Matthew 7:23-21:46 And then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, ye who work iniquity.

Worrell⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ And then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, ye who work iniquity. ²⁴ "Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock; ²⁵ and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ "And every one who hears these words of Mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who, indeed, built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was its fall." ²⁸ And it came to pass that, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at His teaching; ²⁹ for He was teaching them as One having authority, and not as the scribes. ⁸ ¹ And, when He came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. ² And, behold, a leper, coming near, was worshiping Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou art willing, Thou art able to cleanse me." ³ And, stretching forth His hand, He touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be cleansed." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus saith to him, "See that you tell no one: but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ⁵ And, when He entered into Capernaum, there came to Him a centurion, beseeching Him. ⁶ and saying, "Lord, my boy has been prostrated in my house, a paralytic, fearfully afflicted." ⁷ And He saith to him, "Having gone, I will heal him." ⁸ And the centurion, answering, said, "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof, but only speak in a word, and my boy shall be healed; ⁹ for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers; and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." ¹⁰ And Jesus, hearing it, wondered, and said to those following Him, "Verily I say to you, with no one in Israel did I find such faith. ¹¹ And I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven; ¹² but the sons of the Kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth." ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way; as you believed, be it done to you." And the boy was healed in that hour. ¹⁴ And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law prostrate, and sick with fever; ¹⁵ and He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to Him. ¹⁶ And, when it was evening, they brought to Him many demoniacs; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, ¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses." ¹⁸ And Jesus, seeing a multitude about Him, gave orders to depart to the other side. ¹⁹ And a scribe, coming near, said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow Thee wheresoever Thou mayst go." ²⁰ And Jesus saith to him, "The foxes have dens; and the birds of the heaven have lodging-places; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head." ²¹ And another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." ²² But Jesus saith to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." ²³ And His disciples followed Him, as He entered into a boat. ²⁴ And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but He was sleeping. ²⁵ And, coming to Him, they awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save; we are perishing!" ²⁶ And He saith to them, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" Then, having arisen, He rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷ And the men wondered, saying, "What manner of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!" ²⁸ And, when He came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two demoniacs, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass along that way; ²⁹ and, behold, they cried out, saying, "What is there to us and to Thee, O Son of God? Didst Thou come here to torment us before the time?" ³⁰ Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. ³¹ And the demons were entreating Him, saying, "If Thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." ³² And He said to them, "Go." And, having come out, they went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and died in the waters! ³³ And those feeding them fled; and, going away into the city, they reported all things, and the things relating to the demoniacs. ³⁴ And, behold, all the city came forth to meet Jesus; and, seeing Him, they besought Him, that He would depart from their borders. ⁹ ¹ And, entering into a boat, He crossed over, and came into His own city. ² And, behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic laid upon a couch. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Child, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven." ³ And, behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, "This Man is blaspheming! " ⁴ And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Arise, and walk.' ⁶ "But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins" (then saith He to the paralytic), "Arise, and take up your bed, and go to your house." ⁷ And, having arisen, he went to his house; ⁸ and, seeing it, the multitudes feared, and glorified God, Who gave such authority to men. ⁹ And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him. ¹⁰ And it came to pass, as He was reclining at table in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners, having come, were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. ¹¹ And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax-collectors and sinners?" ¹² And Jesus, hearing it, said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are ill. ¹³ But, going, learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." ¹⁴ Then came to Him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Thy disciples fast not?" ¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn while the Bridegroom is with them! But there will come days, when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast." ¹⁶ "And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse rent is made." ¹⁷ "Neither do they put new wine into old wine-skins; otherwise, indeed, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved together." ¹⁸ While He is speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler, having come to Him, was worshiping Him, saying, "My daughter just now died; but, coming, lay Thy hand upon her, and she shall live." ¹⁹ And Jesus, having risen, was following him, also His disciples. ²⁰ And, behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, having come up behind Him, touched the border of His garment; ²¹ for she was saying within herself, "If I only touch His garment, I shall be made well." ²² And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour. ²³ And Jesus, having come into the house of the ruler, and seeing the flute-players and the multitude making a tumult, ²⁴ said, "Withdraw; for the damsel did not die, but is sleeping." And they were laughing at Him. ²⁵ But, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, He took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose. ²⁶ And the report of this went forth into all that land. ²⁷ And, as Jesus was passing on thence, two blind men followed Him, crying out, and saying, "Have mercy on us, O Son of David!" ²⁸ And the blind men came to Him, when He entered into the house; and He saith to them, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" They say to Him, "Yes, Lord." ²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one know it." ³¹ But they, having gone forth, spread abroad His fame in all that land. ³² And, as they were going forth, behold, they have brought to Him a dumb man, a demoniac; ³³ and, the demon having been cast oat, the dumb spake. And the multitudes wondered, saying, "Never was it so seen in Israel!" ³⁴ But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of the demons He is casting out the demons." ³⁵ And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. ³⁶ And, seeing the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷ Then He saith to His disciples, "The harvest, indeed, is abundant, but the laborers few; ³⁸ pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth laborers into His harvest. ¹⁰ ¹ And, having called to Him His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. ² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-collector; James the son of Alpaeus, and Thaddeus; ⁴ Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. ⁵ These twelve Jesus sent forth, having charged them, saying, "Go not into any way of the gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans; ⁶ but go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ And, while going, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven has come nigh.' ⁸ Heal the sick; raise the dead; cleanse the lepers; cast oat demons; freely ye received, freely give. ⁹ Procure neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, for your girdles; ¹⁰ nor wallet for your journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer is worthy of his food. ¹¹ "And into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go forth. ¹² And, as ye are coming into the house, salute it: ¹³ and, if, indeed, the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but, if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And, whosoever does not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye are going forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust, of your feet. ¹⁵ Verily I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. ¹⁶ "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; become ye, therefore, as wise as the serpents and as innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you; ¹⁸ and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles. ¹⁹ And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak; ²⁰ for it is not ye that speak, but, the Spirit of your Father Who speaketh in you. ²¹ "And brother will deliver up brother to death; and father, his child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. ²² And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved. ²³ "And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for verily I say to you, ye will in no wise finish the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come! ²⁴ "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple, that he become as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his house-hold? ²⁶ Fear them not, therefore; for nothing has been covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. ²⁷ What I am saying to you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. ²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him Who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. ³⁰ But the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows. ³² "Every one, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before My Father Who is in Heaven. ³³ But whosoever denies Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in Heaven. ³⁴ "Think not that I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword; ³⁵ for I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ³⁶ and the man's foes will be those of his own house-hold. ³⁷ "He that loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me; and he that loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me. ³⁸ And whosoever does not take up his cross, and follow Me, is not worthy of Me. ³⁹ "He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it. ⁴⁰ "He that receives you receives Me; and he that receives Me receives Him Who sent Me. ⁴¹ He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." ¹¹ ¹ And it came to pass that, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and preach in their cities. ² And John, having heard, in the prison, of the works of the Christ, sending by his disciples, ³ said to Him, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to look for another?" ⁴ And Jesus, answering, said to them, "Having gone, report to John what ye are hearing and seeing: ⁵ the blind receive sight, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel proclaimed to them. ⁶ And happy is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in Me." ⁷ And, as these were going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what went ye out to see? a man in soft raiment; Behold, those wearing soft raiment are in kings' houses. ⁹ But why did ye go out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is he of whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.' ¹¹ "Verily I say to you, there has not arisen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Immerser; yet he that is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. ¹² And from the time of John the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by storm, and violent men seize upon it; ¹³ for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; ¹⁴ and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come. ¹⁵ He that has ears let him hear. ¹⁶ "But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who, calling to the others, ¹⁷ say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not lament.' ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works." ²⁰ Then He began to upbraid the cities in which were done most of His mighty works, because they did not repent. ²¹ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes; ²² nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³ "And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall go down to Hades; because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!" ²⁵ At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes. ²⁶ Yea, Father, because so it was well-pleasing before Thee! ²⁷ "All things were delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows the Son except the Father; neither does any one fully know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal Him. ²⁸ "Come to me, all ye who are laboring and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls; ³⁰ for My yoke is easy, and My burden light." ¹² ¹ At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain, and to eat. ² But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to Him, "Behold, Thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath." ³ But He said to them, "Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those with him? ⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests? ⁵ Or did ye not read in the law that, on the sabbath, the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? ⁶ But I say to you, a greater than the temple is here. ⁷ And, if ye had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' ye would not have condemned the guiltless; ⁸ for the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath." ⁹ And, having passed on thence, He came into their synagogue. ¹⁰ And, behold, a man having a withered hand; and they questioned Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" that they might accuse Him. ¹¹ And He said to them "What man of you who shall have one sheep; and, if this should fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up? ¹² How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath." ¹³ Then saith He to the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole as the other. ¹⁴ But the Pharisees, having gone out, held a consultation against Him, that they might destroy Him. ¹⁵ But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew thence; and many followed Him, and He healed them all. ¹⁶ And He charged them, that they should not make Him known; ¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸ "Behold, My servant Whom I chose, My Beloved, in Whom My soul delighted. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare judgment to the gentiles. ¹⁹ He will not strive, nor cry aloud; nor will any one hear His voice in the streets: ²⁰ A bruised reed will He not break, and a smoking flax will He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory; ²¹ And in His name will the gentiles hope." ²² Then there was brought to Him a demoniac, blind, and dumb; and He healed him, so that the dumb man spake and saw. ²³ And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the Son of David?" ²⁴ But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, "This Man doth not cast out the demons, except by Beelzebub, prince of the demons." ²⁵ And, knowing their thoughts, He said to them, "Every kingdom, divided against itself, is brought to naught; and every city or house, divided against itself, shall not stand. ²⁶ And, if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, shall his kingdom stand ²⁷ And, if I by Beelzebub cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. ²⁸ But, if I by the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then the Kingdom of God came upon you unexpectedly. ²⁹ Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and seize upon his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. ³⁰ He that is not with Me is against Me; and he that gathers not with Me scatters. ³¹ Therefore, I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. ³² And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in that which is to come. ³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless and its fruit worthless; for from the fruit the tree is known. ³⁴ "Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man, out of his good treasure, puts forth good things; and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, puts forth evil things. ³⁶ And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment; ³⁷ for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned." ³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from Thee." ³⁹ And He, answering, said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. ⁴⁰ For, as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ "The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴² "A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³ "But, when the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not. ⁴⁴ Then it says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out;' and, having come, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned. ⁴⁵ Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and, entering in, they dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation." ⁴⁶ While He was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and His brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to Him. ⁴⁷ [And one said to Him, "Behold, Thy mother and Thy brothers are standing without, seeking to speak to Thee."] ⁴⁸ But He, answering, said to him that told Him, "Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?" ⁴⁹ And stretching forth His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold, My mother and My brothers! ⁵⁰ For whosoever does the will of My Father Who is in Heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother." ¹³ ¹ On that day Jesus, having gone out of the house, was sitting by the seaside. ² And there were gathered to Him great multitudes; so that He, having entered into a boat, sat down, and all the multitudes were standing on the beach. ³ And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow. ⁴ And, in his sowing, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds, coming, devoured them. ⁵ And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and straightway they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. ⁶ And, the sun having risen, they were scorched; and, because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷ And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. ⁸ And others fell on the good ground, and were yielding fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He that has ears let him hear." ¹⁰ And the disciples, having come near, said to Him, "Wherefore dost Thou speak to them in parables?" ¹¹ And He, answering, said to them, "Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given. ¹² For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but whosoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. ¹³ On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand. ¹⁴ And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, 'With hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and, seeing, ye will see, and will not perceive; ¹⁵ for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.' ¹⁶ But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are seeing, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear them. ¹⁸ Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ When any one hears the word of the Kingdom, and understands it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away what has been sown in his heart: this is he that was sown by the wayside. ²⁰ And he that was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightway with joy receives it; ²¹ yet he has not root in himself, but is only temporary; and, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, straightway he stumbles. ²² And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the anxiety of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²³ But he that was sown on the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands it; who, indeed, bears fruit, and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." ²⁴ Another parable He set before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field; ²⁵ and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ And, when the blade sprang up, and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also. ²⁷ And the servants of the house-holder, corning near, said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares?' ²⁸ And he said to them, 'An enemy did this.' The servants say to him, 'Do you wish, then, that we, going, should gather them up?' ²⁹ He says, 'No; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. ³⁰ Suffer both to grow together until the harvest. And, in the season of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them into bundles, with the view of burning them; but gather the wheat into my barn.'" ³¹ Another parable He set before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man, having taken, sowed in his field: ³² which, indeed, is less than all the seeds; but, when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and roost in its branches." ³³ Another parable He spake to them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." ³⁴ All these things Jesus spake to the multitudes in parables; and, without a parable, He was wont to speak nothing to them; ³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world." ³⁶ Then, leaving the multitudes, He went into the house; and His disciples came to Him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." ³⁷ And, answering, He said, "He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸ The field is the world: and the good seed, these are the sons of the Kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the evil one; ³⁹ and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰ As, therefore, the tares are gathered up, and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the age. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity; ⁴² and they will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! ⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He that has ears let him hear. ⁴⁴ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls; ⁴⁶ and, having found one pearl of great price, departing, he has sold all that he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net, cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind; ⁴⁸ which, when it was filled having drawn it up again upon the beach, and sitting down, they gathered the good into vessels, but cast away the bad. ⁴⁹ So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous, ⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ "Did ye understand all these things?" They say to Him, "Yes;" ⁵² and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old." ⁵³ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence. ⁵⁴ And, coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and the mighty works? ⁵⁵ Is not This the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, hath this Man all these things?" ⁵⁷ And they were finding in Him occasion to stumble. And Jesus said to them "a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house." ⁵⁸ And He did not perform many mighty works there because of their unbelief. ¹⁴ ¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, and said to his servants, ² "This is John the Immerser; He arose from the dead; and therefore do the powers work in Him." ³ For Herod, having laid hold of John, bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. ⁴ For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." ⁵ And, wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they were holding him as a prophet. ⁶ But, on a birthday celebration of Herod, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. ⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. ⁸ And she, urged on by her mother, says, "Give me here upon a plate the head of John the Immerser." ⁹ And the king, though grieved, yet, because of the oaths and of those sitting at the table with them, ordered it to be given; ¹⁰ and, having sent, he beheaded John in the prison; ¹¹ and his head was brought upon a plate, and given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother. ¹² And his disciples, coming, took up the corpse, and buried it; and, coming, they told Jesus; ¹³ And Jesus, having heard it, withdrew thence, in a boat, into a desert, apart. And the multitudes, hearing of it, followed Him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴ And Jesus, coming forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion over them, and healed their sick. ¹⁵ And, evening coming on, the disciples came to Him, saying, "The place is desert, and the time already passed by: dismiss the multitudes, that, having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves." ¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, "They have no need to go away. Give ye them to eat." ¹⁷ And they say to Him, "We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes." ¹⁸ And He said, "Bring them here to Me." ¹⁹ And, having commanded the multitudes to recline on the grass—taking the five loaves and two fishes—looking up into the heaven, He blessed; and, having broken, He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ²⁰ And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. ²¹ And those eating were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² And straightway He constrained the disciples to enter into a boat, and to go before Him to the other side, while He should dismiss the multitudes. ²³ And, having dismissed the multitudes, He went up into the mountain, apart, to pray; and, evening coming on, He was there alone. ²⁴ But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And, in the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶ And the disciples, seeing Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. ²⁷ But Jesus straightway spake to them, saying, "Be of good cheer. It is I; be not afraid." ²⁸ And Peter, answering Him, said, "Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come to Thee on the water." ²⁹ And He said, "Come." And, going down from the boat, Peter walked upon the water, and came to Jesus. ³⁰ But, seeing the wind, he was frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" ³¹ And immediately Jesus, stretching forth His hand, took hold of him, and saith to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" ³² And, when they went up into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³ And these in the boat worshiped Him, saying, "Truly Thou art God's Son." ³⁴ And, passing over, they came upon the land to Gennesaret. ³⁵ And, recognizing Him, the men of that place sent into all that region round about, and brought to Him all who were sick; ³⁶ and they were beseeching Him, that they might only touch the border of His garment; and as many as touched it were made thoroughly well. ¹⁵ ¹ Then there come to Jesus, from Jerusalem, Pharisees and scribes, saying, ² "Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!" ³ And He, answering, said to them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,' ⁵ But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might be profited by me is an offering,' ⁶ shall in no wise honor his father; and ye made void the word of God because of your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ 'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. ⁹ But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" ¹⁰ And, having called the multitude near, He said to them, "Hear, and understand: ¹¹ Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth—this defiles the man." ¹² Then, His disciples, coming near, say to Him, "Knowest Thou that the Pharisees, having heard the saying, were made to stumble?" ¹³ But He, answering, said, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind guides; and if a blind man be guiding a blind man, both will fall into a pit." ¹⁵ And Peter, answering, said to Him, "Explain to us the parable." ¹⁶ And He said, "Are ye also even yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not perceive that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain? ¹⁸ But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and these defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies: ²⁰ these are the things which defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." ²¹ And, going forth thence, Jesus withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And, behold, a Canaanitish woman, having come forth out of those borders, cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon!" ²³ But He answered her not a word. And His disciples, coming near, were beseeching Him, saying, "Send her away; for she is crying after us!" ²⁴ But He, answering, said, "I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ But she, coming, was worshiping Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" ²⁶ And He, answering, said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs." ²⁷ But she said, "Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from the master's table." ²⁸ Then Jesus, answering, said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! be it done to you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And, departing thence, Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee; and, going up into the mountain, He was sitting there. ³⁰ And there came to Him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they cast them at His feet, and He healed them; ³¹ so that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, maimed whole, and lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus, having called His disciples near, said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest haply they faint in the way." ³³ And His disciples say to Him, "Whence should we, in a wilderness, have so many loaves as to satisfy so great a multitude?" ³⁴ And Jesus saith to them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes." ³⁵ And, having commanded the multitude to recline on the ground, ³⁶ He took the seven loaves and the fishes; giving thanks, He broke, and was giving to the disciples; and the disciples to the multitudes. ³⁷ And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up what was over of the pieces seven baskets full; ³⁸ and those eating were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And, dismissing the multitudes, He went up into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan. ¹⁶ ¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming near, tempting Him, asked Him to show them a sign from the heaven; ² and He, answering, said to them, "When it is evening, ye say, 'It will be fair, for the heaven is red;' ³ and in the morning, 'Today, a tempest; for red is the overcast heaven.' The face of the heaven, indeed, ye know how to discern, but the signs of the times ye can not discern. ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign; and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet." And, leaving them, He departed. ⁵ And the disciples, coming to the other aide, forgot to take bread. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, "Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ⁷ And they were deliberating among themselves, saying, "We took no bread." ⁸ And Jesus, knowing it, said, "Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have no bread? ⁹ Do ye not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? ¹¹ How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? but beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ¹² Then they understood that He did not bid them beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?" ¹⁴ And they said, "Some say John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." ¹⁵ And He saith to them, "But who do ye say that I am?" ¹⁶ And Simon Peter, answering, said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." ¹⁷ And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah; because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven. ¹⁸ And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; and whatsoever you shall bind on the earth shall have been bound in Heaven, and whatsoever you shall loose on the earth shall have been loosed in Heaven." ²⁰ Then He charged the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ. ²¹ From that time began Jesus to show to His disciples, that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and high-priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised up. ²² And Peter, taking Him aside, began to rebuke Him, saying, "God be merciful to Thee! this shall not be to Thee." ²³ But, turning, He said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! you are a stumbling-block to Me; because you are not thinking of the things of God, but the things of men." ²⁴ Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me; ²⁵ for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it; ²⁶ for what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then will He render to each one according to his work. ²⁸ Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who will not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom." ¹⁷ ¹ And, after six days, Jesus taketh with Him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart; ² and He was transfigured before them; and His face shone as the sun, and His garments became white as the light. ³ And, behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with Him. ⁴ And Peter, answering, said to Jesus," Lord, it is good that we are here. If Thou wilt, I will make here three tents—one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." ⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I delighted; hear Him." ⁶ And the disciples, hearing it, fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid. ⁷ And Jesus came near, and, touching them, said, "Arise, and be not afraid." ⁸ And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only. ⁹ And, as they were coming down out of the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man be raised from among the dead." ¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" ¹¹ And He, answering, said, "Elijah, indeed, comes, and will restore all things; ¹² but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they recognized him not, but did with him whatsoever they wished: so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them." ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He spake to them concerning John the Immerser. ¹⁴ And, when they came to the multitude, there approached Him a man, kneeling to Him, and saying, ¹⁵ "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is lunatic, and suffers grievously; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to Thy disciples, and they could not heal him." ¹⁷ And Jesus, answering, said, "O faithless and perverted generation! How long shall I be with you? Bring him here to Me." ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon went out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples, coming near, said to Jesus privately, "Why could not we cast it out?" ²⁰ And He saith to them, "Because of your little faith. For verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, 'Remove hence yonder,' and it will be removed, and nothing shall be impossible to you." ²¹ ["But this kind goes not out, except by prayer and fasting.] ²² And, while they were assembled together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men; ²³ and they will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up." And they were grieved exceedingly. ²⁴ And, when they came into Capernaum, those receiving the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, "Doth not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?" ²⁵ He says, "Yes." And Jesus anticipated him as he came into the house, saying, "What do you think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? from their sons, or from the aliens?" ²⁶ And, when he said, "From the aliens," Jesus said to him, "Consequently the sons are free; ²⁷ but, that we may not cause them to stumble; having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the fish first coming up; and, opening its mouth, you will find a shekel; taking that, give it to them for Me and you." ¹⁸ ¹ At that time the disciples came near to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" ² And, having called a little child to Him, He placed it in the midst of them, ³ and said, "Verily I say to you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴ Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, he is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁵ And whosoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me. ⁶ But whosoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a large millstone be hanged about his neck, and he be sunk in the depth of the sea. ⁷ "Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes! ⁸ "And, if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you; it is good for you to enter into life maimed or lame, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. ⁹ "And, if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; it is good for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Hell of fire. ¹⁰ "See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in Heaven do always behold the face of My Father Who is in Heaven. ¹¹ ["For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost."] ¹² "What think ye? If a hundred sheep belong to a certain man, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountains, and, going, seek the straying one? ¹³ And, if it happen that he find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine that have not gone astray. ¹⁴ In like manner it is not the will of your Father Who is in Heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ "And, if your brother sin against you, go show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hear you, you gained your brother; ¹⁶ but, if he hear you not, take with you yet one or two, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every word may be established. ¹⁷ And, if he disregard them, tell it to the assembly; and, if he disregard the assembly also, let him be to you as the gentile and the tax-collector. ¹⁸ Verily, I say to you, whatsoever ye bind upon the earth shall have been bound in Heaven, and whatsoever ye loose on the earth shall have been loosed in Heaven. ¹⁹ "Again, I say to you, that, if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter which ye ask, it shall be done for them by My Father Who is in Heaven; ²⁰ for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them." ²¹ Then Peter, coming near, said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?" ²² Jesus saith to him, "I say not to you, 'till seven times,' but till seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a king who wished to make a reckoning with his servants. ²⁴ And, when he began to reckon, there was brought to him one debtor of ten thousand talents; ²⁵ but, as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he be sold, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant, falling down, therefore, was bowing to him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' ²⁷ And, moved with compassion, the lord of that servant released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But, going forth, that servant found one of his fellow-servants, who was owing him a hundred denaries; and, having laid hold of him, he was choking him, saying, 'Pay, if you are owing anything!' ²⁹ His fellow-servant, falling down, therefore, was entreating him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you! ³⁰ And he would not; but, going away, he cast him into prison, till he should pay what was due. ³¹ Therefore, his fellow-servants, seeing what was done, were exceedingly grieved; and, going, they made known to their lord all that was done. ³² "Then, calling him to him, his lord says to him, 'Evil servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me. ³³ Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had mercy on you?' ³⁴ And, being angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all the debt. ³⁵ So also will My Heavenly Father do to you, if ye forgive not, each one his brother, from your hearts." ¹⁹ ¹ And it came to pass that, when Jesus finished these words, He departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea, beyond the Jordan. ² And large multitudes followed Him; and He healed them there. ³ And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause" ⁴ And He, answering, said, "Did you not read that He Who made them from the beginning made them 'male and female,' ⁵ and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?" ⁶ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What, therefore, God joined together, let not man put asunder." ⁷ They say to Him, "Why, then, did Moses command to give her a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?" ⁸ He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so. ⁹ And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery." ¹⁰ The disciples say to Him, "If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry." ¹¹ But He said to them, "Not all can receive this saying, but those to whom it has been given; ¹² for there are eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it." ¹³ Then were brought to Him little children, that He might put His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But Jesus said, "Permit the little children—and do not forbid them—to come to Me; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." ¹⁵ And, having laid His hands on them, He departed thence. ¹⁶ And, behold, one, having come near, said to Him, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" ¹⁷ And He said to him, "Why do you question Me concerning the good? One is the Good. But, if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." ¹⁸ He says to Him, "Which?" And Jesus said, "You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; ¹⁹ honor your father and your mother; and, you shall love your neighbor as yourself." ²⁰ The young man says to Him, "I observed all these things; what yet do I lack?" ²¹ Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me." ²² But the young man, having heard this saying, went away grieved; for he was one who had large possessions. ²³ And Jesus said to His disciples, "Verily I say to you, that with difficulty shall a rich man enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ²⁴ And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." ²⁵ And the disciples, having heard it, were amazed exceedingly, saying, "Who, then, can be saved? " ²⁶ But Jesus, looking on them, said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." ²⁷ Then Peter, answering, said to Him, "Behold, we left all, and followed Thee; what, then, shall we have?" ²⁸ And Jesus said to them, "Verily I say to you, that ye who followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive manifold more and shall inherit eternal life. ³⁰ But many that are first shall be last, and last first." ²⁰ ¹ "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man who was a householder, who went forth early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard; ² and, having agreed with the laborers for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ "And, going forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle; ⁴ and to them he said, 'Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.' And they went away. ⁵ "Again, going forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise. ⁶ And about the eleventh hour, going forth, he found others standing, and he says to them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?' ⁷ They say to him, 'Because no man hired us.' He says to them, 'Go ye also into the vineyard.' ⁸ "And, evening having come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, 'Call the laborers, and pay them the wages, beginning from the last to the first.' ⁹ "And those who were hired about the eleventh hour, coming, received, each, a denary. ¹⁰ And the first, coming, supposed that they would receive more; and they also received, each, a denary. ¹¹ And, having received it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² saying, 'These last wrought but one hour, and you made them equal with us, who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!' ¹³ "But he, answering, said to one of them, 'Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denary? ¹⁴ Take up your own, and go. But I will to give to the last even as to you: ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' ¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last. ¹⁷ And, when about to go up to Jerusalem, Jesus took with Him the twelve disciples privately, and on the way He said to them, ¹⁸ "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the high-priests and scribes; and they will condemn Him to death; ¹⁹ and will deliver Him up to the gentiles, to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and, on the third day, He will be raised up " ²⁰ Then came to Him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshiping and asking something of Him. ²¹ And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She says to Him, "Command, that these my two sons may sit, one on Thy right hand, and one on Thy left, in Thy Kingdom." ²² But Jesus, answering, said, "Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They say to Him, "We are able." ²³ He saith to them, "My cup, indeed, ye shall drink; but to sit on My right hand, and on My left, is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father." ²⁴ And the ten, hearing it, were much displeased with the two brothers. ²⁵ But Jesus, calling them near, said, "Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them. ²⁶ Not so shall it be among you; ²⁷ but whosoever wishes to become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever wishes to be first among you shall be your servant; ²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many." ²⁹ And, as they were going forth from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. ³⁰ And, behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried, saying, "Lord, have mercy on us, Thou Son of David!" ³¹ But the multitude rebuked them, that they should be silent. But they cried the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Thou Son of David!" ³² And, standing still, Jesus called them, and said, "What do you wish that I should do to you?" ³³ They say to Him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened." ³⁴ And, moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and straightway they received sight; and followed Him. ²¹ ¹ And, when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples. ² saying to them, "Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; having loosed them, lead them to Me. ³ And, if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, 'The Lord hath need of them;' and straight-way he will send them." ⁴ Now this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, ⁵ "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and mounted upon an ass, and on a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'" ⁶ And the disciples, going and doing as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ led the ass and the colt, and put upon them their garments; and He sat thereon. ⁸ And most of the multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the way. ⁹ And the multitudes, who were going before Him, and those who were following, were crying, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" ¹⁰ And, when He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was startled, saying, "Who is this?" ¹¹ And the multitudes said, "This is the Prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple, and cast out all those selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those selling the doves. ¹³ And He saith to them, "It has been written, 'My house, shall be called a house of prayer; but ye are making it a den of robbers!'" ¹⁴ And the blind and lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. ¹⁵ And the high-priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things which He did, and the boys who were crying in the temple, and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" were much displeased, ¹⁶ and said to Him, "Dost Thou hear what these are saying?" And Jesus saith to them, "Yes; did ye never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst perfect praise!'" ¹⁷ And, leaving them, He went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there. ¹⁸ And in the morning, returning into the city, He hungered. ¹⁹ And, seeing one fig tree by the way, He came to it, and found nothing thereon except leaves only. And He saith to it, "No more may fruit come from you forever." And immediately the fig tree withered away! ²⁰ And the disciples, seeing it, wondered, saying, "How quickly the fig tree withered away!" ²¹ And Jesus, answering, said to them, "Verily I say to you, if ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only the withering of the fig tree shall ye accomplish, but, even if ye say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up, and be cast into the sea,' it shall be done. ²² And all things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." ²³ And, when He came into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, saying, "By what authority art Thou doing these things? And who gave Thee this authority?" ²⁴ And Jesus, answering, said, "I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things: ²⁵ The immersion of John—whence was it? from Heaven or from men?" And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why, then, did ye not believe him?' ²⁶ But, if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet." ²⁷ And, answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things." ²⁸ "But what think ye? A man had two children; and to the first, he said, 'Child, go, work today in the vineyard.' ²⁹ And he, answering, said, 'I go, sir,' and he went not. ³⁰ And, coming to the second, he spake in like manner; and he, answering, said, 'I am not willing;' but later, repenting, he went. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They say, "The last." Jesus saith to them, "Verily I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots are going into the Kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him; but ye, having seen him, did not even repent afterward, that ye might believe him." ³³ "Hear another parable. There was a man—a householder—who planted a vineyard, and placed a fence around it, and dug a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ³⁴ And, when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the husbandmen, taking his servants, one, indeed, they beat; and one they killed; and one they stoned. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them likewise. ³⁷ But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' ³⁸ But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance!' ³⁹ And, taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husband-men?" ⁴¹ They say to Him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons." ⁴² Jesus saith to them, "Did ye never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made head of a corner; this was from the Lord, and it is marvellous in our eyes?' ⁴³ "Therefore, I say to you, the Kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruit thereof. ⁴⁴ And he who falls on this stone shall be broken in pieces; but on whomsoever it falls, it will scatter him as dust." ⁴⁵ And the high-priests and Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He was speaking concerning them. ⁴⁶ And, while seeking to lay hold on Him, they feared the multitudes, since they were holding Him as a prophet.