lowed him, and he cured them all, 16 and charged them that they should not make him known, 17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: 18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not contend nor cry out, neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking wick shall he not extinguish, till he send forth judgment to victory. 21 And in his name shall nations trust. 22 Then was brought to him a demoniac blind and dumb; and he cured him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were astonished and said: Is this the Son of David? 24 But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not cast out the demons but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons. 25 And knowing their thoughts he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate; and no city or house divided against itself shall stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges. 28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then has the kingdom of God already come upon you. 29 Or how can any one enter the house of the strong man and seize on his instruments, unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plun- ' der his house? 30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters. 31 For this reason I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that to come. 33 Either make the tree goodly and its fruit goodly, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by the fruit the tree is known. 34 Brood of vipers, how can you being evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things; and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 38 Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying: Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said to them: A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall con demn it, because they repented at a ship and sat down, and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow. 4 And, as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 But others fell on rocky places, where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up because they had no depth of earth; 6 but when the sun had risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered. 7 But others fell on thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 But others fell on good ground, and brought forth fruit, one a hundredfold, one sixty, one thirty. 9 He that has ears, let him hear. 10 And the disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables? 11 And. he answered and said: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of 46 While he was yet speaking to the kingdom of the heavens, but to the multitudes, behold, his mother them it is not given. 12 For whoand his brothers stood without seek-ever has, to him shall be given, and ing to speak to him. 47 And some one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, seeking to speak to thee. 48 But he answered and said to him that told him: Who is my mother. and who are my brothers? 49 And stretching forth his hand over his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brothers; 50 for whoever shall have done the will of my Father who is in the heavens, this is my brother, and sister, and mother. he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. 13 For this reason I speak to them in parables, because when seeing they see not, and when hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. 15 For the heart of this people has become fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes they have closed, lest perhaps they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should restore them to health. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 Verily I say to you: Many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and saw not, and to hear what you hear, and heard not. 18 Hear you then the parable of him that sowed. then has it tares? 28 He said to them: An enemy did this. And the servants say to him: Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said: No, lest perhaps while gathering the tares you root up the wheat together with them. 30 Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary. 31 Another parable laid he before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field: 32 which indeed is less than all the seeds; but when it has grown, is greater than the garden 19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and snatches away that which is sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way. 20 But he that was sown on the rocky places, is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when afflic-plants, and becomes a tree, so that tion or persecution arises because of the word, he immediately takes offense. 22 But he that was sown among thorns, is he that hears the word, and the care of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But he that was sown on good ground, is he that hears the word and understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces, one a hundredfold, one sixty, one thirty. 24 Another parable laid he before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares over in the midst of the wheat and went away. 26 But when the blade sprung up and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? Whence the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches. 33 Another parable spoke he to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened. 34 All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable spoke he nothing to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things concealed from the foundation. 36 Then dismissing the multitudes he came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 And he answered and said: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man: 38 the field is the world: the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the wicked one: 39 the enemy that sowed them is the devil: the harvest is the conclusion of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 As then the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the conclusion of the age. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause offense, and them that do iniquity, 42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear. the heavens is like a man, a master of a house, who brings forth out of his treasury things new and old. 53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of these parables, he departed thence. 54 And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said: Whence has this man this wisdom and the mighty works? 55 Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judah? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things? 57 And they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor unless in his own country and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. 14 44 The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hid in the field, which a man found and hid, and for joy over it he went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. 45 Again: the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant 1 At that time Herod the seeking goodly pearls: 46 when he tetrarch heard of the fame had found one pearl of great value, of Jesus, 2 and said to his serhe went and sold all that he had vants: This is John the Baptist: and bought it. 47 Again: the king- he has risen from the dead, and for dom of the heavens is like a net this reason the powers are active that was cast into the sea and gath- within him. 3 For Herod having ered of every kind: 48 which, when it taken John, had bound him, and was full, they drew to the shore, put him away in prison, because of and sitting down they gathered the Herodias the wife of Philip his good into baskets, but threw the brother. 4 For John said to him: bad away. 49 So shall it be in the It is not lawful for thee to have conclusion of the age: the angels her. 5 And intending to kill him, shall come forth, and separate the he was afraid of the multitude, bewicked from among the righteous, cause they held him as a prophet. 50 and shall cast them into the 6 But when Herod's birthday was furnace of fire: there shall be weep-kept, the daughter of Herodias ing and gnashing of teeth. 51 Have danced in the midst and pleased you understood all these things? Herod: 7 wherefore he promised They say to him, Yes. 52 And he with an oath to give her whatever said to them: Therefore, every she would ask. 8 And she having scribe instructed in the kingdom of 'been before instigated by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist. 9 And the king though grieved, because of the oaths and the guests commanded it to be given, 10 and sent and beheaded John in the prison. 11 And his head was brought in a dish and given to the maiden; and she carried it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came and took away the corpse and buried it, and came and told Jesus. 13 And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew thence in a ship to a desert place apart; and the multitudes hearing it followed him on foot from the cities. 22 And he compelled the disciples to enter the ship, and go before him to the other side, till he should send the multitudes away. 23 And having sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when evening had come he was there alone. 24 But the ship now in the midst of the sea was tossed by the waves; for the wind was against it. 25 And at the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking over the sea. 26 And seeing him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying: It is a specter; and they cried out for fear. 27 But he immediately spoke to 14 And he came forth and saw a them, saying: Take courage, it is I: great multitude, and was moved be not afraid. 28 And Peter with pity for them, and cured their answered him and said: Lord, if it sick. 15 But when evening had is thou, command me to come to come, the disciples came to him, thee over the waters. 29 And he saying: The place is desert, and the said: Come. And going down from hour has already passed: therefore the ship Peter walked over the send the multitudes away, that they waters, and came to Jesus. 30 But may go into the villages and buy seeing the wind he was afraid; and themselves food. 16 But he said beginning to sink he cried out, sayto them: They have no need to going: Lord, save me. 31 And Jesus away; do you give them to eat. 17 immediately stretched forth his And they say to him: We have here nothing but five loaves and two fishes. 18 And he said: Bring them hither to me. 19 And after commanding the multitudes to recline on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and having looked up to heaven he blessed, and broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the multitudes. 20 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what remained of the broken pieces twelve travelling-baskets full. 21 And those who had eaten were about five thousand men besides women and children. hand, and took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? 32 And after they had come up into the ship the wind ceased. 33 And those in the ship worshipped him, saying: Truly thou art the Son of God. 34 And they passed over and came to the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when they had knowledge of him, the men of that place sent into that whole region round about, and brought to him all that were sick; 36 and they besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his mantle; and as many as touched were thoroughly restored to health. |