Matthew 5 Cross References - ABU

¹ AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and he having sat down, his disciples came to him. ² And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying: ³ Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Happy they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. ⁵ Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶ Happy they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. ⁷ Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸ Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see God. ⁹ Happy the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God. ¹⁰ Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you falsely, for my sake. ¹² Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you. ¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot by men. ¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can not be hid. 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 Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. ¹⁷ Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. ¹⁸ For verily I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. ¹⁹ Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²¹ Ye heard that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. ²² But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca! shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire. ²³ Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift. ²⁵ Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. ²⁶ Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. ²⁷ Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ And if thy right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰ And if thy right hand causes thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³¹ And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. ³² But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery. ³³ Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths. ³⁴ But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; ³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ³⁶ Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil. ³⁸ Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹ But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. ⁴¹ And whoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴² Give to him that asks of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. ⁴³ Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you; ⁴⁵ that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. ⁴⁶ For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same? ⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus? ⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

¹⁸ And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And he says to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰ And they, immediately leaving the nets, followed him. 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. ²² And they, immediately leaving the ship and their father, followed him.

²⁵ And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and from beyond the Jordan.

² And the names of the twelve apostles are these; first Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus surnamed Thaddeus; ⁴ Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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.

²⁹ And departing from thence, Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee; and going up into the mountain, he sat down there.

¹³ And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he would; and they went to him.

²⁰ And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not even eat bread.

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.

¹³ And when it was day, he called to him his disciples. And having chosen from them twelve (whom he named also apostles); ¹⁴ Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵ and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, ¹⁶ and Judas brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer;

² And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought on the sick. ³ And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

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.

²⁰ And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Happy are ye poor; for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹ Happy are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh. ²² Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man. ²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers to the prophets. ²⁴ But woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation. ²⁵ Woe to you that are full; for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep. ²⁶ Woe! when all men shall speak well of you; for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

³⁵ And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, made known to him the good news of Jesus.

³⁴ And Peter opened his mouth, and said: Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons;

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.

¹⁹ and for me, that utterance may be given to me, in the opening of my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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

³ Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Happy they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. ⁵ Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶ Happy they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. ⁷ Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸ Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see God. ⁹ Happy the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God. ¹⁰ Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you falsely, for my sake. ¹² Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

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;

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

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;

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

¹ AT that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jesus, calling a little child to him, placed it in the midst of them, 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.

⁴⁶ Happy that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing!

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.

¹⁴ But Jesus seeing it, was much displeased, and said to them: Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

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,

²⁸ And he said: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!

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.

²⁹ Jesus says to him: Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Happy they who saw not, and have believed!

⁶ As also David speaks of the happiness of the man, to whom God reckons righteousness, apart from works: ⁷ Happy they, whose iniquities were forgiven, And whose sins were covered; ⁸ Happy the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin! ⁹ Comes this happiness then on the circumcision, or also on he uncircumcision? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

¹⁰ but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

¹² Happy is the man that endures temptation; because, when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love him.

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?

⁹ Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

⁹ And he says to me: Write, Happy are they who are called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And he says to me: These are the true sayings of God.

¹⁴ Happy are they who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

²¹ Happy are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.

²⁵ Woe to you that are full; for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep.

³⁸ and standing behind at his feet weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

⁵⁰ And he said to the woman: Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.

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.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. ²¹ A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has borne the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. ²² And so ye now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

⁴ who consoles us in all our affliction, that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction, by the consolation wherewith we ourselves are consoled by God. ⁵ Because, as the sufferings of Christ abound toward us, so through Christ abounds also our consolation. ⁶ But whether we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective in the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or whether we are consoled, it is for your consolation and salvation. ⁷ And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so are ye also of the consolation.

⁹ Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might in nothing receive harm from us. ¹⁰ For godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death.

¹⁴ And I said to him: Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who come out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

⁴ And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain be any more; because the former things are passed away.

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.

⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, Meek, and mounted upon an ass, And upon a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.

¹³ For not through law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

²³ meekness, temperance; against such things there is no law.

² with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;

¹² Put on therefore, as God's chosen, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness of spirit.

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

² to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, forbearing, showing all meekness to all men.

²¹ Wherefore, putting off all filthiness and excess of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

¹³ Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show, out of his good deportment, his works in meekness of wisdom.

⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, in that which is imperishable of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always to give an answer to every one that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

⁵³ The hungry he filled with good, and the rich he sent empty away.

¹⁴ But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life.

²⁷ Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed,

⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ⁵⁰ This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵² The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³ Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. ⁵⁴ He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live forever.

³⁷ In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

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

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; ¹⁵ but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

³³ Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant, as I too had pity on thee? ³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother.

²⁵ And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil.

³⁰ For as ye in times past disobeyed God, but now obtained mercy through their disobedience;

²⁵ Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

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

³² and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as also God in Christ forgave you.

¹³ who was formerly a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and overbearing. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;

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.

¹⁶ The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; because he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; ¹⁷ but when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 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.

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.

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.

¹³ For the judgment shall be without mercy, to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, forbearing, easily persuaded, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

¹⁰ who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean. ²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

⁹ and made no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

¹² For we see now in a mirror, obscurely; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know fully, even as I also am fully known.

¹ HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹⁵ To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and conscience are defiled.

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

²² Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience; and having had our body washed with pure water,

¹⁴ Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord;

⁸ Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

²² Having purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart fervently;

² Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it was never yet manifested what we shall be. We know that if it shall be manifested, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. ³ And every one, that has this hope on him, purifies himself even as he is pure.

⁴ and will see his face, and his name will be upon their foreheads.

⁴⁵ that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

³⁶ for neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

²⁶ And on the following day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying: Ye are brethren; why wrong ye one another?

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God.

¹⁸ If it be possible, as far as depends on you, be at peace with all men.

¹ HIM that is weak in faith receive; not for the decision of disputes. ² For one believes, that he may eat all things; but he that is weak eats herbs. ³ Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God received him. ⁴ Who art thou that judgest another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for God is able to make him stand. ⁵ One man esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶ He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he that in these things serves Christ, is well pleasing to God, and approved by men. ¹⁹ So then, let us follow after the things which make for peace, and things by which one may edify another.

⁶ but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

²⁰ We are then ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were beseeching by us; on behalf of Christ we pray: Be reconciled to God!

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of the same mind, be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

¹ I, THE prisoner in the Lord, exhort you, therefore, to walk worthy of the calling with which ye were called,

¹ BECOME therefore followers of God, as beloved children 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.

¹ IF then there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort from love, if any communion of the Spirit, if any tender affection and compassion, ² make my joy complete, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of the one mind; ³ doing nothing through contentiousness or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than himself;

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.

² I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.

¹³ forbearing one another, and freely forgiving each other, if any one have a complaint against any, even as Christ freely forgave you, so also do ye;

²² But flee youthful lusts; and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ²³ But the foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they beget strifes. ²⁴ And a servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle toward all, apt in teaching, patient of evil;

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.

¹⁶ For where there is emulation and strife, there is confusion and every evil work. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, forbearing, easily persuaded, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, by those who work peace.

¹⁴ as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance; ¹⁵ but as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves holy in all your deportment; ¹⁶ because it is written: Ye shall be holy, for I am holy.

³ Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other; for verily I say to you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.

³⁰ but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.

²⁰ And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Happy are ye poor; for yours is the kingdom of God.

²² Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.

¹² And before all these, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

⁴⁰ And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

¹ AND Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for slaughter. ³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present nor things to come, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁹ For I think that God set forth us the apostles last, as condemned to death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised. ¹¹ Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; ¹² and labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; ¹³ being defamed, we entreat; we have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things unto this day.

⁸ being pressed in every way, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not despairing; ⁹ persecuted, yet not forsaken; cast down, yet not destroyed; ¹⁰ always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. ¹² So that death works in us, but life in you.

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works out for us a far more exceeding, an eternal weight of glory;

²⁸ and in nothing terrified by the adversaries; which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

⁴ so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions which ye endure; ⁵ a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer; ⁶ since it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to those who afflict you, ⁷ and to you who are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power,

¹² if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we shall deny him, he also will deny us;

¹¹ persecutions, afflictions; what things came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord delivered me.

² Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations; ³ knowing that the proving of your faith works patience. ⁴ But let patience have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. ⁵ But if any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not, and it will be given him.

¹³ And who is he that shall harm you, if ye are followers of that which is good? ¹⁴ But if ye even suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye; but fear not with their fear, nor be troubled;

¹² Beloved, be not astonished at the fiery test taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing were befalling you; ¹³ but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that also, at the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. ¹⁴ If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you; [on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.] ¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters; ¹⁶ but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.

¹² Not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

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.

¹⁸ and before governors also and kings will ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

²² And ye will be hated by all, for my name's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord: If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

³⁹ He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁹ And every one who forsook houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive manifold more, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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.

³⁹ And those passing by reviled him, wagging their heads,

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.

³⁵ For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, shall save it.

⁹ But do ye take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues ye will be beaten; and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to them.

¹³ And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same shall be saved.

³³ For John the Immerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say: He has a demon. ³⁴ The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners.

²⁴ For whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it

¹⁷ And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake.

²⁸ They reviled him, and said: Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

²¹ But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me.

¹⁶ for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

³⁶ As it is written: For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for slaughter.

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised. ¹¹ For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

²³ who when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed it to him who judges righteously;

¹⁴ If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you; [on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.]

³ and thou hast patience, and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not been weary.

¹ TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 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.

⁴ that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee. ⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

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.

⁴¹ He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water only to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

²⁷ For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward each one according to his works.

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.

³¹ So that ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of those who killed the prophets; ³² and fill ye up the measure of your fathers! ³³ Serpents! Brood of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of hell? ³⁴ Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers to the prophets.

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

³⁴ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

⁴¹ They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.

⁵¹ Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God; and the prisoners listened to them.

³ And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also; knowing that affliction works patience;

⁸ And he that plants and he that waters are one; and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

¹⁷ But even if I am poured out on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice with you all.

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;

²⁴ knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the recompense of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

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

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder to those who seek after him.

²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked for the reward.

² Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;

¹³ but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that also, at the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

⁴⁹ For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. ⁵⁰ Salt is good; but if the salt become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

³⁴ Salt therefore is good; but if even the salt has become tasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned? ³⁵ It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill; they cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

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

⁴ For it is impossible that they who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 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.

²⁰ For if, having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christy but having again become entangled therein they are overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

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

¹² Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

³⁶ While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

¹⁹ and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law;

¹⁴ Be not yoked unequally with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

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 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;

⁵ For all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness.

²⁰ the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven lamp-stands are the seven churches.

¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundation-stones, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ And he who talked with me had a golden reed for a measure, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. ¹⁶ And the city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length, and the breadth, and the height of it are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is that of an angel. ¹⁸ And the structure of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like to pure glass. ¹⁹ The foundation-stones of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation-stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass. ²² And I saw in it no temple; for the Lord God the Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. ²³ And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine on it; for the glory of God lightened it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. ²⁴ And the nations will walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. ²⁵ And its gates will not be shut by day; for there will be no night there; ²⁶ and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And there shall not enter into it any thing unclean, or that works abomination or falsehood; but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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?

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.

¹ TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 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. ³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

⁹ Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

⁸ And seeing it the multitudes feared, and glorified God, who gave such power to men.

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes;

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

² And he said to them: When ye pray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

⁸ Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye shall become my disciples.

³⁶ And there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which interpreted is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works, and of alms, which she did.

¹¹ And that, knowing the time, that it is high time that we already were awaked out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far advanced, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envying; ¹⁴ but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

²⁵ The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so falling on his face he will worship God, reporting that God is in truth among you.

¹³ while by the proof of this ministration they glorify God for the obedience to your profession of the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of the contribution to them, and to all;

²⁴ and they glorified God in me.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

⁸ For ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,—

¹² that ye should walk worthy of God, who is calling you into his kingdom and glory.

⁶ So then let us not sleep, as others; but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night. ⁸ But let us, being of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation;

¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believed (because our testimony to you was believed), in that day. ¹¹ To which end we also pray for you always, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of goodness and the work of faith, with power; ¹² that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ but, which becomes women professing godliness, by means of good works.

¹⁰ well reported of for good works; if she brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of the saints, if she relieved the afflicted, if she diligently followed every good work.

²⁵ In like manner also the good works are openly manifest; and those that are otherwise can not be hidden.

¹⁸ that they do good, be rich in good works, be free in imparting, willing to communicate;

⁷ In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works; in teaching, showing uncorruptness, gravity,

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.

⁴ But when the kindness and the love toward man of our Savior God appeared,

⁷ that, having been justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 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.

¹⁴ And let ours also learn to take the lead in good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.

²⁴ and let us consider one another, to incite to love and to good works;

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession; that ye should show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;

¹² having your deportment honorable among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may from your good works, beholding them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹ IN like manner, ye wives, being in subjection to your own husbands; that even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won by the deportment of their wives,

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good deportment in Christ.

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.

⁵ And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, That God is light, and in him there is no darkness. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth; ⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹⁵ And Jesus answering said to him: Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

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

¹⁷ And it is easier that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the law should fail.

⁵ Now in the law Moses commanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say?

¹³ and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.

¹³ saying: This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

²⁸ crying out: Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place; and further also, he brought Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place.

³¹ Do we then make void law through the faith? Far be it! Yea, we establish law.

⁴ that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

⁴ For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, to every one that believes.

¹⁷ But this I say, that a covenant before confirmed by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, to make the promise of no effect. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance is of law, it is no more of promise; but God has freely given it to Abraham by promise. ¹⁹ What then is the law? It was added because of the transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made; having been ordained through angels, by the hand of a mediator. ²⁰ Now the mediator is not of one; but God is one. ²¹ Is then the law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which is able to make alive, truly righteousness would have been of law. ²² But the Scripture shut up all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up unto the faith which was to be revealed. ²⁴ So that the law has become our schoolmaster, unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

⁴ But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his son, born of a woman, born under law, ⁵ that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

¹⁶ Let not any one therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a feast-day, or of a new-moon, or of a sabbath; ¹⁷ which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is of Christ.

³ But in them there is a remembrance of sins year by year. ⁴ For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. ⁵ Wherefore, when he comes into the world, he says: Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me; ⁶ In whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin, thou hadst no pleasure. ⁷ Then said I: Lo, I come, In the volume of the book it is written of me, To do thy will, O God. ⁸ Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, nor hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the law, ⁹ then has he said: Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second. ¹⁰ In which will we have been sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹ And every priest indeed stands daily ministering, and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; ¹² but he, having offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God;

²⁶ Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

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.

¹⁰ And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.

¹⁵ Verily I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

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

¹¹ Verily I say to you, among those born of women, there has not risen a greater than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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.

²⁸ Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

²⁰ And he said to them: Because of your want of faith. For verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

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.

¹⁸ Verily I say to you: Whatever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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

²¹ And Jesus answering said to them: Verily I say to you, if ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye say to this mountain, be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done.

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.

³⁶ Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

² And he answering said to them: See ye not all these things? Verily I say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

³⁴ Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things are done. ³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

⁴⁷ Verily I say to you, that he will set him over all his goods.

¹² But he answering said: Verily I say to you, I know you not.

⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

⁴⁵ Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

¹³ Verily I say to you, wherever this good news shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be told, for a memorial of her. ¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,

²⁸ Verily I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme.

¹¹ And whatever place shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them.

¹² And sighing deeply in his spirit, he says: Why does this generation seek a sign? Verily I say to you, there shall no sign be given to this generation.

¹ AND he said to them: Verily I say to you, that there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God already come with power.

⁴¹ For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in that name, that ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

¹⁵ Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter therein.

²⁹ And Jesus answering said: Verily I say to you, there is no one who forsook house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,

²³ Verily I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it.

⁴³ And calling to him his disciples, he said to them: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury.

³⁰ Verily I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things are done.

⁹ Verily I say to you, wherever the good news shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

¹⁸ And as they were reclining at table, and eating, Jesus said: Verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me, one that eats with me!

²⁵ Verily I say to you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

³⁰ And Jesus says to him: Verily I say to thee, that thou this day, in this night, before a cock crows twice, wilt thrice deny me.

²⁴ And he said: Verily I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.

⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

³⁷ Happy those servants, whom their lord when he comes shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline at table, and will come forth and serve them.

³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you: Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

¹⁷ Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter therein.

²⁹ And he said to them: Verily I say to you, there is no one that forsook house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

³² Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all shall have come to pass. ³³ Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

⁴³ And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, to-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

⁵¹ And he says to him: Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

³ Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.

⁵ Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.

¹¹ Verily, verily, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.

¹⁹ Jesus therefore, answered and said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for what things soever he does, these also does the Son in like manner.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say to you, he that hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has everlasting life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 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.

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.

³² Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

⁴⁷ Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has everlasting life.

⁵³ Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

³⁴ Jesus answered them: Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin.

⁵¹ Verily, verily, I say to you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.

¹ VERILY, verily, I say to you: He that enters not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

⁷ Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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.

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.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who sent me. ²¹ Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.

³⁸ Jesus answers: Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

¹² Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do, because I go to the Father.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

²³ And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name.

¹⁸ Verily, verily, I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not.

¹¹ They will perish, but thou remainest; And they all will become old, as does a garment, ¹² And as a vesture thou wilt fold them up, and they will be changed; But thou art the same, And thy years will not fail.

²⁵ But the word of the Lord abides forever. And this is the word which was preached to you.

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will be dissolved with burning heat, and the earth and the works therein will be burned up. ¹¹ Seeing then that all these things are dissolving, what manner of men ought ye to be, in all holy deportment and godliness; ¹² looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with burning heat? ¹³ But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

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.

³ And he answering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die. ⁵ But ye say: Whoever says to his father or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited with from me, ⁶ shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made the word of God of no effect, for the sake of your tradition.

²⁶ Not so shall it be among you;

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. ¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein. ²² And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon. ²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you alway, unto the end of the world.

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.

⁴⁸ and said to them: Whoever shall receive this child in my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive me, receives him who sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same is great.

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

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. 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.

¹ THE former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

⁸ And why not, as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say: Let us do evil, that good may come? Whose judgment is just.

¹ WHAT then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

¹⁵ What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? Far be it!

⁸ Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹ For this: Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰ Love works no ill to one's neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

¹⁰ For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it is written: Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them. ¹¹ And that in the law no one is justified with God, is evident; because, the just shall live by faith. ¹² Now the law is not of faith; but, he that has done them shall live in them. 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;

¹⁴ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁵ But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another. ¹⁶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, that ye may not do those things that ye would. ¹⁸ But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law. ¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest; which are, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, emulation, wraths, contentions, divisions, factions, ²¹ envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings; and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of 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. ²⁴ And they that are Christ's crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

¹⁷ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark those who so walk, as ye have us for an example. ¹⁸ For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ;

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. ⁹ The things also, which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these do; and the God of peace will be with you.

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God, how holily and justly and unblamably we behaved ourselves to you that believe; ¹¹ as ye know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father his children, ¹² that ye should walk worthy of God, who is calling you into his kingdom and glory.

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. ² For ye know what commands we gave you, through the Lord Jesus. ³ For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; ⁴ that each one of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; ⁵ not in lustful passion, as also the Gentiles who know not God. ⁶ That no one go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter; because the Lord is the avenger for all these things, as we also told you before, and testified. ⁷ For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

¹¹ These things command and teach. ¹² Let no one despise thy youth; but become an example of the believers, in word, in deportment, in love, in faith, in purity.

³ If any one teaches otherwise, and assents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which is according to godliness, ⁴ he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

⁸ sound speech, that can not be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be put to shame, having no evil thing to say of us. ⁹ Exhort servants to submit themselves to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting, ¹⁰ not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God in all things,

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.

¹⁰ For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. ¹¹ For he who said: Do not commit adultery, said also: Do not kill. Now if thou commit not adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

⁴ And when the chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

¹⁴ But I have a few things against thee. Thou hast there men holding the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things offered to idols, and to commit fornication. ¹⁵ Thus thou also hast men holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans, in like manner.

²⁰ But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things offered to idols.

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.

²¹ Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

⁵ And whoever shall receive one such little child, in my name, receives me.

² saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sat down in Moses' seat. ³ All, therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works, for they say and do not. ⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but will not move them with their finger. ⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes;

²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone. ²⁴ Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

³⁹ And the Lord said to him: Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of rapacity and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Fools! Did not he, who made the outside, make the inside also?

⁴⁴ Woe to you! because ye are as tombs that appear not, and men walking over them know it not.

¹ IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say to his disciples: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

¹⁴ And the Pharisees also; who were covetous, heard all these things; and they derided him. ¹⁵ And he said to them: Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination before God.

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 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. ¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God be merciful to me, the sinner. 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.

²⁴ And Jesus seeing him became very sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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

³ Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. ⁴ Nicodemus says to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? ⁵ Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.

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;

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.

¹⁷ So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.

⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God, upon faith;

²⁷ And there shall not enter into it any thing unclean, or that works abomination or falsehood; but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

²⁷ Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

³³ Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths.

³⁸ Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

⁴³ Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy.

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

²³ Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift.

²⁸ But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ And if thy right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰ And if thy right hand causes thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

³⁴ But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you;

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

²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom was justified on the part of her children.

²⁴ But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not cast out the demons, except through Beelzebul, prince of the demons.

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

⁸ But if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the everlasting fire. ⁹ And if thine eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.

²¹ Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?

³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother.

¹⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a child of hell than yourselves.

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

⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his angels.

⁵⁹ And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

⁴³ And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable; ⁴⁴ where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵ And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable; ⁴⁶ where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷ And if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire; ⁴⁸ where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death; and they found none.

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.

⁵ But I will warn you whom ye shall fear; fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him.

²³ and in the underworld, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

²⁰ The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a demon; who seeks to kill thee?

⁴⁸ The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

⁴⁷ Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs?

²⁵ But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law: They hated me without a cause.

²⁰ and that he may send forth Jesus Christ, before appointed for you; ²¹ whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning. ²² Moses said: A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.

²⁷ And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel: A Prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto.

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.

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

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁶ Be angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, ²⁷ neither give place to the Devil.

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; ³² and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as also God in Christ forgave you.

⁶ That no one go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter; because the Lord is the avenger for all these things, as we also told you before, and testified.

⁹ and being perfected became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him;

²⁵ See that ye refuse not him who speaks; for if they did not escape, refusing him who declared the divine will on earth, much more shall not we, who turn away from him who speaks from heaven;

²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

⁶ And the tongue is a fire, that world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by hell.

⁹ not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary blessing, because to this end ye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.

⁹ He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

¹⁰ In this are manifest the children of God, and the children of the Devil. Every one that does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother;

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death. ¹⁵ Every one that hates his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

²⁰ If any one say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? ²¹ And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God love also his brother.

¹⁶ If any one see his brother sin a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life,—to those who sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death; for that I do not say that he shall pray.

⁹ But Michael the archangel, when, contending with the Devil, he disputed concerning the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing judgment, but said: The Lord rebuke thee.

¹⁴ And death and the underworld were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift.

⁴ And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

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.

¹⁵ But if thy brother shall sin against thee, go show him his fault between thee and him alone, If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he hear not, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he neglect to hear the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.

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

⁵⁰ Salt is good; but if the salt become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

¹⁷ Recompense to no one evil for evil. Provide things honorable in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possible, as far as depends on you, be at peace with all men.

⁷ Now therefore, it is altogether a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? ⁸ Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

²⁸ But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

⁸ I desire, therefore, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing;

¹³ Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show, out of his good deportment, his works in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not glory, and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not one that comes down from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish.

¹⁶ Confess therefore your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man avails much.

⁷ Ye husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the female, as the weaker vessel, as also heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. ⁸ Finally, all being of one mind, sympathizing, loving the brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

⁵⁸ For when thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, on the way give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison. ⁵⁹ I say to thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

²⁴ And he said to them: Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵ When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down and consult, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² Else, while he is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy, and desires conditions of peace.

² (for he says: In an accepted time I heard thee, And in the day of salvation I helped thee; behold, now is the well accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation;)

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says: To-day, if ye will hear his voice,

¹³ But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called To-day, that no one of you may be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

¹⁷ For ye know that he also afterward, when he wished to inherit the blessing, was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought after it with tears.

³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.

⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.

⁵⁹ I say to thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

²⁶ And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf is fixed; that they who would pass from hence to you may not be able, nor those from thence pass over to us.

⁹ who shall suffer justice, eternal destruction, from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power;

²¹ Ye heard that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. ²² But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca! shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire.

³⁹ But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching. ²⁹ For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

⁷ What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! But I had not known sin, except through law; for I had not known coveting, if the law had not said: Thou shalt not covet. ⁸ But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For without law, sin is dead.

¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

¹⁴ But each one is tempted, when by his own lust he is drawn away and enticed. ¹⁵ Then lust, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when completed, brings forth death.

¹⁴ having eyes full of the adulteress, and that cease not from sin; alluring unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of a curse;

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.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul?

¹² For there are eunuchs, who were so born from the mother's womb; and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

³⁶ For what will it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

²⁴ For whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it ²⁵ For what is a man profited, when he has gained the whole world, and lost or forfeited himself?

⁶ knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, in order that we should no longer be in bondage to sin.

¹³ For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

²⁷ But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest haply, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

²⁴ And they that are Christ's crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

⁵ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

¹ CHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; 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;

²⁹ And if thy right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

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.

²³ But he turned and said to Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offense to me; for thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.

⁶ But whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were plunged in the depth of the sea. ⁷ Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it must needs be that causes of offense come; but woe to that man, through whom the cause of offense comes!

¹³ Then the king said to the attendants: Bind him hand and foot, and cast him forth into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

²⁰ And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them.

³¹ Then Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended because of me this night. For it is written: I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

⁴³ And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable;

² It were better for him that a mill stone were placed about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to offend.

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

²⁰ For the sake of food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offense. ²¹ It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbles, or is made to offend, or is weak.

¹³ Wherefore, if food cause my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh for ever more, that I may not cause my brother to offend.

¹¹ But as for me, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then has the offense of the cross ceased.

⁸ and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, who stumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also appointed.

³ And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

⁷ They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

² And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, if it is lawful for a man to put away a wife, tempting him. ³ And he answering said to them: What did Moses command you? ⁴ And they said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. ⁵ And Jesus answering said to them: For your hardness of heart he wrote you this command. ⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. ⁷ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh. ⁸ So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ What therefore God joined together, let not man put asunder.

²⁸ But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

⁸ He says to them: Moses, for your hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹ And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her when put away, commits adultery.

⁵ And Jesus answering said to them: For your hardness of heart he wrote you this command. ⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. ⁷ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh. ⁸ So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ What therefore God joined together, let not man put asunder. ¹⁰ And in the house his disciples asked him again concerning this. ¹¹ And he says to them: Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her. ¹² And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery.

³⁰ And, behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah;

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

¹⁸ Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when put away from a husband commits adultery.

³ So then if, while the husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married to another man. ⁴ The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband also has not power over his own body, but the wife.

¹⁰ And the married not I command, but the Lord, that the wife depart not from the husband. ¹¹ But if she have departed, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and let the husband not put away his wife.

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. ¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein. ²² And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon.

¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.

² And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

¹⁰ And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

²⁷ And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. ¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein.

²⁵ And which of you by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature?

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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.

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,

¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies.

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹⁵ I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

¹⁷ When therefore I purposed this, did I act with levity? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea, yea, and the nay, nay? ¹⁸ But God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay. ¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not made yea and nay, but has been made yea in him. ²⁰ For however many are the promises of God, in him is the yea, and in him the Amen, to the glory of God through us.

²⁵ Wherefore, having put away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor; because we are members one of another.

⁹ Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds,

³ But faithful is the Lord, who will establish you, and guard you from evil.

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye know him that was from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because ye know the Father.

¹⁸ We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he that was begotten of God keeps himself; and the evil one touches him not.

²⁹ To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the other; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. ³⁰ Give to every one that asks of thee; and of him who takes away thy goods demand them not again.

⁶⁴ and having blindfolded him they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

¹⁷ Recompense to no one evil for evil. Provide things honorable in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possible, as far as depends on you, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath [of God]. For it is written: To me belongs vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

⁷ Now therefore, it is altogether a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

¹⁵ See that none render evil for evil to any one but ever follow that which is good, both toward one another, and toward all.

⁴ Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin;

⁶ Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if when ye are beaten for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. ²¹ For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps; ²² who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; ²³ who when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed it to him who judges righteously;

²⁹ To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the other; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

³² And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross.

²¹ And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

²⁶ And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in, ³⁶ naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

³⁰ Give to every one that asks of thee; and of him who takes away thy goods demand them not again. ³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also in like manner to them. ³² For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners love those who love them. ³³ And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive, what thanks have ye? And sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as much in return. ³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil. ³⁶ Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

⁴¹ But give that which ye have in alms; and, behold, all things are clean to you.

¹² And he said also to him who bade him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ And happy shalt thou be, because they can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.

²⁰ Therefore, If thy enemy hungers, feed him; If he thirsts, give him drink. For, in doing this, Thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head.

⁶ But as to this, he that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that sows with blessings shall also reap with blessings; ⁷ but each as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God is able to make every grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound toward every good work; ⁹ (as it is written: He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor; His righteousness abides forever;) ¹⁰ and he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; ¹¹ being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. ¹² Because the ministration of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but also abounds through many thanksgivings to God; ¹³ while by the proof of this ministration they glorify God for the obedience to your profession of the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of the contribution to them, and to all; ¹⁴ they also, with supplication for you, longing after you on account of the exceeding grace of God in you. ¹⁵ Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

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; ¹⁸ that they do good, be rich in good works, be free in imparting, willing to communicate; ¹⁹ laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.

¹⁶ But to do good and to communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

²⁷ Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the orphans and widows in their affliction; to keep himself unspotted from the world.

¹⁵ But if a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you say to them: Depart in peace, be warmed, and be filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what does it profit?

¹⁶ In this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ But whoever has the world's sustenance, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his pity from him, how abides the love of God in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

³⁹ And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

³¹ Second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³² And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that he is one, and there is no other beside him; ³³ and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴ And Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared any longer to question him.

²⁷ And he answering said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. ²⁸ And he said to him: Thou answeredst rightly. This do, and thou shalt live. ²⁹ But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?

¹³ For ye were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. ¹⁴ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

⁸ If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.

²⁷ But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

³⁴ And if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive, what thanks have ye? And sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as much in return. ³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil.

³⁴ And Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting lots.

⁶⁰ And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless, and curse not.

²⁰ Therefore, If thy enemy hungers, feed him; If he thirsts, give him drink. For, in doing this, Thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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

⁹ Happy the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God.

³⁵ By this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one toward another.

¹⁷ although he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

¹ BECOME therefore followers of God, as beloved children

⁹ Whoever has been begotten of God does not commit sin; because his seed abides in him; and he can not sin, because he has been begotten of God.

¹ TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

¹⁰ And it came to pass that, as he reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners?

¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom was justified on the part of her children.

¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he neglect to hear the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.

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. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

³² For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners love those who love them. ³³ And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the same.

¹ AND there were drawing near to him all the publicans and the sinners to hear him.

¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God be merciful to me, the sinner.

² And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, and he was a chief publican; and this man was rich.

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

²⁰ For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

¹² But when ye come into the house, salute it.

³² For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners love those who love them.

⁴ Carry neither purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way. ⁵ And into whatever house ye enter, first say: Peace be to this house.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if when ye are beaten for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

¹⁶ Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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

⁴⁰ A disciple is not above the teacher; but every one shall be perfected as his teacher.

⁹ For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are powerful; this also we pray for, even your perfection.

¹ FOR this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,—

¹² Not that I already obtained [the prize], or have already been perfected; but I pursue onward, if I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have laid hold of it; but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind, and reaching forth to the things before, ¹⁴ I pursue on toward the mark, for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind; and if in any thing ye are otherwise minded, this also God will reveal to you.

²⁸ whom we announce, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

⁴ But let patience have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

³ And every one, that has this hope on him, purifies himself even as he is pure.