Matthew 17:1-21:46 And after six days, Jeshu took Kipha, and Jakub, and Juchanon his brother, and led them to a high mountain by themselves.

Etheridge⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And after six days, Jeshu took Kipha, and Jakub, and Juchanon his brother, and led them to a high mountain by themselves. ² And Jeshu was changed before them; and his countenance shone like the sun, and his vestments were resplendent as the light. ³ And there were seen with them Musha and Elia talking with him. ⁴ Then answered Kipha, and said to Jeshu, My Lord, it is good for us to be here; and if thou art willing, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Musha, and one for Elia. ⁵ But while he spake, behold, a bright cloud overspread them, and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted: to him attend. ⁶ And when the disciples heard, they fell upon their faces and feared greatly. ⁷ And Jeshu approached them and touched them, and said, Arise, fear not. ⁸ And they lifted up their eyes and saw no man, except Jeshu by himself. ⁹ And while they were descending from the mountain, Jeshu charged them, and said to them, Before no man declare this vision,* until the Son of man be risen from the dead.** [* To the eye of man tell not this vision. ** From (among) the dead: plural.] ¹⁰ And the disciples asked and said to him, Why therefore say the scribes that Elia must come first? ¹¹ Jeshu answered and said to them, Elia cometh first that he may fulfil every thing; ¹² but I say to you, that, behold, Elia hath come, but they knew him not, and have done to him as they would. So also is the Son of man to suffer from them. ¹³ Then understood the disciples that concerning Juchanon the Baptizer he spake to them. ¹⁴ AND when they came to the multitude, a man approached him and kneeled upon his knees, ¹⁵ and said to him, My Lord, have mercy on me! my son is lunatic and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not heal him. ¹⁷ Jeshu answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation! how long shall I be with you, how long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me. ¹⁸ And Jeshu rebuked him, and the demon went forth from him, and the youth was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jeshu by himself, and said to him, Why were we not able to heal him? ²⁰ Jeshu saith to them, Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I tell you, if there were in you faith as a grain of mustard, you should say to this mountain, Pass hence, and it would pass away; and nothing should overcome you. ²¹ But this kind goeth not forth but by fasting and by prayer. ²² WHEN they had returned into Galila, Jeshu said to them, It is coming that the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men, ²³ and they shall kill him; and in the third day he shall arise. And it grieved them exceedingly. ²⁴ And when they came to Kapher-nachum, they who took the two zuzis, the head-silver, approached Kipha and said to him, Your master, doth he not give his two zuzeen?[The zuz, or zuza, was a silver coin, value one drachm.] ²⁵ He saith to them, Yes. And when Kipha entered the house, Jeshu anticipated him, and said to him, How doth it appear to thee, Shemun? the kings of the earth, from whom do they take custom and headsilver, from their children, or from aliens? ²⁶ Shemun saith to him, From aliens: Jeshu saith to him, Then the children are free.[Sons of the free.] ²⁷ But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and cast the hook; and the fish that first cometh up, open his mouth; and thou shalt find a stater, that take and present for me and thee. ¹⁸ ¹ IN that hour the disciples came near to Jeshu, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jeshu called a child, and made him stand in the midst of them, ³ and said, Amen I say to you, unless you be converted and become as children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whosoever therefore humbleth himself as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whosoever shall receive [such] as [are] like this child in my name, he receiveth me. ⁶ And every one that shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, to him it had been better that the mill-stone of an ass* were hung to his neck, and himself plunged into the depths of the sea. [* That is, the stone of a mill worked by an ass or mule.] ⁷ Woe to the world from causes of offence! for it is unavoidable that causes of offence will come; but woe to the man by whom [By whose hand.] the causes of offence shall come! ⁸ If, then, thine hand or thy foot shall be a cause of offence to thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is good for thee that thou enter into life [Lives.] lame or mutilated; and not that, having two hands or two feet, thou fall into the fire of eternity. ⁹ And if thine eye be a cause of offence to thee, dig it out, and cast it from thee; good (it is) for thee that with one eye thou enter into life;[Lives.] and not that, having two eyes, thou fall into the gihâna of fire. ¹⁰ See that you contemn not one of these little ones: for I say unto you that their angels in all time are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹¹ For the Son of man is come to save that which had perished. ¹² How doth it appear to you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them shall wander from them, doth he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountain, and, going, seek that which had wandered? ¹³ And if he shall find it, assuredly I tell you that he rejoiceth in it more than (in) the ninety and nine which wandered not. ¹⁴ So it is not good [Ad lit., " The will."] before your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ NOW if thy brother offend against thee, go, and argue (the matter) between thyself and him alone; and if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that upon the mouth of two or three witnesses may be established every word. ¹⁷ And if, also, he will not hear them, tell the church; but if he will neither hear the church, let him be to thee as a publican and as a heathen. ¹⁸ And, Amen I say unto you, that whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent on earth concerning every thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Kipha came near to him, and said to him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother offend me, shall I forgive him; until seven times? ²² Jeshu said to him, I say not to thee, Until seven, but, Until seventy times seven and seven. [Septuaginta vices septem, et septem vices: vel septuagies septies et septies; id est, quatuordecim vicibus septuagies. Vide TREMELLIUM, in loc.] ²³ THEREFORE is the kingdom of the heavens likened to a royal person [A man a king.] who would take the account from his servants. ²⁴ And when he began to receive, they brought to him one who owed a myriad talents. ²⁵ And when he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that they should sell (both) himself, his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and to pay. ²⁶ And that servant fell and worshipped him, saying, My lord, be patient of spirit toward me, and all things I (will) pay thee. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant had mercy, and absolved him, and forgave him his debt. ²⁸ Then went forth that servant, and found one of his fellows who owed him a hundred pence; and he seized him, strangling, and saying to him, Give me what thou owest to me. ²⁹ His fellow-servant fell at his feet, beseeching him, and saying, Be patient of spirit towards me, and I (will) pay thee. ³⁰ But he would not, but went and threw him into the house of the chained until he should have rendered him what he owed him. ³¹ When their fellow-servants saw what was done, they were greatly grieved, and went and declared to their lord all that was done. ³² Then his lord summoned him and said to him, Evil servant! all that debt did I forgive thee, because thou didst entreat me. ³³ Oughtest thou not to have been as gracious to thy fellow-servant as I was gracious unto thee? ³⁴ And his lord was indignant, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should have paid all whatsoever he owed to him. ³⁵ Thus will your heavenly Father deal with you unless you forgive each his brother from your heart his trespasses. ¹⁹ ¹ AND it was that when Jeshu had finished these words, he removed from Galila and came into the confines of Jehud beyond Jurdan. ² And great multitudes came after him, and he healed them there. ³ And the Pharishee approached him, and, tempting him, propounded to him whether it was lawful for a man to send away his wife for every cause. ⁴ But he answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who created from the beginning, male and female hath made them? ⁵ And he said, On this account a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. ⁶ Wherefore they were not [constituted] two, but one body. That, therefore, which Aloha hath conjoined, man shall not separate. ⁷ They said to him, Why then did Musha direct that he should give a writing of dismissal and send her away? ⁸ He said to them, Musha, on account of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to send away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹ And I say to you that whosoever shall forsake his wife who is not adulterous, and take another, committeth adultery; and whosoever taketh the deserted one, committeth adultery. ¹⁰ His disciples say to him, If thus be the case between the man and the woman, it is not expedient to take a wife. ¹¹ But he said to them, Not every man is sufficient for this doctrine, but he to whom it is given. ¹² For there are some eunuchs who from their mother's womb are born so; and there are some eunuchs who by men are made eunuchs; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs on account of the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever is capable of receiving (this), let him receive (it). ¹³ Then they brought to him children, that he should put his hand upon them and pray. And his disciples forbad them. ¹⁴ But Jeshu himself said, Suffer children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of those who are as these, is the kingdom of heaven. ¹⁵ And he put his hand upon them, and went thence. ¹⁶ AND one came and approached and said to him, Good teacher, what of good shall I do, that I may have the life of eternity? ¹⁷ But he said to him, Why dost thou call me good? none is good but one, Aloha. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He said to him, Which? Jeshu answered him, Thou shalt not kill, neither commit adultery, nor steal, neither shalt thou witness false testimony; ¹⁹ and honour thy father and thy mother, and love thy neighbour as thyself. ²⁰ The young man saith to him, These all have I kept from my childhood: how am I deficient? ²¹ Jeshu saith to him, If thou wilt become perfect, go, sell thy possession and give to the poor, and there shall be for thee a treasure in heaven: and come after me. ²² But he, the young man, heard this word, and went away with sadness, for he had great property. ²³ But Jeshu said to his disciples, Amen I say unto you, that it is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ Again I say to you, that it is easier for a camel to enter through the aperture of a needle, than the rich to enter into the kingdom of Aloha. ²⁵ But the disciples when they heard were greatly hurt, saying, Who then can be saved? ²⁶ Jeshu, beholding them, said, With the sons of men it is not possible; but with Aloha every thing is possible. ²⁷ THEN answered Kipha and said to him, Behold, we have abandoned every thing, and have come after thee: what then shall there be for us? ²⁸ Jeshu saith to them, Amen I say to you, that you who have come after me, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve seats, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Isroel. ²⁹ And every man who hath relinquished houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit the life of eternity. ³⁰ Many however are first who shall be last, and the last first. ²⁰ ¹ FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a house-lord, who went forth in the early morn to hire labourers for his vinery. ² And he bargained with the labourers for a denarius a day, and sent them into his vinery. ³ And he went forth in three hours, and saw others who were standing in the public place and unemployed. ⁴ And he said to them, Go also you in the vinery, and what is suitable I will give you. ⁵ Then went they. And he went forth again in six and nine hours, and did the same. ⁶ And about eleven hours he went out, and found others who were standing and unemployed; and he said to them, Why are you standing all the day unemployed? ⁷ They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go also you into the vinery, and whatever is suitable you shall receive. ⁸ But when it was evening, the lord of the vinery said to the chief of his household, Call the workmen and give to them their wages; and begin from the last unto the first. ⁹ And they came who (had wrought) from eleven hours; and they received each a denarius. ¹⁰ But when the first came, they expected to take more; but they also received each a denarius. ¹¹ And when they had received, they murmured against the house-lord, ¹² and said, These last have wrought one hour, and thou hast made them equal with us, who have borne the burden of the day and its heat. ¹³ But he answered and said to one of them, My friend, I am not unjust towards thee: didst thou not bargain with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take what is thine and go: I will unto these last to give as unto thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me that whatsoever l am willing, I may do with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good? ¹⁶ Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are the called, but few the chosen. ¹⁷ NOW Jeshu was about to go up to Urishlem, and he took his twelve disciples by themselves [Between him and themselves.] in the way, and said to them, ¹⁸ Behold, we go up to Urishlem, and the Son of man is betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to the death; ¹⁹ and they shall consign him to the Gentiles, and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and shall crucify him, and on the third day he shall arise. ²⁰ Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zabdai, she and her sons, and worshipped him, and supplicated a certain thing of him. ²¹ But he said to her, What wilt thou? She said to him, Declare that these my two sons shall sit, one at thy right hand, and one at thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² Jeshu answered and said, You know not what you ask: are you able to drink the cup of which I am about to drink, or with the baptism with which I am baptized will you be baptized? They say unto him, We are able! ²³ He saith to them, My cup you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized you shall be baptized: but that you may sit at my right hand, and at my left, is not mine to give, unless to them for whom it is prepared by my Father. ²⁴ And when the ten heard it, they were indignant against those two brothers. ²⁵ And Jeshu called them, and said to them, You know that the princes of the Gentiles are their lords, and their great ones exercise power over them; ²⁶ but it shall not be so among you; but whoever among you willeth to be great, let him be minister to you. ²⁷ And whoever among you willeth to be first, let him be to you the servant. ²⁸ So, the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life the redemption for many. ²⁹ AND when Jeshu went forth from Jirichu, a great multitude cometh after him. ³⁰ And, behold, two blind men were sitting by the side [By the hand of the way.] of the way; and when they heard that Jeshu was passing, they gave voice, saying, Be merciful upon us, my Lord, Son of David! ³¹ But the crowds rebuked them that they should be silent; but they lifted up their voice the more, saying, Our Lord, be merciful upon us, O Son of David! ³² And Jeshu stood and called them, and said, What will you that I should do for you? ³³ They say to him, Our Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ And he had compassion on them, and touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes were opened, and they went after him. ²¹ ¹ AND when he drew nigh to Urishlem, and had come to Beth-phage, at the mount of Olives, Jeshu sent two of his disciples, ² and said to them, Go to this village which is over against you, and you shall at once find an ass tied, and her colt with her; loose and bring (them) to me. ³ And if any one say ought to you, say to him that it is requested for our Lord, and immediately he will send them hither. ⁴ But all this was done that there should be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, who said, ⁵ Tell you the daughter of Tsheum, Behold, thy king cometh to thee, lowly, and riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of an ass. ⁶ Then the disciples went, and did as Jeshu had commanded them; ⁷ and brought the ass and the colt, and laid upon the colt their clothes, and Jeshu rode upon him. ⁸ And many of the crowds spread their vestments in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. ⁹ But the throngs who went before him, and came after him, cried out and said, Ushana to the son of David! blessed be He who cometh in the name of the Lord! Ushana in the heights! ¹⁰ And when he had entered Urishlem, the whole city was commoved, and said, Who is this? ¹¹ But the multitude answered, This is Jeshu, the prophet who is from Natsrath of Galila. ¹² And Jeshu went into the temple of Aloha, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves; ¹³ and said to them, It is written, that my house shall the house of prayer be called, but ye have made it a den of thieves. ¹⁴ And there came to him in the temple the blind and the lame, and he healed them. ¹⁵ But when the chief priests and Pharishee saw the wondrous things which he did, and the children who were crying in the temple, and saying, Ushana to the son of David, they were displeased with them, ¹⁶ saying to him, Hearest thou what these say? Jeshu saith to them, Yes: have ye not read, that from the mouth of children and of babes thou hast prepared praise? ¹⁷ AND he abandoned them, and went forth without the city to Bethania, and lodged there. ¹⁸ But in the early morn, as he returned to the city, he hungered: ¹⁹ and he saw a certain fig-tree in the way, and came to it, but found nothing thereon but leaves only; and he said, Let there be no fruit upon thee again for ever. And immediately that fig-tree withered. ²⁰ And the disciples saw, and were astonished, saying, How in a moment is the fig-tree withered! ²¹ Jeshu answered and said to them, Amen I say to you, that if faith were in you, and you did not hesitate,[Were not divided; that is, in mind.] you should not only do (as) to this fig-tree, but also were you to say to this mountain, Be thou lifted up and fall into the sea, it should be done. ²² And whatsoever you shall ask in prayer and shall believe, you shall obtain. ²³ And when Jeshu came to the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people approached him, while he taught, saying to him, By what authority doest thou these things, and who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ Jeshu answered and said to them, I will also ask you one word; and if you will tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these (things). ²⁵ The baptism of Juchanon, whence is it, from heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he saith to us, Why did ye not believe him? ²⁶ And if we shall say, From men, we fear from the crowd; for all have regarded Juchanon as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered, saying to him, We know not: Jeshu saith to them, Also I tell not you by what authority I do these (things). ²⁸ BUT how doth [it] appear to you? a certain man had two sons; and he came to the elder, and said to him, My son, go to-day work in the vinery. ²⁹ But he answered and said, I am not willing: yet afterwards he relented, and went. ³⁰ He came to the other, and said likewise. He answered and said, I (will), my lord; yet went not. ³¹ Which of these two did the will of his father? They say to him, The elder. Jeshu saith to them, Amen I tell you, the tribute-takers and harlots go before you into the kingdom of Aloha. ³² For Juchanon came to you in the way of righteousness; and you believed him not. But the tribute-takers and harlots believed him: but you neither when you saw (him, nor) afterwards, repented, that you might believe him. ³³ Hear another comparison: A certain man was a house-lord; and he planted a vinery, and surrounded it with an hedge, and dug a wine-press in it, and built in it a tower, and had it taken by labourers, and journeyed. ³⁴ And when the time of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might send him of the fruits of his vinery. ³⁵ And the husband-men took his servants, and beat some, and stoned some, and killed others. ³⁶ And again he sent other servants more than the first, and they acted towards them likewise: ³⁷ last, he sent to them his son, saying, Now will they be ashamed from my son. ³⁸ But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take the inheritance. ³⁹ And they seized and cast him without the vinery, and killed him. ⁴⁰ When the lord of the vinery, therefore, cometh, what will he do to these husbandmen? ⁴¹ They say to him, Most miserably will he destroy them, and the vinery will he cause to be held by other labourers, (even) such as will give him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Jeshu saith to them, Have you not read in the scripture, that the stone which the builders rejected, this is become the head of the corner? By the Lord was this done, and it is wondrous in our eyes. ⁴³ On this account I tell you, that the kingdom of Aloha is taken from you, and shall be given to a people who will yield fruits. ⁴⁴ And whosoever shall fall upon this stone shall be broken; but every one upon whom it shall fall, it will scatter (him). ⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharishee heard his comparisons, they knew that concerning themselves he had spoken. ⁴⁶ And they sought to apprehend him, but feared the people, because as a prophet they regarded him.