41 nights. (41) The people of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment against this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and lo, a greater than Jonah is here. 42 (42) The queen of the south will stand up in the judgment against this generation, and will condemn it for she came from the extremitiesp of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, a 43 superior to Solomon is here. (43) And when an unclean spirit goeth out of a man, it wandereth in places where is no water, and seeketh comfort and 44 findeth [it] not. (44) Then it saith: I will return to my house, from which I came out. And it cometh, and findeth it vacated, and swept clean, 45 and set in order. (45) So it goeth and taketh with it seven other spirits, worse than itself, and they enter and dwell in it; and the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So will it be to this evil generation. 46 And while he was discoursing to the multitudes, his mother and his brothers came and stood with47 out, and sought to speak with him. (47) And a person said to him: Lo, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, and seek to speak with 48 thee. (48) But he replied, and said to him that informed him: Who is my mother? and who are 49 my brothers? (49) And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said: Behold my 50 mother, and behold my brothers! (50) For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother. XIII. And on that day Jesus went out of the house, 2 and sat by the side of the sea. (2) And great multitudes assembled around him; so that he embarked and seated himself in a ship, and all the 3 multitude stood on the shore of the sea. (3) And he discoursed with them much, by similitudes. a And he said, Behold, a sower went forth to sow. 4 (4) And as he sowed, some [seed] fell upon the side of a path and a bird came and devoured it. 5 (5) And other [seed] fell upon a rock, so that it had not much soil: and it sprung up forthwith, 6 because there was no depth of earth. (6) But when the sun was up it wilted. And, because it b с d or, parables. or, be turned; or, turn them selves. lacked root, it dried up. (7) And other [seed] fell 7 9 And his disciples came and said to him, Why 10 discoursest thou to them in similitudes ?b (11) And 11 he answered, and said to them: Because, to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. (12) For to 12 him that hath, shall be given; and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken from him. (13) For this cause I 13 discourse to them in similitudes, because they see and do not see, and they hear and do not hear, nor understand. (14) And in them is fulfilled the 14 prophecy of Isaiah, who said: By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and by seeing ye see, and shall not know: (15) For the heart of this 15 people hath grown fat, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and should hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should turn; and I should heal them. (16) But happy are your eyes, for they 16 see; and your ears, for they hear. (17) For verily 17 I say to you, That many prophets and righteous [men] longed to see what ye see, and did not see [it]; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear [it]. (18) But hear ye the similitude of the seed. 18 (19) Every one that heareth the word of the king- 19 dom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the seed sowed in his heart: this is what was sowed by the side of the path. (20) And that which was sowed on the rock, is he 20 that heareth the word, and at once receiveth it Sy. temporary. with joy. (21) Yet hath he no root in him, but is 21 of short duration;d and when there is trouble or persecution on account of the word, he soon stumbleth. (22) And that which was sowed among 22 thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for Loos this worlde and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits. (23) But that 23 which was sowed on good ground, is he that heareth my word, and understandeth, and beareth e Sy. 24 fruits, and yieldeth, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold. Sy. allego rized. Another similitude he proposed to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like to a man who 25 sowed good seed in his field. (25) And while people were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares 26 among the wheat, and went away. (26) And when the plant shot up and bore fruits, then ap27 peared also the tares. (27) And the servants of the householders came, and said to him, Our lord, 8 Sy. lord of the didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From 28 whence are the tares in it. (28) And he said to them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said to him, Is it thy pleasure that we go and 29 gather them out? (29) And he said to them, house. [No,] lest, while ye gather out the tares, ye also 30 eradicate the wheat with them. (30) Let them both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather out first the tares, and bind them in bundles to be burned; but the wheat gather ye into my granary. 31 (31) Another similitude proposed he to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like to a kernel of mustard seed, which a man took and 32 sowed in his field. (32) And this is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that a bird of heaven may come and nestle in its branches. 33 (33) Another similitude spake he to them, The kingdom of heaven is like the leaven, which a woman took and buried in three measuresh of meal, 34 until the whole fermented. (34) All these things Jesus discoursed to the multitude in similitudes; and without similitudes he did not discourse with 35 them. (35) That so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, who said: I will open my mouth in similitudes; I will utterk things con- Sy. eructate cealed from before the foundation of the world. 36 Then Jesus sent away the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, and said: Explain to us the similitude of the tares 37 and the field. (37) And he answered, and said to them. He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of b k Sy. — or, parables 38 God. (38) And the field is the world. And the Sy. Pos good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked One. Sy. LA n Sy. consummation. (39) The enemy that sowed them, is Satan.m 39 The harvest is the end of the world: and the reapers are the angels. (40) As therefore the 40 tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so will Sy. Ko it be in the end of the world. (41) The Son of 41 man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling blocks, and all the doers of evil; (42) and will cast them 42 into a furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (43) Then will the righteous 43 shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (44) Again, 44 the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that is hid in a field; which when a man findeth, he concealeth it, and, from his joy, he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (45) Again, 45 the kingdom of heaven is like a merchantman, who sought after richp pearls: (46) and when he found 46 one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (47) Again, the kingdom 47 of heaven is like sweep net, which was cast into the sea, and collected [fishes] of every kind.s (48) 48 And when it was full, they drew it to the shores of the sea; and they sat down and culled over: and the good they put into vessels, and the bad they cast away. (49) So will it be in the endt of the 49 world. The angels will go forth, and will sever the wicked from among the just; (50) and will 50 cast them into a furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. P or, good. T в Sy. • Sy. Gr. γένος. + Sy. consummation. Jesus said to them: Have ye understood all 51 these things? They say to him: Yes, our Lord. (52) He said to them: Therefore every Scribe who 52 is instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is master of a house, who bringeth forth from his treasures things new and old. (53) And 53 it was so, that when Jesus had ended these similivor, parables. tudes, he departed thence. V And he entered into his own city. And he 54 taught them in their synagogues, in such manner that they wondered, and said: Whence hath he this wisdom and [these] works of power? (55) Is 55 not this man the carpenter's son?w Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Judas? (56) And all his 56 sisters, are they not with us? Whence then hath 57 this man all these things? (57) And they were stumbled at him. But Jesus said to them: There is no prophet who is little, except in his own city 58 and in his own house. (58) And he did not perform there many works of power, because of their unbelief. XIV. And at that time Herod the Tetrarch heard 2 the fame of Jesus: (2) and he said to his servants: This is John the Baptizer: he is risen from the grave:a therefore works of power are 3 wrought by him. (3) Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and cast him into prison;b on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother 4 Philip. (4) For John had said to him: It is not 5 lawful for her to be thy wife. (5) And he had wished to kill him; but he was afraid of the people, seeing that they regarded him as a prophet. 6 (6) But when Herod's birthday festivald occurred, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests; 7 and she pleased Herod. (7) Therefore he swore to her by an oath, that he would give her whatsoever 8 she might ask. (8) And she, as she had been instructed by her mother, said: Give me here in a 9 dishe the head of John the Baptizer. (9) And it troubled the king: nevertheless, on account of the oath, and the guests, he commanded that it 10 should be given her. (10) And he sent and cut 11 off the head of John in the prison. (11) And the head was brought in a dish and given to the girl; 12 and she brought it to her mother. (12) And his disciples came and bore away the corpse, and buried [it]; and they went and informed Jesus. 13 (13) And Jesus, when he had heard [it], retired alone, in a ship, to a desert place. And when the multitudes heard [of it], they followed him by dry land from the cities. 14 And when Jesus disembarked, he saw great multitudes; and he had compassion on them, and 15 healed their sick. (15) And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, and said to him: This is a desert place, and the time is gone; send away the throngs of people, that they may go to the 16 villages, and buy themselves food. (16) But he said to them: It is not necessary for them to go; 17 give ye them to eat. (17) And they said to him: |