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Richardson\n\n\n\n\nTHE\n\nNEW TESTAMENT\n\nOF OUR\n\nLORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.\n\n\nTHE COMMON ENGLISH VERSION, CORRECTED BY THE FINAL\n\nCOMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.\n\nSecond Revision.\n\n\n[_Willingham Memorial_.]\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nAMERICAN BIBLE UNION.\n\nLONDON:\n\nTRUBNER & CO., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW.\n\n1866.\n\n_2d Thousand_.]                             [_Brevier 18mo Edition_.\n\n\n\nNOTE.\n\nThis Revised Testament has been prepared under the auspices of the\nAmerican Bible Union, by the most competent scholars of the day. No\nexpense has been spared to obtain the oldest translations of the\nBible, copies of the ancient manuscripts, and other facilities to make\nthe revision as perfect as possible.\n\nThe paragraph form has been adopted in preference to the division by\nverse, which is a modern mode of division, never used in the ancient\nscriptures. But, for convenience of reference, the numbers of the\nverses are retained.\n\nAll quotations from the Old Testament are distinctly indicated, and\nthe poetic form is restored to those which appear as poetry in the\noriginal.\n\nThe revisers have been guided in their labors by the following rules\nprescribed by the Union:\n\n\nRULES FOR THE REVISION OF THE ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT.\n\nThe received Greek text, critically edited, with known errors\ncorrected, must be followed.\n\nThe common English version must be the basis of revision, and only\nsuch alterations must be made as the exact meaning of the text and the\nexisting state of the language may require.\n\nThe exact meaning of the inspired text, as that text expressed it to\nthose who understood the original Scriptures at the time they were\nfirst written, must be given in corresponding words and phrases, so\nfar as they can be found in the English language, with the least\npossible obscurity or indefiniteness.\n\n\nEntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by THE\nAMERICAN BIBLE UNION, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of\nthe United States for the Southern District of New York.\n\nThomas Holman, Printer,\nCorner of Centre and White Sts., New York.\n\nElectrotyped by Smith & McDougal,\n82 and 64 Beekman St., N. Y.\n\n\n\nTHE\n\nNEW TESTAMENT\n\n\nTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW.\n\nI.\n\nBOOK of the generation of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.\n(2)Abraham begot Isaac; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot Judah\nand his brothers; (3)and Judah begot Pharez and Zarah, of Tamar; and\nPharez begot Hezron; and Hezron begot Ram; (4)and Ram begot Amminadab;\nand Amminadab begot Nahshon; and Nahshon begot Salmon; (5)and Salmon\nbegot Boaz, of Rahab; and Boaz begot Obed, of Ruth; and Obed begot\nJesse; (6)and Jesse begot David the king; and David begot Solomon, of\nthe wife of Uriah; (7)and Solomon begot Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begot\nAbijah; and Abijah begot Asa; (8)and Asa begot Jehoshaphat; and\nJehoshaphat begot Joram; and Joram begot Uzziah; (9)and Uzziah begot\nJotham; and Jotham begot Ahaz; and Ahaz begot Hezekiah; (10)and\nHezekiah begot Manasseh; and Manasseh begot Amon; and Amon begot\nJosiah; (11)and Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of\nthe removal to Babylon. (12)And after the removal to Babylon, Jeconiah\nbegot Salathiel; and Salathiel begot Zerubbabel; (13)and Zerubbabel\nbegot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliakim; and Eliakim begot Azor; (14)and\nAzor begot Zadock; and Zadock begot Achim; and Achim begot Eliud;\n(15)and Eliud begot Eleazar; and Eleazar begot Matthan; and Matthan\nbegot Jacob; (16)and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom\nwas born Jesus, who is called Christ.\n\n(17)All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are\nfourteen generations; and from David unto the removal to Babylon,\nfourteen generations; and from the removal to Babylon unto the Christ,\nfourteen generations.\n\n(18)Now the birth of Jesus Christ was after this manner. His mother\nMary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she\nwas found with child by the Holy Spirit. (19)And Joseph her husband,\nbeing just, and not willing to expose her openly[1:19], desired to put\nher away privately. (20)But while he thought on these things, behold,\nan angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, son\nof David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife; for that which is\nbegotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. (21)And she shall bring forth a\nson, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people\nfrom their sins.\n\n(22)And all this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which\nwas spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:\n\n    (23)Behold, the virgin shall be with child,\n    And shall bring forth a son,\n    And they shall call his name Immanuel;\n\nwhich is interpreted[1:23], God with us.\n\n(24)And Joseph, awaking from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord bade\nhim, and took to him his wife; (25)and he knew her not till she\nbrought forth a son[1:25]; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nAND Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of\nHerod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to\nJerusalem, (2)saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For\nwe saw his star in the east, and came to do him homage. (3)And the\nking, Herod, hearing it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.\n(4)And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the\npeople, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. (5)And\nthey said to him: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written by\nthe prophet:\n\n    (6)And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah,\n    Art by no means least among the princes of Judah;\n    For out of thee shall come forth a Governor,\n    Who shall rule my people Israel.\n\n(7)Then Herod, having secretly called the wise men, inquired of them\nexactly the time of the appearing of the star. (8)And he sent them to\nBethlehem, and said: Go and inquire strictly concerning the child; and\nwhen ye have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and\ndo him homage. (9)And they, having heard the king, departed; and lo,\nthe star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came\nand stood over where the child was. (10)And seeing the star, they\nrejoiced with exceeding great joy. (11)And coming into the house, they\nsaw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to\nhim; and opening their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold\nand frankincense and myrrh. (12)And being warned by God in a dream,\nnot to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by\nanother way.\n\n(13)And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears\nto Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the child and his\nmother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word; for\nHerod is about to seek the child to destroy him. (14)And he arose and\ntook the child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,\n(15)and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled\nwhich was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt\nI called my son.\n\n(16)Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, was\nexceedingly enraged; and he sent forth, and slew all the male children\nthat were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and\nunder, according to the time which he had exactly learned from the\nwise men. (17)Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through\nJeremiah the prophet, saying:\n\n    (18)A voice was heard in Ramah,\n    Weeping, and great mourning[2:18];\n    Rachel weeping for her children,\n    And would not be comforted, because they are not.\n\n(19)But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a\ndream to Joseph in Egypt, (20)saying: Arise, and take the child and\nhis mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who\nsought the child's life. (21)And he arose, and took the child and his\nmother, and came into the land of Israel. (22)But hearing that\nArchelaus reigned in Judaea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid\nto go thither; and being warned by God in a dream, he retired into the\nregion of Galilee. (23)And he came and dwelt in a city called\nNazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the\nprophets: He shall be called a Nazarene.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nIN those days comes John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of\nJudaea, (2)and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\n(3)For this is he that was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah,\nsaying:\n\n    The voice of one crying in the wilderness,\n    Prepare the way of the Lord,\n    Make straight his paths.\n\n(4)And he, John, had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern\ngirdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.\n\n(5)Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region\nabout the Jordan; (6)and they were immersed by him in the Jordan,\nconfessing their sins. (7)But seeing many of the Pharisees and\nSadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them: Brood of vipers,\nwho warned you to flee from the coming wrath? (8)Bring forth therefore\nfruit worthy of repentance; (9)and think not to say within yourselves,\nWe have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of\nthese stones to raise up children to Abraham. (10)And already the axe\nis laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not\nforth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. (11)I indeed\nimmerse you in water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is\nmightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will\nimmerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; (12)whose fan is in his hand,\nand he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather\nhis wheat into the garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire\nunquenchable.\n\n(13)Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be\nimmersed by him. (14)But John sought to hinder him, saying: I have\nneed to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me? (15)And Jesus\nanswering said to him: Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to\nfulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. (16)And having been\nimmersed, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and lo, the\nheavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending,\nas a dove, and coming upon him. (17)And lo, a voice out of heaven,\nsaying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nTHEN Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted\nby the Devil. (2)And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he\nafterwards hungered. (3)And coming to him, the tempter said: If thou\nart the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.\n(4)But he answering said: It is written, Man shall not live on bread\nalone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.\n\n(5)Then the Devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him on the\npinnacle of the temple, (6)and says to him: If thou art the Son of\nGod, cast thyself down; for it is written:\n\n    He will give his angels command concerning thee;\n    And on their hands they will bear thee up,\n    Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.\n\n(7)Jesus said to him: Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the\nLord thy God.\n\n(8)Again the Devil takes him into an exceedingly high mountain, and\nshows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; (9)and\nsays to him: All these things I will give thee, if thou wilt fall down\nand worship me. (10)Then Jesus says to him: Get thee hence, Satan; for\nit is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt\nthou serve. (11)Then the Devil leaves him; and behold, angels came and\nministered to him.\n\n(12)And hearing that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee.\n(13)And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by\nthe sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; (14)that it might be\nfulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:\n\n    (15)The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali,\n    By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,\n    Galilee of the Gentiles,\n    (16)The people that sat in darkness, saw great light,\n    And to those sitting in the region and shadow of death light\nsprang up.\n\n(17)From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Repent, for the\nkingdom of heaven is at hand. (18)And walking by the sea of Galilee,\nhe saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother,\ncasting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. (19)And he says\nto them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. (20)And\nthey, immediately leaving the nets, followed him. (21)And going on\nfrom thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and\nJohn his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their\nnets; and he called them. (22)And they, immediately leaving the ship\nand their father, followed him.\n\n(23)And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,\nand preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness\nand every infirmity among the people. (24)And his fame went forth into\nall Syria; and they brought to him all that were sick, taken with\ndivers diseases and torments, and possessed with demons, and lunatic,\nand palsied; and he healed them. (25)And great multitudes followed him\nfrom Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and from\nbeyond the Jordan.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nAND seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and he having\nsat down, his disciples came to him. (2)And he opened his mouth, and\ntaught them, saying:\n\n(3)Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n(4)Happy they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.\n\n(5)Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the earth[5:5].\n\n(6)Happy they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they\nshall be filled.\n\n(7)Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n(8)Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see God.\n\n(9)Happy the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n(10)Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs\nis the kingdom of heaven.\n\n(11)Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall\nsay all evil against you falsely[5:11], for my sake. (12)Rejoice, and\nexult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted\nthe prophets that were before you.\n\n(13)Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become tasteless,\nwherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but\nto be cast out, and to be trodden under foot by men.\n\n(14)Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can\nnot be hid. (15)Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the bushel,\nbut on the lamp-stand; and it shines to all that are in the house.\n(16)Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good\nworks, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.\n\n(17)Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came\nnot to destroy, but to fulfill. (18)For verily I say to you, till\nheaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the\nlaw, till all be fulfilled. (19)Whoever therefore shall break one of\nthese least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the\nleast in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them,\nhe shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.\n\n(20)For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that\nof the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of\nheaven.\n\n(21)Ye heard that it was said to those[5:21] of old: Thou shalt not\nkill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.\n(22)But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother,\nwithout cause[5:22a], shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever\nshall say to his brother, Raca[5:22b]! shall be in danger of the\ncouncil; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of\nhell-fire. (23)Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and\nthere rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; (24)leave\nthere thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy\nbrother and then come and offer thy gift.\n\n(25)Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with\nhim; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge\ndeliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (26)Verily\nI say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the\nuttermost farthing.\n\n(27)Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. (28)But\nI say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her,\nhas already committed adultery with her in his heart. (29)And if thy\nright eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee;\nfor it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not\nthy whole body be cast into hell. (30)And if thy right hand causes\nthee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable\nfor thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be\ncast into hell.\n\n(31)And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her\na writing of divorcement. (32)But I say to you, that whoever shall put\naway his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit\nadultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.\n\n(33)Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old[5:33]: Thou shalt\nnot swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths. (34)But\nI say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's\nthrone; (35)nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by\nJerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. (36)Nor shalt thou\nswear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or\nblack. (37)But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is\nmore than these comes of evil.\n\n(38)Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a\ntooth. (39)But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever\nshall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.\n(40)And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let\nhim have thy cloak also. (41)And whoever shall compel thee to go one\nmile, go with him two. (42)Give to him that asks of thee, and from him\nthat would borrow of thee turn not away.\n\n(43)Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt\nhate thine enemy. (44)But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray\nfor those who persecute you; (45)that ye may be sons of your Father\nwho is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the\ngood, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. (46)For if ye love\nthose who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the\nsame? (47)And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels?\nDo not also the heathen thus? (48)Be ye therefore perfect, even as\nyour Father who is in heaven is perfect.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nTAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by\nthem; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.\n(2)Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee,\nas the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they\nmay have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their\nreward. (3)But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what\nthy right hand does; (4)that thine aims may be in secret and thy\nFather who sees in secret will himself reward thee.\n\n(5)And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love\nto pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,\nthat they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full\ntheir reward. (6)But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,\nand having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy\nFather who sees in secret will reward thee.\n\n(7)But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for\nthey think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (8)Be not\nye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have\nneed of, before ye ask him. (9)Do ye, therefore, pray after this\nmanner:\n\nOur Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.\n\n(10)Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the\nearth.\n\n(11)Give us this day our daily bread[6:11].\n\n(12)And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors.\n\n(13)And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil[6:13].\n\n(14)For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will\nalso forgive you; (15)but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,\nneither will your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n(16)And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance;\nfor they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast.\nVerily I say to you, they have in full their reward. (17)But thou,\nwhen thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; (18)that thou\nappear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy\nFather who sees in secret will reward thee.\n\n(19)Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and\nrust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. (20)But lay\nup for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust\nconsumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. (21)For\nwhere your treasure is, there will your heart be also.\n\n(22)The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single,\nthy whole body will be light; (23)but if thine eye be evil, thy whole\nbody will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness,\nhow great the darkness! (24)No man can serve two masters; for either\nhe will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one and\ndespise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.\n\n(25)For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what\nye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall\nput on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?\n(26)Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor\ngather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not\nmuch better than they? (27)And which of you by taking thought can add\none cubit to his stature[6:27]? (28)And why take ye thought for\nraiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil\nnot, nor spin; (29)and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his\nglory was not arrayed like one of these. (30)And if God so clothes the\ngrass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the\noven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith? (31)Take not\nthought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?\nor, Wherewith shall we be clothed? (32)For after all these do the\nGentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all\nthese. (33)But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;\nand all these shall be added to you. (34)Take not thought, therefore,\nfor the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself.\nSufficient for the day is the evil thereof.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nJUDGE not, that ye be not judged. (2)For with what judgment ye judge,\nye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be\nmeasured to you. (3)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy\nbrother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?\n(4)Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from\nthine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye? (5)Hypocrite!\nfirst cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see\nclearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.\n\n(6)Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls\nbefore the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and\nrend you.\n\n(7)Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and\nit shall be opened to you. (8)For every one that asks receives; and he\nthat seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (9)Or\nwhat man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give\nhim a stone? (10)And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?\n(11)If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your\nchildren, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good\nthings to those who ask him? (12)Therefore all things whatever ye\nwould that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is\nthe law and the prophets.\n\n(13)Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and\nbroad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in\nthereat. (14)[7:14]Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way,\nthat leads to life, and few are they who find it.\n\n(15)Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but\ninwardly are ravening wolves.\n\n(16)Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from\nthorns, or figs from thistles? (17)So every good tree brings forth\ngood fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. (18)A good\ntree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth\ngood fruit. (19)Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut\ndown, and cast into the fire. (20)So then, from their fruits ye shall\nknow them.\n\n(21)Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the\nkingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in\nheaven. (22)Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not\nprophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name\ndo many miracles? (23)And then will I profess to them, I never knew\nyou; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.\n\n(24)Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine[7:24], and\ndoes them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the\nrock. (25)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds\nblew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been\nfounded on the rock. (26)And every one who hears these sayings of\nmine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built\nhis house on the sand. (27)And the rain descended, and the streams\ncame, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and\ngreat was the fall of it.\n\n(28)And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the\nmultitudes were astonished at his teaching. (29)For he taught them as\nhaving authority, and not as the scribes.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nWHEN he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed\nhim. (2)And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying:\nLord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. (3)And stretching forth his\nhand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And\nimmediately his leprosy was cleansed. (4)And Jesus says to him: See\nthou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the\ngift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.\n\n(5)And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion,\nbeseeching him, (6)and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied,\ngrievously tormented. (7)And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal\nhim. (8)The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that\nthou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my\nservant will be healed. (9)For I am a man under authority, having\nsoldiers under me, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to\nanother, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does\nit. (10)And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed:\nVerily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.\n(11)And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and\nwill recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the\nkingdom of heaven; (12)but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out\ninto the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing\nof teeth! (13)And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou\ndidst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that\nhour.\n\n(14)And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law\nlying, and sick with fever. (15)And he touched her hand, and the fever\nleft her; and she arose, and ministered to him. (16)When evening was\ncome, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he\ncast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick;\n(17)that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the\nprophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our\nsicknesses.\n\n(18)And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, commanded to depart\nto the other side. (19)And a certain scribe came, and said to him:\nTeacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20)And Jesus\nsays to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but\nthe Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (21)And another of\nhis disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my\nfather. (22)But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury\ntheir own dead.\n\n(23)And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him.\n(24)And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the\nship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. (25)And the\ndisciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish.\n(26)And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then\nrising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.\n(27)And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that\neven the winds and the sea obey him!\n\n(28)And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the\nGadarenes[8:28], there met him two possessed with demons, coming out\nof the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass by\nthat way. (29)And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do\nwith thee, Son of God? Camest thou hither to torment us before the\ntime? (30)And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine\nfeeding. And the demons besought him, saying: (31)If thou cast us out,\nsend us away into the herd of swine. (32)And he said to them, Go. And\nthey, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole\nherd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.\n(33)And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every\nthing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. (34)And,\nbehold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they\nbesought that he would depart from their borders.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nAND entering into the ship he passed over, and came to his own city.\n(2)And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a\nbed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Child, be\nof good cheer; thy sins are forgiven. (3)And, behold, certain of the\nscribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. (4)And Jesus\nknowing their thoughts said: Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?\n(5)For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say:\nArise, and walk? (6)But that ye may know that the Son of man has power\non earth to forgive sins, (then says he to the palsied man) Arise,\ntake up thy bed, and go to thy house. (7)And rising up he departed to\nhis house. (8)And seeing it the multitudes feared, and glorified God,\nwho gave such power to men.\n\n(9)And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting\nat the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And\nhe rose up and followed him. (10)And it came to pass that, as he\nreclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners\ncame and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples. (11)And the\nPharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat\nwith the publicans and the sinners? (12)And Jesus hearing it, said:\nThey who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (13)But\ngo, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I\ncame not to call righteous men, but sinners.\n\n(14)Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the\nPharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? (15)And Jesus said\nto them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn[9:15], so long as the\nbridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will\nbe taken from them, and then they will fast. (16)And no one puts a\npiece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up\ntakes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. (17)Nor do they put\nnew wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out,\nand the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and\nboth are preserved together.\n\n(18)While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a\nruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but\ncome and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. (19)And Jesus arose\nand was following him, he and his disciples. (20)And behold, a woman,\nhaving a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the\nfringe of his garment. (21)For she said within herself: If I only\ntouch his garment, I shall be made whole. (22)And Jesus, turning and\nseeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee\nwhole. (23)And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus,\ncoming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the\ncrowd making a noise, (24)said: Give place; for the maiden is not\ndead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. (25)But when the\ncrowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the\nmaiden arose. (26)And this report went abroad into all that land.\n\n(27)And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him,\ncrying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. (28)And when he\nhad come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to\nthem: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yea,\nLord. (29)Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith\nbe it done to you. (30)And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly\ncharged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. (31)But they,\ngoing out, spread abroad his fame in all that country.\n\n(32)And as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a man\ndumb, possessed with a demon. (33)And the demon being cast out, the\ndumb spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying: It was never so seen\nin Israel. (34)But the Pharisees said: He casts out the demons through\nthe prince of the demons.\n\n(35)And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in\ntheir synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and\nhealing every sickness and every infirmity. (36)And seeing the\nmultitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were\nharassed, and scattered[9:36], as sheep having no shepherd. (37)Then\nhe says to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the\nlaborers are few. (38)Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he\nwill send forth laborers into his harvest.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nAND calling to him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over\nunclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness\nand every infirmity.\n\n(2)And the names of the twelve apostles are these; first Simon, who is\ncalled Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and\nJohn his brother; (3)Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the\npublican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus surnamed Thaddeus;\n(4)Simon the Cananite[10:4], and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed\nhim.\n\n(5)These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying: Go not\ninto the way to the Gentiles, and into a city of Samaritans enter not.\n(6)But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7)And as\nye go, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (8)Heal the\nsick, raise the dead[10:8], cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye\nreceived, freely give. (9)Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in\nyour girdles; (10)nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals,\nnor staff; for the laborer is worthy of his living. (11)And into\nwhatever city or village ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy;\nand there abide till ye go thence. (12)But when ye come into the\nhouse, salute it. (13)And if the house be worthy, let your peace come\nupon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.\n(14)And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye go\nout of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. (15)Verily\nI say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and\nGomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.\n\n(16)Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be\ntherefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves. (17)But beware of\nmen; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in\ntheir synagogues; (18)and before governors also and kings will ye be\nbrought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.\n\n(19)But when they deliver you up, take not thought how or what ye\nshall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall\nspeak. (20)For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father\nthat speaks in you.\n\n(21)And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the\nfather the child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause\nthem to be put to death. (22)And ye will be hated by all, for my\nname's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be\nsaved.\n\n(23)But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other; for\nverily I say to you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel,\ntill the Son of man come.\n\n(24)A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord.\n(25)It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the\nservant as his lord: If they called the master of the house Beelzebul,\nhow much more those of his household!\n\n(26)Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall\nnot be revealed, and hid that shall not be known. (27)What I say to\nyou in the darkness, that speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in\nthe ear, that proclaim upon the house-tops. (28)And be not afraid of\nthose who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather\nfear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.\n\n(29)Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them shall not\nfall on the ground without your Father. (30)But the very hairs of your\nhead are all numbered. (31)Fear not therefore; ye are of more value\nthan many sparrows.\n\n(32)Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before men, him\nwill I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven. (33)But\nwhoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my\nFather who is in heaven.\n\n(34)Think not that I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to\nsend peace, but a sword. (35)For I came to set a man at variance with\nhis father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with her\nmother-in-law; (36)and a man's foes will be they of his household.\n\n(37)He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me;\nand he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.\n(38)And he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not\nworthy of me. (39)He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that\nloses his life for my sake shall find it.\n\n(40)He that receives you receives me; and he that receives me receives\nhim who sent me. (41)He that receives a prophet in the name of a\nprophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a\nrighteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous\nman's reward. (42)And whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water\nonly to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, verily I\nsay to you, he shall not lose his reward.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nAND it came to pass, when Jesus made an end of commanding his twelve\ndisciples, that he departed thence to teach and to preach in their\ncities.\n\n(2)And John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent\nby his disciples, (3)and said to him: Art thou he that comes, or look\nwe for another?\n\n(4)And Jesus answering said to them: Go and report to John what ye\nhear and see. (5)The blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are\ncleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor good\ntidings are published. (6)And happy is he, whoever shall not be\noffended at me.\n\n(7)And as these were departing, Jesus began to say to the multitudes\nconcerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? A\nreed shaken by the wind?\n\n(8)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold,\nthey who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.\n\n(9)But what went ye out to see? A prophet[11:9]? Yea, I say to you,\nand more than a prophet. (10)For this is he of whom it is written:\n\n    Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face,\n    Who shall prepare thy way before thee.\n\n(11)Verily I say to you, among those born of women, there has not\nrisen a greater than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the\nkingdom of heaven is greater than he.\n\n(12)And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of\nheaven suffers violence, and the violent seize upon it. (13)For all\nthe prophets and the law prophesied until John. (14)And if ye are\nwilling to receive it, he is the Elijah that should come. (15)He that\nhas ears to hear, let him hear.\n\n(16)But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children\nsitting in the markets, who call to their fellows, (17)and say: We\npiped to you, and ye danced not; we sang the lament, and ye did not\nbeat the breast. (18)For John came neither eating nor drinking, and\nthey say: He has a demon. (19)The Son of man came eating and drinking,\nand they say: Behold a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of\npublicans and sinners. But wisdom was justified on the part of her\nchildren.\n\n(20)Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his miracles\nwere done, because they repented not. (21)Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe\nto thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles, that were done in you, had\nbeen done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in\nsackcloth and ashes. (22)But I say to you, it will be more tolerable\nfor Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.\n\n(23)And thou, Capernaum, [11:23a]that wast exalted to heaven, shalt go\ndown to the underworld[11:23b]. For if the miracles, that were done in\nthee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.\n(24)But I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of\nSodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.\n\n(25)At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee, O Father, Lord\nof heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise\nand discerning, and reveal them to babes; (26)yea, O Father, that so\nit seemed good in thy sight! (27)All things were delivered to me by my\nFather; and no one knows the Son but the Father; nor does any one know\nthe Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal\nhim.\n\n(28)Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will\ngive you rest. (29)Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am\nmeek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.\n(30)For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nAT that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and\nhis disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears of grain, and to\neat. (2)And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples\nare doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. (3)And he\nsaid to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered,\nhimself and those with him; (4)how he entered into the house of God,\nand ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor\nfor those with him, but for the priests alone? (5)Or have ye not read\nin the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the\nsabbath, and are blameless? (6)But I say to you, that a greater than\nthe temple is here. (7)But if ye had known what this means, I desire\nmercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless.\n(8)For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.\n\n(9)And departing from thence, he went into their synagogue. (10)And\nbehold, there was a man, having his hand withered. And they asked him,\nsaying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse\nhim. (11)And he said to them: What man will there be of you, that\nshall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will\nnot lay hold of it, and raise it up? (12)How much better then is a man\nthan a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. (13)Then\nhe says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth;\nand it was restored whole, as the other.\n\n(14)And the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they\nmight destroy him. (15)But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew from thence;\nand great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. (16)And he\ncharged them that they should not make him known; (17)that it might be\nfulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:\n\n    (18)Behold my servant, whom I chose,\n    My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased.\n    I will put my spirit upon him,\n    And he will declare judgment to the Gentiles.\n    (19)He will not strive, nor cry;\n    Nor will any one hear his voice in the streets.\n    (20)A bruised reed he will not break,\n    And smoking flax he will not quench,\n    Till he send forth judgment unto victory.\n    (21)And in his name will Gentiles hope.\n\n(22)Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind, and\ndumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both[12:22] spoke\nand saw. (23)And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is this the\nSon of David? (24)But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not\ncast out the demons, except through Beelzebul, prince of the demons.\n(25)And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom\ndivided against itself is brought to desolation; and any city or house\ndivided against itself shall not stand. (26)And if Satan cast out\nSatan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom\nstand? (27)And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through\nwhom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.\n(28)But if I through the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then is\nthe kingdom of God come near to you. (29)Or how can any one enter into\na strong man's house, and seize upon his goods, except he first bind\nthe strong man? And then he will plunder his house.\n\n(30)He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with\nme scatters abroad.\n\n(31)Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven\nto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.\n(32)And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be\nforgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not\nbe forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.\n\n(33)Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree\ncorrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from the fruit the tree is known.\n\n(34)Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For\nout of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (35)The good man\nout of the good treasure sends forth good things; and the evil man out\nof the evil treasure sends forth evil things. (36)But I say to you,\nthat every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account\nthereof in the day of judgment. (37)For from thy words thou shalt be\njustified, and from thy words thou shalt be condemned.\n\n(38)Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him\nsaying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. (39)But he\nanswering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after\na sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the\nprophet. (40)For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly\nof the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in\nthe heart of the earth. (41)Men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment\nwith this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at\nthe preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.\n(42)A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this\ngeneration, and will condemn it; for she came from the utmost parts of\nthe earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than\nSolomon is here.\n\n(43)But when the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes\nthrough dry places seeking rest, and finds it not. (44)Then he says, I\nwill return into my house from whence I came out and coming he finds\nit empty, swept, and set in order. (45)Then he goes, and takes with\nhim seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in\nand dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the\nfirst. So shall it be also with this wicked generation.\n\n(46)While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother\nand his brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to him.\n(47)And one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers are\nstanding without, seeking to speak to thee. (48)But he answering said\nto him that told him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?\n(49)And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, he said:\nBehold my mother and my brothers! (50)For whoever shall do the will of\nmy Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nAND on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side.\n(2)And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went\ninto the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach.\n(3)And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying:\n\n(4)Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by\nthe way-side, and the birds came and devoured them. (5)And others fell\non the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they\nsprang up, because they had not depth of earth. (6)And when the sun\nwas up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they\nwithered away. (7)And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came\nup, and choked them. (8)And others fell on the good ground, and\nyielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (9)He that\nhas ears to hear, let him hear[13:9].\n\n(10)And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to\nthem in parables? (11)And he answering said to them: To you it is\ngiven[13:11] to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to\nthem it is not given. (12)For whoever has, to him shall be given, and\nhe shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall\nbe taken from him. (13)Therefore I speak to them in parables; because\nseeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.\n(14)And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says:\n\n    With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand;\n    And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.\n    (15)For the heart of this people is become gross,\n    And their ears are dull of hearing,\n    And their eyes they have closed;\n    Lest haply they see with their eyes,\n    And hear with their ears,\n    And understand with their heart,\n    And turn, and I shall heal them.\n\n(16)But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because\nthey hear. (17)For verily I say to you, that many prophets and\nrighteous men desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see,\nand to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear.\n\n(18)Hear therefore the parable of the sower. (19)When any one hears\nthe word of the kingdom, and understands not, then comes the evil one\nand snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was\nsown by the way-side.\n\n(20)And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word,\nand immediately with joy receives it; (21)and has not root in himself,\nbut is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises\nbecause of the word, immediately he is offended.\n\n(22)And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word,\nand the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the\nword, and it becomes unfruitful. (23)And that sown on the good ground,\nthis is he that hears the word and understands; who bears fruit, and\nproduces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.\n\n(24)Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of\nheaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. (25)But\nwhile men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat, and\nwent away. (26)And when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then\nappeared the darnel also. (27)And the servants of the householder came\nand said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From\nwhence then has it darnel? (28)He said to them: An enemy did this. The\nservants said to him: Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?\n(29)He said: Nay, lest while ye gather up the darnel, ye root up the\nwheat with them. (30)Let both grow together until the harvest. And in\ntime of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the darnel,\nand bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my\nbarn.\n\n(31)Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of\nheaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in\nhis field. (32)Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is\ngrown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the\nbirds of the air come and lodge in its branches.\n\n(33)Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to\nleaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the\nwhole was leavened.\n\n(34)All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables; and\nwithout a parable he spoke nothing to them; (35)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\n(36)Then having sent away the multitudes[13:36], he went into the\nhouse. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the\nparable of the darnel of the field. (37)And answering he said to them:\n\nHe that sows the good seed is the Son of man. (38)The field is the\nworld. The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the\ndarnel are the sons of the evil one, (39)and the enemy that sowed them\nis the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are\nangels. (40)As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned\nwith fire, so shall it be in the end of the world. (41)The Son of man\nwill send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom\nall the causes of offense, and those who do iniquity, (42)and will\ncast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the\ngnashing of teeth! (43)Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun\nin the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him\nhear[13:43].\n\n(44)Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the\nfield, which a man found and concealed; and for joy thereof[13:44], he\ngoes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.\n\n(45)Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking goodly\npearls; (46)and having found one pearl of great price, he went and\nsold all that he had, and bought it.\n\n(47)Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, cast into the sea,\nand gathering together of every kind. (48)Which, when it was filled,\nthey drew up upon the beach, and sat down and gathered the good into\nvessels, but cast the bad away. (49)So will it be in the end of the\nworld. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from\namong the just, (50)and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there\nwill be the wailing, and the gnashing of teeth!\n\n(51)Did ye understand all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord.\n(52)And he said to them: Therefore every scribe, instructed in the\nkingdom of heaven, is like to a householder, who brings forth out of\nhis treasure new and old.\n\n(53)And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, that he\ndeparted thence. (54)And coming into his own country, he taught them\nin their synagogue; so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has\nthis man this wisdom, and the miracles? Is not this the carpenter's\nson? (55)Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and\nJoseph[13:55], and Simon, and Judas? (56)And his sisters, are they not\nall with us? Whence then has this man all these things? (57)And they\nwere offended at him. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without\nhonor, save in his own country, and in his own house.\n\n(58)And he did not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nAT that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus. (2)And he\nsaid to his servants: This is John the Immerser; he is risen from the\ndead, and therefore do these powers[14:2] work in him.\n\n(3)For Herod laid hold of John, and bound him and put him in prison,\nfor the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother. (4)For John\nsaid to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her. (5)And though\ndesiring to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they\nheld him as a prophet. (6)But when Herod's birthday was kept, the\ndaughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.\n(7)Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatever she should\nask. (8)And she, being urged on by her mother, says: Give me here, on\na platter, the head of John the Immerser. (9)And the king was sorry;\nbut for the sake of the oath, and of those who reclined at table with\nhim, he commanded it to be given. (10)And he sent, and beheaded John\nin the prison. (11)And his head was brought on a platter, and was\ngiven to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother. (12)And his\ndisciples came and took up the body, and buried it; and they went and\nreported it to Jesus.\n\n(13)And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence by ship, into a\ndesert place apart. And the multitudes hearing of it, followed him on\nfoot from the cities. (14)And going forth he saw a great multitude,\nand had compassion on them, and he healed their sick.\n\n(15)And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: The\nplace is desert, and the time is already passed away; dismiss the\nmultitudes, that they may go away into the villages, and buy\nthemselves victuals. (16)But Jesus said to them: They need not go\naway; give ye them to eat. (17)And they say to him: We have here but\nfive loaves, and two fishes. (18)He said: Bring them hither to me.\n(19)And he commanded that the multitudes should lie down on the grass,\nand took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven\nhe blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the\ndisciples to the multitudes. (20)And they all ate, and were filled;\nand they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.\n(21)And they who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and\nchildren.\n\n(22)And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the\nship, and to go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the\nmultitudes.\n\n(23)And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up into the mountain\napart to pray; and when evening was come, he was there alone. (24)But\nthe ship was already in the midst of the sea, vexed by the waves; for\nthe wind was contrary. (25)And in the fourth watch of the night he\nwent to them, walking on the sea. (26)And the disciples, seeing him\nwalking on the sea, were troubled, saying: It is a spectre. And they\ncried out for fear. (27)But straightway Jesus spoke to them, saying:\nBe of good cheer; it is I, be not afraid. (28)And Peter answering him\nsaid: Lord, if it is thou, bid me come to thee on the water. (29)And\nhe said: Come. And coming down from the ship, Peter walked on the\nwater, to go to Jesus. (30)But seeing the wind boisterous, he was\nafraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.\n(31)And immediately Jesus, stretching forth his hand, took hold of\nhim, and said to him: Thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou\ndoubt?\n\n(32)And when they had entered into the ship, the wind ceased. (33)And\nthose in the ship came and worshiped him[14:33], saying: Of a truth,\nthou art the Son of God.\n\n(34)And passing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. (35)And\nthe men of that place, knowing him, sent out into all that country\nround, and brought to him all that were diseased (36)and besought him\nthat they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as\ntouched were made whole.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nTHEN there come to Jesus the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem,\nsaying: (2)Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the\nelders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3)And he\nanswering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of\nGod, for the sake of your tradition? (4)For God commanded,\nsaying[15:4]: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father\nor mother, let him surely die. (5)But ye say: Whoever says to his\nfather or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited\nwith from me, (6)shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made\nthe word of God[15:6] of no effect, for the sake of your tradition.\n\n(7)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying:\n\n    (8)This people honor me with their lips,\n    But their heart is far from me.\n    (9)But in vain they worship me,\n    Teaching as doctrines commandments of men.\n\n(10)And calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hear, and\nunderstand: (11)Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man;\nbut that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.\n\n(12)Then came to him his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou that\nthe Pharisees, when they heard the saying, were offended? (13)And he\nanswering said: Every plant, which my heavenly Father planted not,\nshall be rooted up. (14)Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the\nblind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.\n\n(15)And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable.\n(16)And he said: Are ye also even yet without understanding? (17)Do ye\nnot yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the\nbelly, and is cast out into the drain? (18)But the things that proceed\nout of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.\n(19)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,\nfornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies. (20)These are\nthe things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles\nnot the man.\n\n(21)And Jesus, going forth from thence, withdrew into the region of\nTyre and Sidon. (22)And behold, a woman of Canaan, coming out from\nthose borders, cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of\nDavid; my daughter is grievously possessed with a demon. (23)But he\nanswered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him,\nsaying: Dismiss her; because she cries after us. (24)But he answering\nsaid: I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\n(25)But she came and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, help me. (26)But\nhe answering said: It is not good to take the children's bread, and\ncast it to the dogs. (27)And she said: Yea, Lord; for the dogs also\neat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table. (28)Then Jesus\nanswering said to her: O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee\nas thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.\n\n(29)And departing from thence, Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee;\nand going up into the mountain, he sat down there. (30)And great\nmultitudes came to him, having with them lame, blind dumb, maimed, and\nmany others, and laid them down at his feet, and he healed them;\n(31)so that the multitudes wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking,\nthe maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they\nglorified the God of Israel.\n\n(32)And Jesus, having called to him his disciples, said: I have\ncompassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three\ndays, and have nothing to eat; and I will not dismiss them fasting,\nlest they faint in the way. (33)And his disciples say to him: Whence\nshould we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to fill so great a\nmultitude? (34)And Jesus says to them: How many loaves have ye? And\nthey said: Seven, and a few little fishes. (35)And he commanded the\nmultitudes to lie down on the ground. (36)And he took the seven loaves\nand the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples,\nand the disciples to the multitude. (37)And they all ate, and were\nfilled. And they took up of the fragments that remained seven baskets\nfull. (38)And they who ate were four thousand men, besides women and\nchildren. (39)And dismissing the multitudes, he entered into the ship,\nand came into the borders of Magdala.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nAND the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and tempting desired him\nto show them a sign from heaven. (2)And he answering said to them:\nWhen it is evening, ye say: Fair weather! for the sky is red. (3)And\nin the morning: A storm to-day! for the sky is red and lowering. Ye\nknow how to discern the face of the sky, but can ye not the signs of\nthe times?\n\n(4)An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign\nshall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and\ndeparted.\n\n(5)And coming to the other side, his disciples forgot to take bread.\n(6)And Jesus said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the\nPharisees and Sadducees. (7)And they reasoned among themselves,\nsaying: Because we took no bread! (8)And Jesus knowing it said: Ye of\nlittle faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye took no\nbread? (9)Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of\nthe five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (10)Nor the seven\nloaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (11)How\nis it that ye do not understand, that I spoke not to you of bread?\nBut, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees! (12)Then\nthey understood, that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of\nbread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\n\n(13)And having come into the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked\nhis disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of man is[16:13]?\n(14)And they said: Some, John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and\nothers, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.\n\n(15)He says to them: But who do ye say that I am? (16)And Simon Peter\nanswering said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.\n(17)And Jesus answering said to him: Happy art thou, Simon\nBar-jonah[16:17]; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but\nmy Father who is in heaven. (18)And I also say to thee, that thou art\nPeter[16:18a], and upon this rock I will build my church[16:18b]; and\nthe gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it. (19)And I\nwill give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou\nshalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever thou shalt\nloose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.\n\n(20)Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no one that\nhe is the Christ.\n\n(21)From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must\ngo to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief\npriests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.\n\n(22)And Peter taking him aside began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far\nfrom thee, Lord; this shall not be to thee. (23)But he turned and said\nto Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan[16:23]; thou art an offense to me;\nfor thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.\n\n(24)Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one will come after me,\nlet him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (25)For\nwhoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his\nlife for my sake, shall find it. (26)For what is a man profited, if he\nshall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man\ngive as an exchange[16:26] for his soul? (27)For the Son of man will\ncome in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will\nreward each one according to his works.\n\n(28)Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who\nshall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his\nkingdom.\n\n\n\nXVII.\n\nAND after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John his\nbrother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart. (2)And he was\ntransfigured before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his\ngarments became white as the light. (3)And behold, there appeared to\nthem Moses and Elijah, talking with him. (4)And Peter answering said\nto Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou wilt, let us\nmake here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for\nElijah. (5)While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud\novershadowed them. And behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This\nis my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (6)And the\ndisciples, hearing it, fell on their face, and were exceedingly\nafraid. (7)And Jesus coming to them touched them, and said: Arise, and\nbe not afraid. (8)And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one save\nJesus only.\n\n(9)And as they came down out of the mountain, Jesus charged them,\nsaying: Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is risen from the\ndead.\n\n(10)And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then say the scribes that\nElijah must first come? (11)And he answering said: Elijah indeed\ncomes, and will restore all things. (12)But I say to you, that Elijah\nis already come, and they knew him not, but did with him whatever they\nwould. So also is the Son of man about to suffer by them.\n\n(13)Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the\nImmerser.\n\n(14)And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man,\nkneeling down to him, and saying: (15)Lord, have mercy on my son; for\nhe is lunatic, and is sorely afflicted; for ofttimes he falls into the\nfire, and oft into the water. (16)And I brought him to thy disciples,\nand they could not cure him. (17)And Jesus answering said: O faithless\nand perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall\nI bear with you? Bring him hither to me. (18)And Jesus rebuked him;\nand the demon went out from him, and the child was cured from that\nhour.\n\n(19)Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said: Why could not we\ncast him out? (20)And he said to them: Because of your want of faith.\nFor verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye\nshall say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall\nremove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. (21)But this kind goes\nnot forth, except by prayer and fasting.\n\n(22)And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of\nman is about to be delivered into the hands of men (23)and they will\nput him to death, and he will rise on the third day. And they were\nexceedingly sorrowful.\n\n(24)And they having come to Capernaum, those who received the\nhalf-shekel came to Peter, and said: Does not your teacher pay the\nhalf-shekel[17:24]? (25)He says, Yes. And when he came into the house,\nJesus anticipated him, saying: What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do\nthe kings of the earth take customs, or tribute? Of their sons, or of\nstrangers? (26)He says to him: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then\nare the sons free. (27)But that we may not offend them, go to the sea\nand cast a hook, and take the fish that first comes up; and opening\nits mouth thou wilt find a shekel; that take, and give to them for me\nand thee.\n\n\n\nXVIII.\n\nAT that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest\nin the kingdom of heaven?\n\n(2)And Jesus, calling a little child to him, placed it in the midst of\nthem, (3)and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not turn and become\nas the little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.\n(4)Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is\nthe greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (5)And whoever shall receive\none such little child, in my name, receives me. (6)But whoever shall\ncause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it were\nbetter for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and\nhe were plunged in the depth of the sea.\n\n(7)Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it must needs be that\ncauses of offense come; but woe to that man, through whom the cause of\noffense comes! (8)But if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to offend,\ncut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into\nlife lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into\nthe everlasting fire. (9)And if thine eye causes thee to offend, pluck\nit out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life\nwith one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.\n\n(10)Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say\nto you, that their angels in heaven always behold the face of my\nFather who is in heaven. (11)For the Son of man came to save that\nwhich was lost.\n\n(12)What think ye? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is\ngone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains,\nand go and seek that which is gone astray? (13)And if it be that he\nfind it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the\nninety and nine that went not astray. (14)So it is not the will of\nyour Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.\n\n(15)But if thy brother shall sin against thee, go show him his fault\nbetween thee and him alone, If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained\nthy brother. (16)But if he hear not, take with thee one or two more,\nthat in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be\nestablished. (17)And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the\nchurch; and if he neglect to hear the church also, let him be to thee\nas a heathen and a publican. (18)Verily I say to you: Whatever ye\nshall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever ye shall\nloose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.\n\n(19)Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth,\nconcerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by\nmy Father who is in heaven. (20)For where two or three are gathered\ntogether in my name, there am I in the midst of them.\n\n(21)Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother\nsin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? (22)Jesus says\nto him: I say not to thee, until seven times, but until seventy times\nseven.\n\n(23)Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who\ndesired to make a reckoning with his servants. (24)And when he had\nbegun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand\ntalents[18:24]. (25)But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded\nhim to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and\npayment to be made. (26)The servant therefore, falling, prostrated\nhimself before him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee\nall. (27)And the lord of that servant, moved with compassion, released\nhim, and forgave him the debt. (28)But that servant went out, and\nfound one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred\ndenaries[18:28]; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat,\nsaying: Pay me that thou owest. (29)Therefore his fellow-servant fell\ndown and besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay\nthee. (30)And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he\nshould pay the debt. (31)And his fellow-servants, seeing what was\ndone, were very sorry, and came and disclosed to their lord all that\nwas done. (32)Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou\nwicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest\nme. (33)Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant,\nas I too had pity on thee? (34)And his lord was angry, and delivered\nhim to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.\n(35)So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts\nforgive not every one his brother.\n\n\n\nXIX.\n\nAND it came to pass, when Jesus finished these sayings, that he\ndeparted from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the\nJordan. (2)And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them\nthere.\n\n(3)And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying: Is it\nlawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?\n\n(4)And he answering said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made\nthem[19:4] from the beginning made them male and female, (5)and said:\nFor this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave\nto his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. (6)So that they are no\nlonger two, but one flesh. What therefore God joined together, let not\nman put asunder.\n\n(7)They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a writing of\ndivorcement, and to put her away? (8)He says to them: Moses, for your\nhardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the\nbeginning it was not so. (9)And I say to you, that whoever shall put\naway his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another,\ncommits adultery; and whoever marries her when put away, commits\nadultery.\n\n(10)His disciples say to him: If the case of the man with the woman is\nso, it is not good to marry. (11)But he said to them: Not all can\nreceive this saying, but they to whom it is given. (12)For there are\neunuchs, who were so born from the mother's womb; and there are\neunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who made\nthemselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is\nable to receive it, let him receive it.\n\n(13)Then were brought to him little children, that he might put his\nhands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. (14)But Jesus\nsaid: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me;\nfor to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. (15)And he laid his hands\non them, and departed thence.\n\n(16)And, behold, one came to him and said: Teacher, what good shall I\ndo, that I may have eternal life? (17)And, he said to him: Why dost\nthou ask me concerning good? One is the Good. But if thou desirest to\nenter into life, keep the commandments. (18)He says to him, Which?\nJesus said: Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou\nshalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness; (19)Honor thy\nfather and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.\n(20)The young man says to him: All these I kept; what do I yet lack?\n(21)Jesus said to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what\nthou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in\nheaven; and come, follow me. (22)But when the young man heard this\nsaying, he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.\n\n(23)And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, that a rich\nman shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. (24)And again I say\nto you: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,\nthan for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (25)And the\ndisciples, hearing it, were exceedingly amazed, saying: Who then can\nbe saved? (26)But Jesus, looking on them, said to them: With men this\nis impossible; but with God all things are possible. (27)Then Peter\nanswering said to him: Behold, we forsook all, and followed thee; what\nthen shall we have? (28)And Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you,\nthat ye who followed me, in the renovation, when the Son of man shall\nsit on his throne of glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging\nthe twelve tribes of Israel. (29)And every one who forsook houses, or\nbrothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or\nlands, for my name's sake, shall receive manifold more, and shall\ninherit everlasting life. (30)But many first will be last, and last\nfirst.\n\n\n\nXX.\n\nFOR the kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early\nin the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. (2)And having\nagreed with the laborers for a denary[20:2] a day, he sent them into\nhis vineyard.\n\n(3)And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle\nin the market-place. (4)And to them he said: Go ye also into the\nvineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their\nway.\n\n(5)Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.\n\n(6)And about the eleventh he went out, and found others standing, and\nsays to them: Why stand ye here all the day idle? (7)They say to him:\nBecause no one hired us. He says to them: Go ye also into the\nvineyard.\n\n(8)And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his\nsteward: Call the laborers, and pay them the hire, beginning from the\nlast, unto the first. (9)And they of the eleventh hour came, and\nreceived every man a denary. (10)But when the first came, they\nsupposed that they should receive more; and they also received each\none a denary. (11)And on receiving it, they murmured against the\nhouseholder, (12)saying: These last labored one hour, and thou madest\nthem equal to us, who bore the burden of the day, and the burning\nheat.\n\n(13)But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong.\nDidst thou not agree with me for a denary? (14)Take what is thine, and\ngo. But I will give to this last, even as to thee. (15)Is it not\nlawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil,\nbecause I am good?\n\n(16)So will the last be first, and the first last; for many are\ncalled, but few are chosen.\n\n(17)And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart;\nand in the way he said to them: (18)Behold, we are going up to\nJerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests\nand scribes, and they will condemn him to death, (19)and will deliver\nhim to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify; and on the third\nday he will rise again.\n\n(20)Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons,\nbowing down and asking a certain thing of him. (21)And he said to her:\nWhat wilt thou? She says to him: Command that these my two sons shall\nsit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.\n(22)But Jesus answering said: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to\ndrink of the cup that I shall drink of? They say to him: We are able.\n(23)And he says to them: Ye shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit\non my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but is for them\nfor whom it has been prepared by my Father. (24)And the ten, hearing\nit, were much displeased with the two brothers. (25)But Jesus, having\ncalled them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles\nexercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise\nauthority over them. (26)Not so shall it be among you; (27)but whoever\nwould become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever\nwould be first among you, let him be your servant; (28)even as the Son\nof man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his\nlife a ransom for many.\n\n(29)And as they were going forth from Jericho, a great multitude\nfollowed him. (30)And behold, two blind men sitting by the way-side,\nhearing that Jesus was passing by, cried, saying: Have mercy on us, O\nLord, Son of David. (31)And the multitude rebuked them, that they\nshould hold their peace. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy\non us, O Lord, Son of David. (32)And Jesus stood still, and called\nthem, and said: What will ye that I shall do to you? (33)They say to\nhim: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. (34)And Jesus, moved with\ncompassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received\nsight; and they followed him.\n\n\n\nXXI.\n\nAND when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the\nmount of the Olives, Jesus sent forth two disciples, (2)saying to\nthem: Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will\nfind an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me.\n(3)And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say: The Lord has need of\nthem; and straightway he will send them.\n\n(4)Now all this has been done, that it might be fulfilled which was\nspoken through the prophet, saying:\n\n    (5)Say to the daughter of Zion,\n    Behold, thy King comes to thee,\n    Meek, and mounted upon an ass,\n    And upon a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.\n\n(6)And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them,\n(7)brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and\nhe sat thereon. (8)And most of the multitude spread their own garments\nin the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed\nin the way. (9)And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,\ncried, saying: Hosanna[21:9] to the Son of David; Blessed is he who\ncomes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (10)And as he\nentered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying: Who is this?\n(11)And the multitudes said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth\nof Galilee.\n\n(12)And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that\nsold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the\nmoney-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves. (13)And he says\nto them: It is written,\n\n    My house shall be called a house of prayer;\n    But ye make it a den of robbers.\n\n(14)And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he\nhealed them. (15)But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the\nwonders that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and\nsaying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased, (16)and\nsaid to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them:\nYea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou\npreparedst praise?\n\n(17)And leaving them, he went forth out of the city into Bethany, and\nlodged there.\n\n(18)And in the morning, as he was returning into the city, he\nhungered. (19)And seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and\nfound nothing thereon but leaves only. And he says to it: Let there be\nno fruit from thee henceforward, forever. And immediately the fig-tree\nwithered away. (20)And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How\ndid the fig-tree immediately wither away? (21)And Jesus answering said\nto them: Verily I say to you, if ye have faith, and do not doubt, not\nonly shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye say to\nthis mountain, be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be\ndone. (22)And all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye\nshall receive.\n\n(23)And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the\nelders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what\nauthority doest thou these things; and who gave thee this authority?\n(24)And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing,\nwhich if ye tell me, I too will tell you by what authority I do these\nthings. (25)John's immersion, whence was it? From heaven, or from men?\nAnd they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he\nwill say to us: Why then did ye not believe him? (26)But if we say,\nFrom men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.\n(27)And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And he said to\nthem: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.\n\n(28)But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first,\nand said: Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. (29)And he answering\nsaid: I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. (30)And he came\nto the other[21:30], and said likewise. And he answering said: I will,\nsir; and went not. (31)Which of the two did the father's will? They\nsay to him: The first[21:31]. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you,\nthat the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before\nyou. (32)For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did\nnot believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and\nye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe\nhim.\n\n(33)Hear another parable. There was a householder, who planted a\nvineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and\nbuilt a tower, and let it out to husband-men, and went abroad. (34)And\nwhen the season of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the\nhusbandmen, to receive his fruits. (35)And the husbandmen taking his\nservants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. (36)Again\nhe sent other servants, more than the first; and they did to them\nlikewise. (37)And afterward he sent to them his son, saying: They will\nreverence my son. (38)But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among\nthemselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his\ninheritance. (39)And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard,\nand killed him. (40)When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes,\nwhat will he do to those husbandmen? (41)They say to him: He will\nmiserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the vineyard to\nother husbandmen, who will deliver over to him the fruits in their\nseasons. (42)Jesus says to them: Did ye never read in the Scriptures:\n\n    The stone which the builders disallowed,\n    The same is become the head of the corner;\n    This is from the Lord,\n    And is wonderful in our eyes.\n\n(43)Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken\nfrom you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.\n(44)And he that falls upon this stone will be broken; but on\nwhomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.\n\n(45)And the chief priests and Pharisees, hearing his parables, knew\nthat he spoke of them. (46)And they sought to lay hold of him, but\nfeared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.\n\n\n\nXXII.\n\nAND Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying:\n\n(2)The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a\nmarriage for his son. (3)And he sent forth his servants to call those\nwho were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. (4)Again he\nsent forth other servants, saying: Tell those who are bidden, Behold,\nI have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all\nthings are ready; come to the marriage. (5)But they made light of it,\nand went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. (6)And the\nrest laid hold of his servants, and ill-treated and slew them. (7)And\nthe king, hearing it, was angry; and sending forth his armies, he\ndestroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. (8)Then he says\nto his servants: The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were\nnot worthy. (9)Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye\nfind, bid to the marriage. (10)And those servants went out into the\nhighways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad\nand good; and the wedding was furnished with guests.\n\n(11)And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man not\nclothed with a wedding garment; (12)and he says to him: Friend, how\ncamest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was\nspeechless. (13)Then the king said to the attendants: Bind him hand\nand foot, and cast him forth into the outer darkness. There will be\nthe weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! (14)For many are called, but\nfew are chosen.\n\n(15)Then the Pharisees went and took counsel, how they might ensnare\nhim with a word[22:15]. (16)And they send out to him their disciples,\nwith the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and\nteachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any one, for\nthou regardest not the person of men. (17)Tell us, therefore, what\nthinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? (18)But\nJesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites!\n(19)Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a\ndenary[22:19]. (20)And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the\ninscription? (21)They say to him: Caesar's. Then says he to them;\nRender therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God\nthe things that are God's. (22)And hearing it they wondered, and left\nhim and went away.\n\n(23)On that day came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no\nresurrection, and asked him, (24)saying: Teacher, Moses said, If any\none die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and\nraise up seed to his brother. (25)Now there were with us seven\nbrothers; and the first married and died, and having no seed left his\nwife to his brother. (26)Likewise the second also, and the third, unto\nthe seventh. (27)And last of all the woman died also. (28)In the\nresurrection therefore, of which of the seven shall she be wife? For\nthey all had her.\n\n(29)Jesus answering said to them: Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures,\nnor the power of God. (30)For in the resurrection they neither marry,\nnor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.\n(31)But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that\nwhich was spoken to you by God, saying: (32)I am the God of Abraham,\nand the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the\ndead, but of the living. (33)And the multitudes, hearing it, were\nastonished at his teaching.\n\n(34)And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to\nsilence, collected together; (35)and one of them, a lawyer, asked,\ntempting him and saying: (36)Teacher, what commandment is great in the\nlaw? (37)Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all\nthy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38)This is\nthe great and first commandment. (39)And the second is like to it:\nThou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. (40)On these two\ncommandments hang all the law and the prophets.\n\n(41)While the Pharisees were collected together, Jesus asked them,\n(42)saying: What think ye concerning the Christ? Of whom is he the\nson? They say to him: Of David. (43)He says to them: How then does\nDavid, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying:\n\n    (44)The Lord said to my Lord,\n    Sit on my right hand,\n    Till I put thine enemies under thy feet.\n\n(45)If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? (46)And no one\nwas able to answer him a word; nor durst any one from that day\nquestion him any more.\n\n\n\nXXIII.\n\nTHEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples, (2)saying:\nThe scribes and the Pharisees sat down in Moses' seat. (3)All,\ntherefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according\nto their works, for they say and do not. (4)For they bind heavy\nburdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but\nwill not move them with their finger. (5)But all their works they do\nto be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the\nfringes; (6)and love the first place at feasts, and the first seats in\nthe synagogues, (7)and the greetings in the markets, and to be called\nby men, Rabbi, Rabbi[23:7]. (8)But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is\nyour Teacher, and all ye are brethren. (9)And call not any your father\non the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. (10)Neither\nbe called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ. (11)But the\ngreatest of you shall be your servant. (12)And whoever shall exalt\nhimself shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be\nexalted.\n\n(13)But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut\nup the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in, nor suffer\nthose who are entering to go in[23:13]:\n\n(15)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye traverse\nsea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him\ntwofold more a child of hell than yourselves.\n\n(16)Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the\ntemple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the\ntemple, he is bound. (17)Fools and blind; for which is greater, the\ngold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? (18)And, Whoever shall\nswear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift\nthat is upon it, he is bound. (19)Fools and blind; for which is\ngreater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?\n\n(20)He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all\nthings thereon. (21)And he that swears by the temple, swears by it,\nand by him who dwells therein. (22)And he that swears by heaven,\nswears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon.\n\n(23)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay\ntithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the\nweightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these\nought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.\n\n(24)Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.\n\n(25)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse\nthe outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of\nrapacity and excess. (26)Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of\nthe cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean.\n\n(27)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like\nto whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but\nwithin are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. (28)So\nalso ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are\nfull of hypocrisy and iniquity.\n\n(29)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build\nthe sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,\nand say: (30)If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not\nhave been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. (31)So\nthat ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of those who killed\nthe prophets; (32)and fill ye up the measure of your fathers!\n\n(33)Serpents! Brood of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of hell?\n\n(34)Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and\nscribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them\nye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;\n(35)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,\nfrom the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of\nBarachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36)Verily I\nsay to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.\n\n(37)Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those\nsent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as\na hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!\n(38)Behold, your house is left to you desolate. (39)For I say to you,\nye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say: Blessed is he that\ncomes in the name of the Lord.\n\n\n\nXXIV.\n\nAND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple; and his disciples\ncame to him, to show him the buildings of the temple. (2)And he\nanswering said to them: See ye not all these things? Verily I say to\nyou, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall\nnot be thrown down.\n\n(3)And as he sat on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came to him\nprivately, saying: Tell us, when will these things be, and what is the\nsign of thy coming and of the end of the world? (4)And Jesus answering\nsaid to them: Take heed, lest any one lead you astray. (5)For many\nwill come in my name, saying: I am the Christ; and will lead astray\nmany. (6)And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars. Take heed, be\nnot troubled; for all must come to pass[24:6]; but not yet is the end!\n(7)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;\nand there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers\nplaces. (8)But all these are the beginning of sorrows. (9)Then will\nthey deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be\nhated by all nations for my name's sake. (10)And then will many be\noffended, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.\n(11)And many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.\n(12)And because iniquity abounds, the love of the many will become\ncold. (13)But he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.\n(14)And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the\nworld, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end.\n\n(15)When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of\nthrough Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that\nreads mark!) (16)then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains; he\nthat is upon the house, (17)let him not come down to take the things\nout of his house; (18)and he that is in the field, let him not turn\nback to take his garments. (19)But woe to those who are with child,\nand to those who give suck in those days! (20)And pray that your\nflight be not in winter, nor on a sabbath. (21)For then will be great\naffliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until\nnow, no nor shall be. (22)And unless those days were shortened, no\nflesh would be saved; but for the sake of the chosen, those days shall\nbe shortened. (23)Then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ,\nor, Here, believe it not. (24)For there will arise false Christs, and\nfalse prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so as, if\npossible, to lead even the chosen astray. (25)Behold, I have told you\nbefore.\n\n(26)If therefore they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go not\nforth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not. (27)For\nas the lightning comes forth from the east, and shines even unto the\nwest, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. (28)For wherever the\ncarcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.\n\n(29)And immediately, after the affliction of those days, the sun shall\nbe darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars\nshall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.\n(30)And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and\nthen shall all the tribes of the earth[24:30] mourn, and shall see the\nSon of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.\n\n(31)And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,\nand they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from\none end of heaven to the other.\n\n(32)And learn the parable from the fig-tree: When its branch is\nalready become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that the summer\nis near. (33)So also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is\nnear, at the doors.\n\n(34)Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass, till all\nthese things are done. (35)Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my\nwords shall not pass away.\n\n(36)But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of\nheaven, but my Father only. (37)But as the days of Noah, so shall be\nalso the coming of the Son of man. (38)For as they were in the days\nbefore the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in\nmarriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, (39)and knew\nnot until the flood came, and took all away; so shall be also the\ncoming of the Son of man. (40)Then shall there be two men in the\nfield, one is taken, and one is left; (41)two women grinding at the\nmill, one is taken, and one is left.\n\n(42)Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day[24:42] your Lord\ncomes. (43)But know this, that if the master of the house had known in\nwhat watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not\nhave suffered his house to be broken through. (44)Therefore be ye also\nready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes.\n\n(45)Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord set over\nhis household, to give them their food in due season? (46)Happy that\nservant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing! (47)Verily I\nsay to you, that he will set him over all his goods. (48)But if that\nevil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming;\n(49)and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and\ndrink with the drunken; (50)the lord of that servant will come in a\nday when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware;\n(51)and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the\nhypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!\n\n\n\nXXV.\n\nTHEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took\ntheir lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. (2)And five of them\nwere wise, and five foolish. (3)The foolish, taking their lamps, took\nno oil with them; (4)but the wise took oil in their vessels with their\nlamps. (5)While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.\n(6)And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to\nmeet him. (7)Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.\n(8)And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our\nlamps are going out. (9)But the wise answered, saying: Not so; there\nwill not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell, and\nbuy for yourselves. (10)And while they went to buy, the bridegroom\ncame; and they who were ready went in with him to the marriage; and\nthe door was shut. (11)And afterward come also the rest of the\nvirgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. (12)But he answering said:\nVerily I say to you, I know you not.\n\n(13)Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!\n\n(14)For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered\nto them his goods; (15)and to one gave five talents, to another two,\nand to another one, to each according to his own ability; and\nstraightway went abroad. (16)And he that received the five talents\nwent and traded with them, and gained other five talents. (17)Likewise\nalso he that received the two gained other two. (18)But he that\nreceived the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's\nmoney. (19)After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and\nreckons with them. (20)And he that received the five talents came and\nbrought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five\ntalents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them. (21)His lord\nsaid to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful\nover a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of\nthy lord. (22)And he also that received the two talents came and said:\nLord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two\ntalents beside them. (23)His lord said to him: Well done, good and\nfaithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee\nover much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (24)And he also that\nreceived the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art\na hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou\nstrewedst not. (25)And fearing, I went and hid thy talent in the\nearth. Lo, thou hast thine own. (26)And his lord answering said to\nhim: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest that I reap where I did\nnot sow, and gather where I strewed not? (27)Thou oughtest therefore\nto have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have\nreceived my own with interest. (28)Take therefore the talent from him,\nand give to him that has the ten talents. (29)For to every one that\nhas shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has\nnot, even what he has shall be taken away. (30)And cast forth the\nunprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the\nweeping, and the gnashing of teeth!\n\n(31)And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the\nangels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory. (32)And\nbefore him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them\none from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.\n(33)And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the\nleft.\n\n(34)Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed\nof my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation\nof the world. (35)For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was\nthirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in,\n(36)naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in\nprison, and ye came to me.\n\n(37)Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee\nhungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? (38)And when\nsaw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee?\n(39)And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? (40)And\nthe King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as\nye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.\n\n(41)Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me,\naccursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his\nangels. (42)For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was\nthirsty, and ye did not give me drink; (43)I was a stranger, and ye\ndid not take me in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; sick, and in\nprison, and ye did not visit me.\n\n(44)Then will they also answer, saying: Lord, when saw we thee\nhungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in\nprison, and did not minister to thee? (45)Then will he answer them,\nsaying: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the\nleast of these, ye did it not to me.\n\n(46)And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the\nrighteous into everlasting life.\n\n\n\nXXVI.\n\nAND it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these sayings, he said to\nhis disciples: (2)Ye know that after two days comes the passover, and\nthe Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.\n\n(3)Then assembled together the chief priests, and the elders of the\npeople, in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,\n(4)and consulted together that they might take Jesus by craft, and put\nhim to death. (5)But they said: Not at the feast, that there may not\nbe a tumult among the people.\n\n(6)And Jesus being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,\n(7)there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious\nointment, and poured it on his head as he reclined at table. (8)And\nhis disciples seeing it were displeased, saying: To what purpose is\nthis waste? (9)For this might have been sold for much, and given to\nthe poor. (10)And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why trouble ye the\nwoman? For she wrought a good work upon me. (11)For the poor ye have\nalways with you; but me ye have not always. (12)For she, in pouring\nthis ointment on my body, did it to prepare me for burial. (13)Verily\nI say to you, wherever this good news shall be preached in the whole\nworld, this also that she did shall be told, for a memorial of her.\n\n(14)Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief\npriests, (15)and said: What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to\nyou? And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver. (16)And from\nthat time he sought opportunity to deliver him up.\n\n(17)And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the\ndisciples came to Jesus, saying to him: Where wilt thou that we\nprepare for thee to eat the passover? (18)And he said: Go into the\ncity to such a man, and say to him: The Teacher says, my time is at\nhand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. (19)And\nthe disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover.\n\n(20)And when evening was come, he reclined at table with the twelve.\n(21)And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, that one of\nyou will betray me. (22)And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began\nto say to him, each one: Lord, is it I? (23)And he answering said: He\nthat dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.\n(24)The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him; but woe to\nthat man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for\nhim, if that man had not been born.\n\n(25)And Judas, his betrayer, answering said: Rabbi, is it I? He says\nto him: Thou saidst it.\n\n(26)And as they were eating, Jesus took the loaf[26:26], and blessed,\nand broke, and gave to the disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my\nbody. (27)And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them,\nsaying: Drink all ye of it. (28)For this is my blood of the new\ncovenant[26:28], which is shed for many, for remission of sins.\n(29)And I say to you, that I will not drink henceforth of this fruit\nof the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you, in the\nkingdom of my Father.\n\n(30)And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives.\n\n(31)Then Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended because of me\nthis night. For it is written: I will smite the Shepherd, and the\nsheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (32)But after I have\nrisen, I will go before you into Galilee.\n\n(33)Peter answering said to him: Though all shall be offended because\nof thee, I will never be offended. (34)Jesus said to him: Verily I say\nto thee, that this night, before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny\nme. (35)Peter says to him: Even though I should die with thee, I will\nnot deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.\n\n(36)Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and says\nto the disciples: Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray. (37)And\ntaking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be\nsorrowful, and to be troubled. (38)Then says he to them: My soul is\nexceedingly sorrowful, unto death. Tarry ye here, and watch with me.\n\n(39)And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and\nsaying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me.\nBut yet, not as I will, but as thou wilt. (40)And he comes to the\ndisciples, and finds them sleeping; and he says to Peter: Were ye so\nunable to watch with me one hour? (41)Watch and pray, that ye enter\nnot into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is\nweak.\n\n(42)Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying: My Father,\nif this can not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be\ndone. (43)And coming he again found them sleeping; for their eyes were\nheavy.\n\n(44)And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed the third time,\nsaying the same words. (45)Then he comes to his disciples, and says to\nthem: Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest[26:45]!\nBehold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the\nhands of sinners. (46)Rise, let us be going. Behold, he is at hand\nthat betrays me.\n\n(47)And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve,\ncame, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the\nchief priests and elders of the people. (48)And his betrayer gave them\na sign, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; hold him fast. (49)And\nforthwith he came to Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.\n(50)And Jesus said to him: Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then they\ncame, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast. (51)And, behold, one\nof those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his\nsword, and striking the servant of the high priest took off his ear.\n(52)Then says Jesus to him: Put back thy sword into its place; for all\nthey who take the sword shall perish with the sword. (53)Thinkest thou\nthat I can not now pray to my Father, and he will send[26:53] me more\nthan twelve legions of angels? (54)How then shall the Scriptures be\nfulfilled, that thus it must be?\n\n(55)In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes: Are ye come out as\nagainst a robber, with swords and staves, to take me? I sat daily with\nyou teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold of me. (56)But all\nthis has been done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be\nfulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him, and fled.\n\n(57)And they who laid hold of Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high\npriest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. (58)And Peter\nfollowed him afar off, unto the court of the high priest; and entering\nin, he sat with the servants, to see the end.\n\n(59)And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought\nfalse witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; (60)and\nfound none, though many false witnesses came. But at last came two,\n(61)and said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,\nand to build it in three days. (62)And the high priest arose, and said\nto him: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?\n(63)But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him: I\nadjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the\nChrist, the Son of God. (64)Jesus says to him: Thou saidst it. But I\nsay to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right\nhand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. (65)Then the high\npriest rent his clothes, saying: He blasphemed! What further need have\nwe of witnesses? Behold, ye now heard his blasphemy. (66)What think\nye? They answering said: He is guilty of death. (67)Then they spit in\nhis face, and buffeted him; and others smote him, (68)saying: Prophesy\nto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?\n\n(69)And Peter was sitting without, in the court. And a damsel came to\nhim, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean. (70)But he\ndenied before all, saying: I know not what thou sayest. (71)And he\nhaving gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to\nthose who were there: This man also was with Jesus the Nazarene.\n(72)And again he denied, with an oath: I do not know the man. (73)And\nafter a little while, they that stood by came and said to Peter:\nSurely thou also art one of them; for thy speech betrays thee.\n(74)Then he began to invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know the\nman. And immediately a cock crowed. (75)And Peter remembered the word\nof Jesus when he said: Before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny me.\nAnd he went out, and wept bitterly.\n\n\n\nXXVII.\n\nAND when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the\npeople took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death. (2)And\nhaving bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius\nPilate the governor.\n\n(3)Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,\nrepenting brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief\npriests and the elders, (4)saying: I sinned in betraying innocent\nblood. And they said: What is it to us? Look thou to it. (5)And\ncasting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he\nwent away and hanged himself. (6)And the chief priests took the silver\npieces, and said: It is not lawful to put them into the treasury,\nsince it is the price of blood. (7)And they took counsel, and bought\nwith them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. (8)Wherefore that\nfield was called the field of blood, unto this day.\n\n(9)Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the\nprophet, saying:\n\n    And they took the thirty pieces of silver,\n    The price of him that was priced,\n    Whom they of the sons of Israel did price,\n    (10)And gave them for the potter's field,\n          as the Lord appointed to me.\n\n(11)And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned\nhim, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him:\nThou sayest it. (12)And when he was accused by the chief priests and\nthe elders, he made no answer. (13)Then says Pilate to him: Hearest\nthou not what things they witness against thee? (14)And he made him no\nanswer, not even to one word; so that the governor greatly wondered.\n\n(15)Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude\none prisoner, whom they would. (16)And they had then a noted prisoner,\ncalled Barabbas. (17)When therefore they were assembled, Pilate said\nto them: Whom will ye that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is\ncalled Christ? (18)For he knew that through envy they delivered him\nup.\n\n(19)And as he sat on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying:\nHave nothing to do with that just man; for I suffered much this day,\nin a dream, because of him.\n\n(20)And the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes,\nthat they should ask for Barabbas, and should destroy Jesus. (21)And\nthe governor answering said to them: Which of the two will ye that I\nrelease to you? And they said: Barabbas. (22)Pilate says to them: What\nthen shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say to him:\nLet him be crucified. (23)And the governor said: What evil then did\nhe? But they cried the more, saying: Let him be crucified.\n\n(24)And Pilate, seeing that it avails nothing, but rather that a\ntumult is made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude,\nsaying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look ye to it.\n(25)And all the people answering said: His blood be on us, and on our\nchildren. (26)Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having\nscourged him, he delivered up to be crucified.\n\n(27)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Pretorium,\nand gathered to him the whole band. (28)And they stripped him, and put\non him a scarlet robe. (29)And having platted a crown of thorns, they\nput it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee\nbefore him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews! (30)And\nthey spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.\n(31)And when they had mocked him, they took off the robe from him, and\nput on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. (32)And\nas they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they\ncompelled to bear his cross.\n\n(33)And having come to a place called Golgotha (which is called, Place\nof a skull), (34)they gave him vinegar to drink[27:34], mingled with\ngall; and tasting it, he would not drink. (35)And having crucified\nhim, they divided his garments among them, casting lots. (36)And\nsitting down, they watched him there. (37)And they set up over his\nhead his accusation, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.\n\n(38)Two robbers are then crucified with him, one on the right hand,\nand one on the left. (39)And those passing by reviled him, wagging\ntheir heads, (40)and saying: Thou that destroyest the temple, and\nbuildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God,\ncome down from the cross. (41)Likewise also the chief priests mocking,\nwith the scribes and elders, said: (42)Others he saved, himself he can\nnot save. If he is King of Israel, let him now come down from the\ncross, and we will believe on him. (43)He trusts in God; let him now\ndeliver him, if he desires him; for he said I am the Son of God.\n(44)And also the robbers, who were crucified with him, reproached him\nwith the same thing.\n\n(45)And from the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land,\nunto the ninth hour. (46)And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a\nloud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? That is: My God, my\nGod, why didst thou forsake me? (47)Some of those standing there,\nhearing it, said: This man calls for Elijah[27:47]. (48)And\nstraightway one of them ran and took a sponge, and having filled it\nwith vinegar and put it on a reed, gave him to drink. (49)But the rest\nsaid: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to save him.\n\n(50)And Jesus, again crying with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.\n(51)And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top\nto the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent; (52)and\nthe tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen\nasleep arose, (53)and coming out of the tombs, after his resurrection,\nwent into the holy city, and appeared to many.\n\n(54)And the centurion, and they that with him were watching Jesus, on\nseeing the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly\nafraid, saying: Truly this was the Son of God.\n\n(55)And many women were there, beholding afar off, they who followed\nJesus from Galilee, ministering to him; (56)among whom was Mary the\nMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of\nthe sons of Zebedee.\n\n(57)And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea,\nnamed Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. (58)This man\nwent to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded\nthat the body should be given up. (59)And taking the body, Joseph\nwrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (60)and laid it in his own new\ntomb, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone\nto the door of the tomb, he departed. (61)And Mary the Magdalene was\nthere, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.\n\n(62)And on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief\npriests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, (63)saying: Sir, we\nremember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive: After three\ndays I will rise. (64)Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made\nsecure until the third day lest his disciples come and steal him away,\nand say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error\nwill be worse than the first. (65)Pilate said to them: Ye have a\nwatch; go, make secure, as ye know how. (66)And they went, and made\nthe sepulchre secure, sealing the stone, in connection with the watch.\n\n\n\nXXVIII.\n\nAND late in the sabbath, as it was dawning into the first day of the\nweek, came Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary to view the\nsepulchre. (2)And behold, there was a great earthquake. For an angel\nof the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone,\nand sat upon it. (3)His countenance was like lightning, and his\nraiment white as snow; (4)and for fear of him the keepers shook, and\nbecame as dead men. (5)And the angel answering said to the women: Fear\nnot ye; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus, who was crucified. (6)He\nis not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come hither, see the place\nwhere the Lord lay. (7)And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he\nis risen from the dead. And behold, he goes before you into Galilee;\nthere ye shall see him. Behold, I told you.\n\n(8)And going out quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy,\nthey ran to bring his disciples word. (9)And behold, Jesus met them,\nsaying: All hail! And they, coming to him, laid hold of his feet, and\nworshiped him. (10)Then Jesus says to them: Be not afraid; go, bear\nword to my brethren, to go away into Galilee, and there they shall see\nme.\n\n(11)And as they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the\ncity, and reported to the chief priests all the things that were done.\n(12)And having assembled with the elders, and taken counsel, they gave\nmuch money to the soldiers, (13)saying: Say, that his disciples came\nby night, and stole him away while we slept. (14)And if this shall be\nheard by the governor[28:14], we will persuade him, and make you\nsecure. (15)And they, taking the money, did as they were taught. And\nthis saying was reported abroad among the Jews, until this day.\n\n(16)And the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into the mountain\nwhere Jesus had appointed them. (17)And seeing him, they worshiped\nhim; but some doubted.\n\n(18)And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying: All power was given to\nme in heaven and on earth. (19)Go therefore, and disciple all the\nnations, immersing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and\nof the Holy Spirit; (20)teaching them to observe all things, whatever\nI commanded you. And, behold, I am with you alway, unto the end of the\nworld.\n\n\n\nTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK.\n\n\nI.\n\nTHE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God, (2)as it\nis written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger\nbefore thy face, who shall prepare thy way; (3)the voice of one crying\nin the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his\npaths. (4)John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the\nimmersion of repentance unto remission of sins. (5)And there went out\nto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they\nwere immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.\n\n(6)And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle\nabout his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. (7)And he preached,\nsaying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet\nof whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. (8)I indeed\nimmersed you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.\n\n(9)And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of\nGalilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan. (10)And straightway\ncoming up out of the water, he saw the heavens parted, and the Spirit\nas a dove descending upon him. (11)And there came a voice out of\nheaven: Thou art my beloved son; in thee I am well pleased.\n\n(12)And immediately the Spirit drives him forth into the wilderness.\n(13)And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was\nwith the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.\n\n(14)And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee,\npublishing the good news of the kingdom of God[1:14], (15)and saying:\nThe time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and\nbelieve in the good news.\n\n(16)And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew,\nSimon's brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.\n(17)And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will cause you to\nbecome fishers of men. (18)And immediately leaving the nets, they\nfollowed him.\n\n(19)And going a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and\nJohn his brother, who also were in the ship mending the nets. (20)And\nstraightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the\nship with the hired servants, they went after him.\n\n(21)And they enter into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath he\nwent into the synagogue, and taught. (22)And they were astonished at\nhis teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the\nscribes.\n\n(23)And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And\nhe cried out, (24)saying: What have we to do with thee[1:24], Jesus,\nNazarene! Didst thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the\nHoly One of God. (25)And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace,\nand come out of him. (26)And the unclean spirit, tearing him, and\ncrying with a loud voice, came out of him. (27)And they were all\namazed; so that they questioned among themselves, saying: What is\nthis[1:27]? A new teaching, with authority! And he commands the\nunclean spirits, and they obey him. (28)And immediately his fame\nspread abroad into all the surrounding region of Galilee.\n\n(29)And immediately, having come out of the synagogue, they entered\ninto the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (30)And the\nmother-in-law of Simon was lying sick with fever; and immediately they\ntell him concerning her. (31)And he came and raised her up, taking\nhold of her hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she\nministered to them.\n\n(32)And evening having come, when the sun set, they brought to him all\nthat were sick, and those possessed with demons. (33)And all the city\nwas gathered together at the door. (34)And he healed many that were\nsick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and suffered not\nthe demons to speak, because they knew him.\n\n(35)And rising very early, by night, he went out, and departed into a\nsolitary place, and there prayed. (36)And Simon, and they who were\nwith him, followed after him. (37)And having found him, they say to\nhim: All are seeking thee. (38)And he says to them: Let us go\nelsewhere, into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also;\nfor, for this I came forth. (39)And he was preaching in their\nsynagogues, throughout all Galilee, and casting out the demons.\n\n(40)And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down\nto him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.\n(41)And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand and\ntouched him, and says to him: I will; be thou cleansed. (42)And\nimmediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.\n(43)And sternly charging him, he forthwith sent him away; (44)and says\nto him: See thou say nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the\npriest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses commanded, for a\ntestimony to them. (45)But he, going forth, began to publish it much,\nand to spread abroad the report; so that he could no longer openly\nenter into a city, but was without in desert places. And they came to\nhim from every quarter.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nAND again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was heard\nthat he is in the house. (2)And straightway many were gathered\ntogether, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door; and\nhe spoke the word to them.\n\n(3)And they come to him, bringing one that was palsied, borne by four.\n(4)And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude,\nthey uncovered the roof where he was; and having broken it up, they\nlet down the bed whereon the palsied man lay. (5)And Jesus, seeing\ntheir faith, says to the palsied man: Child, thy sins are forgiven.\n(6)But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in\ntheir hearts: (7)Why does this man speak thus? He blasphemes. Who can\nforgive sins but one, God? (8)And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his\nspirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why\nreason ye these things in your hearts? (9)Which is easier, to say to\nthe palsied man, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up\nthy bed, and walk? (10)But that ye may know that the Son of man has\npower on earth to forgive sins, (he says to the palsied man,) (11)I\nsay to thee, arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. (12)And he\narose, and immediately taking up the bed went forth before all; so\nthat all were amazed, and glorified God, saying: We never saw it thus.\n\n(13)And he went forth again by the sea-side; and all the multitude\ncame to him, and he taught them.\n\n(14)And passing along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the\nplace of receiving custom, and said to him: Follow me. And rising up\nhe followed him. (15)And it came to pass, as he reclined at table in\nhis house, that many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus\nand his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. (16)And\nthe scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with the sinners and\npublicans, said to his disciples: How is it that he eats and drinks\nwith the sinners and the publicans? (17)And Jesus, hearing it, says to\nthem: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. I\ncame not to call righteous men, but sinners.\n\n(18)And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting[2:18];\nand they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the\nPharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? (19)And Jesus said to\nthem: Can the sons of the bridechamber fast[2:19], while the\nbridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with\nthem, they can not fast. (20)But days will come, when the bridegroom\nwill be taken from them; and then they will fast in that day. (21)No\none sews a piece of unfulled cloth upon an old garment; else the new\nfilling up of the old takes from it, and a worse rent is made. (22)And\nno one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine bursts the skins,\nand the wine is destroyed, and the skins[2:22].\n\n(23)And it came to pass, that he went through the grain-fields on the\nsabbath; and his disciples began to go forward[2:23], plucking the\nears of grain. (24)And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they\non the sabbath that which is not lawful? (25)And he said to them: Did\nye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself\nand they who were with him; (26)how he went into the house of God, in\nthe days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show-bread, which it\nis not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who\nwere with him? (27)And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man,\nand not man for the sabbath. (28)So that the Son of man is Lord also\nof the sabbath.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nAND he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there,\nhaving his hand withered. (2)And they watched him, whether he would\nheal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. (3)And he says to\nthe man having the withered hand: Arise, and come into the midst.\n(4)And he says to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to\ndo evil; to save life, or to kill? But they were silent. (5)And\nlooking round on them with anger, being grieved for their hardness of\nheart, he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it\nforth; and his hand was restored.\n\n(6)And going out, the Pharisees immediately took counsel with the\nHerodians against him, how they might destroy him. (7)And Jesus\nwithdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from\nGalilee followed; and from Judaea, (8)and from Jerusalem, and from\nIdumea, and from beyond the Jordan, and they about Tyre and Sidon, a\ngreat multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. (9)And\nhe spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him\nbecause of the multitude, that they might not throng him. (10)For he\nhealed many, so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as\nhad plagues. (11)And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down\nbefore him, and cried, saying: Thou art the Son of God. (12)And he\nstrictly charged them that they should not make him known.\n\n(13)And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he would;\nand they went to him. (14)And he appointed twelve, that they should be\nwith him, and that he might send them forth to preach, (15)and to have\nauthority to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons. (16)And Simon he\nsurnamed Peter; (17)and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother\nof James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder;\n(18)and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,\nand James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the\nCananite[3:18], (19)and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.\n\nAnd they come into the house. (20)And the multitude comes together\nagain, so that they could not even eat bread. (21)And hearing of it,\nhis kinsmen went out to lay hold of him; for they said: He is beside\nhimself.\n\n(22)And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said: He has\nBeelzebul, and through the prince of the demons he casts out the\ndemons. (23)And calling them to him, he said to them in parables: How\ncan Satan cast out Satan? (24)And if a kingdom be divided against\nitself, that kingdom can not stand. (25)And if a house be divided\nagainst itself, that house can not stand. (26)And if Satan rose up\nagainst himself, and is divided, he can not stand, but has an end.\n(27)No one can enter into a strong man's house, and plunder his goods,\nexcept he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his\nhouse. (28)Verily I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of\nmen, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme. (29)But he\nthat shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness\nforever, but is guilty of eternal sin; (30)because they said: He has\nan unclean spirit.\n\n(31)And his brothers and his mother come; and standing without they\nsent to him, calling him. (32)And a crowd was sitting about him; and\nthey say to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers without are\nseeking thee. (33)And he answered them, saying: Who is my mother, or\nmy brothers? (34)And looking round on those who sat about him, he\nsaid: Behold my mother, and my brothers! (35)For whoever shall do the\nwill of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nAND he began again to teach by the sea-side. And there was gathered to\nhim a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat\ndown in the sea; and all the multitude was by the sea on the land.\n(2)And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his\nteaching:\n\n(3)Hearken; behold, the sower went forth to sow. (4)And it came to\npass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and\ndevoured it. (5)And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not\nmuch earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had not depth of\nearth. (6)But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had\nnot root, it withered away. (7)And another fell among the thorns; and\nthe thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. (8)And\nanother fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up\nand increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a\nhundredfold. (9)And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.\n\n(10)And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve\nasked him concerning the parables. (11)And he said to them: To you is\ngiven the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without,\nall things are done in parables; (12)that seeing they may see, and not\nperceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply\nthey should turn, and be forgiven. (13)And he says to them: Know ye\nnot this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?\n\n(14)The sower sows the word. (15)And these are they by the way-side;\nwhere the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately\nand takes away the word that was sown in them. (16)And these are they\nlikewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the\nword, immediately receive it with gladness; (17)and have no root in\nthemselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or\npersecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended.\n(18)And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they\nthat hear the word, (19)and the cares of the world, and the\ndeceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in\nchoke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (20)And these are they that\nare sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it,\nand bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.\n\n(21)And he said to them: Is the lamp brought that it may be put under\nthe bushel, or under the bed? Is it not, that it may be put on the\nlamp-stand? (22)For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor\nwas done in secret, but that it should come abroad. (23)If any one has\nears to hear, let him hear.\n\n(24)And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye\nmete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you.\n(25)For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even\nwhat he has shall be taken from him.\n\n(26)And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast the\nseed upon the earth, (27)and sleeps and rises night and day, and the\nseed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how. (28)For the earth brings\nforth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full\ngrain in the ear. (29)But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts\nforth the sickle, because the harvest is come.\n\n(30)And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what\ncomparison shall we set it forth? (31)As a grain of mustard; which,\nwhen it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in\nthe earth. (32)And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater\nthan all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds\nof the air can lodge under its shadow.\n\n(33)And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they\nwere able to hear. (34)But without a parable he spoke not to them; and\nin private he explained all things to his disciples.\n\n(35)And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them: Let us\npass over to the other side. (36)And dismissing the multitude, they\ntake him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with\nhim. (37)And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat\ninto the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled. (38)And\nhe was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and\nsay to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? (39)And awaking,\nhe rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the\nwind ceased, and there was a great calm. (40)And he said to them: Why\nare ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? (41)And they\nfeared exceedingly, and said one to another: Who then is this, that\neven the wind and the sea obey him?\n\n\n\nV.\n\nAND they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the\nGerasenes. (2)And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there\nmet him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, (3)who had his\ndwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even\nwith chains. (4)Because he had often been bound with fetters and\nchains; and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters\nbroken in pieces, and no one could tame him. (5)And always, night and\nday, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and\ncutting himself with stones. (6)But seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and\nbowed down to him, (7)and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have\nI to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by\nGod, do not torment me. (8)For he said to him: Come forth, unclean\nspirit, out of the man. (9)And he asked him: What is thy name? And he\nsays to him: My name is Legion; because we are many. (10)And he\nbesought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.\n\n(11)And there was there, by the mountain, a great herd of swine\nfeeding. (12)And all the demons besought him, saying: Send us into the\nswine, that we may enter into them. (13)And immediately Jesus gave\nthem leave. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the\nswine. And the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, about two\nthousand, and were choked in the sea. (14)And they who fed them fled,\nand reported it in the city and in the country. And they came to see\nwhat it was that was done. (15)And they come to Jesus, and see him who\nwas possessed with demons, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him\nwho had the legion, and they were afraid. (16)And they who saw it\nrelated to them how it befell him who was possessed with demons, and\nconcerning the swine. (17)And they began to beseech him to depart from\ntheir borders.\n\n(18)And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been possessed\nwith demons besought him that he might be with him. (19)And he\nsuffered him not; but says to him: Go into thy house, to thy friends,\nand announce to them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and\nhad compassion on thee. (20)And he departed, and began to publish in\nthe Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all wondered.\n\n(21)And Jesus having passed over again in the ship to the other side,\na great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. (22)And\nthere comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And\nseeing him, he fell at his feet, (23)and besought him much, saying: My\nlittle daughter lies at the point of death. I pray thee come, and lay\nthy hands on her, that she may be healed and live. (24)And he went\nwith him; and a great multitude was following him, and thronging him.\n\n(25)And a certain woman, who had a flow of blood twelve years, (26)and\nhad suffered much by many physicians, and spent all that she had, and\nwas not at all benefited but rather grew worse, (27)hearing of Jesus,\ncame in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. (28)For she said:\nIf I touch even his garments, I shall be made whole. (29)And\nstraightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she perceived\nin her body that she was healed of that plague. (30)And immediately\nJesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,\nturned about in the crowd, and said: Who touched my garments? (31)And\nhis disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging thee,\nand sayest thou: Who touched me? (32)And he looked around to see her\nwho had done this. (33)But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing\nwhat was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all\nthe truth. (34)And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee\nwhole; go in peace, and be healed of thy plague.\n\n(35)While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the\nsynagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou\nthe Teacher any further? (36)And Jesus, overhearing the word that was\nspoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue: Be not afraid; only\nbelieve. (37)And he suffered no one to follow with him, save Peter,\nand James, and John the brother of James. (38)And they come to the\nhouse of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those\nwho wept and wailed greatly. (39)And entering in, he says to them: Why\ndo ye make a tumult, and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping.\n(40)And they laughed him to scorn. But he, putting them all out, takes\nthe father of the child, and the mother, and those who were with him,\nand enters in where the child was. (41)And taking the hand of the\nchild, he says to her: Talitha kumi; which is interpreted, Damsel, I\nsay to thee, arise. (42)And straightway the damsel arose, and walked;\nfor she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with\na great astonishment. (43)And he charged them strictly that no one\nshould know this. And he commanded that something should be given her\nto eat.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nAND he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his\ndisciples follow him. (2)And when the sabbath was come, he began to\nteach in the synagogue. And many hearing were astonished, saying: From\nwhence has this man these things? And what is the wisdom which is\ngiven him, and such miracles wrought by his hands? (3)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 at him. (4)And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without\nhonor, except in his own country, and among his own kindred, and in\nhis own house. (5)And he was not able to do any miracle there, save\nthat he laid his hands on a few sick, and healed them. (6)And he\nmarveled because of their unbelief. And he went about the surrounding\nvillages, teaching.\n\n(7)And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by\ntwo and two; and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; (8)and\ncommanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff\nonly; no bread, no bag, no money, in their girdle; (9)but that they be\nshod with sandals and, Put not on two coats. (10)And he said to them:\nWherever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart from\nthence. (11)And whatever place shall not receive you, nor hear you,\nwhen ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a\ntestimony to them[6:11].\n\n(12)And they went out, and preached that men should repent. (13)And\nthey cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick,\nand healed them.\n\n(14)And the king, Herod, heard of it, for his name was spread abroad;\nand he said: John the Immerser is risen from the dead, and therefore\ndo these powers work in him. (15)Others said: It is Elijah. And others\nsaid: It is a prophet, like any one of the prophets. (16)But Herod\nhearing of it, said: John, whom I beheaded, is risen from the dead.\n(17)For he, Herod, sent forth and laid hold of John, and bound him in\nprison, for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip, his brother;\nbecause he had married her. (18)For John said to Herod: It is not\nlawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. (19)And Herodias was angry\nwith him, and desired to put him to death; and she could not, (20)for\nHerod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man; and he\nobserved him[6:20], and hearing him did many things, and heard him\ngladly.\n\n(21)And a convenient day having come, when Herod on his birthday made\na supper for his nobles, and for the chief captains, and the first men\nof Galilee; (22)and the daughter of Herodias having come in and\ndanced, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and\nthe king said to the damsel: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will\ngive it thee. (23)And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask of me,\nI will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. (24)And she, going\nout, said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of\nJohn the Immerser. (25)And straightway she came in with haste to the\nking, and asked, saying: I will that immediately thou give me, on a\nplatter, the head of John the Immerser. (26)And the king became very\nsorrowful; but for the sake of his oath, and of those reclining with\nhim, he would not reject her. (27)And immediately the king sent one of\nthe guard, and commanded to bring his head. And he went and beheaded\nhim in the prison, (28)and brought his head on a platter, and gave it\nto the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. (29)And his\ndisciples hearing of it came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a\ntomb.\n\n(30)And the apostles gather together unto Jesus; and they reported to\nhim all things, both what they did, and what they taught. (31)And he\nsaid to them: Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest\nawhile; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure\neven to eat. (32)And they departed into a desert place by ship\nprivately. (33)And they saw them departing, and many knew them, and\nran together there on foot from all the cities, and came before them.\n(34)And going forth he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on\nthem, because they were as sheep having no shepherd; and he began to\nteach them many things.\n\n(35)And the day being now far spent, his disciples come to him, and\nsay: The place is desert, and the time is now far passed. (36)Dismiss\nthem, that they may go away into the surrounding fields and villages,\nand buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. (37)He\nanswering said to them: Give ye them to eat. And they say to him:\nShall we go and buy two hundred denaries worth of bread, and give them\nto eat? (38)He says to them: How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And\nwhen they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes. (39)And he commanded\nthem to make all lie down by companies on the green grass. (40)And\nthey lay down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. (41)And taking\nthe five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and\nblessed and broke the loaves, and gave to the disciples to set before\nthem; and the two fishes he divided among them all. (42)And they all\nate, and were filled. (43)And they took up fragments filling twelve\nbaskets, and part of the fishes. (44)And they who ate of the loaves\nwere five thousand men. (45)And straightway he constrained his\ndisciples to enter into the ship, and to go before to the other side\nto Bethsaida, while he dismissed the multitude. (46)And having taken\nleave of them, he went away into the mountain to pray.\n\n(47)And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea,\nand he was alone on the land. (48)And he saw them distressed in\nrowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And about the fourth watch\nof the night he comes to them, walking on the sea, and would have\npassed by them. (49)And they seeing him walking on the sea, supposed\nit was a spectre, and cried out; (50)for all saw him, and were\ntroubled. And immediately he talked with them, and says to them: Be of\ngood cheer; it is I, be not afraid. (51)And he went up to them into\nthe ship; and the wind ceased. And they were sore amazed in themselves\nbeyond measure, and wondered. (52)For they considered not the loaves;\nfor their heart was hardened.\n\n(53)And passing over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and\nanchored there. (54)And when they had come out of the ship,\nimmediately recognizing him (55)they ran through all that region, and\nbegan to carry about on beds those who were sick, where they heard he\nwas. (56)And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or fields,\nthey laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they\nmight touch if it were but the fringe of his garment. And as many as\ntouched him were made whole.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nAND there come together to him the Pharisees and certain of the\nscribes, who came from Jerusalem. (2)And seeing some of his disciples\neating bread with defiled (that is, unwashen) hands, they found fault.\n(3)For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they carefully wash\ntheir hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders. (4)And\ncoming from the market, except they immerse themselves, they do not\neat. And there are many other things which they received to hold,\nimmersions of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. (5)And\nthe Pharisees and the scribes ask him: Why do not thy disciples walk\naccording to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with defiled\nhands? (6)And he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you\nhypocrites; as it is written:\n\n    This people honor me with their lips,\n    But their heart is far from me.\n    (7)But in vain they worship me,\n    Teaching as doctrines commandments of men.\n\n(8)For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of\nmen, immersions of pots and cups; and many other such things ye do.\n(9)And he said to them: Well do ye reject the commandment of God, that\nye may keep your own tradition! (10)For Moses said: Honor thy father\nand thy mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely\ndie. (11)But ye say: If a man say to his father or his mother, It is\nCorban (that is, a gift) whatever thou mightest be profited with from\nme--[7:11]; (12)and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father\nor his mother, (13)annulling the word of God by your tradition, which\nye handed down. And many such things ye do.\n\n(14)And again calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hearken\nto me every one, and understand. (15)There is nothing from without a\nman, that entering into him can defile him; but the things that come\nout of him, these are they that defile the man. (16)If any one has\nears to hear, let him hear.\n\n(17)And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his\ndisciples asked him concerning the parable. (18)And he says to them:\nAre ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that\nwhatever from without enters into the man can not defile him?\n(19)Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes\nout into the drain, cleansing all food. (20)And he said: That which\ncomes out of the man, that defiles the man. (21)For from within, out\nof the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries,\nfornications, murders, (22)thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,\nwantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. (23)All these\nevil things come forth from within, and defile the man.\n\n(24)And rising up he departed thence into the borders of Tyre and\nSidon; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know\nit. And he could not be hidden. (25)For a woman, whose little daughter\nhad an unclean spirit, hearing of him, came and fell at his feet.\n(26)The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought\nhim that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. (27)And he\nsaid to her: Let the children first be filled; for it is not good to\ntake the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. (28)And she\nanswered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the dogs under the table eat\nof the children's crumbs. (29)And he said to her: For this saying go\nthy way; the demon has gone out of thy daughter. (30)And departing to\nher house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon\ngone out.\n\n(31)And again going forth out of the borders of Tyre, he came through\nSidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of\nDecapolis. (32)And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an\nimpediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon\nhim. (33)And taking him aside from the multitude he put his fingers\ninto his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue, (34)and looking up to\nheaven, he sighed, and says to him: Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.\n(35)And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue\nwas loosed, and he spoke plainly. (36)And he charged them that they\nshould tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more abundantly\nthey published it; (37)and were beyond measure astonished, saying: He\nhas done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb\nto speak.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nIN those days, there being a very great multitude, and they having\nnothing to eat, he called to him his disciples, and says to them: (2)I\nhave compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now\nthree days, and have nothing to eat; (3)and if I dismiss them fasting\nto their own houses, they will faint by the way; and some of them have\ncome from afar. (4)And his disciples answered him: From whence will\none be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in a wilderness?\n(5)And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? And they said: Seven.\n(6)And he commanded the multitude to lie down on the ground. And he\ntook the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his\ndisciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.\n(7)And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he\ncommanded to set these also before them. (8)And they ate, and were\nfilled; and they took up of the fragments that were left seven\nbaskets. (9)And they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.\n\n(10)And straightway entering into the ship with his disciples, he came\ninto the region of Dalmanutha. (11)And the Pharisees came out, and\nbegan to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven,\ntempting him. (12)And sighing deeply in his spirit, he says: Why does\nthis generation seek a sign? Verily I say to you, there shall no sign\nbe given to this generation. (13)And leaving them, he entered again\ninto the ship, and departed to the other side.\n\n(14)And they forgot to take bread; and they had none in the ship with\nthem, except one loaf. (15)And he charged them, saying: Take heed,\nbeware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. (16)And\nthey reasoned among themselves, saying: It is because we have no\nbread. (17)And Jesus knowing it, says to them: Why reason ye, because\nye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your\nheart yet hardened? (18)Having eyes, do ye not see? And having ears,\ndo ye not hear? And do ye not remember? (19)When I broke the five\nloaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did\nye take up? They say to him: Twelve. (20)And when the seven among the\nfour thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? And\nthey said: Seven. (21)And he said to them: How is it that ye do not\nunderstand?\n\n(22)And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and\nbeseech him to touch him. (23)And taking the blind man by the hand, he\nled him forth out of the village; and spitting in his eyes, and\nputting his hands on him, he asked him if he beheld anything. (24)And\nlooking up he said: I behold men; for I see them as trees walking.\n(25)Then again he put his hands on his eyes, and he saw clearly; and\nhe was restored, and saw all things distinctly. (26)And he sent him\naway to his house, saying: Go not even into the village, nor tell it\nto any in the village.\n\n(27)And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the villages of\nCaesarea Philippi: And in the way he asked his disciples, saying to\nthem: Who do men say that I am? (28)And they answered him saying: John\nthe Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.\n(29)And he asked them: But who do ye say that I am? And Peter\nanswering says to him: Thou art the Christ. (30)And he charged them\nthat they should tell no one concerning him.\n\n(31)And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many\nthings, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the\nscribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. (32)And he\nspoke that saying openly. And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke\nhim. (33)But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked\nPeter, saying: Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou thinkest not the\nthings of God, but those of men.\n\n(34)And calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to\nthem: Whoever desires to follow after me, let him deny himself, and\ntake up his cross, and follow me. (35)For whoever will save his life\nshall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life, for the sake of me and\nof the glad tidings, shall save it. (36)For what will it profit a man,\nto gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? (37)Or what shall a man\ngive as an exchange for his soul? (38)For whoever shall be ashamed of\nme and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him\nwill also the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his\nFather with the holy angels.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nAND he said to them: Verily I say to you, that there are some of those\nstanding here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the\nkingdom of God already come with power.\n\n(2)And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John,\nand brings them up into a high mountain apart by themselves. And he\nwas transfigured before them. (3)And his garments became shining,\nexceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth can whiten. (4)And\nthere appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with\nJesus. (5)And Peter answering said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us\nto be here; and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for\nMoses, and one for Elijah. (6)For he knew not what to say; for they\nwere sore afraid. (7)And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a\nvoice came out of the cloud: This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.\n(8)And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus\nonly with themselves.\n\n(9)And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they\nshould relate what they had seen to no one, except when the Son of man\nshall have risen from the dead. (10)And they kept the saying,\nquestioning among themselves, what is the rising from the dead.\n\n(11)And they asked him, saying: Why say the scribes that Elijah must\nfirst come? (12)And he said to them: Elijah indeed comes first, and\nrestores all things. And how is it written of the Son of man? That he\nmust suffer many things, and be set at naught. (13)But I say to you,\nthat Elijah also has come, and they did to him whatever they would, as\nit is written of him.\n\n(14)And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them,\nand scribes questioning with them. (15)And straightway all the\nmultitude seeing him were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted\nhim. (16)And he asked them: What question ye with them? (17)And one of\nthe multitude answered him: Teacher, I brought to thee my son, having\na dumb spirit. (18)And wherever it lays hold of him, it tears him, and\nhe foams, and gnashes his teeth, and he pines away. And I spoke to thy\ndisciples, that they should cast it out; and they could not. (19)And\nhe answering, says to them: O faithless generation, how long shall I\nbe with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me. (20)And\nthey brought him to him. And seeing him, straightway the spirit rent\nhim; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. (21)And he asked\nhis father: How long is it, since this came upon him? And he said:\nFrom a child. (22)And ofttimes it cast him both into the fire, and\ninto the water, to destroy him. But if thou art able to do anything,\nhave compassion on us, and help us. (23)Jesus said to him: If thou art\nable! All things are possible to the believing. (24)And straightway\nthe father of the child cried out, and said: I believe; help thou my\nunbelief. (25)And Jesus, seeing that a multitude came running\ntogether, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him: Dumb and deaf\nspirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter into him no more.\n(26)And crying out, and rending him sorely, it came out of him. And he\nbecame as one dead; so that many said: He is dead. (27)But Jesus\ntaking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.\n\n(28)And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him\nprivately: Why could not we cast it out? (29)And he said to them: This\nkind can go out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.\n\n(30)And going forth from thence, they passed through Galilee and he\nwould not that any one should know it. (31)For he taught his\ndisciples, and said to them: The Son of man is delivered up into the\nhands of men, and they will kill him and when he is killed, after\nthree days he will rise again. (32)But they understood not the saying,\nand were afraid to ask him.\n\n(33)And they came to Capernaum. And having come into the house he\ninquired of them: Of what were ye reasoning among yourselves by the\nway? (34)But they were silent; for by the way they had disputed with\none another, who was greatest. (35)And sitting down, he called the\ntwelve, and says to them: If any one desires to be first, he shall be\nlast of all, and servant of all. (36)And taking a child, he placed it\nin the midst of them; and folding it in his arms, he said to them:\n(37)Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me\nand whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me.\n\n(38)And John answered him, saying: Teacher, we saw one casting out\ndemons in thy name, who follows not us; and we forbade him, because he\nfollows not us. (39)But Jesus said: Forbid him not; for there is no\none who shall do a miracle in my name, and can lightly speak evil of\nme. (40)For he that is not against us is for us. (41)For whoever shall\ngive you a cup of water to drink in that name, that ye are Christ's,\nverily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. (42)And whoever\nshall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it\nis better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck,\nand he were cast into the sea. (43)And if thy hand cause thee to\noffend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed,\nthan having the two hands to go into hell, into the fire that is\nunquenchable; (44)where their worm dies not, and the fire is not\nquenched. (45)And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is\nbetter for thee to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to\nbe cast into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable; (46)where their\nworm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. (47)And if thine eye\ncause thee to offend, pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter\ninto the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast\ninto hell-fire; (48)where their worm dies not, and the fire is not\nquenched. (49)For every one shall be salted with fire, and every\nsacrifice shall be salted with salt. (50)Salt is good; but if the salt\nbecome saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves,\nand be at peace with one another.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nAND rising up he goes thence into the borders of Judaea, and the\nfurther side of the Jordan. And again the multitudes come together to\nhim; and as he was wont, he again taught them.\n\n(2)And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, if it is lawful for a\nman to put away a wife, tempting him. (3)And he answering said to\nthem: What did Moses command you? (4)And they said: Moses permitted to\nwrite a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. (5)And Jesus\nanswering said to them: For your hardness of heart he wrote you this\ncommand. (6)But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male\nand female. (7)For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,\nand shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh. (8)So\nthat they are no longer two, but one flesh. (9)What therefore God\njoined together, let not man put asunder.\n\n(10)And in the house his disciples asked him again concerning this.\n(11)And he says to them: Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry\nanother, commits adultery against her. (12)And if a woman shall put\naway her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery.\n\n(13)And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them;\nand the disciples rebuked those who brought them. (14)But Jesus seeing\nit, was much displeased, and said to them: Suffer the little children\nto come to me; forbid them not, for to such belongs the kingdom of\nGod. (15)Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of\nGod as a little child, shall not enter therein. (16)And he folded them\nin his arms, put his hands on them, and blessed them.\n\n(17)And as he was going forth into the way, there came one running,\nand kneeling to him, and asked him: Good Teacher, what shall I do that\nI may inherit eternal life? (18)And Jesus said to him: Why callest\nthou me good? There is none good but one, God. (19)Thou knowest the\ncommandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do\nnot bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.\n(20)And he answering said to him: Teacher, all these I kept from my\nyouth. (21)And Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him: One\nthing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor,\nand thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross,\nand follow me. (22)And he became sad at that saying, and went away\nsorrowful; for he had great possessions.\n\n(23)And looking around, Jesus says to his disciples: How hardly shall\nthey that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! (24)And the\ndisciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answering again says\nto them: Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to\nenter into the kingdom of God! (25)It is easier for a camel to go\nthrough the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the\nkingdom of God. (26)And they were exceedingly amazed, saying among\nthemselves: Who then can be saved? (27)And Jesus, looking on them,\nsays: With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all\nthings are possible.\n\n(28)Peter began to say to him: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee.\n(29)And Jesus answering said: Verily I say to you, there is no one who\nforsook house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,\nor children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,\n(30)but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and\nbrothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with\npersecutions, and in the world to come eternal life. (31)But many\nfirst will be last, and the last first.\n\n(32)And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus was\ngoing before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed they\nwere afraid. And again he took with him the twelve, and began to say\nto them what things should happen to him: (33)Behold, we are going up\nto Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief\npriests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death and\nwill deliver him up to the Gentiles; (34)and they will mock him, and\nscourge him, and spit upon him, and will kill him; and after three\ndays he will rise again.\n\n(35)And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying:\nTeacher, we desire that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask.\n(36)And he said to them: What do ye desire that I should do for you?\n(37)They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right\nhand, and the other on the left, in thy glory. (38)And Jesus said to\nthem: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I\ndrink, or to endure the immersion which I endure? (39)And they said to\nhim: We are able. And Jesus said to them: Ye shall indeed drink the\ncup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure. (40)But to\nsit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for\nthem for whom it has been prepared.\n\n(41)And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James\nand John. (42)And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know\nthat they who are accounted to rule[10:42] over the Gentiles exercise\nlordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.\n(43)But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among\nyou, shall be your minister; (44)and whoever would become chiefest of\nyou, shall be servant of all. (45)For even the Son of man came not to\nbe ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for\nmany.\n\n(46)And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho\nwith his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus,\nBartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side. (47)And\nhearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say:\nSon of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. (48)And many rebuked him, that\nhe should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David,\nhave mercy on me. (49)And Jesus stood still, and said: Call him. And\nthey call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he\ncalls thee. (50)And he, casting away his garment, leaped up, and came\nto Jesus. (51)And Jesus answering said to him: What wilt thou that I\nshould do to thee? The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive\nsight. (52)And Jesus said to him: Go thy way; thy faith has made thee\nwhole. And immediately he received sight, and followed him in the way.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nAND when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the\nmount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, (2)and says\nto them: Go into the village over against you; and immediately, on\nentering into it, ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man has sat;\nloose and bring him. (3)And if any one say to you: Why do ye this?\nsay: The Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him\nhither. (4)And they departed, and found a colt tied by the door\nwithout, on the street; and they loose him. (5)And some of those\nstanding there, said to them: What do ye, loosing the colt? (6)And\nthey said to them as Jesus commanded; and they let them go. (7)And\nthey bring the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he\nsat upon him. (8)And many spread their garments in the way, and others\nbranches, cutting them from the fields[11:8]. (9)And they that went\nbefore, and they that followed, cried: Hosanna! blessed is he that\ncomes in the name of the Lord; (10)blessed is the coming kingdom of\nour father David; Hosanna in the highest! (11)And he entered into\nJerusalem, and into the temple; and having looked around on all\nthings, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany with the\ntwelve.\n\n(12)And on the morrow, when they had come out from Bethany, he was\nhungry. (13)And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if\nhaply he might find anything thereon. And coming to it, he found\nnothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs. (14)And\nanswering he said to it: Let no one eat fruit from thee, henceforth\nforever. And his disciples heard it.\n\n(15)And they come into Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he\nbegan to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and\noverturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those\nwho sold doves; (16)and suffered not that any one should carry a\nvessel through the temple. (17)And he taught, saying to 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. (18)And the chief\npriests and the scribes heard it. And they sought how they might\ndestroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished\nat his teaching. (19)And when it became late, he went forth out of the\ncity.\n\n(20)And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from\nthe roots. (21)And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to him: Master,\nbehold, the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away. (22)And\nJesus answering says to them: Have faith in God. (23)Verily I say to\nyou, that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be thou taken up and\ncast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe\nthat what he says comes to pass, he shall have it. (24)Therefore I say\nto you: All things whatever ye ask, when ye pray, believe that ye\nreceived, and ye shall have them.\n\n(25)And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any\none; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your\ntrespasses. (26)But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who\nis in heaven forgive your trespasses[11:26].\n\n(27)And they come again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the\ntemple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the\nelders. (28)And they said to him: By what authority doest thou these\nthings? And who gave thee this authority, to do these things? (29)And\nJesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing; and\nanswer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.\n(30)John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.\n(31)And they reasoned among themselves, saying: (32)If we say, from\nheaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say\nfrom men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a\nprophet. (33)And answering they say to Jesus: We do not know. And\nJesus says to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do\nthese things.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nAND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard,\nand set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and\nlet it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. (2)And at the season he\nsent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the\nhusbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. (3)And they took him and\nbeat him, and sent him away empty. (4)And again he sent to them\nanother servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the\nhead, and sent him away shamefully treated. (5)And he sent another;\nand him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.\n(6)Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them\nlast, saying: They will reverence my son. (7)But those husbandmen said\namong themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the\ninheritance will be ours. (8)And they took, and killed him, and cast\nhim out of the vineyard. (9)What therefore will the lord of the\nvineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give\nthe vineyard to others. (10)And have ye not read this scripture:\n\n    The stone which the builders disallowed,\n    The same is become the head of the corner;\n    (11)This is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes.\n\n(12)And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for\nthey knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him,\nand went away.\n\n(13)And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians,\nto entrap him with a word. (14)And they come and say to him: Teacher,\nwe know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest\nnot the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it\nlawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? (15)Shall we give, or shall\nwe not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt\nye me? Bring me a denary[12:15], that I may see it. (16)And they\nbrought it. And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the\ninscription? And they said to him: Caesar's. (17)And Jesus answering\nsaid to them: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to\nGod the things that are God's. And they marveled at him.\n\n(18)And there come to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection.\nAnd they asked him, saying: (19)Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if\none's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, his\nbrother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.\n(20)There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying\nleft no seed. (21)And the second took her, and died, and he also left\nno seed; and the third likewise. (22)And the seven took her, and left\nno seed. Last of all the woman died also. (23)In the resurrection\ntherefore, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be\nwife? For the seven had her for a wife. (24)Jesus answering said to\nthem: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor\nthe power of God? (25)For when they shall rise from the dead, they\nneither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in\nheaven. (26)And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read\nin the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying: I am\nthe God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? (27)He\nis not God of the dead, but of the living. Ye greatly err.\n\n(28)And one of the scribes came to him, and having heard them\nreasoning together, and perceiving that he answered them well, asked\nhim: Which commandment is first of all? (29)And Jesus answered him:\nFirst is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;\n(30)and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with\nall thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This\nis the first commandment. (31)Second is this: Thou shalt love thy\nneighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.\n(32)And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that\nhe is one, and there is no other beside him; (33)and to love him with\nall the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul,\nand with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is\nmore than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices. (34)And Jesus,\nseeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far\nfrom the kingdom of God. And no one dared any longer to question him.\n\n(35)And Jesus answering said, while teaching in the temple: How say\nthe scribes that the Christ is son of David? (36)For David himself\nsaid, in the Holy Spirit:\n\n    The LORD said to my Lord,\n    Sit on my right hand,\n    Till I put thy enemies under thy feet.\n\n(37)David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the\ngreat multitude heard him gladly.\n\n(38)And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who\nlove to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets,\n(39)and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the\nfeasts; (40)who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long\nprayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.\n\n(41)And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld how the people\ncast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much.\n(42)And one poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a\nfarthing. (43)And calling to him his disciples, he said to them:\nVerily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who\nare casting into the treasury. (44)For all cast in out of their\nabundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her\nwhole living.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nAND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him:\nTeacher, see what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings!\n(2)And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There\nshall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown\ndown.\n\n(3)And as he was sitting on the mount of the Olives, over against the\ntemple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately:\n(4)Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all\nthese things are about to be accomplished.\n\n(5)And Jesus began to say to them: Take heed lest any one lead you\nastray. (6)For many will come in my name, saying: I am he; and will\nlead many astray. (7)And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of\nwars, be not troubled, for it must come to pass; but not yet is the\nend. (8)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against\nkingdom; and there will be earthquakes in divers places, and there\nwill be famines and commotions; these are the beginning of sorrows.\n\n(9)But do ye take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to\ncouncils, and in the synagogues ye will be beaten; and ye will be\nbrought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to\nthem. (10)And the good news must first be preached among all the\nnations.\n\n(11)But when they lead you away to deliver you up, take not thought\nbeforehand what ye shall speak nor premeditate; but whatever shall be\ngiven you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but\nthe Holy Spirit. (12)And the brother will deliver up the brother to\ndeath, and the father the child; and children will rise up against\nparents, and will put them to death. (13)And ye will be hated by all\nfor my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same\nshall be saved.\n\n(14)But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it\nought not, (let him that reads, mark!) then let those in Judaea flee\nto the mountains. (15)And he that is upon the house, let him not go\ndown into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house.\n(16)And he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his\ngarment.\n\n(17)But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in\nthose days! (18)And pray that it be not in the winter. (19)For in\nthose days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning\nof the creation which God created until now, neither shall be. (20)And\nif the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been\nsaved; but for the sake of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the\ndays.\n\n(21)And then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ, or Lo,\nthere, believe not. (22)For false Christs and false prophets will\narise, and will show signs and wonders, so as to lead, if possible,\neven the chosen astray. (23)But do ye take heed; I have foretold you\nall.\n\n(24)But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be\ndarkened, and the moon shall not give her light; (25)and the stars\nshall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in heaven shall be\nshaken. (26)And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds,\nwith great power and glory. (27)And then will he send forth the\nangels, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the\nuttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.\n\n(28)And learn the parable from the fig-tree. When its branch is\nalready become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is\nnear. (29)So also ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know that\nit is near, at the doors. (30)Verily I say to you, that this\ngeneration shall not pass, till all these things are done. (31)Heaven\nand earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.\n\n(32)But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in\nheaven, nor the Son, but the Father. (33)Take heed, watch; for ye know\nnot when the time is. (34)As a man who is abroad, having left his\nhouse, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also\ncommanded the porter that he should watch; (35)watch therefore, for ye\nknow not when the master of the house comes, at evening, or at\nmidnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning; (36)lest coming\nsuddenly he find you sleeping. (37)And what I say to you, I say to\nall, Watch.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nTWO days after, was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread;\nand the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him\nby craft, and put him to death. (2)For they said: Not at the feast,\nlest there shall be a tumult of the people.\n\n(3)And he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was\nreclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of\nointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and\npoured it on his head. (4)And there were some that were much\ndispleased among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the\nointment made? (5)For this ointment could have been sold for more than\nthree hundred denaries, and given to the poor. And they murmured at\nher. (6)And Jesus said: Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? She\nwrought a good work on me. (7)For the poor ye have always with you,\nand when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always.\n(8)She did what she could; she beforehand anointed my body for the\npreparation for burial. (9)Verily I say to you, wherever the good news\nshall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be\ntold for a memorial of her.\n\n(10)And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests,\nto deliver him up to them. (11)And they, when they heard it, were\nglad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might\nconveniently deliver him up.\n\n(12)And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when they\nkilled the passover, his disciples say to him: Where wilt thou that we\ngo and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? (13)And he sends\nforth two of his disciples, and says to them: Go into the city, and\nthere will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him.\n(14)And where he shall go in, say to the master of the house: The\nTeacher says, Where is the guest-chamber, in which I may eat the\npassover with my disciples? (15)And he will show you a large upper\nroom furnished, ready; there prepare for us. (16)And his disciples\nwent forth, and came into the city, and found as he said to them; and\nthey made ready the passover.\n\n(17)And at evening he comes with the twelve. (18)And as they were\nreclining at table, and eating, Jesus said: Verily I say to you, that\none of you will betray me, one that eats with me! (19)And they began\nto be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I? And another\nsaid: Is it I? (20)And he answering said to them: It is one of the\ntwelve, one that dips with me into the dish. (21)The Son of man indeed\ngoes, as it is written of him; but woe to that man through whom the\nSon of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been\nborn.\n\n(22)And as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf, blessed, and broke,\nand gave it to them, and said: Take it; this is my body. (23)And\ntaking the cup, he gave thanks, and gave it to them; and they all\ndrank of it. (24)And he said to them: This is my blood of the\ncovenant, which is shed for many. (25)Verily I say to you, I will\ndrink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it\nnew in the kingdom of God.\n\n(26)And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives.\n(27)And Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended; because it is\nwritten: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.\n(28)But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.\n\n(29)And Peter said to him: Though all shall be offended, yet will not\nI. (30)And Jesus says to him: Verily I say to thee, that thou this\nday, in this night, before a cock crows twice, wilt thrice deny me.\n(31)But he said the more vehemently: If I should die with thee, I will\nnot deny thee. Likewise also said they all.\n\n(32)And they come to a place which was named Gethsemane. And he says\nto his disciples: Sit ye here, while I shall pray. (33)And he takes\nwith him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to\nbe troubled. (34)And he says to them: My soul is exceedingly\nsorrowful, unto death; tarry here, and watch. (35)And going forward a\nlittle, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible,\nthe hour might pass from him. (36)And he said: Abba, Father, all\nthings are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what\nI will, but what thou wilt.\n\n(37)And he comes, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter:\nSimon, sleepest thou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? (38)Watch and\npray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing,\nbut the flesh is weak.\n\n(39)And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. (40)And\nreturning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy;\nand they knew not what to answer him.\n\n(41)And he comes the third time, and says to them: Do ye sleep the\nremaining time, and take your rest[14:41]? It is enough, the hour is\ncome; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.\n(42)Rise, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.\n\n(43)And immediately, while he was yet speaking, comes Judas, one of\nthe twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the\nchief priests and the scribes and the elders. (44)And his betrayer had\ngiven them a signal, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold\nof him, and lead him away securely. (45)And coming, he goes\nstraightway to him, and says: Master, Master; and kissed him.\n\n(46)And they laid their hands on him, and held him fast. (47)And one\nof those standing by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high\npriest, and took off his ear. (48)And Jesus answering said to them:\nCame ye out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to take me?\n(49)I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay\nhold of me; but that the Scriptures might be fulfilled! (50)And all\nforsook him, and fled.\n\n(51)And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth\ncast about his naked body; and the young men lay hold of him. (52)And\nleaving behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.\n\n(53)And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him assembled\nall the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. (54)And Peter\nfollowed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest, and was\nsitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire.\n\n(55)And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony\nagainst Jesus, in order to put him to death; and they found none.\n(56)For many bore false witness against him; but their testimonies\nagreed not together. (57)And certain ones rose up, and bore false\nwitness against him, saying: (58)We heard him say, I will destroy this\ntemple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another\nmade without hands. (59)And not even so did their testimony agree.\n\n(60)And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus,\nsaying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?\n(61)But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest\nasked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the\nBlessed? (62)And Jesus said: I am; and ye shall see the Son of man\nsitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of\nheaven. (63)And the high priest, rending his clothes, says: What\nfurther need have we of witnesses? (64)Ye heard the blasphemy. What\nthink ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.\n\n(65)And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet\nhim, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him\nin charge.\n\n(66)And Peter being below in the court, there comes one of the\nmaid-servants of the high priest; (67)and seeing Peter warming\nhimself, she looked upon him, and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the\nNazarene. (68)But he denied, saying: I do not know, nor do I\nunderstand what thou sayest. And he went out into the fore-court; and\na cock crowed.\n\n(69)And the maid-servant, seeing him, began again to say to those\nstanding by: This is one of them. (70)And he again denied it.\n\nAnd a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely\nthou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean. (71)But he began to\ninvoke curses, and to swear: I do not know this man of whom ye speak.\n(72)And a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered the word,\nhow Jesus said to him: Before a cock crows twice, thou wilt thrice\ndeny me. And as he thought thereon, he wept.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nAND straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and\nscribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus\nand carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. (2)And Pilate\nasked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to\nhim: Thou sayest it. (3)And the chief priests accused him of many\nthings.\n\n(4)And Pilate asked him again, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold\nwhat things they testify against thee. (5)But Jesus no longer made any\nanswer; so that Pilate marveled.\n\n(6)And at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they\nasked. (7)And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with his\ncompanions in sedition, who in the sedition had committed murder.\n(8)And coming up, the multitude began to make request, according as he\nhad always done for them. (9)And Pilate answered them, saying: Will ye\nthat I release to you the King of the Jews? (10)For he knew that\nthrough envy the chief priests had delivered him up. (11)But the chief\npriests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to\nthem Barabbas. (12)And Pilate answering, said again to them: What will\nye then that I shall do to him whom ye call the King of the Jews?\n(13)And they cried again: Crucify him. (14)And Pilate said to them:\nWhat evil then has he done? And they cried the more exceedingly:\nCrucify him.\n\n(15)And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them\nBarabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be\ncrucified. (16)And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is\nPraetorium; and they call together the whole band. (17)And they clothe\nhim with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on\nhim. (18)And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! (19)And\nthey smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and\nkneeling down, did homage to him. (20)And when they had mocked him,\nthey took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments.\n\nAnd they lead him out to crucify him. (21)And they compel one Simon, a\nCyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of\nAlexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (22)And they bring him to the\nplace Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull. (23)And they\ngave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. (24)And having\ncrucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what\nany one should take. (25)And it was the third hour; and they crucified\nhim. (26)And the inscription of the accusation against him was written\nover: THE KING OF THE JEWS.\n\n(27)And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and\none on his left. (28)And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: And\nhe was reckoned with transgressors. (29)And they that passed by railed\nat him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the\ntemple, and buildest it in three days; (30)save thyself, and come down\nfrom the cross. (31)Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with\nanother, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he\ncan not save. (32)Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now\nfrom the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were\ncrucified with him reproached him.\n\n(33)And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the\nwhole land until the ninth hour. (34)And at the ninth hour Jesus cried\nwith a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is\ninterpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me? (35)And some\nof those standing by, hearing it, said: Behold, he calls Elijah.\n(36)And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a\nreed, and gave him to drink, saying: Let alone; let us see whether\nElijah comes to take him down. (37)And Jesus, uttering a loud cry,\nexpired. (38)And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the\ntop to the bottom. (39)And the centurion who was standing near, over\nagainst him, seeing that he so cried out and expired, said: Truly this\nman was the Son of God.\n\n(40)And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also\nMary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of\nJoses, and Salome; (41)who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him,\nand ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to\nJerusalem.\n\n(42)And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which\nis the day before the sabbath[15:42]), (43)Joseph from Arimathaea, an\nhonorable counselor, who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of\nGod, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of\nJesus. (44)And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling\nto him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead. (45)And\nhaving learned it from the centurion, he gave the dead body to Joseph.\n(46)And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him\nin the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a\nrock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. (47)And Mary\nthe Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where he was laid.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nAND the sabbath being past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of\nJames, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.\n\n(2)And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the\nsepulchre, when the sun was risen. (3)And they said to one another:\nWho will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre?\n(4)And looking up, they see that the stone has been rolled away. For\nit was very great. (5)And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a\nyoung man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they\nwere affrighted. (6)And he says to them: Be not affrighted. Ye are\nseeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not\nhere. Behold the place where they laid him. (7)But go, say to his\ndisciples, and to Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. There\nshall ye see him, as he said to you. (8)And they went out, and fled\nfrom the sepulchre; for trembling and astonishment seized them. And\nthey said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.\n\n(9)And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared\nfirst to Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.\n(10)She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they\nmourned and wept. (11)And they, hearing that he is alive, and was seen\nby her, believed not.\n\n(12)After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they\nwalked, going into the country. (13)They also went and reported it to\nthe rest; nor did they believe them.\n\n(14)Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at\ntable, and upbraided their unbelief and hardness of heart, because\nthey believed not those who saw him after he was risen. (15)And he\nsaid to them: Go into all the world, and preach the good news to every\ncreature. (16)He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he\nthat believes not shall be condemned. (17)And these signs shall\naccompany those who have believed; in my name they shall cast out\ndemons; they shall speak with new tongues; (18)they shall take up\nserpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them,\nthey shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.\n\n(19)The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into\nheaven, and sat down on the right hand of God; (20)and they went\nforth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and\nconfirming the word by the signs that followed.\n\n\n\nTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE.\n\n\nI.\n\nFORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration\nconcerning the things fully believed among us[1:1], (2)as they, who\nfrom the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,\ndelivered them to us; (3)it seemed good to me also, having accurately\ntraced all from the very first, to write to thee in order, most\nexcellent Theophilus; (4)that thou mightest know the certainty\nconcerning those things[1:4] wherein thou wast instructed.\n\n(5)There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain\npriest, Zachariah by name, of the course of Abijah; and his wife was\nof the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. (6)And they\nwere both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and\nordinances of the Lord blameless. (7)And they had no child, because\nElisabeth was barren; and they both were now far advanced in years.\n\n(8)And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office\nbefore God, in the order of his course, (9)it fell to his lot,\naccording to the custom of the priest's office, to burn incense, going\ninto the temple of the Lord. (10)And the whole multitude of the people\nwere praying without, at the hour of incense. (11)And there appeared\nto him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar\nof incense. (12)And Zachariah seeing him was troubled, and fear fell\nupon him. (13)But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah; for thy\nprayer was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and\nthou shalt call his name John. (14)And thou shalt have joy and\ngladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. (15)For he shall be\ngreat before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine nor strong drink;\nand he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's\nwomb. (16)And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord\ntheir God. (17)And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of\nElijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the\ndisobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a prepared people\nfor the Lord.\n\n(18)And Zachariah said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I\nam an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years. (19)And the angel\nanswering said to him: I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of\nGod; and I was sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these glad\ntidings. (20)And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak,\nuntil the day that these things shall be performed, because thou didst\nnot believe thy words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.\n\n(21)And the people were waiting for Zachariah; and they were wondering\nat his long tarrying in the temple. (22)And when he came out he was\nnot able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a\nvision in the temple; and he was making signs to them, and remained\nspeechless.\n\n(23)And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were\ncompleted, that he departed to his own house.\n\n(24)And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived; and she hid\nherself five months, saying: (25)Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in\nthe days wherein he looked on me to take away my reproach among men.\n\n(26)And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a\ncity of Galilee, named Nazareth, (27)to a virgin betrothed to a man\nwhose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name\nwas Mary. (28)And the angel coming in to her, said: Hail, highly\nfavored! The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. (29)And\nshe was troubled at the saying; and was considering what manner of\nsalutation this might be. (30)And the angel said to her: Fear not,\nMary; for thou didst find favor with God. (31)And, behold, thou shalt\nconceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name\nJesus. (32)He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest;\nand the Lord God will give to him the throne of David his father;\n(33)and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his\nkingdom there shall be no end.\n\n(34)Then said Mary to the angel: How shall this be, seeing that I know\nnot a man? (35)And the angel answering said to her: The Holy Spirit\nwill come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow\nthee; therefore also the Holy One that is born shall be called the Son\nof God. (36)And, behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also has\nconceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her\nwho is called barren. (37)For with God nothing shall be[1:37]\nimpossible.\n\n(38)And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me\naccording to thy word. And the angel departed from her.\n\n(39)And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with\nhaste, into a city of Judah; (40)and entered into the house of\nZachariah, and saluted Elisabeth. (41)And it came to pass, as\nElisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, that the babe leaped in her\nwomb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. (42)And she spoke\nout with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women, and\nblessed is the fruit of thy womb. (43)And whence is this to me, that\nthe mother of my Lord should come to me? (44)For, behold, as the voice\nof thy salutation came into my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for\njoy. (45)And happy is she, who believed that there shall be[1:45] a\nfulfillment of the things told her from the Lord.\n\n(46)And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord; (47)and my spirit\nrejoiced in God my Savior. (48)Because he looked upon the low estate\nof his handmaid; for, behold, henceforth all generations will call me\nhappy. (49)Because the Mighty One did great things for me; and holy is\nhis name. (50)And his mercy is from generation to generation, to those\nwho fear him. (51)He wrought might with his arm; he scattered the\nproud in the imagination of their hearts. (52)He cast down princes\nfrom thrones, and exalted those of low degree. (53)The hungry he\nfilled with good, and the rich he sent empty away. (54)He helped\nIsrael, his servant; to remember mercy, (55)as he spoke to our\nfathers, for Abraham and for his seed forever.\n\n(56)And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her\nown house.\n\n(57)Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and\nshe brought forth a son. (58)And her neighbors and her kindred heard\nthat the Lord showed great mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with\nher.\n\n(59)And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to\ncircumcise the child; and they called him Zachariah, after the name of\nhis father. (60)And his mother answered and said: Nay; but he shall be\ncalled John. (61)And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred\nthat is called by this name. (62)And they made signs to his father,\nhow he would have him called. (63)And asking for a writing-tablet, he\nwrote, saying: His name is John. And they all wondered. (64)And his\nmouth was opened immediately, and his tongue was loosed; and he spoke,\nblessing God. (65)And fear came on all that dwelt around them. And all\nthese things[1:65] were told abroad in all the hill-country of Judaea.\n(66)And all who heard laid them up in their hearts, saying: What then\nwill this child be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.\n\n(67)And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and\nprophesied, saying: (68)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, that\nhe visited and wrought redemption for his people; (69)and raised up a\nhorn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant, (70)(as\nhe spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets of old,) (71)salvation from\nour enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; (72)to show mercy\nto our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; (73)the oath which\nhe swore to Abraham our father, (74)to grant to us, that without fear,\nbeing rescued from the hand of our enemies, we should serve him,\n(75)in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.\n\n(76)And also thou, O child, shalt be called Prophet of the Highest;\nfor thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,\n(77)in order to give knowledge of salvation to his people in remission\nof their sins; (78)through the tender mercies of our God, whereby the\ndayspring from on high visited us, (79)to give light to those sitting\nin darkness and the shadow of death, in order to guide our feet into\nthe way of peace.\n\n(80)And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the\ndeserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nAND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from\nCaesar Augustus, that all the world should be registered. (2)This\nregistering was the first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.\n(3)And all went to be registered, each one to his own city. (4)And\nJoseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into\nJudaea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem (because he was\nof the house and family of David), (5)to be registered with Mary his\nbetrothed wife, who was with child. (6)And so it was, that, while they\nwere there, the days were completed that she should bring forth.\n(7)And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in\nswathing bands, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room\nfor them in the inn.\n\n(8)And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,\nand keeping watch over their flock by night. (9)And, behold, an angel\nof the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around\nthem; and they were sore afraid. (10)And the angel said to them: Fear\nnot; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall\nbe to all the people. (11)For to you is born this day in the city of\nDavid a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (12)And this shall be to you\nthe sign: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swathing bands, lying in a\nmanger. (13)And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the\nheavenly host, praising God and saying: (14)Glory to God in the\nhighest, and on earth peace, good will among men.\n\n(15)And it came to pass, when the angels were gone away from them into\nheaven, that the shepherds said one to another: Let us go now unto\nBethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord\nmade known to us. (16)And they came with haste, and found both Mary\nand Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. (17)And having seen it,\nthey made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this\nchild. (18)And all that heard wondered at the things which were told\nthem by the shepherds. (19)And Mary kept all these things[2:19],\npondering them in her heart. (20)And the shepherds returned,\nglorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was\ntold to them.\n\n(21)And when eight days were completed for circumcising him, his name\nwas called Jesus; the name given by the angel before he was conceived\nin the womb.\n\n(22)And when the days of their purification, according to the law of\nMoses, were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present\nhim to the Lord, (23)(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every\nmale that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) (24)and to\noffer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A\npair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.\n\n(25)And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;\nand this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of\nIsrael; and the Holy Spirit was upon him, (26)And it was revealed to\nhim by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had\nseen the Christ of the Lord. (27)And he came by the Spirit into the\ntemple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him\nafter the custom of the law, (28)then he took him into his arms, and\nblessed God, and said: (29)Now, Lord, thou lettest thy servant depart\nin peace, according to thy word; (30)because my eyes saw thy\nsalvation, (31)which thou preparedst before the face of all the\npeoples, (32)a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory\nof thy people Israel.\n\n(33)And his father and mother wondered at the things spoken of him.\n(34)And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this\nchild is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign\nthat shall be spoken against, (35)(and a sword shall pierce through\nthine own soul also), that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.\n\n(36)And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the\ntribe of Asher. She was of great age, and had lived with a husband\nseven years from her virginity; (37)and she was a widow of about\nfourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, serving\nday and night with fastings and prayers. (38)And she, coming up at\nthat very time, likewise gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to\nall that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n(39)And when they had performed all things according to the law of the\nLord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. (40)And\nthe child grew, and became strong, being filled with wisdom; and the\nfavor of God was upon him.\n\n(41)And his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the\npassover. (42)And when he was twelve years old, they having gone up\naccording to the custom of the feast, (43)and completed the days, as\nthey returned, Jesus the child remained behind in Jerusalem. And his\nparents knew it not, (44)but supposing that he was in the company,\nwent a day's journey, and sought him among their kindred and\nacquaintance; (45)and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem,\nseeking him.\n\n(46)And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the\ntemple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and\nasking them questions. (47)And all that heard him, were astonished at\nhis understanding and answers. (48)And seeing him they were amazed.\nAnd his mother said to him: Child, why didst thou thus deal with us?\nBehold, thy father and I sought thee, sorrowing. (49)And he said to\nthem: How is it that ye sought me? Did ye not know, that I must be in\nmy Father's house[2:49]? (50)And they understood not the saying which\nhe spoke to them.\n\n(51)And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject\nto them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.\n\n(52)And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God\nand men.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nNOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when\nPontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee,\nand his brother Philip tetrarch, of Iturea and of the region of\nTrachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, (2)when Annas was high\npriest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of\nZachariah, in the wilderness. (3)And he came into all the country\nabout the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto\nremission of sins, (4)as it is written in the book of the words of\nIsaiah the prophet:\n\n    The voice of one crying in the wilderness,\n    Prepare the way of the Lord,\n    Make straight his paths.\n    (5)Every valley shall be filled,\n    And every mountain and hill shall be brought low;\n    And the crooked shall be straight,\n    And the rough ways smooth;\n    (6)And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.\n\n(7)He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by\nhim: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?\n(8)Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to\nsay within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to\nyou, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.\n(9)And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree\ntherefore, that brings not forth good fruit, is cut down and cast into\nthe fire.\n\n(10)And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do?\n(11)He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart\nto him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.\n\n(12)And there came also publicans to be immersed; and they said to\nhim: Teacher, what shall we do? (13)And he said to them: Exact no more\nthan that which is appointed you. (14)And soldiers also asked him,\nsaying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no\none, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages[3:14].\n\n(15)And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning\nin their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the\nChrist, (16)John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in\nwater; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the latchet of\nwhose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the\nHoly Spirit and fire; (17)whose fan is in his hand, and he will\nthoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into\nhis garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable.\n\n(18)And with many other exhortations he published the good tidings to\nthe people.\n\n(19)But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of\nHerodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils which Herod\ndid, (20)added to all this also, that he shut up John in prison.\n\n(21)Now it came to pass, when all the people had been immersed, that\nas Jesus, having also been immersed, was praying, the heaven was\nopened, (22)and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape as a dove\nupon him; and there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved\nSon; in thee I am well pleased.\n\n(23)And Jesus himself was, when he began[3:23], about thirty years of\nage; being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,\n(24)the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of\nJanna, the son of Joseph, (25)the son of Matthias, the son of Amos,\nthe son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, (26)the son of\nMaath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph,\nthe son of Judah, (27)the son of Joanna, the son of Reza, the son of\nZerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, (28)the son of\nMelchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son\nof Er, (29)the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the\nson of Matthat, the son of Levi, (30)the son of Simeon, the son of\nJudah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,\n(31)the son of Meleah, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son\nof Nathan, the son of David, (32)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,\nthe son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahon, (33)the son of\nAmminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the\nson of Judah, (34)the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of\nAbraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, (35)the son of Serug, the\nson of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Salah,\n(36)the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son\nof Noah, the son of Lamech, (37)the son of Methuselah, the son of\nEnoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan,\n(38)the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nAND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan; and he\nwas led in the Sprit into the wilderness (2)forty days, tempted by the\nDevil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he\nhungered.\n\n(3)And the Devil said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command this\nstone that it become bread. (4)And Jesus answered him, saying: It is\nwritten, Man shall not live on bread alone.\n\n(5)And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all\nthe kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. (6)And the Devil said\nto him: All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them;\nbecause it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I\nwill. (7)If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. (8)And\nJesus answering said to him: It is written, Thou shalt worship the\nLord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.\n\n(9)And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the\ntemple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down\nfrom hence. (10)For it is written: He will give his angels command\nconcerning thee, to keep thee; (11)and on their hands they shall bear\nthee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. (12)And Jesus\nanswering said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy\nGod.\n\n(13)And having finished every temptation, the Devil departed from him\nfor a season.\n\n(14)And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and\nthere went out a report concerning him through all the surrounding\ncountry. (15)And he taught in their synagogues, being honored by all.\n\n(16)And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And, as his\ncustom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day; and he\nstood up to read. (17)And there was delivered to him the book of the\nprophet Isaiah. And unrolling the book, he found the place where it\nwas written:\n\n    (18)The Spirit of the Lord is upon me;\n    Because he anointed me to publish good tidings to the poor;\n    He has sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives,\n    And recovering of sight to the blind,\n    To send the oppressed away free,\n    (19)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.\n\n(20)And rolling up the book he gave it again to the servant, and sat\ndown. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.\n(21)And he began to say to them: To-day is this scripture fulfilled in\nyour ears. (22)And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words\nof grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said: Is not this\nJoseph's son? (23)And he said to them: Ye will surely say to me this\nproverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatever we heard done in Capernaum,\ndo also here in thy country. (24)And he said: Verily I say to you, no\nprophet is accepted in his own country. (25)But I tell you of a truth,\nthere were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the\nheaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great\nfamine throughout all the land; (26)and to none of them was Elijah\nsent, but unto Zarephath of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.\n(27)And there were many lepers in Israel, in the time of Elisha the\nprophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.\n(28)And all in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were\nfilled with wrath. (29)And they rose up, and thrust him out of the\ncity, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was\nbuilt, to cast him down headlong. (30)But he, passing through the\nmidst of them, went away.\n\n(31)And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was\nteaching them on the sabbath; (32)and they were astonished at his\nteaching, because his word was with power.\n\n(33)And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean\ndemon; and he cried out with a loud voice, (34)saying: Ah! what have\nwe to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Didst thou come to destroy us?\nI know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. (35)And Jesus rebuked\nhim, saying: Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon\nthrowing him in the midst came out from him, doing him no harm.\n(36)And amazement came on all; and they spoke with one another,\nsaying: What is this word, that with authority and power he commands\nthe unclean spirits, and they come out? (37)And there went out a rumor\nconcerning him into every place of the country around.\n\n(38)And he rose up and went from the synagogue, and entered into the\nhouse of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was seized with a\nviolent fever[4:38]; and they besought him for her. (39)And standing\nover her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she\narose and ministered to them.\n\n(40)Now when the sun was setting, all that had any sick with divers\ndiseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on each one of\nthem, and healed them. (41)And demons also came out from many, crying\nout, and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And he, rebuking them,\nsuffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.\n\n(42)And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place. And\nthe multitudes sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he\nshould not depart from them. (43)And he said to them: I must publish\nthe good news of the kingdom of God to other cities also; because for\nthis I was sent forth. (44)And he preached in the synagogues of\nGalilee.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nAND it came to pass, as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the\nword of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, (2)that he\nsaw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of\nthem, and were washing the nets. (3)And entering into one of the\nships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the\nland. And sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.\n\n(4)And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the\ndeep; and do ye let down your nets for a draught. (5)And Simon\nanswering said to him: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing;\nbut at thy word I will let down the net. (6)And having done this, they\ninclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net began to break.\n(7)And they beckoned to their partners in the other ship, to come and\nhelp them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they\nbegan to sink. (8)And Simon Peter, seeing it, fell down at the knees\nof Jesus, saying: Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.\n(9)For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the\ndraught of the fishes which they had taken; (10)and likewise also\nJames and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.\n\nAnd Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch\nmen. (11)And having brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and\nfollowed him.\n\n(12)And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, that there\nwas a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and\nbesought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.\n(13)And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying: I will; be\nthou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. (14)And\nhe charged him to tell no one: But go, and show thyself to the priest,\nand offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to\nthem.\n\n(15)But all the more went abroad the report concerning him; and great\nmultitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their\ninfirmities. (16)And he was wont to retire into the solitary places,\nand pray.\n\n(17)And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he was teaching; and\nthere were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come\nout of every village of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem; and there\nwas power of the Lord for healing them. (18)And, behold, men brought\non a bed a man who was palsied; and they sought to bring him in, and\nto lay him before him. (19)And not finding by what way they might\nbring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop,\nand let him down through the tiling with the couch into the midst\nbefore Jesus. (20)And seeing their faith he said: Man, thy sins are\nforgiven thee. (21)And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,\nsaying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but\nGod alone? (22)But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answering said to\nthem: What reason ye in your hearts? (23)Which is easier, to say, Thy\nsins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk? (24)But that ye may\nknow that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, (he\nsaid to the palsied man,) I say to thee, arise, and taking up thy\ncouch go to thy house. (25)And immediately standing up before them, he\ntook up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying\nGod. (26)And they were all amazed; and they glorified God, and were\nfilled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.\n\n(27)And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named\nLevi, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he said to him:\nFollow me. (28)And leaving all, he arose and followed him.\n\n(29)And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a\ngreat company of publicans and of others who reclined at the table\nwith them. (30)And the Pharisees, and their scribes[5:30], murmured\nagainst his disciples, saying: Why do ye eat and drink with the\npublicans and sinners? (31)And Jesus answering said to them: They who\nare well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (32)I have not\ncome to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.\n\n(33)And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and\nmake prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and\ndrink? (34)And he said to them: Can ye make the sons of the\nbridechamber fast, [5:34] while the bridegroom is with them? (35)But\ndays will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then\nshall they fast in those days. (36)And he spoke also a parable to\nthem: No one rends a piece from a new garment, and puts it on an old\ngarment; else both the new will make a rent, and the piece from the\nnew agrees not with the old. (37)And no one puts new wine into old\nskins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and will itself be\npoured out, and the skins will perish. (38)But new wine must be put\ninto new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38]. (39)And no one\nhaving drunk old wine straightway desires new; for he says: The old is\nbetter[5:39].\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nAND it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first[6:1], that\nhe was going through grain-fields; and his disciples plucked and ate\nthe ears of grain, rubbing them with their hands. (2)And some of the\nPharisees said: Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the\nsabbath? (3)And Jesus answering them said: And have ye not read this,\nwhat David did when he hungered, himself and they who were with him;\n(4)how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread,\nand gave to those who were with him, which it is not lawful to eat\nexcept for the priests alone? (5)And he said to them: The Son of man\nis Lord also of the sabbath.\n\n(6)And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into\nthe synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was\nwithered. (7)And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he\nwould heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against\nhim. (8)But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the\nwithered hand: Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose up,\nand stood. (9)Then said Jesus to them: I will ask you what is\nlawful[6:9] on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil; to save life,\nor to destroy it? (10)And looking round on them all, he said to him:\nStretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored.\n(11)And they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another,\nas to what they should do to Jesus.\n\n(12)And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the\nmountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (13)And\nwhen it was day, he called to him his disciples. And having chosen\nfrom them twelve (whom he named also apostles); (14)Simon, whom he\nalso named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and\nPhilip and Bartholomew, (15)and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of\nAlpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, (16)and Judas brother of James, and\nJudas Iscariot, who became a betrayer; (17)and having come down with\nthem, he stood on a plain, and a company of his disciples, and a great\nmultitude of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of\nTyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their\ndiseases; (18)and those vexed by unclean spirits were healed; (19)and\nall the multitude sought to touch him, because power went out from him\nand healed them all.\n\n(20)And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Happy are ye\npoor; for yours is the kingdom of God. (21)Happy are ye that hunger\nnow; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall\nlaugh.\n\n(22)Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall\nseparate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name\nas evil, for the sake of the Son of man. (23)Rejoice in that day, and\nleap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the\nsame manner did their fathers to the prophets.\n\n(24)But woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your\nconsolation. (25)Woe to you that are full; for ye shall hunger. Woe to\nyou that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep. (26)Woe! when all men\nshall speak well of you; for in the same manner did their fathers to\nthe false prophets.\n\n(27)But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who\nhate you, (28)bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse\nyou[6:28]. (29)To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the\nother; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat\nalso.\n\n(30)Give to every one that asks of thee; and of him who takes away thy\ngoods demand them not again. (31)And as ye would that men should do to\nyou, do ye also in like manner to them.\n\n(32)For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even\nthe sinners love those who love them. (33)And if ye do good to those\nwho do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the\nsame. (34)And if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive, what\nthanks have ye? And sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as\nmuch in return.\n\n(35)But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing\nin return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the\nHighest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil. (36)Be ye\nmerciful, as your Father also is merciful.\n\n(37)And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye\nshall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.\n\n(38)Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down,\nshaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For\nwith the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you\nagain.\n\n(39)And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind?\nShall they not both fall into the ditch? (40)A disciple is not above\nthe teacher; but every one shall be perfected as his teacher.\n\n(41)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but\nperceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?\n\n(42)How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me cast out the\nmote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam\nthat is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! cast out first the beam out of\nthine eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote that\nis in thy brother's eye.\n\n(43)For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit, nor corrupt\ntree that bears good fruit. (44)For every tree is known from its own\nfruit. For from thorns they do not gather figs, nor from a bramble\nbush do they harvest grapes. (45)The good man out of the good treasure\nof his heart brings forth that which is good; and the evil, out of the\nevil, brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the\nheart his mouth speaks.\n\n(46)And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?\n(47)Every one that comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I\nwill show you to whom he is like. (48)He is like a man building a\nhouse, who digged deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a\nflood arose, the stream burst upon that house, and could not shake it;\nbecause it was well builded. (49)But he that hears, and does not, is\nlike a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; on\nwhich the stream burst, and immediately it fell[6:49]; and the ruin of\nthat house was great.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nWHEN he completed all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he\nentered into Capernaum. (2)And a certain centurion's servant, who was\ndear to him, was sick and about to die. (3)And having heard concerning\nJesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would\ncome and heal his servant. (4)And they, coming to Jesus, besought him\nearnestly, saying: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him;\n(5)for he loves our nation, and himself built our synagogue.\n\n(6)And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the\nhouse, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him: Lord, trouble\nnot thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my\nroof. (7)Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee;\nbut say with a word, and my servant will be healed. (8)For I am a man\nplaced under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this\none, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my\nservant, Do this, and he does it. (9)And Jesus hearing these things,\nmarveled at him; and turning said to the multitude that followed him:\nI say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.\n\n(10)And they who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant\nwhole that had been sick.\n\n(11)And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called\nNain; and many of his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.\n(12)And as he came near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man\nwas carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and\na great multitude of the city was with her. (13)And seeing her, the\nLord had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not. (14)And he came\nand touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still. And he said:\nYoung man, I say to thee, arise. (15)And the dead sat up, and began to\nspeak. And he gave him to his mother. (16)And fear seized on all; and\nthey glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and,\nGod has visited his people. (17)And this report went forth in all\nJudaea concerning him, and in all the country around.\n\n(18)And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these\nthings. (19)And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to\nJesus, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (20)And\ncoming to him, the men said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee,\nsaying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (21)And in\nthat very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil\nspirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight. (22)And answering he\nsaid to them: Go, and report to John what ye saw and heard; that the\nblind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf\nhear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are published.\n(23)And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.\n\n(24)And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to\nthe multitudes concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness\nto behold? A reed shaken by the wind?\n\n(25)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?\nBehold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in\nkings' palaces.\n\n(26)But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and\nmuch more than a prophet. (27)This is he, of whom it is written:\n\n    Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face,\n    Who shall prepare thy way before thee.\n\n(28)For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is a greater\nprophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is\ngreater than he.\n\n(29)And all the people, hearing it, and the publicans, justified God,\nhaving been immersed with John's immersion. (30)But the Pharisees and\nthe lawyers rejected the counsel of God toward themselves, not having\nbeen immersed by him.\n\n(31)To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what\nare they like? (32)They are like to children sitting in the market,\nand calling to one another, saying: We piped to you, and ye danced\nnot; we sang the lament to you, and ye wept not. (33)For John the\nImmerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say:\nHe has a demon. (34)The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and\nye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans\nand sinners. (35)But wisdom was justified on the part of all her\nchildren.\n\n(36)And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. And entering\ninto the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table. (37)And, behold,\na woman who was a sinner in the city, learning that he is reclining at\ntable in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of\nointment; (38)and standing behind at his feet weeping, began to wet\nhis feet with tears, and wipe them with the hairs of her head, and\nkissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.\n\n(39)And seeing it, the Pharisee who had bidden him spoke within\nhimself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and\nwhat sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.\n(40)And Jesus answering said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to\nthee. And he says: Teacher, say on. (41)A certain money-lender had two\ndebtors. The one owed five hundred denaries[7:41], and the other\nfifty. (42)And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which\nof them therefore, tell me, will love him most? (43)Simon answering\nsaid: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou\ndidst rightly judge. (44)And turning to the woman, he said to Simon:\nSeest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gayest me no\nwater for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them\nwith her hair. (45)Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I\ncame in, ceased not to kiss my feet. (46)My head with oil thou didst\nnot anoint; but she anointed my feet with ointment. (47)Wherefore I\nsay to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to\nwhom little is forgiven, the same loves little. (48)And he said to\nher: Thy sins are forgiven. (49)And they who reclined with him began\nto say within themselves: Who is this that also forgives sins? (50)And\nhe said to the woman: Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nAND it came to pass afterward, that he journeyed through every city\nand village, preaching, and publishing the good news of the kingdom of\nGod; and with him the twelve, (2)and certain women who had been healed\nof evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called the Magdalene, from whom\nhad gone out seven demons, (3)and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's\nsteward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their\nsubstance.\n\n(4)And a great multitude coming together, of those also who came to\nhim out of every city, he spoke by a parable: (5)The sower went forth\nto sow his seed. And as he sowed, one fell by the way-side; and it was\ntrodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. (6)And another\nfell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had\nno moisture. (7)And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns\nsprang up with it, and choked it. (8)And another fell into the good\nground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold.\n\nAnd saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him\nhear.\n\n(9)And his disciples asked him, what this parable was. (10)And he\nsaid: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God;\nbut to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing\nthey may not understand.\n\n(11)Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. (12)Those by\nthe way-side are they that hear; after that comes the Devil, and takes\naway the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be\nsaved. (13)Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, with joy\nreceive the word; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and\nin time of temptation fall away. (14)And that which fell among the\nthorns, these are they who have heard, and going forth are choked with\nthe cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to\nperfection. (15)But that in the good ground, these are they who, in an\nhonest and good heart, having heard, hold fast the word, and bring\nforth fruit with patience.\n\n(16)No one, having lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it\nunder a bed; but puts it on a lamp-stand, that they who enter in may\nbehold the light. (17)For nothing is secret that shall not be made\nmanifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.\n(18)Take heed therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him shall be\ngiven; and whoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken\nfrom him.\n\n(19)And his mother and his brothers came to him; and they could not\ncome near him on account of the multitude. (20)And it was told him,\nsaying: Thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, desiring to\nsee thee. (21)And he answering, said to them: My mother and my\nbrothers are these, who hear and do the word of God.\n\n(22)And it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship\nwith his disciples. And he said to them: Let us go over to the other\nside of the lake. And they launched forth. (23)And as they were\nsailing, he fell asleep. And there came down a storm of wind on the\nlake; and they began to be filled, and were in jeopardy. (24)And\ncoming to him, they awoke him, saying: Master, Master, we perish. And\nhe, rising, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they\nceased, and there was a calm. (25)And he said to them: Where is your\nfaith? And they, fearing, wondered; saying one to another: Who then is\nthis, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey\nhim!\n\n(26)And they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is over\nagainst Galilee. (27)And when he had gone forth upon the land, there\nmet him a certain man out of the city, who had demons a long time, and\nwore no clothing, and abode not in a house, but in the tombs. (28)And\nseeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud\nvoice said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high\nGod? I beseech thee, do not torment me. (29)For he commanded the\nunclean spirit to come out from the man. For of a long time it had\nseized him, and he was bound, being secured with chains and fetters;\nand bursting the bands, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.\n\n(30)And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? And he said,\nLegion; because many demons had entered into him. (31)And he besought\nhim that he would not command them to go away into the abyss. (32)And\nthere was a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain; and they\nbesought him that he would permit them to enter into them. And he\npermitted them. (33)And going out of the man, the demons entered into\nthe swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were\nchoked. (34)And seeing what was done the herdsmen fled, and reported\nit in the city and in the country, (35)And they went out to see what\nwas done. And they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the\ndemons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his\nright mind; and they were afraid. (36)They also who saw it reported to\nthem how he that was possessed by demons was healed. (37)And the whole\nmultitude of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes besought him to\ndepart from them; for they were seized with great fear.\n\nAnd he, entering into the ship, returned. (38)And the man, out of whom\nthe demons had gone, besought him that he might be with him. But he\nsent him away, saying: (39)Return into thy house, and relate how great\nthings God did for thee. And he departed, and published through the\nwhole city how great things Jesus did for him.\n\n(40)And it came to pass, when Jesus returned, that the multitude\nreceived him; for they were all waiting for him. (41)And, behold,\nthere came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the\nsynagogue; and falling at the feet of Jesus, he besought him that he\nwould come into his house; (42)for he had an only daughter, about\ntwelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he went the multitudes\nthronged him.\n\n(43)And a woman having a flow of blood twelve years, who had spent all\nher living on physicians, and could not be healed by any one, (44)came\nup behind, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her\nflow of blood ceased. (45)And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me?\nAnd when all denied it, Peter and those with him said: Master, the\nmultitudes throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou: Who is it that\ntouched me? (46)And Jesus said: Some one touched me; for I perceived\nthat power has gone out from me.\n\n(47)And the woman, seeing that she was not concealed, came trembling,\nand falling down before him, declared before all the people for what\ncause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately. (48)And he\nsaid to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee whole; go in peace.\n\n(49)While he was yet speaking, there comes one from the ruler of the\nsynagogue's house, saying to him: Thy daughter is dead; trouble not\nthe Teacher. (50)But Jesus hearing it, answered him: Fear not; only\nbelieve, and she shall be restored.\n\n(51)And entering into the house, he suffered no one to go in with him,\nsave Peter and James and John, and the father of the maiden, and the\nmother. (52)And all were weeping and bewailing her. And he said: Weep\nnot; she is not dead, but is sleeping. (53)And they laughed him to\nscorn, knowing that she was dead. (54)And he, taking hold of her by\nthe hand, called, saying: Maiden, arise. (55)And her spirit returned,\nand she immediately arose; and he commanded that food should be given\nher. (56)And her parents were astonished. But he charged them to tell\nno one what was done.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nAND having called the twelve together, he gave them power and\nauthority over all the demons, and to cure diseases. (2)And he sent\nthem to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. (3)And he\nsaid to them: Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor bag,\nnor bread, nor money, nor have two coats apiece. (4)And into whatever\nhouse ye enter, there abide, and thence depart. (5)And whoever will\nnot receive you, when ye go out from that city, shake off even the\ndust from your feet for a testimony against them.\n\n(6)And going forth, they went through the villages, publishing the\ngood news, and healing everywhere.\n\n(7)And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things that were done. And\nhe was perplexed, because it was said by some: John has risen from the\ndead; (8)and by some: Elijah has appeared; and by others: One of the\nold prophets has risen again. (9)And Herod said: John I beheaded; but\nwho is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.\n\n(10)And the apostles, returning, related to him all that they did. And\ntaking them with him, he retired privately to a city called Bethsaida.\n(11)And the multitudes, when they knew it, followed him. And receiving\nthem, he spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those\nwho had need of healing.\n\n(12)And the day began to decline. And the twelve came, and said to\nhim: Dismiss the multitude, that they may go into the villages around,\nand the fields, and lodge, and find food; for here we are in a desert\nplace. (13)And he said to them: Do ye give them to eat. And they said:\nWe have not more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go\nand buy food for all this people. (14)For they were about five\nthousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them lie down in\ncompanies of fifty. (15)And they did so, and made them all lie down.\n(16)And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to\nheaven and blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set\nbefore the multitude. (17)And they ate, and were all filled. And there\nwere taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.\n\n(18)And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, that his disciples\nwere with him; and he asked them, saying: Who do the multitudes say\nthat I am? (19)They answering said: John the Immerser; and others,\nElijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.\n(20)And he said to them: But who do ye say that I am? Peter answering\nsaid: The Christ of God. (21)And strictly charging them, he commanded\nthem to say this to no one; (22)saying: The Son of man must suffer\nmany things, and be rejected on the part of the elders and chief\npriests and scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day.\n\n(23)And he said to all: If any one will come after me, let him deny\nhimself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (24)For whoever\nwill save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my\nsake, the same shall save it (25)For what is a man profited, when he\nhas gained the whole world, and lost or forfeited himself? (26)For\nwhoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man\nbe ashamed, when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father\nand of the holy angels. (27)And I say to you of a truth, there are\nsome of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they\nsee the kingdom of God.\n\n(28)And it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that he\ntook with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain\nto pray. (29)And it came to pass, while he was praying, that the\nappearance of his countenance became changed, and his raiment white\nand glistening. (30)And, behold, two men were talking with him, who\nwere Moses and Elijah; (31)who appeared in glory, and spoke of his\ndeparture, which he was about to fulfill in Jerusalem.\n\n(32)But Peter and they who were with him were heavy with sleep; and\nawaking, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.\n(33)And it came to pass, that, as they were departing from him, Peter\nsaid to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make\nthree tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not\nknowing what he said. (34)While he said this, there came a cloud, and\novershadowed them; and they feared as they entered into the cloud.\n(35)And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my chosen\nSon; hear ye him.\n\n(36)And when the voice had come, Jesus was found alone. And they kept\nsilent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had\nseen.\n\n(37)And it came to pass, on the next day, when they had come down from\nthe mountain, that a great multitude met him. (38)And, behold, a man\nfrom the multitude cried, saying: Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon\nmy son; for he is my only child. (39)And, behold, a spirit takes him,\nand he suddenly cries out; and it tears him with foaming, and hardly\ndeparts from him, bruising him. (40)And I entreated thy disciples to\ncast him out; and they could not.\n\n(41)And Jesus answering said: O faithless and perverse generation, how\nlong shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring hither thy son.\n(42)And while he was yet coming, the demon threw him down, and tore\nhim. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and\ngave him back to his father. (43)And all were amazed at the mighty\npower of God.\n\nBut while all were wondering at all things which Jesus did, he said to\nhis disciples: (44)Do ye let these words sink into your ears, for the\nSon of man will be delivered into the hands of men. (45)But they\nunderstood not this saying, and it was hidden from them, that they\nperceived it not; and they feared to ask him concerning that saying.\n\n(46)And there arose in them the thought[9:46], which of them was\ngreatest. (47)And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a\nchild and placed it by him, (48)and said to them: Whoever shall\nreceive this child in my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive\nme, receives him who sent me; for he that is least among you all, the\nsame is great.\n\n(49)And John answering said: Master, we saw one casting out demons in\nthy name; and we forbade him, because he follows not with us. (50)And\nJesus said to him: Forbid him not; for he that is not against us is\nfor us.\n\n(51)And it came to pass, when the days were being completed that he\nshould be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.\n(52)And he sent messengers before his face; and they went and entered\ninto a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. (53)And they\ndid not receive him, because his face was directed toward Jerusalem.\n(54)And his disciples, James and John, seeing it, said: Lord, wilt\nthou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them,\nas also Elijah did? (55)And he turned, and rebuked them, and said: Ye\nknow not[9:55] of what spirit ye are. (56)And they went to another\nvillage.\n\n(57)And as they were going in the way, a certain one said to him: I\nwill follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (58)And Jesus said to him:\nThe foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son\nof man has not where to lay his head.\n\n(59)And he said to another: Follow me. But he said: Lord permit me\nfirst to go and bury my father. (60)And he said to him: Let the dead\nbury their own dead; but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.\n\n(61)And another also said; I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit\nme to bid farewell to those in my house. (62)And Jesus said to him: No\none, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the\nkingdom of God.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nAFTER these things the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent\nthem two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither\nhe himself was about to come. (2)And he said to them: The harvest\nindeed is great, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of\nthe harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. (3)Go\nyour ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. (4)Carry\nneither purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way.\n(5)And into whatever house ye enter, first say: Peace be to this\nhouse. (6)And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon\nit; and if not, it shall return to you. (7)And in that house remain,\neating and drinking such things as they give[10:7]; for the laborer is\nworthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. (8)And into whatever\ncity ye enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you; (9)and\nheal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of God\nhas come nigh unto you. (10)But into whatever city ye enter and they\nreceive you not, go out into the streets of the same, and say:\n(11)Even the dust of your city that cleaves to our feet, we wipe off\nto you[10:11]; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has come nigh.\n(12)I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for\nSodom, than for that city.\n\n(13)Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles\nhad been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would\nlong ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. (14)But it\nwill be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for\nyou. (15)And thou, Capernaum, that art exalted to heaven, shalt be\nbrought down to the underworld.\n\n(16)He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me;\nand he that rejects me, rejects him who sent me.\n\n(17)And the seventy returned with joy, saying: Lord, even the demons\nare subjected to us in thy name. (18)And he said to them: I beheld\nSatan fall as lightning from heaven. (19)Behold, I have given you\npower to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of\nthe enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. (20)But yet, rejoice not in\nthis, that the spirits are subjected to you; but rejoice, that your\nnames are written in heaven.\n\n(21)In that hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said: I thank thee, O\nFather, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things\nfrom the wise and discerning, and reveal them to babes; yea, O Father,\nthat so it seemed good in thy sight. (22)All things were delivered to\nme by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and\nwho the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to\nreveal him.\n\n(23)And turning to the disciples, he said privately: Happy are the\neyes that behold what ye are beholding. (24)For I say to you, that\nmany prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and saw\nnot, and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard not.\n\n(25)And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying:\nTeacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26)He said to him:\nWhat is written in the law? How readest thou? (27)And he answering\nsaid: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with\nall thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and\nthy neighbor as thyself. (28)And he said to him: Thou answeredst\nrightly. This do, and thou shalt live. (29)But he, desiring to justify\nhimself, said to Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?\n\n(30)And Jesus answering said: A certain man was going down from\nJerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his\nraiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. (31)And\nby chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him, he\npassed by on the other side. (32)And in like manner also a Levite,\narriving at the place, came and saw, and passed by on the other side.\n\n(33)And a certain Samaritan, as he was journeying, came where he was,\nand seeing him had compassion; (34)and coming to him, bound up his\nwounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him on his own beast, he\nbrought him to an inn, and took care of him. (35)And on the morrow\nwhen he departed, he took out two denaries[10:35] and gave to the\nhost, and said: Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more,\nwhen I come again, I will repay thee.\n\n(36)Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that\nfell among the robbers? (37)And he said: He that had mercy on him. And\nJesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.\n\n(38)And it came to pass, as they were going, that he entered into a\ncertain village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into\nher house. (39)And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the\nfeet of Jesus, and heard his word. (40)But Martha was encumbered with\nmuch serving; and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care\nthat my sister left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help\nme. (41)And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art\nanxious and troubled about many things. (42)But one thing is needful;\nand Mary chose the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nAND it came to pass that, as he was in a certain place praying, when\nhe ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray,\nas also John taught his disciples. (2)And he said to them: When ye\npray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. (3)Give us\nday by day our daily bread[11:3]. (4)And forgive us our sins; for we\nourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into\ntemptation.\n\n(5)And he said to them: Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go\nto him at midnight, and say to him: (6)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; (7)and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble\nme not; the door is already shut, and my children with me are in bed;\nI can not rise and give thee? (8)I say to you, though he will not rise\nand give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity\nhe will rise and give him as many as he needs. (9)I also say to you:\nAsk, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it\nshall be opened to you. (10)For every one that asks receives; and he\nthat seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.\n\n(11)And what father is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread,\nhe will give him a stone; or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a\nserpent? (12)Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?\n(13)If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your\nchildren, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit\nto those who ask him?\n\n(14)And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to\npass, when the demon was gone out, that the dumb man spoke; and the\nmultitudes wondered. (15)But some of them said: He casts out the\ndemons through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons. (16)And others,\ntempting, sought of him a sign from heaven. (17)But he, knowing their\nthoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is\nbrought to desolation, and a house divided against a house\nfalls[11:17]. (18)And if Satan also is divided against himself, how\nshall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out the demons\nthrough Beelzebul. (19)And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons,\nthrough whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your\njudges. (20)But if with the finger of God I cast out the demons, then\nis the kingdom of God come near to you.\n\n(21)When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace.\n(22)But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him,\nhe takes away his whole armor, wherein he trusted, and divides his\nspoils.\n\n(23)He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with\nme scatters abroad.\n\n(24)When the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through\ndry places, seeking rest; and not finding it, he says, I will return\ninto my house whence I came out. (25)And coming, he finds it swept and\nset in order. (26)Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits\nmore wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the\nlast state of that man becomes worse than the first.\n\n(27)And it came to pass, as he was saying these things, that a certain\nwoman lifting up her voice from the multitude, said to him: Happy the\nwomb that bore thee, and breasts which thou didst suck! (28)And he\nsaid: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!\n\n(29)And the multitudes gathering more and more, he began to say: This\ngeneration is an evil generation. It seeks a sign; and no sign shall\nbe given it, but the sign of Jonah. (30)For as Jonah became a sign to\nthe Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.\n\n(31)A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of\nthis generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the\nutmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold,\na greater than Solomon is here. (32)Men of Nineveh will rise in the\njudgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they\nrepented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah\nis here.\n\n(33)No one, having lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, or under\nthe bushel, but on the lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the\nlight. (34)The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is\nsingle, thy whole body also is light; but when it is evil, thy body\nalso is dark. (35)Take heed therefore, lest the light that is in thee\nis darkness[11:35]. (36)If therefore thy whole body is light, having\nno part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp, with its bright\nshining, gives thee light.\n\n(37)And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him and\nhe went in, and reclined at table. (38)And the Pharisee, seeing it,\nwondered that he did not first immerse himself before dinner. (39)And\nthe Lord said to him: Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup\nand the platter; but your inward part is full of rapacity and\nwickedness. (40)Fools! Did not he, who made the outside, make the\ninside also? (41)But give that which ye have in alms[11:41]; and,\nbehold, all things are clean to you.\n\n(42)But woe to you, Pharisees! because ye pay tithe of mint and rue\nand every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought\nye to have done, and not leave those undone.\n\n(43)Woe to you, Pharisees! because ye love the first seat in the\nsynagogues, and the greetings in the markets.\n\n(44)Woe to you! because ye are as tombs that appear not, and men\nwalking over them know it not.\n\n(45)And a certain one of the lawyers answering says to him: Teacher,\nin saying these things thou reproachest us also. (46)And he said: Woe\nto you lawyers also! because ye load men with burdens grievous to be\nborne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your\nfingers.\n\n(47)Woe to you! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and\nyour fathers killed them. (48)So then ye bear witness to and approve\nthe deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, and ye\nbuild their sepulchres[11:48]. (49)Therefore also said the wisdom of\nGod: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they\nwill slay and persecute; (50)that the blood of all the prophets, which\nwas shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this\ngeneration, (51)from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah,\nwho perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say to you, it\nshall be required of this generation.\n\n(52)Woe to you lawyers! because ye took away the key of knowledge; ye\nentered not in yourselves, and those who were entering in ye hindered.\n\n(53)And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees\nbegan to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many\nthings[11:53]; (54)lying in wait for him, seeking to catch something\nout of his mouth, that they might accuse him.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nIN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of\nthousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say\nto his disciples: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is\nhypocrisy. (2)For there is nothing covered, that shall not be\nrevealed, nor hidden, that shall not be known. (3)Wherefore, whatever\nye said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what ye\nspoke in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.\n\n(4)And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those who kill the\nbody, and after that have no more that they can do. (5)But I will warn\nyou whom ye shall fear; fear him, who after he has killed has power to\ncast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him. (6)Are not five sparrows\nsold for two pence? And not one of them is forgotten before God.\n(7)But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are\nof more value than many sparrows.\n\n(8)And I say to you: Every one that shall acknowledge me before men,\nhim will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God;\n(9)but he that denied me before men shall be denied before the angels\nof God. (10)And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of\nman, it will be forgiven him; but to him that blasphemes against the\nHoly Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.\n\n(11)And when they bring you to the synagogues, and magistrates, and\nauthorities, take not thought how or what ye shall answer, or what ye\nshall say. (12)For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour\nwhat ye ought to say.\n\n(13)And a certain one of the multitude said to him: Teacher, speak to\nmy brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. (14)And he said to\nhim: Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? (15)And he said\nto them: Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; because a man's\nlife consists not in the abundance of his possessions.\n\n(16)And he spoke a parable to them, saying: The ground of a certain\nrich man brought forth plentifully. (17)And he thought within himself,\nsaying: What shall I do, because I have not where to store my fruits?\n(18)And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will\nbuild greater; and there I will store all my fruits and my goods.\n(19)And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for\nmany years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. (20)But God said to\nhim: Fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose\nshall those things be, which thou didst provide? (21)So is he that\nlays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.\n\n(22)And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, take not\nthought for the life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye\nshall put on. (23)The life is more than food, and the body than\nraiment. (24)Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which\nhave neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. How much better\nare ye than the birds! (25)And which of you by taking thought can add\na cubit to his stature[12:25]? (26)If therefore ye can not do even\nthat which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?\n\n(27)Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I\nsay to you, that even Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like\none of these. (28)And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in\nthe field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, ye\nof little faith? (29)And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye\nshall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind. (30)For all these things\ndo the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye\nhave need of these. (31)But seek his kingdom, and these things shall\nbe added to you.\n\n(32)Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to\ngive you the kingdom. (33)Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide\nyourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure unfailing in the\nheavens, where a thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts. (34)For\nwhere your treasure is, there will your heart be also.\n\n(35)Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; (36)and ye\nlike men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the\nwedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open to him\nimmediately. (37)Happy those servants, whom their lord when he comes\nshall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself,\nand make them recline at table, and will come forth and serve them.\n(38)And if he shall come in the second watch, or in the third watch,\nand find it so, happy are those servants. (39)And this know, that if\nthe master of the house had known at what hour the thief is coming, he\nwould have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken\nthrough. (40)Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the\nSon of man comes.\n\n(41)And Peter said to him: Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or\nalso to all? (42)And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful, the wise\nsteward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the\nportion of food in due season? (43)Happy that servant, whom his lord\nwhen he comes shall find so doing! (44)Of a truth I say to you, that\nhe will make him ruler over all his goods.\n\n(45)But if that servant say in his heart: My lord delays his coming;\nand shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidservants, and to eat\nand drink, and to be drunken; (46)the lord of that servant will come\nin a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not\naware, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the\nfaithless.\n\n(47)And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor\ndid according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; (48)but\nhe that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten\nwith few. For to whomsoever much was given, of him much will be\nrequired; and to whom they committed much, of him they will require\nthe more.\n\n(49)I came to send fire upon the earth; and what will I, if it is\nalready kindled[12:49]? (50)But I have an immersion to undergo; and\nhow am I straitened till it be accomplished! (51)Suppose ye that I\ncame to give peace in the earth? I tell you, nay; but only division.\n(52)For from this time forth, five in one house will be divided, three\nagainst two, and two against three. (53)They will be divided, father\nagainst son, and son against father; mother against the daughter,\nand daughter against the mother; mother-in-law against her\ndaughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.\n\n(54)And he said also to the multitudes: When ye see the cloud rising\nfrom the west, straightway ye say: A shower is coming and so it comes\nto pass. (55)And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say: There will\nbe heat; and it comes to pass. (56)Hypocrites! Ye know how to judge of\nthe face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that ye know not how\nto judge of this time? (57)And why even of yourselves do ye not judge\nwhat is right? (58)For when thou art going with thine adversary to the\nmagistrate, on the way give diligence that thou mayest be delivered\nfrom him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee\nto the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison. (59)I say to\nthee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last\nmite.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nTHERE were present at that season some who brought him word concerning\nthe Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.\n(2)And answering he said to them: Suppose ye that these Galilaeans\nwere sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered such\nthings? (3)I tell you, nay; but, except ye repent, ye shall all in\nlike manner perish. (4)Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam\nfell, and slew them, suppose ye that they were sinners above all the\nmen who dwell in Jerusalem? (5)I tell you, nay; but, except ye repent,\nye shall all in like manner perish.\n\n(6)He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in\nhis vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.\n(7)And he said to the vine-dresser: Behold, three years I come seeking\nfruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down; why does it also\nencumber[13:7] the ground? (8)And he answering says to him: Lord, let\nit alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and cast in\nmanure. (9)And if it bear fruit--; and if not, hereafter thou shalt\ncut it down[13:9].\n\n(10)And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.\n(11)And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity\neighteen years, and was bowed together, and wholly unable to raise\nherself up. (12)And Jesus seeing her, called her to him, and said to\nher: Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. (13)And he laid his\nhands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified\nGod. (14)And the ruler of the synagogue answering (being indignant\nbecause Jesus healed on the sabbath), said to the multitude: There are\nsix days in which it is proper to work; in them therefore come and be\nhealed, and not on the sabbath. (15)And the Lord answered him, and\nsaid: Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or\nass from the manger, and lead him away to water him? (16)And ought not\nthis woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo,\neighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath? (17)And as\nhe said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the\nmultitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.\n\n(18)He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like? And to what\nshall I liken it? (19)It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man\ntook, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree,\nand the birds of the air lodged in its branches.\n\n(20)And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?\n(21)It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures\nof meal, till the whole was leavened.\n\n(22)And he went through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying\ntoward Jerusalem.\n\n(23)And a certain one said to him: Lord, are there few that are saved?\n(24)And he said to them: Strive to enter in through the strait gate;\nfor many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.\n(25)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and\nye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord,\nopen to us, and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence\nye are; (26)then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy\npresence, and thou didst teach in our streets. (27)And he will say, I\ntell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all workers of\nunrighteousness. (28)There will 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 thrust out. (29)And\nthey will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will\nrecline at table in the kingdom of God. (30)And, behold, there are\nlast who will be first, and there are first who will be last.\n\n(31)On that day there came certain Pharisees, saying to him: Depart,\nand go hence; for Herod desires to kill thee. (32)And he said to them:\nGo, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day\nand to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected. (33)But yet, I must\ngo to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following; because it may not be\nthat a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.\n\n(34)Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those\nsent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as\na hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not! (35)Behold, your\nhouse is left to you desolate. And I say to you: Ye shall not see me,\nuntil the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the\nname of the Lord.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nAND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief of\nthe Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath, that they watched him.\n(2)And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had the dropsy.\n(3)And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is\nit lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? And they were silent. (4)And\ntaking hold of him, he healed him, and let him go. (5)And to them he\nsaid: Who is there of you, whose ox or ass[14:5] shall fall into a\npit, and he will not straightway draw him up on the sabbath day?\n(6)And they could not answer him again to these things.\n\n(7)And he spoke a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how\nthey chose out the first places; saying to them: (8)When thou art\nbidden by any one to a wedding, recline not in the first place at\ntable, lest one more honorable than thou may have been bidden by him;\n(9)and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give\nplace to this man; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the\nlowest place. (10)But when thou art bidden, go and recline in the\nlowest place; that when he that bade thee comes, he may say to thee,\nFriend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have honor in the presence of\nthose who recline at table with thee. (11)For every one that exalts\nhimself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be\nexalted.\n\n(12)And he said also to him who bade him: When thou makest a dinner or\na supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor\nrich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be\nmade thee. (13)But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the\nmaimed, the lame, the blind. (14)And happy shalt thou be, because they\ncan not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the\nresurrection of the righteous.\n\n(15)And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, hearing\nthese things, said to him: Happy is he, who shall eat bread in the\nkingdom of God! (16)And he said to him: A certain man made a great\nsupper, and bade many. (17)And he sent his servant, at the hour of the\nsupper, to say to those who were bidden: Come, for all things are now\nready. (18)And they all, with one mind, began[14:18] to excuse\nthemselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I\nmust needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused. (19)And\nanother said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial\nof them; I pray thee let me be excused. (20)And another said: I\nmarried a wife; and therefore I can not come.\n\n(21)And the servant came, and reported these things to his lord. Then\nthe master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out\nquickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither\nthe poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind. (22)And the servant said:\nLord, it is done as thou didst command, and yet there is room. (23)And\nthe Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and\ncompel them[14:23] to come in, that my house may be filled; (24)for I\nsay to you, that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my\nsupper.\n\n(25)And great multitudes were going with him; and turning, he said to\nthem: (26)If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and\nmother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even\nhis own life besides, he can not be my disciple. (27)And whoever does\nnot bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple. (28)For\nwho of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and\ncount the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it? (29)Lest\nhaply, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all\nthat behold begin to mock him, (30)saying: This man began to build,\nand was not able to finish. (31)Or what king, going to make war\nagainst another king, does not first sit down and consult, whether he\nis able, with ten thousand, to meet him who comes against him with\ntwenty thousand? (32)Else, while he is yet a great way off, he sends\nan embassy, and desires conditions of peace.\n\n(33)So then, whoever of you forsakes not all that he has can not be my\ndisciple. (34)Salt therefore is good; but if even the salt has become\ntasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned? (35)It is fit neither for\nthe land, nor for the dunghill; they cast it out. He that has ears to\nhear, let him hear.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nAND there were drawing near to him all the publicans and the sinners\nto hear him. (2)And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying:\nThis man receives sinners, and eats with them.\n\n(3)And he spoke this parable to them, saying: (4)What man of you,\nhaving a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave\nthe ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is\nlost, until he finds it? (5)And having found it, he lays it on his\nshoulders, rejoicing. (6)And coming home, he calls together his\nfriends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me; because I\nfound my sheep which was lost. (7)I say to you, that so there will be\njoy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and\nnine just persons, who have no need of repentance.\n\n(8)Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,\ndoes not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till\nshe finds it? (9)And having found it, she calls her friends and\nneighbors together, saying: Rejoice with me; because I found the piece\nwhich I lost. (10)So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of\nthe angels of God over one sinner that repents.\n\n(11)And he said: A certain man had two sons. (12)And the younger of\nthem said to his father: Father, give me the portion of the property\nthat falls to me. And he divided to them his living. (13)And not many\ndays after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad\ninto a far country, and there wasted his substance in riotous living.\n(14)And when he had spent all, there arose a grievous famine in that\ncountry; and he began to be in want. (15)And he went and joined\nhimself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into\nhis fields to feed swine. (16)And he would fain have filled his belly\nwith the husks which the swine ate; and no one gave to him. (17)And\ncoming to himself, he said: How many hired servants of my father have\nbread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! (18)I will\narise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I sinned\nagainst heaven, and before thee. (19)I am no longer worthy to be\ncalled thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.\n\n(20)And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great\nway off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on\nhis neck, and kissed him. (21)And the son said to him: Father, I\nsinned against heaven, and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be\ncalled thy son. (22)But the father said to his servants: Bring forth a\nrobe, the best, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and\nsandals on his feet; (23)and bring the fatted calf, and kill it; and\nlet us eat and be merry. (24)Because this my son was dead and is alive\nagain, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.\n\n(25)Now his elder son was in the field. And as he came, and drew near\nto the house, he heard music and dancing. (26)And calling to him one\nof the servants, he inquired what these things meant. (27)And he said\nto him: Thy brother is come; and thy father killed the fatted calf,\nbecause he received him back, safe and sound. (28)And he was angry,\nand would not go in; and his father came out, and entreated him.\n(29)And he answering said to his father: Lo, so many years do I serve\nthee, and never transgressed thy command; and to me thou never gayest\na kid, that I might make merry with my friends. (30)But when this thy\nson came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for\nhim the fatted calf. (31)And he said to him: Child, thou art ever with\nme, and all that I have is thine. (32)It was meet that we should make\nmerry, and be glad; because this thy brother was dead and is alive\nagain; and was lost, and is found.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nAND he said also to the disciples: There was a certain rich man, who\nhad a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods.\n(2)And having called him, he said to him: What is this that I hear of\nthee? Give account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer\nsteward. (3)And the steward said within himself: What shall I do? for\nmy master takes away from me the stewardship. I am not able to dig; to\nbeg I am ashamed. (4)I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out\nof the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. (5)And\nhaving called to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the\nfirst: How much owest thou to my master? (6)And he said: A hundred\nmeasures of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down\nquickly, and write fifty. (7)Then he said to another: And how much\nowest thou? And he said: A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to\nhim: Take thy bill, and write fourscore. (8)And the master commended\nthe unjust steward, because he had done wisely; because the sons of\nthis world are, in their generation, wiser than the sons of light.\n(9)And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of\nunrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into the\neverlasting habitations. (10)He that is faithful in that which is\nleast is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is\nunjust also in much. (11)If therefore ye were not faithful in the\nunrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? (12)And\nif ye were not faithful in that which is another's, who will give to\nyou your own? (13)No servant can serve two masters; for either he will\nhate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and despise\nthe other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.\n\n(14)And the Pharisees also; who were covetous, heard all these things;\nand they derided him. (15)And he said to them: Ye are they who justify\nthemselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is\nhighly esteemed among men is abomination before God.\n\n(16)The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the good\nnews of the kingdom of God is published, and every man presses into\nit. (17)And it is easier that heaven and earth should pass away, than\nthat one tittle of the law should fail.\n\n(18)Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits\nadultery; and he who marries her when put away from a husband commits\nadultery.\n\n(19)There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine\nlinen, and fared sumptuously every day. (20)And there was a certain\nbeggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, (21)and\ndesiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's\ntable. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. (22)And it came to\npass, that the beggar died; and he was borne away by the angels into\nAbraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried; (23)and in\nthe underworld, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees\nAbraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (24)And he cried and said:\nFather Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip\nthe tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented\nin this flame. (25)But Abraham said: Child, remember that in thy\nlifetime thou receivedst thy good things in full, and Lazarus in like\nmanner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art\ntormented. (26)And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf\nis fixed; that they who would pass from hence to you may not be able,\nnor those from thence pass over to us. (27)And he said: I pray thee\ntherefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house.\n(28)For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, that they\nmay not also come into this place of torment. (29)Abraham says to him:\nThey have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. (30)And he said:\nNay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they\nwill repent. (31)And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the\nprophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from\nthe dead.\n\n\n\nXVII.\n\nAND he said to his disciples: It is impossible that causes of offense\nshould not come; but woe to him through whom they come! (2)It were\nbetter for him that a mill stone were placed about his neck, and he\nwere thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these\nlittle ones to offend.\n\n(3)Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he\nrepent, forgive him. (4)And if he sin against thee seven times in the\nday, and seven times turn to thee saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive\nhim.\n\n(5)And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. (6)And the\nLord said: If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would say to this\nsycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and planted in the sea;\nand it would have obeyed you.\n\n(7)And who of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will\nsay to him immediately, when he has come in from the field, Come and\nrecline at table; (8)and will not rather say to him, Make ready\nwherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and serve me, till I have eaten\nand drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? (9)Does he thank\nthat servant, because he did the things that were commanded? I think\nnot. (10)So also ye, when ye shall have done all the things that were\ncommanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that\nwhich was our duty to do.\n\n(11)And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he went\nthrough the midst of Samaria and Galilee. (12)And as he was entering\ninto a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar\noff. (13)And they lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have\nmercy on us. (14)And seeing it, he said to them: Go, show yourselves\nto the priests. And it came to pass that, as they went, they were\ncleansed. (15)And one of them, seeing that he was healed, turned back,\nwith a loud voice glorifying God, (16)and fell down on his face at his\nfeet, giving thanks to him; and he was a Samaritan. (17)And Jesus\nanswering said: Were not the ten cleansed? And where are the nine?\n(18)Were none found returning to give glory to God, except this\nstranger? (19)And he said to him: Arise, and go; thy faith has made\nthee whole.\n\n(20)And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would\ncome, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not with\nobservation; (21)nor shall they say, Lo here! or, Lo there! for,\nbehold, the kingdom of God is within you[17:21].\n\n(22)And he said to the disciples: Days will come, when ye will desire\nto see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it.\n(23)And they will say to you, See here; or, See there; go not away,\nand follow not. (24)For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one\npart under heaven, shines unto the other part under heaven, so will\nthe Son of man be in his day. (25)But first he must suffer many\nthings, and be rejected on the part of this generation.\n\n(26)And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days\nof the Son of man. (27)They ate, they drank, they married, they were\ngiven in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and\nthe flood came and destroyed all. (28)In like manner also as it was in\nthe days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they\nplanted, they builded; (29)but the same day that Lot went out from\nSodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.\n(30)After the same manner will it be, in the day when the Son of man\nis revealed.\n\n(31)In that day, he who shall be on the house-top, and his goods in\nthe house, let him not come down to take them away; and he that is in\nthe field, let him likewise not turn back. (32)Remember Lot's wife.\n(33)Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may\nlose his life shall preserve it.\n\n(34)I say to you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one\nwill be taken, and the other will be left. (35)Two women will be\ngrinding together; one will be taken, and the other left. (37)And they\nanswering say to him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: Where the body\nis, there also will the eagles be gathered together.\n\n\n\nXVIII.\n\nAND he spoke also a parable to them, to the end that they ought always\nto pray, and not to faint; (2)saying: There was in a certain city a\ncertain judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man. (3)And there was\na widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my\nadversary. (4)And he would not for a while; but afterward he said\nwithin himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, (5)yet because\nthis widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she\nweary me.\n\n(6)And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says. (7)And will not\nGod avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he is long\nsuffering in respect to them? (8)I say to you, that he will avenge\nthem speedily. But yet, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith\non the earth?\n\n(9)And he spoke this parable to some who trust in themselves that they\nare righteous, and despise others. (10)Two men went up into the temple\nto pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. (11)The Pharisee\nstood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not\nas other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this\npublican. (12)I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I\npossess[18:12]. (13)And the publican, standing afar off, would not\neven lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying:\nGod be merciful to me, the sinner. (14)I say to you, this man went\ndown to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that\nexalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be\nexalted.\n\n(15)And they brought to him also infants, that he might touch them;\nand the disciples seeing it rebuked them. (16)But Jesus calling them\nto him, said: Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid\nthem not; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. (17)Verily I say to\nyou, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child,\nshall not enter therein.\n\n(18)And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I\ndo to inherit eternal life? (19)And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou\ncall me good? None is good save one, God. (20)Thou knowest the\ncommandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do\nnot bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother. (21)And he\nsaid: All these I kept from my youth. (22)And Jesus hearing it said to\nhim: Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and\ndistribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and\ncome, follow me. (23)And hearing this, he became very sorrowful; for\nhe was exceedingly rich. (24)And Jesus seeing him became very\nsorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the\nkingdom of God! (25)For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye\nof a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.\n(26)And they who heard it said: And who can be saved? (27)And he said:\nThe things that are impossible with men are possible with God.\n\n(28)And Peter said: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee. (29)And he\nsaid to them: Verily I say to you, there is no one that forsook house,\nor parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the\nkingdom of God, (30)who shall not receive manifold more in this\npresent time, and in the world to come life everlasting.\n\n(31)And taking with him the twelve, he said to them: Behold, we are\ngoing up to Jerusalem, and all the things written by the prophets for\nthe Son of man shall be accomplished. (32)For he will be delivered to\nthe Gentiles, and will be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, (33)and\nthey will scourge him, and put him to death; and on the third day he\nwill rise again. (34)And they understood none of these things; and\nthis saying was hidden from them, and they knew not the things that\nwere said.\n\n(35)And it came to pass, that as he came near to Jericho, a certain\nblind man was sitting by the way-side, begging. (36)And hearing a\nmultitude passing by, he inquired what this was. (37)And they told\nhim, that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. (38)And he called aloud,\nsaying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. (39)And they who went\nbefore rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried much\nthe more: Son of David, have mercy on me. (40)And Jesus stood still,\nand commanded him to be brought to him. And when he was come near, he\nasked him, (41)saying: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he\nsaid: Lord, that I may receive sight. (42)And Jesus said to him:\nReceive sight; thy faith has made thee whole. (43)And immediately he\nreceived sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people,\nseeing it, gave praise to God.\n\n\n\nXIX.\n\nAND having entered in, he was passing through Jericho. (2)And behold,\nthere was a man named Zaccheus, and he was a chief publican; and this\nman was rich. (3)And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and he could\nnot on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature.\n(4)And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him;\nbecause by that way he was to pass through. (5)And Jesus, when he came\nto the place, looked up and saw him, and said to him: Zaccheus, make\nhaste and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. (6)And he\nmade haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. (7)And seeing\nit, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a\nsinner.\n\n(8)And Zaccheus stood up, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half\nof my goods I give to the poor; and if I took aught from any one by\nfalse accusation, I restore fourfold. (9)And Jesus said to him: This\nday is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of\nAbraham. (10)For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which\nwas lost.\n\n(11)And as they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a\nparable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought\nthat the kingdom of God would immediately appear. (12)He said\ntherefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for\nhimself a kingdom, and to return. (13)And having called his ten\nservants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Traffic, till I\ncome.\n\n(14)But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying:\nWe will not have this man to reign over us.\n\n(15)And it came to pass, when he had returned, having received the\nkingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom\nhe gave the money, that he might know what each gained by trading.\n(16)And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound gained ten pounds.\n(17)And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because thou wast\nfaithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.\n\n(18)And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound made five pounds.\n(19)And he said also to this man: And be thou over five cities.\n(20)And another came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept\nlaid up in a napkin. (21)For I feared thee, because thou art an\naustere man; thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest\nwhat thou didst not sow. (22)And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will\nI judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,\ntaking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow?\n(23)Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my\ncoming, should have required it with interest. (24)And he said to\nthose standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that\nhas the ten pounds. (25)And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds.\n(26)For I say to you, that to every one that has shall be given; and\nfrom him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.\n\n(27)But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them,\nbring hither, and slay them before me.\n\n(28)And having spoken these things, he went before, going up to\nJerusalem. (29)And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and\nBethany, at the mount called Olivet, that he sent forth two of his\ndisciples, (30)saying: Go into the opposite village, in which as ye\nare entering ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose\nand bring him. (31)And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus\nshall ye say to him: Because the Lord has need of him. (32)And they\nthat were sent forth departed, and found even as he said to them.\n(33)And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why\nloose ye the colt? (34)And they said: The Lord has need of him.\n(35)And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast their garments upon\nthe colt, they set Jesus thereon. (36)And as he went, they spread\ntheir garments in the way. (37)And as he was drawing near, just at the\ndescent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the\ndisciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all\nthe miracles which they saw; (38)saying: Blessed be the King who comes\nin the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!\n\n(39)And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him: Teacher,\nrebuke thy disciples. (40)And answering he said to them: I tell you\nthat if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.\n\n(41)And when he came near, as he saw the city, he wept over it,\n(42)saying: If even thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the\nthings that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine\neyes. (43)For days will come upon thee, that thine enemies will cast\nup a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on\nevery side, (44)and will level thee with the ground, and thy children\nwithin thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another;\nbecause thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.\n\n(45)And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold;\n(46)saying to them: It is written, And my house shall be a house of\nprayer; but ye made it a den of robbers.\n\n(47)And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and\nthe scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,\n(48)and could not find what they might do; for all the people hung,\nlistening, upon him.\n\n\n\nXX.\n\nAND it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people\nin the temple, and publishing the good news, that the chief priests\nand the scribes came to him with the elders, (2)and spoke to him,\nsaying: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is\nhe that gave thee this authority? (3)And he answering said to them: I\nalso will ask you one thing; and tell it me. (4)John's immersion, was\nit from heaven, or from men? (5)And they reasoned with themselves,\nsaying: If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why, then did ye not\nbelieve him? (6)But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us;\nfor they are persuaded that John was a prophet. (7)And they answered,\nthat they knew not whence it was. (8)And Jesus said to them: Neither\ndo I say to you, by what authority I do these things.\n\n(9)And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a\nvineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long\ntime. (10)And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that\nthey should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen\nbeat him, and sent him away empty. (11)And again he sent another\nservant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they\nsent away empty. (12)And again he sent a third; and they wounded him\nalso, and cast him out.\n\n(13)And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my\nbeloved son; perhaps, seeing him, they will reverence him. (14)But\nwhen the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying:\nThis is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may\nbecome ours. (15)So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.\nWhat therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? (16)He will\ncome and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to\nothers. And hearing it, they said: Far be it! (17)And he, looking on\nthem, said: What then is this that is written,\n\n    The stone which the builders disallowed,\n    The same is become the head of the corner.\n\n(18)Every one that falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on\nwhomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.\n\n(19)And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him\nin that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke\nthis parable against them.\n\n(20)And watching him[20:20], they sent forth spies, feigning\nthemselves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in\norder to deliver him up to the magistracy, and to the authority of the\ngovernor. (21)And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that thou\nsayest and teachest rightly, and regardest not the person of any, but\nteachest the way of God truly. (22)Is it lawful that we should give\ntribute to Caesar, or not? (23)And perceiving their craftiness, he\nsaid to them: (24)Show me a denary[20:24]. Whose image and inscription\nhas it? And answering they said: Caesar's. (25)And he said to them:\nRender therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God\nthe things that are God's. (26)And they could not take hold of his\nwords before the people; and they marveled at his answer, and held\ntheir peace.\n\n(27)And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection,\ncoming to him, asked him, (28)saying: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if a\nman's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his\nbrother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.\n\n(29)There were therefore seven brothers; and the first took a wife,\nand died childless; (30)and the second and the third took her; (31)and\nin like manner also the seven left no children, and died. (32)At last\nthe woman also died. (33)In the resurrection, therefore, of which of\nthem is she wife? For the seven had her for a wife.\n\n(34)And Jesus answering said to them: The sons of this world marry,\nand are given in marriage. (35)But they who are accounted worthy to\nobtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry,\nnor are given in marriage; (36)for neither can they die any more; for\nthey are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the\nresurrection.\n\n(37)Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, at The Bush, when\nhe calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the\nGod of Jacob. (38)For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living;\nfor to him all live.\n\n(39)And some of the scribes answering said: Teacher, thou saidst well.\n(40)For they no longer dared to ask him any question.\n\n(41)And he said to them: How say they that the Christ is son of David?\n(42)And David himself says in the book of Psalms:\n\n    The LORD said to my Lord,\n    Sit on my right hand,\n    (43)Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.\n\n(44)David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?\n\n(45)And in the hearing of all the multitude, he said to his disciples:\n(46)Beware of the scribes, who desire to go about in long robes, and\nlove greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues,\nand the first places at feasts; (47)who devour widows' houses, and for\na pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater\ncondemnation.\n\n\n\nXXI.\n\nAND looking up, he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the\ntreasury. (2)And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither\ntwo mites. (3)And he said: Of a truth I say to you, that this poor\nwidow cast in more than all. (4)For all these, out of their abundance,\ncast into the offerings; but she, out of her want, cast in all the\nliving that she had.\n\n(5)And as some were saying of the temple, that it has been adorned\nwith beautiful stones and offerings, he said: (6)As for these things\nwhich ye behold, days will come in which there shall not be left one\nstone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. (7)And they asked\nhim, saying: Teacher, when therefore will these things be, and what\nwill be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?\n\n(8)And he said: Take heed that ye be not led astray. For many will\ncome in my name, saying: I am he, and the time is at hand. Go not\nafter them. (9)And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not\nterrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is\nnot immediately.\n\n(10)Then said he to them: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom\nagainst kingdom; (11)and there will be great earthquakes, and in\ndivers places famines and pestilences; and there will be great\nportents and signs from heaven. (12)And before all these, they will\nlay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into\nsynagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my\nname's sake. (13)And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.\n\n(14)Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye\nshall answer. (15)For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all\nyour adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand. (16)And ye\nwill be delivered up both by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and\nfriends; and some of you they will cause to be put to death. (17)And\nye will be hated by all for my name's sake. (18)And there shall not a\nhair of your head perish. (19)In your patience possess your\nsouls[21:19].\n\n(20)And when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know\nthat its desolation is at hand. (21)Then let those in Judaea flee into\nthe mountains; and let those in the midst of it depart out; and let\nthose in the fields not enter into it. (22)Because these are the days\nof vengeance, that all the things which are written may be fulfilled.\n\n(23)Woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck, in\nthose days! For there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath\nto this people. (24)And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and\nshall be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be\ntrodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be\nfulfilled.\n\n(25)And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars; and on\nthe earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the\nsea and waves; (26)men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking\nfor those things that are coming on the world; for the powers of\nheaven shall be shaken. (27)And then shall they see the Son of man\ncoming in a cloud, with power and great glory. (28)And when these\nthings begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;\nfor your redemption is drawing nigh.\n\n(29)And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the\ntrees. (30)When they already shoot forth, seeing it ye know of\nyourselves that the summer is already near. (31)So also ye, when ye\nsee these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near.\n(32)Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all\nshall have come to pass. (33)Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my\nwords shall not pass away.\n\n(34)And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be\novercharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,\nand that day come upon you unawares. (35)For as a snare shall it come\non all that dwell on the face of the whole earth. (36)And watch, in\nevery time praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these\nthings that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.\n\n(37)And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he\nwent out, and abode in the mount that is called Olivet. (38)And all\nthe people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear\nhim.\n\n\n\nXXII.\n\nNOW the feast of unleavened bread was drawing near, which is called\nthe Passover; (2)and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking\nhow they might kill him; for they feared the people.\n\n(3)And Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, being of the number\nof the twelve. (4)And he went away, and consulted with the chief\npriests and captains, how he might deliver him up to them. (5)And they\nwere glad, and covenanted to give him money. (6)And he promised, and\nsought opportunity to deliver him up to them in the absence of the\nmultitude.\n\n(7)And the day of unleavened bread came, when the passover must be\nkilled. (8)And he sent away Peter and John, saying: Go, and prepare us\nthe passover, that we may eat it. (9)And they said to him: Where wilt\nthou that we prepare? (10)And he said to them: Behold, when ye have\nentered into the city, there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of\nwater; follow him into the house where he enters in. (11)And ye shall\nsay to the master of the house: The Teacher says to thee, Where is the\nguestchamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples? (12)And\nhe will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready.\n(13)And they went away, and found as he had said to them. And they\nmade ready the passover.\n\n(14)And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles\nwith him. (15)And he said to them: I earnestly desired to eat this\npassover with you before I suffer. (16)For I say to you, I shall eat\nof it no more, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. (17)And\nhaving received a cup, he gave thanks and said: Take this, and divide\nit among yourselves. (18)For I say to you, I will not drink of the\nfruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.\n\n(19)And taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them,\nsaying: This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance\nof me. (20)And the cup in like manner after supper, saying: This cup\nis the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.\n\n(21)But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the\ntable. (22)For the Son of man indeed goes, as it was determined; but\nwoe to that man by whom he is betrayed! (23)And they began to inquire\namong themselves, who then it might be that should do this thing?\n\n(24)And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should\nbe accounted the greatest. (25)And he said to them: The kings of the\nGentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority\nover them are called benefactors. (26)But ye are not so; but let the\ngreatest among you become as the younger, and he that is chief as he\nthat serves. (27)For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or\nhe that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am in the\nmidst of you as he that serves. (28)Ye are they who have continued\nwith me in my temptations; (29)and I appoint to you a kingdom, as my\nFather appointed to me, (30)that ye may eat and drink at my table in\nmy kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of\nIsrael.\n\n(31)And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to\nsift as the wheat. (32)But I prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not;\nand thou, when thou hast turned, strengthen thy brethren.\n\n(33)And he said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both to\nprison and to death. (34)And he said: I say to thee, Peter, a cock\nwill not crow this day, till thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest\nme.\n\n(35)And he said to them: When I sent you without purse, and bag, and\nsandals, lacked ye anything? And they said: Nothing. (36)Therefore\nsaid he to them: But now, he that has a purse let him take it, and\nlikewise a bag; and he that has not, let him sell his garment and buy\na sword. (37)For I say to you, that yet this which is written must be\naccomplished in me: And he was reckoned among transgressors; for the\nthings concerning me have an end[22:37].\n\n(38)And they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said: It\nis enough!\n\n(39)And going out, he went as he was wont to the mount of the Olives;\nand his disciples also followed him. (40)And when he was at the place,\nhe said to them: Pray that ye enter not into temptation. (41)And he\nwithdrew from them about a stone's throw; and kneeling down, he\nprayed, (42)saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup\nfrom me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.\n\n(43)And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.\n(44)And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat\nbecame as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.\n(45)And rising up from prayer, and coming to the disciples, he found\nthem sleeping, from sorrow. (46)And he said to them: Why sleep ye?\nArise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.\n\n(47)While he was yet speaking, behold a multitude, and he that was\ncalled Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to\nJesus to kiss him. (48)But Jesus said to him: Judas, betrayest thou\nthe Son of man with a kiss? (49)And they who were about him, seeing\nwhat would follow, said to him: Lord, shall we smite with the sword?\n(50)And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest,\nand took off his right ear. (51)And Jesus answering said: Suffer thus\nfar. And he touched his ear, and healed him.\n\n(52)And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and\nelders, who were come to him: Have ye come out as against a robber,\nwith swords and staves? (53)When I was daily with you in the temple,\nye stretched not forth your hands against me. But this is your hour,\nand the power of darkness.\n\n(54)And they took him, and led him away, and brought him into the\nhouse of the high priest. And Peter followed afar off.\n\n(55)And they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and sat\ndown together, Peter sat down among them. (56)And a certain maid\nseeing him as he sat by the fire, and looking intently upon him, said:\nThis man also was with him. (57)And he denied him, saying: Woman, I do\nnot know him.\n\n(58)And after a little while, another seeing him said: Thou also art\nof them. And Peter said: Man, I am not.\n\n(59)And about the space of one hour after, another confidently\naffirmed, saying: Of a truth this one also was with him; for he is a\nGalilaean. (60)And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And\nimmediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crowed.\n\n(61)And the Lord turning looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the\nword of the Lord, how he said to him: Before a cock crows this day,\nthou wilt deny me thrice. (62)And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.\n\n(63)And the men who held Jesus mocked him, beating him; (64)and having\nblindfolded him they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that smote\nthee? (65)And many other things they said, reviling him.\n\n(66)And when it was day, the elders of the people[22:66], and the\nchief priests and scribes, came together; and they brought him up into\ntheir council, saying: (67)If thou art the Christ, tell us. And he\nsaid to them: If I tell you, ye will not believe. (68)And if I ask, ye\nwill not answer. (69)But henceforth shall the Son of man sit on the\nright hand of the power of God. (70)And they all said: Art thou then\nthe Son of God? And he said to them: Ye say it; for I am. (71)And they\nsaid: Why need we any further witness? For we ourselves heard it from\nhis own mouth.\n\n\n\nXXIII.\n\nAND the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. (2)And\nthey began to accuse him, saying: We found this man perverting our\nnation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he\nhimself is Christ, a king. (3)And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou\nthe King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it.\n(4)And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes: I find no\nfault in this man. (5)And they were the more violent, saying: He stirs\nup the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee,\nunto this place.\n\n(6)When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the man is a Galilaean.\n(7)And learning that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him\nup to Herod, who also was himself in Jerusalem at that time.\n\n(8)And Herod, when he saw Jesus, rejoiced greatly; for he had desired\nfor a long time to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and\nhe hoped to see some sign wrought by him. (9)And he questioned him in\nmany words; but he answered him nothing. (10)And the chief priests and\nscribes stood, vehemently accusing him. (11)And Herod with his men of\nwar set him at naught, and mocked him, and arraying him in a gorgeous\nrobe sent him back to Pilate. (12)And Pilate and Herod on that day\nbecame friends with each other; for before they were at enmity between\nthemselves.\n\n(13)And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the\nrulers and the people, (14)said to them: Ye brought to me this man, as\none perverting the people; and, behold, I, having examined him before\nyou, found no fault in this man, touching those things whereof ye\naccuse him. (15)No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you up to him; and\nbehold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. (16)I will\ntherefore chastise, and release him. (17)[23:17] (18)And they cried\nout all at once, saying: Away with this man, and release to us\nBarabbas! (19)(who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for\nmurder, was cast into prison.)\n\n(20)Again, therefore, Pilate spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.\n(21)But they cried, saying: Crucify, crucify him. (22)And a third time\nhe said to them: What evil then has this man done? I found no cause of\ndeath in him. I will therefore chastise, and release him. (23)And they\nwere urgent with loud voices, requiring that he should be crucified.\nAnd their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. (24)And\nPilate gave sentence, that what they required should be done. (25)And\nhe released him who for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom\nthey required; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\n(26)And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon a Cyrenian,\ncoming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might\nbear it after Jesus. (27)And there followed him a great company of the\npeople, and of women who also bewailed and lamented him. (28)But Jesus\nturning to them said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but\nweep for yourselves, and for your children. (29)For, behold, days are\ncoming in which they shall say: Happy the barren, and wombs that never\nbore, and breasts that never gave suck. (30)Then shall they begin to\nsay to the mountains: Fall on us; and to the hills: Cover us. (31)For\nif they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the\ndry?\n\n(32)And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be\nput to death. (33)And when they had gone away to the place which is\ncalled A Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on\nthe right hand, and the other on the left. (34)And Jesus said: Father,\nforgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his\ngarments, casting lots.\n\n(35)And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed,\nsaying: Others he saved; let him save himself, if he is the Christ,\nthe chosen of God. (36)And the soldiers also coming to him mocked him,\noffering him vinegar, (37)and saying: If thou art the King of the\nJews, save thyself.\n\n(38)And there was an inscription written over him: THIS IS THE KING OF\nTHE JEWS.\n\n(39)And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed at him, saying:\nIf thou art the Christ, save thyself and us. (40)But the other\nanswering rebuked him, saying: Dost thou not even fear God, seeing\nthou art in the same condemnation? (41)And we indeed justly; for we\nare receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man did nothing\namiss. (42)And he said to Jesus: Remember me, when thou comest in thy\nkingdom. (43)And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, to-day thou\nshalt be with me in paradise.\n\n(44)And it was about the sixth hour; and darkness came over the whole\nland until the ninth hour. (45)And the sun was darkened; and the vail\nof the temple was rent in the midst. (46)And Jesus, crying with a loud\nvoice, said: Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having\nsaid this, he expired.\n\n(47)And the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying:\nVerily, this man was righteous! (48)And all the multitudes who had\ncome together to that sight, having beheld the things that were done,\nreturned, beating their breasts. (49)And all his acquaintance were\nstanding afar off, and women who had followed him from Galilee,\nbeholding these things.\n\n(50)And, behold, a man named Joseph, a counselor, a good and just man,\n(51)(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea\na city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, (52)this\nman went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. (53)And taking it\ndown, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn\nin the rock, where no one was yet laid. (54)And it was the day of\npreparation, and the sabbath drew on. (55)And the women also, who had\ncome with him out of Galilee, followed after, and viewed the\nsepulchre, and how his body was laid. (56)And returning, they prepared\nspices and ointments; and on the sabbath they rested, according to the\ncommandment.\n\n\n\nXXIV.\n\nNOW on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came\nto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they prepared. (2)And they\nfound the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. (3)And entering in,\nthey found not the body of the Lord Jesus. (4)And it came to pass,\nthat as they were much perplexed concerning this, behold two men stood\nby them in shining garments. (5)And they being afraid and bowing their\nfaces to the earth, they said to them: Why seek ye the living among\nthe dead? (6)He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke to\nyou when he was yet in Galilee, (7)saying: The Son of man must be\ndelivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the\nthird day rise again. (8)And they remembered his words.\n\n(9)And returning from the sepulchre, they reported all these things to\nthe eleven, and to all the rest. (10)And it was Mary the Magdalene,\nand Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with\nthem, who said these things to the apostles. (11)And their words\nseemed to them as idle talk, and they believed them not.\n\n(12)But Peter rose up, and ran to the sepulchre; and stooping down, he\nbeholds the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed to his\nhome, wondering at that which was come to pass.\n\n(13)And, behold, two of them were going on that same day to a village\ncalled Emmaus, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. (14)And they\nwere conversing together concerning all these things that had taken\nplace. (15)And it came to pass, that while they were conversing and\nreasoning, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. (16)But their\neyes were holden that they should not know him.\n\n(17)And he said to them: What communications are these, that ye have\none with another, as ye walk, and are sad? (18)And one, whose name was\nCleopas, answering said to him: Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem\nand not know the things that have come to pass there in these days?\n(19)And he said to them: What things? And they said to him: The things\nconcerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and\nword before God and all the people; (20)and how the chief priests and\nour rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified\nhim. (21)But we were hoping that it was he who was to redeem Israel.\nBut indeed, beside all this, to-day is the third day since these\nthings were done. (22)Yea, and certain women also of our company made\nus astonished, who were early at the sepulchre; (23)and not finding\nhis body, came saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who\nsay that he is alive. (24)And some of those who were with us went away\nto the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women said; but him they\nsaw not.\n\n(25)Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe all\nthat the prophets have spoken! (26)Was it not necessary, that the\nChrist should suffer these things, and enter into his glory? (27)And\nbeginning from Moses, and all the prophets, he explained to them in\nall the Scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\n(28)And they drew near to the village, whither they were going; and he\nmade as though he would go further. (29)But they constrained him,\nsaying: Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day has\ndeclined. And he went in to abide with them.\n\n(30)And it came to pass, that as he was reclining at table with them,\nhe took bread, and blessed it, and breaking, gave to them. (31)And\ntheir eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of\ntheir sight. (32)And they said one to another: Did not our heart burn\nwithin us, while he talked to us in the way, and while he opened to us\nthe Scriptures?\n\n(33)And rising up in the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem; and\nthey found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,\n(34)saying: The Lord is risen indeed, and he appeared to Simon.\n(35)And they related what things were done in the way, and how he\nbecame known by them in the breaking of bread.\n\n(36)And while they were speaking these things, he himself stood in the\nmidst of them, and says to them: Peace be to you. (37)But they were\nterrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.\n(38)And he said to them: Why are ye troubled? And wherefore do\nthoughts arise in your hearts? (39)See my hands and my feet, that it\nis I myself. Handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones,\nas ye see me have. (40)And having said this, he showed them his hands\nand his feet. (41)And while they yet believed not for joy, and\nwondered, he said to them: Have ye here anything to eat? (42)And they\ngave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb. (43)And he\ntook, and ate it before them. (44)And he said to them: These are my\nwords which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things\nmust be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the\nprophets, and psalms, concerning me. (45)Then he opened their\nunderstanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. (46)And he\nsaid to them: Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and\nshould rise from the dead on the third day; (47)and that repentance\nand remission of sins should be preached in his name among all the\nnations, beginning at Jerusalem. (48)Ye are witnesses of these things.\n\n(49)And, behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But\ndo ye tarry in the city, until ye are endued with power from on high.\n\n(50)And he led them out as far as to Bethany; and lifting up his\nhands, he blessed them. (51)And it came to pass, while he blessed\nthem, that he parted from them, and was borne up into heaven. (52)And\nthey, having worshiped him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy;\n(53)and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.\n\n\n\nTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN.\n\n\nI.\n\nIN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word\nwas God. (2)The same was in the beginning with God. (3)All things were\nmade by him[1:3]; and without him was nothing made that has been made.\n(4)In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (5)And the\nlight shines in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.\n\n(6)There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (7)The same\ncame for witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all\nmight believe. (8)He was not the light; but [came] to bear witness of\nthe light. (9)There was the true light, which lights every man that\ncomes into the world. (10)He was in the world, and the world was made\nby him, and the world knew him not. (11)He came to his own, and his\nown received him not. (12)But as many as received him, to them he gave\npower to become children of God, to those who believe on his name;\n(13)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of\nthe will of man, but of God.\n\n(14)And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us[1:14]; and we beheld\nhis glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of\ngrace and truth.\n\n(15)John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I\nsaid, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was\nbefore me[1:15]. (16)Because out of his fullness we all received, and\ngrace for grace. (17)For the law was given through Moses; grace and\ntruth came through Jesus Christ. (18)No one has ever seen God; the\nonly begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.\n\n(19)And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and\nLevites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? (20)And he confessed,\nand denied not; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. (21)And they\nasked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says: I am not. Art thou\nthe Prophet? And he answered: No. (22)They said therefore to him: Who\nart thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest\nthou of thyself? (23)He said: I am the voice of one crying in the\nwilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the\nprophet.\n\n(24)And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. (25)And they asked\nhim, and said to him: Why then dost thou immerse, if thou art not the\nChrist, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? (26)John answered them, saying: I\nimmerse in water. There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know\nnot; (27)he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not\nworthy to loose.\n\n(28)These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John\nwas immersing.\n\n(29)On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the\nLamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world! (30)This is he of\nwhom I said: After me comes a man who is preferred before me; because\nhe was before me[1:30]. (31)And I knew him not; but that he might be\nmade manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water.\n\n(32)And John bore witness, saying: I have seen the Spirit descending\nas a dove out of heaven, and it abode upon him. (33)And I knew him\nnot; but he who sent me to immerse in water, the same said to me: Upon\nwhom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding on him, the\nsame is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit. (34)And I have seen, and\nhave borne witness, that this is the Son of God.\n\n(35)Again, on the morrow, John was standing, and two of his disciples;\n(36)and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says: Behold the Lamb of\nGod! (37)And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed\nJesus. (38)And Jesus turning, and beholding them following, says to\nthem: What seek ye? They said to him: Rabbi (which interpreted means,\nTeacher), where dost thou abide? (39)He says to them: Come, and ye\nshall see. They came and saw where he abode; and they abode with him\nthat day. It was about the tenth hour.\n\n(40)Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard\nit from John, and followed him. (41)He first finds his brother Simon,\nand says to him: We have found the Messiah, which is interpreted,\nChrist. (42)And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, beholding him, said:\nThou art Simon the son of Jonah; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is\ninterpreted, Peter[1:42].\n\n(43)On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee. And he finds Philip;\nand Jesus says to him: Follow me. (44)Now Philip was from Bethsaida,\nof the city of Andrew and Peter. (45)Philip finds Nathanael, and says\nto him: We have found him of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets\nwrote, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. (46)And\nNathanael said to him: Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip\nsays to him: Come and see. (47)Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and\nsays of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!\n(48)Nathanael says to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and\nsaid to him: Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the\nfig-tree, I saw thee. (49)Nathanael answered: Rabbi; thou art the Son\nof God, thou art the King of Israel. (50)Jesus answered and said to\nhim: Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest\nthou? Thou shalt see greater things than these. (51)And he says to\nhim: Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth[1:51] ye shall see\nheaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the\nSon of man.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nAND on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the\nmother of Jesus was there. (2)And Jesus also was bidden, and his\ndisciples, to the marriage. (3)And wine having failed, the mother of\nJesus says to him: They have no wine. (4)Jesus says to her: Woman,\nwhat have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come. (5)His mother\nsays to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do it. (6)Now there\nwere set there six water-pots of stone, after the Jewish custom of\npurifying, containing two or three firkins[2:6] apiece. (7)Jesus says\nto them: Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to\nthe brim. (8)And he says to them: Draw out now, and bear to the ruler\nof the feast. And they bore it. (9)When the ruler of the feast tasted\nthe water that was made wine (and he knew not whence it was, but the\nservants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called\nthe bridegroom, (10)and says to him: Every man sets forth the good\nwine first; and when they have drunk freely, then that which is worse.\nThou hast kept the good wine until now. (11)This beginning of the\nsigns Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and\nhis disciples believed on him.\n\n(12)After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his\nbrothers, and his disciples; and they abode there not many days.\n\n(13)And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and Jesus went up to\nJerusalem. (14)And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and\nsheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting. (15)And having made a\nscourge of small cords, he drove all out of the temple, both the sheep\nand the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the\ntables; (16)and to those who sold doves he said: Take these things\nhence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. (17)And his\ndisciples remembered that it is written: for thy house consumes me.\n\n(18)The Jews therefore answered and said to him: What sign dost thou\nshow to us, seeing that thou doest these things? (19)Jesus answered\nand said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise\nit up. (20)Therefore said the Jews: Forty and six years was this\ntemple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? (21)But\nhe said it of the temple of his body. (22)When therefore he was risen\nfrom the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they\nbelieved the Scripture, and the word which Jesus spoke.\n\n(23)And when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, on the feast-day,\nmany believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.\n(24)But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,\n(25)and had no need that any one should testify of man; for he himself\nknew what was in man.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nTHERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the\nJews. (2)The same came to him by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we\nknow that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one can do these\nsigns which thou doest, except God be with him.\n\n(3)Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee,\nexcept a man be born again[3:3], he can not see the kingdom of God.\n(4)Nicodemus says to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he\nenter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?\n\n(5)Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born\nof water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.\n(6)That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of\nthe Spirit is spirit. (7)Marvel not that I said to thee: Ye must be\nborn again.\n\n(8)The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof,\nbut knowest not whence it comes, and whither it goes. So is every one\nthat is born of the Spirit.\n\n(9)Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be?\n(10)Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou the teacher of Israel,\nand knowest not these things? (11)Verily, verily, I say to thee, we\nspeak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye\nreceive not our testimony. (12)If I told you the earthly things, and\nye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you the heavenly\nthings? (13)And no one has ascended up into heaven, but he who came\ndown out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. (14)And as Moses\nlifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be\nlifted up; (15)that every one who believes on him may have everlasting\nlife. (16)For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten\nSon, that whoever believes on him, should not perish, but may have\neverlasting life. (17)For God sent not his Son into the world to judge\nthe world; but that the world through him might be saved. (18)He that\nbelieves on him is not judged; but he that believes not has already\nbeen judged, because he has not believed on the name of the\nonly-begotten Son of God. (19)And this is the judgment, that light has\ncome into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light;\nfor their deeds were evil. (20)For every one that does evil hates the\nlight, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.\n(21)But he that does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may\nbe made manifest, that they are wrought in God.\n\n(22)After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of\nJudaea; and there he remained with them, and immersed. (23)And John\nalso was immersing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much\nwater there; and they came, and were immersed. (24)For John was not\nyet cast into prison.\n\n(25)There arose therefore a question, on the part of John's disciples\nwith a Jew, about purification. (26)And they came to John and said to\nhim: Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast\nborne witness, behold, he immerses, and all come to him.\n\n(27)John answered and said: A man can receive nothing, except it be\ngiven him from heaven. (28)Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said,\nI am not the Christ, but I am sent before him. (29)He that has the\nbride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands\nand hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.\nThis my joy therefore is made full. (30)He must increase, but I must\ndecrease. (31)He that comes from above is above all; he that is from\nthe earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; he that comes from\nheaven is above all. (32)And what he has seen and heard, that he\ntestifies; and his testimony no one receives. (33)He that received his\ntestimony has set his seal, That God is true. (34)For he whom God sent\nforth speaks the words of God; for he gives not[3:34] the Spirit by\nmeasure. (35)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into\nhis hand. (36)He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he\nthat believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God\nabides on him.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nWHEN therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard, that Jesus made\nand immersed more disciples than John (2)(though Jesus himself\nimmersed not, but his disciples), (3)he left Judaea, and departed\nagain into Galilee. (4)And he must go through Samaria. (5)He comes\ntherefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar[4:5], near to the parcel\nof ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6)And Jacob's well was\nthere. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus\non the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n\n(7)There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus, says to her:\nGive me to drink. (8)For his disciples had gone away into the city to\nbuy food. (9)The Samaritan woman therefore says to him: How is it that\nthou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, being a Samaritan woman? For\nJews do not associate with Samaritans. (10)Jesus answered and said to\nher: If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee,\nGive me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have\ngiven thee living water. (11)The woman says to him: Sir, thou hast\nnothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou\nthe living water. (12)Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave\nus the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his\ncattle? (13)Jesus answered and said to her: Every one that drinks of\nthis water shall thirst again. (14)But whoever drinks of the water\nthat I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall\ngive him shall become in him a well of water, springing up into\neverlasting life. (15)The woman says to him: Sir, give me this water,\nthat I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.\n\n(16)Jesus says to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. (17)The\nwoman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus says to her: Thou\nsaidst well, I have no husband. (18)For thou hast had five husbands;\nand he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. That thou hast spoken\ntruly.\n\n(19)The woman says to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.\n(20)Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in\nJerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. (21)Jesus says to\nher: Woman, believe me, an hour is coming, when ye shall neither in\nthis mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. (22)Ye worship that\nwhich ye know not; we worship that which we know; because salvation is\nof the Jews. (23)But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true\nworshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such\nthe Father seeks to worship him. (24)God is spirit; and they that\nworship him, must worship in spirit and in truth.\n\n(25)The woman says to him: I know that Messiah comes (who is called\nChrist); when he is come, he will tell us all things. (26)Jesus says\nto her: I that speak to thee am he. (27)And upon this came his\ndisciples; and they marveled that he talked with the woman[4:27]. Yet\nno one said: What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? (28)The\nwoman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city; and she\nsays to the men: (29)Come, see a man who told me all things that ever\nI did. Is this the Christ? (30)Then they went out of the city, and\ncame to him.\n\n(31)In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying: Master, eat.\n(32)But he said to them: I have food to eat that ye know not of.\n(33)Therefore said the disciples one to another: Has any one brought\nhim aught to eat? (34)Jesus says to them: My food is to do the will of\nhim who sent me, and to finish his work. (35)Do ye not say, that there\nare yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you,\nlift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are already white\nfor harvest. (36)And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit\nunto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may\nrejoice together. (37)And herein is the true saying: One sows, and\nanother reaps. (38)I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not\nlabored. Other men have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.\n\n(39)And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the\nsaying of the woman, who testified: He told me all that ever I did.\n(40)When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to\nremain with them. And he remained there two days. (41)And far more\nbelieved because of his word; (42)and said to the woman: We no longer\nbelieve because of thy saying; for we ourselves have heard, and know\nthat this is in truth the Savior of the world.\n\n(43)And after the two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.\n(44)For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his\nown country.\n\n(45)When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him,\nhaving seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also\nwent to the feast. (46)So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he\nmade the water wine.\n\nAnd there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick, in Capernaum.\n(47)He, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judaea into Galilee,\nwent to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his\nson; for he was about to die. (48)Jesus therefore said to him: Except\nye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. (49)The nobleman says\nto him: Sir, come down ere my child die. (50)Jesus says to him: Go thy\nway; thy son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to\nhim, and he went his way. (51)And as he was now going down, his\nservants met him, and brought word saying: Thy child lives. (52)He\ninquired of them, therefore, the hour when he began to amend. And they\nsaid to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.\n(53)The father knew, therefore, that it was in the same hour in which\nJesus said to him: Thy son lives. And he himself believed, and his\nwhole house. (54)This second sign Jesus wrought, when he had come out\nof Judaea into Galilee.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nAFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to\nJerusalem. (2)And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool,\nwhich is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.\n(3)In these lay a multitude of the infirm, of blind, lame, withered\n[waiting for the moving of the water. (4)For an angel went down at a\ncertain season into the pool, and troubled the water. He therefore;\nwho first went in after the troubling of the water, was made whole of\nwhatever disease he had][5:4]. (5)And a certain man was there, who had\nan infirmity thirty and eight years. (6)Jesus seeing this man lying,\nand knowing that he had been already a long time thus, says to him:\nDost thou desire to be made whole? (7)The infirm man answered him:\nSir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the\npool; but while I am coming, another goes down before me. (8)Jesus\nsays to him: Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. (9)And immediately the\nman was made whole, and took up his bed and walked.\n\nAnd on that day was the sabbath. (10)The Jews therefore said to him\nthat was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry\nthe bed. (11)He answered them: He who made me whole, the same said to\nme: Take up thy bed, and walk. (12)They asked him therefore: Who is\nthe man that said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk? (13)And he who\nwas healed knew not who it was; for Jesus conveyed himself away, there\nbeing a multitude in the place.\n\n(14)Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple. And he said to him:\nBehold, thou hast been made whole; sin no more, lest something worse\nbefall thee. (15)The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus\nwho made him whole. (16)And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus,\nbecause he did these things on the sabbath. (17)But Jesus answered\nthem: My Father works hitherto, and I work. (18)For this therefore the\nJews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the\nsabbath, but also called God his Father, making himself equal with\nGod.\n\n(19)Jesus therefore, answered and said to them: Verily, verily, I say\nto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father\ndo; for what things soever he does, these also does the Son in like\nmanner. (20)For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things\nthat he himself does; and greater works than these will he show him,\nthat ye may marvel. (21)For as the Father raises up the dead, and\nquickens them; so also the Son quickens whom he will. (22)For neither\ndoes the Father judge any one; but all judgment he has given to the\nSon; (23)that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that\nhonors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.\n\n(24)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that hears my word, and believes\nhim who sent me, has everlasting life, and comes not into judgment,\nbut has passed out of death into life. (25)Verily, verily, I say to\nyou, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice\nof the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. (26)For as the\nFather has life in himself, so he gave also to the Son to have life in\nhimself. (27)And he gave him authority to execute judgment also,\nbecause he is a son of man. (28)Marvel not at this; for an hour is\ncoming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,\n(29)and shall come forth; they that did good, to the resurrection of\nlife, and they that did evil, to the resurrection of judgment.\n\n(30)I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is\njust; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.\n\n(31)If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. (32)There is\nanother that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he\nwitnesses of me is true. (33)Ye have sent to John, and he has borne\nwitness to the truth. (34)But I receive the witness not from man; but\nthese things I say, that ye might be saved. (35)He was the burning and\nshining lamp; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his\nlight. (36)But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works\nwhich the Father gave me to finish, the works themselves that I do\nbear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. (37)And the Father,\nwho sent me, he has borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his\nvoice at any time, nor have ye seen his shape. (38)And ye have not his\nword abiding in you; for whom he sent, him ye believe not.\n\n(39)Search[5:39] the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have\neternal life, and these are they that testify of me; (40)and ye will\nnot come to me, that ye may have life. (41)I receive not honor from\nmen. (42)But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.\n(43)I have come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another\nshall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (44)How can ye\nbelieve, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from\nGod alone ye seek not? (45)Do not think that I will accuse you to the\nFather; there is one that accuses you, Moses in whom ye have placed\nyour hope. (46)For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he\nwrote of me. (47)But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye\nbelieve my words?\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nAFTER these things Jesus went away, beyond the sea of Galilee, which\nis the sea of Tiberias. (2)And a great multitude followed him, because\nthey saw the signs which he wrought on the sick. (3)And Jesus went up\ninto the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. (4)And the\npassover, the feast of the Jews, was near. (5)Jesus therefore lifting\nup his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude is coming to him, says\nto Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? (6)And this\nhe said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do.\n(7)Philip answered him: Two hundred denaries worth of bread is not\nsufficient for them, that each one may take a little. (8)One of his\ndisciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to him: (9)There\nis a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but\nwhat are they among so many? (10)Jesus said: Make the men lie down.\nNow there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number\nabout five thousand. (11)And Jesus took the loaves; and having given\nthanks, he distributed to those who were lying down; and likewise of\nthe fishes as much as they desired. (12)When they were filled, he said\nto his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be\nlost. (13)Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve\nbaskets with fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over\nand above to those who had eaten. (14)The men therefore, seeing the\nsign that Jesus wrought, said: This is of a truth the Prophet that\ncomes into the world.\n\n(15)Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him\nby force, to make him a king, withdrew again into the mountain,\nhimself alone. (16)And when evening came, his disciples went down to\nthe sea, (17)and entering into the ship, were going over the sea to\nCapernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them;\n(18)and as a strong wind was blowing, the sea began to rise. (19)When\ntherefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they\nsee Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship; and they\nwere afraid. (20)But he says to them: It is I, be not afraid. (21)They\ntherefore willingly received him into the ship; and immediately the\nship was at the land whither they were going.\n\n(22)On the morrow, the multitude that stood on the other side of the\nsea, seeing that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus\nwent not with his disciples into the ship, but his disciples went away\nalone (23)(but there came other boats from Tiberias near to the place\nwhere they ate bread, when the Lord had given thanks); (24)when\ntherefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his\ndisciples, they themselves entered into the boats, and came to\nCapernaum, seeking for Jesus. (25)And having found him on the other\nside of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither?\n(26)Jesus answered them and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, ye\nseek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves\nand were filled. (27)Work not for the food that perishes, but for the\nfood that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will\ngive to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed, (28)Therefore they\nsaid to him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?\n(29)Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that ye\nbelieve on him whom he sent. (30)They therefore said to him: What sign\ndoest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou\nwork? (31)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is\nwritten: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. (32)Jesus therefore\nsaid to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you\nthe bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from\nheaven. (33)For the bread of God is that which[6:33] comes down out of\nheaven, and gives life to the world.\n\n(34)They therefore said to him: Lord, evermore give us this bread.\n(35)Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life. He that comes to me\nshall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst.\n(36)But I said to you, that ye have also seen me, and do not believe.\n(37)All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes\nto me I will not cast out. (38)Because I have come down from heaven,\nnot to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (39)And this\nis the will of him who sent me, that of all which he has given me I\nshould lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. (40)For\nthis is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and\nbelieves on him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at\nthe last day.\n\n(41)The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he said: I am the\nbread that came down out of heaven. (42)And they said: Is not this\nJesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then\ndoes this man say: I have come down out of heaven?\n\n(43)Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.\n(44)No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and\nI will raise him up at the last day. (45)It is written in the\nprophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that has\nheard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. (46)Not that any\none has seen the Father, save he who is from God; he has seen the\nFather.\n\n(47)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has\neverlasting life. (48)I am the bread of life. (49)Your fathers ate the\nmanna in the wilderness, and are dead. (50)This is the bread that\ncomes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die. (51)I\nam the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of\nthis bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give\nis my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.\n\n(52)The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can\nthis man give us his flesh to eat? (53)Jesus therefore said to them:\nVerily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of\nman, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (54)He that eats my\nflesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up\nat the last day. (55)For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true\ndrink. (56)He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me,\nand I in him. (57)As the living Father has sent me, and I live because\nof the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me.\n(58)This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your\nfathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall\nlive forever.\n\n(59)These things he said in the synagogue, while teaching in\nCapernaum.\n\n(60)Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard it, said: This is\na hard saying; who can hear it? (61)But Jesus, knowing in himself that\nhis disciples murmured at this, said to them: Does this offend you?\n(62)What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending up where he was\nbefore? (63)It is the spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits\nnothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are\nlife. (64)But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew\nfrom the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was\nthat should betray him. (65)And he said: For this cause I have said to\nyou, that no one can come to me, except it be given him from the\nFather.\n\n(66)From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more\nwith him.\n\n(67)Jesus said therefore to the twelve: Will ye also go away?\n(68)Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast\nwords of eternal life. (69)And we believe and know, that thou art the\nHoly One of God. (70)Jesus answered them: Did I not choose you, the\ntwelve, and one of you is a devil? (71)He spoke of Judas Iscariot, son\nof Simon; for he it was that would betray him, being one of the\ntwelve.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nAND after these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk\nin Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.\n\n(2)Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.\n(3)His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence, and go into\nJudaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou doest.\n(4)For no one does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be\nknown openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the\nworld. (5)For neither did his brothers believe on him. (6)Jesus\ntherefore says to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is\nalways ready. (7)The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because\nI testify of it, that its works are evil. (8)Go ye up to the feast. I\ngo not up to this feast; because my time is not yet fully come.\n\n(9)Having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee. (10)But\nwhen his brothers were gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not\nopenly, but as it were in secret.\n\n(11)The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said: Where is he?\n(12)And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him.\nSome said: He is a good man; others said: Nay, but he misleads the\nmultitude. (13)No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the\nJews.\n\n(14)But when it was already the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into\nthe temple and taught. (15)And the Jews wondered, saying: How knows\nthis man letters, having never learned? (16)Jesus therefore answered\nthem, and said: My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. (17)If\nany one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether\nit is of God, or whether I speak from myself. (18)He that speaks from\nhimself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who\nsent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.\n\n(19)Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you keeps the law?\nWhy do ye seek to kill me? (20)The multitude answered and said: Thou\nhast a demon; who seeks to kill thee? (21)Jesus answered and said to\nthem: I did one work, and ye all marvel. (22)Moses has for this cause\ngiven you circumcision, not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers;\nand on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. (23)If a man receives\ncircumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken;\nare ye angry at me, because I made a man altogether whole on the\nsabbath? (24)Judge not according to appearance, but judge the\nrighteous judgment.\n\n(25)Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they\nseek to kill? (26)But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to\nhim. Did the rulers know[7:26] in truth that this is the Christ?\n(27)But we know this man, whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no\none knows whence he is.\n\n(28)Jesus therefore cried, teaching in the temple and saying: Ye both\nknow me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but\nhe that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (29)I know him; because I\nam from him, and he sent me. (30)Therefore they sought to seize him;\nand no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n(31)But of the multitude many believed on him, and said: When the\nChrist comes, will he work more signs than these which this man\nwrought? (32)The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things\nconcerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers\nto seize him. (33)Jesus therefore said: Yet a little while I am with\nyou, and I go to him who sent me. (34)Ye will seek me, and shall not\nfind me; and where I am, ye can not come. (35)The Jews said therefore\namong themselves: Whither will this man go, that we shall not find\nhim? Will he go to those dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the\nGreeks? (36)What is this saying that he said: Ye will seek me, and\nshall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come?\n\n(37)In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and\ncried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. (38)He\nthat believes on me, as said the Scripture, out of his belly shall\nflow rivers of living water. (39)And this he spoke concerning the\nSpirit, which they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy\nSpirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\n(40)Some of the multitude therefore, hearing the words, said: Of a\ntruth this is the Prophet. (41)Others said: This is the Christ. But\nsome said: Does the Christ then come out of Galilee? (42)Did not the\nScripture say, that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from\nthe town of Bethlehem, where David was? (43)A division therefore arose\namong the multitude because of him. (44)And some of them desired to\nseize him; but no one laid hands on him.\n\n(45)The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees;\nand they said to them: Why did ye not bring him? (46)The officers\nanswered: Never man spoke like this man[7:47]. (47)The Pharisees\nanswered them: Are ye also led astray? (48)Did any of the rulers\nbelieve on him, or of the Pharisees? (49)But this multitude, that know\nnot the law, are accursed. (50)Nicodemus says to them (he who came to\nhim by night, being one of them): (51)Does our law judge a man, except\nit first hear from him, and know what he does? (52)They answered and\nsaid to him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see, that out of\nGalilee arises no prophet[7:52]. (53)[7:53][And each one went to his\nhouse.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nJESUS went to the mount of the Olives.\n\n(2)And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the\npeople came to him; and having sat down, he was teaching them. (3)And\nthe scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery;\nand having placed her in the midst, (4)they say to him: Teacher, this\nwoman was taken in adultery, in the very act: (5)Now in the law Moses\ncommanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say?\n(6)This they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to\naccuse him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with his\nfinger in the ground. (7)And as they continued asking him, raising\nhimself up, he said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him\nfirst cast the stone at her. (8)And again stooping down, he wrote in\nthe ground. (9)And they hearing it, and being convicted by their\nconscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the\nlast; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.\n(10)And Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said\nto her: Woman, where are they, thine accusers? Did no one condemn\nthee? (11)She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I\ncondemn thee; go, and sin no more.]\n\n(12)Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the\nworld; he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall\nhave the light of life. (13)The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou\nbearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. (14)Jesus\nanswered and said to them: Though I bear witness of myself, my witness\nis true; because I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know\nnot whence I come, or whither I go. (15)Ye judge according to the\nflesh; I judge no one. (16)And even if I judge, my judgment is true;\nbecause I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. (17)It is\nwritten also in your law, that the witness of two men is true. (18)I\nam one that bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears\nwitness of me. (19)They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father?\nJesus answered: Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye knew me, ye\nwould know my Father also.\n\n(20)These words he spoke in the treasury, while teaching in the\ntemple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet\ncome.\n\n(21)Again therefore he said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me,\nand shall die in your sin. Whither I go, ye can not come. (22)The Jews\ntherefore said: Will he kill himself? because he says: Whither I go,\nye can not come. (23)And he said to them: Ye are from beneath; I am\nfrom above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (24)I said\ntherefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe\nnot that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (25)Therefore they said\nto him: Who art thou? And Jesus said to them: That which I also say to\nyou from the beginning. (26)I have many things to say and to judge\nconcerning you. But he who sent me is true; and the things which I\nheard from him, these I speak to the world. (27)They understood not\nthat he spoke to them of the Father.\n\n(28)Therefore Jesus said to them: When ye shall have lifted up the Son\nof man, then ye shall know that I am he; and of myself I do nothing,\nbut as the Father taught me, those things I speak. (29)And he who sent\nme is with me. He has not left me alone; because I do always the\nthings that please him. (30)As he spoke these words many believed on\nhim.\n\n(31)Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye\ncontinue in my word, ye are truly my disciples; (32)and ye shall know\nthe truth, and the truth will make you free. (33)They answered him: We\nare Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to any one. How\nsayest thou: Ye shall be made free? (34)Jesus answered them: Verily,\nverily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin.\n(35)And the servant abides not in the house forever. (36)The Son\nabides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be\nfree indeed. (37)I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to\nkill me, because my word has no place in you. (38)I speak what I have\nseen with my Father; and ye therefore do what ye have heard from your\nfather.\n\n(39)They answered and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus says\nto them: If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of\nAbraham. (40)But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you\nthe truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not. (41)Ye do the\nworks of your father. They said to him: We were not born of\nfornication; we have one father, God. (42)Jesus said to them: If God\nwere your father, ye would love me; for from God I came forth, and am\ncome; neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. (43)Why do ye not\nunderstand my speech? Because ye can not hear my word. (44)Ye are of\nyour father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was\na murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because\ntruth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own;\nbecause he is a liar, and the father of it. (45)And because I speak\nthe truth, ye believe me not.\n\n(46)Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not\nbelieve me? (47)He that is of God hears God's words; ye therefore hear\nnot, because ye are not of God.\n\n(48)The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art\na Samaritan, and hast a demon? (49)Jesus answered: I have not a demon;\nbut I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. (50)And I seek not my own\nglory; there is one that seeks, and judges. (51)Verily, verily, I say\nto you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever.\n(52)The Jews said to him: Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham\nis dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If a man keep my saying,\nhe shall not taste of death, forever. (53)Art thou greater than our\nfather Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest\nthou thyself? (54)Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is\nnothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is\nyour God. (55)And ye know him not; but I know him. And if I say, I\nknow him not, I shall be a liar like to you. But I know him, and I\nkeep his word. (56)Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; and\nhe saw it, and was glad. (57)The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art\nnot yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58)Jesus said to\nthem: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. (59)They\ntook up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and\nwent out of the temple.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nAND passing along, he saw a man blind from his birth. (2)And his\ndisciples asked him, saying: Master, who sinned, this man or his\nparents, that he should be born blind? (3)Jesus answered: Neither this\nman sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made\nmanifest in him. (4)I must work the works of him who sent me, while it\nis day. Night is coming, when none can work. (5)As long as I am in the\nworld, I am the light of the world.\n\n(6)Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the\nspittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (7)and\nsaid to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted,\nSent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.\n\n(8)The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he\nwas a beggar, said: Is not this he that sits and begs? (9)Some said:\nThis is he; and others: He is like him; he said: I am he.\n(10)Therefore they said to him: How were thine eyes opened? (11)He\nanswered: A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and\nsaid to me: Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash. And I went away and\nwashed, and received sight. (12)They said to him: Where is he? He\nsaid: I know not.\n\n(13)They bring to the Pharisees him who before was blind. (14)And it\nwas the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.\n(15)Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him, how he received\nsight. He said to them: He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and\ndo see. (16)Therefore some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from\nGod, because he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man that\nis a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.\n(17)They say to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, seeing\nthat he opened thine eyes? He said: He is a Prophet.\n\n(18)The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he was\nblind and received sight, until they called the parents of him that\nreceived sight. (19)And they asked them, saying: Is this your son, who\nye say was born blind? How then does he now see? (20)His parents\nanswered them and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was\nborn blind. (21)But by what means he now sees, we know not; or who\nopened his eyes, we know not. He is of age; ask him. He shall speak\nfor himself. (22)These words spoke his parents, because they feared\nthe Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any one\nacknowledged him as Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.\n(23)Therefore his parents said: He is of age; ask him.\n\n(24)They therefore called a second time the man that was blind, and\nsaid to him: Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.\n(25)He answered therefore: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one\nthing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (26)They therefore\nsaid to him: What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes? (27)He\nanswered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore\nwould ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples? (28)They\nreviled him, and said: Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses'\ndisciples. (29)We know that God has spoken to Moses; but this man we\nknow not, whence he is. (30)The man answered and said to them: Why\nherein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and he\nopened mine eyes. (31)Now we know that God hears not sinners. But if\nany one is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.\n(32)Since the world began, it was not heard that any one opened the\neyes of one born blind. (33)If this man were not from God, he could do\nnothing. (34)They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born\nin sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.\n\n(35)Jesus heard that they cast him out; and finding him, he said to\nhim: Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (36)He answered and said:\nWho then is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? (37)And Jesus said to\nhim: Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that talks with thee.\n(38)And he said: Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.\n\n(39)And Jesus said: For judgment came I into this world; that they who\nsee not may see, and that they who see may become blind. (40)And some\nof the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him:\nAre we also blind? (41)Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would\nnot have sin. But now ye say: We see. Your sin remains!\n\n\n\nX.\n\nVERILY, verily, I say to you: He that enters not through the door into\nthe sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a\nrobber. (2)But he that enters in through the door is a shepherd of the\nsheep. (3)To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and\nhe calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. (4)And when he has\nput forth all his own, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him,\nfor they know his voice. (5)And a stranger they will not follow, but\nwill flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.\n\n(6)This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they understood not what\nthings they were which he spoke to them.\n\n(7)Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I\nam the door of the sheep. (8)All who came before me are thieves and\nrobbers; but the sheep did not hear them. (9)I am the door. If any one\nenter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and\nfind pasture. (10)The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and\nto destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it\nabundantly.\n\n(11)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for\nthe sheep. (12)But he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose\nown the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and\nflees; and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. (13)The\nhireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.\n(14)I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and am known by mine,\n(15)as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my\nlife for the sheep. (16)And other sheep I have, which are not of this\nfold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there\nshall be one flock, one shepherd. (17)For this the Father loves me,\nbecause I lay down my life, that I may take it again. (18)No one takes\nit from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it\ndown, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I\nreceived from my Father.\n\n(19)Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these\nwords. (20)And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad, why do\nye hear him? (21)Others said: These are not the words of one that has\na demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?\n\n(22)And there came the feast of the dedication, in Jerusalem; and it\nwas winter. (23)And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of\nSolomon. (24)The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him: How\nlong dost thou hold us in doubt[10:24]? If thou art the Christ, tell\nus plainly.\n\n(25)Jesus answered them: I told you, and ye do not believe. The works\nthat I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. (26)But ye do\nnot believe; for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. (27)My\nsheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; (28)and I\ngive to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any\none pluck them out of my hand. (29)My Father, who has given them to\nme, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my\nFather's hand. (30)I and the Father are one.\n\n(31)The Jews therefore took up stones again to stone him. (32)Jesus\nanswered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for\nwhich of those works do ye stone me? (33)The Jews answered him: For a\ngood work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou,\nbeing man, makest thyself God. (34)Jesus answered them: Is it not\nwritten in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (35)If he called them gods\nto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture can not be broken,\n(36)say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the\nworld, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? (37)If I\ndo not the works of my Father, believe me not. (38)But if I do, though\nye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know, that\nthe Father is in me, and I in the Father. (39)Therefore they sought\nagain to seize him; and he went forth, out of their hand.\n\n(40)And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John\nwas at first immersing; and there he abode. (41)And many came to him,\nand said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke\nof this man were true. (42)And many believed on him there.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nNOW a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of\nMary and Martha her sister. (2)It was the Mary who anointed the Lord\nwith ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus\nwas sick. (3)The sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold,\nhe whom thou lovest is sick. (4)And Jesus hearing it, said: This\nsickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that\nthe Son of God may be glorified thereby.\n\n(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)When\ntherefore he heard that he was sick, he then abode two days in the\nplace where he was. (7)Then after this he says to the disciples: Let\nus go into Judaea again. (8)The disciples say to him: Master, the Jews\nof late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? (9)Jesus\nanswered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in\nthe day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.\n(10)But if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light\nis not in him.\n\n(11)These things said he; and after this he says to them: Lazarus our\nfriend has fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.\n(12)Therefore his disciples said: Lord if he has fallen asleep, he\nwill be restored. (13)But Jesus had spoken of his death; but they\nthought that he said it of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then therefore\nJesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead. (15)And I am glad for\nyour sakes that I was not there, that ye may believe. But let us go to\nhim. (16)Therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow\ndisciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.\n\n(17)Having come therefore, Jesus found that he had already been four\ndays in the tomb.\n\n(18)Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.\n(19)And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them\nconcerning their brother.\n\n(20)Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus is coming, went and\nmet him; but Mary sat in the house. (21)Then said Martha to Jesus:\nLord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even\nnow, I know that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give it\nthee. (23)Jesus says to her: Thy brother will rise again. (24)Martha\nsays to him: I know that he will rise again, in the resurrection at\nthe last day. (25)Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the\nlife; he that believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live;\n(26)and whoever lives and believes on me, shall never die. Believest\nthou this? (27)She says to him: Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the\nChrist, the Son of God, who comes into the world.\n\n(28)And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister\nsecretly, saying: The Teacher is come, and calls for thee. (29)And\nshe, when she heard it, rises quickly and comes to him.\n\n(30)Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place\nwhere Martha met him. (31)The Jews therefore who were with her in the\nhouse and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and\nwent out, followed her, saying: She goes to the tomb to weep there.\n\n(32)Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell\ndown at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my\nbrother had not died.\n\n(33)Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who\ncame with her, groaned in spirit, and was troubled. (34)And he said:\nWhere have ye laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus\nwept.\n\n(36)The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him! (37)And some of\nthem said: Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have\ncaused even that this man should not have died? (38)Jesus therefore,\nagain groaning in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a\nstone lay upon it.\n\n(39)Jesus says: Take away the stone. The sister of him that was dead,\nMartha, says to him: Lord, by this time he is offensive; for he has\nbeen dead four days. (40)Jesus says to her: Said I not to thee, that,\nif thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?\n\n(41)So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes upward, and\nsaid: Father, I thank thee that thou didst hear me. (42)And I knew\nthat thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the multitude\nstanding around I said it, that they might believe that thou didst\nsend me. (43)And having thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice:\nLazarus, come forth. (44)And he that was dead came forth, bound hand\nand foot with grave clothes; and his face was bound about with a\nnapkin. Jesus says to them: Loose him, and let him go.\n\n(45)Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what he did,\nbelieved on him. (46)But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and\ntold them what Jesus did.\n\n(47)Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council,\nand said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs? (48)If we\nlet him thus alone, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come\nand take away both our place and nation. (49)And a certain one of\nthem, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: Ye know\nnothing; (50)nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one\nman die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. (51)And this\nhe spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he\nprophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; (52)and not for the\nnation only, but that also he should gather together into one the\nchildren of God that were scattered abroad.\n\n(53)Therefore from that day forth they took counsel together to put\nhim to death. (54)Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the\nJews; but departed thence to the country near to the wilderness, to a\ncity called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.\n\n(55)And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went up to\nJerusalem out of the country, before the passover, that they might\npurify themselves. (56)They sought therefore for Jesus, and said among\nthemselves, as they stood in the temple: What think ye, that he will\nnot come to the feast? (57)Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had\ngiven a commandment, that, if any one knew where he was, he should\nmake it known, that they might seize him.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nTHEREFORE Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where\nLazarus was who had been dead, whom Jesus raised from the dead.\n(2)They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served; and\nLazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him.\n\n(3)Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly,\nand anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and\nthe house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (4)Then says one\nof his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray\nhim: (5)Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred\ndenaries[12:5], and given to the poor? (6)This he said, not because he\ncared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and\nbore[12:6] what was put therein. (7)Then said Jesus: Let her alone;\nshe has kept it[12:7] to the day of my preparation for burial. (8)For\nthe poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.\n\n(9)A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there. And\nthey came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus\nalso, whom he raised from the dead.\n\n(10)But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also\nto death; (11)because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and\nbelieved on Jesus.\n\n(12)On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast,\nhearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem, (13)took branches of the\npalm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna; blessed is\nhe who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. (14)And\nJesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written:\n\n    (15)Fear not, daughter of Zion;\n    Behold, thy King comes,\n    Sitting on an ass's colt.\n\n(16)These things his disciples understood not at the first. But when\nJesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were\nwritten of him, and that they did these things to him.\n\n(17)The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus\nout of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness. (18)For\nthis the multitude also met him, because they heard that he had\nwrought this sign. (19)The Pharisees therefore said among themselves:\nPerceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after\nhim.\n\n(20)And there were certain Greeks, of those who come up to worship at\nthe feast. (21)These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida\nof Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus.\n(22)Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell\nJesus.\n\n(23)And Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come, that the Son\nof man should be glorified. (24)Verily, verily, I say to you, except\nthe grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but\nif it die, it brings forth much fruit. (25)He that loves his life\nshall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it\nunto life eternal. (26)If any one serve me, let him follow me; and\nwhere I am, there shall also my servant be. If any one serve me, him\nwill the Father honor.\n\n(27)Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me\nfrom this hour[12:27]! But for this cause came I unto this hour.\n(28)Father, glorify thy name. Then there came a voice out of heaven: I\nboth have glorified it, and will glorify it again.\n\n(29)The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said that it\nthundered; others said: An angel has spoken to him. (30)Jesus answered\nand said: This voice came not for my sake, but for your sakes. (31)Now\nis the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be\ncast out. (32)And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all\nmen to me. (33)This he said, signifying by what manner of death he\nshould die.\n\n(34)The multitude answered him: We heard out of the law that the\nChrist abides forever; and how sayest thou: The Son of man must be\nlifted up? Who is this Son of man? (35)Jesus therefore said to them:\nYet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the\nlight, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walks in the\ndarkness knows not whither he goes. (36)While ye have the light,\nbelieve on the light, that ye may become sons of light.\n\nThese things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.\n\n(37)But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not\nbelieve on him; (38)that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be\nfulfilled, which he spoke:\n\n    Lord, who believed our report,\n    And to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?\n\n(39)Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:\n\n    (40)He has blinded their eyes,\n    And has hardened their heart;\n    That they should not see with their eyes,\n    And understand with their heart,\n    And turn, and I should heal them.\n\n(41)These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of\nhim. (42)Yet, even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of\nthe Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put\nout of the synagogue; (43)for they loved the glory of men more than\nthe glory of God.\n\n(44)And Jesus cried and said: He that believes on me, believes not on\nme but on him who sent me. (45)And he that beholds me beholds him who\nsent me. (46)I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes\non me may not abide in the darkness. (47)And if any one hear my words,\nand keep them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the\nworld, but to save the world. (48)He that rejects me, and receives not\nmy words, has one that judges him. The word that I spokes that shall\njudge him in the last day. (49)Because I spoke not from myself; but\nthe Father who sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should\nsay, and what I should speak. (50)And I know that his commandment is\neverlasting life. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has\nsaid to me, so I speak.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nAND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour has\ncome that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having\nloved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end. (2)And\nsupper being served, the Devil having already put into the heart of\nJudas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; (3)knowing that the Father\nhas given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God,\nand is going to God, (4)he rises from the supper, and lays aside his\ngarments, and taking a towel he girded himself. (5)After that he pours\nwater into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and\nto wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.\n\n(6)He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and Peter says to him: Lord,\ndost thou wash my feet? (7)Jesus answered and said to him: What I do\nthou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8)Peter says to\nhim: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee\nnot, thou hast no part with me. (9)Simon Peter says to him: Lord, not\nmy feet only, but also my hands and my head. (10)Jesus says to him: He\nthat has bathed has no need save to wash the feet, but is wholly\nclean. And ye are clean; but not all. (11)For he knew his betrayer;\ntherefore he said: Ye are not all clean.\n\n(12)When therefore he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and\nreclining again at table, said to them: Know ye what I have done to\nyou? (13)Ye call me the Teacher, and the Master; and ye say well, for\nso I am. (14)If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet,\nye also ought to wash one another's feet. (15)For I gave you an\nexample, that as I did to you, ye also should do. (16)Verily, verily,\nI say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor one that is\nsent[13:16] greater than he who sent him. (17)If ye know these things,\nhappy are ye if ye do them.\n\n(18)I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the\nscripture might be fulfilled, He that eats the loaf with me lifted up\nhis heel against me. (19)Even now I tell you, before it comes to pass,\nthat when it comes to pass, ye may believe that I am he. (20)Verily,\nverily, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send receives me;\nand he that receives me receives him who sent me.\n\n(21)Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and\nsaid: Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.\n(22)The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he\nspoke. (23)And there was reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his\ndisciples, whom Jesus loved. (24)To him therefore Simon Peter beckons,\nand says to him: Say who it is of whom he speaks. (25)And he, leaning\nback on Jesus' breast, says to him: Lord, who is it? (26)Jesus\nanswers: He it is, to whom I shall give the morsel, when I have dipped\nit. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, son\nof Simon. (27)And after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus\ntherefore says to him: What thou doest, do quickly.\n\n(28)And no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.\n(29)For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to\nhim: Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something\nto the poor.\n\n(30)He then, having received the morsel, went immediately out; and it\nwas night.\n\n(31)When therefore he was gone out, Jesus says: Now is the Son of man\nglorified, and God is glorified in him. (32)If God is glorified in\nhim, God will also glorify him in himself, and will straightway\nglorify him. (33)Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will\nseek me; and as I said to the Jews, whither I go ye can not come, so\nnow I say to you. (34)A new commandment I give to you, that ye love\none another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another. (35)By\nthis shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one\ntoward another.\n\n(36)Simon Peter says to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered\nhim: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow\nme afterward. (37)Peter says to him: Lord, why can not I follow thee\nnow? I will lay down my life for thee. (38)Jesus answers: Wilt thou\nlay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will\nnot crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nLET not your heart be troubled. Believe on God, and believe on\nme[14:1]. (2)In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not\nso, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.\n(3)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and\nwill receive you to myself; that where I am ye may be also. (4)And ye\nknow the way whither I go.\n\n(5)Thomas says to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how\ndo we know the way? (6)Jesus says to him: I am the way, the truth, and\nthe life. No one comes to the Father, but by me. (7)If ye knew me, ye\nwould know my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have\nseen him.\n\n(8)Philip says to him: Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us.\n(9)Jesus says to him: Am I so long time with you, and dost thou not\nknow me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how\nsayest thou: Show us the Father? (10)Believest thou not that I am in\nthe Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I\nspeak not of myself; but the Father who dwells in me, he does the\nworks. (11)Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me;\nor else believe for the very works' sake.\n\n(12)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me, the works\nthat I do he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do,\nbecause I go to the Father. (13)And whatever ye shall ask in my name,\nthat I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14)If ye\nshall ask anything in my name, I will do it.\n\n(15)If ye love me, keep my commandments. (16)And I will ask of the\nFather, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with\nyou forever; (17)the Spirit of truth, whom the world can not receive,\nbecause it sees him not, neither knows him; but ye know him, because\nhe abides with you, and shall be in you. (18)I will not leave you\nbereaved[14:18]; I will come to you.\n\n(19)Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but ye see me;\nbecause I live, ye shall live also. (20)In that day ye shall know that\nI am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (21)He that has my\ncommandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that\nloves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will\nmanifest myself to him.\n\n(22)Judas says to him (not Iscariot): Lord, how is it that thou wilt\nmanifest thyself to us, and not to the world? (23)Jesus answered and\nsaid to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father\nwill love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.\n(24)He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which ye\nhear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.\n\n(25)These things have I spoken to you, while abiding with you. (26)But\nthe Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,\nhe will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things\nwhich I said to you.\n\n(27)Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world\ngives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it\nbe afraid. (28)Ye heard how I said to you: I go away; and I come to\nyou. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced that I go to the Father;\nbecause the Father is greater than I. (29)And now I have told you\nbefore it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may\nbelieve.\n\n(30)I will no longer talk much with you; for the prince of the world\ncomes, and in me he has nothing. (31)But that the world may know that\nI love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do.\nArise, let us go hence.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nI AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2)Every branch\nin me that bears not fruit, he takes it away; and every one that bears\nfruit, he cleanses it, that it may bear more fruit. (3)Ye are already\nclean, through the word which I have spoken to you.\n\n(4)Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of\nitself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, if ye abide\nnot in me. (5)I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me\nand I in him, the same bears much fruit; because without me ye can do\nnothing. (6)If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the\nbranch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the\nfire, and they are burned. (7)If ye abide in me, and my words abide in\nyou, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.\n\n(8)Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye\nshall become my disciples. (9)As the Father loved me, I also loved\nyou; abide in my love. (10)If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide\nin my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his\nlove.\n\n(11)These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and\nyour joy be made full. (12)This is my commandment, that ye love one\nanother, as I loved you. (13)Greater love has no one than this, that\none lay down his life for his friends. (14)Ye are my friends, if ye do\nwhatever I command you.\n\n(15)No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not\nwhat his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things\nthat I heard from my Father I made known to you. (16)Ye did not choose\nme, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit,\nand that your fruit may remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the\nFather in my name, he may give it you.\n\n(17)These things I command you, that ye love one another. (18)If the\nworld hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you.\n(19)If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because\nye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this\nthe world hates you. (20)Remember the word that I said to you: A\nservant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will\nalso persecute you; if they kept my saying, they will keep yours also.\n(21)But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake,\nbecause they know not him who sent me.\n\n(22)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but\nnow they have no cloak for their sin. (23)He that hates me hates my\nFather also. (24)If I had not done among them the works which no other\none has done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and\nhated both me and my Father. (25)But this comes to pass, that the word\nmight be fulfilled that is written in their law: They hated me without\na cause.\n\n(26)But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the\nFather, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will\nbear witness of me. (27)And ye also shall bear witness, because ye are\nwith me from the beginning.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nTHESE things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.\n(2)They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, a time is coming,\nthat every one who kills you will think he makes an offering to God.\n(3)And these things they will do to you, because they have not known\nthe Father, nor me. (4)But these things I have spoken to you, that\nwhen the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you. And these\nthings I told you not from the beginning, because I was with you.\n\n(5)And now I go to him who sent me; and none of you asks me: Whither\ngoest thou? (6)But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow\nhas filled your heart. (7)But I tell you the truth, it is expedient\nfor you that I depart; for if I depart not, the Comforter will not\ncome to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. (8)And when he is\ncome, he will convict the world, in respect of sin, and of\nrighteousness, and of judgment; (9)of sin, in that they believe not on\nme; (10)of righteousness, in that I go to my Father, and ye behold me\nno more; (11)of judgment, in that the prince of this world has been\njudged.\n\n(12)I have yet many things to say to you, but ye can not bear them\nnow. (13)But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you\ninto all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but whatever\nhe shall hear, that will he speak, and he will tell you the things to\ncome. (14)He will glorify me; because he will receive of mine, and\nwill tell it to you. (15)All things that the Father has are mine.\nTherefore, I said, that he will receive of mine, and will tell it to\nyou. (16)A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little\nwhile, and ye shall see me.\n\n(17)Therefore some of his disciples said to one another: What is this\nthat he says to us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a\nlittle while, and ye shall see me; and, I go to the Father? (18)They\nsaid therefore: What is this that he says, A little while? We know not\nwhat he says.\n\n(19)Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them:\nDo ye inquire of this with one another, that I said, A little while,\nand ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me?\n(20)Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but\nthe world will rejoice; and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow\nshall be turned into joy. (21)A woman when she is in travail has\nsorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has borne the child,\nshe remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the\nworld. (22)And so ye now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and\nyour heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.\n\n(23)And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say\nto you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my\nname. (24)Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall\nreceive, that your joy may be made full.\n\n(25)These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming,\nwhen I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you\nplainly of the Father. (26)In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I\nsay not to you, that I will pray the Father for you; (27)for the\nFather himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed\nthat I came forth from God. (28)I came forth from the Father, and have\ncome into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.\n\n(29)His disciples say to him: Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and\nspeakest no parable. (30)Now we know that thou knowest all things, and\nneedest not that any one should ask thee. By this we believe that thou\ncamest forth from God.\n\n(31)Jesus answered them: Do ye now believe? (32)Behold, an hour is\ncoming, and has come, that ye will be scattered, each one to his own,\nand will leave me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is\nwith me.\n\n(33)These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace.\nIn the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have\novercome the world.\n\n\n\nXVII.\n\nTHESE words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said:\nFather, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify\nthee; (2)as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as\nthou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life. (3)And\nthis is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and\nJesus Christ, whom thou didst send. (4)I glorified thee on the earth;\nI finished the work which thou hast given me to do. (5)And now, O\nFather, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I\nhad with thee before the world was. (6)I manifested thy name to the\nmen whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and\nthou hast given them to me; and they have kept thy word. (7)Now they\nknow that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee;\n(8)because the words which thou gayest me I have given to them, and\nthey received them, and knew in truth that I came forth from thee, and\nbelieved that thou didst send me. (9)I pray for them; I pray not for\nthe world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are\nthine. (10)And all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine;\nand I am glorified in them.\n\n(11)And I am no longer in the world; and these are in the world, and I\ncome to thee. Holy Father, keep those in thy name whom thou hast given\nme, that they may be one, as we are, (12)While I was with them, I kept\nthem in thy name. Those whom thou hast given me I watched over and\nnone of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the scripture\nmight be fulfilled. (13)And now I come to thee; and these things I\nspeak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them. (14)I\nhave given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are\nnot of the world, as I am not of the world. (15)I pray not that thou\nshouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep\nthem from the evil. (16)They are not of the world, as I am not of the\nworld. (17)Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. (18)As thou\ndidst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. (19)And\nfor their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in\nthe truth. (20)And I pray not for these only, but also for those who\nbelieve on me through their word; (21)that all may be one; as thou,\nFather, in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the\nworld may believe that thou didst send me. (22)And the glory which\nthou hast given to me I have given to them, that they may be one, as\nwe are one; (23)I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected\ninto one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst\nthem as thou lovedst me.\n\n(24)Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they\nalso be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given\nme; because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.\n(25)Righteous Father! And the world knew thee not! But I knew thee,\nand these knew that thou didst send me; (26)and I made known to them\nthy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst\nme may be in them, and I in them.\n\n\n\nXVIII.\n\nHAVING spoken these words, Jesus went out with his disciples beyond\nthe brook Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered and his\ndisciples. (2)And Judas also, his betrayer knew the place; because\nJesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.\n\n(3)Judas therefore, having received the band and officers from the\nchief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with torches and lamps and\nweapons. (4)Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming\nupon him, went forth and said to them: Whom do ye seek? (5)They\nanswered him: Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them: I am he. And\nJudas also, his betrayer, was standing with them.\n\n(6)When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and\nfell to the ground.\n\n(7)Again therefore he asked them: Whom do ye seek? And they said:\nJesus the Nazarene. (8)Jesus answered: I told you that I am he; if\ntherefore ye seek me, let these go their way; (9)that the saying might\nbe fulfilled, which he spoke: Of those whom thou hast given me, I lost\nnone.\n\n(10)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and smote the servant of\nthe high priest, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was\nMalchus. (11)Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the\nsheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?\n\n(12)So the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took\nJesus and bound him, (13)and led him away to Annas first; for he was\nfather-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. (14)And it\nwas Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it is expedient that one man\nshould die for the people.\n\n(15)And Simon Peter and the other disciple followed Jesus. That\ndisciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the\ncourt of the high priest. (16)But Peter was standing at the door\nwithout. Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high\npriest, went out and spoke to her that kept the door, and brought in\nPeter. (17)Then the damsel that kept the door says to Peter: Art not\nthou also one of this man's disciples? He says: I am not.\n\n(18)And the servants and the officers were standing there, having made\na fire of coals, because it was cold, and were warming themselves; and\nPeter was standing with them, and warming himself.\n\n(19)The high priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples,\nand concerning his teaching. (20)Jesus answered him: I have spoken\nopenly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the\ntemple, where all the Jews assemble; and I spoke nothing in secret.\n(21)Why askest thou me? Ask those who have heard, what I spoke to\nthem. Behold, these know what things I said.\n\n(22)And when he had said this, one of the officers who was standing by\ngave Jesus a blow on the face, saying: Answerest thou the high priest\nso? (23)Jesus answered him: If I spoke evil, bear witness of the evil;\nbut if well, why dost thou smite me?\n\n(24)Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. (25)And Simon\nPeter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him:\nArt thou also one of his disciples? He denied, and said: I am not.\n(26)One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him\nwhose ear Peter cut off, says: Did not I see thee in the garden with\nhim? (27)Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately a cock crowed.\n\n(28)Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Governor's palace; and\nit was early; and they themselves went not into the palace, that they\nmight not be defiled, but might eat the passover. (29)Pilate therefore\nwent out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this\nman? (30)They answered and said to him: If this man were not a\nmalefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. (31)Pilate\ntherefore said to them: Do ye take him, and judge him according to\nyour law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to\nput any one to death; (32)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled,\nwhich he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die.\n\n(33)Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus,\nand said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews? (34)Jesus answered:\nDost thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee concerning me?\n(35)Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief\npriests, delivered thee up to me. What didst thou? (36)Jesus answered:\nMy kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my\nservants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews;\nbut now is my kingdom not from hence. (37)Pilate therefore said to\nhim: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest it; because I\nam a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come\ninto the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that\nis of the truth hears my voice.\n\n(38)Pilate says to him: What is truth? And having said this, he went\nout again to the Jews, and says to them: I find no fault in him.\n(39)But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the\npassover. Do ye desire therefore that I release to you the King of the\nJews? (40)They all therefore cried out again, saying: Not this one,\nbut Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.\n\n\n\nXIX.\n\nTHEN therefore Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. (2)And the\nsoldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and put on\nhim a purple robe; and they came to him, (3)and said: Hail, King of\nthe Jews! And they gave him blows on the face.\n\n(4)Pilate went forth again, and says to them: Behold, I bring him\nforth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. (5)Jesus\ntherefore came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple\nrobe. And he says to them: Behold the man!\n\n(6)When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they\ncried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Do\nye take him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him. (7)The Jews\nanswered him: We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because\nhe made himself the Son of God.\n\n(8)When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was the more afraid.\n(9)And he went again into the palace, and says to Jesus: Whence art\nthou? But Jesus gave him no answer. (10)Then says Pilate to him: Dost\nthou not speak to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release\nthee, and have power to crucify thee? (11)Jesus answered: Thou wouldst\nhave no power against me, except it were given thee from above.\nTherefore he that delivers me to thee has the greater sin.\n(12)Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out,\nsaying: If thou let this man go, thou art not a friend of Caesar.\nWhoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.\n\n(13)When therefore Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus forth,\nand sat down on the judgment-seat in a place called the Pavement, and\nin Hebrew, Gabbatha. (14)And it was the preparation of the passover,\nand about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews: Behold your king!\n(15)But they cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him.\nPilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests\nanswered: We have no king but Caesar. (16)Then therefore he delivered\nhim to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.\n\n(17)And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of\na skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha; (18)where they crucified\nhim, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the\nmidst. (19)And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the cross. And\nthe writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE THE KING OF THE JEWS.\n\n(20)This title therefore many of the Jews read; because the place\nwhere Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in\nHebrew, and Greek, and Latin. (21)Therefore said the chief priests of\nthe Jews to Pilate: Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said,\nI am King of the Jews. (22)Pilate answered: What I have written, I\nhave written.\n\n(23)Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments,\nand made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also his coat. And\nthe coat was without a seam, woven from the top throughout. (24)They\nsaid therefore to one another: Let us not rend it, but cast lots for\nit, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which\nsays:\n\n    They parted my garments among them.\n    And for my vesture they cast lots.\n\nThese things the soldiers did. (25)And there were standing by the\ncross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of\nClopas, and Mary the Magdalene. (26)Jesus therefore seeing his mother,\nand the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: Woman,\nbehold thy son! (27)Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother!\nAnd from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.\n\n(28)After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that\nthe scripture might be accomplished, says: I thirst. (29)Now there was\nset a vessel full of vinegar; and they, having filled a sponge with\nvinegar, and put it on a hyssop-stalk, bore it to his mouth. (30)When\nJesus therefore received the vinegar, he said: It is finished; and he\nbowed his head, and gave up his spirit.\n\n(31)The Jews therefore, since it was the preparation, that the bodies\nmight not remain upon the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath day\nwas a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and\nthey be taken away. (32)The soldiers came, therefore, and broke the\nlegs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him.\n(33)But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead,\nthey broke not his legs. (34)But one of the soldiers with a spear\npierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.\n\n(35)And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true,\nand he knows that he says what is true, that ye also might believe.\n(36)For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be\nfulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. (37)And again another\nscripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced.\n\n(38)And after this, Joseph from Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,\nbut secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take\naway the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,\nand took away the body of Jesus. (39)And there came also Nicodemus,\nwho at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh\nand aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. (40)They took therefore the\nbody of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the\ncustom of the Jews to prepare for burial.\n\n(41)And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in\nthe garden a new sepulchre, wherein no one was yet laid. (42)There\nthey laid Jesus therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews,\nbecause the sepulchre was nigh at hand.\n\n\n\nXX.\n\nAND on the first day of the week Mary the Magdalene comes early, while\nit is yet dark, to the sepulchre, and sees the stone taken away out of\nthe sepulchre. (2)She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter, and to\nthe other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them: They took away\nthe Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they laid him.\n\n(3)Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went\nto the sepulchre. (4)And the two ran together; and the other disciple\noutran Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. (5)And stooping down he\nsees the linen cloths lying; yet he went not in. (6)Then comes Simon\nPeter following him; and he went into the sepulchre, and sees the\nlinen cloths lying, (7)and the napkin that was about his head not\nlying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by\nitself. (8)Then therefore the other disciple, who came first to the\nsepulchre, went in also; and he saw, and believed. (9)For not even yet\ndid they know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.\n\n(10)The disciples therefore went away again to their own home. (11)And\nMary was standing by the sepulchre without, weeping. So, as she wept,\nshe stooped clown into the sepulchre, (12)and beholds two angels in\nwhite, sitting the one at the head and the other at the feet, where\nthe body of Jesus lay. (13)And they say to her: Woman, why weepest\nthou? She says to them: Because they took away my Lord, and I know not\nwhere they laid him.\n\n(14)Having said this, she turned back and beholds Jesus standing, and\nknew not that it was Jesus. (15)Jesus says to her: Woman, why weepest\nthou? Whom dost thou seek? She, supposing that it was the gardener,\nsays to him: Sir, if thou didst bear him hence, tell me where thou\nlaidest him, and I will take him away. (16)Jesus says to her: Mary!\nTurning, she says to him in Hebrew: Rabboni! (which is to say,\nTeacher!) (17)Jesus says to her: Touch me not; for I have not yet\nascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them: I\nascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.\n\n(18)Mary the Magdalene comes bringing word to the disciples, that she\nhas seen the Lord, and that he spoke these things to her.\n\n(19)When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the\nweek, the doors having been shut, where the disciples were assembled,\nfor fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst; and he says\nto them: Peace be to you. (20)And having said this, he showed them his\nhands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, when they saw\nthe Lord.\n\n(21)Jesus therefore said to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father\nhas sent me, I also send you. (22)And having said this, he breathed on\nthem, and says to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. (23)Whosesoever sins\nye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever ye retain, they\nare retained.\n\n(24)But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them\nwhen Jesus came. (25)The other disciples therefore said to him: We\nhave seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I see in his hands the\nprint of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails,\nand thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.\n\n(26)And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas\nwith them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst,\nand said: Peace be to you. (27)After that, he says to Thomas: Reach\nhither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach thy hand, and thrust it\ninto my side; and be not faithless, but believing. (28)Thomas answered\nand said to him: My Lord, and my God. (29)Jesus says to him: Because\nthou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Happy they who saw not, and\nhave believed!\n\n(30)Many other signs also did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,\nwhich are not written in this book. (31)But these are written, that ye\nmight believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that\nbelieving ye may have life in his name.\n\n\n\nXXI.\n\nAFTER these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at\nthe sea of Tiberias; and he manifested himself in this manner.\n\n(2)There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and\nNathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two\nothers of his disciples. (3)Simon Peter says to them: I go a fishing.\nThey say to him: We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered\ninto the ship; and in that night they caught nothing.\n\n(4)But when morning was now come, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the\ndisciples knew not that it was Jesus. (5)Jesus therefore says to them:\nChildren, have ye anything to eat? They answered him: No. (6)And he\nsaid to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall\nfind. They cast it therefore; and now they were not able to draw it,\nfor the multitude of the fishes.\n\n(7)Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter: It is the\nLord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it is the Lord, girded on\nhis outer garment (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.\n(8)And the other disciples came in the boat (for they were not far\nfrom land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net with\nthe fishes.\n\n(9)When therefore they went out upon the land, they see a fire of\ncoals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread. (10)Jesus says to\nthem: Bring of the fishes which ye just now caught. (11)Simon Peter\nwent on board, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a\nhundred and fifty and three; and though there were so many, the net\nwas not broken.\n\n(12)Jesus says to them: Come hither, and break your fast. And none of\nthe disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it is the\nLord. (13)Jesus comes, and takes the bread and gives to them, and the\nfish likewise. (14)This the third time already, Jesus manifested\nhimself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.\n\n(15)When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon\nPeter: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He says to\nhim: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my\nlambs.\n\n(16)He says to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest\nthou me? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He\nsays to him: Tend my sheep.\n\n(17)He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou\nme? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest\nthou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou\nknowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: Feed my sheep.\n\n(18)Verily, verily, I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst\ngird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt be\nold, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee,\nand lead thee whither thou wouldst not. (19)And this he spoke,\nsignifying by what manner of death he should glorify God.\n\nAnd having spoken this, he says to him: Follow me. (20)Peter, turning\nabout, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also at the\nsupper leaned back on his breast, and said: Lord, who is he that\nbetrays thee? (21)Peter seeing him says to Jesus: Lord, and what shall\nthis man do? (22)Jesus says to him: If I will that he remain till I\ncome, what is it to thee? Do thou follow me.\n\n(23)This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that\ndisciple should not die. And Jesus said not to him, that he should not\ndie; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee?\n\n(24)This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote\nthese things; and we know that his testimony is true. (25)And there\nare also many other things which Jesus did; and if they should be\nwritten every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not\ncontain the books that should be written.\n\n\n\nTHE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.\n\n\nI.\n\nTHE former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that\nJesus began both to do and to teach, (2)until the day when he was\ntaken up, after he had given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to\nthe apostles whom he chose; (3)to whom also he showed himself living,\nafter he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days\nappearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of\nGod.\n\n(4)And, being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to\ndepart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father,\nwhich ye heard from me; (5)for John indeed immersed in water; but ye\nshall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.\n\n(6)They therefore, having come together[1:6], asked him, saying: Lord,\nwilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (7)And he\nsaid to them: It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the\nFather appointed by his own authority[1:7]. (8)But ye shall receive\npower, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be my\nwitnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto\nthe utmost part of the earth.\n\n(9)And having spoken these things, while they beheld he was borne up,\nand a cloud received him out of their sight. (10)And while they were\nlooking intently into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them\nin white apparel; (11)who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand ye\nlooking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into\nheaven, shall so come in like manner as ye saw him going into heaven.\n\n(12)Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,\nwhich is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey. (13)And when they\ncame in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both\nPeter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew\nand Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas\nthe brother of James. (14)These all continued with one accord in\nprayer, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.\n\n(15)And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and\nsaid (the number of names together was about a hundred and twenty):\n(16)Men, brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should be\nfulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before\nconcerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus.\n(17)Because he was numbered with us, and obtained the office of this\nministry.--(18)Now this man purchased a field with the wages of\niniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all\nhis bowels gushed out. (19)And it became known to all who dwell at\nJerusalem; so that that field was called, in their own tongue,\nAceldama, that is, Field of blood.--(20)For it is written in the book\nof Psalms:\n\n    Let his habitation be made desolate,\n    And let no one dwell therein.\n\nAnd:\n\n    Let another take his office[1:20].\n\n(21)Therefore, of these men, who accompanied us all the time that the\nLord Jesus went in and out among us, (22)beginning from John's\nimmersion, unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made\na witness with us of his resurrection.\n\n(23)And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed\nJustus, and Matthias. (24)And they prayed, saying: Thou, Lord, who\nknowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou didst choose,\n(25)that he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which\nJudas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.\n(26)And they gave their lots[1:26]; and the lot fell upon Matthias;\nand he was numbered with the eleven apostles.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nAND when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one\naccord in one place. (2)And suddenly there came a sound out of heaven\nas of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they\nwere sitting. (3)And there appeared to them tongues as of fire,\ndistributed among them; and it sat upon each of them. (4)And they were\nall filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other\ntongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.\n\n(5)Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, from every\nnation under heaven. (6)And this being noised abroad[2:6], the\nmultitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard\nthem speak in his own language. (7)And all were amazed, and wondered,\nsaying one to another Behold, are not all these who speak Galilaeans?\n(8)And how do we hear, every man in our own tongue, wherein we were\nborn, (9)Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit\nMesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, (10)Phrygia and\nPamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of\nRome, both Jews and proselytes, (11)Cretes and Arabians, hear them\nspeak in our tongues the wonderful works of God? (12)And all were\namazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another: What may this mean?\n(13)But others mocking said: They are filled with sweet wine.\n\n(14)But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and\nsaid to them: Men of Judaea, and all that dwell in Jerusalem, be this\nknown to you, and hearken to my words. (15)For these are not drunken,\nas ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. (16)But this is\nwhat was spoken through the prophet Joel:\n\n    (17)And it shall be in the last days, saith God,\n    That I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh;\n    And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,\n    And your young men shall see visions,\n    And your old men shall dream dreams;\n    (18)And even on my servants and on my handmaids,\n    I will pour out of my Spirit in those days,\n    And they shall prophesy.\n    (19)And I will show wonders in heaven above,\n    And signs in the earth beneath,\n    Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.\n    (20)The sun shall be turned into darkness,\n    And the moon into blood,\n    Before the great and notable day of the Lord shall come.\n    (21)And it shall be, that every one who shall call\n          on the name of the Lord shall be saved.\n\n(22)Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man\naccredited to you from God by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which\nGod wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know;\n(23)this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and\nforeknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless\nones; (24)whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death;\nbecause it was not possible that he should be held by it. (25)For\nDavid says concerning him:\n\n    I saw the Lord always before me;\n    Because he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.\n    (26)For this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted;\n    Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope;\n    (27)Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld,\n    Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.\n    (28)Thou didst make known to me the ways of life;\n    Thou wilt make me full of joy with thy presence.\n\n(29)Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David,\nthat he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto\nthis day. (30)Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore\nto him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on\nhis throne, (31)he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the\nChrist, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did\nhis flesh see corruption.\n\n(32)This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (33)Being\ntherefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from\nthe Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which\nye now see and hear. (34)For David did not ascend into heaven; but he\nsays himself:\n\n    The Lord said to my Lord,\n    Sit on my right hand,\n    (35)Until I make thy foes thy footstool.\n\n(36)Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God\nmade him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.\n\n(37)And hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to\nPeter and the rest of the apostles: Men, brethren, what shall we do?\n(38)And Peter said to them: Repent, and be each of you immersed, upon\nthe name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive\nthe gift of the Holy Spirit. (39)For the promise is to you, and to\nyour children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God\nshall have called.\n\n(40)And with many other words did he bear witness and exhort, saying:\nSave yourselves from this perverse generation.\n\n(41)They therefore, having received[2:41] his word, were immersed and\non that day there were added about three thousand souls. (42)And they\nwere constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the\ndistribution, and the breaking of bread, and prayers. (43)And fear\ncame upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought through\nthe apostles. (44)And all that believed were together, and had all\nthings common; (45)and sold their possessions and goods, and divided\nthem among all, as any one had need. (46)And daily attending with one\naccord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they\npartook of food with gladness and singleness of heart, (47)praising\nGod, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the\nchurch daily those who are saved[2:47].\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nAND Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour\nof prayer, being the ninth hour. (2)And a certain man lame from his\nmother's womb was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of\nthe temple, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering\ninto the temple; (3)who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the\ntemple, asked alms. (4)And Peter, looking intently upon him, with\nJohn, said: Look upon us. (5)And he gave heed to them, expecting to\nreceive something from them. (6)And Peter said: Silver and gold have I\nnone; but what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ,\nthe Nazarene, rise up and walk. (7)And seizing him by the right hand,\nhe raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankles received\nstrength; (8)and leaping forth, he stood, and walked, and entered with\nthem into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. (9)And\nall the people saw him walking and praising God; (10)and they\nrecognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful\ngate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at\nthat which had happened to him.\n\n(11)And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together\nto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.\n(12)And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why\nwonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our\nown power or godliness we had made this man to walk? (13)The God of\nAbraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified\nhis servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the\npresence of Pilate, when he decided to release him. (14)But ye denied\nthe Holy and Just, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to\nyou. (15)But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the\ndead, whereof we are witnesses[3:15]. (16)And his name, upon the faith\nin his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the\nfaith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the\npresence of you all.\n\n(17)And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance, as also your\nrulers. (18)But thus God fulfilled what he before announced by the\nmouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer. (19)Repent\ntherefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that\nthe times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;\n(20)and that he may send forth Jesus Christ, before appointed for you;\n(21)whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the\nrestoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his\nholy prophets from the beginning. (22)Moses said: A Prophet will the\nLord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him\nshall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. (23)And it\nshall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be\nutterly destroyed from among the people. (24)And also all the prophets\nfrom Samuel, both he and they who followed, as many as spoke, also\nforetold these days.\n\n(25)Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made\nwith our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the\nnations of the earth be blessed. (26)Unto you first, God, having\nraised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away\nevery one of you from your iniquities.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nAND while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the\ncaptain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2)being\nindignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the\nresurrection from the dead. (3)And they laid hands on them, and put\nthem in prison unto the morrow; for it was now evening.\n\n(4)But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of\nthe men became about five thousand.\n\n(5)And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,\nand scribes, (6)and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and\nAlexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were\ngathered together unto Jerusalem. (7)And having set them in the midst,\nthey asked: By what power, or by what name, did ye do this?\n\n(8)Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of\nthe people, and elders of Israel; (9)if we are this day examined in\nrespect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this\nperson has been made whole; (10)be it known to you all, and to all the\npeople of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom\nye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man\nstand here before you whole. (11)He is the stone that was set at\nnaught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.\n(12)And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other\nname under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.\n\n(13)And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that\nthey were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they\nrecognized them, that they were with Jesus. (14)And beholding the man\nwho had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say\nagainst it. (15)But having commanded them to go aside out of the\ncouncil, they conferred among themselves, (16)saying: What shall we do\nto these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is\nmanifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny\nit. (17)But that it spread no further among the people, let us\nstrictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this\nname. (18)And having called them, they commanded them not to speak at\nall, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.\n\n(19)But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in\nthe sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.\n(20)For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.\n\n(21)And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no\nway to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified\nGod for that which was done; (22)for the man was above forty years\nold, on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought.\n\n(23)And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and reported\nall that the chief priests and elders said to them. (24)And they,\nhearing it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said:\nLord, thou art he who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all\nthings in them; (25)who by the mouth of thy servant David said:\n\n    Why did the heathen rage[4:25],\n    And the peoples imagine vain things?\n    (26)The kings of the earth stood near,\n    And the rulers assembled together,\n    Against the Lord, and against his Christ.\n\n(27)For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy\nservant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate,\nwith the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, (28)to do whatever thy\nhand and thy counsel before determined to be done. (29)And now, Lord,\nbehold their threatenings; and grant to thy servants, that with all\nboldness they may speak thy word, (30)by stretching forth thy hand for\nhealing, and that signs and wonders may be wrought through the name of\nthy holy servant Jesus.\n\n(31)And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were\nassembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they\nspoke the word of God with boldness.\n\n(32)And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and of\none soul; and not one said that aught of the things which he possessed\nwas his own, but they had all things common. (33)And with great power\nthe apostles gave the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus;\nand great grace was upon them all. (34)For there was no one among them\nthat lacked; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold\nthem, and brought the prices of the things sold, (35)and laid them at\nthe feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each one,\naccording as he had need.\n\n(36)And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is\ninterpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, born in Cyprus, (37)having\nland sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the\napostles.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nBUT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a\npossession, (2)and kept back part of the price, his wife also being\naware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the feet of\nthe apostles. (3)But Peter said: Ananias, why did Satan fill thy\nheart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part\nof the price of the land? (4)While it remained, was it not thine own?\nAnd after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why didst thou\nconceive this thing in thy heart? Thou didst not lie to men, but to\nGod. (5)And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and expired; and\ngreat fear came on all that heard these things. (6)And the young men\narose, wrapt him up, and carried him out[5:6], and buried him.\n\n(7)And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not\nknowing what was done, came in. (8)And Peter answered her: Tell me,\nwhether ye sold the land for so much? And she said: Yes, for so much.\n(9)And Peter said to her: Why is it that ye agreed together to tempt\nthe Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy\nhusband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. (10)And immediately\nshe fell at his feet, and expired; and coming in, the young men found\nher dead, and carried her forth, and buried her by her husband.\n(11)And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard\nthese things.\n\n(12)And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders\nwrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in\nSolomon's porch. (13)But of the rest no one dared to join himself to\nthem; but the people honored them; (14)(and still more were believers\nadded to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women); (15)so that\nalong the streets they brought forth the sick, and laid them on beds\nand pallets, that, as Peter was passing, the shadow at least might\novershadow some one of them. (16)And the multitude also of the cities\naround came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons, and those\nwho were vexed by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.\n\n(17)But the high priest rose up, and all that were with him, which is\nthe sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with indignation, (18)and\nlaid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison.\n\n(19)But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors; and\nhaving brought them forth, he said: (20)Go, stand and speak in the\ntemple to the people all the words of this life. (21)And hearing it,\nthey went into the temple at early dawn, and taught.\n\nAnd the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the\ncouncil together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and\nsent to the prison to have them brought. (22)But the officers, when\nthey came, found them not in the prison; and returning, they reported,\n(23)saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all security, and the\nkeepers standing without before the doors; but when we opened them, we\nfound no one within.\n\n(24)And when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief\npriests heard these things, they were at a loss concerning them, to\nwhat this might grow. (25)But one came and told them, saying: Behold,\nthe men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and\nteaching the people. (26)Then went the captain with the officers, and\nbrought them, not with violence (for they feared the people), that\nthey might not be stoned. (27)And having brought them, they set them\nbefore the council. And the high priest asked them, (28)saying: Did we\nnot strictly command you not to teach in this name? And, behold, ye\nhave filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this\nman's blood upon us.\n\n(29)And Peter answering, and the apostles, said: We ought to obey God\nrather than men. (30)The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye\nslew, hanging him on a tree. (31)Him, as a prince and a Savior, did\nGod exalt to his right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and\nremission of sins. (32)And we are his witnesses of these things, and\nthe Holy Spirit also, which God gave to those who obey him.\n\n(33)And they, hearing it, were convulsed with rage, and took counsel\nto slay them. (34)But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee,\nnamed Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and\ncommanded to put the men forth a little while; (35)and said to them:\nMen of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what ye are about to do in\nrespect to these men. (36)For before these days arose Theudas,\nboasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four\nhundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed\nhim, were scattered and brought to naught. (37)After this man arose\nJudas the Galilaean, in the days of the registering, and drew away\nmuch people after him; he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed\nhim, were dispersed. (38)And now I say to you, refrain from these men,\nand let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it\nwill come to naught; (39)but if it is of God ye can not overthrow\nthem; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.\n\n(40)And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they\nscourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus,\nand let them go.\n\n(41)They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council,\nbecause for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.\n(42)And every day, in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased\nnot to teach, and to publish the glad tidings of Jesus the Christ.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nAND in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied,\nthere arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews,\nbecause their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. (2)And\nthe twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said: It\nis not proper that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.\n(3)Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good\nrepute, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint\nover this business. (4)But we will give ourselves to prayer, and to\nthe ministry of the word.\n\n(5)And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen,\na man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus,\nand Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of\nAntioch, (6)whom they set before the apostles; and having prayed, they\nlaid their hands on them.\n\n(7)And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples\nmultiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests\nwere obedient to the faith.\n\n(8)And Stephen, full of grace and of power, did great wonders and\nsigns among the people. (9)And there arose certain ones of the\nsynagogue so called of the Freedmen[6:9], and Cyrenians, and\nAlexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with\nStephen. (10)And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the\nspirit with which he spoke. (11)Then they suborned men, who said: We\nhave heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.\n\n(12)And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes;\nand coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the council,\n(13)and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak\nwords against this holy place, and the law. (14)For we have heard him\nsay, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will\nchange the customs which Moses delivered to us. (15)And all that sat\nin the council, looking intently upon him, saw his face as the face of\nan angel.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nAND the high priest said: Are then these things so? (2)And he said:\nBrethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our\nfather Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,\n(3)and said to him: Go forth from thy country, and from thy kindred,\nand come into the land which I shall show thee. (4)Then he went forth\nfrom the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence,\nafter his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land,\nwherein ye now dwell. (5)And he gave him no inheritance in it, not\neven a foot-breadth; and he promised to give it to him for a\npossession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child. (6)And\nGod spoke after this manner, that his seed shall be a sojourner in a\nstrange land, and they will bring them into bondage, and afflict them\nfour hundred years. (7)And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage\nI will judge, said God; and after that they shall come forth, and\nshall serve me in this place. (8)And he gave him the covenant of\ncircumcision; and thus he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth\nday, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. (9)And the\npatriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with\nhim, (10)and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him\nfavor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made\nhim governor over Egypt and all his house.\n\n(11)And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and\na great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance. (12)But\nJacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, first sent out our\nfathers. (13)And at the second time, Joseph was recognized by his\nbrothers; and the race of Joseph was made known to Pharaoh. (14)Then\nJoseph sent, and called for Jacob his father, and all his kindred,\nthreescore and fifteen souls. (15)And Jacob went down into Egypt, and\ndied, he and our fathers, (16)and were removed to Shechem, and laid in\nthe tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor,\nthe father of Shechem.\n\n(17)But as the time of the promise drew near, which God declared to\nAbraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, (18)until another\nking arose who knew not Joseph. (19)He, dealing subtly with our race,\nafflicted our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants,\nthat they might not be preserved alive. (20)In which time Moses was\nborn, and was exceeding fair[7:20], who was nourished three months in\nhis father's house. (21)And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter\ntook him up, and nourished him for herself as a son.\n\n(22)And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and\nwas mighty in words and in deeds. (23)And when he was forty years old,\nit came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel.\n(24)And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged\nthe one oppressed by smiting the Egyptian. (25)For he supposed his\nbrethren would understand, that God by his hand would deliver them;\nbut they understood not. (26)And on the following day he showed\nhimself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace,\nsaying: Ye are brethren; why wrong ye one another? (27)But he who was\nwronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler\nand a judge over us? (28)Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the\nEgyptian yesterday? (29)And Moses fled at this saying, and became a\nsojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. (30)And when\nforty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of\nthe mount Sinai an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. (31)And Moses,\nseeing it, wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it,\nthe voice of the Lord came to him, saving: (32)I am the God of thy\nfathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of\nJacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold. (33)And the Lord said\nto him: Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou\nstandest is holy ground. (34)Truly, I saw the affliction of my people\nin Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and came down to deliver them.\nAnd now come, I will send thee into Egypt. (35)This Moses whom they\ndenied, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him did God send as\na ruler and a redeemer by the hand[7:35] of the angel who appeared to\nhim in the bush. (36)He brought them out, working wonders and signs in\nthe land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty\nyears.\n\n(37)This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel: A Prophet\nwill God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto. (38)This is he\nwho was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke\nto him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the\nliving oracles to give to us; (39)to whom our fathers would not be\nobedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back\nagain into Egypt, (40)saying to Aaron: Make us gods who shall go\nbefore us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of\nEgypt, we know not what is become of him.\n\n(41)And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the\nidol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. (42)And God turned\naway, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written\nin the book of the prophets:\n\n    Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices,\n    Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?\n    (43)And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,\n    And the star of the god Remphan,\n    The figures which ye made to worship them;\n    And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.\n\n(44)Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness,\nas he who spoke to Moses commanded, that he should make it according\nto the pattern that he had seen; (45)which also our fathers received,\nand brought in with Joshua into the possession of the heathen, whom\nGod drove out before our fathers, unto the days of David; (46)who\nfound favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for\nthe God of Jacob. (47)But Solomon built a house for him. (48)Yet the\nMost High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet:\n\n    (49)Heaven is my throne,\n    And the earth is my footstool.\n    What house will ye build for me, saith the Lord;\n    Or what is my place of rest?\n    (50)Did not my hand make all these things?\n\n(51)Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always\nresist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye. (52)Which of\nthe prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who\nannounced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye\nhave now become the betrayers and murderers; (53)who received the law\nas the ordinances of angels, and kept it not.\n\n(54)Hearing these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and\ngnashed their teeth against him. (55)But, being full of the Holy\nSpirit, he looked intently into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and\nJesus standing on the right hand of God, and said: (56)Behold, I see\nthe heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of\nGod. (57)And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears,\nand rushed upon him with one accord; (58)and having cast him out of\nthe city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their garments\nat the feet of a young man named Saul, (59)and stoned Stephen, calling\nand saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (60)And kneeling down, he\ncried with a loud voice: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And\nsaying this, he fell asleep.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nAND Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day there arose a\ngreat persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all\nwere scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria,\nexcept the apostles. (2)And devout men carried Stephen to his burial,\nand made great lamentation over him. (3)But Saul laid waste the\nchurch, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women,\ncommitted them to prison.\n\n(4)They, therefore, that were scattered, went abroad, preaching the\nword. (5)And Philip went down to the city[8:5] of Samaria, and\npreached to them the Christ. (6)And the multitudes with one accord\ngave heed to the things said by Philip, when they heard, and saw the\nsigns which he wrought. (7)For out of many who had unclean spirits\nthey went forth, crying with loud voice; and many that were palsied,\nand that were lame, were healed. (8)And there was great joy in that\ncity.\n\n(9)But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using\nsorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some\ngreat one; (10)to whom all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,\nsaying: This man is the great power of God[8:10]. (11)And to him they\ngave heed, because for a long time they were bewitched by his\nsorceries. (12)But when they believed Philip publishing the good news\nconcerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were\nimmersed, both men and women. (13)And Simon also himself believed; and\nhaving been immersed, he continued with Philip, and wondered,\nbeholding the miracles and signs which were wrought.\n\n(14)And the apostles in Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria has received\nthe word of God, sent to them Peter and John; (15)who, having come\ndown, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;\n(16)for he had not yet fallen upon any of them; but they had only been\nimmersed in the name of the Lord Jesus. (17)Then they laid their hands\non them, and they received the Holy Spirit.\n\n(18)And Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles'\nhands the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money, (19)saying: Give\nme also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the\nHoly Spirit. (20)But Peter said to him: Thy money perish with thee;\nbecause thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money:\n(21)Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter[8:21]; for thy heart is\nnot right in the sight of God. (22)Repent therefore of this thy\nwickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart\nshall be forgiven thee. (23)For I perceive that thou art in the gall\nof bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.\n\n(24)And Simon answering, said: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none\nof the things which ye have spoken come upon me.\n\n(25)They, therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord,\nwere returning to Jerusalem, and publishing the good news to many\nvillages of the Samaritans. (26)But an angel of the Lord spoke to\nPhilip, saying: Arise, and go down to the south, to the way that goes\ndown from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert.\n\n(27)And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, an\nofficer of state of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all\nher treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, (28)was returning,\nand sitting in his chariot; and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.\n(29)And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to this\nchariot. (30)And Philip ran thither, and heard him reading Isaiah the\nprophet. And he said: Understandest thou then what thou art reading?\n(31)And he said: How could I, except some one should guide me? And he\nentreated Philip to come up, and sit with him.\n\n(32)And the contents of the Scripture which he was reading was this:\n\n    He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;\n    And as a lamb dumb before his shearer,\n    So he opens not his mouth.\n    (33)In his humiliation his judgment was taken away;\n    And his generation[8:33] who shall fully declare?\n    For his life is taken away from the earth.\n\n(34)And the eunuch answering said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom does\nthe prophet speak this? Of himself, or of some other man? (35)And\nPhilip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, made known\nto him the good news of Jesus. (36)And as they went along the way,\nthey came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water;\nwhat hinders that I should be immersed? (37)[8:37]And Philip said: If\nthou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And answering he said:\nI believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (38)And he commanded\nthat the chariot should stop. And they went down both into the water,\nboth Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him. (39)And when they\ncame up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip;\nand the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.\n(40)But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published\nthe good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nBUT Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the\ndisciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, (2)and asked of him\nletters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this\nway, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to\nJerusalem.\n\n(3)And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus. And suddenly there\nflashed around him a light from heaven; (4)and he fell to the earth,\nand heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?\n(5)And he said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus,\nwhom thou persecutest. (6)But arise, and go into the city, and it\nshall be told thee what thou must do.\n\n(7)And the men who journeyed with him were standing speechless,\nhearing the voice, but seeing no one. (8)And Saul arose from the\nearth; and his eyes being opened, he saw nothing; and leading him by\nthe hand, they brought him into Damascus. (9)And he was three days\nwithout sight, and neither ate nor drank.\n\n(10)And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and\nto him the Lord said, in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am\nhere, Lord. (11)And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the\nstreet which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for\none called Saul of Tarsus. For, behold, he prays; (12)and in a vision\nhe saw a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him,\nthat he might receive sight.\n\n(13)And Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many concerning this\nman, how great evils he did to thy saints at Jerusalem. (14)And here\nhe has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy\nname. (15)But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is to me a chosen\nvessel, to bear my name before Gentiles, and kings, and the sons of\nIsrael; (16)for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my\nname's sake. (17)And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and\nputting his hands on him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me,\nJesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, that thou mayest\nreceive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. (18)And immediately\nthere fell off from his eyes as it were scales; and he received sight,\nand arose, and was immersed; (19)and having taken food, he was\nstrengthened.\n\nAnd Saul was certain days with the disciples at Damascus. (20)And\nstraightway he preached Jesus, in the synagogues, that he is the Son\nof God. (21)And all that heard him were amazed, and said: Is not this\nhe who destroyed in Jerusalem those who call on this name? And he came\nhither for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief\npriests.\n\n(22)But Saul was more strengthened, and confounded the Jews who dwelt\nat Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.\n\n(23)And when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel to kill\nhim. (24)But their lying in wait became known to Saul. And they were\nwatching the gates day and night to kill him. (25)But the disciples\ntook him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in\na basket.\n\n(26)And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, attempted to join himself to\nthe disciples; and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a\ndisciple. (27)But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles,\nand related fully to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that he\nspoke to him, and how he preached boldly at Damascus in the name of\nJesus. (28)And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,\n(29)and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus; and was\nspeaking and disputing against the Grecian Jews; but they were\nattempting to slay him. (30)And the brethren, learning it, brought him\ndown to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.\n\n(31)The church therefore, throughout all Judaea and Galilee and\nSamaria, had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the\nLord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.\n\n(32)And it came to pass that Peter, going through them all, came down\nalso to the saints who dwelt at Lydda. (33)And there he found a\ncertain man named Aeneas, who had lain upon a pallet eight years, who\nwas palsied. (34)And Peter said to him: Aeneas, Jesus the Christ makes\nthee whole; arise, and make thy bed. And immediately he arose. (35)And\nall that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him; and they turned to the\nLord.\n\n(36)And there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which\ninterpreted is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works, and\nof alms, which she did. (37)And it came to pass in those days, that\nshe was sick, and died. And having washed her, they laid her in an\nupper chamber. (38)And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples,\nhaving heard that Peter was there, sent to him two men, entreating\nthat he would not delay to come to them.\n\n(39)And Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought\nhim into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping,\nand showing coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with\nthem. (40)But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed;\nand turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her\neyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up. (41)And he gave her his hand, and\nraised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her\nalive. (42)And it became known throughout all Joppa; and many believed\non the Lord.\n\n(43)And it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa, with one\nSimon, a tanner.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nTHERE was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of\nthe band called the Italian band; (2)devout, and one that feared God\nwith all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God\nalways. (3)He saw in a vision, distinctly, about the ninth hour of the\nday, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him: Cornelius!\n(4)And fixing his eyes on him, he was afraid, and said: What is it,\nLord? And he said to him: Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a\nmemorial before God. (5)And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,\nwho is surnamed Peter. (6)He lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose\nhouse is by the seaside.\n\n(7)And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius was gone, he called two\nof his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on\nhim; (8)and having told them all these things, he sent them to Joppa.\n\n(9)On the morrow, as they were journeying, and drawing near to the\ncity, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour.\n(10)And he became very hungry, and desired to eat. While they now were\nmaking ready, there fell upon him a trance; (11)and he beholds heaven\nopened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great sheet,\nbound by four corners, and let down upon the earth; (12)wherein were\nall the fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth, and birds\nof the air. (13)And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter; slay, and\neat. (14)But Peter said: Not so, Lord; for I never ate anything common\nor unclean. (15)And a voice came to him again, the second time: What\nGod cleansed, call not thou common. (16)This was done thrice; and the\nvessel was taken up again into heaven.\n\n(17)And while Peter was doubting in himself what the vision might be\nwhich he saw, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having\nmade inquiry for Simon's house, came and stood before the gate;\n(18)and calling they asked, whether Simon, who is surnamed Peter,\nlodges here.\n\n(19)While Peter was earnestly considering the vision, the Spirit said\nto him: Behold, men are seeking thee. (20)But arise, and go down, and\ngo with them, making no scruple; because I have sent them.\n\n(21)Peter went down to the men, and said: Behold, I am he whom ye\nseek. What is the cause for which ye are here? (22)And they said:\nCornelius, a centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of\ngood report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a\nholy angel to send for thee to his house; and to hear words from thee.\n\n(23)He called them in, therefore, and lodged them. And on the morrow\nPeter went forth with them, and certain brethren from Joppa went with\nhim. (24)And on the morrow after, they entered into Caesarea. And\nCornelius was expecting them, having called together his kinsmen and\nnear friends. (25)And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and\nfell down at his feet, and did reverence to him. (26)But Peter raised\nhim, saying: Stand up; I myself also am a man. (27)And while talking\nwith him, he went in, and found many that were come together. (28)And\nhe said to them: Ye know that it is unlawful[10:28] for a Jew to keep\ncompany with, or come to, one of another nation; but God showed me\nthat I should not call any man common or unclean. (29)Wherefore I also\ncame without delay, when sent for. I ask therefore for what reason did\nye send for me?\n\n(30)And Cornelius said: Four days ago I was fasting unto this hour,\nand at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and, behold, a man\nstood before me in bright clothing, (31)and said: Cornelius, thy\nprayer was heard, and thine alms were remembered before God. (32)Send\ntherefore to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he\nlodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea-side; who, when he\ncomes will speak to thee. (33)Immediately therefore I sent to thee;\nand thou didst well in coming hither. Now therefore we are all present\nbefore God, to hear all things that are commanded thee from the Lord.\n\n(34)And Peter opened his mouth, and said: Of a truth I perceive that\nGod is not a respecter of persons; (35)but in every nation he that\nfears him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to him. (36)The word\nwhich he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace\nthrough Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), (37)ye know; the thing which\nwas done throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the\nimmersion which John preached; Jesus of Nazareth, (38)how God anointed\nhim with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good,\nand healing all that were oppressed by the Devil; because God was with\nhim. (39)And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the\ncountry of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, hanging him on\na tree. (40)Him God raised on the third day, and showed him openly;\n(41)not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God,\nto us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. (42)And\nhe commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he\nwho has been appointed by God to be Judge of the living and dead.\n(43)To him all the prophets bear witness, that through his name every\none who believes on him shall receive remission of sins.\n\n(44)While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on\nall who heard the word. (45)And those of the circumcision who\nbelieved, as many as came with Peter, were astonished, that on the\nGentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. (46)For they\nheard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God.\n\nThen answered Peter: (47)Can any one forbid the water, that these\nshould not be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit even as we also?\n(48)And he commanded that they should be immersed in the name of the\nLord. Then they entreated him to remain certain days.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nAND the apostles, and the brethren throughout Judaea, heard that the\nGentiles also received the word of God. (2)And when Peter went up to\nJerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,\n(3)saying: Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with\nthem.\n\n(4)But Peter rehearsed the matter to them in order, from the\nbeginning, saying: (5)I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a\ntrance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet,\nlet down out of heaven by four corners; and it came even to me. (6)On\nwhich fixing my eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the\nearth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the air.\n(7)And I heard a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; slay and eat.\n(8)But I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean ever\nentered into my mouth. (9)But a voice answered me a second time out of\nheaven: What God cleansed, regard not thou as common. (10)And this was\ndone three times; and all were drawn up again into heaven.\n\n(11)And, behold, immediately there stood three men at the house where\nI was, having been sent to me from Caesarea. (12)And the Spirit bade\nme go with them, making no scruple. And these six brethren also went\nwith me, and we entered into the man's house. (13)And he told us how\nhe saw the angel in his house, standing and saying to him: Send to\nJoppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter; (14)who will speak to\nthee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, and all thy house.\n\n(15)And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as also on\nus at the beginning; (16)and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he\nsaid: John indeed immersed in water, but ye shall be immersed in the\nHoly Spirit. (17)If therefore God gave the like gift to them as to us,\nhaving believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who then was I, that I could\nwithstand God?\n\n(18)When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified\nGod, saying: So then, to the Gentiles also God gave repentance unto\nlife.\n\n(19)Now they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose\non account of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and\nAntioch, speaking the word to none but Jews. (20)But some of them were\nmen of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the\nGreeks, publishing the good news of the Lord Jesus. (21)And the hand\nof the Lord was with them; and a great number believed, and turned to\nthe Lord.\n\n(22)But the report concerning them came to the ears of the church\nwhich was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas, to go as far as\nAntioch. (23)Who having come, and seen the grace of God, rejoiced; and\nhe exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they should cleave to the\nLord. (24)For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of\nfaith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.\n\n(25)And Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to seek for Saul; (26)and having\nfound him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a\nwhole year they came together in the church, and taught a great\nmultitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.\n\n(27)And in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.\n(28)And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the\nSpirit that there should be a great dearth over all the world; which\ncame to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. (29)And the disciples,\naccording as any one was prospered, determined each of them to send\nrelief to the brethren dwelling in Judaea; (30)which also they did,\nsending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nAND about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to\noppress[12:1] certain of the church. (2)And he slew James the brother\nof John with the sword. (3)And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he\nproceeded further to take Peter also; (then were the days of\nunleavened bread;) (4)whom he also seized and put in prison,\ndelivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending\nafter the passover to bring him forth to the people.\n\n(5)Peter therefore was kept guarded in the prison; but earnest prayer\nwas made by the church to God on his behalf.\n\n(6)And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter\nwas sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and keepers\nbefore the door were guarding the prison. (7)And, behold, an angel of\nthe Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the prison; and he smote\nPeter on the side, and raised him, saying: Rise up quickly. And his\nchains fell from off his hands. (8)And the angel said to him: Gird\nthyself, and bind on thy sandals; and he did so. And he said to him:\nCast thy garment about thee, and follow me. (9)And he went out, and\nfollowed him; and knew not that what was done by the angel was true,\nbut thought he saw a vision.\n\n(10)And having passed the first and the second watch, they came to the\niron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them of its own\naccord; and they went out, and passed on through one street, and\nimmediately the angel departed from him.\n\n(11)And Peter, having come to himself, said: Now I know truly, that\nthe Lord sent forth his angel, and delivered me out of the hand of\nHerod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. (12)And\nbecoming fully conscious of it, he went to the house of Mary the\nmother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were gathered\ntogether, and praying.\n\n(13)And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maidservant came\nto hearken, named Rhoda.\n\n(14)And recognizing Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for\ngladness, but ran in, and told that Peter was standing before the\ngate. (15)And they said to her: Thou art mad. But she confidently\naffirmed that it was even so. And they said: It is his angel.\n\n(16)But Peter continued knocking; and opening the door they saw him,\nand were amazed. (17)And beckoning to them with the hand to be silent,\nhe related to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he\nsaid: Go tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And he\ndeparted, and went to another place.\n\n(18)And when it was day, there was no small commotion among the\nsoldiers, as to what was become of Peter. (19)And Herod, when he had\nsought for him, and found him not, after examining the keepers,\ncommanded that they should be led away to death. And he went down from\nJudaea to Caesarea, and there abode.\n\n(20)And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians.\nBut they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the\nking's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country\nwas nourished by that of the king.\n\n(21)And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his\nthrone, and made a speech to them. (22)And thereupon the people\nshouted: The voice of a god, and not of a man! (23)And immediately an\nangel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not glory to God; and he\nwas eaten by worms, and expired.\n\n(24)But the word of God grew and multiplied. (25)And Barnabas and Saul\nreturned from Jerusalem, having performed the service, taking with\nthem also John, who was surnamed Mark.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nAND there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and\nteachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the\nCyrenean, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and\nSaul.\n\n(2)And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy\nSpirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, unto the work to\nwhich I have called them. (3)Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid\ntheir hands on them, they sent them away.\n\n(4)They therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to\nSeleucia; and from thence they sailed away to Cyprus. (5)And having\ncome to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of\nthe Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.\n\n(6)And having gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain\nMagian, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus; (7)who was\nwith the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man.\nHe, having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of\nGod. (8)But Elymas the Magian (for so his name is interpreted),\nwithstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.\n\n(9)Then Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit,\nfixed his eyes on him, (10)and said: O full of all deceit and all\nwickedness, child of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou\nnot cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? (11)And now, behold,\nthe hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing\nthe sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and\ndarkness; and going about, he sought persons to lead him by the hand.\n\n(12)Then the proconsul, seeing what was done, believed, being\nastonished at the teaching of the Lord.\n\n(13)And Paul and his companions, having put to sea from Paphos, came\nto Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to\nJerusalem. (14)But they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch in\nPisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat\ndown. (15)And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the\nrulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Men, brethren, if ye\nhave any word of exhortation for the people, speak.\n\n(16)And Paul arose, and beckoning with the hand, said: Men of Israel,\nand ye that fear God, hearken. (17)The God of this people of Israel\nchose our fathers; and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the\nland of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it. (18)And\nabout the time of forty years he nourished them[13:18] in the\nwilderness. (19)And having destroyed seven nations in the land of\nCanaan, he gave them their land as a possession, (20)about four\nhundred and fifty years. And after that, he gave judges, until Samuel\nthe prophet. (21)And afterward they desired a king; and God gave them\nSaul the Son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.\n(22)And having removed him, he raised up for them David to be their\nking; to whom also he gave testimony, saying: I found David the son of\nJesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.\n\n(23)Of the seed of this man, God, according to promise, raised up to\nIsrael a Savior, Jesus; (24)John having first preached, before his\nentrance, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.\n(25)Now as John was finishing his course, he said: Whom do ye suppose\nme to be? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, the\nsandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.\n\n(26)Men, brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and whoever among\nyou fears God, to you the word of this salvation was sent forth.\n(27)For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing\nhim, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day,\nfulfilled them in condemning him. (28)And though they found no cause\nof death, they demanded of Pilate that he should be slain. (29)And\nwhen they had fulfilled all the things written of him, they took him\ndown from the tree, and laid him in a tomb. (30)But God raised him\nfrom the dead. (31)And he was seen for many days by those who came up\nwith him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the\npeople. (32)And we declare to you glad tidings of the promise made to\nthe fathers, (33)that God has fulfilled this to us their children, in\nraising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm[13:33]:\n\n    Thou art my Son;\n    I this day have begotten thee.\n\n(34)And that he raised him up from the dead to return no more to\ncorruption, he has thus spoken: I will give to you the holy, the sure\npromises of David. (35)Wherefore also in another psalm he says: Thou\nwilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. (36)For David, having\nserved his own generation according to the purpose of God, fell\nasleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption. (37)But he,\nwhom God raised, saw not corruption.\n\n(38)Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that remission of\nsins through this man is announced to you; (39)and by him all that\nbelieve are justified from all things, from which ye were not able to\nbe justified by the law of Moses.\n\n(40)Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the\nprophets:\n\n    (41)Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish;\n    Because I work a work in your days,\n    A work which ye will not believe,\n    Though one should fully declare it to you.\n\n(42)And as they were going out, they besought that these words might\nbe spoken to them on the next sabbath. (43)And when the congregation\nwas broken up, many of the Jews and of the proselyte worshipers\nfollowed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to\ncontinue in the grace of God.\n\n(44)And on the next sabbath day, almost the whole city came together\nto hear the word of God. (45)But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were\nfilled with indignation, and spoke against the things said by Paul,\ncontradicting and blaspheming.\n\n(46)Then Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly, and said: It was necessary\nthat the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since ye\nthrust it from you, and judge yourselves not worthy of the eternal\nlife, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. (47)For so has the Lord commanded\nus:\n\n    I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,\n    That thou shouldst be for salvation to the end of the earth.\n\n(48)And the Gentiles hearing it rejoiced, and glorified the word of\nthe Lord; and as many as were appointed unto eternal life believed.\n(49)And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the\nregion.\n\n(50)But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the\nchief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and\nBarnabas, and drove them out from their borders. (51)And they, having\nshaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.\n(52)And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nAND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went together into the\nsynagogue of the Jews, and so spoke, that a great multitude both of\nJews and Greeks believed. (2)But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up\nand embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren. (3)They\nspent a long time, therefore, speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave\ntestimony to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be\ndone by their hands.\n\n(4)But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the\nJews, and part with the apostles. (5)And when a movement was made,\nboth of the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone\nthem, (6)they, being aware of it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia,\nLystra and Derbe, and the region around; (7)and there they were\npublishing the good news.\n\n(8)And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being\nlame from his mother's womb, who never walked. (9)This man was\nlistening to Paul as he spoke; who, fixing his eyes on him, and\nperceiving that he had faith to be healed, (10)said with a loud voice:\nStand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up, and walked.\n\n(11)And the multitudes, seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voices,\nsaying in the speech of Lycaonia: The gods are come down to us in the\nlikeness of men. (12)And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul,\nMercury, because he was the chief speaker. (13)And the priest of\nJupiter, that was before the city, having brought oxen and garlands to\nthe gates, would have offered sacrifice with the people. (14)But the\napostles, Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rent their clothes, and\nrushed forth to the multitude; crying out, (15)and saying: Sirs, why\ndo ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, bringing\nyou glad tidings, that ye should turn from these vanities to the\nliving God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things\nthat are therein; (16)who, in the ages past, suffered all nations to\nwalk in their own ways; (17)although he left not himself without\nwitness, in that he did good, giving you rain from heaven, and\nfruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.\n\n(18)And with these sayings they hardly restrained the people from\nsacrificing to them.\n\n(19)But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and having\npersuaded the people, and stoned Paul, they drew him out of the city,\nsupposing that he was dead. (20)But the disciples having gathered\naround him, he rose up, and came into the city; and on the morrow he\ndeparted with Barnabas to Derbe. (21)And having published the good\nnews to that city, and made many disciples, they turned back to\nLystra, and Iconium, and Antioch; (22)confirming the souls of the\ndisciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must\nthrough much affliction enter into the kingdom of God.\n\n(23)And having appointed for them elders in every church, they\ncommended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they\nbelieved. (24)And after passing through Pisidia, they came to\nPamphylia. (25)And having spoken the word in Perga, they went down to\nAttalia; (26)and thence they sailed away to Antioch, from whence they\nhad been commended to the grace of God for the work which they\naccomplished.\n\n(27)And having come, and gathered the church together, they reported\nhow great things God wrought with them, and that he opened to the\nGentiles a door of faith. (28)And they spent no little time with the\ndisciples.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nAND certain men, coming down from Judaea, taught the brethren: Except\nye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye can not be saved.\n(2)Paul and Barnabas having therefore had no little dissension and\ndiscussion with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and\ncertain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and\nelders, about this question.\n\n(3)They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed\nthrough Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the\nGentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren. (4)And having\ncome to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the\napostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought\nwith them. (5)But there arose some of those from the sect of the\nPharisees who believed, saying: It is necessary to circumcise them,\nand to command them to keep the law of Moses.\n\n(6)And the apostles and the elders came together to consider this\nmatter. (7)And when there had been much discussion, Peter arose, and\nsaid to them: Men, brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made\nchoice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of\nthe glad tidings and believe. (8)And God who knows the heart bore them\nwitness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, as also to us; (9)and made no\ndifference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.\n\n(10)Now therefore why do ye tempt God, by putting a yoke upon the neck\nof the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?\n(11)But, through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe that we shall\nbe saved, in the same manner as they also.\n\n(12)And all the multitude became silent, and listened to Barnabas and\nPaul, narrating how great signs and wonders God wrought among the\nGentiles through them.\n\n(13)And after they were silent, James answered, saying: Men, brethren,\nhearken to me. (14)Simeon narrated how at first God visited the\nGentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. (15)And with this\nagree the words of the prophets; as it is written:\n\n    (16)After this I will return,\n    And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down;\n    And I will rebuild the ruins thereof, and will set it up again;\n    (17)that the rest of men may seek after the Lord,\n    And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name has been called,\n    Saith the Lord, who does these things[15:17].\n\n(18)Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.\n\n(19)Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not those who from among\nthe Gentiles are turning to God; (20)but that we write to them, that\nthey abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from\nwhat is strangled, and from blood. (21)For Moses of old time has in\nevery city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every\nsabbath.\n\n(22)Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, resolved,\nhaving chosen men from themselves, to send them to Antioch with Paul\nand Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men\namong the brethren. (23)And they wrote by them thus:\n\nThe apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from the\nGentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:\n(24)Forasmuch as we heard, that some who went out from us troubled you\nwith words, subverting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised\nand keep the law[15:24], to whom we gave no commandment; (25)it seemed\ngood to us, having become of one mind, to choose men and send them to\nyou, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, (26)men who have hazarded\ntheir lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(27)We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who will themselves also\nby word tell you the same things. (28)For it seemed good to the Holy\nSpirit, and to us, to lay upon you no further burden except these\nnecessary things; (29)that ye abstain from things offered to idols,\nand from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; from\nwhich if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Farewell.\n\n(30)They therefore, being dismissed, came to Antioch; and assembling\nthe multitude they delivered the letter. (31)And having read it, they\nrejoiced for the consolation. (32)And Judas and Silas, also themselves\nbeing prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed\nthem.\n\n(33)And having remained a while, they were dismissed with peace from\nthe brethren to the apostles. (34)But it pleased Silas to abide there\nstill[15:34]. (35)Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch,\nteaching and publishing the glad tidings of the word of the Lord, with\nmany others also.\n\n(36)And some days after, Paul said to Barnabas: Let us return now, and\nvisit the brethren in every city where we preached the word of the\nLord, and see how they do. (37)And Barnabas determined to take with\nthem John, who was surnamed Mark. (38)But Paul thought it proper not\nto take with them him who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went\nnot with them to the work. (39)And there arose a sharp contention, so\nthat they parted one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark, and\nsailed to Cyprus. (40)And Paul, having chosen Silas, went forth, being\ncommended by the brethren to the grace of God. (41)And he went through\nSyria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nAND he came down to Derbe and Lystra. And, behold, a certain disciple\nwas there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but\nwhose father was a Greek; (2)who was well reported of by the brethren\nin Lystra and Iconium. (3)Him Paul wished to go forth with him, and\ntook and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those\nplaces; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.\n\n(4)And as they journeyed through the cities, they delivered to them\nthe decrees to keep, that were ordained by the apostles and elders who\nwere in Jerusalem. (5)The churches, therefore, were established in the\nfaith, and increased in number daily.\n\n(6)And having gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, and\nbeing forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, (7)they\ncame to Mysia, and attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of\nJesus did not permit them. (8)And passing by Mysia, they came down to\nTroas.\n\n(9)And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man, a\nMacedonian, beseeching him, and saying: Come over into Macedonia and\nhelp us. (10)And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to\ngo into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish\nthe good news to them. (11)Therefore setting sail from Troas, we ran\nwith a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to\nNeapolis; (12)and from thence to Philippi, which is a chief city of\nthat part of Macedonia, a colony. And we continued in that city\ncertain days.\n\n(13)And on the sabbath, we went forth out of the gate by a river side,\nwhere was wont to be a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to\nthe women who came together.\n\n(14)And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city\nof Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening; whose heart the Lord\nopened to attend to the things spoken by Paul. (15)And when she was\nimmersed and her household, she besought us, saying: If ye have judged\nme to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide. And\nshe constrained us.\n\n(16)And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, a\ncertain bondmaid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her\nmasters much gain by soothsaying. (17)She, having followed Paul and\nus, cried, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God,\nwho announce to us the way of salvation.\n\n(18)And this she did many days. But Paul, being indignant[16:18],\nturned and said to the spirit: I command thee in the name of Jesus\nChrist to come out from her. And he came out the same hour.\n\n(19)And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain departed, laid\nhold of Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place before the\nrulers. (20)And having brought them to the magistrates, they said:\nThese men, being Jews, greatly disturb our city; (21)and teach\ncustoms, which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe,\nbeing Romans.\n\n(22)And the multitude rose up together against them; and the\nmagistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them with\nrods. (23)And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into\nprison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; (24)who, having\nreceived such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made\ntheir feet fast in the stocks.\n\n(25)And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God;\nand the prisoners listened to them. (26)And suddenly there was a great\nearthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and\nimmediately all the doors were opened, and the chains of all were\nloosed. (27)And the jailer, awaking out of sleep, and seeing the\nprison doors open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself,\nsupposing that the prisoners had fled. (28)But Paul cried with a loud\nvoice, saying: Do thyself no harm; for we are all here. (29)And\ncalling for lights, he sprang in, and trembling fell down before Paul\nand Silas; (30)and having brought them out, he said: Sirs, what must I\ndo to be saved? (31)And they said: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,\nand thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (32)And they spoke to him the\nword of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.\n\n(33)And taking them along, the same hour of the night, he washed their\nstripes; and was immersed, himself and all his, immediately. (34)And\nhaving brought them up into his house, he set food before them, and\nrejoiced, with all his house, believing in God.\n\n(35)And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying:\nLet those men go. (36)And the keeper of the prison reported these\nwords to Paul: The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore\ndepart, and go in peace.\n\n(37)But Paul said to them: They beat us openly, uncondemned, being\nRomans, and cast us into prison; and now do they send us forth\nsecretly? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.\n\n(38)And the sergeants reported these words to the magistrates; and\nthey were afraid, when they heard that they were Romans. (39)And they\ncame and besought them, and bringing them out, entreated them to\ndepart out of the city.\n\n(40)And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of\nLydia; and seeing the brethren they exhorted them, and departed.\n\n\n\nXVII.\n\nAND passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to\nThessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews. (2)And Paul, as his\ncustom was, went in to them, and for three sabbaths reasoned with them\nfrom the Scriptures, (3)opening them, and setting forth that the\nChrist must suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this is the\nChrist, Jesus whom I preach to you. (4)And some of them believed, and\njoined themselves to[17:4] Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a\ngreat multitude, and of the chief women not a few.\n\n(5)But the Jews, moved with envy[17:5], having taken to them, of the\nidlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a\ncrowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason,\nthey sought to bring them unto the people. (6)And not finding them,\nthey dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city,\ncrying: These that have turned the world upside down are come hither\nalso. (7)Whom Jason has received; and all these are acting contrary to\nthe decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.\n\n(8)And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they\nheard these things. (9)And having taken security of Jason, and of the\nothers, they let them go.\n\n(10)And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to\nBeroea; who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.\n(11)These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they\nreceived the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures\ndaily whether these things were so.\n\n(12)Many of them therefore believed; and of honorable Grecian women\nand men, not a few. (13)But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that\nalso at Beroea the word of God was preached by Paul, they came,\nstirring up the people there also. (14)And then immediately the\nbrethren sent away Paul to journey as upon the sea; but Silas and\nTimothy abode there still. (15)And they who conducted Paul brought him\nto Athens; and having received a command to Silas and Timothy to come\nto him as soon as possible, they departed.\n\n(16)Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was\nstirred in him, when he saw the city full of idols. (17)Therefore he\nreasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in\nthe market daily with those who met with him. (18)And certain\nphilosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, were disputing with\nhim. And some said: What would this babbler say? and others: He seems\nto be a proclaimer of foreign gods; because he made known to them the\ngood news of Jesus and the resurrection. (19)And taking hold of him,\nthey brought him upon Mars' Hill, saying: May we know what this new\ndoctrine is, of which thou speakest? (20)For thou bringest certain\nstrange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things\nmean. (21)Now all Athenians, and the strangers residing there, spent\ntheir leisure for nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.\n\n(22)And Paul, standing in the midst of Mars' Hill, said: Men of\nAthens, in all things I perceive that ye are very devout. (23)For as I\npassed by, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar\nwith this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore, not knowing,\nye worship, him I announce to you. (24)The God who made the world and\nall things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in\ntemples made with hands; (25)nor is ministered to by human hands, as\nif needing anything more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and\nall things. (26)And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell\non all the face of the earth, having fixed the appointed seasons and\nbounds of their habitation; (27)that they should seek the Lord, if\nhaply they might feel after him, and find him, although he is not far\nfrom every one of us; (28)for in him we live, and move, and have our\nbeing; as also some of your own poets have said: For his offspring\nalso are we. (29)Being therefore God's offspring, we ought not to\nthink that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by\nart and man's device. (30)The times of ignorance therefore God\noverlooked; but now, commands all men everywhere to repent.\n(31)Because he fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in\nrighteousness, by the man whom he appointed, having given assurance to\nall by raising him from the dead.\n\n(32)And when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some mocked;\nand others said: We will hear thee again of this matter. (33)And thus\nPaul departed from among them.\n\n(34)But certain ones, joining themselves to him, believed; among whom\nwas also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and\nothers with them.\n\n\n\nXVIII.\n\nAFTER these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.\n(2)And finding a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately\ncome from Italy, and Priscilla his wife (because Claudius had\ncommanded all the Jews to depart from Rome), he came to them; (3)and\nbecause he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and labored; for\nby their occupation they were tentmakers. (4)And he reasoned in the\nsynagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.\n\n(5)And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was\nengrossed with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the\nChrist. (6)But they opposing themselves and blaspheming, he shook out\nhis garments and said to them: Your blood be upon your own head; I am\nclean; from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.\n\n(7)And departing thence he entered into a certain man's house, named\nJustus, one who worshiped God, whose house was adjoining the\nsynagogue. (8)And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the\nLord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed,\nand were immersed.\n\n(9)And the Lord said to Paul, through a vision in the night: Be not\nafraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace; (10)for I am with thee, and\nno one shall assail thee to hurt thee; for I have much people in this\ncity. (11)And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the\nword of God among them.\n\n(12)And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one\naccord against Paul, and brought him before the judgment-seat,\n(13)saying: This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.\n\n(14)And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews:\nIf it were some injustice, or wicked misdeed, O Jews, with reason I\nwould have borne with you. (15)But if it is a question about a word,\nand names, and your own law look to it yourselves; I will not be a\njudge of these things (16)And he drove them away from the\njudgment-seat.\n\n(17)But having all seized upon Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue,\nthey beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of\nthese things.\n\n(18)And Paul having remained yet many days, took leave of the\nbrethren, and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and\nAquila; having shaven his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow. (19)And\nthey came to Ephesus, and he left them there but entering himself into\nthe synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews. (20)And they desiring him to\nremain a longer time with them, he consented not; (21)but took leave\nof them, saying: [18:21][I must by all means keep the coming feast at\nJerusalem; but] I will return again to you, if God will. And he sailed\nfrom Ephesus. (22)And having landed at Caesarea, and gone up and\nsaluted the church, he went down to Antioch. (23)And after he had\nspent some time there, he departed, going through the country of\nGalatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.\n\n(24)And a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an\neloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. (25)This\nman was instructed in the way of the Lord and being fervent in spirit,\nhe spoke and taught correctly the things concerning Jesus, knowing\nonly the immersion of John. (26)And he began to speak boldly in the\nsynagogue. But Aquila and Priscilla, having heard him, took him to\nthem, and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly. (27)And he\nwishing to pass through into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the\ndisciples to receive him; who, when he was come, contributed much to\nthose who had believed through grace. (28)For he powerfully confuted\nthe Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the\nChrist.\n\n\n\nXIX.\n\nAND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having\npassed through the upper districts came to Ephesus. And finding\ncertain disciples, (2)he said to them: Did ye receive the Holy Spirit\nwhen ye believed? And they said to him: Nay, we did not even hear\nwhether there is a Holy Spirit. (3)And he said to them: Unto what then\nwere ye immersed? And they said: Unto John's immersion. (4)Then said\nPaul: John indeed immersed with the immersion of repentance; saying to\nthe people, that they should believe on him who should come after him,\nthat is, on Jesus. (5)And when they heard this, they were immersed in\nthe name of the Lord Jesus. (6)And Paul having laid his hands upon\nthem, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and\nprophesied. (7)And all the men were about twelve.\n\n(8)And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for three months,\nreasoning and persuading them of the things concerning the kingdom of\nGod. (9)But when some were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil\nof the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated\nthe disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. (10)And this\ncontinued for two years; so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word\nof the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. (11)And God wrought special\nmiracles by the hands of Paul; (12)so that also there were carried\nfrom his body to the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases\ndeparted from them, and the evil spirits went out from them.\n\n(13)Then some of the wandering Jewish exorcists took upon them to\nname, over those who had the evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus,\nsaying: I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches. (14)And there\nwere seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.\n(15)And the evil spirit answering said: Jesus I know, and Paul I well\nknow; but who are ye? (16)And the man in whom the evil spirit was\nleaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against both, so that\nthey fled out of that house naked and wounded. (17)And this became\nknown to all, both Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus; and fear\nfell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\n(18)And many of the believers came, confessing, and declaring their\ndeeds. (19)Many of those also who practiced curious arts brought\ntogether the books, and burned them before all; and they counted the\nprice of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. (20)So\nmightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n\n(21)When these things were ended, Paul purposed to go to Jerusalem,\npassing through Macedonia and Achaia; saying: After I have been there,\nI must also see Rome. (22)And having sent into Macedonia two of those\nwho ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia\nfor a season.\n\n(23)And about that time, there arose no small tumult concerning the\nWay. (24)For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made\nsilver shrines of Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen;\n(25)whom he called together, with the workmen of like occupation, and\nsaid: Sirs, ye well know that by this craft we have our wealth.\n(26)Moreover ye see and hear, that this Paul has persuaded and turned\naside much people, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying\nthat they are not gods, which are made with hands. (27)And there is\ndanger to us, not only that this branch of business will come into\ndisrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be\naccounted nothing, and her magnificence will be destroyed, whom all\nAsia and the world worship.\n\n(28)And hearing it, they became full of wrath, and continued crying\nout, saying: Great is Diana of the Ephesians. (29)And the whole city\nwas filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the\ntheatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's\ncompanions in travel. (30)And Paul wishing to enter in unto the\npeople, the disciples suffered him not. (31)And some also of the\nchiefs of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, entreating him not to\nadventure himself into the theatre.\n\n(32)Some therefore were crying one thing, and some another; for the\nassembly was confused, and the greater part knew not wherefore they\nhad come together. (33)And they brought forward Alexander out of the\nmultitude, the Jews thrusting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with\nthe hand, desiring to make his defense to the people. (34)But when\nthey knew that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all, crying about\ntwo hours: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.\n\n(35)And the town-clerk, having quieted the people, said: Men of\nEphesus, what human being is there, who knows not that the city of the\nEphesians is keeper of the great Diana, and of the image which fell\ndown from Jupiter? (36)These things being therefore undeniable, ye\nought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. (37)For ye brought hither\nthese men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your\ngoddess. (38)If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen with him, have\na matter against any man, the law is open[19:38], and there are\nproconsuls; let them implead one another. (39)But if ye make any\ndemand concerning other matters, it shall be determined in the lawful\nassembly. (40)For we are in danger of being called in question for\nthis day's riot, there being no cause whereby we may give an account\nof this concourse. (41)And having thus spoken, he dismissed the\nassembly.\n\n\n\nXX.\n\nAND after the tumult ceased, Paul called to him the disciples, and\nhaving embraced them, departed to go into Macedonia. (2)And having\ngone through those regions, and given them much exhortation, he came\ninto Greece. (3)And after he had stayed three months, a plot being\nlaid for him by the Jews, as he was about sailing to Syria, it was\nresolved that he should return through Macedonia. (4)And there\naccompanied him unto Asia, Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, a Beroean; and of\nthe Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and\nTimothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. (5)These, having gone\nforward, were waiting for us at Troas. (6)But we sailed forth from\nPhilippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to\nTroas in five days; where we abode seven days.\n\n(7)And on the first day of the week, we having come together to break\nbread, Paul discoursed to them (being about to depart on the morrow),\nand continued the discourse until midnight. (8)Now there were many\nlights in the upper room, where we were assembled. (9)And there sat on\nthe window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a\ndeep sleep; and as Paul was long discoursing, he sunk down with sleep,\nand fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. (10)And Paul\nwent down, and fell on him, and embracing him said: Do not lament, for\nhis life is in him. (11)And having come up again, and broken the\nbread, and eaten, he talked a long while even till break of day, and\nso departed. (12)And they brought the young man living, and were not a\nlittle comforted.\n\n(13)And we, going forward to the ship, embarked for Assos, intending\nthere to take in Paul; for so he had appointed, intending himself to\ngo on foot. (14)And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and\ncame to Mitylene. (15)And sailing thence, we came the following day\nover against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos; and having\ntarried at Trogyllium, we came the next day to Miletus. (16)For Paul\nhad determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not spend time in\nAsia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at\nJerusalem on the day of Pentecost.\n\n(17)And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the\nchurch. (18)And when they were come to him, he said to them: Ye know,\nfrom the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have\nbeen with you the whole time; (19)serving the Lord with all lowliness\nof mind, and with tears, and trials which befell me by the plottings\nof the Jews; (20)how I kept back nothing that was profitable, that I\nshould not announce it to you, and teach you, publicly and from house\nto house; (21)testifying, to both Jews and Greeks, repentance toward\nGod, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(22)And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not\nknowing the things that shall befall me there; (23)save that the Holy\nSpirit witnesses to me in every city, saying that bonds and\nafflictions await me. (24)But none of these things move me, neither do\nI count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with\njoy[20:24], and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to\ntestify the good news of the grace of God.\n\n(25)And now, behold, I know that all ye, among whom I went about\npreaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. (26)Wherefore\nI testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all;\n(27)for I shunned not to declare to you the whole counsel of God.\n\n(28)Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which\nthe Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the\nLord[20:28], which he purchased with his own blood. (29)For I know\nthis, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you,\nnot sparing the flock. (30)And from among yourselves will men arise,\nspeaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.\n(31)Therefore watch, remembering that for the space of three years,\nnight and day, I ceased not to warn every one with tears.\n\n(32)And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his\ngrace, who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance\namong all the sanctified. (33)I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or\napparel. (34)Ye yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my\nnecessities, and to those who were with me. (35)In all ways I showed\nyou that, so laboring, ye ought to assist the weak, and to remember\nthe words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said: It is more blessed\nto give than to receive.\n\n(36)And having thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.\n(37)And they all wept sorely, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him;\n(38)sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they\nshould behold his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.\n\n\n\nXXI.\n\nAND it came to pass, that after we had torn ourselves from them, and\nhad put to sea, we came with a straight course to Coos, and the day\nfollowing to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara. (2)And finding a ship\ncrossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and put to sea. (3)And\nbringing Cyprus in sight, and leaving it on the left hand, we sailed\nto Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unlade her\nburden. (4)And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven\ndays; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to\nJerusalem.\n\n(5)And when we had completed the days, we departed and went our way;\nthey all accompanying us, with wives and children, till we were out of\nthe city; and we kneeled down on the beach, and prayed. (6)And having\nembraced one another, we went on board the ship; and they returned to\ntheir homes.\n\n(7)And we, completing the voyage, came down from Tyre to Ptolemais;\nand having embraced the brethren, we remained with them one day.\n(8)And on the morrow we departed, and came to Caesarea; and entering\ninto the house of Philip the evangelist, being one of the Seven, we\nabode with him. (9)And this man had four daughters, virgins, who\nprophesied.\n\n(10)And while we were remaining several days, there came down from\nJudaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. (11)And coming to us, he took\noff Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus\nsays the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man,\nwhose this girdle is, and will deliver him into the hands of the\nGentiles. (12)And when we heard these things, both we, and they of\nthat place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. (13)Then answered\nPaul: What mean ye, to weep and to break my heart? For I am ready not\nonly to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the\nLord Jesus. (14)And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying:\nThe will of the Lord be done.\n\n(15)And after those days, having packed up our baggage, we went up to\nJerusalem. (16)There went with us also some of the disciples from\nCaesarea, bringing us to Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom\nwe should lodge.\n\n(17)And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us\ngladly. (18)And on the following day, Paul went in with us to James;\nand all the elders were present. (19)And having embraced them, he\nrecounted particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles\nthrough his ministry.\n\n(20)And they, hearing it, glorified the Lord. And they said to him:\nThou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe;\nand they are all zealots for the law. (21)And they were informed\nconcerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the\nGentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they should not circumcise\ntheir children, nor walk after the customs. (22)What is it therefore?\nA multitude must surely come together; for they will hear that thou\nhast come. (23)Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men\nwho have a vow on them; (24)these take with thee, and purify thyself\nwith them, and bear the charges for them, that they may shave their\nheads; and all will know that those things, of which they have been\ninformed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thyself also\nwalkest orderly, keeping the law. (25)But concerning the Gentiles who\nhave believed, we wrote to them, deciding that they should observe no\nsuch thing, except that they keep themselves from things offered to\nidols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from\nfornication.\n\n(26)Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having purified himself\nwith them, entered into the temple, announcing the completion of the\ndays of the purification, until the offering was brought for each one\nof them.\n\n(27)And as the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from\nAsia, having observed him in the temple, stirred up all the people,\nand laid hands on him, (28)crying out: Men of Israel, help. This is\nthe man who teaches all, everywhere, against the people, and the law,\nand this place; and further also, he brought Greeks into the temple,\nand has polluted this holy place. (29)For they had before seen with\nhim in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul\nbrought into the temple. (30)And all the city was moved, and the\npeople ran together; and laying hold of Paul, they dragged him out of\nthe temple; and forthwith the doors were shut.\n\n(31)And while they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the\nchief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar;\n(32)who immediately took with him soldiers and centurions, and ran\ndown to them; and they, seeing the chief captain and the soldiers,\nleft off beating Paul. (33)Then the chief captain came near, and took\nhold of him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and\ninquired who he was, and what he had done. (34)And some cried one\nthing, some another, among the multitude; and not being able to know\nthe certainty on account of the tumult, he commanded him to be led\ninto the castle. (35)And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that\nhe was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the people.\n(36)For the multitude of the people followed after, crying: Away with\nhim.\n\n(37)And as he was about to be led into the castle, Paul says to the\nchief captain: May I speak to thee? And he said: Canst thou speak\nGreek? (38)Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days made\nan uproar, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of\nthe assassins? (39)And Paul said: I am a Jew of Tarsus, a citizen of\nno obscure city of Cilicia; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to\nthe people.\n\n(40)And he having given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs,\nbeckoned with the hand to the people. And a great silence ensuing, he\nspoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:\n\n\n\nXXII.\n\nBRETHREN, and fathers, hear my defense, which I now make to you.\n(2)And hearing that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept\nthe more silence. (3)And he says: I am a Jew, born indeed in Tarsus of\nCilicia, but brought up in this city, taught at the feet of Gamaliel,\naccording to the strictness of the law of the fathers, being zealous\nfor God, as ye all are this day. (4)And I persecuted this Way unto\ndeath, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. (5)As\nalso the high priest bears me witness, and all the eldership; from\nwhom, moreover, I received letters to the brethren, and was journeying\nto Damascus, to bring also those who were there bound to Jerusalem,\nthat they might be punished.\n\n(6)And it came to pass, that as I journeyed, and came near to\nDamascus, about midday, there suddenly flashed around me a great light\nout of heaven. (7)And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying\nto me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? (8)And I answered: Who art\nthou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou\npersecutest. (9)And they who were with me beheld indeed the light, and\nwere afraid; but the voice of him who spoke to me they heard\nnot[22:9]. (10)And I said: What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to\nme: Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee\nconcerning all things which it is appointed thee to do.\n\n(11)And as I could not see, for the glory of that light, being led by\nthe hand by those who were with me, I came into Damascus. (12)And one\nAnanias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report from\nall the Jews who dwelt there, (13)came to me, and standing by me said\nto me: Brother Saul, receive sight. And I, in that very hour, looked\nup upon him. (14)And he said: The God of our fathers appointed thee to\nknow his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice out of his\nmouth. (15)For thou shalt be a witness for him to all men, of what\nthou hast seen, and didst hear. (16)And now why tarriest thou? Arise,\nbe immersed and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.\n\n(17)And it came to pass, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I\nwas praying in the temple, that I was in a trance, (18)and saw him\nsaying to me: Make haste, and go forth quickly out of Jerusalem; for\nthey will not receive thy testimony concerning me. (19)And I said:\nLord, they well know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue\nthose who believe on thee; (20)and when the blood of thy witness\nStephen was shed, then I myself was standing by, and consenting, and\nkeeping the garments of those who slew him. (21)And he said to me:\nDepart; for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.\n\n(22)And they heard him unto this word, and then lifted up their\nvoices, and said: Away with such a one from the earth; for it was not\nfit that he should live. (23)And as they were crying out, and throwing\nup their garments, and casting dust into the air, (24)the chief\ncaptain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he\nshould be examined by scourging; that he might know for what charge\nthey were thus crying out against him.\n\n(25)And as they stretched him forth with the thongs[22:25], Paul said\nto the centurion who stood by: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man\nthat is a Roman, and uncondemned? (26)The centurion, hearing it, he\nwent and told the chief captain, saying: What art thou about to do?\nFor this man is a Roman. (27)And the chief captain came, and said to\nhim: Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said: Yes. (28)And the chief\ncaptain answered: For a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul\nsaid: But I was born free.\n\n(29)Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who were about to\nexamine him; and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that\nhe was a Roman, and because he had bound him.\n\n(30)On the morrow, wishing to know the certainty, wherefore he was\naccused by the Jews, he released him, and commanded the chief priests\nand all the council to come together; and he brought Paul down, and\nset him before them.\n\n\n\nXXIII.\n\nAND Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said: Men, brethren, I have\nlived in all good conscience before God unto this day.\n\n(2)And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to\nsmite him on the mouth.\n\n(3)Then Paul said to him: God will smite thee, thou whited wall. And\ndost thou sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be\nsmitten contrary to law?\n\n(4)And they that stood by said: Revilest thou God's high priest?\n\n(5)And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is high priest; for it\nis written: Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.\n\n(6)And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees, and the other\nPharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee,\nthe son of a Pharisee; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I\nam now judged.\n\n(7)And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the\nPharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided. (8)For\nSadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit;\nbut Pharisees acknowledge both.\n\n(9)And there arose a great clamor; and the scribes of the party of the\nPharisees arose, and contended, saying: We find no evil in this man;\nbut if a spirit spoke to him, or an angel?--\n\n(10)And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing lest\nPaul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiery to go\ndown, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into\nthe castle.\n\n(11)And the night following, the Lord stood by him, and said: Be of\ngood courage; for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me\nat Jerusalem, so must thou testify also at Rome.\n\n(12)And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound\nthemselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink\ntill they had killed Paul. (13)And they were more than forty who made\nthis conspiracy. (14)And they came to the chief priests and the\nelders, and said: We bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste\nnothing until we have slain Paul.\n\n(15)Now therefore do ye, with the council, signify to the chief\ncaptain that he bring him down to you, as though ye would ascertain\nmore exactly the matters concerning him; and we, before he comes near,\nare ready to kill him.\n\n(16)And the son of Paul's sister, hearing of their lying in wait, went\nand entered into the castle, and told Paul. (17)Then Paul called one\nof the centurions to him, and said: Bring this young man to the chief\ncaptain; for he has something to tell him. (18)So he took him, and\nbrought him to the chief captain, and said: Paul, the prisoner, called\nme to him, and asked me to bring this young man to thee, as he has\nsomething to say to thee.\n\n(19)Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went aside\nprivately, and asked: What is that thou hast to tell me? (20)And he\nsaid: The Jews agreed to desire thee, that thou wouldst bring down\nPaul to-morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat\nmore exactly concerning him. (21)But do not thou yield to them; for of\nthem more than forty men are lying in wait for him, who bound\nthemselves with an oath, neither to eat nor to drink till they have\nkilled him; and now they are ready, looking for the promise from thee.\n(22)The chief captain therefore dismissed the young man, having\ncharged him to say to no one, that thou didst show these things to me.\n(23)And calling to him two or three of the centurions, he said: Make\nready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen,\ntwo hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night; (24)and let them\nprovide beasts, that they may set Paul thereon, and bring him safe to\nFelix the governor.\n\n(25)And he wrote a letter after this manner: (26)Claudius Lysias to\nthe most excellent governor Felix, sends greeting. (27)This man was\ntaken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them; but I came upon\nthem with the soldiery, and rescued him, having learned that he is a\nRoman. (28)And wishing to know the crime for which they were accusing\nhim, I brought him down into their council; (29)whom I found to be\naccused concerning questions of their law, but having nothing laid to\nhis charge worthy of death or of bonds. (30)And being informed that a\nplot was about to be laid against the man, I sent straightway to thee,\nhaving also commanded the accusers to say before thee what they had\nagainst him. Farewell.\n\n(31)The soldiers, therefore, as was commanded them, took up Paul, and\nbrought him by night to Antipatris. (32)But on the morrow, leaving the\nhorsemen to go with him, they returned to the castle; (33)who, when\nthey had entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the\ngovernor, presented Paul also before him. (34)And having read it, he\nasked of what province he was. And learning that he was from Cilicia,\n(35)he said: I will hear thee fully, when thy accusers are also come.\nAnd he commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.\n\n\n\nXXIV.\n\nAND after five days, the high priest Ananias came down with the elders\nand a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor\nagainst Paul; (2)and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse\nhim, saying: Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that\nvery worthy deeds are done for this nation through thy providence, in\nevery way and everywhere; (3)we accept it, most noble Felix, with all\nthankfulness.\n\n(4)But, not to hinder thee too long, I pray thee that thou wouldst\nhear us of thy clemency a few words. (5)For we have found this man to\nbe a pest, and exciting disturbance among all the Jews throughout the\nworld, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes; (6)who also\nattempted to profane the temple; whom we took, [24:6][and desired to\njudge according to our law. (7)But Lysias the chief captain came, and\nwith great violence took him away out of our hands, (8)commanding his\naccusers to come before thee;] from whom thou canst thyself ascertain,\nby examination, concerning all these things whereof we accuse him.\n\n(9)And the Jews also joined in assailing him, saying that these things\nwere so.\n\n(10)Then Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered:\nKnowing that thou hast been for many years a judge for this nation, I\ndo the more cheerfully answer for myself; (11)inasmuch as thou mayest\nknow, that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to\nJerusalem to worship; (12)and neither in the temple did they find me\ndisputing with any one, or causing a tumult of the people, nor in the\nsynagogues, nor in the city; (13)nor can they prove the things whereof\nthey now accuse me.\n\n(14)But this I acknowledge to thee, that according to the way which\nthey call a sect, so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all\nthings which are written in the law and the prophets; (15)having a\nhope toward God, which these themselves also look for, that there will\nbe a resurrection both of the just and unjust. (16)Therefore do I also\nmyself strive to have always a conscience void of offense toward God\nand men.\n\n(17)And after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and\nofferings. (18)Amidst which they found me purified in the temple, not\nwith a crowd, nor with tumult; but certain Jews from Asia [caused it],\n(19)who ought to be here before thee, and make accusation, if they had\naught against me. (20)Or let these themselves say what crime they\nfound in me, while I stood before the council, (21)except for this one\nvoice that I cried, standing among them: Concerning the resurrection\nof the dead I am judged by you this day.\n\n(22)And Felix put them off, knowing the things concerning the Way more\naccurately, saying: When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I\nwill fully inquire into your matters. (23)And he commanded the\ncenturion that he should be guarded, and should have indulgence; and\nto forbid none of his acquaintance to minister to him.\n\n(24)And after certain days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was\na Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in\nChrist. (25)And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the\njudgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: Go thy way for this\ntime; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. (26)He\nhoped also that money would be given him by Paul; wherefore he sent\nfor him the oftener, and conversed with him.\n\n(27)But after two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and\nFelix, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, left Paul bound.\n\n\n\nXXV.\n\nFESTUS, therefore, having come into the province, after three days\nwent up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.\n\n(2)And the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against\nPaul, and besought him, (3)asking for themselves a favor against him,\nthat he would send for him to Jerusalem, preparing an ambush to slay\nhim on the way. (4)But Festus answered, that Paul was to be kept a\nprisoner at Caesarea, and that he himself should soon go thither.\n(5)Let them therefore, said he, who are powerful among you, go down\nwith me, and accuse this man, if there is any wickedness in him.\n\n(6)And having tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he\nwent down to Caesarea; and on the morrow, sitting on the\njudgment-seat, he commanded Paul to be brought. (7)And when he was\ncome, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around, bringing\nmany and grievous charges, which they could not prove; (8)while Paul\nsaid in defense: Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the\ntemple, nor against Caesar, did I commit any offense.\n\n(9)But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul, and\nsaid: Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning\nthese things, before me? (10)And Paul said; I stand at Caesar's\njudgment-seat, where I ought to be judged. To Jews I did no wrong, as\nthou also very well knowest[25:10]. (11)If then I am an offender, and\nhave done anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if there\nbe none of the things whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up\nto them. I appeal to Caesar.\n\n(12)Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered: Thou\nhast appealed to Caesar; to Caesar thou shalt go.\n\n(13)And after certain days, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came to\nCaesarea to salute Festus. (14)And as they were spending some days\nthere, Festus laid the case of Paul before the king, saying: There is\na certain man left in bonds by Felix; (15)about whom, when I was at\nJerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews made\ncomplaint, asking for judgment against him. (16)To whom I answered: It\nis not a custom for Romans to give up any man, before the accused has\nthe accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself\nconcerning the crime laid against him.\n\n(17)When, therefore, they had come together here, without any delay on\nthe morrow I sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be\nbrought forth; (18)and standing up around him, the accusers brought no\naccusation of such things as I supposed; (19)but had certain\ncontroversies with him concerning their own religion, and concerning a\ncertain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. (20)And I,\nbeing perplexed in regard to the dispute about these things, asked\nwhether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning them.\n(21)But Paul having appealed, to be kept in custody for the decision\nof Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I shall send him up to\nCaesar.\n\n(22)And Agrippa said to Festus: I would also hear the man myself.\nTo-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.\n\n(23)On the morrow, therefore, Agrippa and Bernice having come with\ngreat pomp, and entered into the place of hearing, with the chief\ncaptains and principal men of the city, at Festus' command Paul was\nbrought forth. (24)And Festus said: King Agrippa, and all men who are\nhere present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of\nthe Jews interceded with me, both at Jerusalem and here, Crying out\nthat he ought not to live any longer. (25)But having found that he had\ncommitted nothing worthy of death, and he himself having appealed to\nAugustus, I determined to send him. (26)Of whom I have nothing certain\nto write to my lord. Wherefore I brought him forth before you, and\nspecially before thee, king Agrippa, in order that, the examination\nhaving been made, I may have something to write. (27)For it seems to\nme unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not also signify the charges\nagainst him.\n\n\n\nXXVI.\n\nAND Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself.\nThen Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:\n\n(2)I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for\nmyself before thee this day, concerning all things whereof I am\naccused by Jews; (3)especially since thou art expert in all the\ncustoms and questions among Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me\npatiently.\n\n(4)My manner of life, therefore, from my youth, which was from the\nbeginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all Jews know; (5)having\nknown me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that\naccording to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.\n(6)And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by\nGod to the fathers; (7)unto which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving\nday and night, hope to attain; concerning which hope, O king, I am\naccused by Jews.\n\n(8)Why is it judged incredible with you, if God, raises the dead?\n\n(9)I therefore thought to myself, that I ought to do many hostile\nthings against the name of Jesus the Nazarene. (10)Which I also did in\nJerusalem; and many of the saints did I myself shut up in prisons,\nhaving received authority from the chief priests; and when they were\nput to death, I gave my voice against them. (11)And punishing them\noften, throughout all the synagogues, I constrained them to blaspheme;\nand being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them also unto\nforeign cities.\n\n(12)Whereupon, as I went to Damascus with authority and a commission\nfrom the chief priests, (13)at midday, O king, I saw in the way a\nlight from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me\nand those who journeyed with me. (14)And we all having fallen to the\nearth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew\ntongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to\nkick against the goads. (15)And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And he\nsaid: I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. (16)But arise, and stand upon\nthy feet; for I appeared to thee for this purpose, to appoint thee a\nminister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of\nthe things in which I will appear to thee; (17)delivering thee from\nthe people, and the Gentiles, to whom I send thee, (18)to open their\neyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of\nSatan unto God, that they may obtain forgiveness of sins, and an\ninheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.\n\n(19)Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly\nvision; (20)but to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and unto\nall the region of Judaea, and to the Gentiles, I announced that they\nshould repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.\n\n(21)For these causes the Jews, seizing me in the temple, attempted to\nkill me. (22)Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue unto\nthis day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing except\nthose things which the prophets and Moses said should come;\n(23)whether the Christ should suffer, whether he, the first of the\nresurrection from the dead, shall show light to the people and to the\nGentiles.\n\n(24)And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice:\nPaul, thou art mad; much learning makes thee mad.\n\n(25)But he said: I am not mad, most noble Festus; but utter words of\ntruth and soberness. (26)For the king knows well concerning these\nthings, to whom also I speak boldly; for I am persuaded that none of\nthese things are hidden from him; for this has not been done in a\ncorner. (27)King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that\nthou believest.\n\n(28)And Agrippa said to Paul: With little pains[26:28a] thou\npersuadest[26:28b] me to become a Christian. (29)And Paul said: I\ncould pray God, that with little or much[26:29], not only thou, but\nalso all that hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these\nbonds.\n\n(30)And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who\nsat with them. (31)And having withdrawn, they talked together, saying:\nThis man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. (32)And Agrippa\nsaid to Festus: This man could have been set at liberty, if he had not\nappealed to Caesar.\n\n\n\nXXVII.\n\nAND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they\ndelivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named\nJulius, of the Augustan band. (2)And entering into a ship of\nAdramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to sea,\nAristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. (3)And on\nthe second day we landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul humanely,\nand permitted him to go to his friends and receive their care. (4)And\nthence having put to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds\nwere contrary, (5)And having sailed over the sea along Cilicia and\nPamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. (6)And there the\ncenturion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy; and he put us\non board of it. (7)And sailing slowly many days, and having come with\ndifficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us to put\nin[27:7], we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; (8)and coasting\nalong it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair\nHavens, near to which was the city Lasa.\n\n(9)And much time having been spent, and the voyage being now\ndangerous, because also the fast had already passed by, Paul exhorted\nthem, (10)saying: Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with\nviolence and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also\nof our lives. (11)But the centurion believed the master and the owner\nof the ship, more than the things spoken by Paul. (12)And as the haven\nwas not well situated for wintering, the greater number advised to\nsail thence also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, a haven of\nCrete, looking toward the southwest and northwest, and there winter.\n\n(13)And a south wind beginning to blow moderately, supposing that they\nhad obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor, and coasted along\nclose by Crete. (14)But not long after, there struck against it a\ntempestuous wind, called Euracylon. (15)And the ship being caught, and\nunable to face the wind, we yielded to it, and were driven along.\n(16)And running under a certain small island called Clauda, we were\nhardly able to come by the boat; (17)which when they had taken up,\nthey used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should\nbe cast away on the quicksand, they lowered the sail, and so were\ndriven.\n\n(18)And we being violently tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened\nthe ship; (19)and the third day we cast out with our own hands the\ntackling of the ship. (20)And neither sun nor stars appearing for many\ndays, and no small tempest lying on us, thenceforward all hope that we\nshould be saved was utterly taken away. (21)But after much abstinence,\nthen Paul, standing up in the midst of then, said: Sirs, ye should\nhave hearkened to me and not put to sea from Crete, and so have\nescaped this violence and loss. (22)And now I exhort you to be of good\ncheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the\nship. (23)For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I\nam, and whom I serve, (24)saying: Fear not, Paul; thou must stand\nbefore Caesar; and, lo, God has given thee all those who sail with\nthee. (25)Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that\nit will be even so, as it has been told me. (26)But we must be cast\naway upon a certain island.\n\n(27)And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven onward\nin the Adriatic sea, about midnight the seamen suspected that they\nwere near to some country; (28)and sounding, they found twenty\nfathoms; and having gone a little further, they sounded again, and\nfound fifteen fathoms. (29)Then fearing lest we should fall upon\nrocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for day.\n\n(30)And as the seamen were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had\nlet down the boat into the sea, under color as if they were about to\nextend anchors out of the foreship, (31)Paul said to the centurion and\nto the soldiers: Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be saved.\n(32)Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall\noff.\n\n(33)And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take\nfood, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that ye have waited, and\ncontinued fasting, having taken nothing. (34)Wherefore I pray you to\ntake food; for this is for your safety; for there shall not a hair\nfall from the head of one of you.\n\n(35)And having thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in\npresence of them all; and having broken it, he began to eat. (36)Then\nwere they all of good cheer, and they also took food. (37)And we were\nin all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls. (38)And when\nthey had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting out the grain\ninto the sea.\n\n(39)And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they perceived a\ncertain creek, having a beach, on which they determined, if they were\nable, to drive the ship ashore. (40)And cutting the anchors entirely\naway, they abandoned them to the sea, at the same time unfastening the\nbands of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made\ntoward the beach. (41)And falling into a place where two seas met,\nthey ran the ship aground; and the prow sticking fast remained\nimmovable, but the stern was broken by the violence of the waves.\n(42)And it was the plan of the soldiers, that they should kill the\nprisoners, lest any one should swim out, and escape. (43)But the\ncenturion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and\ncommanded that those who could swim should cast themselves first into\nthe sea and get to land, (44)and the rest, some on boards, and others\non some of the pieces from the ship. And so it came to pass, that all\nescaped safe to land.\n\n\n\nXXVIII.\n\nAND having escaped, they then learned that the island is called\nMelita. (2)And the barbarians showed us no little kindness; for they\nkindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and\nbecause of the cold.\n\n(3)And Paul having gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the\nfire, there came out a viper from the heat, and fastened on his hand.\n(4)And when the barbarians saw the animal hanging from his hand, they\nsaid among themselves: No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though\nescaped from the sea, justice suffered not to live. (5)He, however,\nshaking off the animal into the fire, suffered no harm. (6)But they\nwere expecting that he would become inflamed, or suddenly fall down\ndead; but after looking a great while, and seeing no harm befall him,\nthey changed their minds, and said that he was a god.\n\n(7)In the region around that place, there were lands of the chief man\nof the island, whose name was Publius, who received and entertained us\nkindly three days. (8)Now it happened, that the father of Publius was\nlying sick with a fever and a bloody flux; to whom Paul entered in,\nand having prayed, laid his hands on him and healed him. (9)And this\nhaving been done, the others also, who had diseases in the island,\ncame and were healed; (10)who also honored us with many honors; and\nwhen we put to sea, they loaded us with such things as were necessary.\n\n(11)And after three months, we put to sea in a ship of Alexandria,\nwhich had wintered in the island, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.\n(12)And landing at Syracuse, we remained three days. (13)And from\nthence, making a circuit[28:13], we came to Rhegium. And after one\nday, a south wind arose, and we came on the second day to Puteoli;\n(14)where we found brethren, and were entreated to remain with them\nseven days; and so we went toward Rome. (15)And from thence, the\nbrethren, having heard of us, came to meet us as far as Appii Forum,\nand the Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he gave thanks to God, and\ntook courage.\n\n(16)And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to\nthe commander of the camp; but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself,\nwith the soldier who guarded him.\n\n(17)And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called together\nthose who were the chief men of the Jews; and when they were come\ntogether, he said to them: Men, brethren, though I had done nothing\nagainst the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered\na prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans; (18)who, when\nthey had examined me, wished to release me, because there was no cause\nof death in me. (19)But as the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled\nto appeal to Caesar; not that I have anything to charge against my\nnation. (20)For this cause therefore I called for you, to see and to\nspeak with you; for on account of the hope of Israel I am compassed\nwith this chain.\n\n(21)And they said to him: We neither received letters from Judaea\nconcerning thee, nor did any one of the brethren that came, report or\nspeak any evil concerning thee. (22)But we desire to hear from thee\nwhat thou thinkest; for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere\nit is spoken against.\n\n(23)And having appointed a day for him, they came to him in greater\nnumbers to his lodging; to whom he expounded, testifying fully the\nkingdom of God, and persuading them of the things concerning Jesus,\nboth from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till\nevening. (24)And some believed the things spoken, and some believed\nnot. (25)And disagreeing among themselves, they departed, after Paul\nhad spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the\nprophet to our fathers, (26)saying:\n\n    Go to this people, and say;\n    With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand,\n    And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.\n    (27)For the heart of this people is become gross,\n    And their ears are dull of hearing,\n    And their eyes they have closed;\n    Lest haply they see with their eyes,\n    And hear with their ears,\n    And understand with their heart,\n    And turn, and I shall heal them.\n\n(28)Be it known to you, therefore, that to the Gentiles the salvation\nof God was sent; they, moreover, will hear.[28:29]\n\n(30)And Paul remained two whole years in his own hired house, and\ngladly received all that came in to him; (31)preaching the kingdom of\nGod, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with\nall confidence, no one hindering him.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart unto the\ngospel of God, (2)which he before announced through his prophets in\nthe Holy Scriptures, (3)concerning his Son, who was born of the seed\nof David according to the flesh, (4)who was declared to be the Son of\nGod with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the\nresurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord; (5)through whom we\nreceived grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all\nthe nations, for his name's sake; (6)among whom are ye also, called of\nJesus Christ; (7)to all the beloved of God that are in Rome, called to\nbe saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord\nJesus Christ.\n\n(8)First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your\nfaith is spoken of in all the world. (9)For God is my witness, whom I\nserve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how without ceasing I\nmake mention of you always in my prayers; (10)making request, if haply\nnow at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.\n(11)For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual\ngift, to the end ye may be established; (12)that is, to be comforted\ntogether among you, by each other's faith, both yours and mine.\n\n(13)Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that often-times I\npurposed to come to you (but was hindered hitherto), that I might have\nsome fruit among you also, as among the rest of the Gentiles. (14)I am\ndebtor both to Greeks and Barbarians; both to wise and unwise. (15)So,\nas far as lies in me, I am ready to preach the good news to you also\nwho are at Rome. (16)For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the\npower of God unto salvation to every one that believes, to the Jew\nfirst, and also to the Greek. (17)For therein is revealed a\nrighteousness of God, from faith to faith; as it is written: The just\nshall live by faith.\n\n(18)For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all\nungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in\nunrighteousness[1:18]; (19)because that which may be known of God is\nmanifest in them; for God manifested it to them. (20)For, from the\ncreation of the world, his invisible things are clearly seen, being\nperceived by the things that are made, even his eternal power and\nGodhead; so that they are[1:20] without excuse. (21)Because, knowing\nGod, they glorified him not as God, nor gave thanks; but became vain\nin their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.\n(22)Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools; (23)and\nchanged the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to\ncorruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping\nthings.\n\n(24)Wherefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to\nuncleanness, to dishonor their bodies among themselves; (25)who\nchanged the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the\ncreature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.\n\n(26)For this cause God gave them up to vile passions; for their women\nchanged the natural use into that which is against nature; (27)and in\nlike manner the men also, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned\nin their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is\nunseemly, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error\nwhich was meet.\n\n(28)And as they did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, God\ngave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not\nbecoming; (29)being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness,\ncovetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,\nmalignity; whisperers, (30)slanderers, haters of God, overbearing,\nproud, boasters, devisers of evil things, disobedient to parents,\n(31)without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural\naffection, implacable, unmerciful; (32)who, knowing the judgment of\nGod, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do\nthem, but have pleasure in those who do them.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nWHEREFORE thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that\njudgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;\nfor thou that judgest doest the same things. (2)Now we know that the\njudgment of God is according to truth, upon those who commit such\nthings. (3)And reckonest thou this, O man, that judgest those who do\nsuch things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment\nof God? (4)Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and\nforbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God\nis leading thee to repentance; (5)and after thy hardness and\nimpenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself wrath in the day of\nwrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (6)who\nwill render to every man according to his deeds; (7)to those who by\npatient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and\nimmortality, eternal life; (8)but to those who are contentious, and do\nnot obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,\n(9)tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that works evil,\nof the Jew first, and also of the Greek; (10)but glory, and honor, and\npeace, to every man that works good, to the Jew first, and also to the\nGreek.\n\n(11)For there is no respect of persons with God. (12)For as many as\nsinned without law shall also perish without law; and as many as\nsinned with law shall be judged by law; (13)(for not the hearers of\nlaw are just before God, but the doers of law shall be justified:\n(14)for when Gentiles, who have no law, do by nature the things\nrequired by law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;\n(15)who show the work of law written in their hearts, their conscience\nwitnessing therewith, and their thoughts alternately accusing, or also\nexcusing[2:15];) (16)in the day when God will judge the secrets of men\nby Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.\n\n(17)But if thou art called a Jew, and restest upon law, and makest thy\nboast in God, (18)and knowest his will, and approvest the things that\nare more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19)and art\nconfident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of those\nwho are in darkness, (20)an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of\nbabes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law;\n(21)thou then, that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself?\nThou that preachest, a man should not steal, dost thou steal? (22)Thou\nthat sayest, a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit\nadultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege[2:22]?\n(23)Thou that makest thy boast in law, through the transgression of\nthe law dishonorest thou God? (24)For, the name of God is blasphemed\namong the Gentiles because of you, as it is written.\n\n(25)For circumcision indeed profits, if thou keep the law; but if thou\nart a transgressor of law, thy circumcision has become uncircumcision.\n(26)If then the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall\nnot his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? (27)And shall not\nthe uncircumcision that is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge\nthee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of law?\n(28)For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that\ncircumcision, which is outward in the flesh. (29)But he is a Jew, who\nis one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit\nnot in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nWHAT then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of\ncircumcision? (2)Much every way; first, indeed, that they were\nintrusted with the oracles of God. (3)For what if some did not\nbelieve? Shall their unbelief make void the faithfulness of God?\n(4)Far be it! Yea, let God be true and every man a liar; as it is\nwritten:\n\n    That thou mayest be justified in thy words,\n    And mayest overcome when thou art judged.\n\n(5)But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what\nshall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? (I speak as a\nman.) (6)Far be it! For then how shall God judge the world? (7)For if\nthe truth of God through my lie, abounded unto his glory, why am I\nalso still judged as a sinner? (8)And why not, as we are slanderously\nreported, and as some affirm that we say: Let us do evil, that good\nmay come? Whose judgment is just.\n\n(9)What then? Are we better? No, in no wise; for we before charged,\nthat both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin. (10)As it is written:\nThere is none righteous, no, no one; (11)there is none that\nunderstands, there is none that seeks after God. (12)They are all gone\nout of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none\nthat does good, there is not so much as one. (13)Their throat is an\nopen sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison\nof asps is under their lips; (14)whose mouth is full of cursing and\nbitterness. (15)Their feet are swift to shed blood. (16)Destruction\nand misery are in their ways; (17)and the way of peace they have not\nknown. (18)There is no fear of God before their eyes.\n\n(19)Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those under the\nlaw; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become\nguilty before God. (20)Because by works of law no flesh shall be\njustified in his sight; for by law is the knowledge of sin.\n\n(21)But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been\nmanifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; (22)a\nrighteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unto all and upon\nall that believe; (for there is no difference; (23)for all sinned, and\ncome short of the glory of God;) (24)being justified freely by his\ngrace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; (25)whom God\nset forth as a propitiation through faith by his blood, for the\nexhibition of his righteousness, because of the passing over of the\nsins before committed in the forbearance of God; (26)for the\nexhibition of his righteousness in this present time, that he may be\njust, and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus.\n\n(27)Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law?\nOf works? Nay; but by the law of faith. (28)Therefore we reckon that a\nman is justified by faith apart from works of law. Is he the God of\nJews only? (29)Is he not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also;\n(30)seeing that God is one, who will justify the circumcision by\nfaith, and the uncircumcision through the faith. (31)Do we then make\nvoid law through the faith? Far be it! Yea, we establish law.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nWHAT then shall we say that Abraham our father found, as pertaining to\nthe flesh? (2)For if Abraham was justified by works, he has ground of\nboasting; but not before God. (3)For what says the Scripture? And\nAbraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.\n(4)Now to him that works, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but\nas a debt. (5)But to him that works not, but believes on him who\njustifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. (6)As\nalso David speaks of the happiness of the man, to whom God reckons\nrighteousness, apart from works:\n\n    (7)Happy they, whose iniquities were forgiven,\n    And whose sins were covered;\n    (8)Happy the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin!\n\n(9)Comes this happiness then on the circumcision, or also on he\nuncircumcision? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for\nrighteousness. (10)How then was it reckoned? When he was in\ncircumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in\nuncircumcision. (11)And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal\nof the righteousness of the faith which he had while in\nuncircumcision; that he might be father of all that believe while in\nuncircumcision, that the righteousness might be reckoned to them also,\n(12)and father of circumcision to those who are not only of the\ncircumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith of our\nfather Abraham, which he had while in uncircumcision.\n\n(13)For not through law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed,\nthat he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of\nfaith. (14)For if they that are of law are heirs, faith is made void,\nand the promise is made of no effect. (15)For the law works wrath; for\nwhere there is no law, neither is there transgression. (16)For this\ncause it is of faith, that it may be by grace; in order that the\npromise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the\nlaw, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the\nfather of us all, (17)(as it is written: A father of many nations have\nI made thee,) before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and\ncalls the things that are not as though they were; (18)who against\nhope believed in hope, that he should become father of many nations,\naccording to that which was spoken: So shall thy seed be. (19)And\nbeing not weak in faith, he considered not his own body already dead,\nbeing about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.\n(20)And in respect to the promise of God he wavered not through\nunbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, (21)and being\nfully persuaded, that what he has promised he is able also to perform.\n(22)Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.\n\n(23)And it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned to\nhim; (24)but for ours also, to whom it shall be reckoned, if we\nbelieve on him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; (25)who was\ndelivered up for our offenses, and was raised for our justification.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nBEING justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our\nLord Jesus Christ; (2)through whom also we obtained the access by\nfaith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the\nglory of God. (3)And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also;\nknowing that affliction works patience; (4)and patience approval; and\napproval hope; (5)and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God\nhas been poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit which was\ngiven to us.\n\n(6)For when we were yet without strength, in due season Christ died\nfor the ungodly. (7)For scarcely for a righteous man will one die;\nthough, for the good man, perhaps some one does even dare to die.\n(8)But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet\nsinners, Christ died for us. (9)Much more therefore, being now\njustified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath through him.\n(10)For if, being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death\nof his son; much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his\nlife; (11)and not only so, but also rejoicing in God through our Lord\nJesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.\n\n(12)Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by\nsin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all sinned; (13)(for\nuntil the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there\nis no law. (14)But yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over\nthose who sinned not after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who\nis a type of him who was to come.\n\n(15)But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift; for if by the\ntrespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and\nthe gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the\nmany.\n\n(16)And not as through one that sinned, is the gift; for the judgment\ncame of one unto condemnation, but the free gift came of many\ntrespasses unto justification. (17)For if by the trespass of the one,\ndeath reigned through the one; much more they who receive the\nabundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign\nin life through the one, Jesus Christ.)\n\n(18)So then, as through one trespass it came upon all men unto\ncondemnation; so also through one righteous act it came upon all men\nunto justification of life. (19)For as through the disobedience of the\none man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the\nobedience of the one will the many be constituted righteous.\n\n(20)Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But\nwhere sin abounded, grace did much more abound; (21)that as sin\nreigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto\neternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nWHAT then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin that grace may\nabound? (2)Far be it! How shall we who died to sin, live any longer\ntherein? (3)Know ye not, that all we who were immersed into Jesus\nChrist were immersed into his death? (4)We were buried therefore with\nhim by the immersion into his death; that as Christ was raised from\nthe dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness\nof life. (5)For if we have become united with the likeness of his\ndeath, we shall be also with that of his resurrection, (6)knowing\nthis, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin\nmight be destroyed, in order that we should no longer be in bondage to\nsin. (7)For he that died has been justified from sin. (8)And if we\ndied with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;\n(9)knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more;\ndeath has dominion over him no more. (10)For in that he died, he died\nto sin once; but in that he lives, he lives to God. (11)So also reckon\nye yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus\nChrist.\n\n(12)Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should\nobey the lusts thereof; (13)nor yield your members to sin as\ninstruments of unrighteousness; but yield yourselves to God as being\nalive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of\nrighteousness. (14)For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye\nare not under law, but under grace.\n\n(15)What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under\ngrace? Far be it! (16)Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves\nservants to obey, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin\nunto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (17)But thanks be to\nGod, that ye were servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart that form\nof teaching which was delivered to you[6:18]; (18)and being made free\nfrom sin, ye became servants of righteousness.\n\n(19)I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your\nflesh. For as ye yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to\niniquity unto iniquity; so now yield your members servants to\nrighteousness unto sanctification. (20)For when ye were servants of\nsin, ye were free as to righteousness. (21)What fruit therefore had ye\nthen in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those\nthings is death. (22)But now, being made free from sin, and become\nservants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end\neverlasting life. (23)For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of\nGod is eternal life, in Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nKNOW ye not, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that\nthe law has dominion over a man for so long a time as he lives? (2)For\nthe married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives; but\nif the husband die, she is loosed from the law of the husband. (3)So\nthen if, while the husband lives, she be married to another man, she\nshall be called an adulteress; but if the husband die, she is free\nfrom the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married\nto another man.\n\n(4)Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through\nthe body of Christ, in order that ye should be married to another, to\nhim who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to\nGod. (5)For when we were in the flesh, the emotions of sins, which\nwere by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto\ndeath. (6)But now we are delivered from the law, having died to that\nwherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not\nin oldness of the letter.\n\n(7)What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! But I had not\nknown sin, except through law; for I had not known coveting, if the\nlaw had not said: Thou shalt not covet. (8)But sin, taking occasion by\nthe commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For without\nlaw, sin is dead.\n\n(9)And I was alive without law once; but when the commandment came,\nsin revived, and I died. (10)And the commandment, which was for life,\nthat I found to be for death. (11)For sin, taking occasion by the\ncommandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.\n\n(12)So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and\ngood.\n\n(13)Has then that which is good become death to me? Far be it! But\nsin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is\ngood, that sin by the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.\n\n(14)For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under\nsin. (15)For what I perform, I know not; for not what I desire, that\ndo I; but what I hate, that I do. (16)But if what I desire not, that I\ndo, I consent to the law that it is good.\n\n(17)Now then, it is no longer I that perform it, but the sin that\ndwells in me.\n\n(18)For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any\ngood; for to desire is present with me; but to perform that which is\ngood I find not. (19)For the good that I desire, I do not; but the\nevil that I desire not, that I do. (20)But if what I desire not, that\nI do, it is no more I that perform it, but the sin that dwells in me.\n\n(21)I find then the law, that, when I desire to do good, evil is\npresent with me. (22)For I delight in the law of God after the inward\nman. (23)But I see another law in my members, warring against the law\nof my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is\nin my members. (24)Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from\nthe body of this death? (25)I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord!\nSo then I myself with the mind serve the law of God, but with the\nflesh the law of sin.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nTHERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ\nJesus. (2)For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus set me\nfree from the law of sin and death. (3)For what the law could not do,\nin that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the\nlikeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;\n(4)that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk\nnot according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (5)For they\nthat are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they\nthat are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (6)For to\nbe carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and\npeace. (7)Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it does\nnot submit itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it; (8)and\nthey that are in the flesh can not please God.\n\n(9)But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the\nSpirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the Spirit of\nChrist, he is none of his. (10)And if Christ is in you, the body\nindeed is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of\nrighteousness. (11)And if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from\nthe dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ from the dead will\nalso quicken your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwells in\nyou.\n\n(12)So that, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live\naccording to the flesh. (13)For if ye live according to the flesh, ye\nshall die; but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye\nshall live. (14)For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are\nsons of God. (15)For ye did not receive the spirit of bondage, again\nto fear; but ye received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,\nFather. (16)The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we\nare children of God; (17)and if children, also heirs; heirs of God,\nand joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may\nalso be glorified with him.\n\n(18)For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are of no\naccount, in comparison with the glory which shall be revealed in us.\n(19)For the earnest longing of the creation is waiting for the\nrevelation of the sons of God. (20)For the creation was made subject\nto vanity, not willingly (but by reason of him who made it subject),\nin hope (21)that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the\nbondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of\nGod. (22)For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in\npain together until now. (23)And not only so, but ourselves also,\nthough we have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan\nwithin ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our\nbody.\n\n(24)For we were saved in hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for\nwhat a man sees, why does he also hope for? (25)But if we hope for\nthat we see not, we with patience wait for it. (26)And in like manner\ndoes the Spirit also help our weakness; for we know not what we should\npray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us\nwith groanings which can not be uttered. (27)And he who searches the\nhearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes\nintercession for the saints according to the will of God.\n\n(28)And we know that all things work together for good to those who\nlove God, to those who are called according to his purpose.\n(29)Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to\nthe image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many\nbrethren. (30)And whom he predestined, them he also called; and whom\nhe called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also\nglorified.\n\n(31)What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who\nshall be against us? (32)He who spared not his own Son, but delivered\nhim up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all\nthings? (33)Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's chosen? God\nis he that justifies; (34)who is he that condemns? Christ is he that\ndied, yea rather, that is risen again, who is also at the right hand\nof God, who also intercedes for us. (35)Who shall separate us from the\nlove of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or\nfamine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (36)As it is written:\n\n    For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long;\n    We were accounted as sheep for slaughter.\n\n(37)Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him\nwho loved us. (38)For I am persuaded, that neither death nor life,\nneither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present\nnor things to come, (39)neither height nor depth, nor any other\ncreated thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,\nwhich is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nI SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me\nwitness in the Holy Spirit, (2)that I have great grief and continual\nanguish in my heart. (3)For I myself could wish to be accursed from\nChrist for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh; (4)who are\nIsraelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,\nand the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises; (5)whose\nare the fathers, and of whom as to the flesh is Christ, who is over\nall, God blessed forever. Amen.\n\n(6)Not as though the word of God has failed. For not all they are\nIsrael, who are of Israel; (7)neither, because they are the seed of\nAbraham, are they all children; but, In Isaac shall thy seed be\ncalled. (8)That is, not they who are the children of the flesh are\nchildren of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.\n(9)For the word of promise is this: At this season I will come, and\nSarah shall have a son. (10)And not only so; but when Rebecca also had\nconceived by one, our father Isaac (11)(for they being not yet born,\nnor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God\naccording to election might stand, not of works, but of him who\ncalls), (12)it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.\n(13)As it is written:\n\n    Jacob I loved,\n    But Esau I hated.\n\n(14)What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? Far be\nit! (15)For he says to Moses: I will have mercy on whomsoever I have\nmercy, and I will have compassion on whomsoever I have compassion.\n(16)So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of\nGod who shows mercy, (17)For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: Even for\nthis very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my\npower in thee, and that my name might be declared in all the earth.\n(18)So that, on whom he will he has mercy, and whom he will he\nhardens.\n\n(19)Thou wilt say then to me: Why then does he yet find fault? For who\nresists his will? (20)Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest\nagainst God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it: Why\ndidst thou make me thus?\n\n(21)Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make\none vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? (22)And what if God,\nwilling to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, endured\nwith much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;\n(23)and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of\nmercy, which he had before prepared for glory; (24)whom he also\ncalled, even us, not from among the Jews only, but also from among the\nGentiles? (25)As also he says in Hosea:\n\n    I will call them my people, who were not my people;\n    And her beloved, who was not beloved.\n\n(26)And it shall be, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye\nare not my people, there shall they be called, Sons of the living God.\n(27)And Isaiah cries concerning Israel:\n\n    Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea,\n    The remnant shall be saved;\n    (28)For he will finish the work[9:28a],\n    And cut it short in righteousness;\n    Because a short work[9:28b] will the Lord make upon the earth.\n\n(29)And as Isaiah has said before:\n\n    Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,\n    We had become as Sodom,\n    And been made like to Gomorrah.\n\n(30)What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who were not following\nafter righteousness, obtained righteousness, the righteousness which\nis of faith; (31)but Israel, following after a law of righteousness,\nattained not to [such] a law. (32)Wherefore? Because [they sought it]\nnot by faith, but as being by works of law. For they stumbled against\nthe stone of stumbling; (33)as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a\nstone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and he that believes on him\nshall not be put to shame.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nBRETHREN, it is my heart's desire and prayer to God on their behalf,\nthat they might be saved. (2)For I bear them witness, that they have a\nzeal for God, but not according to knowledge. (3)For not knowing the\nrighteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own\nrighteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of\nGod. (4)For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, to every\none that believes.\n\n(5)For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law: The man\nthat has done them, shall live by them.[10:5] (6)But the righteousness\nwhich is of faith says thus: Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend\ninto heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down;) (7)or, Who shall descend\ninto the abyss? (that is, to bring up Christ from the dead.) (8)But\nwhat says it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart;\nthat is, the word of faith, which we preach; (9)because, if thou shalt\nprofess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that\nGod raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10)For with the\nheart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth profession\nis made unto salvation. (11)For the Scripture says: Whoever believes\non him shall not be put to shame. (12)For there is no difference\nbetween Jew and Greek; for the same is Lord of all, rich toward all\nthat call upon him; (13)for every one who shall call upon the name of\nthe Lord shall be saved.\n\n(14)How then shall they call on him on whom they believed not? And how\nshall they believe on him of whom they heard not? And how shall they\nhear without a preacher? (15)And how shall they preach, unless they\nare sent forth? As it is written:\n\n    How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace,\n    Who bring glad tidings of good things!\n\n(16)But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah says:\nLord, who believed our report? (17)So then faith comes of hearing, and\nhearing by the word of God.\n\n(18)But I say, did they not hear? Yes verily;\n\n    Their sound went forth into all the earth,\n    And their words unto the ends of the world.\n\n(19)But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:\n\n    I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are no people,\n    By a foolish nation I will move you to anger.\n\n(20)But Isaiah is very bold, and says:\n\n    I was found by those who sought me not;\n    I became manifest to those who asked not after me.\n\n(21)But of Israel he says:\n\n    All the day long, I stretched forth my hands,\n    To a disobedient and gainsaying people.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nI SAY then, did God cast away his people? Far be it! For I also am an\nIsraelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (2)God\ndid not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the\nScripture says in the story of Elijah; how he pleads with God against\nIsrael, saying: (3)Lord they killed thy prophets, and digged down\nthine altars; and I was left alone, and they seek my life. (4)But what\nsays the answer of God to him? I reserved to myself seven thousand\nmen, who bowed not the knee to Baal.\n\n(5)Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant\naccording to the election of grace. (6)And if by grace, it is no\nlonger of works; otherwise, grace becomes no longer grace. [11:6][But\nif of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, work is no longer\nwork.]\n\n(7)What then? What Israel seeks after, that he obtained not; but the\nelection obtained it, and the rest were hardened. (8)According as it\nis written: God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should\nnot see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day. (9)And\nDavid says:\n\n    Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,\n    And a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them;\n    (10)Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,\n    And bow down their back alway.\n\n(11)I say then, did they stumble in order that they should fall? Far\nbe it! But by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke\nthem to jealousy. (12)But if their fall is the riches of the world,\nand their diminution the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their\nfullness?\n\n(13)For I am speaking to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of\nthe Gentiles, I magnify my office; (14)if by any means I may provoke\nto emulation those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.\n(15)For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world,\nwhat shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? (16)And\nif the first-fruit is holy, so also is the lump; and if the root is\nholy, so also are the branches. (17)And if some of the branches were\nbroken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in among\nthem, and became a partaker with them of the root and the fatness of\nthe olive-tree; (18)boast not over the branches. But if thou boast, it\nis not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.\n\n(19)Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be\ngrafted in. (20)Well; because of their want of faith they were broken\noff, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not high-minded, but fear;\n(21)for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also\nspare not thee.\n\n(22)Behold then the goodness and severity of God; toward those who\nfell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his\ngoodness; otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off. (23)And they also, if\nthey continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is\nable again to graft them in. (24)For if thou wast cut out of the\nolive-tree which is wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to\nnature into a good olive-tree; how much more shall these, who are the\nnatural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?\n\n(25)For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this\nmystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that hardness\nhas come upon Israel in part, until the fullness of the Gentiles come\nin. (26)And so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written: There\nshall come out of Zion the Deliverer; he will turn away ungodliness\nfrom Jacob; (27)and this is the covenant from me to them, when I shall\ntake away their sins. (28)As concerning the gospel, they are enemies\nfor your sakes; but as concerning the election, they are beloved for\nthe fathers' sakes. (29)For unrepented are the gifts and the calling\nof God. (30)For as ye in times past disobeyed God, but now obtained\nmercy through their disobedience; (31)so also they now disobeyed\nthrough the mercy shown to you, that they also might obtain mercy.\n(32)For God included all in disobedience[11:32], that he might have\nmercy upon all.\n\n(33)Oh, the depth of the riches, and wisdom, and knowledge of God! How\nunsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!\n(34)For,\n\n    Who knew the mind of the Lord?\n    Or who became his counselor?\n\n(35)Or who first gave to him, and it shall be given back to him again?\n(36)For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things; to him\nbe the glory forever. Amen.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nI BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present\nyour bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is\nyour rational service. (2)And be not conformed to this world; but be\ntransformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may discern what is\nthe will of God, the good, and well pleasing, and perfect.\n\n(3)For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one that is\namong you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think;\nbut to think soberly, according as God imparted to each one the\nmeasure of faith. (4)For as we have many members in one body, and all\nthe members have not the same office; (5)so we, the many, are one body\nin Christ, and severally members one of another. (6)And having gifts\ndiffering according to the grace that is given to us, whether\nprophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of our faith;\n(7)or ministry, [let us wait] on the ministry; or he that teaches, on\nthe teaching; (8)or he that exhorts, on the exhortation; he that\ngives, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that presides, with\ndiligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.\n\n(9)Let love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that\nwhich is good. In brotherly love, (10)be kindly affectioned one to\nanother; in honor, preferring one another; (11)in diligence, not\nslothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord; (12)in hope,\nrejoicing; in affliction, patient; in prayer, persevering;\n(13)communicating to the necessities of the saints[12:13]; given to\nhospitality. (14)Bless those who persecute you; bless, and curse not.\n(15)Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. (16)Be\nof the same mind one toward another. Aspire not to things that are\nhigh, but condescend to the lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.\n(17)Recompense to no one evil for evil. Provide things honorable in\nthe sight of all men. (18)If it be possible, as far as depends on you,\nbe at peace with all men. (19)Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give\nplace to the wrath [of God]. For it is written: To me belongs\nvengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord. (20)Therefore,\n\n    If thy enemy hungers, feed him;\n    If he thirsts, give him drink.\n\nFor, in doing this,\n\n    Thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head.\n\n(21)Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nLET every soul submit himself to the higher powers. For there is no\npower but from God; the powers that be have been ordained by God.\n(2)So that he who resists the power, resists the ordinance of God; and\nthey that resist will receive to themselves condemnation. (3)For\nrulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. And dost thou\nwish not to be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and thou\nwilt have praise from it; (4)for he is God's minister to thee for\ngood. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not\nthe sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to\nhim that does evil. (5)Wherefore it is necessary to submit yourselves,\nnot only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.\n\n(6)For, for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are God's\nministers, attending continually to this very thing. (7)Render\ntherefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to\nwhom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. (8)Owe no one\nanything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has\nfulfilled the law. (9)For this: Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou\nshalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet; and if\nthere is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this\nsaying, namely: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (10)Love\nworks no ill to one's neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of\nthe law. (11)And that, knowing the time, that it is high time that we\nalready were awaked out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than\nwhen we believed. (12)The night is far advanced, the day is at hand.\nLet us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the\narmor of light. (13)Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in\nreveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in\nstrife and envying; (14)but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not\nprovision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nHIM that is weak in faith receive; not for the decision of disputes.\n(2)For one believes, that he may eat all things; but he that is weak\neats herbs. (3)Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and\nlet not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God received him.\n(4)Who art thou that judgest another's servant? To his own master he\nstands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for God is able to\nmake him stand.\n\n(5)One man esteems one day above another; another esteems every day\nalike. Let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind. (6)He that\nregards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that eats, eats to the\nLord, for he gives thanks to God; and he that eats not, to the Lord he\neats not, and gives thanks to God.\n\n(7)For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. (8)For\nif we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord;\nwhether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. (9)For to this\nend Christ died, and lived, that he might be Lord of both the dead and\nliving.\n\n(10)But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou despise thy\nbrother? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.\n(11)For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee\nshall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God.[14:11] (12)So then,\neach one of us shall give account of himself to God.\n\n(13)Let us therefore no longer judge one another; but judge this\nrather, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in a\nbrother's way. (14)I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that\nnothing is unclean of itself; but to him that accounts anything to be\nunclean, to him it is unclean. (15)But if because of food thy brother\nis grieved, thou no longer walkest in accordance with love. Destroy\nnot him by thy food, for whom Christ died. (16)Let not then your good\nbe evil spoken of. (17)For the kingdom of God is not food and drink;\nbut righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. (18)For he\nthat in these things serves Christ, is well pleasing to God, and\napproved by men.\n\n(19)So then, let us follow after the things which make for peace, and\nthings by which one may edify another. (20)For the sake of food\ndestroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is\nevil for that man who eats with offense. (21)It is good neither to eat\nflesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbles,\nor is made to offend, or is weak. (22)Hast thou faith? Have it to\nthyself before God. Happy is he that judges not himself in that which\nhe allows. (23)And he that doubts is condemned if he eat, because it\nis not of faith; and all that is not of faith is sin.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nNOW we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and\nnot to please ourselves. (2)Let each one of us please his neighbor,\nfor his good, to edification. (3)For also Christ pleased not himself;\nbut, as it is written: The reproaches of those who reproached thee,\nfell on me. (4)For whatever things were written afore-time were for\nour instruction, that we through patience and consolation of the\nScriptures may have hope. (5)And the God of patience and consolation\ngrant you to be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ\nJesus; (6)that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify God, the\nFather of our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(7)Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to\nthe glory of God. (8)For I say that Jesus Christ has been made a\nminister of the circumcision, for the sake of God's truth, in order to\nconfirm the promises made to the fathers; (9)and that the Gentiles\nshould glorify God for his mercy; as it is written:\n\n    For this cause I will give thee praise among Gentiles.\n    And to thy name will sing.\n\n(10)And again he says:\n\n    Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.\n\n(11)And again:\n\n    Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles;\n    And extol him, all ye peoples.\n\n(12)And again, Isaiah says:\n\n    There shall be the root of Jesse,\n    And he who rises up to rule the Gentiles;\n    On him will Gentiles hope.\n\n(13)And the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,\nthat ye may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.\n\n(14)And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also\nyourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also\nto admonish one another. (15)But I wrote the more boldly to you,\nbrethren, in part as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is\ngiven to me by God; (16)that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to\nthe Gentiles, ministering as a priest in the gospel of God, that the\noffering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the\nHoly Spirit. (17)I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus, as to\nthings pertaining to God. (18)For I will not dare to speak of any of\nthe things which Christ wrought not through me, to bring the Gentiles\nto obedience, by word and deed, (19)in the power of signs and wonders,\nin the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as\nfar as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the good news of Christ;\n(20)being emulous so to preach the good news, not where Christ was\nnamed, lest I should build upon another's foundation; (21)but as it is\nwritten:\n\n    They to whom it was not announced concerning him shall see,\n    And they that have not heard shall understand.\n\n(22)For which cause also, for the most part, I was hindered from\ncoming to you. (23)But now having no longer place in these regions,\nand having a great desire these many years to come to you,\n(24)whenever I go into Spain, I hope to see you in my journey, and to\nbe sent forward thither by you, if first I shall be satisfied in a\nmeasure with your company.\n\n(25)But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. (26)For\nMacedonia and Achaia thought it good, to make a certain contribution\nfor the poor among the saints who were at Jerusalem. (27)For they\nthought it good; and their debtors are they. For if the Gentiles\nshared in their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them\nin carnal things. (28)When therefore I have performed this, and have\nsealed to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain. (29)And I know\nthat, when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing\nof Christ.\n\n(30)And I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the\nlove of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God\nfor me; (31)that I may be delivered from the unbelieving in Judaea,\nand that my service which is for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the\nsaints; (32)that with joy I may come to you by the will of God, and\nmay with you be refreshed. (33)And the God of peace be with you all.\nAmen.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nI COMMEND to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church\nwhich is at Cenchraea; (2)that ye receive her in the Lord as becomes\nsaints, and assist her in whatever business she may have need of you;\nfor she has been a helper of many, and of myself.\n\n(3)Salute Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-laborers in Christ Jesus\n(4)(who for my life laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give\nthanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles), (5)and salute the\nchurch that is in their house.\n\nSalute Epenetus, my beloved, who is the first-fruits of Asia unto\nChrist.\n\n(6)Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on us[16:6].\n\n(7)Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners,\nwho are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.\n\n(8)Salute Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.\n\n(9)Salute Urbanus, our fellow-laborer in Christ, and Stachys my\nbeloved.\n\n(10)Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ.\n\nSalute those of the household of Aristobulus.\n\n(11)Salute Herodion my kinsman.\n\nSalute those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.\n\n(12)Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord.\n\nSalute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.\n\n(13)Salute Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.\n\n(14)Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hernias, and the\nbrethren who are with them.\n\n(15)Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas,\nand all the saints who are with them.\n\n(16)Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ\nsalute you.\n\n(17)Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and\noffenses, contrary to the teaching which ye learned, and avoid them.\n(18)For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own\nbelly; and by their good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of\nthe simple. (19)For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I\nrejoice therefore over you; but I would have you wise as to that which\nis good, and simple as to that which is evil. (20)And the God of peace\nwill shortly bruise Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus\nChrist be with you. Amen.\n\n(21)Timothy, my fellow-laborer, salutes you, and Lucius, and Jason,\nand Sosipater, my kinsmen.\n\n(22)I, Tertius, who wrote the letter, salute you in the Lord.\n\n(23)Gaius my host, and of the whole church, salutes you.\n\nErastus the chamberlain of the city salutes you, and Quartus the\nbrother.\n\n(24)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (25)Now\nto him who is able to establish you, according to my gospel and the\npreaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery\nkept in silence during eternal ages (26)but now made manifest, and\nthrough the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment\nof the eternal God, made known to all nations for obedience to the\nfaith, (27)to God only wise, through Jesus Christ, be the glory\nforever. Amen.\n\n\n\nTHE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, a called apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and\nSosthenes the brother, (2)to the church of God which is at Corinth,\nthose sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that\nin every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both\ntheirs and ours: (3)Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(4)I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which\nwas given you in Christ Jesus; (5)that in everything ye were made rich\nin him, in all utterance and all knowledge; (6)according as the\ntestimony of Christ was confirmed in you; (7)so that ye are behind in\nno gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; (8)who\nwill also confirm you unto the end, unaccused in the day of our Lord\nJesus Christ. (9)God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the\nfellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n(10)But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,\nthat ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among\nyou; but that ye be made complete in the same mind, and in the same\njudgment. (11)For it was made known to me concerning you, my brethren;\nby those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.\n(12)And I mean this, that each of you says, I am of Paul; and I of\nApollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. (13)Is Christ divided? Was\nPaul crucified for you? Or were ye immersed in the name of Paul? (14)I\nthank God that I immersed none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; (15)that\nno one may say that I immersed in my own name. (16)And I immersed also\nthe household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I immersed any\nother.\n\n(17)For Christ did not send me to immerse, but to preach the glad\ntidings; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be\nmade of no effect. (18)For the preaching of the cross is to those who\nperish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.\n(19)For it is written:\n\n    I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,\n    And will bring to nothing the prudence of the prudent.\n\n(20)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of\nthis world? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of the world? (21)For\nsince, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom knew not\nGod, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save\nthose who believe; (22)since Jews require signs, and Greeks seek after\nwisdom, (23)but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block,\nand to Gentiles foolishness, (24)but to those who are the called, both\nJews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.\n(25)Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness\nof God is stronger than men.\n\n(26)For see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise after the\nflesh, not many mighty, not many noble; (27)but God chose the foolish\nthings of the world, that he might put to shame the wise; and God\nchose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the\nthings which are strong; (28)and the base things of the world, and the\nthings which are despised, did God choose, and the things which are\nnot, that he might bring to naught things that are; (29)that no flesh\nshould glory before God. (30)But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who\nfrom God was made wisdom to us, both righteousness and sanctification,\nand redemption; (31)that, according as it is written: He that glories,\nlet him glory in the Lord.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nI ALSO, when I came to you, brethren, came not with excellency of\nspeech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God. (2)For I\ndetermined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him\ncrucified. (3)And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much\ntrembling. (4)And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive\nwords of man's wisdom, but with demonstration of the Spirit and of\npower; (5)that your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in\nthe power of God.\n\n(6)But we speak wisdom among those who are perfect; but a wisdom not\nof this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to naught.\n(7)But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God\npredestined before the worlds unto our glory; (8)which no one of the\nrulers of this world has known; for had they known it, they would not\nhave crucified the Lord of glory; (9)but (as it is written) things\nwhich eye saw not, nor ear heard, and which entered not into the heart\nof man, which God prepared for those who love him; (10)but to us God\nrevealed them by his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even\nthe deep things of God. (11)For who among men knows the things of a\nman, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? So also the things\nof God no one knows, but the Spirit of God. (12)And we received, not\nthe spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might\nknow the things that were freely given to us by God. (13)Which things\nalso we speak, not in words taught by man's wisdom, but in those\ntaught by the Spirit; comparing spiritual things with spiritual[2:13].\n\n(14)But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God,\nfor they are foolishness to him; and he can not know them, because\nthey are spiritually judged. (15)But he that is spiritual judges all\nthings; but he himself is judged by no one. (16)For who knew the mind\nof the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nI ALSO, brethren, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but as\ncarnal, as babes in Christ. (2)I fed you with milk, and not with meat;\nfor ye were not yet able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye able.\n(3)For ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and\nstrife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?\n(4)For when one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are\nye not carnal? (5)Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers\nthrough whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each one? (6)I\nplanted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. (7)So then\nneither is he that plants anything, nor he that waters; but God that\ngives the increase. (8)And he that plants and he that waters are one;\nand each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.\n\n(9)For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, God's\nbuilding. (10)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as\na wise master-builder I laid a foundation, and another builds thereon.\nBut let each one take heed how he builds thereon. (11)For other\nfoundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus\nChrist. (12)And if any one builds on this foundation gold, silver,\nprecious stones, wood, hay, stubble; (13)the work of each one will be\nmade manifest; for the day will show it, because it is revealed in\nfire, and the fire itself will prove of what sort is each one's work.\n(14)If any one's work which he built thereon remains, he will receive\nreward. (15)If any one's work shall be burned up, he will suffer loss;\nbut he himself will be saved; yet so as through fire.\n\n(16)Know ye not that ye are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God\ndwells in you? (17)If any one defiles[3:17] the temple of God, him\nwill God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, the which are ye.\n\n(18)Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you\nin this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. (19)For\nthe wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written:\nHe that takes the wise in their craftiness. (20)And again:\n\n    The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise,\n    That they are vain.\n\n(21)So then, let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;\n(22)whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or\ndeath, or things present, or things to come, all are yours; (23)and ye\nare Christ's, and Christ is God's.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nSO let a man account us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the\nmysteries of God. (2)Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man\nbe found faithful. (3)But with me it is a very small thing that I\nshould be judged by you, or by man's day[4:3]; nay, neither do I judge\nmyself. (4)For I am conscious to myself of nothing; yet am I not\nhereby justified, but he that judges me is the Lord. (5)So then judge\nnot anything before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring\nto light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels\nof the hearts; and then shall each one have his praise of God.\n\n(6)And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to\nmyself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye may learn not to go\nbeyond that which is written, that ye be not puffed up each for one\nagainst another. (7)For who makes thee to differ? And what hast thou,\nthat thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost\nthou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? (8)Already ye are filled\nfull, already ye became rich, without us ye reigned as kings; and I\nwould ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.\n\n(9)For I think that God set forth us the apostles last, as condemned\nto death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels\nand to men. (10)We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in\nChrist; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are\ndespised. (11)Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst,\nand are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;\n(12)and labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless;\nbeing persecuted, we suffer it; (13)being defamed, we entreat; we have\nbecome as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things unto\nthis day.\n\n(14)I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I\nadmonish you. (15)For though ye have ten thousand instructors in\nChrist, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you\nthrough the gospel. (16)I beseech you therefore, be followers of\nme[4:16].\n\n(17)For this cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my child, beloved and\nfaithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways in\nChrist, as I teach everywhere in every church.\n\n(18)Now some were puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.\n(19)But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know,\nnot the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. (20)For the\nkingdom of God is not in word, but in power. (21)What will ye? Shall I\ncome to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of meekness?\n\n\n\nV.\n\nIT is commonly reported that there is fornication among you, and such\nfornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one should have\nhis father's wife. (2)And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn,\nthat he who did this deed might be taken away from among you. (3)For I\nverily, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged,\nas though I were present, concerning him who has so done this; (4)in\nthe name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ye being gathered together, and my\nspirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, (5)to deliver such a\none to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be\nsaved in the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\n(6)Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens\nthe whole lump? (7)Cleanse out therefore the old leaven, that ye may\nbe a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For our passover,\nChrist, was sacrificed for us; (8)therefore let us keep the feast, not\nwith old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but\nwith the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.\n\n(9)I wrote to you, in my letter, not to keep company with fornicators;\n(10)yet not, altogether, with the fornicators of this world, or with\nthe covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters; for then ye must needs go\nout of the world. (11)But as it is, I wrote to you not to keep\ncompany, if any one called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or\nan idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such\na one not even to eat.\n\n(12)For what have I to do with judging those also who are without? Do\nnot ye judge those who are within? (13)But those who are without God\njudges. Therefore put away that wicked man from among yourselves.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nDARE any one of you, having a matter against another, go to law before\nthe unjust, and not before the saints? (2)Do ye not know that the\nsaints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you,\nare ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (3)Know ye not that we\nshall judge angels? How much more the things of this life? (4)If then\nye have judgments about things of this life, set those to judge who\nare of no esteem in the church.\n\n(5)I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among\nyou, not even one that shall be able to judge between his brethren;\n(6)but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?\n(7)Now therefore, it is altogether a fault among you, because ye go to\nlaw one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not\nrather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? (8)Nay, ye do wrong, and\ndefraud, and that your brethren. (9)Know ye not that the unrighteous\nshall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither\nfornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor\nabusers of themselves with mankind, (10)nor thieves, nor the covetous,\nnor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the\nkingdom of God. (11)And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but\nye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord\nJesus, and by the Spirit of our God.\n\n(12)All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient;\nall things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the\npower of anything. (13)Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats;\nbut God will destroy both it and them. But the body is not for\nfornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. (14)And God\nboth raised the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power.\n\n(15)Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then\ntake the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? Far be\nit! (16)Know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For\nthe two, says he, shall be one flesh. (17)But he that is joined to the\nLord is one spirit. (18)Flee fornication. Every sin that a man commits\nis without the body; but he that commits fornication, sins against his\nown body. (19)Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy\nSpirit, who is in you, whom ye have from God, and ye are not your own?\n(20)For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your\nbody.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nNOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote to me: It is good for a man\nnot to touch a woman; (2)but because of fornication, let each man have\nhis own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. (3)Let the\nhusband render to the wife her due; and in like manner the wife also\nto the husband. (4)The wife has not power over her own body, but the\nhusband; and in like manner the husband also has not power over his\nown body, but the wife. (5)Defraud not one the other, except it be\nwith consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and\nprayer, and come again together, that Satan may not tempt you on\naccount of your incontinency.\n\n(6)But this I say by way of permission, not of command. (7)But I would\nthat all men were as myself. But each one has his own gift from God,\none after this manner, and another after that.\n\n(8)And I say to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them if\nthey remain as I also am. (9)But if they have not self-control, let\nthem marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.\n\n(10)And the married not I command, but the Lord, that the wife depart\nnot from the husband. (11)But if she have departed, let her remain\nunmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and let the\nhusband not put away his wife.\n\n(12)But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife\nthat believes not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not\nput her away. (13)And a woman who has a husband that believes not, and\nhe is pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.\n(14)For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the\nunbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband; else your children are\nunclean; but now they are holy.\n\n(15)But if the unbelieving departs, let him depart. The brother or the\nsister is not under bondage in such cases; but God has called us to\npeace. (16)For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy\nhusband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy\nwife? (17)Only, as the Lord apportioned to each one, as God has called\neach one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.\n\n(18)Was any one called being circumcised? Let him not become\nuncircumcised. Has any one been called in uncircumcision? Let him not\nbe circumcised. (19)Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is\nnothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.\n\n(20)Let each one abide in the same calling wherein he was called.\n(21)Wast thou called being a servant? Care not for it; but if thou\ncanst become free, use it rather. (22)For he that was called in the\nLord, being a servant, is the Lord's freedman; in like manner also the\nfreeman, being called, is Christ's servant. (23)Ye were bought with a\nprice; become not servants of men. (24)Brethren, let every man,\nwherein he was called, therein abide with God.\n\n(25)Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; but I\ngive my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be\nfaithful. (26)I consider therefore that this is good on account of the\npresent necessity, that it is good for a man so to be. (27)Art thou\nbound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife?\nSeek not a wife. (28)But if also thou marry, thou sinnedst not; and if\na virgin marry, she sinned not. But such shall have affliction in the\nflesh; but I spare you[7:28].\n\n(29)But this I say, brethren, the time that remains is short; that\nboth they who have wives may be as though they had none; (30)and they\nthat weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though\nthey rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;\n(31)and they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion\nof this world is passing away.\n\n(32)But I would have you without cares. He that is unmarried cares for\nthe things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; (33)but he that\nis married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his\nwife. (34)There is a difference also between the wife and the virgin.\nThe unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be\nholy both in body and spirit; but she that is married cares for the\nthings of the world, how she shall please her husband.\n\n(35)And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare\nupon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon\nthe Lord without distraction. (36)But if any one thinks that he\nbehaves himself unseemly toward his virgin, if she be past the flower\nof her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sins not;\nlet them marry. (37)But he that stands steadfast in his heart, having\nno necessity, but has power over his own will, and has determined this\nin his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well. (38)So that both\nhe that gives her in marriage does well, and he that gives her not in\nmarriage does better.\n\n(39)A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband\nbe dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the\nLord. (40)But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment; and I\ntoo think that I have the Spirit of God.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nNOW concerning the things offered to idols, we know that we all have\nknowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. (2)If any one thinks\nthat he knows anything, he has known nothing yet as he ought to know.\n(3)But if any one loves God, the same is known by him.\n\n(4)As concerning then the eating of the things offered to idols, we\nknow that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other\nGod but one. (5)For though there are gods so-called, whether in heaven\nor on earth (as there are gods many, and lords many), (6)yet to us\nthere is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto\nhim; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.\n\n(7)But there is not in all men this knowledge; for some, with a\nconsciousness till now of the idol, eat it as a thing offered to an\nidol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. (8)But food commends\nus not to God; for neither, if we eat, are we the better; nor, if we\neat not, are we the worse. (9)But take heed, lest haply this liberty\nof yours become a stumbling-block to the weak. (10)For if any one sees\nthee, who hast knowledge, reclining at table in an idol's temple, will\nnot the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat the things\noffered to idols? (11)And through thy knowledge he that is weak\nperishes, the brother for whom Christ died! (12)But when ye so sin\nagainst the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against\nChrist. (13)Wherefore, if food cause my brother to offend, I will eat\nno flesh for ever more, that I may not cause my brother to offend.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nAM I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our\nLord? Are not ye my work in the Lord? (2)If I am not an apostle to\nothers, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are\nye in the Lord. (3)This is my answer to those who examine me. (4)Have\nwe not power to eat and to drink? (5)Have we not power to lead about a\nsister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of\nthe Lord, and Cephas? (6)Or have only I and Barnabas not power to\nforbear working? (7)Who ever goes to war at his own charges? Who\nplants a vineyard, and eats not of the fruit thereof? Or who tends a\nflock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?\n\n(8)Say I these things as a man? Or does not the law also say these\nthings? (9)For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not\nmuzzle an ox while treading out the grain. Is it for the oxen that God\ncares? (10)Or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For, for our\nsakes it was written; that he who plows ought to plow in hope; and he\nwho threshes, in hope of partaking. (11)If we sowed for you, the\nthings that are spiritual, is it a great thing if we shall reap your\ncarnal things? (12)If others partake of this power over you, do not we\nstill more? But we used not this power; but we bear all things, that\nwe may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.\n\n(13)Do ye not know that they who minister about the holy things eat of\nthe temple, and they who wait at the altar partake with the altar?\n(14)So also did the Lord appoint to those who preach the gospel, to\nlive by the gospel. (15)But I have used none of these things; and I\nwrote not these things, that it should be so done to me; for it were\nbetter for me to die, than that any one should make my glorying void.\n(16)For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for a\nnecessity is laid upon me; for, woe is to me, if I preach not the\ngospel! (17)For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if\nunwillingly, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.\n\n(18)What then is my reward? That, in preaching the gospel, I may make\nthe gospel without charge, that I use not to the full my power in the\ngospel. (19)For being free from all men, I made myself servant to all,\nthat I might gain the more. (20)And to the Jews I became as a Jew,\nthat I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law, not being\nmyself under law, that I might gain those under law; (21)to those\nwithout law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under\nlaw to Christ), that I might gain those without law. (22)To the weak I\nbecame as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things\nto all, that I may by all means save some. (23)And all things I do for\nthe gospel's sake, that I may become a partaker thereof with\nothers[9:23].\n\n(24)Know ye not that they who run in a race, all indeed run, but one\nreceives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (25)And every one who\ncontends for the prize is temperate in all things; they indeed to\nobtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. (26)I therefore\nso run, as not uncertainly; I so fight, as not beating the air.\n(27)But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest\nhaply, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nFOR I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all\nunder the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (2)and were all\nimmersed unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; (3)and all ate the\nsame spiritual food, (4)and all drank the same spiritual drink; for\nthey drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was\nChrist. (5)But in the most of them God had no pleasure; for they were\noverthrown in the wilderness.\n\n(6)Now these things were examples to us, in order that we should not\nlust after evil things, as they also lusted. (7)Nor be ye idolaters,\nas were some of them; as it is written: The people sat down to eat and\ndrink, and rose up to play. (8)Nor let us commit fornication, as some\nof them did, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. (9)Nor let\nus tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by the\nserpents. (10)Nor murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by\nthe destroyer.\n\n(11)Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were\nwritten for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.\n(12)Wherefore let him that thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall.\n(13)There has no temptation taken you but such as belongs to man; and\nGod is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye\nare able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape,\nthat ye may be able to bear it.\n\n(14)Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. (15)I speak as to wise\nmen; judge ye what I say. (16)The cup of blessing which we bless, is\nit not a partaking of the blood of Christ? The loaf which we break, is\nit not a partaking of the body of Christ? (17)Because we, the many,\nare one loaf, one body; for we all share in that one loaf.\n\n(18)Behold Israel according to the flesh. Are not they who eat of the\nsacrifices partakers of the altar?\n\n(19)What then do I say? That an idol is anything, or that what is\noffered to idols is anything? (20)Nay; but that what they sacrifice,\nthey sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye\nshould be partakers of the demons. (21)Ye can not drink the cup of the\nLord, and the cup of demons; ye can not share in the table of the\nLord, and the table of demons.\n\n(22)Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?\n(23)All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient; all\nthings are lawful, but not all things edify. (24)Let no one seek his\nown, but his neighbor's good.\n\n(25)Whatever is sold in the market eat, asking no question for\nconscience sake'; (26)for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness\nthereof.\n\n(27)If any of the unbelieving bids you to a feast, and ye choose to\ngo, whatever is set before you eat, asking no question for conscience'\nsake. (28)But if any one say to you: This is a thing sacrificed to a\ngod, eat it not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience'\nsake. (29)Conscience, I say, not thine own, but that of the other; for\nwhy is my liberty judged by another's conscience? (30)If I partake\nwith thanks, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give\nthanks?\n\n(31)Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to\nthe glory of God. (32)Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews or\nGreeks, or to the church of God; (33)as I also please all in all\nthings, not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may\nbe saved. (1)BE ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.\n\n(2)Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and,\nhold fast the traditions[11:2], as I delivered them to you.\n\n(3)And I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ;\nand the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.\n(4)Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,\ndishonors his head. (5)But every woman praying or prophesying with the\nhead uncovered, dishonors her head; for it is one and the same as if\nshe were shaven. (6)For if a woman is not covered, let her also be\nshorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her\nbe covered. (7)For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being the\nimage and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. (8)For\nthe man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. (9)And the man\nwas not created for the woman, but the woman for the man. (10)For this\ncause ought the woman to have [the token of] authority on her head,\nbecause of the angels.\n\n(11)Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man\nwithout the woman, in the Lord. (12)For as the woman is of the man, so\nalso is the man by the woman; but all things of God.\n\n(13)Judge in your own selves; is it seemly that a woman pray to God\nuncovered? (14)Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man\nhave long hair, it is a shame to him? (15)But if a woman have long\nhair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given her for a covering.\n\n(16)But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom,\nnor the churches of God.\n\n(17)And while I enjoin this, I praise you not, that ye come together\nnot for the better, but for the worse. (18)For first of all, when ye\ncome together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among\nyou; and I partly believe it. (19)For there must be also sects among\nyou, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you.\n\n(20)When therefore ye come together into one place, there is no eating\nof a supper of the Lord[11:20]. (21)For in eating, each takes without\nwaiting his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.\n(22)What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the\nchurch of God, and shame those who have not? What shall I say to you?\nShall I praise you in this? I praise you not.\n\n(23)For I received from the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that\nthe Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf;\n(24)and having given thanks, he broke it, and said: This is my body,\nwhich is for you; this do in remembrance of me. (25)In like manner\nalso the cup, after they had supped, saying: This cup is the new\ncovenant in my blood; this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance\nof me. (26)For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye\nshow the Lord's death till he come.\n\n(27)So that whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord\nunworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.\n(28)But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread,\nand drink of the cup. (29)For he that eats and drinks, eats and drinks\ncondemnation to himself, if he discern not the body.\n\n(30)For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.\n(31)For if we judged ourselves; we should not be judged. (32)But being\njudged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned\nwith the world.\n\n(33)Wherefore, my brethren, when coming together to eat, wait for one\nanother. (34)If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; that ye come\nnot together unto condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when\nI come.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nNOW concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you\nignorant.\n\n(2)Ye know that ye were Gentiles carried away to the dumb idols, as ye\nwere led. (3)Wherefore I give you to understand, that no one speaking\nby the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed; and no one can say, Jesus\nis Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.\n\n(4)Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (5)And\nthere are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord. (6)And\nthere are diversities of operations, but the same God who works all in\nall. (7)But to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit, for\nprofiting. (8)For to one is given through the Spirit the word of\nwisdom; to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;\n(9)to another faith, by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healings\nby the one Spirit; (10)to another the working of miracles; to another\nprophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another diversities of\ntongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. (11)But all these\nworks the one and self-same Spirit, dividing to each one severally as\nhe will.\n\n(12)For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members\nof the body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. (13)For by\none Spirit we were all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks,\nwhether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.\n\n(14)For the body is not one member, but many. (15)If the foot say:\nBecause I am not a hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not\nof the body. (16)And if the ear say: Because I am not an eye, I am not\nof the body; it is not therefore not of the body. (17)If the whole\nbody were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing,\nwhere were the smelling?\n\n(18)But now, God set the members each one of them in the body, as it\npleased him. (19)And if they were all one member, where were the body?\n(20)But now there are many members, but one body. (21)And the eye can\nnot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; nor again the head to the\nfeet, I have no need of you. (22)Nay, much more those members of the\nbody, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary; (23)and those which\nwe think to be less honorable parts of the body, on these we bestow\nmore abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant\ncomeliness. (24)And our comely parts have no need; but God attempered\nthe body together, giving more abundant honor to that which lacked;\n(25)that there may be no division in the body, but that the members\nshould have the same care one for another. (26)And whether one member\nsuffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all\nthe members rejoice with it.\n\n(27)Now ye are the body of Christ, and members each one[12:27].\n(28)And God set some in the church, apostles first, secondly prophets,\nthirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,\ngovernings, diversities of tongues. (29)Are all apostles? Are all\nprophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? (30)Have all\ngifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?\n(31)But desire earnestly the greater gifts; and moreover, I show to\nyou a more excellent way.\n\n(1)Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not\nlove, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. (2)And\nthough I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and\nall knowledge; and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,\nand have not love, I am nothing. (3)And though I bestow all my goods\nin food, and though I give up my body that I may be burned, and have\nnot love, it profits me nothing.\n\n(4)Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not\nitself, is not puffed up, (5)does not behave itself unseemly, seeks\nnot its own, is not easily provoked, imputes no evil; (6)rejoices not\nat unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; (7)bears all things,\nbelieves all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (8)Love\nnever fails; but whether there are prophesyings, they will be done\naway; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be\ndone away. (9)For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. (10)But\nwhen that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part will be\ndone away.\n\n(11)When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I\nreasoned as a child; but now that I am become a man, I have done away\nthe things of the child. (12)For we see now in a mirror, obscurely;\nbut then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know\nfully, even as I also am fully known.\n\n(13)And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of\nthese is love.\n\n(1)Pursue after love; and desire earnestly the spiritual gifts, but\nrather that ye may prophesy. (2)For he that speaks in an unknown\ntongue speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but with\nthe spirit he speaks mysteries. (3)But he that prophesies, to men he\nspeaks edification, and exhortation, and comfort. (4)He that speaks in\nan unknown tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the\nchurch.\n\n(5)I would that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye\nshould prophesy; for greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks\nwith tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive\nedification.\n\n(6)And now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what\nshall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation,\nor in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching? (7)And things\nwithout life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, yet if they give no\ndistinction in the sounds, how shall that be known which is piped or\nharped? (8)For if a trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare\nhimself for battle? (9)So also ye, if ye utter not by the tongue words\neasily understood, how shall that be known which is spoken? For ye\nwill be speaking into the air.\n\n(10)So many, it may be, are the kinds of speaking sounds in the world,\nand none is without significance. (11)If then I know not the meaning\nof the sound, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that\nspeaks a barbarian to me. (12)So also ye, since ye are zealous of\nspiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound in them to the edification of\nthe church.\n\n(13)Wherefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he\nmay interpret. (14)For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit\nprays, but my understanding is unfruitful. (15)What then? I will pray\nwith the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will\nsing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.\n(16)Else, if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that\noccupies the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of\nthanks, since he knows not what thou sayest? (17)For thou indeed\ngivest thanks well, but the other is not edified.\n\n(18)I thank God, I speak with tongues more than ye all. (19)Yet in the\nchurch I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I\nmay also instruct others, than ten thousand words in an unknown\ntongue.\n\n(20)Brethren, be not children in your understandings; but in malice be\nas children, but in your understandings be men.\n\n(21)In the law it is written:\n\n    For with men of other tongues, and with strange lips,\n    I will speak to this people;\n    And not even so will they hearken to me, saith the Lord.\n\n(22)So that the tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but\nto the unbelieving; but prophesying is not for the unbelieving, but\nfor those who believe.\n\n(23)If therefore the whole church is come together into one place, and\nall speak with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or\nunbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? (24)But if all\nprophesy, and there come in one that is an unbeliever, or unlearned,\nhe is convicted by all, he is judged by all. (25)The secrets of his\nheart are made manifest; and so falling on his face he will worship\nGod, reporting that God is in truth among you.\n\n(26)How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each of you has a\npsalm, has an instruction, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an\ninterpretation. Let all things be done to edification. (27)If any one\nspeaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by\nthree, and in turn; and let one interpret. (28)But if there be no\ninterpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to\nhimself, and to God.\n\n(29)And of prophets, let two or three speak, and the others judge.\n(30)But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first\nbe silent. (31)For ye can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn,\nand all be comforted. (32)And the spirits of the prophets are subject\nto the prophets. (33)For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace,\nas in all churches of the saints.\n\n(34)Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not\npermitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the\nlaw also says. (35)And if they wish to learn anything, let them ask\ntheir husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the\nchurch.\n\n(36)Did the word of God come forth from you? Or came it unto you\nalone? (37)If any one thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual,\nlet him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the\nLord's commandments. (38)But if any one is ignorant, let him be\nignorant. (39)Wherefore, brethren, desire earnestly the gift of\nprophecy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. (40)But let all things\nbe done decently and in order.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nAND I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you,\nwhich also ye received, in which also ye stand; (2)through which also\nye are saved, if ye hold fast the word with which I preached to you,\nunless ye believed in vain.\n\n(3)For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that\nChrist died for our sins according to the Scriptures; (4)and that he\nwas buried, and that he has risen on the third day according to the\nScriptures; (5)and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve;\n(6)after that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once; of\nwhom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep.\n(7)After that, he appeared to James; then to all the apostles. (8)And\nlast of all he appeared to me also, as the one born out of due time.\n(9)For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called\nan apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (10)But by the\ngrace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me\nwas not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not\nI, but the grace of God which was with me. (11)Therefore whether it\nwere I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.\n\n(12)Now if Christ is preached that he has risen from the dead, how say\nsome among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13)But if\nthere is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ risen;\n(14)and if Christ has not risen, then is our preaching vain, and vain\nalso your faith. (15)And we are also found false witnesses of God;\nbecause we testified of God, that he raised up Christ; whom he raised\nnot, if it be so that the dead rise not. (16)For if the dead rise not,\nneither has Christ risen; (17)and if Christ has not risen, your faith\nis vain; ye are yet in your sins. (18)Then also they who have fallen\nasleep in Christ have perished. (19)If in this life only we have hope\nin Christ, we are of all men most miserable.\n\n(20)But now Christ has risen from the dead, the first-fruits of those\nwho sleep. (21)For since by man came death, by man came also the\nresurrection of the dead. (22)For as in Adam all die, so also in\nChrist will all be made alive. (23)But each in his own order; Christ\nthe first-fruits; afterward they who are Christ's at his coming.\n(24)Then comes the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to God, the\nFather; when he shall have done away all rule, and all authority and\npower. (25)For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his\nfeet. (26)As the last enemy, Death shall be done away. For he\nsubjected all things under his feet. (27)But when he says, All things\nare subjected, it is manifest that he is excepted, who subjected all\nthings to him. (28)And when all things shall be subjected to him, then\nwill also the Son himself be subject to him who subjected all things\nto him, that God may be all in all.\n\n(29)Else what shall they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead\nrise not at all, why are they then immersed for them? (30)Why also are\nwe in peril every hour? (31)I protest by my glorying in you, which I\nhave in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (32)If after the manner of\nmen I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what is the profit to me, if\nthe dead rise not?\n\n    Let us eat and drink;\n    For to-morrow we die.\n\n(33)Be not deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners.\n(34)Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the\nknowledge of God. I say it to your shame.\n\n(35)But some one will say: How do the dead rise? And with what kind of\nbody do they come? (36)Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not\nquickened, except it die; (37)and what thou sowest, not the body that\nshall be sowest thou, but bare grain, perchance of wheat, or of some\nother grain. (38)But God gives it a body as it pleased him, and to\neach of the seeds its own body.\n\n(39)All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men,\nanother flesh of beasts, another of fishes, another of birds.\n(40)There are also heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the glory\nof the heavenly is one, and that of the earthly is another. (41)There\nis one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another\nglory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.\n\n(42)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption,\nit rises in incorruption. (43)It is sown in dishonor, it rises in\nglory. It is sown in weakness, it rises in power. (44)It is sown a\nnatural body, it rises a spiritual body.\n\nIf there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual. (45)So also it\nis written: The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam a\nlife-giving spirit. (46)But the spiritual is not first, but the\nnatural; and afterward the spiritual. (47)The first man was of the\nearth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. (48)As was the earthy,\nsuch are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are\nthey also that are heavenly. (49)And as we bore the image of the\nearthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.\n\n(50)And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the\nkingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. (51)Behold,\nI tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be\nchanged, (52)in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last\ntrump; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised\nincorruptible, and we shall be changed. (53)For this corruptible must\nput on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (54)And\nwhen this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal\nshall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the\nsaying, that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory. (55)Where,\nO death, is thy sting? Where, O death, is thy victory? (56)The sting\nof death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (57)But thanks be\nto God, who gives us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(58)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always\nabounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in\nvain in the Lord.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nNOW concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the\nchurches of Galatia, so also do ye. (2)On each first day of the week,\nlet every one of you lay by him in store, according as he is\nprospered, that there may be no collections when I come. (3)And when I\ncome, whomsoever ye shall approve, them I will send with letters to\ncarry your benefaction to Jerusalem. (4)And if it be worthy of my\ngoing also, they shall go with me.\n\n(5)And I will come to you, when I shall pass through Macedonia. For I\npass through Macedonia; (6)and it may be that I will remain, or even\npass the winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey\nwhithersoever I go. (7)For I wish not to see you now, in passing; for\nI hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord permit. (8)But I\nshall remain at Ephesus until the Pentecost. (9)For a great and\neffectual door is open to me, and there are many adversaries.\n\n(10)Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear; for\nhe works the work of the Lord, as I also do. (11)Let no one therefore\ndespise him; but send him forward in peace, that he may come to me;\nfor I look for him with the brethren.\n\n(12)And concerning Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come to\nyou with the brethren; and it was not at all his will to come at this\ntime, but he will come when he shall have a convenient time.\n\n(13)Watch, stand fast in the faith, acquit you like men, be strong.\n(14)Let all your acts be done in love.\n\n(15)And I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that\nit is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to\nthe service of the saints,) (16)that ye also submit yourselves to\nsuch, and to every one that works with us, and labors.\n\n(17)I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus;\nfor what was lacking on your part they supplied. (18)For they\nrefreshed my spirit and yours; therefore acknowledge those who are\nsuch.\n\n(19)The churches of Asia salute you.\n\nAquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that\nis in their house. (20)All the brethren salute you. Salute one another\nwith a holy kiss.\n\n(21)The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand.\n\n(22)If any one loves not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.\nMaran atha[16:22]!\n\n(23)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (24)My love be\nwith you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\n\n\nTHE SECOND LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the\nbrother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints\nwho are in all Achaia: (2)Grace to you and peace from God our Father\nand the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(3)Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of\nmercies, and the God of all consolation; (4)who consoles us in all our\naffliction, that we may be able to console those who are in any\naffliction, by the consolation wherewith we ourselves are consoled by\nGod. (5)Because, as the sufferings of Christ abound toward us, so\nthrough Christ abounds also our consolation.\n\n(6)But whether we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and\nsalvation, which is effective in the endurance of the same sufferings\nwhich we also suffer; or whether we are consoled, it is for your\nconsolation and salvation. (7)And our hope of you is steadfast,\nknowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so are ye also of\nthe consolation.\n\n(8)For we would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of our\naffliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly\noppressed, above our strength, so that we despaired even of life.\n(9)Yea, we ourselves had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we\nshould not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; (10)who\ndelivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom is our\nhope that he will still deliver; (11)ye also helping together on our\nbehalf by your supplication, that for the mercy bestowed on us through\nmany persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.\n\n(12)For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in\nsimplicity and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the\ngrace of God, did we deport ourselves in the world, and more\nabundantly toward you. (13)For we write no other things to you, than\nwhat ye read or even acknowledge, and I trust ye will acknowledge even\nto the end; (14)as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are\nyour glorying, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\n(15)And in this confidence I was desirous to come to you before, that\nye might have a second benefit; (16)and to pass by you into Macedonia,\nand from Macedonia to come again to you, and by you to be brought on\nmy way to Judea. (17)When therefore I purposed this, did I act with\nlevity? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the\nflesh, that with me there should be the yea, yea, and the nay, nay?\n(18)But God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay. (19)For\nthe Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me\nand Silvanus and Timothy, was not made yea and nay, but has been made\nyea in him. (20)For however many are the promises of God, in him is\nthe yea, and in him the Amen, to the glory of God through us. (21)Now\nhe who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;\n(22)he who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our\nhearts.\n\n(23)But I invoke God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I\ncame not yet to Corinth. (24)Not that we have dominion over your\nfaith, but are helpers of your joy; for in faith ye stand fast.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nAND I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you\nin sorrow. (2)For if I make you sorry, who then is he that makes me\nglad, but the same who is made sorry by me? (3)And I wrote this very\nthing to you, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of\nwhom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is\nthe joy of you all. (4)For out of much affliction and anguish of heart\nI wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye might have sorrow, but\nthat ye might know the love which I have more abundantly toward you.\n\n(5)But if any has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but\nin part (that I be not too severe on him) to you all. (6)Sufficient\nfor such a one is this punishment, which was inflicted by the many.\n(7)So that, on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and console\nhim, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch\nsorrow. (8)Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.\n\n(9)For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you,\nwhether ye are obedient in all things. (10)To whom ye forgive\nanything, I forgive also; for what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven\nanything, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ,\n(11)that no advantage might be gained over us by Satan; for we are not\nignorant of his devices.\n\n(12)And when I came to Troas to preach the good news of Christ, and a\ndoor was opened to me in the Lord, (13)I had no rest in my spirit,\nbecause I found not Titus my brother; but taking leave of them, I went\nforth into Macedonia. (14)But thanks be to God, who always causes us\nto triumph in Christ, and makes manifest by us in every place the\nsavor of the knowledge of him. (15)Because we are to God a sweet savor\nof Christ, in those who are saved, and in those who perish; (16)to the\none a savor of death unto death, to the other a savor of life unto\nlife. And who is sufficient for these things? (17)For we are not as\nthe many, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of\nGod, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nDO we again begin to commend ourselves? Or need we, as some, letters\nof commendation to you, or of commendation from you? (2)Ye are our\nletter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; (3)being\nmade manifest that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written\nnot with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of\nstone, but in fleshly tablets of the heart.\n\n(4)And such confidence have we through Christ, toward God. (5)Not that\nwe are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but\nour sufficiency is of God; (6)who also made us sufficient as ministers\nof a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the\nletter kills, but the spirit makes alive.\n\n(7)But if the ministration of death, engraven with letters in stones,\nwas made glorious, so that the sons of Israel could not look\nsteadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance,\nwhich glory was to be done away; (8)how shall not the ministration of\nthe spirit be more glorious? (9)For if the ministration of\ncondemnation is glory, much more does the ministration of\nrighteousness abound in glory. (10)For even that which was made\nglorious has no glory in this respect, on account of the glory that\nexcels. (11)For if that which is done away was glorious, much more\nthat which abides is glorious.\n\n(12)Having therefore such hope, we use great plainness of speech;\n(13)and not as Moses put a vail over his face, that the children of\nIsrael might not steadfastly look on the end of that which was to be\ndone away. (14)But their understandings were hardened; for until this\nday the same vail on the reading of the old covenant remains, not\nbeing taken away; which vail is done away in Christ[3:14]. (15)But\neven unto this day, when Moses is read, a vail lies upon their heart.\n(16)But whenever it turns to the Lord, the vail is taken away.\n\n(17)Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is,\nthere is liberty. (18)But we all, with unvailed face beholding in a\nmirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from\nglory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nTHEREFORE, having this ministry, as we received mercy, we faint not.\n(2)But we renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in\ncraftiness, nor falsifying the word of God; but, by the manifestation\nof the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the\nsight of God. (3)But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed in those\nwho perish; (4)in whom the god of this world blinded the\nunderstandings of the unbelieving, that they should not discern the\nlight of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of\nGod[4:4]. (5)For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord;\nand ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. (6)Because it is God,\nwho commands light to shine out of darkness; who shined in our hearts,\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of\nChrist.\n\n(7)But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding\ngreatness of the power may be God's, and not of us; (8)being pressed\nin every way, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not despairing;\n(9)persecuted, yet not forsaken; cast down, yet not destroyed;\n(10)always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that also the\nlife of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. (11)For we who live\nare always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of\nJesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. (12)So that death\nworks in us, but life in you.\n\n(13)But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written,\nI believed, therefore did I speak, we also believe, therefore also\nspeak; (14)knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up\nus also with Jesus, and will present us with you. (15)For all things\nare for your sakes; that the grace, abounding through the greater\nnumber, might make the thanksgiving more abundant, to the glory of\nGod.\n\n(16)For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perishes,\nyet the inward man is renewed day by day: (17)For our light\naffliction, which is but for a moment, works out for us a far more\nexceeding, an eternal weight of glory; (18)while we look not at the\nthings which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the\nthings which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen\nare eternal.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nFOR we know that, if our earthly house of the tabernacle[5:1] were\ndissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands,\neternal in the heavens. (2)For in this we groan, longing to be clothed\nupon with our house which is from heaven; (3)seeing that we shall be\nfound clothed, not naked[5:3]. (4)For we who are in the tabernacle\ngroan, being burdened; in that we do not desire to be unclothed, but\nto be clothed upon, that what is mortal might be swallowed up by life.\n\n(5)Now he who wrought us out for this very thing is God, who also gave\nto us the earnest of the Spirit. (6)Being therefore always confident,\nand knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the\nLord, (7)(for we walk by faith, not by sight), (8)we are confident,\nand are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at\nhome with the Lord.\n\n(9)Wherefore we also strive, that, whether at home or absent, we may\nbe well pleasing to him. (10)For we must all be made manifest before\nthe judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done\nin the body, according to the things which he did, whether good or\nbad.\n\n(11)Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but to\nGod we have been made manifest, and I hope that we have been made\nmanifest also in your consciences. (12)For we are not again commending\nourselves to you, but giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf,\nthat ye may have somewhat to answer those who glory in appearance and\nnot in heart. (13)For whether we were beside ourselves, it was for\nGod; or whether we are of sound mind, it is for you. (14)For the love\nof Christ constrains us; because we thus judged, that if one died for\nall, then they all died. (15)And he died for all, that they who live\nshould live no longer to themselves, but to him who for them died and\nrose again. (16)So that we henceforth know no one according to the\nflesh; and if also we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet\nnow we no longer know him. (17)So that if any one is in Christ, he is\na new creature; the old things passed away; behold, all things have\nbecome new. (18)And all things are of God, who reconciled us to\nhimself through Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;\n(19)as that God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not\nreckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the\nword of reconciliation.\n\n(20)We are then ambassadors on behalf of Christ[5:20], as though God\nwere beseeching by us; on behalf of Christ we pray: Be reconciled to\nGod! (21)Him who knew not sin he made to be sin for us, that we might\nbecome God's righteousness in him.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nAND, as workers together with him, we also beseech you that ye receive\nnot the grace of God in vain; (2)(for he says:\n\n    In an accepted time I heard thee,\n    And in the day of salvation I helped thee;\n\nbehold, now is the well accepted time, behold, now is the day of\nsalvation;) (3)giving no cause of offense in anything, that the\nministry be not blamed; (4)but as God's ministers, commending\nourselves in everything, in much patience, in afflictions, in\nnecessities, in distresses, (5)in stripes, in imprisonments, in\ntumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; (6)in pureness, in\nknowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love\nunfeigned, (7)in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the armor\nof righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (8)through glory\nand dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and\ntrue; (9)as unknown, and well known; as dying, and, behold, we live;\nas chastened, and not killed; (10)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;\nas poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all\nthings.\n\n(11)O Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.\n(12)Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own\nbowels. (13)Now as a recompense in the same kind (I speak as to my\nchildren), be ye also enlarged.\n\n(14)Be not yoked unequally with unbelievers; for what fellowship has\nrighteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with\ndarkness? (15)And what concord has Christ with Belial? Or what part\nhas a believer with an unbeliever? (16)And what agreement has the\ntemple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God; as\nGod said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be\ntheir God, and they shall be to me a people.\n\n(17)Wherefore, come out from among them, and be separated, saith the\nLord, and touch not anything unclean; and I will receive you, (18)and\nwill be to you a Father, and ye shall be to me sons and daughters,\nsaith the Lord Almighty.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nHAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse\nourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting\nholiness in the fear of God.\n\n(2)Receive us; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we defrauded no\none. (3)I say it not for condemnation; for I have before said, that ye\nare in our hearts, to die together and to live together. (4)Great is\nmy confidence toward you, great is my glorying on account of you; I am\nfilled with the consolation, I am made to abound with the joy, in all\nour affliction.\n\n(5)For indeed, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no\nrest, but we were afflicted in every way; without were fightings,\nwithin were fears. (6)But God, who consoles those who are cast down,\nconsoled us by the coming of Titus; (7)and not by his coming only, but\nalso by the consolation with which he was consoled in you, when he\ntold us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that\nI rejoiced the more. (8)Because, though I made you sorry with the\nletter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I perceive\nthat that letter made you sorry, though but for a season. (9)Now I\nrejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto\nrepentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might\nin nothing receive harm from us. (10)For godly sorrow works repentance\nunto salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works\nout death.\n\n(11)For behold this very thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly\nmanner, what earnestness it wrought in you; yea, what clearing of\nyourselves; yea, what indignation; yea, what fear; yea, what longing\ndesire; yea, what zeal; yea, what avenging! In every thing ye\ncommended yourselves as pure in the matter. (12)So then, though I\nwrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor of\nhim who suffered wrong, but that your care for us might be made\nmanifest to you in the sight of God.\n\n(13)For this cause we were consoled; but in our consolation[7:13], we\nrejoiced abundantly more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has\nbeen refreshed by you all. (14)For if in any thing I have boasted to\nhim of you, I was not made ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you\nin truth, so also our boasting before Titus was found to be truth.\n(15)And his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, while he\nremembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye\nreceived him.\n\n(16)I rejoice, that in every thing I have confidence in you.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nAND we made known to you, brethren, the grace of God which has been\nbestowed on the churches of Macedonia; (2)that in much trial of\naffliction was the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty\nabounded to the riches of their liberality. (3)For according to their\npower, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they were willing of\nthemselves; (4)with much entreaty beseeching of us the grace, and the\nparticipation in the ministering to the saints; (5)and not as we\nexpected, but themselves they gave first to the Lord, and to us by the\nwill of God. (6)So that we exhorted Titus, that as he had before\nbegun, so he would also finish among you this grace also.\n\n(7)But, as in everything ye abound, in faith, and utterance, and\nknowledge, and all diligence, and your love to us, see that ye abound\nin this grace also. (8)I say it not by way of command, but through the\nforwardness of others proving also the sincerity of your love. (9)For\nye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,\nyet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might\nbe rich. (10)And I give an opinion in this matter; for this is\nexpedient for you, who began before others, not only to do, but also\nto will, a year ago. (11)And now perform the doing of it also; that as\nthere was the readiness to will, so there may be the performance\naccording to what ye have.\n\n(12)For if there be first the willing mind, it is accepted according\nto what a man has, not according to what he has not. (13)For it is not\nthat others may be eased, and ye burdened; (14)but, by the rule of\nequality, at this present time your abundance being a supply for their\nwant, that also their abundance may be a supply for your want, that\nthere may be equality; as it is written: (15)He that gathered much had\nnothing over, and he that gathered little did not lack.\n\n(16)But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care for you into\nthe heart of Titus. (17)For he accepted indeed the exhortation; but\nbeing very zealous, he went to you of his own accord. (18)And together\nwith him we sent the brother, whose praise in the gospel is throughout\nall the churches; (19)and not that only, but who was also appointed by\nthe churches, as our fellow-traveler with this gift[8:19] which is\nadministered by us, to further the glory of the Lord, and our zeal;\n(20)being careful of this, that no one should blame us in this\nabundance which is administered by us; (21)for we provide for what is\nhonorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of\nmen.\n\n(22)And we sent with them our brother, whom we have often in many\nthings proved to be diligent, but now much more diligent, through the\ngreat confidence which he has toward you. (23)As to Titus, he is my\npartner, and in regard to you a fellow-laborer; as to our brethren,\nthey are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.\n(24)Therefore show toward them, and before the churches, the proof of\nyour love, and of our boasting on your behalf.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nFOR concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me\nto write to you. (2)For I know your readiness of mind, of which I\nboast for you to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared since\na year ago; and your zeal stirred up the greater part of them. (3)But\nI sent the brethren, that our boasting of you might not be made in\nvain in this respect; that, as I said, ye may be prepared; (4)lest\nhaply, if Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that\nwe say not, ye) should be put to shame in respect to this confidence.\n\n(5)I thought it necessary, therefore, to exhort the brethren, that\nthey should go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty\nbefore promised, that this may be ready, in manner as a bounty and not\nas covetousness. (6)But as to this, he that sows sparingly shall also\nreap sparingly; and he that sows with blessings shall also reap with\nblessings; (7)but each as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or\nof necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.\n\n(8)And God is able to make every grace abound toward you; that ye,\nalways having all sufficiency in everything, may abound toward every\ngood work; (9)(as it is written:\n\n    He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor;\n    His righteousness abides forever;)\n\n(10)and he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will\nsupply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your\nrighteousness; (11)being enriched in everything to all liberality,\nwhich works through us thanksgiving to God. (12)Because the\nministration of this service not only supplies the wants of the\nsaints, but also abounds through many thanksgivings to God; (13)while\nby the proof of this ministration they glorify God for the obedience\nto your profession of the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of\nthe contribution to them, and to all; (14)they also, with supplication\nfor you, longing after you on account of the exceeding grace of God in\nyou. (15)Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!\n\n\n\nX.\n\nNOW I, Paul, myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of\nChrist, who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am\nbold toward you; (2)but I entreat, that I may not when I am present be\nbold with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some,\nwho think of us as walking according to the flesh. (3)For though\nwalking in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh; (4)(for the\nweapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty before God to the\npulling down of strongholds) (5)casting down imaginations, and every\nhigh thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and\nbringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;\n(6)and being in readiness to punish every disobedience, when your\nobedience is made perfect.\n\n(7)Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man\ntrusts to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself consider\nthis again, that, as he is Christ's, so also are we. (8)For even if I\nshould boast somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord\ngave us for edification, and not for your destruction[10:8], I shall\nnot be put to shame; (9)that I may not seem as if I would terrify you\nby my letters. (10)For his letters, says one, are weighty and strong;\nbut his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. (11)Let\nsuch a one consider this, that such as we are in word by letters when\nabsent, such will we be also in deed when present.\n\n(12)For we venture not to reckon ourselves among, or to compare\nourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they,\nmeasuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with\nthemselves, are not wise. (13)But we will not boast of things without\nmeasure, but according to the measure of the line which God\napportioned to us, a measure to reach even to you. (14)For we do not\nstretch ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you;\nfor as far as to you also did we come, in the gospel of Christ;\n(15)not boasting of things without measure in other men's labors; but\nhaving hope, when your faith increases, that we shall be enlarged\namong you according to our line abundantly, (16)to preach the gospel\nin the regions beyond you, not to make our boast, in another's line,\nof things made ready to our hand. (17)But he that boasts, let him\nboast in the Lord. (18)For not he that commends himself is approved,\nbut he whom the Lord commends.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nWOULD that ye could bear with me in a little folly! Nay, ye do bear\nwith me. (2)For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I\nespoused you to one husband, that I may present a chaste virgin to\nChrist. (3)But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve\nby his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from your\nsimplicity toward Christ. (4)For if indeed he that comes preaches\nanother Jesus, whom we preached not, or if ye receive a different\nspirit, which ye received not, or a different gospel, which ye\naccepted not, ye might well bear with it. (5)For I reckon that I am in\nno respect behind these overmuch apostles. (6)And though I be rude in\nspeech, yet not in knowledge; but in everything we have been made\nmanifest among all, in respect to you.\n\n(7)Did I commit an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted,\nbecause I preached to you the gospel of God without charge. (8)I\nrobbed other churches, taking wages of them, in order to do you\nservice. (9)And when I was present with you, and in want, I was a\ncharge to no one; for what was lacking to me the brethren who came\nfrom Macedonia supplied; and in every thing I kept myself from being\nburdensome to you, and so will keep myself.\n\n(10)As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting shall not be shut\nup against me in the regions of Achaia. (11)Wherefore? Because I love\nyou not? God knows. (12)But what I do, and will do, is that I may cut\noff the occasion of those who desire an occasion, that wherein they\nboast they may be found even as we. (13)For such are false apostles,\ndeceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.\n(14)And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel\nof light. (15)It is no great thing then, if also his ministers\ntransform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be\naccording to their works.\n\n(16)I say again, let no one think me foolish; but if it can not be so,\nyet receive me even if as foolish, that I too may boast myself a\nlittle. (17)What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in\nfoolishness, in this confidence of boasting. (18)Seeing that many\nboast after the flesh, I also will boast. (19)For ye gladly bear with\nthe foolish, being yourselves wise. (20)For ye bear with it, if one\nbrings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes you, if one\nexalts himself, if one smites you on the face.\n\n(21)I say it as a reproach, that we were weak. But in whatever any one\nis bold (I say it in foolishness), I also am bold. (22)Are they\nHebrews? So am I Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's\nseed? So am I. (23)Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside\nmyself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above\nmeasure, in prisons more abundantly, in deaths often; (24)of the Jews\nfive times I received forty stripes save one; (25)thrice I was beaten\nwith rods; once I was stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and\na day I have spent in the deep; (26)by journeyings often, by perils of\nrivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils\nfrom the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness,\nby perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; (27)by weariness\nand painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings\noften, in cold and nakedness. (28)Beside those things that are\nwithout, there is that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the\nchurches. (29)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I\ndo not burn? (30)If I must needs boast, I will boast of things which\nbelong to my infirmity. (31)God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,\nwho is blessed forevermore, knows that I lie not. (32)In Damascus, the\ngovernor under Aretas the king kept guard over the city of the\nDamascenes, wishing to apprehend me; (33)and through a window I was\nlet down in a basket through the wall, and escaped his hands.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nTO boast is surely not expedient for me; for I will come to visions\nand revelations of the Lord.\n\n(2)I know a man in Christ, above fourteen years ago (whether in the\nbody I know not, or whether out of the body I know not, God knows)\nsuch a one caught up even to the third heaven. (3)And I know such a\nman (whether in the body or without the body I know not, God knows),\n(4)that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words,\nwhich it is not lawful for a man to utter.\n\n(5)Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, save in\nmy infirmities. (6)For if I should desire to boast, I shall not be\nfoolish, for I shall speak truth; but I forbear, lest any one should\nreckon of me above what he sees me to be, or hears from me.\n\n(7)And that I might not be exalted overmuch through the abundance of\nthe revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a\nmessenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.\n(8)Concerning this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart\nfrom me. (9)And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for my\npower is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather\nboast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may abide upon me.\n\n(10)Wherefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in\nnecessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for\nwhen I am weak, then I am powerful.\n\n(11)I have become foolish; ye compelled me. For I ought to have been\ncommended by you; for in nothing was I behind these overmuch apostles,\nthough I am nothing. (12)Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought\namong you in all patience, by signs, and wonders, and miracles.\n(13)For what is there, wherein ye were inferior to the rest of the\nchurches, except that I myself was not a charge to you? Forgive me\nthis wrong.\n\n(14)Behold, I am ready to come to you the third time; and I will not\nbe a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you; for the children\nought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.\n(15)And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though\nthe more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. (16)But be it so,\nI was not myself a charge to you[12:16]; but yet, being crafty, I\ncaught you with guile. (17)Did I make gain of you, by any of those\nwhom I have sent to you? (18)I exhorted Titus [to go], and sent with\nhim the brother. Did Titus make gain of you? Did we not walk in the\nsame spirit; did we not in the same steps?\n\n(19)Do ye again suppose that we are excusing ourselves to you[12:19]?\nBefore God in Christ we speak; and all, beloved, for your edification.\n(20)For I fear, lest haply, when I come, I shall find you not such as\nI would, and I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest\nthere be wranglings, envyings, wraths, rivalries, backbitings,\nwhisperings, swellings, tumults; (21)lest, when I come again, my God\nshall humble me among you, and I shall bewail many of those who have\nsinned before, and repented not of the uncleanness, and fornication,\nand wantonness, which they committed.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nTHIS third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two witnesses, and\nof three, shall every word be established. (2)I have before said, and\nnow say beforehand, as when present the second time, so also now when\nabsent, to those who heretofore have sinned, and to all the rest, that\nif I come again I will not spare; (3)since ye seek a proof of Christ\nspeaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.\n(4)For even if he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the\npower of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him\nby the power of God toward you.\n\n(5)Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own\nselves. Know ye not your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you,\nexcept ye are reprobate? (6)But I trust that ye shall know, that we\nare not reprobate.\n\n(7)Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear\napproved, but that ye may do what is good, though we be as reprobate.\n(8)For we have no power against the truth, but for the truth. (9)For\nwe are glad, when we are weak, and ye are powerful; this also we pray\nfor, even your perfection.\n\n(10)For this cause I write these things being absent, that when\npresent I may not use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord\ngave me for edification, and not for destruction.\n\n(11)Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of\nthe same mind, be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with\nyou.\n\n(12)Salute one another with a holy kiss. (13)All the saints salute\nyou.\n\n(14)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the\ncommunion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE GALATIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, an apostle, not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus\nChrist, and God the Father who raised him from the dead, (2)and all\nthe brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: (3)Grace to\nyou, and peace, from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ; (4)who\ngave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present\nevil world, according to the will of God and our Father; (5)to whom be\nthe glory forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(6)I marvel that ye are so soon removing from him who called you in\nthe grace of Christ, to a different gospel; (7)which is not another,\nexcept that there are some who trouble you, and wish to pervert the\ngospel of Christ. (8)But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should\npreach a gospel to you contrary to that which we preached to you, let\nhim be accursed. (9)As we have said before, so I now say again, if any\none preaches a gospel to you contrary to that which ye received, let\nhim be accursed. (10)For do I now seek the favor of men or of God? Or\nam I seeking to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not\nbe Christ's servant.\n\n(11)Now I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was\npreached by me is not according to man; (12)for I also did not receive\nit from man, nor was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus\nChrist. (13)For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that\nbeyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,\n(14)and pressed forward in Judaism beyond many companions of the same\nage in my nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for the traditions\nof my fathers.\n\n(15)But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb,\nand called me through his grace, (16)to reveal his Son in me, that I\nshould make known the glad news of him among the Gentiles; immediately\nI conferred not with flesh and blood; (17)neither went up to Jerusalem\nto those who were apostles before me, but went away[1:17] into Arabia,\nand returned again to Damascus.\n\n(18)Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become\nacquainted with Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. (19)But no\nother of the apostles did I see, save James, the brother of the Lord.\n(20)Now as to the things which I write to you, behold before God, I\nlie not.\n\n(21)Afterward, I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; (22)and\nwas unknown by face to the churches of Juda which were in Christ;\n(23)but they were only hearing, that he who was once our persecutor\nnow preaches the faith which once he was destroying; (24)and they\nglorified God in me.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nTHEN, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with\nBarnabas, taking also Titus with me. (2)And I went up by revelation,\nand communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles;\nbut privately, to those of reputation, lest by any means I should run,\nor had run in vain. (3)But not even Titus, who was with me, being a\nGreek, was compelled to be circumcised; (4)and that because of the\nfalse brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in to spy out our\nliberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into\nbondage; (5)to whom not even for an hour did we yield by the\n[required] submission, that the truth of the gospel might continue\nwith you. (6)But from those reputed to be something,--whatever they\nwere[2:6], it matters not to me, God accepts not man's person,--for to\nme those of reputation communicated nothing in addition. (7)But, on\nthe contrary, seeing that I have been entrusted with the gospel of the\nuncircumcision, as Peter was with that of the circumcision; (8)(for he\nwho wrought for Peter in behalf of the apostleship of the\ncircumcision, wrought also for me in behalf of the Gentiles;) (9)and\nhaving learned the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and\nJohn, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas right\nhands of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to\nthe circumcision; (10)only, that we should remember the poor, which\nvery thing also I was forward to do.\n\n(11)But when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face,\nbecause he was blamed. (12)For before certain ones came from James, he\nate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated\nhimself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. (13)And the other\nJews also dissembled with him, so that Barnabas also was carried away\nwith their dissimulation. (14)But when I saw that they walk not\nuprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in the\npresence of all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of\nGentiles and not that of Jews, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to\nbecome as Jews? (15)We are Jews by nature, and not sinners from among\nthe Gentiles; (16)but knowing that a man is not justified by works of\nlaw, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we also believed on Christ\nJesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works\nof law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified. (17)But\nif, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were\nfound sinners, is then Christ a minister of sin? Far be it! (18)For if\nthe things which I pulled down these I build up again, I make myself a\ntransgressor. (19)For I through law died to law, that I might live to\nGod. (20)I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer do I live,\nbut Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I\nlive in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself\nfor me. (21)I do not set aside the grace of God; for if there be\nrighteousness through law, then Christ died without cause.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nO FOOLISH Galatians, who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ\nwas evidently set forth[3:1], crucified among you? (2)This only I\ndesire to learn from you: Was it from works of law that ye received\nthe Spirit, or from the hearing of faith? (3)Are ye so foolish? Having\nbegun with the Spirit, are ye now being made perfect[3:3] with the\nflesh? (4)Did ye suffer so many things in vain? If indeed it be in\nvain. (5)Does he, therefore, who supplies to you the Spirit, and works\nmiracles among you[3:5], do it from works of law, or from the hearing\nof faith? (6)As Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for\nrighteousness. (7)Know then that they who are of faith, these are sons\nof Abraham. (8)And the Scripture, foreseeing that God justifies the\nGentiles by faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham,\nsaying: In thee shall all the nations be blessed. (9)So that they who\nare of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.\n\n(10)For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it is\nwritten: Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things\nwritten in the book of the law, to do them. (11)And that in the law no\none is justified with God, is evident; because, the just shall live by\nfaith. (12)Now the law is not of faith; but, he that has done them\nshall live in them. (13)Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law,\nhaving become a curse for us; because it is written: Cursed is every\none that is hanged on a tree; (14)that unto the Gentiles the blessing\nof Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the\npromise of the Spirit through faith.\n\n(15)Brethren, I speak after the manner of men. If a covenant has been\nconfirmed, though it be a man's, no one sets it aside, or adds\nthereto. (16)Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed.\nHe says not, and to seeds, as concerning many; but as concerning one,\nand to thy seed, which is Christ. (17)But this I say, that a covenant\nbefore confirmed by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty\nyears after, does not annul, to make the promise of no effect. (18)For\nif the inheritance is of law, it is no more of promise; but God has\nfreely given it to Abraham by promise.\n\n(19)What then is the law? It was added because of the transgressions,\nuntil the seed should come to whom the promise has been made; having\nbeen ordained through angels, by the hand of a mediator. (20)Now the\nmediator is not of one; but God is one. (21)Is then the law against\nthe promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which is\nable to make alive, truly righteousness would have been of law.\n(22)But the Scripture shut up all under sin, that the promise by faith\nin Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. (23)But before\nfaith came, we were guarded under law, shut up unto the faith which\nwas to be revealed. (24)So that the law has become our schoolmaster,\nunto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (25)But faith having\ncome, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (26)For ye are all sons\nof God by faith in Christ Jesus. (27)For all ye who were immersed unto\nChrist[3:27], did put on Christ. (28)There is neither Jew nor Greek,\nthere is neither bond nor free, there is no male and female; for ye\nare all one in Christ Jesus. (29)And if ye are Christ's, then are ye\nAbraham's seed, heirs according to the promise.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nNOW I say, as long as the heir is a child, he differs in nothing from\na servant though he is lord of all; (2)but is under guardians and\nstewards, until the time appointed by the father. (3)So also we, when\nwe were children, were held in bondage under the elements[4:3] of the\nworld. (4)But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his\nson, born of a woman, born under law, (5)that he might redeem those\nunder law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (6)And because\nye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,\ncrying, Abba, Father. (7)So that thou art no longer a servant, but a\nson; and if a son, also an heir through God. (8)But at that time\nindeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which are not in their\nnature gods. (9)But now, after having known God, or rather having been\nknown by God, how is it that ye turn back again to the weak and poor\nelements[4:9], to which ye desire to be in bondage again anew? (10)Do\nye carefully observe days, and months, and seasons, and years? (11)I\nam afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in\nvain.\n\n(12)Become as I am, for I also became as ye are, brethren, I beseech\nyou. Ye injured me in nothing. (13)Nay, ye know that by reason of\nweakness of the flesh I preached the glad tidings to you the former\ntime; (14)and my trial[4:14], which was in my flesh, ye despised not\nnor spurned, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.\n(15)Where is[4:15] then the happiness of which ye spoke? For I bear\nyou witness, that if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes,\nand given them to me. (16)So then, have I become your enemy, because I\ntell you the truth? (17)They zealously seek you, not well; but they\nwish to exclude you, that ye may zealously seek them. (18)But it is\ngood to be zealously sought in a good cause always, and not only when\nI am present with you. (19)My little children, of whom I travail again\nin birth, until Christ be formed in you! (20)And I could wish to be\npresent with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed on\naccount of you.\n\n(21)Tell me, ye who desire to be under law, do ye not hear the law?\n(22)For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the\nbondwoman, and one by the freewoman. (23)But the one by the bondwoman\nwas born after the flesh, and the one by the freewoman through the\npromise. (24)Which things are an allegory[4:24]. For these women are\ntwo covenants, one from mount Sinai, bearing children into bondage,\n(25)which is Hagar (for the word Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia), and\nanswers to the Jerusalem that now is, for she is in bondage with her\nchildren. (26)But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the\nmother of us all[4:26]. (27)For it is written:\n\n    Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;\n    Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not;\n    Because many are the children of the desolate, rather than of her\nwho has the husband.\n\n(28)But ye, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of\npromise. (29)But as then, the one born after the flesh persecuted the\none born after the spirit, so also is it now. (30)But what says the\nScripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son; for the son of the\nbondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. (31)So\nthen, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the\nfreewoman.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nSTAND fast, therefore, in the liberty with which Christ made us free,\nand be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage. (2)Behold, I,\nPaul, say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you\nnothing. (3)Now I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised,\nthat he is a debtor to keep the whole law. (4)Ye are separated from\nChrist, whoever of you are justified in the law; ye are fallen away\nfrom grace. (5)For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of\nrighteousness by faith. (6)For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision\navails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love.\n\n(7)Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the\ntruth? (8)The persuasion is not from him who calls you. (9)A little\nleaven leavens the whole lump. (10)I have confidence toward you in the\nLord, that ye will be no otherwise minded; but he that troubles you\nshall bear his judgment, whoever he may be. (11)But as for me,\nbrethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted?\nThen has the offense of the cross ceased. (12)I would that they were\neven cut off who unsettle you.\n\n(13)For ye were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the\nliberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.\n(14)For all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shalt love\nthy neighbor as thyself. (15)But if ye bite and devour one another,\nbeware lest ye be consumed by one another.\n\n(16)But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire\nof the flesh. (17)For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and\nthe Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the\nother, that ye may not do those things that ye would. (18)But if ye\nare led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.\n\n(19)Now the works of the flesh are manifest; which are, fornication,\nuncleanness, wantonness, (20)idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife,\nemulation, wraths, contentions, divisions, factions, (21)envyings,\nmurders, drunkenness, revelings; and things like these; of which I\ntell you beforehand, as I also said before, that they who do such\nthings shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\n\n(22)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering,\nkindness, goodness, faith, (23)meekness, temperance; against such\nthings there is no law. (24)And they that are Christ's crucified the\nflesh with its passions and desires. (25)If we live by the Spirit, let\nus also walk by the Spirit. (26)Let us not become vainglorious,\nprovoking one another, envying one another.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nBRETHREN, even if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual\nrestore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself,\nlest thou also be tempted. (2)Bear one another's burdens, and so\nfulfill[6:2] the law of Christ. (3)For if a man thinks himself to be\nsomething, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. (4)But let each\none prove his own work, and then shall he have ground of glorying in\nreference to himself alone, and not to another. (5)For each one shall\nbear his own load.\n\n(6)But let him that is taught in the word share with him that teaches,\nin all good things. (7)Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for\nwhatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. (8)Because he that sows\nto his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to\nthe Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (9)And let us\nnot be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we\nfaint not. (10)So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all,\nespecially to those who are of the household of faith.\n\n(11)See with what large letters I wrote to you with my own hand.\n\n(12)As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, these\nconstrain you to be circumcised; only that they may not suffer\npersecution for the cross of Christ. (13)For neither do they\nthemselves who are circumcised keep the law; but they desire that ye\nshould be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. (14)But far\nbe it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,\nthrough whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. (15)For\nin Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor\nuncircumcision, but a new creation. (16)And as many as walk by this\nrule, peace be on them, and mercy, and on the Israel of God.\n\n(17)Henceforth let no one trouble me; for I bear the marks of Jesus in\nmy body.\n\n(18)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren.\nAmen.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who\nare in Ephesus, and believers in Christ Jesus: (2)Grace to you, and\npeace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(3)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has\nblessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in\nChrist; (4)as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,\nthat we should be holy and blameless before him in love; (5)having\npredestined us unto the adoption of sons by Jesus Christ to himself,\naccording to the good pleasure of his will, (6)to the praise of the\nglory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the beloved;\n(7)in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of\nour trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (8)which he made\nto abound toward us in all wisdom and understanding; (9)making known\nto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he\npurposed in himself, (10)in reference to the dispensation of the\nfullness of times, to gather for himself into one all things in the\nChrist, the things which are in the heavens, and the things on the\nearth; (11)in him, in whom we obtained also the inheritance[1:11],\nbeing predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things\nafter the counsel of his own will, (12)that we should be to the praise\nof his glory who before have hoped in the Christ; (13)in whom ye also,\nafter having heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation,\nin whom [I say] having also believed[1:13], ye were sealed with the\nHoly Spirit of promise; (14)which is an earnest of our inheritance\nuntil the redemption[1:14] of the purchased possession, to the praise\nof his glory.\n\n(15)For this cause I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord\nJesus, and love to all the saints, (16)cease not to give thanks for\nyou, making mention of you in my prayers; (17)that the God of our Lord\nJesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give to you the spirit of\nwisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of him; (18)the eyes of\nyour heart being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his\ncalling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the\nsaints, (19)and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us\nwho believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (20)which\nhe wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him\nat his own right hand in the heavenly places, (21)far above all\nprincipality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that\nis named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;\n(22)and subjected all things under his feet, and gave him to be head\nover all things to the church, (23)which is his body, the fullness of\nhim who fills all in all[1:23].\n\n\n\nII.\n\nYOU also, being dead in trespasses and sins;--(2)in which ye once\nwalked according to the course of this world, according to the prince\nof the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of\ndisobedience; (3)among whom we also all walked in time past in the\ndesires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and\nwere by nature children of wrath, even as others;--(4)but God, being\nrich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,\nmade us, (5)even when we were dead in sins, alive with Christ, (by\ngrace ye are saved,) (6)and raised us with him, and made us sit with\nhim in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus; (7)that he might show, in\nthe ages to come, the exceeding richness of his grace, in his kindness\ntoward us in Christ Jesus.\n\n(8)For by grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of\nyourselves, it is the gift of God; (9)not of works, lest any one\nshould boast. (10)For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus\nunto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in\nthem.\n\n(11)Wherefore remember, that in time past ye, the Gentiles in the\nflesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called\nCircumcision, in the flesh, made by hand,--(12)that at that time ye\nwere without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and\nstrangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and\nwithout God in the world. (13)But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who in\ntime past were afar off, were made near by the blood of Christ.\n(14)For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle\nwall of partition; (15)having abolished in his flesh the enmity, the\nlaw of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might make the\ntwo one new man in himself, making peace; (16)and might reconcile both\nto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.\n(17)And he came and brought the good news of peace to you who were\nafar off, and to those who were near. (18)Because through him we both\nhave the access in one Spirit to the Father.\n\n(19)So then ye are no longer strangers and sojourners, but ye are\nfellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;\n(20)having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and\nprophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner-stone; (21)in\nwhom all the building, fitly framed together, grows unto a holy temple\nin the Lord; (22)in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation\nof God in the Spirit.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nFOR this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you\nGentiles,--(2)if indeed ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of\nGod which was given me toward you, (3)that by revelation the mystery\nwas made known to me, as I wrote before in few words; (4)whereby, when\nye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,\n(5)which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men,\nas it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the\nSpirit; (6)that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body,\nand partakers with us of the promise, in Christ Jesus, through the\ngospel; (7)whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the\ngrace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his\npower. (8)To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was\nthis grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches\nof Christ; (9)and to make all see what is the dispensation of the\nmystery, which from ages has been hidden in God, who created all\nthings; (10)that now, to the principalities and powers in the heavenly\nplaces might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of\nGod, (11)according to the eternal purpose which he made[3:11] in\nChrist Jesus our Lord, (12)in whom we have boldness and access[3:12]\nwith confidence through faith in him.\n\n(13)Wherefore I entreat that ye faint not at my afflictions for you,\nwhich is your glory. (14)For this cause I bow my knees to the Father\nof our Lord Jesus Christ[3:14], (15)from whom the whole family in\nheaven and on earth is named, (16)that he would grant to you,\naccording to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might\nthrough his Spirit as to the inner man, (17)that Christ may dwell in\nyour hearts by faith; having been rooted and grounded in love,\n(18)that ye may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is\nthe breadth, and length, and depth, and height, (19)and to know the\nlove of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all\nthe fullness of God.\n\n(20)Now to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that\nwe ask or think, according to the power that works in us, (21)to him\nbe the glory in the church, in Christ Jesus, throughout all ages,\nworld without end. Amen.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nI, THE prisoner in the Lord, exhort you, therefore, to walk worthy of\nthe calling with which ye were called, (2)with all lowliness and\nmeekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;\n(3)endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.\n(4)There is one body, and one Spirit, as also ye were called in one\nhope of your calling; (5)one Lord, one faith, one immersion, (6)one\nGod and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.\n(7)But to each one of us the grace was given according to the measure\nof the gift of Christ. (8)Wherefore he says:\n\n    When he ascended on high,\n    He led captivity captive,\n    And gave gifts to men.\n\n(9)Now this, he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into\nthe lower parts of the earth? (10)The one who descended, he is also\nthe one who ascended above all the heavens, that he may fill all\nthings. (11)And he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as\nevangelists, some as pastors and teachers; (12)for the perfecting of\nthe saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the\nbody of Christ; (13)till we all attain to the unity of the faith and\nof the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure\nof the stature of the fullness of Christ; (14)that we may no longer be\nchildren, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of\ndoctrine, by the sleight of men, by cunning craftiness after the wily\nmanner of error; (15)but holding the truth, may in love grow up into\nhim in all things, who is the head, Christ; (16)from whom all the\nbody, fitly framed together and compacted by means of every joint of\nthe supply, according to the working in the measure of each single\npart, effects the increase of the body to the upbuilding of itself in\nlove.\n\n(17)This therefore I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer\nwalk as the rest of the Gentiles walk[4:17], in the vanity of their\nmind, (18)having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the\nlife of God because of the ignorance that is in then, because of the\nhardness of their heart; (19)who, as being past feeling, gave\nthemselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in\ngreediness[4:19]. (20)But ye did not so learn Christ, (21)if indeed ye\nheard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus; (22)that\nye put off, as concerns your former deportment, the old man who is\ncorrupted according to the lusts of deceit, (23)and be renewed in the\nspirit of your mind, (24)and put on the new man, who was created after\nGod in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.\n\n(25)Wherefore, having put away falsehood, speak truth each one with\nhis neighbor; because we are members one of another. (26)Be angry and\nsin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, (27)neither give\nplace to the Devil.\n\n(28)Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labor,\nworking with his hands that which is good, that he may have to impart\nto him that has need. (29)Let no corrupt discourse proceed out of your\nmouth, but whatever is good for needful edification, that it may\nimpart grace to the hearers. (30)And grieve not the Holy Spirit of\nGod, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. (31)Let all\nbitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be\nput away from you, with all malice; (32)and be kind to one another,\ntender-hearted, forgiving one another, as also God in Christ forgave\nyou.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nBECOME therefore followers of God, as beloved children (2)and walk in\nlove, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering\nand a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.\n\n(3)But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not\neven be named among you, as becomes saints, (4)and filthiness, and\nfoolish talking, and jesting, which are not becoming, but rather\ngiving of thanks. (5)For this ye know, being aware that no fornicator,\nnor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has an\ninheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. (6)Let no one deceive\nyou with vain words; for because of these things comes the wrath of\nGod upon the sons of disobedience.\n\n(7)Become not therefore partakers with them. (8)For ye were once\ndarkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,--\n(9)for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and\ntruth,--(10)proving what is acceptable to the Lord; (11)and have no\nfellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also\nreprove them. (12)For it is a shame even to speak of the things done\nby them in secret. (13)But all things, when reproved, are by the light\nmade manifest; for whatever makes manifest is light. (14)Wherefore he\nsays: Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ\nwill give thee light.\n\n(15)See to it then, how ye walk with exactness, not as unwise, but as\nwise, (16)redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (17)Therefore\nbe not foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.\n\n(18)And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with\nthe Spirit; (19)speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and\nspiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;\n(20)giving thanks always for all things, to God and the Father, in the\nname of our Lord Jesus Christ; (21)submitting yourselves to one\nanother in the fear of Christ; (22)wives to their own husbands, as to\nthe Lord. (23)Because a husband is the head of the wife, as also\nChrist is the head of the church; himself the Savior of the body.\n(24)But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also are the wives to\ntheir own husbands in everything.\n\n(25)Husbands, love your wives, as also Christ loved the church, and\ngave himself up for it; (26)that he might sanctify it, having cleansed\nit by the bathing of water in the word, (27)that he might himself\npresent to himself the church, glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle,\nor any such thing, but that it may be holy and blameless. (28)So\nhusbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves\nhis wife loves himself. (29)For no one ever hated his own flesh; but\nnourishes and cherishes it, as also Christ the church; (30)because we\nare members of his body, [being] of his flesh, and of his bones.\n(31)For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall\ncleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.\n\n(32)This mystery is great; but I am speaking of Christ and of the\nchurch. (33)Nevertheless, do ye also, severally, each so love his wife\neven as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nCHILDREN, obey your parents, in the Lord; for this is right. (2)Honor\nthy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,\n(3)that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the\nearth.\n\n(4)And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them\nup in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.\n\n(5)Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and\ntrembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; (6)not with\neye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the\nwill of God from the heart; (7)with good will doing service, as to the\nLord, and not to men; (8)knowing that whatever good thing each may\nhave done, that shall he receive from the Lord, whether bond or free.\n\n(9)And masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening;\nknowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no\nrespect of persons with him.\n\n(10)Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.\n(11)Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand\nagainst the wiles of the Devil. (12)For to us, the contest is not\nagainst flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,\nagainst the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the\nspiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places[6:12]. (13)Therefore\ntake on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in\nthe evil day, and having fully done all, to stand. (14)Stand\ntherefore, having girded your loins about with truth, and having put\non the breastplate of righteousness; (15)and having shod your feet\nwith the preparation of the gospel of peace; (16)in addition to all,\nhaving taken on the shield of faith, in which ye will be able to\nquench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. (17)And receive the\nhelmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of\nGod; (18)praying at every fitting season in the Spirit, with all\nprayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance\nand supplication for all the saints; (19)and for me, that utterance\nmay be given to me, in the opening of my mouth with boldness, to make\nknown the mystery of the gospel, (20)for which I am an ambassador in\nbonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.\n\n(21)But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the\nbeloved brother and a faithful minister in the Lord, will make all\nknown to you; (22)whom I sent to you for this very thing, that ye\nmight know our affairs, and that he might encourage your hearts.\n\n(23)Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the\nFather, and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(24)Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in\nChrist Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers[1:1] and deacons:\n(2)Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus\nChrist.\n\n(3)I thank my God on every remembrance of you,--(4)always, in every\nsupplication of mine, making the supplication for you all with joy,--\n(5)for your fellowship in respect to the gospel[1:5] from the first\nday until now; (6)being confident of this very thing, that he who\nbegan a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus\nChrist. (7)As it is just for me to think this of you all, because I\nhave you in my heart[1:7]; being all of you, both in my bonds, and in\nthe defense and confirmation of the gospel, partakers of the grace\nwith me. (8)For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all,\nwith the tender affection of Jesus Christ.\n\n(9)And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in\nknowledge and all discernment; (10)in order that ye may approve the\nthings that are most excellent[1:10], that ye may be pure and without\noffense unto the day of Christ; (11)being filled with the fruit of\nrighteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of\nGod.\n\n(12)But I desire that ye should know, brethren, that the things which\nbefell me have resulted rather in the furtherance of the gospel;\n(13)so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in all the\nPraetorium, and to all the rest; (14)and that the greater part of the\nbrethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold\nto speak the word without fear.\n\n(15)Some indeed preach Christ also from envy and strife, but some also\nfrom good will; (16)the one, out of love, knowing that I am set for\nthe defense of the gospel; (17)the other, out of contentiousness,\nproclaim Christ not with pure intent, supposing that they shall add\naffliction[1:17] to my bonds. (18)What then? Notwithstanding, in every\nway, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and\ntherein I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice. (19)For I know that this\nwill turn out for my salvation, through your supplication, and the\nsupply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ; (20)according to my earnest\nexpectation and hope, that I shall in nothing be put to shame, but\nthat with all boldness, as always, so also now Christ shall be\nmagnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.\n\n(21)For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (22)But if it be\nto live in the flesh, this to me is fruit of labor; and which I shall\nchoose I know not; (23)but am constrained by the two, having the\ndesire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better; (24)but\nto remain in the flesh is more needful for your sakes. (25)And being\npersuaded of this, I know that I shall remain, and shall continue with\nyou all for your furtherance and joy in the faith; (26)that your\nglorying may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me, through my\ncoming to you again.\n\n(27)Only let your deportment be as becomes the gospel of Christ; that\nwhether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your\naffairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving\ntogether for the faith of the gospel; (28)and in nothing terrified by\nthe adversaries; which is to them an evident token of perdition, but\nto you of salvation[1:28], and that from God. (29)Because to you it\nwas granted in behalf of Christ,--not only to believe on him,--but in\nhis behalf to suffer also; (30)having the same conflict as ye saw in\nme, and now hear of in me.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nIF then there is any consolation[2:1] in Christ, if any comfort from\nlove, if any communion of the Spirit, if any tender affection and\ncompassion, (2)make my joy complete, that ye be of the same mind,\nhaving the same love, being of one accord, of the one mind; (3)doing\nnothing through contentiousness or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind\neach esteeming others better than himself; (4)regarding not each one\nhis own, but each one also the things of others. (5)Let this mind be\nin you, which was also in Christ Jesus; (6)who, being in the form of\nGod, did not account it robbery to be equal with God; (7)but emptied\nhimself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of\nmen. (8)And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,\nbecoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.\n(9)Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is\nabove every name; (10)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,\nof beings in heaven, and of beings on earth, and of beings under the\nearth, (11)and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the\nglory of God the Father.\n\n(12)Wherefore, my beloved, as ye always obeyed, not as in my presence\nonly, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation\nwith fear and trembling; (13)for it is God who works in you both to\nwill and to perform, of his good pleasure.\n\n(14)Do all without murmurings and disputings; (15)that ye may become\nblameless and simple, children of God, unreproachable, in the midst of\na crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as do the\nheavenly lights in the world; (16)holding forth[1:16] the word of\nlife; for a ground of glorying to me at the day of Christ, that I did\nnot run in vain, or labor in vain.\n\n(17)But even if I am poured out on the sacrifice and ministration of\nyour faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice with you all. (18)For the same\ncause[2:18], do ye also rejoice, and rejoice with me.\n\n(19)But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly to you, that\nI also may be cheered, when I know your state. (20)For I have no one\nlike-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. (21)For all seek\ntheir own, not the things of Jesus Christ. (22)But ye know the proof\nof him, that, as a child with a father, he served with me for the\ngospel. (23)Him therefore I hope to send without delay, so soon as I\nshall see how it will go with me; (24)but I trust in the Lord that I\nalso myself shall come shortly. (25)Yet I supposed it necessary to\nsend to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and\nfellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my wants. (26)For\nhe was longing after you all, and was much distressed, because ye\nheard that he was sick. (27)For indeed he was sick near to death; but\nGod had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I\nmight not have sorrow upon sorrow. (28)I sent him therefore with the\nmore haste, that seeing him again ye might rejoice, and that I may be\nless sorrowful. (29)Receive him therefore in the Lord with all\ngladness, and hold such in honor; (30)because for the work of Christ\nhe came near to death, hazarding his life, that he might supply what\nthings were lacking on your part, of the ministration to me.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nFINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to\nyou, to me is not burdensome, and for you it is safe.\n\n(2)Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the\nconcision. (3)For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit\nof God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the\nflesh. (4)Though I have confidence also in the flesh. If any other\nthinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I more; (5)circumcised the\neighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew\nof Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; (6)as to zeal, persecuting the\nchurch; as to the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.\n\n(7)But what things were gain to me, these I have accounted loss for\nChrist. (8)Nay more, and I account all things to be loss for the\nexcellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; for whom I\nsuffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may\ngain Christ, (9)and be found in him, not having my own righteousness,\nwhich is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the\nrighteousness which is of God, upon faith; (10)that I may know him,\nand the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his\nsufferings[3:10], being conformed to his death; (11)if by any means I\nmay attain to the resurrection from the dead.\n\n(12)Not that I already obtained [the prize][3:12], or have already\nbeen perfected; but I pursue onward, if I may lay hold of that for\nwhich I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. (13)Brethren, I do not count\nmyself to have laid hold of it; but one thing I do, forgetting the\nthings behind, and reaching forth to the things before, (14)I pursue\non toward the mark, for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in\nChrist Jesus.\n\n(15)Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind; and if\nin any thing ye are otherwise minded, this also God will reveal to\nyou. (16)Nevertheless, whereto we have attained, in the same let us\nwalk.\n\n(17)Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark those who so walk,\nas ye have us for an example. (18)For many walk, of whom I told you\noften, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the\ncross of Christ; (19)whose end is destruction, whose God is their\nbelly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.\n(20)For our citizenship[3:20] is in heaven; from whence we also look\nfor a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; (21)who will transform the body\nof our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,\naccording to the working with which he is able also to subject all\nthings to himself.\n\n(1)Therefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so\nstand fast in the Lord, beloved.\n\n(2)I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of the same mind in\nthe Lord. (3)Yea, I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help these\nwomen, who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the\nrest of my fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.\n\n(4)Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. (5)Let your\nforbearance be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. (6)Be anxious\nfor nothing; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with\nthanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. (7)And the peace\nof God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your\nminds in Christ Jesus.\n\n(8)Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are\nhonorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure,\nwhatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if\nthere be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these\nthings. (9)The things also, which ye learned, and received, and heard,\nand saw in me, these do; and the God of peace will be with you.\n\n(10)But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye revived\nagain in your care for my welfare; for which ye were also careful, but\nlacked opportunity. (11)Not that I speak in respect of want; for I\nlearned, in whatever state I am, to be content. (12)I both know how to\nbe abased, and I know how to abound; in every thing, and in all\nthings, I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to\nabound and to be in want. (13)I can do all things, in him who\nstrengthens me.\n\n(14)Notwithstanding, ye did well to share with me in my affliction.\n(15)And ye also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the\ngospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no church communicated with\nme in an account of giving and receiving[4:15], but ye only; (16)that\nalso in Thessalonica, ye sent once and again to my necessity. (17)Not\nthat I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that abounds to\nyour account.\n\n(18)But I have all, and abound; I am full, having received of\nEpaphroditus the things sent from you, an odor of sweet smell, a\nsacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God. (19)But my God will supply\nall your need, according to his riches in glory, in Christ Jesus.\n\n(20)Now to God and our Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(21)Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me\nsalute you.\n\n(22)All the saints salute you, but especially they that are of\nCaesar's household.\n\n(23)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the\nbrother, (2)to the saints in Colosse, and faithful brethren in Christ:\nGrace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus\nChrist.\n\n(3)We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying\nalways for you, (4)having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of\nthe love which ye have toward all the saints, (5)because of the hope\nwhich is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the\nword of the truth of the gospel; (6)which is come to you, as also in\nall the world, and is bringing forth fruit and increasing also in you,\nsince the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth; (7)as\nye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a\nfaithful minister of Christ, (8)who also made known to us your love in\nthe Spirit.\n\n(9)For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to\npray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of\nhis will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10)that ye may\nwalk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, bringing forth fruit in\nevery good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (11)being\nstrengthened with all strength, according to his glorious power, unto\nall patience and long-suffering with joy; (12)giving thanks to the\nFather, who made us meet for the portion of the inheritance of the\nsaints in light; (13)who delivered us out of the power of darkness,\nand translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; (14)in whom\nwe have the redemption, the remission of our sins; (15)who is the\nimage of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature,\n(16)because in him were all things created, the things in the heavens,\nand the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether\nthrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things have\nbeen created by him, and for him; (17)and he is before all things, and\nin him all things subsist. (18)And he is the head of the body, the\nchurch; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that he\nmay become in all things pre-eminent. (19)For He was pleased, that in\nhim should all the fullness dwell; (20)and through him to reconcile\nall things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his\ncross; through him, whether the things on the earth, or the things in\nthe heavens.\n\n(21)And you also, being in time past alienated, and enemies in your\nmind in wicked works, yet now has he reconciled (22)in the body of his\nflesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccused\nbefore him; (23)if indeed ye continue in the faith grounded and\nsettled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye\nheard, which was preached in the whole creation which is under heaven;\nof which I Paul was made a minister.\n\n(24)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is\nbehind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is\nthe church; (25)of which I was made a minister, according to the\ndispensation of God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word\nof God, (26)the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from\ngenerations, but now has been manifested to his saints; (27)to whom\nGod willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this\nmystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;\n(28)whom we announce, warning every man, and teaching every man in all\nwisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ; (29)to which\nend I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me\nwith power.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nFOR I would have you know how great a conflict I have for you, and for\nthose in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the\nflesh; (2)that their hearts might be encouraged, they being knit\ntogether in love, and unto all the riches of the full assurance of the\nunderstanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, even\nChrist; (3)in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge\nhidden.\n\n(4)And this I say, that no one may beguile you with enticing words.\n(5)For though I am absent in the flesh, yet in the spirit I am with\nyou, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your\nfaith toward Christ.\n\n(6)As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him;\n(7)having been rooted and being built up in him, and being established\nin the faith as ye were taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.\n\n(8)Beware lest there shall be any one that despoils you through\nphilosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the\nrudiments of the world, and not after Christ. (9)Because in him dwells\nall the fullness of the Godhead bodily. (10)And ye are made complete\nin him[2:10], who is the head of all principality and power; (11)in\nwhom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands,\nin the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of\nChrist; (12)being buried with him in the immersion, wherein ye were\nalso raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised\nhim from the dead. (13)And you also, being dead in your trespasses and\nthe uncircumcision of your flesh, he made alive together with him,\ngraciously forgiving us all our trespasses; (14)blotting out the\nhandwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to\nus, and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;\n(15)despoiling principalities and powers[2:15a], he made a show of\nthem openly, triumphing over them in it[2:15b].\n\n(16)Let not any one therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in\nrespect of a feast-day, or of a new-moon, or of a sabbath; (17)which\nare a shadow of the things to come, but the body is of Christ. (18)Let\nno one defraud you of the prize, seeking it[2:18] in humiliation and\nworship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen,\nvainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, (19)and not holding fast the\nhead, from whom all the body, by means of the joints and bands having\nnourishment ministered, and being knit together, increases with the\nincrease of God.\n\n(20)If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as\nthough living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (21)\"Handle\nnot, nor taste, nor touch,\" (22)(which are all to perish with the\nusing,) after the commandments and teachings of men? (23)Which things\nhave indeed a show of wisdom in self-chosen worship, and humiliation,\nand neglecting of the body, not in any honor, for the satisfying of\nthe flesh.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nIF then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things above,\nwhere Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God. (2)Set your mind on\nthe things above, not on the things upon the earth. (3)For ye died,\nand your life is hid with Christ in God. (4)When Christ, our life,\nshall be manifested, then will ye also with him be manifested in\nglory.\n\n(5)Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;\nfornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness,\nwhich is idolatry; (6)on account of which things the wrath of God\ncomes on the sons of disobedience; (7)in which ye also once walked,\nwhen ye lived in these things. (8)But now, do ye also put all away,\nanger, wrath, malice, reviling, filthy communication out of your\nmouth. (9)Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old\nman with his deeds, (10)and have put on the new man, who is being\nrenewed unto knowledge after the image of him who created him;\n(11)where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,\nBarbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.\n\n(12)Put on therefore, as God's chosen, holy and beloved, bowels of\ncompassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,\n(13)forbearing one another, and freely forgiving each other, if any\none have a complaint against any, even as Christ freely forgave you,\nso also do ye; (14)and over all these, love, which is the bond of\nperfectness. (15)And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to\nwhich ye were also called in one body; and be thankful.\n\n(16)Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching\nand admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in\ngrace singing in your hearts to God. (17)And whatever ye do, in word\nor deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God\nthe Father through him.\n\n(18)Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as is fitting in\nthe Lord.\n\n(19)Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.\n\n(20)Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well\npleasing, in the Lord.\n\n(21)Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.\n\n(22)Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh;\nnot with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart,\nfearing the Lord. (23)Whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,\nand not to men; (24)knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the\nrecompense of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ. (25)For he that\ndoes wrong will receive that which he did wrongfully; and there is no\nrespect of persons.\n\n(1)Masters, render to your servants that which is just and equal;\nknowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.\n\n(2)Persevere in prayer, being watchful therein with thanksgiving;\n(3)at the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a\ndoor for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for the sake of\nwhich I am also in bonds, (4)that I may make it manifest, as I ought\nto speak.\n\n(5)Walk in wisdom toward those without, redeeming the time. (6)Let\nyour speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know\nhow ye ought to answer every man.\n\n(7)All my affairs will Tychicus make known to you, the beloved\nbrother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord;\n(8)whom I sent to you for this very purpose, that he may know your\ncondition, and may comfort your hearts; (9)together with Onesimus, the\nfaithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known\nto you all the things here.\n\n(10)Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark the cousin of\nBarnabas, concerning whom ye received commands (if he come to you,\nreceive him), (11)and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the\ncircumcision. These only are my fellow-workers, for the kingdom of\nGod, who have been a comfort to me.\n\n(12)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, salutes\nyou, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect\nand fully assured in all the will of God. (13)For I bear him witness,\nthat he has much concern[4:13] for you, and those in Laodicea, and\nthose in Hierapolis.\n\n(14)Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.\n\n(15)Salute the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in\nhis house. (16)And when the letter has been read among you, cause that\nit be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read\nthat from Laodicea. (17)And say to Archippus: Take heed to the\nministry which thou didst receive in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.\n\n(18)The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace\nbe with you.\n\n\n\nTHE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in\nGod the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace.\n\n(2)We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in\nour prayers; (3)remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and\nlabor of love, and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,\nbefore God and our Father; (4)knowing, brethren beloved of God, your\nelection; (5)because our gospel came not to you in word only, but also\nin power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye know\nwhat manner of men were we among you, for your sake. (6)And ye became\nfollowers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much\naffliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit; (7)so that ye became an\nexample to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. (8)For from you\nhas sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and\nAchaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth;\nso that we have no need to speak anything. (9)For they themselves\nreport concerning us, what manner of entrance we had to you, and how\nye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, (10)and\nto wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus,\nwho delivers us from the wrath to come.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nFOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it has not\nbecome vain. (2)But having before suffered, and been shamefully\ntreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to\nyou the gospel of God in much conflict. (3)For our exhortation is not\nof error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile; (4)but as we have been\napproved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as\npleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts. (5)For neither at any\ntime used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of\ncovetousness; God is witness; (6)nor of men sought we glory, neither\nfrom you, nor from others, though able to use authority, as Christ's\napostles. (7)But we were gentle among you, as a nurse cherishes her\nchildren; (8)so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing\nto impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls,\nbecause ye were dear to us. (9)For ye remember, brethren, our labor\nand toil; night and day working, in order not to burden any of you, we\npreached to you the gospel of God.\n\n(10)Ye are witnesses, and God, how holily and justly and unblamably we\nbehaved ourselves to you that believe; (11)as ye know how we exhorted,\nand encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father his\nchildren, (12)that ye should walk worthy of God, who is calling you\ninto his kingdom and glory.\n\n(13)For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when ye\nreceived the word of God heard from us, ye received not the word of\nmen, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you\nthat believe. (14)For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches\nof God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also suffered the\nsame things of your own countrymen, as they have of the Jews; (15)who\nboth killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us forth, and\nplease not God, and are contrary to all men; (16)hindering us from\nspeaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their\nsins always; and the wrath came upon them to the utmost.\n\n(17)But we, brethren, having been severed from you for a short time,\nin presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your\nface, with great desire. (18)Wherefore we would fain have come to you,\neven I, Paul, once and again; and Satan hindered us. (19)For what is\nour hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not also ye, in the\npresence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? (20)For ye are our\nglory and joy.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nWHEREFORE, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be\nleft behind at Athens alone; (2)and sent Timothy, our brother, and a\nfellow-worker with God in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and\nto exhort you concerning your faith; (3)that no one should be shaken\nby these afflictions, for yourselves know that unto this we are\nappointed. (4)For even when we were with you, we told you before that\nwe are to suffer affliction; as also it came to pass, and ye know.\n(5)For this cause, when I too could no longer forbear, I sent to know\nyour faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor\nshould be in vain.\n\n(6)But now, when Timothy came to us from you, and brought us good\ntidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of\nus always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you; (7)for\nthis cause we were consoled, brethren, over you in all our affliction\nand distress, through your faith; (8)because now we live, if ye stand\nfast in the Lord. (9)For what thanks can we render to God for you, for\nall the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sakes before our God;\n(10)night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and\nmay perfect that which is lacking in your faith?\n\n(11)Now God and our Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct\nour way to you. (12)And the Lord make you increase and abound in love\ntoward one another, and toward all, as we also do toward you; (13)to\nthe end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God\nand our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his\nsaints.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nFURTHERMORE then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord\nJesus, that as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please\nGod, as also ye are walking, ye would abound yet more. (2)For ye know\nwhat commands we gave you, through the Lord Jesus. (3)For this is the\nwill of God, your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;\n(4)that each one of you know how to possess[4:4] his vessel in\nsanctification and honor; (5)not in lustful passion, as also the\nGentiles who know not God. (6)That no one go beyond and defraud his\nbrother in any matter[4:6]; because the Lord is the avenger for all\nthese things, as we also told you before, and testified. (7)For God\ndid not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. (8)Therefore he\nthat rejects, rejects not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy\nSpirit.\n\n(9)But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you; for\nye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. (10)For indeed ye\ndo it, toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we\nbeseech you, brethren, to abound yet more; (11)and to study to be\nquiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands,\nas we commanded you; (12)that ye may walk becomingly toward those\nwithout, and may have need of nothing.\n\n(13)But we desire that you should not be ignorant, brethren,\nconcerning those who are sleeping, that ye sorrow not, as others who\nhave no hope. (14)For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so\nalso those who fell asleep through Jesus will God bring with him.\n\n(15)For this we say to you, in the word of the Lord, that we the\nliving, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not precede\nthose who fell asleep. (16)Because the Lord himself will descend from\nheaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the\ntrump of God; and the dead in Christ will first rise. (17)Then we the\nliving, who remain, will be caught up together with them in clouds, to\nmeet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.\n\n(18)Wherefore, encourage one another with these words.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nBUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I\nwrite to you. (2)For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the\nLord so comes as a thief in the night. (3)For when they shall say,\nPeace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail\nupon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.\n\n(4)But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake\nyou as a thief. (5)For all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we\nare not of night, nor of darkness. (6)So then let us not sleep, as\nothers; but let us watch and be sober. (7)For they that sleep, sleep\nin the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night.\n(8)But let us, being of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate\nof faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation; (9)because\nGod did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our\nLord Jesus Christ; (10)who died for us, that, whether we wake or\nsleep, we should live together with him. (11)Wherefore encourage each\nother, and edify one the other, as also ye do.\n\n(12)And we beseech you, brethren, to know those who labor among you,\nand preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13)and to esteem\nthem very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among\nyourselves.\n\n(14)Now we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the\nfeeble-minded, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all. (15)See\nthat none render evil for evil to any one but ever follow that which\nis good, both toward one another, and toward all.\n\n(16)Rejoice always. (17)Pray without ceasing. (18)In everything give\nthanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus, toward you.\n\n(19)Quench not the Spirit. (20)Despise not prophesyings; (21)but prove\nall things, hold fast that which is good. (22)Abstain from every form\nof evil. (23)And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may\nyour spirit and soul and body be preserved whole without blame at the\ncoming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (24)Faithful is he who calls you, who\nalso will do it.\n\n(25)Brethren, pray for us.\n\n(26)Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.\n\n(27)I adjure you by the Lord, that this letter be read to all the holy\nbrethren.\n\n(28)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.\n\n\n\nTHE SECOND LETTER OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians,\nin God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: (2)Grace to you, and\npeace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n(3)We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,\nbecause your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you\nall toward one another abounds; (4)so that we ourselves glory in you\nin the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your\npersecutions and the afflictions which ye endure; (5)a token of the\nrighteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the\nkingdom of God, for which ye also suffer; (6)since it is a righteous\nthing with God to recompense affliction to those who afflict you,\n(7)and to you who are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the\nLord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power, (8)in flaming\nfire, taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who obey\nnot the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; (9)who shall suffer justice,\neternal destruction, from the presence of the Lord and from the glory\nof his power; (10)when he shall come to be glorified in his saints,\nand to be admired in all who believed (because our testimony to you\nwas believed), in that day.\n\n(11)To which end we also pray for you always, that our God may count\nyou worthy of the calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of\ngoodness and the work of faith, with power; (12)that the name of our\nLord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to\nthe grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nNOW we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus\nChrist, and our gathering together to him, (2)that ye be not hastily\nshaken in mind[2:2a], or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,\nnor by letter, as through us, as that the day of the Lord is at\nhand[2:2b]. (3)Let not any one deceive you in any manner; because\n[that day will not come], except there come first the falling away,\nand the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (4)he that\nopposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or that is\nworshiped; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that\nhe is God.\n\n(5)Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these\nthings? (6)And now ye know what withholds, in order that he may be\nrevealed in his own time. (7)For the mystery of iniquity is already\nworking; only until he who now withholds shall be out of the way.\n(8)And then will the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will\nconsume with the breath of his mouth, and will destroy with the\nmanifestation of his coming; (9)[him,] whose coming is after the\nworking of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders, (10)and in\nall deceit of unrighteousness for those who perish; because they\nreceived not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (11)And\nfor this cause God sends them a working of delusion, in order that\nthey may believe the lie; (12)that they may all be judged, who\nbelieved not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.\n\n(13)But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren\nbeloved of the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to\nsalvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;\n(14)whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the\nglory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (15)So then, brethren, stand fast, and\nhold the traditions[2:15] which ye were taught, whether by word, or by\nour letter.\n\n(16)Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who\nloved us, and gave us everlasting consolation and good hope through\ngrace, (17)encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work\nand word.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nFINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run, and\nbe glorified, as also with you; (2)and that we may be delivered from\nperverse and evil men; for all have not the faith. (3)But faithful is\nthe Lord, who will establish you, and guard you from evil[3:3]. (4)And\nwe have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do, and\nwill do, the things which we command you. (5)And the Lord direct your\nhearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.\n\n(6)Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,\nthat ye withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and\nnot after the tradition[3:6] which they received from us. (7)For\nyourselves know how ye ought to follow us; that we were not disorderly\namong you, (8)nor did we eat bread of any one for naught, but with\nlabor and toil, working night and day that we might not be burdensome\nto any of you; (9)not because we have not power, but to make ourselves\nan example to you, that ye should follow us. (10)For also when we were\nwith you, this we commanded you: If any will not work, neither let him\neat. (11)For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, working\nnot at all, but are busy-bodies. (12)Now such we command, and exhort,\nin the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, they eat their\nown bread.\n\n(13)But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. (14)And if any one\nobeys not our word by this letter, mark that man, and keep not company\nwith him, that he may be shamed. (15)And count him not as an enemy,\nbut admonish him as a brother.\n\n(16)Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always, in every way.\nThe Lord be with you all.\n\n(17)The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a token in every\nletter; so I write.\n\n(18)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.\n\n\n\nTHE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO TIMOTHY.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus, according to the commandment of God\nour Savior and Christ Jesus our hope, (2)to Timothy, a true child in\nthe faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus\nour Lord.\n\n(3)As I besought thee to remain still in Ephesus, when I was going\ninto Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain ones not to teach\nother doctrine, (4)nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies,\nwhich further disputes rather than God's dispensation, which is in\nfaith, [so do.]\n\n(5)Now the end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart and a\ngood conscience and faith unfeigned; (6)from which some swerving\nturned aside to idle prattling; (7)desiring to be teachers of the law,\nunderstanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. (8)But\nwe know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; (9)knowing\nthis, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the\nlawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and\nprofane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers[1:9]; for\nman-slayers, (10)for fornicators, for those who defile themselves with\nmankind, for enslavers of men, for liars, for false swearers, and\nwhatever else is contrary to the sound teachings; (11)according to the\nglorious gospel of the blissful God, with which I was entrusted.\n\n(12)And I thank him who gave me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, that\nhe accounted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, (13)who was\nformerly a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and overbearing. But I\nobtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief; (14)and the\ngrace of our Lord abounded exceedingly, with faith and love which is\nin Christ Jesus.\n\n(15)Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ\nJesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (16)But\nfor this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first[1:16a] Christ Jesus\nmight show forth all his long-suffering[1:16b], for a pattern to those\nwho should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.\n\n(17)Now to the King eternal, the imperishable, invisible, only God, be\nhonor and glory forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(18)This charge I commit to thee, my child Timothy, according to the\nprophecies which went before concerning thee, that thou mayest wage in\nthem the good warfare; (19)having faith, and a good conscience, which\nsome thrusting away made shipwreck concerning the faith. (20)Of whom\nis Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered over to Satan, that they\nmight be taught not to blaspheme.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nI EXHORT then, first of all, that supplications, prayers,\nintercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; (2)for kings, and\nall that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life\nin all godliness and decorum. (3)For this is good and acceptable in\nthe sight of our Savior God; (4)who desires that all should be saved,\nand come to the knowledge of the truth.\n\n(5)For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, the\nman Christ Jesus; (6)who gave himself a ransom for all, to be\ntestified in due time; (7)whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an\napostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith\nand truth.\n\n(8)I desire, therefore, that the men pray in every place, lifting up\nholy hands, without wrath and disputing; (9)in like manner also that\nwomen, in becoming apparel, adorn themselves with modesty and\nsobriety; not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment;\n(10)but, which becomes women professing godliness, by means of good\nworks.\n\n(11)Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. (12)But I\npermit not the woman to teach, nor to have authority over the man, but\nto be in silence. (13)For Adam was first formed, then Eve. (14)And\nAdam was not deceived; but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into\ntransgression. (15)But she shall be saved through child-bearing, if\nthey continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nFAITHFUL is the saying, if any one desires the office of\noverseer[3:1], he desires a good work. (2)The overseer then must be\nblameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly,\nhospitable, apt in teaching; (3)not given to wine, not a striker, but\nforbearing, averse to strife, not a lover of money; (4)presiding well\nover his own house, having his children in subjection with all\ndecorum; (5)(but if one knows not how to preside over his own house,\nhow shall he take care of the church of God?) (6)not a novice[3:6],\nlest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the\nDevil. (7)But he must also have a good testimony from those without,\nlest he fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil.\n\n(8)Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given\nto much wine, not greedy of gain; (9)holding the mystery of the faith\nin a pure conscience. (10)And let these also first be proved; then let\nthem serve as deacons, being without reproach. (11)[Their] wives in\nlike manner must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all\nthings.\n\n(12)Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over their\nchildren and their own houses. (13)For they that have served well as\ndeacons obtain for themselves a good degree[3:13], and great boldness\nin the faith which is in Christ Jesus.\n\n(14)These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly;\n(15)but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to\nconduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living\nGod, the pillar and ground of the truth. (16)And confessedly, great is\nthe mystery of godliness; God was manifested[3:16] in the flesh, was\njustified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the\nGentiles, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nNOW the Spirit says expressly, that in after-times some will depart\nfrom the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and teachings of\ndemons; (2)of those who speak lies in hypocrisy, having their\nconscience seared with a hot iron; (3)forbidding to marry, commanding\nto abstain from food, which God created to be received with\nthanksgiving, for those[4:3] who believe and know the truth. (4)For\nevery creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be\nreceived with thanksgiving; (5)for it is sanctified by the word of God\nand prayer.\n\n(6)If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a\ngood minister of Christ Jesus, nurtured in the words of the faith and\nof the good teaching, which thou hast strictly followed. (7)But the\nprofane and silly fables[4:7] avoid, and exercise thyself unto\ngodliness. (8)For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but\ngodliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life\nthat now is, and of that which is to come. (9)Faithful is the saying,\nand worthy of all acceptance. (10)For to this end we both labor and\nsuffer reproach, because we have hoped in the living God, who is the\nSavior of all men, especially of believers.\n\n(11)These things command and teach. (12)Let no one despise thy youth;\nbut become an example of the believers, in word, in deportment, in\nlove, in faith, in purity. (13)Till I come, give attention to reading,\nto exhortation, to teaching. (14)Neglect not the gift that is in thee,\nwhich was given thee through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands\nof the eldership. (15)Meditate on these things[4:15]; give thyself\nwholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest to all. (16)Give\nheed to thyself, and to the teaching; continue in them; for in doing\nthis thou wilt save both thyself, and those who hear thee.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nREBUKE not an elder, but entreat him as a father; younger men as\nbrethren; (2)elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all\npurity. (3)Honor as widows those who are widows indeed. (4)But if any\nwidow has children or grand-children, let these learn first to show\npiety to their own household, and to requite their parents, for this\nis acceptable before God.\n\n(5)Now she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, has set her hope on\nGod, and continues in supplications and prayers, night and day. (6)But\nshe that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. (7)And these\nthings command, that they may be blameless. (8)But if any one provides\nnot for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has\ndenied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.\n\n(9)Let not one be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old,\nhaving been the wife of one husband; (10)well reported of for good\nworks; if she brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she\nwashed the feet of the saints, if she relieved the afflicted, if she\ndiligently followed every good work.\n\n(11)But younger widows refuse; for when they have become wanton\nagainst Christ, they desire to marry; (12)having condemnation, because\nthey broke their first faith. (13)And at the same time they also learn\nto be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but\ntattlers also and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.\n\n(14)I desire therefore that younger widows marry, bear children, guide\nthe house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.\n(15)For already, some turned aside after Satan.\n\n(16)If any believing man or woman has widows, let them relieve them,\nand let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve those who are\nwidows indeed.\n\n(17)Let elders who preside well be counted worthy of double honor,\nespecially they who labor in the word and teaching. (18)For the\nScripture says: Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out the\ngrain; and, The laborer is worthy of his hire.\n\n(19)Against an elder receive not an accusation, except before two or\nthree witnesses[5:19].\n\n(20)Those who sin rebuke before all, that the rest also may fear.\n\n(21)I charge thee before God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels,\nthat thou observe these things without prejudging, doing nothing with\npartiality.\n\n(22)Lay hands hastily on no one, neither share in other men's sins.\nKeep thyself pure.\n\n(23)No longer drink water only, but use a little wine for thy\nstomach's sake, and for thy frequent infirmities.\n\n(24)The sins of some men are openly manifest, going before to\njudgment; and some men they follow after. (25)In like manner also the\ngood works are openly manifest; and those that are otherwise can not\nbe hidden.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nLET as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters\nworthy of all honor, that the name of God and the teaching be not\nblasphemed. (2)And they that have believing masters, let them not\ndespise them because they are brethren; but the rather do them\nservice, because they who receive the benefit are faithful and\nbeloved. These things teach and exhort.\n\n(3)If any one teaches otherwise, and assents not to sound words, the\nwords of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which is according\nto godliness, (4)he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but\ndoting about questions and strifes of words, whereof comes envy,\nstrife, railings, evil surmisings, (5)vain disputings of men corrupted\nin mind, and robbed of the truth, supposing that godliness is a means\nof gain. (6)But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.\n(7)For we brought nothing into the world; it is certain we can also\ncarry nothing out; (8)and having food and raiment, let us be therewith\ncontent. (9)But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a\nsnare, and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which sink men into\ndestruction and perdition. (10)For the love of money is a root of all\nevils; which some coveting after wandered away from the faith, and\npierced themselves through with many sorrows.\n\n(11)But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after\nrighteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness of spirit.\n(12)Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life,\nunto which thou wast called, and didst make the good profession before\nmany witnesses.\n\n(13)I charge thee in the sight of God, who preserves all alive, and of\nJesus Christ, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good profession,\n(14)that thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the\nappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; (15)which in his own times[6:15]\nhe will show, who is the blissful and only Potentate, the King of\nkings, and Lord of lords; (16)who only has immortality, dwelling in\nlight unapproachable; whom no man has seen, or can see; to whom be\nhonor and power everlasting. Amen.\n\n(17)Charge those who are rich in this world, that they be not\nhigh-minded, nor place their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in\nGod, who gives us all things richly for enjoyment; (18)that they do\ngood, be rich in good works, be free in imparting, willing to\ncommunicate; (19)laying up in store for themselves a good foundation\nagainst the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.\n\n(20)O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the\nprofane babblings, and oppositions of that which is falsely called\nknowledge; (21)which some professing erred concerning the faith. Grace\nbe with thee.\n\n\n\nTHE SECOND LETTER OF PAUL TO TIMOTHY.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the\npromise of life which is in Christ Jesus, (2)to Timothy, a beloved\nchild: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our\nLord.\n\n(3)I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience,\nthat without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night\nand day; (4)longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be\nfilled with joy; (5)calling to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is\nin thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother\nEunice; and I am persuaded that it dwells in thee also. (6)For which\ncause I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God,\nwhich is in thee by the laying on of my hands. (7)For God did not give\nus a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of chastisement.\n\n(8)Be not then ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his\nprisoner; but endure hardship with me for the gospel, according to the\npower of God; (9)who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not\naccording to our works, but according to his own purpose, and the\ngrace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages, (10)but\nnow made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ; who\nabolished death, and brought life and incorruption to light through\nthe gospel; (11)for which I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle,\nand a teacher of the Gentiles. (12)For which cause I suffer also these\nthings. But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am\npersuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him,\nunto that day.\n\n(13)Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou heardest from me, in\nfaith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (14)The good thing committed\nto thee keep, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.\n\n(15)Thou knowest this, that all those in Asia turned away from me; of\nwhom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. (16)The Lord give mercy to the\nhouse of Onesiphorus; because he often refreshed me, and was not\nashamed of my chain; (17)but when he was in Rome, he sought me out\nvery diligently, and found me. (18)The Lord grant to him, that he may\nfind mercy of the Lord in that day! And in how many things he\nministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nTHOU therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ\nJesus. (2)And the things that thou heardest from me by many\nwitnesses[2:2], the same commit thou to faithful men, who will be able\nto teach others also. (3)Endure hardship with me, as a good soldier of\nJesus Christ. (4)No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with\nthe affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a\nsoldier. (5)And if a man also contends in the games, he is not\ncrowned, unless he contends lawfully. (6)The husbandman that labors\nmust first partake of the fruits. (7)Consider what I say; for the Lord\nwill give thee understanding in all things.\n\n(8)Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David,\naccording to my gospel; (9)in which I endure hardship, even unto\nbonds, as an evil-doer; but the word of God is not bound. (10)For this\ncause, I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, that they also\nmay obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.\n(11)Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also\nlive with him; (12)if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we\nshall deny him, he also will deny us; (13)if we are faithless, he\nremains faithful, for he can not deny himself.\n\n(14)Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the\nLord not to strive about words to no profit, to the subverting of the\nhearers.\n\n(15)Endeavor to present thyself approved to God, a workman not made\nashamed, rightly dividing[2:15] the word of truth. (16)But shun the\nprofane babblings; for they will go on to more ungodliness. (17)And\ntheir word will eat as does a canker; of whom is Hymenaeus and\nPhiletus; (18)who erred concerning the truth, saying that the\nresurrection has already taken place, and overturn the faith of some.\n\n(19)Nevertheless, God's firm foundation stands, having this seal: The\nLord knew those who are his; and, Let every one that names the name of\nthe Lord depart from iniquity. (20)But in a great house there are not\nonly vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and\nsome for honor and some for dishonor. (21)If a man therefore cleanse\nhimself from these, he shall be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful\nfor the master, prepared for every good work.\n\n(22)But flee youthful lusts; and follow righteousness, faith, love,\npeace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (23)But\nthe foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they beget\nstrifes. (24)And a servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle\ntoward all, apt in teaching, patient of evil; (25)in meekness\nadmonishing those who oppose themselves; if haply God may give them\nrepentance unto the full knowledge of the truth; (26)and that they may\nawake to soberness out of the snare of the Devil, being taken captive\nby him, to do his will[2:26].\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nBUT know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. (2)For\nmen will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud,\nblasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, (3)without\nnatural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,\nwithout love to the good, (4)betrayers, headlong, puffed up, lovers of\npleasure rather than lovers of God; (5)having a form of godliness, but\ndenying the power thereof; and from these turn away. (6)For of these\nare they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden\nwith sins, led away with divers lusts, (7)ever learning, and never\nable to come to the full knowledge of the truth.\n\n(8)Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these\nwithstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the\nfaith. (9)But they shall proceed no further; for their folly shall be\nfully manifest to all, as was also theirs.\n\n(10)But thou didst strictly follow my teaching, manner of life,\npurpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience, (11)persecutions,\nafflictions; what things came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, at\nLystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord delivered\nme. (12)Yea, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will\nsuffer persecution. (13)But evil men and seducers will grow worse and\nworse, deceiving, and being deceived. (14)But do thou continue in the\nthings which thou learnedst and wast assured of, knowing of whom thou\ndidst learn; (15)and that from a child thou didst know the Holy\nScriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through\nfaith which is in Christ Jesus.\n\n(16)All Scripture is inspired by God, and is profitable[3:16] for\nteaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in\nrighteousness; (17)that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly\nfurnished unto all good works.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nI CHARGE thee before God, and Christ Jesus who will judge the living\nand the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom, (2)preach the\nword; apply thyself in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort,\nwith all long-suffering and teaching. (3)For the time will come when\nthey will not endure the sound teaching, but according to their own\ndesires will to themselves heap up teachers, having itching ears;\n(4)and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn\naside to fables.\n\n(5)But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of\nan evangelist, fully accomplish thy ministry. (6)For I am now about to\nbe offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. (7)I have fought\nthe good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;\n(8)henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,\nwhich the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day; and not\nto me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.\n\n(9)Endeavor to come to me shortly. (10)For Demas forsook me, having\nloved the present world, and departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to\nGalatia, Titus to Dalmatia. (11)Luke alone is with me. Take Mark and\nbring him with thee; for he is useful to me for the ministry. (12)But\nTychicus I sent to Ephesus.\n\n(13)The cloak, which I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest\nbring, and the books, especially the parchments.\n\n(14)Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; the Lord reward him\naccording to his works. (15)Of whom do thou also beware; for he has\ngreatly withstood our words.\n\n(16)At my first answer no one came forward with me, but all forsook\nme. May it not be laid to their charge! (17)But the Lord stood by me,\nand strengthened me; that through me the preaching might be fully\naccomplished, and all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out\nof the mouth of the lion. (18)The Lord will deliver me from every evil\nwork, and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom; to whom be the\nglory, forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(19)Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.\n\n(20)Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.\n\n(21)Endeavor to come before winter. Eubulus salutes thee, and Pudens,\nand Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.\n\n(22)The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO TITUS.\n\n\nI.\n\nPAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith\nof God's chosen, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to\ngodliness; (2)upon hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie,\npromised before eternal ages, (3)but in its own[1:3] times manifested\nhis word in the preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the\ncommandment of our Savior God; (4)to Titus, a true child according to\nthe common faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ\nJesus our Savior.\n\n(5)For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldest set\nin order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in each city,\nas I directed thee; (6)if any one is without reproach, the husband of\none wife, having believing children not accused of rioting or unruly.\n(7)For the overseer[1:7] must be, without reproach, as God's steward;\nnot self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not\ngreedy of gain; (8)but hospitable, a lover of the good, discreet,\njust, holy, temperate; (9)holding fast the faithful word according to\nthe teaching, that he may be able with the sound teaching both to\nexhort, and to refute the gainsayers. (10)For there are many unruly\nvain talkers and deceivers, chiefly they of the circumcision;\n(11)whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole houses, teaching\nthings which they ought not, for the sake of base gain. (12)One of\nthemselves, a prophet of their own, said: Cretans are always liars,\nevil beasts, lazy gluttons. (13)This testimony is true. For which\ncause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;\n(14)not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, who\nturn away from the truth.\n\n(15)To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and\nunbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and conscience are\ndefiled. (16)They profess that they know God; but by their works they\ndeny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and for every good work\nreprobate.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nBUT do thou speak the things which become the sound teaching; (2)that\naged men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in the faith, in love, in\npatience; (3)that aged women likewise be in behavior as becomes\nholiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of\nthat which is good; (4)that they may teach the young women to love\ntheir husbands, to love their children, (5)to be discreet, chaste,\nkeepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word\nof God be not blasphemed.\n\n(6)The younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded. (7)In all\nthings showing thyself a pattern of good works; in teaching, showing\nuncorruptness, gravity, (8)sound speech, that can not be condemned;\nthat he that is of the contrary part may be put to shame, having no\nevil thing to say of us.\n\n(9)Exhort servants to submit themselves to their own masters, to be\nwell-pleasing in all things; not contradicting, (10)not purloining,\nbut showing all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our\nSavior God in all things,\n\n(11)For the saving grace of God appeared to all men, (12)teaching us\nthat, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live\nsoberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (13)looking\nfor the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and\nour Savior Jesus Christ; (14)who gave himself for us, that he might\nredeem us from all iniquity, and cleanse for himself a people to be\nhis own, zealous of good works.\n\n(15)These things speak, and exhort, and reprove with all authority.\nLet no one despise thee.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nPUT them in mind to submit themselves to governments, to authorities,\nto obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, (2)to speak evil\nof no one, to be averse to strife, forbearing, showing all meekness to\nall men.\n\n(3)For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray,\nserving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy,\nhateful, hating one another. (4)But when the kindness and the love\ntoward man of our Savior God appeared, (5)not by works of\nrighteousness which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us,\nthrough the bathing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;\n(6)which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior;\n(7)that, having been justified by his grace, we should be made heirs\naccording to the hope of eternal life.\n\n(8)Faithful is the saying; and concerning these things I will that\nthou affirm constantly, that they who have believed God may be careful\nto take the lead in good works. These things are good and profitable\nto men. (9)But avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and\nstrifes, and contentions about the law; for they are unprofitable and\nvain.\n\n(10)A man that causes divisions, after a first and second admonition,\navoid[3:10]; (11)knowing that he that is such is perverted, and sins,\nbeing self-condemned.\n\n(12)When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, endeavor to come\nto me to Nicopolis; for I have determined there to winter.\n\n(13)Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, send forward on their journey\nzealously, that nothing may be wanting to them. (14)And let ours also\nlearn to take the lead in good works for necessary wants, that they\nmay not be unfruitful.\n\n(15)All that are with me salute thee. Salute those who love us in the\nfaith. Grace be with you all.\n\n\n\nTHE LETTER OF PAUL TO PHILEMON.\n\n\nPAUL, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon\nthe beloved and our fellow-laborer, (2)and to Apphia the beloved[1:2],\nand Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:\n(3)Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus\nChrist.\n\n(4)I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,\n(5)hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord\nJesus, and unto all the saints; (6)that the fellowship of thy\nfaith[1:6] may become effectual in the knowledge of every good thing\nwhich is in us, unto Christ Jesus. (7)For I had[1:7] much joy and\nconsolation in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been\nrefreshed by thee, brother. (8)Wherefore, though having much boldness\nin Christ to enjoin upon thee that which is becoming, (9)yet for\nlove's sake I beseech rather; being such a one, as Paul an old man,\nand now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ, (10)I beseech thee for my\nchild, whom I begot in my bonds, Onesimus; (11)who in time past was\nunprofitable to thee, but is now profitable to thee and to me;\n(12)whom I sent back to thee. But do thou receive him, that is, my own\nflesh; (13)whom I would have retained with myself, that in thy stead\nhe might minister to me in the bonds of the gospel. (14)But without\nthy consent I desired to do nothing; that thy benefit may not be as it\nwere of necessity, but willingly. (15)For perhaps he departed for a\nseason to this end, that thou shouldest receive him as thine forever;\n(16)no longer as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved,\nspecially to me, but how much more to thee, both in the flesh, and in\nthe Lord!\n\n(17)If thou countest me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.\n\n(18)But if he wronged thee in any thing, or owes aught, put that to my\naccount. (19)I, Paul, wrote it with my own hand, I will repay. Not to\nsay to thee, that to me thou owest also thine own self besides.\n(20)Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord. Refresh my\nheart in Christ. (21)Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to\nthee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.\n\n(22)But at the same time be preparing for me also a lodging; for I\nhope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.\n\n(23)There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus;\n(24)Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-laborers.\n\n(25)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.\n\n\n\nLETTER TO THE HEBREWS.\n\n\nI.\n\nGOD, who in many parts and in many ways spoke of old to the fathers by\nthe prophets, (2)in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he\nappointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds; (3)who,\nbeing the brightness of his glory and the impress of his substance,\nand upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by\nhimself[1:3] made a cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of\nthe Majesty on high; (4)having become so much superior to the angels,\nas he has inherited a more excellent name than they.\n\n(5)For to whom of the angels said he ever:\n\n    Thou art my Son,\n    I this day have begotten thee;\n\nand again: I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son.\n(6)But when he has again brought in[1:6] the first-begotten into the\nworld, he says And let all the angels of God worship him. (7)And of\nthe angels he says:\n\n    Who makes his angels winds,\n    And his ministers a flame of fire;\n\n(8)but of the Son:\n\n    Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever;\n    A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom;\n    (9)Thou lovedst righteousness, and hatedst iniquity;\n    Therefore God, thy God, anointed thee,\n    With the oil of gladness, above thy fellows;\n\n(10)and:\n\n    Thou, Lord, in the beginning, didst found the earth,\n    And the heavens are the works of thy hands;\n    (11)They will perish, but thou remainest;\n    And they all will become old, as does a garment,\n    (12)And as a vesture thou wilt fold them up,\n          and they will be changed;\n    But thou art the same,\n    And thy years will not fail.\n\n(13)But to whom of the angels has he ever said:\n\n    Sit on my right hand,\n    Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.\n\n(14)Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for ministration,\nfor the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?\n\n\n\nII.\n\nON this account, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things\nheard, lest haply we should let them slip[2:1]. (2)For if the word\nspoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and\ndisobedience received just retribution, (3)how shall we escape, having\nneglected so great a salvation; which began to be spoken by the Lord,\nand was confirmed to us by those who heard, (4)God also bearing\nwitness, with signs and wonders, and divers miracles, and\ndistributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?\n\n(5)For not to the angels did he put in subjection the world to come,\nof which we are speaking. (6)But one in a certain place testified,\nsaying:\n\n    What is man, that thou art mindful of him,\n    Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?\n    (7)Thou madest him a little lower than the angels;\n    Thou crownedst him with glory and honor;\n    (8)Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet.\n\nFor in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that\nis not put under him.\n\nBut now we do not yet see all things put under him. (9)But we behold\nhim, who was made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, on account of\nthe suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, in order that he\nby the grace of God might taste death for every one. (10)For it became\nhim, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing\nmany sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect\nthrough sufferings.\n\n(11)For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of\none; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,\n(12)saying:\n\n    I will declare thy name to my brethren;\n    In the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to thee.\n\n(13)And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold, I and\nthe children whom God gave me. (14)Forasmuch then as the children are\npartakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner took part\nin the same; that through death he might destroy him who had the power\nof death, that is, the Devil; (15)and might deliver those who, through\nfear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.\n\n(16)For surely he does not succor angels; but he succors the seed of\nAbraham. (17)Wherefore, in all things it became him to be made like to\nhis brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest\nin things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the\npeople. (18)For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is\nable to help those who are tempted.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nWHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider\nthe Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Jesus, (2)who was\nfaithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all His house.\n(3)For he has been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch\nas he who has built the house has more honor than the house. (4)For\nevery house is builded by some one; but he who built all things is\nGod. (5)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant,\nas a testimony of the things which were to be afterward spoken; (6)but\nChrist as son over His house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the\nboldness and the joyousness of the hope firm unto the end[3:6].\n\n(7)Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says:\n\n    To-day, if ye will hear his voice,\n    (8)Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,\n    In the day of the temptation in the wilderness;\n    (9)Where your fathers tempted me,\n    Proved me, and saw my works, forty years.\n    (10)Wherefore, I was offended with that generation;\n    And I said: They always go astray in their heart,\n    And they knew not my ways;\n    (11)As I swore in my wrath,\n    They shall not enter into my rest.\n\n(12)Take heed, brethren, lest there shall be in any one of you an evil\nheart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (13)But exhort\none another daily, as long as it is called To-day, that no one of you\nmay be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (14)For we have\nbecome partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our\nconfidence firm unto the end. (15)When it is said: To-day, if ye will\nhear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation; (16)who\nthen, when they had heard, provoked? Nay, was it not all who came\nforth out of Egypt by Moses? (17)But with whom was he offended forty\nyears? Was it not with those who sinned? whose carcasses fell in the\nwilderness. (18)And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter\ninto his rest, but to those who believed not? (19)And we see that they\nwere not able to enter in, because of unbelief.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nLET us fear therefore, lest, a promise being still left us of entering\ninto his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.\n(2)For to us were the glad tidings preached, as also to them; but the\nword which they heard did not profit them, not being mingled with\nfaith in those who heard. (3)For we who believed enter into the rest,\nas he said: As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest,\nalthough the works were finished from the foundation of the world.\n(4)For he has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day thus: And\nGod rested on the seventh day from all his works; (5)and in this\nagain: They shall not enter into my rest.\n\n(6)Since then it remains that some do enter into it, and they to whom\nthe glad tidings were first preached entered not in because of\nunbelief, again (7)he limits a certain day, To-day, (saying in David,\nafter so long a time, as has before been said,)\n\n    To-day, if ye will hear his voice,\n    Harden not your hearts.\n\n(8)For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not, after this, have\nspoken of another day.\n\n(9)So then, there remains a Sabbath-rest to the people of God. (10)For\nhe that entered into his rest, himself rested from his works, as God\ndid from his own. (11)Let us therefore endeavor to enter into that\nrest, that no one may fall into the same example of unbelief.\n\n(12)For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any\ntwo-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of\njoints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of\nthe heart. (13)And there is no creature that is not manifest in his\nsight; but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with\nwhom we have to do.\n\n(14)Having therefore a great high priest, who has passed through the\nheavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.\n(15)For we have not a high priest who can not be touched with the\nfeeling of our infirmities, but who has in all points been tempted in\nlike manner, without sin. (16)Let us therefore come boldly to the\nthrone of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in\ntime of need.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nFOR every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for\nmen in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and\nsacrifices for sins; (2)being able to bear with the ignorant and\nerring, since he himself also is encompassed with infirmity; (3)and on\naccount of it he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to\nmake offering for sins. (4)And no one takes to himself the honor, but\nbeing called by God, as was also Aaron. (5)So also Christ did not\nglorify himself to be made high priest, but he who spoke to him:\n\n    Thou art my Son,\n    I this day have begotten thee;\n\n(6)as also in another place, he says:\n\n    Thou art a priest forever,\n    After the order of Melchizedek;\n\n(7)who, in the days of his flesh offering up prayers and\nsupplications, with strong crying and tears, to him who was able to\nsave him from death, and being heard on account of his godly fear,\n(8)though a Son yet learned from what he suffered the [required]\nobedience, (9)and being perfected became the author of eternal\nsalvation to all who obey him; (10)called by God, High Priest[5:10],\nafter the order of Melchizedek.\n\n(11)Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be explained, since ye\nhave become dull of hearing. (12)For though ye ought, on account of\nthe time, to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you\nthe first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as\nhave need of milk, and not of solid food. (13)For every one who\npartakes of milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness; for he\nis a child. (14)But solid food belongs to those who are of full age,\nwho by use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nWHEREFORE, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, let\nus go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance\nfrom dead works, and of faith toward God, (2)of the doctrine of\nimmersions, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of\nthe dead, and of eternal judgment. (3)And this we will do[6:3], if God\npermit. (4)For it is impossible that they who have once been\nenlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and been made\npartakers of the Holy Spirit, (5)and have tasted the good word of God,\nand the powers of the world to come, (6)and have fallen away, should\nagain be renewed to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the\nSon of God afresh, and put him to open shame. (7)For the earth which\nhas drunk in the rain oft coming upon it, and brings forth herbs fit\nfor those for whose sake it is tilled, receives blessing from God;\n(8)but if it bears thorns and briers it is rejected, and is near to\ncursing; whose end is to be burned.\n\n(9)But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things concerning you, and\nthings that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. (10)For God is\nnot unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed\ntoward his name, in that ye ministered and still do minister to the\nsaints.\n\n(11)But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence, for\nthe full assurance of the hope unto the end; (12)that ye may not\nbecome slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patience\ninherit the promises. (13)For when God made the promise to Abraham,\nbecause he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,\n(14)saying: Surely, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will\nmultiply thee. (15)And so, having patiently endured, he obtained the\npromise. (16)For men indeed swear by the greater; and the oath is to\nthem an end of all gainsaying, for a confirmation. (17)Wherein God,\nwishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the\nimmutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; (18)that by two\nimmutable things, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we\nmay have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold on the\nhope set before us, (19)which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure\nand steadfast, and entering within the vail; (20)where as forerunner\nfor us Jesus entered, having become a high priest forever, after the\norder of Melchizedek.\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nFOR this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who\nmet Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed\nhim; (2)to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all; first indeed\nbeing interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem,\nwhich is, King of peace; (3)without father, without mother, without\ntable of descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of\nlife[7:3], but likened to the Son of God, remains a priest\ncontinually.\n\n(4)Now consider how great this man was, to whom Abraham the patriarch\nalso gave a tenth of the spoils. (5)And they indeed that are of the\nsons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a\ncommandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that\nis, of their brethren, though they have come out of the loins of\nAbraham; (6)but he whose descent is not reckoned from them has taken\ntithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who had the promises. (7)And\nwithout any contradiction, the less is blessed by the better. (8)And\nhere indeed men who die receive tithes; but there, one of whom it is\ntestified that he lives. (9)And so to speak, Levi also, who receives\ntithes, has paid tithes in Abraham; (10)for he was yet in the loins of\nhis father, when Melchizedek met him.\n\n(11)If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood (for\nunder it the people have received the law), what further need was\nthere that a different priest should arise, after the order of\nMelchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? (12)For the\npriesthood being changed, of necessity there comes also a change of\nlaw. (13)For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to a\ndifferent tribe, of which no one has given attendance at the altar.\n(14)For it is evident that our Lord has arisen out of Judah; of which\ntribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. (15)And it is yet more\nabundantly manifest, if after the similitude of Melchizedek there\narises a different priest, (16)who has been made, not after the law of\na carnal commandment, but after the power of an indissoluble life.\n(17)For it is testified of him:\n\n    Thou art a priest forever;\n    After the order of Melchizedek.\n\n(18)For on the one hand, there is an annulling of the commandment that\nwent before, on account of its weakness and unprofitableness,--(19)for\nthe law perfected nothing,--and on the other the bringing in of a\nbetter hope, by which we draw near to God.\n\n(20)And inasmuch as it was not without an oath,--(21)for they indeed\nwere made priests without an oath, but he with an oath by him who said\nto him: The Lord swore and will not repent, thou art a priest forever\nafter the order of Melchizedek[7:21],--(22)by so much has Jesus become\na surety of a better covenant. (23)And they indeed have been many\npriests, because they were hindered by death from continuing; (24)but\nhe, because he remains forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.\n(25)Whence also he is able to save to the utmost those who come to God\nthrough him, since he ever lives to intercede for them.\n\n(26)For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled,\nseparated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; (27)who has\nnot necessity daily, as the high priests, to offer up sacrifices,\nfirst for his own sins, and then for those of the people; for this he\ndid once for all, in offering up himself. (28)For the law makes men\nhigh priests who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was\nsince the law, makes the Son, who is perfected forever.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nNOW of the things which we are saying, this is the chief: We have such\na high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the\nMajesty of the heavens; (2)a minister of the holy places, and of the\ntrue tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.\n\n(3)For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices;\nwherefore it is necessary, that this one have something which he may\noffer. (4)For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since\nthere are those who offer gifts according to the law, (5)who minister\nafter an outline and a shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was\nadmonished by God, when he was about to make the tabernacle; for, See,\nsays he, that thou make all things according to the pattern which was\nshowed thee in the mount. (6)But now he has obtained a more excellent\nministry, by so much as he is also mediator of a better covenant,\nwhich has been established upon better promises.\n\n(7)For if that first had been faultless, a place would not have been\nsought for the second. (8)For finding fault with them, he says[8:8]:\n\n    Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord,\n    When I will make with the house of Israel,\n    And with the house of Judah, a new covenant;\n    (9)Not according to the covenant that I made for their fathers,\n    In the day when I took hold of their hand,\n    To bring them out of the land of Egypt;\n    Because they continued not in my covenant,\n    And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.\n    (10)For this is the covenant that I will establish for\n          the house of Israel,\n    After those days, saith the Lord,\n    Putting my laws into their mind,\n    And on their hearts I will write them;\n    And I will be to them a God,\n    And they shall be to me a people;\n    (11)And they shall not teach,\n    Each one his neighbor, and each one his brother,\n    Saying: Know the Lord;\n    Because all shall know me, from the least to the greatest;\n    (12)Because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,\n    And their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.\n\n(13)In that he says, A new, he has made the first old. Now that which\nis grown old, and worn out with age, is ready to vanish away.\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nNOW the first had indeed also ordinances of service, and the worldly\nsanctuary. (2)For a tabernacle was prepared; the first, wherein is the\nlamp-stand, and the table, and the show-bread; which is called holy.\n(3)And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called most\nholy, (4)having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant\noverlaid on every side with gold, wherein was the golden pot\ncontaining the manna, and the rod of Aaron which budded, and the\ntables of the covenant; (5)and above it the cherubim of glory\novershadowing the mercy-seat; of which we can not now speak\nparticularly.\n\n(6)Now these things being thus prepared, into the first tabernacle the\npriests enter at all times, performing the services; (7)but into the\nsecond, the high priest alone, once every year, not without blood,\nwhich he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people; (8)the\nHoly Spirit signifying this, that the way into the holy places has not\nyet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;\n(9)which is a figure for the time present, under which are offered\nboth gifts and sacrifices, unable as to the conscience to perfect the\nworshiper; (10)only with meats and drinks[9:10], and divers\nimmersions, ordinances of the flesh, imposed until the time of\nreformation. (11)But Christ, having come as a high priest of the good\nthings to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not\nmade with hands (that is, not of this creation), (12)and not through\nthe blood of goats and calves but through his own blood, entered once\nfor all into the holy places, obtaining eternal redemption. (13)For if\nthe blood of goats and bulls, and ashes of a heifer sprinkling those\nwho have been defiled, sanctifies to the purity of the flesh; (14)how\nmuch more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit\noffered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead\nworks to serve the living God? (15)And for this cause he is mediator\nof a new covenant, in order that, death having taken place, for the\nredemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, they who\nhave been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.\n\n(16)For where there is a testament[9:16], there must also of necessity\nbe brought in the death of the testator. (17)For a testament is of\nforce after men are dead; since it is of no strength at all while the\ntestator lives.\n\n(18)Wherefore, neither has the first been dedicated without blood.\n(19)For, when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people\naccording to the law, he took the blood of the calves and of the\ngoats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both\nthe book itself and all the people, saying: (20)This is the blood of\nthe covenant, which God enjoined in respect to you. (21)And moreover,\nthe tabernacle, and all the vessels of the service, he in like manner\nsprinkled with blood. (22)And nearly all things are cleansed according\nto the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no\nremission.\n\n(23)It was therefore necessary, that the outlines of things in the\nheavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things\nthemselves, with better sacrifices than these. (24)For Christ entered\nnot into holy places made with hands, figures of the true; but into\nheaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; (25)nor\nyet that he should many times offer himself, as the high priest enters\ninto the holy places every year with blood of others; (26)for then\nmust he many times have suffered since the foundation of the world;\nbut now once, in the end of the ages, he has been manifested for the\nputting away of sin by the sacrifice of himself[9:26]. (27)And\ninasmuch as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the\njudgment; (28)so also the Christ, having been once offered to bear the\nsins of many, will to those who look for him appear a second time\nwithout sin, unto salvation.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nFOR the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very\nimage of the things, can never, with the same sacrifices which they\noffer year by year continually, make those who come to them[10:1]\nperfect. (2)For then would they not have ceased to be offered, because\nthe worshipers would have had no more consciousness of sins, having\nonce been cleansed? (3)But in them there is a remembrance of sins year\nby year. (4)For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and of goats\nshould take away sins. (5)Wherefore, when he comes into the world, he\nsays:\n\n    Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not,\n    But a body didst thou prepare for me;\n    (6)In whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin,\n          thou hadst no pleasure.\n    (7)Then said I: Lo, I come,\n    In the volume of the book it is written of me,\n    To do thy will, O God.\n\n(8)Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt-offerings\nand sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, nor hadst pleasure therein,\nwhich are offered by the law, (9)then has he said: Lo, I come to do\nthy will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the\nsecond. (10)In which will we have been sanctified, through the\noffering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.\n\n(11)And every priest[10:11] indeed stands daily ministering, and\noffering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away\nsins; (12)but he, having offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat\ndown on the right hand of God; (13)from henceforth expecting until his\nenemies be made his footstool. (14)For by one offering he has\nperfected forever those who are sanctified. (15)Moreover, the Holy\nSpirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said, (16)This is the\ncovenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord,\nputting my laws upon their hearts, and on their minds I will write\nthem, [he further says,] (17)and their sins and iniquities I will\nremember no more. (18)But where there is remission of these, there is\nno longer offering for sin.\n\n(19)Having therefore, brethren, boldness as to the entrance into the\nholy places by the blood of Jesus, which [entrance] he instituted for\nus, (20)a new and living way, through the vail, that is to say, his\nflesh; (21)and having a great priest over the house of God; (22)Let us\ndraw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having had our\nhearts sprinkled from an evil conscience; and having had our body\nwashed with pure water, (23)let us hold fast the profession of the\nhope without wavering, for he is faithful who promised; (24)and let us\nconsider one another, to incite to love and to good works; (25)not\nforsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of\nsome, but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day\napproaching.\n\n(26)For if we willingly sin, after having received the knowledge of\nthe truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, (27)but a\ncertain fearful looking for of judgment, and a fiery indignation,\nwhich will devour the adversaries. (28)He that despised Moses' law\ndied without mercy, under two or three witnesses. (29)Of how much\nworse punishment, suppose ye, will he be thought worthy, who has\ntrodden under foot the Son of God, and has accounted the blood of the\ncovenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done\ndespite to the Spirit of grace? (30)For we know him who said: To me\nbelongs vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord; and again: The\nLord will judge his people. (31)It is a fearful thing to fall into the\nhands of the living God.\n\n(32)But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were\nenlightened, ye endured a great contest of sufferings; (33)partly,\nwhilst ye were made a spectacle both by reproaches and afflictions;\nand partly, whilst ye became partakers with those who were so used.\n(34)For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the\nplundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better\nand an enduring substance.\n\n(35)Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great\nrecompense of reward. (36)For ye have need of patience, that having\ndone the will of God ye may receive the promise. (37)For yet a little\nwhile, he that is to come will come, and will not delay. (38)Now, the\njust shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul has no pleasure\nin him. (39)But we are not of those who draw back unto perdition; but\nof those who believe to the saving of the soul.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nNOW faith is the assurance of things hoped for[11:1], the conviction\nof things not seen. (2)For in this the elders obtained a good report.\n\n(3)Through faith we perceive that the worlds were framed by the word\nof God, so that what is seen has not arisen[11:3] out of things which\nappear.\n\n(4)By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,\nby which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying\nof his gifts; and through it, being dead, he yet speaks.\n\n(5)By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he\nwas not found, because God translated him; for before his translation,\nhe has had the testimony that he pleased God. (6)But without faith it\nis impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that\nhe is, and that he is a rewarder to those who seek after him.\n\n(7)By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning things not yet seen,\nmoved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which\nhe condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is\naccording to faith.\n\n(8)By faith Abraham when called obeyed, to go forth into a place which\nhe should afterward receive for an inheritance, and went forth, not\nknowing whither he went. (9)By faith he sojourned in the land of\npromise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob,\nheirs with him of the same promise; (10)for he looked for the city\nwhich has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.\n\n(11)By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, even\nwhen she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had\npromised. (12)Wherefore also there sprang from one, and him become as\ndead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand which\nis by the sea shore innumerable.\n\n(13)These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but\nhaving seen them from afar, and greeted them, and professed that they\nwere strangers and sojourners on the earth. (14)For they that say such\nthings declare plainly, that they are seeking a country. (15)And if\nindeed, they had in mind that from which they came out, they would\nhave had opportunity to return. (16)But now[11:16] they desire a\nbetter, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called\ntheir God; for he prepared for them a city.\n\n(17)By faith Abraham, when tried, has offered up Isaac; and he who had\naccepted the promises offered up his only begotten, (18)of whom it was\nsaid: In Isaac shall thy seed be called; (19)accounting that God is\nable even to raise from the dead; whence he also received him back in\na figure.\n\n(20)By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come.\n\n(21)By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph;\nand he worshiped, [leaning] on the top of his staff.\n\n(22)By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the departure of the\nsons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.\n\n(23)By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents,\nbecause they saw that the child was fair; and they feared not the\nking's commandment.\n\n(24)By faith Moses, when grown up, refused to be called son of a\ndaughter of Pharaoh; (25)choosing rather to suffer affliction with the\npeople of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;\n(26)esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures\nof Egypt; for he looked for the reward.\n\n(27)By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for\nhe endured, as seeing him who is invisible.\n\n(28)Through faith he has kept the passover, and the affusion of the\nblood, that he who destroyed the first-born might not touch them.\n\n(29)By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land; which the\nEgyptians attempting were swallowed up.\n\n(30)By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after they had been\nencompassed during seven days.\n\n(31)By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who believed\nnot[11:31], after having received the spies with peace.\n\n(32)And why say I more? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon,\nof Barak and Samson and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the\nprophets; (33)who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought\nrighteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,\n(34)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from\nweakness were made strong, became mighty in war, turned to flight the\narmies of the aliens.\n\n(35)Women received their dead, by resurrection to life; and others\nwere tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a\nbetter resurrection.\n\n(36)And others had trial of mockings, and scourgings, and, moreover,\nof bonds and imprisonment. (37)They were stoned, they were sawn\nasunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword; they went\nabout in sheep-skins and goats' skins, being destitute, afflicted,\ntormented; (38)of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts\nand mountains and caves, and the clefts of the earth.\n\n(39)And all these, having obtained a good report through faith, did\nnot receive the promise; (40)God having provided something better\nconcerning us, that they should not without us be made perfect.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nTHEREFORE, let us also, having so great a cloud of witnesses\nsurrounding, us, lay aside every weight, and the easily besetting sin,\nand with patience run the race that is set before us, (2)looking away\nto the author and finisher of the faith, Jesus; who for the joy set\nbefore him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on\nthe right hand of the throne of God. (3)For consider him who has\nendured such contradiction by sinners against him, that ye become not\nweary, fainting in your souls.\n\n(4)Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin; (5)and ye\nhave forgotten the exhortation, which discourses with you as with\nsons:\n\n    My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord,\n    Nor faint when reproved by him;\n    (6)For whom the Lord loves he chastens,\n    And scourges every son whom he receives.\n\n(7)If ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what\nson is there whom his father chastens not? (8)But if ye are without\nchastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye\nbastards, and not sons.\n\n(9)Furthermore, we had fathers of our flesh, who chastened us, and we\ngave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the\nFather of spirits, and live? (10)For they indeed for a few days\nchastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we\nmight be partakers of his holiness.\n\n(11)Now all chastening for the present indeed seems not joyous, but\ngrievous; but afterward, it yields the peaceable fruit of\nrighteousness, to those who have been exercised thereby.\n\n(12)Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;\n(13)and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame be not turned\nout of the way, but rather be healed.\n\n(14)Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall\nsee the Lord; (15)looking diligently, lest any one come short of the\ngrace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you,\nand the many be thereby defiled; (16)lest there be any fornicator, or\nprofane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright. (17)For\nye know that he also afterward, when he wished to inherit the\nblessing, was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, though he\nsought after it with tears.\n\n(18)For ye have not come to a mount that is touched, and burning with\nfire, nor to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, (19)and the sound\nof a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they who heard\nrefused that more should be spoken to them; (20)for they could not\nbear that which was commanded, Even if a beast touch the mountain, it\nshall be stoned; (21)and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said: I\nfear, and tremble. (22)But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city\nof the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,\n(23)to the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are\nenrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of\njust ones made perfect; (24)and to Jesus the mediator of the new\ncovenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better than\nAbel.\n\n(25)See that ye refuse not him who speaks; for if they did not escape,\nrefusing him who declared the divine will on earth, much more shall\nnot we, who turn away from him who speaks from heaven; (26)whose voice\nthen shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying: Yet once more I\nshake, not the earth only, but also heaven. (27)And this, Yet once\nmore, signifies the removing of the things shaken, as of things that\nhave been made, that the things which are not shaken may remain.\n\n(28)Wherefore, receiving a kingdom which can not be shaken, let us\nhave grace whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and\ngodly fear; (29)for our God is a consuming fire.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nLET brotherly love continue.\n\n(2)Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some\nentertained angels unawares.\n\n(3)Remember those in bonds, as bound with them; those in adversity, as\nbeing yourselves also in the body.\n\n(4)Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled[13:4]; but\nfornicators and adulterers God will judge.\n\n(5)Let your disposition be without covetousness, and be content with\nwhat ye have; for he has said: I will never leave thee, nor forsake\nthee. (6)So that we boldly say:\n\n    The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear;\n    What shall man do to me?\n\n(7)Remember those who were your leaders, who spoke to you the word of\nGod; considering the end of whose manner of life, imitate their faith.\n\n(8)Jesus Christ is yesterday and to-day the same, and forever. (9)Be\nnot carried away with various and strange teachings; for it is good\nthat the heart be established with grace, not with meats, which did\nnot profit those who walked therein.\n\n(10)We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat who serve the\ntabernacle. (11)For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought\ninto the holy places by the high priest for sin, are burned without\nthe camp. (12)Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people\nthrough his own blood, suffered without the gate. (13)So then, let us\ngo forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach. (14)For here\nwe have not an abiding city, but are seeking for that which is to\ncome.\n\n(15)Through him, therefore, let us offer up the sacrifice of praise to\nGod continually, that is, the fruit of lips giving thanks to his name.\n(16)But to do good and to communicate forget not; for with such\nsacrifices God is well pleased.\n\n(17)Obey those who are your leaders, and submit; for they watch for\nyour souls, as those who shall give account; that they may do this\nwith joy, and not with sighing, for that is unprofitable for you.\n\n(18)Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience,\nin all things desiring to deport ourselves well. (19)But I the more\nearnestly beseech you to do this, that I may the sooner be restored to\nyou.\n\n(20)Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus,\nthe great Shepherd of the sheep in virtue of the blood of an eternal\ncovenant, (21)make you perfect in every good work to do his will,\ndoing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus\nChrist; to whom be the glory, forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(22)But I beseech you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation;\nfor I wrote to you in few words.\n\n(23)Know that the brother, Timothy, has been set at liberty; with\nwhom, if he come shortly, I will see you.\n\n(24)Salute all that are your leaders, and all the saints. Those of\nItaly salute you.\n\n(25)Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\n\n\nTHE GENERAL LETTER OF JAMES.\n\n\nI.\n\nJAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve\ntribes which are scattered abroad[1:1], greeting.\n\n(2)Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various\ntemptations; (3)knowing that the proving of your faith works patience.\n(4)But let patience have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and\nentire, lacking in nothing.\n\n(5)But if any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask of God, who\ngives to all liberally, and upbraids not, and it will be given him.\n(6)But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering; for he that wavers is\nlike a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. (7)For let not\nthat man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord; (8)a\ndouble-minded man, unstable in all his ways.\n\n(9)Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted; (10)but\nthe rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass\nhe will pass away. (11)For the sun rose with the burning heat, and\nwithered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the grace of its\nfashion perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.\n\n(12)Happy is the man that endures temptation; because, when he is\napproved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to\nthose who love him.\n\n(13)Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God\ncan not be tempted with evil, and himself tempts no one. (14)But each\none is tempted, when by his own lust he is drawn away and enticed.\n(15)Then lust, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when\ncompleted, brings forth death.\n\n(16)Do not err, my beloved brethren. (17)Every good gift and every\nperfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights,\nwith whom there is no variableness, or shadow of turning. (18)Of his\nown will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind\nof first-fruits of his creatures.\n\n(19)So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow\nto speak, slow to wrath; (20)for the wrath of man works not the\nrighteousness of God.\n\n(21)Wherefore, putting off all filthiness and excess of wickedness,\nreceive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your\nsouls.\n\n(22)But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving\nyourselves. (23)For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a\ndoer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a mirror.\n(24)For he beheld himself, and has gone away; and immediately he\nforgot what manner of man he was. (25)But he who looked into the\nperfect law, the law of liberty, and remained thereby, being not a\nforgetful hearer, but a doer of work, this man shall be happy in his\ndoing.\n\n(26)If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his\ntongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.\n\n(27)Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this:\nTo visit the orphans and widows in their affliction; to keep himself\nunspotted from the world.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nMY brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord]\nof glory, with respect of persons. (2)For if there have come into your\nassembly a man with a gold ring, in gay clothing, and there have come\nin also a poor man in mean clothing; (3)and ye have respect to him\nthat wears the gay clothing, and say: Sit thou here in a good place,\nand say to the poor man: Stand thou there, or, Sit under my footstool;\n(4)were ye not partial in yourselves, and become judges with evil\nthoughts?\n\n(5)Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to\nthis world[2:5] to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he\npromised to those who love him? (6)But ye dishonored the poor man. Do\nnot the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the\njudgment-seats? (7)Do not they blaspheme the worthy name by which ye\nare called?\n\n(8)If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture,\nThou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. (9)But if ye have\nrespect to persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as\ntransgressors. (10)For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet\noffend in one point, he is guilty of all. (11)For he who said: Do not\ncommit adultery, said also: Do not kill. Now if thou commit not\nadultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.\n(12)So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of\nliberty. (13)For the judgment shall be without mercy, to him that\nshowed no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.\n\n(14)What does it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he has\nfaith, and have not works? Can the faith save him? (15)But if a\nbrother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, (16)and one\nof you say to them: Depart in peace, be warmed, and be filled, but ye\ngive them not the things needful for the body, what does it profit?\n(17)So also faith, if it has not works, is dead in itself. (18)But\nsome will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works; show me thy faith\nwithout the works, and I will show thee the faith by my works.\n(19)Thou believest that God is one. Thou doest well; the demons also\nbelieve, and tremble. (20)But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith\nwithout works is dead?\n\n(21)Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered\nIsaac his son upon the altar? (22)Thou seest that faith wrought with\nhis works, and by works was faith made complete. (23)And the scripture\nwas fulfilled which says: Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to\nhim for righteousness; and he was called, Friend of God.\n\n(24)Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.\n(25)And in like manner, was not also Rahab the harlot justified by\nworks, when she received the messengers, and sent them out by another\nway? (26)For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith\nwithout works is dead.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nMY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive\ngreater condemnation. (2)For in many things we all offend. If any one\noffends not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle also\nthe whole body.\n\n(3)Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths[3:3], that they may\nobey us, we turn about also their whole body. (4)Behold also the\nships, though they are so great, and driven by fierce winds, are\nturned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the steersman may\ndesire. (5)So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great\nthings. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! (6)And the\ntongue is a fire, that world of iniquity! The tongue among our members\nis that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of\nlife, and is set on fire by hell. (7)For every nature of beasts and\nbirds, of reptiles and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been\ntamed, by the nature of man. (8)But the tongue no man can tame; a\nrestless evil, full of deadly poison. (9)Therewith we bless the Lord\nand Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the\nlikeness of God. (10)Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and\ncursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. (11)Does the\nfountain, out of the same opening, send forth the sweet and the\nbitter? (12)Can a fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a vine figs?\nNeither can salt water yield fresh.\n\n(13)Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show, out\nof his good deportment, his works in meekness of wisdom. (14)But if ye\nhave bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not glory, and lie\nagainst the truth. (15)This wisdom is not one that comes down from\nabove, but earthly, sensual[3:16], devilish. (16)For where there is\nemulation and strife, there is confusion and every evil work. (17)But\nthe wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, forbearing,\neasily persuaded, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality,\nand without hypocrisy. (18)And the fruit of righteousness is sown in\npeace, by those who work peace.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nFROM whence are wars, and from whence are fightings among you? Are\nthey not from hence, from your lusts that war in your members? (2)Ye\ndesire, and have not; ye kill, and envy, and can not obtain; ye fight\nand war. Ye have not, because ye ask not; (3)ye ask, and receive not,\nbecause ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.\n\n(4)Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is\nenmity with God? Whoever therefore desires to be a friend of the world\nmakes himself an enemy of God. (5)Do ye think that the Scripture says\nin vain, the spirit he made to dwell in us has jealous longings?\n(6)But he gives the more grace. Wherefore he says:\n\n    God resists the proud,\n    But gives grace to the humble.\n\n(7)Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will\nflee from you. (8)Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.\nCleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye\ndouble-minded. (9)Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter\nbe turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness. (10)Humble\nyourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.\n\n(11)Do not speak against one another, brethren. He that speaks against\nhis brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges\nthe law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law,\nbut a judge. (12)One is the lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save\nand to destroy. Who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?\n\n(13)Come now, ye that say: To-day and to-morrow we will go into this\ncity, and spend one year there, and buy and sell, and get gain;\n(14)(whereas ye know not what belongs to the morrow; for what is your\nlife? for ye are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then\nvanishes away;) (15)instead of saying: If the Lord will, we shall both\nlive, and do this or that. (16)But now ye glory in your boastings. All\nsuch glorying is evil. (17)Therefore to him that knows to do good, and\ndoes it not, to him it is sin.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nCOME now, ye rich, weep, wailing for your miseries that are coming\nupon you. (2)Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become\nmoth-eaten. (3)Your gold and silver is rusted; and the rust of them\nwill be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. Ye\nheaped up treasure, in the last days.\n\n(4)Behold, the hire of the laborers who reaped your fields, which is\nfraudulently kept back by you, cries out; and the cries of those who\nreaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth[5:4]. (5)Ye\nhave been luxurious on the earth, and lived in pleasure; ye have\nnourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter. (6)Ye have condemned,\nye have killed the just; he does not resist you.\n\n(7)Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord.\nBehold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth,\nbeing patient over it, till it shall have received the early and\nlatter rain. (8)Be ye also patient; establish your hearts, because the\ncoming of the Lord draws nigh. (9)Murmur not against one another,\nbrethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the\ndoor. (10)Take, my brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of\nthe Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience. (11)Behold,\nwe count those happy who endure. Ye heard of the patience of Job, and\nsaw the end of the Lord[5:11]; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of\ntender mercy.\n\n(12)But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven,\nnor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and\nyour nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.\n\n(13)Is any afflicted among you, let him pray. Is any cheerful, let him\nsing praise. (14)Is any sick among you, let him call for the elders of\nthe church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the\nname of the Lord. (15)And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and\nthe Lord will raise him up; and even if he have committed sins, it\nwill be forgiven him.\n\n(16)Confess therefore your trespasses to one another, and pray for one\nanother, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man\navails much. (17)Elijah was a man of like nature with us; and he\nprayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the\nearth for three years and six months. (18)And again he prayed, and the\nheaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.\n\n(19)Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and\none convert him; (20)let him know, that he who converts a sinner from\nthe error of his way will save a soul from death, and will hide a\nmultitude of sins.\n\n\n\nTHE FIRST GENERAL LETTER OF PETER.\n\n\nI.\n\nPETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered[1:1]\nthrough Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia; (2)chosen\naccording to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of\nthe Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus\nChrist: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.\n\n(3)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who\naccording to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope[1:3]\nthrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; (4)unto an\ninheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in\nheaven for you, (5)who by the power of God are kept through faith,\nunto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (6)Wherein ye\ngreatly rejoice, though now for a little time, if need be, made\nsorrowful by manifold trials; (7)that the proof of your faith, much\nmore precious than gold that perishes, but is proved by fire, may be\nfound unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus\nChrist; (8)whom having not seen ye love; in whom, though now ye see\nhim not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of\nglory; (9)receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your\nsouls.\n\n(10)Concerning which salvation the prophets diligently sought and\nsearched, who prophesied of the grace toward you; (11)searching as to\nwhat or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them\nsignified, when it testified beforehand the sufferings destined for\nChrist, and the glories that should follow; (12)to whom it was\nrevealed, that not to themselves, but to you they were ministering\nthem, which now have been announced to you, through those who brought\nyou the good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things\nangels desire to look into.\n\n(13)Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope\nperfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation\nof Jesus Christ; (14)as children of obedience, not conforming\nyourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance; (15)but as he who\ncalled you is holy, be ye yourselves holy in all your deportment;\n(16)because it is written: Ye shall be holy, for I am holy.\n\n(17)And if ye call him Father[1:17], who without respect of persons\njudges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning\nin fear; (18)knowing that not with perishable things, silver and gold,\nye were redeemed from your vain course of life received by tradition\nfrom your fathers, (19)but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a\nlamb without blemish and without spot; (20)who was foreknown indeed\nbefore the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times\nfor you, (21)who through him believe on God, who raised him from the\ndead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are on God.\n\n(22)Having purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned\nbrotherly love, love one another from the heart fervently; (23)being\nborn again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the\nword of God, which lives and abides forever. (24)Because,\n\n    All flesh is as grass,\n    And all its glory as the flower of grass.\n    The grass withered, and its flower fell off;\n    (25)But the word of the Lord abides forever.\n\nAnd this is the word which was preached to you.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nLAYING aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and\nenvyings, and all backbitings, (2)as newborn babes, long for the\nspiritual, unadulterated milk, that ye thereby may grow unto\nsalvation; (3)if indeed ye tasted that the Lord is gracious; (4)to\nwhom coming, a living stone, disallowed indeed by men, but with God\nchosen, honored, (5)ye yourselves also, as living stones, are built\nup[2:5] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual\nsacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (6)Because it is\ncontained in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief\ncorner-stone, chosen, honored; and he that believes on him shall not\nbe put to shame.\n\n(7)To you therefore who believe is the honor; but to the disobedient,\nthe stone which the builders disallowed, the same is become the head\nof the corner, (8)and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, who\nstumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also\nappointed.\n\n(9)But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,\na people for a possession; that ye should show forth the excellencies\nof him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;\n(10)who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had\nnot obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.\n\n(11)Beloved, I exhort you as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from\nfleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (12)having your deportment\nhonorable among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as\nevil-doers, they may from your good works, beholding them, glorify God\nin the day of visitation.\n\n(13)Submit yourselves to every human institution, for the Lord's sake;\nwhether to the king, as pre-eminent, (14)or to governors as being sent\nby him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of those who\ndo well. (15)For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may\nput to silence the ignorance of the foolish men; (16)as free, and as\nnot having your freedom for a vail of wickedness, but as God's\nservants.\n\n(17)Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king;\n(18)ye servants, being in subjection to your masters with all fear,\nnot only to the good and reasonable, but also to the perverse. (19)For\nthis is acceptable, if a man for conscience toward God[2:19] endures\ngriefs, suffering wrongfully. (20)For what glory is it, if when ye are\nbeaten for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if when ye do\nwell, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with\nGod. (21)For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for\nyou, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps; (22)who\ncommitted no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; (23)who when\nhe was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not;\nbut committed it to him who judges righteously; (24)who himself bore\nour sins in his own body on the tree, that we, having died to our\nsins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.\n(25)For ye were going astray like sheep; but have returned now unto\nthe Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nIN like manner, ye wives, being in subjection to your own husbands;\nthat even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won\nby the deportment of their wives, (2)when they behold your chaste\ndeportment coupled with fear. (3)Whose adorning, let it not be the\noutward one of braiding the hair, and of wearing golden ornaments, or\nof putting on apparel; (4)but the hidden man of the heart, in that\nwhich is imperishable of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight\nof God is of great price. (5)For so in the old time the holy women\nalso, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to\ntheir own husbands, (6)(as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; of\nwhom ye became children,) doing good, and fearing no alarm.\n\n(7)Ye husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them according to\nknowledge, giving honor to the female, as the weaker vessel, as also\nheirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not\nhindered.\n\n(8)Finally, all being of one mind, sympathizing, loving the brethren,\ntender-hearted, humble-minded; (9)not rendering evil for evil, or\nrailing for railing; but on the contrary blessing, because to this end\nye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.\n\n(10)For he who desires to love life, and to see good days, let him\nrefrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile;\n(11)let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and\npursue it. (12)Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,\nand his ears are toward their supplications; but the face of the Lord\nis against those who do evil. (13)And who is he that shall harm you,\nif ye are followers of that which is good? (14)But if ye even suffer\nfor righteousness' sake, happy are ye; but fear not with their fear,\nnor be troubled; (15)but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready\nalways to give an answer to every one that asks you a reason of the\nhope that is in you, with meekness and fear; (16)having a good\nconscience, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they\nmay be ashamed that falsely accuse your good deportment in Christ.\n(17)For it is better, if it be the will of God, that ye suffer for\nwell-doing, than for evil-doing. (18)Because Christ also suffered once\nfor sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,\nbeing put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit; (19)in\nwhich also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, (20)who were\ndisobedient in times past, when the long-suffering of God waited in\nthe days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, wherein a few, that is,\neight souls, were saved through water; (21)which in an antitype,\nimmersion, now saves us also (not the putting away of the filth of the\nflesh, but the requirement of a good conscience toward God), by the\nresurrection of Jesus Christ; (22)who is on the right hand of God,\nhaving gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made\nsubject to him.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nCHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, do ye also arm\nyourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in the flesh\nhas ceased from sin; (2)that ye no longer may live the remaining time\nin the flesh by the lusts of men, but by the will of God. (3)For the\ntime past suffices us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when\nwe walked in wantonness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, carousings,\nand unhallowed idolatries; (4)at which thing they are astonished, as\nye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;\n(5)who shall give account to him who is ready to judge the living and\nthe dead. (6)For to this end was the good news preached also to those\nwho are dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the\nflesh, but may live according to God in the spirit.\n\n(7)But the end of all things is at hand. Be therefore sober, and watch\nunto prayer; (8)but above all things having your love toward one\nanother fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins;\n(9)hospitable to one another, without grudging; (10)according as each\nreceived a gift, ministering the same to one another, as good stewards\nof the manifold grace of God; (11)if any one speaks, as [uttering]\nGod's oracles; if any one ministers, as of the ability which God\nbestows; that God in all things may be glorified, through Jesus\nChrist, to whom is the glory and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(12)Beloved, be not astonished at the fiery test taking place among\nyou to prove you, as though a strange thing were befalling you;\n(13)but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that\nalso, at the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice with exceeding\njoy. (14)If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye;\nbecause the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you; [on their part\nhe is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.][4:14]\n\n(15)For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an\nevil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters; (16)but if as a\nChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this\nname. (17)Because the time is come that judgment should begin from the\nhouse of God; but if it begin first from us, what shall be the end of\nthose who obey not the gospel of God? (18)And if the righteous is with\ndifficulty saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?\n\n(19)Wherefore let those also, who suffer according to the will of God,\ncommit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing, as to a\nfaithful Creator.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nTHE elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of\nthe sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that\nshall be revealed; (2)tend the flock of God which is among you,\noverseeing it not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but\nwith good will; (3)neither as being lords over the heritage, but being\nexamples to the flock. (4)And when the chief Shepherd is manifested,\nye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.\n\n(5)In like manner, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yea,\nall of you submitting to one another, gird yourselves with humility;\nbecause, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.\n(6)Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he\nmay exalt you in due time; (7)casting all your care upon him, because\nhe cares for you.\n\n(8)Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion,\nwalks about, seeking whom he may devour; (9)whom resist, steadfast in\nthe faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished in\nyour brethren that are in the world.\n\n(10)But the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in\nChrist Jesus, after ye have suffered a little while, make you perfect,\nestablish, strengthen, settle you. (11)To him be the glory, and the\ndominion, forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(12)By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I wrote to you\nin few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of\nGod, wherein ye stand.\n\n(13)The [church that is] in Babylon, chosen with you, salutes\nyou[5:13]; and Mark, my son.\n\n(14)Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all, that are\nin Christ.\n\n\n\nTHE SECOND GENERAL LETTER OF PETER.\n\n\nI.\n\nSIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have\nobtained like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God\nand Savior Jesus Christ: (2)Grace and peace be multiplied to you, in\nthe knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.\n\n(3)Seeing that his divine power has given us all things that pertain\nto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by\nhis own glory and might; (4)through which he has given us exceeding\ngreat and precious promises, that by these ye may become partakers of\nthe divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the\nworld through lust; (5)yea for this very reason, giving all diligence,\nadd to your faith fortitude; and to fortitude, knowledge[1:5]; (6)and\nto knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, patience; and to\npatience, godliness; (7)and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to\nbrotherly kindness, love. (8)For if these things are in you, and\nabound, they cause that ye shall not be inactive nor unfruitful in\nattaining to the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (9)But he\nthat lacks these things is blind, not seeing afar off, having\nforgotten the cleansing away of his old sins.\n\n(10)Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your\ncalling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never\nfall. (11)For so shall be richly ministered to you the entrance into\nthe everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n\n(12)Wherefore, I will not neglect to put you always in remembrance of\nthese things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth\nthat is with you. (13)But I think it right, so long as I am in this\ntabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; (14)knowing\nthat I must soon put off my tabernacle[1:14], as also our Lord Jesus\nChrist showed me. (15)Moreover I will endeavor that at all times ye\nmay be able after my departure to call these things to mind.\n\n(16)For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known\nto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but had been\neye-witnesses of his majesty. (17)For he received from God the Father\nhonor and glory, when such a voice was borne to him from the excellent\nglory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; (18)and this\nvoice we heard borne from heaven, being with him in the holy mount.\n(19)And we have more sure the prophetic word; to which ye do well that\nye take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day\ndawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts; (20)knowing this first,\nthat no prophecy of the Scripture comes of private interpretation;\n(21)for prophecy was never brought by the will of man; but moved by\nthe Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nBUT there were false prophets also among the people, as there will be\nfalse teachers among you also, who stealthily will bring in\ndestructive factions, even denying as Master him who bought them,\nbringing upon themselves swift destruction. (2)And many will follow\ntheir dissolute ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil\nspoken of. (3)And in covetousness will they with feigned words make\nmerchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and\ntheir destruction slumbers not.\n\n(4)For if God spared not angels, having sinned, but casting them down\nto hell delivered them over to chains of darkness[2:4], reserved unto\njudgment; (5)and spared not the old world, but kept Noah the eighth\nperson, a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood on the world\nof ungodly men, (6)and turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and\nGomorrah condemned them to overthrow, having made them an example of\nthose who should afterward live ungodly; (7)and delivered righteous\nLot, wearied out with the lewd conduct of the lawless; (8)(for that\nrighteous man, dwelling among them, with seeing and hearing vexed his\nrighteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) (9)the Lord\nknows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the\nunjust under punishment to the day of judgment; (10)but chiefly those\nwho walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise\ndominion. Presumptuous, self-willed, they are not afraid to rail at\ndignities; (11)whereas angels, being greater in strength and power,\nbring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.\n\n(12)But these, as natural brute beasts born to be taken[2:12] and\ndestroyed, railing at things that they understand not, shall utterly\nperish in their own corruption, (13)receiving the wages of\nunrighteousness, as they who account reveling for a day pleasure;\nspots, and blemishes, reveling in their own deceits while feasting\nwith you; (14)having eyes full of the adulteress, and that cease not\nfrom sin; alluring unstable souls; having a heart exercised in\ncovetousness; children of a curse; (15)forsaking the right way, they\nwent astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved\nthe wages of unrighteousness, (16)but was rebuked for his iniquity;\nthe dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the\nprophet.\n\n(17)These are wells without water, mists driven by a tempest, to whom\nthe blackness of darkness is reserved forever. (18)For, speaking\nswelling words of vanity, in lusts of the flesh they allure, by wanton\nways, such as partly escape those who live in error; (19)promising\nthem liberty, while they themselves are servants of corruption; for by\nwhat a man is overcome, by the same he is also brought into bondage.\n(20)For if, having escaped the pollutions of the world through the\nknowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christy but having again become\nentangled therein they are overcome, the last state is become worse\nwith them than the first. (21)For it were better for them not to have\nknown the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn back\nfrom the holy commandment delivered to them. (22)But it has happened\nto them according to the true proverb: A dog, returned to his own\nvomit; and, A sow that was washed, to the wallowing in the mire.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nTHIS second letter, beloved, I now write to you; in both which I stir\nup your pure mind by putting you in remembrance; (2)that ye may be\nmindful of the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the\ncommandment of the Lord and Savior by your apostles; (3)knowing this\nfirst, that there shall come in the last of the days scoffers, in\ntheir scoffings, walking after their own lusts, (4)and saying: Where\nis the promise of his coming? for from the day the fathers fell\nasleep, all things so continue, from the beginning of the creation.\n(5)For of this they willingly are ignorant, that by the word of God\nthere were heavens of old, and earth framed out of water and by means\nof water, (6)whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with\nwater, perished; (7)but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by\nhis word are kept in store, being reserved for fire unto the day of\njudgment and of perdition of ungodly men.\n\n(8)But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is\nwith the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.\n(9)The Lord is not tardy in respect to the promise, as some account\ntardiness; but is long-suffering toward us[3:9], not wishing that any\nshould perish, but that all should come to repentance. (10)But the day\nof the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away\nwith a rushing noise, and the elements will be dissolved with burning\nheat, and the earth and the works therein will be burned up.\n\n(11)Seeing then that all these things are dissolving, what manner of\nmen ought ye to be, in all holy deportment and godliness; (12)looking\nfor and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the\nheavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt\nwith burning heat? (13)But, according to his promise, we look for new\nheavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.\n\n(14)Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, be\ndiligent that ye may be found without spot and blameless in his sight,\nin peace. (15)And the long-suffering of our Lord account salvation; as\nalso our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him,\nwrote to you; (16)as also in all his letters, speaking in them of\nthese things; in which things are some that are hard to be understood,\nwhich they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as also the other\nScriptures, unto their own destruction.\n\n(17)Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know beforehand, beware lest,\nbeing carried away with the error of the lawless, ye fall from your\nown steadfastness. (18)But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord\nand Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and forever.\nAmen.\n\n\n\nTHE FIRST GENERAL LETTER OF JOHN.\n\n\nI.\n\nTHAT which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that\nwhich we have seen with our eyes, that which we looked upon, and our\nhands handled, concerning the Word of life; (2)(and the life was\nmanifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the\neternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;)\n(3)that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that\nye also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with\nthe Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (4)And these things we\nwrite to you, that your joy may be full.\n\n(5)And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce\nto you, That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.\n\n(6)If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in the\ndarkness, we lie, and do not the truth; (7)but if we walk in the\nlight, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and\nthe blood of Jesus Christ[1:7] his Son cleanses us from all sin.\n\n(8)If we say that we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth\nis not in us. (9)If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous,\nthat he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all\nunrighteousness. (10)If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a\nliar, and his word is not in us.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nMY little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin.\nAnd if any one have sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus\nChrist the righteous. (2)And he is a propitiation for our sins; and\nnot for ours only, but also for the whole world.\n\n(3)And in this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.\n(4)He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a\nliar, and the truth is not in him. (5)But whoever keeps his word, of a\ntruth in him the love of God is perfected. In this we know that we are\nin him. (6)He that says he abides in him ought, as he walked, himself\nalso so to walk.\n\n(7)Beloved, I write not to you a new commandment, but an old\ncommandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is\nthe word which ye heard from the beginning[2:7]. (8)Again, a new\ncommandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you;\nbecause the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines.\n(9)He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the\ndarkness until now. (10)He that loves his brother abides in the light,\nand there is no occasion of stumbling in him. (11)But he that hates\nhis brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows\nnot where he goes, because the darkness blinded his eyes.\n\n(12)I write to you, little children, because your sins have been\nforgiven you for his name's sake. (13)I write to you, fathers, because\nye know him that was from the beginning. I write to you, young men,\nbecause ye have overcome the evil one.\n\nI wrote to you, little children, because ye know the Father. (14)I\nwrote to you, fathers, because ye know him that was from the\nbeginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the\nword of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.\n\n(15)Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any one\nloves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16)Because all\nthat is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes,\nand the empty pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.\n(17)And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof; but he that\ndoes the will of God abides forever.\n\n(18)Little children, it is the last time; and as ye heard that\nantichrist should come, even now many antichrists have arisen; from\nwhence we know that it is the last time. (19)They went out from among\nus, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would\nhave remained with us; but it was in order that they might be made\nmanifest, that all are not of us.\n\n(20)And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and know all things.\n(21)I wrote not to you because ye do not know the truth, but because\nye know it, and because no lie is of the truth. (22)Who is the liar,\nbut he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist,\nwho denies the Father and the Son. (23)Every one that denies the Son,\nthe same has not the Father; he that acknowledges the Son has also the\nFather.\n\n(24)What ye heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If what ye\nheard from the beginning shall abide in you, ye also will abide in the\nSon, and in the Father. (25)And this is the promise which he himself\npromised to us, the life eternal.\n\n(26)These things I wrote to you concerning those who seduce you.\n(27)And the anointing which ye received from him abides in you, and ye\nhave no need that any one teach you; but, as the same anointing\nteaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is not a lie, and\neven as it taught you, abide in him.\n\n(28)And now, little children, abide in him; that, if he should be\nmanifested, we may have confidence, and not turn away from him with\nshame at his coming. (29)If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that\nevery one that does righteousness has been begotten of him.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nBEHOLD what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should\nbe called children of God. For this cause the world knows not us,\nbecause it knew not him. (2)Beloved, now are we the children of God,\nand it was never yet manifested what we shall be. We know that if it\nshall be manifested, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as\nhe is. (3)And every one, that has this hope on him, purifies himself\neven as he is pure. (4)Every one that commits sin also commits\ntransgression of law; and sin is transgression of law. (5)And ye know\nthat he was manifested that he might take away our[3:5] sins; and in\nhim is no sin. (6)Every one that abides in him sins not; whoever sins\nhas not seen him, neither has known him. (7)Little children, let no\none deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous, even as he\nis righteous. (8)He that commits sin is of the Devil; because the\nDevil sins from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was\nmanifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. (9)Whoever\nhas been begotten of God does not commit sin; because his seed abides\nin him; and he can not sin, because he has been begotten of God.\n(10)In this are manifest the children of God, and the children of the\nDevil. Every one that does not righteousness is not of God, neither he\nthat loves not his brother; (11)because this is the message that ye\nheard from the beginning, that we should love one another (12)Not as\nCain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore did he\nslay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's\nrighteous. (13)Wonder not, brethren, if the world hates you.\n\n(14)We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we\nlove the brethren. He that loves not his brother[3:14] abides in\ndeath. (15)Every one that hates his brother is a murderer[3:15]; and\nye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (16)In this\nwe know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay\ndown our lives for the brethren. (17)But whoever has the world's\nsustenance, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his pity\nfrom him, how abides the love of God in him?\n\n(18)Little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but\nin deed and in truth. (19)And in this we shall know that we are of the\ntruth, and shall assure our hearts before him. (20)Because if our\nheart accuse us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all\nthings[3:20]. (21)Beloved, if our heart accuse us not, we have\nconfidence toward God. (22)And whatever we ask, we receive of him,\nbecause we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing\nin his sight. (23)And this is his commandment, that we should believe\non the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and should love one another, as\nhe gave us commandment. (24)And he that keeps his commandments abides\nin him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abides in us, from\nthe Spirit which he gave us.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nBELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they\nare of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the\nworld. (2)In this ye know the Spirit of God: (3)Every spirit that\nacknowledges that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God; and\nevery spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus, is not of God; and this\nis that of the antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come;\nand now, it is already in the world.\n\n(4)Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because\ngreater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world. (5)They are\nof the world; for this cause they speak of the world, and the world\nhears them. (6)We are of God; he that knows God, hears us; he that is\nnot of God, hears us not. From this we know the spirit of truth, and\nthe spirit of error.\n\n(7)Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every\none that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. (8)He that\nloves not, knew not God; because God is love. (9)In this was\nmanifested the love of God in respect to us, that God has sent his\nonly begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.\n(10)Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and\nsent his Son, a propitiation for our sins.\n\n(11)Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.\n(12)No man has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in\nus, and the love of him is perfected in us. (13)In this we know that\nwe abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.\n(14)And we have seen, and bear witness, that the Father has sent forth\nthe Son, a Savior of the world. (15)Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is\nthe Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. (16)And we have\nknown, and have believed, the love that God has in respect to us. God\nis love; and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.\n\n(17)In this has love been perfected with us[4:17], that we have\nconfidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, we also are in\nthis world. (18)There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out\nfear, because fear has torment[4:18]; and he that fears is not made\nperfect in love. (19)We love, because he first loved us. (20)If any\none say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that\nloves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he\nhas not seen? (21)And this commandment we have from him, that he who\nloves God love also his brother.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nEVERY one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten of\nGod; and every one that loves him who begot, loves also him that has\nbeen begotten of him. (2)In this we know that we love the children of\nGod, when we love God, and do his commandments. (3)For this is the\nlove of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are\nnot burdensome; (4)because all that is begotten of God overcomes the\nworld; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.\n(5)Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus\nis the Son of God?\n\n(6)This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not in\nthe water only, but in the water and in the blood. And the Spirit is\nthat which bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. (7)For\nthere are three who bear witness; the Spirit, and the water, and the\nblood; (8)and the three agree in the one[5:8]. (9)If we receive the\nwitness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness\nof God, that he has borne witness concerning his Son. (10)He that\nbelieves on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that\nbelieves not God has made him a liar; because he has not believed in\nthe witness which God has borne concerning his Son. (11)And this is\nthe witness, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his\nSon. (12)He that has the Son has the life; he that has not the Son of\nGod has not the life.\n\n(13)These things I wrote to you, that ye may know that ye have eternal\nlife, who believe on the name of the Son of God.\n\n(14)And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we\nask anything according to his will, he hears us. (15)And if we know\nthat he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions\nwhich we have asked of him.\n\n(16)If any one see his brother sin a sin not unto death, he shall ask,\nand he will give him life,--to those who sin not unto death. There is\na sin unto death; for that I do not say that he shall pray.\n\n(17)All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death.\n\n(18)We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but\nhe that was begotten of God keeps himself; and the evil one touches\nhim not.\n\n(19)We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the\nevil one. (20)And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given\nus understanding, that we may know the True one; and we are in the\nTrue One, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal\nlife.\n\n(21)Little children, keep yourselves from the idols.\n\n\n\nTHE SECOND LETTER OF JOHN.\n\n\nTHE elder to the elect lady, and to her children, whom I love in\ntruth,--and not I alone but also all that know the truth,--(2)for the\nsake of the truth, which abides in us, and will be with us forever:\n(3)Grace, mercy, peace, shall be with you, from God the Father, and\nfrom Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.\n\n(4)I rejoiced greatly, that I have found of thy children walking in\ntruth, as we received commandment from the Father. (5)And now I\nbeseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that\nwhich we had from the beginning, that we love one another. (6)And this\nis love, that we walk according to his commandment; and this is the\ncommandment, as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in\nit. (7)Because many deceivers went out into the world, who acknowledge\nnot that Jesus Christ comes in the flesh. This is the deceiver, and\nthe antichrist.\n\n(8)Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we wrought,\nbut receive a full reward. (9)Every one who transgresses, and abides\nnot[1:8] in the teaching of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the\nteaching, he has both the Father and the Son.\n\n(10)If any one comes to you, and brings not this teaching, receive him\nnot into your house, and do not bid him good speed; (11)for he that\nbids him good speed shares in his evil deeds.\n\n(12)Having many things to write to you, I would not [write] with paper\nand ink; but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that\nour joy may be full. (13)The children of thy elect sister salute thee.\n\n\n\nTHE THIRD LETTER OF JOHN.\n\n\nTHE elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.\n\n(2)Beloved, concerning all things I pray that thou mayest prosper and\nbe in health, as thy soul prospers. (3)For I rejoiced greatly, when\nbrethren came and bore witness to thy truth, as thou walkest in the\ntruth. (4)I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children\nwalking in the truth.\n\n(5)Beloved, thou doest a faithful thing, in whatever thou doest to the\nbrethren, and that to strangers, (6)who bore witness to thy love\nbefore the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey worthily\nof God, thou wilt do well; (7)for on behalf of the NAME they went\nforth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. (8)We therefore ought to\nsustain such persons, that we may become fellow-workers for the truth.\n\n(9)I wrote somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to have\nthe pre-eminence among them, receives us not. (10)Therefore, if I\ncome, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he does, prating\nagainst us with evil words. And not content therewith, neither does he\nhimself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he forbids,\nand casts them out of the church.\n\n(11)Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that\ndoes good, is of God; he that does evil, has not seen God.\n\n(12)To Demetrius, testimony has been borne by all, and by the truth\nitself; yea, we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness\nis true.\n\n(13)I had many things to write to thee, but I wish not to write to\nthee with ink and pen; (14)but I hope immediately to see thee, and we\nshall speak face to face.\n\nPeace be to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends, by\nname.\n\n\n\nTHE GENERAL LETTER OF JUDE.\n\n\nJUDE, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called,\nbeloved in God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ[1:1]: (2)Mercy,\nand peace, and love, be multiplied to you.\n\n(3)Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you concerning the\ncommon salvation, I found it needful for me to write to you exhorting\nto contend earnestly for the faith, delivered once for all to the\nsaints. (4)For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were\nappointed beforehand to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the\ngrace of our God into wantonness, and denying the only Master, and our\nLord Jesus Christ.\n\n(5)But I wish to remind you, as once knowing all, that Jesus, having\nsaved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those\nwho believed not. (6)And angels who kept not their principality, but\nleft their own habitation, he has kept in everlasting chains under\ndarkness, unto the judgment of the great day. (7)As Sodom and\nGomorrah, and the cities about them, in like manner with them giving\nthemselves over to fornication, and going away after other flesh, are\nset forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.\n\n(8)Yet, in like manner, these also in their dreamings defile the\nflesh, despise dominion, and rail at dignities. (9)But Michael the\narchangel, when, contending with the Devil, he disputed concerning the\nbody of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing judgment, but\nsaid: The Lord rebuke thee. (10)But these rail at the things which\nthey know not; but what things naturally, as the brute beasts, they\nunderstand, in these they corrupt themselves.\n\n(11)Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and rushed on in\nthe error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of\nKorah.\n\n(12)These are rocks in your feasts of love, feasting with you\nfearlessly, feeding their own selves; clouds without water, carried\naway by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up\nby the roots; (13)raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own\nshame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved\nforever.\n\n(14)Yea, and of these Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, saying:\nBehold, the Lord came, with his holy myriads. (15)to execute judgment\nupon all, and to convict all the ungodly among them of all their acts\nof ungodliness which they committed, and of all the hard things which\nungodly sinners spoke against him.\n\n(16)These are murmurers, complaining of their lot, walking according\nto their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words; having respect\nto persons, for the sake of profit.\n\n(17)But ye, beloved, remember the words which were before spoken by\nthe apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; (18)that they told you, that at\nthe last of the time there will be scoffers, walking after their own\nlusts of ungodliness. (19)These are they who separate; sensual, having\nnot the Spirit. (20)But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your\nmost holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, (21)keep yourselves in\nthe love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto\neternal life.\n\n(22)And some refute when they are contending; but others save,\nsnatching them out of the fire; (23)and others compassionate with\nfear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.\n\n(24)Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present\nyou faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy;\n(25)to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be\nglory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time, and now, and\nforever. Amen.\n\n\n\nTHE REVELATION.\n\n\nI.\n\nTHE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his\nservants what things must shortly come to pass; and he sent and\nsignified it by his angel to his servant John; (2)who testified of the\nword of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, of whatever things he\nsaw. (3)Happy he that reads, and they that hear the words of this\nprophecy, and keep the things written therein; for the time is at\nhand.\n\n(4)John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you, and\npeace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the\nseven spirits that are before his throne; (5)and from Jesus Christ,\nthe faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the\nkings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins\nin his own blood, (6)and made us a kingdom, priests to God and his\nFather, to him be the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(7)Behold, he comes amidst the clouds; and every eye shall see him,\nand they who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail\nbecause of him. Even so, Amen.\n\n(8)I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and\nwho was, and who is to come, the Almighty.\n\n(9)I, John, your brother, and partner with you in the affliction, and\nkingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was in the island called\nPatmos, on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.\n\n(10)I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day; and I heard behind me a\nloud voice, as of a trumpet, (11)saying: What thou seest, write in a\nbook, and send to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and\nto Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and\nto Laodicea.\n\n(12)And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And\nhaving turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands; (13)and in the midst of\nthe lamp-stands one like to the Son of Man, clothed with a garment\nfalling down to the feet, and girded round at the breasts with a\ngolden girdle. (14)But his head and his hairs were white, as white\nwool, as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; (15)and his feet\nwere like to burnished brass, as if burning in a furnace[1:15]; and\nhis voice was as the sound of many waters. (16)And he had in his hand\nseven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and\nhis countenance was as the sun shining in his strength.\n\n(17)And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his\nright hand on me, saying: Fear not: I am the first and the last,\n(18)and the living one; and I became dead, and behold I am alive\nforevermore; and I have the keys of death and of the underworld.\n(19)Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which\nare, and the things which shall be after these; (20)the mystery of the\nseven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden\nlamp-stands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and\nthe seven lamp-stands are the seven churches.\n\n\n\nII.\n\nTO the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things says he who\nholds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the\nseven golden lamp-stands. (2)I know thy works, and thy labor and\npatience, and how thou canst not bear evil men; and thou didst try\nthose who say they are apostles, and are not, and didst find them\nliars; (3)and thou hast patience, and didst bear for my name's sake,\nand hast not been weary.\n\n(4)But I have this against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.\n(5)Remember therefore from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do\nthe first works; but if not, I am coming to thee, and will remove thy\nlamp-stand out of its place, if thou repent not.\n\n(6)But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans,\nwhich I also hate.\n\n(7)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches. To him that overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree\nof life, which is in the paradise of God.\n\n(8)And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things says\nthe first and the last, who became dead, and lived again. (9)I know\nthy affliction, and poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of\nthose who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of\nSatan. (10)Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer. Behold,\nthe Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be\ntried; and ye will have affliction ten days. Be thou faithful unto\ndeath, and I will give thee the crown of life.\n\n(11)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.\n\n(12)And to the angel of the church in Pergamus write: These things\nsays he who has the sharp two-edged sword. (13)I know where thou\ndwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name,\nand didst not deny the faith in me, even in the days in which Antipas\nwas my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.\n\n(14)But I have a few things against thee. Thou hast there men holding\nthe teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block\nbefore the sons of Israel, to eat things offered to idols, and to\ncommit fornication. (15)Thus thou also hast men holding the teaching\nof the Nicolaitans, in like manner. (16)Repent therefore; but if not,\nI come to thee quickly, and will make war with them, with the sword of\nmy mouth.\n\n(17)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches. To him that overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden\nmanna; and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new\nname written, which no one knows but he that receives it.\n\n(18)And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things\nsays the Son of God, who has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet\nare like to burnished brass. (19)I know thy works, and thy love, and\nfaith, and service, and patience; and thy last works are more than the\nfirst.\n\n(20)But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman\nJezebel[2:20], who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and\nseduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things offered\nto idols. (21)And I gave her time that she might repent; and she will\nnot repent of her fornication. (22)Behold, I cast her into a bed, and\nthose who together with her commit adultery, into great affliction, if\nthey repent not of their works[2:22]. (23)And her children I will slay\nwith death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches\nthe reins and hearts; and I will give to you every one according to\nyour works.\n\n(24)But to you I say, the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as have\nnot this teaching, who knew not the depths of Satan, as they speak: I\nput upon you no other burden; (25)but that which ye have, hold fast\ntill I come. (26)And he that overcomes, and he that keeps my works\nuntil the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; (27)and\nhe shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter are\nthey dashed in pieces, as I also have received from my Father; (28)and\nI will give him the morning star.\n\n(29)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches.\n\n\n\nIII.\n\nAND to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things says he\nwho has the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars. I know thy\nworks, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. (2)Be\nwatchful, and strengthen the remaining things, that were ready to die;\nfor I have not found thy works complete before my God. (3)Remember\ntherefore how thou hast received, and didst hear, and keep, and\nrepent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and\nthou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee.\n\n(4)But thou hast a few names in Sardis, which did not defile their\ngarments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.\n\n(5)He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed[3:5] in white\ngarments; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,\nand I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his\nangels.\n\n(6)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches.\n\n(7)And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things\nsays the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, he who opens,\nand no one shall shut, and shuts, and no one opens. (8)I know thy\nworks. Behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which no one can\nshut; because thou hast little power and didst keep my word, and didst\nnot deny my name.\n\n(9)Behold, I make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are\nJews, and they are not, but do lie, behold, I will make them to come\nand bow down before thy feet, and to know that I loved thee.\n(10)Because thou didst keep my word of patient endurance, I also will\nkeep thee from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the\nwhole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.\n\n(11)I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no one may\ntake thy crown. (12)He that overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the\ntemple of my God, and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon\nhim the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new\nJerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new\nname.\n\n(13)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches.\n\n(14)And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things\nsays the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the\ncreation of God. (15)I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor\nhot. I would thou wert cold or hot. (16)So, because thou art lukewarm,\nand neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth.\n(17)Because thou sayest: I am rich, and have gotten wealth, and have\nneed of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the\npitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked; (18)I counsel thee to\nbuy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white\ngarments, that thou mayest be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness\nnot be made manifest, and to anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that\nthou mayest see. (19)As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be\nzealous therefore, and repent.\n\n(20)Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any one hear my voice,\nand open the door, I will come in to him, and I will sup with him and\nhe with me. (21)He that overcomes, I will give to him to sit with me\nin my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his\nthrone.\n\n(22)He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the\nchurches.\n\n\n\nIV.\n\nAFTER these things I saw, and, behold, a door set open in heaven, and\nthat first voice (which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me)\nsaying: Come up hither, and I will show thee what things must take\nplace after these.\n\n(2)Immediately I was in the Spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in\nheaven, and one sat on the throne. (3)And he who sat was like in\nappearance to a jasper and sardine stone; and there was a rainbow\nround the throne, like in appearance to an emerald; (4)and around the\nthrone were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones twenty-four\nelders sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads crowns\nof gold. (5)And out of the throne proceed lightnings, and voices, and\nthunders; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the\nthrone, which are the seven spirits of God; (6)and before the throne\nas it were a sea of glass like to crystal; and in the midst of the\nthrone, and around the throne, four animals full of eyes before and\nbehind. (7)And the first animal was like to a lion, and the second\nanimal like to a calf, and the third animal having its face as of a\nman, and the fourth animal like to an eagle flying. (8)And the four\nanimals had each of them six wings apiece; around and within they are\nfull of eyes; and they have no rest by day and by night, saying: Holy,\nholy, holy, Lord God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to\ncome.\n\n(9)And when the animals shall give glory, and honor, and thanksgiving,\nto him who sits upon the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,\n(10)the twenty-four elders will fall down before him who sits upon the\nthrone, and will worship him who lives forever and ever, and will cast\ntheir crowns before the throne, saying: (11)Worthy art thou, our Lord\nand our God, to receive the glory, and the honor, and the power;\nbecause thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they\nwere, and were created.\n\n\n\nV.\n\nAND I saw, on the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book\nwritten within and on the back side, sealed up with seven seals.\n(2)And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is\nworthy to open the book, and to loose its seals?\n\n(3)And no one was able, in heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the\nearth, to open the book, nor to look thereon. (4)And I wept much,\nbecause no one was found worthy to open the book, nor to look thereon.\n\n(5)And one of the elders says to me: Weep not; behold, the Lion that\nis of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, prevailed to open the\nbook, and its seven seals.\n\n(6)And I saw, in the midst of the throne and of the four animals, and\nin the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as if having been slain,\nhaving seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God\nsent forth into all the earth. (7)And he came, and has taken the book\nout of the right hand of him who sits upon the throne.\n\n(8)And when he took the book, the four animals, and the twenty-four\nelders, fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden\ncups full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. (9)And they sing\na new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its\nseals; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem to God by thy blood\nout of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; (10)and didst\nmake them unto our God[5:10] a kingdom and priests, and they will\nreign on the earth.\n\n(11)And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels, around the throne\nand the animals and the elders, and the number of them was ten\nthousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, (12)saying\nwith a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive\nthe power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory,\nand blessing. (13)And every creature which is in heaven, and on the\nearth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them,\nI heard saying: To him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be\nthe blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever\nand ever. (14)And the four animals said: Amen. And the elders fell\ndown and worshiped.\n\n\n\nVI.\n\nAND I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard\none of the four animals saying, as a voice of thunder: Come! (2)And I\nsaw, and behold a white horse, and he who sat on him having a bow; and\na crown was given to him; and he went forth conquering, and to\nconquer.\n\n(3)And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second animal\nsaying: Come! (4)And there went forth another horse that was red. And\nto him who sat thereon it was given to take away peace from the earth,\nand that they should slay one another; and there was given to him a\ngreat sword.\n\n(5)And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third animal saying:\nCome! And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he who sat on him\nhaving a balance in his hand. (6)And I heard a voice in the midst of\nthe four animals, saying: A quart of wheat[6:6] for a denary, and\nthree quarts of barley for a denary; and: Hurt not the oil and the\nwine.\n\n(7)And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth\nanimal saying: Come! (8)And I saw, and behold a pale horse; and he who\nsat on him, his name was Death, and the underworld followed with him.\nAnd authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to\nkill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the beasts of\nthe earth.\n\n(9)And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls\nof those slain on account of the word of God, and on account of the\ntestimony which they had. (10)And they cried with a loud voice,\nsaying: How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and\navenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth? (11)And a white\nrobe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them, that they\nshould rest yet a little time, until also their fellow-servants and\ntheir brethren, who are about to be killed as they were, should be\nfully numbered.\n\n(12)And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great\nearthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the\nmoon became all as blood; (13)and the stars of heaven fell to the\nearth, as a fig-tree casts its untimely figs, when shaken by a great\nwind; (14)and the heaven parted asunder as a scroll rolled together;\nand every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15)And\nthe kings of the earth, and the great men, and the chief captains, and\nthe rich men, and the strong men, and every bondman and freeman, hid\nthemselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; (16)and\nthey say to the mountains and to the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us\nfrom the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the\nLamb; (17)because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able\nto stand?\n\n\n\nVII.\n\nAND after this, I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the\nearth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow\non the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.\n\n(2)And I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun,\nhaving the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to\nthe four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,\n(3)saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we\nhave sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.\n\n(4)And I heard the number of the sealed. A hundred and forty-four\nthousand were sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. (5)out\nof the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand; out of the tribe of\nReuben, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;\n(6)out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of\nNaphtali, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve\nthousand; (7)out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of the\ntribe of Levi, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve\nthousand; (8)out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; out of the\ntribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve\nthousand, were sealed.\n\n(9)After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no\none could number, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and\ntongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in\nwhite robes, and palms in their hands. (10)And they cry with a loud\nvoice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sits upon the throne, and to\nthe Lamb. (11)And all the angels were standing round the throne and\nthe elders and the four animals, and fell before the throne on their\nfaces, and worshiped God, (12)saying: Amen; the blessing, and the\nglory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the\npower, and the might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.\n\n(13)And one of the elders answered, saying to me: These who are\nclothed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they?\n(14)And I said to him: Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are\nthey who come out of the great affliction, and they washed their\nrobes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (15)Therefore are\nthey before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his\ntemple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over\nthem[7:15]. (16)They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;\nneither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat; (17)because the\nLamb which is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and\nwill lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will\nwipe away every tear from their eyes.\n\n\n\nVIII.\n\nAND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about\nhalf an hour.\n\n(2)And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and there were\ngiven to them seven trumpets. (3)And another angel came and stood over\nthe altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much\nincense, that he should give it to the prayers of all the saints, upon\nthe golden altar which is before the throne. (4)And there went up the\nsmoke of the incense to the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of\nthe angel, before God.\n\n(5)And the angel has taken the censer; and he filled it out of the\nfire of the altar, and cast it into the earth. And there followed\nthunders, and lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake.\n\n(6)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared\nthemselves, that they might sound.\n\n(7)The first sounded; and there followed hail and fire mingled with\nblood, and they were cast into the earth, and the third part of the\nearth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and\nall green grass was burnt up.\n\n(8)And the second angel sounded; and as it were a great mountain\nburning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea\nbecame blood; (9)and the third part of the creatures that are in the\nsea, that have life, died; and the third part of the ships were\ndestroyed.\n\n(10)And the third angel sounded; and there fell out of heaven a great\nstar, burning as a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the\nrivers, and upon the fountains of the waters. (11)And the name of the\nstar is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became\nwormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made\nbitter.\n\n(12)And the fourth angel sounded; and the third part of the sun was\nsmitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the\nstars, that the third part of them might be darkened, and the day not\nshine for a third part of it, and the night in like manner.\n\n(13)And I saw, and heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a\nloud voice: Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell upon the earth, by\nreason of the remaining voices of the trumpet of the three angels who\nare about to sound!\n\n\n\nIX.\n\nAND the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star fallen out of heaven to\nthe earth, and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.\n(2)And he opened the pit of the abyss, and there went up a smoke out\nof the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air\nwere darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. (3)And out of the\nsmoke went forth locusts into the earth; and there was given to them\npower, as the scorpions of the earth have power. (4)And it was said to\nthem, that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green\nthing, nor any tree, but only the men who have not the seal of God\nupon their foreheads. (5)And it was given to them, that they should\nnot kill them, but that they shall be tormented five months. And their\ntorment is as the torment of a scorpion, when it has smitten a man.\n\n(6)And in those days men will seek death, and shall not find it; and\nthey will desire to die, and death flees from them.\n\n(7)And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared for\nbattle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their\nfaces were as the faces of men. (8)And they had hair as the hair of\nwomen, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. (9)And they had\nbreastplates, as breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings\nwas as the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle.\n(10)And they have tails like to scorpions, and stings; and in their\ntails is their power to hurt men, five months. (11)They have over them\na king, the angel of the abyss. His name in the Hebrew tongue is\nAbaddon; but in the Greek tongue he has for a name, Apollyon.\n\n(12)The first woe is past; behold, there come yet two woes, after\nthese things.\n\n(13)And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice out of the four\nhorns of the golden altar which is before God, (14)saying to the sixth\nangel who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels who are bound, by the\ngreat river Euphrates. (15)And the four angels were loosed, who had\nbeen prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they\nmay slay the third part of men. (16)And the number of the armies of\nthe horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand. I heard the number of\nthem.\n\n(17)And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on\nthem, having breastplates of fire, and of hyacinth, and like\nbrimstone; and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions, and\nout of their mouths issue fire, and smoke, and brimstone. (18)By these\nthree plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the\nsmoke, and the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. (19)For\nthe power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails; for\ntheir tails are like to serpents, having heads, and with them they do\nhurt. (20)And the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues,\nrepented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship\ndemons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone,\nand of wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk; (21)and they\nrepented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their\nfornication, nor of their thefts.\n\n\n\nX.\n\nAND I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with\na cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the\nsun, and his feet as pillars of fire. (2)And he had in his hand a\nlittle book opened. And he set his right foot upon the sea, and the\nleft upon the land; (3)and he cried with a loud voice, as a lion\nroars; and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.\n(4)And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I\nheard a voice out of heaven saying to me: Seal up the things which the\nseven thunders spoke, and write them not. (5)And the angel, whom I saw\nstanding upon the sea and upon the land, lifted up his right hand to\nheaven, (6)and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created\nheaven and the things therein, and the earth and the things therein,\nand the sea and the things therein, that there shall be time[10:6] no\nlonger; (7)but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he\nis about to sound, then is the mystery of God finished, as he gave the\njoyful message to his servants the prophets.\n\n(8)And the voice which I heard out of heaven [I heard] again speaking\nto me, and saying: Go, take the little book which lies opened in the\nhand of the angel, who stands upon the sea and upon the land. (9)And I\nwent to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said\nto me: Take, and eat it up; and it will make thy belly bitter, but in\nthy mouth it will be sweet as honey.\n\n(10)And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate\nit up; and it was in my mouth as honey, sweet; and when I had eaten\nit, my belly became bitter. (11)And they say to me: Thou must again\nprophesy of many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.\n\n\n\nXI.\n\nAND there was given me a reed, like to a staff, saying: Rise, and\nmeasure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship\ntherein. (2)And the court which is without the temple leave out, and\nmeasure it not; because it was given to the Gentiles, and they will\ntread down the holy city forty-two months. (3)And I will give [power]\nto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred\nand sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.\n\n(4)These are the two olive-trees, and the two lamp-stands, which stand\nbefore the Lord of the earth. (5)And if any one desires to hurt them,\nfire goes forth out of their mouth, and devours their enemies; and if\nany one desires to hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.\n\n(6)These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of\ntheir prophecy; and have power over the waters to turn them to blood,\nand to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they will.\n\n(7)And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that\ncomes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and will overcome\nthem, and will kill them. (8)And their remains are on the street of\nthe great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where\ntheir Lord also was crucified. (9)And some out of the peoples, and\ntribes, and tongues, and nations, look on their remains three days and\na half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be put into a tomb.\n(10)And they who dwell on the earth rejoice ever them, and are glad;\nand they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets\ntormented those who dwell on the earth.\n\n(11)And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God\nentered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell\nupon those who beheld them. (12)And they heard a loud voice out of\nheaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up into heaven\nin the cloud, and their enemies beheld them.\n\n(13)And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part\nof the city fell; and in the earthquake were slain of men seven\nthousand names; and the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God\nof heaven.\n\n(14)The second woe is past; behold, the third woe comes quickly.\n\n(15)And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed loud voices in\nheaven, saying: The kingdom of the world is become our Lord's, and his\nChrist's; and he will reign forever and ever. (16)And the twenty-four\nelders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces,\nand worshiped God, (17)saying: We give thanks to thee, O Lord God the\nAlmighty, who art, and who wast; because thou hast taken thy great\npower, and didst reign. (18)And the nations were enraged, and thy\nwrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the\nreward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those\nwho fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who\ndestroy the earth.\n\n(19)And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his\ncovenant was seen in his temple; and there were lightnings, and\nvoices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and a great hail.\n\n\n\nXII.\n\nAND a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and\nthe moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.\n(2)And being with child she cries out, travailing in birth, and pained\nto be delivered.\n\n(3)And another sign was seen in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,\nhaving seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.\n(4)And his tail drags the third part of the stars of heaven; and it\ncast them to the earth.\n\nAnd the dragon stands before the woman who was about to bring forth,\nthat when she has brought forth, he may devour her child. (5)And she\nbrought forth a man-child, who will rule all nations with a rod of\niron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. (6)And\nthe woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by\nGod, that they may nourish her there a thousand two hundred and sixty\ndays.\n\n(7)And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting with\nthe dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels, (8)and prevailed\nnot; neither was their place found any more in heaven.\n\n(9)And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, called the\nDevil and Satan, who leads astray the whole world; he was cast down to\nthe earth, and his angels were cast down with him.\n\n(10)And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come the\nsalvation, and the strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the\nauthority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren is cast\ndown, who accused them before our God day and night. (11)And they\novercame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the\nword of their testimony; and they loved not their life, unto the\ndeath. (12)For this cause rejoice, ye heavens, and they who dwell in\nthem. Woe to the earth and the sea! For the Devil is come down to you,\nhaving great wrath, knowing that he has little time.\n\n(13)And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he\npersecuted the woman who brought forth the man-child. (14)And there\nwere given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she\nmight fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished\nfor a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.\n\n(15)And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the\nwoman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.\n(16)And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth,\nand swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.\n\n(17)And the dragon was enraged at the woman; and he departed to make\nwar with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and\nhave the testimony of Jesus.\n\n\n\nXIII.\n\nAND I stood [13:1a] upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast\ncoming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon\nhis horns ten crowns, and upon his heads names of blasphemy[1:16b];\n(2)(and the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his feet as\nof a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave\nto him his power, and his throne, and great authority;) (3)and one of\nhis heads as it were wounded unto death. And his deadly wound was\nhealed; and all the world wondered after the beast. (4)And they\nworshiped the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and\nthey worshiped the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast, and who is\nable to make war with him?\n\n(5)And there was given to him a mouth speaking great and blasphemous\nthings; and power was given him to work forty-two months. (6)And he\nopened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name,\nand his tabernacle, those who tabernacle in heaven. (7)And it was\ngiven him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power\nwas given him over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. (8)And all who\ndwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written in\nthe book of life of the Lamb which is slain, from the foundation of\nthe world.\n\n(9)If any one has an ear, let him hear.\n\n(10)If any one is for captivity, he goes into captivity; if any to be\nkilled with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. Here is the\npatience and the faith of the saints.\n\n(11)And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two\nhorns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. (12)And he exercises all\nthe authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth\nand those who dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly\nwound was healed. (13)And he does great signs, so that also he causes\nfire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men;\n(14)and he leads astray those who dwell on the earth, because of the\nsigns which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast;\nsaying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image\nto the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived. (15)And it\nwas given him to give breath[13:15] to the image of the beast, that\nthe image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as\nmany as worship not the image of the beast should be killed. (16)And\nhe causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and\nthe free and the bond, to receive a mark[13:16] on their right hand,\nor on their forehead; (17)and that no one should be able to buy or\nsell, save he that has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number\nof his name.\n\n(18)Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count up the number\nof the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six\nhundred and sixty-six.\n\n\n\nXIV.\n\nAND I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him\na hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of\nhis Father written on their foreheads.\n\n(2)And I heard a voice out of heaven, as the voice of many waters, and\nas the voice of loud thunder; the voice which I heard was as that of\nharpers, harping with their harps. (3)And they sing as it were a new\nsong before the throne, and before the four animals and the elders;\nand no one was able to learn the song, except the hundred and\nforty-four thousand, who are redeemed from the earth. (4)These are\nthey who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are\nthey who follow the Lamb, whithersoever he goes. These were redeemed\nfrom men, a first-fruits to God and to the Lamb. (5)And in their mouth\nwas found no falsehood; for they are blameless.\n\n(6)And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the\neverlasting gospel[14:6] to preach to those who dwell on the earth,\nand to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people; (7)saying with\na loud voice: Fear God, and give glory to him, because the hour of his\njudgment is come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, and sea,\nand fountains of waters.\n\n(8)And another, a second angel followed, saying: Babylon the great is\nfallen, is fallen, because she has made all the nations drink of the\nwine of the wrath of her fornication.\n\n(9)And another, a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice:\nIf any one worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on\nhis forehead, or on his hand, (10)he also shall drink of the wine of\nthe wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of\nhis wrath, and shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the\npresence of holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. (11)And the\nsmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest\nday and night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever\nreceives the mark of his name.\n\n(12)Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of\nGod, and the faith of Jesus.\n\n(13)And I heard a voice out of heaven saying: Write, Happy are the\ndead who die in the Lord, henceforth; yea, says the Spirit, that they\nshall rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.\n\n(14)And I saw, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one\nsitting like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and\nin his hand a sharp sickle. (15)And another angel came forth out of\nthe temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud: Put\nforth thy sickle, and reap; because the time to reap is come; because\nthe harvest of the earth is ripe. (16)And he who sat on the cloud\nthrust in his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.\n\n(17)And another angel came forth out of the temple which is in heaven,\nhe also having a sharp sickle. (18)And another angel came out from the\naltar, who had power over fire; and he cried with a loud cry to him\nwho had the sharp sickle, saying: Put forth thy sharp sickle, and\ngather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully\nripe. (19)And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and\ngathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great wine-press\nof the wrath of God. (20)And the wine-press was trodden without the\ncity, and blood came forth out of the wine-press, even to the bits of\nthe horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.\n\n\n\nXV.\n\nAND I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels\nhaving seven plagues; which are the last, because in them is completed\nthe wrath of God.\n\n(2)And I saw as it were a sea of glass, mingled with fire; and those\nwho had gained the victory over the beast, and over his image, and\nover the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having\nharps of God. (3)And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God,\nand the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are thy works,\nLord God the Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of the\nnations. (4)Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? Because\nthou alone art holy; because all the nations shall come and worship\nbefore thee; because thy judgments are made manifest.\n\n(5)And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of\nthe testimony in heaven was opened; (6)and there came forth the seven\nangels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure, shining linen, and\ngirded about the breasts with golden girdles. (7)And one of the four\nanimals gave to the seven angels seven golden cups, full of the wrath\nof God, who lives forever and ever. (8)And the temple was filled with\nsmoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no one was able\nto enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels\nshould be completed.\n\n\n\nXVI.\n\nAND I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven\nangels: Go, and pour out the seven cups of the wrath of God into the\nearth.\n\n(2)And the first departed, and poured out his cup into the\nearth[16:2]; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men\nwho have the mark of the beast, and who worship his image.\n\n(3)And the second poured out his cup into the sea; and it became\nblood, as of a dead man; and every living thing died that was in the\nsea.\n\n(4)And the third poured out his cup into the rivers, and the fountains\nof water; and they became blood. (5)And I heard the angel of the\nwaters saying: Righteous art thou, who art and who wast holy, because\nthou didst thus judge; (6)because they shed the blood of saints and\nprophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. They are worthy.\n(7)And I heard, out of the altar, one saying[16:7]: Even so, Lord God\nthe Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.\n\n(8)And the fourth poured out his cup upon the sun; and it was given to\nit to scorch men with fire. (9)And men were scorched with great heat,\nand blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues,\nand repented not, to give him glory.\n\n(10)And the fifth poured out his cup upon the throne of the beast; and\nhis kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,\n(11)and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their\nsores, and repented not of their works.\n\n(12)And the sixth poured out his cup upon the great river, the\nEuphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings, who\nare from the rising of the sun, might be prepared. (13)And I saw come\nout of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and\nout of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits as frogs;\n(14)for they are spirits of demons, working signs, which go forth over\nthe kings of the whole habitable world, to gather them to the battle\nof that great day of God the Almighty.\n\n(15)Behold, I come as a thief. Happy is he that watches, and keeps his\ngarments, that he may not walk naked and they see his shame.\n\n(16)And they gathered them into the place called in the Hebrew tongue,\nArmageddon.\n\n(17)And the seventh poured out his cup upon the air; and there came\nforth a loud voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne,\nsaying: It is done. (18)And there were lightnings, and voices, and\nthunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since\nthere was a man upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, so great.\n(19)And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of\nthe nations fell; and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to\ngive to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.\n(20)And every island fled away, and mountains were not found. (21)And\ngreat hail, as of a talent's weight, comes down out of heaven upon\nmen; and men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail;\nbecause the plague thereof was exceeding great.\n\n\n\nXVII.\n\nAND there came one of the seven angels who have the seven cups, and\ntalked with me, saying: Come hither; I will show thee the judgment of\nthe great harlot, that sits upon many waters; (2)with whom the kings\nof the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth\nwere made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (3)And he carried me\naway in the spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting upon\na scarlet beast, full of the names of blasphemy, having seven heads\nand ten horns. (4)And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and\ngilded with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup\nin her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her\nfornication. (5)And upon her forehead was a name written: MYSTERY,\nBABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS\nOF THE EARTH.\n\n(6)And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with\nthe blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and I wondered when I saw her,\nwith great wonder. (7)And the angel said to me: Wherefore didst thou\nwonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast\nthat carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. (8)The\nbeast that thou sawest was, and is not, and is to come up out of the\nabyss, and to go into perdition; and they will wonder who dwell on the\nearth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the\nfoundation of the world, seeing the beast, that he was, and is not,\nand shall come.\n\n(9)Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven\nmountains, on which the woman sits. (10)And they are seven kings; the\nfive are fallen, and the one is; the other is not yet come; and when\nhe comes, he must remain a little time. (11)And the beast that was,\nand is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into\nperdition.\n\n(12)And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, who received no\nkingdom as yet; but receive authority as kings one hour, along with\nthe beast. (13)These have one mind, and give their power and authority\nto the beast. (14)These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will\novercome them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and\nthey who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.\n\n(15)And he says to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot\nsits, are peoples and multitudes, and nations and tongues. (16)And the\nten horns, and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make\nher desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her up\nwith fire. (17)For God put it into their hearts to do his will, and to\nform one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the\nwords of God shall be fulfilled.\n\n(18)And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which has a\nkingdom over the kings of the earth.\n\n\n\nXVIII.\n\nAFTER these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven,\nhaving great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.\n(2)And he cried with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is\nfallen, is fallen, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of\nevery foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.\n(3)Because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her\nfornication, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with\nher, and the merchants of the earth became rich out of the abundance\nof her luxury.\n\n(4)And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying: Come out of her,\nmy people, that ye partake not in her sins, and that ye receive not of\nher plagues. (5)For her sins reached unto heaven, and God remembered\nher iniquities. (6)Reward her as she also rewarded, and render twofold\naccording to her works; in the cup which she mixed, mix for her\ntwofold. (7)By as much as she glorified herself, and lived\nluxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; because in her\nheart she says: I sit a queen, and not a widow, and shall not see\nmourning. (8)Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and\nmourning, and famine; and she shall be burned up with fire because\nstrong is the Lord God who judged her.\n\n(9)And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived\nluxuriously with her, shall weep, and shall lament for her, when they\nsee the smoke of her burning; (10)standing afar off for the fear of\nher torment, saying: Alas, alas, the great city Babylon, the mighty\ncity! Because in one hour thy judgment is come.\n\n(11)And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her,\nbecause no one buys their lading any more; (12)the lading of gold, and\nof silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen,\nand of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet; and all citron wood, and\nevery vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of\nbrass, and of iron and of marble, (13)and cinnamon, and amomum, and\nodors, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine\nflour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and [lading] of horses, and\nof chariots, and of slaves; and souls of men. (14)And the fruit that\nthy soul desired departed from thee, and all the dainty and goodly\nthings perished from thee, and thou shalt no more find them.\n\n(15)The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, shall stand\nafar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,\n(16)saying: Alas, alas, the great city, that was clothed in fine\nlinen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious\nstone, and pearls; (17)because in one hour so great riches are made\ndesolate.\n\nAnd every pilot, and every one that sails to any place, and seamen,\nand as many as do business at sea, stood afar off, (18)and cried out\nwhen they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: Who is like to the\ngreat city! (19)And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out,\nweeping and mourning, saying: Alas, alas, the great city, whereby all\nthat have the ships in the sea became rich by reason of her\ncostliness; because in one hour she is made desolate.\n\n(20)Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, ye apostles, and ye\nprophets; because God judged your cause upon her.\n\n(21)And a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and\ncast it into the sea, saying: Thus with violence shall Babylon the\ngreat city be cast down, and shall be found no more. (22)And the voice\nof harpers, and of musicians, and of pipers, and of trumpeters, shall\nbe heard in thee no more; and no craftsman, of whatever craft, shall\nbe found any more in thee, and the sound of a millstone shall be heard\nin thee no more; (23)and the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no\nmore; and the voice of bridegroom and of bride shall be heard in thee\nno more; because thy merchants were the great men of the earth;\nbecause by thy sorcery all the nations were led astray.\n\n(24)And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints and of\nall that have been slain upon the earth.\n\n\n\nXIX.\n\nAFTER these things, I heard as it were a loud voice of a great\nmultitude in heaven, of those saying: Alleluia; the salvation, and the\nglory, and the power, are our God's; (2)because true and righteous are\nhis judgments; because he judged the great harlot, who corrupted the\nearth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at\nher hand. (3)And a second time they said: Alleluia. And her smoke goes\nup forever and ever.\n\n(4)And the twenty-four elders, and the four animals, fell down and\nworshiped God, who sits on the throne, saying: Amen; Alleluia.\n\n(5)And a voice came out from the throne, saying: Praise our God, all\nye his servants, and ye who fear him, the small and the great.\n\n(6)And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the\nsound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying:\nAlleluia; because the Lord God the Almighty reigns. (7)Let us rejoice\nand exult, and we will give to him the glory; because the marriage of\nthe Lamb is come, and his wife made herself ready. (8)And it was given\nher that she should be clothed in fine linen, pure and shining; for\nthe fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.\n\n(9)And he says to me: Write, Happy are they who are called to the\nmarriage-supper of the Lamb. And he says to me: These are the true\nsayings of God. (10)And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he\nsaid to me: See thou do it not. I am a fellow-servant of thee and of\nthy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the\ntestimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.\n\n(11)And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sat\nupon him, called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he judges,\nand makes war. (12)His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head\nwere many crowns; and he had a name written, which no one knows but he\nhimself. (13)And he was clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and\nhis name is called, The Word of God. (14)And the armies which are in\nheaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white,\npure. (15)And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he may\nsmite the nations; and he will rule them with a rod of iron; and he\ntreads the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of God the\nAlmighty. (16)And he has on his garment, and on his thigh, a name\nwritten: KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.\n\n(17)And I saw an angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a loud\nvoice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven: Come, and\ngather yourselves together to the great supper of God; (18)that ye may\neat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains of thousands, and\nthe flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit\non them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, both small and\ngreat.\n\n(19)And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,\ngathered together to make war with him who sat on the horse, and with\nhis army. (20)And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet\nthat wrought the signs in his presence, with which he led astray those\nwho received the mark of the beast, and who warship his image. The two\nwere cast alive into the lake of fire, that burns with brimstone.\n(21)And the rest were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the\nhorse, which went forth out of his mouth; and all the birds were\nfilled with their flesh.\n\n\n\nXX.\n\nAND I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the\nabyss, and a great chain in his hand. (2)And he laid hold of the\ndragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a\nthousand years, (3)and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and set a\nseal over him, that he mislead the nations no more, until the thousand\nyears are finished; after these he must be loosed a little time.\n\n(4)And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given\nto them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony\nof Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and whoever did not\nworship the beast, neither his image, and did not receive the mark\nupon the forehead, or upon their hand; and they lived and reigned with\nChrist a thousand years. (5)The rest of the dead lived not until the\nthousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. (6)Happy\nand holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; on these the\nsecond death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of\nChrist, and shall reign with him a thousand years.\n\n(7)And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be loosed out\nof his prison, (8)and will go out to mislead the nations that are in\nthe four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together\nto the war, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. (9)And they\nwent up upon the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the\nsaints, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God[20:9] out of\nheaven, and devoured them. (10)And the Devil who misleads them was\ncast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and\nthe false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night forever\nand ever.\n\n(11)And I saw a great white throne, and him who sat upon it, from\nwhose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found\nfor them.\n\n(12)And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the\nthrone. And books were opened; and another book was opened, which is\n[the book] of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written\nin the books, according to their works. (13)And the sea gave up the\ndead which were in it; and death and the underworld gave up the dead\nwhich were in them; and they were judged each one according to their\nworks.\n\n(14)And death and the underworld were cast into the lake of fire. This\nis the second death, the lake of fire. (15)And if any one was not\nfound written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.\n\n\n\nXXI.\n\nAND I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the\nfirst earth passed away, and the sea is no more.\n\n(2)And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven\nfrom God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (3)And I heard\na loud voice out of the throne, saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God\nis with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his\npeople, and GOD-WITH-THEM[21:3] himself will be their God. (4)And he\nwill wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more,\nnor shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain be any more; because the\nformer things are passed away.\n\n(5)And he who sat upon the throne said: Behold, I make all things new.\nAnd he says: Write; because these words are faithful and true.\n\n(6)And he said to me: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the\nbeginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts, of the\nfountain of the water of life freely. (7)He that overcomes shall\ninherit these things; and I will be to him a God, and he shall be to\nme a son. (8)But the fearful, and unbelieving, and defiled with\nabominations, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and\nidolaters, and all the liars, shall have their part in the lake which\nburns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.\n\n(9)And there came one from among the seven angels, who have the seven\ncups full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying: Come\nhither; I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. (10)And he\ncarried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed\nme the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,\n(11)having the glory of God; her luminary like to a most precious\nstone, as it were to a jasper stone, clear as crystal; (12)having a\nwall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve\nangels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve\ntribes of the sons of Israel; (13)on the east three gates, and on the\nnorth three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three\ngates. (14)And the wall of the city had twelve foundation-stones, and\non them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.\n\n(15)And he who talked with me had a golden reed for a measure, that he\nmight measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.\n(16)And the city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as the\nbreadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand\nfurlongs. The length, and the breadth, and the height of it are equal.\n\n(17)And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty-four cubits,\nthe measure of a man, which is that of an angel. (18)And the structure\nof its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like to pure\nglass. (19)The foundation-stones of the wall of the city were adorned\nwith every precious stone. The first foundation-stone was jasper; the\nsecond, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; (20)the\nfifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the\neighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the\neleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. (21)And the twelve gates\nwere twelve pearls; each several gate was of one pearl; and the street\nof the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.\n\n(22)And I saw in it no temple; for the Lord God the Almighty is its\ntemple, and the Lamb.\n\n(23)And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine\non it; for the glory of God lightened it, and the Lamb is the light\nthereof. (24)And the nations will walk by its light; and the kings of\nthe earth bring their glory into it. (25)And its gates will not be\nshut by day; for there will be no night there; (26)and they will bring\nthe glory and the honor of the nations into it. (27)And there shall\nnot enter into it any thing unclean, or that works abomination or\nfalsehood; but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.\n\n\n\nXXII.\n\nAND he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal,\nproceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. (2)In the midst\nof its street, and on either side of the river, was a tree of life,\nbearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves\nof the tree are for the healing of the nations. (3)And there will be\nno more curse. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it;\nand his servants will serve him, (4)and will see his face, and his\nname will be upon their foreheads. (5)And there will be no night\nthere; and they will have no need of a lamp, nor of the light of the\nsun, because the Lord God will give them light; and they will reign\nforever and ever.\n\n(6)And he said to me: These sayings are faithful and true; and the\nLord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show\nto his servants what things must shortly come to pass. (7)Behold, I\ncome quickly. Happy is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of\nthis book.\n\n(8)And I, John, am he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard\nand saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel, who\nshowed me these things. (9)And he says to me: See thou do it not. I am\na fellow-servant of thee and of thy brethren the prophets, and of\nthose who keep the sayings of this book; worship God.\n\n(10)And he says to me: Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this\nbook; for the time is at hand. (11)He that is unjust, let him be\nunjust still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he\nthat is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy,\nlet him be holy still.\n\n(12)Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to each\none according as his work is. (13)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the\nfirst and the last, the beginning and the end. (14)Happy are they who\nwash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and\nmay enter by the gates into the city. (15)without are the dogs, and\nthe sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the\nidolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.\n\n(16)I, Jesus, sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the\nchurches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the\nmorning star.\n\n(17)And the Spirit and the bride say: Come. And let him that hears\nsay: Come. And let him that thirsts, come; let him that will, take the\nwater of life freely.\n\n(18)I testify to every one that hears the words of the prophecy of\nthis book, if any one shall add to them, God will add to him the\nplagues that are written in this book; (19)and if any one shall take\naway from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away\nhis part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are\nwritten of in this book.\n\n(20)He who testifies these things, says: Yea, I come quickly. Amen;\ncome, Lord Jesus.\n\n(21)The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints.\n\n\n\nFootnotes\n\n\n\nMatthew\n\n\n1:19  _In some ancient copies_; to make her an example\n\n1:23  _Or_, which interpreted is\n\n1:25  _In some ancient copies_: her first-born son\n\n2:18  _In some ancient copies_: lamentation and weeping\n\n5:5  _Or_, the land\n\n5:11  _Some ancient copies omit_: falsely.\n\n5:21  _Or_, by those\n\n5:22a  without cause, _is omitted in many ancient copies._\n\n5:22b  Raca, _a term of angry reproach._\n\n5:33  _Or_, by those of old\n\n6:11  _Or_, our needful bread\n\n6:13  _The words omitted are wanting in all the ancient copies._\n\n6:27  _Or_, to his age\n\n7:14  _In some ancient copies_: How strait\n\n7:24  _In some ancient copies_: my sayings\n\n8:28  _In some ancient copies_: Gergesenes\n\n9:15  _Or_, Can the bride-men mourn\n\n9:36  _Or_, and cast off\n\n10:4  Cananite, (_as some suppose_) = Zelotes.\n\n10:8  _Some ancient copies omit_: raise the dead\n\n11:9  _In some ancient copies_: But why went ye out? To see a prophet?\n\n11:23a  _In the oldest copies_: shalt thou be exalted to heaven? Thou\nshalt\n\n11:23b  Underworld: _the abode of the dead, represented (figuratively,\nas in the Old Testament) as underneath, in contrast with heaven above.\nSee_ Philipp. 2:10; Rev. 5:3, 13; Luke 16:23.\n\n12:22  _The oldest copies omit_, blind, _and_ both.\n\n13:9  _In some ancient copies_: He that has ears, let him hear.\n\n13:11  _Or_, Because to you it is given\n\n13:36  _Or_, Then leaving the multitudes\n\n13:43  _In some ancient copies_: He that has ears, let him hear.\n\n13:44  _Or_, and because of his joy,\n\n13:55  _In some ancient copies_: Joses\n\n14:2  _Or_, the powers\n\n14:33  _Or_, and bowed down to him\n\n15:4  _In the oldest copies_: For God said:\n\n15:6  _In some ancient copies_: the commandment of God\n\n16:13  _In many ancient copies_: that I the Son of man am\n\n16:17  _that is_, Son of Jonah.\n\n16:18a  _that is_, rock.\n\n16:18b  _Or_, my congregation\n\n16:23  _Or_, adversary\n\n16:26  _Or_, as a ransom\n\n17:24  Half-shekel; _see_ Exodus 30:13, 15.\n\n18:24  Talent (_Syrian_), _about fifteen hundred denaries._\n\n18:28  Denary, _seven and a half pence sterling, or fifteen cents._\n\n19:4  _In some ancient copies_: who created them\n\n20:2  Denary (_see_ Mat 18:28), _about one-third more than the daily\npay of a Roman soldier._\n\n21:9  Hosanna: _i. e._, Save now!\n\n21:30  _In some ancient copies_: to the second\n\n21:31  _In the oldest copies_: They say to him: The tardier one\n\n22:15  _Or_, ensnare him in discourse.\n\n22:19  Denary, _a Roman coin._\n\n23:7  Rabbi (my _Master_), _a Jewish title of respect, given to a\nteacher._\n\n23:13  V. 14 _is wanting here, in the oldest copies; it belongs to_\nMark 12:40, and Luke 20:47.\n\n24:6  _In some ancient copies_: for it must come to pass\n\n24:30  _Or_, tribes of the land\n\n24:42  _In many ancient copies_: in what hour\n\n26:26  _In some ancient copies_: took a loaf\n\n26:28  _In some ancient copies_: of the covenant\n\n26:45  _Or_, Sleep on now, and take your rest\n\n26:53  _In some ancient copies_: that I can not pray to my Father, and\nhe will now send\n\n27:34  _In some ancient copies_: gave him wine to drink\n\n27:47  Elijah: _in their form of address_, Elia.\n\n28:14  _In some copies_: Shall be heard before the governor\n\n\n\nMark\n\n\n1:14  _In some ancient copies_: the good news of God\n\n1:24  _In some ancient copies_: Hah! what have we to do with thee\n\n1:27  _In many ancient copies_: What new teaching is this? For with\nauthority he commands even the unclean spirits\n\n2:18  _Or_, used to fast\n\n2:19  _Or_, Can the bridemen fast\n\n2:22  _Some ancient copies add_: But new wine must be put into new\nskins.\n\n2:23  _Or_, began to make a way\n\n3:18  Cananite, (_as some suppose_) = Zelotes.\n\n6:11  _The words omitted are not found here, in the oldest copies;\nthey belong to_ Matt. 10:15.\n\n6:20  _Or_, and he kept him\n\n7:11  _The conclusion, \"He is bound,\" (by his oath,) and so freed from\nthe duty to his parents, is left to be inferred from the speaker's\nsilence; compare the similar use of this figure of speech, in_ Ex.\n32:32; Luke 13:9 Acts 23:9.\n\n10:42  _Or_, they who claim to rule\n\n11:8  _In the oldest copies_: and others branches, cutting them from\nthe fields.\n\n11:26  V. 26 _is omitted in some ancient copies._\n\n12:15  Denary, _a Roman coin._\n\n14:41  _Or_, Sleep on now, and take your rest!\n\n15:42  _Gr_. which is the ante-sabbath\n\n\n\nLuke\n\n\n1:1  _Or_, the things accomplished among us\n\n1:4  _Or_, those words\n\n1:37  _Or_, no word shall be\n\n1:45  _Or_, for there shall be\n\n1:65  _Or_, all these words\n\n2:19  _Or_, all these words\n\n2:49  _Or_, must be in my Father's business\n\n3:14  _Or_, with your allowance\n\n3:23  _Or_, was beginning to be\n\n4:38  _Gr_. with a great fever\n\n5:30  _Or_, the scribes and Pharisees among them\n\n5:34  _Or_, Can ye make the bridemen fast\n\n5:38  _Some ancient copies omit_, and both are preserved together.\n\n5:39  _In the oldest copies_: is good (_or_, is mild).\n\n6:1  _Or_, on the second-first sabbath (_omitted in some ancient\ncopies_).\n\n6:9  _In some ancient copies_: whether it is lawful\n\n6:28  _Or_, for those who falsely accuse you\n\n6:49  _Gr_. it fell together\n\n7:41  Denary, _about seven and a half pence sterling, or fifteen\ncents_.\n\n9:46  _Or_, there arose a dispute among them\n\n9:55  _Or_, Know ye not\n\n10:7  _Or_, as they have\n\n10:11  _Or_, against you\n\n10:35  Denary, _seven and a half pence sterling, or fifteen cents (one\nthird more than the daily pay of a Roman soldier)_.\n\n11:3  _Or_, our needful bread\n\n11:17  _Or_, and house falls upon house\n\n11:35  _Or_, whether the light that is in thee is darkness\n\n11:41  _Or_, give that which is within in alms\n\n11:48  _In some ancient copies_, and ye build!\n\n11:53  _Gr_. to answer off-hand concerning many things\n\n12:25  _Or_, to his age\n\n12:49  _Or_, and how I would it were already kindled\n\n13:7  _Or_, impoverish the ground\n\n13:9  _Compare_ Mark 7:11.\n\n14:5  _In the oldest copies_: whose son, or ox\n\n14:18  _Or_, they all, at once, began\n\n14:23  _Or_, and constrain them\n\n17:21  _Or_, is among you\n\n18:12  _Or_, of all that I gain\n\n20:20  [Or,] And having kept watch,\n\n20:24  Denary, [a Roman coin.]\n\n21:19  [Or,] By your patience preserve your souls.\n\n22:37  [Or,] are having an end.\n\n22:66  [Gr.] the eldership of the people\n\n23:17  V. 17 [is omitted in all the oldest and best copies.]\n\n\n\nJohn\n\n\n1:3  _Or_, were made through him\n\n1:14  _Gr._ tabernacled among us\n\n1:15  _Gr._ is become before me; because he was prior to me.\n\n1:30  _Gr._ is become before me; because he was prior to me.\n\n1:42  Peter: _that is, Rock._\n\n1:51  _Some ancient copies omit_: henceforth.\n\n2:6  Firkin: _holding nine gallons._\n\n3:3  _Or_, born from above\n\n3:34  _In some ancient copies_: God gives not\n\n4:5  Sychar: _also called Shechem._\n\n4:27  _Or_, was talking with a woman.\n\n5:4  _The words in brackets are wanting in the oldest and best\ncopies._\n\n5:39  _Or_, Ye search\n\n6:33  _Or_, is he who\n\n7:26  _Or_, Have the rulers come to know\n\n7:47  _In the oldest copies_: Never man spoke thus.\n\n7:52  _Or_, has arisen no prophet.\n\n7:53  Ch. vii., 53-viii., 11. _The words in brackets are wanting in\nmost of the ancient copies._\n\n10:24  _Or_, hold us in expectation?\n\n12:5  Denary, _seven and a half pence sterling, or fifteen cents._\n\n12:6  _Or_, and bore off\n\n12:7  _In the oldest copies_: that she may keep it\n\n12:27  _Or_, save me from this hour?\n\n13:16  _Or_, nor an apostle (_i. e., one that is sent_).\n\n14:1  _Or_, Ye believe on God, believe also on me.\n\n14:18  _Gr._ I will not leave you orphans\n\n\n\nActs\n\n\n1:6  _Or_, They therefore who came together\n\n1:7  _Or_, put in his own power.\n\n1:20  _Or_, his charge\n\n1:26  _In some ancient copies_: gave lots for them;\n\n2:6  _Or_, when this sound occurred\n\n2:41  _Or_, They therefore who received\n\n2:47  _Or_, who are being saved.\n\n3:15  _Or_, whose witnesses we are.\n\n4:25  _Or_, Why rage the heathen\n\n5:6  _or_, laid him out\n\n6:9  Freedmen: _captive Jews, carried to Rome as slaves, who (or their\noffspring) had been freed, and allowed to return._\n\n7:20  _Gr._ was beautiful before God\n\n7:35  _In some ancient copies_: with the hand\n\n8:5  _Or_, to a city\n\n8:10  _In many ancient copies_: is the power of God, which is called\ngreat.\n\n8:21  _Or_, in this word\n\n8:33  _Or_, and his posterity\n\n8:37  _V.37 is wanting in the best ancient copies._\n\n10:28  _Or_, how unlawful it is\n\n12:1  _Gr._ laid hands on, to oppress\n\n13:18  _In some ancient copies_: he bore with them\n\n13:33  _In the oldest copies_: in the first psalm\n\n15:17  _Or_, who makes these things known of old (omitting v. 18, as\nin ancient copies).\n\n15:24  _The oldest copies omit_: saying, that ye must be circumcised\nand keep the law\n\n15:34  V. 34 _is omitted in the oldest copies._\n\n16:18  _Or_, being grieved\n\n17:4  _Or_, were allotted to\n\n17:5  _Some ancient copies omit_: moved with envy\n\n18:21  _The words in brackets are omitted in the oldest copies._\n\n19:38  The law is open: _Gr._ court-days are held\n\n20:24  _The oldest copies omit_: with joy\n\n20:28  _In some ancient copies_: church of God\n\n22:9  _Or_, they understood not\n\n22:25  _Or_, for the thongs (_namely, with which he was to be\nscourged_).\n\n24:6  _The words in brackets are wanting in the best ancient copies._\n\n25:10  _Or_, also knowest too well (_namely, to make such a\nproposal_).\n\n26:28a  _Or_, in little time\n\n26:28b  _Or_, dost thou persuade\n\n26:29  _Or_, that in little or much\n\n27:7  _Or_, not suffering us to go further\n\n28:13  _Or_, coasting about\n\n28:29  V. 29 _is wanting in the oldest and best copies._\n\n\n\nRomans\n\n\n1:18  _Or_, who hinder the truth by unrighteousness\n\n1:20  _Or_, that they may be\n\n2:15  _Or_, mutually accusing, or also excusing.\n\n2:22  _Or_, dost thou rob the temple? _Or_, dost thou rob temples?\n\n6:18  _Or_, unto which ye were delivered\n\n9:28a  _Or_, the account\n\n9:28b  _Or_, a short account\n\n10:5  _Or_, shall live in them\n\n11:6  _Ancient copies omit the words in brackets._\n\n11:32  _Or_, shut up all to unbelief\n\n12:13  _Or_, sharing in the necessities of the saints\n\n14:11  _Or_, shall give praise to God.\n\n16:6  _In some ancient copies_: on you\n\n\n\n1 Corinthians\n\n\n2:13  _Or_, interpreting spiritual things to the spiritual. _Or_,\ncombining spiritual things with spiritual.\n\n3:17  _Or_, If any one destroys\n\n4:3  Man's day: _namely, the present, in contrast with the coming_ Day\nof the Lord, _when he, and not man, will judge._  (Acts 17:31; Rom.\n2:16; 1 Cor. 1:8, etc.)\n\n4:16  _Gr_, become imitators of me\n\n7:28  _Or_, and I desire to spare you\n\n9:23  _Or_, may become a partaker with it\n\n11:2  Traditions: _things delivered from one to another; received from\nthe Lord, and delivered to them._\n\n11:20  _Or_, it is not to eat the Supper of the Lord\n\n12:27  _Or_, each in his place.\n\n16:22  Maran atha: _that is_, The Lord comes! (_Compare_ Phil 4:5.)\n\n\n\n1 Corinthians\n\n\n3:14  _Or_, because it is done away in Christ\n\n4:4  _Or_, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is\nGod's image, should not shine.\n\n5:1  Of the tabernacle; _that is, of the body._\n\n5:3  _Or_, if indeed we shall be found clothed, not naked.\n\n5:20  _Or_, in Christ's stead\n\n7:13  _Or_, but besides our consolation\n\n8:19  _Or_, in this charity\n\n10:8  _Or_, for building up, and not for casting you down\n\n12:16  _The accusation of his opposers, which he answers in verses 17\nand 18._\n\n12:19  _In ancient copies_: Ye are supposing, this long while, that we\nexcuse ourselves to you.\n\n\n\nGalatians\n\n\n1:17  _In some ancient copies_: neither went away\n\n2:6  _Or_, whatever they once were\n\n3:1  _Or_, was formerly set forth\n\n3:3  _Or_, are ye now ending\n\n3:5  _Or_, works miracles in you\n\n3:27  _Or_, into Christ\n\n4:3  _Or_, under the rudiments\n\n4:9  _Or_, weak and poor rudiments\n\n4:14  _In some copies_: your trial\n\n4:15  _In some copies_: What was\n\n4:24  _Or_, are allegorized\n\n4:26  _In some ancient copies_: which is our mother\n\n6:2  _In many ancient copies_: and so shall ye fulfill\n\n\n\nEphesians\n\n\n1:11  _Or_, in whom we were also chosen as the inheritance\n\n1:13  _Or_, in whom are ye also, ... in which having also believed\n\n1:14  _Or_, for the redemption\n\n1:23  _Or_, fills all with all\n\n3:11  _Or_, which he wrought\n\n3:12  _Or_, our boldness and our access\n\n3:14  _Ancient copies omit_: of our Lord Jesus Christ\n\n4:17  _In ancient copies_: as the Gentiles walk\n\n4:19  _Or_, in covetousness\n\n6:12  The heavenly places (_the material heavens, the air; see ch.\nii_).\n\n\n\nPhilippians\n\n\n1:1  Overseers: _as the word is properly translated in_ Acts 20:28.\n\n1:5  _Or_, for your participation in the gospel. _Or_, for your\ncontribution to the gospel\n\n1:7  _Or_, because you have me in your heart\n\n1:10  _Or_, may prove things that differ\n\n1:17  _In ancient copies_: shall raise up affliction\n\n1:28  _In many ancient copies_: but of your salvation\n\n2:1  _Or_, there is any exhortation\n\n1:16  _Or_, holding fast\n\n2:18  _Or_, In like manner\n\n3:10  _Or_, participation of his sufferings\n\n3:12  _Or_, have already finished [the course]\n\n3:20  _Or_, our country\n\n4:15  _Or_, in an account of debt and credit\n\n\n\nColossians\n\n\n2:10  _Or_, are in him made full\n\n2:15a  _Or_, putting off principalities and powers\n\n2:15b  _Or_, in him\n\n2:18  _Or_, willing it (_namely, to defraud_).\n\n4:13  _Or_, much labor\n\n\n\n1 Thessalonians\n\n\n4:4  _Or_, know how to obtain\n\n4:6  _Or_, in the matter\n\n\n\n2 Thessalonians\n\n\n2:2a  _Gr_, shaken from your mind\n\n2:2b  _Or_, is come\n\n2:15  _See note on_ 1 Cor 11:2\n\n3:3  _Or_, from the Evil One\n\n3:6  _See note on_ 1 Cor 11:2\n\n\n\n1 Timothy\n\n\n1:9  _Or_, for smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers\n\n1:16a  _Or_, in me as chief\n\n1:16b  _Or_, all that long-suffering\n\n3:1  Overseer: _as properly translated in_ Acts 20:28.\n\n3:6  _Or_, not a new convert\n\n3:13  _Or_, a good rank\n\n3:16  _Or_, which was manifested.\n\n4:3  _Or_, by those\n\n4:7  _Gr_, old women's fables\n\n4:15  _Or_, Practice these things\n\n5:19  _Or_, except on the authority of two or three witnesses\n\n6:15  _Or_, in its own times\n\n\n\n2 Timothy\n\n\n2:2  _Or_, among many witnesses\n\n2:15  _Or_, rightly handling\n\n2:26  _Or_, to do His will\n\n3:16  _Or_, Every Scripture, inspired by God, is also profitable\n\n\n\nTitus\n\n\n1:3  _Or_, in his own\n\n1:7  Overseer: _as properly translated in_ Acts 20:28.\n\n3:10  _Or_, reject\n\n\n\nPhilemon\n\n\n1:2  _In many ancient copies_: Apphia the sister\n\n1:6  _Or_, the communion of thy faith\n\n1:7  _In many copies_: we have _Or_, we had\n\n\n\nHebrews\n\n\n1:3  _Some ancient copies omit_: by himself\n\n1:6  _Or_, shall again have brought in\n\n2:1  _Or_, we should be diverted from them.\n\n3:6  _Some ancient copies omit_: firm unto the end\n\n5:10  _Or_, addressed by God, as High Priest\n\n6:3  _In some ancient copies_: And this let us do\n\n7:3  _That is, as to any record of it._\n\n7:21  _Some ancient copies omit_: after the order of Melchizedek.\n\n8:8  _Or_, finding fault, he says to them:\n\n9:10  _Or_, only with conditions of meats and drinks\n\n9:16  _The same Greek word means covenant, and also testament._\n\n9:26  _Or_, by his sacrifice\n\n10:1  _Or_, those who draw near [to God]\n\n10:11  _In the oldest copies_: every high priest\n\n11:1  _Or_, is the substance of things hoped for\n\n11:3  _Or_, in order that what is seen should not have arisen\n\n11:16  _Or_, But as it is\n\n11:31  _Or_, that were disobedient\n\n13:4  _Or_, Let marriage be honorable in all, and the bed be undefiled\n\n\n\nJames\n\n\n1:1  _Gr_. which are in the dispersion\n\n2:5  _Or_, the poor in view of the world\n\n3:3  _Or_, Now if we put the horses' bits into their mouths\n\n3:16  Sensual: _more correctly_, natural; _compare_, the natural man,\n1 Cor 2:14.\n\n5:4  Sabaoth: _that is_, hosts.\n\n5:11  _In some ancient copies_: See also the end of the Lord.\n\n\n\n1 Peter\n\n\n1:1  _Or_, the strangers of the dispersion\n\n1:3  _Or_, into a living hope\n\n1:17  _Or_, if ye call upon him as Father\n\n2:5  _Or_, be ye yourselves also... built up\n\n2:19  _Or_, from a consciousness of God\n\n4:14  _The words in brackets are omitted in the best copies._\n\n5:13  _Or_, The sister chosen with you, in Babylon, salutes you\n\n\n\n2 Peter\n\n\n1:5  _Or_, furnish in your faith fortitude, and in your fortitude\nknowledge, _etc_.\n\n1:14  _Or_, that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedy\n\n2:4  _In some ancient copies_: pits of darkness\n\n2:12  _In some ancient copies_: as brute beasts, born naturally to be\ntaken\n\n3:9  _In some ancient copies_: toward you\n\n\n\n1 John\n\n\n1:7  _Some ancient copies omit_: Christ\n\n2:7  _ancient copies omit_: from the beginning\n\n3:5  Our _is omitted in some ancient copies._\n\n3:14  _Ancient copies omit_: his brother\n\n3:15  _Or_, is a man-killer\n\n3:20  _Or_, and we shall assure our hearts before him, whatever our\nheart may accuse us of, because God is greater than our heart and\nknows all things.\n\n4:17  _Or_, toward us\n\n4:18  _Or_, has punishment\n\n5:8  _Or_, in the one thing. (The words omitted are wanting in all\nancient copies.)\n\n\n\n2 John\n\n\n1:8  _In ancient copies_: Every one who goes onward, and abides not\n\n\n\nJude\n\n\n1:1  _Or_, kept for Jesus Christ\n\n\n\nRevelation\n\n\n1:15  _Or_ (_according to some ancient authorities_), as if in a fiery\nfurnace\n\n2:20  _In some ancient copies_: sufferest thy wife Jezebel\n\n2:22  _In some ancient copies_: of her works\n\n3:5  _In many ancient copies_: He that overcomes shall be so clothed\n\n5:10  _Some ancient copies omit_: unto our God\n\n6:6  _A quart of wheat was commonly sold for one-eighth of a denary.\nThe denary (about fifteen cents) was a third more than the daily pay\nof a Roman soldier._\n\n7:15  _See_ Isaiah 4:6; _compare_ Leviticus 26:11; Ezekiel 37:27.\n\n10:6  _The_ time _here meant, is that spoken of in_ Rev 6:11.\n\n13:1a  _In some ancient copies_: And he stood\n\n13:1b  _In some copies_: a name of blasphemy\n\n13:15  _Or_, to give spirit\n\n13:16  _Or_, that they should give them a mark\n\n14:6  _Or_, having an eternal message of joy\n\n16:2  _Or_, on the sea\n\n16:7  _In ancient copies_: I heard the altar saying\n\n20:9  _Some ancient copies omit_: from God\n\n21:3  _Compare_ Immanuel, Matthew 1:23.","title":"The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.: The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":179595}