Matthew 14:25-21:46 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶ And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were alarmed, and said: It is a specter! and they cried out for fear. ²⁷ But Jesus immediately spoke to them, and said: Take courage; it is I; be not afraid. ²⁸ And Peter answered him, and said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the water. ²⁹ And he said: Come. And Peter went down from the ship, and walked upon the water to go to Jesus. ³⁰ But when he saw the wind strong, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me. ³¹ And Jesus immediately stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and said to him: you of little faith, why did you doubt? ³² And when they had entered the ship, the wind ceased. ³³ And they that were in the ship came and worshiped him, saying: Truly, thou art the Son of God. ³⁴ And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all the neighboring country, and brought to him all that were sick; ³⁶ and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his mantle; and as many as touched were perfectly saved. ¹⁵ ¹ Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees that were of Jerusalem, saying: ² Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ But he answered and said to them: And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death. ⁵ But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might profit you, is a gift, he must in no way honor his father or his mother; ⁶ and you make the commandment of God of no effect for the sake of your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. ⁹ But in vain, do they worship me, teaching precepts, the commandments of men. ¹⁰ And he called the multitude to him, and said to them: Hear and understand; ¹¹ That which enters the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man. ¹² Then came his disciples and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard that saying, were offended? ¹³ But he answered and said: Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit. ¹⁵ But Peter answered and said to him: Explain to us this dark saying. ¹⁶ Jesus replied: Are you also yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast out into the sink? ¹⁸ But those things which go out from the mouth, come from the heart; and these defile the man. ¹⁹ For from the heart come evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, lewd actions, thefts, false testimonies, impious words. ²⁰ These are the things that defile the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man. ²¹ And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a woman of Chanaan came out from those borders, and cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. ²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she cries after us. ²⁴ But he answered and said: I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ But she came and did him homage, saying: Lord, help me. ²⁶ He answered and said: It is not good to take the children's bread, and throw it to the little dogs. ²⁷ She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. ²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said to her: woman, great is your faith; be it to you as you desire. And her daughter was restored to health from that hour. ²⁹ And Jesus departed thence, and came near the sea of Galilee, and went up into the mountain, and sat there. ³⁰ And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he cured them; ³¹ so that the multitudes were astonished, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. And I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest they faint on the road. ³³ And his disciples said to him: Whence should we have in the desert as many loaves as would satisfy so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? They said: Seven, and a few little fishes. ³⁵ And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground. ³⁶ And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave thorn to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude. ³⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up what remained of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And he sent the multitudes away, and entered the ship, and went into the borders of Magdala. ¹⁶ ¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to tempt him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ² But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, Fair weather; for the sky is red. ³ And in the morning, A storm to-day; for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to judge of the face of the sky; but you can not judge of the signs of the times. ⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign: and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. And he left them and departed. ⁵ And his disciples came to the other side, and had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ And Jesus said to them: Take heed and be ware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying: It is because we took no bread. ⁸ And Jesus perceiving it, said to them: you of little faith! why are you reasoning among yourselves because you took no bread? ⁹ Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹ How is it that you do not understand, that I did not speak of bread when I commanded you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? ¹² Then they understood that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ¹³ When Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying: Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am? ¹⁴ They replied: Some say that thou art John the Immerser; others, Elijah; others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ He said to them: But who say you that I am? ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ And I say to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. ²⁰ Then he charged his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. ²¹ From that time Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and be raised again the third day. ²² And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be to thee. ²³ But he turned and said to Peter: Get behind me, adversary; you are a snare to me: for you are not thinking of the things of God; but of the things of men. ²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. ²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life? ²⁷ For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward every one according to his deeds. ²⁸ Verily I say to you, There are some standing here that shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up into a high mountain apart: ² and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light. ³ And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. ⁴ And Peter answered and said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here; if thou wilt, let us make here three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo, a voice from the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight; hear him. ⁶ And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were greatly afraid. ⁷ And Jesus came and touched them, and said: Arise and be not afraid. ⁸ And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus. ⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no one, till the Son of man has risen from the dead. ¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ¹¹ Jesus answered and said to them: Elijah, indeed, comes first, and he will restore all things. ¹² But I say to you, That Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him what they wished; so also shall the Son of man suffer at their hands. ¹³ Then, the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Immerser. ¹⁴ And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a man who knelt to him, ¹⁵ and said: Lord, have mercy on my son; for ho is a lunatic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to cure him. ¹⁷ Jesus answered and said: faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked the demon, and he came out of him: and the child was cured from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said: Why were we not able to cast him out? ²⁰ And Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed from this place to that, and it shall be removed: and nothing shall be impossible for you. ²¹ But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting. ²² And as they were making their journey in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men; ²³ and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised again. And they were very sad. ²⁴ And when they had come into Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma came to Peter, and said: Does not your teacher pay the didrachma? ²⁵ He said: Yes. And when he had come into the house, before he had spoken, Jesus said to him: What think you, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tax or tribute? From their own sons, or from the sons of others? ²⁶ Peter said to him: From the sons of others. Jesus said to him: Then are their own sons free. ²⁷ But that we may give them no offense, go to the sea, and throw in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first; and when you have opened his mouth, you will find a stater; take that, and give to them for me and you. ¹⁸ ¹ At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, and said: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jesus called a little child to him, and placed him in the midst of them, ³ and said: Verily I say to you, Unless you turn and become as little children, you can not enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whoever, therefore, humbles himself as this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whoever receives one such little child on my account, receives me; ⁶ but whoever ensnares one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. ⁷ Alas for the world because of snares! for it is necessary that snares come: but alas for that man by whom the snare comes! ⁸ If, then, your hand or your foot ensnares you, cut it off, and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire. ⁹ And if your eye ensnares you, pull it out, and throw it from you. It is better to enter into life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown 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 do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹¹ For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost. ¹² What think you? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine, and go into the mountains, and seek for that which has gone astray? ¹³ And if it so be that he find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. ¹⁴ Even so, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should be lost. ¹⁵ And if your brother sin against you, go and tell him of his fault between you and him alone; if he hear you, you have gained your brother. ¹⁶ But if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more, that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established. ¹⁷ But if he refuse to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he also refuse to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen man and a publican. ¹⁸ Verily, I say to you, my disciples, Whatever you bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again, I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about any thing for which they will ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰ For where there are two or three that have come together for my sake, there I am in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? ²² Jesus said to him: I say to you, Not till seven times, but till seventy times seven. ²³ For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king that wished to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And when he began to make a settlement, there was brought to him one that owed him ten thou sand talents. ²⁵ But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, to be sold, and payment to be made. ²⁶ Therefore, the servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, Lord, and I will pay you all. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and let him go, and for gave him the debt. ²⁸ But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hold of him, and took him by the throat, saying: Pay me what you owe. ²⁹ Then his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and be sought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. ³⁰ And he would not; but went and threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt. ³¹ When his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very sad, and went and made known to their lord all that was done. ³² Then his lord called him and said to him: Wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me. ³³ Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you? ³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due him. ³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if, from your hearts, you forgive not every one his brother's offenses. ¹⁹ ¹ And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these discourses, that he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan. ² And many multitudes followed him; and he cured them there. ³ And the Pharisees came to him to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ⁴ He answered and said to them: Have you not read that the Creator, at the beginning, created them male and female, ⁵ and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh? ⁶ So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder. ⁷ They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away? ⁸ He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹ But I say to you, That whoever puts away his wife, unless for lewdness, and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries her that is put away, commits adultery. ¹⁰ His disciples said to him: If the relation of man and wife be such, it is not good to marry. ¹¹ But he said to them: All can not accept this saying; only those to whom it is given. ¹² For there are eunuchs that were born such from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs that have been made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs that have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it that is able to accept it. ¹³ Then little children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But Jesus said: Let the little children come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. ¹⁵ And he laid his hands on them, and departed from that place. ¹⁶ And behold, one came and said to him: Good teacher, what good thing must I do that I may have eternal life? He said to him: ¹⁷ Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is God. But if you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He said to him: Which? Jesus replied: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; ¹⁹ Honor your father and your mother; and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ²⁰ The young man said to him: All these have I kept from my youth, what do I lack? ²¹ Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. ²² When the young man heard that saying, he went away grieved; for he had great possessions. ²³ Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, A rich man will with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ When the disciples heard it, they were greatly amazed, and said: Who, then, can be saved? ²⁶ But Jesus looked on them, and said to them: "With men, this is impossible; but with God, all things are possible. ²⁷ Then Peter answered and said to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee; what, then, shall we have? ²⁸ Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. ³⁰ :²⁰ ¹ For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ² And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the market, idle; ⁴ and he said to them: Go you also into my vine yard, and whatever is right I will give you. ⁵ And they went. Again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did in like manner. ⁶ And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle? ⁷ They said to him: No man has hired us. He said to them: Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive. ⁸ When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and, beginning with the last, pay them their hire even to the first. ⁹ And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius. ¹⁰ But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they would receive more; and they received each one a denarius. ¹¹ And when they received it, they murmured against the master of the house, ¹² saying: These last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the heat. ¹³ But he answered and said to one of them: Friend, I do you no in justice; did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take what is yours, and go; I will give to this last even as to you. ¹⁵ Is it not allowed me to do what I will with my own? Or, is your eye envious, because I am good? ¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen. ¹⁷ And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside on his journey, and said to them: ¹⁸ Be hold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ and will deliver him to the Gentiles to deride, and to scourge, and to crucify: and on the third day he shall rise again. ²⁰ Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down, and asking something of him. ²¹ He said to her: What do you wish? She said to him: Command that these two sons of mine may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² But Jesus answered and said: You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and to be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed? They said to him: We are able. ²³ And he said to them: You shall drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it has been prepared by my Father. ²⁴ And when the ten heard it, their anger was aroused against the two brothers. ²⁵ But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles act as lords over them, and their great men have authority over them. ²⁶ It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. ²⁷ And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant; ²⁸ even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. ²⁹ And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude fol lowed him. ³⁰ And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. ³¹ And the multitude charged them to be silent. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. ³² And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What do you wish me to do for you? ³³ They said to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and their eyes immediately received sight, and they followed him. ²¹ ¹ And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me. ³ And if any one say any thing to you, you shall reply: The Lord has need of them: and he will immediately send them. ⁴ All this was done, that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: ⁵ Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. ⁶ And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them; ⁷ and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and caused him to sit upon them. ⁸ And a very great multitude spread their mantles in the road: and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road. ⁹ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was moved, and said: Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitude said: This is Jesus the prophet, that is from Nazareth of Galilee. ¹² And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves, ¹³ and said to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. ¹⁴ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. ¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their anger was aroused, ¹⁶ and they said to him: Do you not hear what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? ¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and there spent the night. ¹⁸ Now in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry: ¹⁹ and seeing a fig-tree on the road, he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves; and he said to it: Let no fruit grow on you henceforth forever. And the fig-tree immediately withered. ²⁰ And when the disciples saw it, they were astonished, and said: How soon has the fig-tree withered! ²¹ Jesus answered and said to them: Verily I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall do, not only what is done to the fig-tree, but even if you shall say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be thrown into the sea, it shall be done. ²² And all things that you ask for in prayer, believing, you shall receive. ²³ And after he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority do you these things? And who gave you this authority? ²⁴ Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if you will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The immersion of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? But they reasoned among themselves, and said, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? ²⁶ But if we reply, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered and said to Jesus: 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 man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. ²⁹ He answered and said, I will not. But he afterward regretted it, and went. ³⁰ And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And you, when you had seen it, after ward felt no regret, that you might believe him. ³³ Hear another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and rigged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country. ³⁴ And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive the fruits of it. ³⁵ And the vine-dressers took his servants, and scourged one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner. ³⁷ But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. ³⁸ But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize upon the inheritance. ³⁹ And they took him, and carried him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers? ⁴¹ They said to him: He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and let out his vineyard to other vine dressers, who will give him the fruits in their season. ⁴² Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner? ⁴³ This was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes. For this reason, I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits of it. ⁴⁴ And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind. ⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. ⁴⁶ And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.