20 to touch him: for power came forth from him, and healed them all. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor: for yours 21 is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye 22 shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the 23 Son of man's sake. Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the same manner did their fathers 24 unto the prophets. But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your con25 solation. Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall 26 mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets. taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye 31 would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. And if ye love them 32 that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. And 33 if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same. And if ye lend to 34 them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much. But love your enemies, and 35 do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. Be 36 ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful. And judge 37 not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released: give, and it shall 38 be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again. And he spake also a para- 39 ble unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit? The dis- 40 ciple is not above his master: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the 41 1 Some ancient authorities read despairing of no man. 2 Or, teacher it had been well builded. But 49 mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own 42 eye? Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thy-straightway it fell in; and the self beholdest not the beam ruin of that house was great. that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 43 For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit. 44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they 45 grapes. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. After he had ended all his 17 sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things 47 which I say? Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he 48 is like: he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: 1because And a certain centurion's 2 2servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and at the point of death. And when 3 he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his 2 servant. And they, when 4 they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him: for he loveth 5 our nation, and himself built us our synagogue. And Je- 6 sus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: wherefore 7 neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed. For 8 I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he 1 Many ancient authorities read for it had been founded upon in Matt. vii. 25. 2 Gr. bondservant. Or, precious to him able with him 4 Gr. sufficient. Gr. say with a word. the rock: as Or, honour. • Or, boy two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? And 20 when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? In that hour he 21 cured many of diseases and 4plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he an- 22 11 And it came to pass 2soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain; and his dis-swered and said unto them, Iciples went with him, and a Go your way, and tell John 12 great multitude. Now when what things ye have seen and he drew near to the gate of heard; the blind receive their the city, behold, there was sight, the lame walk, the carried out one that was lepers are cleansed, and the dead, the only son of his deaf hear, the dead are raised mother, and she was a wi- up, the poor have good tiddow: and much people of the ings preached to them. And 23 13 city was with her. And when blessed is he, whosoever shall the Lord saw her, he had find none occasion of stumcompassion on her, and said bling in me. 14 unto her, Weep not. And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, say unto thee, Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he 16 gave him to his mother. And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his 17 people. And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judæa, and all the region round about. 1 Gr. bondservant. | Behold, I send my messen- 2 Many ancient authorities read on the next day. 3 Gr. certain two. 4 Gr. scourges. 5 Or, the gospel Who shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is 1but little in the kingdom of God is greater 29 than he. And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, 2 being baptized with the bap30 tism of John. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized 31 of him. Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are 32 they like? They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; which say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did 33 not weep. For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sin35 ners! And wisdom 5 is justified of all her children. 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 27 And behold, a woman which was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and standing behind at his 38 feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and 7 kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now 39 when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is which toucheth him, that she is a sinner. And Jesus 40 answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. A certain 41 lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred 10 pence, and the other fifty. When 42 they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most? Simon an- 43 swered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. And turning to the woman, 44 he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. Thou gavest 45 me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not 1 Gr. lesser. 2 Or, having been demon. 5 Or, was 6 Or, a flask ancient authorities read the prophet. See 10 See marginal note on Matt. xviii. 28. 3 Or, not having been 4 Gr. 8 Some 7 Gr. kissed much. John i. 21, 25. 9 Or, Teacher 46 ceased to kiss my feet. My other fell on the rock; and head with oil thou didst not as soon as it grew, it withered anoint: but she hath anoint-away, because it had no mois ed my feet with ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48 And he said unto her, Thy 49 sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him began to say 2 within themselves, Who is this that even 80 forgiveth sins? And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. 81 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the 3 good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the 2 twelve, and certain women which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven devils 3 had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto them of their substance. ture. And other fell amidst 7 the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. And other fell into the good 8 ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him 9 what this parable might be. And he said, Unto you it is 10 given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is 11 this: The seed is the word of God. And those by the way 12 side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. And 13 those on the rock are they which, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among 14 the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. And that in the good ground, 15 these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard |