Mark 4 Cross References - ABU

¹ AND he began again to teach by the sea-side. And there was gathered to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat down in the sea; and all the multitude was by the sea on the land. ² And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching: ³ Hearken; behold, the sower went forth to sow. ⁴ And it came to pass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵ And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had not depth of earth. ⁶ But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had not root, it withered away. ⁷ And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. ⁸ And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a hundredfold. ⁹ And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. 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? ¹⁴ The sower sows the word. ¹⁵ And these are they by the way-side; where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶ And these are they likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷ and have no root in themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended. ¹⁸ And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they that hear the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ And these are they that are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold. ²¹ And he said to them: Is the lamp brought that it may be put under the bushel, or under the bed? Is it not, that it may be put on the lamp-stand? ²² For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor was done in secret, but that it should come abroad. ²³ If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you. ²⁵ For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even what he has shall be taken from him. ²⁶ And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast the seed upon the earth, ²⁷ and sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how. ²⁸ For the earth brings forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest is come. ³⁰ And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what comparison shall we set it forth? ³¹ As a grain of mustard; which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth. ³² And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds of the air can lodge under its shadow. 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. ³⁵ And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them: Let us pass over to the other side. ³⁶ And dismissing the multitude, they take him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with him. ³⁷ And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled. ³⁸ And he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? ³⁹ And awaking, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ⁴⁰ And he said to them: Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? ⁴¹ And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another: Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

¹ AND on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side. ² And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach. ³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: ⁴ Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵ And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. ⁶ And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away. ⁷ And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked them. ⁸ And others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹ He that has ears to hear, let him hear. 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.

¹³ And he went forth again by the sea-side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

⁷ And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judaea,

¹ AND it came to pass, as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, ² that he saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing the nets. ³ And entering into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.

⁴ And a great multitude coming together, of those also who came to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: ⁵ The sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, one fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. ⁶ And another fell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷ And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. ⁸ And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹ And his disciples asked him, what this parable was. 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.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching.

³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying:

¹⁰ And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables?

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.

²³ And calling them to him, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

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;

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.

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,

¹⁶ Jesus therefore answered them, and said: My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ If any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

¹⁹ The high priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching.

²⁴ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.

²⁶ And when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.

⁹ And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁴ The sower sows the word.

²³ If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁶ And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast the seed upon the earth, ²⁷ and sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how. ²⁸ For the earth brings forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

¹⁴ And again calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hearken to me every one, and understand. ¹⁵ There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him; but the things that come out of him, these are they that defile the man.

⁵ The sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, one fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. ⁶ And another fell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷ And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. ⁸ And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

³⁵ Do ye not say, that there are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are already white for harvest. ³⁶ And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷ And herein is the true saying: One sows, and another reaps. ³⁸ I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored. Other men have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them: Men of Judaea, and all that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words.

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. ⁷ So then neither is he that plants anything, nor he that waters; but God that gives the increase. ⁸ And he that plants and he that waters are one; and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, God's building.

¹ ON this account, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things heard, lest haply we should let them slip. ² For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution, ³ how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation; which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard,

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?

⁷ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

¹¹ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.

²⁹ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

⁴ Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them.

¹⁹ When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands not, then comes the evil one and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the way-side.

¹⁵ And these are they by the way-side; where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.

⁵ The sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, one fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

¹² Those by the way-side are they that hear; after that comes the Devil, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

⁵ And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. ⁶ And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away.

²⁰ And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

¹⁶ And these are they likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷ and have no root in themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended.

⁶ And another fell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

¹³ Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; having been rooted and grounded in love,

⁷ having been rooted and being built up in him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

¹⁰ and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹¹ For the sun rose with the burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the grace of its fashion perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways. ¹² These are rocks in your feasts of love, feasting with you fearlessly, feeding their own selves; clouds without water, carried away by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat;

⁷ And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked them.

²² And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

¹⁸ And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they that hear the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

⁷ And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

¹⁴ And that which fell among the thorns, these are they who have heard, and going forth are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

¹⁵ And he said to them: Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; because a man's life consists not in the abundance of his possessions.

³⁴ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.

⁹ But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which sink men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting after wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ Because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the empty pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

⁸ And others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

²³ And that sown on the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands; who bears fruit, and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

²⁰ And these are they that are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.

⁸ And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁵ But that in the good ground, these are they who, in an honest and good heart, having heard, hold fast the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.

¹² But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe on his name; ¹³ who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹ But he that does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

¹⁷ If any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

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.

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.

¹¹ being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

⁶ which is come to you, as also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit and increasing also in you, since the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;

¹ LET us fear therefore, lest, a promise being still left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. ² For to us were the glad tidings preached, as also to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mingled with faith in those who heard.

¹⁹ So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; ²⁰ for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God. ²¹ Wherefore, putting off all filthiness and excess of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

¹ LAYING aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings, ² as newborn babes, long for the spiritual, unadulterated milk, that ye thereby may grow unto salvation; ³ if indeed ye tasted that the Lord is gracious;

¹⁵ He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁹ He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁰ And calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hear, and understand:

³ Hearken; behold, the sower went forth to sow.

²³ If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you.

¹⁸ Take heed therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.

⁶ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

¹³ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

²² He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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. ¹⁶ But happy 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 desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see, and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear.

³⁶ Then having sent away the multitudes, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

³⁴ But without a parable he spoke not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

¹⁷ And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

⁹ And his disciples asked him, what this parable was. 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. ¹¹ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹² Those by the way-side are they that hear; after that comes the Devil, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. ¹³ Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. ¹⁴ And that which fell among the thorns, these are they who have heard, and going forth are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection. ¹⁵ But that in the good ground, these are they who, in an honest and good heart, having heard, hold fast the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.

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;

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.

¹⁶ But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him: Happy art thou, Simon Bar-jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

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.

²¹ In that hour he rejoiced in spirit, 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; yea, O Father, that so it seemed good in thy sight. ²² All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him. ²³ And turning to the disciples, he said privately: Happy are the eyes that behold what ye are beholding. ²⁴ For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and saw not, and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard not.

⁷ For who makes thee to differ? And what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

¹² For what have I to do with judging those also who are without? Do not ye judge those who are within? ¹³ But those who are without God judges. Therefore put away that wicked man from among yourselves.

⁶ Because it is God, who commands light to shine out of darkness; who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

⁹ making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself,

⁴ but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, made us, ⁵ even when we were dead in sins, alive with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) ⁶ and raised us with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus; ⁷ that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding richness of his grace, in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; ⁹ not of works, lest any one should boast. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those without, redeeming the time.

¹² that ye may walk becomingly toward those without, and may have need of nothing.

⁷ But he must also have a good testimony from those without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil.

³ For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness and the love toward man of our Savior God appeared, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the bathing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; ⁷ that, having been justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁶ Do not err, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variableness, or shadow of turning. ¹⁸ Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us understanding, that we may know the True one; and we are in the True One, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

³⁷ But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not believe on him; ³⁸ that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who believed our report, And to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? ³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes, And has hardened their heart; That they should not see with their eyes, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I should heal them. ⁴¹ These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

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.

⁸ According as it is written: God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day. ⁹ And David says: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them; ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow down their back alway.

²⁵ in meekness admonishing those who oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance unto the full knowledge of the truth;

⁶ and have fallen away, should again be renewed to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame.

¹⁸ Hear therefore the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands not, then comes the evil one and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the way-side. ²⁰ And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹ and has not root in himself, but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended. ²² And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²³ And that sown on the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands; who bears fruit, and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

⁵¹ Did ye understand all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord. ⁵² And he said to them: Therefore every scribe, instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure new and old.

¹⁵ And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ And he said: Are ye also even yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?

⁸ And Jesus knowing it said: Ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye took no bread? ⁹ Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

¹⁷ And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸ And he says to them: Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever from without enters into the man can not defile him?

²⁵ Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

¹ I ALSO, brethren, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but as carnal, as babes in Christ. ² I fed you with milk, and not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye able.

¹¹ Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be explained, since ye have become dull of hearing. ¹² For though ye ought, on account of the time, to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. ¹³ For every one who partakes of milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness; for he is a child. ¹⁴ But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, who by use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

³⁷ And answering he said to them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man.

² And straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.

² as they, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, delivered them to us;

¹¹ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

⁴ They, therefore, that were scattered, went abroad, preaching the word.

⁵ because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; ⁶ which is come to you, as also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit and increasing also in you, since the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;

²³ being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which lives and abides forever. ²⁴ Because, All flesh is as grass, And all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass withered, and its flower fell off; ²⁵ But the word of the Lord abides forever. And this is the word which was preached to you.

¹⁰ Then Jesus says to him: Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

⁵ But they made light of it, and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise.

⁴ And it came to pass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured it.

¹⁸ And they all, with one mind, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused. ¹⁹ And another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial of them; I pray thee let me be excused.

³ But Peter said: Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the land?

¹⁸ And certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, were disputing with him. And some said: What would this babbler say? and others: He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods; because he made known to them the good news of Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And taking hold of him, they brought him upon Mars' Hill, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest? ²⁰ For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.

³² And when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some mocked; and others said: We will hear thee again of this matter.

¹⁴ And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some injustice, or wicked misdeed, O Jews, with reason I would have borne with you. ¹⁵ But if it is a question about a word, and names, and your own law look to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of these things ¹⁶ And he drove them away from the judgment-seat. ¹⁷ But having all seized upon Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

¹⁹ but had certain controversies with him concerning their own religion, and concerning a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. ²⁰ And I, being perplexed in regard to the dispute about these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning them.

³¹ And having withdrawn, they talked together, saying: This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. ³² And Agrippa said to Festus: This man could have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

¹¹ that no advantage might be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

³ But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed in those who perish; ⁴ in whom the god of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, that they should not discern the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

⁹ [him,] whose coming is after the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders,

¹ ON this account, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things heard, lest haply we should let them slip.

¹⁶ lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour;

⁹ And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, who leads astray the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

² And he laid hold of the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, ³ and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and set a seal over him, that he mislead the nations no more, until the thousand years are finished; after these he must be loosed a little time.

⁷ And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be loosed out of his prison,

¹⁰ And the Devil who misleads them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

¹⁹ And a certain scribe came, and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ²⁰ And Jesus says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

²⁰ And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹ and has not root in himself, but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man; and he observed him, and hearing him did many things, and heard him gladly.

¹⁷ And as he was going forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeling to him, and asked him: Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸ And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God. ¹⁹ Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother. ²⁰ And he answering said to him: Teacher, all these I kept from my youth. ²¹ And Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him: One thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me. ²² And he became sad at that saying, and went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

³⁵ He was the burning and shining lamp; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

¹³ And Simon also himself believed; and having been immersed, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were wrought.

¹⁸ And Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money, ¹⁹ saying: Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ But Peter said to him: Thy money perish with thee; because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money: ²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

²⁵ And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. ²⁶ He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul; wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.

²⁸ And Agrippa said to Paul: With little pains thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

⁶ And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.

³¹ Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

²¹ and has not root in himself, but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.

⁹ Then will they deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰ And then will many be offended, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

⁵ And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had not depth of earth. ⁶ But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had not root, it withered away.

¹⁰ And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but to him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.

³¹ Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

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.

¹² Wherefore let him that thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall. ¹³ There has no temptation taken you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

¹² As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised; only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

³ that no one should be shaken by these afflictions, for yourselves know that unto this we are appointed. ⁴ For even when we were with you, we told you before that we are to suffer affliction; as also it came to pass, and ye know. ⁵ For this cause, when I too could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

¹⁵ Thou knowest this, that all those in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁷ And their word will eat as does a canker; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; ¹⁸ who erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and overturn the faith of some.

¹⁰ For Demas forsook me, having loved the present world, and departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁶ At my first answer no one came forward with me, but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

²⁹ Of how much worse punishment, suppose ye, will he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has accounted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace?

¹⁹ They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but it was in order that they might be made manifest, that all are not of us.

¹⁰ Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye will have affliction ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹³ I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny the faith in me, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

⁷ And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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.

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

⁴¹ And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things.

¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have not where to store my fruits? ¹⁸ And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and there I will store all my fruits and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him: Fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall those things be, which thou didst provide? ²¹ So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

²⁹ And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind. ³⁰ For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these.

¹⁸ And they all, with one mind, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused. ¹⁹ And another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial of them; I pray thee let me be excused. ²⁰ And another said: I married a wife; and therefore I can not come.

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.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor place their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who gives us all things richly for enjoyment;

⁷ For the earth which has drunk in the rain oft coming upon it, and brings forth herbs fit for those for whose sake it is tilled, receives blessing from God; ⁸ but if it bears thorns and briers it is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned.

² that ye no longer may live the remaining time in the flesh by the lusts of men, but by the will of God. ³ For the time past suffices us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in wantonness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, carousings, and unhallowed idolatries;

⁸ For if these things are in you, and abound, they cause that ye shall not be inactive nor unfruitful in attaining to the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ Because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the empty pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof; but he that does the will of God abides forever.

⁸ And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a hundredfold.

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.

¹⁶ Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

⁴ Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, in order that ye should be married to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, ²³ meekness, temperance; against such things there is no law.

¹⁰ that ye may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, bringing forth fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹ FURTHERMORE then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, as also ye are walking, ye would abound yet more.

¹⁵ Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand; and it shines to all that are in the house.

¹⁶ No one, having lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a lamp-stand, that they who enter in may behold the light.

³³ No one, having lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, or under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the light.

⁷ But to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit, for profiting.

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints, ⁴ and filthiness, and foolish talking, and jesting, which are not becoming, but rather giving of thanks. ⁵ For this ye know, being aware that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Become not therefore partakers with them. ⁸ For ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,— ⁹ for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,— ¹⁰ proving what is acceptable to the Lord; ¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them. ¹² For it is a shame even to speak of the things done by them in secret. ¹³ But all things, when reproved, are by the light made manifest; for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴ Wherefore he says: Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light. ¹⁵ See to it then, how ye walk with exactness, not as unwise, but as wise,

¹⁵ that ye may become blameless and simple, children of God, unreproachable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as do the heavenly lights in the world; ¹⁶ holding forth the word of life; for a ground of glorying to me at the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.

²⁶ Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known. ²⁷ What I say to you in the darkness, that speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, that proclaim upon the house-tops.

¹⁷ For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.

² For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, nor hidden, that shall not be known. ³ Wherefore, whatever ye said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what ye spoke in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.

²⁰ For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.

²⁷ for I shunned not to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

⁵ So then judge not anything before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each one have his praise of God.

¹ THAT which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we looked upon, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life; ² (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;) ³ that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna; and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he that receives it.

² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.

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

³⁷ And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted. ³⁸ Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

²⁵ Verily, verily, I say to you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

¹⁶ And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;

⁶ But as to this, he that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that sows with blessings shall also reap with blessings;

² as newborn babes, long for the spiritual, unadulterated milk, that ye thereby may grow unto salvation;

¹ BUT there were false prophets also among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who stealthily will bring in destructive factions, even denying as Master him who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their dissolute ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of. ³ And in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

¹ BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

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.

²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give to him that has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.

⁹ And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into the everlasting habitations. ¹⁰ He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. ¹¹ If therefore ye were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? ¹² And if ye were not faithful in that which is another's, who will give to you your own?

²⁴ And he said to those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has the ten pounds. ²⁵ And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds. ²⁶ For I say to you, that to every one that has shall be given; and from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.

² and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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.

³¹ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field.

³³ Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

³ Hearken; behold, the sower went forth to sow. ⁴ And it came to pass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured it.

¹⁴ The sower sows the word. ¹⁵ And these are they by the way-side; where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶ And these are they likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷ and have no root in themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended. ¹⁸ And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they that hear the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ And these are they that are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.

¹⁸ He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I liken it?

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say to you, except the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.

¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, by those who work peace.

⁷ Marvel not that I said to thee: Ye must be born again. ⁸ The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it comes, and whither it goes. So is every one that is born of the Spirit.

³⁷ and what thou sowest, not the body that shall be sowest thou, but bare grain, perchance of wheat, or of some other grain. ³⁸ But God gives it a body as it pleased him, and to each of the seeds its own body.

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another abounds;

¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and forever. Amen.

³¹ As a grain of mustard; which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth. ³² And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds of the air can lodge under its shadow.

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in knowledge and all discernment; ¹⁰ in order that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, that ye may be pure and without offense unto the day of Christ; ¹¹ being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹² And the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, as we also do toward you; ¹³ to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest. And in time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

⁴⁰ As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world. ⁴¹ The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of offense, and those who do iniquity, ⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the gnashing of teeth! ⁴³ Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; ⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

¹³ And I heard a voice out of heaven saying: Write, Happy are the dead who die in the Lord, henceforth; yea, says the Spirit, that they shall rest from their labors, for their works follow with them. ¹⁴ And I saw, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵ And another angel came forth out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud: Put forth thy sickle, and reap; because the time to reap is come; because the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶ And he who sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another angel came forth out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, who call to their fellows,

³¹ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

¹⁸ He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹ It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches. ²⁰ And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? ²¹ It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

³¹ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches. ³³ Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

¹⁸ He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹ It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

⁴¹ They therefore, having received his word, were immersed and on that day there were added about three thousand souls.

⁴ But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.

¹⁴ (and still more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women);

²⁰ So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

²⁰ And they, hearing it, glorified the Lord. And they said to him: Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe; and they are all zealots for the law.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed loud voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world is become our Lord's, and his Christ's; and he will reign forever and ever.

¹ AND I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. ² And he laid hold of the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, ³ and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and set a seal over him, that he mislead the nations no more, until the thousand years are finished; after these he must be loosed a little time. ⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and whoever did not worship the beast, neither his image, and did not receive the mark upon the forehead, or upon their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Happy and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; on these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

¹² I have yet many things to say to you, but ye can not bear them now.

³⁶ Then having sent away the multitudes, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field. ³⁷ And answering he said to them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man. ³⁸ The field is the world. The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹ and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

¹⁵ And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ And he said: Are ye also even yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain? ¹⁸ But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles not the man.

¹⁰ And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables.

¹⁷ And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸ And he says to them: Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever from without enters into the man can not defile him? ¹⁹ Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, cleansing all food. ²⁰ And he said: That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evil things come forth from within, and defile the man.

²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

⁴⁴ And he said to them: These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and psalms, concerning me. ⁴⁵ Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ And he said to them: Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead on the third day;

²⁵ These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father.

¹⁸ And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, commanded to depart to the other side.

²³ And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. ²⁵ And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish. ²⁶ And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷ And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

²² And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the multitudes.

²¹ And Jesus having passed over again in the ship to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

⁴⁵ And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the ship, and to go before to the other side to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the multitude.

¹³ And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and departed to the other side.

²² And it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples. And he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

²⁵ And he said to them: Where is your faith? And they, fearing, wondered; saying one to another: Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!

¹ AFTER these things Jesus went away, beyond the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

¹⁷ and entering into the ship, were going over the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them;

²⁵ And having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

⁹ And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, that they might not throng him.

¹ AND he began again to teach by the sea-side. And there was gathered to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat down in the sea; and all the multitude was by the sea on the land.

² And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

²³ And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping.

²² And it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples. And he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. ²³ And as they were sailing, he fell asleep. And there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they began to be filled, and were in jeopardy.

¹⁴ But not long after, there struck against it a tempestuous wind, called Euracylon. ¹⁵ And the ship being caught, and unable to face the wind, we yielded to it, and were driven along. ¹⁶ And running under a certain small island called Clauda, we were hardly able to come by the boat; ¹⁷ which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast away on the quicksand, they lowered the sail, and so were driven. ¹⁸ And we being violently tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship; ¹⁹ and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. ²⁰ And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small tempest lying on us, thenceforward all hope that we should be saved was utterly taken away.

⁴¹ And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the prow sticking fast remained immovable, but the stern was broken by the violence of the waves.

²⁵ thrice I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have spent in the deep;

²⁵ And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish.

²⁴ And coming to him, they awoke him, saying: Master, Master, we perish. And he, rising, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

⁶ And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

¹⁷ Wherefore, in all things it became him to be made like to his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁵ For we have not a high priest who can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but who has in all points been tempted in like manner, without sin.

⁷ casting all your care upon him, because he cares for you.

²⁵ And Jesus, seeing that a multitude came running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him: Dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter into him no more.

³⁹ And standing over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she arose and ministered to them.

³⁰ And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith?

²⁶ And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

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

⁸ And Jesus knowing it said: Ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye took no bread?

¹⁹ When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship; and they were afraid. ²⁰ But he says to them: It is I, be not afraid.

²⁷ And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

³² And when they had entered into the ship, the wind ceased.

³³ But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

³⁷ and were beyond measure astonished, saying: He has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

³⁶ And amazement came on all; and they spoke with one another, saying: What is this word, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out?

²⁸ Wherefore, receiving a kingdom which can not be shaken, let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear;

⁴ Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? Because thou alone art holy; because all the nations shall come and worship before thee; because thy judgments are made manifest.