Matthew 7:24-19:2 Everyone, then, who is hearing these sayings of Mine and is doing them shall be likened to a prudent man who builds his house on the rock."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ Everyone, then, who is hearing these sayings of Mine and is doing them shall be likened to a prudent man who builds his house on the rock." ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blow and they lunge at that house, and it does not fall, for it had been founded on the rock." ²⁶ And everyone who is hearing these sayings of Mine and not doing them shall be likened to a stupid man who builds his house on sand." ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blow and they dash against that house, and it falls: and the fall of it was great." ²⁸ And it came, when Jesus finishes these sayings, that the throngs were astonished at His teaching, ²⁹ for He was teaching them as One having authority, and not as their scribes." ⁸ ¹ Now, at His descending from the mountain, vast throngs follow Him." ² And lo! a leper, coming to Him, worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou shouldst be willing, Thou canst cleanse me!" ³ And, stretching out His hand, He touches him, saying, "I am willing! Be cleansed!And immediately, cleansed is his leprosy." ⁴ And Jesus is saying to him, "See that you may tell it to no one, but go away; show yourself to the priest and bring the approach present which Moses bids, for a testimony to them." ⁵ Now at His entering into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, entreating Him" ⁶ and saying, "Lord, my boy is prostrate in the house, a paralytic, dreadfully tormented." ⁷ And he is saying to him, "I, coming, will cure him." ⁸ And answering, the centurion averred, "Lord, I am not competent that Thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say the word and my boy will be healed!" ⁹ For I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under me, and I am saying to this one, 'Go,' and he is going, and to another, 'Come,' and he is coming, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he is doing it." ¹⁰ Now, hearing it, Jesus marvels. And He said to those following, "Verily, I am saying to you, With no one in Israel so much faith did I find." ¹¹ Now I am saying to you that many from the east and the west shall be arriving and reclining with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens, ¹² yet the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. There shall be lamentation and gnashing of teeth." ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! As you believe let it come to be with you!And healed was the boy in that hour. And the centurion, returning into his house in the same hour, found the boy sound. 14 And Jesus, coming into Peter's home, perceived his mother-in-law prostrate and with a fever." ¹⁴ And Jesus, coming into Peter's home, perceived his mother-in-law prostrate and with a fever." ¹⁵ And He touches her hand, and the fever leaves her. And she was roused and waited on Him." ¹⁶ Now, evening coming on, they bring to Him many demoniacs, and He cast out the spirits with a word, and all those who have an illness He cures, ¹⁷ so that may be fulfilled which is declared through Isaiah the prophet, saying, He our infirmities got, and the diseases He bears." ¹⁸ Now Jesus, perceiving the vast throngs about Him, gives an order to come away to the other side." ¹⁹ And, approaching, one scribe said to Him, "Teacher, I will be following Thee wheresoever Thou mayest come away." ²⁰ And Jesus is saying to him, "The jackals have burrows, and the flying creatures of heaven roosts, yet the Son of Mankind has no where that He may be reclining His head." ²¹ Now a different one of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to come away and entomb my father." ²² Yet Jesus is saying to him, "Be following Me, and leave the dead to entomb their own dead." ²³ And as He is stepping into the ship, His disciples follow Him." ²⁴ And lo! a great quaking occurred in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the billows. Yet He drowsed." ²⁵ And, approaching, they rouse Him, saying, "Lord! Save us! We are perishing!" ²⁶ And He is saying to them, "Why are you timid, scant of faith?Then, being roused, He rebukes the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm." ²⁷ Now the men marvel, saying, "What manner of Man is this, that the winds as well as the sea are obeying Him? ²⁸ And at His coming to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs meet Him, who were coming out of the tombs, very ferocious, so that no one is strong enough to be passing by through that road." ²⁹ And lo! they cry, saying, "What is it to us and to Thee, Son of God! Didst Thou come here to torment us before the season? ³⁰ Now there was, far from them, a herd of many hogs, grazing." ³¹ Now the demons entreated Him, saying, "If You are casting us out, dispatch us into the herd of hogs." ³² And He said to them, "Go!Now they, coming out, come away into the hogs. And lo! the entire herd rushes down the precipice into the sea and died in the waters." ³³ Now the graziers fled, and, coming away into the city, they report all, and the case of the demoniacs." ³⁴ And lo! the entire city came out to meet with Jesus, and, perceiving Him, they entreat that He may be proceeding from their boundaries." ⁹ ¹ And, stepping into a ship, He ferries over and came into His own city." ² And lo! they brought to Him a paralytic, prostrate on a couch. And Jesus, perceiving their faith, said to the paralytic, "Courage, child! Pardoned are your sins!" ³ And lo! some of the scribes say among themselves, "This man is blaspheming!" ⁴ And Jesus, perceiving their sentiments, said, "Why are you brooding wickedness in your hearts? ⁵ For what is easier, to be saying, 'Pardoned are your sins,' or to be saying, 'Rouse and walk'? ⁶ Now, that you may be perceiving that the Son of Mankind has authority on earth to pardon sins"-then He is saying to the paralytic, "Being roused, pick up your couch and go into your house." ⁷ And, being roused, he came away into his house." ⁸ Now, on perceiving it, the throngs were afraid, and they glorify God, Who is giving such authority to men." ⁹ And Jesus, passing by thence, perceived a man termed Matthew sitting at the tribute office, and He is saying to him, "Follow Me!And, rising, he follows Him." ¹⁰ And it came, at His lying back at table in the house, and lo! many tribute collectors and sinners, coming, lay back at the table together with Jesus and His disciples." ¹¹ And, perceiving it, the Pharisees said to His disciples, "Wherefore is your teacher eating with tribute collectors and sinners? ¹² Now hearing, He said, "No need have the strong of a physician, but those having an illness." ¹³ Now go, learn what this is: Mercy am I wanting, and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the just but sinners." ¹⁴ Then coming to Him are the disciples of John, saying, "Wherefore are we and the Pharisees fasting much, yet your disciples are not fasting? ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, "The sons of the bridal chamber can not be mourning, in as much as the bridegroom is with them. Yet coming will be the days whenever the bridegroom may be taken away from them, and then they will be fasting." ¹⁶ Now no one is patching a patch of unshrunk shred on an old cloak, for the patch which fills it up is lifting some from the cloak itself, and the rent is becoming worse." ¹⁷ Neither are they draining fresh wine into old wine skins; otherwise, surely the wine skins are bursting, and the wine is spilling, and the wine skins perish. But they are draining fresh wine into new wine skins, and both are preserved." ¹⁸ As He is speaking of these things to them, lo! one approaching Him, a chief, worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter just now deceases, but come and place Thy hand on her, and she shall live." ¹⁹ And, being roused, Jesus and His disciples follow him." ²⁰ And lo! a woman with a hemorrhage twelve years, approaching from behind, touches the tassel of His cloak, ²¹ for she said in herself, "If ever I should only be touching His cloak, I shall be saved." ²² Now Jesus, being turned and perceiving her, said, "Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.And saved was the woman from that hour." ²³ And Jesus, coming into the house of the chief, and perceiving the flutists and the throng making a tumult, ²⁴ said, "Retire, for the maiden did not die, but is drowsing.And they ridiculed Him." ²⁵ Now when the throng was ejected, entering, He holds her hand, and the maiden was roused." ²⁶ And the fame of this came out into the whole of that land. ²⁷ And as Jesus is passing by thence, two blind men follow Him, clamoring and saying, "Be merciful to us, Son of David!" ²⁸ Now on His coming into the house, the blind men come to Him. And Jesus is saying to them, "You are believing that I am able to do this?They are saying to Him, "Yes, Lord." ²⁹ Then He touches their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be with you." ³⁰ And opened were their eyes. And Jesus mutters to them, saying, "See! Let no one know!" ³¹ Yet they, coming out, blaze Him abroad in the whole of that land." ³² Now at their coming out, lo! they bring to Him a mute demoniac." ³³ And the demon being cast out, the mute man speaks. And the throngs marvel, saying, "Never did it appear thus in Israel!" ³⁴ Yet the Pharisees said, "By the chief of the demons is he casting out the demons." ³⁵ And Jesus led them about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and heralding the evangel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every debility." ³⁶ Now, perceiving the throngs, He has compassion on them, for they were bothered and tossed as if sheep having no shepherd." ³⁷ Then He is saying to His disciples, "The harvest, indeed, is vast, yet the workers are few." ³⁸ Beseech, then, the Lord of the harvest, so that He should be ejecting workers into His harvest." ¹⁰ ¹ And, calling His twelve disciples to Him, He gives them authority over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be curing every disease and every debility." ² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, termed Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James of Zebedee, and John, his brother;" ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew, the tribute collector, James of Alpheus and Thaddeus, ⁴ Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also gives Him up." ⁵ These twelve Jesus commissions, charging them, saying, "Into a road of the nations you may not pass forth, and into a city of the Samaritans you may not be entering." ⁶ Yet be going rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ Now going, herald, saying that 'Near is the kingdom of the heavens!'" ⁸ The infirm be curing, the dead be rousing, lepers be cleansing, demons be casting out. Gratuitously you got; gratuitously be giving." ⁹ You should not be acquiring gold, nor yet silver, nor yet copper in your girdles, no beggar's bag for the road, ¹⁰ Nor yet two tunics, nor yet sandals, nor yet a club; for worthy is the worker of his nourishment." ¹¹ Now, into whichever city or village you may be entering, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you should be coming out." ¹² Now, on entering into a house, salute it, ¹³ and if, indeed, the house should be worthy, let your peace come on it. Yet if it should not be worthy, let your peace be turned back on you." ¹⁴ And whosoever should not be receiving you, nor yet be hearing your words, coming outside of that house or city or village, shake off the dust from your feet." ¹⁵ Verily, I am saying to you, More tolerable will it be for the land of Sodom and the land of Gomorrah in the day of judging than for that city." ¹⁶ Lo! I am dispatching you as a sheep in the midst of wolves. Become, then, prudent as serpents and artless as doves." ¹⁷ Now take heed of men, for they will be giving you up to Sanhedrins, and in their synagogues will they be scourging you." ¹⁸ Now before governors and kings also shall you be led on My account, for a testimony to them and to the nations." ¹⁹ Now, whenever they may be giving you up, you should not be worrying about how or what you should be speaking, for it shall be given you in that hour what you should be speaking, ²⁰ for not you are speaking, but the spirit of your Father is speaking in you." ²¹ Now brother shall be giving up brother to death, and father, child, and children shall be rising up against parents, and shall be putting them to death." ²² And you shall be hated by all because of My name. Yet he who endures to the consummation, he shall be saved." ²³ Now, whenever they may be persecuting you in this city, flee into a different one, for, verily, I am saying to you, Under no circumstances should you be finishing the cities of Israel till the Son of Mankind may be coming." ²⁴ A disciple is not above his teacher, neither a slave above his lord." ²⁵ Sufficient is it for the disciple that he may be becoming as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If they surname the householder Beezeboul, how much rather those of his household." ²⁶ Do not, then, be afraid of them, for nothing is covered, which shall not be revealed, and hidden which shall not be known." ²⁷ What I am saying to you in the darkness, say in the light. And what you hearing in the ear, herald on the housetops." ²⁸ And do not fear those who are killing the body, yet are not able to kill the soul. Yet be fearing Him, rather, Who is able to destroy the soul as well as the body in Gehenna." ²⁹ Are not two sparrows selling for a penny? And not one of them will be falling on the earth without your Father. ³⁰ Now of your head even the hairs are all numbered. ³¹ Then do not fear! Of more consequence than many sparrows are you. ³² Everyone, then, who shall be avowing Me in front of men, him will I also be avowing in front of My Father Who is in the heavens." ³³ Yet, who should ever be disowning Me in front of men, I also will be disowning him in front of My Father Who is in the heavens." ³⁴ You should not be inferring that I came to be casting peace on the earth. I did not come to be casting peace, but a sword." ³⁵ For I came to pit a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." ³⁶ And the enemies of a man are those of his household. ³⁷ He who is fond of father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me. And he who is fond of son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me." ³⁸ And he who is not taking his cross and following after Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁹ He who is finding his soul will be destroying it, and he who destroys his soul on My account will be finding it." ⁴⁰ He who is receiving you is receiving Me, and he who is receiving Me is receiving Him Who commissions Me." ⁴¹ He who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet shall be obtaining a prophet's wages. And he who is receiving a just man in the name of a just man shall be obtaining a just man's wages. ⁴² And whoever should be giving one of these little ones only a cool cup to drink, in the name of a disciple, verily, I am saying to you, by no means should he be losing his wages." ¹¹ ¹ And it came, when Jesus finishes prescribing to His twelve disciples, that He proceeded thence to be teaching and heralding in their cities." ² Now John, hearing in the prison of the works of Christ, sending through his disciples, ³ said to Him, "Art Thou the coming One, or may we be hoping for a different One? ⁴ And answering, Jesus said to them, "Go, report to John what you are hearing and observing:" ⁵ The blind are receiving sight, and the lame are walking; lepers are being cleansed, and the deaf are hearing, and the dead are being roused, and to the poor the evangel is being brought." ⁶ And happy is he who should not be snared in Me." ⁷ Now, at their going, Jesus begins to be saying to the throngs concerning John, "What do you come out into the wilderness to gaze at? A reed being shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what do you come out to perceive? A man garbed in soft garment? Lo! those wearing soft garments are in the houses of kings. ⁹ But for what do you come out? A prophet to perceive? Yes, I am saying to you, and exceedingly more than a prophet." ¹⁰ This is he concerning whom it is written, 'Lo! I am dispatching My messenger before Thy face, who shall be constructing Thy road in front of Thee.'" ¹¹ Verily, I am saying to you, Not among those born of women has there been roused a greater than John the baptist. Yet he who is smaller, in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he." ¹² Now, from the days of John the baptist hitherto, the kingdom of the heavens is being violently forced and the violent are snatching it." ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesy till John. ¹⁴ And, if you are willing to receive him, he is Elijah who is about to be coming." ¹⁵ Who has ears to hear, let him hear!" ¹⁶ Now to what shall I be likening this generation? Like is it to little boys and girls sitting in the markets, who, shouting to the others, ¹⁷ are saying, 'We flute to you and you do not dance! We wail and you do not grieve!'" ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they are saying, 'A demon has he!'" ¹⁹ The Son of Mankind came eating and drinking, and they are saying, 'Lo! a man gluttonous and a tippler, a tribute collectors' and sinners' friend!' And justified was Wisdom by her acts." ²⁰ Then He begins to reproach the cities in which most of His powerful deeds occurred, for they do not repent." ²¹ Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the powerful deeds which are occurring in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would repent, sitting in sackcloth and ashes." ²² Moreover, I am saying to you, For Tyre and Sidon shall it be more tolerable in the day of judging than for you." ²³ And you, Capernaum! Not to heaven shall you be exalted! To the unseen shall you subside, for, if the powerful deeds which are occurring in you had occurred in Sodom, it might remain unto today." ²⁴ Moreover, I am saying to you that for the land of Sodom shall it be more tolerable in the day of judging than for you." ²⁵ At that season, answering, Jesus said, "I am acclaiming Thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for Thou hidest these things from the wise and intelligent and Thou dost reveal them to minors." ²⁶ Yea, Father, seeing that thus it became a delight in front of Thee." ²⁷ All was given up to Me by My Father. And no one is recognizing the Son except the Father; neither is anyone recognizing the Father except the Son and he to whom the Son should be intending to unveil Him." ²⁸ Hither to Me, all who are toiling and laden, and I will be giving you rest." ²⁹ Lift My yoke upon you and be learning from Me, for meek am I and humble in heart, and you shall be finding rest in your souls, ³⁰ for My yoke is kindly and My load is light." ¹² ¹ At that season Jesus went through the sowings on the sabbaths. Now His disciples hunger, and they begin to be plucking the ears and to be eating." ² Now the Pharisees, perceiving it, say to Him, "Lo! your disciples are doing what is not allowed to be done on a sabbath." ³ Yet He said to them, "Did you not read what David does when he hungers, and those with him:" ⁴ how he entered into the house of God and they ate the show bread, which he was not allowed to eat, neither those with him, except the priests only? ⁵ Or did you not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the sanctuary are profaning the sabbath and are faultless? ⁶ Now I am saying to you that a Greater than the sanctuary is here. ⁷ Now if you had known what this is: Mercy am I wanting, and not sacrifice-you would not convict the faultless, ⁸ for the Son of Mankind is Lord of the sabbath." ⁹ And, proceeding thence, He came into their synagogue." ¹⁰ And lo! a man having a withered hand. And they inquire of Him, saying, "Is it allowed on the sabbaths to cure?that they should be accusing Him." ¹¹ Now He said to them, "What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if ever this should be falling into a pit on the sabbaths, will not take hold of it and raise it? ¹² Of how much more consequence, then, is a man than a sheep! So that it is allowed to be doing ideally on the sabbaths." ¹³ Then He is saying to the man, "Stretch out your hand.And he stretches it out and it was restored, sound as the other." ¹⁴ Now, coming, the Pharisees held a consultation against Him, so that they should be destroying Him." ¹⁵ Now Jesus, knowing it, retires thence. And many follow Him, and He cures them all." ¹⁶ And He warns them that they should not be making Him manifest, ¹⁷ that fulfilled may be that which is declared through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸ Lo, My Boy Whom I prefer! My Beloved, in Whom My soul delights! I shall be placing My spirit on Him, And He shall be reporting judging to the nations." ¹⁹ He will not be brawling, nor clamoring, Nor will anyone be hearing His voice in the squares." ²⁰ A reed that is bruised He will not be fracturing. And flax that is smouldering He will not be extinguishing...Till He should ever be casting out judging for victory. ²¹ And on His name the nations will be relying. ²² Then was brought to Him a demoniac, blind and mute, and He cures him, so that the mute man is speaking and observing." ²³ And amazed are all the throngs, and they said, "Is not this the Son of David? ²⁴ Now the Pharisees, hearing it, said, "This man is not casting out the demons except by Beezeboul, the chief of the demons." ²⁵ Now, having perceived their sentiments, He said to them, "Every kingdom parted against itself is being desolated, and every city or house parted against itself shall not stand." ²⁶ And if the Satan is casting out the Satan, he is parted against himself. How, then, shall his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And if I, by Beezeboul, am casting out demons, by whom are your sons casting them out? Therefore they shall be your judges." ²⁸ Now if, by the spirit of God, I am casting out demons, consequently the kingdom of God outstrips in time to you." ²⁹ Or how can anyone be entering into the house of the strong one, and plunder his gear, if ever he should not first be binding the strong one? And then he will be plundering his house." ³⁰ He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who is not gathering with Me is scattering." ³¹ Therefore I am saying to you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be pardoned men, yet the blasphemy of the spirit shall not be pardoned." ³² And whosoever may be saying a word against the Son of Mankind, it will be pardoned him, yet whoever may be saying aught against the holy spirit, it shall not be pardoned him, neither in this eon nor in that which is impending." ³³ Either make the tree ideal and its fruit ideal, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for by its fruit the tree is known." ³⁴ Progeny of vipers! How can you be speaking what is good, being wicked? For out of the superabundance of the heart the mouth is speaking." ³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure is extracting good things; and the wicked man out of his wicked treasure is extracting wicked things. ³⁶ Now I am saying to you that, for every idle declaration which men shall be speaking, they shall be rendering an account concerning it in the day of judging." ³⁷ For by your words shall you be justified, and by your words shall you be convicted." ³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." ³⁹ Yet He, answering, said to them, "A generation, wicked and an adulteress, for a sign is seeking, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet." ⁴⁰ For even as Jonah was in the bowel of the sea monster three days and three nights, thus will the Son of Mankind be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights." ⁴¹ Men, Ninevites, will be rising in the judging with this generation and will be condemning it, for they repent at the heralding of Jonah, and lo! more than Jonah is here!" ⁴² The queen of the south will be roused in the judging with this generation and will be condemning it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo! more than Solomon is here!" ⁴³ Now, whenever the unclean spirit may be coming out from a man, it is passing through waterless places seeking rest, and is not finding it." ⁴⁴ Then it is saying, 'Into my home will I be turning back, whence I came out.' And coming, it is finding it unoccupied, and swept and decorated." ⁴⁵ Then it is going and taking along with itself seven other spirits, more wicked than itself, and entering, it is dwelling there. And the last state of that man is becoming worse than the first. Thus will it be to this wicked generation also." ⁴⁶ At His still speaking to the throngs, lo! His mother and brothers stood outside seeking to speak to Him." ⁴⁷ Now someone of His disciples said, "Lo! Thy mother and Thy brothers stand outside. They are seeking to speak to Thee." ⁴⁸ Yet He, answering, said to the one saying it to Him, "Who is My mother, and who are My brothers? ⁴⁹ And stretching out His hand over His disciples, He said, "Lo! My mother and My brothers!" ⁵⁰ For anyone whoever should be doing the will of My Father Who is in the heavens, he is My brother and sister and mother!" ¹³ ¹ In that day Jesus, coming out of the house, sat beside the sea." ² And gathered to Him were vast throngs, so that He steps into a ship to be sitting, and the entire throng stood on the beach." ³ And He speaks many things to them in parables, saying, "Lo! out came the sower to be sowing." ⁴ And, in his sowing, some, indeed, falls beside the road, and the flying creatures came and devoured it." ⁵ Yet other falls on rocky places, where it had not much earth, and immediately it shoots up, because it has no depth of earth." ⁶ Yet at the rising of the sun, it is scorched, and, because it has no root, it is withered." ⁷ Yet other falls on thorns, and the thorns come up and smother it." ⁸ Yet other falls on ideal earth and gave fruit, some, indeed, a hundred, yet some sixty, yet some thirtyfold." ⁹ Who has ears to hear, let him hear!" ¹⁰ And, approaching, the disciples say to Him, "Wherefore art Thou speaking in parables to them? ¹¹ Now, answering, He said to them that "To you has it been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, yet to those it has not been given." ¹² For anyone who has, to him shall be given, and he shall have a superfluity. Yet anyone who has not, that also which he has shall be taken away from him." ¹³ Therefore in parables am I speaking to them, seeing that, observing, they are not observing, and hearing, they are not hearing, neither are they understanding." ¹⁴ And filled up in them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that is saying, '"In hearing, you will be hearing, and may by no means be understanding, And observing, you will be observing, and may by no means be perceiving." ¹⁵ For stoutened is the heart of this people, And with their ears heavily they hear, And with their eyes they squint, Lest at some time they may be perceiving with their eyes, And with their ears should be hearing, And with their heart may be understanding, And should be turning about, And I shall be healing them.'" ¹⁶ Yet happy are your eyes, for they are observing, and your ears, for they are hearing." ¹⁷ For verily I am saying to you that many prophets and just men yearn to perceive what you are observing, and perceive not, and to hear what you are hearing, and hear not." ¹⁸ You, then, hear the parable of the sowing." ¹⁹ At everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding, coming is the wicked one and snatching what has been sown in his heart. This is he who is being sown beside the road." ²⁰ Yet he who is being sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word and straightway with joy is getting it, ²¹ yet has no root in himself, but is temporary. Now at the coming of affliction or persecution because of the word, straightway he is snared." ²² Now he who is being sown in the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the worry of this eon and the seduction of riches are stifling the word, and it is becoming unfruitful." ²³ Now he who is being sown on the ideal earth, this is he who is hearing the word and understanding, who by all means is bearing fruit, and is producing; these indeed, a hundred, yet these sixty, yet these thirtyfold." ²⁴ Another parable He places before them, saying "Likened was the kingdom of the heavens to a man sowing ideal seed in his own field." ²⁵ Yet, while the men are drowsing, his enemy came and sows darnel over amidst the grain, and came away." ²⁶ Now, when the blade germinates and produces fruit, then appeared also the darnel." ²⁷ Now, approaching, the slaves of the householder said to him, 'Lord, do you not sow ideal seed in your field? Whence, then, has it darnel?'" ²⁸ Now he averred to them, 'A man, an enemy, does this.' Now the slaves are saying to him, 'Do you, then, want us to come away that we should be culling them?'" ²⁹ Yet he is averring, 'By no means, lest at some time, while culling the darnel, you should be rooting up the grain at the same time with it." ³⁰ Leave both to grow up together until the harvest, and in the season of the harvest I shall be declaring to the reapers, 'Cull first the darnel, and bind them into bundles to burn them up. Yet the grain gather into my barn.'" ³¹ Another parable He places before them, saying, "Like is the kingdom of the heavens to a kernel of mustard which a man, getting, sows in his field;" ³² which, indeed, is smaller than all the seeds, yet, whenever it may be grown, is greater than the greens, and is becoming a tree, so that the flying creatures of heaven are coming and roosting among its boughs." ³³ Another parable He speaks to them, saying, "Like is the kingdom of the heavens to leaven which a woman, getting, hides in three seahs of meal, till the whole was leavened." ³⁴ All these things Jesus speaks in parables to the throngs, and apart from a parable He spoke nothing to them, ³⁵ so that fulfilled may be that which is declared through the prophet saying, I shall be opening My mouth in parables, I shall be emitting what is hid from the disruption." ³⁶ Then, leaving the throngs, He entered into the house. And His disciples come to Him, saying, "Elucidate to us the parable of the darnel of the field." ³⁷ Now He, answering, said, "He Who is sowing the ideal seed is the Son of Mankind." ³⁸ Now the field is the world. Now the ideal seed, these are the sons of the kingdom. Now the darnel are the sons of the wicked one." ³⁹ Now the enemy who sows them is the Adversary. Now the harvest is the conclusion of the eon. Now the reapers are messengers. ⁴⁰ Even as the darnel, then, are being culled and burned up with fire, thus shall it be in the conclusion of the eon." ⁴¹ The Son of Mankind shall be dispatching His messengers, and they shall be culling out of His kingdom all the snares and those doing lawlessness, ⁴² and they shall be casting them into a furnace of fire. There shall be lamentation and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then shall the just be shining out as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear!" ⁴⁴ Like is the kingdom of the heavens to a treasure hidden in the field, finding which, a man hides it, and, in his joy, is going away, and is selling all, whatever he has, and is buying that field." ⁴⁵ Again, like is the kingdom of the heavens to a man, a merchant, seeking ideal pearls." ⁴⁶ Now, finding one very precious pearl, he comes away, having disposed of all whatever he had, and buys it." ⁴⁷ Again, like is the kingdom of the heavens to a dragnet cast into the sea, which gathers of every species, ⁴⁸ and, when it was filled full, hauling it up on the beach and being seated, they cull the ideal into crocks, yet the rotten they cast out." ⁴⁹ Thus shall it be in the conclusion of the eon. The messengers will be coming out and they will be severing the wicked from the midst of the just. ⁵⁰ And they shall be casting them into a furnace of fire. There shall be lamentation and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ Do you understand all these things?They are saying to Him, "Yes." ⁵² Now He said to them, "Therefore every scribe made a disciple in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a householder, who is extracting out of his treasure things new and old." ⁵³ And it occurred, when Jesus finishes these parables, that He withdraws thence." ⁵⁴ And coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they are astonished, and are saying, "Whence has this one this wisdom and powerful deeds? ⁵⁵ Is not this the son of the artisan? Is not his mother said to be Miriam, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sister, are they not all with us? Whence, then, has this one all these? ⁵⁷ And they were snared in Him. Yet Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not dishonored except in his own country and in his home." ⁵⁸ And he does not many powerful deeds there because of their unbelief. ¹⁴ ¹ At that season Herod the tetrarch hears tidings of Jesus, ² and said to his pages, "This is John the baptist. He was roused from the dead and therefore powerful deeds are operating in him." ³ For Herod then, holding John, binds and puts him away in jail also, because of Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother, ⁴ for John said to him, "It is not allowed you to have her." ⁵ And, wanting to kill him, he was afraid of the throng, for they had him as a prophet." ⁶ Now at the coming of Herod's birthday celebrations, the daughter of Herodias dances in the midst and pleases Herod." ⁷ Whence, with an oath, he avows to give her whatsoever she should be requesting." ⁸ Now she, being egged on by her mother, is averring, "Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the baptist." ⁹ And the king, being sorry, yet because of the oaths and those lying back at table with him, orders it to be given." ¹⁰ And sending, he beheads John in the jail." ¹¹ And his head was brought on a platter and given to the maiden, and she carries it to her mother." ¹² And approaching, his disciples take away his corpse and entomb it. And, coming, they report to Jesus." ¹³ Now, hearing it, Jesus retires thence in a ship into a wilderness place privately. And, hearing of it, the throngs follow Him afoot from the cities." ¹⁴ And, coming out, He perceived a vast throng, and he has compassion on them and cures those of them who are ailing." ¹⁵ Now, evening coming on, the disciples come to Him, saying, "This place is a wilderness, and the hour already passed by. Dismiss, then, the throngs that, coming away into the villages, they should be buying themselves food." ¹⁶ Yet Jesus said to them, "They have no need to be coming away. You give them something to eat." ¹⁷ Yet they are saying to Him, "Nothing have we here except five cakes of bread and two fishes." ¹⁸ Now He said, "Bring them here to Me." ¹⁹ And, ordering the throngs to recline on the grass, taking the five cakes of bread and the two fishes, looking up into heaven, He blesses them, and, breaking them, He gives the cakes of bread to the disciples, yet the disciples to the throngs." ²⁰ And they all ate and are satisfied. And they pick up of the superfluous fragments twelve panniers full. ²¹ Now those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and little children." ²² And immediately he compels His disciples to step into the ship and to be preceding Him to the other side, till He should be dismissing the throngs." ²³ And, dismissing the throngs, He ascended into the mountain privately to pray. Now, evening coming on, He was there alone." ²⁴ Now the ship was already many stadia away from the land, in the midst of the sea, being tormented by the billows, for the wind was contrary." ²⁵ Now in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea." ²⁶ Now the disciples, perceiving Him walking on the sea, were disturbed, saying that "It is a phantom!And from fear they cry out." ²⁷ Now straightway Jesus speaks to them, saying, "Courage! It is I. Fear not!" ²⁸ Yet, answering Him, Peter said, "Lord, if it is Thou, order me to come to Thee on the waters." ²⁹ Now He said, "Come!And, descending from the ship, Peter walks on the waters, to come to Jesus." ³⁰ Yet, observing the strong wind, he was afraid. And, beginning to sink, he cries, saying, "Lord, save me!" ³¹ Now immediately Jesus, stretching out His hand, got hold of him and is saying to him, "Scant of faith, why do you hesitate? ³² And at their going up into the ship, the wind flags." ³³ Now those in the ship worship Him, saying, "Truly, God's Son art Thou!" ³⁴ And, ferrying, they came to land, to Gennesaret." ³⁵ And, recognizing Him, the men of that place dispatch into that whole country about, and they bring to Him all those who have an illness." ³⁶ And they entreated Him that they should only be touching the tassel of His cloak. And whoever touch it were brought safely through. ¹⁵ ¹ Then, coming to Jesus from Jerusalem are Pharisees and scribes, saying, ² Wherefore are your disciples transgressing the tradition of the elders? For they are not washing their hands whenever they may be eating bread." ³ Now He, answering, said to them, "Wherefore are you also transgressing the precept of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God said, 'Honor father and mother,' and, 'He who is saying aught that is evil of father or mother, let him decease in death.'" ⁵ Yet you are saying that 'Whoever may be saying to father or mother, "An approach present is whatsoever you may be benefited by me, ⁶ by no means shall he be honoring his father.' And you invalidate the word of God because of your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Ideally Isaiah prophesies concerning you, saying, ⁸ This people with their lips is honoring Me, Yet their heart is away at a distance from Me." ⁹ Yet in vain are they revering Me, Teaching for teachings the directions of men." ¹⁰ And, calling the throng to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand!" ¹¹ Not that which is entering into the mouth is contaminating a man, but that which is going out of the mouth, this is contaminating a man." ¹² Then, approaching, the disciples said to Him, "Are you aware that the Pharisees, at hearing the word, are snared? ¹³ Now He, answering, said, "Every plant which is not planted by My heavenly Father shall be uprooted." ¹⁴ Leave them! Blind guides are they of the blind! Now if the blind should be guiding the blind, both shall be falling into a pit." ¹⁵ Now, answering, Peter said to Him, "Decipher for us the parable." ¹⁶ Yet He said, "Are you also unintelligent at this point? ¹⁷ Not as yet are you apprehending that everything that is going into the mouth is becoming the contents of the bowels, and is being evacuated into the latrine? ¹⁸ Now those things going out of the mouth, out of the heart are coming, and those things are contaminating a man." ¹⁹ For out of the heart are coming wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, prostitutions, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies." ²⁰ These are those which are contaminating a man. Now to be eating with unwashed hands is not contaminating a man." ²¹ And, coming out thence, Jesus retires into parts of Tyre and Sidon." ²² And lo! a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those boundaries, cried, saying, "Be merciful to me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is evilly demonized." ²³ Yet He answered her not a word. And, approaching, His disciples asked Him, saying, "Dismiss her, for she is crying behind us." ²⁴ Now He, answering, said, "I was not commissioned except for the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ Yet she, coming, worships Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" ²⁶ Yet He, answering, said, "It is not ideal to be taking the children's bread and to be casting it to the puppies." ²⁷ Yet she said, "Yes, Lord! For the puppies also are eating of the scraps that are falling from their masters' table." ²⁸ Then, answering, Jesus said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it come to be with you as you are wanting.And healed was her daughter from that hour." ²⁹ And, proceeding thence, Jesus came beside the sea of Galilee. And, ascending into the mountain, He sat there." ³⁰ And there came to Him vast throngs, having with them the lame, the blind, the mute, the maimed, and many others. And they toss them at His feet, and he cures them, ³¹ so that the throng marvels, observing the mute speaking, the maimed sound, the lame walking and the blind observing. And they glorify the God of Israel." ³² Now Jesus, calling His disciples to Him, said, "I have compassion on the throng, for already three days they are remaining with Me, and they have nothing that they may be eating, and I am not willing to dismiss them fasting, lest at some time they may be fainting on the road." ³³ And the disciples are saying to Him, "From whence, in a wilderness, is so much bread for us, so as to satisfy so much of a throng? ³⁴ And Jesus is saying to them, "How many cakes of bread have you?Now they said, "Seven, and a few small fishes." ³⁵ And, charging the throng to lean back on the earth, ³⁶ He took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes, and, giving thanks, He breaks them and gave them to the disciples, yet the disciples to the throngs." ³⁷ And they all ate and are satisfied. And of the superfluous fragments they pick up seven hampers full. ³⁸ Now those eating were about four thousand men, apart from women and little children." ³⁹ And, dismissing the throngs, He stepped into the ship and came into the boundaries of Magadan." ¹⁶ ¹ And, approaching, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, trying Him, inquire to have Him exhibit a sign out of heaven to them." ² Now He, answering, said to them, ³ - ⁴ A generation, wicked and an adulteress, for a sign is seeking, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah.And leaving them, He came away." ⁵ And the disciples, coming to the other side, forgot to get bread." ⁶ Now Jesus said to them, "See and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" ⁷ Now they reasoned among themselves, saying that "We got no bread." ⁸ Now, knowing it, Jesus said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, scant of faith, that you have no bread? ⁹ Not as yet are you apprehending, neither remembering the five cakes of bread of the five thousand and how many panniers you got? ¹⁰ Neither the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand and how many hampers you got? ¹¹ How is it you are not apprehending that I spoke not to you concerning bread? Now take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ¹² Then they understand that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ¹³ Now Jesus, coming into parts of Caesarea Philippi, asked His disciples, saying, "Who are men saying the Son of Mankind is? ¹⁴ Now they say, "These, indeed, John the baptist; yet others Elijah; yet others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." ¹⁵ He is saying to them, "Now you, who are you saying that I am? ¹⁶ Now answering, Simon Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." ¹⁷ Now, answering, Jesus said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood does not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in the heavens." ¹⁸ Now I, also, am saying to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will I be building My ecclesia, and the gates of the unseen shall not be prevailing against it." ¹⁹ I will be giving you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and 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 having been loosed in the heavens." ²⁰ Then He cautions the disciples that they may be saying to no one that He is the Christ. ²¹ Thenceforth begins Jesus to show His disciples that He must be coming away into Jerusalem and to be suffering much from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be roused." ²² And, taking Him to him, Peter begins to rebuke Him, saying, "Propitious be it to Thee, Lord! By no means shall this be for Thee!" ²³ Now, being turned, He said to Peter, "Go away behind Me, satan! A snare are you to Me, for you are not disposed to that which is of God, but that which is of men." ²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone is wanting to come after Me, let him renounce himself and pick up his cross and follow Me." ²⁵ For whosoever may be wanting to save his soul shall be destroying it. Yet whoever should be destroying his soul on My account shall be finding it. 26 For what will a man be benefited, if he should ever be gaining the whole world, yet be forfeiting his soul? Or what will a man be giving in exchange for his soul? ²⁶ For the Son of Mankind is about to be coming in the glory of His Father, with His messengers, and then He will be paying each in accord with his practice." 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."