{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_16184/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_16184","id":"gutenberg_16184","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16184","summary":null,"tags":["Category: Religion/Spirituality","Jesus Christ -- Biography"],"text":"Produced by Diane Monico and the Online Distributed\nProofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n=His Life=\n\nA COMPLETE STORY IN THE WORDS\nOF THE FOUR GOSPELS\n\n\nPREPARED BY\n\nWILLIAM E. BARTON, THEODORE G. SOARES\nSYDNEY STRONG\n\nUSING THE TEXT OF THE AMERICAN STANDARD\nREVISED BIBLE\n\n\n\nHOPE PUBLISHING COMPANY\n\n150 MICHIGAN AVENUE\nCHICAGO\n\n27 EAST 22ND STREET\nNEW YORK.\n\n\n\n\nHIS LIFE\n\nTHE STORY OF JESUS IN THE WORDS OF THE FOUR GOSPELS\n\nPaper covers, single copy 15 cents. 10 copies 12-1/2 cents. 25 to 250\ncopies 10 cents, postage prepaid.\n\nCloth covers, single copy 25 cents. 10 to 24 copies 22-1/2 cents,\npostage prepaid. 25 to 250 copies or more, by express, not prepaid,\n$20.00 per 100 net.\n\nPresentation Edition De Luxe, on heavier paper in full leather\nbinding, with gilt edges and title stamp in gold leaf, 70 cents, net;\npostpaid, 75 cents.\n\n\nHIS FRIENDS\n\nTHE STORY OF THE IMMEDIATE DISCIPLES OF JESUS AFTER HIS ASCENSION; AND\nTHEIR LETTERS\n\nStyles and prices uniform with \"His Life.\"\n\n\nHIS GREAT APOSTLE\n\nTHE LIFE AND LETTERS OF PAUL IN THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE AND IN\nCHRONOLOGICAL ORDER\n\nStyles and prices uniform with \"His Life.\"\n\n\nHIS LAST WEEK\n\nTHE GOSPEL STORY OF THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS\n\nPaper covers, single copy 7 cents. 10 to 49 copies 6 cents. 50 to 500\ncopies 5 cents, postage prepaid.\n\n\nHOPE PUBLISHING COMPANY\nCHICAGO AND NEW YORK\n\n\nCopyright, 1906, by the Pastors' Publishing Union. The Text of the\nAmerican Standard Revised Bible, copyright 1901, by Thomas Nelson &\nSons, is used by special arrangement and with their permission.\n\n\n\n\nPREFACE.\n\n\nThe four Gospels, each telling in its own way the story of the Life of\nJesus, are the rich heritage of Christians. No one of the Gospels\ncould be spared. But in reading any one of the four we miss some of\nthe familiar words and incidents we love. Almost from the days of the\nApostles there have been attempts to unite the Gospels in a single\nnarrative. The first of these efforts, so far as we know, was\nundertaken by the devout scholar Tatian, soon after 173 A.D. His book\nserved a useful purpose in his own and later generations, and is now a\nvaluable witness to the antiquity and early acceptance of our four\nGospels.\n\nThere have been many harmonies of the Gospel from the second century\nto the present; and they are all but indispensable to the scholar.\nAlmost every minister keeps one at his elbow. But these, for the most\npart, are made for purposes of scholarly comparison, and not for\ngeneral reading. Moreover, they are expensive.\n\nThe editors of this little book have undertaken to prepare an\ninterwoven story of the Life of Jesus from the four Gospels for\npopular reading. A booklet that may be carried in the pocket, and may\nbe sold, in paper binding, for ten cents, has been their ambition.\nThey have been led to this undertaking by the large demand for copies\nof their booklet, \"HIS LAST WEEK,\" which comprises the last third of\nthis volume, whose use at Easter time has brought them many requests\nfor the complete Gospel story, interwoven in the same manner.\n\nThe work of preparation has been done by three ministers of Oak Park,\nin suburban Chicago, who have shared equally the labor, but the\nundertaking has the support and co-operation of the entire group of\nfifteen local pastors, representing six different denominations. To\nthis larger group of brethren is due a grateful acknowledgment of\nsympathy and assistance. The book has at least the value of an\nillustration in practical interdenominational co-operation. In the\nspirit of this fine fellowship it is commended to Christians of every\nname.\n\n                                    THE EDITORS\n\n\n\n\n=His Life=\n\n\n=I. His Birth and Boyhood=\n\n1. THE DIVINE ANNOUNCINGS\n     The Word made Flesh.                                      13\n     The Promised Birth of John the Baptist.                   14\n     The Angel's Visit to Mary.                                15\n     Mary's Visit to Her Cousin.                               16\n     Mary's Song.                                              17\n     The Birth of John the Baptist.                            17\n     The Song of Zacharias.                                    18\n\n2. THE BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS\n     Joseph and Mary.                                          20\n     The Birth of Jesus.                                       20\n     The Angels and the Shepherds.                             21\n     The Circumcision.                                         22\n     The Presentation in the Temple.                           22\n     The Visit of the Wise Men.                                23\n     The Flight into Egypt.                                    24\n\n3. THE LIFE IN NAZARETH\n     The Return to Nazareth.                                   26\n     The Boyhood Visit to Jerusalem.                           26\n     The Eighteen Silent Years.                                27\n\n\n=II. The Beginnings of His Ministry=\n\n1. JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST\n     The Voice in the Wilderness.                              28\n     The Baptism of Jesus.                                     30\n     The Temptation in the Wilderness.                         30\n     John's Testimony to Jesus.                                31\n\n2. THE BEGINNINGS OF FAITH\n     The First Disciples by the Jordan.                        33\n     The First Miracle.                                        34\n\n3. JESUS IN JERUSALEM.\n     Cleansing His Father's House.                             36\n     The Visit of Nicodemus.                                   36\n\n4. PREPARATORY PREACHING\n     Jesus Baptizing and Preaching.                            39\n     John's Tribute to Jesus.                                  39\n     At Jacob's Well.                                          40\n     Preaching to the Samaritans.                              41\n\n\n=III. His Year of Popularity=\n\n1. JESUS IN GALILEE\n     John the Baptist Imprisoned.                              43\n     Reception of Jesus by the Galilaeans.                      43\n     Healing the Nobleman's Son.                               43\n     The Recall of the Fishermen.                              44\n     A Day of Good Deeds in Capernaum.                         45\n     The First Leper Healed.                                   47\n\n2. BEGINNINGS OF CONTROVERSY\n     The Healing of a Paralytic.                               48\n     The Publican Disciple.                                    49\n     The Old and the New.                                      49\n     A Sabbath Healing in Jerusalem.                           50\n     Plucking Grain on the Sabbath.                            53\n\n3. MANY CALLED AND FEW CHOSEN\n     A Multitude of Disciples.                                 54\n     The Selection of the Twelve.                              55\n\n4. THE TEACHING OF THE KINGDOM\n     The Citizens of the Kingdom.                              56\n     The Righteousness of the Kingdom.                         57\n     The Danger of Hypocrisy.                                  59\n     Simple Trust in God.                                      61\n     Charitable Judgment.                                      62\n     Prayer.                                                   63\n     Sincerity.                                                64\n\n5. A TOUR IN GALILEE\n     The Worthy Centurion.                                     66\n     Raising the Widow's Son.                                  67\n     A Question from John the Baptist.                         67\n     Jesus' Estimate of John the Baptist.                      68\n     The Death of John the Baptist.                            69\n     Forgiveness of the Repentant Woman.                       70\n     The Ministering Women.                                    71\n\n6. GROWING POPULARITY AND RISING OPPOSITION\n     The Concern of Jesus' Friends.                            72\n     Warning of Eternal Sin.                                   72\n     The Demand for a Sign.                                    74\n\n7. THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM\n     The Sower.                                                75\n     The Tares.                                                77\n     The Growing Grain.                                        77\n     The Mustard Seed.                                         77\n     The Leaven.                                               78\n     The Understanding of Parables.                            78\n     The Hid Treasure.                                         79\n     The Pearl of Great Price.                                 79\n     The Drag Net.                                             79\n\n8. A DAY OF MIRACLES BY THE LAKE\n     Jesus Stills the Storm.                                   80\n     The Legion of Demons.                                     80\n     The Dying Child and the Suffering Woman.                  82\n     Healings by the Way.                                      84\n\n9. WIDER EVANGELIZATION OF GALILEE\n     A Visit to His Home.                                      85\n     Preaching in the Villages.                                86\n     The Twelve Sent Forth.                                    87\n\n10. THE CRISIS IN CAPERNAUM\n     The Five Thousand Fed.                                    91\n     Jesus Walking on the Water.                               92\n     The Disappointment of the People.                         93\n     Rejection of the Tradition of the Elders.                 97\n     The Plot of the Pharisees.                                99\n\n\n=IV. His Withdrawal with the Twelve=\n\n1. THE MINISTRY BEYOND GALILEE\n     The Phoenician Retirement and the Gentile Cure.          100\n     Miracles and Multitudes Again.                           101\n     The Four Thousand Fed.                                   101\n     The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand a Sign.               102\n     The Blind Man Healed.                                    103\n\n2. JESUS THE MESSIAH\n     Peter's Confession.                                      105\n     The Passion and Resurrection Foretold.                   105\n     The Transfiguration.                                     106\n     The Epileptic Boy.                                       108\n\n3. THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE\n     The Passion and Resurrection Again Foretold.             110\n     The Greatest Disciple.                                   110\n     Forgiveness.                                             112\n     The Shekel for the Temple.                               113\n\n\n=V. His Face Toward Jerusalem=\n\n1. THE FINAL DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE\n     The Beginning of the End.                                114\n     The Grateful Samaritan Leper.                            114\n     New Disciples.                                           115\n\n2. IN JERUSALEM--THE ATTEMPT TO STONE HIM\n     Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles.                       116\n     Jesus and the Accused Woman.                             118\n     The Light of the World.                                  119\n     The Freedom of the Soul.                                 121\n\n3. THE MINISTRY IN PEREA\n     The Mission of the Seventy.                              123\n     The Return of the Seventy.                               124\n     The Meek and Lowly.                                      124\n     The Unrepentant Cities.                                  125\n     The Good Samaritan.                                      125\n\n4. IN JERUSALEM--THE ATTEMPT TO ARREST HIM\n     The Friends at Bethany.                                  127\n     A Miracle in Jerusalem.                                  127\n     The Good Shepherd.                                       130\n     Jesus at the Feast of Dedication.                        131\n\n5. RENEWED MINISTRY IN PEREA\n     Jesus and the Pharisees.                                 133\n     Warning Against Covetousness.                            134\n     The Fall of the Tower.                                   134\n     The Uses of the Sabbath.                                 135\n     A Question of Salvation.                                 136\n     A Message to Herod.                                      136\n     The Ox in the Pit.                                       137\n     The Chief Places at the Feast.                           137\n     The Slighted Invitation.                                 138\n     Counting the Cost.                                       139\n     The Ninety and Nine.                                     139\n     The Lost Coin.                                           140\n     The Prodigal Son.                                        140\n     The Unjust Steward.                                      142\n     A Parable to the Lovers of Money.                        143\n     \"Increase Our Faith.\"                                    144\n\n6. NEAR JERUSALEM--THE PLOT TO KILL HIM\n     The Raising of Lazarus.                                  145\n     The Decision of the Council.                             148\n\n7. HIS WITHDRAWAL TO EPHRAIM\n     The Coming of the Kingdom.                               149\n     The Unjust Judge.                                        149\n     The Pharisee and the Publican.                           150\n     Concerning Divorce.                                      150\n     Jesus and the Children.                                  151\n     The Rich Young Ruler.                                    151\n     The Parable of the Vineyard.                             153\n\n8. THE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM\n     The Shadow of the Cross.                                 155\n     The Sons of Thunder.                                     155\n     The Blind Man of Jericho.                                156\n     The Visit to Zacchaeus.                                   157\n     The Parable of the Pounds.                               157\n     Going up to Jerusalem.                                   159\n     The Feast at Bethany.                                    159\n\n\n=VI. His Last Week=\n\n1. PALM SUNDAY--THE DAY OF TRIUMPH\n     The Triumphal Entry.                                     161\n\n2. MONDAY--THE DAY OF AUTHORITY\n     The Cursing of the Fig Tree.                             163\n     The Cleansing of the Temple.                             163\n\n3. TUESDAY--THE DAY OF CONTROVERSY\n     The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree.                   164\n     The Challenge of Christ's Authority.                     164\n     Three Warning Parables.                                  165\n        (a) the two sons.                                     165\n        (b) the wicked husbandmen.                            165\n        (c) the marriage of the king's son.                   167\n     Three Hostile Questions asked of Jesus.                  167\n        (a) tribute to Caesar.                                 167\n        (b) the question of the resurrection.                 168\n        (c) the greatest commandment.                         169\n     The Unanswerable Question of Jesus.                      170\n     Discourse of Jesus Against the Scribes and Pharisees.    170\n     The Widow's Two Mites.                                   173\n     The Gentiles Seek Jesus.                                 173\n     The Jews Reject Jesus.                                   174\n     Discourse Concerning the Future.                         175\n     Three Lessons to the Disciples.                          179\n        (a) the parable of the ten virgins.                   179\n        (b) the parable of the talents.                       180\n        (c) the judgment scene.                               181\n     The Conspiracy Against Jesus.                            183\n\n4. WEDNESDAY--THE DAY OF RETIREMENT                           184\n\n5. THURSDAY--THE DAY OF FELLOWSHIP\n     Preparation for the Passover.                            185\n     Strife among the Disciples.                              185\n     Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet.                       186\n     The Betrayer Pointed Out.                                187\n     The Lord's Supper.                                       188\n     The Farewell Conversation.                               189\n     The Intercessory Prayer.                                 196\n\n6. FRIDAY--THE DAY OF SUFFERING\n     The Agony in Gethsemane.                                 199\n     The Betrayal and Arrest.                                 200\n     The Trial before the Jewish Authorities.                 201\n     The Denial of Peter.                                     203\n     The Remorse of Judas.                                    204\n     The Trial before Pilate.                                 205\n     Jesus before Herod.                                      206\n     The Trial before Pilate Resumed.                         207\n     The Sorrowful Way.                                       210\n     The Crucifixion.                                         210\n     The Burial.                                              214\n\n7. SATURDAY--THE DAY OF SILENCE AND SORROW\n     The Watch at the Tomb.                                   215\n\n\n=VII. His Resurrection=\n\n1. SUNDAY--THE DAY OF RESURRECTION\n     The Earthquake.                                          216\n     The Empty Tomb.                                          216\n     The Appearance to Mary.                                  217\n     The Appearance to the Women.                             217\n     Report of the Watch.                                     218\n     The Appearance at Emmaus.                                218\n     The Appearance to the Disciples.                         220\n\n2. AFTER THE RESURRECTION DAY\n     The Appearance to the Disciples and to Thomas.           222\n     The Appearance to the Seven by the Sea.                  222\n     The Appearance to the Eleven on the Mountain.            225\n     The Last Appearance and Ascension.                       225\n\n\n\n\n=His Life=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n=HIS BIRTH AND BOYHOOD=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE DIVINE ANNOUNCINGS\n\n\nTHE WORD MADE FLESH.\n\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word\nwas God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made\nthrough him; and without him was not anything made that hath been\nmade. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the\nlight shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.\n\nThere came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came\nfor witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might\nbelieve through him. He was not the light, but came that he might bear\nwitness of the light. There was the true light, even the light which\nlighteth every man, coming into the world. He was in the world, and\nthe world was made through him, and the world knew him not. He came\nunto his own, and they that were his own received him not. But as many\nas received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God,\neven to them that believe on his name: who were born, not of blood,\nnor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.\n\nAnd the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his\nglory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace\nand truth. John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, \"This was\nhe of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he\nwas before me.\"\n\nFor of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace. For the law\nwas given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No\nman hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the\nbosom of the Father, he hath declared him.\n\n\nTHE PROMISED BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.\n\nThere was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named\nZacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters\nof Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous\nbefore God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord\nblameless. And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren,\nand they both were now well stricken in years.\n\nNow it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God\nin the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest's\noffice, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn\nincense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at\nthe hour of incense.\n\nAnd there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right\nside of the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.\nBut the angel said unto him, \"Fear not, Zacharias: because thy\nsupplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son,\nand thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and\ngladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great\nin the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink;\nand he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's\nwomb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord\ntheir God. And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of\nElijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the\ndisobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the\nLord a people prepared for him.\"\n\nAnd Zacharias said unto the angel, \"Whereby shall I know this? for I\nam an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.\"\n\nAnd the angel answering said unto him, \"I am Gabriel, that stand in\nthe presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring\nthee these good tidings. And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able\nto speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because\nthou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their\nseason.\"\n\nAnd the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he\ntarried in the temple. And when he came out, he could not speak unto\nthem: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: and\nhe continued making signs unto them, and remained dumb.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled,\nhe departed unto his house.\n\nAnd after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself\nfive months, saying, \"Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days\nwherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.\"\n\n\nTHE ANGEL'S VISIT TO MARY.\n\nNow in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city\nof Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name\nwas Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.\nAnd he came in unto her, and said, \"Hail, thou that art highly\nfavored, the Lord is with thee.\"\n\nBut she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what\nmanner of salutation this might be.\n\nAnd the angel said unto her, \"Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found\nfavor with God And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring\nforth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and\nshall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give\nunto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the\nhouse of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.\"\n\nAnd Mary said unto the angel, \"How shall this be, seeing I know not a\nman?\"\n\nAnd the angel answered and said unto her, \"The Holy Spirit shall come\nupon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee:\nwherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the\nSon of God. And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath\nconceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her\nthat was called barren. For no word from God shall be void of power.\"\n\nAnd Mary said, \"Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me\naccording to thy word\"\n\nAnd the angel departed from her.\n\n\nMARY'S VISIT TO HER COUSIN.\n\nAnd Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with\nhaste, into a city of Judah; and entered into the house of Zacharias\nand saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the\nsalutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was\nfilled with the Holy Spirit; and she lifted up her voice with a loud\ncry, and said, \"Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit\nof thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord\nshould come unto me? For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came\ninto mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she\nthat believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which\nhave been spoken to her from the Lord.\"\n\n\nMARY'S SONG.\n\nAnd Mary said,\n\n    \"My soul doth magnify the Lord.\n    And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n    For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid:\n    For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.\n    For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;\n    And holy is his name.\n    And his mercy is unto generations and generations\n    On them that fear him.\n    He hath showed strength with his arm:\n    He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.\n    He hath put down princes from their thrones,\n    And hath exalted them of low degree.\n    The hungry he hath filled with good things;\n    And the rich he hath sent empty away.\n    He hath given help to Israel his servant,\n    That he might remember mercy\n    (As he spake unto our fathers)\n    Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.\"\n\nAnd Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her\nhouse.\n\n\nTHE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.\n\nNow Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and\nshe brought forth a son. And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that\nthe Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with\nher.\n\nAnd it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise\nthe child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of\nhis father.\n\nAnd his mother answered and said, \"Not so; but he shall be called\nJohn.\"\n\nAnd they said unto her, \"There is none of thy kindred that is called\nby this name.\"\n\nAnd they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.\n\nAnd he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, \"His name is\nJohn.\"\n\nAnd they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his\ntongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.\n\nAnd fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these\nsayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.\n\nAnd all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, \"What\nthen shall this child be?\"\n\nFor the hand of the Lord was with him.\n\n\nTHE SONG OF ZACHARIAS.\n\nAnd his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and\nprophesied, saying,\n\n    \"Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel;\n    For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,\n    And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us\n    In the house of his servant David\n    (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been\n        from of old),\n    Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us;\n    To show mercy towards our fathers.\n    And to remember his holy covenant;\n    The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,\n    To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of\n        our enemies\n    Should serve him without fear,\n    In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.\n    Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High:\n    For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready\n        his ways;\n    To give knowledge of salvation unto his people\n    In the remission of their sins,\n    Because of the tender mercy of our God,\n    Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,\n    To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death;\n    To guide our feet into the way of peace.\"\n\nAnd the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts\ntill the day of his showing unto Israel.\n\n\n\n\nTHE BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS\n\n\nJOSEPH AND MARY.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary\nhad been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found\nwith child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a\nrighteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was\nminded to put her away privily.\n\nBut when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord\nappeared unto him in a dream, saying, \"Joseph, thou son of David, fear\nnot to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in\nher is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son; and thou\nshalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people\nfrom their sins.\"\n\nNow all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was\nspoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,\n\n    \"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring\n        forth a son,\n    And they shall call his name Immanuel;\"\n\nwhich is, being interpreted, \"God with us.\"\n\nAnd Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord\ncommanded him, and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she\nhad brought forth a son.\n\n\nTHE BIRTH OF JESUS.\n\nNow it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar\nAugustus, that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first\nenrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to\nenrol themselves, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up\nfrom Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of\nDavid, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and\nfamily of David; to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him,\nbeing great with child.\n\nAnd it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled\nthat she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son;\nand she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger,\nbecause there was no room for them in the inn.\n\n\nTHE ANGELS AND THE SHEPHERDS.\n\nAnd there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and\nkeeping watch by night over their flock. And an angel of the Lord\nstood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and\nthey were sore afraid.\n\nAnd the angel said unto them, \"Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you\ngood tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there\nis born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ\nthe Lord. And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped\nin swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.\"\n\nAnd suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host\npraising God, and saying,\n\n    \"Glory to God in the highest,\n    And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.\"\n\nAnd it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven,\nthe shepherds said one to another, \"Let us now go even unto\nBethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord\nhath made known unto us.\"\n\nAnd they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe\nlying in the manger. And when they saw it, they made known concerning\nthe saying which was spoken to them about this child.\n\nAnd all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto\nthem by the shepherds.\n\nBut Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.\n\nAnd the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the\nthings that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.\n\n\nTHE CIRCUMCISION.\n\nAnd when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was\ncalled JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived\nin the womb.\n\n\nTHE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE.\n\nAnd when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses\nwere fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to\nthe Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that\nopeneth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord), and to offer a\nsacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, \"A\npair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.\"\n\nAnd behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon: and\nthis man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of\nIsrael: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed\nunto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he\nhad seen the Lord's Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple:\nand when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do\nconcerning him after the custom of the law, then he received him into\nhis arms, and blessed God, and said,\n\n    \"Now, lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord,\n    According to thy word, in peace;\n    For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,\n    Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;\n    A light for revelation to the Gentiles,\n    And the glory of thy people Israel.\"\n\nAnd his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were\nspoken concerning him; and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his\nmother,\n\n    \"Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of\n        many in Israel;\n    And for a sign which is spoken against;\n    Yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul;\n    That thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.\"\n\nAnd there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the\ntribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband\nseven years from her virginity, and she had been a widow even unto\nfourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple,\nworshipping with fastings and supplications night and day. And coming\nup at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all\nthem that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n\nTHE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN.\n\nNow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the\nking, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, \"Where\nis he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east,\nand are come to worship him.\"\n\nAnd when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem\nwith him. And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of\nthe people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. And\nthey said unto him, \"In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written\nthrough the prophet,\n\n    \"'And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah,\n    Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah:\n    For out of thee shall come forth a governor,\n    Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.'\"\n\nThen Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly\nwhat time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said,\n\"Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye\nhave found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.\"\n\nAnd they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star,\nwhich they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood\nover where the young child was. And when they saw the star, they\nrejoiced with exceeding great joy. And they came into the house and\nsaw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and\nworshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him\ngifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.\n\nAnd being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to\nHerod, they departed into their own country another way.\n\n\nTHE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.\n\nNow when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to\nJoseph in a dream, saying, \"Arise and take the young child and his\nmother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for\nHerod will seek the young child to destroy him.\" He arose and took the\nyoung child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; and was\nthere until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was\nspoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, \"Out of Egypt did I\ncall my son.\"\n\nThen Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was\nexceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that\nwere in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old\nand under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the\nWise-men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah\nthe prophet, saying,\n\n    \"A voice was heard in Ramah,\n    Weeping and great mourning,\n    Rachel weeping for her children;\n    And she would not be comforted, because they are not.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE LIFE IN NAZARETH\n\n\nTHE RETURN TO NAZARETH.\n\nBut when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a\ndream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, \"Arise and take the young child and\nhis mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that\nsought the young child's life.\"\n\nAnd he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into\nthe land of Israel.\n\nBut when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judaea in the room\nof his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned of\nGod in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee, and came and\ndwelt in their own city Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was\nspoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.\n\nAnd the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the\ngrace of God was upon him.\n\n\nTHE BOYHOOD VISIT TO JERUSALEM.\n\nAnd his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the\npassover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the\ncustom of the feast; and when they had fulfilled the days, as they\nwere returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his\nparents knew it not; but supposing him to be in the company, they went\na day's journey: and they sought for him among their kinsfolk and\nacquaintance: and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem,\nseeking for him.\n\nAnd it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple,\nsitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking\nthem questions: and all that heard him were amazed at his\nunderstanding and his answers.\n\nAnd when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto\nhim, \"Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I\nsought thee sorrowing.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that\nI must be in my Father's house?\"\n\nAnd they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.\n\n\nTHE EIGHTEEN SILENT YEARS.\n\nAnd he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject\nunto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.\n\nAnd Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and\nmen.\n\n\n\n\n=THE BEGINNINGS OF HIS MINISTRY=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nJESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST\n\n\nTHE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.\n\nNow in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius\nPilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,\nand his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and\nTrachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, in the high-priesthood\nof Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of\nZacharias in the wilderness.\n\nAnd John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle\nabout his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.\n\nAnd he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the\nbaptism of repentance unto remission of sins; and saying, \"Repent ye;\nfor the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\"\n\nFor this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,\n\n    \"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,\n    Make ye ready the way of the Lord,\n    Make his paths straight.\n    Every valley shall be filled,\n    And every mountain and hill shall be brought low;\n    And the crooked shall become straight,\n    And the rough ways smooth;\n    And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.\"\n\nAnd there went out to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of\nJerusalem, and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan,\nconfessing their sins.\n\nBut when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his\nbaptism he said unto them, \"Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to\nflee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of\nrepentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham\nto our father': for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones\nto raise up children unto Abraham. And even now the axe also lieth at\nthe root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth\ngood fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.\"\n\nAnd the multitudes asked him, saying, \"What then must we do?\"\n\nAnd he answered and said unto them, \"He that hath two coats, let him\nimpart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do\nlikewise.\"\n\nAnd there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him,\n\"Teacher, what must we do?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Extort no more than that which is appointed\nyou.\"\n\nAnd soldiers also asked him, saying, \"And we, what must we do?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse\nany one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.\"\n\nAnd as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their\nhearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ; John\nanswered, saying unto them all, \"I indeed baptize you with water; but\nthere cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I\nam not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and\nin fire: whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his\nthreshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the\nchaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.\"\n\nWith many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto\nthe people.\n\n\nTHE BAPTISM OF JESUS.\n\nAnd it came to pass in those days, when all the people were baptized,\nthat Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to\nbe baptized of him.\n\nBut John would have hindered him, saying, \"I have need to be baptized\nof thee, and comest thou to me?\"\n\nBut Jesus answering said unto him, \"Suffer it now: for thus it\nbecometh us to fulfil all righteousness.\"\n\nThen he suffereth him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up\nstraightway from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened unto him,\nand he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon\nhim; and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, \"This is my beloved\nSon, in whom I am well pleased.\"\n\n\nTHE TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS.\n\nThen straightway was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to\nbe tempted of the devil, and he was with the wild beasts, and did eat\nnothing in those days. And when he had fasted forty days and forty\nnights, he afterward hungered.\n\nAnd the tempter came and said unto him, \"If thou art the Son of God,\ncommand that these stones become bread.\"\n\nBut he answered and said, \"It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread\nalone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'\"\n\nThen the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the\npinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, \"If thou art the Son of\nGod, cast thyself down: for it is written,\n\n     \"'He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard\n     thee.'\n\nand,\n\n    \"'On their hands they shall bear thee up,\n    Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.'\"\n\nJesus said unto him, \"Again it is written, 'Thou shalt not make trial\nof the Lord thy God.'\"\n\nAgain, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and\nshoweth him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and the\nglory of them.\n\nAnd the devil said unto him, \"To thee will I give all this authority,\nand the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to\nwhomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship before me,\nit shall all be thine.\"\n\nThen saith Jesus unto him, \"Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written.\n'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.'\"\n\nAnd when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from\nhim for a season; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.\n\n\nJOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS.\n\nAnd this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from\nJerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, \"Who art thou?\" And he\nconfessed and denied not; and he confessed, \"I am not the Christ.\"\n\nAnd they asked him, \"What then? Art thou Elijah?\"\n\nAnd he saith, \"I am not.\"\n\n\"Art thou the prophet?\"\n\nAnd he answered \"No.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"Who art thou? that we may give an\nanswer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself?\"\n\nHe said, \"I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make\nstraight the way of the Lord,' as said Isaiah the prophet.\"\n\nAnd they had been sent from the Pharisees. And they asked him, and\nsaid unto him, \"Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ,\nneither Elijah, neither the prophet.\"\n\nJohn answered them, saying, \"I baptize in water: in the midst of you\nstandeth one whom ye know not, even he that cometh after me, the\nlatchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.\"\n\nThese things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was\nbaptizing.\n\nOn the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, \"Behold, the\nLamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! This is he of whom\nI said, 'After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was\nbefore me.' And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to\nIsrael, for this cause came I baptizing in water.\"\n\nAnd John bare witness, saying, \"I have beheld the Spirit descending as\na dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but\nhe that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, 'Upon whomsoever\nthou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same\nis he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen, and have\nborne witness that this is the Son of God.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE BEGINNINGS OF FAITH\n\n\nTHE FIRST DISCIPLES BY THE JORDAN.\n\nAgain on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and\nhe looked upon Jesus as he walked and saith, \"Behold, the Lamb of\nGod!\" And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.\n\nAnd Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them,\n\"What seek ye?\"\n\nAnd they said unto him, \"Rabbi\" (which is to say, being interpreted,\nTeacher), \"where abidest thou?\"\n\nHe saith unto them, \"Come, and ye shall see.\"\n\nThey came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him\nthat day: it was about the tenth hour.\n\nOne of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew,\nSimon Peter's brother. He findeth first his own brother Simon, and\nsaith unto him, \"We have found the Messiah\" (which is, being\ninterpreted, Christ). He brought him unto Jesus.\n\nJesus looked upon him, and said, \"Thou art Simon the son of John: thou\nshalt be called Cephas\" (which is by interpretation, Peter).\n\nOn the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth\nPhilip: and Jesus saith unto him, \"Follow me.\" Now Philip was from\nBethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael,\nand saith unto him, \"We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and\nthe prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.\"\n\nAnd Nathanael said unto him. \"Can any good thing come out of\nNazareth?\"\n\nPhilip saith unto him, \"Come and see.\"\n\nJesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, \"Behold, an\nIsraelite indeed, in whom is no guile!\"\n\nNathanael saith unto him, \"Whence knowest thou me?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"Before Philip called thee, when\nthou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.\"\n\nNathanael answered him, \"Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King\nof Israel.\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"Because I said unto thee, 'I saw\nthee underneath the fig tree,' believest thou? thou shalt see greater\nthings than these.\"\n\nAnd he saith unto him, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see\nthe heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon\nthe Son of man.\"\n\n\nTHE FIRST MIRACLE.\n\nAnd the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the\nmother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and his\ndisciples, to the marriage.\n\nAnd when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, \"They\nhave no wine.\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto her, \"Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine\nhour is not yet come.\"\n\nHis mother saith unto the servants, \"Whatsoever he saith unto you, do\nit.\"\n\nNow there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner\nof purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto\nthem, \"Fill the waterpots with water.\"\n\nAnd they filled them up to the brim.\n\nAnd he saith unto them, \"Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the\nfeast.\"\n\nAnd they bare it. And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now\nbecome wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants that had\ndrawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom,\nand saith unto him, \"Every man setteth on first the good wine; and\nwhen men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept\nthe good wine until now.\"\n\nThis beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and\nmanifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.\n\nAfter this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his\nbrethren, and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.\n\n\n\n\nJESUS IN JERUSALEM\n\n\nCLEANSING HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.\n\nAnd the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to\nJerusalem. And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep\nand doves, and the changers of money sitting: and he made a scourge of\ncords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen;\nand he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables; and\nto them that sold the doves he said, \"Take these things hence; make\nnot my Father's house a house of merchandise.\"\n\nHis disciples remembered that it was written, \"Zeal for thy house\nshall eat me up.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore answered and said unto him, \"What sign showest thou\nunto us, seeing that thou doest these things?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto them, \"Destroy this temple, and in three\ndays I will raise it up.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore said, \"Forty and six years was this temple in\nbuilding, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?\"\n\nBut he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised\nfrom the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake thus; and they\nbelieved the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.\n\n\nTHE VISIT OF NICODEMUS.\n\nNow when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many\nbelieved on his name, beholding his signs which he did. But Jesus did\nnot trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men, and because he\nneeded not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he\nhimself knew what was in man.\n\nNow there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, ruler of the\nJews; the same came unto him by night, and said to him, \"Rabbi, we\nknow that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these\nsigns that thou doest, except God be with him.\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"Verily, verily, I say unto thee,\nExcept one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.\"\n\nNicodemus saith unto him, \"How can a man be born when he is old? can\nhe enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born\nof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That\nwhich is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the\nSpirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, 'Ye must be born\nanew.' The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice\nthereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is\nevery one that is born of the Spirit.\"\n\nNicodemus answered and said unto him, \"How can these things be?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"Art thou the teacher of Israel, and\nunderstandest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We\nspeak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen;\nand ye receive not our witness. If I told you earthly things and ye\nbelieve not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things? And\nno one hath ascended into heaven but he that descended out of heaven,\neven the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the\nserpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up;\nthat whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.\n\n\"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that\nwhosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.\nFor God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that\nthe world should be saved through him. He that believeth on him is not\njudged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he\nhath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And\nthis is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men\nloved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.\nFor every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the\nlight, lest his works should be reproved. But he that doeth the truth\ncometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they\nhave been wrought in God.\"\n\n\n\n\nPREPARATORY PREACHING\n\n\nJESUS BAPTIZING AND PREACHING.\n\nAfter these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of\nJudaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized (although Jesus\nhimself baptized not, but his disciples).\n\nAnd John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was\nmuch water there: and they came, and were baptized. For John was not\nyet cast into prison.\n\nAnd Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of\nage.\n\n\nJOHN'S TRIBUTE TO JESUS.\n\nThere arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples\nwith a Jew about purifying. And they came unto John, and said to him,\n\"Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast\nborne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.\"\n\nJohn answered and said, \"A man can receive nothing, except it have\nbeen given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I\nsaid, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. He that\nhath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom,\nthat standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the\nbridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full. He must\nincrease, but I must decrease.\"\n\nHe that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of\nthe earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is\nabove all. What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness;\nand no man receiveth his witness. He that hath received his witness\nhath set his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God hath sent\nspeaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.\nThe Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He\nthat believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not\nthe Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.\n\n\nAT JACOB'S WELL.\n\nWhen therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus\nwas making and baptizing more disciples than John, he left Judaea, and\ndeparted again into Galilee.\n\nAnd he must needs pass through Samaria. So he cometh to a city of\nSamaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave\nto his son Joseph: and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being\nwearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth\nhour.\n\nThere cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,\n\"Give me to drink.\" For his disciples were gone away into the city to\nbuy food.\n\nThe Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, \"How is it that thou,\nbeing a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman?\" (for Jews\nhave no dealings with Samaritans).\n\nJesus answered and said unto her, \"If thou knewest the gift of God,\nand who it is that saith to thee, 'Give me to drink' thou wouldest\nhave asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.\"\n\nThe woman saith unto him, \"Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and\nthe well is deep; whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou\ngreater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof\nhimself, and his sons, and his cattle?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto her, \"Every one that drinketh of this\nwater shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I\nshall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him\nshall become in him a well of water, springing up unto eternal life.\"\n\nThe woman saith unto him, \"Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,\nneither come all the way hither to draw.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Go, call thy husband, and come hither.\"\n\nThe woman answered and said unto him, \"I have no husband.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Thou saidst well, I have no husband: for thou\nhast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:\nthis hast thou said truly.\"\n\nThe woman saith unto him, \"Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.\nOur fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem\nis the place where men ought to worship.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when\nneither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the\nFather. Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we\nknow; for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is,\nwhen the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and\ntruth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. God is a\nSpirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.\"\n\nThe woman saith unto him, \"I know that Messiah cometh (he that is\ncalled Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"I that speak unto thee am he.\"\n\n\nPREACHING TO THE SAMARITANS.\n\nAnd upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was\nspeaking with a woman; yet no man said, \"What seekest thou?\" or, \"Why\nspeakest thou with her?\"\n\nSo the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith\nto the people, \"Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I\ndid: can this be the Christ?\"\n\nThey went out of the city, and were coming to him.\n\nIn the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, \"Rabbi, eat.\"\n\nBut he said unto them, \"I have meat to eat that ye know not.\"\n\nThe disciples therefore said one to another, \"Hath any man brought him\naught to eat?\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,\nand to accomplish his work. Say not ye, 'There are yet four months,\nand then cometh the harvest'? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your\neyes and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.\nHe that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life\neternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.\nFor herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent\nyou to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored and\nye are entered into their labor.\"\n\nAnd from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of\nthe word of the woman, who testified, \"He told me all things that ever\nI did.\"\n\nSo when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with\nthem: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of\nhis word; and they said to the woman, \"Now we believe, not because of\nthy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is\nindeed the Saviour of the world.\"\n\n\n\n\n=HIS YEAR OF POPULARITY=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nJESUS IN GALILEE\n\n\nJOHN THE BAPTIST IMPRISONED.\n\nHerod the tetrarch sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him\nin prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he\nhad married her. For John said unto Herod, \"It is not lawful for thee\nto have thy brother's wife.\"\n\nAnd Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him: and she\ncould not; for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and\nholy man, and kept him safe.\n\nAnd when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,\nbecause they counted him as a prophet.\n\n\nRECEPTION OF JESUS BY THE GALILAEANS.\n\nNow when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he returned in the\npower of the Spirit into Galilee, and the Galilaeans received him,\nhaving seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for\nthey also went unto the feast.\n\nAnd a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.\nAnd he taught in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of God, and\nsaying, \"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:\nrepent ye, and believe in the gospel.\"\n\n\nHEALING THE NOBLEMAN'S SON.\n\nHe came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water\nwine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at\nCapernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into\nGalilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down,\nand heal his son; for he was at the point of death.\n\nJesus therefore said unto him, \"Except ye see signs and wonders, ye\nwill in no wise believe.\"\n\nThe nobleman saith unto him, \"Sir, come down ere my child die.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Go thy way; thy son liveth.\"\n\nThe man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his\nway. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying that\nhis son lived. So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend.\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever\nleft him.\"\n\nSo the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said unto\nhim, \"Thy son liveth\": and himself believed, and his whole house.\n\nThis is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea\ninto Galilee.\n\n\nTHE RECALL OF THE FISHERMEN.\n\nAnd he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, which is by the sea,\nin the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: that it might be fulfilled\nwhich was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,\n\n    \"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,\n    Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,\n    Galilee of the Gentiles,\n    The people that sat in darkness\n    Saw a great light,\n    And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death,\n    To them did light spring up.\"\n\nNow it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard\nthe word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; and\nhe saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out\nof them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the\nboats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the\nland. And he sat down and taught the multitudes out of the boat.\n\nAnd when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, \"Put out into the\ndeep, and let down your nets for a draught.\"\n\nAnd Simon answered and said, \"Master, we toiled all night, and took\nnothing: but at thy word I will let down the nets.\"\n\nAnd when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of\nfishes; and their nets were breaking; and they beckoned unto their\npartners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And\nthey came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.\n\nBut Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying,\n\"Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord!\"\n\nFor he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the\nfishes which they had taken; and so were also James and John, sons of\nZebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon,\n\"Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.\"\n\nAnd when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and\nfollowed him.\n\n\nA DAY OF GOOD DEEDS IN CAPERNAUM.\n\nAnd straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and\ntaught. And they were astonished at his teaching: for his word was\nwith authority.\n\nAnd in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean\ndemon; and he cried out with a loud voice, \"Ah! what have we to do\nwith thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know\nthee who thou art, the Holy One of God!\"\n\nAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, \"Hold thy peace, and come out of him.\"\n\nAnd when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, tearing him and\ncrying out with a loud voice, he came out of him, having done him no\nhurt.\n\nAnd amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with\nanother, saying, \"What is this word? for with authority and power he\ncommandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.\"\n\nAnd there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the\nregion of Galilee round about.\n\nAnd he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of\nSimon. And Simon's wife's mother was holden with a great fever; and\nthey besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the\nfever; and it left her: and immediately she rose up and ministered\nunto them.\n\nAnd at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were\nsick, and them that were possessed with demons. And all the city was\ngathered together at the door. And he cast out many demons with a\nword, and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew that\nhe was the Christ. And he laid his hands on every one of them, and\nhealed all that were sick of divers diseases; that it might be\nfulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,\n\"Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.\"\n\n\nTHE FIRST LEPER HEALED.\n\nAnd in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out,\nand departed into a desert place, and there prayed. And Simon and they\nthat were with him followed after him; and they found him, and say\nunto him, \"All are seeking thee.\"\n\nAnd he saith unto them, \"Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that\nI may preach there also; for to this end came I forth.\"\n\nAnd he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching\nand casting out demons.\n\nAnd it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, there cometh\nto him a man full of leprosy, beseeching him, and kneeling down to\nhim, and saying unto him, \"Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me\nclean.\"\n\nAnd being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and\ntouched him, and saith unto him, \"I will; be thou made clean.\" And\nstraightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. And\nhe strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out, and saith unto\nhim, \"See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the\npriest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded,\nfor a testimony unto them.\"\n\nBut he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad\nthe matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a\ncity, but withdrew himself to desert places and prayed: and they came\nto him from every quarter to hear and to be healed of their\ninfirmities. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.\n\n\n\n\nBEGINNINGS OF CONTROVERSY\n\n\nTHE HEALING OF A PARALYTIC.\n\nAnd when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was\nnoised that he was in the house. And many were gathered together, so\nthat there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door;\nand he spake the word unto them.\n\nAnd they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of\nfour. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they\nwent up to the housetop, and uncovered the roof where he was: and when\nthey had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the\npalsy lay.\n\nAnd Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, \"Son,\nthy sins are forgiven.\"\n\nBut there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in\ntheir hearts, \"Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can\nforgive sins but one, even God?\"\n\nAnd straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned\nwithin themselves, saith unto them, \"Why reason ye these things in\nyour hearts? Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, 'Thy\nsins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?'\nBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to\nforgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), 'I say unto thee,\nArise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.'\"\n\nAnd he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before\nthem all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and were filled with\nfear, and glorified God, saying, \"We never saw it on this fashion: we\nhave seen strange things to-day.\"\n\n\nTHE PUBLICAN DISCIPLE.\n\nAnd Jesus went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude\nresorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw a\nman, called Levi Matthew, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the place of\ntoll, and he saith unto him, \"Follow me.\"\n\nAnd he forsook all, and arose and followed him.\n\nAnd Levi made him a great feast in his house. And there was a great\nmultitude of publicans and sinners that were sitting at meat with\nJesus and his disciples.\n\nAnd when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, \"Why\neateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?\"\n\nBut when he heard it, he said, \"They that are whole have no need of a\nphysician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what this\nmeaneth, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice': for I came not to call\nthe righteous, but sinners.\"\n\n\nTHE OLD AND THE NEW.\n\nAnd John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and\nsay unto him, \"The disciples of John fast often, and make\nsupplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine\neat and drink.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber\nfast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come; and\nwhen the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast\nin those days.\"\n\nAnd he spake also a parable unto them: \"No man rendeth a piece from a\nnew garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the\nnew, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old. And\nno man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will\nburst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will\nperish. But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins. And no man\nhaving drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.\"\n\n\nA SABBATH HEALING IN JERUSALEM.\n\nAfter these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to\nJerusalem.\n\nNow there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in\nHebrew Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a multitude of them\nthat were sick, blind, halt, withered. And a certain man was there,\nwho had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw\nhim lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he\nsaith unto him, \"Wouldest thou be made whole?\"\n\nThe sick man answered him, \"Sir, I have no man, when the water is\ntroubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another\nsteppeth down before me.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.\"\n\nAnd straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and\nwalked.\n\nNow it was the sabbath on that day.\n\nSo the Jews said unto him that was cured, \"It is the sabbath, and it\nis not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.\"\n\nBut he answered them, \"He that made me whole, the same said unto me,\n'Take up thy bed, and walk.'\"\n\nThey asked him, \"Who is the man that said unto thee, 'Take up thy bed,\nand walk'?\"\n\nBut he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed\nhimself away, a multitude being in the place. Afterward Jesus findeth\nhim in the temple, and said unto him, \"Behold, thou art made whole:\nsin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.\"\n\nThe man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made\nhim whole. And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he\ndid these things on the sabbath.\n\nBut Jesus answered them, \"My Father worketh even until now, and I\nwork.\"\n\nFor this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because\nhe not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father,\nmaking himself equal with God.\n\nJesus therefore answered and said unto them, \"Verily, verily, I say\nunto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the\nFather doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also\ndoeth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him\nall things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he\nshow him, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth the dead and\ngiveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.\nFor neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all\njudgment unto the Son; that all may honor the Son, even as they honor\nthe Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that\nsent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and\nbelieveth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into\njudgment, but hath passed out of death into life. Verily, verily, I\nsay unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear\nthe voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the\nFather hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have\nlife in himself: and he gave him authority to execute judgment,\nbecause he is a son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh,\nin which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall\ncome forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life;\nand they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.\n\n\"I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is\nrighteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that\nsent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. It is\nanother that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which\nhe witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne\nwitness unto the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from\nman: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp\nthat burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season\nin his light. But the witness which I have is greater than that of\nJohn; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the\nvery works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent\nme. And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have\nneither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have\nnot his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.\n\n\"Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have\neternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; and ye will\nnot come to me, that ye may have life. I receive not glory from men.\nBut I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. I am\ncome in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come\nin his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, who receive\nglory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye\nseek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one\nthat accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. For if\nye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if ye\nbelieve not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?\"\n\n\nPLUCKING GRAIN ON THE SABBATH.\n\nAt that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields;\nand his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat,\nrubbing them in their hands.\n\nBut the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, \"Behold, thy\ndisciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.\"\n\nBut he said unto them, \"Have ye not read what David did, when he had\nneed and was hungry, and they that were with him: how he entered into\nthe house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for\nhim to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the\npriests? Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the\npriests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? But I\nsay unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. But if ye had\nknown what this meaneth, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' ye would\nnot have condemned the guiltless.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"The sabbath was made for man, and not man for\nthe sabbath: so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.\"\n\n\n\n\nMANY CALLED AND FEW CHOSEN\n\n\nA MULTITUDE OF DISCIPLES.\n\nAnd the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto\nhim all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments,\npossessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.\n\nAnd Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great\nmultitude from Galilee followed; and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem,\nand from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a\ngreat multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.\n\nAnd he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him\nbecause of the crowd, lest they should throng him: for he had healed\nmany; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they\nmight touch him: for power came forth from him, and healed them all.\n\nAnd the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before\nhim, and cried, saying, \"Thou art the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd he charged them much that they should not make him known: that it\nmight be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet,\nsaying,\n\n    \"Behold my servant whom I have chosen;\n    My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased;\n    I will put my Spirit upon him,\n    And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.\n    He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;\n    Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.\n    A bruised reed shall he not break.\n    And smoking flax shall he not quench.\n    Till he send forth judgment unto victory.\n    And in his name shall the nations hope.\"\n\n\nSELECTION OF THE TWELVE.\n\nAnd it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain\nto pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was\nday, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, that they\nmight be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to\nhave authority to cast out demons.\n\nNow the names of the twelve apostles are these: Simon, whom he\nsurnamed Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee,\nand John his brother, and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is sons of\nthunder; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the publican;\nJames the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon, who was called the\nZealot, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.\n\n\n\n\nTHE TEACHING OF THE KINGDOM\n\n\nTHE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM.\n\nAnd he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:\n\n\"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n\"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.\n\n\"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n\"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they\nshall be filled.\n\n\"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n\"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.\n\n\"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n\"Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake:\nfor theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall\nreproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against\nyou falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is\nyour reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were\nbefore you.\n\n\"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor,\nwherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but\nto be cast out and trodden under foot of men.\n\n\"Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.\nNeither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the\nstand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house. Even so let\nyour light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and\nglorify your Father who is in heaven.\n\n\nTHE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE KINGDOM.\n\n\"Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not\nto destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and\nearth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from\nthe law, till all things be accomplished. Whosoever therefore shall\nbreak one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall\nbe called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and\nteach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I\nsay unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the\nrighteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter\ninto the kingdom of heaven.\n\n\"Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not\nkill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:'\nbut I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall\nbe in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother,\n'Raca,' shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say,\n'Thou fool,' shall be in danger of the hell of fire.\n\n\"If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there\nrememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy\ngift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy\nbrother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary\nquickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary\ndeliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,\nand thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by\nno means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.\n\n\"Ye have heard that it was said, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery:' but\nI say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after\nher hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy\nright eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from\nthee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should\nperish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. And if thy right\nhand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for\nit is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and\nnot thy whole body go into hell.\n\n\"It was said also, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give\nher a writing of divorcement:' but I say unto you, that every one that\nputteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her\nan adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away\ncommitteth adultery.\n\n\"Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'Thou\nshalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine\noaths:' but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven,\nfor it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool\nof his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.\nNeither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair\nwhite or black. But let your speech be, 'Yea, yea; Nay, nay:' and\nwhatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.\n\n\"Ye have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a\ntooth:' but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever\nsmiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if\nany man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him\nhave thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile,\ngo with him two. Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that\ntaketh away thy goods ask them not again, and from him that would\nborrow of thee turn not thou away. All things therefore whatsoever ye\nwould that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for\nthis is the law and the prophets.\n\n\"Ye have heard that it was said, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and\nhate thine enemy:' but I say unto you, Love your enemies, do good to\nthem that hate you, bless them that curse you, pray for them that\ndespitefully use you, that ye may be sons of your Father who is in\nheaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and\nsendeth rain on the just and the unjust. For if ye love them that love\nyou, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if\nye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even\nthe Gentiles the same? And if ye do good to them that do good to you,\nwhat thank have ye? for even sinners do the same. And if ye lend to\nthem of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend\nto sinners, to receive again as much. But love your enemies, and do\nthem good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great,\nand ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the\nunthankful and evil. Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly\nFather is perfect.\n\n\nTHE DANGER OF HYPOCRISY.\n\n\"Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of\nthem: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.\n\n\"When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as\nthe hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may\nhave glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their\nreward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy\nright hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who\nseeth in secret shall recompense thee.\n\n\"And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to\nstand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,\nthat they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have\nreceived their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine\ninner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in\nsecret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. And\nin praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they\nthink that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not\ntherefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have\nneed of before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye:\n\n    Our Father who art in heaven,\n    Hallowed be thy name.\n    Thy kingdom come.\n    Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.\n    Give us this day our daily bread.\n    And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.\n    And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.\n\n\"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will\nalso forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither\nwill your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n\"Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad\ncountenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of\nmen to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.\nBut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that\nthou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret:\nand thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.\n\n\nSIMPLE TRUST IN GOD.\n\n\"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and\nrust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up\nfor yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth\nconsume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where\nthy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.\n\n\"The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single,\nthy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy\nwhole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is\nin thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!\n\n\"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and\nlove the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye\ncannot serve God and mammon.\n\n\"Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall\neat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put\non. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?\nBehold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they\nreap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them.\nAre not ye of much more value than they? And which of you by being\nanxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?\n\n\"And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of\nthe field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I\nsay unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like\none of these. But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which\nto-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more\nclothe you, O ye of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying,\n'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or, 'Wherewithal shall\nwe be clothed?' For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for\nyour heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.\nBut seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these\nthings shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your\nFather's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.\n\n\"Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be\nanxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.\n\n\nCHARITABLE JUDGMENT.\n\n\"Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful. And judge not, and\nye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be\ncondemned: release, and ye shall be released: give, and it shall be\ngiven unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running\nover, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete\nit shall be measured to you again.\"\n\nAnd he spake also a parable unto them, \"Can the blind guide the blind?\nshall they not both fall into a pit? The disciple is not above his\nteacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.\nAnd why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but\nconsiderest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how canst thou\nsay to thy brother, 'Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in\nthine eye,' when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine\nown eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye,\nand then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy\nbrother's eye.\n\n\"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls\nbefore the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and\nturn and rend you.\"\n\n\nPRAYER.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go\nunto him at midnight, and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;\nfor a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing\nto set before him;' and he from within shall answer and say, 'Trouble\nme not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I\ncannot rise and give thee?' I say unto you, Though he will not rise\nand give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity\nhe will arise and give him as many as he needeth.\n\n\"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye\nshall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that\nasketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that\nknocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you that is a\nfather, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a\nstone; or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent; or if\nhe shall ask an egg, will give him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil,\nknow how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall\nyour Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?\n\n\nSINCERITY.\n\n\"Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is\nthe way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in\nthereby. For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth\nunto life, and few are they that find it.\n\n\"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but\ninwardly are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do\nmen gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good\ntree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth\nevil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a\ncorrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not\nforth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Therefore by\ntheir fruits ye shall know them.\n\n\"The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth\nthat which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth\nforth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his\nmouth speaketh.\n\n\"Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the\nkingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in\nheaven. Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not\nprophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name\ndo many mighty works?' And then will I profess unto them, I never knew\nyou: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.\n\n\"Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them,\nshall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:\nand the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and\nbeat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the\nrock. And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them\nnot, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the\nsand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,\nand smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall\nthereof.\"\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the\nmultitudes were astonished at his teaching: for he taught them as one\nhaving authority, and not as their scribes.\n\n\n\n\nA TOUR IN GALILEE\n\n\nTHE WORTHY CENTURION.\n\nAfter he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he\nentered into Capernaum.\n\nAnd a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and\nat the point of death. And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent\nunto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save\nhis servant.\n\nAnd they, when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, \"He\nis worthy that thou shouldest do this for him; for he loveth our\nnation, and himself built us our synagogue.\"\n\nAnd Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house,\nthe centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, \"Lord, trouble not\nthyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:\nwherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say\nthe word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set\nunder authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one,\n'Go,' and he goeth; and to another, 'Come,' and he cometh; and to my\nservant, 'Do this,' and he doeth it.\"\n\nAnd when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and\nsaid unto the multitude that followed him, \"Verily I say unto you, I\nhave not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you,\nthat many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down\nwith Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: but the\nsons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness:\nthere shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.\"\n\nAnd they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant\nwhole.\n\n\nRAISING THE WIDOW'S SON.\n\nAnd it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to a city called\nNain; and his disciples went with him, and a great multitude. Now when\nhe drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out\none that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow:\nand much people of the city was with her.\n\nAnd when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto\nher, \"Weep not.\"\n\nAnd he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still.\nAnd he said, \"Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.\"\n\nAnd he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to\nhis mother.\n\nAnd fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, \"A great\nprophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.\"\n\nAnd this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judaea, and\nall the region round about.\n\n\nA QUESTION FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST.\n\nAnd the disciples of John told him in the prison of all these things.\nAnd John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord,\nsaying, \"Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?\"\n\nAnd when the men were come unto him, they said, \"John the Baptist hath\nsent us unto thee, saying, 'Art thou he that cometh, or look we for\nanother?'\"\n\nIn that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits;\nand on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered and\nsaid unto them, \"Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and\nheard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are\ncleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have\ngood tidings preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall find\nno occasion of stumbling in me.\"\n\n\nJESUS' ESTIMATE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.\n\nAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto\nthe multitudes concerning John, \"What went ye out into the wilderness\nto behold? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out to see? a\nman clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are gorgeously\napparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. But what went\nye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a\nprophet. This is he of whom it is written.\n\n    \"'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,\n    Who shall prepare thy way before thee.'\n\n\"Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath\nnot arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little\nin the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And all the people when\nthey heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the\nbaptism of John. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for\nthemselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.\n\n\"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven\nsuffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force. For all the\nprophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye are willing to\nreceive it, this is Elijah that is to come. He that hath ears to hear,\nlet him hear.\n\n\"But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto\nchildren sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows and\nsay, 'We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did\nnot mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,\n'He hath a demon.' The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they\nsay, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans\nand sinners!' And wisdom is justified of all her children.\"\n\n\nTHE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.\n\nAnd Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, and the high\ncaptains, and the chief men of Galilee. And the daughter of Herodias\ndanced in the midst, and pleased Herod, and them that sat at meat with\nhim; and the king said unto the damsel, \"Ask of me whatsoever thou\nwilt, and I will give it thee.\"\n\nAnd he sware unto her, \"Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give\nit to thee, unto the half of my kingdom.\"\n\nAnd she went out, and said unto her mother, \"What shall I ask?\"\n\nAnd she said, \"The head of John the Baptist.\"\n\nAnd she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked,\nsaying, \"I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of\nJohn the Baptist.\"\n\nAnd the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and\nof them that sat at meat, he would not reject her. And straightway the\nking sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his\nhead: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head\non a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her\nmother.\n\nAnd when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took up his\ncorpse, and laid it in a tomb; and they went and told Jesus.\n\n\nFORGIVENESS OF THE REPENTANT WOMAN.\n\nAnd one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And\nhe entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And\nbehold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that\nhe was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an\nalabaster cruse of ointment, and standing behind at his feet, weeping,\nshe began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair\nof her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.\n\nNow when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within\nhimself, saying, \"This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived\nwho and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a\nsinner.\"\n\nAnd Jesus answering said unto him, \"Simon, I have somewhat to say unto\nthee.\"\n\nAnd he saith, \"Teacher, say on.\"\n\n\"A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred\nshillings, and the other fifty. When they had not wherewith to pay, he\nforgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?\"\n\nSimon answered and said, \"He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"Thou hast rightly judged.\" And turning to the\nwoman, he said unto Simon, \"Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy\nhouse, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my\nfeet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. Thou gavest me no\nkiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my\nfeet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed\nmy feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are\nmany, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is\nforgiven, the same loveth little.\"\n\nAnd he said unto her, \"Thy sins are forgiven.\"\n\nAnd they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves,\n\"Who is this that even forgiveth sins?\"\n\nAnd he said unto the woman, \"Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.\"\n\n\nTHE MINISTERING WOMEN.\n\nAnd it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities\nand villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom\nof God, and with him the twelve, and certain women who had been healed\nof evil spirits and infirmities: Mary that was called Magdalene, from\nwhom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's\nsteward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of\ntheir substance.\n\n\n\n\nGROWING POPULARITY AND RISING OPPOSITION\n\n\nTHE CONCERN OF JESUS' FRIENDS.\n\nAnd he cometh into a house. And the multitude cometh together again,\nso that they could not so much as eat bread. And when his friends\nheard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, \"He is\nbeside himself.\"\n\nAnd there came to him his mother and brethren, and they could not come\nat him for the crowd. And it was told him, \"Thy mother and thy\nbrethren stand without, desiring to see thee.\"\n\nBut he answered and said unto him that told him, \"Who is my mother?\nand who are my brethren?\" And he stretched forth his hand towards his\ndisciples, and said, \"Behold, my mother and my brethren! For whosoever\nshall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and\nsister, and mother.\"\n\n\nWARNING OF ETERNAL SIN.\n\nThen was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb:\nand he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw. And all\nthe multitudes were amazed, and said, \"Can this be the son of David?\"\n\nBut when the Pharisees heard it, and the scribes that came down from\nJerusalem, they said, \"This man doth not cast out demons, but by\nBeelzebub the prince of the demons.\"\n\nAnd knowing their thoughts he said unto them, \"Every kingdom divided\nagainst itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house\ndivided against itself shall not stand: and if Satan casteth out\nSatan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom\nstand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons\ncast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I by the\nSpirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon\nyou.\n\n\"When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are\nin peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and\novercome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted,\nand divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me; and he\nthat gathereth not with me scattereth.\n\n\"Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons\nof men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:\nbut whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never\nforgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:\" because they said, \"He\nhath an unclean spirit.\"\n\n\"Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree\ncorrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. Ye\noffspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for\nout of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The good man out\nof his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out\nof his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. And I say unto you,\nthat every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account\nthereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be\njustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.\"\n\n\nTHE DEMAND FOR A SIGN.\n\nThen certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying,\n\"Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.\"\n\nBut he answered and said unto them, \"An evil and adulterous generation\nseeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the\nsign of Jonah the prophet; for even as Jonah became a sign unto the\nNinevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. The\nqueen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this\ngeneration, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the\nearth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than\nSolomon is here. The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment\nwith this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the\npreaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.\n\n\"But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth\nthrough waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. Then he\nsaith, 'I will return into my house whence I came out;' and when he is\ncome, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and\ntaketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and\nthey enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh\nworse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil\ngeneration.\"\n\nAnd it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of\nthe multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, \"Blessed is the\nwomb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.\"\n\nBut he said, \"Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God\nand keep it.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM\n\n\nTHE SOWER.\n\nOn that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And\nthere were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into\na boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. And he\nspake to them many things in parables, saying, \"Hearken: Behold, the\nsower went forth to sow: and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed\nfell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it. And other\nfell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway\nit sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth: and when the sun\nwas risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered\naway. And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and\nchoked it, and it yielded no fruit. And others fell into the good\nground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought\nforth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.\" And he said,\n\"Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.\"\n\nAnd when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve came,\nand said unto him, \"Why speakest thou unto them in parables?\"\n\nAnd he answered and said unto them, \"Unto you it is given to know the\nmysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For\nwhosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance:\nbut whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which\nhe hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they\nsee not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And\nunto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith,\n\n    \"'By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand;\n    And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive;\n    For this people's heart is waxed gross,\n    And their ears are dull of hearing,\n    And their eyes they have closed;\n    Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes.\n    And hear with their ears,\n    And understand with their heart,\n    And should turn again,\n    And I should heal them.'\n\n\"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they\nhear. For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men\ndesired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear\nthe things which ye hear, and heard them not.\"\n\nAnd he saith unto them, \"Know ye not this parable? and how, shall ye\nknow all the parables? The sower soweth the word. The seed is the word\nof God. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and\nunderstandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away\nthat which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by\nthe way side. And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he\nthat heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; yet hath\nhe not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation\nor persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.\nAnd he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the\nword; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and\nthe pleasures of this life, choke the word, and he becometh\nunfruitful. And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that\nheareth the word in an honest and good heart, and understandeth it,\nwho verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold,\nsome sixty, some thirty.\"\n\n\nTHE TARES.\n\nAnother parable set he before them, saying, \"The kingdom of heaven is\nlikened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: but while men\nslept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went\naway. But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then\nappeared the tares also. And the servants of the householder came and\nsaid unto him, 'Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence\nthen hath it tares?' And he said unto them, 'An enemy hath done this.'\nAnd the servants say unto him, 'Wilt thou then that we go and gather\nthem up?' But he saith, 'Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares,\nye root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the\nharvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers,\nGather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but\ngather the wheat into my barn.'\"\n\n\nTHE GROWING GRAIN.\n\nAnd he said, \"So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed\nupon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed\nshould spring up and grow, he knoweth not how. The earth beareth fruit\nof herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the\near. But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the\nsickle, because the harvest is come.\"\n\n\nTHE MUSTARD SEED.\n\nAnd he said, \"How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what\nparable shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed,\nwhich, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the\nseeds that are upon the earth, yet when it is sown, groweth up, and\nbecometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches;\nso that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.\"\n\n\nTHE LEAVEN.\n\nAnother parable spake he unto them: \"The kingdom of heaven is like\nunto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal,\ntill it was all leavened.\"\n\n\nTHE UNDERSTANDING OF PARABLES.\n\nAll these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and\nwithout a parable spake he nothing unto them: that it might be\nfulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,\n\n    \"I will open my mouth in parables;\n    I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.\"\n\nThen he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his\ndisciples came unto him, saying, \"Explain unto us the parable of the\ntares of the field.\"\n\nAnd he answered and said, \"He that soweth the good seed is the Son of\nman; and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons\nof the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the\nenemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the\nworld; and the reapers are angels. As therefore the tares are gathered\nup and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The\nSon of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of\nhis kingdom all things that cause stumbling and them that do iniquity\nand shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the\nweeping and the gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine\nforth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears let\nhim hear.\"\n\n\nTHE HID TREASURE.\n\n\"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field;\nwhich a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all\nthat he hath, and buyeth that field.\"\n\n\nTHE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE.\n\n\"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant\nseeking goodly pearls: and having found one pearl of great price, he\nwent and sold all that he had, and bought it.\"\n\n\nTHE DRAG NET.\n\n\"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into\nthe sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was filled, they\ndrew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into\nvessels, but the bad they cast away. So shall it be in the end of the\nworld: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among\nthe righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there\nshall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.\n\n\"Have ye understood all these things?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Yea.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Therefore every scribe who hath been made a\ndisciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a\nhouseholder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and\nold.\"\n\n\n\n\nA DAY OF MIRACLES BY THE LAKE\n\n\nJESUS STILLS THE STORM.\n\nAnd on that day, when even was come, he saith unto them, \"Let us go\nover unto the other side.\"\n\nAnd leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in\nthe boat. And other boats were with him. And there ariseth a great\nstorm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the\nboat was now filling. And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the\ncushion: and they awake him, and say unto him, \"Save, Lord; we\nperish.\"\n\nAnd he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, \"Peace, be\nstill.\"\n\nAnd the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto\nthem, \"Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith?\"\n\nAnd they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, \"Who then is\nthis, that even the wind and the sea obey him?\"\n\n\nTHE LEGION OF DEMONS.\n\nAnd they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over\nagainst Galilee. And when he was come forth upon the land, there met\nhim a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time\nhe had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.\n\nAnd when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and\nwith a loud voice said, \"What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son\nof the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.\" For he was\ncommanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For\noftentimes it had seized him; and he was kept under guard, and bound\nwith chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven\nof the demon into the deserts.\n\nAnd Jesus asked him, \"What is thy name?\"\n\nAnd he said, \"Legion;\" for many demons were entered into him.\n\nAnd they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into\nthe abyss. Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the\nmountain. And the demons besought him, saying, \"If thou cast us out,\nsend us away into the herd of swine.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Go.\"\n\nAnd they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd\nrushed down the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand; and\nthey were drowned in the sea.\n\nAnd they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the\ncountry. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass. And\nthey come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons\nsitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion:\nand they were afraid. And they that saw it declared unto them how it\nbefell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.\nAnd they began to beseech him to depart from them; for they were\nholden with great fear.\n\nAnd as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with\ndemons besought him that he might be with him. And he suffered him\nnot, but saith unto him, \"Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell\nthem how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had\nmercy on thee.\"\n\nAnd he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great\nthings Jesus had done for him: and all men marvelled.\n\n\nTHE DYING CHILD AND THE SUFFERING WOMAN.\n\nAnd when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side,\nthe multitude welcomed him; for they were all waiting for him; and he\nwas by the sea.\n\nAnd there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name;\nand seeing him, he falleth at his feet, and beseecheth him much,\nsaying, \"My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee,\nthat thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole,\nand live.\"\n\nAnd he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they\nthronged him.\n\nAnd a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered\nmany things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and\nwas nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, having heard the things\nconcerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched the border of\nhis garment. For she said, \"If I touch but his garments, I shall be\nmade whole.\" And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up;\nand she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.\n\nAnd straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding\nfrom him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, \"Who\ntouched my garments?\"\n\nAnd when all denied, Peter said, and they that were with him, \"Master,\nthe multitudes press thee and crush thee, and sayest thou, 'Who\ntouched me?'\"\n\nBut Jesus said, \"Some one did touch me; for I perceived that power had\ngone forth from me.\"\n\nAnd he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. And\nwhen the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and\nfalling down before him declared in the presence of all the people for\nwhat cause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.\n\nAnd he said unto her, \"Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in\npeace, and be whole of thy plague.\"\n\nWhile he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house,\nsaying, \"Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any\nfurther?\"\n\nBut Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the\nsynagogue, \"Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made whole.\"\n\nAnd he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and\nJohn the brother of James. And when Jesus came into the ruler's house,\nand saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult, and many\nweeping and wailing greatly, he said, \"Give place: why make ye a\ntumult and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.\"\n\nAnd they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. But he,\nhaving put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her\nmother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.\nAnd taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her. \"Talitha cumi;\"\nwhich is, being interpreted, \"Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.\"\n\nAnd her spirit returned. And straightway the damsel rose up, and\nwalked: for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed straightway\nwith a great amazement. And he charged them much that no man should\nknow this: and he commanded that something should be given her to eat.\n\nAnd the fame hereof went forth into all that land.\n\n\nHEALINGS BY THE WAY.\n\nAnd as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying\nout, and saying, \"Have mercy on us, thou son of David.\"\n\nAnd when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and\nJesus saith unto them, \"Believe ye that I am able to do this?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Yea, Lord.\"\n\nThen touched he their eyes, saying, \"According to your faith be it\ndone unto you.\"\n\nAnd their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying,\n\"See that no man know it.\"\n\nBut they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.\n\nAnd as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man\npossessed with a demon. And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man\nspake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, \"It was never so seen in\nIsrael.\"\n\nBut the Pharisees said, \"By the prince of the demons casteth he out\ndemons.\"\n\n\n\n\nWIDER EVANGELIZATION OF GALILEE\n\n\nA VISIT TO HIS HOME.\n\nAnd he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country to\nNazareth, where he had been brought up; and his disciples follow him.\nAnd when the sabbath was come, he entered, as his custom was, into the\nsynagogue, and stood up to read. And there was delivered unto him the\nbook of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the\nplace where it was written,\n\n    \"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,\n    Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor;\n    He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,\n    And recovering of sight to the blind,\n    To set at liberty them that are bruised,\n    To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.\"\n\nAnd he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat\ndown: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.\n\nAnd he began to say unto them, \"To-day hath this scripture been\nfulfilled in your ears.\"\n\nAnd all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which\nproceeded out of his mouth: and they said, \"Whence hath this man these\nthings?\" and, \"What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and\nwhat mean such mighty works wrought by his hands? Is not this the\ncarpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and\nJudas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?\" And they were\noffended in him.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable,\nPhysician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum,\ndo also here in thine own country.\"\n\nAnd he said, \"Verily I say unto you, A prophet is not without honor,\nsave in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.\nBut of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the\ndays of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six\nmonths, when there came a great famine over all the land; and unto\nnone of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of\nSidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And there were many lepers in\nIsrael in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was\ncleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.\"\n\nAnd they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard\nthese things; and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city,\nand led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built,\nthat they might throw him down headlong. But he passing through the\nmidst of them went his way.\n\nAnd he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon\na few sick folk, and healed them.\n\n\nPREACHING IN THE VILLAGES.\n\nAnd Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in\ntheir synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing\nall manner of disease and all manner of sickness. But when he saw the\nmultitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were\ndistressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.\n\nThen saith he unto his disciples, \"The harvest indeed is plenteous,\nbut the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,\nthat he send forth laborers into his harvest.\"\n\n\nTHE TWELVE SENT FORTH.\n\nAnd he calleth unto him his twelve disciples, and began to send them\nforth by two and two; and he gave them power and authority over\nunclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease\nand all manner of sickness.\n\nAnd he charged them, saying, \"Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and\nenter not into any city of the Samaritans: but go rather to the lost\nsheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, 'The\nkingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse\nthe lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.\n\n\"Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses. Take nothing\nfor your journey, save a staff only; no bread, no wallet; neither have\ntwo coats, nor shoes, but go shod with sandals: for the laborer is\nworthy of his food. And into whatsoever city or village ye shall\nenter, search out who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go\nforth. And as ye enter into the house, salute it. And if the house be\nworthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your\npeace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear\nyour words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off\nthe dust from your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say\nunto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and\nGomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.\n\n\"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye\ntherefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men:\nfor they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they\nwill scourge you; yea and before governors and kings shall ye be\nbrought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But\nwhen they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak:\nfor it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. For it is\nnot ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.\nAnd brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his\nchild: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to\nbe put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men, for my name's sake:\nbut he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. But when\nthey persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say\nunto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till\nthe Son of man be come.\n\n\"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. It\nis enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant\nas his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub,\nhow much more them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for\nthere is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that\nshall not be known. What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the\nlight; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops. And\nbe not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the\nsoul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in\nhell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall\nfall on the ground without your Father: but the very hairs of your\nhead are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than\nmany sparrows. Every one therefore who shall confess me before men,\nhim will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But\nwhosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my\nFather who is in heaven.\n\n\"I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is\nalready kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am\nI straitened till it be accomplished!\n\n\"Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send\npeace, but a sword. For there shall be from henceforth five in one\nhouse divided, three against two, and two against three. For I came to\nset a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her\nmother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: and a man's\nfoes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or\nmother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or\ndaughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that doth not take\nhis cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth\nhis life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall\nfind it.\n\n\"He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me\nreceiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of\na prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a\nrighteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous\nman's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these\nlittle ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple,\nverily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.\"\n\nAnd they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the\ngospel, and healing everywhere.\n\nAnd they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were\nsick, and healed them.\n\nAnd Jesus departed thence to teach and preach. And wheresoever he\nentered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid\nthe sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch\nif it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him\nwere made whole.\n\nAt that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,\nand said unto his servants, \"This is John the Baptist; he is risen\nfrom the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.\"\n\nBut others said, \"It is Elijah.\" And others said, \"It is a prophet,\neven as one of the prophets.\"\n\nBut Herod, when he heard thereof, said, \"John, whom I beheaded, he is\nrisen.\"\n\nAnd he sought to see him.\n\n\n\n\nTHE CRISIS IN CAPERNAUM\n\n\nTHE FIVE THOUSAND FED.\n\nAnd the apostles, when they were returned unto Jesus, told him all\nthings, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught.\n\nNow the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. And he saith\nunto them, \"Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a\nwhile.\" For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure\nso much as to eat.\n\nAnd they went away in the boat to a desert place apart. And the people\nsaw them going, and many knew them, and they ran together there on\nfoot from all the cities, and outwent them.\n\nAnd he came forth and saw a great multitude. And he welcomed them, and\nspake to them of the kingdom of God, and them that had need of healing\nhe cured. And he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep\nnot having a shepherd.\n\nAnd the day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said unto\nhim, \"Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and\ncountry round about, and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in\na desert place.\"\n\nBut Jesus said unto them, \"They have no need to go away: give ye them\nto eat.\"\n\nPhilip answered him, \"Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not\nsufficient for them, that every one may take a little.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"How many loaves have ye? go and see.\"\n\nOne of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,\n\"There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but\nwhat are these among so many?\"\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"Bring them hither to me.\"\n\nAnd he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the\ngreen grass. Now there was much grass in the place. And they sat down\nin ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And he took the five loaves and\nthe two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake the\nloaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two\nfishes divided he among them all. And they all ate, and were filled.\nAnd they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the\nfishes. And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.\n\nWhen therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, \"This\nis of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.\"\n\nJesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him\nby force, to make him king, constrained the disciples to enter into\nthe boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should\nsend the multitudes away.\n\nAnd after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the\nmountain apart to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone.\n\n\nJESUS WALKING ON THE WATER.\n\nAnd his disciples were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And it was\nnow dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. And the sea was rising\nby reason of a great wind that blew. And in the fourth watch of the\nnight, when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs,\nthey behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat.\nAnd when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,\nsaying, \"It is a ghost;\" and they cried out for fear.\n\nBut straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, \"Be of good cheer; it\nis I; be not afraid.\"\n\nAnd Peter answered him and said, \"Lord, if it be thou, bid me come\nunto thee upon the waters.\"\n\nAnd he said, \"Come.\"\n\nAnd Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters, to come\nto Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to\nsink, he cried out, saying, \"Lord, save me.\"\n\nAnd immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him,\nand saith unto him, \"O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou\ndoubt?\"\n\nAnd when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased: and they\nwere sore amazed in themselves; for they understood not concerning the\nloaves, but their heart was hardened.\n\nAnd when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret,\nand moored to the shore. And when they were come out of the boat,\nstraightway the people knew him, and ran round about that whole\nregion, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick,\nwhere they heard he was.\n\n\nTHE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE PEOPLE.\n\nOn the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea\nsaw that there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus\nentered not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples\nwent away alone (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the\nplace where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks): when\nthe multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his\ndisciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum,\nseeking Jesus.\n\nAnd when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto\nhim, \"Rabbi, when camest thou hither?\"\n\nJesus answered them and said, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek\nme, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and\nwere filled. Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food\nwhich abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto\nyou; for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"What must we do, that we may work the\nworks of God?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto them, \"This is the work of God, that ye\nbelieve on him whom he hath sent.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"What then doest thou for a sign, that\nwe may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? Our fathers ate the\nmanna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of\nheaven to eat.'\"\n\nJesus therefore said unto them, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you, It\nwas not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father\ngiveth you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that\nwhich cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"Lord, evermore give us this bread.\"\n\nJesus said unto them, \"I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me\nshall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But\nI said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not. All that\nwhich the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to\nme I will in no wise cast out. For I am come down from heaven, not to\ndo mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the\nwill of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I\nshould lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. For this\nis the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and\nbelieveth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at\nthe last day.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, \"I am the\nbread which came down out of heaven.\" And they said, \"Is not this\nJesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he\nnow say 'I am come down out of heaven'?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto them, \"Murmur not among yourselves. No\nman can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I\nwill raise him up in the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And\nthey shall all be taught of God.' Every one that hath heard from the\nFather, and hath learned, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen\nthe Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father. Verily,\nverily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life. I am the\nbread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they\ndied. This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man\nmay eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down\nout of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever:\nyea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the\nworld.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, \"How can this man\ngive us his flesh to eat?\"\n\nJesus therefore said unto them, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you,\nExcept ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have\nnot life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood\nhath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my\nflesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my\nflesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him. As the living\nFather sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth\nme, he also shall live because of me. This is the bread which came\ndown out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth\nthis bread shall live for ever.\"\n\nThese things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.\n\nMany therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, \"This is\na hard saying; who can hear it?\"\n\nBut Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said\nunto them, \"Doth this cause you to stumble? What then if ye should\nbehold the Son of man ascending where he was before? It is the spirit\nthat giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have\nspoken unto you are spirit, and are life. But there are some of you\nthat believe not.\"\n\nFor Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and\nwho it was that should betray him. And he said, \"For this cause have I\nsaid unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto\nhim of the Father.\"\n\nUpon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with\nhim. Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, \"Would ye also go away?\"\n\nSimon Peter answered him, \"Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the\nwords of eternal life. And we have believed and know that thou art the\nHoly One of God.\"\n\nJesus answered them, \"Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you\nis a devil?\"\n\nNow he spake of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that\nshould betray him, being one of the twelve.\n\n\nREJECTION OF THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS.\n\nAnd there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of\nthe scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, and had seen that some of\nhis disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.\n(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands\ndiligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders; and when\nthey come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they\neat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to\nhold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.) And the\nPharisees and the scribes ask him, \"Why walk not thy disciples\naccording to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with\ndefiled hands?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as\nit is written,\n\n    'This people honoreth me with their lips,\n    But their heart is far from me.\n    But in vain do they worship me,\n    Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.'\n\n\"Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Full well do ye reject the commandment of God,\nthat ye may keep your tradition. For Moses said, 'Honor thy father and\nthy mother;' and, 'He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him\ndie the death;' but ye say, 'If a man shall say to his father or his\nmother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is\nCorban,' that is to say, Given to God; ye no longer suffer him to do\naught for his father or his mother; making void the word of God by\nyour tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye\ndo.\"\n\nAnd he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, \"Hear me\nall of you, and understand: there is nothing from without the man,\nthat going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out\nof the man are those that defile the man.\"\n\nThen came the disciples, and said unto him, \"Knowest thou that the\nPharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?\"\n\nBut he answered and said, \"Every plant which my heavenly Father\nplanted not, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they are blind\nguides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.\"\n\nAnd when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his\ndisciples asked of him the parable.\n\nAnd he saith unto them, \"Are ye also even yet without understanding?\nPerceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it\ncannot defile him; because it goeth not into his heart, but into his\nbelly, and goeth out into the draught?\"\n\nThis he said, making all meats clean. And he said, \"That which\nproceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out\nof the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts,\nmurders, adulteries, covetings, wickedness, deceit, false witness,\nlasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: all these\nevil things proceed from within, and defile the man; but to eat with\nunwashen hands defileth not the man.\"\n\n\nTHE PLOT OF THE PHARISEES.\n\nAnd it came to pass on a sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue\nand taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was\nwithered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he\nwould heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.\n\nBut he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand\nwithered, \"Rise up, and stand forth in the midst.\"\n\nAnd he arose and stood forth. And Jesus said unto them, \"I ask you, Is\nit lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life or\nto destroy it? What man shall there be of you, that shall have one\nsheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay\nhold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man of more value than\na sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.\"\n\nBut they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them\nwith anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith\nunto the man, \"Stretch forth thy hand.\"\n\nAnd he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored whole, as the\nother.\n\nBut they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what\nthey might do to Jesus.\n\nAnd the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took\ncounsel against him, how they might destroy him.\n\n\n\n\n=HIS WITHDRAWAL WITH THE TWELVE=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE MINISTRY BEYOND GALILEE\n\n\nTHE PHOENICIAN RETIREMENT AND THE GENTILE CURE.\n\nAnd Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and\nSidon.\n\nAnd he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he\ncould not be hid. But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had\nan unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his\nfeet. Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race.\n\nAnd she cried, saying, \"Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;\nmy daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.\"\n\nBut he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought\nhim, saying, \"Send her away, for she crieth after us.\"\n\nBut he answered and said, \"I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of\nthe house of Israel.\"\n\nBut she came and worshipped him, saying, \"Lord help me.\"\n\nAnd he said unto her, \"Let the children first be filled: for it is not\nmeet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.\"\n\nBut she answered and saith unto him, \"Yea, Lord; even the dogs under\nthe table eat of the children's crumbs.\"\n\nThen Jesus answered and said unto her, \"O woman, great is thy faith:\nbe it done unto thee as thou wilt. Go thy way; the demon is gone out\nof thy daughter.\"\n\nAnd she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the\nbed, and the demon gone out.\n\n\nMIRACLES AND MULTITUDES AGAIN.\n\nAnd again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon\nunto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of\nDecapolis.\n\nAnd he went up into the mountain, and sat there. And there came unto\nhim great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed,\nand many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed\nthem; insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb\nspeaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind\nseeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.\n\nAnd they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in\nhis speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him. And he took\nhim aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his\nears, and he spat, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven,\nhe sighed, and saith unto him, \"Ephphatha,\" that is, \"Be opened.\"\n\nAnd his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and\nhe spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man; but\nthe more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published\nit. And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, \"He hath done all\nthings well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.\"\n\n\nTHE FOUR THOUSAND FED.\n\nIn those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had\nnothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto\nthem, \"I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with\nme now three days, and have nothing to eat; and if I send them away\nfasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them\nare come from far.\"\n\nAnd his disciples answered him, \"Whence shall one be able to fill\nthese men with bread here in a desert place?\"\n\nAnd he asked them, \"How many loaves have ye?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Seven.\"\n\nAnd he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took\nthe seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his\ndisciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.\n\nAnd they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded\nto set these also before them. And they ate and were filled: and they\ntook up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets. And they\nwere about four thousand men, besides women and children.\n\nAnd he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came\ninto the borders of Magadan.\n\n\nTHE PHARISEES AND SADUCCEES DEMAND A SIGN.\n\nAnd the Pharisees and Sadducees came forth, and began to question with\nhim, seeking of him a sign from heaven, trying him.\n\nBut he answered and said unto them, \"When it is evening, ye say, 'It\nwill be fair weather,' for the heaven is red. And in the morning, 'It\nwill be foul weather to-day,' for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye\nknow how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the\nsigns of the times.\"\n\nAnd he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith. \"Why doth this\ngeneration seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be\ngiven unto this generation.\"\n\nAnd he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the\nother side.\n\nAnd they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them\nmore than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, \"Take heed, beware of\nthe leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.\"\n\nAnd they reasoned one with another, saying, \"We have no bread.\"\n\nAnd Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, \"O ye of little faith, why\nreason ye among yourselves, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet\nperceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened? Having\neyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not\nremember? When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how\nmany baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Twelve.\"\n\n\"And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of\nbroken pieces took ye up?\"\n\nAnd they say unto him, \"Seven.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake\nnot to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\nand Sadducees.\"\n\nThen understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of\nbread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\n\n\nTHE BLIND MAN HEALED.\n\nAnd they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and\nbeseech him to touch him. And he took hold of the blind man by the\nhand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his\neyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, \"Seest thou aught?\"\n\nAnd he looked up, and said, \"I see men; for I behold them as trees,\nwalking.\"\n\nThen again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly,\nand was restored, and saw all things clearly. And he sent him away to\nhis home, saying, \"Do not even enter into the village.\"\n\n\n\n\nJESUS THE MESSIAH\n\n\nPETER'S CONFESSION.\n\nAnd Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea\nPhilippi.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with\nhim: and he asked them, saying, \"Who do the multitudes say that I am?\"\n\nAnd they answering, said, \"Some say John the Baptist; some Elijah; and\nothers, Jeremiah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen\nagain.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"But who say ye that I am?\"\n\nAnd Simon Peter answered and said, \"Thou art the Christ, the Son of\nthe living God.\"\n\nAnd Jesus answered and said unto him, \"Blessed art thou, Simon\nBar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my\nFather who is in heaven. And I also say unto thee, that thou art\nPeter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of\nHades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the keys of\nthe kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall\nbe bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be\nloosed in heaven.\"\n\nThen charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was\nthe Christ.\n\n\nTHE PASSION AND RESURRECTION FORETOLD.\n\nFrom that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go\nunto Jerusalem, and suffer many things and be rejected by the elders,\nand the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three\ndays rise again. And he spake the saying openly.\n\nAnd Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, \"Be it far from\nthee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee.\"\n\nBut he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and\nsaith, \"Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me:\nfor thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.\"\n\nAnd he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto\nthem, \"If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take\nup his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever would save his life\nshall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the\ngospel's shall save it. For what doth it profit a man to gain the\nwhole world, and forfeit his life? For what should a man give in\nexchange for his life? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my\nwords in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also\nshall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in his own glory, and the\nglory of the Father, and of the holy angels. But I tell you of a\ntruth, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise\ntaste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.\"\n\n\nTHE TRANSFIGURATION.\n\nAnd it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took\nwith him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to\npray. And as he was praying he was transfigured before them; and his\nface did shine as the sun, and his garments became glistering, white\nas the light, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.\n\nAnd behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;\nwho appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he was about to\naccomplish at Jerusalem.\n\nNow Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep; but when\nthey were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood\nwith him. And it came to pass, as they were parting from him, Peter\nsaid unto Jesus, \"Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us\nmake three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for\nElijah:\" not knowing what he said.\n\nWhile he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:\nand they feared as they entered into the cloud.\n\nAnd behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, \"This is my beloved Son,\nin whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.\"\n\nAnd when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were\nsore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them and said, \"Arise, and be\nnot afraid.\"\n\nAnd suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus\nonly with themselves.\n\nAnd as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that\nthey should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son\nof man should have risen again from the dead.\n\nAnd they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising\nagain from the dead should mean. And they asked him, saying, \"How is\nit that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all\nthings: and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should\nsuffer many things and be set at nought? But I say unto you, that\nElijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they would\neven as it is written of them.\"\n\nThen understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the\nBaptist.\n\n\nTHE EPILEPTIC BOY.\n\nAnd when they came to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about\nthem, and scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the\nmultitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him\nsaluted him. And he asked them, \"What question ye with them?\"\n\nAnd one of the multitude came to him kneeling, and saying, \"Teacher, I\nbeseech thee to look upon my son: for he is mine only child: and\nbehold, he hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever it taketh him, it\ndasheth him down: and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, and pineth\naway: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he\nfalleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water. And I brought him\nto thy disciples, and they could not cure him.\"\n\nAnd Jesus answered and said, \"O faithless and perverse generation, how\nlong shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring hither\nthy son.\"\n\nAnd they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the\nspirit tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed\nfoaming.\n\nAnd he asked his father, \"How long time is it since this hath come\nunto him?\"\n\nAnd he said, \"From a child. And oft-times it hath cast him both into\nthe fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do\nanything, have compassion on us, and help us.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto him, \"If thou canst! All things are possible to\nhim that believeth.\"\n\nStraightway the father of the child cried out and said, \"I believe;\nhelp thou mine unbelief.\"\n\nAnd when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked\nthe unclean spirit, saying unto him, \"Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I\ncommand thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.\"\n\nAnd having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy\nbecame as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, \"He is dead.\"\n\nBut Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose, and\nJesus gave him back to his father. And they were all astonished at the\nmajesty of God.\n\nAnd when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him\nprivately, \"How is it that we could not cast it out?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"This kind can come out by nothing, save by\nprayer. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard\nseed, ye shall say unto this mountain, 'Remove hence to yonder place,'\nand it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE\n\n\nTHE PASSION AND RESURRECTION AGAIN FORETOLD.\n\nAnd they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he\nwould not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples,\nand said unto them, \"Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son\nof man shall be delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall\nkill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise\nagain.\"\n\nBut they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.\n\n\nTHE GREATEST DISCIPLE.\n\nAnd they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked\nthem, \"What were ye reasoning on the way?\"\n\nBut they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on\nthe way, who was the greatest.\n\nAnd he sat down, and called the twelve; and he said unto them, \"If any\nman would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.\"\n\nAnd he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and\ntaking him in his arms, he said unto them, \"Verily I say unto you,\nExcept ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise\nenter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble\nhimself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom\nof heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name\nreceiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him\nthat sent me.\"\n\nJohn said unto him, \"Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy\nname; and we forbade him, because he followed not us.\"\n\nBut Jesus said, \"Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a\nmighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me. For\nhe that is not against us is for us. For whosoever shall give you a\ncup of water to drink, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you,\nhe shall in no wise lose his reward. But whoso shall cause one of\nthese little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for\nhim that a great mill-stone should be hanged about his neck, and that\nhe should be sunk in the depth of the sea.\n\n\"Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must\nneeds be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the\noccasion cometh! And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble,\ncut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into\nlife maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be\ncast into the eternal fire. And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble,\npluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into\nlife with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the\nhell of fire, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not\nquenched. For every one shall be salted with fire. Salt is good; but\nif the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have\nsalt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.\n\n\"See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you,\nthat in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who\nis in heaven. How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one\nof them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go\nunto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray? And if so be\nthat he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than\nover the ninety and nine which have not gone astray. Even so it is\nnot the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little\nones should perish.\n\n\nFORGIVENESS.\n\n\"And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between\nthee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But\nif he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth\nof two witnesses or three every word may be established. And if he\nrefuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear\nthe church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.\nVerily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall\nbe bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth\nshall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, that if two of you\nshall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it\nshall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. For where two or\nthree are gathered together in my name, there am I, in the midst of\nthem.\"\n\nThen came Peter and said to him, \"Lord, how oft shall my brother sin\nagainst me, and I forgive him? until seven times?\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but,\nUntil seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened\nunto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants. And\nwhen he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him\nten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay,\nhis lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all\nthat he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down\nand worshipped him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will\npay thee all.' And the lord of that servant, being moved with\ncompassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. But that servant\nwent out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred\nshillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat,\nsaying, 'Pay what thou owest.' So his fellow-servant fell down and\nbesought him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.'\nAnd he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should\npay that which was due. So when his fellow-servants saw what was done,\nthey were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that\nwas done. Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, 'Thou\nwicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest\nme: shouldst not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even\nas I had mercy on thee?' And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to\nthe tormentors, till he should pay all that was due. So shall also my\nheavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother\nfrom your hearts.\"\n\n\nTHE SHEKEL FOR THE TEMPLE.\n\nAnd they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said \"Doth\nnot your teacher pay the half-shekel?\"\n\nHe saith, \"Yea.\"\n\nAnd when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying,\n\"What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they\nreceive toll or tribute? from their sons, or from strangers?\"\n\nAnd when he said, \"From strangers,\" Jesus said unto him, \"Therefore,\nthe sons are free. But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the\nsea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and\nwhen thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take,\nand give unto them for me and thee.\"\n\n\n\n\n=HIS FACE TOWARD JERUSALEM=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE FINAL DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE\n\n\nTHE BEGINNING OF THE END.\n\nNow the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand. His\nbrethren therefore said unto him, \"Depart hence, and go into Judaea,\nthat thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest. For no\nman doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly.\nIf thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.\" For even\nhis brethren did not believe on him.\n\nJesus therefore saith unto them, \"My time is not yet come; but your\ntime is always ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,\nbecause I testify of it, that its works are evil. Go ye up unto the\nfeast; I go not up yet unto this feast; because my time is not yet\nfulfilled.\" And having said these things unto them, he abode still in\nGalilee.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should\nbe received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, and\nsent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a\nvillage of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not\nreceive him, because his face was as though he were going to\nJerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,\n\"Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and\nconsume them?\"\n\nBut he turned, and rebuked them. And they went to another village.\n\n\nTHE GRATEFUL SAMARITAN LEPER.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as they were on the way to Jerusalem, that he was\npassing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered\ninto a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who\nstood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, saying, \"Jesus,\nMaster, have mercy on us.\"\n\nAnd when he saw them, he said unto them, \"Go and show yourselves unto\nthe priests.\"\n\nAnd it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of\nthem, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice\nglorifying God; and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him\nthanks: and he was a Samaritan.\n\nAnd Jesus answering said, \"Were not the ten cleansed? but where are\nthe nine? Were there none found that returned to give glory to God,\nsave this stranger?\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee\nwhole.\"\n\n\nNEW DISCIPLES.\n\nAnd as they went on the way, a certain scribe said unto him, \"I will\nfollow thee whithersoever thou goest.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto him, \"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the\nheaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.\"\n\nAnd he said unto another, \"Follow me.\"\n\nBut he said, \"Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.\"\n\nBut he said unto him, \"Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go\nthou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.\"\n\nAnd another also said, \"I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me\nto bid farewell to them that are at my house.\"\n\nBut Jesus said unto him, \"No man, having put his hand to the plow, and\nlooking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.\"\n\n\n\n\nIN JERUSALEM--THE ATTEMPT TO STONE HIM\n\n\nJESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.\n\nThen went he up unto the feast, not publicly, but as it were in\nsecret. The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, \"Where\nis he?\" And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning\nhim: some said, \"He is a good man;\" others said, \"Not so, but he\nleadeth the multitude astray.\" Yet no man spake openly of him for fear\nof the Jews.\n\nBut when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the\ntemple, and taught. The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, \"How knoweth\nthis man letters, having never learned?\"\n\nJesus therefore answered them, and said, \"My teaching is not mine, but\nhis that sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of\nthe teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He\nthat speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh\nthe glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no\nunrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet\nnone of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?\"\n\nThe multitude answered, \"Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto them, \"I did one work, and ye all marvel\nbecause thereof. Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of\nMoses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. If\na man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may\nnot be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit\nwhole on the sabbath? Judge not according to appearance, but judge\nrighteous judgment.\"\n\nSome therefore of them of Jerusalem said, \"Is not this he whom they\nseek to kill? And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto\nhim. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?\nHowbeit we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no\none knoweth whence he is.\"\n\nJesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, \"Ye both\nknow me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he\nthat sent me is true, whom ye know not. I know him: because I am from\nhim, and he sent me.\"\n\nThey sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him,\nbecause his hour was not yet come. But of the multitude many believed\non him; and they said, \"When the Christ shall come, will he do more\nsigns than those which this man hath done?\"\n\nThe Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning\nhim; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take\nhim.\n\nJesus therefore said, \"Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto\nhim that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I\nam, ye can not come.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore said among themselves, \"Whither will this man go\nthat we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the\nGreeks, and teach the Greeks? What is this word that he said, 'Ye\nshall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot\ncome'?\"\n\nNow on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and\ncried, saying, \"If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He\nthat believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him\nshall flow rivers of living water.\"\n\nBut this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were\nto receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not\nyet glorified.\n\nSome of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said,\n\"This is of a truth the prophet.\" Others said, \"This is the Christ.\"\nBut some said, \"What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not\nthe scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and\nfrom Bethlehem, the village where David was?\"\n\nSo there arose a division in the multitude because of him. And some of\nthem would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.\n\nThe officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and\nthey said unto them, \"Why did ye not bring him?\"\n\nThe officers answered, \"Never man so spake.\"\n\nThe Pharisees therefore answered them, \"Are ye also led astray? Hath\nany of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? But this\nmultitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.\"\n\nNicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of\nthem), \"Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself\nand know what he doeth?\"\n\nThey answered and said unto him, \"Art thou also of Galilee? Search,\nand see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.\"\n\n\nJESUS AND THE ACCUSED WOMAN.\n\nAnd they went every man unto his own house: but Jesus went unto the\nmount of Olives.\n\nAnd early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the\npeople came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the\nscribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having\nset her in the midst, they say unto him, \"Teacher, this woman hath\nbeen taken in adultery, in the very act. Now in the law Moses\ncommanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?\" And this\nthey said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him.\n\nBut Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. But\nwhen they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said unto\nthem, \"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at\nher.\"\n\nAnd again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.\nAnd they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the\neldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman,\nwhere she was, in the midst. And Jesus lifted up himself, and said\nunto her, \"Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?\"\n\nAnd she said, \"No man, Lord.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from\nhenceforth sin no more.\"\n\n\nTHE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.\n\nAgain therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, \"I am the light of the\nworld: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall\nhave the light of life.\"\n\nThe Pharisees therefore said unto him, \"Thou bearest witness of\nthyself; thy witness is not true.\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto them, \"Even if I bear witness of myself,\nmy witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye\nknow not whence I come, or whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I\njudge no man. Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not\nalone, but I and the Father that sent me. Yea and in your law it is\nwritten, that the witness of two men is true. I am he that beareth\nwitness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"Where is thy Father?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye\nwould know my Father also.\"\n\nThese words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and\nno man took him; because his hour was not yet come.\n\nHe said therefore again unto them, \"I go away, and ye shall seek me,\nand shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore said, \"Will he kill himself, that he saith,\n'Whither I go, ye cannot come?'\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are\nof this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that\nye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye\nshall die in your sins.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"Who art thou?\"\n\nJesus said unto them, \"Even that which I have also spoken unto you\nfrom the beginning I have many things to speak and to judge concerning\nyou; howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard\nfrom him, these speak I unto the world.\"\n\nThey perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.\n\nJesus therefore said, \"When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then\nshall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as\nthe Father taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is\nwith me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that\nare pleasing to him.\"\n\nAs he spake these things, many believed on him.\n\n\nTHE FREEDOM OF THE SOUL.\n\nJesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, \"If ye abide\nin my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the\ntruth, and the truth shall make you free.\"\n\nThey answered unto him, \"We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet\nbeen in bondage to any man; how sayest thou, 'Ye shall be made free'?\"\n\nJesus answered them, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that\ncommitteth sin is the bondservant of sin. And the bondservant abideth\nnot in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever. If therefore the\nSon shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are\nAbraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free\ncourse in you. I speak the things which I have seen with my Father:\nand ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.\"\n\nThey answered and said unto him, \"Our father is Abraham.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the\nworks of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you\nthe truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the\nworks of your father.\"\n\nThey said unto him, \"We were not born of fornication; we have one\nFather, even God.\"\n\nJesus said unto them, \"If God were your Father, ye would love me: for\nI came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself,\nbut he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye\ncannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of\nyour father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the\nbeginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth\nin him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a\nliar, and the father thereof. But because I say the truth, ye believe\nme not. Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye\nnot believe me? He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this\ncause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.\"\n\nThe Jews answered and said unto him, \"Say we not well that thou art a\nSamaritan, and hast a demon?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"I have not a demon: but I honor my Father, and ye\ndishonor me. But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh\nand judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he\nshall never see death.\"\n\nThe Jews said unto him, \"Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham\ndied, and the prophets; and thou sayest, 'If a man keep my word, he\nshall never taste of death.' Art thou greater than our father Abraham,\nwho died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my\nFather that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God; and ye\nhave not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, 'I know him\nnot,' I shall be like unto you, a liar; but I know him, and keep his\nword. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and\nwas glad.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore said unto him, \"Thou art not yet fifty years old,\nand hast thou seen Abraham?\"\n\nJesus said unto them, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you. Before Abraham\nwas born, I am.\"\n\nThey took up stones therefore to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself,\nand went out of the temple.\n\n\n\n\nTHE MINISTRY IN PEREA\n\n\nTHE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY.\n\nAnd he arose and cometh into the borders of Judaea and beyond the\nJordan; and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.\n\nAnd the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two\nbefore his face into every city and place, whither he himself was\nabout to come. And he said unto them, \"The harvest indeed is\nplenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the\nharvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest. Go your ways;\nbehold, I send you forth as lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no\npurse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way. And into\nwhatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'\nAnd if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if\nnot, it shall turn to you again. And in that same house remain, eating\nand drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of\nhis hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye\nenter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:\nand heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, 'The kingdom of\nGod is come nigh unto you.' But into whatsoever city ye shall enter,\nand they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say,\n'Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off\nagainst you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come\nnigh.' I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for\nSodom, than for that city. He that heareth you heareth me; and he\nthat rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth\nhim that sent me.\"\n\n\nTHE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY.\n\nAnd the seventy returned with joy, saying, \"Lord, even the demons are\nsubject unto us in thy name.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from\nheaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and\nscorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in\nany wise hurt you. Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits\nare subject unto you: but rejoice that your names are written in\nheaven.\"\n\n\nTHE MEEK AND LOWLY.\n\nIn that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, \"I thank\nthee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these\nthings from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto\nbabes; yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. All\nthings have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth\nwho the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son,\nand he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.\"\n\nAnd turning to the disciples, he said privately, \"Blessed are the eyes\nwhich see the things that ye see: for I say unto you, that many\nprophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw\nthem not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.\n\n\"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give\nyou rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and\nlowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is\neasy, and my burden is light.\"\n\n\nTHE UNREPENTANT CITIES.\n\nThen began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works\nwere done, because they repented not. \"Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe\nunto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre\nand Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in\nsackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable\nfor Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. And thou,\nCapernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto\nHades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done\nin thee, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you\nthat it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of\njudgment, than for thee.\"\n\n\nTHE GOOD SAMARITAN.\n\nAnd behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying,\n\"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"What is written in the law? how readest thou?\"\n\nAnd he answering said, \"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy\nheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all\nthy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"Thou hast answered right: this do and thou\nshalt live.\"\n\nBut he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, \"And who is my\nneighbor?\"\n\nJesus made answer and said, \"A certain man was going down from\nJerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him\nand beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance a\ncertain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed\nby on the other side. And in like manner a Levite also, when he came\nto the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain\nSamaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he\nwas moved with compassion, and came to him, and bound up his wounds,\npouring on them oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and\nbrought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow he took\nout two shillings, and gave them to the host, and said, 'Take care of\nhim: and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again,\nwill repay thee.' Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor\nunto him that fell among the robbers?\"\n\nAnd he said, \"He that showed mercy on him.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto him, \"Go, and do thou likewise.\"\n\n\n\n\nIN JERUSALEM--THE ATTEMPT TO ARREST HIM.\n\n\nTHE FRIENDS AT BETHANY.\n\nNow as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and\na certain woman named Martha received him into her house.\n\nAnd she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet and\nheard his word.\n\nBut Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him,\nand said, \"Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to\nserve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.\"\n\nBut the Lord answered and said unto her, \"Martha, Martha, thou art\nanxious and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: for\nMary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from\nher.\"\n\n\nA MIRACLE IN JERUSALEM.\n\nAnd as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his\ndisciples asked him, saying, \"Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his\nparents, that he should be born blind?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that\nthe works of God should be made manifest in him. We must work the\nworks of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no\nman can work. When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.\"\n\nWhen he had thus spoken he spat on the ground, and made clay of the\nspittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, and said unto him, \"Go,\nwash in the pool of Siloam\" (which is by interpretation, Sent).\n\nHe went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.\n\nThe neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was\na beggar, said, \"Is not this he that sat and begged?\"\n\nOthers said, \"It is he:\" others said, \"No, but he is like him.\"\n\nHe said, \"I am he.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"How then were thine eyes opened?\"\n\nHe answered, \"The man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed mine\neyes, and said unto me, 'Go to Siloam, and wash:' so I went away and\nwashed, and I received sight.\"\n\nAnd they said unto him, \"Where is he?\"\n\nHe saith, \"I know not.\"\n\nThey bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. Now it was\nthe sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.\nAgain therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his\nsight.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and\nI see.\"\n\nSome therefore of the Pharisees said. \"This man is not from God,\nbecause he keepeth not the sabbath.\"\n\nBut others said, \"How can a man that is a sinner do such signs?\"\n\nAnd there was a division among them.\n\nThey say therefore unto the blind man again, \"What sayest thou of him,\nin that he opened thine eyes?\"\n\nAnd he said, \"He is a prophet.\"\n\nThe Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been\nblind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of\nhim that had received his sight, and asked them, saying, \"Is this your\nson, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?\"\n\nHis parents answered and said, \"We know that this is our son, and that\nhe was born blind: but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened\nhis eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for\nhimself.\"\n\nThese things said his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the\nJews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be\nChrist, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his\nparents, \"He is of age; ask him.\"\n\nSo they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto\nhim, \"Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.\"\n\nHe therefore answered, \"Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing\nI know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.\"\n\nThey said therefore unto him, \"What did he to thee? how opened he\nthine eyes.\"\n\nHe answered them, \"I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore\nwould ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples?\"\n\nAnd they reviled him, and said, \"Thou art his disciple; but we are\ndisciples of Moses. We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as\nfor this man, we know not whence he is.\"\n\nThe man answered and said unto them. \"Why, herein is the marvel, that\nye know not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes. We know that\nGod heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do\nhis will, him he heareth. Since the world began it was never heard\nthat any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not\nfrom God, he could do nothing.\"\n\nThey answered and said unto him, \"Thou wast altogether born in sins,\nand dost thou teach us?\" And they cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they had cast him out: and finding him, he said,\n\"Dost thou believe on the Son of God?\"\n\nHe answered and said, \"And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on\nhim?\"\n\nJesus said unto him, \"Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that\nspeaketh with thee.\"\n\nAnd he said, \"Lord, I believe.\"\n\nAnd he worshipped him.\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"For judgment came I into this world, that they that\nsee not may see; and that they that see may become blind.\"\n\nThose of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said\nunto him, \"Are we also blind?\"\n\nJesus said unto them, \"If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now\nye say, 'We see:' your sin remaineth.\"\n\n\nTHE GOOD SHEPHERD.\n\n\"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into\nthe fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a\nthief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the\nshepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear\nhis voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.\nWhen he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the\nsheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they\nnot follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of\nstrangers.\"\n\nThis parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what\nthings they were which he spake unto them.\n\nJesus therefore said unto them again, \"Verily, verily, I say unto\nyou, I am the door of the sheep. All that came before me are thieves\nand robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if\nany man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and\nshall find pasture. The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and\nkill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it\nabundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his\nlife for the sheep. He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose\nown the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the\nsheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them;\nhe fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am\nthe good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, even as\nthe Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life\nfor the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold:\nthem also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall\nbecome one flock, one shepherd. Therefore doth the Father love me,\nbecause I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one taketh it\naway from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it\ndown, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I\nfrom my Father.\"\n\nThere arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.\nAnd many of them said, \"He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?\"\n\nOthers said, \"These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon.\nCan a demon open the eyes of the blind?\"\n\n\nJESUS AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION.\n\nAnd it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter;\nand Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch. The Jews\ntherefore came round about him, and said unto him, \"How long dost thou\nhold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.\"\n\nJesus answered them, \"I told you, and ye believe not; the works that I\ndo in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. But ye believe not,\nbecause ye are not of my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know\nthem, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they\nshall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My\nFather, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one\nis able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are\none.\"\n\nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him.\n\nJesus answered them, \"Many good works have I showed you from the\nFather; for which of those works do ye stone me?\"\n\nThe Jews answered him, \"For a good work we stone thee not, but for\nblasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.\"\n\nJesus answered them, \"Is it not written in your law, 'I said, Ye are\ngods?' If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the\nscripture cannot be broken), say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified\nand sent into the world, 'Thou blasphemest;' because I said, 'I am the\nSon of God?' If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But\nif I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may\nknow and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.\"\n\nThey sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.\n\n\n\n\nRENEWED MINISTRY IN PEREA\n\n\nJESUS AND THE PHARISEES.\n\nAnd he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was\nat the first baptizing; and there he abode. And many came unto him;\nand they said, \"John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever\nJohn spake of this man were true.\" And many believed on him there.\n\nNow a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat\ndown to meat. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had\nnot first bathed himself before dinner.\n\nAnd the Lord said unto him, \"Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside\nof the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of\nextortion and wickedness. Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the\noutside make the inside also? But give for alms those things which are\nwithin; and behold, all things are clean unto you.\"\n\nAnd when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees\nbegan to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of\nmany things; laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.\n\nIn the meantime, when the many thousands of the multitude were\ngathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began\nto say unto his disciples first of all, \"Beware ye of the leaven of\nthe Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing covered up,\nthat shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.\"\n\n\nWARNING AGAINST COVETOUSNESS.\n\nAnd one out of the multitude said unto him, \"Teacher, bid my brother\ndivide the inheritance with me.\"\n\nBut he said unto him, \"Man, who made me a judge or a divider over\nyou?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Take heed and keep yourselves from all\ncovetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the\nthings which he possesseth.\"\n\nAnd he spake a parable unto them, saying, \"The ground of a certain\nrich man brought forth plentifully; and he reasoned within himself,\nsaying, 'What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my\nfruits?' And he said, 'This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and\nbuild greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. And\nI will say to my soul, \"Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many\nyears; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.\"' But God said unto him,\n'Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee: and the\nthings which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?' So is he that\nlayeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.\"\n\n\nTHE FALL OF THE TOWER.\n\nNow there were some present at that very season who told him of the\nGalilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And\nhe answered and said unto them, \"Think ye that these Galilaeans were\nsinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these\nthings? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like\nmanner perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell,\nand killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men\nthat dwell in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye\nshall all likewise perish.\"\n\nAnd he spake this parable: \"A certain man had a fig tree planted in\nhis vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. And\nhe said unto the vinedresser, 'Behold, these three years I come\nseeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth\nit also cumber the ground.' And he answering saith unto him, 'Lord,\nlet it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:\nand if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it\ndown.'\"\n\n\nTHE USES OF THE SABBATH.\n\nAnd he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. And\nbehold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she\nwas bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up. And when\nJesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, \"Woman, thou art loosed\nfrom thine infirmity.\"\n\nAnd he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight,\nand glorified God.\n\nAnd the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because\nJesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude,\n\"There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come\nand be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.\"\n\nBut the Lord answered him and said, \"Ye hypocrites, doth not each one\nof you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead\nhim away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of\nAbraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been\nloosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?\"\n\nAnd as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame:\nand all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were\ndone by him.\n\n\nA QUESTION OF SALVATION.\n\nAnd he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and\njourneying on unto Jerusalem. And one said unto him, \"Lord, are they\nfew that are saved?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for\nmany, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.\nWhen once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the\ndoor, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying,\n'Lord, open to us,' and he shall answer and say to you, 'I know you\nnot whence ye are'; then shall ye begin to say, 'We did eat and drink\nin thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets'; and he shall\nsay, 'I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye\nworkers of iniquity.' There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of\nteeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the\nprophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.\nAnd they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and\nsouth, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And behold, there are\nlast who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.\"\n\n\nA MESSAGE TO HEROD.\n\nIn that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, \"Get\nthee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Go and say to that fox, 'Behold, I cast out\ndemons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am\nperfected.' Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and\nthe day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of\nJerusalem.\"\n\n\nTHE OX IN THE PIT.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers\nof the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching\nhim. And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the\ndropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees,\nsaying, \"Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?\"\n\nBut they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let\nhim go.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen\ninto a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?\"\nAnd they could not answer again unto these things.\n\n\nTHE CHIEF PLACES AT THE FEAST.\n\nAnd he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how\nthey chose out the chief seats; saying unto them, \"When thou art\nbidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat;\nlest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him, and he\nthat bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, 'Give this man\nplace'; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.\nBut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that\nwhen he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, 'Friend, go\nup higher'; then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit\nat meat with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be\nhumbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.\"\n\nAnd he said to him also that had bidden him, \"When thou makest a\ndinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy\nkinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and\na recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor,\nthe maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; because\nthey have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be\nrecompensed in the resurrection of the just.\n\n\nTHE SLIGHTED INVITATION.\n\nAnd when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he\nsaid unto him, \"Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of\nGod.\"\n\nBut he said unto him, \"A certain man made a great supper; and he bade\nmany: and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that\nwere bidden, 'Come; for all things are now ready.' And they all with\none consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, 'I have\nbought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have\nme excused.' And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I\ngo to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.' And another said, 'I\nhave married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' And the servant\ncame, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house,\nbeing angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and\nlanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind\nand lame.' And the servant said, 'Lord, what thou didst command is\ndone, and yet there is room.' And the lord said unto the servant, 'Go\nout into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that\nmy house may be filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men\nthat were bidden shall taste of my supper.'\"\n\n\nCOUNTING THE COST.\n\nNow there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto\nthem, \"If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and\nmother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and\nhis own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Whosoever doth not bear\nhis own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of\nyou, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the\ncost, whether he have wherewith to complete it? Lest haply, when he\nhath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold\nbegin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able\nto finish.' Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in\nwar, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with\nten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?\nOr else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an\nambassage, and asketh conditions of peace. So therefore whosoever he\nbe of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my\ndisciple. Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its\nsavor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is fit neither for the land\nnor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let\nhim hear.\"\n\n\nTHE NINETY AND NINE.\n\nNow all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear\nhim. And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, \"This\nman receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.\"\n\nAnd he spake unto them this parable, saying, \"What man of you, having\na hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the\nninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost,\nuntil he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his\nshoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his\nfriends and his neighbors, saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I\nhave found my sheep which was lost.' I say unto you, that even so\nthere shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than\nover ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.\n\n\nTHE LOST COIN.\n\n\"Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,\ndoth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until\nshe find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth together her\nfriends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the\npiece which I had lost.' Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the\npresence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.\"\n\n\nTHE PRODIGAL SON.\n\nAnd he said, \"A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said\nto his father, 'Father, give me the portion of thy substance that\nfalleth to me.' And he divided unto them his living. And not many days\nafter, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into\na far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.\nAnd when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that\ncountry; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to\none of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields\nto feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks\nthat the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. But when he came to\nhimself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread\nenough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! I will arise and\ngo to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against\nheaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son:\nmake me as one of thy hired servants.' And he arose, and came to his\nfather. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was\nmoved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.\nAnd the son said unto him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and\nin thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.' But the\nfather said to his servants, 'Bring forth quickly the best robe, and\nput it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and\nbring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:\nfor this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is\nfound.' And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the\nfield: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and\ndancing. And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what\nthese things might be. And he said unto him, 'Thy brother is come; and\nthy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him\nsafe and sound.' But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father\ncame out, and entreated him. But he answered and said to his father,\n'Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a\ncommandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might\nmake merry with my friends; but when this thy son came, who hath\ndevoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted\ncalf.' And he said unto him, 'Son, thou art ever with me, and all that\nis mine is thine. But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this\nthy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is\nfound.'\"\n\n\nTHE UNJUST STEWARD.\n\nAnd he said also unto the disciples, \"There was a certain rich man,\nwho had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was\nwasting his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, 'What is this\nthat I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou\ncanst be no longer steward' And the steward said within himself, 'What\nshall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I\nhave not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to\ndo, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me\ninto their houses.' And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors,\nhe said to the first, 'How much owest thou unto my lord?' And he said,\n'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said unto him, 'Take thy bond, and\nsit down quickly and write fifty.' Then said he to another, 'And how\nmuch owest thou?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He saith\nunto him, 'Take thy bond, and write fourscore.' And his lord commended\nthe unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of\nthis world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the\nlight. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the\nmammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive\nyou into the eternal tabernacles. He that is faithful in a very little\nis faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little\nis unrighteous also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in\nthe unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?\nAnd if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will\ngive you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for\neither he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold\nto one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.\"\n\n\nA PARABLE TO THE LOVERS OF MONEY.\n\nAnd the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things;\nand they scoffed at him.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Ye are they that justify yourselves in the\nsight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted\namong men is an abomination in the sight of God.\n\n\"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and\nfine linen, faring sumptuously every day: and a certain beggar named\nLazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed\nwith the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the\ndogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar\ndied, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom:\nand the rich man also died, and was buried. And in Hades he lifted up\nhis eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus\nin his bosom. And he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on\nme, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,\nand cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham\nsaid, 'Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good\nthings, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is\ncomforted, and thou art in anguish. And besides all this, between us\nand you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from\nhence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence\nto us.' And he said, 'I pray thee therefore, father, that thou\nwouldest send him to my father's house; for I have five brethren; that\nhe may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of\ntorment.' But Abraham saith, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let\nthem hear them.' And he said, 'Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to\nthem from the dead, they will repent.' And he said unto him, 'If they\nhear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if\none rise from the dead.'\"\n\n\n\"INCREASE OUR FAITH.\"\n\nAnd the apostles said unto the Lord, \"Increase our faith.\"\n\nAnd the Lord said. \"If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye\nwould say unto this sycamine tree, 'Be thou rooted up, and be thou\nplanted in the sea'; and it would obey you. But who is there of you,\nhaving a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him,\nwhen he is come in from the field. 'Come straightway and sit down to\nmeat'; and will not rather say unto him, 'Make ready wherewith I may\nsup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken;\nand afterward thou shalt eat and drink?' Doth he thank the servant\nbecause he did the things that were commanded? Even so ye also, when\nye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are\nunprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to\ndo.'\"\n\n\n\n\nNEAR JERUSALEM--THE PLOT TO KILL HIM.\n\n\nTHE RAISING OF LAZARUS.\n\nNow a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary\nand her sister Martha. And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with\nointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was\nsick.\n\nThe sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, \"Lord, behold, he whom\nthou lovest is sick.\"\n\nBut when Jesus heard it, he said, \"This sickness is not unto death,\nbut for the glory of God, that the son of God may be glorified\nthereby.\"\n\nNow Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When therefore he\nheard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place\nwhere he was.\n\nThen after this he saith to the disciples, \"Let us go into Judaea\nagain.\"\n\nThe disciples say unto him, \"Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to\nstone thee: and goest thou thither again?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk\nin the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this\nworld. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light\nis not in him.\"\n\nThese things spake he: and after this he saith unto them. \"Our friend\nLazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of\nsleep.\"\n\nThe disciples therefore said unto him, \"Lord, if he is fallen asleep,\nhe will recover.\"\n\nNow Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of\ntaking rest in sleep.\n\nThen Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, \"Lazarus is dead. And I\nam glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may\nbelieve; nevertheless let us go unto him.\"\n\nThomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his\nfellow-disciples, \"Let us also go, that we may die with him.\"\n\nSo when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days\nalready.\n\nNow Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off; and\nmany of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them\nconcerning their brother.\n\nMartha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met\nhim: but Mary still sat in the house. Martha therefore said unto\nJesus, \"Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. And\neven now I know that, whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give\nthee.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Thy brother shall rise again.\"\n\nMartha saith unto him, \"I know that he shall rise again in the\nresurrection at the last day.\"\n\nJesus said unto her, \"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that\nbelieveth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; and whosoever\nliveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?\"\n\nShe saith unto him, \"Yea, Lord. I have believed that thou art the\nChrist, the Son of God, even he that cometh into the world.\"\n\nAnd when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister\nsecretly, saying, \"The Teacher is here, and calleth thee.\"\n\nAnd she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him. (Now\nJesus was not yet come into the village, but was still in the place\nwhere Martha met him.) The Jews then who were with her in the house,\nand were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly\nand went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb\nto weep there.\n\nMary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down\nat his feet, saying unto him. \"Lord, if thou hadst been here, my\nbrother had not died.\"\n\nWhen Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who\ncame with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said,\n\"Where have ye laid him?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Lord, come and see.\"\n\nJesus wept.\n\nThe Jews therefore said, \"Behold how he loved him!\" But some of them\nsaid, \"Could not this man, who has opened the eyes of him that was\nblind, have caused that this man also should not die?\"\n\nJesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it\nwas a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus saith, \"Take ye away the\nstone.\"\n\nMartha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, \"Lord, by\nthis time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst,\nthou shouldest see the glory of God?\"\n\nSo they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said,\n\"Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me. And I knew that thou\nhearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I\nsaid it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.\"\n\nAnd when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, \"Lazarus,\ncome forth.\"\n\nHe that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes;\nand his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,\n\"Loose him, and let him go.\"\n\nMany therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld that which he\ndid, believed on him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and\ntold them the things which Jesus had done.\n\n\nTHE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL.\n\nThe chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and\nsaid, \"What do we? for this man doeth many signs. If we let him thus\nalone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take\naway both our place and our nation.\"\n\nBut a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said\nunto them, \"Ye know nothing at all, nor do ye take account that it is\nexpedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the\nwhole nation perish not.\"\n\nNow this he said not of himself: but being high priest that year, he\nprophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; and not for the\nnation only, but that he might also gather together into one the\nchildren of God that are scattered abroad.\n\nSo from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to\ndeath.\n\n\n\n\nHIS WITHDRAWAL TO EPHRAIM\n\n\nTHE COMING OF THE KINGDOM.\n\nJesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed\nthence into the country near to the wilderness, into a city called\nEphraim; and there he tarried with the disciples.\n\nAnd being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he\nanswered them and said, \"The kingdom of God cometh not with\nobservation: neither shall they say, 'Lo, here!' or, 'There!' for lo,\nthe kingdom of God is within you.\"\n\nAnd he said unto the disciples, \"The days will come, when ye shall\ndesire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see\nit. And they shall say to you, 'Lo, there!' 'Lo, here!' go not away,\nnor follow after them; for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of\nthe one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under\nheaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day. But first must he\nsuffer many things and be rejected of this generation.\n\n\"And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also\nin the days of the Son of man. They ate, they drank, they married,\nthey were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the\nark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise even as it\ncame to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought,\nthey sold, they planted, they builded; but in the day that Lot went\nout from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed\nthem all: after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of\nman is revealed. In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and\nhis goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let\nhim that is in the field likewise not return back. Remember Lot's\nwife. Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it; but\nwhosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.\"\n\n\nTHE UNJUST JUDGE.\n\nAnd he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to\npray, and not to faint; saying, \"There was in a city a judge, who\nfeared not God, and regarded not man: and there was a widow in that\ncity: and she came oft unto him, saying, 'Avenge me of mine\nadversary.' And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within\nhimself, 'Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this\nwidow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her\ncontinual coming.'\" And the Lord said, \"Hear what the unrighteous\njudge saith. And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day\nand night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? I say unto you, that\nhe will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man\ncometh, shall he find faith on the earth?\"\n\n\nTHE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.\n\nAnd he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves\nthat they were righteous, and set all others at nought: \"Two men went\nup into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a\npublican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I\nthank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust,\nadulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give\ntithes of all that I get.' But the publican, standing afar off, would\nnot lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast,\nsaying, 'God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.' I say unto you, This\nman went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every\none that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth\nhimself shall be exalted.\"\n\n\nCONCERNING DIVORCE.\n\nAnd there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, \"Is it\nlawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?\"\n\nAnd he answered and said, \"Have ye not read, that he who made them\nfrom the beginning made them, male and female, and said, 'For this\ncause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his\nwife; and the two shall become one flesh?' So that they are no more\ntwo, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not\nman put asunder.\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Why then did Moses command to give a bill of\ndivorcement, and to put her away?\"\n\nHe saith unto them, \"Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to\nput away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. And I\nsay unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for\nfornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that\nmarrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.\"\n\nThe disciples say unto him, \"If the case of the man is so with his\nwife, it is not expedient to marry.\"\n\nBut he said unto them, \"Not all men can receive this saying, but they\nto whom it is given. For there are eunuchs, that were so born from\ntheir mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by\nmen: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the\nkingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him\nreceive it.\"\n\n\nJESUS AND THE CHILDREN.\n\nAnd they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch\nthem: and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was\nmoved with indignation, and said unto them, \"Suffer the little\nchildren to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the\nkingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the\nkingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.\"\n\nAnd he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon\nthem.\n\n\nTHE RICH YOUNG RULER.\n\nAnd behold, as he was going forth into the way, a certain ruler ran to\nhim, and kneeled to him, and asked him, \"Good Teacher, what good thing\nshall I do that I may have eternal life?\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"Why askest thou me concerning that which is\ngood? None is good, save one, even God: but if thou wouldest enter\ninto life, keep the commandments.\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Which?\"\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery,\nThou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy\nfather and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.\"\n\nThe young ruler saith unto him, \"All these things have I observed from\nmy youth up; what lack I yet?\"\n\nAnd Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and said unto him, \"One thing\nthou lackest yet: if thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which\nthou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in\nheaven: and come, follow me.\"\n\nBut when the young man heard the saying, his countenance fell, and he\nwent away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.\n\nAnd Jesus said unto his disciples, \"Verily I say unto you, It is hard\nfor a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.\" And the disciples\nwere amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again and said unto them,\n\"Children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into\nthe kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's\neye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.\"\n\nAnd when the disciples heard it, they were astonished exceedingly,\nsaying, \"Who then can be saved?\"\n\nAnd Jesus looking upon them said to them, \"With men this is\nimpossible: but with God all things are possible.\"\n\nThen answered Peter and said unto him, \"Lo, we have left all, and\nfollowed thee; what then shall we have?\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"Verily I say unto you, that ye who have\nfollowed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the\nthrone of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging\nthe twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left houses, or\nbrethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for\nmy name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses,\nand brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with\npersecutions, and in the world to come shall inherit eternal life. But\nmany shall be last that are first; and first that are last.\n\n\nTHE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD.\n\n\"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder,\nwho went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.\nAnd when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he\nsent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and\nsaw others standing in the market-place idle; and to them he said, 'Go\nye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.'\nAnd they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and the\nninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out,\nand found others standing; and he saith unto them, 'Why stand ye here\nall the day idle?' They say unto him, 'Because no man hath hired us.'\nHe saith unto them, 'Go ye also into the vineyard.' And when even was\ncome, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, 'Call the\nlaborers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the\nfirst.' And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour,\nthey received every man a shilling. And when the first came, they\nsupposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received\nevery man a shilling. And when they received it, they murmured against\nthe householder, saying, 'These last have spent but one hour, and thou\nhast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and\nthe scorching heat.' But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend,\nI do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a shilling? Take\nup that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto\nthis last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I\nwill with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?' So the\nlast shall be first, and the first last.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM\n\n\nTHE SHADOW OF THE CROSS.\n\nAnd they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going\nbefore them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid.\nAnd he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that\nwere to happen unto him, saying, \"Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and\nall the things that are written by the prophets shall be accomplished\nunto the Son of man; and he shall be delivered unto the chief priests\nand the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall\ndeliver him unto the Gentiles: and they shall mock him, and shall spit\nupon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three\ndays he shall rise again.\"\n\nAnd they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from\nthem: and they perceived not the things that were said.\n\n\nTHE SONS OF THUNDER.\n\nThen came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons James\nand John, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.\n\nAnd he said unto her, \"What wouldest thou?\"\n\nShe saith unto him, \"Command that these my two sons may sit, one on\nthy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.\"\n\nBut Jesus answered and said, \"Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to\ndrink the cup that I am about to drink? or to be baptized with the\nbaptism that I am baptized with?\"\n\nAnd they said unto him, \"We are able.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and\nwith the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: but\nto sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; but it\nis for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.\"\n\nAnd when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation\nconcerning James and John.\n\nAnd Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, \"Ye know that they\nwho are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and\ntheir great ones exercise authority over them. But it is not so among\nyou: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your\nminister; and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of\nall. Even as the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but\nto minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.\"\n\n\nTHE BLIND MAN OF JERICHO.\n\nAnd they come to Jericho: and as they went out from Jericho, with his\ndisciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind\nbeggar, was sitting by the wayside, begging. And hearing the multitude\ngoing by, he inquired what this meant, and they told him that Jesus of\nNazareth passeth by. And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene,\nhe began to cry out and say, \"Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on\nme.\"\n\nAnd Jesus stood still, and said, \"Call ye him.\"\n\nAnd they call the blind man, saying unto him, \"Be of good cheer: rise,\nhe calleth thee.\" And he, casting away his garment, sprang up, and\ncame to Jesus.\n\nAnd Jesus answered him, and said, \"What wilt thou that I should do\nunto thee?\"\n\nAnd the blind man said unto him, \"Rabboni, that I may receive my\nsight.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto him, \"Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee\nwhole.\"\n\nAnd straightway he received his sight, and followed him in the way,\nglorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto\nGod.\n\n\nTHE VISIT TO ZACCHAEUS.\n\nAnd he entered and was passing through Jericho. And behold, a man\ncalled by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.\nAnd he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd,\nbecause he was little of stature. And he ran on before, and climbed up\ninto a sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.\n\nAnd when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said unto him,\n\"Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy\nhouse.\"\n\nAnd he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.\n\nAnd when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, \"He is gone in to\nlodge with a man that is a sinner.\"\n\nAnd Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, \"Behold, Lord, the half of\nmy goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of\nany man, I restore fourfold.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto him, \"To-day is salvation come to this house,\nforasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to\nseek and to save that which was lost.\"\n\n\nTHE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS.\n\nAnd as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because\nhe was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom\nof God was immediately to appear. He said therefore, \"A certain\nnobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom,\nand to return. And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten\npounds, and said unto them, 'Trade ye herewith till I come.' But his\ncitizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, 'We will\nnot that this man reign over us.'\n\n\"And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the\nkingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the\nmoney, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by\ntrading. And the first came before him, saying, 'Lord, thy pound hath\nmade ten pounds more.' And he said unto him, 'Well done, thou good\nservant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou\nauthority over ten cities.' And the second came, saying, 'Thy pound,\nLord, hath made five pounds.' And he said unto him also, 'Be thou also\nover five cities.' And another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, here is\nthy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin: for I feared thee,\nbecause thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou\nlayedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.' He saith\nunto him, 'Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked\nservant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I\nlaid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow; then wherefore\ngavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have\nrequired it with interest?' And he said unto them that stood by, 'Take\naway from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten\npounds.' And they said unto him, 'Lord, he hath ten pounds.' 'I say\nunto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him\nthat hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.\nBut these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them,\nbring hither, and slay them before me.'\"\n\nAnd when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.\n\n\nGOING UP TO JERUSALEM.\n\nNow the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to\nJerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify\nthemselves. They sought therefore for Jesus, and spake one with\nanother, as they stood in the temple, \"What think ye? That he will not\ncome to the feast?\"\n\nNow the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that,\nif any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take\nhim.\n\n\nTHE FEAST AT BETHANY.\n\nJesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where\nLazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. So they made him a\nsupper there in the house of Simon the leper; and Martha served: but\nLazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him. Mary therefore took\na pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet\nof Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled\nwith the odor of the ointment.\n\nBut Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him,\nsaith, \"Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings,\nand given to the poor?\"\n\nNow this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he\nwas a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.\n\nJesus therefore said, \"Suffer her to keep it against the day of my\nburying. For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not\nalways. She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body\nbeforehand for the burying. And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever\nthe gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also\nwhich this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.\"\n\nThe common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and\nthey came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus\nalso, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests took\ncounsel that they might put Lazarus also to death; because that by\nreason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.\n\n\n\n\n=HIS LAST WEEK=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPALM SUNDAY--THE DAY OF TRIUMPH\n\n\nTHE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.\n\nOn the morrow when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and\nBethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples, and\nsaith unto them, \"Go your way into the village that is over against\nyou: and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied,\nwhereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him. And if any one\nsay unto you, 'Why do ye this?' say ye, 'The Lord hath need of him';\nand straightway he will send him back hither.\"\n\nNow this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken\nthrough the prophet, saying,\n\n    \"Tell ye the daughter of Zion,\n    Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,\n    Meek, and riding upon an ass,\n    And upon a colt the foal of an ass.\"\n\nAnd they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the\nopen street: and they loose him. And certain of them that stood there\nsaid unto them, \"What do ye, loosing the colt?\" And they said unto\nthem even as Jesus had said: and they let them go. And they bring the\ncolt unto Jesus, and cast on him their garments; and he sat upon him.\n\nAnd the most part of the multitude spread their garments upon the way;\nand others branches, which they had cut from the fields. And as he was\ndrawing nigh, even at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole\nmultitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud\nvoice for all the mighty works which they had seen. And they that went\nbefore, and they that followed, cried, \"Hosanna to the Son of David;\nBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Blessed is the\nkingdom that cometh, the kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the\nhighest.\"\n\nThese things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus\nwas glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of\nhim, and that they had done these things unto him.\n\nThe multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called Lazarus out\nof the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness. For this\ncause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he\nhad done this sign.\n\nAnd some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, \"Teacher,\nrebuke thy disciples.\"\n\nAnd he answered and said, \"I tell you that, if these shall hold their\npeace, the stones will cry out.\"\n\nAnd when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, \"If\nthou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto\npeace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come\nupon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and\ncompass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall dash\nthee to the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not\nleave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the\ntime of thy visitation.\"\n\nAnd when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying,\n\"Who is this?\"\n\nAnd the multitudes said, \"This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of\nGalilee.\"\n\nThe Pharisees therefore said among themselves, \"Behold, how ye prevail\nnothing; lo, the world is gone after him.\"\n\nAnd he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked\nround about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto\nBethany with the twelve.\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY--THE DAY OF AUTHORITY\n\n\nTHE CURSING OF THE FIG TREE.\n\nAnd on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.\nAnd seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he\nmight find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing\nbut leaves; for it was not the season of figs. And he answered and\nsaid unto it, \"No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever.\"\n\nAnd his disciples heard it.\n\n\nTHE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE.\n\nAnd they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began\nto cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and\noverthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that\nsold the doves: and he would not suffer that any man should carry a\nvessel through the temple. And he taught, and said unto them, \"Is it\nnot written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the\nnations?' but ye have made it a den of robbers?\"\n\nAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed\nthem. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful\nthings that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple\nand saying, \"Hosanna to the son of David\": they were moved with\nindignation, and said unto him, \"Hearest thou what these are saying?\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto them, \"Yea: did ye never read, 'Out of the mouth\nof babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise'?\"\n\nAnd the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the\npeople sought to destroy him: and they could not find what they might\ndo; for the people all hung upon him, listening.\n\nAnd he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and\nlodged there.\n\n\n\n\nTUESDAY--THE DAY OF CONTROVERSY\n\n\nTHE LESSON FROM THE WITHERED FIG TREE.\n\nAnd as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered\naway from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him,\n\"Rabbi, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.\"\n\nAnd Jesus answering saith unto them, \"Have faith in God. Verily I say\nunto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'Be thou taken up\nand cast into the sea'; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall\nbelieve that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. Therefore\nI say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe\nthat ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And whensoever ye stand\npraying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father\nalso who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.\"\n\n\nTHE CHALLENGE OF CHRIST'S AUTHORITY.\n\nAnd they came again to Jerusalem. And all the people came early in the\nmorning to him in the temple to hear him. And as he was teaching the\npeople in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him\nthe chief priests and the scribes with the elders; and they spake,\nsaying unto him, \"Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things?\nor who is he that gave thee this authority?\"\n\nAnd Jesus answered, and said unto them, \"I also will ask you one\nquestion, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what\nauthority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from\nheaven or from men?\"\n\nAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, \"If we shall say, 'From\nheaven'; he will say unto us, 'Why did ye not believe him?' But if we\nshall say, 'From men'; all the people will stone us: for they are\npersuaded that John was a prophet.\"\n\nAnd they answered Jesus, and said, \"We know not.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"Neither tell I you by what authority I do\nthese things.\"\n\n\nTHREE WARNING PARABLES.\n\n\nTHE TWO SONS.\n\n\"But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and\nsaid, 'Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.' And he answered and said,\n'I will not': but afterward he repented himself, and went. And he came\nto the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I go,\nsir': and went not. Which of the two did the will of his father?\"\n\nThey say, \"The first.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and\nthe harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto\nyou in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the\npublicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did\nnot even repent yourselves afterward that ye might believe him.\"\n\n\nTHE WICKED HUSBANDMEN.\n\n\"Hear another parable: There was a man who was a householder, who\nplanted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress\nin it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into\nanother country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent\nhis servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. And the\nhusbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and\nstoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and\nthey did unto them in like manner. But afterward he sent unto them his\nson, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' But the husbandmen, when\nthey saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let\nus kill him, and take his inheritance.' And they took him, and cast\nhim forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the lord\nof the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and\nwill let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him\nthe fruits in their seasons.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"Did ye never read in the scriptures,\n\n    'The stone which the builders rejected,\n    The same was made the head of the corner;\n    This was from the Lord,\n    And it is marvellous in our eyes'?\n\n\"Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from\nyou, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.\nAnd he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on\nwhomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.\"\n\nAnd when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they\nperceived that he spake of them. And when they sought to lay hold on\nhim, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.\n\n\nTHE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON.\n\nAnd Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying, \"The\nkingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage\nfeast for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were\nbidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come. Again he sent\nforth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, 'Behold, I\nhave made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all\nthings are ready; come to the marriage feast.' But they made light of\nit, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his\nmerchandise; and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them\nshamefully, and killed them. But the king was wroth; and he sent his\narmies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then\nsaith he to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but they that were\nbidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore unto the partings of the\nhighways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.'\nAnd those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together\nall as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was\nfilled with guests. But when the king came in to behold the guests, he\nsaw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment: and he saith unto\nhim, 'Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a\nwedding-garment?' And he was speechless. Then the king said to the\nservants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him out into the outer\ndarkness'; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. For\nmany are called, but few chosen.\"\n\n\nTHREE HOSTILE QUESTIONS ASKED OF JESUS.\n\n\nTRIBUTE TO CAESAR.\n\nThen went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him\nin his talk so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority\nof the governor. And they send to him their disciples, with the\nHerodians, saying, \"Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest\nthe way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou\nregardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest\nthou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?\"\n\nBut Jesus perceived their craftiness, and said, \"Why make ye trial of\nme, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute money.\"\n\nAnd they brought unto him a denarius. And he saith unto them, \"Whose\nis this image and superscription?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Caesar's.\"\n\nThen he saith unto them, \"Render therefore unto Caesar the things that\nare Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.\"\n\nAnd when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.\n\n\nTHE QUESTION OF THE RESURRECTION.\n\nAnd there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that\nthere is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, \"Teacher, Moses\nwrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be\nchildless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto\nhis brother. There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a\nwife, and died childless; and the second; and the third took her; and\nlikewise the seven also left no children, and died. Afterward the\nwoman also died. In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them\nshall she be? for the seven had her to wife.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor\nthe power of God. The sons of this world marry, and are given in\nmarriage: but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world,\nand the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in\nmarriage: for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto\nthe angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. But\nthat the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning\nthe Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of\nIsaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is not the God of the dead, but of\nthe living: for all live unto him.\"\n\nAnd when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his\nteaching.\n\n\nTHE GREATEST COMMANDMENT.\n\nAnd one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and\nknowing that he had answered them well, asked him, \"What commandment\nis the first of all?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the\nLord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,\nand with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy\nstrength.' The second is this, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as\nthyself.' There is none other commandment greater than these.\"\n\nAnd the scribe said unto him, \"Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well\nsaid that he is one: and there is none other but he: and to love him\nwith all the heart, and with all the understanding and with all the\nstrength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all\nwhole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.\"\n\nAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him,\n\"Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.\"\n\n\nTHE UNANSWERABLE QUESTION OF JESUS.\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them a\nquestion, saying, \"What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"The son of David.\"\n\nHe saith unto them, \"How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord,\nsaying,\n\n    'The Lord said unto my Lord,\n    Sit thou on my right hand,\n    Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet'?\n\nIf David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son?\"\n\nAnd no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from\nthat day forth ask him any more questions.\n\nAnd the common people heard him gladly.\n\n\nDISCOURSE OF JESUS AGAINST THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.\n\nThen spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, \"The\nscribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat: all things therefore\nwhatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after\ntheir works; for they say, and do not. Yea, they bind heavy burdens\nand grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they\nthemselves will not move them with their finger. But all their works\nthey do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and\nenlarge the borders of their garments, and love the chief place at\nfeasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in\nthe marketplaces, and to be called of men, 'Rabbi.' But be not ye\ncalled 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. And\ncall no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he\nwho is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your\nmaster, even the Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be\nyour servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and\nwhosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.\n\n\"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut\nthe kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves,\nneither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea\nand land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him\ntwofold more a son of hell than yourselves.\n\n\"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, 'Whosoever shall swear by\nthe temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of\nthe temple, he is a debtor.' Ye fools and blind: for which is greater,\nthe gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? And, 'Whosoever\nshall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by\nthe gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.' Ye blind: for which is\ngreater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He\ntherefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all\nthings thereon. And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it,\nand by him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven,\nsweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint\nand anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of\nthe law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have\ndone, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides that\nstrain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the\noutside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from\nextortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of\nthe cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean\nalso.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto\nwhited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are\nfull of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also\noutwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of\nhypocrisy and iniquity.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the\nsepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,\nand say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not\nhave been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' Wherefore\nye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the\nprophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye\noffspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?\nTherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and\nscribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them\nshall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:\nthat upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from\nthe blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of\nBarachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. Verily I\nsay unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.\n\n\"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them\nthat are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children\ntogether, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye\nwould not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say\nunto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, 'Blessed\nis he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'\"\n\n\nTHE WIDOW'S TWO MITES.\n\nAnd he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the\nmultitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast\nin much. And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which\nmake a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto\nthem, \"Verily, I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all\nthey that are casting into the treasury: for they all did cast in of\ntheir superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had,\neven all her living.\"\n\n\nTHE GENTILES SEEK JESUS.\n\nNow there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at\nthe feast: these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of\nGalilee, and asked him, saying, \"Sir, we would see Jesus.\"\n\nPhilip cometh and telleth Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they\ntell Jesus.\n\nAnd Jesus answereth them, saying, \"The hour is come, that the Son of\nman should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a\ngrain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself\nalone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. He that loveth his life\nloseth it: and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it\nunto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me: and where I\nam, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the\nFather honor. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father,\nsave me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.\nFather, glorify thy name.\"\n\nThere came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, \"I have both\nglorified it, and will glorify it again.\"\n\nThe multitude, therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it\nhad thundered: others said, \"An angel hath spoken to him.\"\n\nJesus answered and said, \"This voice hath not come for my sake, but\nfor your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the\nprince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the\nearth, will draw all men unto myself.\"\n\nBut this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.\n\nThe multitude therefore answered him, \"We have heard out of the law\nthat the Christ abideth forever; and how sayest thou, 'The Son of man\nmust be lifted up'? who is this Son of man?\"\n\nJesus therefore said unto them, \"Yet a little while is the light among\nyou. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not; and\nhe that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye\nhave the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of\nlight.\"\n\nThese things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.\n\n\nTHE JEWS REJECT JESUS.\n\nBut though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed\nnot on him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,\nwhich he spake,\n\n    \"Lord, who hath believed our report?\n    And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?\"\n\nFor this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again.\n\n    \"He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart;\n    Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their\n        heart,\n    And should turn,\n    And I should heal them.\"\n\nThese things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of\nhim. Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because\nof the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out\nof the synagogue; for they loved the glory that is of men more than\nthe glory that is of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried and said, \"He that believeth on me, believeth not on\nme, but on him that sent me. And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him\nthat sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever\nbelieveth on me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my\nsayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge\nthe world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth\nnot my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the\nsame shall judge him in the last day. For I spake not from myself; but\nthe Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should\nsay, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life\neternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath\nsaid unto me, so I speak.\"\n\n\nDISCOURSE CONCERNING THE FUTURE.\n\nAnd Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his\ndisciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.\n\nBut he answered and said unto them, \"See ye not all these things?\nVerily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon\nanother, that shall not be thrown down.\"\n\nAnd as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter\nand James and John and Andrew asked him privately, \"Tell us, when\nshall these things be? and what shall be the sign when these things\nare all about to be accomplished?\"\n\nAnd Jesus began to say unto them, \"Take heed that no man lead you\nastray. Many shall come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and shall lead\nmany astray. And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not\ntroubled: these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not\nyet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against\nkingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be\nfamines: these things are the beginning of the travail.\n\n\"But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to\ncouncils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors\nand kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them. And\nthe gospel must first be preached unto all the nations. And when they\nlead you to judgment, and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand\nwhat ye shall speak; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,\nthat speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. But\nye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk,\nand friends: and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And\nye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.\n\n\"And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and\nshall hate one another. And many false prophets shall arise, and shall\nlead many astray. And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love\nof the many shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, the same\nshall be saved.\n\n\"But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her\ndesolation is at hand. Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the\nmountains: let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the\nthings that are in his house: and let him that is in the field not\nreturn back to take his cloak. For these are days of vengeance, that\nall things which are written may be fulfilled.\n\n\"But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in\nthose days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither\non a Sabbath: for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not\nbeen from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.\nAnd except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been\nsaved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if\nany man shall say unto you, 'Lo, here is the Christ,' or, 'Here,'\nbelieve it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false\nprophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead\nastray, if possible, even the elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have\ntold you all things beforehand. If, therefore, they shall say unto\nyou, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' go not forth: 'Behold, he is\nin the inner chambers,' believe it not. For as the lightning cometh\nforth from the east and is seen even unto the west, so shall be the\ncoming of the Son of man. Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the\neagles be gathered together.\n\n\"But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be\ndarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall\nfall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and\nthen shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then\nshall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of\nman coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he\nshall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and shall\ngather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part\nof the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.\n\n\"Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now\nbecome tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer\nis nigh; even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that\nhe is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation\nshall not pass away till all these things be accomplished. Heaven and\nearth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that\nday and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither\nthe Son, but the Father only.\n\n\"But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged\nwith surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day\ncome on you suddenly as a snare; for so shall it come upon all them\nthat dwell on the face of all the earth. But watch ye at every season,\nmaking supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things\nthat shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.\n\n\"And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of\nman. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating\nand drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah\nentered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took\nthem all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. Then shall\ntwo men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left; two women\nshall be grinding at the mill: one is taken, and one is left. Watch\ntherefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.\n\n\"But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what\nwatch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have\nsuffered his house to be broken through. Therefore be ye also ready;\nfor in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.\n\n\"Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. It is\nas when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house,\nand given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded\nalso the porter to watch. Watch therefore: for ye know not when the\nlord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at\ncockcrowing, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he find you\nsleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.\n\n\"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord hath set\nover his household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is\nthat servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily\nI say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath. But if\nthat evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord tarrieth;' and\nshall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with\nthe drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he\nexpecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him\nasunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be\nthe weeping and the gnashing of teeth.\"\n\n\nTHREE LESSONS TO THE DISCIPLES.\n\n\nTHE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS.\n\n\"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who\ntook their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of\nthem were foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish, when they took\ntheir lamps, took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their\nvessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all\nslumbered and slept. But at midnight there is a cry, 'Behold, the\nbridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.' Then all those virgins arose,\nand trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, 'Give us\nof your oil; for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered,\nsaying, 'Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye\nrather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.'\n\n\"And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that\nwere ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was\nshut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open\nto us.' But he answered and said, 'Verily I say unto you, I know you\nnot.'\n\n\"Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.\n\n\nTHE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS.\n\n\"For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own\nservants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five\ntalents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his\nseveral ability; and he went on his journey. Straightway he that\nreceived the five talents went and traded with them, and made other\nfive talents. In like manner he also that received the two gained\nother two. But he that received the one went away and digged in the\nearth, and hid his lord's money.\n\n\"Now after a long time the lord of these servants cometh, and maketh a\nreckoning with them. And he that received the five talents came and\nbrought other five talents, saying, 'Lord, thou deliveredst unto me\nfive talents: lo, I have gained other five talents.' His lord said\nunto him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been\nfaithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter\nthou into the joy of thy lord.'\n\n\"And he also that received the two talents came and said, 'Lord, thou\ndeliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.'\n\n\"His lord said unto him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant: thou\nhast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many\nthings; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.'\n\n\"And he also that had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I\nknew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow,\nand gathering where thou didst not scatter; and I was afraid, and went\naway and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.'\n\n\"But his lord answered and said unto him, 'Thou wicked and slothful\nservant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where\nI did not scatter; thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the\nbankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with\ninterest. Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto\nhim that hath the ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be\ngiven, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not, even\nthat which he hath shall be taken away. And cast ye out the\nunprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the\nweeping and the gnashing of teeth.'\n\n\nTHE JUDGMENT SCENE.\n\n\"But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels\nwith him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and before\nhim shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one\nfrom another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and\nhe shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.\nThen shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed\nof my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation\nof the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty,\nand ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and\nye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye\ncame unto me.'\n\n\"Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee\nhungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? And when saw we\nthee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? And\nwhen saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?' And the King\nshall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye\ndid it unto one of these my children, even these least, ye did it unto\nme.'\n\n\"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, 'Depart from me,\nye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and\nhis angels: for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was\nthirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not\nin; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited\nme not.' Then shall they also answer, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee\nhungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,\nand did not minister unto thee?' Then shall he answer them, saying,\n'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these\nleast, ye did it not unto me.' And these shall go away into eternal\npunishment: but the righteous into eternal life.\"\n\n\nTHE CONSPIRACY AGAINST JESUS.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said\nunto his disciples, \"Ye know that after two days the passover cometh,\nand the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.\"\n\nThen were gathered together the chief priests, the elders of the\npeople, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;\nand they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety,\nand kill him. But they said, \"Not during the feast, lest a tumult\narise among the people.\"\n\nAnd Satan entered into Judas, who was called Iscariot, being of the\nnumber of the twelve. And he went away and communed with the chief\npriests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them. And they\nwere glad, and they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver. And from\nthat time he sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the\nabsence of the multitude.\n\n\n\n\nWEDNESDAY--THE DAY OF RETIREMENT\n\n\n[There is no record of the events of this day. Jesus spent it in\nretirement, almost certainly in the home of his friends at Bethany.]\n\n\n\n\nTHURSDAY--THE DAY OF FELLOWSHIP\n\n\nPREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER.\n\nAnd on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the\npassover, his disciples say unto him, \"Where wilt thou that we go and\nmake ready that thou mayest eat the passover?\"\n\nAnd he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, \"Go into the\ncity, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water;\nfollow him; and wheresoever he shall enter in, say to the master of\nthe house, 'The Teacher saith, My time is at hand. Where is my\nguest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?' And\nhe will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and\nthere make ready for us.\"\n\nAnd the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he\nhad said unto them: and they made ready the passover.\n\n\nSTRIFE AMONG THE DISCIPLES.\n\nAnd when it was evening he cometh with the twelve. And there arose\nalso a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be\ngreatest. And he said unto them, \"The kings of the Gentiles have\nlordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called\nBenefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among\nyou, let him become as the younger: and he that is chief, as he that\ndoth serve. For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that\nserveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am in the midst of you\nas he that serveth. But ye are they that have continued with me in my\ntemptations; and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father\nappointed unto me, that ye may eat and drink at my table in my\nkingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of\nIsrael.\"\n\n\nJESUS WASHING THE DISCIPLES' FEET.\n\nNow before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was\ncome that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having\nloved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.\n\nAnd during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of\nJudas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the\nFather had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth\nfrom God, and goeth unto God, riseth from supper, and layeth aside his\ngarments; and he took a towel, and girded himself. Then he poureth\nwater into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to\nwipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.\n\nSo he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, \"Lord, dost thou wash\nmy feet?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"What I do thou knowest not now; but\nthou shall understand hereafter.\"\n\nPeter saith unto him, \"Thou shalt never wash my feet.\"\n\nJesus answered him, \"If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.\"\n\nSimon Peter saith unto him, \"Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands\nand my head.\"\n\nJesus saith to him, \"He that is bathed needeth not save to wash his\nfeet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.\" For he\nknew him that should betray him; therefore said he, \"Ye are not all\nclean.\"\n\nSo when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat\ndown again, he said unto them, \"Know ye what I have done to you? Ye\ncall me Teacher, and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then,\nthe Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash\none another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye also\nshould do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, A\nservant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater\nthan he that sent him. If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye\ndo them.\n\n\"I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the\nscripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel\nagainst me. From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that,\nwhen it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily,\nI say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and\nhe that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.\"\n\n\nTHE BETRAYER POINTED OUT.\n\nWhen Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and\ntestified, and said, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you\nshall betray me.\"\n\nThe disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. And\nthey were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one,\n\"Is it I, Lord?\"\n\nAnd he answered and said, \"He that dipped his hand with me in the\ndish, the same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth, even as it is\nwritten of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is\nbetrayed! Good were it for that man if he had not been born.\"\n\nAnd Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, \"Is it I, Rabbi?\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Thou hast said.\"\n\nThere was at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples,\nwhom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoneth to him, and saith\nunto him, \"Tell us who it is of whom he speaketh.\"\n\nHe leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, \"Lord,\nwho is it?\"\n\nJesus therefore answereth, \"He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop,\nand give it him.\"\n\nSo when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, the\nson of Simon Iscariot. And after the sop, then entered Satan into him.\n\nJesus therefore saith unto him, \"What thou doest, do quickly.\"\n\nNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.\nFor some thought because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him,\n\"Buy what things we have need of for the feast,\" or that he should\ngive something to the poor. He then having received the sop went out\nstraightway: and it was night.\n\nWhen therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, \"Now is the Son of man\nglorified, and God is glorified in him; and God shall glorify him in\nhimself, and straightway shall he glorify him.\"\n\n\nTHE LORD'S SUPPER.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"With desire I have desired to eat this\npassover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I shall not eat\nit until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.\"\n\nAnd he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave\nto them, saying, \"This is my body; which is given for you; this do in\nremembrance of me.\"\n\nAnd he took a cup, in like manner after supper, and gave thanks, and\ngave to them, saying, \"Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the\nnew covenant, which is poured out for you, for many, unto remission of\nsins. Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I say unto you, I\nshall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the\nKingdom of God shall come.\"\n\n\nTHE FAREWELL CONVERSATION.\n\n\"Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me:\nand as I said unto the Jews, 'Whither I go, ye cannot come,' so now I\nsay unto you. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one\nanother; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By\nthis shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one\nto another.\"\n\nSimon Peter saith unto him, \"Lord, whither goest thou?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou\nshalt follow afterwards.\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto them, \"All ye shall be offended: for it is\nwritten, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered\nabroad. Howbeit, after I am raised up, I will go before you into\nGalilee.\"\n\nBut Peter said unto him, \"Although all shall be offended, yet will not\nI.\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto him, \"Verily I say unto thee, that thou to-day,\neven this night, before the cock crow twice, shalt deny me thrice.\nSimon, Simon, behold Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you\nas wheat: but I make supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not:\nand do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy\nbrethren.\"\n\nBut he spake vehemently, \"If I must die with thee, I will not deny\nthee.\" And in like manner also said they all.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"When I sent you forth without purse, and\nwallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Nothing.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"But now, he that hath a purse, let him take\nit, and likewise a wallet; and he that hath none, let him sell his\ncloak, and buy a sword. For I say unto you, that this which is written\nmust be fulfilled in me, 'And he was reckoned with transgressors': for\nthat which concerneth me hath fulfillment.\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Lord, behold, here are two swords.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"It is enough.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\"Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.\nIn my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would\nhave told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and\nprepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto\nmyself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go, ye\nknow the way.\"\n\nThomas saith unto him, \"Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know\nwe the way?\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no\none cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye would\nhave known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen\nhim.\"\n\nPhilip saith unto him, \"Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth\nus.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Have I been so long time with you, and dost\nthou not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father:\nhow sayest thou, 'Show us the Father?' Believest thou not that I am\nin the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I say unto you I\nspeak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.\nBelieve me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else\nbelieve me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you,\nHe that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also: and\ngreater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.\nAnd whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the\nFather may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my\nname, that will I do. If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. And\nI will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that\nhe may be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth: whom the world\ncannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know\nhim, for he abideth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave\nyou desolate: I come unto you.\n\n\"Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold\nme: because I live, ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that\nI am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my\ncommandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that\nloveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will\nmanifest myself unto him.\"\n\nJudas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, \"Lord, what is come to pass that\nthou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"If a man love me, he will keep my\nword: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make\nour abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and\nthe word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abiding with you. But\nthe Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my\nname, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all\nthat I said unto you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto\nyou: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be\ntroubled, neither let it be fearful. Ye heard how I said to you, I go\naway, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced,\nbecause I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.\n\n\"And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come\nto pass, ye may believe. I will no more speak much with you, for the\nprince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me; but that the\nworld may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me\ncommandment, even so I do.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in\nme that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that\nbeareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Already\nye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide\nin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except\nit abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am\nthe vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him,\nthe same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. If a\nman abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;\nand they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are\nburned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever\nye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified,\nthat ye bear much fruit: and so shall ye be my disciples. Even as the\nFather hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. If\nye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have\nkept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and\nthat your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, that ye love\none another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than\nthis, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends,\nif ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call you\nservants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have\ncalled you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have\nmade known unto you. Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and\nappointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit\nshould abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name,\nhe may give it you. These things I command you, that ye may love one\nanother. If the world hated you, ye know that it hath hated me before\nit hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own:\nbut because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world,\ntherefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto\nyou, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me,\nthey will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep\nyours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's\nsake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and\nspoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse\nfor their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not\ndone among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin:\nbut now have they both seen and hated me and my Father. But this\ncometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in\ntheir law, 'They hated me without a cause.' But when the Comforter is\ncome, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of\ntruth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:\nand ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the\nbeginning.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to\nstumble. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour\ncometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth\nservice unto God. And these things will they do, because they have not\nknown the Father, nor me. But these things have I spoken unto you,\nthat when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told\nyou. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because\nI was with you. But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you\nasketh me, 'Whither goest thou?' But because I have spoken these\nthings unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell\nyou the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not\naway, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send\nhim unto you. And he, when he is come, will convict the world in\nrespect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because\nthey believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to the Father,\nand ye behold me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this\nworld hath been judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye\ncannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,\nhe shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from\nhimself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak:\nand he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. He shall\nglorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.\nAll things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that\nhe taketh; of mine, and shall declare it unto you. A little while, and\nye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.\"\n\nSome of his disciples therefore said one to another. \"What is this\nthat he saith unto us, 'A little while, and ye behold me not; and\nagain a little while, and ye shall see me': and 'Because I go to the\nFather'?\"\n\nThey said therefore, \"What is this that he saith, 'A little while'?\nWe know not what he saith.\"\n\nJesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto\nthem, \"Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A\nlittle while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye\nshall see me?' Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and\nlament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your\nsorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath\nsorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the\nchild she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is\nborn into the world. And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see\nyou again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh\naway from you. And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily,\nverily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he\nwill give it you in my name. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my\nname: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh,\nwhen I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell\nyou plainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I\nsay not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you; for the Father\nhimself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I\ncame forth from the Father. I came out from the Father, and am come\ninto the world; again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.\"\n\nHis disciples say, \"Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no\ndark saying. Now know we that thou knowest all things, and needest not\nthat any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest\nforth from God.\"\n\nJesus answered them, \"Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea,\nis come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall\nleave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.\nThese things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In\nthe world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer: I have overcome\nthe world.\"\n\n\nTHE INTERCESSORY PRAYER.\n\nThese things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said,\n\"Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify\nthee: even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all\nwhom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. And this is\nlife eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him\nwhom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ. I glorified thee on the\nearth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.\nAnd now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory\nwhich I had with thee before the world was. I manifested thy name unto\nthe men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and\nthou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word. Now they know\nthat all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee: for the\nwords which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received\nthem, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they\nbelieved that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the\nworld, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine: and\nall things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am\nglorified in them. And I am no more in the world, and these are in the\nworld, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which\nthou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are. While I was\nwith them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me; and I\nguarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition;\nthat the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to thee; and\nthese things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full\nin themselves. I have given them thy word, and the world hated them,\nbecause they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I\npray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou\nshouldst keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even\nas I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is\ntruth. As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into\nthe world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves\nalso may be sanctified in truth. Neither for these only do I pray, but\nfor them also that believe on me through their word; that they may all\nbe one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also\nmay be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me. And\nthe glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they\nmay be one, even as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they\nmay be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst\nsend me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me. Father, I desire\nthat they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that\nthey may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst\nme before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world\nknew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send\nme; and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that\nthe love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.\"\n\nAnd when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY--THE DAY OF SUFFERING\n\n\nTHE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE.\n\nAnd they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith\nunto his disciples, \"Sit ye here, while I pray.\"\n\nAnd he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be\ngreatly amazed, and sore troubled. And he saith unto them, \"My soul is\nexceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.\"\n\nAnd he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that,\nif it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.\n\nAnd he said, \"Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove\nthis cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.\"\n\nAnd there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.\n\nAnd being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became\nas it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.\n\nAnd when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and\nfound them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto Peter, \"Simon, sleepest\nthou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter\nnot into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is\nweak.\"\n\nAgain a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, \"My Father, if\nthis cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.\"\n\nAnd he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.\nAnd he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time,\nsaying the same words.\n\nThen cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, \"Sleep on now,\nand take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is\nbetrayed into the hands of sinners.\n\n\"Arise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me.\"\n\n\nTHE BETRAYAL AND ARREST.\n\nAnd straightway, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve,\nand with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief\npriests and the scribes and the elders.\n\nNow he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, \"Whomsoever I\nshall kiss, that is he; take him, and lead him away safely.\" And when\nhe was come, straightway he came to him, and saith, \"Rabbi,\" and\nkissed him.\n\nBut Jesus said unto him, \"Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a\nkiss?\"\n\nJesus, therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him,\nwent forth, and saith unto them. \"Whom seek ye?\"\n\nThey answered him, \"Jesus of Nazareth.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them. \"I am he.\"\n\nAnd Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When\ntherefore he said unto them, \"I am he,\" they went backward, and fell\nto the ground.\n\nAgain therefore he asked them, \"Whom seek ye?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Jesus of Nazareth.\"\n\nJesus answered, \"I told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me, let\nthese go their way\": that the word might be fulfilled which he spake,\n\"Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.\"\n\nAnd when they that were about him saw what would follow, they said,\n\"Lord, shall we smite with the sword?\"\n\nSimon Peter therefore having a sword drew it, and struck the high\npriest's servant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name\nwas Malchus.\n\nBut Jesus answered and said, \"Suffer ye them thus far.\" And he touched\nhis ear, and healed him.\n\nThen saith Jesus unto Peter, \"Put up again thy sword into its place:\nfor all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Or\nthinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father and he shall even now\nsend me more than twelve legions of angels? How then should the\nscriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? The cup which the\nFather hath given me, shall I not drink it?\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto the chief priest's and captains of the temple, and\nelders, that were come against him, \"Are ye come out, as against a\nrobber, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the\ntemple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your\nhour, and the power of darkness.\"\n\nThen all the disciples left him, and fled.\n\nAnd a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast\nabout him, over his naked body; and they lay hold on him; but he left\nthe linen cloth, and fled naked.\n\n\nTHE TRIAL BEFORE THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES.\n\nSo the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews,\nseized Jesus and bound him, and led him to Annas first; for he was\nfather in law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. Now Caiaphas\nwas he that gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one\nman should die for the people.\n\nAnd Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Now that\ndisciple was known unto the high priest, and entered in with Jesus\ninto the court of the high priest; but Peter was standing at the door\nwithout. So the other disciple, who was known unto the high priest,\nwent out and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.\n\nThe maid therefore that kept the door saith unto Peter, \"Art thou also\none of this man's disciples?\"\n\nHe saith, \"I am not.\"\n\nNow the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a\nfire of coals; for it was cold; and they were warming themselves; and\nPeter also was with them standing and warming himself.\n\nThe high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his\nteaching. Jesus answered him, \"I have spoken openly to the world; I\never taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come\ntogether; and in secret spake I nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them\nthat have heard me, what I spake unto them: behold, these know the\nthings which I said.\"\n\nAnd when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck\nJesus with his hand, saying, \"Answerest thou the high priest so?\"\n\nJesus answered him, \"If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil;\nbut if well, why smitest thou me?\"\n\nAnnas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.\n\nNow the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against\nJesus to put him to death; and found it not. For many bare false\nwitness against him, and their witness agreed not together. And there\nstood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, \"We\nheard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands,\nand in three days I will build another made without hands.\" And not\neven so did their witness agree together.\n\nAnd the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,\n\"Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee?\"\n\nBut he held his peace, and answered nothing.\n\nAnd the high priest said unto him, \"I adjure thee by the living God,\nthat thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the\nright hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.\"\n\nAnd the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, \"What further need\nhave we of witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?\"\n\nAnd they all condemned him to be worthy of death.\n\nThen did they spit in his face and buffet him. And they blindfolded\nhim and smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, \"Prophesy\nunto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?\"\n\n\nTHE DENIAL OF PETER.\n\nAnd as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids\nof the high priest; and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon\nhim, and saith, \"Thou also wast with the Nazarene, even Jesus.\"\n\nBut he denied, saying, \"I neither know nor understand what thou\nsayest,\" and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.\n\nAnd after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter,\n\"Of a truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee\nknown.\"\n\nThen began he to curse and to swear, \"I know not the man.\" And\nstraightway the cock crew.\n\nAnd the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the\nword of the Lord, how that he said unto him, \"Before the cock crow\ntwice thou shalt deny me thrice.\"\n\nAnd he went out, and wept bitterly.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAnd straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and\nscribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus,\nand carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate, the governor.\n\n\nTHE REMORSE OF JUDAS.\n\nThen Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,\nrepented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the\nchief priests and elders, saying, \"I have sinned in that I betrayed\ninnocent blood.\"\n\nBut they said, \"What is that to us? See thou to it.\"\n\nAnd he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and\ndeparted; and he went away and hanged himself.\n\nAnd the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, \"It is not\nlawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.\"\nAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to\nbury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, \"The field of\nblood,\" unto this day.\n\nThen was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet,\nsaying, \"And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him\nthat was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel did price; and\nthey gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.\"\n\n\nTHE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE.\n\nThey lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was\nearly; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they\nmight not be defiled, but might eat the passover. Pilate therefore\nwent out unto them, and saith, \"What accusation bring ye against this\nman?\"\n\nThey answered and said unto him, \"If this man were not an evil-doer,\nwe should not have delivered him up unto thee.\"\n\nPilate therefore said unto them, \"Take him yourselves, and judge him\naccording to your law.\"\n\nThe Jews said unto him, \"It is not lawful for us to put any man to\ndeath\": that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,\nsignifying by what manner of death he should die.\n\nAnd they began to accuse him, saying, \"We found this man perverting\nour nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that\nhe himself is Christ a king.\"\n\nAnd when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered\nnothing. Then saith Pilate unto him, \"Hearest thou not how many things\nthey witness against thee?\" And he gave him no answer, not even to one\nword: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.\n\nPilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and called Jesus,\nand said unto him, \"Art thou the King of the Jews?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it\nthee concerning me?\"\n\nPilate answered, \"Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests\ndelivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were\nof this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be\ndelivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.\"\n\nPilate therefore said unto him, \"Art thou a king then?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been\nborn, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear\nwitness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my\nvoice.\"\n\nPilate saith unto him, \"What is truth?\"\n\nAnd when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith\nunto them, \"I find no crime in him.\"\n\nBut they were the more urgent, saying, \"He stirreth up the people,\nteaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee, even unto\nthis place.\"\n\nBut when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.\nAnd when he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him unto\nHerod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days.\n\n\nJESUS BEFORE HEROD.\n\nNow when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad; for he was of a long\ntime desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he\nhoped to see some miracle done by him. And he questioned him in many\nwords; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and the\nscribes stood, vehemently accusing him. And Herod with his soldiers\nset him at nought, and mocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous\napparel sent him back to Pilate.\n\nAnd Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for\nbefore they were at enmity between themselves.\n\n\nTHE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE RESUMED.\n\nAnd Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the\npeople, and said unto them, \"Ye brought unto me this man, as one that\nperverteth the people: and behold, I, having examined him before you,\nfound no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse\nhim: no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold,\nnothing worthy of death hath been done by him. I will therefore\nchastise him, and release him.\"\n\nNow at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude\none prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner,\ncalled Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men\nwho in the insurrection had committed murder. And the multitude went\nup and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.\n\nAnd Pilate answered them, saying, \"Will ye that I release unto you the\nKing of the Jews?\" For he perceived that for envy the chief priests\nhad delivered him up.\n\nNow the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that\nthey should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.\n\nBut the governor answered and said unto them, \"Which of the two will\nye that I release unto you?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Barabbas.\"\n\nPilate saith unto them, \"What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called\nChrist?\"\n\nThey all say, \"Let him be crucified.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them a third time, \"Why, what evil hath this man\ndone? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise\nand release him.\"\n\nThen Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.\n\nAnd the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the\nPraetorium; and they call together the whole band.\n\nAnd they stripped him, and arrayed him in a purple garment. And they\nplatted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his\nright hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying:\n\"Hail, King of the Jews!\" and they struck him with their hands. And\nthey spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him upon the head.\n\nAnd Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, \"Behold, I bring him\nout to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him.\"\n\nJesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple\ngarment. And Pilate saith unto them, \"Behold, the man!\"\n\nWhen therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried\nout, saying, \"Crucify him, crucify him!\"\n\nPilate saith unto them, \"Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I\nfind no crime in him.\"\n\nThe Jews answered him, \"We have a law, and by that law he ought to\ndie, because he made himself the Son of God.\"\n\nWhen Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid; and\nhe entered into the Praetorium again, and saith unto Jesus, \"Whence art\nthou?\"\n\nBut Jesus gave him no answer.\n\nPilate therefore saith unto him, \"Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest\nthou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify\nthee?\"\n\nJesus answered him, \"Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it\nwere given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee\nhath greater sin.\"\n\nUpon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out,\nsaying, \"If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend: every\none that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.\"\n\nWhen Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat\ndown on the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in\nHebrew, Gabbatha.\n\nAnd while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him,\nsaying, \"Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have\nsuffered many things this day in a dream because of him.\"\n\nNow it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth\nhour. And he saith unto the Jews, \"Behold, your King.\"\n\nThey therefore cried out, \"Away with him, away with him, crucify him!\"\n\nPilate saith unto them, \"Shall I crucify your King?\"\n\nThe chief priests answered, \"We have no king but Caesar.\"\n\nSo when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult\nwas arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,\nsaying, \"I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to\nit.\"\n\nAnd all the people answered and said, \"His blood be on us, and on our\nchildren.\"\n\nAnd they were urgent with loud voices asking that he might be\ncrucified. And their voices prevailed.\n\nAnd Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, gave sentence that what\nthey asked for should be done. And he released unto them Barabbas, him\nthat for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they\nasked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put\non him his garments, and led him away to crucify him.\n\n\nTHE SORROWFUL WAY.\n\nThey took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for\nhimself.\n\nAnd as they came out, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, the\nfather of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the\ncountry; him they compelled to go with them, and laid on him the\ncross, that he might bear it after Jesus.\n\nAnd there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women\nwho bewailed and lamented him.\n\nBut Jesus turning unto them said, \"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not\nfor me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold,\nthe days are coming, in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren,\nand the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.'\nThen shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us;' and to\nthe hills, 'Cover us.' For if they do these things in the green tree,\nwhat shall be done in the dry?\"\n\nAnd there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to\ndeath.\n\n\nTHE CRUCIFIXION.\n\nAnd when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say,\nThe place of a skull, they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall:\nand when he had tasted it, he would not drink.\n\nThere they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand\nand the other on the left.\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they\ndo.\"\n\nAnd Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And there was\nwritten:\n\n    JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.\n\nThis title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus\nwas crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and\nin Latin, and in Greek.\n\nThe chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, \"Write not,\n'The King of the Jews,' but that he said, 'I am King of the Jews.'\"\n\nPilate answered, \"What I have written I have written.\"\n\nThe soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his\ngarments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the\ncoat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.\nThey said therefore one to another, \"Let us not rend it, but cast lots\nfor it, whose it shall be\": that the scripture might be fulfilled,\nwhich saith,\n\n    \"They parted my garments among them,\n    And upon my vesture did they cast lots.\"\n\nThese things therefore the soldiers did; and they sat and watched him\nthere.\n\nAnd the people stood beholding.\n\nAnd they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and\nsaying, \"Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three\ndays, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the\ncross.\"\n\nIn like manner also, the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes\nand elders, said, \"He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let the\nChrist, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may\nsee and believe. He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he\ndesireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying,\n\"Art not thou the Christ? Save thyself and us.\"\n\nBut the other answered, and rebuking him said, \"Dost thou not even\nfear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed\njustly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath\ndone nothing amiss.\" And he said, \"Jesus, remember me when thou comest\nin thy kingdom.\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be\nwith me in Paradise.\"\n\nBut there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his\nmother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When\nJesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he\nloved, he saith unto his mother, \"Woman, behold thy son!\"\n\nThen saith he to the disciple, \"Behold, thy mother!\"\n\nAnd from that hour the disciple took her unto his own home.\n\nAnd when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole\nland until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a\nloud voice, \"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?\" which is, being\ninterpreted. \"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me.\"\n\nAnd some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, \"Behold, he\ncalleth Elijah.\"\n\nAfter this, Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the\nscripture might be accomplished, saith, \"I thirst.\"\n\nThere was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge\nfull of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. When\nJesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, \"It is finished.\"\n\nAnd Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, \"Father, into thy hands I\ncommend my spirit,\" and having said this, he gave up the ghost.\n\nAnd behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to\nthe bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; and the\ntombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen\nasleep were raised; and coming forth out of the tombs after his\nresurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.\n\nNow the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when\nthey saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared\nexceedingly, saying, \"Truly this was the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they\nbeheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts. And\nmany women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from\nGalilee, ministering unto him; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary\nthe mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.\n\nThe Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies\nshould not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that\nsabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be\nbroken and that they might be taken away.\n\nThe soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of\nthe other that was crucified with him: but when they came to Jesus,\nand saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: howbeit one\nof the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there\ncame out blood and water. And he that hath seen hath borne witness,\nand his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye\nalso may believe. For these things came to pass, that the scripture\nmight be fulfilled, \"A bone of him shall not be broken.\" And again\nanother scripture saith, \"They shall look on him whom they pierced.\"\n\n\nTHE BURIAL.\n\nAnd after these things, when even was come, there came a rich man from\nArimathaea, named Joseph, a councillor of honorable estate, a disciple\nof Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews; and he boldly went in\nunto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if\nhe were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him\nwhether he had been any while dead. And when he learned it of the\ncenturion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.\n\nHe came therefore, and took away his body. And there came also\nNicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a\nmixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. So they took the\nbody of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the\ncustom of the Jews is to bury.\n\nNow in the place where he was crucified there was a garden: and in the\ngarden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid. There then because\nof the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand), they laid\nJesus; and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.\n\nAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus beheld the tomb, and\nhow his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and\nointments.\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY--THE DAY OF SILENCE AND SORROW\n\n\nTHE WATCH AT THE TOMB.\n\nNow on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief\npriests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, saying,\n\"Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive,\n'After three days I rise again.' Command therefore that the sepulchre\nbe made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and\nsteal him away, and say unto the people, 'He is risen from the dead,'\nand the last error will be worse than the first.\"\n\nPilate said unto them, \"Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye\ncan.\"\n\nSo they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the\nguard being with them.\n\n\n\n\n=HIS RESURRECTION=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSUNDAY--THE DAY OF RESURRECTION\n\n\nTHE EARTHQUAKE.\n\nAnd behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord\ndescended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat\nupon it. His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as\nsnow: and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead\nmen.\n\n\nTHE EMPTY TOMB.\n\nNow on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it\nwas yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the\ntomb. She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the\nother disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, \"They have taken\naway the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid\nhim.\"\n\nPeter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went\ntoward the tomb. And they ran both together: and the other disciple\noutran Peter, and came first to the tomb; and stooping and looking in,\nhe seeth the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.\n\nSimon Peter therefore also cometh, following him, and entered into the\ntomb; and he beholdeth the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, that\nwas upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a\nplace by itself. Then entered in therefore the other disciple also,\nwho came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they\nknew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. So the\ndisciples went away again unto their own home.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO MARY.\n\nBut Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept,\nshe stooped and looked into the tomb; and she beholdeth two angels in\nwhite sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of\nJesus had lain. And they say unto her, \"Woman, why weepest thou?\"\n\nShe saith unto them, \"Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know\nnot where they have laid him.\"\n\nWhen she had thus said, she turned herself back, and beholdeth Jesus\nstanding, and knew not that it was Jesus.\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?\"\n\nShe, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, \"Sir, if thou\nhast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will\ntake him away.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Mary.\"\n\nShe turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, \"Rabboni\"; which is\nto say, \"Teacher.\"\n\nJesus saith to her, \"Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the\nFather: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, 'I ascend unto my\nFather, and your Father, and my God and your God.'\"\n\nMary Magdalene cometh and telleth the disciples, \"I have seen the\nLord\"; and that he had said these things unto her.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE WOMEN.\n\nAnd the women which had come with him out of Galilee came unto the\ntomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they were\nsaying among themselves, \"Who shall roll us away the stone from the\ndoor of the tomb?\" and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled\nback: for it was exceeding great. And entering into the tomb, they saw\na young man sitting on the right side arrayed in a white robe; and\nthey were amazed. And he saith unto them, \"Be not amazed: ye seek\nJesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not\nhere: behold, the place where they laid him! But go, tell his\ndisciples and Peter, 'He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye\nsee him, as he said unto you.'\"\n\nAnd they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and\nran to bring his disciples word.\n\nAnd behold, Jesus met them, saying, \"All hail.\" And they came and took\nhold of his feet, and worshipped him.\n\nThen saith Jesus unto them, \"Fear not: go tell my brethren that they\ndepart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.\"\n\n\nREPORT OF THE WATCH.\n\nNow while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the\ncity, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to\npass. And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken\ncounsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers, saying, \"Say ye, 'His\ndisciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.' And if\nthis come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of\ncare.\"\n\nSo they took the money and did as they were taught: and this saying\nwas spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE AT EMMAUS.\n\nAnd behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named\nEmmaus, which was three-score furlongs from Jerusalem. And they\ncommuned with each other of all these things which had happened.\n\nAnd it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that\nJesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were\nholden that they should not know him.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"What communications are these that ye have one\nwith another, as ye walk?\"\n\nAnd they stood still, looking sad. And one of them, named Cleopas,\nanswering, said unto him, \"Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem and\nnot know the things which are come to pass there in these days?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"What things?\"\n\nAnd they said unto him, \"The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who\nwas a prophet mighty in deed and word before God, and all the people:\nand how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be\ncondemned to death, and crucified him. But we hoped that it was he who\nshould redeem Israel. Yea, and besides all this, it is now the third\nday since these things came to pass. Moreover, certain women of our\ncompany amazed us, having been early at the tomb; and when they found\nnot his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of\nangels, who said that he was alive. And certain of them that were with\nus went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but\nhim they saw not.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in\nall that the prophets have spoken! Behooved it not the Christ to\nsuffer these things, and to enter into his glory?\"\n\nAnd beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to\nthem in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nAnd they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he\nmade as though he would go further. And they constrained him, saying,\n\"Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far\nspent.\"\n\nAnd he went in to abide with them. And it came to pass, when he had\nsat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and\nbreaking it, he gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they\nknew him; and he vanished out of their sight.\n\nAnd they said one to another, \"Was not our heart burning within us,\nwhile he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the\nscriptures?\"\n\nAnd they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found\nthe eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying,\n\"The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.\" And they\nrehearsed the things that happened in the way, and how he was known of\nthem in the breaking of the bread.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES.\n\nWhen therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week,\nand when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the\nJews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and saith unto them, \"Peace be\nunto you.\"\n\nBut they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld\na spirit. And he said unto them, \"Why are ye troubled? and wherefore\ndo questionings arise in your heart? See my hands and my feet, that it\nis I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and\nbones, as ye behold me having.\"\n\nAnd when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.\n\nAnd while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto\nthem, \"Have ye here anything to eat?\"\n\nAnd they gave him a piece of a broiled fish. And he took it, and ate\nbefore them.\n\nJesus therefore said to them again, \"Peace be unto you: as the Father\nhath sent me, even so send I you.\" And when he had said this, he\nbreathed on them, and saith unto them, \"Receive ye the Holy Spirit:\nwhose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose\nsoever sins ye retain, they are retained.\"\n\n\n\n\nAFTER THE RESURRECTION DAY\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES AND TO THOMAS.\n\nBut Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when\nJesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, \"We have seen\nthe Lord.\"\n\nBut he said unto them, \"Except I shall see in his hands the print of\nthe nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my\nhand into his side, I will not believe.\"\n\nAnd after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with\nthem. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and\nsaid, \"Peace be unto you.\"\n\nThen saith he to Thomas, \"Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands;\nand reach hither thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not\nfaithless, but believing.\"\n\nThomas answered and said unto him, \"My Lord and my God.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:\nblessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.\"\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE SEVEN BY THE SEA.\n\nAfter these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at\nthe sea of Tiberias; and he manifested himself on this wise. There\nwere together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus and Nathanael of\nCana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his\ndisciples.\n\nSimon Peter saith unto them, \"I go a fishing.\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"We also come with thee.\"\n\nThey went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took\nnothing. But when day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach: yet\nthe disciples knew not that it was Jesus.\n\nJesus therefore saith unto them, \"Children, have ye aught to eat?\"\n\nThey answered him, \"No.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Cast the net on the right side of the boat,\nand ye shall find.\"\n\nThey cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the\nmultitude of fishes.\n\nThat disciple therefore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, \"It is the\nLord\". So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his\ncoat about him (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.\n\nBut the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far\nfrom the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net\nfull of fishes.\n\nSo when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there,\nand fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, \"Bring of the\nfish which ye have now taken.\"\n\nSimon Peter therefore went up, and drew the net to land, full of great\nfishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and for all there were so many,\nthe net was not rent.\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"Come and break your fast.\"\n\nAnd none of the disciples durst inquire of him, \"Who art thou?\"\nknowing that it was the Lord.\n\nJesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish\nlikewise.\n\nThis is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples,\nafter that he was risen from the dead.\n\nSo when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,\n\"Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these?\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee.\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Feed my lambs.\"\n\nHe saith unto him again a second time, \"Simon, son of John, lovest\nthou me?\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee.\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Tend my sheep.\"\n\nHe saith unto him the third time, \"Simon, son of John, lovest thou\nme?\"\n\nPeter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, \"Lovest\nthou me?\" And he said unto him, \"Lord, thou knowest all things; thou\nknowest that I love thee.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee,\nWhen thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou\nwouldest; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy\nhands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou\nwouldest not.\"\n\nNow this he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should\nglorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, \"Follow\nme.\"\n\nPeter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following;\nwho also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, \"Lord, who\nis he that betrayeth thee?\" Peter therefore seeing him saith to Jesus,\n\"Lord, and what shall this man do?\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"If I will that he tarry till I come, what is\nthat to thee? Follow thou me.\"\n\nThis saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that\ndisciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should\nnot die, but, \"If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to\nthee?\"\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE ELEVEN ON THE MOUNTAIN.\n\nThe eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus\nhad appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but\nsome doubted. And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, \"All\nauthority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye\ntherefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in\nthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching\nthem to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am\nwith you always, even unto the end of the world.\"\n\n\nTHE LAST APPEARANCE AND ASCENSION.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"These are my words which I spake unto you,\nwhile I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled,\nwhich are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the\npsalms, concerning me.\"\n\nThen opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;\nand he said unto them, \"Thus it is written, that the Christ should\nsuffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; and that\nrepentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto\nall the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. Ye are witnesses of these\nthings. And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you:\nbut tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on\nhigh.\"\n\nAnd he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he\nlifted up his hands, and blessed them.\n\nAnd it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and\nwas carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to\nJerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple,\nblessing God.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMANY OTHER SIGNS THEREFORE DID JESUS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DISCIPLES\nWHICH ARE NOT WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, BUT THESE ARE WRITTEN, THAT YE MAY\nBELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD; AND THAT BELIEVING\nYE MAY HAVE LIFE IN HIS NAME.","title":"His Life: A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":61282}