Matthew 14:3-19:2 For Herod, having seized John, bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife:

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ For Herod, having seized John, bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: ⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: ⁵ And wishing to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, because they held John as a prophet. ⁶ The festivities of Herod's birthday being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. ⁷ Wherefore, with an oath, he agreed to give her whatever she should ask. ⁸ And having been urged on by her mother, Give me, she says, here upon a board, the head of John the Baptist. ⁹ And the king was grieved: but for his oath, and those reclining together at the table, he ordered to be given. ¹⁰ And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹ And his head was brought upon a board, and given to the girl, and she brought to her mother. ¹² And his disciples having come near, took away the body, and interred it; and having come, they announced to Jesus. ¹³ And Jesus having heard, withdrew from thence into a desert place apart: and the crowds, having heard, followed him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴ And Jesus having come, saw a great crowd: and he felt compassion for them, and he cured their sick. ¹⁵ And being evening, his disciples came to him, saying, It is a desert place, and the time has passed already; loose the crowds, that, having gone into towns, they might purchase food for themselves. ¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart; give ye them to eat. ¹⁷ And they say to him, We have not here but five loaves, and two fishes. ¹⁸ And he said, Bring them here to me. ¹⁹ And having encouraged the crowds to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves, and two fishes, and having looked up to heaven, he praised; and having broken, gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. ²⁰ And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the remaining of fragments, twelve baskets full. ²¹ And they eating were five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² And quickly Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before him to the other side, till he should loose the crowds. ²³ And having loosed the crowds, he went up into a mount apart to pray: and being evening, he was there alone. ²⁴ And the ship was already in the midst of the sea, overcharged by waves: for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking upon the sea. ²⁶ And the disciples seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear. ²⁷ And quickly Jesus spake to them, saying, Take courage; I am; be not afraid. ²⁸ And Peter having answered him, said, Lord, if thou art, encourage me to come upon the waters. ²⁹ And he said, Come. And Peter having gone down from the ship, walked upon the waters, to go to Jesus. ³⁰ And seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me. ³¹ And quickly Jesus, having stretched out the hand, laid hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, for what didst thou doubt? ³² And having gone into the ship, the wind ceased. ³³ And they in the ship, having come, worshipped him, saying, Thou art truly the Son of God. ³⁴ And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And the men of the place, having known him, sent into the whole country round about, and brought to him all those having evils: ³⁶ And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were saved from danger. ¹⁵ ¹ Then came to Jesus from Jerusalem the scribes and Pharisees, saying, ² Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ³ And he, having answered, said to them, Wherefore do ye also pass by the command of God by your tradition ⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die. ⁵ And ye say, Whoever should say to father or mother, A gift, whatever thou shouldest be profited by me; ⁶ And should not honour his father or his mother. And ye have annulled the command of God by your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ This people draw near me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart keeps off far from me. ⁹ But they worship me in vain, teaching doctrines the commands of men. ¹⁰ And having called the crowd, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand. ¹¹ Not that coming into the mouth pollutes the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this pollutes the man. ¹² Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized? ¹³ And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. ¹⁵ And Peter, having answered, said to him, Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also yet destitute of understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything going into the mouth proceeds to the belly, and is cast out in the privy? ¹⁸ But the things going forth out of the mouth come from the heart, and these pollute the man. ¹⁹ For from the heart come forth evil reflections, slaughters, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, defamations: ²⁰ These are the things polluting a man: but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not a man. ²¹ And Jesus, having gone forth from thence, withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And, behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those boundaries, cried out to him, saying, Pity me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is badly possessed with an evil spirit. ²³ And he answered her not a word. And his disciples, having come, asked him, saying, Loose her; for she cries out after us. ²⁴ And he, having answered, said, I was not sent except to the sheep having been lost, of the house of Israel. ²⁵ And she, having come, worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. ²⁶ And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs. ²⁷ And she said, Yes, Lord; for the little dogs also eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their lord. ²⁸ Then Jesus, having answered, said to her, O woman, great thy faith: let it be to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And having passed from thence, Jesus came to the sea of Galilee; and having gone up into a mountain, he sat there. ³⁰ And many crowds came to him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them: ³¹ So that the crowds wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus having called his disciples, said, I feel compassion for the crowd, for already they remain with me three days, and they have nothing they could eat: and I will not leave them fasting, lest they be relaxed in the way. ³³ And his disciples say to him, Whence to us, in a lonely place, so many loaves, to satisfy such a crowd I ³⁴ And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. ³⁵ And he encouraged the crowd to recline upon the earth. ³⁶ And having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having returned thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. ³⁷ And all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up that remaining of the fragments seven wicker baskets full. ³⁸ And they eating were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And having loosed the crowds, he went into a ship, and came into the bounds of Magdala. ¹⁶ ¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. ² And he having answered, said to them, It being evening, ye say, Calm weather: for the heaven is fiery red. ³ And in the morning, Today, wintry weather: for heaven, being sad, is fiery red. Hypocrites, truly ye know to decide the face of heaven, but the signs of the times ye cannot. ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; and no sign shall be given her, except the sign of Jonas the prophet. And having left them, he departed. ⁵ And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, Attend and keep from the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. ⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we took no loaves. ⁸ And Jesus having known, said to them, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no loaves ⁹ Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of five thousand, and how many baskets ye took? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of four thousand, and how many wicker baskets ye took? ¹¹ How do ye not understand that I spake not to you concerning bread, to keep from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ¹² Then understood they that he spake, not to keep from the leaven of bread, but from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea of Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say me to be, the Son of Man? ¹⁴ And they said, Some, truly, John the Baptist: and others, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ And he says to them, But whom say ye me to be? ¹⁶ And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷ And Jesus, having answered, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed to thee, but my Father, he in the heavens. ¹⁸ And I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not overcome her. ¹⁹ And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatever thou shalt bind upon earth shall be bound in the heavens: and whatever thou shalt loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens. ²⁰ Then he enjoined his disciples that they say to none that he is Jesus Christ. ²¹ From then Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must depart to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised in the third day. ²² And Peter having taken him, began to reproach him, saying, Be propitious to thyself, Lord: this shall not be to thee. ²³ And having turned, he said to Peter, Retire behind me, Satan: thou art an offence, to me: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men. ²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it. ²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers; and then he will give back to each according to his deed. ²⁸ Verily I say to you, Some are standing here, who should not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart. ² And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light. ³ And, behold, Moses and Elias were seen to them, conversing with him. ⁴ And Peter, having answered, said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: let us make here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. ⁵ He yet speaking, behold, a shining cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented; hear ye him. ⁶ And the disciples, having heard, fell upon their face, and were greatly afraid. ⁷ And Jesus, having come, touched them, and said, Be raised, and be not afraid. ⁸ And having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone. ⁹ And they, coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the sight to none, even till the Son of man rises from the dead. ¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? ¹¹ And Jesus having answered, said to them, Elias truly comes first and will re-establish all things. ¹² And I say to you, That Elias has already come, and they knew him not, but did by him whatever they would. So also the Son of man is about to suffer by them. ¹³ Then understood the disciples that he told them of John the Baptist. ¹⁴ And they having come to the crowd, there came to him a man, supplicating on his knees to him, and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, pity my son: for he is a lunatic, and suffers badly: for many times he falls into the fire, and many times into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. ¹⁷ And Jesus, having answered, said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you how long shall I endure you? bring him here to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus censured him; and the demon went forth out of him: and the child was cured from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples having come to Jesus apart, said, Why could not we cast it out? ²⁰ And Jesus said to them, For your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If ye have faith as a kernel of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Go away from thence, and it shall go away; and nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹ But this kind goes not forth but by prayer and fasting. ²² And they having returned into Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men: ²³ And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised. And they were greatly grieved. ²⁴ And they having come to Capernaum, they taking double drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay double drachmas? ²⁵ He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to thee, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes or census? from their sons, or from strangers? ²⁶ Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free. ²⁷ But that we should not scandalize them, having gone to the sea, cast a fish hook, and lift up the fish coming up first, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a gold coin: having taken that, give to them for me and thee. ¹⁸ ¹ In that hour came the disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens? ² And Jesus, having called a young child, set it in the midst of them, ³ And said, Truly I say to you, Except ye be turned, and become as young children, ye should not come into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴ Whoever, therefore, should be humbled as this young child, the same is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens. ⁵ And whoever shall receive such a young child in my name, receives me. ⁶ And whoever should offend one of these little ones believing in me, it is profitable for him that the millstone of an ass be hung upon his neck, and he be sunk in the midst of the sea. ⁷ Woe to the world for offences I for there is necessity for offences to come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes! ⁸ And if thy hand or thy foot give thee cause of offence, cut them off, and cast from thee: it is good for thee to come into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire. ⁹ And if thine eye give thee cause of offence, take it out, and east from thee: it is good for thee, one-eyed, to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into a hell of fire. ¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their messengers in the heavens always behold the face of my Father which is in the heavens. ¹¹ For the Son of man has come to save the lost. ¹² What does it seem to you? if there be to any man a hundred sheep, and one of them have been led astray, does he not, having left the ninety-nine upon the mountains, having gone, seek the one led astray? ¹³ And if it be found, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it, than over the ninety-nine not led astray. ¹⁴ So is not the will of your Father, he in the heavens, that one of these little ones be lost. ¹⁵ And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand. ¹⁷ And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, Whatever things ye should bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things ye should loose upon earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again, I say to you, That if two of you agree in opinion for everything which they ask, it shall be to them of my Father, he in the heavens. ²⁰ For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times? ²² And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore the kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, the king, who wished to lift up the word together with his servants. ²⁴ And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And he not having to give back, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all which he had also to be given back. ²⁶ Then the servant, having fallen, worshipped him, saying, Lord, be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant, having felt compassion, loosed him, and let go to him the money lent. ²⁸ But that servant having come, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred drachmas, and having seized, he choked him, saying, Give back to me what thou owest. ²⁹ Then his fellow-servant having fallen at his feet besought him, saying, Be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee. ³⁰ . And he would not; but having departed he cast him into prison till he should give back that being owed. ³¹ And his fellow-servants having seen the thing done, were greatly grieved, and having come, made known to their lord all things done. ³² Then his lord, having called him, said unto him, O thou evil servant, I let go to you all that debt since thou besoughtest me: ³³ Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee ³⁴ And his lord having become angry, delivered him to the torturers even till he should give back all being owed to him. ³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye let not go each to his brother from your hearts their falls. ¹⁹ ¹ And it was when Jesus finished these words he removed from Galilee, and came from the bounds of Judea beyond Jordan; ² And many crowds followed him; and he cured them there.