Matthew 12:1-19:2 In that time Jesus went in the sabbaths through the standing corn and his disciples were hungry, and begen to pluck the ears, end eat.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In that time Jesus went in the sabbaths through the standing corn and his disciples were hungry, and begen to pluck the ears, end eat. ² And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath. ³ And he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they with him; ⁴ How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone? ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, that in the sabbaths, the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are innocent? ⁶ But I say to you, That he here is greater than the temple. ⁷ And if ye knew what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Lord of the sabbath is also the Son of man. ⁹ And having passed from thence, he went into their assembly; ¹⁰ And, behold, there was a man having the hand withered. And they asked him saying, Is it lawful to cure in the sabbaths? that they might expose him. ¹¹ And he said to them, Which of you shall be the man who shall have one sheep, and if this should fall into a pit in the sabbaths, will he not take hold of it, and raise it up? ¹² How much then does a man surpass a sheep? So that it is lawful to do well in the sabbaths. ¹³ Then says he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out; and it was restored, sound as the other. ¹⁴ And the Pharisees took counsel against him, having gone out, that they might kill him. ¹⁵ And Jesus having known, withdrew from thence; and many crowds followed him, and he cured them all; ¹⁶ And he rebuked them that they should not make him known: ¹⁷ So that that spoken by the prophet Esaias might be completed, saying, ¹⁸ Behold my servant, which I have chosen: my dearly beloved, in whom my soul was contented; I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment to the nations. ¹⁹ He shall not contend, nor cry; nor shall any hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ He shall not break a bruised reed, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he should draw forth judgment to victory. ²¹ And in his name shall the nations hope. ²² Then he possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, was brought to him; and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spake and saw also. ²³ And all the crowds were affected, and said, Is not this the son of David? ²⁴ But the Pharisees, having heard, said, He casts not out demons, but by Beelzebub, ruler of demons. ²⁵ And Jesus knowing their reflections, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. ²⁶ And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast out? for this shall they be your judges. ²⁸ But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out demons, the kingdom of God has come before hand upon you. ²⁹ Or how can any one come into the house of the strong, and plunder his goods, except be first bind the strong? and then he will plunder his house. ³⁰ He not being with me is against me; and he not gathering with me; scatters. ³¹ For this I say to you, All sin and blasphemy shall be let go to men; but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be let go to men. ³² And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be remitted to him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be let go to him, neither in this time, nor that about to be. ³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree rotten, and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴ O generation of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the month speaks. ³⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, casts forth good things: and the evil man, out of the evil treasure, casts forth evil things. ³⁶ And I say to you, That every idle word which men speak, they shill return word for it in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned. ³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee. ³⁹ And he having answered, said to them, An evil generation and an adulteress seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. ⁴⁰ For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹ The Ninevite men shall rise up in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at the proclamation of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas here. ⁴² The queen of the South shall be raised up in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the end of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon here. ⁴³ And when the unclean spirit has gone out from a man, he passes through sterile places, seeking rest, and finds not. ⁴⁴ Then says he, I will return into my house, whence I came out; and having come, he finds vacant; having been swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation. ⁴⁶ And he yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷ And a certain one said to him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee. ⁴⁸ And he having answered, said to him speaking to him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? ⁴⁹ And having stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren! ⁵⁰ For whoever should do the will of my Father, him in the heavens, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. ¹³ ¹ And in that day Jesus, having come out of the house, sat by the sea. ² And many crowds were assembled together to him; therefore having entered into the ship, he sat down, and all the crowd stood upon the sea shore. ³ And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow. ⁴ And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down. ⁵ And others fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth, and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no depth of earth. ⁶ And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up. ⁷ And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. ⁸ And others fell upon good earth and gave fruit, some truly a hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He having ears to hear let him hear. ¹⁰ And the disciples having come near, said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables? ¹¹ And having answered, he said to them, For to you it was given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it was not given. ¹² For whoever has shall be given to him, and he shall have in excess; and whoever has not, also what he has shall be taken away from him. ¹³ For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. ¹⁴ And the prophecy of Esaias is filled up in them, saying, In hearing shall ye hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them. ¹⁶ But happy your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. ¹⁷ For verily I say to you, that many prophets and just desired eagerly to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye hear, and heard not. ¹⁸ Therefore hear ye the parable of him sowing. ¹⁹ Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way. ²⁰ And he having sown upon rocky places, this is he hearing the word, and quickly with joy receiving it; ²¹ And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended. ²² And he having sown among thorns, this is he hearing the word; and the care of this time, and the deceit of riches, choke the word, and it is unfruitful. ²³ But he having sown upon good earth is he hearing the word, and understanding; who indeed bears fruit, and who makes truly a hundred, and who sixty, and who thirty. ²⁴ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field: ²⁵ And in men's sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ And when the grass sprouted up and made fruit, then appeared the tares also. ²⁷ And the servants of the master of the house having come, said to him, Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field whence therefore has it tares? ²⁸ And he said to them, A man, an enemy, has done this: and his servants said to him, Wilt thou therefore we, having departed, should gather them ²⁹ And he said, No; lest gathering the tares, ye root up the wheat together with them. ³⁰ Suffer both to grow together till harvest; and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; and gather the wheat into my barn. ³¹ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field: ³² Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots. ³³ Another parable spake he to them; The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of wheaten flour, till the whole was leavened. ³⁴ All these things spake Jesus in parables to the crowds; and without a parable spake he not to them. ³⁵ So that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up; saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things having been hid from the foundation of the world. ³⁶ Then Jesus having dismissed the crowds, went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷ And he having answered, said to them, He sowing the good seed is the Son of man: ³⁸ And the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; ³⁹ And the enemy having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers. ⁴⁰ As therefore the tares are gathered together and burnt in fire; so shall it be in the end of this time. ⁴¹ The Son of man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and those doing iniquity; ⁴² And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then shall the just emit a brilliant light as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He having ears to hear, let him hear. ⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a treasure hid in the field; which a man finding, concealed, and from his joy, he retires, and all things which he has he sells, and he purchases that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a wholesale merchant, seeking beautiful pearls: ⁴⁶ Who, finding one pearl of great value, having departed, he sold all things which he had, and purchased it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a large sweep-net, cast into the sea, and having gathered of every kind: ⁴⁸ Which, when it was filled, having raised up upon the shore, and having set down, they gathered the good things into vessels, and the rotten things they cast without. ⁴⁹ So shall it be in the end of time; the messengers shall come forth, and separate the evil from the midst of the just, ⁵⁰ And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these? They say to him, Yes, Lord. ⁵² And he said to them, Therefore every scribe, having been a disciple in the kingdom of the heavens, is like to a man, master of a house, who casts out from his treasure new things and old. ⁵³ And it was when Jesus finished these parables, he removed thence. ⁵⁴ And having come into his native land, he taught them in their assembly, so that they were struck with amazement, and said, Whence to him this wisdom, and powers? ⁵⁵ Is not this the son of the carpenter? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then to him all these? ⁵⁷ And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house. ⁵⁸ And he did not many powers there, because of their unbelief. ¹⁴ ¹ In that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report of Jesus, ² And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him. ³ For Herod, having seized John, bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: ⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: ⁵ And wishing to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, because they held John as a prophet. ⁶ The festivities of Herod's birthday being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. ⁷ Wherefore, with an oath, he agreed to give her whatever she should ask. ⁸ And having been urged on by her mother, Give me, she says, here upon a board, the head of John the Baptist. ⁹ And the king was grieved: but for his oath, and those reclining together at the table, he ordered to be given. ¹⁰ And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹ And his head was brought upon a board, and given to the girl, and she brought to her mother. ¹² And his disciples having come near, took away the body, and interred it; and having come, they announced to Jesus. ¹³ And Jesus having heard, withdrew from thence into a desert place apart: and the crowds, having heard, followed him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴ And Jesus having come, saw a great crowd: and he felt compassion for them, and he cured their sick. ¹⁵ And being evening, his disciples came to him, saying, It is a desert place, and the time has passed already; loose the crowds, that, having gone into towns, they might purchase food for themselves. ¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart; give ye them to eat. ¹⁷ And they say to him, We have not here but five loaves, and two fishes. ¹⁸ And he said, Bring them here to me. ¹⁹ And having encouraged the crowds to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves, and two fishes, and having looked up to heaven, he praised; and having broken, gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. ²⁰ And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the remaining of fragments, twelve baskets full. ²¹ And they eating were five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² And quickly Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before him to the other side, till he should loose the crowds. ²³ And having loosed the crowds, he went up into a mount apart to pray: and being evening, he was there alone. ²⁴ And the ship was already in the midst of the sea, overcharged by waves: for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking upon the sea. ²⁶ And the disciples seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear. ²⁷ And quickly Jesus spake to them, saying, Take courage; I am; be not afraid. ²⁸ And Peter having answered him, said, Lord, if thou art, encourage me to come upon the waters. ²⁹ And he said, Come. And Peter having gone down from the ship, walked upon the waters, to go to Jesus. ³⁰ And seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me. ³¹ And quickly Jesus, having stretched out the hand, laid hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, for what didst thou doubt? ³² And having gone into the ship, the wind ceased. ³³ And they in the ship, having come, worshipped him, saying, Thou art truly the Son of God. ³⁴ And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And the men of the place, having known him, sent into the whole country round about, and brought to him all those having evils: ³⁶ And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were saved from danger. ¹⁵ ¹ Then came to Jesus from Jerusalem the scribes and Pharisees, saying, ² Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ³ And he, having answered, said to them, Wherefore do ye also pass by the command of God by your tradition ⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die. ⁵ And ye say, Whoever should say to father or mother, A gift, whatever thou shouldest be profited by me; ⁶ And should not honour his father or his mother. And ye have annulled the command of God by your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ This people draw near me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart keeps off far from me. ⁹ But they worship me in vain, teaching doctrines the commands of men. ¹⁰ And having called the crowd, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand. ¹¹ Not that coming into the mouth pollutes the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this pollutes the man. ¹² Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized? ¹³ And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. ¹⁵ And Peter, having answered, said to him, Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also yet destitute of understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything going into the mouth proceeds to the belly, and is cast out in the privy? ¹⁸ But the things going forth out of the mouth come from the heart, and these pollute the man. ¹⁹ For from the heart come forth evil reflections, slaughters, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, defamations: ²⁰ These are the things polluting a man: but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not a man. ²¹ And Jesus, having gone forth from thence, withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And, behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those boundaries, cried out to him, saying, Pity me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is badly possessed with an evil spirit. ²³ And he answered her not a word. And his disciples, having come, asked him, saying, Loose her; for she cries out after us. ²⁴ And he, having answered, said, I was not sent except to the sheep having been lost, of the house of Israel. ²⁵ And she, having come, worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. ²⁶ And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs. ²⁷ And she said, Yes, Lord; for the little dogs also eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their lord. ²⁸ Then Jesus, having answered, said to her, O woman, great thy faith: let it be to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And having passed from thence, Jesus came to the sea of Galilee; and having gone up into a mountain, he sat there. ³⁰ And many crowds came to him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them: ³¹ So that the crowds wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus having called his disciples, said, I feel compassion for the crowd, for already they remain with me three days, and they have nothing they could eat: and I will not leave them fasting, lest they be relaxed in the way. ³³ And his disciples say to him, Whence to us, in a lonely place, so many loaves, to satisfy such a crowd I ³⁴ And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. ³⁵ And he encouraged the crowd to recline upon the earth. ³⁶ And having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having returned thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. ³⁷ And all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up that remaining of the fragments seven wicker baskets full. ³⁸ And they eating were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And having loosed the crowds, he went into a ship, and came into the bounds of Magdala. ¹⁶ ¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. ² And he having answered, said to them, It being evening, ye say, Calm weather: for the heaven is fiery red. ³ And in the morning, Today, wintry weather: for heaven, being sad, is fiery red. Hypocrites, truly ye know to decide the face of heaven, but the signs of the times ye cannot. ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; and no sign shall be given her, except the sign of Jonas the prophet. And having left them, he departed. ⁵ And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, Attend and keep from the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. ⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we took no loaves. ⁸ And Jesus having known, said to them, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no loaves ⁹ Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of five thousand, and how many baskets ye took? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of four thousand, and how many wicker baskets ye took? ¹¹ How do ye not understand that I spake not to you concerning bread, to keep from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ¹² Then understood they that he spake, not to keep from the leaven of bread, but from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea of Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say me to be, the Son of Man? ¹⁴ And they said, Some, truly, John the Baptist: and others, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ And he says to them, But whom say ye me to be? ¹⁶ And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷ And Jesus, having answered, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed to thee, but my Father, he in the heavens. ¹⁸ And I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not overcome her. ¹⁹ And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatever thou shalt bind upon earth shall be bound in the heavens: and whatever thou shalt loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens. ²⁰ Then he enjoined his disciples that they say to none that he is Jesus Christ. ²¹ From then Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must depart to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised in the third day. ²² And Peter having taken him, began to reproach him, saying, Be propitious to thyself, Lord: this shall not be to thee. ²³ And having turned, he said to Peter, Retire behind me, Satan: thou art an offence, to me: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men. ²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it. ²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers; and then he will give back to each according to his deed. ²⁸ Verily I say to you, Some are standing here, who should not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart. ² And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light. ³ And, behold, Moses and Elias were seen to them, conversing with him. ⁴ And Peter, having answered, said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: let us make here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. ⁵ He yet speaking, behold, a shining cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented; hear ye him. ⁶ And the disciples, having heard, fell upon their face, and were greatly afraid. ⁷ And Jesus, having come, touched them, and said, Be raised, and be not afraid. ⁸ And having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone. ⁹ And they, coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the sight to none, even till the Son of man rises from the dead. ¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? ¹¹ And Jesus having answered, said to them, Elias truly comes first and will re-establish all things. ¹² And I say to you, That Elias has already come, and they knew him not, but did by him whatever they would. So also the Son of man is about to suffer by them. ¹³ Then understood the disciples that he told them of John the Baptist. ¹⁴ And they having come to the crowd, there came to him a man, supplicating on his knees to him, and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, pity my son: for he is a lunatic, and suffers badly: for many times he falls into the fire, and many times into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. ¹⁷ And Jesus, having answered, said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you how long shall I endure you? bring him here to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus censured him; and the demon went forth out of him: and the child was cured from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples having come to Jesus apart, said, Why could not we cast it out? ²⁰ And Jesus said to them, For your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If ye have faith as a kernel of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Go away from thence, and it shall go away; and nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹ But this kind goes not forth but by prayer and fasting. ²² And they having returned into Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men: ²³ And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised. And they were greatly grieved. ²⁴ And they having come to Capernaum, they taking double drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay double drachmas? ²⁵ He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to thee, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes or census? from their sons, or from strangers? ²⁶ Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free. ²⁷ But that we should not scandalize them, having gone to the sea, cast a fish hook, and lift up the fish coming up first, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a gold coin: having taken that, give to them for me and thee. ¹⁸ ¹ In that hour came the disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens? ² And Jesus, having called a young child, set it in the midst of them, ³ And said, Truly I say to you, Except ye be turned, and become as young children, ye should not come into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴ Whoever, therefore, should be humbled as this young child, the same is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens. ⁵ And whoever shall receive such a young child in my name, receives me. ⁶ And whoever should offend one of these little ones believing in me, it is profitable for him that the millstone of an ass be hung upon his neck, and he be sunk in the midst of the sea. ⁷ Woe to the world for offences I for there is necessity for offences to come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes! ⁸ And if thy hand or thy foot give thee cause of offence, cut them off, and cast from thee: it is good for thee to come into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire. ⁹ And if thine eye give thee cause of offence, take it out, and east from thee: it is good for thee, one-eyed, to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into a hell of fire. ¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their messengers in the heavens always behold the face of my Father which is in the heavens. ¹¹ For the Son of man has come to save the lost. ¹² What does it seem to you? if there be to any man a hundred sheep, and one of them have been led astray, does he not, having left the ninety-nine upon the mountains, having gone, seek the one led astray? ¹³ And if it be found, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it, than over the ninety-nine not led astray. ¹⁴ So is not the will of your Father, he in the heavens, that one of these little ones be lost. ¹⁵ And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand. ¹⁷ And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, Whatever things ye should bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things ye should loose upon earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again, I say to you, That if two of you agree in opinion for everything which they ask, it shall be to them of my Father, he in the heavens. ²⁰ For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times? ²² And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore the kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, the king, who wished to lift up the word together with his servants. ²⁴ And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And he not having to give back, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all which he had also to be given back. ²⁶ Then the servant, having fallen, worshipped him, saying, Lord, be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant, having felt compassion, loosed him, and let go to him the money lent. ²⁸ But that servant having come, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred drachmas, and having seized, he choked him, saying, Give back to me what thou owest. ²⁹ Then his fellow-servant having fallen at his feet besought him, saying, Be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee. ³⁰ . And he would not; but having departed he cast him into prison till he should give back that being owed. ³¹ And his fellow-servants having seen the thing done, were greatly grieved, and having come, made known to their lord all things done. ³² Then his lord, having called him, said unto him, O thou evil servant, I let go to you all that debt since thou besoughtest me: ³³ Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee ³⁴ And his lord having become angry, delivered him to the torturers even till he should give back all being owed to him. ³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye let not go each to his brother from your hearts their falls. ¹⁹ ¹ And it was when Jesus finished these words he removed from Galilee, and came from the bounds of Judea beyond Jordan; ² And many crowds followed him; and he cured them there.