III.
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he
was going through the corn fields: and his disciples plucked the
ears of cornm and did eat, rubbing them in
2. their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, "Why
do ye that which is not lawful to do
3. on the sabbath day?" And Jesus answering them, said, "Have ye
not read even this what David did, when himself was
4. an hungered, and they which were with him; how they went into
the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also
to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for
the priests alone?"
5. And he said unto them, "That the Son of man is Lord even of the
sabbath"
6. And it came to pass also on another Sabbath, that he entered
into the synagogue and taught; and there were a
7. a man there and his right hand was withered. And the scribes and
Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day;
that they might find an
8. accusation against him. But he knew their reasonings, and said
to the man which had the withered man, "Rise up, and stand forth in
the midst. And he rose and stood
9. forth. Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you something; Is
it lawful on the sabbath to do good
10. or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy it?" And looking
round about upon them all, he said unto the man, "stretch forth thy
hand." and he did so: and his hand was
11. restored as the other. And they were filled with madness; and
commanded one with another what they might do to Jesus.
12. And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the
mountains to pray, and was passing the whole night
13. in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called unto him his
disciples: and he chose from them twelve.
14. whom he also named; apostles; Simon (whom was also named
Peter), and Andrew his brother, James and John, Phillip
15. and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son
16. of Alphaeas, and Simon whom they called Zelotes, and Judas the
brother of James, and Judas Iscarioth, which also became a
17. traitor. And he came down among them, and stood on a level
place, and the multitude of his disciples, and a great number of
people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of
Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear
18. him, and to be healed of their diseases; and they that were
troubled by unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19. And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for power went out
of him, and healed them all.
20. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed
are ye poor: for your`s is the kingdom of God.
21. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed
are ye that weep now: for ye shall laught.
22. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son of man`s
23. sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for you: for, behold,
your reward is great in heaven: for according to
24. these things did their fathers unto the prophets. But woe unto
you that are rich! for ye have consolation
25. in full. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe
unto you that laugh now! for ye
26. shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak
well of you! for according to these things did their fathers to the
false prophets.
27. But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do
28. good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you,
29. and pray for them which despitefully use you.Unto him that
smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and from him
that taketh away thy cloke, withhold
30. not thy coat also. Give every man that asketh of thee: and of
him that taketh away thy goods ask them.
31. not again. and as ye would that men should do to you,
32. do ye also to them likewise. And if ye love them which love
you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those
33. that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you,
what thank have ye? for sinners also do
34. the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive,
what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to 35. sinners, to
receive equal things.But love ye your enemies, and do good, and
lend, hoping for nothing again: and your reward shall be great, and
ye shall be sons of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful
and to
36. the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also
is
37. merciful. And Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn
not, and ye shall not be condemned: release
38. and ye shall be released: Give, and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye
mete withal it shall be measured to you again."
39. And he spake a parable unto them, "Can the blind lead
40. the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The
disciple is not above his teacher: but every one that is
41 perfect shall be as his teacher. And why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brothers eye, but perceivest
42. not the beam that is in thine won eye? Either how canst thou
say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull the mote that is in thine
eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and
then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy
brother`s eye!.
43. For there is no good tree that maketh corrupt fruit; nor
44. corrupt tree that maketh good fruit. For each tree is known by
its fruit. For of thorns do they not gather figs, nor of a bramble
bush gather they grapes.
45. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth
forth that which is truely good: and the evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of
the abundance of the heart his
46. mouth speaketh. And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and
47. do not do the things which I say? Everyone that cometh to me,
and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will
48. shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man building a house,
who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock: and
when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemtly upon the house, and
had not strenght to shake it: for it was founded upon the
49. rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that
without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which
the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell, and the
ruin of that house was great.
IV.
Now when he had completed all his sayings in the ears of the
people, he entered into Capernaum.
2. And a certain centurion`s servant was sick, and going to
3. die; and he was precious unto him. And when he heard of Jesus,
he sent unto him elders of the Jews
4. asking him that he would come and save his servant. And when
they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, That he
was worthy for whom he should do this:
5. "For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us the
6. synagogue". Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not
far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him,saying unto
him: "Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou
shouldest enter under my roof.
7. Wherefore neither thoughtr I myself worthy to come unto thee:
but say in a word, and my boy shall be healed.
8. For I aslo am a man set under authority, having under me
soliders, and I say unto this one, Go, and he goeth; and to
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do
9. this, and he doeth it". And when Jesus heard these things, he
marveled at him, and turned, and said unto the multitude that
followed him, "I say unto you, not even in
10. Israel have I found so great faith." And they that were sent,
returned to the house, and found the sick servant whole.
11. And it came to pass the day after, that he was going into a
city called Nain,; and many of his disciples were
12. going with him, and a great multitude. Now when he came night
to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out,
the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and a considerable
multitude of the
13. city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had
14. compassion on her, and said unto her, "Weep not." And he came
and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he
said, "Young man, I say unto thee, Arise!"
15. And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And
16. he delivered him to his mother. And fear took hold on all: and
they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among
us; and, That God hath
17. visited his people. And this rumour of him went forth in the
whole of Judaea, and in all region round about.
18. And the disciples of John told him of all these
19. things. And John calling unto him a certain two of his
disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, "Art thou he that
20. cometh? or are we to look for another?" And when the men were
come unto him, they said, "John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee,
saying; Art thou he that cometh?
21. or are we to look for another?" And in that same hour he cured
many infirmities and plagues and of evil spirits;
22. and unto many blind he gave sight. And Jesus answering said
unto them, "Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and
heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the
lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor
have good tidings
23. announced to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
offended in me."
24. And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say
unto the multitudes concerning John What are ye come into the
wilderness to gaze at? A reed
25. shaken with the wind? But what are ye come out to see? A man
clothed in soft rainment? Behold, they which are in gorgeous
apparel, and delicacy, are kings`
26. courts. But what are ye come out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say
unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27. This is he, of whom it is written, "Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
28. before thee." For I say unto you, Among those that are born
from women, a greater prophet than John the Baptist, there is none:
but he that is less in the Kingdom of God
29. is greater than he". And all the people when they heard it, and
the publicans, justified God, being baptised with
30. the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyer rejected the
counsel of God unto themselves, being not
31. baptised of him. And the Lord said, "Whereunto then shall I
liken the men of this generation? and to what are
32. they like? They are like unto children sitting in the
marketplace, and calling to one another, and saying: We piped unto
you, and ye did not dance, we mourned 33. you, and ye did not weep.
For John the Baptist is come neither eating bread nor drinking
wine, and ye say, He
34. hath a demon. The Son of man is coming eating and drinking, and
ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a
35. winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom was
justified of all her children".
36. And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with
him. And he went into the Pharisee`s house, and
37. reclined to meat. And behold, a woman of the city, which was a
sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee`s
house, brought an alabaster box of ointment
38. and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wet his
feet with the tears,, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head,
and kissed his feet, and anointed
39. them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which had bidden
him saw it, he spake to himself, saying, "This man, if he were a
prophet, would have known who and what manner manner of woman this
is that touched him:
40. for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto him, "Simon,
I have somewhat to say unto thee." And he saith,
41. "Teacher, say on." "A certain money-lender had two debtors: the
one owed five hundred denarii, and
42. the other fifty. And when they had not whewewith to pay, he
forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which
43. of them will love him more?" Simon answered and said, "I
suppose that he, to whom he forgave the more." And he said
unto
44. him, "Thou hast rightly judged"And he turned to the woman, and
said unto Simon, "Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine
house: water for my feet thou gavest me not: but she hath wetted my
feet with tears, and wiped
45. them with the hairs of her head. A kiss thou gavest me not: but
she since the time I came hath not ceased
46. kissing my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but
this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
47. For the sake of which I say unto thee; Her sins which are many
are forgiven; for she loved much: but to
48. whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little". And he
49. said unto her, " Thy sins are forgiven." And they that were
reclining with him began to say among themselves,
50. "Who is this that even forgiveth sins?" And he said to the
woman "Thy faith has saved thee, go in peace."
