shall confess me before men, him greater; and there will I bestow all shall the Son of man also confess be- my fruits and my goods. fore the angels of God: 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. II And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 13 ¶ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 8 before the angels of God: S* before God 15 SVA of all covetousness 18 all my fruits: V all my wheat; S om. and my goods 20 A the Lord said 23 SV For the life 25 translate can add to his life one span (literally one cubit) 1 29 And seek not ye what ye shall have watched, and not have suffered eat, or what ye shall drink, neither his house to be broken through. be ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. 41 T Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable un31 But rather seek ye the king-to us, or even to all? dom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? his lord when he cometh shall find so 43 Blessed is that servant, whom doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come 47 And that servant, which knew forth and serve them. his lord's will, and prepared not him38 And if he shall come in the se-self, neither did according to his will, cond watch, or come in the third shall be beaten with many stripes. watch, and find them so, blessed are 48 But he that knew not, and did those servants. commit things worthy of stripes, shall 39 And this know, that if the good-be beaten with few stripes. For unto man of the house had known what whomsoever much is given, of him hour the thief would come, he would shall be much required: and to whom 29 SV and what ye shall drink 31 the kingdom of God: SV his kingdom 38 SV And if he shall come in the second or (literally and if) in the third watch; SV blessed are they 39 S he would not have suffered 40 SV om. therefore 42 steward: S* servant; S* whom his lord made 47 neither: SV or men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 49 ¶ I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very 50 But I have a baptism to be bap-last mite. tized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: CHAPTER XIII. THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided a-were sinners above all the Galilæans, gainst the son, and the son against because they suffered such things? the father; the mother against the 3 tell you, Nay: but, except ye daughter, and the daughter against repent, ye shall all likewise perish. the mother; the mother in law a- 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the gainst her daughter in law, and the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, daughter in law against her mother think ye that they were sinners above in law. all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 54 T And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till 58 ¶ When thou goest with thine I shall dig about it, and dung it: adversary to the magistrate, as thou 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if art in the way, give diligence that not, then after that thou shalt cut it thou mayest be delivered from him; down. 53 S and the mother against; S* against the daughter in law; S*V against the mother in law 54 S in the west 55 S* There cometh heat 56 SV that ye can not discern this time 13,2 S And he answered and said unto them 2 translate because they have suffered; SV these things 7 V* why cumbereth it the place? 9 SV and if it bear fruit after that, well; but if not, thou shalt 10 And he was teaching in one of garden; and it grew, and waxed a the synagogues on the sabbath. II ¶ And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 14 And the ruler of the synagogue 24 ¶ Strive to enter in at the strait answered with indignation, because gate: for many, I say unto you, will that Jesus had healed on the sabbath seek to enter in, and shall not be day, and said unto the people, There able. are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We 16 And ought not this woman, being have eaten and drunk in thy presence, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan and thou hast taught in our streets. hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, 27 But he shall say, tell you, I be loosed from this bond on the sab-know you not whence ye are; depart bath day? from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 17 And when he had said these 28 There shall be weeping and things, all his adversaries were a- gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see shamed: and all the people rejoiced | Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and for all the glorious things that were done by him. 18 ¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his all the prophets, in the kingdom of 15 SV But the Lord answered him; SVA Ye hypocrites 19 SV om. great 24 SV at the strait door 25 SV saying, Lord, open unto us 27 S And he shall say to you, I know you not, V And he shall speak saying unto you, I know you not 28 A in his kingdom shall be first, and there are first which 4 And they held their peace. And shall be last. he took him, and healed him, and let 31 ¶ The same day there came cer-him go; tain of the Pharisees, saying unto 5 And answered them, saying, Which him, Get thee out, and depart hence: of you shall have an ass or an ox fallfor Herod will kill thee. en into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 6 And they could not answer him again to these things. 7 And he put forth a parable to 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, those which were bidden, when he and to morrow, and the day follow-marked how they chose out the chief ing: for it cannot be that a prophet rooms; saying unto them, perish out of Jerusalem. 8 When thou art bidden of any 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which man to a wedding, sit not down in killest the prophets, and stonest them the highest room; lest a more hothat are sent unto thee; how often nourable man than thou be bidden of would I have gathered thy children him; together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. AND CHAPTER XIV. 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath bleth himself shall be exalted. day, that they watched him. II For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that hum 12 T Then said he also to him that 2 And, behold, there was a certain bade him, When thou makest a dinman before him which had the ner or a supper, call not thy friends, dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. 31 SVA The same hour 35 SVA om. desolate; SVA And (S om.) I say unto you; SV ye shall not see me, till ye shall say 14,3 SV add or not after on the sabbath day 5 V and he said unto them; VA a son or an ox 7 translate how they were choosing out 10 SVA in the presence of all that sit |