The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 22

MATTHEW 22

CHAPTER XXII.

The parable of the marriage feast: Christ orders tribute to be paid to Cæsar: he confutes the Sadducees: shews which is the first commandment in the law: and puzzles the Pharisees.

1 And *Jesus answering, spoke to them again in parables, saying:

2 *The kingdom of heaven is like to a man being a king, who made a marriage for his son.

3 And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.

4 Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited: Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the wedding.

5 But they neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise.

6 And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.

7 But when the king heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.

8 Then he saith to his servants: The wedding indeed is ready; but they that were invited, were not worthy.

9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, invite to the wedding.

10 And his servants going out into the highways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

11 And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment.

12 And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment?  But he was silent.

13 Then the king said to the waiters: *Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 *Then the Pharisees going away, consulted among themselves how to ensnare him in his speech.

16 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.

17 Tell us therefore what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?

18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites?

19 Shew me the coin of the tribute.  And they offered him a penny.

20 And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this?

21 They say to him: Cæsar's.  Then he saith to them: *Render therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's: and to God, the things that are God's.

22 And hearing this, they wondered, and leaving him went their way.

23 The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say *there is no resurrection: and asked him,

24 Saying: Master, Moses said: *If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died: and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.

26 In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 At the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage: but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:

32 *I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob: He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33 And the multitudes hearing this, were in admiration at his doctrine.

34 And the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together:

35 *And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:

36 Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said to him: *Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.

38 This is the greatest and first commandment.

39 And the second is like to this: *Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.

41 And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he?  They say to him: David's.

43 He saith to them: *How then doth David in spirit call him Lord: Saying:

44 *The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?

45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

46 And no man was able to answer him a word: neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

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1:  A.D. 33.

2:  Luke xiv. 16.; Apoc. xix. 9.

13:  Supra viii. 12.; Infra xxv. 30.

15:  Mark xii. 13.; Luke xx. 20.

21:  Rom. xiii. 7.

23:  Acts xxiii. 6.

24:  Deut. xxv. 5.; Mark xii. 19.; Luke xx. 28.

32:  Exod. iii. 6.

35:  Mark xii. 28.; Luke x. 25.

37:  Deut. vi. 5.

39:  Lev. xix. 18.; Mark xii. 31.

43:  Luke xx. 41.

44:  Psal. cix. 1.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 21

MATTHEW 21

CHAPTER XXI.

Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass: he casts the buyers and sellers out of the temple: curses the fig-tree: and puts to silence the priests and Scribes..

1 And *when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto Mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2 Saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over against you, and immediately you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose themand bring them to me.

3 And if any man shall say any thing to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them: and forthwith he will let them go.

4 Now all this was done that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying:

5 *Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold, thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.

6 And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.

7 And they brought the ass and the colt: and laid their garments upon them, and made him sit thereon.

8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:

9 And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: *Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.  Hosanna in the highest.

10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this?

11 And the people said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

12 *And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves:

13 And he saith to them: It is written, *My house shall be called the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.

14 And the blind, and the lame came to him in the temple: and he healed them.

15 And the chief priests and Scribes seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to the son of David; were moved with indignation.

16 And said to him: Hearest thou what these say?  And Jesus said to them: Yea, have you never read: *Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise.

17 And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania: and remained there.

18 And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.

19 *And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it: and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever.  And immediately the fig-tree withered away.

20 *And the disciples seeing it, wondered, saying: How is it presently withered away?

21 And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig-tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.

22 *And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and ancients of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying: *By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

24 Jesus answering, said to them: I also will ask you one word, which if you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men?  But they thought within themselves, saying:

26 If we shall say, From heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him?  But if we shall say, From men, we are afraid of the multitude: *for all held John as a prophet.

27 And answering Jesus, they said: We know not.  And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28 But what think you: A certain man had two sons, and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.

29 And he answering, said: I will not.  But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went.

30 And coming to the other, he said in like manner.  And he answering, said: I go sir.  And he went not.

31 Which of the two did the father's will?  They say to him: The first.  Jesus saith to them: Amen, I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him.  But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.

33 Hear ye another parable: *There was a man a master of a family who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen: and went into a strange country.

34 And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

35 And the husbandmen having laid hold of his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36 Again he sent other servants more than the former: and they did to them in like manner.

37 And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.

38 But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: *This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.

39 And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?

41 They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end: and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season.

42 Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: *The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?  By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they understood that he spoke of them.

46 And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.

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1:  A.D. 33.; Mark xi. 1, 10.; Luke xix. 29.; Jo. xii. 12.

5:  Isa. lxii. 11.; Zac. ix. 9.; Jo. xii. 15.

9:  Ps. cxvii. 26.; Mar. xi. 10.; Luke xix. 38.

12:  Mar. xi. 15.; Luke xix. 45.; Jo. ii. 14.

13:  Is. lvi. 7.; Jer. vii. 11.; Luke xix. 46.

16:  Ps. viii. 3.

19:  Mar. xi. 13.

20:  Mar. xi. 20.

22:  Supra vii. 7.; Mar. xi. 24.; Jo. xiv. 13. xvi. 23.

23:  Mar. xi. 28.; Luke xx. 2.

26:  Supra xiv. 5.

33:  Isai. v. 1.; Jer. ii. 21.; Mark xii. 1.; Luke xx. 9.

38:  Infra xxvi. 8. and xxvii. 2.; John xi. 53.

42:  Psal. cxvii. 22.; Acts iv. 11.; Rom. ix. 33.; 1 Pet. ii. 7.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 20

MATTHEW 20

CHAPTER XX.

The parable of the labourers in the vineyard.  The ambition of the two sons of Zebedee.  Christ gives sight to two blind men.

1 The *kingdom of heaven is like to a master of a family, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And going about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place,

4 And he said to them, Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.

5 And they went their way.  And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner.

6 But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?

7 They say to him: Because no man hath hired us.  He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard.

8 And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.

9 When therefore they came, who had come about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10 But when the first also came, they thought that they should have receive more: and they likewise received every man a penny.

11 And receiving it, they murmured against the master of the house,

12 Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

13 But he answering one of them, said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

14 Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to thee.

15 Or is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?

16 *So shall the last be first, and the first last.  For many are called, but few chosen.

17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:

18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the Scribes, and they shall condemn him to death.

19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.

20 *Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping and asking something of him.

21 And he said to her: What wilt thou?  She saith to him: Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

22 But Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask.  Can you drink of the chalice that I shall drink?  They say to him: We can.

23 He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink: but to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

24 *And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

25 *But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them: and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.

26 It shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:

27 And he that would be first among you, shall be your servant.

28 *Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.

29 *And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30 And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying: O Lord, son of David, have mercy on us.

31 And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace.  But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, son of David, have mercy on us.

32 And Jesus stood, and called them, and said: What will ye that I do to you?

33 They say to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34 And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes.  And immediately they received sight, and followed him.

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1:  A.D. 33.; Mark x. 32, 34.; Luke xviii. 31, 34.

16:  Supra xix. 30.; Mark x. 31.; Luke xiii. 30.

20:  Mark x. 35.

24:  Mark x. 41.

25:  Luke xxii. 25.

28:  Phil. ii. 7.

29:  Mark x. 46.; Luke xviii. 35.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 19

MATTHEW 19

CHAPTER XIX.

Christ declares matrimony to be indissoluble: he recommends the making one's self an eunuch for the kingdom of heaven; and parting with all things for him.  He shews the danger of riches, and the reward of leaving all to follow him.

1 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee, *and came into the confines of Judea beyond the Jordan.

2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3 *And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4 But he answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he *who made man in the beginning, made them male and female?  And he said:

5 *For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

6 Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh.  What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7 They say to him: *Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

8 He saith to them: Moses because of the hardness of your hearts permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

9 *And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery;: and he who shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not good to marry.

11 He said to them: All receive not this word, but they to whom it is given.

12 For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven.  He that can receive, let him receive it.

13 *Then were little children presented to him, that he should lay his hands upon them and pray.  And the disciples rebuked them.

14 But Jesus said to them: *Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.

15 And when he had laid his hands upon them, he departed thence.

16 And behold one came and said to him: Good Master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?

17 But he said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good?  One is good, God.  But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18 He saith to him: Which?  And Jesus said: *Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my youth: what is yet wanting to me?

21 Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

22 And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for he had great possessions.

23 Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say to you: 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 heaven.

25 And when the disciples had heard this, they wondered very much, saying: Who then can be saved?

26 And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with God all things are possible.

27 Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?

28 And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting.

30 *But many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first.

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1:  A.D. 32.; Mark x. 1, 12.; Luke xvi. 1, 18.

3:  Mark x. 2.

4:  Gen. i. 27.

5:  Gen. ii. 24.; 1 Cor. vi. 16.; Ephes. v. 31.

7:  Deut. xxiv. 1.

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

13:  A.D. 33.; Mark x. 18.; Luke xviii. 15.

14:  Supra xviii. 3.

18:  Exod. xx. 13.

30:  Infra xx. 16.; Mark x. 31.; Luke xiii. 30.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 18

MATTHEW 18

CHAPTER XVIII.

Christ teaches humility, to beware of scandal, and to flee the occasions of sin: to denounce to the church incorrigible sinners, and to look upon such as refuse to hear the church as heathens.  He promises to his disciples the power of binding and loosing: and that he will be in the midst of their assemblies.  No forgiveness for them that will not forgive.

1 At *that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?

2 *And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them,

3 And said: Amen I say unto you, *unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.

6 *But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 Wo to the world because of scandals.  For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh.

8 *And if thy hand or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee.  It is better for thee to enter into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

9 And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee.  It is better for thee with one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

10 Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, *that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

11 *For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

12 *What think you?  If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray; doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go to seek that which is gone astray?

13 And if it so be that he find it, amen, I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.

14 Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

15 *But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and reprove him between thee and him alone.  If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

16 But if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more, *that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

17 *And if he will not hear them: tell the church.  And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican.

18 *Amen, I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.

19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father, who is in heaven.

20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

21 Then came Peter unto him, and said: *Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him?  Till seven times?

22 Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven:

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants.

24 And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

25 And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment be made.

26 But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27 And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go, and forgave him the debt.

28 But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants that owed him a hundred pence: and laying hold of him, throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.

29 And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

31 Now his fellow-servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done.

32 Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me.

33 Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow-servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all the debt.

35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.

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1:  AD. 32.; Mark ix. 33.; Luke ix. 46.

2:  Infra xix. 14.

3:  1 Cor. xiv. 20.

6:  Mark ix. 41.; Luke xvii. 2.

8:  Supra v. 30.; Mark ix. 42.

10:  Ps. xxxiii. 8.

11:  Luke xix. 10.

12:  Luke xv. 4.

15:  Lev. xix. 17.; Eccli. xix. 13.; Luke xvii. 3.; James v. 19.

16:  Deut. xix. 15.; John viii. 17.; 2 Cor. xiii. 1.; Heb. x. 28.

17:  1 Cor. v. 9.; 2 Thes. iii. 14.

18:  John xx. 23.

21:  Luke xvii. 4.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 17

MATTHEW 17

CHAPTER XVII.

The transfiguration of Christ: He cures the lunatic child, foretells his passion: and pays the didrachma.

1 And *after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:

2 And he was transfigured before them.  And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.

3 And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias, talking with him.

4 And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them.  *And behold a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

6 And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.

7 And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and be not afraid.

8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no man but only Jesus.

9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.

10 And his disciples asked him, saying: *Why then do the Scribes say that Elias must come first?

11 But *he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.

12 But I say to you, *that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, **but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind.  So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.

13 Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.

14 *And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water.

15 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

16 Then Jesus answered, and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?  Bring him hither to me.

17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

18 Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?

19 Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief.  *For amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain Remove from hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you.

20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

21 And while they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: *The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

22 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.  And they were troubled exceedingly.

23 And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachmas?

24 He said: Yes.  And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon?  Of whom do the kings of the earth receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers?

25 And he said: Of strangers.  Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.

26 But that we may not scandalize them, go thou to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.

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1:  A.D. 32.; Mark ix. 1.; Luke ix. 28.

5:  Supra iii. 17.; 2 Peter i. 17.

10:  Mark ix. 10.

11:  Mal. iv. 5.

12:  Supra xi. 14. --- ** Supra xiv. 10.

14:  Mark ix. 16.; Luke ix. 38.

19:  Luke xvii. 6.

21:  Infra xx. 18.; Mark ix. 30.; Luke ix. 44.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 16

MATTHEW 16

CHAPTER XVI.

Christ refuses to shew the Pharisees a sign from heaven.  Peter's confession is rewarded.  He is rebuked for opposing Christ's passion.  All his followers must deny themselves.

1 And *there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees, tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

2 But he answered and said to them: *When it is evening, you say: It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

3 And in the morning: To-day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering.

4 You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?*  A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, **but the sign of Jonas the prophet.  And he left them and went away.

5 And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.

6 And he said to them: *Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and Sadducees.

7 But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

8 And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you have no bread?

9 Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember *the five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

10 *Nor the seven loaves, among four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

11 Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and Sadducees?

12 Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees, and Sadducees.

13 *And Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?

14 But they said: *Some John the Baptist, and others Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am.

16 Simon Peter answering said: *Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father, who is in heaven.

18 *And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 *And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.  **And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

20 Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

21 From that time forth Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and the Scribes, and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

22 And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee; this shall not be unto thee.

23 But he turning, said to Peter: *Go after me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou not relish the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: *If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25 *For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels: *and then will he render to every man according to his works.

28 Amen, I say to you, *there are some of them standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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1:  A.D. 32.; Mark viii. 11. 26.

2:  Luke xii. 54.

4:  Supra xii. 39. --- ** Jonas ii. 1.

6:  Mark viii. 15.; Luke xii. 1.

9:  Supra xiv. 17.; Jo. vi. 9.

10:  Supra xv. 34.

13:  Mark viii. 27.

14:  Mark viii. 28.; Luke xix. 9.

16:  John vi. 70.

18:  John xii. 42.

19:  Isai. xxii. 22. --- ** John xx. 23.

23:  Mark viii. 33.

24:  Supra x. 38.; Luke ix. 23. and xiv. 27.

25:  Luke xvii. 33.; John xii. 25.

27:  Acts xvii. 31.; Rom. ii. 6.

28:  Mark viii. 39.; Luke ix. 28.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 15

MATTHEW 15

CHAPTER XV.

Christ reproves the Scribes.  He cures the daughter of the woman of Chanaan: and many others: and feeds four thousand with seven loaves.

1 Then *came to him from Jerusalem Scribes and Pharisees, saying:

2 *Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients?  For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3 But he answering said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition?  For God said:

4 *Honour thy father and mother: **And he that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

5 But you say: Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

6 And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

7 Ye hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:

8 *This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.

9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

10 And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

12 Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?

13 But he answering said: *Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

14 Let them alone: *they are blind, and leaders of the blind.  And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

15 *And Peter answering, said to him: Explain to us this parable.

16 But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?

17 Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.

19 For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

20 These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

21 *And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And behold a woman of Chanaan who came out of those parts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.

23 But he answered her not a word.  And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:

24 And he answering, said: I was not sent *but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.

25 But she came and worshipped him, saying: Lord, help me.

26 But he answered, and said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.

27 But she said: Yea, Lord: for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

28 Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt.  And her daughter was cured from that hour.

29 And when Jesus had departed from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee: and going up into a mountain, he sat there.

30 *And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:

31 So that the multitudes marvelled, seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 *then Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

33 And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

34 And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you?  But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.

35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

36 And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people.

37 And they did all eat, and had their fill.  And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.

38 And they that did eat, were four thousand men, besides children and women.

39 And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan.

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1:  A.D. 32.; Mark vii. 1.

2:  Mark vii. 5.

4:  Exod. xx. 12.; Deut. v. 16.; Ephes. vi. 2. --- ** Exod. xxi. 17.; Lev. xx. 9.; Prov. xx. 20.

8:  Isai. xxix. 13.; Mark vii. 6.

13:  John xv. 2.

14:  Luke vi. 39.

15:  Mark vii. 17.

21:  Mark vii. 24.

24:  Supra x. 6.; John x. 3.

30:  Isai. xxxv. 5.

32:  Mark viii. 1.

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ - MATTHEW 14

MATTHEW 14

CHAPTER XIV.

Herod puts John to death.  Christ feeds five thousand in the desert.  He walks upon the sea, and heals all the diseased with the touch of his garment.

1 At *the time Herod, the tetrarch, heard of the fame of Jesus:

2 And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

3 *For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.

4 For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.

5 And wishing to put him to death, he feared the people: *because they esteemed him as a prophet.

6 But on Herod's birth-day, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.

7 Whereupon he promised, with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.

8 But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.

9 And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.

10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

11 And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother.

12 And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.

13 *Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence in a boat into a desert place apart: and the multitudes having heard of it, followed him on foot out of the cities.

14 And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.

16 But Jesus said to them: They have no need to go: give you them to eat.

17 They answered him: *We have here but five loaves and two fishes.

18 He said to them: Bring them hither to me.

19 And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

20 And they did all eat, and were filled.  And they took up what remained, twelve baskets full of fragments.

21 And the number of them that had eaten, was five thousand men, besides women and children.

22 *And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to get up into the boat, and to go before him over the water, while he sent the multitude away.

23 And having dismissed the multitude, *he went into a mountain alone to pray.  And when the evening was come he was there alone.

24 But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.

25 And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.

26 And they seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition.  And they cried out for fear.

27 And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: It is I, be not afraid.

28 And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters.

29 And he said: Come.  And Peter, going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come to Jesus.

30 But seeing the wind strong he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.

31 And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand, took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

32 And when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased.

33 Then they that were in the boat came and worshipped him saying: Thou art truly the Son of God.

34 *And having passed over, they came into the country of Genesar.

35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country, and brought to him all that were diseased.

36 And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment.  And as many as touched, were made whole.

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1:  A.D. 32.; Mark vi. 14. 30.; Luke ix. 7.

3:  Mark vi. 17.; Luke iii. 19.

5:  Infra xxi. 26.

13:  Mark vi. 31.; Luke ix. 10.; John vi. 3.

17:  John vi. 9.

22:  Mark vi. 45.

23:  John vi. 15.; Mark vi. 46.

34:  Mark vi. 53.

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