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THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN By REV. HOPE W. HOGG, B.D.

Ante-Nicene / Post-Nicene Fathers · 56 sections

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   I. In Borgian ms. Here endeth the Gospel which Tatianus compiled and named Diatessaron, i.e., The Fourfold, a compilation from the four Gospels of the holy Apostles, the excellent Evangelists (peace be upon them). It was translated by the excellent and learned priest, Abu’l Faraj ‘Abdulla ibn-at-Tayyib3872 (may God grant him favour), from Syriac into Arabic, from an exemplar written by ‘Isa3873 ibn-‘Ali al-Motatabbib,3874 pupil of Honain ibn-Ishak (God have mercy on them both). Amen. 2. In Vatican ms.3875 Here endeth, by the help of God, the holy Gospel that Titianus compiled from the four Gospels, which is known as Diatessaron. And praise be to God, as he is entitled to it and lord of it! And to him be the glory for ever.

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   1 75In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God is the 2,3 Word. 76This was in the beginning with God. 77Everything was by his hand, and [4] without him not even one existing thing was made. 78In him was life, and the life [5] is the light of men. 79And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not. 6 80 81There was in the days of Herod the king a priest whose name was Zacharias, of the family of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name 7 was Elizabeth. 82And they were both righteous before God, walking in all his commands, 8 and in the uprightness of God without reproach. 83And they had no son, for 9 Elizabeth was barren, and they had both advanced in age. 84And while he discharged 10 Arabic, p. 2 the duties of priest in the order of his service before God, 85according to the custom of the priesthood it was his turn to burn incense; so he entered the 11 temple of the Lord. 86And the whole gathering of the people were praying without at the 12 time of the incense. 87And there appeared unto Zacharias the angel of the Lord, standing 13 at the right of the altar of incense; 88and Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, 14 and fear fell upon him. 89But the angel said unto him, Be not agitated,90 Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt 15 call his name John; 91and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice 16 at his birth. 92And he shall be great before the Lord, and shall not drink wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit93 while he is in his mother’s 17 womb. 94And he shall turn back many of the children of Israel to the Lord their 18 God. 95And he shall go before him in the spirit, and in the power of Elijah the prophet, to turn back the heart of the fathers to the sons, and those that obey not to the knowledge96 of the righteous; and to prepare for the Lord a perfect people. 19 97And Zacharias said unto the angel, How shall I know this, since I am an old man 20 and my wife is advanced in years? 98And the angel answered and said unto him, I am Gabriel, that standeth before God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and give 21 thee tidings of this. 99Henceforth thou shalt be speechless, and shalt not be able to speak until the day in which this shall come to pass, because thou didst not trust 22 this my word, which shall be accomplished in its time. 100And the people were standing Arabic, p. 3 awaiting Zacharias, and they were perplexed at his delaying in the temple. 23 101And when Zacharias went out, he was not able to speak unto them: so they knew that he had seen in the temple a vision; and he made signs unto them, and 24 continued dumb. 102And when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his dwelling. 25 103And after those days Elizabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five 26 months, and said, 104This hath the Lord done unto me in the days when he looked upon me, to remove my reproach from among men. 27 105And106 in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from God to Galilee107 to a 28 city called Nazareth, 108to a virgin given in marriage to a man named Joseph, of the 29 house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 109And the angel entered unto her and said unto her, Peace be unto thee, thou who art filled with grace. Our Lord 30 is with thee, thou blessed amongst women. 110And she, when she beheld, was agitated 31 at his word, and pondered what this salutation could be. 111And the angel said unto 32 her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God. 112Thou shalt now conceive, 33 and bear a son, and call his name Jesus. 113This shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of 34 David his father: and he shall rule over the house of Jacob for ever; 114and to his 35 kingdom there shall be no end. 115Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be to 36 me when no man hath known me? 116The angel answered and said unto her, The [Arabic, p. 4] Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Most High shall rest upon thee, and therefore shall he that is born of thee be pure, and shall be called the Son 37 of God. 117And lo, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old 38 age; and this is the sixth month with her, her that is called barren. 118For nothing is 39 difficult for God. 119Mary said, Lo, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be unto me according unto thy word. And the angel departed from her. 40 120And then Mary arose in those days and went in haste into the hill country,121 to a122 41 city of Judah; 123and entered into the house of Zacharias, and asked for the health of 42 Elizabeth. 124And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in 43 her womb. 125And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and cried with a loud voice and said unto Mary, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the 44 fruit that is in thy womb. 126Whence have I this privilege, that the mother of my 45 Lord should come unto me? 127When the sound of thy salutation reached my ears, 46 with great joy rejoiced the babe in my womb. 128And blessed is she who believed 47 that what was spoken to her from the Lord would be fulfilled. 129And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 48 130And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, 49 131Who hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden: Lo, henceforth, all generations132 shall pronounce blessing on me. 50 133For134 he hath done great things for me, who is mighty, And holy is his name. 51 135And his mercy embraceth them who fear him, Throughout the ages and the times. 52 Arabic, p. 5 136He wrought the victory with his arm, And scattered them that prided themselves in their opinions. 53 137He overthrew them that acted haughtily from their thrones, And raised the lowly. 54 138He satisfied with good things the hungry, And left the rich without anything. 55 139He helped Israel his servant, And remembered his mercy 56 140(According as he spake with our fathers) Unto Abraham and unto his seed for ever. 57 141And Mary abode with Elizabeth about three months, and returned unto her house. 58, 59 142And Elizabeth’s time of delivery was come; and she brought forth a son. 143And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that God had multiplied his mercy towards her; 60 and they rejoiced with her. 144And when145 it was the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and called him Zacharias, calling him by the name of his father. 61 146And his mother answered and said unto them, Not so; but he shall be called John. 62 147And they said unto her, There is no man of thy kindred that is called by this name. 63, 64 148And they made signs to his father, saying, How dost thou wish to name him? 149And he asked for a tablet, and wrote and said, His name is John. And every one wondered. 65 150And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spake and 66 praised God. 151And fear fell on all their neighbours: and this was spoken of152 in all 67 the mountains of Judah. 153And all who heard pondered in their hearts and said, What shall this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. 68 154And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied and said, 69 155Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Who hath cared for his people, and wrought for it salvation; 70 156And hath raised for us the horn of salvation Arabic, p. 6 In the house of David his servant 71 157(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets from eternity), 72 158That he might save us from our enemies, And from the hand of all them that hate us. 73 159And he hath performed his mercy towards our fathers, And remembered his holy covenants, 74 160And the oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, 75 161That he would give us deliverance from the hand of our enemies, And without fear we shall162 serve before him 76 163All our days with equity and righteousness. 77 164And as for thee, O child, prophet of the Most High shalt thou be called. Thou shalt go forth before the face of the Lord to prepare his way, 78 165To give the knowledge of salvation166 unto his people, For the forgiveness of their sins, 79 167Through the mercy of168 the compassion of our God, With which he careth for169 us, to appear170 from on high 80 171To give light to them that sit in darkness and under the shadow of death, And to set straight our feet in the way of peace. 81 172And the child grew and became strong in the spirit, and abode in the desert until the time of his appearing unto the children of Israel.

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   1 Arabic, p. 7 173Now174 the birth of Jesus the Messiah was on this wise: In the time when his mother was given in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, 2 she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 175And Joseph her husband was a just man and did not wish to expose her, and he purposed to put her away secretly. 3 176But when he thought of this, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, and said unto him, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife, for that 4 which is begotten177 in her is of the Holy Spirit. 178She shall bear a son, and thou shalt 5 call his name Jesus, and he shall save179 his people from their sins. 180And all this was that the saying from the Lord by the prophet might be fulfilled: 6 181Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel, 7 which is, being interpreted, With us is our God. 182And when Joseph arose from his [8] sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife; 183and knew her not until she brought forth her firstborn son. 9 184And in those days there went forth a decree from Augustus Cæsar that all the 10 people of his dominion185 should be enrolled. 186This first enrolment was187 while Quirinius 11, 12 was governor of Syria. 188And every man went to be enrolled in his city. 189And Joseph went up also from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, to Judæa, to the city of David 13 which is called Bethlehem (for he was of the house of David and of his tribe), 190with 14 [Arabic, p. 8] Mary his betrothed, she being with child, to be enrolled there. 191And while 15 she was there the days for her being delivered were accomplished. 192And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them where they were staying. 16 193And there were in that region shepherds abiding, keeping their flock in the watch 17 of the night. 194And behold, the angel of God came unto them, and the glory of the 18 Lord shone upon them; and they were greatly terrified. 195And the angel said unto them, Be not terrified; for I bring you tidings of great joy which shall be to the 19 whole world; 196there is born to you this day a Saviour, which is the Lord the Messiah, 20 in the city of David. 197And this is a sign for you: ye shall find a babe wrapped 21 in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger. 198And there appeared with the angels suddenly many heavenly forces praising199 God and saying, 22 200Praise be to God in the highest, And on the earth peace, and good hope to men. 23 201And when the angels departed from them to heaven, the shepherds spake to one another and said, We will go to Bethlehem and see this word which hath been, as 24 the Lord made known unto us. 202And they came with haste, and found Mary and 25 Joseph, and the babe laid in a manger. 203And when they saw, they reported the word 26 which was spoken to them about the child. 204And all that heard wondered at the 27 description which the shepherds described205 to them. 206But Mary kept these207 sayings 28 and discriminated208 them in her heart. 209And those shepherds returned, magnifying and praising God for all that they had seen and heard, according as it was described unto them. 29 Arabic, p. 9 210And when eight days were fulfilled that the child should be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, being that by which he was called by the angel before his conception in the womb. 30 211And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were 31 completed, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him before the Lord 212(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male opening the womb shall be called the 32 holy thing of the Lord), 213and to give a sacrificial victim as it is said in the law of 33 the Lord, A pair of doves or two young pigeons. 214And there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and this man was upright and pious, and expecting 34 the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 215And it had been said unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death till he had seen with 35 his eyes the Messiah216 of the Lord. 217And this man came by the Spirit to the temple; and at the time when his parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might 36 present for him a sacrifice, as it is written in the law, 218he bare him in his arms and praised God and said, 37 219Now loosest thou the bonds of thy servant, O Lord, in peace,220 According to thy saying; 38 221For mine eye hath witnessed thy mercy, 39 222Which thou hast made ready because of the whole world; 40 223A light for the unveiling224 of the nations, And a glory to thy people Israel. 41 225And Joseph and his mother were marvelling at the things which were being said 42 concerning him. 226And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Behold, he is set for the overthrow and rising of many in Israel; and for a sign of contention; 43 227and a spear228 shall pierce229 through thine own soul; that the thoughts of the 44 Arabic, p. 10 hearts of many may be revealed. 230And Anna the prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, was also advanced in years (and she dwelt 45 with her husband seven years from her virginity, 231and she remained a widow about eighty-four years); and she left not the temple, and served night and day with 46 fasting and prayer. 232And she also rose in that hour and thanked the Lord, and she 47 spake of him with every one who was expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem. 233And when they had accomplished everything according to what is in the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to Nazareth their city.

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   1, 2 234And after that,235 the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, 236and said, Where is the King of the Jews which was born? We have seen his star in the east, and have 3 come to worship him. 237And Herod the king heard, and he was troubled, and all 4 Jerusalem with him. 238And he gathered all the chief priests and the scribes of the 5 people, and asked them in what place239 the Messiah should be born. 240They said, In Bethlehem of Judæa: thus it is written in the prophet, 6 241Thou also, Bethlehem of Judah, Art not contemptible among the kings of Judah: From thee shall go forth a king, And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel. 7 242Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which 8 the star appeared to them. 243And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said unto them, Go and search about the child diligently; and when ye have found him, come and 9 make known to me, that I also may go and worship him. 244And they, when they Arabic, p. 11 heard the king, departed; and lo, the star which they had seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood above the place where the child 10, 11 was. 245And when they beheld the star, they rejoiced with very great joy. 246And they entered the house and beheld the child with Mary his mother, and fell down worshipping him, and opened their saddle-bags and offered to him offerings, gold and 12 myrrh and frankincense. 247And they saw in a dream248 that they should not return to Herod, and they travelled by another way in going to their country. 13 249And when they had departed, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, and said unto him, Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I speak to thee; for Herod is determined to seek the child 14 to slay him. 250And Joseph arose and took the child and his mother in the night, and 15 fled into Egypt, 251and remained in it until the time of the death of Herod: that that might be fulfilled which was said by the Lord in the prophet, which said, From 16 Egypt did I call my son. 252And Herod then, when he saw that he was mocked of the Magi, was very angry, and sent and killed all the male children which were in Bethlehem and all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time 17 which he had inquired from the Magi. 253Then was fulfilled the saying in Jeremiah the prophet, which said, 18 254A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and much lamentation; Rachel weeping255 for her children, And not willing to be consoled for their loss. 19 256But when Herod the king died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to 20 Joseph in Egypt, 257and said unto him, Rise and take the child and his mother, and Arabic, p. 12 go into the land of Israel; for they have died who sought the child’s life. 21 258And Joseph rose and took the child and his mother, and came to the land 22 of Israel. 259But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judæa instead of Herod his father, he feared to go thither; and he saw in a dream that he should 23 go into the land of Galilee, 260and that he should abide in a city called Nazareth: that the saying in the prophet might be fulfilled, that he should be called a Nazarene. 24 261And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, becoming filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him. 25 262And his kinsfolk263 used to go every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 26 264And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to their custom, 27 to the feast. 265And when the days were accomplished, they returned; and the child 28 Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew not: 266and they supposed that he was with the children of their company. And when they had gone one day’s journey, they sought him beside their people and those who knew them, 29 and they found him not; 267so they returned to Jerusalem and sought him again. 30 268And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, 31 hearing them and asking them questions; 269and all who heard him wondered at 32 his wisdom and his words. 270And when they saw him they wondered, and his mother said unto him, My son, why hast thou dealt with us thus? behold, I and thy father 33 have been seeking for thee with much anxiety. 271And he said unto them, Why were 34 ye seeking me? know272 ye not that I must be in the house of my Father? 273And they 35 understood not the word which he spake unto them. 274And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was obedient to them: and his mother used to keep all these sayings in her heart. 36 Arabic, p. 13 275And Jesus grew in his stature and wisdom, and in grace with God and men. 37 276And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, when Pontius Pilate was governor in Judæa, and one of the four rulers, Herod, in Galilee; and Philip his brother, one of the four rulers, in Ituræa and in the district of Trachonitis; and 38 Lysanias, one of the four rulers, in Abilene; 277in the chief-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the command278 of God went forth to John the son of Zacharias in the 39 desert. 279And he came into all the region which is about Jordan, proclaiming the 40 baptism of repentance unto280 the forgiveness of sins. 281And he was preaching in the 41 wilderness of Judæa, and saying, 282Repent ye; the kingdom of heaven is come near. 42 283This is he that was spoken of in Isaiah the prophet, The voice which crieth in the desert, 43 284Prepare ye the way of the Lord, And make straight in the plain, paths for our God. 44 285All the valleys shall become filled, And all the mountains and hills shall become low; And the rough shall become plain, And the difficult place, easy; 45 286And all flesh shall see the salvation287 of God. 46 288This man came to bear witness, that he might bear witness to the light, that 47 every man might believe through his mediation. 289He was not the light, but that he 48 might bear witness to the light, 290which was the light of truth, that giveth light to 49 every man coming into the world. 291He was in the world, and the world was made 50 by him, and the world knew 51 him not. 292He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 293And those who received him, to them gave he the power294 that they might 52 be sons of God,—those which believe in his name: 295which were born, not of blood, 53 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. 296And the Word became flesh, and took up his abode among us; and we saw his glory as the glory 54 of the only Son from the Father, which is full of grace and equity.297 298John bare witness Arabic, p. 14 of him, and cried, and said, This is he that I said cometh after me and 55 was before me, because he was before me.299 300And of his fullness received 56 we all grace for grace. 301For the law was given through the mediation of Moses, but truth and grace were302 through Jesus Christ.

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   1 303No man hath seen God at any time; the only Son, God,304 which is in the bosom of his Father, he hath told of him. 2 305And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent to him from Jerusalem priests 3 and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? 306And he acknowledged, and denied not; 4 and he confessed that he was not the Messiah. 307And they asked him again, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not he. Art thou a prophet? He 5 said, No. 308They said unto him, Then who art thou? that we may answer them that 6 sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 309And he said, I am the voice that crieth in 7 the desert, Repair ye the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 310And they 8 that were sent were from311 the Pharisees. 312And they asked him and said unto him, Why baptizest thou now, when thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a prophet? 9 313John answered and said unto them, I baptize with314 water: among you is standing 10 one whom ye know not: 315this is he who I said cometh after me and was before 11 me, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. 316And that was in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 12 317Now John’s raiment was camel’s hair, and he was girded with skins, and his food 13 Arabic, p. 15 was of locusts and honey of the wilderness.318 319 Then went out unto him the people of Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region which is about the 14, 15 Jordan; 320and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 321But when he saw many of the Pharisees322 and Sadducees323 coming to be baptized, he said unto them, Ye children of vipers, who hath led you to flee from the wrath to come? 16, 17 324Do now the fruits which are worthy of repentance; 325and think and say not within yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, that God is able to 18 raise up of these stones children unto Abraham. 326Behold, the axe hath been laid at the roots of the trees, and so every tree that beareth not good fruit shall be taken and 19 cast into the fire. 327And the multitudes were asking him and saying, What shall we do? 20 328He answered and said unto them, He that hath two tunics shall329 give to him that 21 hath not; and he that hath food shall330 do likewise. 331And the publicans also came 22 to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do? 332He said unto 23 them, Seek not more than what ye are commanded to seek. 333And the servants334 of the guard asked him and said, And we also, what shall we do? He said unto them, Do not violence to any man, nor wrong him; and let your allowances satisfy you. 24 335And when the people were conjecturing about John, and all of them thinking 25 in their hearts whether he were haply336 the Messiah, 337John answered and said unto them, I baptize you with water; there cometh one after me who is stronger than I, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen; he will baptize you with the 26 Holy Spirit and fire: 338who taketh the fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floors, Arabic, p. 16 and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, while the straw he shall burn in fire which can339 not be put out. 27 340And other things he taught and preached among the people. 28 341Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized of him. 29 342And Jesus was about thirty years old, and it was supposed that he was the son of 30 Joseph.343 344And John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, This is the Lamb of 31 God, that taketh on itself the burden of the sins of the world! 345This is he concerning whom I said, There cometh after me a man who was before me, because he was 32 before me.346 347And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, 33 for this cause came I to baptize with water. 348And John was hindering him and 34 saying, I have need of being baptized by thee, and comest thou to me? 349Jesus answered him and said, Suffer this now: thus it is our duty to fulfill all righteousness. 35 Then he suffered him. 350And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also 36 was baptized. 351And immediately he went up out of the water, and heaven opened 37 Arabic, p. 17 to him,352 353and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in the similitude of the 38 body of a dove; 354and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved 39 Son, in whom I am well pleased. 355And John bare witness and said, I beheld the 40 Spirit descend from heaven like a dove; and it abode upon him. 356But I knew him not; but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt behold the Spirit descending and lighting upon him, the same is he that 41 baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. 357And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God. 42, 43 358And Jesus returned from the Jordan, filled with the Holy Spirit. 359And immediately the Spirit took him out into the wilderness, to be tried of the devil;360 361and he 44 was with the beasts. 362And he fasted forty days and forty nights. 363And he ate nothing 45 in those days, and at the end of them he hungered. 364And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, speak, and these stones shall become 46 bread. 365He answered and said, It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but 47 by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 366Then the devil367 brought 48 him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 368and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And they shall take thee on their arms, So that thy foot shall not stumble against a stone. 49 369Jesus said unto him, And370 it is written also, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy 50 God. 371And the devil372 took him up to a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms 51 [Arabic, p. 18] of the earth, and their glory, in the least time; 373and the devil374 said unto him, To thee will I give all this dominion, and its glory, which is delivered to 52 me that I may give it to whomsoever I will. 375If then thou wilt worship before me, all of it shall be thine.

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   1 376Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou 2 shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. 377And when the 3 devil378 had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season. 379And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him. 4, 5 380And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; 381and he saw Jesus as 6 he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! 382And his two disciples heard 7 him saying this,383 and they followed Jesus. 384And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Our master, 8 where art thou staying? 385And he said unto them, Come and see. And they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it was about the tenth hour. 9 386One of the two which heard from387 John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the 10 brother of Simon. 388And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have 11 found the Messiah. 389And he brought him unto Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas.390 12 391And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Philip, 13 [Arabic, p. 19] and said unto him, Follow me. 392Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city 14 of Andrew and Simon. 393And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found that 15 he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 394Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and 16 see. 395And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a396 17 son of Israel in whom is no guile. 397And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while thou wast under the 18 fig tree, I saw thee. 398Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art 19 the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. 399Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou believed? thou shalt see what is 20 greater than this. 400And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. 21 401And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. 22 402And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,403 a404 city of Galilee; and the 23 mother of Jesus was there: 405and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the 24 feast. 406And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine. 25 407And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine 26 hour come?408 409And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do. 27 410And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews’ purification, such as 28 Arabic, p. 20 would contain two or three jars. 411And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels 29 with water. And they filled them to the top. 412He said unto them, Draw 30 out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so. 413And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), the ruler of the company called 31 the bridegroom, 414and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine, and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; but thou hast kept the good wine until 32 now. 415And this is the first sign416 which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested 33 his glory; and his disciples believed on him. 417And his fame spread in all the country 34 which was around them. 418And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified 35 by419 every man. 420And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood 36 up to read. 421And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written, 37 422The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to the poor; And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, And to proclaim forgiveness to the evil-doers,423 and sight to the blind, And to bring the broken into forgiveness,424 38 425And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord. 39 426And he rolled up the book and gave it to the servant, and went and sat down: 40 and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were observing him. 427And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with 41 your ears. 428And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which were proceeding from his mouth. 42 Arabic, p. 21 429And from that time began Jesus to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom 43 of God, and to say, Repent ye, and believe in the gospel. 430The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven hath come near. 44 431And while he was walking on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who was called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into 45 the sea; for they were fishers. 432And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will 46 make you fishers of men. 433And they immediately left their nets there and followed 47 him. 434And when he went on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending 48 their nets; and Jesus called them. 435And they immediately forsook the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed him. 49 436And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, while he 50 was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret, 437he saw two boats standing beside the sea, while438 the two fishers which were gone out of them were washing their 51 nets. 439And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas. And Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little from the land into 52 the water. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 440And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your 53 net for a draught. 441And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master, we toiled 54 all night and caught nothing; now442 at thy word I will cast the net. 443And when they did this, there were enclosed444 a great many fishes; and their net was on the 55 point of breaking. 445And they beckoned to their comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of sinking.

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   1 Arabic, p. 22 446But when Simon Cephas saw this he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said unto him, My Lord, I beseech of thee to depart from me, for I am 2 a sinful man. 447And amazement took possession of him, and of all who were with him, 3 because of the draught of the fishes which they had taken. 448And thus also were James and John the sons of Zebedee overtaken,449 who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus said 4 unto Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be a fisher of men unto life. 450And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everything, and followed him. 5 451And after that came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and he went 6 about there with them, and baptized. 452And John also was baptizing in Ænon, which is beside Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 7, 8 453And John was not yet come into prison. 454And there was an inquiry between 9 one of John’s disciples and one of the Jews about purifying. 455And they456 came unto John, and said unto him, Our master, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom 10 thou hast borne witness, behold, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. 457John answered and said unto them,458 A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be 11 given him459 from heaven. 460Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am 12 not the Messiah, but I am one sent461 before him. 462And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Lo now,463 behold, 13, 14 Arabic, p. 23 my joy becometh complete.464 465And he must increase and I decrease. 466For467 he that is come from above is higher than everything; and he that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh; and he that came down from heaven is 15 higher than all. 468And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man 16 receiveth his witness. 469And he that hath received his witness hath asserted470 that he is 17 truly God.471 472And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words473 of God: God gave 18 not the Spirit by measure. 474The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in 19 his hands. 475Whosoever believeth in the Son hath eternal476 life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh477 upon him. 20 478And Jesus learned479 that the Pharisees had heard that he had received many disciples, 21 and that he was baptizing more than John 480(not that Jesus was himself baptizing, 22 but his disciples); 481and so he left Judæa. 23 482And Herod the governor, because he used to be rebuked by John because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and for all the sins which he was committing, 24 added to all that also this, 483that he shut up John in prison. 25 484And when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he went away to Galilee. 26 485And he entered again into Cana, where he had made the water wine. And there 27 was at Capernaum a king’s servant, whose son was sick. 486And this man heard that Jesus was come from Judæa to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought of him that he would come down and heal his son; for he had come near unto death. 28, 29 487Jesus said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye do488 not believe. 489The Arabic, p. 24 king’s servant said unto him, My Lord, come down, that the child die not. 30 490Jesus said unto him, Go; for thy son is alive. And that man believed the 31 word which Jesus spake, and went. 491And when he went down, his servants met him 32 and told him, and492 said unto him, Thy son is alive. 493And he asked them at what time he recovered. They said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left 33 him. 494And his father knew that that was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, 34 Thy son is alive. 495And he believed, he and the whole people of his house. And this 35 is the second sign496 which Jesus did when he returned from Judæa to Galilee. 497And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. 36 498And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea shore, in the 37 borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: 499that it might be fulfilled which was said in Isaiah the prophet, who said, 38 500The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali, The way of the sea, the passage of the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: 39 501The people sitting in darkness Saw a great light, And those sitting in the region and in the shadow of death, There appeared to them a light. 40 502And he taught them on the sabbaths. 503And they wondered because of his doctrine:504 41 for his word was as if it were authoritative. 505And there was in the synagogue 42 a man with an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, and said, 506Let me alone; what have I to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come for our 43 destruction? I know thee who thou art, thou Holy One of God. 507And Jesus rebuked him, and said, Stop up thy mouth, and come out of him. And the demon threw him 44 in the midst and came out of him, having done him no harm. 508And great amazement Arabic, p. 25 took hold upon every man. And they talked one with another, and said, What is this word that orders the unclean spirits with power and 45 authority, and they come out? 509And the news of him spread abroad in all the region which was around them. 46 510And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, 511he saw a man sitting among the publicans,512 named Matthew: and he said unto him, Come after me. And he rose, and followed him. 47, 48 513And Jesus came to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 514And Simon’s wife’s mother was oppressed with a great fever, and they besought him for 49 her. 515And he stood over her and rebuked her fever, and it left her, and immediately 50 she rose and ministered to them. 516And at even they brought to him many that had 51 demons: and he cast out their devils with the517 word. 518And all that had sick, their diseases being divers and malignant, brought them unto him. And he laid his hand 52 on them one by one519 and healed them: 520that that might be fulfilled which was said 53 in the prophet Isaiah, who said, He taketh our pains and beareth our diseases. 521And 54 all the city was gathered together unto the door of Jesus. 522And he cast out devils also from many, as they were crying out and saying, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God; and he rebuked them. And he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him that he was the Lord the Messiah.

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   1 Arabic, p. 26 523And in the morning of that day he went out very early, and went to a 2 desert place, and was there praying. 524And Simon and those that were with 3 him sought him. 525And when they found him, they said unto him, All the people seek for 4 thee. 526He said unto them, Let us go into the adjacent villages and towns, that I may 5 preach there also; for to this end did I come. 527And the multitudes were seeking him, and came till they reached him; and they took hold of him, that he should not 6 go away from them. 528But Jesus said unto them, I must preach of the kingdom of 7 God in other cities also: for because of this gospel was I sent. 529And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the diseases and all the sicknesses, 8 530and casting out the devils. 531And his fame became known 532that533 he was teaching in 9 every place and being glorified by every man. 534And when he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting among the tax-gatherers;535 and he said unto him, Follow 10 me: and he rose and followed him. 536And the news of him was heard of in all the land of Syria: and they brought unto him all those whom grievous ills had befallen through divers diseases, and those that were enduring torment, and those that were possessed, and lunatics,537 and paralytics; and he healed them. 11, 12 538And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again. 539And when they heard that he was in the house,540 many gathered, so that it could not hold them, even about 13 Arabic, p. 27 the door; and he made known to them the word of God. 541And there were there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, sitting, come from all the villages of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was 14 present to heal them. 542And some men brought a bed with a man on it who was paralytic. 15 And they sought to bring him in and lay him before him. 543And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multitude of people, they went up to the roof, and let him down with his bed from the roofing,544 into the midst before Jesus. 16 545And when Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, My son, thy sins are forgiven 17 thee. 546And the scribes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts, Why doth this man blaspheme? 547 Who is it that is able to forgive sins, but God alone? 18 548And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, and he 19 said unto them, Why do ye think this within your heart? 549Which is better,550 that it should be said to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or that it should be said 20 to him, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk? 551That ye may know that the Son of man 21 is empowered on earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralytic), 552I say unto thee, 22 Arise, take thy bed, and go to thine house. 553And he rose forthwith, and took his bed, and went out in the presence of all. 554And he went to his house praising God. 23 555And when those multitudes saw, they feared; 556and amazement took possession of 24 them, 557and they praised God, who had given such power to men. 558And they said, We have seen marvellous things to-day, 559of which we have never before seen the like. 25 Arabic, p. 28 560And after that, Jesus went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting 26 among the publicans:561 and he said unto him, Follow me. 562And he left 27 everything, and rose, and followed him. 563And Levi made him a great feast in his house. And there was a great multitude of the publicans and others sitting with him. 28 564And the scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said unto his disciples, Why do ye eat 29 and drink with the publicans and sinners? 565Jesus answered and said unto them, The physician seeketh not those who are well, but those that are afflicted with grievous 30, 31 sickness.566 567I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners, to repentance. 568And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast always, and pray, and the 32 Pharisees also, but thy disciples eat and drink? 569He said unto them, Ye cannot make 33 the sons of the marriage feast570 fast, while the bridegroom is with them. 571Days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then will they fast in those 34 days. 572And he spake unto them a parable: 573No man inserteth a new patch and seweth it in a worn garment, lest the newness of the new take from the worn, and 35 there occur a great rent. 574And no man putteth fresh wine into old skins, lest the wine burst the skins, and the skins be destroyed, and the wine spilled; but they put 36 the fresh wine in the new skins, and both are preserved. 575And no man drinketh old wine and straightway desireth fresh; for he saith, The old is better. 37 576And while Jesus was walking on the sabbath day among the sown fields, his disciples Arabic, p. 29 hungered. And they were rubbing the ears with their hands, and 38 eating. 577But some of the Pharisees, when they saw them, 578said unto him, See, 39 why579 do thy disciples on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 580But Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in olden time what David did, when he had need and 40 hungered, he and those that were with him? 581how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the table of the Lord, which it was not lawful that any should eat, save the priests, and gave to them that were with him also? 41 582And he said unto them, The sabbath was created because of man, and man was not 42 created because of the sabbath. 583Or have ye not read in the law, that the priests in 43 the temple profane the sabbath, and yet they are blameless? 584I say unto you now, 44 that here is what585 is greater than the temple. 586If ye had known this:587 I love mercy, 45 not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned588 those on whom is no blame. 589The 46 Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man. 590And his relatives heard, and went out to take him, and said, He hath gone out of his mind. 47 591And on the next592 sabbath day he entered593 into the synagogue and was teaching. 48 594And there was there a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day, 49 that they might find the means of accusing him. 595But he knew their thoughts, and said unto the man whose hand was withered, Rise and come near into the midst of 50 the synagogue. 596And when he came and stood, Jesus said unto them, I ask you, which is lawful to be done on the sabbath day, good or evil? shall lives be saved or 51 Arabic, p. 30 destroyed? 597But they were silent. 598Regarding599 them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts. And he said unto the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand became straight. 52 600Then he said unto them, What man of you shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a 53 well on the sabbath day, will not take it and lift it out? 601And how much is man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath to do good.

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   1 602And the Pharisees went out, and consulted together concerning him, that they 2 might destroy him. 603And Jesus perceived, and removed thence: and great multitudes 3 followed him; and he healed all of them: 604and he forbade them that they should 4 not make him known:605 606that the saying in Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which said, 5 607Behold, my servant608 with whom I am pleased; My beloved in whom my soul hath delighted:609 My spirit have I put upon him, And he shall proclaim to the nations judgement. 6 610He shall not dispute, nor cry out; And no man shall hear his voice in the marketplace. 7 611And a bruised reed shall he not break, And a smoking lamp612 shall he not extinguish, Until he shall bring forth judgement unto victory. 8 613And the nations shall rejoice in his name.614 9 615And in those days Jesus went out to the mountain that he might pray, and he 10 spent the night616 there in prayer to God. 617And when the morning was come, he called the disciples. 618And he went towards the sea: and there followed him much people 11 from Galilee that he might pray,619 620and from Judæa, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon, and from Decapolis; 12 and great multitudes came unto him, which had heard what he did. 621And he spake to his disciples to bring him the boat because of the multitudes, that they 13 might not throng him. 622And he healed many, so that they were almost falling on Arabic, p. 31 him623 on account of their seeking to get near him. And624 those that had 14 plagues and unclean spirits, 625as soon as they beheld him, would fall, and 15 cry out, and say, Thou art the Son of God. 626And he rebuked them much, that they 16 should not make him known. 627And those that were under the constraint of628 unclean 17 spirits were healed. 629And all of the crowd were seeking to come near630 him; because power went out from him, and he healed them all. 18, 19 631And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he went up to the mountain. 632And he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve; and they are those whom he named 20 apostles: 633Simon, whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James and 21 John, and Philip and Bartholomew, 634and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son 22 of Alphæus, and Simon which was called the Zealot, 635and Judas the son of James, 23 and Judas the Iscariot, being he that had betrayed him.636 637And Jesus went down with them and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and the great 24 multitude of people. 638And these twelve he chose to be with him, and that he might 25 send them to preach, and to have power to heal the sick and to cast out devils. 26 639Then he lifted up his eyes unto them, and opened his mouth, 640and taught them, and said, 27 641Blessed are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. 28 642Blessed are the sorrowful: for they shall be comforted. 29 643Blessed are the humble: for they shall inherit the earth. 30 644Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied. 31 645Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercy. 32 Arabic, p. 32 646Blessed are the pure in their hearts: for they shall see God. 33 647Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the sons of God. 34 648Blessed are they that were persecuted649 for righteousness’ sake: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. 35 650Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and separate you from them, and persecute you, and reproach you, 651and shall speak against you with all evil talk, for my 36 sake, falsely. 652Then rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets before you. 37 653But woe unto you rich! for ye have received your consolation. 38 654Woe unto you that are satisfied! ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! ye shall weep and be sad. 39 655Woe unto you when men praise you! for so did their fathers use to do to the false prophets. 40 656Unto you do I say, ye which hear, 657Ye are the salt of the earth: if then the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? For any purpose it is of no use, but 41 is thrown outside, and men tread upon it. 658Ye are the light of the world. It is 42 impossible that a city built on a mountain should be hid. 659Neither do they light a lamp and place it under a bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it giveth light to all 43 who are in the house. 660So shall661 your light shine before men, that they may see 44 your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 662There is nothing 45 secret that shall not be revealed, or hidden that shall not be known. 663Whoever hath ears that hear, let him hear. 46 664Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets; I came not to destroy, 47 but to complete. 665Verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth shall pass, there Arabic, p. 33 shall not pass one point or one letter of the law, until all of it shall be 48 accomplished. 666Every one who shall violate now one of these small commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called lacking in the kingdom of heaven: every one that shall do and teach shall667 be called great in the kingdom 49 of heaven. 668I say unto you now, unless your righteousness abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. 50 669Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Do not kill; and every one that 51 killeth is worthy of the judgement. 670But I say unto you that every one who is angry with his brother without a cause is worthy of the judgement; and every one that saith to his brother, Thou foul one, is condemned671 by the synagogue; and whosoever 52 saith to him, Thou fool, is worthy of the fire of Gehenna. 672If thou art now offering thy gift at the altar, and rememberest there that thy brother hath conceived 53 against thee any grudge, 673leave thy gift at the altar, and go first and satisfy thy 54 brother, and then return and offer thy gift. 674Join675 thine adversary quickly, 676and while thou art still with him in the way, give a ransom and free thyself from him; 55 lest thine adversary deliver thee to the judge, 677and the judge deliver thee to the tax-collector, 56 and thou fall into prison. 678And verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt not go out thence until thou payest the last farthing. 57, 58 679Ye have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery: 680but I now say unto you, that every one that looketh at a woman lusting after her hath forthwith already 59 Arabic, p. 34 committed adultery with her in his heart. 681If thy right eye injure thee, put it out and cast it from thee; for it is preferable for thee that one of thy 60 members should perish, and not thy whole body go into the fire of hell. 682And if thy right hand injure thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; and it is better for thee that 61 one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body fall into Gehenna. 683It was said that he that putteth away his wife should give her a writing of divorcement: 62 684but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, except for the cause of adultery, hath made it lawful for685 her to commit adultery: and whosoever taketh one that is put away committeth adultery.

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    1 686Ye have heard also that it was said unto the ancients, Lie not, but perform unto 2 God in thy oaths: 687but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it 3 is God’s throne; 688nor by the earth, for it is a footstool under his feet; nor yet by 4 Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great689 King. 690Neither shalt thou swear by thy 5 head, for thou canst not make in it one lock of hair black or white. 691But your word shall be either Yea or Nay, and what is in excess of this is of the evil one. 6, 7 692Ye have heard that it was said, Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: 693but I say unto you, Stand not in opposition to the evil;694 but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right 8 cheek,695 turn to him also the other. 696And he that would sue thee, and take thy tunic, 9 leave to him also thy wrapper. 697And whosoever compelleth thee one mile, go with 10 Arabic, p. 35 him twain. 698And he that asketh thee, give unto him: 699and he that would borrow of thee, prevent him not. And prosecute700 not him that taketh thy 11 substance. 701And as ye desire that men should do to you, so do ye also to them. 12, 13 702Ye have heard that it was said, Love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy: 703but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that curse you, and deal well with those that hate you, and pray for those who take you with violence and persecute you; 14 704that ye may be sons of your heavenly Father, who maketh his sun to rise on the good and the evil, and sendeth down his rain on the righteous and the 15 unrighteous. 705If ye love them that love you, what reward shall ye have? 706for the publicans 16 and sinners also love those that love them. 707And if ye do a kindness to those 17 who treat you well, where is your superiority? for sinners also do likewise. 708And if ye lend to him of whom ye hope for a reward,709 where is your superiority? for the 18 sinners also lend to sinners, seeking recompense from710 them. 711But love your enemies, and do good to them, and lend, and cut not off the hope of any man; that your reward may be great, and ye may be the children of the Highest: for he is lenient 19 towards the wicked and the ungrateful. 712Be ye merciful, even as your Father also is 20 merciful. 713And if ye inquire for the good of your brethren only, what more have 21 ye done than others? is not this the conduct of the publicans also? 714Be ye now715 perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 22 716Consider your alms; do them not before men to let them see you: and if it be not 23 so,717 ye have no reward before your Father which is in the heavens. 718When then thou givest an alms now, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as do the people of hypocrisy, Arabic, p. 36 in the synagogues and the marketplaces, that men may praise them. And 24 verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. 719But thou, when 25 thou doest alms, let thy left hand not know what thy right hand doeth; 720that thine alms may be concealed: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 26 721And whenever thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites, who love to stand in the synagogues and in the corners of the marketplaces for prayers, that men may behold 27 them. 722And verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and fasten thy door, and pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 28 723And whenever ye pray, be not babblers, as the heathen; for they think that by the 29 abundance of their words they shall be heard. 724Then be not ye now like unto them: 30 for your Father knoweth your request before ye ask him. 725One of his disciples said 31 unto him, Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. 726Jesus said unto 32 them, Thus now pray ye now:727 728Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 33, 34 name. 729Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,730 as in heaven, so on earth. 731Give us the 35 food of to-day. 732And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgave those that trespassed 36 against us. 733And bring us not into temptations, but deliver us from the evil one. For 37 thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.734 735If ye forgive Arabic, p. 37 men their wrong-doing,736 your Father which is in heaven will forgive you. 38 737But if ye forgive not men, neither will your Father pardon your wrong-doing. 39 738When ye fast, do not frown, as the hypocrites; for they make their faces austere, that they may be seen of739 men that they are fasting. Verily I say unto you, They 40 have received their reward. 740But when thou fastest, wash thy face and anoint thy 41 head; 741that thou make not an appearance to men of fasting, but to thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee. 42 742Be not agitated, little flock; for your Father hath delighted to give you the kingdom. 43 743Sell your possessions, and give in alms; take to yourselves purses that wax 44 not old. 744Lay not up treasure on earth, where moth and worm corrupt, and where 45 thieves break through and steal: 745but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where 46 moth and worm do not corrupt, nor thieves break through nor steal: 746for where your 47 treasure is, there also will your heart be. 747The lamp of the body is the eye: if then748 48 thine eye now be sound, thy whole body also shall be light. 749But if thine eye be evil, all thy body shall be dark. And if the light which is in thee is darkness, how 49 great is750 thy darkness! 751Be watchful that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 50 752Because that, if thy whole body is light, and have no part dark, it shall all be light, as the lamp giveth light to thee with its flame.

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    1 Arabic, p. 38 753No man can serve two masters; and that because it is necessary that he hate one of them and love the other, and honour one of them and despise the 2 other. 754Ye cannot serve God and possessions. And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,755 what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink; neither for your bodies, what ye shall put on. Is not the life better than the food, and the body 3 than the raiment? 756Consider the birds of the heaven, which sow not, nor reap, nor store in barns; and yet your Father which is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye 4 better than they? 757Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one 5 cubit? 758If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the 6, 7 rest? 759Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; 760and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of 8 them. 761And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow 9 is cast762 into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith! 763Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With 10 what shall we be clothed? 764Neither let your minds be perplexed in this: 765all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth 11 your need of all these things. 766Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; 12 [Arabic, p. 39] and all these shall come to you as something additional for you. 767Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil. 13 768Judge not, that ye be not judged: 769condemn770 not, that ye be not condemned: 14 771forgive, and it shall be forgiven you: release, and ye shall be released: give, that ye may be given unto; with good measure, abundant, full, they shall thrust772 into your 15 bosoms. 773With what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you. See to it what ye hear: with what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you; and ye 16 shall be given more. 774I say unto those that hear, He that hath shall be given unto; and he that hath not, that which he regards775 as his shall be taken from him. 17 776And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? 18 shall777 they not both fall into a hollow? 778A disciple is not better than his master; 19 every perfect man shall be as his master. 779Why lookest thou at the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but considerest not the column that is in thine own eye? 20 780Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, I will take out the mote from thine eye; and the column which is in thine eye thou seest not? Thou hypocrite, take out first the column from thine eye; and then shalt thou see to take out the mote from the eye of thy brother. 21 781Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and return and wound you. 22 782And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at midnight, 23 and saith unto him, My friend, lend me three loaves; 783for a friend hath come 24 to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him: 784and that friend shall Arabic, p. 40 answer him from within, and say unto him, Trouble me not; for the door is shut, and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give thee? 25 785And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because 26 of his importunity he will rise and give him what he seeketh. 786And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be 27 opened unto you. 787Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and 28 he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him. 788What father of you, shall his son ask for bread—will he, think you, give him a stone? 789and if he ask of him a fish, will he, 29 think you, 790instead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will 30 he, think you, extend to him a scorpion? 791If ye then, although being evil, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your 31 Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 792Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: this is the law and the prophets. 32 793Enter794 ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead to destruction, 33 and many they be which go therein. 795How narrow is the gate and straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it. 34 796Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s797 clothing, while within 35 they are ravening wolves. 798But by their fruits ye shall know them. 799For every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered800 of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of 36 briers. 801Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth 37 Arabic, p. 41 forth evil fruit. 802The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the 38 evil tree bring forth good fruit. 803The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth evil things: and from the overflowings of the 39 heart the lips speak. 804Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast 40, 41 into the fire. 805Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 806Not all that say unto me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth 42 the will of my Father which is in heaven. 807Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out 43 devils, and in thy name do many powers? 808Then shall I say unto them, I never 44 knew you: depart from me, ye servants of iniquity. 809Every man that cometh unto 45 me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like: 810he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the 46 foundations on a rock: 811and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not: for its foundation was laid on 47 rocks. 812And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like 48 the foolish man which built his house on sand, without foundation: 813and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell: and the fall of it was great.

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    1 Arabic, p. 42 814And when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished 2 at his teaching; 815and that because he was teaching them as one having authority, not as their scribes and the Pharisees. 3 816And when he descended from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 4 817And when Jesus entered Capernaum, the servant of one of the chiefs was in an 5 evil case, and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of death. 818And he 6 heard of Jesus, and came to him with the elders of the Jews; 819and he besought him, and said, My Lord, my boy is laid in the house paralysed,820 and he is suffering grievous 7 torment. 821And the elders urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that 8 this should be done unto him: 822for he loveth our people, and he also built the synagogue 9, 10 for us. 823Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. 824That chief answered and said, My Lord, I am not worthy that my roof should shade thee; but it sufficeth 11 that thou speak a word, and my lad shall be healed. 825And I also am a man in obedience to authority, having under my hand soldiers:826 and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant that he do this, 12 and he doeth it. 827And when Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,828 and turned and said unto the multitude that were coming with him, 829Verily I say unto you, I have 13 not found in Israel the like of this faith. 830I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob 14 Arabic, p. 43 in the kingdom of heaven: 831but the children of the kingdom shall be cast 15 forth into the outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 832And Jesus said to that chief, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so shall it be unto thee. 16 833And his lad was healed in that hour. And that chief returned to the house and found that sick servant healed. 17 834And the day after, he was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples with him, 18 and a great multitude. 835And when he was come near the gate of the city, he saw a crowd836 accompanying one that was dead, the only son of his mother; and his mother was a widow: and there was with her a great multitude of the people of the 19 city. 837And when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep 20 not. 838And he went and advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and 21 he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 839And that dead man sat up and began 22 to speak; and he gave him to his mother. 840And fear came on all the people: and they praised God, and said, There hath risen among us a great prophet: and, God 23 hath had regard to his people. 841And this news concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the region which was about them. 24 842And when Jesus saw great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to 25 depart to the other side. 843And while they were going in the way, there came one of the scribes and said unto him, My Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou 26 goest. 844Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have 27 nests; but the Son of man hath not a place in which to lay his head. 845And he said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My Lord, suffer me first to go and 28 bury my father. 846Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their dead; but thou, 29 follow me and preach the kingdom of God. 847And another said unto him, I will follow Arabic, p. 44 thee, my Lord; but first suffer me to go and salute my household and 30 come. 848Jesus said unto him, There is no one who putteth his hand to the plough849 and looketh behind him, and yet is fit for the kingdom of God. 31 850And he said to them on that day in the evening, Let us go over to the other side 32 of the lake; and he left851 the multitudes. 852And Jesus went up and sat in the ship, 33 he and his disciples, and there were with them other ships. 853And there occurred on the sea a great tempest854 of whirlwind and wind, 855 and the ship was on the point of 34 sinking from the greatness856 of the waves. 857But Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the ship; 858and his disciples came and awoke him, and said unto him, Our 35 Lord, save us; lo, we perish. 859And he rose, and rebuked the winds and the turbulence of the water, and said to the sea, Be still, for thou art rebuked; 860and the wind 36 was still, and there was a great calm. 861And he said unto them, Why are ye thus 37 afraid? and why have ye no faith? 862And they feared greatly.863 And they marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who commandeth also the wind and the waves and the sea, and they obey him? 38 864And they departed and came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is on the 39 other side, opposite the land of Galilee. 865And when he went out of the ship to the land, 866there met him from among the tombs a man who had a devil for a long time, 40 and wore no clothes, neither dwelt in a house, but among the tombs. 867And no man was Arabic, p. 45 able to bind him with chains, 868because any time that he was bound with chains 41 and fetters he cut the chains and loosened the fetters; 869and he was snatched870 42 away of the devil into the desert, 871and no man was able to quiet him; and at all times, in the night and in the day, he would be among the tombs and in the mountains; 872and no man was able to pass by that way; 873and he would cry out and wound himself 43 with stones. 874And when he saw Jesus at a distance, he hastened and worshipped 44 him, and cried with a loud voice and said, 875What have we to do with thee, Jesus, 45 Son of the most high God? 876I adjure thee by God, torment me not. And Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: and he had suffered877 a long 46 time since the time when he came into captivity to it. 878And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? He said unto him, Legion; for there had entered into him many 47 devils. 879And they besought him that he would not command them to depart into 48 the depths. 880And there was there a herd of many swine, feeding in the mountain, and those devils besought him to give them leave to enter the swine; and he gave 49 them leave. 881And the devils went out of the man and entered into the swine. 882And that herd hastened to the summit and fell down into the midst of the sea, about two 50 thousand, and they were choked in the water. 883And when the keepers saw what 51 happened, they fled, and told those in the cities and villages. 884And the people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man whose Arabic, p. 46 devils had gone out, clothed, modest,885 seated at the feet of Jesus; and they 52 feared. 886And they reported what they saw, and how the man was healed who had a devil, 887and concerning those swine also.

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    1 888And all the multitude of the Gadarenes entreated him to depart from them, because that great fear took hold upon them. 2, 3 889But Jesus went up into the ship, and crossed, and came to his city. 890And that man from whom the devils went out entreated that he might stay with him; but 4 Jesus sent him away, and said unto him, 891Return to thy house, and make known what 5 God hath done for thee. 892And he went, and began to publish in Decapolis893 what Jesus had done for him; and they all marvelled. 6 894And when Jesus had crossed in the ship to that side, a great multitude received 7 him; and they were all looking for him. 895And a man named Jairus, the chief of the 8 synagogue, fell before the feet of Jesus, 896and besought him much, and said unto him, I have an only daughter, and she is come nigh unto death; 897but come and lay thy 9 hand upon her, and she shall live. 898And Jesus rose, and his disciples, and they followed 10 him. 899And there joined him a great multitude, and they pressed him. 11, 12 900And a woman, which had a flow of blood for twelve years, 901had suffered much of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not benefited at all, but her 13 trouble increased further. 902And when she heard of Jesus, she came in the thronging of 14 Arabic, p. 47 the crowd behind him, and touched903 his garments; 904and she thought within 15 herself, If I could reach to touch his garments, I should live. 905And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried; and she felt in her body that she was healed 16 of her plague. 906And Jesus straightway knew within himself that power had gone out of him; and he turned to the crowd, and said, Who approached unto my garments? 17 907And on their denying, all of them, Simon Cephas and those with him said unto him, Our Master, the multitudes throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who approached 18 unto me? 908And he said, Some one approached unto me; and I knew that 19 power went forth from me. 909And that woman, when she saw that she was not hid 20 from him, came fearing and agitated (for she knew what had happened to her), 910and fell down and worshipped him, and told, in the presence of all the people, for what 21 reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 911And Jesus said unto her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith hath made thee alive; depart in peace, and be whole from thy plague. 22 912And while he was yet speaking, there came a man from the house of the chief of the synagogue, and said unto him, Thy daughter hath died; so trouble not the 23 teacher. 913But Jesus heard, and said unto the father of the maid, Fear not: but believe 24 only, and she shall live. 914And he suffered no man to go with him, except 25 Simon Cephas, and James, and John the brother of James. 915And they reached the house of the chief of the synagogue; and he saw them agitated, weeping and wailing. 26 916And he entered, and said unto them, Why are ye agitated and weeping? the 27 Arabic, p. 48 maid hath not died, but she is sleeping. 917And they laughed at him, for 28 they knew that she had died. 918And he put every man forth without, and took the father of the maid, and her mother, and Simon, and James, and John, and 29 entered into the place where the maid was laid. 919And he took hold of the hand of the maid, and said unto her, Maid, arise. 920And her spirit returned, and straightway 30 she arose and walked: 921and she was about twelve years of age. 922And he commanded 31 that there should be given to her something to eat. 923And her father wondered greatly: 32 and he warned them that they should tell no man what had happened. 924And this report spread in all that land. 33 925And when Jesus crossed over from there, there joined him two blind men, crying 34 out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David. 926And when he came to the house, those two blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye 35 that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, our Lord. 927Then he touched928 36 their eyes, and said, As ye have believed, it shall be unto you. 929And immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus forbade them, and said, See that no man know. 37 930But they went out and published the news in all that land. 38 931And when Jesus went out, they brought to him a dumb man having a devil. 39 932And on the going out of the devil that dumb man spake. And the multitudes marvelled, and said, It was never so seen in Israel 40 933And Jesus was going about in all the cities and in the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease 41 Arabic, p. 49 and sickness; and many followed him. 934And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, for they were wearied and scattered,935 as sheep 42 that have no shepherd. 936And he called his twelve disciples, and gave them power and 43 much authority over all devils and diseases; 937and sent them two and two, that they 44 might proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 938And he charged them, and said, Walk not in the way of the heathen, nor enter into the cities of the Samaritans. 939 45, 46 940Go especially unto the sheep that are lost of the sons of Israel. 941And 47 when ye go, proclaim and say, The kingdom of heaven is come near. 942And heal the sick, and cleanse the lepers, and cast out the devils: freely ye have received, freely 48, 49 give. 943Get you not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; 944and take nothing for the way, except a staff only; nor bag, nor bread; neither shall ye have two tunics, 50 nor shoes, nor staff, but be shod with sandals; 945for the labourer is worthy of his food. 51 946And whatever city or village ye enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and there be until 52, 53 ye go out. 947And when ye enter into the house, ask for the peace of the house: and if the house is worthy, your peace shall come upon it; 948but if it is not worthy, your 54 peace shall return unto you. 949And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your sayings, when ye go out from that house, or from that village, shake off the dust 55 Arabic, p. 50 that is under your feet against them for a testimony. 950And verily I say unto you, To the land of Sodom and Gomorrah there shall be rest in the day of judgement, rather than to that city.

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    1 951I am sending you as lambs among wolves: be ye now wise as serpents, and 2 harmless952 as doves. 953Beware of men: they shall deliver you to the councils of the 3 magistrates, and scourge you in their synagogues; 954and shall bring you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and against the nations. 4 955And when they deliver you up, be not956 anxious, nor consider beforehand, what ye 5 shall say; but ye shall be given957 in that hour what ye ought to speak. 958Ye do not 6 speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaketh in you. 959The brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and the sons shall rise against their 7 parents, and put them to death. 960And ye shall be hated of every man because of 8 my name; but he that endureth unto the end of the matter shall be saved.961 962When they expel you from this city, flee to another. Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not finish all the cities of the people of Israel, until the Son of man come. 9, 10 963A disciple is not superior to his lord, nor a servant to his master. 964For it is enough then for the disciple that he be as his lord, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the people 11 of his house! 965Fear them not therefore:966 for there is nothing covered, that shall 12 Arabic, p. 51 not be revealed; nor hid, that shall not be disclosed and published. 967What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye have told 13 secretly in the ears in closets, let it be proclaimed on the housetops. 968I say unto you now, my beloved, Be not agitated at969 those who kill the body, but have no power to 14 kill the soul. I will inform you whom ye shall fear: him970 which is able to destroy 15 soul and body in hell. 971Yea, I say unto you, Be afraid of him especially. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing in a bond?972 and one of them shall not fall on the 16 ground without your Father. 973But what concerns you: even the hair of your heads 17, 18 also is numbered. 974Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows. 975Every man who confesseth me now before men, I also will confess him before my Father 19 which is in heaven; 976but whosoever denieth me before men, I also will deny him before my Father which is in heaven. 20 977Think ye that I am come to cast peace into the earth? I came not to cast peace, 21 but to cast dissension. 978Henceforth there shall be five in one house, three of them 22 disagreeing with two, and the two with the three. 979The father shall become hostile to his son, and the son to his father; and the mother to her daughter, and the daughter to her mother; and the mother in law to her daughter in law, and the daughter 23 in law to her mother in law: 980and a man’s enemies shall be the people of his house. 24 981Whosoever loveth father or mother better than me is not worthy of me; and whosoever Arabic, p. 52 loveth son or daughter more than his love of me is not worthy of me. 25 982And every one that doth not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of 26 me. 983Whosoever findeth his life984 shall lose it; and whosoever loseth his life985 for my sake shall find it. 27 986And whosoever receiveth you receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me receiveth 28 him that sent me. 987And whosoever receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall take988 a prophet’s reward; and whosoever shall receive a righteous man 29 in the name of a righteous man shall take989 a righteous man’s reward. 990And every one that shall give to drink to one of these least ones a drink of water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 30 991And when Jesus finished charging his twelve disciples, he removed thence to 31 teach and preach in their cities. 992And while they were going in the way they entered into a certain village; and a woman named Martha entertained him in her house. 32 993And she had a sister named Mary, and she came and sat at the feet of our Lord, 33 and heard his sayings. 994But Martha was disquieted by much serving; and she came and said unto him, My Lord, givest thou no heed that my sister left me alone to 34 serve? speak to her that she help me. 995Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, 35 Martha, thou art solicitous and impatient996 on account of many things: 997but what is sought is one thing. But Mary hath chosen for herself a good portion, and that which shall not be taken from her. 36 998And the apostles went forth, and preached to the people that they might repent. 37 999And they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick with oil, and healed them. 38, 39 1000And the disciples of John told him1001 of all these things. 1002And when John heard in Arabic, p. 53 the prison of the doings of the Messiah, he called two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for 40 another? 1003And they came to Jesus, and said unto him, John the Baptist hath sent 41 us unto thee, and said, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? 1004And in that hour he cured many of diseases, and of plagues of an evil spirit; and he gave sight 42 to many blind. 1005Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John everything ye have seen and heard: the blind see, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the blind1006 hear, and the dead rise, and the poor have the gospel preached to 43 them. 1007And blessed is he who doubteth not in me. 44 1008And when John’s disciples departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the 45 winds? 1009And if not, then what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are in magnificent garments and in voluptuousness are in the abode 46 of kings. 1010And if not, then what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto 47 you, and more than a prophet. 1011This is he of whom it is written, I am sending my messenger before thy face To prepare the way before thee.

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    1 1012Verily I say unto you, There hath not arisen among those whom women have borne a greater than John the Baptist; but he that is little now in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 2 Arabic, p. 54 1013And all the people which heard, and the publicans, justified1014 God, for 3 they had been baptized with the baptism of John. 1015But the Pharisees and the scribes wronged1016 the purpose of God in themselves, in that they were not baptized of 4 him. 1017And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is 5 snatched away by violence. 1018The law and the prophets were until John; and after that, the kingdom of God is preached, and all press to enter it: 1019and they that exert themselves 6, 7 snatch it away. 1020All the prophets and the law until John prophesied. 1021And if ye 8 will, then receive it, that he is Elijah, which is to come. 1022Whosoever hath ears that hear 9 let him hear. 1023Easier is the perishing of heaven and earth, than the passing away of 10 one point of the law. 1024To whom then shall I liken the people of this generation,1025 and 11 to whom are they like? 1026They are like the children sitting in the market, which call to their companions, and say, We sang to you, and ye danced not; we wailed to you, 12 and ye wept not. 1027John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; 13 and ye said, He hath demons: 1028and the Son of man came eating and drinking; and ye said, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drinker of wine, and an associate of publicans 14, 15 and sinners! 1029And wisdom was justified of all her children. 1030And when he said that, they came to the house. And there gathered unto him again multitudes, 16 so that they found not bread to eat. 1031And while he was casting out a devil which was dumb, when he cast out that devil, that dumb man spake. And the multitudes 17 Arabic, p. 55 marvelled. 1032And the Pharisees, when they heard, said, This man doth not cast out the devils, except by Beelzebul the chief of the demons, which is in him. 18, 19 1033And others requested of him a sign from heaven, to tempt him. 1034And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them in parables, Every kingdom that withstandeth itself shall become desolate; and every house or city that disagreeth with itself shall not 20 stand: 1035and if a devil cast out a devil, he withstandeth himself; neither shall he be 21 able to stand, but his end shall be. 1036Then how now shall his kingdom stand? for ye 22 said that I cast out devils by Beelzebul. 1037And if I by Beelzebul cast out the devils, then your children, by what do they cast them out? And for this cause they shall 23 be judges against you. 1038But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then the kingdom 24 of God is come near unto you. 1039Or how can a man enter into the house of a valiant man, and seize his garments,1040 if he do not beforehand secure himself1041 from 25 that valiant man? and then will he cut off1042 his house. 1043But when the valiant man is 26 armed, guarding his house, his possessions are in peace. 1044But if one come who is more valiant than he, he overcometh him, and taketh his whole armour, on which 27 he relieth, and divideth his spoil. 1045Whosoever is not with me is against me; and 28 whosoever gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 1046For this reason I say unto you, Arabic, p. 56 that all sins and blasphemies with which men blaspheme shall be forgiven 29 them: 1047but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, there is no 30 forgiveness for him for ever, but he is deserving of eternal punishment: 1048because they 31 said that he had an unclean spirit. 1049And he said also, Every one that speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to 32 come. 1050Either ye must make a good tree1051 and its fruit good; or ye must make an evil 33 tree1052 and its fruit evil: for the tree is known by its fruit. 1053Ye children of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? from the overflowings of the heart the mouth 34 speaketh. 1054The good man from the good treasures which are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the wicked man from the evil treasures which are in his 35 heart bringeth forth evils. 1055I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall 36 speak, they shall give an answer for in the day of judgement: 1056for by thy sayings thou shalt be justified, and by thy sayings thou shalt be judged. 37 1057And he said to the multitudes, When ye see the clouds appear from the west, 38 straightway ye say that there cometh rain; and so it cometh to pass. 1058And when 39 the south wind bloweth, ye say that there will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 1059And when the evening is come, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven has become 40 red. 1060And in the morning ye say, To-day there will be severe weather, for the redness Arabic, p. 57 of the heaven is paling. 1061Ye hypocrites, ye know to examine the face of the heaven and the earth; but the signs of this time ye know not to discern. 41 1062Then they brought to him one possessed of a demon, dumb and blind; and he 42 healed him, so that the dumb and blind began to speak and see. 1063And all the multitudes wondered, and said, Is this, think you, the son of David? 43 1064And the apostles returned unto Jesus, and told him everything that they had 44 done and wrought.1065 1066And he said unto them, Come, let us go into the desert alone, and rest ye a little. And many were going and returning, and they had not leisure, not even to eat bread. 45 1067And after that, there came to him one of the Pharisees, and besought him that he would eat bread with him. And he entered into the house of that Pharisee, and 46 reclined. 1068And there was in that city a woman that was a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting in the house of that Pharisee, she took a box of sweet ointment, 47 and stood behind him, 1069towards his feet, weeping, and began to wet his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with the hair of her head, and to kiss his feet, and 48 anoint them with the sweet ointment. 1070And when that1071 Pharisee saw it, who invited him, he thought within himself, and said, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who she is and what is her history: for the woman which touched him was a sinner.

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    1 1072Jesus answered and said unto him, Simon, I have something to say unto thee. And 2 he said unto him, Say on, my Master. 1073Jesus said unto him, There were two debtors Arabic, p. 58 to one creditor; and one of them owed five hundred pence, and the other 3 owed fifty pence. 1074And because they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave 4 them both. Which of them ought to love him more? 1075Simon answered and said, I suppose, he to whom he forgave most. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast judged rightly. 5 1076And he turned to that woman, and said to Simon, Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy dwelling, and thou gavest me not water to wash my feet: but this 6 woman hath bathed1077 my feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair. 1078And thou kissedst me not: but this woman, since she1079 entered, hath not ceased to kiss my 7 feet. 1080And thou anointedst not my head with oil:1081 but this woman hath anointed 8 my feet with sweet ointment.1082 1083And for this, I say unto thee, Her many sins are forgiven her, because she loved much; for he to whom little is forgiven loveth little. 9, 10 1084And he said unto that woman, Thy sins are forgiven thee. 1085And those that were invited 11 began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 1086And Jesus said to that woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. 12 1087And many believed in him when they saw the signs which he was doing. 13, 14 1088But Jesus did not trust1089 himself to them, 1090for he knew every man, and he needed not any man to testify to him concerning every man; for he knew what was in man. 15 1091And after that, Jesus set apart from his disciples other seventy, and sent them two and two before his face to every region and city whither he was purposing to 16 go. 1092And he said unto them, The harvest is abundant, and the labourers are few: 17 entreat now the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest. 1093Go 18 Arabic, p. 59 ye: and lo, I am sending you as lambs among wolves. 1094Take not with you 19 purses, nor a wallet, nor shoes; neither salute any man in the way. 1095And 20 whatsoever house ye enter, first salute that house: 1096and if there be there a son of peace, 21 let your peace rest upon him; but if there be not, your peace shall return to you. 1097And be ye in that house eating and drinking what they have:1098 for the labourer is worthy of 22 his hire. 1099And remove not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, 23 and they receive you, eat what is presented to you: 1100and heal the sick that are 24 therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come near unto you. 1101But whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go out into the market, and say, 25 1102Even the dust that clave to our feet from your city, we shake off against you; but 26 know1103 this,1104 that the kingdom of God is come near unto you. 1105I say unto you, that for Sodom there shall be quiet in the day of judgement, but there shall not be for 27 that city. 1106Then began Jesus to rebuke the cities in which there had been many 28 mighty works,1107 and they repented not. 1108And he said, Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! if there had been in Tyre and Sidon the signs which were in 29 thee, it may be that they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes. 1109Howbeit I say unto you, that for Tyre and Sidon there shall be rest in the day of judgement, 30 more than for you. 1110And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt sink down unto Hades; for if there had been in Sodom the wonders1111 which were 31 in thee, it would have remained until this day. 1112And now I say unto thee, that for the land of Sodom there shall be quiet in the day of judgement, more than for thee. 32 [Arabic, p. 60] 1113And he said again unto his apostles, Whosoever heareth you heareth me; and whosoever heareth me heareth him that sent me: and whosoever wrongeth1114 you wrongeth me; and whosoever wrongeth me wrongeth him that sent me. 33 1115And those seventy returned with great joy, and said unto him, Our Lord, even 34 the devils also are subject unto us in thy name. 1116He said unto them, I beheld 35 Satan1117 fallen like lightning from heaven. 1118Behold, I am giving you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and the whole race1119 of the enemy; and nothing shall 36 hurt you. 1120Only ye must not rejoice that the devils are subject unto you; but be glad that your names are written in heaven. 37 1121And in that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I acknowledge thee, my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto children: yea, my Father; so 38 was thy will. 1122And he turned to his disciples,1123 and said unto them, Everything hath been delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and to whomsoever the Son willeth 39 to reveal him. 1124Come unto me, all of you, ye that are wearied and bearers of burdens, 40 and I will give you rest. 1125Bear my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for1126 I 41 am gentle and lowly in my heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 1127For my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light. 42 1128And while great multitudes were going with him, he turned, and said unto them, 43 1129Whosoever cometh unto me, and hateth not his father, and his mother, and his brethren, and his sisters, and his wife, and his children, and himself1130 also, cannot 44 Arabic, p. 61 be a disciple to me. 1131And whosoever doth not take his cross, and follow 45 me, cannot be a disciple to me. 1132Which of you desireth to build a tower, and doth not sit down first and reckon his expenses and whether he hath enough to 46 complete it?1133 1134lest when he hath laid the foundations, and is not able to finish, all that 47 behold him1135 laugh at him, and say, 1136This man began to build, and was not able to 48 finish. 1137Or what king goeth to the battle to fight with another king,1138 and doth not consider first whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh to him 49 with twenty thousand? 1139And if he is not able, he sendeth unto him while he is afar 50 off, and seeketh peace. 1140So shall1141 every man of you consider, that desireth to be a disciple to me; for if he renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be a disciple to me.

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    1 1142Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, that they might tempt him, 2 and said, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. 1143He answered and said, This evil and adulterous generation1144 seeketh a sign; and it shall not be given a sign, 3 except the sign of Jonah the prophet. 1145And as Jonah was a sign to the inhabitants 4 of Nineveh, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation. 1146And as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man 5 be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. 1147The queen of the south shall rise in the judgement with the people of this generation, and condemn1148 them: for she came from the ends of the earth that she might hear the wisdom of Solomon; 6 Arabic, p. 62 and behold, here is a better than Solomon. 1149The men of Nineveh shall stand in the judgement with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at 7 the preaching of Jonah; and behold, here is a greater than Jonah. 1150The unclean spirit, when he goeth out of the man, departeth, and goeth about through places wherein are no waters, that he may find rest for himself; and when he findeth it not, he 8 saith, I will return to my house whence I came out. 1151And if he come and find it 9 adorned and set in order, 1152then he goeth, and associateth with himself seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter and dwell in it: and the end of that man 10 shall be worse than his beginning. 1153Thus shall it be unto this evil generation. 11 1154And while he was saying that, a woman from the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts that nursed 12 thee. 1155But he said unto her, Blessed is he that heareth the word of God, and keepeth it. 13 1156And while he was speaking unto the multitude, there came unto him his mother 14 and his brethren, and sought to speak with him; 1157and they were not able, because of 15 the multitude; and they stood without and sent, calling him unto them. 1158A man said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, and seek to 16 speak with thee. 1159But he answered unto him that spake unto him, Who is my 17 mother? and who are my brethren? 1160And he beckoned with his hand, stretching it out towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother! and behold, my brethren! 18 1161And every man that shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven is my brother, and my sister, and my mother. 19 1162And after that, Jesus was going about in the cities and in the villages, and proclaiming Arabic, p. 63 and preaching the kingdom of God, and his1163 twelve with him, 20 1164and the women which had been healed of diseases and of evil spirits, Mary 21 that was called Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven devils, 1165and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to them of their substance. 22 1166And after that, Jesus went out of the house, and sat on the sea shore. 1167And there 23 gathered unto him great multitudes. And when the press of the people was great upon him, he went up and sat in the boat; and all the multitude was standing on the 24 shore of the sea. 1168And he spake to them much in parables, and said, The sower 25 went forth to sow: and when he sowed, 1169some fell on the beaten highway; and it was 26 trodden upon, and the birds ate it. 1170And other fell on the rocks: and some, where there was not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no depth in 27 the earth: 1171and when the sun rose, it withered; and because it had no root, it dried 28 up. 1172And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it; 29 and it yielded no fruit. 1173And other fell into excellent and good1174 ground; and it came up, and grew, and brought forth fruit, some thirty, and some sixty, and some 30 a hundred. 1175And when he said that, he cried, He that hath ears that hear, let him 31 hear. 1176And when they were alone, his disciples came, and asked him, and said unto 32 him, What is this parable? and why spakest thou unto them in parables? 1177He Arabic, p. 64 answered and said unto them, Unto you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but it is not given unto them that are 33 without. 1178He that hath shall be given unto, and there shall be added; and he that 34 hath not, that which he hath shall be taken from him also. 1179For this cause therefore I speak unto them in parables; because they see, and see not; and hear, and hear 35 not, nor understand. 1180And in them is being fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, Hearing they shall hear, and shall not understand; And seeing they shall see, and shall not perceive: 36 1181The heart of this people is waxed gross, And their hearing with their ears is become heavy, And they have closed their eyes; Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their hearts, And should return, And I should heal them. 37, 38 1182But ye, blessed are your eyes, which see; and your ears, which hear. 1183Blessed 39 are the eyes which see what ye see. 1184Verily I say unto you, Many of the prophets and the righteous longed to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye 40 hear, and heard not. 1185When ye know not this parable, how shall ye know all parables? 41, 42 1186Hear ye the parable of the sower. 1187The sower which sowed, sowed the word 43 of God. 1188Every one who heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the word that hath been sown in his 44 heart: and this is that which was sown on the middle of the highway. 1189But that which was sown on the rocks is he that heareth the word, and straightway receiveth 45, 46 Arabic, p. 65 it with joy; 1190only, it hath no root in his soul, but his belief in it is for a time; 1191and whenever there is distress or persecution because of a1192 word, he 47 stumbleth1193 quickly. 1194And that which was sown among the thorns is he that heareth the word; 1195and the care of this world, and the error of riches, and the rest of the 48 other lusts enter, and choke the word, and it becometh without fruit. 1196And that which was sown in good ground is he that heareth my word in a pure and good heart, and understandeth it, and holdeth to it, and bringeth forth fruit with patience, 1197and produceth either a hundredfold or sixtyfold or thirty. 49 1198And he said, So is the kingdom of God, like a man who casteth seed into the 50 earth, and sleepeth and riseth by night and day, 1199and the seed groweth and cometh 51 up, whence1200 he knoweth not. 1201And the earth bringeth it to the fruit; and first it 52 will be blade, and after it ear, and at last perfect wheat in the ear: 1202and whenever the fruit ripeneth,1203 he bringeth immediately the sickle, for the harvest hath come.

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    1 1204And he set forth to them another parable, and said, The kingdom of heaven is 2 like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 1205but when men slept, his enemy came 3 and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 1206And when the blade sprang up 4 and brought forth fruit, there were noticed the tares also. 1207And the servants of the master of the house came, and said unto him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good 5 Arabic, p. 66 seed in thy field? whence are there tares in it? 1208He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. His servants said unto him, Wilt thou that we go 6 and separate it? 1209He said unto them, Perhaps,1210 when ye separate the tares, ye would 7 root up with them wheat also. 1211Leave them to grow both together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say unto the reapers, Separate the tares first, and bind them in bundles to be burned with fire; and gather the wheat into my barns. 8, 9 1212And he set forth to them another parable, and said, 1213To what is the kingdom of 10 God like? and to what shall I liken it? and in what parable shall I set it forth? 1214It 11 is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and planted in his field: 1215and of the number of the things that are sown in the earth it is smaller than all of the things 12 which are sown, which are upon the earth; 1216but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and produceth large branches, so that the birds of heaven make their nests in its branches. 13, 14 1217And he set forth to them another parable: 1218To what shall I liken the kingdom of 15 God? 1219It is like the leaven which a woman took, and kneaded into three measures of flour, until the whole of it was leavened. 16 1220And Jesus spake all that to the multitudes by way of parables, according as they 17 were able to hear. 1221And without parables spake he not unto them; that the saying of the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: I will open my mouth in parables; And I will utter secrets which were before the foundations1222 of the world. 18 1223But he explained to his disciples privately everything. 19 1224Then Jesus left1225 the multitudes, and came to the house. And his disciples came unto him, and said unto him, Explain unto us that parable about the tares 20 Arabic, p. 67 and the field. 1226He answered and said unto them, He that sowed good seed is 21 the Son of man; 1227and the field is the world; and the good seed are the children of the 22 kingdom; 1228and the tares are the children of the evil one; and the enemy that sowed them1229 is Satan; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 23 1230And as the tares are separated and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of 24 this world. 1231The Son of man shall send his angels, and separate from his kingdom 25 all things that injure, 1232and all the doers of iniquity, and they shall cast them into the 26 furnace of fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 1233Then the righteous shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whosoever hath ears that hear, let him hear. 27 1234And again the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field: that which a man found and hid; and, for his pleasure in it, went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. 28 1235And again the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a merchant seeking excellent 29 pearls; 1236and when he found one pearl of great price, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it. 30 1237And again the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast1238 into the sea, and 31 gathered of every kind: 1239and when it was filled, they drew it up on to the shore of the sea, and sat down to select; and the good of them they threw into the vessels, 32 and the bad they threw outside. 1240Thus shall it be in the end of the world: the angels 33 shall go forth, 1241and separate the wicked from among the good, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 34 1242Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They said unto 35 Arabic, p. 68 him, Yea, our Lord. 1243He said unto them, Therefore every scribe that becometh a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, who bringeth out of his treasures the new and the old. 36, 37 1244And when Jesus had finished all these parables, he removed thence, and came to his city; 1245and he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were perplexed. 38 1246And when the sabbath came, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue; and many of 39 those that heard marvelled, and said, Whence came these things to this man? And many envied him and gave no heed to him, but said, What is this wisdom that is given to this man, that there should happen at his hands such as these mighty works?1247 40 1248Is not this a carpenter, son of a carpenter? and is not his mother called Mary? and 41 his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 1249And his sisters, all of them, 42 lo, are they not all with us? 1250Whence hath this man all these things? And they were in doubt concerning him. 1251And Jesus knew their opinion, and said unto them, Will ye haply1252 say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal first thyself: and all that 43 we have heard that thou didst in Capernaum, do here also in thine own city? 1253And he said, Verily I say unto you, A prophet is not received in his own city, nor among 44 his brethren: 1254for a prophet is not despised, save in his own city, and among his own 45 kin, and in his own house. 1255Verily I say unto you, In the days of Elijah the prophet, there were many widows among the children of Israel, when the heaven held back 46 three years and six months, 1256and there was a great famine in all the land; and Elijah Arabic, p. 69 was not sent to one of them, save to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman that was 47 a widow. 1257And many lepers were among the children of Israel in the days of Elisha the prophet; but not one of them was cleansed, save Naaman the Nabathæan.1258 48 1259And he was not able to do there many mighty works,1260 because of their unbelief; 49 except that he laid his hand upon a few of the sick, and healed them. 1261And he marvelled 50 at their lack of faith. 1262And when those who were in the synagogue heard, 51 they were all filled with wrath; and they rose up, 1263and brought him forth outside the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill upon which their city was built, that 52 they might cast him from its summit: 1264but he passed through among them and went away. 53 1265And he went about in the villages which were around Nazareth, and taught in their synagogues.

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    1 1266At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and all the things which came to pass at his hand; 1267and he marvelled, for he had obtained excellent 2 information concerning him.1268 1269And some men said that John the Baptist was risen 3 from among the dead; 1270and1271 others said that Elijah had appeared; and others, Jeremiah; 4 and others, that a prophet of the old prophets was risen; 1272and others said that he 5 was a prophet like one of the prophets. 1273Herod said to his servants, This is John the Baptist, he whom I beheaded; he is risen from among the dead: therefore mighty 6 [Arabic, p. 70] works result from him. 1274For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and cast him into prison, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, whom he 7 had taken. 1275And John said to Herod, Thou hast no authority to take the wife of thy 8 brother. 1276And Herodias avoided him and wished to kill him; and she could not. 9 1277But Herod feared John, for he knew that he was a righteous man and a holy; and 10 he guarded him, and heard him much, and did, and obeyed him with gladness. 1278And he wished to kill him; but he feared the people, for they adhered to him as the 11 prophet. 1279And there was a celebrated day, and Herod had made a feast for his great men on the day of his anniversary,1280 and for the officers and for the chief men 12 of Galilee. 1281And the daughter of Herodias came in and danced in the midst of the company, and pleased Herod and those that sat with him. And the king said to the 13 damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 1282And he sware unto her, 14 Whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom. 1283And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask him?1284 She said unto her, The 15 head of John the Baptist. 1285And immediately she came in hastily to the king, and said unto him, I desire in this hour that thou give me on a dish the head of John 16 the Baptist. 1286And the king was exceeding sorry; but because of the oath and the 17 guests he did not wish to refuse her. 1287But immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded that he should bring 72 the head of John: and he went and cut off 18 the head of John in the prison, 1288and brought it on a dish, and delivered it to the 19 damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. 1289And his disciples heard, and came Arabic, p. 71 and took his body, and buried it. 1290And they came and told1291 Jesus what 20 had happened. 1292And for this cause Herod said, I beheaded John: who 21 is this, of whom I hear these things. And he desired to see him. 1293And Jesus, when he heard, removed thence in a boat to a waste place alone, to the other side of the sea of the Galilee of Tiberias.1294 22 1295And many saw them going, and knew them, and hastened by land1296 from all the cities, and came thither beforehand; 1297for they saw the signs which he was doing on the 23, 24 sick. 1298And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his dis- ciples. 1299And 25 the feast of the passover of the Jews was near. 1300And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saw great multitudes coming to him. 1301And he was moved with compassion for them, for 26 they were like sheep that were without a shepherd. 1302And he received them, and spake to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. 27 1303And when the evening approached,1304 his disciples came to him, and said unto 28 him, 1305The place is desert, and the time is past; send away the multitudes of the people,1306 that they may go to the towns and villages which are around us, and buy for 29 themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. 1307But he said unto them, They have 30 no need to go away; give ye them what may be eaten. 1308They said unto him, We have not here enough. 1309He said unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? 31, 32 1310And he said that proving him; and he knew what he was resolved to do. 1311Philip said Arabic, p. 72 unto him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread would not suffice them after1312 33 every one of them hath taken a small amount. 1313One of his disciples said unto 34 him (namely, Andrew the brother of Simon Cephas), 1314Here is a lad having five loaves 35 of barley and two fishes: but this amount, what is it for all these? 1315But wilt thou that we go and buy for all the people what may be eaten? for we have no more 36 than these five loaves and the two fishes. 1316And the grass was plentiful in that place. Jesus said unto them, Arrange all the people that they may sit down on the grass, 37 fifty people in a company. 1317And the disciples did so. And all the people sat down 38 by companies, by hundreds and fifties. 1318Then Jesus said unto them, Bring hither 39 those five loaves and the two fishes. 1319And when they brought him that, Jesus took the bread and the fish, and looked to heaven, and blessed, and divided, and gave to 40 his disciples to set before them; 1320and the disciples set for the multitudes the bread 41 and the fish; and they ate, all of them, and were satisfied. 1321And when they were satisfied, he said unto his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain over, that nothing 42 be lost. 1322And they gathered, and filled twelve baskets with fragments, being those that remained over from those which ate of the five barley loaves and the two 43 fishes. 1323And those people who ate were five thousand, besides the women and children. 44 Arabic, p. 73 1324And straightway he pressed his disciples to go up into the ship, and that they should go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he 45 himself should send away the multitudes. 1325And those people who saw the sign which 46 Jesus did, said, Of a truth this is a prophet who hath come into the world. 1326And Jesus knew their purpose to come and take him, and make him a king; and he left them, and went up into the mountain alone for prayer. 47, 48 1327And when the nightfall was near, his disciples went down unto the sea, and sat1328 in a boat, and came to the side of Capernaum. 1329And the darkness came on, and Jesus 49 had not come to them. 1330And the sea was stirred up against them by reason of a violent 50 wind that blew. 1331And the boat was distant from the land many furlongs, and they were much damaged by the waves, and the wind was against them.

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    1 1332And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the 2 1333water, after they had rowed1334 with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. 3 1335And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried 4 out from their fear. 1336But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, 5 for it is I; fear not. 1337Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, 6 bid me to come unto thee on the water. 1338And Jesus said unto him, Come. And 7 Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. 1339But Arabic, p. 74 when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; 8 and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. 1340And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him, 9 Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? 1341And when Jesus came near, he went up 10 unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. 1342And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the 11 Son of God. 1343And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. 12 1344And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were 13 perplexed in themselves: 1345and they had not understood by means of1346 that bread, because their heart was gross. 14 1347And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,1348 borne in their 15 beds to the place where they heard that he was. 1349And wheresoever the place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch1350 were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched1351 him were healed and lived.1352 16 1353And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disciples had 17 gone up, 1354and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near1355 the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed 18 it): 1356and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they 19 Arabic, p. 75 went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. 1357And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our 20 Master, when camest thou hither? 1358Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of1359 your seeing the signs, but because of 21 your eating the bread and being satisfied. 1360Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,1361 which the Son of man will give unto you: him1362 22 hath God the Father sealed. 1363They said unto him, What shall we do that we may 23 work the work of God? 1364Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of 24 God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. 1365They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? 25 1366Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven 26 gave he them to eat. 1367Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from 27 heaven; but my Father gave1368 you the bread of truth1369 from heaven. 1370The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the 28, 29 world life. 1371They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. 1372Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, 30 and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. 1373But I said unto you, 31 Ye have seen me, and have not believed. 1374And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. 32 1375I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him 33 that sent me; 1376and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of 34 Arabic, p. 76 that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. 1377This is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. 35 1378The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread 36 which came down from heaven. 1379And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from 37, 38 heaven? 1380Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. 1381No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will 39 raise him up in the last day. 1382It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,1383 and learneth of him, cometh 40 unto me. 1384No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth 41 the Father. 1385Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal 42, 43 life. 1386I am the bread of life. 1387Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and 44 they died. 1388This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat 45 of it, and not die. 1389I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: 1390and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world. 46 1391The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us 47 Arabic, p. 77 his body that we may eat it? 1392Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall 48 not have life in yourselves. 1393Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood 49 hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. 1394My body truly is meat,1395 and 50 my blood truly is drink.1396 1397Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth 51 in me, and I in him—1398as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the 52 Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. 1399This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the 53 manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 1400This he said in 54 the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. 1401And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?

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    1 1402And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of 2 that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? 1403What if ye should see the Son 3 of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? 1404It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words1405 that I speak unto you are spirit 4 and life. 1406But there are some of you that do not believe. And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should1407 not believe, and who it was that should betray 5 him. 1408And he said unto them, Therefore I said unto you, No man can come unto me, if that hath not been given him by the Father. 6 Arabic, p. 78 1409And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked 7 not with him. 1410And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to 8 go away? 1411Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou 9 hast the words of eternal life. 1412And we have believed and known that thou art the 10 Messiah, the Son of the living God. 1413Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, 11 ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? 1414He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to1415 betray him. 12 1416And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that he 13 would eat with him: and he went in, and reclined to meat. 1417And that Pharisee, when 14 he saw it,1418 marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating. 1419Jesus said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and the dish, and ye think that ye are cleansed; but your inside is full of injustice and wickedness. 15, 16 1420Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside? 1421Now give what ye have1422 in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you. 17, 18 1423And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem. 1424And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, 19 they found fault. 1425For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their 20 hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held1426 to the ordinance1427 of the elders. 1428And they ate not what was bought from the market, except they washed it; and many other things did they keep of what they had received, such as the washing of cups, and 21 measures, and vessels of brass, and couches. 1429And scribes1430 and Pharisees asked him, Arabic, p. 79 Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the elders, but [22] eat bread without washing their hands? 1431Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance? 23 1432God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and 24 his mother shall surely die. 1433But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, 25 What thou receivest1434 from me is an offering,—1435and ye1436 suffer him not to do anything 26 for his father or his mother; 1437and ye1438 make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye have ordained and commanded, such as the washing 27 of cups and measures, and what resembles that ye do much. 1439And ye forsook 28 the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men. 1440Do1441 ye well to wrong1442 29 the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance? 1443Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say, 30 1444This people honoureth me with its1445 lips; But their heart is very far from me. 31 1446But in vain do they fear me, In that they teach the commands of men. 32 1447And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them, Hear me, all of you, and 33 understand: 1448nothing without the man, which then enters him, is able to defile him; 34 but what goeth out of him, that it is which defileth the man. 1449He that hath ears 35 that hear, let him hear. 1450Then his disciples drew near, and said unto him, Knowest 36 thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were angry? 1451He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in heaven planted not shall be 37 Arabic, p. 80 uprooted. 1452Let them alone; for they are blind leading blind. And if the blind lead1453 the blind, both of them shall fall into a hollow. 38 1454And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked him, 39 and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable. 1455He said unto them, Do ye also thus not understand? Know ye not that everything that entereth into the 40 man from without cannot defile him; 1456because it entereth not into his heart; it entereth into his stomach only, and thence is cast forth in the cleansing which maketh 41 clean all the food?1457 1458The thing which goeth forth from the mouth of the man proceedeth 42 from his heart, and it is that which defileth the man. 1459From within1460 the 43 heart of men proceed evil thoughts, 1461fornication, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupidity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness: 44 1462these evils all of them from within proceed from the heart, and they are the things 45 which defile the man: 1463but if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled. 46 1464And Jesus went out thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a certain house, and desired that no man should know it;1465 and 47 he could not be hid. 1466But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an 48, 49 unclean spirit, heard of him. 1467And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria. 1468And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou 50 son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan.1469 1470And he answered Arabic, p. 81 her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, and said, Send 51 her away: for she crieth after us. 1471He answered and said unto them, I was 52 not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel. 1472But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me. 53 1473Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children’s bread should be taken and 54 thrown to the dogs. 1474But she said, Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs 55 that fall from their masters’ tables, and live. 1475Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, 56 great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired. 1476Go then thy way; and 57 because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 1477And her daughter was 58 healed in that hour. 1478And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.

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    1 1479And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the 2 sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. 1480And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal 3 him. 1481And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, and spat 4 upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongue; 1482and looked 5 to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. 1483And in that hour his ears 6 were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease. 1484And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to any man: but the more 7 he charged them, the more they increased in publishing, and marvelled much, 1485and Arabic, p. 82 said, This man doeth everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak. 8, 9 1486And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, 1487he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to 10 his son. 1488And there was there a spring of water of Jacob’s. And Jesus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring. And the time was about the 11 sixth hour.1489 1490 And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto 12 her, Give me water, that I may drink. 1491And his disciples had entered into the city 13 to buy for themselves food. 1492And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? 14 1493(And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.1494) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me 15 to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life. 1495That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from 16 whence hast thou the water of life? 1496Can it be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep? 17 1497Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst 18 again: 1498but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever: but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing 19 up unto eternal life. 1499That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that 20 I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here. 1500Jesus said unto her, 21 Arabic, p. 83 Go and call thy husband, and come hither. 1501She said unto him, I have no 22 husband. 1502Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and 23 in this thou saidst truly. 1503That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to 24 be a prophet. 1504Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem 25 is the place in which worship must be. 1505Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship 26 the Father. 1506Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which 27 we know: for salvation is of the Jews. 1507But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: and the Father also 28 seeketh such as these worshippers. 1508For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him 29 must worship him in spirit and in truth. 1509That woman said unto him, I know that 30 the Messiah cometh: 1510and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 31 1511And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak1512 with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, 32 What1513 speakest thou with her? 1514And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the 33 city, and said to the people, 1515Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: 34 perhaps then he is the Messiah. 1516And people went out from the city, and came to 35 him. 1517And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our 36, 37 master, eat. 1518And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. 1519And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?1520 38 1521Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish 39 Arabic, p. 84 his work. 1522Said ye not that after four months cometh the harvest? behold, I therefore say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the lands, 40 that they have become white, and the harvest is already come.1523 1524And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life;1525 and the sower and 41 the reaper rejoice together. 1526For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and 42 another reapeth. 1527And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour. 43 1528And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the words 44 of that woman, who testified and said, He told me all that ever I did. 1529And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he 45, 46 abode with them two days. 1530And many believed in him because of his word; 1531and they said to that woman, Now not because of thy saying have we believed in him: we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world. 47, 48 1532And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. 1533And Jesus 49 testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city. 1534And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.

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    1 1535And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a leper, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said unto him, If thou wilt, thou art able to 2 cleanse me. 1536And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and 3 touched him, and said, I will cleanse1537 thee. 1538And immediately his leprosy departed 4 from him, and he was cleansed. 1539And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, 5 Arabic, p. 85 and said unto him, 1540See that thou tell not any man: but go and shew thyself to the priests, and offer an offering for thy cleansing as Moses commanded 6 for their testimony. 1541But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, but he remained without in a desert 7 place. 1542And much people came unto him from one place and another,1543 to hear 8 his word, and that they might be healed of their pains. 1544And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray. 9 1545And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 10 1546And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,1547 which was called in 11 Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. 1548And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving 12 of the water. 1549And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,1550 and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving 13 of the water, every pain that he had was healed. 1551And a man was there who had a 14 disease for thirty- eight years. 1552And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew1553 that he had 15 been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? 1554That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moveth, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, another goeth down before 16, 17 me. 1555Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and walk. 1556And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked. 18 1557And that day was a sabbath. And when the Jews saw that healed one, they1558 said 19 unto him, It is a sabbath: thou hast no authority to carry thy bed. 1559And he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take thy bed, 20 Arabic, p. 86 and walk. 1560They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, 21 Take thy bed, and walk? 1561But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great multitude 22 which was in that place. 1562And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art whole: sin not again, lest there come upon 23 thee what is worse than the first. 1563And that man went, and said to the Jews that it 24 was Jesus that had healed him. 1564And because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus and 25 sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbath. 1565And Jesus said unto 26 them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work. 1566And because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profaned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God. 27 1567Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, 28 that the Son also doeth like him. 1568The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him: and more than these works will he shew him, that ye 29 may marvel. 1569And as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so the Son 30 also giveth life to whomsoever he will. 1570And the Father judgeth no man, but hath 31 given all judgement unto the Son; 1571that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father. And he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which 32 sent him. 1572Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever heareth my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but passeth from 33 Arabic, p. 87 death unto life. 1573Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those 34 which hear shall live. 1574And as the Father hath life in himself, 1575 likewise he gave to 35 the Son also that he might have life in himself,1576 1577and authority to do judgement also, 36 because1578 he is the Son of man. 1579Marvel not then at that: I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: 37 1580those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judgement. 38 1581I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge: and my judgement 39 is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. 1582I1583 bear witness 40 of myself, and so1584 my witness is not true. 1585It is another that beareth witness 41 of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true. 1586Ye have sent 42 unto John, and he hath borne witness of the truth. 1587But not from man do I seek 43 witness; but I say that ye may live.1588 1589That1590 was a lamp which shineth and 44 giveth light: and ye were pleased to glory now1591 in his light. 1592But I have witness greater than that of John: the works which my Father hath given me to accomplish, 45 those works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 1593And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his 46 voice at any time, nor seen his appearance. 1594And his word abideth not in you; because 47 in him whom he hath sent ye do not believe. 1595Search the scriptures, in which ye rejoice1596 48 that ye have eternal life; 1597and they bear witness of me; and ye do not wish to come to 49, 50 Arabic, p. 88 me, that ye may have eternal life. 1598I seek not praise of men. 1599But I know 51 you, that the love of God is not in you. 1600I am come in the name of my Father, and ye received me not; but if another come in his own name, that one will 52 ye receive. 1601And how can ye believe, while ye receive praise one from another, and 53 praise from God, the One, ye seek not? 1602Can it be that ye think that I will accuse you before the Father? Ye have one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye have 54 rejoiced.1603 1604If ye believed Moses, ye would believe me also; Moses wrote of me. 55 1605And if ye believed not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

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    1 1606And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went 2 up into the mountain, and sat there. 1607And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many others, and 3 they cast them at the feet of Jesus: 1608for they had seen all the signs which he did in 4 Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. 1609And he healed them all. 1610And those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men healed, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel. 5 1611And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, I have compassion on this multitude, because of their continuing with me three days, having nothing to eat; and to send them away fasting I am not willing, lest they faint in the way, 1612some of them having 6 Arabic, p. 89 come from far. 1613His disciples said unto him, Whence have we in the desert 7 bread wherewith to satisfy all this multitude? 1614Jesus said unto them, How 8 many loaves have ye? 1615They said unto him, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he 9 commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground; 1616and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before 10 them; and the disciples set before the multitudes. 1617And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took that which remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls. 11 1618And the people that ate were four thousand men, besides the women and children. 12 1619And when the multitudes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada.1620 13 1621And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and began to seek a discussion with him. And they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven, tempting him. 14 1622And Jesus sighed within himself, and said, What sign seeketh this evil and adulterous generation? It seeketh a sign, and it shall not be given a sign, except the sign 15 of Jonah the prophet. 1623Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not be given a 16 sign. 1624And he left1625 them, and went up into the boat, and went away to that side. 17 1626And his disciples forgot to take with them bread, and there was not with them 18 in the boat, not even1627 one loaf. 1628And Jesus charged them, and said, Take heed, and guard yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and from the 19 leaven of Herod. 1629And they reflected within themselves that they had taken with them 20 no bread. 1630And Jesus knew, and said unto them, Why1631 think ye within yourselves, O ye of little faith, and are anxious, because ye have no bread? 1632until now do ye not perceive, 21 neither understand? is your heart yet hard? 1633And have ye eyes, and yet see not? 22 Arabic, p. 90 and have ye ears, and yet hear not? 1634and do ye not remember when I brake those five loaves for five thousand? and how many baskets full of broken 23 pieces took ye1635 up? They said, Twelve. 1636He said unto them, And the seven also for four thousand: how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye1637 up? They 24 said, Seven. 1638He said unto them, How have ye not understood that I spake not to you because of1639 the bread, but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees 25 and Sadducees? 1640Then they understood that he spake, not that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which he called leaven. 26 1641And after that, he came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a certain1642 blind 27 man, and besought him that he would touch him. 1643And he took the hand of that blind man, and led him out without the village, and spat in his eyes, and laid his 28 hand on him,1644 and asked him, What seest thou? 1645And that blind man looked intently, 29 and said unto him, I see men as trees walking. 1646And he placed his hand 30 again on his eyes; and they were restored,1647 and he saw everything clearly. 1648And he sent him to his house, and said, Do not enter even into the village, nor tell any man in the village. 31 1649And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cæsarea Philippi. 32 1650And while he was going in the way, and his disciples alone,1651 he asked his disciples, 33 and said, What do men say of me that I am, the Son of man?1652 1653They said unto him, Some say, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the 34, 35 prophets. 1654He said unto them, And ye, what say ye that I am? 1655Simon Cephas answered 36 Arabic, p. 91 and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 1656Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah: flesh and 37 blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 1657And I say unto thee also, that thou art Cephas,1658 and on this rock will I build my church; and the 38 gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 1659To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and 39 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 1660And he sternly charged his disciples, and warned them that they should not tell any man concerning him, 40 that he was the Messiah. 1661And henceforth began Jesus to shew to his disciples 41 that he was determined1662 to go to Jerusalem, 1663and suffer much, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and on the 42 third day rise. 1664And he was speaking1665 plainly. 1666And Simon Cephas, as one grieved 43 for him, said, Far be thou, my Lord, from that. 1667And he turned, and looked upon 44 his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said, 1668Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art a stumblingblock unto me: for thou thinkest not of what pertains to God, but of what pertains to men. 45 1669And Jesus called the multitudes with his disciples, and said unto them, Whosoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take his cross every day, and 46 come after me. 1670And whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever 47 loseth his life for my sake, and for the sake of my gospel, shall save it. 1671What shall 48 a man profit, if he gain all the world, and destroy1672 his own life,1673 or lose it? 1674or what 49 Arabic, p. 92 will a man give in ransom for his life?1675 1676Whosoever shall deny me and my sayings in this sinful and adulterous generation, the Son of man also will 50 deny him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels. 1677For the Son of man is about to1678 come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then shall he reward each man according to his works.

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    1 1679And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There be here now some standing that shall not taste death, until they see the kingdom of God come1680 with strength, 1681and the Son of man who cometh in his kingdom. 2 1682And after six days Jesus took Simon Cephas, and James, and John his brother, 3 and brought them up into a high mountain, the three of them only. 1683And while they 4 were praying, Jesus changed, and became after the fashion of another person; 1684and his face shone like the sun, and his raiment was very white like the snow, and as 5 the light of lightning, so that nothing on earth can whiten1685 like it. 1686And there appeared 6 unto him Moses and Elijah talking to Jesus. 1687And they thought that the time 7 of his decease which was to be accomplished at Jerusalem was come. 1688And Simon and those that were with him were heavy in the drowsiness of sleep; and with effort they roused themselves, and saw his glory, and those two men that were standing with him. 8 Arabic, p. 93 1689And when they began to depart from him, Simon said unto Jesus, My 9 Master, it is good for us to be here: 1690and if thou wilt, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; 1691not knowing 10 what he said, because of the fear which took possession of them. 1692And while he 11 was yet saying that, a bright cloud overshadowed them. 1693And when they saw Moses 12 and Elijah that they had entered into that cloud, they feared again. 1694And a voice was heard out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, whom I have chosen; 13 hear ye therefore him. 1695And when this voice was heard, Jesus was found alone. 14 1696And the disciples, when they heard the voice, fell on their faces from the fear which 15 took hold of them. 1697And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not 16 afraid. 1698And they lifted up their eyes, and saw Jesus as he was. 17 1699And when they went down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said unto them, Tell not what ye have seen to any man, until the Son of man rise from 18 among the dead. 1700And they kept the word within themselves, and told no man in 19 those days what they had seen. 1701And they reflected among themselves, What is this 20 word which he spake unto us, I, when I am risen from among the dead? 1702And his disciples asked him, and said, What is that which the scribes say, then, that Elijah 21 must first come? 1703He said unto them, Elijah cometh first to set in order everything, Arabic, p. 94 and as it was written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things, 22 and be rejected. 1704But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they knew him not, and have done unto him whatsoever they desired, as it was written of him. 23, 24 1705In like manner the Son of man is to suffer of them. 1706Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them concerning John the Baptist. 25 1707And on that day whereon they came down from the mountain, there met him a multitude of many people standing with his disciples, and the scribes were discussing 26 with them. 1708And the people, when they saw Jesus, were perplexed,1709 and in the 27 midst of their joy hastened1710 and saluted him. 1711And on that day came certain of the Pharisees, and said unto him, Get thee out, and go hence; for Herod seeketh 28 to kill thee. 1712Jesus said unto them, Go ye and say to this fox, Behold, I am casting out demons, and I heal to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I am perfected. 29 1713Nevertheless I must be watchful1714 to-day and to-morrow, and on the last day I shall depart; for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem. 30 1715And after that, there came to him a man from that multitude, and fell upon his knees, and said unto him, I beseech thee, my Lord, look upon my son; 1716he is my 31 only child: and the spirit cometh upon him suddenly. 1717A lunacy1718 hath come upon 32 him, and he meeteth with evils. 1719And when it cometh upon him, it beateth him about;1720 33 and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and wasteth;1721 1722and many times it hath thrown him into the water and into the fire to destroy him, and it hardly leaveth him after 34 Arabic, p. 95 bruising him. 1723And I brought him near to thy disciples, and they could 35 not heal him. 1724Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, till when shall I be with you? and till when shall I bear with you? bring thy son 36 hither. 1725And he brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, immediately 37 it beat him about; and he fell upon the ground, and was raging and foaming. 1726And Jesus asked his father, How long is the time during which he hath been thus? He 38 said unto him, From his youth until now. 1727But, my Lord, help me wherein thou 39 canst, and have mercy upon me. 1728Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe! All 40 things are possible to him that believeth. 1729And immediately the father of the child 41 cried out, weeping, and said, I believe, my Lord; help my lack of faith. 1730And when Jesus saw the hastening of the people, and their coming at the sound, he rebuked that unclean spirit, and said to it, Thou dumb1731 spirit that speakest not, I command 42 thee,1732 come out of him, and enter not again into him. 1733And that spirit, devil,1734 cried out much, and bruised him, and came out; and that child fell as one dead, and 43 many thought that he had died. 1735But Jesus took him by his hand, and raised him 44 up, and gave him to his father; and that child was healed from that hour. 1736And the people all marvelled at the greatness of God. 45 1737And when Jesus entered into the house, his disciples came, and asked him 46 privately,1738 and said unto him, Why were we not able to heal him? 1739Jesus said unto Arabic, p. 96 them, Because of your unbelief. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence; 47 and it shall remove; and nothing shall overcome you. 1740But it is impossible to cast out this kind by anything except by fasting and prayer. 48 1741And when he went forth thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not 49 that any man should know it.1742 1743And he taught his disciples, and said unto them, 50 1744Keep ye these sayings in your ears and your hearts: for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, he 51 shall rise on the third day. 1745But they knew not the word which he spake unto them, for it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they feared to 52 ask him about this word. 1746And they were exceeding sorrowful.

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    1 1747And in that day this thought presented itself to his disciples, and they said, which 2 haply should be the greatest among them.1748 1749And when they came to Capernaum, and entered into the house, Jesus said unto them, What were ye considering in the 3 way among yourselves? 1750And they were silent because they had considered that matter. 4 1751And when Simon went forth without, those that received two dirhams for the tribute came to Cephas, and said unto him, Doth your master not give his two 5 dirhams? He said unto them, Yea. 1752And when Cephas entered the house, Jesus anticipated him, and said unto him, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom and tribute? from their sons, or from 6 Arabic, p. 97 strangers? 1753Simon said unto him, From strangers. Jesus said unto him, Children then are free. Simon said unto him, Yea. Jesus said unto him, 7 Give thou also unto them, like the stranger. 1754But, lest it trouble them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook; and the first fish that cometh up, open its mouth, and thou shalt find a stater: take therefore that, and give for me and thee. 8 1755And in that hour came the disciples to Jesus, and said unto him, Who, thinkest 9 thou, is greater in the kingdom of heaven? 1756And Jesus knew the thought of their heart, and called a1757 child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms, and 10 said unto them, 1758Verily I say unto you, If ye do not return, and become as children, 11 ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. 1759Every one that shall receive in my name such as this child hath received me: 1760and whosoever receiveth me receiveth 12 not me, but him that sent me. 1761And he who is little in your company,1762 the same 13 shall be great. 1763But whosoever shall injure one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a great millstone1764 should be hanged about his neck, and he should be drowned in the depths of the sea. 14 1765John answered and said, Our Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; 15 and we prevented him, because he followed not thee with us. 1766Jesus said unto them, Prevent him not; for no man doeth powers in my name, and can hasten to speak evil 16, 17 of me. 1767Every one who is not in opposition to you is with you. 1768Woe unto the world Arabic, p. 98 because of trials!1769 but woe unto that man by whose hand the trials come! 18 1770If thy hand or thy foot injure thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee to enter into life being halt or maimed, and not that thou shouldest have two hands or two feet, and fall into the hell of fire that burneth1771 for ever; 19, 20 1772where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. 1773And if thine eye seduce1774 21 thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; 1775for it is better for thee to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than that thou shouldest have two eyes, and fall into the 22, 23 fire of Gehenna; 1776where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. 1777Every 24 one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 1778How good 25 is salt! but if the salt also be tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? 1779It is fit neither for the land nor for dung, but they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him 26 hear. 1780Have ye salt in yourselves, and be in peace one with another. 27 1781And he arose from thence, and came to the borders of Judæa beyond Jordan: and there went unto him thither great multitudes, and he healed them; and he taught 28 them also, according to his custom. 1782And the Pharisees came unto him, tempting 29 him, and asking him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? 1783He said, What 30 did Moses command you? 1784They said, Moses made it allowable for us, saying, Whosoever 31 will, let him write a writing of divorcement, and put away his wife. 1785Jesus answered and said unto them, 1786Have ye not read, He that made them from the beginning 32 made them male and female, and said, 1787For this reason shall the man leave his father Arabic, p. 99 and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they both shall be one body? 33 1788So then they are not twain, but one body; the thing, then, which God hath 34 joined together, let no man put asunder. 1789And those Pharisees said unto him, Why did Moses consent1790 that a man should give a writing of divorcement and put her away? 35 1791Jesus said unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts gave you leave 36 to divorce your wives; but in the beginning it was not so. 1792I say unto you, Whosoever putteth away1793 his wife without fornication, and marrieth another, hath exposed 37 her to adultery. 1794And his disciples, when he entered the house, asked him again 38 about that. 1795And he said unto them, Every one who putteth away his wife, and 39 marrieth another, hath exposed her to adultery. 1796And any woman that leaveth her husband, and becometh another’s, hath committed adultery. 1797And whosoever marrieth 40 her that is divorced hath committed adultery. 1798And his disciples said unto him, If there be between the man and the woman such a case1799 as this, it is not good for 41 a man to marry. 1800He said unto them, Not every man can endure this saying, except 42 him to whom it is given. 1801There are eunuchs which from their mother’s womb1802 were born so; and there are eunuchs which through men became eunuchs; and there are eunuchs which made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to be content, let him be content. 43 1803Then they brought to him children, that he should lay his hand upon them, and 44 pray: and his disciples were rebuking those that were bringing them. 1804And Jesus saw, and it was distressing to him; and he said unto them, Suffer the children to Arabic, p. 100 come unto me, and prevent them not; for those that are like these have 45 the kingdom of God. 1805Verily I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth not the 46 kingdom of God as this child, shall not enter it. 1806And he took them in his arms, and laid his hand upon them, and blessed them.

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    1, 2 1807And there came unto him publicans and sinners to hear his word. 1808And the scribes and the Pharisees murmured, and said, This man receiveth sinners, and 3 eateth with them. 1809And Jesus, when he beheld their murmuring, spake unto them 4 this parable: 1810What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if one of them were lost, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go and seek the straying one 5 till he found it? 1811Verily I say unto you, When he findeth it, he will rejoice over it 6 more than over the ninety-nine that went not astray; 1812and bear it on his shoulders, and bring it to his house, and call his friends and neighbours, 1813and say unto them, 7 Rejoice with me, since I have found my straying sheep. 1814So your Father which is in heaven willeth1815 not that one of these little ones that have strayed should perish, 8 and he seeketh for them repentance. 1816I say unto you, Thus there shall be rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repentance. 9 1817And what woman having ten drachmas would lose one of them, and not light a 10 lamp, and sweep the house, and seek it with care till she found it; 1818and when she found it, call her friends and neighbours, and say unto them, Rejoice with me, as I 11 have found my drachma that was lost? 1819I say unto you, Thus there shall be joy Arabic, p. 101 before the angels of God over the one sinner that repenteth, more than over the ninetynine righteous persons that do not need repentance. 12, 13 1820And Jesus spake unto them also another parable: 1821A man had two sons: and the younger son said unto him, My father, give me my portion that belongeth to 14 me of thy goods. 1822And he divided between them his property. And after a few days the younger son gathered everything that belonged to him, and went into a 15 far country, and there squandered his property by living prodigally. 1823And when he had exhausted everything he had, there occurred a great dearth in that country. 16 1824And when he was in want, he went and joined himself to one of the people of a city 17 of that country; and that man sent him into the field1825 to feed the swine. 1826And he used to long to fill his belly with the carob that those swine were eating: and no man 18 gave him. 1827And when he returned unto himself, he said, How many hired servants now in my father’s house have bread enough and to spare, while I here perish with 19 hunger! 1828I will arise and go to my father’s house, and say unto him, My father, 1829I 20 have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy now to be called thy 21 son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 1830And he arose, and came to his father. But his father saw him while he was at a distance, and was moved with compassion 22 for him, and ran,1831 and fell on his breast,1832 and kissed him. 1833And his son said unto him, My father, I have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy to be 23 called thy son. 1834His father said unto his servants, Bring forth a stately robe, and put 24 it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and put on him shoes on his feet: 1835and bring and 25 slay a fatted ox, that we may eat and make merry: 1836for this my son was dead, and is 26 Arabic, p. 102 alive; and was lost, and is found. 1837And they began to be merry.1838 Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and drew near to the house, 27 he heard the sound of many singing.1839 1840And he called one of the lads, and asked him 28 what this was. 1841He said unto him, Thy brother hath arrived; and thy father hath 29 slain a fatted ox, since he hath received him safe and sound.1842 1843And he was angry, 30 and would not enter; so his father went out, and besought him to enter. 1844And he said to his father, How many years do I serve thee in bondage, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and thou hast never given me a kid, that I might 31 make merry with my friends? 1845but this thy son, when he had squandered thy 32 property with harlots, and come, thou hast slain for him a fatted ox. 1846His father said unto him, My son, thou art at all times with me, and everything I have is 33 thine. 1847It behoveth thee to rejoice and make merry, since this thy brother was dead, and is alive; and was lost, and is found. 34 1848And he spake a parable unto his disciples: There was a rich man, and he had 35 a steward; and he was accused to him that he had squandered his property. 1849So his lord called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear regarding thee? Give me the account of thy stewardship; for it is now impossible that thou shouldest 36 be a steward for me. 1850The steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; and to beg1851 I 37 am ashamed. 1852I know what I will do, that, when I go out of the stewardship, they 38 may receive me into their houses. 1853And he called one after another of his lord’s 39 debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou my lord? 1854He said unto him, An hundred portions1855 of oil. He said unto him, Take thy writing, and sit down, and write 40 quickly fifty portions. 1856 1857And he said to the next, And thou, how much owest thou my lord? He said unto him, An hundred cors of wheat. He said unto him, Take 41 Arabic, p. 103 thy writing, and sit down, and write eighty cors. 1858And our1859 lord commended the sinful steward1860 because he had done a wise deed; for the children 42 of this world are wiser than the children of the light in this their age. 1861And I also say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends with the wealth of this unrighteousness;1862 43 so that, when it is exhausted, they may receive you into their tents for ever. 1863He who is faithful in1864 a little is faithful also in much: and he who is unrighteous in a 44 little is unrighteous also in much. 1865If then in the wealth of unrighteousness ye were 45 not trustworthy, who will intrust you with the truth?1866 1867If ye are not found faithful in what does not belong to you, who will give you what belongeth to you?

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    1 1868Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a 2 reckoning with his servants. 1869And when he began to make it, they brought to him one who 3 owed him ten talents.1870 1871And because he had not wherewith to pay, his lord ordered that he should be sold, he, and his wife, and children, and all that he 4 had, and payment be made. 1872So that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything. 5 1873And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, and forgave him his 6 debt. 1874And that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him Arabic, p. 104 a hundred pence;1875 and he took him, and dealt severely with him, and said 7 unto him, Give me what thou owest. 1876So the fellow-servant fell down at his 8 feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me respite, and I will pay thee. 1877And he would not; but took him, and cast him into prison, till he should give him his debt. 9 1878And when their fellow-servants saw what happened, it distressed them much; and 10 they came and told their lord of all that had taken place. 1879Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because 11 thou besoughtest me: 1880was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy 12 fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?1881 1882And his lord became wroth, and delivered 13 him to the scourgers, till he should pay all that he owed. 1883So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, if one forgive not his brother his wrong conduct1884 from 14 his heart. 1885Take heed within1886 yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he 15 repent, forgive him. 1887And if he act wrongly towards thee seven times in a day, and on that day return seven times unto thee, and say, I repent towards thee; forgive him. 16 1888And if thy brother act wrongly towards thee, go and reprove him between thee and 17 him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 1889But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, and so1890 at the mouth of two or three every saying shall 18 be established. 1891And if he listen not to these also, tell the congregation;1892 and if he listen not even to the congregation, let him be unto thee as a publican and a Gentile.1893 19 1894Verily I say unto you, All that ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: 20 and what ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 1895I say unto you also, If two of you agree on earth to ask, everything shall1896 be granted them from my Father 21 Arabic, p. 105 which is in heaven. 1897For where two or three are gathered in my name, there 22 am I amongst them. 1898Then Cephas drew near to him, and said unto him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother act wrongly towards me, should I forgive him? 23 until seven times? 1899Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until seventy 24 times seven, seven.1900 1901And the servant that knoweth his lord’s will, and maketh not 25 ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment; 1902but he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, shall meet with slight punishment. Every one to whom much hath been given, much shall be asked of him; and he that hath had much committed to him, much shall be 26 required at his hand. 1903I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had 27 been kindled already.1904 1905And I have a baptism to be baptized with, and greatly am 28 I straitened till it be accomplished. 1906See that ye despise not1907 one of these little ones that believe in me. Verily I say unto you, Their angels at all times see the 29 face of my Father which is in heaven. 1908The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost. 30 1909And after that, Jesus walked in Galilee; and he did not like to walk in Judæa, 31 because the Jews sought to kill him. 1910And there came people who told him of 32 the Galilæans, those whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 1911Jesus answered and said unto them, Do ye imagine that those Galilæans were sinners 33 more than all the Galilæans, so that this thing has come upon them? 1912Nay. Verily I say unto you now,1913 that ye shall all also, if ye repent not, likewise perish. 34 1914Or perchance those eighteen on whom the palace fell in Siloam, and slew them, do ye imagine that they were to be condemned1915 more than all the people that dwell 35 Arabic, p. 106 in Jerusalem? Nay. 1916Verily I say unto you, If ye do not all repent, ye shall perish like them. 36 1917And he spake unto them this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vine yard; 37 and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 1918So he said to the husbandman, Lo, three years do I come and seek fruit on this fig tree, and find 38 none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground unoccupied? 1919The husbandman said unto him, My lord, leave it this year also, that I may dig about it, and dung 39 it; 1920then if it bear fruit—! and if not, then cut it down in the coming year. 40 1921And when Jesus was teaching on the sabbath day in one of the synagogues, 41 there was there a woman that had a spirit of disease eighteen years; 1922and she was 42 bowed down, and could not straighten herself at all. 1923And Jesus saw her, and called 43 her, and said unto her, Woman, be loosed from thy disease. 1924And he put his hand 44 upon her; and immediately she was straightened, and praised God. 1925And the chief1926 of the synagogue answered with anger, because Jesus had healed on a sabbath, and said unto the multitudes, There are six days in which work ought to be done; 45 come in them and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 1927But Jesus answered and said unto him, Ye hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath day loose 46 his ox or his ass from the manger, and go and water it? 1928Ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, and whom the devil1929 hath bound eighteen years, 47 to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 1930And when he said this, they were all put to shame, those standing, who were opposing him:1931 and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded from his hand.

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    1, 2 Arabic, p. 107 1933And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew near. 1934So the brethren of Jesus said unto him, Remove now hence, and go to Judæa, that 3 thy disciples may see the deeds that thou doest. 1935 For no man doeth a thing secretly 4 and wisheth to be apparent. 1936If thou doest this, shew thyself to the world. For 5 up to this time not even the brethren of Jesus believed on him. 1937Jesus said unto them, My time till now has not arrived; but as for you, your time is alway ready. 6 1938It is not possible for the world to hate you; but me it hateth, for I bear witness 7 against it, that its deeds are evil. 1939As for you, go ye up unto this feast: but I go 8 not up now to this feast; for my time has not yet been completed. 1940He said this, and remained behind in Galilee. 9 1941But when his brethren went up unto the feast, he journeyed from Galilee, and 10 came to the borders of Judæa, to the country beyond Jordan; 1942and there came after 11 him great multitudes, and he healed them all there. 1943And he went out, and proceeded 12 to the feast, not openly, but as one that conceals himself. 1944And the Jews sought him 13 at the feast, and said, In what place is this man? 1945And there occurred much murmuring there in the great multitude that came to the feast, on his account. For 14 some said, He is good: and others said, Nay, but he leadeth the people astray. 1946But no man spake of him openly for fear of the Jews. 15 Arabic, p. 108 1947But when the days of the feast of tabernacles were half over, Jesus went 16 up to the temple, and taught. 1948And the Jews wondered, and said, How doth 17 this man know writing,1949 seeing he hath not learned? 1950Jesus answered and said, My doctrine1951 18 is not mine, but his that sent me. 1952Whoever wisheth to do his will understandeth my doctrine,1953 whether it be from God, or whether I speak of mine own accord. 19 1954Whosoever speaketh of his own accord seeketh praise for himself; but whosoever seeketh praise for him that sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness in his heart 20 there is none. 1955Did not Moses give you the law, and no man of you keepeth the 21 law? 1956Why seek ye to kill me? The multitude answered and said unto him, Thou 22 hast demons:1957 who seeketh to kill thee? 1958Jesus answered and said unto them, I did 23 one deed, and ye all marvel because of this. 1959Moses hath given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but it is from the fathers); and ye on the sabbath 24 circumcise a man. 1960And if a man is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I healed on the sabbath 25 day the whole man? 1961Judge not with hypocrisy, but judge righteous judgement. 26 1962And some people from Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to slay? 27 1963And lo, he discourseth with them openly, and they say nothing unto him. Think 28 you that our elders have learned that this is the Messiah indeed? 1964But this man is1965 known whence he is; and the Messiah, when he cometh, no man knoweth whence 29 he is. 1966So Jesus lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and of my own accord am I not come, but he 30 Arabic, p. 109 that sent me is true, he whom ye know not: 1967but I know him; for I am 31 from him, and he sent me. 1968And they sought to seize him: and no man 32 laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 1969But many of the multitude believed on him; and they said, The Messiah, when he cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth? 33 1970And a man of that multitude said unto our Lord, Teacher, say to my brother 34 that he divide with me the inheritance. 1971Jesus said unto him, Man, who is it that 35 appointed me over you as a judge and divider? 1972And he said unto his disciples, Take heed within yourselves of all inordinate desire; for it is not in abundance of 36 possessions that life shall be. 1973And he gave them this parable: The ground of a 37 rich man brought forth abundant produce: 1974and he pondered within himself, and 38 said, What shall I do, since I have no place to store my produce? 1975And he said, I will do this: I will pull down the buildings of my barns, and build them, and make 39 them greater; and store there all my wheat and my goods. 1976And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid by for many years; take thine ease, eat, 40 drink, enjoy thyself. 1977God said unto him, O thou of little intelligence, this night shall thy soul be taken from thee; and this that thou hast prepared, whose shall it 41 be? 1978So is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God. 42 1979And while Jesus was going in the way, there came near to him a young man1980 of the rulers,1981 and fell on his knees, and asked him, and said, Good Teacher, what is 43 it that I must do that I may have eternal life? 1982Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou 44 me good, while there is none good but the one, even God?1983 1984Thou knowest the commandments. 1985 45 1986If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.1987 The young Arabic, p. 110 man said unto him, Which of the commandments?1988 Jesus said unto him, 46 1989Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not do injury, Honour thy father 47 and thy mother: and, Love thy neighbour as thyself. 1990That young man said unto 48 him, All these have I kept from my youth: what then is it that I lack? 1991And Jesus 49 looked intently at him, and loved him, and said unto him, 1992If thou wouldest be perfect, what thou lackest is one thing:1993 go away and sell everything that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and take thy 50 cross, and follow me. 1994And that young man frowned at this word, and went away 51 feeling sad; for he was very rich. 1995And when Jesus saw his sadness, he looked towards his disciples, and said unto them, How hard it is for them that have possessions to enter the kingdom of God!

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    1 1996Verily I say unto you, It is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of 2 heaven. 1997And I say unto you also, that it is easier for a camel to enter the eye of 3 a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 1998And the disciples were wondering at these sayings. And Jesus answered and said unto them again, My children, how hard it is for those that rely on their possessions to enter the 4 kingdom of God! 1999And those that were listening wondered more, and said amongst 5 themselves, being agitated,2000 Who, thinkest thou, can be saved? 2001And Jesus looked at them intently, and said unto them, With men this is not possible, but with God it is: 6 Arabic, p. 111 it is possible for God to do everything. 2002Simon Cephas said unto him, Lo, we have left everything, and followed thee; what is it, thinkest thou, that we 7 shall have? 2003Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, Ye that have followed me, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also 8 shall sit on twelve thrones, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel. 2004Verily I say unto you, No man leaveth houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or kinsfolk, or lands, because of the kingdom of God, or for 9 my sake, and the sake of my gospel, 2005who shall not obtain2006 many times as much in this 10 time, and in the world to come inherit eternal life: 2007and now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecution; 11 and in the world to come everlasting life. 2008Many that are first shall be last,2009 and that are last shall be first. 12 2010And when the Pharisees heard all this, because of their love for wealth they 13 scoffed at him. 2011And Jesus knew what was in their hearts, and said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves before men; while God knows your hearts: the thing that is lofty with men is base before God. 14 2012And he began to say, A certain man was rich, and wore silk and purple, and enjoyed 15 himself every day in splendour: 2013and there was a poor man named Lazarus, and 16 he was cast down at the door of the rich man, 2014afflicted with sores, and he longed to fill Arabic, p. 112 his belly with the crumbs that fell from the table of that rich man; yea, 17 even2015 the dogs used to come and lick his sores. 2016And it happened that that poor man died, and the angels conveyed him into the bosom of Abraham: and the 18 rich man also died, and was buried. 2017And while he was being tormented in Hades, 19 he lifted up his eyes from afar, and saw Abraham with2018 Lazarus in his bosom. 2019And he called with a loud voice, and said, My father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger with water, and moisten my tongue 20 for me; for, behold, I am burned in this flame. 2020Abraham said unto him, My son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus his afflictions: 21 but now, behold, he is at rest here, and thou art tormented. 2021And in addition to all this, there is between us and you a great abyss placed, so that they that would cross unto you from hence cannot, nor yet from thence do they cross unto 22 us. 2022He said unto him, Then I beseech thee, my father, to send him to my father’s 23 house; 2023for I have five brethren; let him go, that they also sin not,2024 and come to 24 the abode of this torment.2025 2026Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the 25 prophets; let them hear them. 2027He said unto him, Nay,2028 my father Abraham: but 26 let a man from the dead go unto them, and they will repent. 2029Abraham said unto him, If they listen neither to Moses nor to the prophets, neither if a man from the dead rose would they believe him. 27 2030The kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, which went out early 28 in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 2031And he agreed with the labourers on 29 one penny a day for each labourer, and he sent them into his vineyard. 2032And he went 30 Arabic, p. 113 out in three hours, and saw others standing in the market idle. 2033He said unto them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and what is right I will pay you. 31 2034And they went. And he went out also at the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise, 32 and sent them. 2035And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said unto them, Why are ye standing the whole day idle? 33 2036They said unto him, Because no one hath hired us. He said unto them, Go ye 34 also into the vineyard, and what is right ye shall receive. 2037So when evening came, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the labourers, and pay them 35 their wages; and begin with the later ones, and end with the former ones. 2038And 36 those of eleven hours2039 came, and received each a penny. 2040When therefore the first came, they supposed that they should receive something more; and they also 37 received each a penny. 2041And when they received it, they spake angrily against the 38 householder, and said, 2042These last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal 39 with us, who have suffered the heat of the day, and its burden. 2043He answered and said unto one of them, My friend, I do thee no wrong: was it not for a penny that 40 thou didst bargain with me? 2044Take what is thine, and go thy way; for I wish to 41 give this last as I have given thee. 2045Or am I not entitled to do with what is mine2046 42 what I choose? 2047Or is thine eye perchance evil, because I am good? Thus shall the last ones be first, and the first last. The called are many, and the chosen are few. 43 2048And when Jesus entered into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, and they were watching him to see what he would 44, 45 do, 2049and there was before him a man which had the dropsy, 2050Jesus answered and 46 said unto the scribes and the Pharisees, Is it lawful on the sabbath to heal? 2051But Arabic, p. 114 they were silent. So he took him, and healed him, and sent him away. 47 2052And he said unto them, Which of you shall have his son or his ox fall on the sabbath day into a well, and not lift him up straightway, and draw water for 48 him? 2053And they were not able to answer him a word to that.

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    1 2054And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden there, because he saw 2 them choose the places that were in the highest part of the sitting room: 2055When a man invites thee to a feast, do not go and sit at the head of the room; lest there 3 be there a man more honourable than thou, 2056and he that invited you come and say unto thee, Give the place to this man: and thou be ashamed when thou risest and 4 takest2057 another place. 2058But when thou art invited, go and sit last; so that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, My friend, go up higher: and 5 thou shalt have praise before all that were invited with thee. 2059For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted. 6 2060And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a feast2061 or a banquet,2062 do not invite thy friends, nor even thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy 7 rich neighbours; lest haply they also invite thee, and thou have this reward. 2063But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, and those with withered hand, and the 8 lame, and the blind: 2064and blessed art thou, since they have not the means to reward 9 thee; that thy reward may be at the rising of the righteous. 2065And when one of them that were invited heard that, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 10, 11 2066Jesus answered again in parables, and said, 2067The kingdom of heaven hath been likened Arabic, p. 115 to2068 a certain king, which made a feast2069 for his son, and prepared a 12 great banquet,2070 and invited many: and he sent his servants at the time of the feast to inform them that were invited, 2071Everything is made ready for you; come. And 13 they would not come, but began all of them with one voice to make excuse. 2072And the first said unto them, Say to him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out 14 to see it: 2073I pray thee to release2074 me, for I ask to be excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them: I pray thee 15 to release me, for I ask to be excused. 2075And another said, I have married a wife, 16 and therefore I cannot come. 2076And the king sent also other servants, and said, Say to those that were invited, that my feast is ready, and my oxen and my fatlings are 17 slain, and everything is ready: come to the feast. 2077But they made light of it, and 18 went, one to his field, and another to his merchandise: 2078and the rest took his 19 servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. 2079And one of the servants 20 came, and informed his lord of what had happened. 2080And when the king heard, he became angry, and sent his armies; and they destroyed those murderers, and 21 burned their cities. 2081Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, but those 22 that were invited were not worthy. 2082Go out quickly into the markets and into the partings of the ways of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and those with pains, and the lame, and the blind. And the servants did as the king commanded them. 23 2083And they came, and said unto him, Our lord, we have done all that thou commandedst 24 us, and there is here still room. 2084So the lord said unto his servants, Go out into the roads, and the ways, and the paths, and every one that ye find, invite 25 Arabic, p. 116 to the feast, and constrain them to enter, till my house is2085 filled. 2086I say unto you, that no one of those people that were invited shall taste of my feast. 26 2087And those servants went out into the roads, and gathered all that they found, good and 27 bad: and the banquet-house was filled with guests. 2088And the king entered to see those 28 who were seated, and he saw there a man not wearing a festive garment: 2089and he said unto him, My friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive garments? 29 2090And he was silent. Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet, and put him forth into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and 30 gnashing of teeth. 2091The called are many; and the chosen, few. 31 2092And after that, the time of the feast of unleavened bread of the Jews arrived, 32 and Jesus went out to go to Jerusalem. 2093And as he went in the way, there met him 33 ten persons who were lepers, and stood afar off: 2094and they lifted up their voice, and 34 said, Our Master, Jesus, have mercy upon us. 2095And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. And when they went, they 35 were cleansed. 2096And one of them, when he saw himself cleansed, returned, and 36 was praising God with a loud voice; 2097and he fell on his face before the feet of 37 Jesus, giving him thanks: and this man was a Samaritan. 2098Jesus answered and said, 38 Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the nine? 2099Not one of them turned aside to come and praise God, but this man who is of a strange 39 people. 2100He said unto him, Arise, and go thy way; for thy faith hath given thee life.2101 40 2102And while they were going up in the way to Jerusalem, Jesus went in front of them; and they wondered, and followed him fearing. And he took his twelve disciples apart, 41 and began to tell them privately2103 what was about to befall him. 2104And he said unto Arabic, p. 117 them, We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things shall be fulfilled 42 that are written in the prophets concerning the Son of man. 2105He shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, 43 and deliver him to the peoples;2106 2107and they shall treat him shamefully, and scourge 44 him, and spit in his face, and humble him,2108and crucify him, and slay him: 2109and on 45 the third day he shall rise. 2110But they understood not one thing of this; but this word was hidden from them, and they did not perceive these things that were addressed to them. 46 2111Then came near to him the mother of the (two) sons of Zebedee, she and her (two) sons, and worshipped him, and asked of him a certain thing. 2112And he said 47 unto her, What wouldest thou? 2113And James and John, her two sons, came forward, and said unto him, Teacher, we would that all that we ask thou wouldest 48 do unto us. 2114He said unto them,2115 What would ye that I should do unto you? 49 2116They said unto him, Grant us that we may sit, the one on thy right, and the other 50 on thy left, in thy kingdom and thy glory. 2117And Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am to drink? and with the 51 baptism that I am to be baptized with, will ye be baptized? 2118And they said unto him, We are able. Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and 52 with the baptism wherewith I am baptized ye shall be baptized: 2119but that ye should sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; but it is for him for whom my Father hath prepared it.

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    1 2120And when the ten heard, they were moved with anger against James and John. 2 2121And Jesus called them, and said unto them, Ye know that the rulers of the nations 3 are their lords; and their great men are set in authority over them. 2122Not thus shall it Arabic, p. 118 be amongst you: but he amongst you that would be great, let him be to you a 4 servant; 2123and whoever of you would be first,2124 let him be to every man a 5 bondservant: 2125even as the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and 6 to give himself a ransom in place of the many. 2126He said this, and was going about 7 the villages and the cities, and teaching; and he went to Jerusalem. 2127And a man asked him, Are those that shall be saved few? Jesus answered and said unto 8 them, Strive ye to enter at the narrow door: 2128I say unto you now, that many shall 9 seek to enter, and shall not be able2129—2130from the time when the master of the house riseth, and closeth the door, and ye shall be standing without, and shall knock at the door, and shall begin to say, Our lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and 10 say, I say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 2131and ye shall begin to say, 11 Before thee we did eat and drink, and in our markets didst thou teach; 2132and he shall say unto you, I know you not whence ye are; depart2133 from me, ye servants 12 of untruth. 2134There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while ye are 13 put forth without. 2135And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the 14 north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 2136And there shall then be last that have become first, and first that have become last. 15, 16 2137And when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho, 2138there was a man named Zacchæus, 17 rich, and chief of the publicans. 2139And he desired to see Jesus who he was; and he was not able for the pressure of the crowd, because Zacchæus was little of stature. 18 Arabic, p. 119 2140And he hastened, and went before Jesus, and went up into an unripe fig 19 tree2141 to see Jesus: for he was to pass thus. 2142And when Jesus came to that place, he saw him, and said unto him, Make haste, and come down, Zacchæus: 20 to-day I must be in thy house. 2143And he hastened, and came down, and received 21 him joyfully. 2144And when they all saw, they murmured, and said, He hath gone in 22 and lodged with a man that is a sinner. 2145So Zacchæus stood, and said unto Jesus, My Lord, now half of my possessions I give to the poor, and what I have unjustly 23 taken2146 from every man I give him fourfold. 2147Jesus said unto him, Today is salvation 24 come to this house, because this man also is a2148 son of Abraham. 2149For the Son of man came to seek and save the thing that was lost. 25 2150And when Jesus went out of Jericho, he and his disciples, there came after him 26 a great multitude. 2151And there was a blind man sitting by the way side begging. 27 2152And his name was Timæus, the son of Timæus. And he heard the sound of the 28 multitude passing, and asked, Who is this? 2153They said unto him, Jesus the Nazarene 29 passeth by. 2154And when he heard that it was Jesus, he called out with a loud 30 voice, and said, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 2155And those that went before Jesus were rebuking him, that he should hold his peace: 2156but he cried the 31 more, and said, Son of David, have mercy on me. 2157And Jesus stood, and commanded that they should call him. And they called the blind man, and said unto 32 him, Be of good courage, and rise; for, behold, he calleth thee. 2158And the blind 33 man threw away his garment, and rose, and came to Jesus. 2159Jesus said unto him, What dost thou wish that I should do unto thee? And that blind man said unto him, My Lord and Master, that my eyes may be opened, so that I may see thee.2160 34 Arabic, p. 120 2161And Jesus had compassion on him, and touched his eyes, and said unto 35 him, See; for thy faith hath saved thee. 2162And immediately he received his sight,2163 and came after him, and praised God; and all the people that saw praised God. 36 2164And he spake a parable because he was nearing2165 Jerusalem, and they supposed 37 that at that time the kingdom of God was about to appear. 2166He said unto them, A man, a son of a great race, went into a far country, to receive a kingdom, and 38 return. 2167And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten shares, and said unto 39 them, Trade till the time of my coming. 2168But the people of his city hated him, and 40 sent messengers after him, and said, We will not that this man reign over us. 2169And when he had received a2170 kingdom, and returned, he said that the servants to whom he had given the money should be called unto him, that he might know what each 41 of them had traded. 2171And the first came, and said, My lord, thy share hath gained 42 ten shares.2172 The king said unto him, Thou good and faithful servant, who hast 43 been found faithful in a little, be thou set over ten districts. 2173And the second came, 44 and said, My lord, thy portion hath gained five portions. 2174And he said unto him 45 also, And thou shalt be set over five districts. 2175And another came, and said, My 46 lord, here is thy portion, which was with me laid by in a napkin: 2176I feared thee, because thou art a hard man, and takest what thou didst not leave, and seekest 47 what thou didst not give, and reapest what thou didst not sow. 2177His lord said unto him, From thy mouth shall I judge thee, thou wicked and idle servant, who wast untrustworthy. Thou knewest that I am a hard man, and take what I did not 48 leave, and reap what I did not sow: 2178why didst thou not put my money at usury, 49 and so I might come and seek it, with its gains? 2179And he said unto those that were standing in front of him, Take from him the share, and give it to him that hath 50, 51 Arabic, p. 121 ten shares. 2180They said unto him, Our lord, he hath ten shares. 2181He said unto them, I say unto you, Every one that hath shall be given unto; and 52 he that hath not, that which he hath also shall be taken from him. 2182And those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them, bring them, and slay them before me.

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    1 2183And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, he went up to the temple of God, and found 2 there oxen and sheep and doves. 2184And when he beheld those that sold and those that bought, and the money-changers sitting, 2185he made for himself a scourge of rope, and drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, and the money-changers; 2186and he threw down their money, and upset their tables, and the seats of 3 them that sold the doves; 2187and he was teaching, and saying unto them, Is it not written, My house is a house of prayer for all peoples? and ye have made it a den 4 for robbers. 2188And he said unto those that sold the doves, Take this hence, and 5 make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. 2189And he suffered not any 6 one to carry vessels inside the temple. 2190And his disciples remembered the scripture, 7 The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 2191The Jews answered and said unto him, 8 What sign hast thou shewn us, that thou doest this? 2192Jesus answered and said unto 9 them, Destroy this temple, and I shall raise it in three days. 2193The Jews said unto him, This temple was built in forty-six years, and wilt thou raise it in three days? 10 2194But he spake unto them of the temple of his body, that when2195 they destroyed it, he 11 Arabic, p. 122 would raise it in three days. 2196When therefore he rose from among the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the scriptures, and the word that Jesus spake. 12 2197And when Jesus sat down over against the treasury, he observed how the multitudes were casting their offerings into the treasury: and many rich men were 13, 14 throwing in much. 2198And there came a poor widow, and cast in two mites. 2199And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor 15 widow cast into the treasury more than all the people: 2200and all of these cast into the place of the offering of God2201 of the superfluity of their wealth; while this woman of her want threw in all that she possessed. 16 2202And he spake unto them this parable, concerning people who trusted in themselves 17 that they are righteous, and despised every man: 2203Two men went up to the 18 temple to pray; one of them a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 2204And the Pharisee stood apart,2205 and prayed thus, O Lord, I thank thee, since I am not like the rest of men, the unjust, the profligate, the extortioners, or even like this publican; 19 2206but I fast two days a week, and tithe all my possessions.2207 2208And the publican was 20 standing at a distance, and he would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but was 21 beating upon his breast, and saying, O Lord, have mercy on me, me the sinner. 2209I say unto you, that this man went down justified to his house more than the Pharisee. Every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted. 22 Arabic, p. 123 2210And when eventide was come, he left all the people, and went outside the 23 city to Bethany, he and his twelve, and he remained there. 2211And all the people, because they knew the place, came to him, and he received them; and them that 24 had need of healing he healed. 2212And on the morning of the next day, when he returned 25 to the city from Bethany, he hungered. 2213And he saw a2214 fig tree at a distance on the beaten highway, having on it leaves. And he came unto it, expecting to find something on it; and when he came, he found nothing on it but the leaves—it2215 was not 26 the season of figs—2216and he said unto it, Henceforward for ever let no man eat fruit of thee. And his disciples heard. 27 2217And they came to Jerusalem. And there was there a man of the Pharisees, 28 named Nicodemus, ruler of the Jews. 2218This man came unto Jesus by night, and said unto him, My Master, we know that thou hast been sent from God as a teacher; and no man can do these signs that thou doest, except him whom God is 29 with. 2219Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man 30 be not born a second time, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 2220Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man who is old be born? can he, think you, return again to 31 his mother’s womb a second time, to enter and be born? 2221Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man be not born of water and the Spirit, 32 he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 2222For he that is born of flesh is flesh; and he that 33 is born of Spirit is spirit. 2223Wonder not that I said unto thee that ye must be born a 34 Arabic, p. 124 second time. 2224The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest its voice, but thou knowest not from what place it cometh, nor whither it goeth: so 35 is every man that is born of the Spirit. 2225Nicodemus answered and said unto him, 36 How can that be? 2226Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou teaching2227 Israel, 37 and yet knowest not these things? 2228Verily, verily, I say unto thee, What we know 38 we say, and what we have seen we witness: and ye receive not our witness. 2229If I said unto you what is on earth, and ye believed not, how then, if I say unto you 39 what is in heaven, will ye believe? 2230And no man hath ascended up into heaven, except him that descended from heaven, the Son of man, which is in heaven. 40 2231And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so is the Son of man to be 41 lifted up; 2232so that every man who may believe in him may not perish, but have 42 eternal life. 2233God so loved the world, that2234 he should give his only Son; and so every one that believeth on him should not perish, but should have eternal life. 43 2235God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world might 44 be saved by his hand. 2236He that believeth in him shall not be judged: but he that believeth not is condemned beforehand, because he hath not believed in the name 45 of the only Son, the Son of God.2237 2238This is the judgement, that the light came into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light; because their deeds 46 were evil. 2239Whosoever doeth evil deeds hateth the light, and cometh not to the 47 light, lest his deeds be reproved. 2240But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be known, that they have been done in God.

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    1 Arabic, p. 125 2241And when evening came, Jesus went forth outside of the city, he and his 2 disciples. 2242And as they passed in the morning, the disciples saw that fig tree 3 withered away from its root. 2243And they passed by, and said, How did the fig tree dry 4 up immediately? 2244And Simon remembered, and said unto him, My Master, behold, 5 that fig tree which thou didst curse hath dried up. 2245And Jesus answered and said 6 unto them, Let there be in you the faith of God. 2246Verily I say unto you, if ye believe, and doubt not in your hearts, and assure yourselves that that will be which 7 ye say, ye shall have what ye say. 2247And if ye say to this mountain, Remove, and 8 fall2248 into the sea, it shall be. 2249And all that ye ask God in prayer, and believe, he 9, 10 will give you. 2250And the apostles2251 said unto our Lord, Increase our2252 faith. 2253He said unto them, If there be in you faith like a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this fig tree, Be thou torn up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it will obey you. 11 2254Who of you hath a servant driving a yoke of oxen or tending sheep, and if he 12 come from the field, will say unto him straightway, Go and sit down? 2255Nay,2256 he will say unto him, Make ready for me wherewith I may sup, and gird thy waist, and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink also. 13 2257Doth that servant haply, who did what he was bid, receive his praise? I think 14 not. 2258So ye also, when ye have done all that ye were bid, say, We are idle servants; what it was our duty to do, we have done. 15 2259For this reason I say unto you, Whatever ye pray and ask, believe that ye 16 Arabic, p. 126 receive, and ye shall have. 2260And when ye stand to pray, forgive what is in your heart against any man; and your Father which is in heaven will 17 forgive you also your wrong-doings. 2261But if ye forgive not men their wrong-doings, neither will your Father forgive you also your wrong-doings. 18 2262And he spake unto them a parable also, that they should pray at all times, and 19 not be slothful: 2263There was a judge in a city, who feared not God, nor was ashamed 20 for men: 2264and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, and said, 21 Avenge me of mine adversary. 2265And he would not for a long time: but afterwards he said within himself, If of God I have no fear, and before men I have no shame; 22 2266yet because this widow vexeth me, I will avenge her, that she come not at all times 23, 24 and annoy me. 2267And our Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice said. 2268And shall not God still more do vengeance for his elect, who call upon him in the night 25 and in the day, and grant them respite? 2269I say unto you, He will do vengeance for them speedily. Thinkest thou the Son of man will come and find faith on the earth? 26, 27 2270And they came again to Jerusalem. 2271And it came to pass, on one of the days, as Jesus was walking in the temple, and teaching the people, and preaching the 28 gospel, 2272that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came upon him, and said unto him, Tell us: 2273By what power doest thou this? and who gave thee this 29 power to do that? 2274And Jesus said unto them, I also will ask you one word, and if 30 ye tell me, I also shall tell you by what power I do that. 2275The baptism of John, from 31 what place is it? from heaven or of men? 2276Tell me. 2277And they reflected within themselves, Arabic, p. 127 and said, If we shall say unto him, From heaven; he will say unto 32 us, For what reason did ye not believe him? 2278But2279 if we shall say, Of men; 33 we fear2280 that the people will stone us, all of them. 2281And all of them were holding2282 34 to John, that he was a true prophet. 2283They answered and said unto him, We know 35 not. 2284Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you also by what power I work. What think ye? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said unto him, My 36 son, go to-day, and till in the vineyard. 2285And he answered and said, I do not wish 37 to: but finally he repented, and went. 2286And he went to the other, and said unto 38 him likewise. 2287And he answered and said, Yea, my lord: and went not. Which of these two did the will of his father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots go before you into 39 the kingdom of God. 2288John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, not even when ye saw, did ye repent at last, that ye might believe in him. 40 2289Hear another parable: A man was a householder, and planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and digged in it a winepress, and built in it a tower, 41, 42 2290and gave it to husbandmen, and went to a distance for a long time. 2291So when the time of the fruits came, he sent his servants2292 unto the husbandmen, that they might 43 send him of the produce2293 of his vineyard. 2294And those husbandmen beat him, and 44 sent him away empty. 2295And he sent unto them another servant also; and they 45 stoned him, and wounded2296 him, and sent him away with shameful handling. 2297And he sent again another; and they slew him. And he sent many other servants unto 46 them. 2298And the husbandmen took his servants, and one they beat, and another they 47 stoned, and another they slew. 2299So he sent again other servants more than the first; and 48 Arabic, p. 128 they did likewise with them. 2300So the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will see him and be 49, 50 ashamed. 2301So at last he sent unto them his beloved son that he had. 2302But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said amongst themselves, This is the heir. 51, 52 2303And they said, We will slay him, and so the inheritance will be ours. 2304So they took 53 him, and put him forth without the vineyard, and slew him. 2305When then the lord 54 of the vineyard shall come, what will he do with those husbandmen? 2306They said unto him, He will destroy them in the worst of ways,2307 and give the vineyard to 55 other husbandmen, who will give him fruit in its season. 2308Jesus said unto them, Have ye never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders declared to be base, 2309The same came to be at the head of the corner: 56 2310From God was this, And it is wonderful in our eyes? 57 2311Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and 58 given to a people that will produce fruit. 2312And whosoever falleth on this stone shall be broken in pieces: but on whomsoever it falleth, it will grind him to 59 powder. 2313And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they 60 perceived that it was concerning them he spake. 2314And they sought to seize him; and they feared the multitude, because they were holding to him as the prophet.

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    1 2315Then went the Pharisees and considered how they might ensnare him in a word, 2 and deliver him into the power of the judge,2316 and into the power of the ruler. 2317And they sent unto him their disciples, with the kinsfolk of Herod; and they said unto him, Arabic, p. 129 Teacher, we know that thou speakest the truth, and teachest the way of God with equity,2318 and art not lifted up2319 by any man: for thou actest not so as to 3 be seen of any man. 2320Tell us now, What is thy opinion? Is it lawful that we should 4 pay the tribute to Cæsar, or not? shall we give, or shall we not give? 2321But Jesus knew 5 their deceit, and said unto them, 2322Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the 6 penny of the tribute. 2323So they brought unto him a penny. Jesus said unto them, To whom belongeth this image and inscription? They said unto him, To Cæsar. 7, 8 2324He said unto them, Give what is Cæsar’s to Cæsar, and what is God’s to God. 2325And they could not make him slip in a single word before the people; and they marvelled at his word, and refrained. 9 2326And on that day came the Sadducees, and said unto him,2327 There is no life for 10 the dead. 2328And they asked him, and said unto him, Teacher, Moses said unto us, If a man die, not having children, let his brother take his wife, and raise up seed 11 for his brother. 2329Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first took a wife, 12 and died without children; 2330and the second took his wife, and died without children; 13 2331and the third also took her; and in like manner the seven of them also, and they 14, 15 died without leaving children. 2332And last of them all the woman died also. 2333At the resurrection, then, which of these seven shall have this woman? for all of them took 16 her. 2334Jesus answered and said unto them, Is it not for this that ye have erred, 17 because ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? 2335And the sons of this 18 world take wives, and the women become the men’s;2336 2337but those that have become worthy of that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, do2338 not take 19 Arabic, p. 130 wives, and the women also do2339 not become the men’s. 2340Nor is it possible that they should die; but they2341 are like the angels, and are the children of 20 God, because they have become the children of the resurrection. 2342For in2343 the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read in the book of Moses, how from the bush God said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 21 2344And God is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all of them are alive with him. And ye have erred greatly. 22, 23 2345And when the multitudes heard, they were wondering at his teaching. 2346And 24 some of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, thou hast well said. 2347But the rest of the Pharisees, when they saw his silencing the Sadducees on this point, gathered against him to contend with him. 25 2348And one of the scribes, of those that knew the law, when he saw the excellence 26 of his answer to them, desired to try him, and said unto him, 2349What shall I do to inherit eternal life? and, 2350Which of the commandments is greater, and has precedence 27 in the law? 2351Jesus said unto him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O 28 Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: 2352and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy thought, and with all thy 29, 30 strength. 2353This is the great and preëminent2354 commandment. 2355And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. And another commandment 31 greater than these two there is not. 2356On these two commandments, then, are hung the 32 Arabic, p. 131 law and the prophets. 2357That scribe said unto him, Excellent! my Master; 2358 thou hast said truly that he is one, and there is no other outside of him: 33 2359and that a man should love him with all his heart, and with all his thought, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and that he should love his neighbour as 34 himself, is better than all savours and sacrifices. 2360And Jesus saw him that he had answered wisely; and he answered and said unto him, Thou art not far from the 35, 36 kingdom of God. 2361Thou hast spoken rightly: do this, and thou shalt live. 2362And he, as his desire was to justify himself, said unto him, And who is my neighbour? 37 2363Jesus said unto him, A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and the robbers fell upon him, and stripped2364 him, and beat him, his life remaining in him but little,2365 38 and went away. 2366And it happened that there came down a certain priest that way; 39 and he saw him, and passed by. 2367And likewise a Levite also came and reached 40 that place, and saw him, and passed by. 2368And a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, 41 came to2369 the place where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him, 2370and came near, and bound up his strokes,2371 and poured on them wine and oil; and he set2372 him on the ass, and brought him to the inn, and expended his care upon him. 42 2373And on the morrow of that day he took out two pence, and gave them to the innkeeper, and said unto him, Care for him; and if thou spendest upon him more, 43 when I return, I shall give thee. 2374Who of these three now, thinkest thou, is nearest 44 to him that fell among the robbers? 2375And he said unto him, He that had compassion 45 Arabic, p. 132 on him. 2376Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou also likewise. And no man dared afterwards to ask him anything. 46 2377And he was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and scribes and the elders of the people sought to destroy him: 2378and they could2379 not find what 47 they should do with him; and all the people were hanging upon him to hear him. 48 2380And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, The Messiah, when he 49 cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth? 2381And the Pharisees heard the multitudes say that of him; and the chief priests sent 50 officers2382 to seize him. 2383And Jesus said unto them, I am with you but a short time 51 yet, and I go to him that sent me. 2384And ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 52 and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come. 2385The Jews said within themselves, Whither hath this man determined to go that we shall not be able2386 to find him? can it be that he is determined to go to the regions of the nations,2387 and teach 53 the heathen? 2388What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?

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    1 2389And on the great day, which is the last of the feast, Jesus stood, crying out and 2 saying, If any man is thirsty, let him come unto me, and drink. 2390Every one that believeth in me, as the scriptures said, there shall flow from his belly rivers of pure 3 water. 2391He said that referring to the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet granted; and because Jesus had not yet been 4 Arabic, p. 133 glorified. 2392And many of the multitude that heard his words said, This is 5 in truth the prophet. 2393And others said, This is the Messiah. But others 6 said, Can it be that the Messiah will come from Galilee? 2394Hath not the scripture said that from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village of David, the 7 Messiah cometh? 2395And there occurred a dissension in the multitude because of him. 8 2396And some of them were wishing to seize him; but no man laid a hand upon him. 9 2397And those officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees: and the priests said 10 unto them, Why did ye not bring him? 2398The officers said, Never spake man thus 11 as speaketh this man. 2399The Pharisees said unto them, Perhaps ye also have gone 12, 13 astray? 2400Hath any of the rulers or the Pharisees haply believed in him? 2401except 14 this people which knows not the law; they are accursed. 2402Nicodemus, one of them, 15 he that had come to Jesus by night, 2403said unto them, Doth our law haply condemn 16 a man, except it hear him first and know what he hath done? 2404They answered and said unto him, Art thou also haply from Galilee? Search, and see that a prophet riseth not from Galilee. 17, 18 2405And when the Pharisees assembled, Jesus asked them, and said, 2406What say ye of 19 the Messiah? whose son is he? They said unto him, The son of David. 2407He said unto them, And how doth David in the Holy Spirit call him Lord? for he said, 20 2408The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, That I may put thine enemies under thy feet. 21, 22 2409If then David calleth him Lord, how is he his son? 2410And no one was able to answer him; and no man dared from that day again to ask him of anything. 23 2411And Jesus addressed them again, and said, I am the light of the world; and he that 24 followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall find the light of life. 2412The Pharisees Arabic, p. 134 said unto him, Thou bearest witness to thyself; thy witness is not true. 2413Jesus 25 answered and said unto them, If I bear witness to myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I came, or 26, 27 whither I go. 2414And ye judge after the flesh; and I judge no man. 2415And even if I judge, my judgement is true; because I am not alone, but I and my Father which 28, 29 sent me. 2416And in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. 2417I am he that beareth witness to myself, and my Father which sent me beareth witness to 30 me. 2418They said unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye know not me, nor my Father: for did ye know me, ye would know my 31 Father. 2419He said these sayings in the treasury, where he was teaching in the 32 temple: 2420and no man seized him; because his hour had not yet come. Jesus said unto them again, I go truly, and ye shall seek me and not find me, and ye shall die 33 in your sins: and where I go, ye cannot come. 2421The Jews said, Will he haply kill 34 himself, that he saith, Where I go, ye cannot come? 2422He said unto them, Ye are from below; and I am from above: ye are of this world; and I am not of this 35 world. 2423I said unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: if ye believe not that I am 36 he, ye shall die in your sins. 2424The Jews said, And thou, who art thou? Jesus said 37 unto them, If I should begin to speak unto you, 2425I have concerning you many words and judgement: but he that sent me is true; and I, what I heard from him is what 38, 39 I say in the world. 2426And they knew not that he meant by that the Father. 2427Jesus Arabic, p. 135 said unto them again, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he: and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father 40 taught me, so I speak. 2428And he that sent me is with me; and my Father hath not 41 left me alone; because I do what is pleasing to him at all times. 2429And while he was saying that, many believed in him. 42 2430And Jesus said to those Jews that believed in him, If ye abide in my words, truly 43 ye are my disciples; 2431and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 44 2432They said unto him, We are the seed of Abraham, and have never served any man 45 in the way of slavery: how then sayest thou, Ye shall be free children? 2433Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that doeth a sin is a slave of 46 sin. 2434And the slave doth not remain for ever in the house; but the son remaineth 47, 48 for ever. 2435And if the Son set you free, truly ye shall be free children. I know that ye are the seed of Abraham; but ye seek to slay me, because ye are unable for my 49 word. 2436And what I saw with my Father, I say: and what ye saw with your father, 50 ye do. 2437They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said unto them, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would do the deeds of Abraham. 51 2438Now, behold, ye seek to kill me, a man that speak2439 with you2440 the truth, that I 52 heard from God: this did Abraham not do. 2441And ye do the deeds of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication;2442 we have one Father, who is 53 God. 2443Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: I proceeded and came2444 from God; and it was not of my own self that I came,2445 but he sent 54 Arabic, p. 136 me. 2446Why then do ye not know my word? Because ye cannot hear my word. 55 2447Ye are from the father, the devil,2448 and the lust of your father do ye desire to do, who from the beginning is a slayer of men, and in the truth standeth not, because the truth is not in him. And when he speaketh untruth, he speaketh from 56 himself: for he is a liar, and the father of untruth. 2449And I who speak the truth, ye 57 believe me not. 2450Who of you rebuketh me for a sin? And if I speak the truth, ye 58 do not believe me.2451 2452Whosoever is of God heareth the words of God: therefore do 59 ye not hear, because ye are not of God. 2453The Jews answered and said unto him, 60 Did we not say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast demons? 2454Jesus said unto them, As for me, I have not a devil; but my Father do I honour, and ye dishonour 61 me. 2455I seek not my glory: here is one who seeketh and judgeth.

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    1 2456Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death 2 for ever. 2457The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not 3 taste death for ever. 2458Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is 4 dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself? 2459Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is he that 5 glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our2460 God; 2461and yet ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I should become 6 Arabic, p. 137 a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word. 2462Abraham your father 7 longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced. 2463The Jews said unto him, 8 Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 2464Jesus said unto 9 them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 2465And they take2466 stones to stone him: 2467but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way. 10 2468And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother’s womb. 2469And his 11 disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so 12 that he was born blind?2470 2471Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, nor his parents: 13 but that the works of God may be seen in him.2472 2473It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will come, and no man will be 14 able to busy himself. 2474As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 15 2475And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and 16 smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, 2476Go and wash thyself in 17 the pool2477 of Siloam.2478 2479And he went and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging? 18 2480And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much. He 19, 20 said, I am he. 2481They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? 2482He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and 21 washed, and received sight.2483 2484They said unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. 22, 23 Arabic, p. 138 2485And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. 2486And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath 24 day. 2487And again the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight? And he said 25 unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight. 2488The people2489 of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there came 26 to be a division amongst them. 2490And again they said to that blind man, Thou, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes? He said unto them, 27 I say that he is a prophet. 2491And the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of him who received 28 sight, and asked them, 2492Is this2493 your son, of whom ye said that he was born blind? 29 how then, behold, doth he now see? 2494His parents answered and said, We know 30 that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 2495but how he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not: and he also has reached his prime; 31 ask him, and he will speak for himself. 2496This said his parents, because they were fearing the Jews: and the Jews decided, that if any man should confess of him that 32 he was the Messiah, they would put him out of the synagogue. 2497For this reason 33 said his parents, He hath reached his prime; ask him. 2498And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, and said unto him, Praise God: we know that this 34 man is a sinner. 2499He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner, I know 35 not: I know one thing, that I was blind, and I now see. 2500They said unto him again, 36 Arabic, p. 139 What did he unto thee? how opened he for thee thine eyes? 2501He said unto them, I said unto you, and ye did not hear: what2502 wish ye further to hear? 37 ye also, do ye wish to become disciples to him? 2503And they reviled him, and said unto him, Thou art the disciple2504 of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of 38 Moses. 2505And we know that God spake unto Moses: but this man, we know not 39 whence he is. 2506The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder, 40 because ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened. 2507And we know that God heareth not the voice of sinners: but whosoever feareth him, and doeth 41 his will, him he heareth. 2508From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man 42 opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness. 2509If then this man 43 were not from God, he could not do that. 2510They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they put him forth without. 44 2511And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him, and said unto 45 him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? 2512He that was made whole answered 46 and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him? 2513Jesus said unto him, 47 Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he. 2514And he said, I believe, my Lord. And he fell down worshipping him.

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    1 2515And Jesus said, To judge the world am I come, so that they that see not may 2 see, and they that see may become blind. 2516And some of the Pharisees which were 3 with him heard that, and they said unto him, Can it be that we are blind? 2517Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should not have sin: but now ye say, We see: and because of this your sin remaineth.2518 4 Arabic, p. 140 2519Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever entereth not into the fold of the sheep by the door, but goeth up from another place, that man is a thief and a 5, 6 stealer. 2520But he that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 2521And therefore2522 the keeper of the door openeth for him the door; and the sheep hear his voice: and 7 he calleth his sheep2523 by their names, and they go forth unto him. 2524And when he putteth forth his sheep, he goeth before them, and his sheep2525 follow him: because 8 they know his voice. 2526And after a stranger will the sheep not go, but they flee from 9 him: because they hear not the voice of a stranger. 2527This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew not what he was saying unto them. 10 2528Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the 11 sheep. 2529And all that came are thieves and stealers: but the sheep heard them not. 12 2530I am the door: and if a man enter by me, he shall live, and shall go in and go out, 13 and shall find pasture. 2531And the stealer cometh not, save that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: but I came that they might have life, and that they might have 14 the thing that is better.2532 2533I am the good shepherd; and the good shepherd giveth 15 himself2534 for his sheep. 2535But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, and whose the sheep2536 are not, when he seeth the wolf as it cometh, leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, 16 and the wolf cometh, and snatcheth away the sheep, and scattereth2537 them: 2538and the 17 hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and hath no care for the sheep. 2539I am the 18 good shepherd; 2540and I know what is mine, and what is mine knoweth me, as my Father knoweth me, and I know my Father; and I give myself2541 for the sheep. 19 2542And I have other sheep also, that are not of this flock: them also I must invite, and they shall hear my voice; and all the sheep shall be one, and the shepherd one. 20 Arabic, p. 141 2543And therefore doth my Father love me, because I give my life, that I may 21 take it again. 2544No man taketh it from me, but I leave it of my own choice. And I have the right to leave it, and have the right also to take it. And this commandment did I receive of my Father. 22 2545And there occurred a disagreement among the Jews because of these sayings. 23 2546And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is afflicted with madness;2547 why listen 24 ye to him? 2548And others said, These sayings are not those of men possessed with demons. Can a demon haply open the eyes of a blind man? 25, 26 2549And the feast of the dedication came on at Jerusalem: and it was winter. 2550And 27 Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon. 2551The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said unto him, Until when dost thou make our hearts anxious? 28 2552If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. He answered and said unto them, I told you, and ye believe not: and the deeds that I do in my Father’s name bear witness 29, 30 to me. 2553But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,2554 as I said unto you. 31 2555And my sheep2556 hear my voice, and I know them, and they come after me: 2557and I give them eternal life; and they shall not perish for ever, nor shall any man snatch 32 them out of my hands.2558 2559For the Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater 33 than all; and no man is able to take them from the hand of my2560 Father. 2561I and 34, 35 my Father are one. 2562And the Jews took stones to stone him. 2563Jesus said unto them, Many good deeds from my Father have I shewed you; because of which2564 of them, 36 then, do ye stone me? 2565The Jews said unto him, Not for the good deeds do we stone thee, but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, makest thyself 37 God. 2566Jesus said unto them, Is it not thus written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 38 Arabic, p. 142 2567And if he called those gods—for2568 to them came the word of God (and it is 39 not possible in2569 the scripture that anything should be undone)—2570he then, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, do ye say that he blasphemeth; 40 because I said unto you, I am the Son of God? 2571If then I do not the deeds of my 41 Father, ye believe me not.2572 2573But if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the deeds: that ye may know and believe that my Father is in me, and I in my Father. 42 2574And they sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hands. 43 2575And he went beyond Jordan to the place where John was baptizing formerly; 44 and abode there. 2576And many people came unto him; and they said, John did not 45 work even one sign: but all that John said of this man is truth. 2577And many believed in him. 46 2578And there was a sick man, named Lazarus, of the village of Bethany, the brother 47 of Mary and Martha. 2579And Mary was she that anointed with sweet ointment the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair; and Lazarus, who was sick, was the 48 brother of this woman.2580 2581And his sisters sent unto Jesus, and said unto him, Our 49 Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 2582But Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glorifying of God, that the Son of God may be glorified 50, 51 because of it. 2583And Jesus loved Martha, and Mary, and Lazarus. 2584And when he 52 heard that he was sick, he abode in the place where he was two days. 2585And after that, 53 he said unto his disciples, Come, let us go into Judæa. 2586His disciples said unto him, Our Arabic, p. 143 Master, now the Jews desire to stone thee; and goest thou again thither? 54, 55 2587Jesus said unto them, Is not the day of twelve hours? If then a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of the world. 2588But if 56 a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no lamp in him. 2589This said Jesus: and after that, he said unto them, Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep; but 57 I am going to awaken him. 2590His disciples said unto him, Our Lord, if he hath 58 fallen asleep, he will recover. 2591But Jesus said that concerning his death: while they 59 supposed that he spake of lying down to sleep. 2592Then Jesus said unto them plainly, 60 Lazarus is dead. 2593And I am glad that I was not there for your sakes, that ye may 61 believe; but let us go thither. 2594Thomas, who is called Thama,2595 said to the disciples, his companions, Let us also go, and die with him.

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    1, 2 2596And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave. 2597And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs; 2598 3 2599and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfort their heart 4 because of their brother. 2600And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went 5 out to meet him: but Mary was sitting in the house. 2601Martha then said unto Jesus, 6 My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 2602But I know now that, 7 whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee. 2603Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall 8 rise. 2604Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day. 9 2605Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: whosoever believeth in 10 Arabic, p. 144 me, even though he die, he shall live: 2606and every living one that believeth 11 in me shall never die.Believest thou this? 2607She said unto him, Yea, my Lord: I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the 12 world. 2608And when she had said that, she went and called Mary her sister secretly, 13 and said unto her, Our Master hath come, and summoneth thee. 2609And Mary, when 14 she heard, rose in haste, and came unto him. 2610(And Jesus then had not come into 15 the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.) 2611And the Jews also that were with her in the house, to comfort her, when they saw that Mary rose up and went out in haste, went after her, because they supposed that she was going to the 16 tomb to weep. 2612And Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fell at his feet, and said unto him, If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had 17 not died. 2613And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were 18 with her weeping, he was troubled2614 in himself, and sighed; and he said, 2615In what 19 place have ye laid him? And they said unto him, Our Lord, come and see. 2616And 20 the tears of Jesus came.2617 2618The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for 21 him! 2619But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that 22 blind man, have caused that this man also should not die? 2620And Jesus came to the place of burial, being troubled within himself. And the place of burial was a cave, 23 and a stone was placed at its door. 2621Jesus therefore said, Take these stones away. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, My Lord, he hath come to 24 stink for some time: he hath been2622 four days dead. 2623Jesus said unto her, Did not I say 25 Arabic, p. 145 unto thee, If thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God? 2624And they removed those stones. And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father, 26 I thank thee since thou didst hear me. 2625And I know that thou at all times hearest me: but I say this unto thee because of this multitude that is standing, that they 27 may believe that thou didst send me. 2626And when he had said that, he cried with a 28 loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 2627And that dead man came out, having his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped in a scarf. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 29 2628And many of the Jews which came unto Mary, when they saw the deed of Jesus, 30 believed in him. 2629But some of them went to the Pharisees, and informed them of all that Jesus did. 31 2630And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered, and said, What shall we do? 32 for lo, this man doeth many signs. 2631And if we leave him thus, all men will believe 33 in him: and the Romans will come and take our country and people. 2632And one of them, who was called Caiaphas, the chief priest he was in that year, said unto them, 34 2633Ye know not anything, nor consider that it is more advantageous for us that one 35 man should die instead of the people, and not that the whole people perish. 2634And this he said not of himself: but because he was the chief priest of2635 that year, he 36 prophesied that Jesus was to die instead of the people; 2636and not instead of the people alone, but that he might gather the scattered children of God together. [37] 2637And from that day they considered how to kill him. 38 Arabic, p. 146 2638And Jesus did not walk openly amongst the Jews, but departed thence to a place near the wilderness, to a town2639 called Ephraim; and he was there, going 39 about with his disciples. 2640And the passover of the Jews was near: and many went 40 up from the villages unto Jerusalem before the feast, to purify themselves. 2641And they sought for Jesus, and said one to another in the temple, What think ye of his 41 holding back from the feast? 2642And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given com- mandment, that, if any man knew in what place he was, he should reveal it to them, that they might take him. 42 2643And when the days of his going up were accomplished, he prepared himself that 43 he might go2644 to Jerusalem.2645And he sent messengers before him, and departed, 2646 and 44 entered into a village2647 of Samaria, that they might make ready for him. 2648And they 45 received him not, because he2649 was prepared for going to Jerusalem. 2650And when James and John his disciples saw it, they said unto him, Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, to extirpate them, as did Elijah also? 46 2651And Jesus turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not of what spirit ye are. 47 2652Verily the Son of man did not come to destroy lives, but to give life. 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    1 2653And Jesus six days before the passover2654 came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, 2 whom Jesus raised from among the dead. 2655And they made2656 a feast for him there: 3 and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him. 2657And 4 at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 2658great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but Arabic, p. 147 that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. 5, 6 2659And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; 2660because 7 many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus. 2661And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, 2662and opened it, and poured 8 it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; 2663and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 9, 10 2664But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, 2665Why was 11 not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? 2666This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest 12 was with him, and what was put2667 into it he used to bear. 2668And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste? 2669It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given 14 it. 2670And they were angry with2671 Mary. 2672And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, 2673Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me: 2674for the 15 day of my burial kept she it. 2675At all times the poor are with you, and when ye 16 wish ye can do them a kindness: 2676but I am not at all times with you. 2677And for this cause, when she poured2678 this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, 17 and anointed my body beforehand. 2679And verily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her. 18, 19 Arabic, p. 148 2680And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem. 2681And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is 20 called the mount of Olives, 2682Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go 21 into this village that is opposite you: 2683and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and 22 a colt with him,2684 which no man ever yet mounted: loose him, and bring them2685 unto me. 2686And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We 23 seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither. 2687All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said, 24 2688Say ye unto the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass. 25 2689And the disciples did not know this at that time: but after that Jesus was glorified, his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that this 26 they had done unto him. 2690And when the two disciples went, they found as he had 27 said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them. 2691And when they loosed them, 28 their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them? 2692They said unto them, We seek 29 them for our Lord. 2693And they let them go. And they brought the ass and the colt, 30 and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mounted it. 2694And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him: and others cut branches 31 from the trees, and threw them in the way. 2695And when he neared his2696 descent from Arabic, p. 149 the mount of Olives, all the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with 32 a loud voice for all the powers which they had seen; 2697and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name 33 of the Lord; 2698and blessed2699 is the kingdom that cometh, that of2700 our father David: 2701Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest. 34 2702And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus 35 was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,2703 2704and went forth to meet him, and cried and said, Praise: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the 36 King of Israel. 2705Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes 37 said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples. 2706He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out. 38, 39 2707And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, 2708Would that thou hadst known the things that are2709 for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is 40 hidden from thine eyes. 2710There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies 41 shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, 2711and shall get possession of2712 thee, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 42 2713And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, 43 Who is this? 2714And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth 44 of Galilee. 2715And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called 45 Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead. 2716And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.

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    1 Arabic, p. 150 2717And when Jesus entered the temple, they brought unto him blind and 2 lame: and he healed them. 2718But when the chief priests and the Pharisees saw the wonders that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and 3 saying, Praise be to the Son of David: it distressed them, 2719and they said, Hearest thou not what these say? Jesus said unto them, Yea: did ye not read long ago, From 4 the mouths of children and infants thou hast chosen my praise? 2720And the Pharisees said one to another, Behold, do ye not see that nothing availeth us? for lo, the whole world hath followed him. 5 2721And there were among them certain Gentiles also, which had come up to worship 6 at the feast: 2722these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, 7 and asked him, and said unto him, My lord, we wish to see Jesus. 2723And Philip 8 came and told Andrew: and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 2724And Jesus answered and said unto them, The hour is come nigh, in which the Son of man is to be glorified. 9 2725Verily, verily, I say unto you, A grain of wheat, if it fall not and die in the 10 earth, remaineth alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. 2726He that loveth his life2727 destroyeth it; and he that hateth his life2728 in this world shall keep it unto the life eternal. 11 2729If a man serve me, he will follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be 12 also: and whosoever serveth me, the Father will honour him. 2730Now is my soul troubled: Arabic, p. 151 and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour. But 13 for this cause came I unto this hour. 2731My Father, glorify thy name. And a 14 voice was heard from heaven, I have glorified it, and shall glorify it. 2732And the multitude that were standing heard, and said, This is thunder: and others said, An 15 angel speaketh to him. 2733Jesus answered and said unto them, Not because of me 16 was this voice, but because of you. 2734Now is the judgement of this world; and the 17 prince of this world shall now be cast forth. 2735And I, when I am lifted up from the 18 earth, shall draw every man unto me. 2736This he said, that he might shew by what 19 manner of death he should die. 2737The multitudes said unto him, We have heard out of the law that the Messiah abideth for ever: how then sayest thou, that the Son of 20 man is to be lifted up? who is this, the Son of man? 2738Jesus said unto them, Another little while is the light with you. Walk so long as ye have light, lest the darkness overtake you; for he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 21 2739So long as ye have light, believe the light, that ye may be the children of the light. 22 2740And when certain of the Pharisees asked of Jesus, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered and said unto them, The kingdom of God cometh not 23 with expectation: 2741neither shall they say, Lo, it is here! nor, Lo, it is there! for the kingdom of God is within you. 24 2742And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he used to go 25 out, and pass the night in the mount called the mount of Olives. 2743And all the people came2744 to him in the morning in the temple, to hear his word. 26, 27 2745Then spake Jesus unto the multitudes and his disciples, and said unto them, 2746On 28 Arabic, p. 152 the seat of Moses are seated the scribes and Pharisees: 2747everything that they say unto you now to keep, keep and do: but according to their deeds 29 do ye not; for they say, and do not. 2748And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them on the shoulders of the people; while they with one of their fingers will not come 30, 31 near2749 them. 2750But all their deeds they do to make a shew before men. 2751And all the multitude were hearing that with pleasure. 32 2752And in the course of his teaching he said unto them, Guard yourselves from the 33 scribes, who desire to walk in robes, 2753and love salutation in the marketplaces, and sitting in the highest places of the synagogues, and at feasts in the highest parts of 34 the rooms: 2754and they broaden their amulets, and lengthen the cords of their cloaks, 35 2755and love that they should be called by men, My master, 2756and devour widows’ houses, because2757 of their prolonging their prayers; these then shall receive greater judgement. 36 2758But ye, be ye not called masters:2759 for your master is one; all ye are brethren. 37 2760Call not then to yourselves any one2761 father on earth: for your Father is one, who is 38 in heaven. 2762And be not called directors: for your director is one, even the Messiah. 39, 40 2763He that is great among you shall be unto you a minister. 2764Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and whosoever shall abase himself shall be exalted. 41 2765Woe unto you, Pharisees! because ye love the highest places in the synagogues, and salutation in the marketplaces. 42 2766Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye devour widows’ houses, because2767 of your prolonging your prayers: for this reason then ye shall receive greater judgement. 43 2768Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye have shut the kingdom of God before men. 44 Arabic, p. 153 2769Woe unto you that know the law! for ye concealed the keys of knowledge: 2770ye enter not, and those that are entering ye suffer not to enter. 45 2771Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because2772 ye compass land and sea to draw2773 one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him a son of hell twice as much2774 as yourselves. 46 2775Woe unto you, ye blind guides! because ye say, Whosoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gold that is in the temple, 47 shall be condemned.2776 2777Ye blind foolish ones: which is greater, the gold, or the 48 temple which sanctifieth the gold? 2778And, Whosoever sweareth by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the offering that is upon it, shall be condemned.2779 49 2780Ye blind foolish ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth 50 the offering? 2781Whosoever then sweareth by the altar, hath sworn by it, and by all 51 that is upon it. 2782And whosoever sweareth by the temple, hath sworn by it, and by 52 him that is dwelling in it. 2783And whosoever sweareth by heaven, hath sworn by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it. 53 2784Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye tithe mint and rue and dill and cummin and all herbs, and ye leave the important matters of the law, judgement, and mercy, and faith, and the love of God: this ought ye to do, and [54] not to leave that undone. 2785Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow2786 camels. 55 2787Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, while the inside of them is full of injustice and wrong. [56] 2788Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, then shall the outside of them be cleansed. 57 Arabic, p. 154 2789Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye resemble whited sepulchres, which appear2790 from the outside beautiful, but within 58 full of the bones of the dead, and all uncleanness. 2791So ye also from without appear unto men like the righteous, but within ye are full of wrong and hypocrisy. 59 2792One of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, in this saying of thine 60 thou art casting a slur on us. 2793He said, And to you also, ye scribes, woe! for ye lade men with heavy burdens, and ye with one of your fingers come not near2794 those burdens. 61 2795Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, which your fathers killed, and adorn the burying-places of the righteous, 62 and say, 2796If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers 63 with them in the blood of the prophets. 2797Wherefore, behold, ye witness against 64 yourselves, that ye are the children of those that slew the prophets. 2798And ye also, 65 ye fill up the measure2799 of your fathers. 2800Ye serpents, ye children of vipers, where shall ye flee from the judgement of Gehenna?

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    1 2801Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute2802 from city to 2 city: 2803that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground2804 from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple2805 and the altar. 3 2806Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.2807 4 Arabic, p. 155 2808O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as 5 a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 2809Your house shall 6 be left over you desolate. 2810Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 7 2811And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they 8 were not confessing him, lest they be put2812 out of the synagogue: 2813and they loved 9 the praise of men more than the praising of God. 2814And Jesus cried and said, 10 Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me. 2815And 11 whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. 2816I am come a light2817 into the 12 world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. 2818And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not: for I came 13 not to judge the world, but to give the world life.2819 2820Whosoever wrongeth2821 me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, it 14 shall judge him at the last day. 2822I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,2823 what I should say, and what I 15 should speak; and I know that his commandment2824 is eternal life. 2825The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say. 16 2826And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evildoing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing2827 him 17 in many things; 2828seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him. 18 2829And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode Arabic, p. 156 one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves 19 from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2830For there is nothing 20 concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. 2831Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs. 21, 22 2832This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them. 2833But notwithstanding 23 his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him: 2834that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said, My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us? And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared? 24 2835And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said, 25 2836They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart; That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, And turn, So that I should heal them. 26 2837This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him. 27 2838And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward 28 to shew2839 him the buildings of the temple, 2840and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its building, and that 29 it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours. 2841Jesus answered and said 30 unto them, See ye these great buildings? 2842verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down. 31 2843And two days before2844 the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and 32 the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,2845 and kill him: 2846and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated. 33 2847And when Jesus sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, his disciples, Simon Cephas and James and John and Andrew, came forward unto him, and said unto him 34 between themselves and him, 2848Teacher, tell us when that shall be, and what is the sign 35 Arabic, p. 157 of thy coming and the end of the world. 2849Jesus answered and said unto them, Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of 36, 37 2850man, and shall not behold. 2851Take heed lest any man lead you astray. Many shall 38 come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; 2852and they shall say, The time is come 39 near, and shall lead many astray: go not therefore after them. 2853And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be2854 not agitated: for these things must 40 first be; only the end is not yet come. 2855Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom 41 against kingdom: 2856and great earthquakes shall be in one place and another, and there shall be famines and deaths and agitations: and there shall be fear and terror and great signs that2857 shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great 42, 43 storms 2858All these things are the beginning of travail. 2859But before all of that, they shall lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you unto the synagogues 44 and into prisons, and bring you before kings and judges for my name’s sake. 2860And 45 that shall be unto you for a witness. 2861But first must my gospel be preached unto all 46 nations. 2862And when they bring you into the synagogues before the rulers and the authorities, be not anxious beforehand how ye shall answer for yourselves, or what ye 47, 48 shall say: 2863because it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. 2864Lay it to your heart, not 49 Arabic, p. 158 to be anxious before the time what ye shall say: 2865and I shall2866 give you understanding and wisdom,2867 which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay. 50 2868And then shall they deliver you unto constraint, and shall kill you: and ye shall be 51 hated of all nations because of my name. 2869And then shall many go astray,2870 and they 52 shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death. 2871And your parents, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up, and shall 53, 54 slay some of you. 2872But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish. 2873And by 55 your patience ye shall gain2874 your souls. 2875And many men,2876 false prophets, shall arise, 56 and lead many astray. 2877And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many 57 shall wax cold. 2878But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 2879And 58 this, the2880 gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all.

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    1 2881But when ye see Jerusalem with the army compassing it about, then know that 2 its desolation is come near. 2882Those then that are in Judæa at that time shall flee to the mountain; and those that are within her shall flee; and those that are in the 3 villages shall not enter her. 2883For these days are the days of vengeance, that all that 4 is written may be fulfilled. 2884And when ye see the unclean sign of desolation,2885 spoken of in Daniel the prophet, standing in the pure place, he that readeth shall understand, 5, 6 2886and then he that is in Judæa shall flee in to the mountain: 2887and let him that is on the 7 roof not go down, nor enter in to take anything from his house: 2888and let him that is in 8 Arabic, p. 159 the field not turn behind him to take his garment. 2889Woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! there shall be great 9 distress in the land, and wrath against this nation. 2890And they shall fall on the edge of the sword,2891 and shall be taken captive to every land: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations, until the times of the nations be ended. 10 2892Then if any man say unto you, The Messiah is here; or, Lo, he is there; believe 11 him not: 2893there shall rise then false Messiahs and prophets of lying, and shall do signs and wonders, in order that they may lead astray even the elect also, if they 12 be able. 2894But as for you, beware: for I have acquainted you with everything 13 beforehand. 2895If then they say unto you, Lo, he is in the desert; go not out, lest ye 14 be taken: and if they say unto you, Lo, he is in the chamber; believe not. 2896And as the lightning appeareth from the east, and is seen unto the west; so shall be the 15 coming of the Son of man. 2897But first he must suffer much and be rejected by this 16 generation.2898 2899Pray therefore that your flight be not in winter, nor on a sabbath: 17 2900there shall be then great tribulation,2901 the like of which there hath not been from the 18 beginning of the world till now, nor shall be. 2902And except the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would have lived: but because of the elect, whom he elected, 19 he shortened those days. 2903And there shall be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and upon the earth affliction2904 of the nations, and rubbing of hands for the confusion2905 20 Arabic, p. 160 of the noise of the sea, and an earthquake: 2906the souls of men shall 21 go forth from fear of that which is to come upon the earth. 2907And in those days, straightway after the distress of those days, the sun shall become dark, and the moon shall not shew its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers 22 of heaven shall be convulsed: 2908and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and at that time all the tribes of the earth shall wail, and look unto the Son 23 of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and much glory. 2909And he shall send his angels with the great trumpet, and they shall gather his elect from the four 24 winds, from one end of heaven to the other.2910 2911But when these things begin to be, be of good cheer, and lift up your heads; for your salvation2912 is come near. 25 2913Learn the example of the fig tree: when it letteth down its branches,2914 and putteth 26 forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is come; 2915so ye also, when ye see these things begun to be, know ye that the kingdom of God hath arrived at the 27 door. 2916Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these 28 things shall be. 2917Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my sayings shall not pass away. 29 2918Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts become not heavy with inordinate desire,2919 and drunkenness, and the care of the world at any time, and that day come 30 upon you suddenly: 2920for it is as a shock that shocks all the inhabitants that are on the 31 face of the whole earth. 2921Watch at all times, and pray, that ye may be worthy to escape Arabic, p. 161 from all the things that are to be, and that ye may stand before the Son of 32 man. 2922Of that day and of that hour hath no man learned, not even the angels 33 of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 2923See ye, and watch and pray: for ye know 34 not when that time will be. 2924It is as a man, who journeyed, and left his house, and gave his authority to his servants, and appointed every man to his work, and 35 charged the porter to be wakeful. 2925Be wakeful then:2926 since ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or when the 36 cock croweth, or in the morning; 2927lest he come unexpectedly, and find you sleeping. 37 2928The thing that I say unto you, unto all of you do I say it, Be ye watchful. 38 2929For as it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. 39 2930As they were before the flood eating and drinking, and taking wives, and giving 40 wives to men, 2931until the day in which Noah entered into the ark, and they perceived not till the flood came, and took them all; so shall the coming of the Son of man 41 be. 2932And as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating and drinking, and selling 42 and buying, and planting and building, 2933on the day in which Lot went out from Sodom, and the Lord rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them 43, 44 all: 2934so shall it be in the day in which the Son of man is revealed.2935 2936And in that day, whosoever is on the roof, and his garments2937 in the house, let him not go down to 45 take them: and he that is in the field shall not turn behind him. 2938Remember Lot’s 46 wife. 2939Whosoever shall desire to save his life shall destroy it: but whosoever shall 47 destroy his life shall save it. 2940Verily I say unto you, In that night there shall be two on 48 Arabic, p. 162 one bed; one shall be taken, and another left. 2941And two women shall be grinding 49 at one mill; one shall be taken, and another left. 2942And two shall be in the 50 field; one shall be taken, and another left. 2943They answered and said unto him, To what place, our Lord? He said unto them, Where the body is, there will the eagles 51, 52 gather. 2944Be attentive now: for ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. 2945Know this: if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been attentive, and would not make it possible that his house should be 53 broken through. 2946Therefore be ye also ready: for in the hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

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    1 2947Simon Cephas said unto him, Our Lord, is it to us that thou hast spoken this 2 parable, or also to every man? 2948Jesus said unto him, Who, thinkest thou, is the servant, the master of the house,2949 trusted with control,2950 whom his lord set over his 3 household, to give them their food in its season? 2951Blessed is that servant, whom his 4 lord shall come and find having done so. 2952Verily I say unto you, He will set him 5 over all that he hath. 2953But if that evil servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his 6 coming; 2954and shall begin to beat his servants and the maidservants of his lord, and 7 shall begin to eat and to drink with the drunken; 2955the lord of that servant shall come 8 in the day that he thinketh not, and in the hour that he knoweth not, 2956and shall Arabic, p. 163 judge him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites, 2957and with those that are not faithful: 2958there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 9 2959Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like unto ten virgins, those that took their 10 lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride. 2960Five of them were 11 wise, and five foolish. 2961And those foolish ones took their lamps, and took not with 12, 13 them oil: 2962but those wise ones took oil in vessels along with their lamps. 2963When then 14 the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 2964But in the middle of the night there occurred a cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh! Go forth therefore to 15, 16 meet him. 2965Then all those virgins arose, and made ready their lamps. 2966The foolish 17 said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 2967But those wise answered and said, Perhaps2968 there will not be enough for us and you: but go ye to 18 the sellers, and buy for yourselves. 2969And when they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and 19 the door was shut. 2970And at last those other virgins also came and said, Our Lord, 20 our Lord, open unto us. 2971He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, 21 I know you not. 2972Watch then, for ye know not that day nor that hour. 22 2973It is as a man, who went on a journey, and called his servants, and delivered unto 23 them his possessions. 2974And unto one he gave five talents,2975 and another two, and another 24 one; every one according to his strength; and went on his journey forthwith. 2976He Arabic, p. 164 then that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained 26 other five. 2977And so also he of the two gained other two. 2978But he that received 27 the one went and digged in the earth, and hid the money of his lord. 2979And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and took from them the account. 28 2980And he that received five talents came near and brought other five, and said, My lord, thou gavest me five talents: lo, I have gained other five in addition to them. 29 2981His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: over a little hast 30 thou been faithful, over much will I set thee: enter into the joy of thy lord. 2982And he that had the two came near and said, My lord, thou gavest me two talents: lo, 31 other two have I gained in addition to them. 2983His lord said unto him, Good,2984 thou faithful servant: over a little hast thou been faithful, over much will I set thee: enter 32 into the joy of thy lord. 2985And he also that received the one talent came forward and said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a severe man, who reapest where thou 33 sowest not, and gatherest where thou didst not scatter: 2986and so I was afraid, and 34 went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast what is thine. 2987His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest me 35 that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; 2988it was incumbent on thee to put my money to the bank,2989 and then I should come and seek it with its 36 gains. 2990Take now from him the talent, and give it to him that hath ten talents. 37 2991Whosoever hath shall be given, and he shall have more: but he that hath not, even 38 Arabic, p. 165 what he hath shall be taken from him. 2992And the unprofitable servant, put him forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. 39, 40 2993Your loins shall be girded, and your lamps lit; 2994and ye shall be like the people that are looking for their lord, when he shall return from the feast; so that, when 41 he cometh and knocketh, they may at once open unto him. 2995Blessed are those servants, whom their lord shall come and find attentive: verily I say unto you, that he will gird his waist, and make them sit down, and pass through2996 them and serve 42 them. 2997And if he come in the second watch, or the third, and find thus, blessed are those servants. 43 2998But when the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his pure angels with him, 44 then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 2999and he will gather before him all the nations, and separate them the one from the other, like the shepherd who separateth 45 the sheep from the goats; 3000and will set3001 the sheep on his right, and the goats on his 46 left. 3002Then shall the King say to those that are at his right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations3003 of the world: 47 3004I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; and I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; and I 48 was a stranger, and ye took me in; 3005and I was naked, and ye clothed me; and I 49 was sick, and ye visited me; and I was in prison, and ye cared for me. 3006Then shall those righteous say unto him, Our Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? 50 or thirsty, and gave thee to drink? 3007And when saw we thee a stranger, and took 51 thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 3008And when saw we thee sick, or imprisoned, and 52 cared for thee? 3009The King shall answer and say3010 unto them, Verily I say unto you, What 53 Arabic, p. 166 ye did to one of these my brethren, the little ones, ye did unto me. 3011Then shall he say unto those that are on his left also, Depart from me, ye cursed, 54 into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his hosts: 3012I hungered, and ye fed me 55 not; and I thirsted, and ye did not give me to drink; 3013and I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; and I was naked, and ye clothed me not; and I was sick, and imprisoned, 56 and ye visited me not. 3014Then shall those also answer and say, Our Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or naked, or a stranger, or sick, or imprisoned, 57 and did not minister unto thee? 3015Then shall he answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, When ye did it not unto one of these little ones, ye did it not 58 unto me also. 3016And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

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    1, 2 3017And when Jesus3018 finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 3019Ye know that after two days will be the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be 3 crucified. 3020Then gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders 4 of the people, unto the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas; 3021and they took counsel together concerning Jesus, that they might seize him by subtilty, and 5 kill him. 3022But they said, Not during the feast, lest there take place a disturbance among the people; 3023for they feared the people. 6 3024And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was of the number 7 of the twelve. 3025And he went away, and communed with the chief priests, and the scribes, and those that held command in the temple, and said unto them, What 8 Arabic, p. 167 would ye pay me, and I will deliver him unto you? 3026And they, when they heard it, were pleased, and made ready3027 for him thirty pieces of money.3028 9 3029And he promised3030 them, and from that time he sought an opportunity3031 that he might deliver unto them Jesus without the multitude. 10 3032And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready for thee that thou mayest eat the passover? 11 3033And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour was arrived for his departure from this world unto his Father; and he loved his own in this world, 12 and to the last he loved them. 3034And at the time of the feast, Satan put into the 13 heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to deliver him up. 3035And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had delivered into his hands everything, and that he came 14 forth from the Father, and goeth unto God, 3036rose from supper, and laid aside his 15 garments; 3037and took a towel, and girded his waist, and poured water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith 16 his waist was girded. 3038And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said unto 17 him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash for me my feet? 3039Jesus answered and said unto 18 him, What I do, now thou knowest not; but afterwards thou shalt learn. 3040Simon said unto him, Thou shalt never wash for me my feet. Jesus said unto him, If I 19 wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 3041Simon Cephas said unto him, Then, my 20 Lord, wash not for me my feet alone, but my hands also and my head. 3042Jesus said unto him, He that batheth3043 needeth not to wash save his feet, whereas his whole 21 body is clean: and ye also are clean, but not all of you. 3044For Jesus knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 22 Arabic, p. 168 3045So when he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and sat down, and 23 said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? 3046Ye call me, Master, 24 and, Lord: and ye say well; so I am. 3047If then I, now, who am your Lord and Master, have washed for you your feet, how needful is it that ye should wash one another’s feet! 25 3048This have I given you as an example, that as I have done to you so ye should do 26 also. 3049Verily, verily, I say unto you, No servant is greater than his lord; nor an 27 apostle greater than he that sent him. 3050If ye know that, ye are happy if ye do it. 28 3051My saying this3052 is not for all of you: for I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eateth with me bread lifted against me his 29 heel. 3053Henceforth I say unto you before it come to pass, that, when it cometh to 30 pass, ye may believe that I am he. 3054Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 31 3055Who is the great one, he that sitteth, or he that serveth? is it not he that sitteth? 32 3056I am among you as he that serveth. 3057But ye are they that have continued with me 33 in my temptations; 3058I promise3059 you, as my Father promised3060 me, the kingdom, that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom. 34 3061And the first day3062 came, the feast of unleavened bread, on which the Jews were 35 wont3063 to sacrifice3064 the passover. 3065And Jesus sent two of his disciples, Cephas and John, and said unto them, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat. 36, 37 3066And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee? 3067He said unto them, Go, enter the city; 3068and at the time of your entering, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; 3069follow him, and the place where he entereth, say 38 to such an one, the master of the house, 3070Our Master saith, My time is come, and Arabic, p. 169 at thy house I keep the passover. 3071Where then is the lodging-place where 39 I shall eat with my disciples? 3072And he will shew you a large upper room 40 spread and made ready: 3073there then make ready for us. 3074And his two disciples went out, and came to the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover as he had said unto them. 41 3075And when the evening was come, and the time arrived, Jesus came and reclined, 42 and the twelve apostles with him. 3076And he said unto them, With desire I have 43 desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 3077I say unto you, that henceforth I shall not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 44 3078Jesus said that, and was agitated3079 in his spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, 45 verily, I say unto you, One of you, he that eateth with me, shall betray me. 3080And they were very sorrowful; and they began to say unto him, one after another of 46 them, Can it be I, Lord? 3081He answered and said unto them, One of the twelve, 47 he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, will betray me. 3082And lo, the hand of 48 him that betrayeth me is on the table. 3083And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: woe then to that man by whose hand the Son of man is betrayed! for it 49 would have been better for that man had he not been born. 3084And the disciples 50 looked one on another, for they knew not to whom he referred; 3085and they began to search among themselves, who that might be who was to do this.

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    1, 2 Arabic, p. 170 3086And one of his disciples was sitting3087 in his bosom, he whom Jesus loved. 3088To him Simon Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him who this was, concerning 3 whom he spake. 3089And that disciple leaned3090 on Jesus’ breast, and said unto him, 4 My Lord, who is this? 3091Jesus answered and said, He to whom I shall dip bread, and give it. And Jesus dipped bread, and gave to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 5 3092And after the bread, Satan entered him. And Jesus said unto him, What thou 6 desirest to do, hasten the doing of it. 3093And no man of them that sat knew why he 7 said this unto him. 3094And some of them thought, because Judas had the box, that he was bidding him buy what would be needed for the feast; or, that he might pay 8 something to the poor. 3095Judas the betrayer answered and said, Can it be I, my 9 Master? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said. 3096And Judas took the bread straightway, and went forth without: and it was still night. 10 3097And Jesus said, Now is the Son of man being glorified,3098 and God is being glorified3099 11 in him; 3100and if God is glorified in him, God also will glorify him in him, and straightway will glorify him. 12 3101And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and divided; 3102and he 13 gave to his disciples, and said unto them, Take and eat; this is my body. 3103And he Arabic, p. 171 took a cup, and gave thanks, and blessed, and gave them, 3104and said, Take 14, 15 and drink of it, all of you. 3105And they drank of it, all of them. 3106And he said unto them, 3107This is my blood, the new covenant, that is shed for many for the 16 forgiveness of sins. 3108I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this, the juice of the vine, until the day in which I drink3109 with you new wine in the kingdom of 17 God. 3110And thus do ye in remembrance of me. 3111And Jesus said unto Simon, Simon, 18 behold, Satan asketh that he may sift you like wheat: 3112but I entreat3113 for thee, that thou lose not thy faith:3114 and do thou, at some time, turn3115 and strengthen thy brethren. 19 3116My children, another little while am I with you. And ye shall seek me: and as 20 I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; I say unto you now also. 3117A new commandment I give you, that ye may love one another; and as I have loved 21 you, so shall ye also love one another. 3118By this shall every man know that ye are 22 my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 3119Simon Cephas said unto him, Our Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered and said unto him, Whither I go, thou canst not now follow me; but later thou shalt come. 23 3120Then said Jesus unto them, Ye all shall desert3121 me this night:3122 it is written, I 24 will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. 3123But after my 25 rising, I shall go before you into Galilee. 3124Simon Cephas answered and said unto 26 him, My Lord, if every man desert thee, I shall at no time desert thee. 3125I am with thee ready for imprisonment and for death. 3126And my life will I give up for thee. 27 Arabic, p. 172 3127Jesus said unto him, Wilt thou give up thy life for me? 3128Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Thou shalt to-day, during this night, before the cock crow 28 twice, three times deny me, that thou knowest me not. 3129But Cephas said the more,3130 Even if it lead to3131 death with thee, I shall not deny thee, my Lord. And in like manner said all the disciples also. 29 3132Then Jesus said unto them, Let not your hearts be troubled:3133 believe in God, 30 and believe in me. 3134The stations3135 in my Father’s house are many, else I should 31 have told3136 you. I3137 go to prepare for you a place. 3138And if I go to prepare for you a place, I shall return again, and take you unto me: and so where I am, there ye 32, 33 shall be also. 3139And the place that I go ye know,3140 and the way ye know.3141 3142Thomas said unto him, Our Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how is the way for 34 us to the knowledge of that?3143 3144Jesus said unto him, I am the way, and the truth, 35 and the life: and no man cometh unto my Father, but through me. 3145And if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father: and from henceforth ye know3146 him, 36 and have seen him. 3147Philip3148 said unto him, Our Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth 37 us. 3149Jesus said unto him, Have I been all this time with you, and dost thou not know3150 me, Philip?3151 whosoever hath seen me hath seen the Father; how then sayest 38 thou, Shew us the Father? 3152Believest thou not that I am in my Father, and my Father in me? and the saying that I say, I say not of myself: but my Father who dwelleth in 39 me, he doeth these deeds. 3153Believe that I am in my Father, and my Father in me: 40 Arabic, p. 173 or else believe for the sake of the deeds. 3154Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me, the deeds that I do shall he do also; and 41 more than that shall he do: I go unto the Father. 3155And what ye shall ask in my 42 name, I shall do unto you, that the Father may be glorified in his Son. 3156And if ye 43, 44 ask me3157 in my name, I will do it. 3158If ye love me, keep my commandments. 3159And I will entreat of my Father, and he will send unto you another Paraclete, that he 45 may be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth: 3160whom the world cannot receive; for it hath not seen him, nor known him: but ye know him; for he hath dwelt3161 46 with you, and is in you. 3162I will not leave you orphans: I will come unto you. [47] 3163Another little while, and the world seeth me not; but ye see me that I live, and ye [48] shall live also. 3164And in that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

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    1 3165Whosoever hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will 2 shew myself unto him. 3166Judas (not Iscariot) said unto him, My Lord, what is the 3 purpose of thy intention to shew thyself to us, and not to the world? 3167Jesus answered and said unto him, Whosoever loveth me will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and to him will we come, and make our3168 abode with him. 4 3169But he that loveth me not keepeth not my word: and this word that ye hear is not my word, but the Father’s which sent me. 5, 6 3170This have I spoken unto you, while I was yet with you. 3171But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, he will teach you everything, and 7 Arabic, p. 174 he will bring to your remembrance all that I say unto you. 3172Peace I leave you; my peace I give unto you: and not as this world giveth, give I unto you. 8 3173Let your heart not be troubled,3174 nor fearful. Ye heard that I said unto you, that I go away, and come unto you. If3175 ye loved me, ye would rejoice, that I go away to my 9 Father: for my Father is greater than I. 3176And now I say unto you before it come 10 to pass, that, when it cometh to pass, ye may believe me. 3177Now I will not speak with you much: the Archon of the world will come, and he will have nothing in 11 me: 3178but that the world may know that I love my Father, and as my Father charged me, so I do. 12 3179And he said unto them, When I sent you without purses, or wallets, and shoes,3180 13 lacked ye perchance anything? They said unto him, Nothing. 3181He said unto them, Henceforth, whosoever hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise the wallet also: and whosoever hath not a sword, shall sell his garment, and buy for himself a 14 sword. 3182I say unto you, that this scripture also must be fulfilled in me, that I should be reckoned3183 with the transgressors: for all that is said of me is fulfilled in 15 me. 3184His disciples said unto him, Our Lord, lo, here are two swords. He said 16] unto them, They are sufficient. 3185Arise, let us go hence. And they arose, and praised, and went forth, and went, according to their custom, to the mount of Olives, he and his disciples. 17 3186And he said unto them, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 18 3187Every branch that produceth not fruit in me, he taketh it: and that which giveth fruit, 19 he cleanseth it, that it may give much fruit. 3188Ye are already clean because of the word 20 that I have spoken unto you. 3189Abide in me, and I in you. And as the branch of the Arabic, p. 175 vine cannot produce fruit of itself, if it be not abiding in the vine; so too ye 21 also, if ye abide not in me. 3190I am the vine, and ye are the branches: He then that abideth in me, and I in him, he giveth much fruit: for without me ye cannot 22 do anything. 3191And if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, like a withered 23 branch; and it is gathered, and cast3192 into the fire, that it may be burned. 3193If ye abide in me, and my word abide in you, everything that ye desire to ask shall be 24 done unto you. disciples. 3195And as my Father loved me, I loved you also: 26 abide in my love. 3196If ye keep my commands, ye shall abide in my love; as I have 27 kept my Father’s commands, and abode in his love. 3197I have spoken that unto you, 28 that my joy3198 may be in you, and your joy3199 be fulfilled. 3200This is my commandment, 29 that ye love one another, as I loved you. 3201And no love is greater than this, namely, 30 that a man should give his life for his friends. 3202Ye are my friends, if ye do all that 31 I command you. 3203I call you not now servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: my friends have I now called you; for everything that I heard from 32 my Father I have made known unto you. 3204Ye did not choose3205 me, but I chose I you, and appointed you, that ye also should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should3206 33 abide; and that all that ye shall ask my Father in my name, he may3207 give you. 3208This 34 I command3209 you, that ye love one another. 3210And if the world hate you, know that 35 before you it hated me. 3211If then ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but ye are not of the world: I chose you out of the world: therefore the world 36 Arabic, p. 176 hateth you. 3212Remember the word that I said unto you, that no servant is greater than his lord. And if they persecuted3213 me, you also will they 37 persecute;3214 and if they kept my word, your word also will they keep. 3215But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, for they have not known3216 him 38 that sent me. 3217And if I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: 39 but now they have no excuse for their sins. 3218Whosoever hateth me, also hateth my 40 Father. 3219And if I had not done the deeds before them that no other man did, they would not have had sin: but now they have seen and hated me and my Father 41 also: that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, 3220They hated me for 42 nothing. 3221But when the Paraclete is come, whom I will send unto you from my Father, even the Spirit of truth, which goeth forth from my Father, he shall bear witness of 43 me: 3222and ye also bear witness, because from the beginning ye have been with me. 44, 45 3223I have said that unto you, that ye may not stumble.3224 3225And they shall put you out of their synagogues: and there cometh an3226 hour when every one that killeth 46 you shall think that he hath offered unto God an offering. 3227And they will do that, 47 because they do not know me, nor my Father. 3228I have said that unto you, so that 48 when its time is come, ye may remember it, that I told you. 3229And this hitherto I said not unto you, because I was with you. But3230 now I go unto him that sent me; and no 49 man of you asketh me whither I go. 3231I have said that unto you now, and grief hath 50 come and taken possession of your hearts 3232But I say the truth unto you; It is better3233 for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Paraclete will not come unto you; 51 Arabic, p. 177 but if I go away, I will send him unto you. 3234And when he cometh, he will reprove the world for sin, and for righteousness, and for judgement: 52, 53 for sin, 3235because they have not believed in me; 3236and for righteousness, because I go 54 to my Father; 3237and for judgement, because3238 the Archon of this world hath been 55 judged. 3239And further have I many things to speak unto you, but ye cannot tarry3240 56 now. 3241Howbeit3242 when the Spirit of truth is come, he will remind3243 you of all the truth: he will say nothing from himself; but everything that he heareth, that shall 57 he say: and he shall make known unto you the things that are to be. 3244And he shall 58 glorify me; for from me shall he take and shew you. 3245All that my Father hath is mine: therefore said I unto you, that he taketh3246 of mine, and shall shew3247 you.

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    1 3248A little while, and ye shall not behold me; and a little while again, and ye shall 2 behold me; because I go to the Father. 3249His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he hath said unto us, A little while, and ye shall not behold me; and a little while again, and ye shall behold me: and, I go to my 3 Father? 3250And they said, What is this little while that he hath said? We know not 4 what he speaketh. 3251And Jesus perceived that they were seeking to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said unto you, A little while, and ye behold me not, and a little while again, and ye shall 5 behold me? 3252Verily, verily,3253 I say unto you, that ye shall weep and grieve, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your grief shall turn3254 to joy. 6 3255For, a woman when the time is come for her that she should bring forth, the arrival of the day of her bringing forth distresseth her: but whenever she hath brought forth a son, she remembereth not her distress, for joy at the birth of a man into the 7 world. 3256And ye now also grieve: but I shall see you, and your hearts shall rejoice, 8 Arabic, p. 178 and your joy no man taketh from you. 3257And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. And verily, verily,3258 I say unto you, All that ye ask my Father in my name, he will give you. 3259Hitherto ye have asked nothing 9 in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete. 10 3260I have spoken unto you now in ænigmas:3261 but there will come an hour when3262 I shall not speak to you in ænigmas,3263 but shall reveal unto you the Father plainly, 11 in that day when3264 ye shall ask in my name: 3265and I say not unto you, that I shall 12 entreat the Father for you; 3266for the Father loveth you, because ye have loved me, 13 and have believed that I came forth from my Father. 3267I came forth from my Father, and came into the world: and I leave the world, and go unto my Father. 14 3268His disciples said unto him, Lo, thy speech is now plain, and thou hast not said one 15 thing in an ænigma. 3269Now, lo, we know that thou knowest everything, and needest not that any man should ask thee: and by this we believe that thou camest forth 16, 17 from God. 3270Jesus said unto them, Believe that an hour cometh, 3271and lo, it hath come, and ye shall be scattered, every one of you to his place, and shall leave me 18 alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 3272This have I said unto you, that in me ye may have peace. And in the world trouble shall overtake you: but be of good courage; for I have overcome the world. 19 3273This said Jesus, and lifted up his eyes unto heaven, and said, My Father, the hour 20 is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee: 3274as thou gavest him authority 21 over all flesh, that all that thou hast given him, he might give them3275 eternal life. 3276And this is eternal life, that they should3277 know that thou alone art true God, and that he 22 Arabic, p. 179 whom thou didst send is Jesus the Messiah.3278 3279I glorified thee in the earth, 23 and the work which thou gavest me to do I have accomplished. 3280And now glorify thou me, O Father, beside thee, with that glory which I had with thee 24 before the world was. 3281I made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept 25, 26 thy word. 3282Now they3283 know that all that thou hast given me is from thee: 3284and the sayings which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. 27 3285And I ask for their sake: and my asking is not for the world, but for those whom 28 thou hast given me; for they are thine: 3286and all that is mine is thine, and all that is 29 thine is mine: and I am glorified in them. 3287And now I am not in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee. My3288 holy Father, keep them in thy 30 name which thou hast given unto me, that they may be one, as we are. 3289When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: and I kept those whom thou gavest unto me: and no man of them hath perished, but the son of perdition; that 31 the scripture might be fulfilled. 3290Now I come to thee: and this I say in the world, 32 that my joy may be complete in them. 3291I have given them thy word; and the world 33 hated them, because they were not of the world, as I was not of the world. 3292And I ask not this, that thou take them from the world, but that thou keep them from the 34, 35 evil one. 3293They were not of the world, as I was not of the world. 3294O Father, sanctify 36 them in thy truth: for thy word is truth. 3295And as thou didst send me into the world, I 37 Arabic, p. 180 also send them into the world. 3296And for their sake I sanctify myself, that they [38] also may be sanctified in the truth. 3297Neither for these alone do I ask, but for [39] the sake of them that believe in me through their word; 3298that they may be all one; as thou art in me, and I in thee, and so they also shall be one in us: that the world 40 may believe that thou didst send me. 3299And the glory which thou hast given unto 41 me I have given unto them; 3300that they may be one, as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfect into3301 one; and that the world may know that 42 thou didst send me, and that I3302 loved them, as thou lovedst me. 3303Father, and those whom thou hast given me, I wish that, where I am, they may be with me also; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before 43 the foundation3304 of the world. 3305My righteous Father,3306 and the world knew thee not, 44 but I know thee; and they knew that thou didst send me; and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known to them; 3307that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I shall3308 be in them.

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    1 3309This said Jesus, and went forth with his disciples to a place which was called Gethsemane,3310 on3311 the side that is in the plain3312 of Kidron, the mountain,3313 the place 2 in which was a garden; and he entered thither, he and his disciples. 3314And Judas the 3 betrayer knew that place: for Jesus oft-times met with his disciples there. 3315And when Jesus came to the place, he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, so that I may go and pray; 4, 5 Arabic, p. 181 and pray ye, that ye enter not into temptations. 3316And he took with him Cephas and the sons of Zebedee together, James and John; and he began to 6 look sorrowful, and to be anxious. 3317And he said unto them, My soul is distressed unto 7 death: abide ye here, and watch with me. 3318And he withdrew from them a little, 8 the space of a stone’s throw; 3319and he kneeled,3320 and fell on his face, and prayed, so [9] that, if it were possible, this hour might pass3321 him. 3322And he said, Father, thou art able for all things; if thou wilt, let this cup pass me: 3323but let not my will be done, 10 but let thy will be done. 3324And he came to his disciples, and found them sleeping; 11 and he said unto Cephas, Simon, didst thou sleep? 3325Could ye thus not for one hour 12 watch with me? 3326Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptations: the spirit is 13 willing and ready, but the body is weak.3327 3328And he went again a second time, and prayed, and said, My Father, if it is not possible with regard to3329 this cup that it pass, 14 except I drink it, thy will be done. 3330And he returned again, and found his disciples sleeping, for their eyes were heavy from their grief and anxiety; and they knew not 15 what to say to him. 3331And he left them, and went away again, and prayed a third 16 time, and said the very same word. 3332And there appeared unto him an angel from 17 heaven, encouraging him. 3333And being afraid3334 he prayed continuously:3335 and his sweat3336 18 Arabic, p. 182 became like a stream of blood, and fell on the ground. 3337Then he rose from 19 his prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them sleeping. 3338And he 20 said unto them, Sleep now, and rest: 3339the end hath arrived,3340 and the hour hath come; 21 and behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 3341Arise, let us go:3342 for he hath come that betrayeth me. 22 3343And while he was still speaking, came Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude carrying lanterns and torches3344 and swords and staves, from the chief priests and scribes and elders of the people, and with him the footsoldiers 23 of the Romans.3345 3346And Judas the betrayer gave them a sign, and said, He whom I shall kiss, he is he: take him with care,3347 and lead him away.3348 24 3349And Jesus, because he knew everything that should come upon him, went forth 25 unto them. 3350And immediately Judas the betrayer came to Jesus, and said, Peace, 26 my Master; and kissed him. 3351And Jesus said unto him, Judas, with a kiss betrayest 27 thou the Son of man? 3352Was it for that thou camest, my friend? And Jesus said 28 to those that came unto him, Whom seek ye? 3353They said unto him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And Judas the betrayer also was standing 29 with them. 3354And when Jesus said unto them, I am he, they retreated backward, and 30 fell to the ground. 3355And Jesus asked them again, Whom seek ye? They answered, 31 Jesus the Nazarene. 3356Jesus said unto them, I told you that I am he: and if ye seek 32 me, let these go away: that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, 3357Of those 33 Arabic, p. 183 whom thou hast given me I lost not even one. 3358Then came those that were with Judas, and seized Jesus, and took him. 34 3359And when his disciples saw what happened, they said, Our Lord, shall we smite 35 them with swords? 3360And Simon Cephas had a sword, and he drew it, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of that servant 36 was Malchus. 3361Jesus said unto Cephas, The cup which my Father hath given 37 me, shall I not drink it? 3362Put the sword into its sheath: for all that take with3363 the 38 sword shall die by the sword. 3364Thinkest3365 thou that I am not able to ask of my 39 Father, and he shall now raise up for me more than3366 twelve tribes of angels? 3367Then 40 how should the scriptures which were spoken be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 3368Your 41 leave in this.3369 3370And he touched the ear of him that was struck, and healed it. And in that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, As they come out against a thief are ye come out against me with swords and staves to take me? Daily was I with you in 42 the temple sitting teaching, and ye took me not: 3371but this is your hour, and the power 43 of darkness. 3372And that was, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 44 3373Then the disciples all left him, and fled. And the footsoldiers and the officers 45 and the soldiers3374 of the Jews seized Jesus, and came. 3375And a certain3376 young man 46 followed him, and he was wrapped in a towel, naked: 3377and they seized him; so he 47 Arabic, p. 184 left the towel, and fled naked. 3378Then they took Jesus, and bound him, and brought him to Annas first; because he was the father in law of Caiaphas, 48 who was chief priest that year. 3379And Caiaphas was he that counselled the Jews, that it was necessary that one man should die instead of the people. 49 3380And Simon Cephas and one of the other disciples followed Jesus. And the chief 50 priest knew that disciple, and he entered with Jesus into the court; 3381but Simon was standing without at the door. And that other disciple, whom the chief priest knew, 51 went out and spake unto her that kept the door, and she brought Simon in. 3382And when the maid that kept the door saw Simon, she looked stedfastly at him, and said unto him, Art not thou also one of the disciples of this man, I mean Jesus the 52 Nazarene? 3383But he denied, and said, Woman, I know him not, neither know I even 53 what thou sayest. 3384And the servants and the soldiers rose, and made a fire in the 54 middle of the court, that they might warm themselves; for it was cold. 3385And when 55 the fire burned up, they sat down around it. 3386And Simon also came, and sat down with them to warm himself, that he might see the end of what should happen.

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    1, 2 3387And the chief priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his doctrine.3388 3389And Jesus said unto him, I was speaking3390 openly to the people; and I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews gather; and I have spoken nothing in 3 Arabic, p. 185 secret. 3391Why askest thou me? ask those that have heard, what I spake unto 4 them: for they know all that I said. 3392And when he had said that, one of the soldiers which were standing there struck the cheek3393 of Jesus, and said unto him, 5 Dost thou thus answer the chief priest? 3394Jesus answered and said unto him, If I 6 have spoken evil, bear witness of evil:3395 but if well, why didst thou smite me? 3396And Annas sent Jesus bound unto Caiaphas the chief priest. 7 3397And when Jesus went out, Simon Cephas was standing in the outer court warming 8 himself. 3398And that maid saw him again, and began to say to those that stood 9 by, This man also was there with Jesus the Nazarene. 3399And those that stood by 10 came forward and said to Cephas, Truly thou art one of his disciples. 3400And he 11 denied again with an oath, I know not the man. 3401And after a little one of the servants of the chief priest, the kinsman of him whose ear Simon cut off, saw him; and 12 he disputed3402 and said, Truly this man was with him: 3403and he also is a Galilæan; 13 and his speech resembles.3404 3405And he said unto Simon, Did not I see thee with him 14 in the garden? 3406Then began Simon to curse,3407 and to swear, I know not this man 15 whom ye have mentioned. 3408And immediately, while he was speaking, the cock crew 16 twice. 3409And in that hour Jesus turned, he being without, and looked stedfastly at Cephas. And Simon remembered the word of our Lord, which he said unto him, 17, 18 3410Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 3411And Simon went forth without, and wept bitterly. 19 Arabic, p. 186 3412And when the morning approached, the servants of all the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people and all the multitude assembled, 20, 21 and made a plot; 3413and they took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 3414And they sought false witnesses who should witness against him, that they might put him to 22, 23 death, and they found not; 3415but many false witnesses came, 3416but their witness did not 24, 25 agree. 3417But at last there came two lying witnesses, 3418and said, We heard him say, I will destroy this3419 temple of God that is made with hands, and will build another not 26, 27 made with hands after three days. 3420And not even so did their witness agree. But Jesus was silent. 3421And the chief priest rose in the midst, and asked Jesus, and said, 28 3422Answerest thou not a word concerning anything? what do these3423 witness against 29, 30 thee? 3424But Jesus was silent, and answered him nothing. 3425And they took him up 31 into their assembly,3426 and said unto him, If thou art the Messiah, tell us. 3427He said 32 unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe me: 3428and if I ask you, ye will not answer 33 me a word, nor let me go. 3429And the chief priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the 34, 35 Son of the living God. 3430Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said that I am he. 3431They all said unto him, Then thou art now the Son of God? Jesus said, Ye have said 36 that I am he. 3432I say unto you, that henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting 37 Arabic, p. 187 at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 3433Then the 38 chief priest rent his tunic,3434 and said, He hath blasphemed. 3435And they all said, Why should we seek now witnesses? we have heard now the blasphemy from his mouth. 39, 40 What then think ye? 3436They all answered and said, He is worthy of death. 3437Then some of them drew near, and spat in his face, and struck him, and scoffed at him. 41 3438And the soldiers struck him on his cheeks,3439 and said, Prophesy unto us, thou Messiah: 42 who is he that struck thee? 3440And many other things spake they falsely,3441 and said against him. 43 3442And all of their assembly arose,3443 and took Jesus, and brought him bound3444 to 44 the prætorium,3445 and delivered him up to Pilate the judge; 3446but they entered not into the prætorium, that they might not be defiled when they should eat the passover. 45 3447And Jesus stood before the judge. And Pilate went forth unto them without, and 46 said unto them, What accusation3448 have ye against this man? 3449They answered and said unto him, If he had not been doing evils, neither should we have delivered 47 him up unto thee. 3450We found this man leading our people astray, and restraining from giving tribute to Cæsar, and saying of himself that he is the King, the Messiah. 48 3451Pi- late said unto them, Then take ye him, and judge him according to your law. Arabic, p. 188 The Jews said unto him, We have no authority to put a man to death: 49 3452that the word might be fulfilled, which Jesus spake, when he made known by what manner of death he was to die. 50 3453And Pilate entered into the prætorium, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art 51 thou the King of the Jews? 3454Jesus said unto him, Of thyself saidst thou this, or 52 did others tell it thee concerning me? 3455Pilate said unto him, Am I, forsooth,3456 a Jew? The sons of thy nation3457 and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what 53 hast thou done? 3458Jesus said unto him, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be 54 delivered to the Jews: now my kingdom is not from hence. 3459Pilate said unto him, Then thou art a king? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said that I am a king. And for this was I born, and for this came I into the world, that I should bear witness 55 of the truth. 3460And every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate said unto him, And what is the truth? And when he said that, he went out again unto the Jews.

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    1 3461And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitude, I have not found 2 against this man anything. 3462But they cried out and said, He hath disquieted3463 our people with his teaching in all Judæa, and he began3464 from Galilee and unto this 3 place. 3465And Pilate, when he heard the name of Galilee, asked, Is this man a Galilæan? 4 3466And when he learned that he was under the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him to Herod: for he was in Jerusalem in those days. 5 3467And Herod, when he saw Jesus, rejoiced exceedingly: for he had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard regarding him many things; and he counted on3468 6 Arabic, p. 189 seeing some sign from him. 3469And he questioned him with many words; but 7 Jesus answered him not a word. 3470And the scribes and chief priests were 8 standing by, and they accused him vehemently. 3471And Herod scoffed at him, he and his servants; and when he had scoffed at him, he clothed him in robes of scarlet, 9 and sent him to Pilate. 3472And on that day Pilate and Herod became friends, there having been3473 enmity between them before that. 10, 11 3474And Pilate called the chief priests and the rulers of the people, 3475and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as the perverter of your people: and I have tried him before you, and have not found in this man any cause3476 of all that ye 12 seek3477 against him: 3478nor yet Herod: for I sent him unto him; and he hath done 13 nothing for which he should deserve death. 3479So now I will chastise him, and let 14, 15 him go. 3480The multitude all cried out and said, Take him from us, take him. 3481And 16 the chief priests and the elders accused him of many things. 3482And during their 17 accusation he answered not a word. 3483Then Pilate said unto him, Hearest thou not 18 how many things they witness against thee? 3484And he answered him not, not even one word: and Pilate marvelled at that. 19 3485And when the judge sat on his tribune, his wife sent unto him, and said unto him, See that thou have nothing to do with that righteous man: for I have suffered much in my dream3486 to-day because of him. 20 3487And at every feast the custom of the judge was to release to the people one 21 prisoner, him whom they would. 3488And there was in their prison a well-known prisoner, 22, 23 called Barabbas. 3489And when they assembled, Pilate said unto them, 3490Ye have a custom, that I should release unto you a prisoner at the passover: will ye that I 24 release unto you the King of the Jews? 3491And they all cried out and said, Release not Arabic, p. 190 unto us this man, but release unto us Barabbas. And this Barabbas was a 25 robber, 3492who for sedition3493 and murder, which was in the city, was cast into the [26] prison. 3494And all the people cried out and began to ask him to do as the custom was 27 that he should do with them. 3495And Pilate answered and said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called the Messiah, the 28 King of the Jews? 3496For Pilate knew that envy had moved them to deliver him up. 29 3497And the chief priests and the elders asked the multitudes to deliver Barabbas, and 30 to destroy Jesus. 3498The judge answered and said unto them, Whom of the two will 31 ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 3499Pilate said unto them, And 32 Jesus which is called the Messiah, what shall I do with him? 3500They all cried out 33 and said, Crucify him. 3501And Pilate spake to them again, for he desired to release 34 Jesus; 3502but they cried out and said, Crucify him, crucify him, and release unto us 35 Barabbas. 3503And Pilate said unto them a third time, What evil hath this man done? I have not found in him any cause3504 to necessitate death: I will chastise him and 36 let him go. 3505But they increased in importunity3506 with a loud voice, and asked him to crucify him. And their voice, and the voice of the chief priests, prevailed. 37 3507Then Pilate released unto them that one who was cast into prison for sedition and murder, Barabbas, whom they asked for: 3508and he scourged Jesus with whips.3509 38 3510Then the footsoldiers of the judge took Jesus, and went into the prætorium, and 39 Arabic, p. 191 gathered unto him all of the footsoldiers. 3511And they stripped him, and put on 40 him a scarlet cloak. 3512And they clothed him in garments of purple, and plaited 41 a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; 3513and while they mocked at him and laughed, they fell down on their knees before him, and bowed 42 down to3514 him, and said, Hail,3515 King of the Jews! 3516And they spat in his face, and took the reed from his hand, and struck him on his head, 3517and smote his cheeks. 43 3518And Pilate went forth without again, and said unto the Jews, I bring him forth to 44 you, that ye may know that I do not find, in examining3519 him, even one crime.3520 3521And Jesus went forth without, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garments. 45 3522Pilate said unto them, Behold, the man! And when the chief priests and the soldiers3523 saw him, they cried out and said, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find not a cause3524 against 46 him. 3525The Jews said unto him, We have a law, and according to our law he deserves 47 death, because he made himself the Son of God. 3526And when Pilate heard this word, 48 his fear increased; 3527and he entered again into the porch, and said to Jesus, Whence 49 art thou? 3528But Jesus answered him not a word. Pilate said unto him, Speakest3529 thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have authority to release thee, and have 50 authority to crucify thee? 3530Jesus said unto him, Thou hast not any3531 authority over me, if thou wert not given it from above: therefore the sin of him that delivered 51 me up unto thee is greater than thy sin. 3532And for this word Pilate wished to release him: but the Jews cried out, If thou let him go, thou art not a friend of Cæsar: for every one that maketh himself a king is against Cæsar.

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    1 Arabic, p. 192 3533And when Pilate heard this saying, he took Jesus out, and sat on the tribune in the place which was called the pavement of stones, but in the Hebrew 2 called Gabbatha. 3534And that day was the Friday of the passover: and it had reached 3 about the sixth hour.3535 3536And he said to the Jews, Behold, your King! And they cried out, Take him, take him, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests said unto him, We have no king except 4 Cæsar. 3537And Pilate, when he saw it, and3538 he was gaining nothing, but the tumult was increasing, took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said, I 5 am innocent of the blood of this innocent man: ye shall know.3539 3540And all the people 6 answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 3541Then Pilate commanded to grant them their request; and delivered up Jesus to be crucified, according to their wish. 7 3542Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw Jesus wronged, went and returned the 8 thirty pieces of money to the chief priests and the elders, 3543and said, I have sinned in my betraying innocent blood. And they said unto him, And we, what must we do? 9 know thou. 3544And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed; and he 10 went away3545 and hanged3546 himself. 3547And the chief priests took the money, and said, We have not authority to cast it into the place of the offering,3548 for it is the price 11 of blood. 3549And they took counsel, and bought with it the plain of the potter, for 12 the burial of strangers. 3550Therefore that plain was called, The field of blood, unto 13 Arabic, p. 193 this day. 3551Therein3552 was fulfilled the saying in the prophet which said, I took thirty pieces of money, the price of the precious one, which was fixed 14 by the children of Israel; 3553and I paid them for the plain of the potter, as the Lord commanded me. 15 3554And the Jews took Jesus, and went away to crucify him. 3555And when he bare his 16 cross and went out, they stripped him of those purple and scarlet garments which he 17 had on, and put on him his own garments. 3556And while they were going with him, they found a man, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, named Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus: 3557and they compelled this man to bear the cross of Jesus. 18 3558And they took the cross and laid it upon him, that he might bear it, and come after Jesus; and Jesus went, and his cross behind him. 19 3559And there followed him much people, and women which were lamenting and 20 raving.3560 3561But Jesus turned unto them and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not 21 for me: weep for yourselves, and for your children. 3562Days are coming, when they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that bare not, and the breasts 22 that gave not suck. 3563Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and 23 to the hills, Cover us. 3564For if they do so in the green tree,3565 what shall be in the dry? 24 3566And they brought with Jesus two others of the malefactors,3567 to be put to death. 25 3568And when they came unto a certain place called The skull, and called in the Hebrew Golgotha, they crucified him there: 3569they crucified with him these two 26 malefactors, one on his right, and the other on his left. 3570And the scripture was 27 Arabic, p. 194 fulfilled, which saith, He was numbered with the transgressors. 3571And they gave him to drink wine and myrrh, and vinegar which had been mixed with the myrrh; 3572and he tasted, and would not drink; and he received it not. 28 3573And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and cast lots for them in four parts, to every party of the soldiers a part; and his tunic was 29 without sewing, from the top woven throughout. 3574And they said one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: and the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, They divided my garments among them, And cast the lot for my vesture. 30, 31 3575This the soldiers did. And they sat and guarded him there. 3576And Pilate wrote on a tablet the cause of his death, and put it on the wood of the cross above his head.3577 And there was written upon it thus: This is Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the 32 Jews. 3578And this tablet3579 read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin. 33 3580And the chief priests said unto Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but, He it is 34 that3581 said, I am the King of the Jews. 3582Pilate said unto them, What hath been 35 written hath been written.3583 3584And the people were standing beholding; and they 36 that passed by were reviling3585 him, and shaking3586 their heads, and saying, 3587Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, 3588save thyself if thou art the Son 37 of God, and come down from the cross. 3589And in like manner the chief priests and the Arabic, p. 195 scribes and the elders and the Pharisees derided him, and laughed one with 38, 39 another, and said, 3590The saviour of others cannot save himself. 3591If he is the Messiah, the chosen of God, and the King of Israel,3592 let him come down now from the 40 cross, that we may see, and believe in him. 3593He that relieth on God—let him deliver him 41 now, if he is pleased with him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 3594And the soldiers 42 also scoffed at him in that they came near unto him, 3595and brought him vinegar, and 43 said unto him, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself. 3596And likewise the two robbers3597 also that were crucified with him reproached him. 44 3598And one of those two malefactors who were crucified with him reviled him, and 45 said, If thou art the Messiah, save thyself, and save us also. 3599But his comrade rebuked him, and said, Dost thou not even fear God, being thyself also in this 46 condemnation? 3600And we with justice, and as we deserved, and according to our deed,3601 have we been rewarded: but this man hath not done anything unlawful. 47 3602And he said unto Jesus, Remember me, my Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. 48 3603Jesus said unto him, Verily3604 I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. 49 3605And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister,3606 50 Mary3607 that was related to Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 3608And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved standing by; and he said to his mother, 51 Woman, behold, thy son! 3609And he said to that disciple, Behold, thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto himself. 52 Arabic, p. 196 3610And from the sixth hour3611 darkness was on all the land unto the ninth 53 hour,3612 and the sun became dark. 3613And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and said, Yail, Yaili,3614 why hast thou forsaken me? which3615 is, My 54 God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 3616And some of those that stood there, when they heard, said,3617 This man called Elijah.

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    1 3618And after that, Jesus knew that all things were finished; and that the scripture 2 might be accomplished, he said, I thirst. 3619And there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and in that hour one of them hasted, and took a sponge, and filled it with that 3 vinegar, 3620and fastened it on a reed, and brought it near3621 his mouth to give him a 4 drink. 3622And when Jesus had taken that vinegar, he said, Everything is finished. 5 3623But the rest said, Let be, that we may3624 see whether Elijah cometh to save him. 6, 7 3625And Jesus said, My Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and said, My Father, into thy hands I commend3626 my spirit. 3627He said that, and bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. 8 3628And immediately the face of3629 the door of the temple was rent into two parts from 9 top to bottom; 3630and the earth was shaken; and the stones were split to pieces; and the Arabic, p. 197 tombs were opened; and the bodies of many saints which slept, arose and 10 came forth; 3631and after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and 11 appeared unto many. 3632And the officer of the footsoldiers, and they that were with him who were guarding Jesus,3633 when they saw the earthquake, and the things which came 12 to pass, feared greatly, and praised God, and said, 3634This man was righteous; and, 13 Truly he was the Son of God. 3635And all the multitudes that were come together to the sight, when they saw what came to pass, returned and smote upon their breasts. 14 3636And the Jews, because of the Friday, said, Let these bodies not remain on their crosses,3637 because it is the morning of the sabbath (for that sabbath was a great day); and they asked of Pilate that they might break the legs of those that were 15 crucified, and take them down. 3638And the soldiers came, and brake the legs of the 16 first, and that other which was crucified with him: 3639but when they came to Jesus, 17 they saw that he had died before, so they brake not his legs: 3640but one of the soldiers pierced3641 him in his side with a spear, and immediately there came forth blood and 18 water. 3642And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he 19 knoweth that he hath said the truth, that ye also may believe. 3643This he did, that 20 the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, A bone shall not be broken in him; 3644and the scripture also which saith, Let them look upon him whom they pierced.3645 21 3646And there were in the distance all the acquaintance of Jesus standing, and the women that came with him from Galilee, those that followed him and ministered. 22 3647One of them was Mary Magdalene; and Mary the mother of James the little and 23 Arabic, p. 198 Joses, 3648and the mother of the sons of Zebedee, and Salome, and many others which came up with him unto Jerusalem; 3649and they saw that. 24 3650And when the evening of the Friday was come, because of the entering of the 25 sabbath, 3651there came a rich man,3652 a noble3653 of Ramah,3654 a city of Judah,3655 named Joseph, and he was a good man and upright; 3656and he was a3657 disciple of Jesus, but 26 was concealing himself for fear of the Jews. 3658And he did not agree with the accusers 27 in their desire and their deeds: 3659and he was looking for the kingdom of God. 3660And this man went boldly, and entered in unto Pilate, and asked of him the body of 28 Jesus. 3661And Pilate wondered how he had died already: and he called the officer of 29 the footsoldiers, and asked him concerning his death before the time. 3662And when 30 he knew, he commanded him to deliver up his body unto Joseph. 3663And Joseph bought for him a winding cloth of pure linen, and took down the body of Jesus, 31 and wound it in it; and they came and took it. 3664And there came unto him Nicodemus also, who of old came unto Jesus by night; and he brought with him perfume3665 32 of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 3666And they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in the linen and the perfume, as was the custom of the Jews to bury. 33 3667And there was in the place where Jesus was crucified a garden; and in that garden 34 a new tomb cut out in a rock,3668 wherein was never man yet laid. 3669And they left 35 Jesus there because the sabbath had come in, and because the tomb was near. 3670And they pushed3671 a great stone, and thrust3672 it against the door of the sepulchre, and 36 went away. 3673And Mary Magdalene and Mary that was related to Joses came to 37 Arabic, p. 199 the sepulchre after them,3674 3675and sat opposite the sepulchre,3676 and saw the 38 body, how they took it in and laid it there. 3677And they returned, and bought ointment3678 and perfume,3679 and prepared3680 it, that they might come and anoint him. 39 3681And on the day which was the sabbath day they desisted according to the command. 40, 41 3682And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered unto Pilate, and said unto him, 3683Our lord, we remember that that misleader said, while he was alive, After three days 42 I rise. 3684And now send beforehand and guard the tomb3685 until the third day,3686 lest his disciples come and steal him by night, and they will say unto the people that he 43 is risen from the dead: and the last error shall be worse than the first. 3687He said unto them, And have ye not guards?3688 go, and take precautions as ye know how. 44 3689And they went, and set guards at the tomb, and sealed that stone, with the guards. 45 3690And in the evening of the sabbath, which is the morning of the first day, and in 46 the dawning3691 while the darkness yet remained, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and other women to see the tomb. 3692They brought with them the 47 perfume which they had prepared, and said among themselves, 3693Who is it that will 48 remove for us the stone from the door of the tomb? for it was very great. 3694And when they said thus, there occurred a great earthquake; and an angel came down 49 from heaven, and came and removed the stone from the door. 3695And they came and found the stone removed from the sepulchre, and the angel sitting upon the 50 stone. 3696And his appearance was as the lightning, and his raiment white as the 51 snow: 3697and for fear of him the guards were troubled, and became as dead men. 52 3698And when he went away, the women entered into the sepulchre; and they found 53 Arabic, p. 200 not the body of Jesus. 3699And they saw there a young man sitting on the 54 right, arrayed in a white garment; and they were amazed.3700 3701And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear ye not: for I know that ye seek Jesus the 55 Nazarene, who hath been crucified. He is not here; but he is risen, as he said. 3702Come and see the place where our Lord lay.

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    1 3704And while they marvelled at that, behold, two men standing above them, their 2 raiment shining: 3705and they were seized with fright, and bowed down their face to 3 the earth: and they said unto them, Why seek ye the living one with the dead? 3706He is not here; he is risen: remember what he was speaking unto you while he was in 4 Galilee, and saying, 3707The Son of man is to be delivered up into the hands of sinners, 5 and to be crucified, and on the third day to rise. 3708But go in haste, and say to his disciples and to Cephas, He is risen from among the dead; and lo, he goeth before 6 you into Galilee; 3709and there ye shall see him, where3710 he said unto you: lo, I have 7 told you. 3711And they remembered his sayings; and they departed in haste from the 8 tomb with joy and great fear, and hastened and went; 3712and perplexity and fear 9 encompassed them; and they told no man anything, for they were afraid. 3713And Mary hastened, and came to Simon Cephas, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, They have taken our Lord from the sepulchre, and I 10 know not where they have laid him. 3714And Simon went out, and that other disciple, 11 and came to the sepulchre. 3715And they hastened both together: and that disciple 12 outran3716 Simon, and came first to the sepulchre; 3717and he looked down, and saw the 13 linen laid; but he went not in. 3718And Simon came after him, and entered into the 14 Arabic, p. 201 sepulchre, and saw the linen laid; 3719and the scarf with which his head was bound was not with the linen, but wrapped and laid aside in a certain place. 15 3720Then entered that disciple which came first to the sepulchre, and saw, and believed. 16 3721And they knew not yet from the scriptures that the Messiah was to rise from among 17 the dead. 3722And those two disciples went to their place. 18 3723But Mary remained3724 at the tomb weeping: and while she wept, she looked 19 down into the tomb; 3725and she saw two angels sitting in white raiment, one of them toward his pillow, and the other toward his feet, where the body of Jesus had been 20 laid. 3726And they said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She said unto them, 21 They have taken my Lord, and I know not where they have left him. 3727She said that, and turned behind her, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was 22 Jesus. 3728Jesus said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? And she supposed3729 him to be the gardener, and said, My lord, if thou hast taken him, 23 tell me where thou hast laid him, that I may go and take him. 3730Jesus said unto her, Mary. She turned, and said unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is, being 24 interpreted, Teacher. 3731Jesus said unto her, Touch me not;3732 for I have not ascended yet unto my Father: go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. 25 3733And on the First-day on which he rose, he appeared first unto Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 26 3734And some of those guards3735 came to the city, and informed the chief priests of 27 Arabic, p. 202 all that had happened. 3736And they assembled with the elders, and took 28 counsel; 3737and they gave money, not a little, to the guards, and said unto them, Say ye, His disciples came and stole him by night, while we were sleeping. 29 3738And if the judge hear that, we will make a plea with him, and free you of blame. 30 3739And they, when they took the money, did according to what they taught them. And this word spread among the Jews unto this day. 31 3740And then came Mary Magdalene, and announced to the disciples that she had seen our Lord, and that he had said that unto her. 32 3741And while the first3742 women3743 were going in the way to inform3744 his disciples,3745 33 Jesus met them, and said unto them, Peace unto you. 3746And they came and took 34 hold of his feet, and worshipped him. 3747Then said Jesus unto them, Fear not: but go and say to my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there they shall see 35 me. 3748And those women returned, and told all that to the eleven, and to the rest of the disciples; 3749and to those that had been with him, for they were saddened and 36 weeping. 3750And those were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the rest who were with them: and they were those that told the apostles. 37 3751And they, when they heard them say that he was alive and had appeared unto them, 38 did not believe them: 3752and these sayings were before their eyes as the sayings of madness. 39 Arabic, p. 203 3753And after that, he appeared to two of them, on that day, and while they were going to the village which was named Emmaus, and whose distance 40 from Jerusalem was sixty furlongs.3754 3755And they were talking the one of them with the 41 other of all the things which had happened. 3756And during the time of their talking and 42 inquiring with one another, Jesus came and reached them, and walked with them. 3757But 43 their eyes were veiled that they should not know him. 3758And he said unto them, What are these sayings which ye address the one of you to the other, as ye walk and are 44 sad? 3759One of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said unto him, Art thou perchance alone a stranger to Jerusalem, since thou knowest not what was in 45 it in these days? He said unto them, What was? 3760They said unto him, Concerning Jesus, he who was from Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, and powerful in 46 speech and deeds before God and before all the people: 3761and the chief priests and 47 the elders delivered him up to the sentence of3762 death, and crucified him. 3763But we supposed that he was the one who was to deliver Israel. And since all3764 these 48 things happened there have passed three days. 3765But certain women of us also 49 informed us that they had come to the sepulchre; 3766and when they found not his body, they came and told us that they had seen there the angels, and they3767 said 50 concerning him that he was alive. 3768And some of us also went to the sepulchre, and 51 found the matter as the women had said: only they saw him not. 3769Then said Jesus 52 unto them, Ye lacking in discernment, and heavy in heart to believe! 3770Was it not in all the sayings of the prophets that the Messiah was to suffer these things, and to 53 Arabic, p. 204 enter into his Glory? 3771And he began from Moses and from all the prophets, 54 and interpreted to them concerning himself from all the scriptures. 3772And they drew near unto the village, whither they were going: and he was leading them to 55 imagine that he was as if going to a distant region. 3773And they pressed3774 him, and said unto him, Abide with us: for the day hath declined now to the darkness. And he went 56 in to abide with them. 3775And when he sat with them, he took bread, and blessed, 57 and brake, and gave to them. 3776And straightway their eyes were opened, and they 58 knew him; and he was taken away from them.3777 3778And they said the one to the other, Was not our heart heavy within us, while he was speaking to us in the way, and interpreting to us the scriptures? 59 3779And they rose in that hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven 60 gathered, and those that were with them, saying, 3780Truly our Lord is risen, and hath 61 appeared to Simon. 3781And they related what happened in the way, and how they knew him when he brake the bread. 3782Neither believed they that also.

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    1 3783And while they talked together,3784 the evening of that day arrived which was the First-day; and the doors were shut where the disciples were, because of the fear of the 2 Jews; 3785and Jesus came and stood among them, and said unto them, Peace be with you: I am he; fear not. 3786But they were agitated, and became afraid, and supposed that they 3 saw a spirit. 3787Jesus said unto them, Why are ye agitated? and why do thoughts rise 4 Arabic, p. 205 in3788 your hearts? 3789See my hands and my feet, that I am he: feel me, and know that a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having that. 5 3790And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his feet and his side.3791 6 3792And they were until this time unbelieving, from their joy and their wonder. He 7 said unto them, Have ye anything here to eat? 3793And they gave him a portion of broiled fish and of honey.3794 3795And he took it, and ate before them. 8 3796And he said unto them, These are the sayings which I spake unto you, while I was with you, that3797 everything must be fulfilled, which is written in the law of 9 Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me. 3798Then opened he their 10 heart, that they might understand the scriptures; and he said unto them, 3799Thus it is written, and thus it is necessary3800 that the Messiah suffer, and rise from among the 11 dead on the third day; 3801and that repentance unto the forgiveness of sins be preached 12 in his name among all the peoples; and the beginning shall be from Jerusalem. 3802And 13 ye shall be witnesses of that. And I send unto you the promise of my Father. 3803And 14 when the disciples heard that, they were glad. 3804And Jesus said unto them again, 15 Peace be with you: as my Father hath sent me, I also send you. 3805And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit: 16 3806and if ye forgive sins to any man, they shall be forgiven him; and if ye retain them against any man, they shall be retained. 17 3807But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Thama, was not there with the disciples 18 when Jesus came. 3808The disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen our Lord. But he said unto them, If I do not see in his hands the places of the nails, and put on them my fingers, and pass my hand over his side, I will not believe. 19 3809And after eight days, on the next First-day, the disciples were assembled again within, and Thomas with them. And Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood 20 Arabic, p. 206 in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be with you. 3810And he said to Thomas, Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and bring hither 21 thy hand, and spread it on my side: and be not unbelieving, but believing. 3811Thomas 22 answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 3812Jesus said unto him, Now since thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen me, and have believed. 23 3813And many other signs did Jesus before his disciples, and they are they which 24 are not written in this book: 3814but these that3815 are written also are that ye may believe in Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God; and that when ye have believed, ye may have in his name eternal life. 25 3816And after that, Jesus shewed himself again to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias; 26 and he shewed himself unto them thus. 3817And there were together Simon Cephas, and Thomas which was called Twin,3818 and Nathanael who was of Cana of Galilee, 27 and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of the disciples. 3819Simon Cephas said unto them, I go to catch fish. They said unto him, And we also come with thee. And they went forth, and went up into the boat; and in that night they caught nothing. 28 3820And when the morning arrived, Jesus stood on the shore of the sea: but the disciples 29 knew not that it was Jesus. 3821And Jesus said unto them, Children, have ye anything 30 to eat? They said unto him, No. 3822He said unto them, Cast your net from the right side of the boat, and ye shall find.3823 And they threw, and they were not able 31 to draw the net for the abundance of the fish that were come3824 into it. 3825And that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Cephas, This is our Lord. And Simon, when he heard that it was our Lord, took his tunic, and girded it on his waist (for he was 32 naked), and cast himself into the sea to come to Jesus. 3826But some others of the disciples came in the boat3827 (and they were not far from the land, but about two 33 Arabic, p. 207 hundred cubits), and drew that net of fish. 3828And when they went up on the 34 land, they saw live coals laid, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 3829And Jesus 35 said unto them, Bring of this fish which ye have now caught. 3830Simon Cephas therefore went up, and dragged the net to the land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three 36 fishes: and with all this weight that net was not rent. 3831And Jesus said unto them, Come and sit down. And no man of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew that it was our Lord. But he did not appear to them in his own 37, 38 form. 3832And Jesus came, and took bread and fish, and gave unto them. 3833This is the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples, when he had risen from among the dead. 39 3834And when they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Cephas, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yea, my Lord; thou 40 knowest that I love thee. 3835Jesus said unto him, Feed for me my lambs. He said unto him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? He said unto him, Yea, my Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed for 41 me my sheep.3836 3837He said unto him again the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas that he said unto him three times, Lovest thou me? He said unto him, My Lord, thou knowest everything; thou knowest that I 42 love thee. 3838Jesus said unto him, Feed for me my sheep.3839 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast a child, thou didst gird thy waist for thyself, and go whither Arabic, p. 20 thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch out thy hands, and another shall gird thy waist, and take thee whither thou wouldest not. 43 3840He said that to him to explain by what death he was to glorify God. And when he 44 had said that, he said unto him, Come after me. 3841And Simon Cephas turned, and saw that disciple whom Jesus loved following him; he which at the supper leaned3842 on 45] Jesus’ breast, and said, My Lord, who is it that betrayeth thee? 3843When therefore Cephas saw him, he said to Jesus, My Lord, and this man, what shall be in his 46 case?3844 3845Jesus said unto him, If I will that this man remain until I come, what is 47] that to thee? follow thou me. 3846And this word spread among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: but Jesus said not that he should not die; but, If I will that this man remain until I come, what is that to thee? 48 3847This is the disciple which bare witness of that, and wrote it: and we know that his witness is true.

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    1 3848But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain3849 where Jesus had 2 appointed them. 3850And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but there were of 3 them who doubted. 3851And while they sat there he appeared to them again, and upbraided them for their lack of faith and the hardness of their hearts, those that saw him when he was risen, and believed not.3852 4 Arabic, p. 209 3853Then said Jesus unto them, I have been given all authority in heaven 5 and earth; and as my Father hath sent me, so I also send you. 3854Go now into 6 all the world, and preach my gospel in all the creation; 3855and teach3856 all the peoples, and 7 baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; 3857and teach them to keep all whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you all the days, unto 8 the end of the world. 3858For whosoever believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but 9 whosoever believeth not shall be rejected. 3859And the signs3860 which shall attend those that believe in me are these: that they shall cast out devils in my name; and they 10 shall speak with new tongues; 3861and they shall take up serpents, and if they drink deadly poison,3862 it shall not injure them; and they shall lay their hands on the diseased, 11 and they shall be healed. 3863But ye, abide in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be clothed with power from on high. 12 3864And our Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, took them out to Bethany: and he 13 lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 3865And while he blessed them, he was separated from them, and ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 14, 15 3866And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 3867and at all times they were in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. 16 3868And from thence they went forth, and preached in every place; and our Lord helped them, and confirmed their sayings by the signs which they did.3869 17 3870And here are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written every one of them, not even the world, according to my opinion, would contain the books which should be written.3871

Translated/edited by Alexander Roberts, D.D. and James Donaldson, LL.D. TEI XML digitization by the University of Leipzig (Gregory Crane, Matt Munson, Digital Divide Data), via github.com/gregorycrane/nicenefathers @ 4eb88bc1d116edee81b83eb71bfeda46ef973b47. Originally published by Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).