m Israel, till the Son of man shall come. (24) No 24 disciple is better than his rabbi; nor a servant, than his lord. (25) It is sufficient for the dis- 25 ciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house or, members. Beelzebub how much more the children of his family? (26) Therefore be not afraid of them; 26 for there is nothing covered up, that shall not be exposed; nor concealed, that shall not become known. (27) Whatever I say to you in the dark, 27 that speak ye in the light; and what ye have heard in your ears, proclaim ye on the housetops. (28) And be not afraid of them that kill the body, 28 but cannot kill the soul; but be afraid rather of » Sy. How Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. • Sy. +1, Gr. ἀσσαρίον. (29) Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?° 29 Think not that I have come to sowp quietness 34 a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his XI.reward. (XI.) And when Jesus had ended the instructions to his twelve disciples, he went from there, to teach and to proclaim in their cities. 2 Now when John, in the house of prisoners, heard of the works of Messiah, he sent by the hand 3 of his disciples, (3) and said to him: Art thou he 4 that cometh, or are we to expect another? (4) Jesus answered, and said to them: Go, tell John the 5 things that ye hear and see: (5) the blind see, and the lame walk, and the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead rise up, and the needy 6 hear good tidings: (6) and happy is he, who shall 7 not be stumbled at me. (7) And when they were gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John: What went ye into the wilderness 8 to see? A reed that waved in the wind? Sy. commands or, precepts. (8) Sy. Luoi And if not; what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate robes? Lo, they that are clothed in delicate [robes], are in the dwellinge of Sy. house. 9 kings. (9) And if not; what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, say I to you, and more than a 10 prophet. (10) For this is he of whom it is writ C d ten: Behold, I send my messengerd before thy Sy. oso face, that he may prepare the way before thee. 11 (11) Verily I say to you, Among those born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptizer: yet the small one in the kingdom 12 of heaven, is greater than he. (12) And from the days of John the Baptizer, until now, the kingdom of heaven is assailed by force, and the violent 13 seize it. (13) For all the prophets and the law Sy. 1Miol, 14 prophesied, until the time of John. (14) And, if the Pentateuch ye are willing, receive ye, that this is he who was 15 to come. (15) He that hath ears to hear, let him hear! 16 But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like to children, that sit in the market-place 17 and call to their associates, (17) and say: We have sung to you, and ye did not dance: we have wailed 18 to you, and ye did not lament. (18) For John e came, not eating and not drinking; and they said, 19 He hath a demon.f (19) The Son of man came, Sy. Ja? eating and drinking; and they say: Behold, a g а gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her works. Then began Jesus to reproach the cities, in 20 which his many deeds of power were wrought, yet they repented not. (21) And he said: Woe to 21 thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, doubtless, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. (22) But I 22 say to you, It will be comfortable for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judgment, rather than for you. (23) And thou, Capernaum, which hast been 23 lifted up to heaven, shalt be brought down to the Sy. Va grave.s For if those deeds of power which were done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have stood to this day. (24) But I say to thee, 24 It will be comfortable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, rather than for thee. seeds. At that time Jesus answered and said: I praise 25 thee, O my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to little children. (26) 26 Yes, my Father; for so it seemed good before thee. (27) Every thing is given up by my Father to me. 27 And no one knoweth the Son, except the Father. Also, no one knoweth the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal [him]. (28) Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily 28 burdened, and I will ease you. (29) Take my 29 yoke upon you; and learn from me, that I am gentle and subdued in my heart: and ye will find rest for your souls: (30) for my yoke is pleasant, 30 and my burden is light. At that time Jesus, on the sabbath, walked XII. Sy. place of in the tillage grounds: a and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat. (2) And when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him: See; thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. (3) But he 3 said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him? (4) How he went to the house of God, and 4 ate the bread of the Lord's table; which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were b teuch. 5 with him, but solely for the priests? (5) Or have ye not read in the law,b how that in the temple Sy.14miola the priests profane the sabbath, and are without in the Penta6 fault? (6) But I say to you, that a greater than 7 the temple is here. (7) And if ye had known what that is, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; ye would not have criminated them who are with8 out fault. (8) For the Son of man, is lord of the sabbath. 9 And Jesus went from there, and came to their 10 synagogue. (10) And a man was there, whose hand was withered. And they questioned him, and said, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that 11 they might defame him. (11) And he said to them, What man among you is there, who, if he have a sheep, and it fall into a pit on the day of the sabbath, doth not lay hold of it and lift it out? 12 (12) Now, how much better is a human beings than Sy. a son of a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do what is 13 good, on the sabbath. (13) Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched out his hand; and it was restored, and like the с d man. 14 other.d (14) And the Pharisees went out and Sy. its fellow held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him. 15 But Jesus knew [it]; and he retired from there. And great multitudes followed him: and he cured 16 them all. (16) And he charged them not to make 17 him known: (17) that what was spoken by the 18 prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying: (18) Behold my servant, in whom I have complacency; my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth. I will put my spirit upon him; and he shall proclaim 19 judgment to the Gentiles. (19) He shall not contend, nor be clamorous, nor shall any one hear his 20 voice in the market-place. (20) The crushed reed he will not break; and the flickering lamp he will not extinguish; until he bring judgment to 21 be victorious.8 (21) And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 Then they brought to him a demoniac that was dumb and blind; and he healed him, so that the 23 dumb and blind man both talked and saw. (23) And all the multitude were amazed, and said: Is 24 not this the son of David? (24) But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said: This man doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the prince of demons. (25) And Jesus knew their thoughts, 25 and said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become desolate; and every house or city which is divided against itself, will not stand. (26) Now if Satan cast out Satan, he 26 is divided against himself; how then doth his kingdom stand? (27) And if I by Beelzebub cast out 27 demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Wherefore they will be your judges. (28) But if 28 I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, the kingdom of God hath come near to you. (29) Or how 29 can one enter the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he may plunder his house. (30) He that 30 is not with me, is against me; and he that gatherh Sy. scattereth eth not with me actually scattereth.h (31) There- 31 fore I say to you, that all sins and contumelies shall be forgiven to men; but the contumely which is against the Spirit, shall not be forgiven to men. (32) And whoever shall speak a word against the 32 Son of man, it will be forgiven him: but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it will not be Sy. a forgiven him;-not in this world, and not in the i k to scatter. or, useless. world to come. (33) Either make the tree good, 33 Then answered some of the Scribes and of the 38 |