Matthew 20 Cross References - ABU

¹ For the kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. ² And having agreed with the laborers for a denáry a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place. ⁴ And to them he said: Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their way. ⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. ⁶ And about the eleventh he went out, and found others standing, and says to them: Why stand ye here all the day idle? ⁷ They say to him: Because no one hired us. He says to them: Go ye also into the vineyard. ⁸ And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward: Call the laborers, and pay them the hire, beginning from the last, unto the first. ⁹ And they of the eleventh hour came, and received every man a denáry. ¹⁰ But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they also received each one a denáry. ¹¹ And on receiving it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² saying: These last labored one hour, and thou madest them equal to us, who bore the burden of the day, and the burning heat. ¹³ But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong. Didst thou not agree with me for a denáry? ¹⁴ Take what is thine, and go. But I will give to this last, even as to thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ So will the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen. ¹⁷ And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart; and in the way he said to them: ¹⁸ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ and will deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify; and on the third day he will rise again. ²⁰ Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down and asking a certain thing of him. ²¹ And he said to her: What wilt thou? She says to him: Command that these my two sons shall sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² But Jesus answering said: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of? They say to him: We are able. ²³ And he says to them: Ye shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared by my Father. ²⁴ And the ten, hearing it, were much displeased with the two brothers. ²⁵ But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Not so shall it be among you; ²⁷ but whoever would become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant; ²⁸ even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. ²⁹ And as they were going forth from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰ And behold, two blind men sitting by the way-side, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried, saying: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David. ³¹ And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David. ³² And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What will ye that I shall do to you? ³³ They say to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received sight; and they followed him.

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

³⁷ Then he says to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. ³⁸ Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

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.

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.

⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and concealed; and for joy thereof, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking goodly pearls;

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, cast into the sea, and gathering together of every kind.

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.

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. ³⁴ And when the season of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. 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. ³⁷ And afterward he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. ³⁸ But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance. ³⁹ And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 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. 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. 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.

² The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage for his son.

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!

¹ THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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

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;

¹ I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

²¹ make you perfect in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

⁵ yea for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith fortitude; and to fortitude, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, patience; and to patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 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. ⁹ But he that lacks these things is blind, not seeing afar off, having forgotten the cleansing away of his old sins. ¹⁰ Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.

²⁸ But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denáries; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat, saying: Pay me that thou owest.

¹³ But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong. Didst thou not agree with me for a denáry?

¹⁹ Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denáry.

¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

³⁵ And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two denáries and gave to the host, and said: Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

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.

⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four animals, saying: A quart of wheat for a denáry, and three quarts of barley for a denáry; and: Hurt not the oil and the wine.

¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, who call to their fellows, ¹⁷ and say: We piped to you, and ye danced not; we sang the lament, and ye did not beat the breast.

⁶ And about the eleventh he went out, and found others standing, and says to them: Why stand ye here all the day idle? ⁷ They say to him: Because no one hired us. He says to them: Go ye also into the vineyard.

²⁵ And it was the third hour; and they crucified him.

¹⁵ For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.

¹⁷ Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market daily with those who met with him. 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. ²¹ Now all Athenians, and the strangers residing there, spent their leisure for nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.

¹³ And at the same time they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

¹² that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

⁹ And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

²³ And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority doest thou these things; and who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I too will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ John's immersion, whence was it? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say to us: Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And he said to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things. 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. ²⁹ And he answering said: I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. ³⁰ And he came to the other, and said likewise. And he answering said: I will, sir; and went not. ³¹ Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

⁷ And seeing it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a sinner. ⁸ And Zaccheus stood up, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I took aught from any one by false accusation, I restore fourfold. ⁹ And Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? ¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that ye were servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart that form of teaching which was delivered to you; ¹⁸ and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness. ¹⁹ I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh. For as ye yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity unto iniquity; so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto sanctification. ²⁰ For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free as to righteousness. ²¹ What fruit therefore had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. ²² But now, being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end everlasting life.

¹¹ And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

¹ MASTERS, render to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

¹² And I thank him who gave me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he accounted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, ¹³ who was formerly a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and overbearing. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;

⁸ Faithful is the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed God may be careful to take the lead in good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

¹³ Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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;

⁴⁵ And from the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land, unto the ninth hour.

³³ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamasabachthani? Which is interpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me?

⁴⁴ And it was about the sixth hour; and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵ And the sun was darkened; and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. ⁴⁶ And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired.

³⁹ He says to them: Come, and ye shall see. They came and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

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.

⁹ Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.

¹ AND Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

³ He saw in a vision, distinctly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him: Cornelius!

⁹ On the morrow, as they were journeying, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour.

²⁴ By faith Moses, when grown up, refused to be called son of a daughter of Pharaoh; ²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; ²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked for the reward.

⁴⁰ But the other answering rebuked him, saying: Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man did nothing amiss. ⁴² And he said to Jesus: Remember me, when thou comest in thy kingdom. ⁴³ And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, to-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

⁴ I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when none can work.

²¹ Now all Athenians, and the strangers residing there, spent their leisure for nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.

⁹ Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye find, bid to the marriage. ¹⁰ And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests.

²¹ And the servant came, and reported these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind. ²² And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou didst command, and yet there is room. ²³ And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled;

¹⁶ saying: What shall we do to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.

³⁰ The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now, commands all men everywhere to repent. ³¹ Because he fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

¹⁴ How then shall they call on him on whom they believed not? And how shall they believe on him of whom they heard not? And how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preach, unless they are sent forth? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things! ¹⁶ But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah says: Lord, who believed our report? ¹⁷ So then faith comes of hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you, according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept in silence during eternal ages

¹¹ Wherefore remember, that in time past ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hand,— ¹² that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; ⁶ that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers with us of the promise, in Christ Jesus, through the gospel;

⁸ knowing that whatever good thing each may have done, that shall he receive from the Lord, whether bond or free.

²⁶ the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been manifested to his saints;

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and still do minister to the saints.

³⁹ and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰ As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world.

¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them.

³¹ And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory.

³ and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their substance.

⁷ And in that house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

⁴² And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful, the wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the portion of food in due season?

¹ AND he said also to the disciples: There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods. ² And having called him, he said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Give account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

⁶ who will render to every man according to his deeds; ⁷ to those who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; ⁸ but to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that works evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; ¹⁰ but glory, and honor, and peace, to every man that works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

¹ So let a man account us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. ² Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

¹⁰ For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to the things which he did, whether good or bad.

⁷ For the overseer must be, without reproach, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of gain;

²⁸ so also the Christ, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will to those who look for him appear a second time without sin, unto salvation.

¹⁰ according as each received a gift, ministering the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. And books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works.

² And having agreed with the laborers for a denáry a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³ For what says the Scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness. ⁴ Now to him that works, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as a debt. ⁵ But to him that works not, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. ⁶ As also David speaks of the happiness of the man, to whom God reckons righteousness, apart from works:

²⁰ Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound; ²¹ that as sin reigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁶ to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the beloved; ⁷ in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and understanding;

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.

¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. ¹⁶ But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Christ Jesus might show forth all his long-suffering, for a pattern to those who should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

³⁰ And the Pharisees, and their scribes, murmured against his disciples, saying: Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

² And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.

²⁸ And he was angry, and would not go in; and his father came out, and entreated him. ²⁹ And he answering said to his father: Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and never transgressed thy command; and to me thou never gayest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. ³⁰ But when this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf.

⁷ And seeing it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a sinner.

² And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, ³ saying: Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

⁴⁵ But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with indignation, and spoke against the things said by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

²¹ And he said to me: Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles. ²² And they heard him unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said: Away with such a one from the earth; for it was not fit that he should live.

¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; and the wrath came upon them to the utmost.

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complaining of their lot, walking according to their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words; having respect to persons, for the sake of profit.

⁵⁵ And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say: There will be heat; and it comes to pass.

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.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. ¹² I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

²² a righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all that believe; (for there is no difference; ²³ for all sinned, and come short of the glory of God;) ²⁴ being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

²⁷ Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.

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

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;

¹ BRETHREN, it is my heart's desire and prayer to God on their behalf, that they might be saved. ² For I bear them witness, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³ For not knowing the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

⁵ Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ And if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise, grace becomes no longer grace. Ancient copies omit the words in brackets. [But if of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, work is no longer work.]

¹¹ Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more abundantly, in deaths often; ²⁴ of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; 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; ²⁶ by journeyings often, by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; ²⁷ by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Beside those things that are without, there is that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

⁶ that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers with us of the promise, in Christ Jesus, through the gospel;

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 and he says to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him: Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then they came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast.

¹⁴ What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? Far be it! ¹⁵ For he says to Moses: I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomsoever I have compassion.

²⁰ Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it: Why didst thou make me thus?

² Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

³¹ And he said to him: Child, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

²⁵ But Abraham said: Child, remember that in thy lifetime thou receivedst thy good things in full, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art tormented.

² as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as thou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life.

⁴ Far be it! Yea, let God be true and every man a liar; as it is written: That thou mayest be justified in thy words, And mayest overcome when thou art judged.

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.

²³ but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness!

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;

²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

¹⁵ For he says to Moses: I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomsoever I have compassion. ¹⁶ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy, ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: Even for this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be declared in all the earth. ¹⁸ So that, on whom he will he has mercy, and whom he will he hardens. ¹⁹ Thou wilt say then to me: Why then does he yet find fault? For who resists his will? ²⁰ Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it: Why didst thou make me thus? ²¹ Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? ²² And what if God, willing to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction; ²³ and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory; ²⁴ whom he also called, even us, not from among the Jews only, but also from among the Gentiles?

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?

¹¹ in him, in whom we obtained also the inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,

¹ YOU also, being dead in trespasses and sins;—

⁵ even when we were dead in sins, alive with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,)

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.

⁹ Murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

¹³ Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in thereat.

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!

³⁰ But many first will be last, and last first.

³¹ Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.

³¹ But many first will be last, and the last first.

⁴⁷ Wherefore I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

²⁸ There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. ²⁹ And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And, behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

²⁴ for I say to you, that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper.

⁷ I say to you, that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who have no need of repentance.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said: Were not the ten cleansed? And where are the nine? ¹⁸ Were none found returning to give glory to God, except this stranger?

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him. ²⁰ And there were certain Greeks, of those who come up to worship at the feast. ²¹ These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. ²² Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus.

²⁰ Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound;

³⁰ And whom he predestined, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

³⁰ What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who were not following after righteousness, obtained righteousness, the righteousness which is of faith;

¹³ For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when ye received the word of God heard from us, ye received not the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you that believe.

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth; ¹⁴ whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²³ For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a mirror. ²⁴ For he beheld himself, and has gone away; and immediately he forgot what manner of man he was. ²⁵ But he who looked into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and remained thereby, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work, this man shall be happy in his doing.

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.

¹³ And having come into the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of man is?

³² And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed they were afraid. And again he took with him the twelve, and began to say to them what things should happen to him: ³³ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death and will deliver him up to the Gentiles; ³⁴ and they will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and will kill him; and after three days he will rise again.

³¹ And taking with him the twelve, he said to them: Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things written by the prophets for the Son of man shall be accomplished. ³² For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, ³³ and they will scourge him, and put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again. ³⁴ And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hidden from them, and they knew not the things that were said.

¹² On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem,

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you.

⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.

²² And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men ²³ and they will put him to death, and he will rise on the third day. And they were exceedingly sorrowful.

² Ye know that after two days comes the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

⁶⁶ What think ye? They answering said: He is guilty of death.

¹ AND when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death.

⁶⁴ Ye heard the blasphemy. What think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. ⁶⁵ And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet him, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him in charge.

⁷¹ And they said: Why need we any further witness? For we ourselves heard it from his own mouth.

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

²⁷ For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel before determined to be done.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him, ⁶⁸ saying: Prophesy to us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?

² And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate the governor. ³ Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repenting brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, ⁴ saying: I sinned in betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is it to us? Look thou to it. ⁵ And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went away and hanged himself. 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. ⁷ And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. ⁸ Wherefore that field was called the field of blood, unto this day. ⁹ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, The price of him that was priced, Whom they of the sons of Israel did price, ¹⁰ And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me.

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Pretorium, and gathered to him the whole band. ²⁸ And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. ²⁹ And having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews! ³⁰ And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. ³¹ And when they had mocked him, they took off the robe from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

⁶⁵ And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet him, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him in charge.

¹ AND straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. ¹⁷ And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹ And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.

²⁹ And they that passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days; ³⁰ save thyself, and come down from the cross. ³¹ Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with another, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he can not save.

¹ AND the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. 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. ³ And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it. ⁴ And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes: I find no fault in this man. ⁵ And they were the more violent, saying: He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, unto this place.

¹¹ And Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arraying him in a gorgeous robe sent him back to Pilate.

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;

²⁸ Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Governor's palace; and it was early; and they themselves went not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover. ²⁹ Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this man? ³⁰ They answered and said to him: If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. ³¹ Pilate therefore said to them: Do ye take him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any one to death; ³² that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die. ³³ Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews? ³⁴ Jesus answered: Dost thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee concerning me? ³⁵ Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief priests, delivered thee up to me. What didst thou? ³⁶ Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence. ³⁷ Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest it; because I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice. ³⁸ Pilate says to him: What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them: I find no fault in him.

¹ THEN therefore Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. ² And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and put on him a purple robe; and they came to him, ³ and said: Hail, King of the Jews! And they gave him blows on the face. ⁴ Pilate went forth again, and says to them: Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

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.

²⁷ For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel,

¹¹ And coming to us, he took off Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, whose this girdle is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

³ For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; ⁴ and that he was buried, and that he has risen on the third day according to the Scriptures; ⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve; ⁶ after that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep. ⁷ After that, he appeared to James; then to all the apostles.

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.

²¹ And going on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

² And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

³³ And those in the ship came and worshiped him, saying: Of a truth, thou art the Son of God.

²⁵ But she came and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, help me.

⁵⁶ among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

¹⁷ And seeing him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

³⁵ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying: Teacher, we desire that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask. ³⁶ And he said to them: What do ye desire that I should do for you? ³⁷ They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy glory. ³⁸ And Jesus said to them: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink, or to endure the immersion which I endure? ³⁹ And they said to him: We are able. And Jesus said to them: Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure. ⁴⁰ But to sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared. ⁴¹ And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James and John. ⁴² And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister; ⁴⁴ and whoever would become chiefest of you, shall be servant of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁴⁰ And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome;

¹ AT that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

²⁸ And Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, that ye who followed me, in the renovation, when the Son of man shall sit on his throne of glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³² And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What will ye that I shall do to you?

²² and the daughter of Herodias having come in and danced, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and the king said to the damsel: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

³⁶ And he said to them: What do ye desire that I should do for you? ³⁷ They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy glory.

⁵¹ And Jesus answering said to him: What wilt thou that I should do to thee? The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive sight.

¹⁹ The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God;

²⁰ And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not with observation; ²¹ nor shall they say, Lo here! or, Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

⁴¹ saying: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said: Lord, that I may receive sight.

¹¹ And as they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

²⁴ And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.

⁶ They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

³⁴ who is he that condemns? Christ is he that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

¹⁰ be kindly affectioned one to another; in honor, preferring one another;

¹ IF then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God.

² and to Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house: ³ Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³⁵ Peter says to him: Even though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

³⁹ And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me. But yet, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁴² Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying: My Father, if this can not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

⁵⁶ But all this has been done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him, and fled.

³⁸ And Jesus said to them: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink, or to endure the immersion which I endure? ³⁹ And they said to him: We are able. And Jesus said to them: Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure.

³⁶ And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

⁵⁰ But I have an immersion to undergo; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

⁴² saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.

¹¹ Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

²⁶ And in like manner does the Spirit also help our weakness; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered.

³ ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

⁴⁰ But to sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared.

² And he slew James the brother of John with the sword.

¹⁷ and if children, also heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

⁹ but (as it is written) things which eye saw not, nor ear heard, and which entered not into the heart of man, which God prepared for those who love him;

⁷ And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so are ye also of the consolation.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church;

¹¹ Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him; ¹² if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we shall deny him, he also will deny us;

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.

⁹ I, John, your brother, and partner with you in the affliction, and kingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

⁴¹ And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James and John.

²³ And they began to inquire among themselves, who then it might be that should do this thing? ²⁴ And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. ²⁵ And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

⁴ Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

³ doing nothing through contentiousness or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than himself;

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not glory, and lie against the truth.

⁵ Do ye think that the Scripture says in vain, the spirit he made to dwell in us has jealous longings? ⁶ But he gives the more grace. Wherefore he says: God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.

⁵ In like manner, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yea, all of you submitting to one another, gird yourselves with humility; because, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.

³ and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not turn and become as the little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁵ But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Not so shall it be among you; ²⁷ but whoever would become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant; ²⁸ even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁴² And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.

²⁵ And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority over them are called benefactors. ²⁶ But ye are not so; but let the greatest among you become as the younger, and he that is chief as he that serves. ²⁷ For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am in the midst of you as he that serves.

¹² When therefore he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and reclining again at table, said to them: Know ye what I have done to you? ¹³ Ye call me the Teacher, and the Master; and ye say well, for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I gave you an example, that as I did to you, ye also should do. ¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor one that is sent greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Teacher, and all ye are brethren. ⁹ And call not any your father on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Neither be called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ. ¹¹ But the greatest of you shall be your servant. ¹² And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

⁴⁴ Then will they also answer, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?

⁵⁵ And many women were there, beholding afar off, they who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him;

³⁵ And sitting down, he called the twelve, and says to them: If any one desires to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

⁴³ But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;

⁴⁵ For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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.

¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

³⁶ Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.

⁵ And having come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.

²⁴ Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for in faith ye stand fast.

⁴ (for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty before God to the pulling down of strongholds) ⁵ casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; ⁶ and being in readiness to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is made perfect. ⁷ Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusts to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself consider this again, that, as he is Christ's, so also are we. ⁸ For even if I should boast somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification, and not for your destruction, I shall not be put to shame; ⁹ that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. ¹⁰ For his letters, says one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

¹⁸ The Lord grant to him, that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day! And in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

¹³ whom I would have retained with myself, that in thy stead he might minister to me in the bonds of the gospel. ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for ministration, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

¹¹ if any one speaks, as [uttering] God's oracles; if any one ministers, as of the ability which God bestows; that God in all things may be glorified, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen.

³ neither as being lords over the heritage, but being examples to the flock.

⁹ I wrote somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the pre-eminence among them, receives us not. ¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he does, prating against us with evil words. And not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he forbids, and casts them out of the church.

¹¹ And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. ¹² And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ And he does great signs, so that also he causes fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men; ¹⁴ and he leads astray those who dwell on the earth, because of the signs which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived. ¹⁵ And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as worship not the image of the beast should be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead; ¹⁷ and that no one should be able to buy or sell, save he that has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and I wondered when I saw her, with great wonder.

⁴ Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

³³ And they came to Capernaum. And having come into the house he inquired of them: Of what were ye reasoning among yourselves by the way? ³⁴ But they were silent; for by the way they had disputed with one another, who was greatest. ³⁵ And sitting down, he called the twelve, and says to them: If any one desires to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

²⁶ But ye are not so; but let the greatest among you become as the younger, and he that is chief as he that serves.

³⁴ Ye yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. ³⁵ In all ways I showed you that, so laboring, ye ought to assist the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said: It is more blessed to give than to receive.

¹⁴ I am debtor both to Greeks and Barbarians; both to wise and unwise.

¹⁹ For being free from all men, I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, that I might gain those under law; ²¹ to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law. ²² To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all, that I may by all means save some. ²³ And all things I do for the gospel's sake, that I may become a partaker thereof with others.

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

⁵ For I reckon that I am in no respect behind these overmuch apostles.

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more abundantly, in deaths often; ²⁴ of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; 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; ²⁶ by journeyings often, by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; ²⁷ by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

¹⁵ And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

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.

²⁸ For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, for remission of sins.

²⁴ And he said to them: This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many.

²⁷ For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am in the midst of you as he that serves.

¹⁵ as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

⁵⁰ nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. ⁵¹ And this he spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; ⁵² and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁴ he rises from the supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel he girded himself. ⁵ After that he pours water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. ⁶ He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and Peter says to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. ⁸ Peter says to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. ⁹ Simon Peter says to him: Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰ Jesus says to him: He that has bathed has no need save to wash the feet, but is wholly clean. And ye are clean; but not all. ¹¹ For he knew his betrayer; therefore he said: Ye are not all clean.

²⁴ being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; ²⁵ whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith by his blood, for the exhibition of his righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins before committed in the forbearance of God; ²⁶ for the exhibition of his righteousness in this present time, that he may be just, and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus.

²⁵ who was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised for our justification.

¹⁵ But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift; for if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. ¹⁶ And not as through one that sinned, is the gift; for the judgment came of one unto condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses unto justification. ¹⁷ For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more they who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.) ¹⁸ So then, as through one trespass it came upon all men unto condemnation; so also through one righteous act it came upon all men unto justification of life. ¹⁹ For as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the one will the many be constituted righteous.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; because it is written: Cursed is every one that is hanged on a tree;

⁷ in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

² and walk in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.

⁴ regarding not each one his own, but each one also the things of others. ⁵ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; ⁶ who, being in the form of God, did not account it robbery to be equal with God; ⁷ but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time;

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and cleanse for himself a people to be his own, zealous of good works.

¹⁰ For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

⁸ though a Son yet learned from what he suffered the [required] obedience,

¹⁸ knowing that not with perishable things, silver and gold, ye were redeemed from your vain course of life received by tradition from your fathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot;

²⁴ who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, having died to our sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit;

² And he is a propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

⁸ And when he took the book, the four animals, and the twenty-four elders, fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden cups full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. 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;

²⁷ And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. ²⁸ And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yea, Lord. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you. ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. ³¹ But they, going out, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side. ⁴⁷ And hearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say: Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. ⁴⁸ And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁹ And Jesus stood still, and said: Call him. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he calls thee. ⁵⁰ And he, casting away his garment, leaped up, and came to Jesus. ⁵¹ And Jesus answering said to him: What wilt thou that I should do to thee? The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive sight. ⁵² And Jesus said to him: Go thy way; thy faith has made thee whole. And immediately he received sight, and followed him in the way.

³⁵ And it came to pass, that as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the way-side, begging. ³⁶ And hearing a multitude passing by, he inquired what this was. ³⁷ And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. ³⁸ And he called aloud, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. ³⁹ And they who went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried much the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁰ And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he was come near, he asked him, ⁴¹ saying: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said: Lord, that I may receive sight. ⁴² And Jesus said to him: Receive sight; thy faith has made thee whole. ⁴³ And immediately he received sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.

²² Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. ²³ And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is this the Son of David?

²² And behold, a woman of Canaan, coming out from those borders, cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed with a demon.

⁹ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

¹⁴ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

⁴² saying: What think ye concerning the Christ? Of whom is he the son? They say to him: Of David.

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side.

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; Because he anointed me to publish good tidings to the poor; He has sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To send the oppressed away free,

²¹ And in that very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil spirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight.

¹ AND passing along, he saw a man blind from his birth. ² And his disciples asked him, saying: Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? ³ Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. ⁴ I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when none can work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ⁶ Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, ⁷ and said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing. ⁸ The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sits and begs? ⁹ Some said: This is he; and others: He is like him; he said: I am he. ¹⁰ Therefore they said to him: How were thine eyes opened? ¹¹ He answered: A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash. And I went away and washed, and received sight. ¹² They said to him: Where is he? He said: I know not.

³⁰ Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore to him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne,

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;

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸ For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Dismiss her; because she cries after us.

¹³ Then were brought to him little children, that he might put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

⁸ I say to you, though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs. ⁹ I also say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ¹⁰ For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

¹ And he spoke also a parable to them, to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; ² saying: There was in a certain city a certain judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man. ³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. ⁴ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, ⁵ yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me. ⁶ And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says. ⁷ And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he is long suffering in respect to them? ⁸ I say to you, that he will avenge them speedily. But yet, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

³⁹ And they who went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried much the more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

² Persevere in prayer, being watchful therein with thanksgiving;

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.

²¹ And he said to her: What wilt thou? She says to him: Command that these my two sons shall sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.

²⁹ Wherefore I also came without delay, when sent for. I ask therefore for what reason did ye send for me?

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

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give to you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of him; ¹⁸ the eyes of your heart being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

¹⁵ And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to him.

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you.

³⁶ And seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

¹⁴ And going forth he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and he healed their sick.

³² And Jesus, having called to him his disciples, said: I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I will not dismiss them fasting, lest they faint in the way.

³³ And taking him aside from the multitude he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue,

¹³ And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not.

⁴³ And immediately he received sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.

⁵¹ And Jesus answering said: Suffer thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

⁶ Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, ⁷ and said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

³³ Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in spirit, and was troubled. ³⁴ And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. ³⁵ Jesus wept.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may obtain forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.

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. ¹⁶ Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

⁸ Finally, all being of one mind, sympathizing, loving the brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;