The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 13

MATTHEW 13

CHAPTER XIII.

The parables of the sower of the cockle: of the mustard seed, &c.

1 The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea-side.

2 *And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitudes stood on the shore.

3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow;

4 And whilst he soweth, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

5 And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.

7 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choaked them.

8 And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some a hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, and some thirty-fold.

9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

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 he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound, but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14 And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: *By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.

15 For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

17 *For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them: and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.

18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.

19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.

20 And he who received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

22 And he who received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choak up the word, and he becometh fruitless.

23 But he who received the seed into good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth and beareth fruit, and yieldeth one a hundred-fold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

24 *Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.

25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, and went his way.

26 And when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.

27 Then the servants of the master of the house came and said to him: Master, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it cockle?

28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this.  And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

29 And he said: No, lest perhaps while ye gather up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.

30 Let both grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but gather the wheat into my barn.

31 *Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown up, it is greater than any herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

33 Another parable he spoke to them: *The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

34 All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.

35 That the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: *I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

36 *Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the cockle in the field.

37 He made answer, and said to them: He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of man.

38 And the field is the world.  And the good seed are the children of the kingdom.  And the cockle are the children of the wicked one.

39 And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil.  *But the harvest is the end of the world.  And the reapers are the angels.

40 Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire, so shall it be at the end of the world.

41 The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.

42 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 *Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father.  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field: which, when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.

46 Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes.

48 Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world, the angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 Have ye understood all these things?  They say to him: Yea.

52 He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a master of a house, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from thence.

54 *And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered, and said: How came this man by this wisdom, and miracles?

55 *Is not this the carpenter's son?  Is not his mother called Mary; and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude?

56 And his sisters, are they not all with us?  Whence then hath he all these things?

57 And they were scandalized in his regard.  But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

58 And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

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2:  A.D. 31.; Mark iv. 1.; Luke viii. 4.

12:  Infra xxv. 29.

14:  Isai. vi. 9.; Mark iv. 12.; Luke viii. 10.; John xii. 40.; Acts xxviii. 26.; Rom. xi. 8.

17:  Luke x. 24.

24:  Mark iv. 26.

31:  Mark iv. 31.; Luke xiii. 19.

33:  Luke xiii. 21.

35:  Ps. lxxvii. 2.

36:  Mark iv. 34.

39:  Apoc. xiv. 15.

43:  Wisd. iii. 7.; Dan. xii. 3.

54:  Mark vi. 1.; Luke iv. 16.

55:  John vi. 42.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 12

MATTHEW 12

CHAPTER XII.

Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees, and confutes their attributing his miracles to Satan.

1 At *that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the sabbath-day: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

2 And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days.

3 But he said to them: Have you not read *what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, *but for the priests only?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, *how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

7 And if you knew what this meaneth: *I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

9 And when he had departed from thence, he came into their synagogue.

10 *And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they might accuse him.

11 But he said to them: *What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?

12 How much better is a man than a sheep?  Therefore it it lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath-days.

13 Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand.  And he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health like the other.

14 And the Pharisees going out, made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

15 But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all.

16 And he charged them that they should not make him known.

17 That the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias, the prophet, saying:

18 *Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased.  I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

19 He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

20 The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he both spoke and saw.

23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

24 *But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.

25 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: *Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out?  Therefore they shall be your judges.

28 But if I by the spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he will rifle his house.

30 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

31 *Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil: for by the fruit the tree is known.

34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil?* for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

38 Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee.

39 But he answering, said to them: *An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, **but the sign of Jonas, the prophet.

40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

41 *The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas is here.

42 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: *because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

43 *And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44 Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out.  And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: *and the last state of that man is made worse than the first.  So shall it be also to this wicked generation.

46 *As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

47 And one said to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.

48 But he, answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

49 And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren.

50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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1:  A.D. 31.; Mark ii. 23.; Luke vi. 1.

3:  1 Kings xxi. 6.

4:  Lev. xxiv. 9.

5:  Num. xxviii. 9.

7:  1 Kings xv. 22.; Eccle. iv. 17.; Osee vi. 6.; Supra ix. 13.

10:  Mark iii. 1.; Luke vi. 6.

11:  Deut. xxii. 4.

18:  Isai. xlii. 1.

24:  Supra ix. 34.; Mark iii. 22.; Luke xi. 15.

25:  Luke xi. 17.

31:  Mark ii. 28. and 29.; Luke xii. 10.

34:  Luke vi. 45.

39:  Infra xvi. 4.; Luke xi. 29.; 1 Cor. i. 22. --- ** Jonas iv. 1.

41:  Jonas iii. 5.

42:  3 Kings x. 1.; 2 Par. ix. 1.

43:  Luke xi. 24.

45:  2 Pet. ii. 20.

46:  Mark iii. 31.; Luke viii. 19.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew 12

MATTHEW 12

CHAPTER XII.

Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees, and confutes their attributing his miracles to Satan.

1 At *that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the sabbath-day: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

2 And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days.

3 But he said to them: Have you not read *what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, *but for the priests only?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, *how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

7 And if you knew what this meaneth: *I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

9 And when he had departed from thence, he came into their synagogue.

10 *And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they might accuse him.

11 But he said to them: *What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?

12 How much better is a man than a sheep?  Therefore it it lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath-days.

13 Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand.  And he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health like the other.

14 And the Pharisees going out, made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

15 But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all.

16 And he charged them that they should not make him known.

17 That the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias, the prophet, saying:

18 *Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased.  I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

19 He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

20 The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he both spoke and saw.

23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

24 *But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.

25 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: *Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out?  Therefore they shall be your judges.

28 But if I by the spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he will rifle his house.

30 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

31 *Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil: for by the fruit the tree is known.

34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil?* for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

38 Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee.

39 But he answering, said to them: *An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, **but the sign of Jonas, the prophet.

40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

41 *The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas is here.

42 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: *because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

43 *And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44 Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out.  And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: *and the last state of that man is made worse than the first.  So shall it be also to this wicked generation.

46 *As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

47 And one said to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.

48 But he, answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

49 And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren.

50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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1:  A.D. 31.; Mark ii. 23.; Luke vi. 1.

3:  1 Kings xxi. 6.

4:  Lev. xxiv. 9.

5:  Num. xxviii. 9.

7:  1 Kings xv. 22.; Eccle. iv. 17.; Osee vi. 6.; Supra ix. 13.

10:  Mark iii. 1.; Luke vi. 6.

11:  Deut. xxii. 4.

18:  Isai. xlii. 1.

24:  Supra ix. 34.; Mark iii. 22.; Luke xi. 15.

25:  Luke xi. 17.

31:  Mark ii. 28. and 29.; Luke xii. 10.

34:  Luke vi. 45.

39:  Infra xvi. 4.; Luke xi. 29.; 1 Cor. i. 22. --- ** Jonas iv. 1.

41:  Jonas iii. 5.

42:  3 Kings x. 1.; 2 Par. ix. 1.

43:  Luke xi. 24.

45:  2 Pet. ii. 20.

46:  Mark iii. 31.; Luke viii. 19.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew 11

MATTHEW 11

CHAPTER XI.

John sends his disciples to Christ, who upbraids the Jews with their incredulity, and calls to him such as are sensible of their burdens.

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, that he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities.

2 *Now when John had heard, in prison, the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to him:

3 Art thou he that is to come, or do we look for another?

4 And Jesus making answer, said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

5 *The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, **the poor have the gospel preached to them.

6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

7 *And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitude, concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments?  Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

9 But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written: *Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

11 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

14 And if you will receive it, *he is Elias that is to come.

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

16 But to what shall I liken this generation?  It is like to children sitting in the market-place, who crying out to their companions,

17 Say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

18 For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.

19 The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners.  And wisdom is justified by her children.

20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his mighty works, because they had not done penance.

21 *Wo to thee, Corozain, wo to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon the mighty works had been done in you, they would long ago have done penance in sack-cloth and ashes.

22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And thou, Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell.  For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom that have been done in thee, perhaps it would have remained unto this day.

24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.

25 At that time Jesus answered, and said: I give thanks to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

26 Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.

27 All things are delivered to me by my Father.  *And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.

28 Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: *and you shall find rest to your souls.

30 *For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

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2:  Luke vii. 18.

5:  Isai. xxxv. 5. --- ** Isai. lxi. 1.

7:  Luke vii. 24.

10:  Malac. iii. 1.; Mark i. 2.; Luke vii. 27.

14:  Mal. iv. 5.

21:  Luke x. 13.

27:  John vi. 46. and vii. 28. viii. 19. and x. 15.

29:  Jer. vi. 16.

30:  John vi. 3.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ_ MATTHEW 10

MATTHEW 10

CHAPTER X.

Christ sends out his twelve apostles, with the power of miracles.  The lessons he gives them.

1 And, *having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother,

3 James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew, the publican, and James, the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus.

4 Simon, the Chananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent; and commanded them, saying: Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter not:

6 But go rather *to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: gratis you have received, gratis give.

9 *Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:

10 Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

11 And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy: and there abide till you go thence.

12 And when you come into a house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.

13 And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it: but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house, or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

15 Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

16 *Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves.  Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves.

17 But beware of men.  For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

18 And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings, for my sake, for a testimony to them, and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they shall deliver you up, *be not thoughtful how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.

20 For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

21 The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.

22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

23 And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another.  Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.

24 *The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.  If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?

26 Therefore fear them not: *for there is nothing hid, that shall not be revealed: nor secret, that shall not be known.

27 That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops.

28 And fear not them that kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 *Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing: and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

32 *Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father, who is in heaven.

34 *Do not think that I am come to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 *And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.

37 *He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38 *And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: *and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

40 *He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.

42 *And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple: Amen, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

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1:  A.D. 32.; Mark vi. 7. and 13.; Luke ix. 1. and 6.

6:  Acts xiii. 46.

9:  Mark vi. 8.; Luke ix. 3. and x. 4.

16:  Luke x. 3.

19:  Luke xii. 11.

24:  Luke vi. 40.; John xiii. 16. and xv. 20.

26:  Mark iv. 22.; Luke viii. 17. and xii. 2.

29:  2 Kings xiv. 11.; Acts xxvii. 35.

32:  Mark viii. 38.; Luke ix. 36. and xii. 8.; 2 Tim. ii. 12.

34:  Luke xii. 51.

36:  Mich. vii. 6.

37:  Luke xiv. 26.

38:  Infra xvi. 24.; Mark viii. 34.

39:  Luke xiv. 27.

40:  Luke ix. 24. and xvii. 33.; John xiii. 20.

42:  Luke x. 16.; Mark ix. 40.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 9

MATTHEW 9

CHAPTER IX.

Christ heals one sick of the palsy; calls Matthew; cures the issue of blood; raises to life the daughter of Jairus; gives sight to two blind, and heals a dumb man possessed by the devil.  Harvest, and workmen.

1 And entering into a boat, *he passed over the water, and came into his own city.

2 *And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy lying on a bed.  And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Son, be of good heart, thy sins are forgiven thee.

3 And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemeth.

4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?

5 Which is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

6 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, then saith he to the man sick of the palsy, Arise, take thy bed, and go into thy house.

7 And he arose, and went into his house.

8 And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

9 *And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom-house, named Matthew: and he saith to him: Follow me. And he rose up, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass as he was sitting at table in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

12 But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health, need not a physician, but they that are ill.

13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, *I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.  For I am not come to call the just, **but sinners.

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, *Why do we, and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

15 And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?  But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

16 And no one putteth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: for it taketh away what was whole from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles: otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles are lost.  But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.

18 *While he was speaking these things to them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is just now dead: but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19 And Jesus rising up, followed him, with his disciples.

20 *And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

21 For she said within herself: If I shall only touch his garment, I shall be healed.

22 But Jesus turning about, and seeing her, said: Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole.  And the woman was made whole from that hour.

23 And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude in an uproar, he said:

24 Give place: for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth.  And they laughed scornfully at him.

25 And when the crowd was turned out, he went in, and took her by the hand: and the girl arose.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

27 And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men, crying out, and saying: Son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him.  And Jesus saith to them: Do you believe that I can do this unto you? They say to him: Yea, Lord.

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened: and Jesus strictly charged them, saying: See that no man know it.

31 But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

32 And when they were gone out, *behold they brought to him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitude wondered, saying: The like was never seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said: He casteth out devils by the prince of the devils.

35 *And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.

36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying as sheep having no shepherd.

37 Then he saith to his disciples:* The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

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1:  A.D. 31.

2:  Mark ii. 3, and 22.; Luke v. 18.

9:  Mark ii. 14.; Luke v. 27.

13:  Osee vi. 6.; Infra xii. 7. --- ** 1 Tim. i. 15.

14:  Mark ii. 18.; Luke v. 33.

18:  Mark v. 22.; Luke viii. 41.

20:  Mark v. 25.; Luke viii. 43.

32:  Infra xii. 22.; Luke xi. 14.

35:  Mark vi. 6.

37:  Luke x. 2.

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