Matthew 16:27-21:46 Verily I am saying to you that there are some of those standing here who under no circumstances should be tasting death till they should be perceiving the Son of Mankind coming in His kingdom."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁷ Verily I am saying to you that there are some of those standing here who under no circumstances should be tasting death till they should be perceiving the Son of Mankind coming in His kingdom." ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus is taking aside Peter and James and John, his brother, and is bringing them up into a high mountain, privately, ² and was transformed in front of them. And His face shines as the sun, yet His garments became white as the light." ³ And lo! Moses and Elijah were seen by them, conferring with Him." ⁴ Now, answering, Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is ideal for us to be here! If Thou art willing, I shall be making three tabernacles here, for Thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one." ⁵ While he is still speaking, lo! a luminous cloud overshadows them, and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I delight. Hear Him!" ⁶ And, hearing it, the disciples fall on their faces and were tremendously afraid." ⁷ And Jesus approached and, touching them, said, "Be roused, and fear not!" ⁸ Now, lifting up their eyes, they perceived no one except Jesus Himself only." ⁹ And, at their descending out of the mountain, Jesus directs them, saying, "Now you may tell no one of the vision till the Son of Mankind may be roused from among the dead." ¹⁰ And His disciples inquire of Him, saying, 'Why, then, are the scribes saying that Elijah must be coming first? ¹¹ Now He, answering, said to them that "Elijah is indeed coming, and will be restoring all." ¹² Yet I am saying to you that Elijah came already, and they did not recognize him, but they do to him whatever they will. Thus the Son of Mankind also is about to be suffering by them." ¹³ Then the disciples understand that He spoke to them concerning John the baptist. ¹⁴ And, at their coming to the throng, a man came to Him, falling on his knees before Him and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, be merciful to my son, for he is epileptic, and is having an evil time! For often he is falling into the fire and often into the water." ¹⁶ And I bring him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him." ¹⁷ Now then answering, Jesus said to them, "O generation unbelieving and perverse! Till when shall I be with you? Till when shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me." ¹⁸ And Jesus rebukes it, and the demon came out from him, and the boy was cured from that hour." ¹⁹ Then the disciples, coming to Jesus privately, said, "Wherefore could we not cast it out? ²⁰ Now He is saying to them, "Because of your scant faith. For verily I am saying to you, If you should have faith as a kernel of mustard, you shall be declaring to this mountain, 'Proceed hence-there!' and it will be proceeding. And nothing will be impossible for you." ²¹ - ²² Now at their conspiring in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Mankind is about to be given up into the hands of men, ²³ and they will be killing Him, and the third day He will be roused.And they were tremendously sorry." ²⁴ Now at their coming into Capernaum, those getting the double drachma came to Peter and say, "Is not your teacher settling the double drachma tribute? ²⁵ He is saying, "Yes.And, coming into the house, Jesus forestalls him, saying, "What are you supposing, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom are they getting tribute or poll tax? From their sons, or from the aliens? ²⁶ Now he averred, "From the aliens.Now at his saying "From the aliens,Jesus averred to him, "Consequently the sons, surely, are free." ²⁷ Yet, lest we should be snaring them, go, cast a fish hook into the sea, and pick up the first fish coming up, and opening its mouth, you will be finding a stater. Getting that, give it to them for Me and you." ¹⁸ ¹ Now in that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who, consequently, is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens? ² And, calling a little child to Him, He stands it in their midst, ³ and said, "Verily, I am saying to you, If you should not be turning and becoming as little children, you may by no means be entering into the kingdom of the heavens." ⁴ Who, then, will be humbling himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens." ⁵ And whosoever should be receiving one such little child in My name is receiving Me. ⁶ Yet whoever should be snaring one of these little ones who is believing in Me, it is expedient for him that a millstone requiring an ass to turn it may be hanged about his neck, and he should be sunk in the open ocean." ⁷ Woe to the world because of snares! For it is a necessity for snares to be coming. Moreover, woe to that man through whom the snare is coming!" ⁸ Now, if your hand or your foot is snaring you, strike it off and cast it from you. Is it ideal for you to be entering into life maimed or lame, or, having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the fire eonian? ⁹ And if your eye is snaring you, wrench it out and cast it from you. Is it ideal for you to be entering into life one-eyed, or, having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna of fire? ¹⁰ See that you should not be despising one of these little ones, for I am saying to you that their messengers in the heavens are continually observing the face of My Father Who is in the heavens." ¹¹ - ¹² What are you supposing? If it should be occurring to any man, with a hundred sheep, that even one of them should be led astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine sheep on the mountains, and go and seek the one which is straying? ¹³ And if he should come to find it, verily, I am saying to you that he is rejoicing over it, rather than over the ninety-nine that have not strayed." ¹⁴ Thus it is not the will in front of your Father Who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should be perishing. ¹⁵ Now, if ever your brother should be sinning, go and expose him between you and him alone. If ever he should be hearing you, you gain your brother." ¹⁶ Yet if ever he should not be hearing, take still one or two others along with you, that at the mouth of two witnesses, or of three, every declaration may be made to stand." ¹⁷ Now, if ever he should be disobeying them, tell it to the ecclesia. Now, if ever he should be disobeying the ecclesia also, let him be to you even as the man of the nations, and the tribute collector." ¹⁸ Verily, I am saying to you, Whatsoever you should be binding on the earth shall be those things having been bound in the heavens, and whatsoever you should be loosing on the earth shall be those loose in heaven." ¹⁹ Again, verily, I am saying to you that, if ever two of you should be agreeing on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it is they should be requesting shall be coming to them from My Father Who is in the heavens." ²⁰ For where two or three are, gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them." ²¹ Then, approaching, Peter said to Him, "Lord, how many times shall my brother be sinning against me and I shall be pardoning him? Till seven times? ²² Jesus is saying to him, "I am not saying to you 'Till seven times,' but 'Till seventy times and seven,'" ²³ Therefore likened was the kingdom of the heavens to a man, a king, who wants to settle accounts with his slaves." ²⁴ Now, at his beginning to settle, one debtor was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents." ²⁵ Now, at his not having wherewith to pay, the lord orders him to be disposed of, and his wife and children and all, whatever he has, and payment to be made." ²⁶ Falling down, then, that slave worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient with me, and I will pay you all!'" ²⁷ Now, having compassion, the lord of that slave dismisses him, and remits his loan." ²⁸ Yet, coming out, that slave found one of his fellow slaves, who owed him a hundred denarii, and, holding him, he choked him, saying, 'Pay, if you are owing anything!" ²⁹ Falling down, then, his fellow slave entreated him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you all!'" ³⁰ Yet he would not, but, coming away, he casts him into jail, till he may pay what he is owing." ³¹ Then his fellow slaves, perceiving what is occurring, were tremendously sorry, and coming, they elucidate to their lord all that is occurring." ³² Then his lord, calling him to him, is saying to him, 'Wicked slave! That entire debt I remit to you, since you entreat me." ³³ Was it not binding on you also to be merciful to your fellow slave, as I also am merciful to you?'" ³⁴ And, being indignant, his lord gives him up to the tormentors till he may pay all he is owing him." ³⁵ Thus shall My heavenly Father also be doing to you, if each one should not be pardoning his brother, from your hearts." ¹⁹ ¹ And it occurred, when Jesus finishes these sayings, He withdraws from Galilee and came into the boundaries of Judea, the other side of the Jordan." ² And vast throngs follow Him, and He cures them there." ³ And the Pharisees came to Him, trying Him, and saying, "Is it allowed one to dismiss his wife for every cause? ⁴ Now He, answering, said, "Did you not read that the Maker from the beginning makes them male and female, ⁵ and He said, 'On this account a man shall be leaving father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh'? ⁶ So that no longer are they two, but one flesh. What God, then, yokes together, let not man be separating." ⁷ They are saying to Him, "Why, then, does Moses direct to give a scroll of divorce and to dismiss her? ⁸ Jesus is saying to them, that "Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, permits you to dismiss your wives. Yet from the beginning it has not come to be thus." ⁹ Now I am saying to you that whoever should be dismissing his wife (not for prostitution) and should be marrying another, is committing adultery, and he who marries her who has been dismissed, is committing adultery." ¹⁰ The disciples are saying to Him, "If the cause of a man with a woman is thus, it is not expedient to marry." ¹¹ Yet He said to them, "Not all are containing this saying, but those to whom it has been given." ¹² For there are eunuchs who were born thus out of their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who are emasculated by men, and there are eunuchs who emasculate themselves because of the kingdom of the heavens. The one able to contain it, let him contain it." ¹³ Then little children were brought to Him, that He may be placing His hands on them and should be praying. Yet the disciples rebuke them." ¹⁴ Yet Jesus said to them, "Let the little children be coming to Me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of the heavens." ¹⁵ And, placing His hands on them, He went thence." ¹⁶ And lo! one coming to Him said, "Teacher, what good shall I be doing that I should be having life eonian? ¹⁷ Yet He said to him, "Why are you asking Me concerning good? One is good. Yet if you are wanting to be entering into life, keep the precepts." ¹⁸ He is saying to Him, "Which?Now Jesus said, "These: 'You shall not be murdering.' 'You shall not be committing adultery.' 'You shall not be stealing.' 'You shall not be testifying falsely.'" ¹⁹ Be honoring father and mother,' and 'You shall be loving your associate as yourself.'" ²⁰ The youth is saying to Him, "These all I maintain. In what am I still deficient? ²¹ Jesus averred to him, "If you are wanting to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and be giving to the poor, and you will be having treasure in the heavens. And hither! Follow Me." ²² Now, hearing this word, the youth came away sorrowing, for he had many acquisitions." ²³ Now Jesus said to His disciples, "Verily, I am saying to you that the rich squeamishly will be entering into the kingdom of the heavens." ²⁴ Yet again, I am saying to you that it is easier for a camel to be entering through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to be entering into the kingdom of God." ²⁵ Now, hearing it, the disciples were tremendously astonished, saying, "Who, consequently, can be saved? ²⁶ Now, looking at them, Jesus said to them, "With men this is impossible, yet with God all is possible." ²⁷ Then, answering, Peter said to Him, "Lo! we leave all and follow Thee. What, consequently, will it be to us? ²⁸ Yet Jesus said to them, "Verily, I am saying to you, that you who follow Me, in the renascence whenever the Son of Mankind should be seated on the throne of His glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." ²⁹ And everyone who leaves houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, on account of My name, a hundred-fold shall be getting, and shall be enjoying the allotment of life eonian." ³⁰ Yet many of the first shall be last, and the last first." ²⁰ ¹ For like is the kingdom of the heavens to a man, a householder, who came out at the same time with the morning to hire workers for his vineyard." ² Now, agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day, he dispatches them into his vineyard." ³ And, coming out about the third hour, he perceived others standing in the market, idle." ⁴ And to those he said, 'You also go into my vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I shall be giving you.' Now they came away." ⁵ Now, again coming out about the sixth and ninth hour, he does similarly." ⁶ Now, about the eleventh, coming out, he found others standing. And he is saying to them, 'Why stand you here the whole day idle?'" ⁷ They are saying to him that 'No one hires us.' He is saying to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'" ⁸ Now, evening coming on, the lord of the vineyard is saying to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them the wages, beginning from the last, to the first.'" ⁹ And, coming, those hired about the eleventh hour got a denarius apiece. " ¹⁰ And, coming, the first infer that they will be getting more. And they also got a denarius apiece." ¹¹ Now, getting it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² saying, 'These last do one hour, and you make them equal to us who bear the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'" ¹³ Yet he, answering one of them, said, 'Comrade, I am not injuring you! Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Pick up what is yours and go away. Now I want to give to this last one even as to you. ¹⁵ Is it not allowed me to do what I want with that which is mine? Or is your eye wicked, seeing that I am good?'" ¹⁶ Thus shall the last be first, and the first last." ¹⁷ Now Jesus, being about to go up into Jerusalem, took aside the twelve disciples privately. And on the road He said to them:" ¹⁸ Lo! we are going up into Jerusalem, and the Son of Mankind will be given up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will be condemning Him to death." ¹⁹ And they will be giving Him up to the nations, to scoff at and scourge and crucify. And the third day He will be roused." ²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Him with her sons, worshiping and requesting something from Him." ²¹ Now He said to her, "What are you wanting?She is saying to Him, "Say that these, my two sons, should be seated, one at Thy right and one at Thy left, in Thy kingdom." ²² Now answering, Jesus said, "You are not aware what you are requesting. Are you able to be drinking the cup which I am about to be drinking?They are saying to Him, "We are able." ²³ He is saying to them, "My cup, indeed, you shall be drinking. Yet to be seated at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, but is for whom it has been made ready by My Father." ²⁴ And, hearing of it, the ten resent as to the two brothers." ²⁵ Now Jesus, calling them to Him, said, "You are aware that the chiefs of the nations are lording it over them, and the great are coercing them." ²⁶ Not thus is it to be among you. But whosoever may be wanting to become great among you, let him be your servant, ²⁷ and whoever may be wanting to be foremost among you, let him be your slave, ²⁸ even as the Son of Mankind came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many." ²⁹ And at their going out from Jericho a vast throng follows Him. ³⁰ And lo! two blind men, sitting beside the road, hearing that Jesus is passing by, cry, saying, "Lord, be merciful to us! Son of David!" ³¹ Yet the throng rebukes them, that they should be silent. Yet they cry the louder, saying, "Lord, be merciful to us! Son of David!" ³² And, standing, Jesus summons them and said, "What are you wanting that I shall be doing to you? ³³ They are saying to Him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened!" ³⁴ Now, having compassion, Jesus touches their eyes, and immediately they receive sight and follow Him." ²¹ ¹ And when they draw near to Jerusalem and came into Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus dispatches two disciples, ² saying to them, "Go into the village facing you, and immediately you will be finding an ass, bound, and a colt with her. Loosing them, lead them to Me." ³ And if anyone should be saying anything to you, you shall be declaring that 'The Lord has need of them.' Now straightway he will be dispatching them." ⁴ Now the whole of this has occurred that that may be fulfilled which is declared through the prophet, saying, ⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, Lo! your King is coming to you, Meek, and mounted on an ass, And on a colt, the foal of a yokebeast." ⁶ Now the disciples, going and doing according as Jesus arranges with them, ⁷ led the ass and the colt, and place garments on them, and He is seated upon them." ⁸ Now most of the throngs strew their own garments in the road, yet others chopped boughs from the trees and strewed them in the road." ⁹ Now the throngs preceding and following Him cried, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed be He Who is coming in the name of the Lord!' Hosanna among the highest!" ¹⁰ And at His entering into Jerusalem, the entire city is aquake, saying, "Who is this? ¹¹ Yet the throngs said, "this is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." ¹² And Jesus entered into the sanctuary and cast out all those selling and buying in the sanctuary, and the tables of the brokers He overturns, and the seats of those selling doves." ¹³ And He is saying to them, "It is written, 'My house a house of prayer shall be called,' yet you are making it a burglars' cave." ¹⁴ And the blind and lame came to Him in the sanctuary, and He cures them." ¹⁵ Now the chief priests and the scribes, perceiving the marvels which He does, and the boys crying in the sanctuary and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!resent it, ¹⁶ and say to Him, "Are you hearing what these are saying?Yet Jesus is saying to them, "Yes. Did you never read that 'Out of the mouth of minors and sucklings Thou dost attune praise'? ¹⁷ And, leaving them, He came out of the city into Bethany and is camped out there." ¹⁸ Now in the morning, leading them back into the city, He hungers." ¹⁹ And, perceiving one fig tree on the roadside, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He is saying to it, "No longer, by any means, may fruit be coming of you for the eon.And withered instantly is the fig tree." ²⁰ And, perceiving it, the disciples marvel, saying, "How instantly withered is the fig tree." ²¹ Now, answering, Jesus said to them, "Verily, I am saying to you, If you should be having faith and not be doubting, not only that to the fig tree will you be doing, but if you should be saying to this mountain also, 'Be picked up and cast into the sea!' it will be occurring." ²² And all, whatsoever you should be requesting in prayer, believing, you shall be getting." ²³ And at His coming into the sanctuary, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, saying, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gives you this authority? ²⁴ Now answering, Jesus said to them, "I also shall ask you one word, which, if you should be telling Me, I also shall be declaring to you by what authority I am doing these things." ²⁵ The baptism of John-whence was it? Of heaven or of men?Now they reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should be saying, 'Of heaven,' He will be declaring to us, 'Wherefore, then, do you not believe him?'" ²⁶ Yet if we should be saying, 'Of men,' we are fearing the throng, for all are having John as a prophet." ²⁷ And, answering Jesus, they said, "We are not aware.He also averred to them, "Neither am I telling you by what authority I am doing these things." ²⁸ Now what are you supposing? A man had two children. And, coming to the first, he said, 'Child, go today, work in my vineyard.'" ²⁹ Yet he, answering, said, 'I do not want to.' Yet subsequently, regretting it, he went forth." ³⁰ Now, coming to the second, he said similarly. Now he, answering, said, "I go, lord! and he went not forth." ³¹ Which of the two does the will of the father?They are saying, "The first.Jesus is saying to them, "Verily, I am saying to you that the tribute collectors and the prostitutes are preceding you into the kingdom of God." ³² For John came to you on the road of righteousness, and you do not believe him. Yet the tribute collectors and the prostitutes believe him. Now you, perceiving it, did not even regret subsequently, so as to believe him." ³³ Another parable hear: A man who was a householder plants a vineyard and places a stone dike about it, and excavates a trough in it, and builds a tower, and leased it to farmers, and travels." ³⁴ Now when the season of the fruits draws near, he dispatches his slaves to the farmers to be getting his fruits." ³⁵ And the farmers, taking his slaves, indeed, lash one, yet kill one, yet pelt one with stones." ³⁶ Again he dispatches other slaves, more than the first. And they do to them similarly." ³⁷ Yet subsequently he dispatches to them his son, saying, 'They will be respecting my son.'" ³⁸ Yet the farmers, perceiving the son, said among themselves, 'This is the enjoyer of the allotment. Hither! We should be killing him and have the enjoyment of his allotment.'" ³⁹ And taking him they cast him out of the vineyard and kill him. ⁴⁰ Whenever, then, the lord of the vineyard may be coming, what will he be doing to those farmers? ⁴¹ They are saying to Him, "Evil men! Evilly will he be destroying them, and the vineyard will he be leasing to other farmers, who will be rendering the fruits to him in their seasons." ⁴² Jesus is saying to them, "Did you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which is rejected by the builders, This came to be for the head of the corner. From the Lord came this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? ⁴³ Therefore am I saying to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you and shall be given to a nation producing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And he who is falling on this stone shall be shattered, yet on whomever it should be falling, it will be scattering him like chaff." ⁴⁵ And the chief priests and the Pharisees, hearing His parables, know that He is saying this concerning them." ⁴⁶ And, seeking to hold Him, they were afraid of the throngs, since they had Him for a prophet."