The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Luke 18

LUKE 18

CHAPTER XVIII.

We must pray always.  The Pharisee and the publican.  The danger of riches.  The blind man is restored to sight.

1 And *he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint,

2 Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man.

3 And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

4 And he would not for a long time.  But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God, nor regard man,

5 Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming, she weary me out.

6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith:

7 And will not God avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night: and will he have patience in their regard?

8 I say to you, he will quickly avenge them.  But yet, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?

9 He spoke also this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others.

10 Two men went up into the temple, to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican:

11 The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, nor such as this publican:

12 I fast twice in the week: I give tithes of all that I possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven: but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

14 I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather that the other; *because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

15 *And they brought to him also infants, that he might touch them.  Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.

16 But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

17 Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child, shall not enter into it.

18 *And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life?

19 And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good?  None is good but God alone.

20 Thou knowest the commandments: *Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Honour thy father and mother.

21 But he said: All these things have I kept from my youth.

22 Now when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

23 He having heard these things, was sorrowful: for he was very rich.

24 And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God.

25 For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

26 And they that heard it, said: Who then can be saved?

27 He said to them: The things that are impossible with men, are possible with God.

28 Then Peter said: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee?

29 He said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

30 Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come, life everlasting.

31 *Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets, concerning the Son of man.

32 For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon:

33 And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death, and the third day he shall rise again.

34 And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said.

35 *Now it came to pass, that when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way-side, begging.

36 And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.

37 And they told him, that Jesus, of Nazareth, was passing by.

38 And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

39 And they that went before, rebuked him, that he should hold his peace.  But he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

40 And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought to him.  And when he was come near, he asked him,

41 Saying: What wilt thou that I do to thee?  But he said: Lord, that I may see.

42 And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made thee whole.

43 And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God.  And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.____________________

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1: Eccli xviii. 22.; 1 Thess. v.. 17.

14: Matt. xxiii. 12.; Supra xiv. 11.

15: Matt. xix. 13.; Mark x. 13.

18: Matt. xix. 16.

20: Exod. xx. 13.

31: Matt. xx. 17.; Mark x. 32.

35: Matt. xx. 29.; Mark x. 46.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - LUKE 17

LUKE 17

CHAPTER XVII.

Lessons of avoiding scandal; of the efficacy of faith, &c.  The ten lepers.  The manner of the coming of Christ.

1 And *he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come: but wo to him through whom they come.

2 It were better for him that a millstone were put about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones.

3 Take heed to yourselves.  *If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him.

4 And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying: I repent: forgive him.

5 And the apostles said to the Lord; Increase our faith.

6 *And the Lord said; If you had faith like to a grain of mustard-seed, you might say to this mulberry-tree; Be thou rooted up, and be transplanted into the sea, and it shall obey you.

7 But which of you having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him when he is come from the field: Immediately go, sit down to table:

8 And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper, and gird thyself, and serve me whilst I eat and drink, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink?

9 Doth he thank that servant, because he did the things which he commanded him?

10 I think not.  So you also, when you shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which we ought to do.

11 And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men, that were lepers, who stood afar off:

13 And they lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw, he said: *Go, shew yourselves to the priests.  And it came to pass, that as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, went back, with a loud voice, glorifying God.

16 And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks: and this man was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering, said, Were there not ten made clean? and where are the nine?

18 There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger.

19 And he said to him: Arise, go thy way: for thy faith hath made thee whole.

20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? he, answering them, said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

21 Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there: for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.

22 And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man, and you shall not see it.

23 *And they will say to you: Lo here, and lo there.  Go ye not after, nor follow them:

24 For as the lightening that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

25 But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.

26 *And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

27 They did eat and drink, they married wives, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark: and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

28 *Likewise, as it was in the days of Lot: They did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built:

29 And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

31 In that hour he that shall be on the house top, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back.

32 Remember Lot's wife.

33 *Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it, shall preserve it.

34 I say to you: *in that night there shall be two men in one bed: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left: two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

36 They answering, said to him: Where, Lord?

37 He said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

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1:  Matt. xviii. 7.; Mark ix. 41.

3:  Lev. xix. 17.; Eccli. xix. 13.; Matt. xviii. 15.

6:  Matt. xvii. 19.

14:  Lev. xiv. 2.

23:  Matt. xxiv. 23.; Mark xiii. 21.

26:  Gen. vii. 7.; Matt. xxiv. 37.

28:  Gen. xix. 25.

33:  Matt. x. 39.; Mark viii. 35.; Supra ix. 24.

34:  John xii. 25.; Matt. xxiv. 40.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - LUKE 16

LUKE 16

CHAPTER XVI.

The parable of the unjust steward: of the rich man and Lazarus.

1 And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.

2 And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee?  Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.

3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship?  To dig I am not able: to beg I am ashamed.

4 I know what I will do, that when I shall be put out pf the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

5 Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?

6 But he said: A hundred barrels of oil.  And he said to him: Take thy bill: and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

7 Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe?  Who said: A hundred quarters of wheat.  He said to him: Take thy bill and write eighty.

8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

9 And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of iniquity, that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

10 He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: And he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater.

11 If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's: who will give you that which is your own?

13 *No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other: you cannot serve God and mammon.

14 Now the Pharisees who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

15 And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

16 *The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.

17 *And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

18 *Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, commmitteth adultery.

19 There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen: and feasted sumptuously every day.

20 And there was a certain beggar, by name Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,

21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass that the beggar died, and he was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom.  And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.

23 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:

24 And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.

25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy life-time, and likewise Lazareth evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And besides all this, between us and you there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.

27 And he said: Then, Father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house:

28 For I have five brethren, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

30 But he said: No, father Abraham; but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe if one rise again from the dead.

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13: Matt. vi. 24.

16: Matt. xi. 12.

17: Matt. v. 18.

18: Matt. v. 32.; Mark x. 11.; 1 Cor. vii. 10. and 11.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - LUKE 15

LUKE 15

CHAPTER XV.

The parables of the lost sheep, and of the prodigal son.

1 Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him, to hear him.

2 And the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

4 *What man of you that hath a hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost until he find it?

5 And when he hath found it, doth he not lay it upon his shoulders rejoicing:

6 And coming home call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

7 I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

8 Or what woman, having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house, and seek diligently, till she find it?

9 And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost.

10 So I say to you, there shall be joy before the Angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

11 And he said: A certain man had two sons:

12 And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me.  And he divided unto them his substance.

13 And not many days after, the younger son gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance by living riotously.

14 And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want.

15 And he went, and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country.  And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

17 And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house have plenty of bread, and I here perish with hunger?

18 I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:

19 I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

20 And rising up, he went to his father.  And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him, fell upon his neck and kissed him.

21 And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee: I am not now worthy to be called thy son.

22 But the father said to his servants: Bring forth, quickly, the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:

24 Because this, my son, was dead, and is come to life again: he was lost and is found.  And they began to be merry.

25 Now his elder son was in the field: and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:

26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

27 And he said to him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe.

28 And he was angry, and would not go in.  His father, therefore, coming out, began to entreat him.

29 And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends:

30 But as soon as this, thy son, is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

31 But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine.

32 But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this, thy brother, was dead, and is come to life again: he was lost, and is found.

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4:  Matt. xviii. 12.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - LUKE 14

LUKE 14

CHAPTER XIV.

Christ heals the dropsical man. The parable of the supper. The necessity of renouncing all to follow Christ.

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of a certain chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath-day, to eat bread, and they were watching him.

2 And behold there was a certain man before him, who had the dropsy.

3 And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day?

4 But they held their peace.  But he, taking him, healed him, and sent him away.

5 And answering them, he said: Which of you, whose ass or his ox shall fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath-day?

6 And they could not answer him to these things.

7 And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the highest place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:

9 And he who invited thee, and him, come and say to thee: Give place to this man; and then thou begin, with blushing, to take the lowest place.

10 But when thou art invited, go sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: *Friend, go up higher.  Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.

11 *Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

12 And he said to him also that had invited him: *When thou makest a dinner, or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the feeble, the lame, and the blind:

14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

15 When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 But he said to him: *A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

17 And he sent his servant, at supper-time, to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.

18 And they began all at once to make excuse.  The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, have me excused.

19 And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, have me excused.

20 And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 And the servant returning, told these things to his lord.  Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.

22 And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 And the lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 But I say to you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

25 And there went great multitudes with him: and turning, he said to them:

26 *If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 *And whosoever doth not carry his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it?

29 Lest after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

30 Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Or what king about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think, whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that with twenty thousand cometh against him?

32 Or else whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

33 So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.

34 *Salt is good.  But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 It is neither profitable for the land, nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out.  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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10:  Prov. xxv. 7.

11:  Matt. xxiii. 12.; Infra xviii. 14.

12:  Tobias iv. 7.; Prov. iii. 9.

16:  Matt. xxii. 2.; Apoc. xix. 9.

26:  Matt. x. 37.

27:  Matt. x. 38. and xvi. 24.; Mark viii. 34.

34:  Matt. v. 13.; Mark ix. 50.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Luke 13

LUKE 13

CHAPTER XIII.

The necessity of penance. The barren fig-tree.  The cure of the infirm woman, &c.

1 And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?

3 I say to you, No: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you: No: but unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.

6 He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

7 And he said to the tiller of the vineyard: Behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none.  Cut it done, therefore; why doth it take up the ground?

8 But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.

9 And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath.

11 And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bent down, and could not look upwards at all.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue, being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answering, said to the multitude: There are six days wherein you ought to work: in them therefore come, and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.

15 And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath-day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water?

16 And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

17 And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.

18 He said, therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

19 *It is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.

20 And again he said: Whereunto shall I compare the kingdom of God?

21 *It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

22 And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.

23 And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved?  But he said to them:

24 *Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.

25 *But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us: and he answering, shall say to you: I know you not whence you are.

26 Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27 And he shall say to you: *I know you not whence you are: **depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth: when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

29 And there shall come from the east, and the west, and the north, and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

30 *And behold they are last who shall be first, and they are first who shall be last.

31 The same day there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence: for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.

32 And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold I cast out devils, and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.

33 Nevertheless I must walk to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following: because it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 *Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?

35 Behold, your house shall be left to you desolate.  And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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19:  Matt. xiii. 31.; Mark iv. 31.

21:  Matt. xiii. 33.

24:  Matt. vii. 13.

25:  Matt. xxv. 10.

27:  Matt. vii. 23. --- ** Psal. vi. 8.; Matt. xxv. 41.

30:  Matt. xix. 30. and xx. 16.; Mark x. 31.

34:  Matt. xxiii. 37.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Luke 12

LUKE 12

CHAPTER XII.

Christ warns us against hypocrisy, the fear of the world, and covetousness: and admonishes all to watch.

1 And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: *Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2 *For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.

3 For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear, in the chambers, shall be preached on the house-tops.

4 And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: fear ye him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell.  Yea, I say to you, fear him.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear not, therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

8 And I say to you: *Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the Angels of God.

9 But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied before the Angels of God.

10 *And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

11 And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates, and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say.

12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you ought say.

13 And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.

14 But he said to him: Man, who hath made me a judge or divider over you?

15 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

16 And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: *The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.

17 And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no place to lay up together my fruits?

18 And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thy rest, eat, drink, make good cheer.

20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

22 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: *Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat: nor for your body, what you shall put on.

23 The life is more than the food, and the body is more than the raiment.

24 Consider the ravens, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, neither have they store-house, nor barn, and God feedeth them.  How much are you more valuable than they?

25 And which of you by thinking can add to his stature one cubit?

26 If then you are not able to do even the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.  But I say to you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

28 Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high:

30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek.  But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.

31 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice: and all these things shall be added unto you.

32 Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

33 *Sell what you possess, and give alms.  Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, **a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where the thief approacheth not, nor moth corrupteth.

34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

35 Let your loins be girded, and lamps burning in your hands,

36 And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding: that when he cometh, and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching.  Amen, I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing, will minister to them.

38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or if he shall come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

39 *But this know ye, that if the master of the family did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broke open.

40 Be you also ready: *for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

41 And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?

42 And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?

43 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.

44 Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.

45 But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants, and maid-servants, and to eat, and to drink, and be drunk:

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day that he expecteth not, and at an hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

47 And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and hath not prepared, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48 But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.  And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.

49 I am come to set fire on the earth, and what will I but that it be kindled?

50 And I have a baptism, wherewith, I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?

51 *Think ye that I am come to give peace on earth: I tell you no, but separation:

52 For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three

53 Shall be divided: the father against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

54 And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising out of the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.

56 You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heavens, and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?

57 And why even of yourselves do you not judge that which is just?

58 *And when thou goest with thy adversary to the ruler, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest, perhaps, he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison.

59 I say to thee: thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.

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1:  Matt. xvi. 6.; Mark viii. 15.

2:  Matt. x. 26.; Mark iv. 22.

8:  Matt. x. 32.; Mark viii. 38.; 2 Tim. ii. 12.

10:  Matt. xii. 32.; Mark iii. 29.

16:  Eccli. xi. 19.

22:  Ps. liv. 23.; Matt. vi. 25.; 1 Pet. v. 7.

33:  Matt. xix. 21. --- ** Matt. vi. 20.

39:  Matt. xxiv. 43.

40:  Apoc. xvi. 15.

51:  Matt. x. 34.

54:  Matt. xvi. 2.

58:  Matt. v. 25.

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