for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it that

is able to accept it.

13 Then little children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said: Let the little children come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed from that place.

16 And behold, one came and said to him: Good teacher, what good thing must I do that I may have eternal life? He said to him: 17 Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is God. But if you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He said to him: Which? Jesus replied: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; 19 Honor your father and your mother; and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 20 The young man said to him: All these have I kept from my youth, what do I lack? 21 Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. 22 When the young man heard that saying, he went away grieved; for he had great possessions.

23 Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, A rich man will with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 When the disciples heard it, they were greatly amazed, and said: Who, then, can be saved? 26 But Jesus looked on them, and said to them: With men, this is impossible; but with God, all things are possible.

27 Then Peter answered and said to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee; what, then, shall we have? 28 Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

XX. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for

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his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the market, idle; and he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. 5 And they went. Again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did in like manner. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle? They said to him: No man has hired us. He said to them: Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.

8 When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and, beginning with the last, pay them their hire even to the first. 9 And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius. 10 But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they would receive more; and they received each one a denarius. 11 And when they received it, they murmured against the master of the house, 12 saying: these last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the heat. 13 But he answered and said to one of them: Friend, I do you no injustice; did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what is yours, and go; I will give to this last even as to you. 15 Is it not allowed me to do what I will with my own? Or, is your eye envious, because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside on his journey, and said to them: 18 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, 19 and will deliver him to the Gentiles to deride, and to scourge, and to crucify: and on the third day he shall rise again.

20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down, and asking something of him. 21 He said to her: What do you wish? She said to him: Command that these two sons of mine may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other son on thy left, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said: You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and to be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed? They said to

him: We are able. 28 And he said to them: You shall drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.

24 And when the ten heard it, their anger was aroused against the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles act as lords over them, and their great men have authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. 27 And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant; 28 even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

29 And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. 31 And the multitude charged them to be silent. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What do you wish me to do for you? 33 They said to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and their eyes immediately received sight, and they followed him.

XXI. 1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and had come to Bethpage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me. 3 And if any one say any thing to you, you shall reply: The Lord has need of them: and he will immediately send them. All this was done, that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 5 Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them; 7 and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and caused him to sit upon them. 8And a very great multitude spread their mantles in the road: and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

10 And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was moved, and said: Who is this? 11 And the multitude said: This is

Jesus the prophet, that is from Nazareth of Galilee.

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves, 13 and said to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it à den of robbers. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their anger was aroused, 16 and they said to him: Do you not hear what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 17 And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and there spent the night.

18 Now in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry: 19 and seeing a fig-tree on the road, he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves; and he said to it: Let no fruit grow on you henceforth forever. And the fig-tree immediately withered. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they were astonished, and said: How soon has the fig-tree withered! 21 Jesus answered and said to them: Verily I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall do, not only what is done to the fig-tree, but even if you shall say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be thrown into the sea, it shall be done. 22 And all things that you ask for in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

23 And after he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority do you these things? And who gave you this authority? 24 Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if you will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The immersion of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? But they reasoned among themselves, and said, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? 26 But if we reply, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet. 27 And they answered and said to Jesus: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28 But what think you? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not. But he afterward regretted it, and went. 30 And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And you, when you had seen it, afterward felt no regret, that you might believe him.

Hear another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country. 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive the fruits of it. 85 And the vine-dressers took his servants, and scourged one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner. 37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But the vinedressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize upon the inheritance. 39 And they took him, and carried him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers? 41 They said to him: He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and let out his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will give him the fruits in their season.

42 Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner? 43 This was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes. For this reason, I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits of it. 44 And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind.

45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. 46 And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.