The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 8

MATTHEW 8

CHAPTER VIII.

Cure of a leper; of the centurion's servant; of the mother-in-law of S. Peter.  Dispositions for following Jesus Christ.  The storm appeased. Devils driven out of two men possessed, and suffered to go into the swine.

1 And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him:

2 *And behold a leper coming, adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will.  Be thou made clean.  And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, *shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

5 And when he had entered into Capharnaum, *there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saying: Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.

7 And Jesus saith to him: I will come, and heal him.

8 And the centurion making answer, said: *Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

9 For I also am a man subject to authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he cometh: and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.

10 And Jesus hearing this, marvelled, and said to them that followed him: Amen, I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.

11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the *East and the West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee.  And the servant was healed at the same hour.

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick of a fever:

15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.

16 *And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:

17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet *Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.

18 And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.

19 And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.

20 And Jesus saith to him: *The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.

21 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, permit me first to go, and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

23 *And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him.

24 And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.

26 And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith?  Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

27 But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds, and the sea obey him?

28 *And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that no one could pass by that way.

29 And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30 *And not far from them, there was a herd of many swine feeding.

31 And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

32 And he said to them: Go.  But they going out went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

33 And they that kept them, fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.

34 And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, *and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.

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2:  A.D. 31.; Mark i. 40.; Luke v. 12.

4:  Lev. xiv. 2.

5:  Luke vii. 1.

8:  Luke vii. 6.

11:  Malac. i. 11.

16:  Mark i. 32.

17:  Isai. liii. 4.; 1 Pet. ii. 24.

20:  Luke ix. 58.

23:  Mark iv. 36.; Luke viii. 22.

28:  Mark v. 1.; Luke viii. 26.

30:  Mark v. 11.; Luke viii. 32.

34:  Mark v. 17.; Luke viii. 37.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 7

MATTHEW 7

CHAPTER VII.

Rash judgment and the profanation of holy things condemned.  Confidence in prayer, and earnest endeavours for salvation, recommended. Caution against false teachers.  Perseverance in the practice of Christian virtues.

1 Judge not, *that you may not be judged,

2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: *and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?

4 Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye: and behold a beam is in thy own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 Give not that which is holy to dogs: neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, tear you.

7 *Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

8 For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

9 *Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?

10 Or if he shall ask a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

11 If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

12 *All things, therefore, whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them.  For this is the law and the prophets.

13 *Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who enter by it.

14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way, which leadeth to life: and few there are who find it!

15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

16 By their fruits you shall know them.  Do men gather grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the bad tree bringeth forth bad fruit.

18 A good tree cannot yield bad fruit, neither can an bad tree yield good fruit.

19 *Every tree that yieldeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

21 *Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father, who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, *and cast out devils in thy name, and done many wonderful works in thy name?

23 And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you: *depart from me, you that work iniquity.

24 *Every one, therefore, that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock.

25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

28 And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

29 *For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as their Scribes and Pharisees.

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1:  A.D. 31.; Luke vi. 37.; Rom. ii. 1.

2:  Mark iv. 24.

7:  Infra xxi. 22.; Mark xi. 24.; Luke xi. 9.; John xiv. 13.; James i. 6.

9:  Luke xi. 11.

12:  Tobias iv. 16.; Luke vi. 31.

13:  Luke xiii. 24.

19:  Supra iii. 10.

21:  Infra xxv. 11.; Luke vi. 46.

22:  Acts xix. 13.

23:  Ps. vi. 9.; Infra xxv. 41.; Luke xiii. 27.

24:  Luke vi. 48.; Rom. ii. 13.; James i. 22.

29:  Mark i. 22.; Luke iv. 32.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 6

MATTHEW 6

CHAPTER VI.

Alms, prayer, and fasting recommended, but ostentation to be avoided.  Forgiveness of injuries urged: simplicity of intention, and greater solicitude for the next than this life.

1 Take *heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall have no reward of your Father, who is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men.  Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

3 But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth:

4 That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

5 And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, who love to pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

6 But thou, when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.

7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not you therefore like them.  For your Father knoweth what you stand in need of, before you ask him.

9 You therefore shall pray in this manner: *Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation.  But deliver us from evil.  Amen.

14 *For if you forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.

15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear fasting to men.  Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

18 That thou appear not fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and the moth consume, and where thieves dig through, and steal.

20 *But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor the moth doth consume, and where thieves do not dig through, nor steal.

21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.

22 *The light of thy body is thy eye.  If thy eye be simple, thy whole body shall be lightsome.

23 But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body shall be darksome.  If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will the darkness itself be?

24 *No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon.

25 *Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on.  Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?

26 Behold the birds of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are not you of much more value than they?

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

28 And for raiment why are you solicitous?  Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

29 Yet I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed as one of these.

30 Now if God so clothe the grass of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

31 Be not solicitous therefore, saying: What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

32 For after all these things do the heathens seek.  For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice: and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Be not therefore solicitous for to-morrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself.  Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

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1:  A.M. 4035.; A.D. 31.

9:  Luke xi. 2.

14:  Eccli. xxviii. 3. 4. and 5.; Infra xviii. 35.; Mark xi. 25.

20:  Luke xii. 33.; 1 Tim. vi. 19.

22:  Luke xi. 34.

24:  Luke xvi. 13.

25:  Ps. liv. 23.; Luke xii. 22.; Phil. iv. 6.; 1 Tim. vi. 7.; 1 Pet. v. 7.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 5

MATTHEW 5

CHAPTER V.

Christ's sermon on the mount.  The eight beatitudes, &c.

1 Now *Jesus seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

2 And opening his mouth he taught them, saying:

3 *Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 *Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

5 *Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

8 *Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.

9 Blesses are the peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of God.

10 *Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you untruly, for my sake;

12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward is very great in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets, that were before you.

13 You are the salt of the earth.  *But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted?  It is good for nothing any more, but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.

14 You are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a mountain cannot be hid.

15 *Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may give light to all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, *that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

18 *For amen, I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

19 *Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20 For I say to you, that unless your justice abound *more than that of the Scribes and of the Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

21 You have heard that it was said to them of old: *Thou shalt not kill.  And whosoever shall kill, shall be liable to the judgment.

22 But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be liable to the judgment.  And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the council.  And whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

23 Therefore, if thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there shalt remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee;

24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then come and offer thy gift.

25 *Agree with thy adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26 Amen, I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence, till thou pay the last farthing.

27 You have heard that it was said to them of old: *Thou shalt not commit adultery.

28 But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 *And if thy right eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

30 And if thy right hand cause thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, than that thy whole body should go into hell.

31 It hath also been said: *Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

32 But I say to you: *that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

33 Again you have heard that it was said to them of old: *Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.

34 But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God:

35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37 *But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

38 You have heard that it hath been said: *An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

39 But I say to you, not to resist evil: *but if any one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 *And if any man will go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whosoever shall force thee to go one mile, go with him other two.

42 *Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away.

43 You have heard that it hath been said: *Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.

44 But I say to you: *Love your enemies: **do good to them that hate you: ***and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you,

45 That you may be the children of your Father, who is in heaven: who maketh his sun to rise upon the good and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

46 For if you love those that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens the same?

48 Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect

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1:  A.D. 31.

3:  Luke vi. 20.

4:  Ps. xxxvi. 11.

5:  Is. lxi. 2.

8:  Ps. xxiii. 4.

10:  1 Pet. ii. 20. and iii. 14. and iv. 14.

13:  Mark ix. 49.; Luke xiv. 34.

15:  Mark iv. 21.; Luke viii. 16. & xi. 33.

16:  1 Pet. ii. 12.

18:  Luke xvi. 17.

19:  James ii. 10.

20:  Luke xi. 39.

21:  Ex. xx. 13.

25:  Luke xii. 58.

27:  Exod. xx. 14.

29:  Mark ix. 46.; Infra xviii. 9.

31:  Deut. xxiv. 1.; Infra xix. 7.

32:  Mark x. 11.; Luke xvi. 18.; 1 Cor. vii. 10.

33:  Exod. xx. 7.; Levit. xix. 12.; Deut. v. 11.; James v. 12.

37:  James v. 12.

38:  Exod. xxi. 24.; Levit. xxiv. 20.; Deut. xix. 21.

39:  Luke vi. 29.

40:  1 Cor. vi. 7.

42:  Deut. xv. 8.

43:  Lev. xix. 18.

44:  Luke vi. 27. --- ** Rom. xii. 20. --- *** Luke xxiii. 34.; Acts vii. 59.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 4

MATTHEW 4

CHAPTER IV.

Christ's fast of forty days: he is tempted: begins his preaching in Galilee according to the prophet: fixes his abode at Capharnaum: calls Peter and Andrew, James and John: his miracles, reputation, and numerous followers.

1 Then *Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry.

3 And the tempter coming, said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4 But he answered, and said: It is written: *Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

5 Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: *That he hath given his angels charge of thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.

7 Jesus said to him: It is written again: *Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8 Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain: and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

9 And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

10 Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan, for it is written: *The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

11 Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.

12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, *he retired into Galilee:

13 And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum, on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

14 That what was said by Isaias, the prophet, might be fulfilled:

15 *The land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

16 The people that sat in darkness, saw great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.

17 *From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

18 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, *saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

19 And he saith to them: Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

20 And they, immediately leaving their nets, followed him.

21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.

22 And they, immediately leaving their nets and father, followed him.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all diseases, and infirmities among the people.

24 And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all sick people, that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he healed them:

25 *And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

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1:  A.M. 4435, A.D. 31.; Mark i. 12., Luke iv. 1.

4:  Deut. viii. 3.; Luke iv. 4.

6:  Ps. xc. 11.

7:  Deut. vi. 16.

10:  Deut. vi. 13.

12:  Mark i. 14.; Luke iv. 14.; John iv. 43.

15:  Isai. lx. 1.

17:  Mark i. 15.

18:  Mark i. 16.; Luke v. 2.

25:  Mark iii. 7.; Luke vi. 17.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 3

MATTHEW 3

CHAPTER III.

The preaching of John: his penance: his baptism.  His reproaches against the Pharisees and Sadducees.  Jesus Christ comes to him, and is baptized.

1 Now, *in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the desert of Judea,

2  And saying: *Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3 For this is he, who was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: *A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

4 And John himself had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

5 *Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about the Jordan:

6 And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 And seeing many of the Pharisees, and Sadducees *coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of penance.

9 And think not to say within yourselves: *We have Abraham for our father: for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

10 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.  Every tree therefore that yieldeth not good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

11 *I indeed baptize you with water unto penance: but he who is to come after me, is stronger than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.

12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly cleanse his floor: and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

13 *Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.

14 But John stayed him, saying, I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

15 And Jesus answering said to him: Suffer it now: for so it becometh us to fulfil all justice.  Then he suffered him.

16 And Jesus being baptized, went up presently out of the water: and behold the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

17 *And behold a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.

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1:  A.D. 30.

2:  Mark i. 4.; Lu. iii. 3.

3:  Is. xl. 3.; Mark i. 3.; Lu. iii. 4.

5:  Mark i. 5.

7:  Luke iii. 7.

9:  John viii. 89.

11:  Mark i. 8.; Luke iii. 16.; John i. 26.; Acts i. 5.

13:  Mark i. 9.

17:  A.D. 30.; Luke iii. 22.; Luke ix. 35.; 2 Peter i. 17.

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