Matthew 7:13-19:2 'Go you in through the strait\'7bcramped, constricted\'7d gate, because wide is the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

RYLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ 'Go you in through the strait\'7bcramped, constricted\'7d gate, because wide is the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; ¹⁴ how strait\'7bcramped, constricted\'7d is the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it! ¹⁵ 'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ From their fruits you shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? Or from thistles figs? ¹⁷ So every good tree does yield good fruits, but the bad tree does yield evil fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits. ¹⁹ Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire: ²⁰ therefore from their fruits you shall know them. ²¹ 'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. ²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in your name prophesied? And in your name cast out demons? And in your name done many mighty things? ²³ And then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me you who are working lawlessness. ²⁴ 'Therefore, every one who does hear of me these words, and does do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; ²⁵ and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ 'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; ²⁷ and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.' ²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, ²⁹ for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes. ⁸ ¹ And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him, ² and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me;' ³ and having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, 'I will, be you cleansed,' and immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus said to him, 'See, you may tell no one, but go, yourself show to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.' ⁵ And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him, ⁶ and saying, 'Sir, my young man has been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,' ⁷ and Jesus said to him, 'I, having come, will heal him.' ⁸ And the centurion answering said, 'Sir, I am not worthy that you may enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed; ⁹ for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Be coming, and he comes, and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.' ¹⁰ And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, 'Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found; ¹¹ and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens, ¹² but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.' ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go, and as you did believe let it be to you;' and his young man was healed in that hour. ¹⁴ And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid, and fevered, ¹⁵ and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them. ¹⁶ And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill, ¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.' ¹⁸ And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side; ¹⁹ and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may go;' ²⁰ and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man has not where he may lay the head.' ²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;' ²² and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and permit the dead to bury their own dead.' ²³ And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him, ²⁴ and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping, ²⁵ and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, 'Sir, save us; we are perishing.' ²⁶ And he said to them, 'Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm; ²⁷ and the men wondered, saying, 'What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?' ²⁸ And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way, ²⁹ and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What -- to us and to you, Jesus, Son of God? Did you come here, before the time, to afflict us?' ³⁰ And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding, ³¹ and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If you do cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;' ³² and he said to them, 'Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters, ³³ and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs. ³⁴ And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on him that he might depart from their borders. ⁹ ¹ And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city, ² and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good courage, child, your sins have been forgiven you.' ³ And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, 'This one does speak evil.' ⁴ And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, 'Why think you evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier? To say, The sins have been forgiven to you; or to say, Rise, and walk? ⁶ 'But, that you may know that the Son of Man has power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then said he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up your couch, and go to your house.' ⁷ And he, having risen, went to his house, ⁸ and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men. ⁹ And Jesus passing by from there, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and said to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him. ¹⁰ And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, ¹¹ and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Why with the tax-gatherers and sinners does your teacher eat?' ¹² And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; ¹³ but having gone, learn you what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.' ¹⁴ Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, and your disciples fast not?' ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, 'Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast. ¹⁶ 'And no one does put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up does take from the garment, and a worse rent is made. ¹⁷ 'Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the skins burst, and the wine does run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.' ¹⁸ While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay your hand upon her, and she shall live.' ¹⁹ And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples, ²⁰ and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments, ²¹ for she said within herself, 'If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.' ²² And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, 'Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has saved you,' and the woman was saved from that hour. ²³ And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult, ²⁴ he said to them, 'Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but does sleep,' and they were deriding him; ²⁵ but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose, ²⁶ and the fame of this went forth to all the land. ²⁷ And Jesus passing on from there, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, 'Deal kindly with us, Son of David.' ²⁸ And he having come to the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, 'Believe you that I am able to do this?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.' ²⁹ Then touched he their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith let it be to you,' ³⁰ and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, 'See, let no one know;' ³¹ but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land. ³² And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac, ³³ and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spoke, and the multitude did wonder, saying that 'It was never so seen in Israel:' ³⁴ but the Pharisees said, 'By the ruler of the demons he does cast out the demons.' ³⁵ And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people. ³⁶ And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd, ³⁷ then said he to his disciples, 'The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few; ³⁸ beseech you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.' ¹⁰ ¹ And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. ² And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus; ⁴ Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up. ⁵ These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in, ⁶ and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ 'And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens has come near; ⁸ infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely you did receive, freely give. ⁹ 'Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles, ¹⁰ nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment. ¹¹ 'And into whatever city or village you may enter, inquire you who in it is worthy, and there abide, till you may go forth. ¹² And coming to the house salute it, ¹³ and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you. ¹⁴ 'And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet, ¹⁵ verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. ¹⁶ 'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be you therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves. ¹⁷ And, take you heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrins, and in their synagogues they will scourge you, ¹⁸ and before governors and kings you shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. ¹⁹ 'And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what you shall speak; ²⁰ for you are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you. ²¹ 'And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death, ²² and you shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who has endured to the end, he shall be saved. ²³ 'And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, you may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come. ²⁴ 'A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord; ²⁵ sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household? ²⁶ 'You may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known; ²⁷ that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops. ²⁸ 'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna. ²⁹ 'Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; ³⁰ and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered; ³¹ be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows you are better. ³² 'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens; ³³ and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. ³⁴ 'You may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; ³⁵ for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, ³⁶ and the enemies of a man are those of his household. ³⁷ 'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, ³⁸ and whoever does not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹ 'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it. ⁴⁰ 'He who is receiving you does receive me, and he who is receiving me does receive Him who sent me, ⁴¹ he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward, ⁴² and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.' ¹¹ ¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. ² And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, ³ said to him, 'Are you He who is coming, or for another do we look?' ⁴ And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone, declare to John the things that you hear and see, ⁵ blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed, ⁶ and blessed is he who may not be stumbled in me.' ⁷ And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went you out to the wilderness to view? -- A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ 'But what went you out to see? -- A man clothed in soft garments? Lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses. ⁹ 'But what went you out to see? -- A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet, ¹⁰ for this is he of whom it has been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. ¹¹ Verily I say to you, there has not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² 'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens does suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force, ¹³ for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy, ¹⁴ and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come; ¹⁵ he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear. ¹⁶ 'And to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades, ¹⁷ and saying, We piped unto you, and you did not dance, we lamented to you, and you did not smite the breast. ¹⁸ 'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon; ¹⁹ the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.' ²⁰ Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform. ²¹ 'Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed; ²² but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you. ²³ 'And you, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shall be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in you, it had remained unto this day; ²⁴ but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to you.' ²⁵ At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to You, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that you did hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and did reveal them to babes. ²⁶ Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before You. ²⁷ 'All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none does know the Son, except the Father, nor does any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him. ²⁸ 'Come unto me, all you labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, ²⁹ take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls, ³⁰ for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.' ¹² ¹ At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat, ² and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.' ³ And he said to them, 'Did you not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him -- ⁴ how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone? ⁵ 'Or did you not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶ And I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here; ⁷ and if you had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- you had not condemned the blameless, ⁸ for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.' ⁹ And having departed from there, he went to their synagogue, ¹⁰ and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, 'Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' That they might accuse him. ¹¹ And he said to them, 'What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it? ¹² How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- So that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.' ¹³ Then said he to the man, 'Stretch forth your hand,' and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole as the other. ¹⁴ And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵ And Jesus having known, withdrew from there, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all, ¹⁶ and did charge them that they might not make him manifest, ¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸ 'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare, ¹⁹ he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice, ²⁰ a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory, ²¹ and in his name shall nations hope.' ²² Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. ²³ And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?' ²⁴ But the Pharisees having heard, said, 'This one does not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.' ²⁵ And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, does stand, ²⁶ and if the Adversary does cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then does his kingdom stand? ²⁷ 'And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons -- by whom do they cast out? Because of this they -- they shall be your judges. ²⁸ 'But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God. ²⁹ 'Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? And then his house he will plunder. ³⁰ 'He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, does scatter. ³¹ Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. ³² And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming. ³³ 'Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known. ³⁴ 'Brood of vipers! How are you able to speak good things -- being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart does the mouth speak. ³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of the heart does put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure does put forth evil things. ³⁶ 'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; ³⁷ for from your words you shall be declared righteous, and from your words you shall be declared unrighteous.' ³⁸ Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, 'Teacher, we will to see a sign from you.' ³⁹ And he answering said to them, 'A generation, evil and adulterous, does seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet; ⁴⁰ for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹ 'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here! ⁴² 'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here! ⁴³ 'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it does walk through dry places seeking rest, and does not find; ⁴⁴ then it said, I will turn back to my house from which I came forth; and having come, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned: ⁴⁵ then does it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man does become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.' ⁴⁶ And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him, ⁴⁷ and one said to him, 'Lo, your mother and your brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to you.' ⁴⁸ And he answering said to him who spoke to him, 'Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?' ⁴⁹ And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, 'Lo, my mother and my brethren! ⁵⁰ For whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.' ¹³ ¹ And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, ² and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand, ³ and he spoke to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow, ⁴ and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them, ⁵ and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth, ⁶ and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered, ⁷ and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them, ⁸ and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.' ¹⁰ And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Why in similes do you speak to them?' ¹¹ And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it has been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it has not been given, ¹² for whoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. ¹³ 'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand, ¹⁴ and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that said, With hearing you shall hear, and you shall not understand, and seeing you shall see, and you shall not perceive, ¹⁵ for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them. ¹⁶ 'And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, ¹⁷ for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which you look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which you hear, and they did not hear. ¹⁸ 'You, therefore, hear you the simile of the sower: ¹⁹ Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one does come, and does catch that which has been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way. ²⁰ 'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it, ²¹ and he has not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled. ²² 'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²³ 'And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed does bear fruit, and does make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.' ²⁴ Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, ²⁵ and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away, ²⁶ and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel. ²⁷ 'And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed did you not sow in your field? Why then has it the darnel? ²⁸ And he said to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Will you, then, that having gone away we may gather it up? ²⁹ 'And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- you root up with it the wheat, ³⁰ permit both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.' ³¹ Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field, ³² which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.' ³³ Another simile spoke he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.' ³⁴ All these things spoke Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them, ³⁵ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.' ³⁶ Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.' ³⁷ And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man, ³⁸ and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹ and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers. ⁴⁰ 'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age, ⁴¹ the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness, ⁴² and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth. ⁴³ 'Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear. ⁴⁴ 'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goes, and all, as much as he has, he sells, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ 'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls, ⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, has sold all, as much as he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷ 'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind, ⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out, ⁴⁹ so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous, ⁵⁰ and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.' ⁵¹ Jesus said to them, 'Did you understand all these?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.' ⁵² And he said to them, 'Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who does bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.' ⁵³ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed from there. ⁵⁴ And having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, 'From where to this one this wisdom and the mighty works? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters -- are they not all with us? Why, then, to this one all these?' ⁵⁷ And they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house:' ⁵⁸ and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief. ¹⁴ ¹ At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus, ² and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.' ³ For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, ⁴ for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to you to have her,' ⁵ and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him. ⁶ But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod, ⁷ whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask. ⁸ And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist; ⁹ and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given; ¹⁰ and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison, ¹¹ and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it near to her mother. ¹² And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus. ¹³ and Jesus having heard, withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities. ¹⁴ And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm; ¹⁵ and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour has now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.' ¹⁶ And Jesus said to them, 'They have no need to go away -- give you them to eat.' ¹⁷ And they say to him, 'We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.' ¹⁸ And he said, 'Bring you them to me here.' ¹⁹ And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes, ²⁰ and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full; ²¹ and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children. ²² And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes; ²³ and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone, ²⁴ and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea, ²⁶ and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying -- 'It is an apparition,' and from the fear they cried out; ²⁷ and immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'Be of good courage, I am he, be not afraid.' ²⁸ And Peter answering him said, 'Sir, if it is you, bid me come to you upon the waters;' ²⁹ and he said, 'Come;' and having gone down from the boat, Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus, ³⁰ but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Sir, save me.' ³¹ And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and said to him, 'Little faith! For what did you waver?' ³² And they having gone to the boat the wind lulled, ³³ and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, 'Truly -- God's Son are you.' ³⁴ And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, ³⁵ and having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill, ³⁶ and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved. ¹⁵ ¹ Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying, ² 'Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.' ³ And he answering said to them, 'Why also do you transgress the command of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God did command, saying, Honour your father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; ⁵ but you say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering is whatever you may be profited by me; -- ⁶ and he may not honour his father or his mother, and you did set aside the command of God because of your tradition. ⁷ 'Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ This people does draw near to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it does honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me; ⁹ and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.' ¹⁰ And having called near the multitude, he said to them, 'Hear and understand: ¹¹ not that which is coming into the mouth does defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defiles the man.' ¹² Then his disciples having come near, said to him, 'Have you known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?' ¹³ And he answering said, 'Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up; ¹⁴ let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.' ¹⁵ And Peter answering said to him, 'Explain to us this simile.' ¹⁶ And Jesus said, 'Are you also yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not understand that all that is going into the mouth does pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth? ¹⁸ But the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; ¹⁹ for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings: ²⁰ these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands does not defile the man.' ²¹ And Jesus having come forth from there, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon, ²² and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.' ²³ And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- 'Let her away, because she cries after us;' ²⁴ and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' ²⁵ And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;' ²⁶ and he answering said, 'It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.' ²⁷ And she said, 'Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;' ²⁸ then answering, Jesus said to her, 'O woman, great is your faith, let it be to you as you will;' and her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And Jesus having passed from there, came near unto the sea of Galilee, and having gone up to the mountain, he was sitting there, ³⁰ and there came to him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them, ³¹ so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, 'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.' ³³ And his disciples say to him, 'From where to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?' ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, 'How many loaves have you?' And they said, 'Seven, and a few little fishes.' ³⁵ And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground, ³⁶ and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷ And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full, ³⁸ and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children. ³⁹ And having let away the multitudes, he went into the boat, and did come to the borders of Magdala. ¹⁶ ¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to show to them a sign from the heaven, ² and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, you say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red, ³ and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red -- gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed you do know to discern, but the signs of the times you are not able! ⁴ 'A generation evil and adulterous does seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away. ⁵ And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves, ⁶ and Jesus said to them, 'Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;' ⁷ and they were reasoning in themselves, saying, 'Because we took no loaves.' ⁸ And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why reason you in yourselves, you of little faith, because you took no loaves? ⁹ Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets you took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹ How do you not understand that I did not speak to you of bread -- to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?' ¹² Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?' ¹⁴ And they said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.' ¹⁵ He said to them, 'And you -- who do you say me to be?' ¹⁶ And Simon Peter answering said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but my Father who is in the heavens. ¹⁸ 'And I also say to you, that you are a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it; ¹⁹ and I will give to you the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever you may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever you may loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.' ²⁰ Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no one that he is Jesus the Christ. ²¹ From that time began Jesus to show to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise. ²² And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, 'Be kind to yourself, sir; this shall not be to you;' ²³ and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get you behind me, adversary! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you do not mind the things of God, but the things of men.' ²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one does will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, ²⁵ for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it, ²⁶ for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life? ²⁷ 'For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work. ²⁸ Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.' ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and does bring them up to a high mount by themselves, ² and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light, ³ and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him. ⁴ And Peter answering said to Jesus, 'Sir, it is good to us to be here; if you will, we may make here three booths -- for you one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.' ⁵ While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.' ⁶ And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid, ⁷ and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, 'Rise, be not afraid,' ⁸ and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only. ⁹ And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, 'Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.' ¹⁰ And his disciples questioned him, saying, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behooves to come first?' ¹¹ And Jesus answering said to them, 'Elijah does indeed come first, and shall restore all things, ¹² and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.' ¹³ Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spoke to them. ¹⁴ And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him, ¹⁵ and saying, 'Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and does suffer miserably, for often he does fall into the fire, and often into the water, ¹⁶ and I brought him near to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.' ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, ' O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? Till when shall I bear you? Bring him to me here;' ¹⁸ and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, 'Why were we not able to cast him out?' ²⁰ And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if you may have faith as a grain of mustard, you shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you, ²¹ and this kind does not go forth except in prayer and fasting.' ²² And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 'The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men, ²³ and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,' and they were exceeding sorry. ²⁴ And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachmas came near to Peter, and said, 'Your teacher -- does he not pay the didrachmas?' He said, 'Yes.' ²⁵ And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What think you, Simon? The kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? From their sons or from the strangers?' ²⁶ Peter said to him, 'From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, 'Then are the sons free; ²⁷ but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that has come up first take you up, and having opened its mouth, you shall find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and you.' ¹⁸ ¹ At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, 'Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' ² And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them, ³ and said, 'Verily I say to you, if you may not be turned and become as the children, you may not enter into the reign of the heavens; ⁴ whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens. ⁵ 'And he who may receive one such child in my name, does receive me. ⁶ And whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea. ⁷ 'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! For there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woo to that man through whom the stumbling-block does come! ⁸ 'And if your hand or your foot does cause you to stumble, cut them off and cast from you; it is good for you to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during. ⁹ 'And if your eye does cause you to stumble, pluck it out and cast from you; it is good for you one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire. ¹⁰ 'Beware! -- You may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens, ¹¹ for the Son of Man did come to save the lost. ¹² 'What think you? If a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, does he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray? ¹³ And if it may come to pass that he does find it, verily I say to you, that he does rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray; ¹⁴ so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish. ¹⁵ 'And if your brother may sin against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone, if he may hear you, you did gain your brother; ¹⁶ and if he may not hear, take with you yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand. ¹⁷ 'And if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to you as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer. ¹⁸ 'Verily I say to you, Whatever things you may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things you may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens. ¹⁹ 'Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens, ²⁰ for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.' ²¹ Then Peter having come near to him, said, 'Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' ²² Jesus said to him, 'I do not say to you till seven times, but till seventy times seven. ²³ 'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants, ²⁴ and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents, ²⁵ and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay you all; ²⁷ and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him. ²⁸ 'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which you owe. ²⁹ His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all; ³⁰ and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing. ³¹ 'And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, and having come, showed fully to their lord all the things that were done; ³² then having called him, his lord said to him, Evil servant! All that debt I did forgive you, seeing you did call upon me, ³³ did it not behoove also you to have dealt kindly with your fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with you? ³⁴ 'And having been enraged, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him; ³⁵ so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if you may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.' ¹⁹ ¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, ² and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.