Mark 12 Cross References - ABU

¹ AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ² And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. ⁵ And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶ Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son. ⁷ But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner; ¹¹ This is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes. ¹² And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him, and went away. ¹³ And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to entrap him with a word. ¹⁴ And they come and say to him: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁵ Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denáry, that I may see it. ¹⁶ And they brought it. And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? And they said to him: Caesar's. ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to them: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marveled at him. ¹⁸ And there come to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying: ¹⁹ Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁰ There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. ²¹ And the second took her, and died, and he also left no seed; and the third likewise. ²² And the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman died also. ²³ In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife? For the seven had her for a wife. ²⁴ Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God? ²⁵ For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in heaven. ²⁶ And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to. him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? ²⁷ He is not God of the dead, but of the living. Ye greatly err. ²⁸ And one of the scribes came to him, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he answered them well, asked him: Which commandment is first of all? ²⁹ And Jesus answered him: First is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; ³⁰ and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. ³¹ Second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³² And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that he is one, and there is no other beside him; ³³ and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴ And Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared any longer to question him. ³⁵ And Jesus answering said, while teaching in the temple: How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David? ³⁶ For David himself said, in the Holy Spirit: The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Till I put thy enemies under thy feet. ³⁷ David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the great multitude heard him gladly. ³⁸ And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, ³⁹ and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts; ⁴⁰ who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation. ⁴¹ And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much. ⁴² And one poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a farthing. ⁴³ And calling to him his disciples, he said to them: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury. ⁴⁴ For all cast in out of their abundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her whole living.

¹⁰ And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ And he answering said to them: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given. ¹² For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken from him. ¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is become gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I shall heal them.

³⁴ All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable he spoke nothing to them; ³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

²⁸ But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said: Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

¹⁴ For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods;

² And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching:

¹¹ And he said to them: To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without, all things are done in parables; ¹² that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn, and be forgiven. ¹³ And he says to them: Know ye not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?

³³ And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear. ³⁴ But without a parable he spoke not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

¹ AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ² And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. ⁵ And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶ Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son. ⁷ But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner; ¹¹ This is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes. ¹² And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him, and went away.

³⁴ As a man who is abroad, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter that he should watch;

¹⁰ And he said: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

⁶ He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. ⁷ And he said to the vine-dresser: Behold, three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down; why does it also encumber the ground? ⁸ And he answering says to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and cast in manure. ⁹ And if it bear fruit —; and if not, hereafter thou shalt cut it down.

¹³ And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country, and there wasted his substance in riotous living.

¹² He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

⁹ And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time. ¹⁰ And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹ And again he sent another servant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they sent away empty. ¹² And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out. ¹³ And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps, seeing him, they will reverence him. ¹⁴ But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours. ¹⁵ So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And hearing it, they said: Far be it! ¹⁷ And he, looking on them, said: What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner. ¹⁸ Every one that falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. ¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

⁹ And they said to him: Where wilt thou that we prepare?

¹ I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ² Every branch in me that bears not fruit, he takes it away; and every one that bears fruit, he cleanses it, that it may bear more fruit. ³ Ye are already clean, through the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, if ye abide not in me. ⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, the same bears much fruit; because without me ye can do nothing. ⁶ If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you. ⁸ Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye shall become my disciples.

³⁸ This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us;

⁴⁶ who found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for the God of Jacob. ⁴⁷ But Solomon built a house for him.

¹ WHAT then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? ² Much every way; first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

⁴ who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises; ⁵ whose are the fathers, and of whom as to the flesh is Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in among them, and became a partaker with them of the root and the fatness of the olive-tree; ¹⁸ boast not over the branches. But if thou boast, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee. ¹⁹ Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. ²⁰ Well; because of their want of faith they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not high-minded, but fear; ²¹ for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. ²² Behold then the goodness and severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off. ²³ And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able again to graft them in. ²⁴ For if thou wast cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive-tree; how much more shall these, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?

³⁴ And when the season of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

⁴⁸ but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For to whomsoever much was given, of him much will be required; and to whom they committed much, of him they will require the more.

¹⁰ And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹ GOD, who in many parts and in many ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets,

³⁴ Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

⁴⁷ Woe to you! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. ⁴⁹ Therefore also said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute; ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

³³ But yet, I must go to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following; because it may not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. ³⁴ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

¹⁰ And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹ And again he sent another servant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they sent away empty. ¹² And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

⁵² Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us forth, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

³⁶ And others had trial of mockings, and scourgings, and, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword; they went about in sheep-skins and goats' skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

¹² Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

³⁵ And the husbandmen taking his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did to them likewise.

⁶ And the rest laid hold of his servants, and ill-treated and slew them.

³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

¹³ But I say to you, that Elijah also has come, and they did to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

²² Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man. ²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers to the prophets.

³⁶ Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

²³ Behold, the virgin shall be with child, And shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is interpreted, God with us.

¹⁷ And lo, a voice out of heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

²⁷ All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; nor does any one know the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

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

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

¹¹ And there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved son; in thee I am well pleased.

⁷ And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a voice came out of the cloud: This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.

²² and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape as a dove upon him; and there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

³⁵ And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my chosen Son; hear ye him.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

³⁴ And I have seen, and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered: Rabbi; thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes on him, should not perish, but may have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved. ¹⁸ He that believes on him is not judged; but he that believes not has already been judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

²³ that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.

¹ GOD, who in many parts and in many ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets, ² in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds;

⁶ But when he has again brought in the first-begotten into the world, he says And let all the angels of God worship him.

⁹ In this was manifested the love of God in respect to us, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

¹¹ And this is the witness, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² He that has the Son has the life; he that has not the Son of God has not the life.

⁹ And they sing a new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem to God by thy blood out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; ¹⁰ and didst make them unto our God a kingdom and priests, and they will reign on the earth. ¹¹ And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels, around the throne and the animals and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. ¹³ And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: To him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever.

³ And the king, Herod, hearing it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. ⁵ And they said to him: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written by the prophet: ⁶ And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art by no means least among the princes of Judah; For out of thee shall come forth a Governor, Who shall rule my people Israel. ⁷ Then Herod, having secretly called the wise men, inquired of them exactly the time of the appearing of the star. ⁸ And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said: Go and inquire strictly concerning the child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and do him homage. ⁹ And they, having heard the king, departed; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the child was. ¹⁰ And seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. ¹¹ And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to him; and opening their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹² And being warned by God in a dream, not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way. ¹³ And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word; for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.

¹⁶ Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged; and he sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned from the wise men.

¹² And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him, and went away.

⁴⁷ Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs? ⁴⁸ If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. ⁴⁹ And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: Ye know nothing; ⁵⁰ nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.

²³ this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless ones;

²⁸ saying: Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

²⁷ For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, fulfilled them in condemning him. ²⁸ And though they found no cause of death, they demanded of Pilate that he should be slain.

³³ Hear another parable. There was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husband-men, and went abroad.

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

¹⁵ So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹¹ For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. ¹² Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. ¹³ So then, let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

⁹ and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; ¹² whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather his wheat into the garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable.

¹¹ And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; ¹² but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou didst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

⁴⁵ Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this wicked generation.

⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They say to him: He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will deliver over to him the fruits in their seasons.

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

⁷ And the king, hearing it, was angry; and sending forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

³⁴ Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! ³⁸ Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

²⁷ But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

⁴¹ And when he came near, as he saw the city, he wept over it, ⁴² saying: If even thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon thee, that thine enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side, ⁴⁴ and will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

¹⁵ So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And hearing it, they said: Far be it!

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly, and said: It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves not worthy of the eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so has the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldst be for salvation to the end of the earth. ⁴⁸ And the Gentiles hearing it rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed unto eternal life believed.

²³ And having appointed a day for him, they came to him in greater numbers to his lodging; to whom he expounded, testifying fully the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening. ²⁴ And some believed the things spoken, and some believed not. ²⁵ And disagreeing among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, ²⁶ saying: Go to this people, and say; With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand, And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is become gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I shall heal them. ²⁸ Be it known to you, therefore, that to the Gentiles the salvation of God was sent; they, moreover, will hear.

³⁰ What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who were not following after righteousness, obtained righteousness, the righteousness which is of faith; ³¹ but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, attained not to [such] a law. ³² Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as being by works of law. For they stumbled against the stone of stumbling; ³³ as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.

²⁰ But Isaiah is very bold, and says: I was found by those who sought me not; I became manifest to those who asked not after me.

³ And he said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered, himself and those with him;

⁴ And he answering said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

¹⁶ and said to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them: Yea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou preparedst praise?

⁴² Jesus says to them: Did ye never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner; This is from the Lord, And is wonderful in our eyes.

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

²⁵ And he said to them: Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself and they who were with him;

²⁶ And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to. him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

¹⁴ But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, (let him that reads, mark!) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains.

³ And Jesus answering them said: And have ye not read this, what David did when he hungered, himself and they who were with him;

¹⁷ And he, looking on them, said: What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner. ¹⁸ Every one that falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

¹¹ He is the stone that was set at naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. ¹² And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.

³³ as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.

²⁰ having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner-stone; ²¹ in whom all the building, fitly framed together, grows unto a holy temple in the Lord; ²² in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

⁷ To you therefore who believe is the honor; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is become the head of the corner, ⁸ and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, who stumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also appointed.

¹² And all were amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another: What may this mean?

³² This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. ³³ Being therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which ye now see and hear. ³⁴ For David did not ascend into heaven; but he says himself: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, ³⁵ Until I make thy foes thy footstool. ³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

¹² And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him. ¹⁴ But ye denied the Holy and Just, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to you. ¹⁵ But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And his name, upon the faith in his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the faith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

⁴⁰ Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets: ⁴¹ Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; Because I work a work in your days, A work which ye will not believe, Though one should fully declare it to you.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; ⁹ and to make all see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which from ages has been hidden in God, who created all things; ¹⁰ that now, to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God, ¹¹ according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

²⁷ to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

¹⁶ And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.

²⁶ But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.

⁴⁵ And the chief priests and Pharisees, hearing his parables, knew that he spoke of them. ⁴⁶ And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.

²² And hearing it they wondered, and left him and went away.

¹⁸ And the chief priests and the scribes heard it. And they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

³² If we say, from heaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say from men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a prophet.

⁶ But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

²⁵ Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

³⁰ Therefore they sought to seize him; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

⁴⁴ And some of them desired to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.

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

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel, how they might ensnare him with a word. ¹⁶ And they send out to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any one, for thou regardest not the person of men. ¹⁷ Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁸ But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites! ¹⁹ Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denáry. ²⁰ And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? ²¹ They say to him: Caesar's. Then says he to them; Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. ²² And hearing it they wondered, and left him and went away.

⁶ And going out, the Pharisees immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁵ And he charged them, saying: Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

⁵⁴ lying in wait for him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

²⁰ And watching him, they sent forth spies, feigning themselves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the magistracy, and to the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and regardest not the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly. ²² Is it lawful that we should give tribute to Caesar, or not? ²³ And perceiving their craftiness, he said to them: ²⁴ Show me a denáry. Whose image and inscription has it? And answering they said: Caesar's. ²⁵ And he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. ²⁶ And they could not take hold of his words before the people; and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

²⁵ He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying: What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take customs, or tribute? Of their sons, or of strangers? ²⁶ He says to him: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then are the sons free. ²⁷ But that we may not offend them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the fish that first comes up; and opening its mouth thou wilt find a shekel; that take, and give to them for me and thee.

¹⁷ Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

⁴⁵ And coming, he goes straightway to him, and says: Master, Master; and kissed him.

²² Is it lawful that we should give tribute to Caesar, or not?

² And they began to accuse him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

¹⁸ He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

⁶ For, for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

² For if I make you sorry, who then is he that makes me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me?

¹⁷ For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

¹ THEREFORE, having this ministry, as we received mercy, we faint not.

¹¹ Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but to God we have been made manifest, and I hope that we have been made manifest also in your consciences.

¹⁶ So that we henceforth know no one according to the flesh; and if also we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know him.

¹⁰ For do I now seek the favor of men or of God? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be Christ's servant.

⁶ But from those reputed to be something,—whatever they were, it matters not to me, God accepts not man's person,—for to me those of reputation communicated nothing in addition.

¹¹ But when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was blamed. ¹² For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. ¹³ And the other Jews also dissembled with him, so that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they walk not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in the presence of all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles and not that of Jews, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to become as Jews?

⁴ but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

¹⁸ But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites!

² And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, if it is lawful for a man to put away a wife, tempting him.

²³ And perceiving their craftiness, he said to them:

²⁴ But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, ²⁵ and had no need that any one should testify of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

¹⁷ He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: Feed my sheep.

⁹ And Peter said to her: Why is it that ye agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

⁹ Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.

¹³ And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

²³ And her children I will slay with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the reins and hearts; and I will give to you every one according to your works.

¹⁹ Nevertheless, God's firm foundation stands, having this seal: The Lord knew those who are his; and, Let every one that names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

¹² He that overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

³³ And the multitudes, hearing it, were astonished at his teaching.

⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer him a word; nor durst any one from that day question him any more.

³⁰ and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. ²⁰ For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.

¹³ nor yield your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but yield yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

¹ I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service.

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

¹⁹ Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom ye have from God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

²⁴ But if all prophesy, and there come in one that is an unbeliever, or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all. ²⁵ The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so falling on his face he will worship God, reporting that God is in truth among you.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then they all died. ¹⁵ And he died for all, that they who live should live no longer to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose again.

¹⁷ Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king;

²³ On that day came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, ²⁴ saying: Teacher, Moses said, If any one die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all the woman died also. ²⁸ In the resurrection therefore, of which of the seven shall she be wife? For they all had her. ²⁹ Jesus answering said to them: Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. ³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying: ³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. ³³ And the multitudes, hearing it, were astonished at his teaching.

²⁷ And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, coming to him, asked him, ²⁸ saying: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁹ There were therefore seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died childless; ³⁰ and the second and the third took her; ³¹ and in like manner also the seven left no children, and died. ³² At last the woman also died. ³³ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them is she wife? For the seven had her for a wife. ³⁴ And Jesus answering said to them: The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage. ³⁵ But they who are accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ for neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, at The Bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ³⁸ For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for to him all live. ³⁹ And some of the scribes answering said: Teacher, thou saidst well. ⁴⁰ For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

¹ AND while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, ² being indignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

⁶ And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am now judged. ⁷ And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided. ⁸ For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees acknowledge both. ⁹ And there arose a great clamor; and the scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose, and contended, saying: We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit spoke to him, or an angel?—

¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ risen; ¹⁴ and if Christ has not risen, then is our preaching vain, and vain also your faith. ¹⁵ And we are also found false witnesses of God; because we testified of God, that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not, if it be so that the dead rise not. ¹⁶ For if the dead rise not, neither has Christ risen; ¹⁷ and if Christ has not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. ¹⁸ Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

¹⁸ who erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and overturn the faith of some.

²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all the woman died also. ²⁸ In the resurrection therefore, of which of the seven shall she be wife? For they all had her.

²⁹ There were therefore seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died childless; ³⁰ and the second and the third took her; ³¹ and in like manner also the seven left no children, and died. ³² At last the woman also died. ³³ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them is she wife? For the seven had her for a wife.

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

²⁷ And Jesus, looking on them, says: With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

³⁹ Search the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life, and these are they that testify of me;

⁹ For not even yet did they know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

¹¹ These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily whether these things were so.

⁴ For whatever things were written afore-time were for our instruction, that we through patience and consolation of the Scriptures may have hope.

¹⁹ and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

²¹ who will transform the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working with which he is able also to subject all things to himself.

¹⁵ and that from a child thou didst know the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All Scripture is inspired by God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; ¹⁷ that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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

³⁵ But they who are accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ for neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it rises in incorruption. ⁴³ It is sown in dishonor, it rises in glory. It is sown in weakness, it rises in power. ⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body, it rises a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual. ⁴⁵ So also it is written: The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ But the spiritual is not first, but the natural; and afterward the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ As was the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. ⁴⁹ And as we bore the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. ⁵⁰ And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ And when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the saying, that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.

²² But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, ²³ to the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just ones made perfect;

² Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it was never yet manifested what we shall be. We know that if it shall be manifested, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying: ³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner;

³⁷ Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, at The Bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

³⁰ And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of the mount Sinai an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. ³¹ And Moses, seeing it, wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saving: ³² I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

²⁴ Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

¹⁷ (as it is written: A father of many nations have I made thee,) before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things that are not as though they were;

⁹ For to this end Christ died, and lived, that he might be Lord of both the dead and living.

¹⁰ Wherefore, I was offended with that generation; And I said: They always go astray in their heart, And they knew not my ways;

¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. ¹⁴ For they that say such things declare plainly, that they are seeking a country. ¹⁵ And if indeed, they had in mind that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he prepared for them a city.

¹⁹ Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

¹⁸ He says to him, Which? Jesus said: Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;

³⁴ And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, collected together; ³⁵ and one of them, a lawyer, asked, tempting him and saying: ³⁶ Teacher, what commandment is great in the law? ³⁷ Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

²⁵ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? ²⁶ He said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou? ²⁷ And he answering said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. ²⁸ And he said to him: Thou answeredst rightly. This do, and thou shalt live.

⁴² But woe to you, Pharisees! because ye pay tithe of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

³⁹ And some of the scribes answering said: Teacher, thou saidst well.

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

⁹ And call not any your father on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

³² And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that he is one, and there is no other beside him; ³³ and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

²⁷ And he answering said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

³⁰ seeing that God is one, who will justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

⁴ As concerning then the eating of the things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

²⁰ Now the mediator is not of one; but God is one.

⁵ Now the end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned;

⁵ For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

¹⁹ Thou believest that God is one. Thou doest well; the demons also believe, and tremble.

²⁵ to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time, and now, and forever. Amen.

¹² Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

¹⁸ He says to him, Which? Jesus said: Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness; ¹⁹ Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

³⁹ And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.

³⁶ Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that fell among the robbers? ³⁷ And he said: He that had mercy on him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.

⁸ Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹ For this: Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

⁴ Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not its own, is not easily provoked, imputes no evil; ⁶ rejoices not at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; ⁷ bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ⁸ Love never fails; but whether there are prophesyings, they will be done away; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away.

¹⁴ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

⁸ If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. ⁹ But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. ¹⁰ For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. ¹¹ For he who said: Do not commit adultery, said also: Do not kill. Now if thou commit not adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. ¹² So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³ For the judgment shall be without mercy, to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

¹⁷ But whoever has the world's sustenance, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his pity from him, how abides the love of God in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹ And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. ⁸ He that loves not, knew not God; because God is love.

²¹ And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God love also his brother.

²⁹ And Jesus answered him: First is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

¹³ But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

⁷ But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless.

¹ THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ² And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. ³ And though I bestow all my goods in food, and though I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

⁸ Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, nor hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the law,

²⁰ A bruised reed he will not break, And smoking flax he will not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.

⁴⁰ For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. ²⁰ Because by works of law no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by law is the knowledge of sin.

⁹ And I was alive without law once; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

¹⁹ For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.

⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

⁹ holding fast the faithful word according to the teaching, that he may be able with the sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers. ¹⁰ For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers, chiefly they of the circumcision; ¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

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

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were collected together, Jesus asked them, ⁴² saying: What think ye concerning the Christ? Of whom is he the son? They say to him: Of David. ⁴³ He says to them: How then does David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying: ⁴⁴ The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Till I put thine enemies under thy feet. ⁴⁵ If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?

⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes: Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves, to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold of me.

²⁷ And they come again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders.

⁴⁷ And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,

¹ AND it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and publishing the good news, that the chief priests and the scribes came to him with the elders,

⁴¹ And he said to them: How say they that the Christ is son of David? ⁴² And David himself says in the book of Psalms: The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, ⁴³ Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. ⁴⁴ David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?

³⁷ And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called Olivet.

⁴² Did not the Scripture say, that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

²⁰ Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble; and I spoke nothing in secret.

¹⁶ Men, brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus.

²⁵ And disagreeing among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

²⁵ For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.

¹⁶ All Scripture is inspired by God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;

¹³ But to whom of the angels has he ever said: Sit on my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says: To-day, if ye will hear his voice, ⁸ Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, In the day of the temptation in the wilderness;

⁷ he limits a certain day, To-day, (saying in David, after so long a time, as has before been said,) To-day, if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

¹² but he, having offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God; ¹³ from henceforth expecting until his enemies be made his footstool.

¹¹ searching as to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it testified beforehand the sufferings destined for Christ, and the glories that should follow;

²¹ for prophecy was never brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.

⁵ The blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor good tidings are published.

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and reveal them to babes;

⁴⁶ And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.

⁴⁸ and could not find what they might do; for all the people hung, listening, upon him.

³⁸ And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

⁴⁶ The officers answered: Never man spoke like this man. ⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered them: Are ye also led astray? ⁴⁸ Did any of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But this multitude, that know not the law, are accursed.

⁹ A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there. And they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

³ concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴ who was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;

⁵ whose are the fathers, and of whom as to the flesh is Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

¹⁶ I, Jesus, sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in their synagogues;

¹ THEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples, ² saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sat down in Moses' seat. ³ All, therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works, for they say and do not. ⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but will not move them with their finger. ⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes; ⁶ and love the first place at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues, ⁷ and the greetings in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

⁴³ Woe to you, Pharisees! because ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and the greetings in the markets.

⁷ And he spoke a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the first places; saying to them: ⁸ When thou art bidden by any one to a wedding, recline not in the first place at table, lest one more honorable than thou may have been bidden by him; ⁹ and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ But when thou art bidden, go and recline in the lowest place; that when he that bade thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have honor in the presence of those who recline at table with thee. ¹¹ For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

⁴⁵ And in the hearing of all the multitude, he said to his disciples: ⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, who desire to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts; ⁴⁷ who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.

⁹ I wrote somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the pre-eminence among them, receives us not.

² For if there have come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in gay clothing, and there have come in also a poor man in mean clothing; ³ and ye have respect to him that wears the gay clothing, and say: Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man: Stand thou there, or, Sit under my footstool;

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

²² But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. ²³ And thou, Capernaum, that wast exalted to heaven, shalt go down to the underworld. For if the miracles, that were done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ But I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

¹³ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in, nor suffer those who are entering to go in:

³³ Serpents! Brood of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of hell?

⁴⁷ And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; ⁴⁸ but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For to whomsoever much was given, of him much will be required; and to whom they committed much, of him they will require the more.

⁴⁷ who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.

⁶ For of these are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

⁶ And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said: It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

¹ AND looking up, he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. ² And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. ³ And he said: Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all. ⁴ For all these, out of their abundance, cast into the offerings; but she, out of her want, cast in all the living that she had.

²⁰ These words he spoke in the treasury, while teaching in the temple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

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

²⁹ And the disciples, according as any one was prospered, determined each of them to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judaea;

² that in much trial of affliction was the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

¹² For if there be first the willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, not according to what he has not.

⁶ But as to this, he that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that sows with blessings shall also reap with blessings; ⁷ but each as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God is able to make every grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound toward every good work;

⁸ She did what she could; she beforehand anointed my body for the preparation for burial.

⁴³ And a woman having a flow of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any one,

¹² And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.

³⁰ But when this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf.

² that in much trial of affliction was the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality. ³ For according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves;

¹⁰ But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye revived again in your care for my welfare; for which ye were also careful, but lacked opportunity. ¹¹ Not that I speak in respect of want; for I learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. ¹² I both know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in every thing, and in all things, I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. ¹³ I can do all things, in him who strengthens me. ¹⁴ Notwithstanding, ye did well to share with me in my affliction. ¹⁵ And ye also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in an account of giving and receiving, but ye only; ¹⁶ that also in Thessalonica, ye sent once and again to my necessity. ¹⁷ Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that abounds to your account.

¹⁷ But whoever has the world's sustenance, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his pity from him, how abides the love of God in him?