Bible verses about "womanizer" | Godbey

⁸ Finally, brethren, so many things as are true, so many things as are noble, so many things as are righteous, so many things as are pure, so many things as are lovely, so many things as are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

¹ Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children; ² and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor. ³ But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints; ⁴ and indecorum, or foolish talking, or indecent jesting, which is not becoming, but rather the giving of thanks: ⁵ for you are knowing this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words: for through these the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Therefore be not partakers along with them. ⁸ For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light, ⁹ (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), ¹⁰ proving what is acceptable to the Lord; ¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them. ¹² For it is disgraceful even to speak of those things which are done by them in concealment: ¹³ but all things being convicted by the light are made manifest; for everything made manifest is light. ¹⁴ Therefore he says, Awake, thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee. ¹⁵ Therefore see how you walk about circumspectly, not as unwise, but wise; ¹⁶ buying in the opportunity, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore be not unwise, but understand whatsoever is the will of the Lord. ¹⁸ Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit; ¹⁹ speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; ²¹ being submissive to one another in the fear of Christ. ²² Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord, ²³ because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. ²⁴ But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her; ²⁶ in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word, ²⁷ in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless. ²⁸ So the husbands ought to love their own wives with divine love as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife is loving himself: ²⁹ for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church; ³⁰ because we are members of his body: ³¹ on account of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they two shall be one flesh. ³² This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. ³³ Moreover you also each one thus love his own wife with divine love as himself; and that the wife also reverence the husband.

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? He not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor Sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor scolds, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you: but you have washed, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.

²⁸ But I say unto you that every one looking on a woman in order to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not that thy whole body may go away into hell. ³⁰ OMITTED TEXT ³¹ And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement. ³² But I say unto you, that every one sending away his wife, except on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever may marry her who has been cast off commits adultery. ³³ Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths. ³⁴ But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God; ³⁵ nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; neither by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. ³⁶ Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but that which aboundeth more than these is of the evil one. ³⁸ You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹ But I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smites thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also: ⁴⁰ to him wishing to prosecute thee at law, and take away thy coat, let him have the cloak also. ⁴¹ Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him two. ⁴² Give to the one asking thee, and do not turn away from the one wishing to borrow from thee. ⁴³ You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you: ⁴⁵ in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same. ⁴⁷ If you salute your brethren only, what do ye more abundantly? do not the heathens also the same thing? ⁴⁸ Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

¹ But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens: ² therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward. ³ But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ in order that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly. ⁵ And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward. ⁶ But when thou mayest pray, enter into thy closet, and having closed thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee openly. ⁷ And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking. ⁸ Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him. ⁹ Therefore pray ye after this manner: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be hallowed: ¹⁰ let thy kingdom come: let thy will be done, as in heaven, even so upon earth: ¹¹ give us this day our daily bread: ¹² and forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors: ¹³ lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ¹⁴ For if you may not forgive the people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will not forgive you: ¹⁵ and if you do not forgive the people, your Father will not forgive you your trespasses. ¹⁶ And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward. ¹⁷ But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ in order that thou mayest not appear unto the people fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly. ¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break through and steal: ²¹ for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. ²² For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted. ²³ If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great. ²⁴ No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul what you may eat, nor for your body what you may put on. Is not your soul more valuable than food, and your body than raiment? ²⁶ Look unto the fowls of heaven, how they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not more excellent than they? ²⁷ And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence? ²⁸ And why are you solicitous concerning raiment? Know the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. ²⁹ But I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these. ³⁰ But if God so clothed the verdure of the field, existing today and tomorrow cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed? ³² For after all these things the heathen were seeking; for your heavenly Father knoweth that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ³⁴ Therefore be not solicitous unto the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

¹ Criticise not, that you may not be criticised. ² For with what criticism you criticise, you will be criticised: and with what measure you measure, it will be measured unto you. ³ But why do you see the mote which is in the eye of your brother, and do not recognize the beam which is in your own eye? ⁴ Or how will you say to your brother, Permit me, I will cast out the mote from your eye; and behold, there is a beam in your own eye? ⁵ O hypocrite, first cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the mote from the eye of your brother. ⁶ Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces. ⁷ Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. ⁸ For every one asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking it shall be opened. ⁹ What man is there of you, whom, if his son shall ask bread, he will give him a stone? ¹⁰ And if he may ask a fish, whether will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ Therefore if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask Him? ¹² Therefore all things whatsoever you may wish that the people may do unto you, do ye even so unto them: for this is the law and the prophets. ¹³ Enter ye in through the narrow gate: because wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are, who are going in through it. ¹⁴ Because narrow is the gate, and contracted the way, that leadeth into life, and few there are who find it. ¹⁵ But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves. ¹⁶ You shall know them by their fruits. Do the people gather the grape-bunches from thorns, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So every good tree produces good fruits; and a corrupt tree produces evil fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree is not able to produce evil fruits, neither is a corrupt tree able to produce beautiful fruits. ¹⁹ Every tree not producing beautiful fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Therefore you shall know them perfectly by their fruits. ²¹ Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens. ²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many mighty works? ²³ Then I will confess unto them that I never knew you: depart from me, ye who work iniquity. ²⁴ Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; and it did not fall; for it was founded upon the rock. ²⁶ And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. ²⁸ And it came to pass when Jesus finished these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at His teaching: ²⁹ for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

¹ And many multitudes followed Him, coming down from the mountain. ² And behold, a leper, having come, continued to worship Him, saying; Lord, if you may be willing, you are able to cleanse me. ³ And Jesus, reaching forth His hand, touched him, saying, I am willing; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus says to him, See that you may tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. ⁵ And He having come into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, entreating Him, ⁶ and saying; Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, terribly tormented. ⁷ And Jesus says to him, Having come I will heal him. ⁸ And the centurion responding said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou mayest come in under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I am also a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. ¹⁰ And Jesus hearing, was astonished, and said to those following, Truly I say unto you, I did not find so great faith in Israel. ¹¹ And I say unto you, that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit up with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens: ¹² but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; and let it be done unto thee as thou hast believed. And his servant was healed at that hour. ¹⁴ And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law prostrated and burning with fever. ¹⁵ And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and began to minister unto them. ¹⁶ And it being evening, they brought to Him many demonized people: and He cast out the demons by His word, and healed all the sick; ¹⁷ in order that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, He took our infirmities, and carried our sicknesses. ¹⁸ And Jesus seeing the multitudes about Him, gave command to go away to the other side. ¹⁹ And one scribe having come, said to Him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go. ²⁰ And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven nests; but the Son of man has not where He may recline His head. ²¹ And another of His disciples said to Him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my father. ²² And Jesus says to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. ²³ And His disciples followed Him, having come into the ship. ²⁴ And behold, there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves: and He was asleep. ²⁵ And the disciples having come, awoke Him, saying, Lord, save us; we are perishing. ²⁶ And He says to them, Why are you afraid, O ye of little faith? Then having arisen, He rebuked the wind and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷ And the men were astonished, saying, What sort of a man is this, because winds and the sea obey him? ²⁸ Two demoniacs met Him, having come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, coming out from the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass through that way. ²⁹ And behold, they cried out, saying, What is there to us and thee, O Son of God? have you come hither to torment us before the time? ³⁰ And a herd of many swine was feeding a great way from them. ³¹ And the demons continued to intreat him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to depart into the herd of swine. ³² And He said to them, Go. And they having gone out, went away into the herd of swine; and the whole herd rushed down the precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters. ³³ And the herders fled, and having gone away into the city, proclaimed all things, and those appertaining to the demonized. ³⁴ And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing Him, intreated Him, that He should depart from their coasts.

¹ And having embarked into the ship, He crossed over, and came into His own city. ² And behold, they were bringing to Him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Be of good cheer, child, thy sins are forgiven thee. ³ And behold, certain ones of the scribes said among themselves; This man blasphemeth. ⁴ And Jesus seeing their thoughts said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵ For whether is it easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or, Arise, and walk about? ⁶ But in order that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then He says to the paralytic), Having arisen, take thy bed, and depart into thy house. ⁷ And having arisen, he came away to his own house. ⁸ And the multitude seeing, were astonished, and glorified God, who giveth such power to men. ⁹ And Jesus passing along from thence, saw a man sitting at the toll, called Matthew; and He says to him, Follow me. And having arisen up, he followed Him. ¹⁰ And it came to pass, He was sitting at the table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners, having come were sitting along with Jesus and His disciples. ¹¹ And the Pharisees seeing, said to His disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners? ¹² And Jesus hearing said to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. ¹³ But having gone, learned what this is, I wish mercy and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ¹⁴ Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisee fast, but thy disciples do not fast? ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bride-chamber are not able to fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them. But the day will come, when the bride-groom must be taken from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ But no one puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment; for it takes its fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse. ¹⁷ Neither do they put new wine in old bottles: lest the bottles are broken, and the wine poured out, and the bottles shall perish: but they put the new wine into the new bottles, and both are preserved. ¹⁸ And He speaking these things to them, behold a certain ruler having come, continued to worship Him, saying, My daughter just now died: but having come put your hand on her, and she shall live. ¹⁹ And Jesus having risen, follows him, and His disciples. ²⁰ And behold, a woman, having an issue of blood twelve years, and coming to Him behind, touched the hem of His garment. ²¹ For she continued to say within herself, If I may only touch His garment, I will be saved. ²² And the woman was saved from that hour. And Jesus turning and seeing her said, Be of good cheer, daughter; thy faith hath saved thee. ²³ And Jesus having come into the house of the ruler, and seeing the flute-players, and the weeping crowd, ²⁴ says to them; Retire: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they hooted at Him. ²⁵ And when the crowd was put out, coming to her, He took her by the hand, and the damsel arose. ²⁶ And this news went out into that whole country. ²⁷ And two blind men followed Him, going thence, crying out, and saying, ²⁸ Have mercy on us, thou Son of David. And the blind men came to Him, having come into the house: and Jesus says to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They say to Him, Yea, Lord. ²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, Be it unto you according to your faith. ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them, saying, See that no one know it. ³¹ But they having gone out, spread abroad His fame in all that country. ³² And they going out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man, demonized. ³³ And the demon having been cast out, the dumb spoke. And the multitudes were astonished, saying, ³⁴ Never did it so appear in Israel. And the Pharisees continued to say, He casts out the demons through the prince of the demons. ³⁵ And Jesus was going around all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and ailment. ³⁶ And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷ Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great and the laborers are few; ³⁸ therefore pray the Lord of the harvest that he may send forth laborers into His harvest.

¹ And calling His twelve disciples, He gave them power over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and heal every disease, and every malady. ² And these are the names of the apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus called Thaddeus; ⁴ Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, the one also having betrayed Him. ⁵ And Jesus sent out the twelve, commanding them, Go not in the way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans. ⁶ But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ And going, preach, saying, That the kingdom of the heavens is at hand. ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely you did receive, freely give. ⁹ Take not gold, nor silver, nor copper in your girdles; ¹⁰ nor valise for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. ¹¹ And into whatsoever city or village you may enter, investigate who in it is worthy; and there abide until you may go hence. ¹² And going into a house, salute it. ¹³ And if the house may be worthy, let your peace come on it: but if it may be unworthy, let your peace return unto you. ¹⁴ And whosoever may not receive you, nor hear your words, going out from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Truly I say unto you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. ¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues; ¹⁸ and they will lead you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹ And when they may deliver you, be not solicitous how or what you may speak: for it will be given unto you in that hour what you may say. ²⁰ For you are not those speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking in you. ²¹ And brother will deliver brother unto death, and the father the child: and children will rise up against parents, and put them to death. ²² And you will be hated by all on account of my name: but he that persevereth unto the end, the same shall be saved. ²³ And when they may persecute you in this city, fly to another: for truly I say unto you, You may not complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of man may come. ²⁴ The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord. ²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant, as his lord: if they call the landlord Beelzebul, how much more the inmates of his house? ²⁶ Therefore fear them not; for there is nothing hidden, that shall not be revealed; nothing secret, that shall not be known. ²⁷ What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light: and whatsoever you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. ²⁸ Be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but fear ye, rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and one of them will not fall to the ground without your Father. ³⁰ But the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Then fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² Therefore every one who shall confess me before the people, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in the heavens. ³³ But whosoever may deny me before the people, I will also deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. ³⁴ Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I came to divide a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: ³⁶ and the enemies of a man will be the inmates of his own house. ³⁷ He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ Whosoever does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹ The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it. ⁴⁰ The one receiving you will receive me, and the one receiving me will receive Him that sent me. ⁴¹ The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet; and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive the reward of a righteous man. ⁴² And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished teaching His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. ² And John hearing in the prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, ³ said to Him, Art thou He who is coming, or must we expect another? ⁴ Jesus responding said to them, Having gone, proclaim unto John the things which you hear and see. ⁵ The blind are looking up, and the lame are walking about, the lepers are being cleansed, and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised, and the poor are having the gospel preached unto them: ⁶ and blessed is he, whosoever may not be offended in me. ⁷ And they departing, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went you out in the wilderness to see? a reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold those wearing soft raiment are in the houses of the kings. ⁹ But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet: ¹⁰ for this is he, concerning whom it has been written, Behold, I send my messenger before my face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹ Truly I say unto you, Among those having been born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: nevertheless the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John. ¹⁴ And if you wish to receive it, he is Elijah, who is to come. ¹⁵ Let the one having ears to hear, hear. ¹⁶ But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, and calling to their comrades, and saying, ¹⁷ We piped unto you, and you did not dance; we mourned unto you, and you did not lament. ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous and wine-drinking man, a friend of publicans and sinners. Wisdom is truly justified by her children. ²⁰ Then He began to upbraid the cities in which the most mighty works of His were performed, because they did not repent. ²¹ Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! because if the mighty works which were wrought in you had been in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² Moreover I say unto you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And thou, Capernaum, art thou not exalted up to heaven? thou shall be cast down to Hades: because if the mighty works which were wrought in thee had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ Moreover I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. ²⁵ At that time Jesus responding said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and reveal them unto babes. ²⁶ Yea, Father, because it was so well pleasing in thy sight. ²⁷ All things were delivered unto me by my Father: and no one perfectly knows the Son, except the Father; neither does any one perfectly know the Father, except the Son; and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him. ²⁸ Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

¹ At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the cornfields; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears, and eat. ² And the Pharisees, seeing, said to Him, Behold thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath. ³ And He said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those with him? ⁴ How he came into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, except the priests only? ⁵ Have you not read in the law, that the priests in the temple do profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶ But I say unto you, that there is One here greater than the temple. ⁷ But if ye had known what this is, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. ⁹ And having passed on thence, He came into their synagogue. ¹⁰ And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him saying, Whether is it lawful to heal on Sabbath? that they might accuse Him. ¹¹ And He said to them; What man shall there he of you, who shall have one sheep, and if it shall fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not lay hold of it and lift it up? ¹² Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. ¹³ Then He says to the man, Reach forth thy hand. And he reached it forth and it was restored. ¹⁴ And the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against I Him that they might destroy Him. ¹⁵ And Jesus having known it departed thence: and many multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. ¹⁶ And He charged them much that they should not make Him known. ¹⁷ In order that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ¹⁸ Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul took delight: I will place my Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ He will not strive, nor scream, nor shall any one hear His voice in the streets. ²⁰ The bruised reed He will not break, and He will not quench the smoking wick, until He may send forth judgment unto victory. ²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles hope. ²² Then a demonized man was brought to Him, blind and dumb: and He healed him, so that the blind and dumb man both spake and saw. ²³ And all the multitudes were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the son of David? ²⁴ And the Pharisees hearing, said, This man casts not out demons, except through Beelzebul the prince of the demons. ²⁵ And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. ²⁶ And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? ²⁷ lf I through Beelzebul cast out demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁸ But if I through the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you. ²⁹ Or how is any one able to enter into the house of a strong man, and spoil his goods, unless he may first bind the strong man, and then he can spoil his house. ³⁰ And the one not being with me is against me; and the one not gathering with me scatters abroad. ³¹ Therefore I say unto you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men. ³² And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven unto him: but whosoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven unto him, either in this age, or that which is to come. ³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by the fruit. ³⁴ O ye generations of vipers, how are you, being evil, able to speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure (heart) brings forth good things: and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure (heart) brings forth wicked things. ³⁶ And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shah be condemned. ³⁸ Then certain ones of the scribes and Pharisees responded, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from Thee. ³⁹ He responding, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given unto it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was in the stomach of the whale three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴² The queen of the south will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³ And when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none. ⁴⁴ Then he says, I will return to my own house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it empty, swept, and beautified. ⁴⁵ Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and having come in dwells there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So it will also be with this wicked generation. ⁴⁶ And He yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and His brothers stood without, seeking to speak to Him. ⁴⁷ And a certain one said to Him; Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, seeking to speak to thee. ⁴⁸ And He responding said to the one speaking to Him; Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹ And reaching forth His hand to His disciples, He said, Behold my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ For whosoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

¹ On that day Jesus having come out from the house, was sitting by the sea: ² and many multitudes were gathered unto Him, so that having gone into a ship, He sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. ³ And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went out to sow. ⁴ And while he was sowing, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and ate them up. ⁵ And others fell among stones, where they had not much earth: and sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of earth: ⁶ and the sun having risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷ But others fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them. ⁸ But others fell in good ground, and gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ Let him that hath ears to hear, hear. ¹⁰ And His disciples coming, said to Him; Wherefore do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He responding said to them, Because it has been given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given. ¹² But whosoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have more abundantly: but whosoever has not, it shall be taken from him even what he has. ¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. ¹⁴ And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive. ¹⁵ Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them. ¹⁶ But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ Truly I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see those things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear those things which you hear, and heard them not. ¹⁸ Therefore hear ye the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside. ²⁰ But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹ but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended. ²² But the one sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke out the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³ And the one having been sown on good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly bears fruit, and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty. ²⁴ He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man sowing good seed in his field. ²⁵ And while the men slept, an enemy came, and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and departed. ²⁶ And when the blades sprang up, and produced fruit, then the tares were also made manifest. ²⁷ And the servants of the landlord having come to him said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? whence then hath it tares? ²⁸ And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the servants say to him, Then do you wish that we, having gone, may gather them? ²⁹ And he says, No; lest gathering the tares together you may at the same time along with them root up the wheat. ³⁰ Let both grow together till the harvest: and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, First gather the tares, and bind them in bundles, in order to burn them: and gather the wheat into my barn. ³¹ And He submitted another parable to them, saying; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which, a man having taken, sowed in his field; ³² which indeed is the smallest of all seeds; and when it grows up, is the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven indeed lodge in its branches. ³³ And he spake another parable unto them; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto the leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. ³⁴ Jesus spoke all of these things to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable He was not speaking to them: ³⁵ in order that the word spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables: I will make known the things which have been hidden from the foundation. ³⁶ Then leaving 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 responding said, The one sowing the good seed is the Son of man; ³⁸ and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the wicked one, ³⁹ and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ Then as the tares are gathered and burnt up with fire; so it will be in the end of the age. ⁴¹ The Son of man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity, ⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of the fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. But let the one having ears, hear. ⁴⁴ The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man seeking beautiful pearls: ⁴⁶ and having found one pearl of great price, having gone away he sold all things, so many as he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind; ⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, drawing up on the shore, and sitting down, they gathered the good into baskets, and threw the bad away. ⁴⁹ So it will be in the end of the age: the angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous, ⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of the fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ Do you understand all these things? They say to Him, Yea. ⁵² And He said to them, Therefore every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old. ⁵³ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence. ⁵⁴ And having come into His own country He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence this wisdom and these miracles unto Him? ⁵⁵ Is not He the son of the carpenter? is not His mother called Mary? are not His brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And are not His sisters all here with us? Whence then are these things to Him? ⁵⁷ And they were offended in Him. And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house. ⁵⁸ And He did not many mighty works there on account of their unbelief.

¹ And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus, ² and he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore miracles are wrought in him. ³ For Herod having arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip. ⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. ⁵ And wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet. ⁶ Herod's birthday being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod; ⁷ consequently with an oath he promised to give to her whatsoever she might ask. ⁸ And being instigated by her mother, she says, Give me the head of John the Baptist here in a charger. ⁹ And the king was grieved; nevertheless on account of his oaths, and those who were sitting with him, he commanded it to be given. ¹⁰ And sending, he beheaded John in prison; ¹¹ and his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. ¹² And His disciples, having come, took the body, and buried it; and having come they proclaimed it to Jesus. ¹³ And Jesus hearing, departed thence in a ship privately into a desert place. And the multitudes hearing, followed Him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴ And Jesus having come out saw a great multitude; and was moved with compassion in their behalf, and healed their sick. ¹⁵ And it being evening, His disciples came to Him saying, It is a desert place, and the hour is already advanced; therefore send away the multitudes, that they having gone into the villages, may purchase for themselves victuals. ¹⁶ And Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away; you give them to eat. ¹⁷ And they say to Him, We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes. ¹⁸ And He said, Bring them hither to me. ¹⁹ And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, He blessed them; and breaking, gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ²⁰ And all ate, and were filled: and they took up the remainder of the fragments twelve baskets full. ²¹ And the men eating were about five thousand, besides women and children. ²² And Jesus immediately constrained His disciples to embark into the ship and go before Him to the other side, until he can send away the multitudes. ²³ And having dismissed the multitudes He went up into the mountain alone, to pray. And it being evening He was there alone. ²⁴ And the ship was already midsea, laboring by the waves; for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And at the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶ And the disciples seeing Him walking on the sea, were afrighted, saying, It is a specter; and they cried out from fear. ²⁷ And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer; I am here; fear not. ²⁸ And Peter responding said, Lord, if thou art there, command me to come to thee on the waters. ²⁹ And He said, Come. And Peter having come down from the ship, walked on the waters, and came toward Jesus. ³⁰ And seeing the wind strong, became alarmed; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. ³¹ And Jesus immediately reaching out His hand, received him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? ³² And they having come into the ship, the wind ceased. ³³ And those in the ship having come worshiped Him, saying, Truly thou art the Son of God. ³⁴ And crossing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And the men of that place recognizing Him, sent into all the surrounding country and brought to Him all the sick; ³⁶ and they continued to intreat Him that they should only touch the hem of His garment: and so many as touched were thoroughly saved.

¹ Then the scribes and Pharisees, who are from Jerusalem, come to Jesus, saying, ² Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ And responding He said to them; Wherefore do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die with death. ⁵ But you say, Whosoever may say to father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me; and he shall no longer honor his father or his mother. ⁶ You made void the commandment of God by your tradition. ⁷ Ye hypocrites, beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying, ⁸ This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁹ But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. ¹⁰ And calling the multitude to Him, He said to them, Hear and understand: ¹¹ That if which cometh into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which cometh out from the mouth, that defiles the man. ¹² Then His disciples having come to Him say, Do you not know that the Pharisees hearing your word, were offended? ¹³ And He responding said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone: the blind are leaders of the blind: if the blind may lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch. ¹⁵ Peter responding said to Him, Explain unto us the parable. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are you indeed still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you know that everything entering into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into excrement? ¹⁸ But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile the man: but to eat bread with unwashed hands does not defile the man. ²¹ And Jesus having come out thence, departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a Canaanitish woman having come out from those coasts, cried unto Him saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is terribly demonized. ²³ And He responded to her not a word; and His disciples, having come to Him, asked Him, saying, Send her away; because she cries after us. ²⁴ And He responding said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ And having come she continued to worship Him, saying, Lord, assist me. ²⁶ He responding said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs. ²⁷ And she said, Yea, Lord: for the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from their master's table. ²⁸ Then Jesus responding said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; let it be done unto thee as thou dost wish. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And Jesus having departed thence, came to the Sea of Galilee; and having gone up into the mountain, He was sitting there. ³⁰ And many multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others, and laid them down at the feet of Jesus; and He healed them: ³¹ so that the multitudes were astonished, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking about, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road. ³³ And His disciples say to Him, Whence is there to us so much bread in the wilderness, as to feed so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus says to them; How much bread have ye? And they said, Seven loaves and a few fishes. ³⁵ He having commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground, ³⁶ He took the seven loaves and the fishes; having given thanks, He broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷ And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up the residue of fragments, seven baskets full. ³⁸ And those eating were about tour thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And having sent away the multitudes, He went into a ship and came into the coasts of Magdala.

¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come to Him, tempting Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. ² And He responding said to them, It being evening, you say, It will be fair weather: because the sky is red: ³ and in the morning, It will be stormy to-day: for the lowering sky is red: ye hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the sky: but are you not able to discern the signs of the times? ⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And no sign shall be given it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And leaving them, He departed. ⁵ His disciples having come to the other side forgot to take bread. ⁶ And Jesus said to them; See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ⁷ And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, That it is because we did not take bread. ⁸ And Jesus knowing said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you did not take bread? ⁹ Do you not yet understand? do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹ How do you not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. ¹² Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of the (bread) of the Pharisees and Sadducees, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ And Jesus having come into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, asked His disciples, saying, Whom do the people say that I, the Son of man, am? ¹⁴ And they said, Some, John the Baptist; and some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ And He says to them, But whom do you say that I am? ¹⁶ And Simon Peter responding said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷ And Jesus responding said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon the son of Jonah: because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. ¹⁸ And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatsoever you may bind on the earth, shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever you may loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens. ²⁰ Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He is the Christ. ²¹ And from this time Jesus began to show to His disciples, that it behooves Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders and the chief priest and the scribes, and to be killed, and rise the third day. ²² And Peter taking Him to him, began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord; because this shall not be unto thee. ²³ And turning He said to Peter, Get behind me, adversary: thou art my stumbling-block; because thou art not thinking about the things of God, but those of men. ²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake shall find it. ²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will give to each one according to his works. ²⁸ Truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.

¹ And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain privately. ² And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light. ³ And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared unto them, talking with Him. ⁴ And Peter responding, said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: it you will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ⁵ He still speaking, behold, a white cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted; hear ye Him. ⁶ And the disciples, hearing, fell on their face, and feared exceedingly. ⁷ And Jesus came to them and touching them said, Arise, and fear not. ⁸ And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only. ⁹ And they coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man may rise from the dead. ¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that it behooves Elijah to come first? ¹¹ And Jesus responding said to them, Elijah indeed comes, and will restore all things: ¹² but I say unto you, that Elijah has already come, and they recognized Him not, but did unto Him so many things as they wished; thus the Son of man is also about to suffer by them. ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them concerning John the Baptist. ¹⁴ And they having come to the multitude, the man came to Him, worshiping Him on his knees, ¹⁵ and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is a lunatic and suffers terribly: for frequently he falls into the fire, and frequently into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him. ¹⁷ And Jesus responding said: O, faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? bring him hither to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out from him, and the child was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples coming to Jesus privately, said, Wherefore were we not able to cast him out? ²⁰ and Jesus says to them, On account of your unbelief. For truly I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹ OMITTED TEXT ²² And they sojourning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. ²³ And they will kill Him; and He will rise the third day. And they were grieved exceedingly. ²⁴ And they having come into Capernaum, those receiving the double drachma came to Peter, and said, Does your teacher pay the double drachma? ²⁵ He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to you, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? from their own sons or aliens? ²⁶ And he saying from aliens, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are free. ²⁷ But in order that we may not offend them, going to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the first fish coming up; and opening its mouth, you will find a stater: having received it, give it to them for me and thee.

¹ At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Then which one is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens? ² And Jesus calling a little child to Him, placed it in the midst of them, ³ and said, Truly I say unto you, unless you may be converted, and become as little children, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴ Therefore whosoever shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens; ⁵ and whosoever shall receive such little child in my name, receives me. ⁶ But whosoever may offend one of these little ones, who believe in me, it is good for him that a millstone may be hanged to his neck, and he may be drowned in the depth of the sea. ⁷ Woe unto the world on account of offensives, for it is necessary that offensives come; but woe unto that man through whom the offense comes! ⁸ If thy hand or thy foot offends thee, cut them off and cast them from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire. ⁹ And if thine eye offend thee, cast it from thee: it is good for thee having one eye entering into life, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of the fire. ¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that their angels in heaven do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens. ¹¹ OMITTED TEXT ¹² What seems to you? if there may be a hundred sheep to one man, and one of them may go astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine, going to the mountains, seek that which has gone astray? ¹³ And if it maybe that he finds it, truly I say unto you, that he rejoiceth more over it than over the ninety and nine that went not astray. ¹⁴ So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish. ¹⁵ But if thy brother may sin, go, and convict him between thee and him alone: if he may hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother: ¹⁶ if he may not hear thee, take with thyself one or two, in order that in the mouth of two or three witnesses the word may stand. ¹⁷ But if he may not hear them, tell the church: and if indeed he may not hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen and publican. ¹⁸ Truly I say unto you, that whatsoever things you may bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever things you may loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again I say unto you, that if two of you may agree upon the earth concerning everything which you may ask, it shall be done unto you by my Father, who is in the heavens. ²⁰ For where two or three are assembled in my name, there I am in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter, coming to Him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? ²² Jesus says to him, I say not unto thee, Until seven time; but Until seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a kingly man, who wished to make a reckoning with his servants. ²⁴ And he beginning to reckon, one was brought to him owing him myriads of talents. ²⁵ And he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all things so many as he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ Then that servant falling down, continued to worship him, saying, Be patient with me, and I will pay you all. ²⁷ The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, sent him away, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ And that servant having gone out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him one hundred denaria: seized him, throttled him, saying, Pay me what you owe me. ²⁹ Then his fellow-servant falling down, continued to intreat him, saying, Be patient with me and I will pay thee. ³⁰ And he was not willing: but having gone away he cast him into prison, until he could pay that which was owing. ³¹ Then his fellow-servants seeing those things which had taken place, were grieved exceedingly, and coming related to their lord all the things which transpired. ³² Then his lord calling him says to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, since thou didst intreat me: ³³ did it not behoove thee also to have mercy on thy fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee? ³⁴ And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormenters, until he should pay all that was due him. ³⁵ Thus my Heavenly Father will also do unto you, if you do not forgive each one his brother from your hearts.

¹ And it came to pass when Jesus finished these sermons, He departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea, beyond the Jordan. ² And many multitudes followed Him; and He healed them there.