is horn of the flesh, is flesh : and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 7 Wonder not, that 1 said to thee, you must he horn again. 8 The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh and whither he goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodernus answered, and said to him : How can these things be done ? 10 Jesus answered, and said te hkn : Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things ? 11 Amen, amen I say to thee, that we speak what we know, and we testify what we have seen, and you receive not our testimony. 12 If I have spoken to you earth- ly things, and you believe not : how will you believe if I shall speak to you heavenly things ? 13 And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the son of man who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desart, so must the son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever heiieveth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting 16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son ; that whosoever heiieveth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 17 For God tent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may he saved by him. IS He that heiieveth in him, is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is already judged : because he heiieveth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 1 9 And this is the judgment : be- cause the light is come into the world, and men have loved the darkness rather than the light : for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved. 21 But he that doth truth com- eth to the h'ght, that his works may be made manifest, because they are done iii God. 22 After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea ; and there he abode with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Fi uon near Salim ; because there was much water there, and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 And there arose a question be- tween some of John's disciples and the Jews concerning purification : 23 And they came to John, and said to him : Rabbi, he Uiat was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold he baptizetb, and all men come to him. 27 John answered, and said : A man cannot receive any thing, un- less it be given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves do bear me witness, that 1 said, lam not Christ; but that I am sent before him. ■29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the* friend of the bridegroom who standeth and hear- eth him, rejeiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This vny joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. SI He that cometh from -above, is above alb Ke that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh. He that cometh from heaven, is above ah. 32 And what he hath seen,. and heard, that he testiheth : and no man receiveth his testimony St. JOHN. 33 He that hath received his tes- timony, hath set to his seal that Gcci is true. 81? Tor he whom God hath sent, speaktth the words of God : for God doth not give the spirit by measure. 35 The Father loveth the Son : and he hath given all things into his hand. 86 He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting : but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. CHAP. IV. Xfhrist talks with the Samaritan woman. "V17HEN Jesus therefore under- ™ * stood that the Pharisees bad heard that Jesus maketh more dis- ciples, and baptizeth more thanJohn, 2 (Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples.) 3 He left Judea, and went again into Galilee. 4 And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria. 6 He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria which is called Sichar ; near the land which Jac >h gave 10 his son Joseph. 6 Xow Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sit thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Sa- maria to draw water. Jesus saith to her : Give me to drink. 8 For his disciples were gone in- to the city to buy meats. 9 Then that Sama~t»an woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman ? For the Jews do not communicate with the Sa- maritans. 10 Jr.su s answered, and said to her : If thoa didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink ; thou per- haps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee liv- ing water. 117 11 The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep ; from whence then hast thou living water ? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave lis the well, and drank thereof himself, and Ins children, and his cattle ? 13 Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drink.-th of this water, shall thirst again : but he that shail drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever. 14 But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into life ever- lasting. 15 The woman saith to him : Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said : I have no husband. Jesus said to her : Thou hast said well, I have no husband : 18 For thou hast had five hus- bands: and he whom thou nowhastj is not thy husband, Tins thou hast said truly. 19 The woman saith to him : Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you say, that at Jeru- salem is the place where men must adore. c z\ Jesus saith to her: "Woman, believe me, that the hour cometh, when you shall ueitheTon this moun- tain, nor in Jerusalem adore the Father. 22 You adore that which you know not : we adore that which^we know : for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him. 24- God is a spirit, and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth. 113 St. JOHN 25 The woman saith to him : I know that theMESsiAScometh( who is called Christ) therefore when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith to her : I am he. who am speaking with thee. 27 And immediately his disciples came : and they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said : What seekest thou, or why taikest thou with her? 28 The woman therefore left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men there: 29 Come, and see a man who has told me all things whatsoever 1 have done. Is not he the Christ ? 30 They went therefore out of the city, and came unto him. 31 In the mean time the disciples grayed him, saying : Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said to them : I have meat to eat which you know not. 33 The disciples therefore said one to another: Hath any man brought him to eat ? 34 Jesus saith to lh/Tn : My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work. 35 Do not you say, there are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries, for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth, receiveth ■wages, and gathereth fruit unto life everlasting: that both he that sow- eth, and he that reapeth, may re- joice together. 37 For in this is the saying true: that it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. 38 I have sent you to reap that in which you did not labour : others liave laboured, and you have enter- ed iu to their labours. 39 Now of that city many ofthe Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testi- mony : He told me all things what- soever I have done. 40 So when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired hi-m that he would tarry there. And he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed in hi in because of his own word. 42 And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world. 43 Now after two days he depart- ed thence; and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself gave testi- mony that a prophet hath no ho- nour in his own country : 45 And when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day: for they also went to the festival day. 46 He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a cer- tain ruler whose son was sick at Ca- pharnaum. 47 He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, went to hint, and prayed him to come down and heal his son : for he was at the point of death. 48 Jesus therefore said to him r Unless you see signs and wonders you believe not. 49 The ruler saith. to him : Lord, come down before that my son die. 50 Jesus saith to him : Go thy way, thy son liveth. The man be- lieved the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way. 5 1 Ancj he was going- down, his servants met him : and they brought word, saying, that his son lived. 52 He asked therefore of them the hour, wherein he grew better. And they said to him. Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53 The father therefore knew that it was at the same hour, that Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth; and himself believed and hiswhole house. 54 This *r again the second St. JOHN. H9 miracle that Jesus diJ, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee, CHAP. V. Christ heeds the impotent man, AFTER these things was a fes- tival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probaiica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches/ 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind,, of lame, of wither- ed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 And an Angel of the Lord de- scended at certain times into the pond ; and the water was moved. And be that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water, was made whole of whatso- ever infirmity he lay under. 5 And there was a certain man there, that hail been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. 6 Hrm when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a lo^g time, he saith to him : Wilt thou be made whole? 7 The infirm man answered him : Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me. # Jesus saith to him : Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole : and he took up his bed, and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. 10 The Jews therefore said to him that was healed : It is the sab- bath, it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. 1 1 He answered them : He that made me whole, he said to me: Take up thy bed, and walk. 12 They asked him therefore : Who Is that man who said to thee j Take up thy bed, and walk ? 13 But he who was healed, knew ot who it was. For Jesus went aside from the multitude standing in the place. 14 Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith to him : Behold thou art made whole : sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee. 15 The mail went his way, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. 16 Therefore did , the Jews per- secute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them : My Father worketh until now; and I work. 18 Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but aiso said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. 19 Then Jesus answered, and said to them : Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seetn the Father doing : tor what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. 20 For the Father loveth the Sen, and sheweth him all things which himself doth : and greater works than these will he shew him, that you mny wonder. 21 For as the Father raiseth up the deud, and eiveth life : so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. 2^i For neither doth the Father judge any man : but hath given all judgment to the So;i. 23 That all men may honour the Sonj as they honour the Father. H« who honoureth not the Son, ho- noureth not the Father who hath sent him. 24- Amen, amen, I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting ; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to .life, 25 Amen, amen, I say unto you: that the hour cometh, and now is 120 St. JOHN. when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear, shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself: so he hath given to the Son al?o to have lire in himself: 27 And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the son of man. 28 Wonder not at this, for the hour cometh wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. 29 And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the re- surrection of life ; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrec- tion of judgment. SO I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge : and my judgment is just : because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me : and I know that the witness wdiich he witnesseth of me is true. 33 You sent to John : and he gave testimony to the truth, 34 But I receive not testimony from man : but I say these things that ye may be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shin- ing light. Ann you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have a greater testimo- ny than that of John. For the works which the Father hath given me to perfect : the works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath given testimony of me : neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape, 38 And you have not his Word abiding in you : for whom he hath sent, hirn you believe not, 39 Search the scriptures, for you think in them t© have life everlast ing; and the same are they that g?>ve testimony of me : 40 And you will not come to me that you may have life. 41 I receive not glory from men. 42 But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not : if another shall comein his own name, him you will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive glory one from another : and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek ? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also. For he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings : how will you believe my words ? CHAP. VI. Christ feeds 5000 leitliji-dc loaves, A FTEK these thing? Jesus went *^ over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias : 2 And a great multitude follow- ed him, because they saw 7 the mi- racles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his discipies. 4 Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand. 5 When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him- he said to Philip : Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat ?■ 6 And this he said to try him : for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him : Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little: 8 One of his disciples, Andrev St, JOHN. HI the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him : 9 There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: I; ut what are these among so many? 10 Then Jasus said : Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesos took the loaves : and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes as much as they would. 12 And when they were filled, he said to his disciples : Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost. 13 They gathered up therefore , and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley .loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten. 14 Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done said : This is of a truth the prophet that is to come into the world. 15 Jesus therefore when he knew that they would come to take him by force and make him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone. 16 And when evening was come, lis disciples went down to the sea. 17 And when they had gone up into a ship, they went over the sea to Capharnaum : and it was now dark, and Jesus was not come unto them. 18 And the sea arosp, by reason of a great wind that blew. 19 When they had rowed there- fore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the ship, and they were afraid. 20 But he saith to them: It is J : be not afraid. 21 They were willing therefore to take him into the ship: and pre- sently the ship was at the laud, to which they were going. 22 The" nest day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, saw that there was no other ship there but one, and that Jesui had not entered into the ship with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone. 23 But other ships came in from Tiberias, nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks. 24 When therefore the multitude saw that Jesi:S was not there, nor his disciples, they took shipping, and came to Capharnaum seeking for Jesus. 25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him : Rabbi, when earnest thou hither ? 26 Jesus answered them, and said : Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labour not for the meat which [ erisheth, but for that which endur- eth unto life everlasting, which the son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed. 28 They said therefore unto him; What shall we do that we may work the works of God ? 29 Jesus answered, and said to them: 'ULs is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he hath sent 30 They said therefore to him : What sign therefore dost thou shew mat we may see, and may believe .... : what dost thou work? 31 Onr fathers did eat manna in the deaart as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to cut, 3 l 2 Then Jesus said to them : Amen, amen I say to you, Hexes gave you net bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. S3 For the bread of Gcd is that 192 St. JOHN. which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. 34 They said therefore unto him : Lord, give us always this bread. 3 "> And Jesus said to them : 1 am the bread oi'Yiie, he that cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that believeth in me, shall never thirst. 36 But I said unto you, that you also have seen me, and you believe not. 37 All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me ; and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. 38 Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 Now this is the will of the Father who sent me; that of all that he hath given me, I should lose no- thing, but should raise it up again in the last day. 40 And this is the will of my Father that sent me; that every one "who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up in the last day. • -41 The Jews' therefore murmured at him, because he had said, I am the living bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said : Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose fa- ther and mother we know ? How then saith he, I came down from heaven ? 43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them : Murmur not among yourselves. 44- No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him, and I will raise him *rp in the last day. 45 It is v, i itten iri the prophets : And ility si tall all he lav phi of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to Hi 9. 46 Not that any man hath seen the .Father, but he who is of God, j he huth seen the Faiker. .47 Amen, ameu I say imto you: ! He that believeth in me, hath ever- lasting life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the depart, and are- dead. 50 This is the bread which com- eth down from heaven : that if any man eat of it, he may not die, 51 I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. 52 If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world. 53 The Jew3 therefore strove among themselves, saying : How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 54 Then Jesus said to them : Amen, amen I say unto you : Ex- cept you eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. Lb He that eoteth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life : and I will raise him up in the last day. 5 6 For my flesh is meat indeed : and my blood is drink indeed. 51 lie that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. 58 As the living Father hath sent me, and I Hve by the Father : so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. 59 Tills is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever. 60 These things he said teaching in the synagogue, in Caphamaum. 61 Many therefore of his disciples hearing it, said : This saying ii hard, and who can hear it ? 62 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them : Doth this scandalize you ? 63 If then you shall fee the son of man ascend up where he was before ? 6 *■ T t is f he spirit that quickenelh: St. JO the flesh prortteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you, are spirit and life. 65 "■ Bat there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe, and who he was that would betray him. 66 And he said : Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father. 67 After this many of his disci- ples went back; and walked no more with him. 68 Then Jesus said to the twelve : Will you also go away ? 69 And Simon Peter answered him : Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 70 And we have believed and have known that thou art the Christ the Son of God. 71 Jesus answered them : Have not I chosen you twelve ; and one of you is a devil ? 72 Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon : for this same was about to betray him, whereas he was one of the twelve. CHAP. VII. Christ teaches in the temple, AFTER these things Jesus walk- - ed in Galilee ; for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. .2 Now the Jews feast of taber- nacles was at hand. 3 And his brethren said to him : Pass from hence, and go into Judea : that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost. 4 For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he him-* seif seeketh to be known openly. If thou do those things, manliest thyself to the world, 5 For neither did his brethren believe in him. 6 Then Jesus said to them : My time is not yet aome ; but your time is always ready. HN. ike to them, saying : I am the light of the world : he that folio weth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said to him : Thou givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony is not true. 14< Jesus answered and said to them : Although I give testimony of myself my testimony is true : and no man laid hands on him, be-* cause his hour was not yet come. | 2 E A g ai i i there fo r e Jc s o s s a i d to them : . you shall seek me f and you. shall die in your sin. Whit* ther I go you cannot come. S3 The Je . fore said : will he kill him. . .aid 1 Whither I :annot come? 23 And he said to them : You are from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. • I said to you, that yon shall die in your sins. For if yon believe not th it I am he, you shall die in yonr sin. 25 They said therefore to him : . .i to them: The beginf] also speak uu« to you. 20 Many things I have to speak and to judge of you. But he that sent me is true : and the things I have beard of him, these same I sp ak in the world. 27 And they understood not that he called God his Father. 2s Jesus therefore said to them : When you shall have lifted up the ISo St. son of man, then shall you know that 1 am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak : 29 And he that sent me is with me, and he hath not left me alone ; for I do always the things that please him. 30 When he spoke these things, many believed in hiui. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him * If you continue in my word, you shall be my dis- ciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. S3 They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man : how gayest thou : You shall be free ? 34 Jesus answered them : Amen, amen I say unto you, that whoso- ever committeth sin, is the servant ef sin. 3 5 Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever : but the son abideth for ever. 36 if therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. 37 I know that you are the children of Abraham : but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father 39 They answered, and said to him : Abraham is our father. Je- sus saith to them : If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spek-n the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not. 41 You do the works of your lather. They said therefore to him : We are not born of fornication : >ve have one Father even God. 42 Jesus therefore said to them : jf God were your father, you would joiix. indeed love me. For from God I proceeded, and came ; for I came not of myself, but he sent me : 43 Why do you not know my speech ? Because you cannot hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he stood not in the truth ; because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for he is a liar, and the father thereof. 45 But if I say the truth, you be- lieve me not. 46 Which of you shall convince me of siii ? If 1 say the truth to you, why do you not believe me ? 47 He that is of God, heafeth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God. 48 The Jews therefore answered, and said to him : Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil ? 49 Jesus answered: I have not a devil : but I honour my Father, and you have dishonoured me. 50 But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 51 Amen, amen I say to you : If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever. 52 The Jews therefore said : ISow we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou say est : If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever. 53 Art thou greater than our fa- ther Abraham, who is dead ? and the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? 51- Jesus answered : If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God. 55 And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not, I shall be like io von, a liar. But I do know A : him, and do keep his word. .56 Abraham your father rejoiced that lie might see nay day : he saw it, and was glad. 57 The Jews therefore said to him : Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said to them : Amen, amen I ^ay to you, beibre Abraham was made, I am. 59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jbsus hid him- self, and went out of the temple. CHAP. IX. He restores to sight the blind man. XD Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth ; 2 And his disciples asked him : Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or Ins parent^, that ^ should be born bliuc! ? 3 Jks us answered: Neither'hath this man sinned, nor his parents ; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work tiie works of him that sent rne, whilst it is day : the lihjht cometh when no man ran work . 5 As lon# as ] am in the world, I am the ligh t of the world. 6 When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay upon bis eyes. 7 And said to him : Go, wash in the pod of Siloe, which is interpret- ed, Sent. He went therefore, ana washed, and be came seeing. 8 The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him befor he was a beggar, said : Is not this he that sat, and begged? Some said : This is he. 9 But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said : I am he. 10 They said therefore to him : How were thy eyes opened ? 11 He answered : That man that is called Jesus, made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me; Go to the pool of Siloe, and wash. St. JOHN. 127 And I wept, I washed, and I see. 1 2 And they said to him : Where is he ? He saith : I know not. 13 They bring him that had been blind, to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 1-5 Again therefore the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. But he said to them : He pot clay upon my eyes, and I wash- ed, and I see. 16 Some therefore of the Phari- sees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said : How can a man that is a -inner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. J 7 'They say therefore to the blind man again : What say est thou of him thai hath opened thy eyes? And he said : He is a prophet. 18 Hie Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and hod received his sight, until they called the parents of him that' had received his sight, 19 And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say v\a* born blind ? How ihen doth he now see ? 20 His parents answered them, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 But hov he now seeth, we • or v. ho I .1 his .; ow hot : a>k himself; He is of a A: for himself £ r 2 i is parents said, he, aus Jews : For tvs bad a] ed among . that if any '^an shouloV should be put cut of the synagogue. 23 Therefore did h« j say : he is of age, ask him. 24 They therefore called the man again chut had been blind, and said to him : Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner. 25 He said therefore to them : If he be a sinner, I kacw uol : u:.e 129 St. JOHN. thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see. 26 They said then to him : What did he to thee ? How did he open thy eye?. 27 He answered them : I have told you aiready, and you have heard : why would you hear it again? v/ill you also become his disciples? 28 They reviled him therefore, and said : Be thou his disciple ; but we are the disciples of Moses. 23 We know that God spoke to Moses : but as to this man, we know not from whence he is. SO The mars answered, and said to them :. Why; herein is a wonder- 'fill thing that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes. 31 Now we know that God doth not hear sinner? : but if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he heareth. 3S From the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one born blind. 33 Unless this man were of God, he could not do any thing. 34 They answered, and said to hlrn : Thou wast wholly born in gins, and dost thou teach us ? And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out : and when be had found him, he said to him : Dost thou believe in the Son of G r rd ? 36 He answered, and said: Who is be. Lord, that I may believe in him? 37 And Jes'jts said to him : Thou ,hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee, SB And he said : I believe, Lord, And Mimg down be adored him. 39 And Jesus said : For judg- ment I am come into this world ; that they who see not may see; and they who see, may become blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard; and they *aid unto him : Are we also blind ? 41 Jesus said to them : If you were blind, you should not have &m t but now you say : We see. Your sin remaineth. CHAP. X. Chrict is the doer, and tltc shepherd. 4 MEN, amen, I say to you : he •^ that entereth not by the door into the sheepfbld, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : and he caileth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. \ And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them : and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. o But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. G This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them. 7 Jesus therefore said to them again : Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All others as many as have come, are thieves and robbers : and the sheep heard them not. 9 I am the door. By me if any man enter in, he shall be saved : and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. 12 But the hireling and he that is no* the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep, and rlieth : and the wolf eatcheth, and sea it ere fch the sheep : 13 And the hireling flieth, be- cause he is a hireling ; and lie hut^ St. JOHN. 12$ no care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd ; and I know mine, and mine know me. 15 As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father : and I lay down my life for my sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold ; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. 1? Therefore doth the Father love me : because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No man taketh it away from me : but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down ; and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father. 19 A dissension rose again among the Jew? for these words. 20 And many of therm said : He hath a devil, and is mad : why hear yon him ? 21 Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a del U. Can a devil open the ryes of the blind ? 22 And' k was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem , and it w as winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. <2l The Jews therefore came round about him, and said to him : How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 2.5 Jesus answered them : I speak to you, and you believe not : the works that I do in the name of my Father, they wive testimony of me. 25 But you do Dot believe: be- cause you are not of my sheep. g7 My sheep hear my 'voice, and I know them, and thej fellow me. 23 And I give them life everlast- ing ; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all : and no man can snatch them out of th- hand of my Father. SO I and the Father are one. 21 The Jews then took up stone* to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them : Many good works I have shewed you from my Father ; for-which of these works do yon stone me? 33 The Jews answered him: For a good work we slone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because t ! at thou being a man, makest thyself God. 3 i Jesus answered them : Is it not written in your law : I said, you are ^ods ? 3,3 if he called them gods, to whom the word of God was spoken, and the scripture cannot be broken ; 3o Do you say of him, whom the Father hatfi sanctified and sent into the world : Thou blasphemes*, because 1 n of God? 37 If I do uot the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though you will not hi nrks ; th : you y know and believe that !:. e .i : . i roe, and I ia 29 They sought therefore to take him ; and he escaped out of their hands. 4() And he went again beyond the J<> that place where John \ ..st ; and there bode. 41 And many resorted to him, and they said : John indeed did no sign. 12 But si] ti ings whatsoever John said of this rnan were true,. And many believed in him. CHAP. XI. Christ raises Lazarus to life. J&TOW there was a certain man ^* sick named Lazarus, of B tha- nia, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sistt r. 2 (And Mary was she that anointed the Lord wiih ointment and wiped his feet with her huh i whose brother .Lazarus was sick)„ ISO St. 3 His sister? therefore sent to him staying: Lord, behold; he whom thou love^t is sick. 4 And Jesus hearing it, said to them : This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God : that the Son of God may be glori- fied hy it. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus. 6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick he still remained in the same place two days : 7 Then after that he said to his dis- ciples: Let us go into Judea again. 8 The disciples say to him : Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to stone thee ; and goest thou thither again ? 9 Jesus answered : Are there not twelve hours of the day ? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world : 10 But if he walk in the nigh: he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. 11 These things he said; and after that he said to them : Lazarus our friend sleepeth ; but 1 go that J may awake him out of sleep. 12' His disciples therefore said . Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 But Jes v s spoke of his death : and they thought that he spoke o! the repose of sleep. 14 Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly : Lazarus is dead ; 15 And I am glad for yeur sake*, that I was not there, that you may believe i but let us go to him. 18 Thomas therefore, who is called Didym'us, said to his fellow- dischdes : 'Let us also go, that we mavdie with him. 17 Jesus therefore came and found 'hat he had been four days already in the grave, 18 (Now Bethaiiia was near Je- rusalem about fifteen furlongs off. 19 And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to corn - fort them concerning their brother* JOHN. 20 Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him ; but Mary sat at home. 21 Martha therefore said to Je- sus : Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God wii) give it thee. 23 Jesus saith to her: Thy bro- ther shall rise again. 24 Martha saith to him : I know- that he shall rtse again in the resur- rection at the last day. $5 Jesus said to her: 1 am the resurrection and the life ; he that believeth in me although he be dead, shall live. 26 And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this ? 27 She saith to himj Yea Lord, I have believed that thou ari Christ the Son of the living God, who art come into this world. 25 And when she had said these things, she went, and called her sister Mary secretly, saying : . The master is come and ealieth for thee. 2.9 She, as soon, as she heard Mj>, riseth quickly and cometh to him. 30 For Jesus was not yet come into the town : but he was still in that place whereMarthahaclmet him. 31 The Jews therefore, who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose up speedily and went out, fol- lowed her, saying : She goeth to the grave, to weep there. 32 When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and saith to him : Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33. Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, anil the Jews that were come with her, weeping, groaned in the spirit, and troubled himself, 34 A fjd said : Where hare you laid him ? They say to him : Lord^ come ana see. .35 And Jesus weyt S6 The Jews therefore said: Be- hold how he loved him, 37 But some of them said: Could not he, that opened the eyes of the man born blind, have caused that this man should not die ? 38 Je.:US therefore again groan- ing in himself, cometh to the sepul- chre : Now it was a cave ; and a stone was laid over it. 39 Jesus saith.: Take away the .stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, saith to him : Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days. 40 Jesus saith to her ; Did not I say to thee, that if thou believe. thou shalt see the glory of God ? 41 They took therefore the stone away : and Jesus lifting up his eves said : Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast heard me. 42 And 1 knew that thou nearest me always, but because of the peo- ple who stand about have I said it; that they may believe that thou has sent me. t 43 When he had said these things, h he cried with a loud voice: Laza- rus, come forth, 41 And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding-bands, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go. 45 Many therefore of the Jews who were come to Mary and Mar- tha, and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees, arid told them the things that Jesus had done, 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and sai:l : What do we, for this man doth many miracles r! 4S If we let him alone so, all will believe in him and the Komans will come, arid take away our place and St. JOHN. 13 nation. 49 But one of them named Cai- phas,being the high-priest that vear, said to them : You know nothing. 5Q Neither go you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that uhe whole nation perish not. 51 And this he spoke not of him- self: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. 52 And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed. 53 From that day therefore they devised to put him to death. 51 Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but he went into a country near the de- sart, unto a city that is called E- phrem, and there he abode with his disciples. 55 And the pasch o c the Jews was at hand : and many from the coun- try went up to Jerusalem before the pasch, to purify themselves. 56 They sought therefore for Je- sus ; and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you, that he is not come to the festival day ? And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where he was, he should tell,, that they misht apprehend him. chap. xii. The anointing of Christ's feet. "JESUS therefore six days before *-* the pasch came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. 2 And they made him a supper there : and Martha served, but La- zarus was one of them that were at table with bim. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her- hair: and the house was filled with, the odour of the ointment. 1S2 St. 4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iseariot, he that was about t;> betray Km, *aid : 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor ? 6 Now he said this, net because he cared for the poor ; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein. 7 Jesus therefore said : Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial, 8 For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always. 9 A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was* there: and they came not for J esus*s .^ake only, but that they might see La- zarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 20 But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also : 11 Because many of the Jews by reason of him went away, and believed in Jesus. 12 And on the next d^j a great multitude, that was come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jfi?us was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meat him, and cried :. Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel. 14 And Jesus Found a young ass, and sat upon it, as it is written : 15 Fear net, daughter of Sion, behold, thy king cometh sitting on an ass's colt* 16 These things his disciples d'd not know at the first: but when Jesus w r as glorified,, then they re- membered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him* 17 The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him when he called Lazarus out of the grave^and raised him from the dead. JOHN. 18 For which reason also the peo- ple came to meet him : because they heard that he had done this miracle. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do yeu see that we prevail nothing? ''behold, the whole world is gene after him. 1 ? Now 7 there were certain gen- tiles, among them who came up to adore on the festival day. 21 These therefore came to Phi- lip, who was of Eethsaida of Gall- lee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. 22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew and Phi- lip told Jesus. 23 But Jesus answered them saying : The hour is come, that the son of man should be glorified. 2i Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground, die ; 25 Itself remaineth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit He that loveth his life shall lose it: and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it unto life eternal. 26 U any man minister to me, let him folio w me : and where I arn, there also shall my minister he. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour. 2? Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause 1 came unto this hour. £8 Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven : I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. §9 The multitude therefore that stood and heard, said that it thun- dered. Oihers said, An angel spoke to him. 30 Jesus answered, and said : This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. 31 Now is the judgment of the world : now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 32 And I, if I be lifted^up from the St. JOHN. 133 earth, will draw all things to myself. 33 (Now this he said, signifying what death he should die.) 34 The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth forever; and how sayest thou : The son of man must be lifted up ? Who is this son of man ? 35 Jesus therefore said to them : Yet a little while, the light is among you. Wark whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in dark- ness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that yen may be Lhe children of light. These things Jesus spoke and be away, and hid himself from L 37 And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in him : 38 That the saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said : Lord, who hath b> cur hearing? andfowhofn hath the arm of the. Jjord been revealed P 30 Therefore they could not be- lieve, because [sal is said ag 40 He hath blind and hardened their heart, th it they should not see with their eyes, vor understand with their hearty a converted, and I should heal thi m : 41 lhese tilings said Isaias when he saw his glory and spoke ol 42 However many of the chief men also believed in him : but be- cause of the Pharisees they did not confess hi?n, that they might iio.t be cast out of the synagogue. 43 For they loved the glory of men, more than the glory of God. 44. But Jbsus cried, and said : Pie that hedeveth in me.doth not be- lieve in me, but in him that sent me. 4.5 And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world; that whosoever believeth in me, may not remain in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and keep them not : I do not judge him : for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that despiseth me, and re- ceiveth not my words, hath one thatjudgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him hi the last day. 49 For I have nut spoken of my- self, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say,an,l what I should sneak. .50 And I know that his command- ment is life everlasting". The things therefore that I sneak ; even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak. CHAP. XIII. Christ washes his disciples feet. |>EFGKE the festival day of the ■" pasch, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should pass out of this world to the Father*: hav- ing loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And n hen supper was done. (the devi] having now put into the heart of Judas [scariot tnc son of Simon, to betrav bim.) 3 B that the Father had bim all things into bis bands, and that he came from God, and goeth to G i He riseth from supper and lay- eth add.- bis garments-, and having taken a towel, girded hin 5 After tl:at,hepurleih water into a bason,and began to wash the feet of the disci* ies, end to wipe them with the towel w herewith he was girded. 6 He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him : Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered, and said to him : What I do, &mi knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter, 8 Peter saith to him : Thou shalt never wash my feet, Jesus answer- ed him : If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith to him : Lord not only my feet, but also my hands 134. St. JOHN. and my head. 10 Jesus saith to him : He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but wot all. 11 For he knew who he was that would betray him : therefore he said : you are not ail clean. 12 Then after he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, being sot down ag«:in, he said to them : Know you what I have done to you ? 13 You call me Master, and Lord : and you say well, for so I am. 14 If then I, being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet: you al^o ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an ex- ample, that as I have done to you, so you do also. 16 Amen, amen I say to you i The servant is not greater than his Lord : neither is the apostle greater that he that sent him. 17 If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them. IS I speak not of you till : i know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fu Hilled, He thai tateth bread with me, .ahull lift up his heel against me. 19 At present I tell you, before it come to pass-: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that lam he. 20 Amen, amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, reeeiveth me : and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. Ul When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit: and he testified, and said : Amen, amen I say to you, one of you shall betray me. 22 The disciples therefore look- ed one upon another, doubting of whom he spoke. 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved. 2\ Simon Peter therefore beck- oned to him, and said to aim : Who is it, of whom he speaketh ? 25 He therefore leaning on the breast of Jesus saiih to him : Lord, who is it? 26 Jesus answered: He it is to whom I shall reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the morsel, satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly. 28 Now no man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto him. 29 For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him : Buy those things which we have need of for the fes- tival day : or that he should give something to the poor. SO He therefore having- received the morsel, went out immediately. And it. was night. 31 When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said : Now is the son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. . u2 If God be glorified in him, God also will glorify him in himself, and immediately will lie glorify him. S3 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Yon shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews: W hither I go, you cannot come: so I say to you now. 34 A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one an- other: as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 3*5 By this shall all men know that you are my diseipies, if you have luve one for another. 36' Simon Peter saith to him : Lord, whither goest thou ? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou caririt tioi follow me now, but thou shait follow hereafter. 37 Peter saiih to him : Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. St. ju 38 Jesus answered him : Wilt thou lay do wn thy life for mePAmen, amen I say to thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice. CHAP. XIV. Conclusion of Chi isl's lad discourse. T ET not your heart be troubled. -" You believe in God, believe also in me.j 2 In my Father's house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you, that I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I shaH go, and prepare a place tor you : I will come again, and will take you to myself, that wheie I am, you also may be. 4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know. 5 Thomas saith to him : Lord, we know not whither thou goestj and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith to him : I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to tht Father,but by me. 7 If you had known me, you would without doubt hare known my Father also: and from hence- forth you shall know him, and you have seen him. S Philip saith to him : Lord, shew us the Faiher,and it is enough for u>:. 9 Jesus saith to him : So long a time have I been with von ; and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me,seeth the Father also. How gayest thou, shew us the Father? 10 Do you not believe, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Thewords that I speak to you,Ispeak not of myself. Bnt the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works. 11 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? 12 Otherwise believe for the very works' sake. Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he aho shall do, and greater than these shall he do. 13 Because I go to the ,;i ather, and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that Villi do; that the HNT. 135 Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you shall ask me any thing in my name, that I will do. 15 If you love me, keep my com- mandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever. 17 The spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him net nor knowethhim: but you shall know 7 him; because he shall abide with you, and shall be in you. 3 8 I will not leave you orphans : I will come to vou. 19 Yet a little while: and the world seeth me no more. But you see me: because I live, and you shall live. £0 In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and yen in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my command- ments, and keepeth them : he it is that loveth me. And he that lovelh me shall he loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will mani- fest myself to him. 22 Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it, that thpu \\ ilt manifi st thyself to us, and not to the wo: id? c 2l> Jeus answered, and said to him: It' any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him. and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him : c 2k He that loveth me not, keep- eth not my words. Ai d the w >rd which you have heard is not mine; but the Father's who sent me. 20 These things have I spoken to you, abiding with vou. id But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever i shall have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto y u. 136 St. , Let not your heart be troubled, uor let it be afraid. 2S You have heard that I said to you : I go away and I come un ■ o you. If you loved me, you would indeed be glad ; because I go to the Father : For the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you be- fore it come to pass ; that when it shall come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will not now speak many things with you. For the prince of this world cometh, and in me he hath not any thing. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father: aivd as the Father hath given me command- ment, so do I: Arise, let us gohenee. CHAP, xv: A continuation of Christ's discourse. T AM the true vine : an4 my Fa* * ther is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that bear* eth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that be Ttth fruit he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now you are clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you 4-Abide in me : and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless rt abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you the bran- ches : he that abideth in me, and I in him, ?he same beartth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. 6 If any one abide not in me : he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up^ and cast him into the fire, and he burneth. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 In this is my Father glorified ; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in *ny love- JOHN. 10 If you keep my command- ments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's com- mandments,and do abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy maybe i.lle^. 12 This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you. 15 I will not now call you ser- vants : for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have call- ed you friends : because all things whatsoever I have heard of my Fa- ther, I have made known to you. 16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you ; and have ap- pointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit ; and your fruit should remain: that what- soever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things 1 command you, that you love one another. 18 If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you. 19 If you had been of the world ; the world would love its own : but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you 20 Remember my word that I said to you : The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you : if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. £1 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake : because they know not him that sent me. a : n. and your heart shall rejoice ; and your joy no man shall take from you. 23 And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen I say to you : if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask and you shall receive; that your joy may be fu\]. 25 These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hourcometfa when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father. 26 In that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that 1 will ask the Father for you. 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came cut from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world : again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. 99 His disciples say to him : Be- hold now thou speaker t plainly, and speakest no proverb. 30 Now we know that thou know- est all things, and thou neenest not that any man should ask thee. By this we believe that thou comest forth from God. 31 Ji.sus answered them : Do you now believe ? SS Behold the hour cometh, and it is now come, that youirshail be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yec I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 63 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have dis- tress : but have confidence, I have overcome the world. CHAP. XV r II. Christ's pray a < for his disciples* OHN. HpHESE things Jesus spoke, and 11 lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said : Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. 2 As thou hast given hirn no iver over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to ail, whom thou hast given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Chic wt, whom thou hast sent.; 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do : 5 And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee. 6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and to me thou gavest them : and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that ail things which thou hast given me are from thee : 8 Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them : and they have received them, and have known in very deed that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for ihem : I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me : because they are thine ; 10 And all my things are thine, and thine are mine : and I am glo- rified iii them. 11 And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father keep them in thy name, whom thou hast given me: that they may be one, as we also are., 12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept: and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture St. JOH may be fulfilled. 13 And now I come to thee: and these things I speak in the worlds that they may Lave my joy tilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, be- cause they are not of the world; as I also am not of the world. 15 1 pray riot that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil. 1(3 They are not of the world : as i also am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for them do I sanctify myself: that they also may Le sanctified in truth. 20 And not for them enly do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me : 21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and 1 in thee-: that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glpry which thou hast given me., 1 have given to them : that they may be one, as we also are one. 23 I in them, and thou in me : tnat they may be made perfect in one ; and the, world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me. 24 Father, 1 will that where I am, they al o m horn thou hast given me may be with me : that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation 6i the world. 2.3 Just Father, the world hath not known thee : but I have known thee : and these have known, that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have made known thy name to them, and will make it known: that the lov T e wherewith N. 139 thou hast loved me, may be in them, and 1 in them. CHAR XVIII, History of tke Passion of Christ. VVHEN Jbsus had said these * * things, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedror;, w here there was a garden, into which he entered with his disciples. 2 And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place : because Je- ^us had often resorted thither toge- ther with his disciples. ' 3 Judas therefore having receiv- ed a band of soldiers, and servants from the chief priests and the Pha-v risees, cometh thither with lan- terns and torches and weapons. 4 Je-:us therefore knowing all things that should come upon him went forth, and said to them ; Whom seek ye ? .5 They answered him : Je-us of Nazareth. Je-us saith to them: 1 am he. And Judas also, who be- trayed him, stood with th 6 As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he : they went .111 to the ground, therefore b hem, Whom seek ye ? and they said : Je-us ( f Nazareth. 8 J] s were I, I have told you, that I am he. It therefore you seek me, let thesi 9 That the v | be fulfill- ed which he said: Of them whom thou hast given me ; I have not lost any one. "lu Then Simon Peter having a sw< rd, drew it ; and struck the ser- vant of the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Mak i i Jesus therefore said to Peter : Put up thy sword into the scab- hard. The chalice which my Father hath given me, shall 1 notdrink it ? 12 Then the band, and the tri- bune, and the servants of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him : 13 And they led him away to 140 St. JOHN. Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiphas, who was the high priest of that year. 1 4 Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews: That it was expedient that one man should die for the people. 15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Je- sus itno the court of the high priest. 16 But Peter stood at the door without. The other disciple there- fore who was known to the high priest, went out, and spoke to the portress, and brought in Peter. 17 The maid therefore that was portress, saith to Peter : Art not thou also one of this man's disci- ples ? He saith-: I am net. 18 Now the servants and minis- ters stocd at a fire of coals, because- coiu, a r] warmed them- it was selves. also standing, and warming him c^K 19 The high priest therefore* asked Jesus of hie disciples, and of his doctrine. 20 Jjssus answered him : I have spoken open/y to the world : I have always taught in the synagogue, and in the lernple, whither ah the Jews resort : and in secret I have spoken nothing-. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto them : behold they know what things I have said. 22 And when he had said these things, one of the serrarits standing by, gave Jesus a blow, saying ; An- swerest thou the high priest, so ? 23 Je.-us answered him : If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil: but if well, v,hy strikes t thou me ? 24 And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the high priest. 25 And Simon Peter was stand- ing, and -warming himself. They sail' therefore to hhn: Art not thou also one of his disciples ? He denied it and said : I am not. 26 One of the servants of the high priest (a kinsman to him whose ear Peter cut oif) saith to him : Did not I see thee in the garden wkh him? 27 Again therefore Peter denied : and immediately the cock crew. ^ 28 Then they led Jesus from Ca> phas to the governor's hail. Audit was morning : and they went not into the hall, that they might not be denied, but that they might eat the pasch. 29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said,- What accusation bring you agahist this man ? 30 They answered and said to him : If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. 31 Pilate therefore said to them: Take him you, and judge him ae* cording- to your law. The Jews And with them was Peter j therefore said to him : It is not Jaw- [ fid for us to put any man co death. 32 That the word of Jssus might be fulfilled which he said, signify- ing what death he shouid die.' £3 Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him : Art thou the king of the Je.w? ? ^ 34 Jesus answered : Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me? 35 Pilate answered : Am I a Jew ? Thy own nation, and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me : what hast thou done ? 36 Jesus answered: My king- dom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now my kingdom is not from hence. 37 Pilate therefore said to him : Art thou a king then ? Jesus an- swered : Thou sayest, that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I St. JOHX. Ul should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice. 36 Pilate saith to him : What is truth? And when he said this be went out again to the Jews, and saith to them : I find no cause in him. 39 But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch : will you therefore that I release unto you the kingof the Jews? 40 Then cried they all again, t&yii&g: Not this man but Barab- Las. Now Bar abbas was a robber. CHAP. XIX. Continuation of the Passion., ryKEN therefore Pilate took Je- ■* BUS, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers,platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head: and they put on him a purple garment. 3 And they came to him, and said : Hail, king of the Jews : and they gave him blows. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them : Eehoid I bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. 5 (Jt.su s therefore came forth beari::g the crown of thorns, and the purple garment.) And he saith to them : Behold the Man. G When the chief priests there- fore and the servants had seen him, they cried out saying : Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them : Take him you, and crucify him : for I find no cause in him. 7 The Jews answered him : We have a law ; and according to Xhd law he ought to die, because he yiade himself the Son of God. e When Pilate therefore had heard Jiis sTaring, he feared the i tore. 9 And he entered into the hall again ; and he said tr> Jesus : Whei du? But Jesus gave i answer. iO Pilate th »refore saith to him : SpeaJ eg ■ ' on not to me ? knowest thou not that I have power to cru- c':y thee, and I hare power to re- lease thee? II Jesus answered; Thou shouldst not have any power against me, un- less it were given thee from above. Therefore he that hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin. 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou re- lease this man, thou art not Cesar's friend. For whosoever maketh him- self a king, speaketh against Cesar. 13 Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth : ana sat down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called LI- t.hostrotos,and in Hebrew Gabbatha. 14 And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews: Behold your king ! 15 But they cried out : Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them : Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answer- ed : We have no king but Cesar. 16 Then therefore he delivered him to them for to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him forth. 17 And bearing his own cross hewent forth to that place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha, 1C Where they crucified him, and with him him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And plate wrote a title also : and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was Jesus of Naza- reth the King of ths Jews. 20 This title therefore many of the Jews did read : because the place where Jesus was crucified, was nigh to the city : and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. 21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate : Write not, The king of the Jews ; but that he said, I am the king of the Jews. 9-2 Pilate answered: What I written, I have written. 23 The soldiers therefore when they tad crucified him, took his garments and they made lour parts, to every U2 St. JOHN. soldier a part) and also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They s;ud then one to another : Let us not cut it, but let us cast lots for it whose it shall be ; that the scripture might be fulfilled, say- ing : They have parted my garments a UT a certain man named Ana- -" nias, with Saphira his wife, sold a piece of land, 2 And by fraud kept back part of privy thereunto : and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles. 3 But Peter said : Ananias, why hath satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Ghost, and by fraud keep part of the price of the land ? 4. Whikt it remained did it not remain to thee ? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power ? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart ? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and gave up the ghost, And there came great fear upon ail that heard it. 6 And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out buried him. 7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what hadhappened,came in. 8 And Peter said to her : Tell me, woman, whether you sold the land for so much? And she said : Yea, for so much. 9 And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord ? Behold, the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out. 10 Immediately she fell down be- fore his feet, and gave up the ghost. And theyoung men coming in, found her dead ; and carried her out, and buried her by her husband. 11 And there came great fear upon the Whole church, and upon all that heard these things. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and won- ders wrought among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. The ACTS. 15 i 13 But of the rest no man durst join himself unto them; hut the people magnified them 14 And the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord was more increased : lo Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that when Peter came, his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them, and they might be deliver- ed from their infirmities. 16 And there came also together to Jerusalem a multitude out of the neighbouring cities, bringing ?ick persons and such as were troubled with unclean spirits ; who were all healed. 17 Then the high priest rising up and all they that were with him, (which is the heresy of the Saddu- cees), were filled with envy: 18 And they laid hands on the apostles, and put them in the com- mon prison* 19 But an Anpel of the Lord by night opening the doors of the pri- son, and leading them out, said : 20 Go, and standing speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 Who having heard this, early in the morning entered into the tem- ple, and taught. And the high-priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council, and all the antients of the children of Israel : and they sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the ministers came, and opening the prison, found them not there; they returned and told. 23 Saying : the prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors : but opening it, we found no man within. 24 Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them ; what would come to pass. 25 But one came and told them : Behold the men whom you put in prison, are in the temple standing, and teaching the people. 26 Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence ; for they feared the peo- ple, lest they should be stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the coun- cil. And "the high-priest asked them, 2S Saying: Commanding we com- manded you that you should not teach in this name : and behold you have filled Jerusalem with your doc- trine, and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us. 29 But Peter and the apostles, answering said : We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put tt> death, hanging him upon a tree. St Him 'hath God exalted with his rigiit hand to be prince and sa- viour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. S2 And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to all that obey him. 33 When they had heard these things. they were cut to (he heart, audi they thought to put them to death. 34 But one in th? council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth a little while. S5 And he said to them : Ye men cf Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do, as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose up Theodas, affirming himself to be some body, to whom a number ot men, about four hundred, joined themselves : vt ho was slain : and all that believed him, were scattered, and brought to nothing. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enroll* 152 Tiif A ing, and drew away the people after him : he also perished ; and an, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed. 38 And now therefore I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this council or this work be of mefi, it will come to nought. 39 But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to tight against God. And they consented to him. 40 And calling in the apostles, after they had scourged them, they charged them that they should not speak at all in the name of Jesus, and they dismissed them. 41 And they indeed went from the presence of the council rejoieing,tha t they were accounted worthy to suf- fer reproach for the name of Jesus. 42 And every day they ceased not, in the temple, and from house to house, to teach and preach Christ J.ESUS. CHAP. VI. The ordaining of the seven deacons. AND in those days, the number of the disciples increasing, there arose a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, for that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 Then the twelve calling toge- ther the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not reason, that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying was liked by all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus ; and NIcanor,and Timon, CTS. and Parmenas, and Nicolas a pro- selyte of Antioch. 6 These they set before the apos- tles: and they praying imposed hands upon them. 7 And the word of the Lord in- creased, and the number of fehe dis- ciples was multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly : a great multitude also of the priests obeyed the faith. 8 And Stephen full of grace and fortitude did great wonders and signs among the people. ' 9 Now there arose some of that which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of die Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Ciiicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke. 11 Then they suborned men to say, they had heard him rpeak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God. 12 And they stirred up die people, and the antients and the scribes: and running together they took him, and brought him to the council. 13 And they set up false wit- nesses, who said: This manceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law. 14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the traditions, which Moses de- livered unto us. 15 And all that sat in the council looked on him, saw his face as if it ; had been the face of an angel. CHAP. VII. Stephen's speech before the council. r PH EN the high-priest said: Are -*- these things so? 2 Who said : Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abra- ham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan. 3 And said to him : Go forth out of thy country and from thy kin- dred, and come into the land which 1 shall shew thee. 4 Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charan. And from thence, after his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell. 5 And he gave him no inheritance in it,ne not the pace of a foot - but he promised to give it him in posses- sion, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. 6 A^d God said to him, That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should . ring them under bondage, end treat them evil four hundred years : 7 And the nation which they shall serve, will 1 judge, said the Lord, and aj'ier these things they shall go out and' shall serve me in this place, 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt ; and God was with him, 10 And delivered him out of all his tribulations : and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao the king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt, awd over, all his house. 11 Now there came a famine upon all Egypt, and Canaan, and great tribulation : and our fathers found no food. 12 But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt : he sent our fathers lirst : 13 And at the second time Jo- seph was known by his brethren, and his kindred was made known to Pharao. 14 And Joseph sending, called thither his father Jacob and all his kindred in seventy-five souls. 15 So Jacob went down into E- gypt : and he died, and our fathers. 10 And they were translated in- i€TS. 153 to Sichem, and were laid in the se- pulchre that Abraham bought for & sum of money of the sons of Hemor the son of Sichem. 17 And when the time of the pro- mise drew near, which God had pro« mised to Abraham, the people in«* creased andwas multiplied inEgypt. 18 Till another king arose in Egypt who knew not Joseph. 19 This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end theymight not be kept alive. 20 At the same time was Moses born, and he was acceptable to God ; who was nourished three months in his father's house. 21 And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. 2fc And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians : and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds. 23 And when he was. full forty years old, it came into his heart to vi- sit his brethren the childrenof Israel. 24 And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong,he defended him: and striking the Egyptiau,he avenge ed him who suffered the injury. '25 And he thought that his bre«* thren understood that God by his hand would save them : but they understood it not. 2(> And the day following he shew~ td himself to them when they were at strife ; and would have recon~ ciled them i» peace, saying : Men, ye are brethren, why hurt you one another ? 27 But he that did the injury to hid neighbour, thrust him away,, sayhig: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us f 28 What, will thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian ? 29 And Moses fled upon tfeis word : and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons, 30 And when forty years were 154 The expired, there appeared to him in the desart of mount Sina an Angel in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 And Moses seeing it, won- dered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him : saying, 32 J cm the God of iky fathers : the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God ofjaeob. And Moses be- ing terrified, durst not behold. 33 And the Lord said to him : Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place wherein thou siandest,.is holy ground, 34 Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning^and am come down to deliver them* And now come, and J •will send thee into Egypt, 35 This Moses, whom they refus- ed, saying : Who hath appointed tftee prince and judge f him God sent to be prince and redeemer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the desart forty years. 37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel : A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own hrethren, as myself '; him shall you hear. 3& This is he that was in the church in the wilderness, with the Angel who spoke to him on mount Sina, and with our fathers : who received the words of life to give unto us. 39 Whom our fathers would not obey ; but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt, 40 Saying to Aaron : Make us gods to go before us. For as for this Moses, who brought 'us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 41 And they made a calf in those elays, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. ACTS. 42 And God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets : Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for Jot ty years in the desart, O house of Israel ? 43 And you took unto you the taber~ nacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rem-pham, figures which you made to adore them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 44 The tabernacle of the testimo- ny was with our fathers in the de- sart, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses that he should make it according to the form which he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers receiv- ing, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fa- thers ; unto the days of David. 46 Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him a house. 48 Yet the most High dvvelleth not in houses made by hand, as the prophet saith : 49 Heaven is my throne : and the earth myfooUctool. What house will you buila me, saith the Lord, or what is the place of my vesting % 50 Hath not iny hand made all these things ? 51 You stiff-necked and uncir- cumcised in heart and ears, you al- ways resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do you also. 52. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One ; of whom you have been now the be- trayers and murderers : 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of Angels, and have not kept it. 54 Now hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed with their teeth at hinru 55 But he being full of the Holy The / Ghost, looking up stedfastly to hea- ven, saw the glory of God, and Je- sus standing on the right hand of God. And he said : Behold 1 see the heavens opened, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God. 56 And they crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord ran violently up- on him. 57 And casting him forth without the city they stoned him : and the witnesses laid down their garments £t the feet of a young man whose name was Saul. 58 And they stoned Stephen, ir voking and saying: Lord Jesus. receive my spirit. 69 And falling on his knees, he eried with a loud voice, saying : Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep In the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death. CHAP. VIII. Philip converts the Samaritans. A NDat that time there was raised ■"* a great persecution against the church, which was at Jerusalem, and they were all dispersed through the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men took order for Stephen's funeral, and made great mourning over him. 3 But Saul made havock of the church : entering in from house to house, and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison. 4 They therefore that were dis- persed, went about preaching the word of God, 5 And Philip going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one ac- cord were attentive to those things which were said by Philip, hearing, and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For many of them who had unclean spirits, crying with a loud CTS. US voice, went out. 8 And many taken with the pal- sy and that were lame, were healed. 9 There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a cer- tain man named Simon, who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giv- ing out that he was some great one : 10 To whom i hey all gave ear from the least to the greatest, say- ing : This man is the power of God, which is called great. 11 And they were attentive to him, because for a long time he had bewitched them with his magical practices. 12 But when they had believed Philip preaching of the kingdom of God, in the name of Jesus Christ they were baptized both men and women. 13 Then Simon himself believed also: and being baptized he stuck close to Philip. And being astonish- ed wondered to see the signs and ex- ceeding great miracles which were done. 14 Now when the apostles who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God : They sent unto them Peter and John. 15 Who when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. 16 For he was not as yet come upon any of them : but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that by the imposition of the hands of the- apostles the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying: Give me also this> power, that on whomsoever I shall* lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said to him i \ 20 Keep thy money to thyself to 15$ The perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 21 Thou hast no part, nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Do penance therefore from this thy wickedness : and pray to God, if perhaps this thought of thy heart maybe forgiven thee. 23 For I see thou art in die gall of bitterness and in the bonds of ini- quity. 24 Then Simon answering said : Pray you for me to the Lord, that none of these things whirh you have spoken may come upon me. 25 And they indeed having testi- fied and preached the word of the Lord : returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many coun- tries of the Samaritans. 26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying : Arise, go towards the south, to the way that groeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza : this is desart. 27 And rising up he went, and behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eu- nuch, of great authority under Can- dace the queen of the Ethiopians, "who had charge over all her trea- sures, had come to Jerusalem to adore. 28 And he was returning sitting in his chariot, and reading Isaias the prophet. 29 And the Spirit said to Fnilip : Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias, and he said : Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou jreadest ? 31 Who said : And how can I, unless some man shew me ? and he desired Philip that he would come lip and sit with him. 32 And the place of the scripture which he was reading was this : He was M as a sheep to the slaughter ; ACTS. and like a Jamb without voice before his shear 'e*\so openetii /W not his mouth 33 In humility his judgment was taken away. His gen&c'ion who shall declare, for his life shall be ta~ ken ft om the earth c 4 34 And the eunuch answering Philip, said : I beseech thee, of whom doth the prophet speak this ? of himself, or of some other man ? 35 Then Philip opening his mouth, and beginning at this scrip- ture, preached unto him Jesus. 35 And a3 they went on their way, they came to a certain water : and the eunuch said : See here is water, what doth hinder me from being baptized ? 3?" And Philip said : If thou be- lievest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answering said : I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the cha- riot to stand still : and they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they w T ere come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took away Philip, and the eu- nuch saw him no more. And he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found in Azo- tus, and passing through he preach- ed the gospel to all the cities till he came to Cesarea. CHAP. IX. TauVs conversion and zeal. A ND Saul as yet breathing out **■ threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 And asked of him letters to Da- mascus, to the synagogues, that if he found any men and women of this way he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 And as he went on Jus journey, it came to pass that he drew nigh to Damascus : and suddenly a light from heaven shined round about him. 4 And falling on the ground he The ACTS. 15? heard a voice saying to him : Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 5 Who said : Who art thou, Lord ? And he : I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. 6 And be trembling and astonish- ed, said : Lord what wilt thou have me to do ? 7 And the Lord said to him : Arise, and go into the city, and there it shall be told thee what thou must do. Nsw the men who went In company with him stood amazed, heaving indeed a voice, but seeing no man. 8 And Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. But they leading him by the hands, brought him to Da- mascus. 9 And he was there three days without sight, and he did neither eat nor drink. 10 Now there was a certain dis- ciple at Damascus, named Ananias : and the Lord said to him in a vi- sion : Ananias. And he said : lie- hold I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said to him : Arise, and go into the street that is called Strait, and seek in the house of Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold he prayeth. 12 (And he saw a man named Ananias, coming in and putting his hands upon him, that he might re- ceive his sight.) 13 But Ananias answered : Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem : 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name. 15 And the Lord said to him : Go thy way, for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my I name's sake. 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house, and lay- ing his hands upon him, he said : Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he that appeared to thee in the way as thou earnest : that thou maytst receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and rising up he was baptized. 19 And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples that were at Da- mascus, for some days. 20 And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 21 And ail that heard him were astonished, and raid : Is not this he who persecuted in Jerusalem those that called upon this name; and came hither for that intent that he might carry them bound to the chief priests? 23 But Saul increased much more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, affirming that this is the Christ. 23 And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to kill him. 24 But their laying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him. 25 But the disciples taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket. 26 And when he was «ome into Jerusalem, he essayed to join him- self to the disciples, and they all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and told them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had. dealt confidently in the name of Jesus. 158 The 2S And he was with them com- ing in and going out in Jerusalem, and dealing confidently in the name of the Lord. 29 He spoke also to the gentiles, and disputed with the Greeks ; but they sought to kill him. 30 Which when the brethren had known, they brought him down to Cesarea,and sent him awaytoTarsus 31 Now the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord, and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost. 32'Aiid it came to pass, that Peter, as he passed through visiting all, came to the saints who dwelt at Lydda. 33 And he found there a certain man named Eneas, who had kept his bed for eight years, who was ill of the palsy. 34 And Peter said to him : Eneas, the Lord Jesus Christ bealeth thee : arise, and make thy bed. — And immediately he arose. 25 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him: who were con- verted to the Lord. 36 And in Jopne there was a cer- tain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick and died. — Whom when they had washed, they laidher in an upper chamber.' 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppe, the disciples hearing that Peter was there, sent unto him two men, desiring him ; that he would not be slack to come unto them 39 And Jeter rising up went with them. And when he was come they brought him into the upper cham- ber : and all the widows stood about him weeping, and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made them. ACTS. 40 And they all being put forth, Peter kneeling down prayed, and turning to the body he said, Tabitha? arise. And she opened her eyesi and seeing Peter, she sat up. 41 And giving her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it was made known throughout all Joppe : and many believed in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass that be abode many days in Joppe, with one Simon a tanner. CHAP. X. Cornelius is received into the church. 4ND there was a certain man in Cesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of that which is called the Italian band, 2 A religious man and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and always praying to God. 3^ This man saw in a vision ma- nifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him : Cornelius. 4 And he beholding him, being seized with fear, said : What is it, Lord ? And he said to him : Thy prayers and thy alms are ascended for a memorial in the sight of God. £ And now send men to Joppe, and call hither one Simon who is sirnamed Peter. 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tan- ner, whose house is by the sea side. He will tell thee what thou must do. 7 And when the angel who spoke to him was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a soldier who feared the Lord, of them that were under him. 8 To whom when he had related all, he sent them to Joppe. 9 And on the next day whilst they were going on their journey, and drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up to the higher parts of the house, to pray about the sixth hour ■ The 10 .and being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstacy of mind : 11 And he saw the heaven open- ed, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from hea- ven to the earth. 12 Wherein were all manner of four- footed beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him : Arise, Peter, kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said : Far be it from me ; for I never did eat any thing that is common and unclean. 15 And the voice spoke to him again^the second time : Tha^ which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common. 16 And this w r as done thrice : and presently the vessel was taken up into heaven. 17 Now whilst Peter was doubt- ing within himself, "what the vision that he had seen should mean : Be- hold the men who were sent from Cornelius, inquiring for Simon's house, stood at the gate. 18 And when they had called, they asked, if Simon, who is sir- named Peter, were lodged there. 19 And as Peter was thinking of the vision, the spirit said to him : Behold three men seek thee. 20 Arise therefore,' get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Peter going down to the men, said : Behold I am he whom you seek ; what is the cause, for which you are come ? 22 Who said : Cornelius a cen- turion, a just man and one that feareth God, and having good testi- mony from all the nation of the Jews, received an answer of an holy angel, to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 23 Then bringing them in, he lodged them. And the day folio w- ACTS. ;•? ing he arose and went with them : and some of the brethren from Joppe accompanied him. 24 And the morrow after he en- tered into Cesarea. Ami Cornelius waited for them, having called toge- ther Ida kinsmen, and special friends. 25 And it came to pass, that when Peter was come in, Cornelius came to meet him, and falling at his feet adored. 26 But Peter lifted him up, say- ing : Arise, I myself also am a man. 27 And talking with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. 28 And he said to them : Vou know how abominable it is for a man that is a Jew, to keep compa- ny or to come unto one of another nation : but God hath shewed to me, to call no man common or unclean. 29 For which cau.*e, making no doubt, I came when I was sent for. I ask therefore, for what cause you have sent for me ? 30 And Cornelias raid: Four days ago, unto this hour, I was praying in my house, at the ninth hour, and behold a man stood before me in white apparel, and said : 31 Cornelius, thy player is heard, and thy alms are had in remem- brance in the sight of Gr d. 32 Send therefore to Joppe, and call hither Simon, who is sirnamed Peter, he lodgeth in the house of Simon a tanner by the sea shie. 3.3 Immediately therefore I sent to thee : and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore all we are present in thy sight, to hear all thi igs whatsoever are commanded thee by th j Lord. 3-4 And Paer opening his mouthy said : In very deed I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons. 3-5 But in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh justice, is acceptable to him. 3(J God sent the word to the child- ren of Israel, preaching peace by ICO The Tesus Christ : (he is Lord of all.) 37 You know the word which hath been published through all Ju- dea ; for it began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached. 38 Jesus of Nazareth : how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 30 And we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed, hanging him upon a tree. 40 Him God raisedup the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, if Not to all the people, but to witnesses pre-ordained by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he arose again from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead. 43 To him all the prophets give testimony, that by his name all re- ceive remission of sins, who believe in him. 44 While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. 45 And the faithful of the cir- cumcision, who came with Peter, were astonished, for that the grace of the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the gentiles also. 46 For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. 47 Then Peter answered : Can any man /orbkl water, that these should not be baptized, who have re- ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we ? 48 And he commanded thern to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they desired him to tarry with them some days. CHAP. XI. Mamj are converted at Armock, ACTS. AND the apostles and brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying : Why didst thou go in to men uncircunaciscd, and didst eat with them ? 4 But Peter began and declared to them the matter in order, saying : 5 I was in the city of Joppe pray- ing, and I saw in an extasy of mind ajvision, a certain versel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by fcur corners, and it came evemunto me. 6 Into which looking I consider- ed, and saw four-footed creatures of the earth, and beasts, and creep- ing things and fowls of the air. 7 And I heard also a voice saying to me : Arise, Peter, kill, anCfl eat. 8 And I said : Not so, Lord ; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. 9 And the voice answered again from heaven : What God hath made clean, do not thou call common. 10 And this was done three times: And all were taken up again into heaven. 11 And behold, immediately there were three men come to the house wherein I was, sent to me from Cesarea. 12 And the Spirit said to me, that I should go with them, nothing doubting. And these six brethren went with me also : and we enter- ed into the man's house. IS And he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing" and saying to him ; Send to Joppe, and call hither Simon, who is sir- named Peter, 14 Who shall speak to thee words, whereby thou shait be saved, and all thy house. 15 And when I had 'begun to speak,theHo!y Ghost fell upon them, The ACTS. 161 as upon us alsonn the beginning. 16 And 1 remembered the word nf the Lord, how that he said : John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized, with the Holy Ghost, 17 If then God gave them the same grace, as to us also who be- lieved in the Lord Jesus Christ : who was Ijthatcouldwithstand Gear 1 8 Having heard these thiugs,they held their peace : and glorified God, saying : God then hath also to the gentiles given repentance unto life. 19 Now they who had been dis- persed, by the persecution that a- rose on occasion of Stephen, went about as far as Pheniee and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to ?jone, but to the Jews only. 20 But seme of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who when they were entered into Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, preach- ing the Lord Jusus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and agreat number believing was converted to '.he Lord. 2i And the tidings carue to the ears of the church that was at Jeru- salem, touching these things : and they st nt Barnabas as far as Antioch. 23 Who when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced: and he exhorted them all with pur- pose of heart to continue in theLord. 2-i For he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith. And a great multitude w as added to the Lord. 25 And Barnabas went to Tarsus, to set k Saul : whom when he had found, he brought to Antioch. 26 And they conversed there in the church a whole year ; and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians. 2? And in these days there came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch, 28 And one oi them named Aga- bus, rising up signified by the Spirit that there should be a great family over the whole world, which came to pass under Claudius. 29 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea : 30 Which also they did, sending it to the antients by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. CHAP. XII. Herod's persecution, 4 ND at the same time Herod the -^ king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the church* 2 And he killed James the bro- ther of John with the sword. 3 And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he sd to take up Peter also. Now it was in the days nes. 4 And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into pi rson 5 deliver- - tiles of soh tiers to be kepi, in! .iter the pasch to bring him forth to the people. 5 i :! was kept in prison. ' was made m ith- out c< . m to G< d for him. (j And when Herod would hare brought him forth, I Peter was two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the dooi kept the prison. 7 And behold an Angel of the Lord stood by him : and a light shin- ed in the room : and he striking Petet on the side raised him up, Baying: Arise quickly. And the chains tell off from his, hands. 8 And the Angel said to him ; Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals. Ai d he did so. And he said to him : Cast thy garment about thei , and follow me. 9 And going out he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was done by the Angel: but thought he saw a vision. 10 And passing through the first and the second ward, they came Uj 3 62 The the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them. And going out, they passed on through one street: and immediately the Angel departed from him. 11 And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed that the Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the ex- pectation of the people of the Jews. 12 And considering, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was sirnamed Mark, where many were gathered together and praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gate v a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhoda. 14 And as soon as she knew Pe- ter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but running in she told that Peter stood before the gate. 15 But they said to her : Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his Angel. 1(5 But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened, they saw hirn, and were astonished. 17 But he beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought him out of prison, and he said : Tell these things to James and to the brethren. And going out he arent into another place. 18 Now when day was come, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. 19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not ; having examined the keepers, he command- ed they should be put to* death : and going down from Judea to Ce- sarea, he abode there. 20 And he was angry with the Tyrians and the Sidonians. But they with one accord came to him, and having gained Blastus who was the king's chamber'ain, they desired.' peace because their countries were nourished by him, ACTS. 21 And upon a day appointed, Herod being arrayed in kingly ap- parel, sat in the judgment-seat, and made an oration to them. 22 And the people made accla- mation saying : It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And forthwith an Angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God : and being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost. 24 But the word of the Lord in- creased and multiplied. 25 And Barnabas and Saul re- turned from Jerusalem, having ful- filled their ministry, taking with them John who was sirnamed Mark. CHAP. XIII. San! and Barnalas are sent forth. ^■QW there were in the church ^ which was at Antioch, prophets and doctors among whom was Bar- nabas, and Simon, who was called Nigar, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the foster-bro* ther of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 And as they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them : Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work w hereunto I have taken them. 3 Then they fasting and praying, and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away. 4 So they being sent by the Holy Ghost, went to Selucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were come to Salamina, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jew9. And they had John also in their ministry. 6 And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesu. 7 Who was/ with the pro-consul Sergius Paulus a prudent man. He sending for Barnabas and Saul, de* sired to hear the word of God. The ACTS 8 But Ely mas the magician (for so his name is interpreted) with- stood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. 9 Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him, 10 Said: full of all guile, and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceasest not to pervert the right ways of the Lord. 11 And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee,'and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him, and going about he sought some one to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul, when he had seen what was done, believed admiring at the doctrine of the Lord. 13 Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Pap- hos, they came to Perge in Pam- philia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. l4But they passing through Perge, came to Antioch in Pisidia : and en- tering into the synagogue on the 6abbath-day, they sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, say- ing : Ye men brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak. 16 Then Paul rising up, and with Ins hands bespeaking silence, said : Ye men of Israel, and you that fear God, give ear. 1 ? The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought them out from thence. 18 And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert. 19 And destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, divided their land among them, by lot. 20 As it were after four hundred and fifty years ; and after these 163 things he gave unto ihem judges, until Samuel the prophet. 21 And after that they desirtd a king : and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years. 22 And when be had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said : I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according- to my owti heart, who shall do all my wills. 23 Of this man's seed God ac- cording to his promise hath raised up to Israel a saviour, Jesus. 24 John first preaching before his coming the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel. 25 And when John was fulfilling l»is course, he said : I am not he, whom you think me to be : but be- hold there Cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to lotfse. 26 Men brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent. 27 For they that inhabited Jeru- salem, and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sab- bath Judging bim have fulfilled them 28 And finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate, that they mfgl t kill ban. 29 Atk! when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him up from the dead the third day : 31 Who was seen for many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who to this pre- sent are his witnesses to the people. 32 And we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our father? . S3 This same God hath fulfilled to our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second Psalm alio is written : 1«4 Ths ACTS. Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 A; id to shew that he raised him up from the dead not to return now any more to corruption, he said thus : / will give you the holy ih ings of Da v id fat i'ftfn I. 35 And therefore in another place also he saith : Then shalt not suffer thy holy one to see cor: vpiiori. 36 For David when he had served in his generation according* to the will of God, slept: and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption. 37 JBut he whom God hath raised from the dead saw no corruption. 38 Beit known therefore to you, men brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is preached to you : And from all the things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 39 In him every one that be- lieve th, is justified. 40 Beware therefore lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets. . 41 Behind ye desmsers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days,a work walch yon will not believe, if any man shall tell tt-ytw* 42 And *as they went out, they desired them that on the next, sab- bath they would speak unto them these words. 43 And when the synagogue was broken up, many of the Jews, and of the strangers who served God, followed Paul and Barnabas; who speaking to them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. . 44 But the next sabbath- day the whole city almost came together to hear the word of God. 45 And the Jews seeing the mul- titudes, wfre filled with envy, and contradicted those things which were said by Paul, blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly : To you k behoved us first to speak the word of God : but be- cause you reject it, and judge your- m selves unworthy of eternal life ; be- the gospel. hold we turn to the gentiles. 47 For so the Lord hath com- manded us : / have set thee to be the light of the gentiles ; thai thou mayst he for salvation unto the utmost pari of the earth. 48 And the gentiles hearing it were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were or- dained to life everlasting, believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout the whole country. oO But the Jews stirred up religi* ous and honourable women, and the chief men o^ the city, and raised per- secution against Paul andBarnabas; and cast them out of their coasts. si But they, shaking oiFthe dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with ihe Holy Ghost. CHAP. XIV. Paul is stoned. \ ND it came to pass in Iconium, '^^ that they entered together into the synagogue of tue Jews, arid so spoke, that a very great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks did believe. 2 But the unbelieving Jews, stir- red up and incensed the minds of ihe gentiles against the brethren. U A long time therefore they abode there, dealing confidently in the Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 And the multitude of the city was divided : and some of them in- deed held with the Jews, but some with the apostles. 5 And when there was an assault made by the gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them con- tumeliously, and to stone them : 6 They understanding it, fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lvcac- uia, and to the whole country round about, and were there preaching The 7 And there sat a certain man at Lystra impotent in bis feet, a crip- ple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. 8 This same heard Paul speaking. Who looking upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed, 9 Said with a loud voice : Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked. 10 xlnd when the multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voiee in the* Lycaonian tongue, saying: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 11 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury; be- cause he was chief speaker. 12 The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacriheewith the people L3 Which when the apostles Bar- nabas and Paul had heard, rending their clothes, they leaped out among the people crying, 14 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things ? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preach- ing to you to be converted from these vain things, to the living God who made the heaven, and (lie earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them : 15 Who in times past suffered ail nations to walk in their own ways. 16 Nevertheless he left not him- self without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains, and fruit- ful seasons filling our hearts with food and gladness. 17 And speaking these things, they scarce restrained the people from sacrificing to them. 18 Now there came thither cer- tain Jews from Antioch and Iconi- um : and persuading the multitude, and stoning Paul, drew him out of j the city, thinking him to be dead. 19 But as the disciples stood round I about him, he rose up and entered ! into the city, and the next day he i ACTS. 165 departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 20 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra and to Xeonium, and to Antioch : 21 Confirming the souls of the disciples.aia! exhorting them to con- tinue in the faith : and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of Ge»d. 22 And when they had ordained to them priests in every church, and had prayed with fasting', they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed. 23 And passing through Pioidia, they came into Pamphylia, 24 And having spoken the w r ord of the Lord in Perge they went down into Attalia : 25 And thence they sailed to An- tioch, from whence they had been delivered to the grace o: God, unto the work which they accomplished. 2o' And when they were come, and had assembled the church, they related what great things God had done with them, and how he had openedthe doorof faith to thegentiies. 2? And they abode no small time with the disciples. CHAP. XV. A dissent i;>n about circumcision. *SD some coming down from Judca, taught the brethren : That except you be circumcised after the manner oi Moses, you can- not be saved. 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no smah ontest with then,tiiey determined that Pain and Barnabas, ana certain others of the other side should go up to the apostles and priests to Jerusalem, about this question. 3 They therefore being brought on their way by the church, passed through Phenice and Samaria, re- lating the. conversion of the gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren. A : 1(56 The ACTS, 4 And when they were come to •Jerusalem, they were received by the church and by the apostles and antients, declaring- how great things God had done with them. 5 But there arose some of the sect of the Pharisees that believed, saying: They must be circumcised., and be commanded to observe the law of Moses. 6 And the apostles and antients assembled to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rising up said to them : Men brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among us, that by my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the HolyGhost as well as to us. 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke* upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fa- thers nor we have been able to bear? 11 But by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be sav- ed, in like manner as they also. 12 And all the multitude held their peace : and they heard Barna- bas and Paulteliingwhat great signs and wonders God had wrought among the gentiles by them. 13 And atter they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men brethren, hear me. 14 Simon hath related how God first visited to take of the gentiles a people to his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written : 16 After these things I will return, und will rebuild the iubcrnctcle of David, which is fallen down, and the ruins thereof I will rebuild, and I will set it up. 17 That the residue of men may seek after Ike Lord, and all nations upon whom- my name is invoked, suith the Lord who doth these things. 18 To the Lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world. 19 For which cause I judge that they, who from among the gentiles are converted to God, are not to be disquieted. 20 But that we write unto them that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols, and from for- nication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses of old time hath in eVery city them that preach him in the synagogues, where he is read every sabbath. 22 Then it pleased the apostles and antients with the whole church, to chuse men of their own company, and to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely Judas, who was sirnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren, 23 Writing by their hands. The apostles and antients brethren, to the brethren of the gentiles that are at Antioch and in Syria and Cilicia greeting. 24 Forasmuch as we have heard that some going out from us have troubled you with words : subvert- ing your souls, to \\ horn we gave no commandment: 25 It hath seemed good to us, be- ing assembled together, to chuse out menjaud to send them unto you with our well beloved Barnabas and Paul 26 Men that have given their lives for the name of our Lord Je- sus Christ. 2? We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also will by word of mouth tell you the same things. 28 For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay no farther burden upon you than these necessary things : 29 That you abstain from things sacrificed to Idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and fro* The ACTS. jomication,from which things keep- ing yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well. N 30 They therefore being dismis- sed went down to Antloch : and gathering together the multitude, delivered the epistle. 31 Which when they had read, tkey rejoiced for the consolation : 32 But Judas ana Siks, being prophets, also themselves, with many words comforted the brethren, and confirmed them. 33 -And after they had spent some time there, they were let go with peace by the brethren, unto them that had sent them. 34 But it seemed good unto Silas to remain there : and Judas alone departed to Jerusalem. 35 And Paul and Barnabas continu- ed at Antioch, teaching and preach- ing with many others the word of the Lord. 36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, let us return, and visit our brethren in al! the cities, wherein we have preached the word of the Lord, to see how ihey do. 37 And Barnabas would have ta- ken with them John also that was surnamed Mark : 38 But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia, and not gone with them to the work) might not be received. 39 And there arose a dissension, so that they departed one from ano- ther, and Barnabas indeed taking Mark sailed to Cyprus. 40 But Paul causing Silas depar- ted, being delivered by the brethren to the grace of God. 4f And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches : commanding them to keep the pre- cepts of the apostles and the antients CHAP. XVI. Paul visits the churvh.es. ANDhe came to Derbe and Lys- ■^tra. And behold there was a certain disciple named Timothy, the 167 son of a Jewish woman that belie- ved, but his father was a gentile. 2 To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium, gave a good testimony. 3 Him Paul would have to go along with him: and taking him he circum- cised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a gentile. 4r And as they passed through the cities, they delivered unto them the decrees for to keep, that were decreed by the apostles and antients who were at Jerusalem. .5 And the churches were confirm- ed in faith, and increased in num- ber daily. G And when they had passed through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia. 7 And when they were come in- to Mysia, they attempted to go in- to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not. S And when they had passed through Mysia, they went down to Troas : 9 And a vision was shewed to Paul in the night, which was a man of Macedonia standing and beseech- ing him, and saying : Pass over in- to Macedonia, and help us. 10 And as soon as he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, being assured that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. 1 1 And sailing from Troas we came with a straight course toSamothracia and the day following to Neapolis ISAndfrom thencetoPhiUppi, which is the chief city of part of Macedo- nia, a colony. And we were in this city seme days conferring together. 13 And upon the sabbath-day, we went forth without the gate by a ri- ver side, where it seemed that there was prayer i and sitting down we spoke to the women that were as- sembled* 1% And a cert..!n woman named l€S The Lydia, a seller of purple of the ci- ty of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear : whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to tne Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us. 1 6 And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain girl, bating a py- tbonical spirit, met us, who brought toher masters much gain by divining 1 7 This same following Paul ami us, cried out saying : These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach unto you the way of salvation 18 And this she did many days. But Paul being grieved turned and said to the spirit : I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to go out from her. And he went out the same hour. 19 But her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, appre- hending Paul and Silas, brought them into the market-place to the rulers. 20 And presenting them to the magistrates, they sa : :d : These men disturb our city, being Jews : 21 And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive, nor observe, being Romans. 22 And the people ran together against them : and the magistrates rending off their cloaths command- ed them to be beaten with rods. 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently. 2i Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 25 And at midnight Paul and Si- las praying, praised God. And thej that were in prison heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a ACTS. great earthquake, so that the foun- dations of the prison were shaken. And immediately ah the doers were opened : and the bands of all were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and see- ing the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have kil- led himself, supposing that the pri- soners had been fled. 2S But Paid cried with a loud voice, saying : Do thyself no harm, for we all are here. 29 Then calling for a light, he went in, and trembling fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas. SO And bringing them out, he said : Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved ? 31 But they said : Believe in the Lord Jesds : and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. 33 And he taking them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes : and himself was baptized and all his house immediately. 34 And when he had brought them into his own house, he laid the table for them, and rejoiced with all his house, believing God. 35 A Hd when the day was come, the magistrates sent the Serjeants, saying : Le those men go. 36 And the keeper of the prison told these words to Paul : The ma- gistrates have sent to let you go : now therefore depart and go in peace. S7 But Paul saad to them : They have beaten us publicly, uncondem- ned } men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison : and now do they thrust us out privately ? Not so, but let them come, 38 Andlet us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid, heana^ that they were Romans. 39 And coming they besought The ACTS. them ; and bringing them out they desired tht m to depart out of the city. 40 And they went out of the pri- son, and entered into the house of Lydia : and having seen the bre- thren, they comforted them, and departed. CHAR XVII. Paul preaches to the Thessalonians, 6[c. AND when they had passed through Amphi polls and ApoJ- lonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And Paul according to his cus- tom went in unto them ; and for three sabbath days he reasoned with them out of the .scriptures. 3 Declaring and insinuating that the Christ was to suffer and to rise again from the dead: andthat this is Jbsus Christ, whom I preach to you. 4 And some of them believed, and were associated to Paul and Silas, and of those that served God aud'o the gentiles a great multitude, and of noble women not a few. 5 Bufthe Jews moved with envy, and taking unto them some wicked men of the vulgar sort, and making a tumult, seethe city in an uproar : and besetting Jason's house, sought to bring them out unto the people. 6 And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying: They that set the city in an uproar are come hither also, 7 Whom Jason hath received, and these all do contrary to the decrees ofCesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 8 And they stirred up the peop! .•?, and the rulers of the city hearing these things. 9 And having taken satisfaction of Jason, and oi the rest, they let them »o. 10 But the brethren immediately sent away Paul and ^ilas by night 169 Who when they were went into the svna- Jtn s ». ese were more noble Thessalonica, who re- >id with all eagerness, ° *ne scriptures, whe- these thii;:rs were so. unto Berea. come thither goeue of -the 11 Now.tl than those in eeived th i "■' dkViV searghid thei 12 And maqy indeed of them be- lieved, and of honourable women that were gentiles, and of men not a few. 13 And when the Jews of Thes- salonica had knowledge that the word of God was also preached by Paul at Berea, they came thither also, stirring up and troubling the " multitude. 1 4 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go unto the sea : but Silas and Timothy re* m« ined there. 15 And they that conducted Paul, brought him as tar ;^s Athens, and ring a commandment from him to I ;: is and Timothy, {that they should come to him v. ith all speed, they departed, 16 Now whilst Paul waited for thorn at Athens, his spirit was stir- red within him, seeing the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 He disputed therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and with them that served God, and in the market-place, every day with them that were there. 18 And certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoicks disputed with him, and some said : What is it that this word sower would say ? But others : lie scem- eth to be a setter forth of new gods; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And taking him, they brought him to Areopagus, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is which thou speakest of? 20 For thou bringost in certain new things to our ears. We would H 170 The know therefore what these things mean. 21 (Now all the Athenians, and strangers that were there, employ- ed themselves in nothing else but either in telling or in hearing some new thhig.) 22 But Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus, said : Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in ail things jk)u are too superstitious. 23 For passing by and seeing your idols, I found an altar also on which was written : To the unknown God. What therefore you worship, without knowing it, that I preach to you. 24 God who made the worldaud all things therein. He being Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not hi temples made with hands, 25 Neither is he served with men's hands as though he needed any thing, seeing it is he who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things : . 26 And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining ap- pointed times, and the limits of their habitation. 27 That they should seek God, if happily they may feel after him or find him ; although he be not far from every one of us : 28 Forjnhim welive and move and »e ; as some also of your own poets $iid, For ive are also his offspring. 29 Iking therefore the offspring 3f God, w r e must not suppose the iTivinity to be like unto gold or sil- ver, or stone, the graving of art and device of man. 30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance, 31 Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed, giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead. 32 And when they had heard of ACTS. the resurrection of the dead, same indeed mocked; hut others sain: We will hear thee again concerning this matter. S3 So Paul went out from among them. 34- But certain men adhering to him, did believe : among whom wna also Dionysius the Areopagite, at»d a woman named Damaris,and others with them. CHAP. XVIII. Paul founds the church of Corinth. AFTER these things, departing •** from Athens, he came to Corinth, 2 And finding a certain Jew, named Aquila, born in Pontus, late ly come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife (because that Claudius had commanded allJews to depart from Piome,) he came to them. 3 And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought : (now they were tent makers by trade.) 4 And he reasoned in the syna- gogue every sabbath, bringing in the name of the Lord Jesus, and he persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas and Timothy were come from Mac#rloiiia, Paul was earnest in preaching testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6 But they gainsaying and blas- pheming, he shook his garments, and said to them : Your blood be upon your own heads : I am clean ; from henceforth I will go unto the gentiles. 7 And departing thence, he en- tered into the house of a certain man, named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, who.se house was adjoining to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus ths ruler of the synagogue believed in the Lord with all his house : and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and ware baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision : Do not fear but speak ; and hQld not thy peace. Tw 10 Becnuse I am with thee : and no man shall set upon thee to hurt thee : for I hare much people in this city. 11 And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God. 12 But when Gallio was pro- consul of Achaia, the Jews with nneaceord rose up against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13 Saying: This man persuadeth men to worship God contraiy to the jaw. 14 And when Paul was beginning to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some matter of injustice, or an heinous deed, you Jews, I should with reason bear with you. 1.5 But if they be questions of -word and names, and of your law, look you to it : I will not be judge of such things. 16 And he drove them from the judgment seat. 17 And all laying hold on 5fc>s- thenes the ruler of the synagogue, beat him before the judgment seat : and Gallio cared for none of tho*e things. 18 But Paul when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria, (and with him Priscilla and Aquila,) having shorn his head in Cenchra. For he had a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there. But he himself en- tering into the synagogue, disputed with the Jews. 20 And when they desired him, that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not, 21 But taking Ws leave, and say- ing: I will return to you again God willing, he departed from Ephesus. 22 And going down to Cesarea, he went up /o Jerusalem, and salu- ted the church, and so came down to Antioch. 13 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went ACTS. 171 through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, confirming all the disciples. 2i Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, born at Alexandria, an elo- quent man, came to Ephesus, one mighty in the scriptures. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord : and being fer- vent in spirit spoke, and taught dili- gently the things that are of Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John. 2(3 This man therefore began to speak boldly in the synagogue.—- Whom when Priscilla and Aquija. had heard, they took him to therm and expounded to him the way of the Lord more diligently. 27 And whereas he was desirous to go to Achaia, the brethren ex- honing wrote to the disciples to re- ceive him. Who, when he was come, helped them much who had believed, _ 28 For with much vigour he con- vinced the Jews openly, shewing by the scriptures, that Jesus is the Christ. CHAR XIX. Paul establishes the church at Eplt-esus. AND it came to pass while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul hav- ing passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples : 2 And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost. 3 And he said : In what [then wore you baptized ? Who said.: In John's baptism. 4 Then Paul said : John baptized the people with the baptism of pe- nance, saying: That they should believe in him who wus to come after him, that is to say, in Jesb*. 5 Having heard these things they Were baptized in the name of th3 Lord Jesus. 6 And when Pan! had, imposed his hands on therm the Holy Ghost ITS The ACTS. came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 7 Ana all the men were about twelve. g And entering into thesynagogue, he spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and exhorting concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when some were hardened, snd believed not, speaking evil of the way of the Lord before the mul- titude, departing from them, he se- parated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for the space of two years, so that all they who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Gentiles. 1 1 And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles. 12 So that even there were brought from his body to the sick handker- chiefs and aprons and the diseases departed from them, and the wicked spirits went cut of them. 13 Now some also of the Jewish exorcists whowent about attempted to invoke, over them that had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by fc Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14. And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva a Jew, a chief priest, that did this. 15 But the wicked spirit answering, said to them : Jesus 1 know, and Paul I know : but who are yor ? 16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them, and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they tied out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became kuown to all the Jews and the gentiles that dwelt at Ephesus : and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified, 18 And many of them that be- lieved, came confessing and declar- ing their deeds. 19 And many of thena who had followed curious arts, brought to- gether their books and burnt them before all : and counting the price of them they found the money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the word of God and was confirmed. 21 And when these things xvere eaded, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Ma- cedonia and Achaia, to go to Jeru- salem, saying: After L have been there I must see Rome also. 22 And sending into Macedonia tvvo of them that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself remained for a time in Asia. 23 Now at that time there arose no small disturbance about the way of the Lord, 2* For a certain man named De- metrius, a silversmith, who made silver temples for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen, 2S Whom he calling together, with the workmen of like occupa- tion, said : Sirs, you knew that our gain is by this trade ; 26 And you see and hear that this Paul by persuasion hath drawn away a great multitude, not only of Ephesus, but almost of ail Asia, saying : They are net Gods which are made by hands. 27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought, but also the templetof great Diana shall be reputed for nothing, yea and her majesty shall begi: to be de-troyed, whom all Asia and the world wor- shipped. US Having heard these things they were full c>f auger, and cried out saying : Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole city was filled with confusion, and having caught Gaius, and Aristarchus, men of Ma- cedonia, Paul's companions, they rushed with one accord into tke theatre. 30 And when Paul would have kk tered in unto the people the di*ci- pius suffered him not. 31 And some also of the rulers of Asia, who were big friends, sent unto I l(R desiring that he would not venture himselfintb the theatre: 32 Now some cried one thing", some -;v;h \ Fo» the assembly was i and the greater part kue. not for what cause they were come together 33 Ami they drew forth Alexan- der out of the multitude, the Jews thrusting him forward. And Alex- ander beckoning with his hand for e would have given the people satisfaction. S I But as soon as they perceived him to he a Jew, all with one voice, for the space of about two hours. Out : Great is Diana of the Ephcsians. 35 And when the town-clerk had ap- peased thernultitndt .he said: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there thai knoweth not that the city or' tl e E- phesians is a worshipper of the great Diana, and of Jupi er's ofrVpiing. 36 For as much therefore as . things cannot be gainsaid. yon i to be quiet and to do nothing rashly. 37 For you have brought hither these men, who are neither gnilty of sacrilege nor of blasphemy a- gainst your goddess. 63 But if Demetrius and the craf'.s- men that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts of jus- tice are open, and there are pi suis ; let them accuse one another. 39 And if you enquire after any other matter, it may be decided in a lawful assembly. 40 For we are even is danger to be called, in question for this day's uproar: there being no man guilty (of whom we may give account) of ti is concourse. And when i said these things, he dh . assembly. CHA?. XX. Paul passes through Macedonia. ACTS. 173 AND after the tumult was ceased, Paul calling to him the disci- ples, and exhorting them, took his leave, and set forward to go into Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone over these parts, and had exhorted them with many words, he came inSo Greece : 3 Where when he had spent three months, the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria : so he took a resolution to return through Maeeoonia. 4 And there accompanied mm Sopater the son of Pyrr&uS', of Be- rea ; and of the Thessalonians, A- ristarchus, and Secundus : and Gai- ns of Dei be, ai.d Timothy : and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus, 5 Taese going before, stayed for us at Tire C Btrt we sailed from Phiiippi after the days of the azymes, and c< me to them toTroas in rive days, e we ah- ode seven days. 7 And an the first day of the week. ed to break bread, Paul discoursed wtta tl.em, being to depai I mor- row: and he continued his speech until i 8 And there were a great num- ber of lamps in ' chamber re we were assembled. At d a cert: in young man nam- d I >.v, I with a dei (as Paul was long pn casi m of his bleep, feh from the third loft down, and was I 10 To whom when Paid bad gone down, he laid himself up. icing him sain : he not trou- bled, f r his sowl is in him. 1 i Then going up and breaking . >g, and hai ed a 1 . to them until day- light, so he departed; 12 And they brought the yout live, and were not a little comforted. 13 But we going aboard the ship, 174 Tne sailed to Assos, being there to take in Paul ; for so he had appointed, himself purposing to travel by la-id. 14 And when he had met with us at Assos, we took him in ana came to Mitylene. 1.5 And sailing thence, the day fol- lowing we came over-against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Sa- moa : and the day following we tame to Miletus. 1G For Paul had determined to sail byEphesus, lest he should be stayed any time in Asia. For he hasted, if it were possible for him, to keep the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem. 17 And sending from Miletus to E- phesus, he called the an.tients of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, and were together, he said to them : You know from the first day that I came into Asia, in what man- lier I have been with you for all the time. 19 Serving the Lord with all Hu- mility, and with tears, and tempta- tions, which befel me by the con- spiracies of the Jews. 20 How I have kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have preached it to you, and taught you publicly, and from house to house. 21 Testifying both to Jews and gentiles penance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now behold, being bound in the Spirit, I go to Jerusalem : not knowing the things which shall befal me there. 23 Save that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesseth to me say- ing : that bands and afflictions wait for me at Jerusalem. L 2i But I fear none of these things, neither do 1 count my life more pre- cious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the mi- nistry of tiie w r ord which 1 received from the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 2$ And now behold I know that all you among whom I have gone LCTB. preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no mora. 26 Where lb re I take you to wit- ness this day that I am clear from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not spared to declare unirt you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood, 29 I know that after my depar- ture ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. SO And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, keeping in memory, that for three years I cea- sed not with tears to admonish every one of you, night and day. 32 And now 1 commend you to God and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up, and to give an in- heritance among all the sanctified. 33 I have not coveted any man's silver, gold or apparel, as 34 You yourselves know : for such things as were needful for me and them that are with me, these hands have furnished. 3.5 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring, you ought to support the weak, and to remem- ber the word of the Lord Jesus, how h,e said : It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive. 36 And when he had said these things, kneeling down he prayed with them all. 37 And there was much weeping among them all ; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him, 28 Being grieved most of all for the word which he had said, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him on his wav to the ship. CHAP. XXI. Paul goes up to Jerusalem. A NO when it came to pass that -" being parted from them we set Tke ? ailj we came with a strait course to CooSj and the day following to Rhodes, and from thenceto Patara, 2 And when we had found a b\ ij sailing ever to Phenrce, we went a ' : d and set forth. 3 And when we had discovered Cynrr . , leaving it on the left hand, we ai I into Syria, and came to 7; re : for there the ship was to un« lade her burden. 4 md rinding disciples,, we tar- ried there seven days : who said to Fan] through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. .•> And the days being expired. departing we went forward; they ah bringing us on our way, with their wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and we prayed. 6 And when we had Lid one a- n other farewell, we took ship ; and they returned home. 7 But we having- finished the voy- age by sea, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais : and saluting the bre- thren, wc abode one day v, ith tin m. 8 And the next day departing we came to Cesarea. And entering into the house of Philip the evan- gelist, who was cue of the seven, we al. ode with him, 9 And he had four daughters virgins, who did prophesy. 10 And as we tarried" there for some days, there came from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. 11 Who when he was come to us, took Paul's girdle : and binding his own feet and hands he said; Thus saith the Holy Ghost : The man whose girdle this is, the Jews shall bind in this manner in Jerusalem, and shall deliver him into the hands of the gentiles. 12 Which when we had* heard, both we and they that were* of that place, desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, and said : What do you mesoi weeping and ACTS. 175 afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. li And when we could not per- suade him, we ceased, saying : The will of the Lord be done. 15 And after those days, being prepared, we went up to Jerusalem. 16 And there \rerA also with us some of the disciples from Cesarea, bringing with them one Mnason a Cyprian an old disciple, with whom we should loo.^t. IT And when, we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. IS And the day following Paul went ill with us mrto James : and all the antienta were assembled. 19 Whom when he had saluted, he related particularly what things God had wrought among the gen- tiles by his ministry. 20 But they hearing it, glorified God, and said to him : Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews that have be- lieved : and they are all zealots for the law. 21 Now they have heard of thee that thou tea-chest these Jews, who are among the | to depart from Moses: saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the custom. 22 What is it therefore ? the mul- titude must needs come together : for they wnl bear that thou art come. 23 I) j there! re this that we say to thee. We have four men, who have a vow on them. 24 Take these and sanctify thy- self with them ; and bestow on them that they may shave their heads : and all will know that the things which they have heard of thee, are raise : but that thou thyself also walkest keeping the law. 25 But as touching the gentiles that believe, we have written, de- creeing that they should only re- 176 The frain themselves from that which has been offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, a; i d from fo m i c at ion . 26 Then Paid took the men, and the next day being purified with them entered into the temple, giv- ing notice of the accomplishment of the days o£ purification, until an oblation should be offered for every ene of them. 21 But when the seven days were drawing to an end those Jews that were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands upon him, crying out : 28 Men of Israel, help : this is the man that teacheth ail men every where against thepeople,and the law and this place : and moreover hath brought iii gentiles into the temple, and hath violated this holy place. 29 (For they had seen Trophi- sms the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 30 And the whole city was in an uproar : and the people ran to- gether. And taking 'Paul, they drew him out of trie temple, and immediately the doors were shut. 31 And as they went about to kill him, it was told ihki tribune of the band, ThaJ all Jerusalem was hi confusion. 32 Who forthwith taking with hrm soldiers and centurions, ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they krt oil heating Paid. S3 Then the tribune coming near tock him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains : and de- manded who he was, and what he- had done. 34< And some cried one thing, some another) among the multitude. And when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he com- manded him to be carried into 'the castle. ACTS. 25 And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he w^s car- ried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people. 36 For the multitude of the people followed after crying : Away with him. 37 And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, be saith to the tribune : May I speak some- thing to thee? Who said: Canst tbcu speak Greek ? 38 Art not thou that Egyptian who hefjre these days didst raise a tumult, and didst lead forth into the desalt four thousand men that were murderers ? 39 But Paul said to him : I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilieia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee suffer me to speak to the people* 40 And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to >the people. And a great silence being made, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying: CHAP. ±^L1I. Paul's hvitory of his conversion. II f EN, brethren, and fathers, hear HA ve {jjg acc ouiit which I now give unto you. 2 (And when they heard that he spcke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence. ) 3 And he saith : I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilieia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gama- liel, taugfit according to the troth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this d?;y : 4 Who persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As the high-priest doth bear me witness, and all the ancients: from whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that 1 might b : ing them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished. 6 And it came to pass, as I was goip.?. and drawing nigh to Bamas- r TnE cus at mid-day. that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light : 7 And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me : Saul, Saul, why persecutes! thou me? 8 And I answered : Who art thou, Lord ? And he said to me : I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. 9 And they that were with me, saw r indeed the light, but they iaeard not the voice of him that spoke with me. 10 And I said: What shall I do, Lord ? And the Lord said to me : Arise and go to Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do. ] 1 And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus. 12 And one Ananias, a man ac- cordingto the law. having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt ihere, 13 Coming to me, and standing by me, said to me : Brother Saul, look up. And I the same hour look- ed upon him, 14- But he said : The God of our fathers hath pre-ordained thee that thou shouldst know his will, and see the Just One, and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth. 1.5 For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of those things which thou hast seen and heard. 1(3 And now why tarriest thou ? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name. 17 And it came to pass when I was come again to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance, 18 And saw him saying unto me : Make haste and get thee quickly but of Jerusalem : because they wul not receive thy testimony con- cerning me. 19 And I said : Lord, they know that i cast into prison a&d I . ACTS, 11 '1 every synagogue them Chat be- lieved in thee. 20 And when the blood of Ste- phen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented, and kept the gar- ments of them that killed him. 21 And he said to me: Go, for unto the gentiles a-far of! will I send thee. 22 And they heard him until this word, and then lifted up their voice, saying : A>vay with such an one from die earth : for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air, 24 The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and that he should be scourged and tor- lured ; to know for what cause they did so cry out against him, 25 And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul saith to the centurion that stood by him : Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncon- demn ed ? 26 Which the centurion hearing* went to the tribune, and told him, saying : What art thou about to do ? For this man is a Roman citizen. 27 And the tribune coming, said to him : Tell me, art thou "a Ro- man ? But he sai \ : Yea. 28 And the tribune answered : I obtained the being free of tins city with a great sum* And Paul said i But I tvai burn so. 29 Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen, and be- he had bound him. So But on the next day meaning to know more diligently, for what cause lie vva> accused by the Jews, he loosed him, aud commanded the priests to come together and afl the big forth rant* tie set fore them* 178 The ACTS. CHAP. XXIII, Paul stands before the council, A ND Paul looking upon the conn- •"" cil, said : Men brethren, I have conversed with all good conscience before God, until this present day. 2 And the high-priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him : God thai! strike thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me accord- ing to the law, and contrary to the law commandest me to be struck ? 4 And they that stood by said : 3>ost thou revile the high-priest of God? 5 And Paul said : I knew not, brethren, that he is the high-priest. For it is written* Thou shalt not spea: evil of the prince of thy peeple. 6 And Paul knowing that the one part were Saddueees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pha- risees and the Sadducees ; and the inultitude was divided. 8 For the Saducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit ; but thePharisees confess both 9 And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel ? 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune fearing lest Eaul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force Jrom among them, and to bring him into the castle. 11 And the night following the Lord standing by him, said : Be constant ; for as thou hast testified