Mark 4 Cross References - Etheridge

¹ And he began again to teach by the sea-side:[Hand of the sea.] and great assemblies were gathered to him; so that, ascending, he sat in a bark on the sea, and the whole multitude stood on the land, by the edge of the water.[Hand of the sea.] ² And he instructed them by many parables, and said in his teaching, ³ Listen: Behold, a sower went forth to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side,[Upon the hand of the way.] and the fowl came and devoured it. ⁵ And other fell upon the rock, so that it had not much earth; and it soon came up, because it had not depth of earth: ⁶ but when the sun arose, it became hot; and inasmuch as it had no root, it dried up. ⁷ And other fell in a place of thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruits. ⁸ But other fell upon good ground; and it came up, and grew, and gave fruits, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred. ⁹ And he said, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ And when he was alone, they who were with him along with his twelve inquired of him [concerning] that parable. ¹¹ And Jeshu said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those without every thing is in parables: ¹² that while seeing they may see, and not see; and while hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them. ¹³ And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? how will you know all parables? ¹⁴ The sower who sowed, the word sowed. ¹⁵ These which were by the way-side, these are they in whom the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately cometh Satana, and taketh up the word which was sowed in their heart. ¹⁶ And these who upon the rock are sowed, these are they who, when they have heard the word, at once with joy receive it: ¹⁷ but they have no root in themselves, but are (only) for a time; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are soon offended. ¹⁸ And these who in the place of thorns are sown, these are they who hear the word; ¹⁹ and the care of this world, and the deceptiveness of wealth, and the remainder of other lusts, entering, choke the word, and it is without fruits. ²⁰ And these who in good ground are sowed, these are they who hear the word, and receive, and give fruits, thirty, and sixty, and a hundred. ²¹ And he said to them, A lamp never cometh to be put under a measure, or under a bed: is it not set upon a candlestick? ²² For nothing is hid which shall not be revealed; nor is there any thing in secret which is not to be manifested. ²³ If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ AND he said to them, Consider what you hear. With that measure which you mete, you shall have measured to you; and there shall be, added to you those which you hear. ²⁵ For whosoever hath, unto him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. ²⁶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as a man who shall cast seed into the earth; ²⁷ and shall sleep, and rise up by night and day, and the seed shall increase, and become long, while he knoweth not, ²⁸ For the earth yieldeth him fruit; and first is there the plant, and after it the ear, but lastly the completed corn in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit is mature, immediately cometh the sickle, because the harvest is come. ³⁰ And he said, To what may we compare the kingdom of Aloha? and with what comparison shall we compare it? ³¹ It is like a grain of mustard, which, when sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds which are in the earth: ³² and when it is sown, it springeth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and maketh great branches; so that in its shadow the fowl can dwell. ³³ In parables such as these spake Jeshu with them, in parables such as they could hear. ³⁴ And without parable did he not speak with them: but to his disciples, between him and them, he explained all. ³⁵ AND he said to them that day, in the evening, Let us pass to the opposite shore. ³⁶ And they sent away the assembles, and took him into the vessel; and other vessels were with him. ³⁷ And there was a great commotion and wind, and the waves fell upon the vessel, which was nigh being filled. ³⁸ But Jeshu upon a pillow slept in the after-part of the vessel, and they came and raised him, saying to him, Raban,[Our master.] hast thou no care that we are perishing? ³⁹ And he arose, and restrained the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be silent. And the wind ceased, and there was a great stillness. ⁴⁰ And he said to them, Why feared ye? how is it ye have no faith? ⁴¹ And they feared with great fear, and said among themselves,[One to one.] Who is this, to whom the winds and the sea are obedient?

¹ IN that day Jeshu went forth from the house and sat by the sea-side;[By the hand of the sea.] ² and great multitudes gathered near him, so that he went up and sat in a vessel; and all the multitude were standing on the shore of the sea. ³ And he discoursed largely to them in parables, and said: Behold, there went forth a sower to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some fell by the road-side, and the fowl came and devoured it. ⁵ Another (portion) fell upon the rock, where there was not much soil; and immediately [Bar-shoteh, "the son of its hour."] it sprung up, because there was no depth of earth. ⁶ But when the sun was risen, it burned, and, because it had no root, it withered away. ⁷ And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it. ⁸ And another fell into good earth, and gave fruits, this a hundred, another sixty, and another thirty. ⁹ He who hath ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given. ¹² For unto him who hath, it shall be given, and it shall be increased to him: but [as] to him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. ¹³ On this account I speak to them in parables. Hence they see, and (yet) see not; and they hear, and (yet) hear not, neither understand; ¹⁴ and accomplished in them is the prophecy of Eshaia, who said, that hearing they should hear, but not understand, and seeing they should see, but not know. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is become gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have shut, that they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them.

¹³ AND he went forth again to the sea; and the whole multitude came to him, and he taught them.

⁷ And Jeshu with his disciples went towards the sea: and many people joined him from Galila, and from Jehud,

¹ AND it was while the assembly gathered upon him to hear the word of Aloha, he stood upon the bank of the sea of Genesar; ² and he saw two vessels standing by the sea-side, and the fishermen who had gone up from them, and were washing their nets. ³ And one of them was of Shemun Kipha; and Jeshu ascended, sat in it, and directed that they should take [Or, lead it.] it a little from the land into the waters; and he sat, and taught the multitudes from the vessel.

⁴ And when a great multitude had assembled, and from all the cities had come to him, he discoursed in parables. ⁵ A sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the road-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowl devoured it. ⁶ And other fell upon the rock; and it immediately sprang up, and, because it had no moisture, it withered. ⁷ And other fell among thorns, and they sprang up with it, and choked it. ⁸ And other fell into ground good and fair, and sprang up, and made fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these (words), he cried, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹ And his disciples asked him, What is (the signification of) this parable? ¹⁰ But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.

²⁸ And when Jeshu had finished these words, the multitudes wondered at his doctrine.

³ And he discoursed largely to them in parables, and said: Behold, there went forth a sower to sow;

¹⁰ And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables?

³⁴ All these spake Jeshu in parables to the multitude; and without a parable he did not speak with them. ³⁵ That there should be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, who said, I will open my mouth in comparisons, and pour forth things hidden from before the foundation of the world.

²³ And Jeshu called them, and by similitudes said to them, How can Satan cast out Satan?

¹¹ And Jeshu said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those without every thing is in parables:

³³ In parables such as these spake Jeshu with them, in parables such as they could hear. ³⁴ And without parable did he not speak with them: but to his disciples, between him and them, he explained all.

³⁸ And in his doctrine he said to them, Beware of the Sophree, who will to walk in long robes, and love the shaloma in public places,

¹⁶ Jeshu answered and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ Whosoever willeth to do his will understandeth my doctrine, if it be from Aloha, or (if) from the will of myself I speak.

¹⁹ And the high priest questioned Jeshu concerning his disciples, and concerning his doctrine.

²⁴ ANOTHER comparison he allegorized unto them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field.

²⁶ And when the plant sprang up and produced fruit, then appeared the zizania.

⁹ And he said, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁴ The sower who sowed, the word sowed.

²³ If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as a man who shall cast seed into the earth; ²⁷ and shall sleep, and rise up by night and day, and the seed shall increase, and become long, while he knoweth not, ²⁸ For the earth yieldeth him fruit; and first is there the plant, and after it the ear, but lastly the completed corn in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit is mature, immediately cometh the sickle, because the harvest is come.

¹⁴ And Jeshu called the whole multitude, and said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand: ¹⁵ It is not that which is without the man, and which entereth into him, that can defile him: but that which proceedeth from him, that defileth a man.

⁵ A sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the road-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowl devoured it. ⁶ And other fell upon the rock; and it immediately sprang up, and, because it had no moisture, it withered. ⁷ And other fell among thorns, and they sprang up with it, and choked it. ⁸ And other fell into ground good and fair, and sprang up, and made fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these (words), he cried, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

³⁵ Say you not, that after four moons cometh harvest? Behold, I tell you, Lift up your eyes, and see the lands which have become white for the harvest already. ³⁶ And he who reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; and the sower and the reaper shall rejoice together. ³⁷ For in this is the proverb true, One soweth, and another reapeth.[Or, Another soweth, and another reapeth.] ³⁸ I sent you to reap that (for) which you did not toil; for others toiled, and you have entered upon their labour.

¹⁴ And afterwards arose Shemun Kipha with the eleven apostles, and lifted up his voice and said to them: Men, Jihudoyee, and all who dwell at Urishlem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words.

⁶ I have planted, and Apollo watered, but Aloha made to increase. ⁷ He then who planteth is not any thing nor he who watereth; but Aloha who maketh to increase. ⁸ But he who planteth and he who watereth are one, (and) each according to his labour his recompence receiveth. ⁹ For with Aloha we work; and the work of Aloha and the edifice of Aloha are you.

¹ Therefore we are obligated to be more exceedingly heedful in what we have heard, that we fall not. ² For if the word which was uttered by angels was confirmed, and every one who heard it, and transgressed against it, received a just retribution,[A retribution in righteousness.] ³ how shall we escape if we despise those (words) which themselves are our salvation? those [namely] which began by our Lord to be spoken, and by them who from him heard them in us were confirmed,

⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren: Hath not Aloha chosen the poor of the world, but rich in faith, to be heirs in that kingdom which Aloha hath promised to them who love him?

⁷ He who hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him who overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.

¹¹ He who hath ears, let him hear what saith the Spirit to the churches. He who overcometh shall not be injured by the second death.

²⁹ He who hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

⁴ and as he sowed, some fell by the road-side, and the fowl came and devoured it.

¹⁹ (When) any one who heareth the doctrine of the kingdom doth not understand it, there cometh the evil (one), and snatcheth away the doctrine that was sown in his heart: this is what by the road-side was sown.

¹⁵ These which were by the way-side, these are they in whom the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately cometh Satana, and taketh up the word which was sowed in their heart.

⁵ A sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the road-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowl devoured it.

¹² Now they by the road-side are they who hear the word; and the adversary cometh, and taketh up the word from their hearts, that they should not believe and be saved.

⁵ Another (portion) fell upon the rock, where there was not much soil; and immediately [Bar-shoteh, "the son of its hour."] it sprung up, because there was no depth of earth. ⁶ But when the sun was risen, it burned, and, because it had no root, it withered away.

²⁰ But that which was sown upon the rock is he who heareth the word, and at once with joy apprehendeth it.

¹⁶ And these who upon the rock are sowed, these are they who, when they have heard the word, at once with joy receive it: ¹⁷ but they have no root in themselves, but are (only) for a time; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are soon offended.

⁶ And other fell upon the rock; and it immediately sprang up, and, because it had no moisture, it withered.

¹³ But those who fell upon the rock are those who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; yet root they have not, but for a time is their faith, and in the time of temptation they are offended.

¹⁷ that the Meshiha may dwell by faith in your hearts in love; your root and your foundations being confirmed,

⁷ your roots strengthened,[Or, confirmed.] and you builded in him, and established in that faith which you have learned, that you may abound therein with thanksgiving.

¹⁰ and with all unrighteous deception which is done in them who perish, because they have not received the love of the truth by which they might have been saved.

¹¹ For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses. ¹² These are they who, in their recreations contaminating, behave wantonly, feeding themselves without reverence; clouds without rain, roaming with the winds; trees whose fruit withereth, and which are unfruitful, twice dead, and uplifted from their root;

¹⁶ They will not hunger or thirst again, nor will the sun come down upon them, nor any heat;

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

²² That sown [in] the place of thorns, is he who heareth the word, but the anxious thought of this world and the illusions of riches stifle the word in him, and he is without fruits.

¹⁸ And these who in the place of thorns are sown, these are they who hear the word; ¹⁹ and the care of this world, and the deceptiveness of wealth, and the remainder of other lusts, entering, choke the word, and it is without fruits.

⁷ And other fell among thorns, and they sprang up with it, and choked it.

¹⁴ But that which fell among thorns are they who hear the word, and by the cares, and by the riches, and by the lusts of the world, they are choked, and fruit they give not.

¹⁵ And he said to his disciples, Beware of all avarice: for life is not in the abundance of riches.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, that at any time your hearts be not heavy with excess and drunkenness, and the care of the world, and unawares shall come upon you that day.

⁹ But they who will be rich fall into temptations and snares, and many lusts which befool and injure, and which plunge men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the root of all evil is the love of money; and there are who have coveted it, and from the faith have erred, and have made themselves enter into many sorrows.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor any thing which is in it; for whoever loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For every thing that is in the world, is the lust of the body, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world. These which are not of the Father, but they are from the world itself.

⁸ And another fell into good earth, and gave fruits, this a hundred, another sixty, and another thirty.

²³ But that which upon good ground was sown is he who heareth my doctrine, and understandeth (it), and giveth fruits, and produceth, whether a hundred, or sixty, or thirty fold.

²⁰ And these who in good ground are sowed, these are they who hear the word, and receive, and give fruits, thirty, and sixty, and a hundred.

⁸ And other fell into ground good and fair, and sprang up, and made fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these (words), he cried, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁵ But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.

¹² But they who received him, he gave to them power, that the sons of Aloha they should become, to those who believe in his name. ¹³ These, not from blood, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from Aloha, are born.

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and the sons of men have loved darkness rather than the light, for their deeds have been evil. ²⁰ For every one who doeth abominable things hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹ But he who doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be known that in Aloha they are wrought.

¹⁷ Whosoever willeth to do his will understandeth my doctrine, if it be from Aloha, or (if) from the will of myself I speak.

⁵ I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.

¹¹ for more noble[Or, free.] were those Jihudoyee who were there than those Jihudoyee who were in Thessalonika; and they heard from them the word daily with joy, while they decided from the scriptures whether these things were so.

¹¹ and filled with the fruits of righteousness which are in Jeshu Meshiha, to the glory and the honour of Aloha.

⁶ which is preached to you, as also to all the world, and increaseth and giveth fruits, as also in you from the day that you heard, and knew the grace of Aloha in truth,

¹ Let us fear, therefore, lest, while there is a confirmed promise of an entrance into his rest, any one shall be found among you remaining from entering in. ² For we have been evangelized as well as they: but the word which they heard did not profit them, because not contempered with faith in them who heard it.

¹⁹ And you, my beloved brethren, let every one of you be swift to hear, and slow to speak, and slow to be angry; ²⁰ for the wrath of man the righteousness of Aloha worketh not. ²¹ Wherefore, remove from you all impurity and the abounding of wickedness, and with meekness receive the word which is engrafted in our nature, which is able to save your souls. ²² BUT be doers of the word, and not hearers only, neither deceive yourselves.

¹ MAKE to cease therefore from you all malice and all guile, and dissimulation, and envy, and slander; ² and be as (new)-born babes, and be desirous of the word as of milk pure and spiritual, that by it you may increase unto life. ³ If you have tasted and seen how good is the Lord,

¹⁵ Whoever hath ears to hear, he shall hear.

⁹ He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁰ And he called to the multitudes, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

³ Listen: Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

²³ If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ AND he said to them, Consider what you hear. With that measure which you mete, you shall have measured to you; and there shall be, added to you those which you hear.

¹⁸ Take heed how you hear: for unto him who hath, it shall be given; and from him who hath not, that also which he thinketh that he hath shall be taken from him.

⁶ He who hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

¹³ He who hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

²² He who hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

¹⁰ And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given. ¹² For unto him who hath, it shall be given, and it shall be increased to him: but [as] to him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. ¹³ On this account I speak to them in parables. Hence they see, and (yet) see not; and they hear, and (yet) hear not, neither understand; ¹⁴ and accomplished in them is the prophecy of Eshaia, who said, that hearing they should hear, but not understand, and seeing they should see, but not know. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is become gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have shut, that they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes which see, and your ears which hear: ¹⁷ for, Amen I say unto you, that many prophets and just ones have desired to behold what you see, and have not beheld, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard.

³⁶ Then Jeshu dismissed the multitudes, and came into the house; and his disciples drew near him, and said to him, Expound to us the comparison of the zizania of the field.

³⁴ And without parable did he not speak with them: but to his disciples, between him and them, he explained all.

¹⁷ But when Jeshu had gone into the house (apart) from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning that parable.

⁹ And his disciples asked him, What is (the signification of) this parable? ¹⁰ But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand. ¹¹ But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha. ¹² Now they by the road-side are they who hear the word; and the adversary cometh, and taketh up the word from their hearts, that they should not believe and be saved. ¹³ But those who fell upon the rock are those who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; yet root they have not, but for a time is their faith, and in the time of temptation they are offended. ¹⁴ But that which fell among thorns are they who hear the word, and by the cares, and by the riches, and by the lusts of the world, they are choked, and fruit they give not. ¹⁵ But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.

²⁵ IN that time Jeshu answered and said, I praise thee, my Father, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou hast concealed these (things) from the wise and prudent [ones], but hast revealed them unto little children.

¹¹ He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given. ¹² For unto him who hath, it shall be given, and it shall be increased to him: but [as] to him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. ¹³ On this account I speak to them in parables. Hence they see, and (yet) see not; and they hear, and (yet) hear not, neither understand;

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes which see, and your ears which hear:

¹⁷ Jeshu responded and said to him, Blessed art thou, Shemun-bar-Jona; because flesh and blood have not revealed (this) to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁰ But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.

²¹ In that hour Jeshu exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, my Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and the intellectual, and hast revealed them unto children. Yes, my Father, for so was thy will.[Or, so was the will before thee.] ²² And he turned to his disciples, and said to them, Every thing is delivered to me by my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is but the Father; and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal. ²³ And he turned to his disciples by themselves, and said, Blessed are your eyes because they see what you see; ²⁴ for I tell you that prophets many and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard.

⁷ For who distinguisheth thee? Or, what hast thou which thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou boast as if thou hadst not received?

¹² For what had I to judge those who are without? But you judge those who are within; ¹³ but those who are without, Aloha judgeth: and put away the wicked one from among you.

⁶ For Aloha, who said, Let light arise from darkness, hath arisen in our hearts; that we should be illuminated by the knowledge of the glory of Aloha in the face of Jeshu Meshiha.

⁹ and hath made known to us the mystery of his will, which before he had determined in himself should be done:

⁴ BUT Aloha, who is rich in his mercies, for his great love wherewith he loved us ⁵ while we were dead in our sins, made us alive with the Meshiha, and through his grace delivered us, ⁶ and raised us with him, and made us to sit with him in heaven in Jeshu the Meshiha, ⁷ that he might show to the ages to come the greatness of the riches of his grace and his goodness, which hath been upon us in Jeshu the Meshiha. ⁸ For by his grace are we saved through faith, and this was not of you, but is the gift of Aloha, ⁹ not of works, that no man should glory. ¹⁰ For we are his creation, who are created in Jeshu Meshiha unto good works, which Aloha hath prepared before, that in them we should walk.

⁵ In wisdom walk towards the outward ones, and redeem your opportunity.

¹² that you may walk becomingly towards the outward-ones, and of man you may not need.

⁷ But it is needful that he have also a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach, and into the net of Satana.

³ For we also were afore-time without understanding, and disobedient and erring, and were subjected to various lusts; and in malice, and in envy we conversed, and were hateful, and also hating one another. ⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness, ⁶ which he shed upon us abundantly, by Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour; ⁷ that by his grace we might be justified, and be made heirs according to the hope of the life which is eternal.

¹⁶ Do not err, my beloved brethren; ¹⁷ every good gift and perfect from above descendeth, from the Father of lights, with whom is no alteration, nor the shadow of vicissitude. ¹⁸ He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of Aloha hath come, and hath given us knowledge to know the truth, and to be in him in the truth, in his Son Jeshu the Meshiha. This is Aloha the true, and the life which is eternal.

³⁷ Yet though all these signs he had done before them, they believed not in him: ³⁸ that the word of the prophet Eshaia might be fulfilled, who said, My Lord, who hath believed our report, [Or, our hearing.] and the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it been revealed? ³⁹ Because of this they were not able to believe: Wherefore again Eshaia had said, ⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, ad darkened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I should heal them. ⁴¹ These said Eshaia when he saw his glory, and spake concerning him.

¹⁹ Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,

²⁵ And they removed from him, while not agreeing together. And Paulos said to them this word, Well spake the Spirit of Holiness, by the mouth of Eshaia the prophet, against your fathers, ²⁶ saying, Go unto this people, and say unto them, hearing, you will hear and will not understand. And you will see, but not discern: ²⁷ For stupified is the heart of this people, and their hearing they have made heavy, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be turned unto me, and I should forgive them.

⁸ As it is written, Aloha hath given them the spirit of trouble,[Spiritum stupidum. - WALTON.] And eyes that see not, and ears that hear not, until the present day.[Until the day of to-day.] ⁹ And David again saith, let their table become a snare before them, and their reward be for a stumbling-block: ¹⁰ let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and their back at all times be bowed;

²⁵ that he may instruct them who would contend against him with meekness, if by any means Aloha may give them conversion, and they may acknowledge the truth,

⁶ (and) who again shall sin, cannot again be renewed unto conversion, who would afresh crucify and put to shame the Son of God.

¹⁸ You, then, attend to the comparison of the seed: ¹⁹ (When) any one who heareth the doctrine of the kingdom doth not understand it, there cometh the evil (one), and snatcheth away the doctrine that was sown in his heart: this is what by the road-side was sown. ²⁰ But that which was sown upon the rock is he who heareth the word, and at once with joy apprehendeth it. ²¹ Yet hath he no root in him, but is (only) for a time; and when affliction or persecution occurs on account of the doctrine, he is quickly offended. ²² That sown [in] the place of thorns, is he who heareth the word, but the anxious thought of this world and the illusions of riches stifle the word in him, and he is without fruits. ²³ But that which upon good ground was sown is he who heareth my doctrine, and understandeth (it), and giveth fruits, and produceth, whether a hundred, or sixty, or thirty fold.

⁵¹ Jeshu said to them, Have you understood all these? They say to him, Yes, our Lord. ⁵² He saith to them, On this account every scribe who is learned in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man a house-lord, who bringeth forth from his treasuries the new and the old.

¹⁵ And Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, expound to us this parable. ¹⁶ But he said to them, Do you also not yet understand? ¹⁷ Know you not that whatsoever entereth the mouth, goeth into the belly, and from thence in purification it is cast without?

⁸ But Jeshu knew, and said to them, Why reason you within yourselves, little in faith, because bread you have not brought? ⁹ Have you not yet understood? Do you not remember those five loaves for the five thousand, and how many panniers you took up?

¹⁷ But when Jeshu had gone into the house (apart) from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning that parable. ¹⁸ He said to them, How dull are even you! Know you not, that nothing from without that entereth a man can defile him,

²⁵ Then said Jeshu to them, O wanting in understanding, and hard of heart to believe all the things which the prophets have spoken!

¹ AND I, my brethren, could not speak with you as with the spiritual, but as with the carnal, and as with babes in the Meshiha. ² I have sustained you with milk,[Or, have given you milk to drink.] and have not given you meat; for as yet you could not, nor can you now, (bear it).

¹¹ But concerning this Malki-Zedek himself, we have much discourse to utter, and [which is] hard to explain, because ye are infirm in your hearing. ¹² FOR ye ought to be teachers, on account of the time [occupied] by you in learning; but now ye have need again to be taught those which are the first scriptures of the beginningwords of Aloha; and need have ye for milk, and not for solid food. ¹³ But every one whose food is milk is not versed in the doctrine of righteousness, because he is a babe. ¹⁴ But for the perfect is solid food; those, (namely,) who, because exercised, have trained their senses to distinguish the good and the evil.

¹⁹ All those whom I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

³⁷ He answered and said to them, He who sowed the good seed is the Son of man.

² many were gathered together, so that it could not contain them, nor yet (the space) before the gate; and he spake with them the word.

² according to that which they have delivered to us, (they) who from the first were eye-witnesses and ministers of his doctrine;

¹¹ But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha.

⁴ And they who were dispersed went about and preached the word of Aloha.

⁵ for the hope which is kept for you in heaven, which at the first you heard through the word of the truth of the gospel, ⁶ which is preached to you, as also to all the world, and increaseth and giveth fruits, as also in you from the day that you heard, and knew the grace of Aloha in truth,

²³ as men who are regenerated, not by a perishable seed, but by that which is imperishable, by the living word of Aloha which abideth for ever. ²⁴ Because all flesh is grass, and all its beauty as the flower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower drieth up, ²⁵ but the word of our God abideth for ever; and this is that word which is preached unto you.

¹⁰ Then said Jeshu to him, Away with thee, Satana! for it is written that the Lord thy Aloha thou shalt worship, and him only thou shalt serve.

⁵ But they despised (it), and went, one to his domain, and another to his business.

⁴ and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side,[Upon the hand of the way.] and the fowl came and devoured it.

¹⁸ And every one of them began to excuse himself. The first said to him, I have bought an estate, and am constrained to go forth to see it: I beseech thee, permit me to be excused. ¹⁹ Another said, Five yoke of oxen have I bought, and I go to prove them: I beseech thee, permit me to be excused.

³ And Shemun said to him, Hanania, how hath Satana thus filled thine heart that thou shouldest lie to the Spirit of Holiness, and conceal from the silver of the price of the field?

¹⁸ and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them. ¹⁹ And they took him and brought him to the house of judgment which is called Arios-pagos, saying to him, Can we know what this new doctrine is which thou art preaching? ²⁰ for thou sowest foreign words in our hearing, and we desire to know what these things are.

³² And when they heard of resurrection from among the dead, (some) of them mocked, and (some) of them said, At another time we will hear thee concerning this.

¹⁴ And when Paulos sought to open his mouth and speak, Galion said to the Jihudoyee, If it were concerning some thing of evil, or of wickedness, or of abomination, you would complain, O Jihudoyee, it would be proper for me to receive you; ¹⁵ but if they be questions concerning language and names, and concerning your law, let them be known among yourselves; for I am not willing to be a judge of these matters. ¹⁶ And he drove them from his tribunal. ¹⁷ And all the Heathens seized Sosthenis the presbyter of the synagogue, and beat him before the tribunal. And Galion was careless of these.

¹⁹ but (had) various questions with him regarding their worship, and concerning Jeshu, a man who was dead, of whom Paulos said that he was alive. ²⁰ And because I stood not [Or, have not been constituted for.] upon the investigation of these (matters), I said to Paulos, Dost thou require to go to Urishlem, and there be judged concerning these?

³¹ and when they were removed thence they spake one with another, and said, Nothing that is worthy of death or of bonds hath this man done. ³² And Agripos said to Festos, This man could have been dismissed, if he had not called the appeal of Caesar.

¹¹ lest Satana get the advantage of you; for we know his devices.

³ But if our gospel is hid, to those who perish is it hid: ⁴ (to) them whose minds the god of this world hath blinded because they believe not; lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Meshiha, who is the image of Aloha, should arise upon them.

⁹ For the coming of that (wicked one) is the working of Satana, with all power, and (with) signs and false miracles,

¹ Therefore we are obligated to be more exceedingly heedful in what we have heard, that we fall not.

¹⁶ or lest there be found among you any fornicator, or dissolute, as Isu, who for one meal sold his birthright.

⁸ Watch, and be mindful, because your adversary Satana, as a lion, roareth and walketh and seeketh whom he may devour.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, who is called the Deceiver, and the Adversary, which seduceth the whole habitable world. And he was cast upon the earth, and his angels with him were cast.

² And he laid hold of the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the deceiver, and Satana, who seduced all the habitable world, and bound him a thousand years; ³ and cast him into the abyss, and shut and sealed over him, that he should no more seduce the nations, until the thousand years be completed: but after them he will be loosed a little time.

⁷ And when the thousand years shall be fulfilled, Satana will be loosed from the place of his keeping,

¹⁰ And the accuser who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and of sulphur, as was also the beast of prey and the false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

¹⁹ And a certain scribe approached him, and said, Rabi, I will come after thee to the place whither thou goest. ²⁰ Jeshu saith to him, The foxes have their dens, and the fowls of heaven a bower, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

²⁰ But that which was sown upon the rock is he who heareth the word, and at once with joy apprehendeth it. ²¹ Yet hath he no root in him, but is (only) for a time; and when affliction or persecution occurs on account of the doctrine, he is quickly offended.

²⁰ For Herodes feared Juchanon, because he knew that he was a man righteous and holy, and he protected him, and was many (times) hearing him, doing, and hearing him favourably.

¹⁷ AND as he journeyed in the way, one ran, fell upon his knees, and asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸ Jeshu said to him, Why callest thou me good? none is good but one, Aloha. ¹⁹ Thou knowest the commandments, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not witness false testimony, Thou shalt not injure, Honour thy father and thy mother. ²⁰ But he answered and said to him, Malphona, these all have I kept from my childhood. ²¹ And Jeshu beheld him and loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have a treasure in heaven: and take up thy cross and come after me. ²² But he was grieved at that word, and went away sorrowful: for he had great riches.

³⁵ He was a lamp that burneth and shineth, and you were willing to glory for the hour in his light.

¹³ And Simon also himself believed, and was baptized, and adhered to Philipos. And when he saw the signs and great works which were done by his hands, he wondered and was astonished.

¹⁸ And when Simon saw that by the hand-laying of the apostles the Spirit of Holiness was given, he offered to them silver, ¹⁹ saying, Give also to me this power, that he on whom I shall lay the hand may receive the Spirit of Holiness. ²⁰ Shemun Kipha said to him, Thy silver go with thee into perdition, because thou thoughtest that the gift of Aloha with the possessions of the world might he obtained. ²¹ Thou hast neither part nor lot in this faith, because thine heart hath not been right before Aloha.

²⁵ And as he discoursed with them of righteousness, and of holiness, and of the judgment which is to come, Felix was filled with fear, and he said, Now go, and when I have opportunity [Or, place.] I will send for thee. ²⁶ For he hoped that a bribe would be given him by Paulos, and on this account he continually sent to bring him, and to speak with him.

²⁸ King Agripos said to him, (Within) a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

⁶ and blessed is he who shall not be offended with me.

³¹ Wherefore, this I say to you: That all sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto the sons of men; but the blasphemy which is against the Spirit shall not be forgiven to the sons of men.

²¹ Yet hath he no root in him, but is (only) for a time; and when affliction or persecution occurs on account of the doctrine, he is quickly offended.

⁹ Then shall they deliver you to affliction, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated of all peoples on account of my name. ¹⁰ Then shall many be offended, and shall hate one another, and betray one another.

⁵ And other fell upon the rock, so that it had not much earth; and it soon came up, because it had not depth of earth: ⁶ but when the sun arose, it became hot; and inasmuch as it had no root, it dried up.

¹⁰ And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it may be forgiven him; but whoever against the Spirit of Holiness shall blaspheme, it shall not be forgiven him.

³¹ And Jeshu said to those Jihudoyee who believed on him, If you persevere in my doctrine,[My word.] you shall be truly my disciples;

² Every branch which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give. ³ Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me. ⁵ I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing. ⁶ But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn. ⁷ But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you.

¹² Whoever then thinketh he standeth, let him beware that he fall not. ¹³ Temptation cometh not (upon) you but what cometh on mankind; but faithful is Aloha, who will not permit you to be tempted more than you are able, but will make to your temptation a departure, that you may be able to endure.

¹² They who would glory in the flesh would constrain you to be circumcised; only lest for the cross of the Meshiha they might be persecuted.

³ that none of you should be slain through these afflictions; for you know that to this we are set. ⁴ For while also we were with you, we foretold you that we were to be afflicted, as you know that it hath been. ⁵ On account of this also, I, not enduring until I had sent to know your faith, lest the tempter should tempt you, and we should have laboured in vain;

¹⁵ Know this, that all those of Asia are turned from me, of whom are Phygellos and Harmogenes.

¹⁷ And their words as an eating cancer will lay hold upon many: but one of them is Hymeneos, and another Philetos, ¹⁸ who have erred from the truth, saying, that the resurrection of the dead hath been, and the faith of some overturning.

¹⁰ for Dema hath left me, and hath loved this world, and is gone to Thessalonika; Krispos to Galatia, Titos to Dalmatia;

¹⁶ In the first defence no man was with me, but all of them left me. May this not be reckoned to them!

²⁹ how much greater punishment, think ye, shall he receive who hath trampled upon the Son of Aloha, and hath counted the blood of the covenant of him by which he had been sanctified as that of every man and hath insulted the Spirit of grace?

¹⁹ From us they went forth, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, with us would they have remained. But they went forth from us, that it might be known that they were not of us.

¹⁰ Fear not any thing of those that thou art to suffer; for, behold, it will be that the accuser will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee the crown of life

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, where (is) the throne of Satana; and thou hast held my name, and not denied my faith in those days when my witness was exposed,* my faithful one, who was killed with you where dwelleth Satana. [* Or, became a spectacle. But, instead of ETHCHAZAITH, spectaculum factus est, the Polyglots read ETHCHARITH AM; "Thou wast in conflict along with my witness, my faithful one."]

⁷ And other fell in a place of thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruits.

¹⁰ But, behold, the axe lieth at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which maketh not good fruit is cut down and falleth into the fire.

²³ But Jeshu said to his disciples, Amen I say unto you, that it is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.

⁴¹ Jeshu answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and disturbed about many,

¹⁷ And he thought within himself, and said, What shall I do? for I have not where to collect my provisions. ¹⁸ And he said, This will I do: I will destroy my house of stores, and will build and enlarge it; and there will I collect all my provender and my good things: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry. ²⁰ But Aloha said to him, Reasonless (man)! [Chasir reyona, wanting reason.] this night thy soul they shall require of thee; and then, (the things) which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? ²¹ So is he who layeth up to himself treasures, and towards Aloha is not rich.

²⁹ And seek you not what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor let your mind be distracted for these: ³⁰ for all these the nations of the world seek; but to you also your Father knoweth that these are needful.

¹⁸ And every one of them began to excuse himself. The first said to him, I have bought an estate, and am constrained to go forth to see it: I beseech thee, permit me to be excused. ¹⁹ Another said, Five yoke of oxen have I bought, and I go to prove them: I beseech thee, permit me to be excused. ²⁰ Another said, A wife have I taken, and therefore I cannot come.

² Every branch which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.

⁶ For nothing be anxious; but in all time, with prayer and with supplication, let your requests be made known before Aloha:

¹⁷ The rich of this world instruct, that they be not uplifted in their minds, nor be trustful upon riches which have no security, but upon Aloha the living, who giveth to us all abundantly for our comfort;

⁷ For the earth that hath drank the rain which hath come upon it many times, and shall have brought forth the herb that is useful for them on whose account it is cultured, receiveth blessing from Aloha; ⁸ but that which shall produce thorns and briers hath reprobation; nor is it far from the curse, but its end is burning.

² that henceforth to the lusts of men he should not live, what time he is in the body, but to the will of Aloha. ³ For the time which hath passed sufficeth to have served the will of the Gentiles in indulgence, in drunkenness, in vileness, in revellings, and in the service of demons.

⁸ For while these are found with you, and abound, neither slothfulness nor unfruitfulness will stand against you in the knowledge of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor any thing which is in it; for whoever loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For every thing that is in the world, is the lust of the body, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world. These which are not of the Father, but they are from the world itself. ¹⁷ And the world passeth, (both) it and its lusts; but he who doeth the will of Aloha, continueth for ever.

⁸ But other fell upon good ground; and it came up, and grew, and gave fruits, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me. ⁵ I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.

¹⁶ You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you.

⁴ And now, my brethren, you also are dead to the law, through the body of the Meshiha, that you should be married to another, (namely, to) him who rose from the dead, that you may render fruit unto Aloha.

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, prolonging of the spirit, benignity, goodness, fidelity, meekness, patience; ²³ against these the law is not set.

¹⁰ and may walk according to that which is just, and may please Aloha in all good works, and may yield fruit, and increase in the knowledge of Aloha;

¹ HENCE then, my brethren, we pray of you, and beseech of you by our Lord Jeshu, that as you have received of us how it behoveth you to walk and to please Aloha, the more to increase.

¹⁵ Nor do they kindle a lamp and place it beneath a measure, but on a candlestick, and it enlighteneth all who are in the house.

¹⁶ NO man lighteth a lamp, and covereth it with a measure, or setteth it under a bed; but setteth it upon a candlestick, that every one who cometh in may see the light of it.

³³ No man lighteth a lamp and setteth it in a secret (place) or under a measure, but upon a candlestick, that they who enter may see the light of it.

⁷ But to each is given (such) a revelation of the Spirit as is profitable to him.

³ BUT fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness, let them not be even heard among you, as it becometh the saints; ⁴ neither filthiness, nor words of folly, or of jeering, or fables, which are not necessary, but, instead of these, thanksgiving. ⁵ But this know, that any man who is a fornicator, or impure, or covetous, or an idolater, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Meshiha and of Aloha; ⁶ lest any man deceive you with vain words; for because of these cometh the anger of Aloha upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Be not, therefore, participators with them. ⁸ For you were before darkness, but now you are light in our Lord. As the sons of light, then, so walk. ⁹ For the fruits of the light are in all goodness and rectitude and truth. ¹⁰ And be discerning of that which is good before our Lord. ¹¹ And have no communion with the works of darkness, which have no fruits, but reprove them. ¹² For that which in secrecy they do it is execrable even to mention. ¹³ For every thing is exposed by the light, and is revealed, and whatever revealeth is light. ¹⁴ Wherefore it is said, Awake thou who sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Meshiha shall enlighten thee. ¹⁵ See then that you walk vigilantly, not as fools,

¹⁵ that you may be perfect and without spot, as the pure children of Aloha, who dwell in a generation depraved and perverse; and be manifest among them as luminaries in the world, ¹⁶ to be unto them for a place of salvation, for my exultation in the day of the Meshiha, that I may not have run in vain, nor laboured to no purpose.

²⁶ You shall not fear, therefore, from them; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, nor secret which shall not be known. ²⁷ Whatsoever I say to you in darkness, declare you in the light; and whatsoever you have heard in your ears, proclaim upon the [house-]roofs.

¹⁷ For there is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed, and nothing secret that shall not be known and come into openness.

² For nothing is hidden which shall not be revealed, and nothing secreted which shall not be made known. ³ For all that you say in darknesses in the light shall be heard, and what you whisper in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

²⁰ For what we have seen and heard we cannot but speak.

²⁷ For I have not shunned to make known to you all the will of Aloha.

⁵ Therefore, do not judge before the time, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the thoughts of hearts. Then will there be praise to each man from Aloha.

¹ WE announce [Mesabrinan.] to you that which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, and seen with our eyes, have seen, and touched with our hands, that which is the Word of life. ² And the life was manifested, and we have seen, and testify, and preach to you the eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us. ³ And what we have seen and heard, we make known also to you, that you may have communion with us; and our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jeshu the Meshiha.

¹⁷ He who hath ears, let him hear what saith the Spirit to the churches. To him who overcometh will I give to eat of the manna which is hidden; and I will give to him the white stone,* and upon the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth but he who receiveth. [* Chushbono, rationale. Query, a breastplate?]

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

⁷ And there was the cloud, and it shadowed over them: and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, him hear.[Hono Beri chabiba leh shamaii.]

³⁷ JUDGE not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release,[Or, absolve.] and you shall be released; ³⁸ give, and it shall be given to you; in good measure, compressed, redundant, shall they pour into your bosoms. For in that measure you mete, it shall be measured to you.

²⁵ Amen, amen, I say to you, That the hour cometh and also now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Aloha; and they who hear shall live.

¹⁶ But I have other sheep also which are not of this fold; and these also it behoveth me to bring, and they will hear my voice, and all shall become one flock and one shepherd.

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

⁶ But this [remember], He who soweth with scantiness, with scantiness also reapeth; and he who soweth with blessing, with blessing also shall reap.

² and be as (new)-born babes, and be desirous of the word as of milk pure and spiritual, that by it you may increase unto life.

¹ BUT there were false prophets in the world, as also among you there will be false teachers, they who introduce heresies of destruction,[Abadono.] and, the Lord who bought them denying, bring upon themselves swift destruction. ² And many will go after their wickedness; they, on account of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. ³ And with fraudulency [Olubutho is used both for avaritia and defraudatio.] of deceptive words will they make merchandise of you; they, whose judgment (denounced) before tarrieth not, and whose destruction doth not sleep.

¹ MY beloved, believe not all spirits, but discern the spirits whether they be from Aloha; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

¹² For unto him who hath, it shall be given, and it shall be increased to him: but [as] to him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him.

²⁸ Take therefore from him the talent, and give it unto him who hath ten talents. ²⁹ For unto him who hath shall be given, and it shall be added to him; but he who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him.

⁹ Also I say unto you, Make to you friends from this wealth of unrighteousness, that, when perfect, they may receive you into the tabernacles of eternity. ¹⁰ Whoever in the little is faithful, in the great also is faithful; and he who in the little is unjust, in the great also is unjust. ¹¹ If, therefore, in the wealth of unrighteousness you have not been faithful, the truth to you who will confide? ¹² And if in that which is not yours you are not found faithful, your own who will give to you?

²⁴ And to those who stood before him he said, Take from him the mani, and give to him who hath the ten minin. ²⁵ They say to him, Our lord, he hath ten minin. ²⁶ He saith to them, I tell you, that to every one who hath (it) shall be given; and from him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken.

² and saying, Repent! the kingdom of heaven hath drawn nigh.

¹⁷ From that time began Jeshu to preach, and to say, Repent! for the kingdom of heaven hath drawn nigh.

¹¹ He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given.

³¹ Another comparison allegorized he to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field.

³³ Another parable he spake to them: The kingdom of heaven resembles that leaven which a woman took and hid in three satas [The seä, or sata, was the third of an ephah.] of meal, until the whole was leavened.

³ Listen: Behold, a sower went forth to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side,[Upon the hand of the way.] and the fowl came and devoured it.

¹⁴ The sower who sowed, the word sowed. ¹⁵ These which were by the way-side, these are they in whom the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately cometh Satana, and taketh up the word which was sowed in their heart. ¹⁶ And these who upon the rock are sowed, these are they who, when they have heard the word, at once with joy receive it: ¹⁷ but they have no root in themselves, but are (only) for a time; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are soon offended. ¹⁸ And these who in the place of thorns are sown, these are they who hear the word; ¹⁹ and the care of this world, and the deceptiveness of wealth, and the remainder of other lusts, entering, choke the word, and it is without fruits. ²⁰ And these who in good ground are sowed, these are they who hear the word, and receive, and give fruits, thirty, and sixty, and a hundred.

¹⁸ Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it?

²⁴ Amen, amen, I say to you, That a grain of wheat if it fall not and die in the earth remaineth alone; but if it die, it bringeth much fruits.

¹⁸ But the fruits of righteousness in quietness are sown by them who make peace.

⁷ Wonder not that I have said to thee, that it behoves you to be born anew. ⁸ The wind bloweth where she willeth,* and her voice thou hearest; but thou knowest not whence she cometh, nor whither she goeth: so is every man who is born of the Spirit. [* Rucho signifies either the Spirit, or the wind; as, in like manner, does the corresponding Greek word wneuma and hence most of the versions of the latter have, "The Spirit bloweth where he willeth;" but in the Syriac text the verbs and the pronominal affix to the noun "voice" being in the feminine, the application of Rucho to the Holy Spirit seems not to have been contemplated. OLSHAUSEN on the Greek text has well said, "The comparison itself, and the expression, fwnhn autou, show, beyond doubt, that wneuma does not here mean the breath of the Divine Spirit, but the wind properly so called."]

³⁷ and that thing which thou sowest is not the body that is to be, but thou sowest naked grain, of wheat, or of barley, or of the rest of seeds; ³⁸ but Aloha giveth it a body as he willeth, and to each of the seeds a body of its own nature.

³ To give thanks we owe to Aloha at all time on behalf of you, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith greatly increaseth, and the love of you all, of every man toward his neighbour, enlargeth;

¹⁸ But increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, and (of) Aloha the Father, Whose be glory both now, and in all time, and to the days eternal. Amen.

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard, which, when sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds which are in the earth: ³² and when it is sown, it springeth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and maketh great branches; so that in its shadow the fowl can dwell.

⁶ because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun good workings in you will himself make perfect until the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may still increase and abound in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that you may distinguish those things that are proper, and may be pure and without offence in the day of the Meshiha, ¹¹ and filled with the fruits of righteousness which are in Jeshu Meshiha, to the glory and the honour of Aloha.

¹² and he will cause your love to increase to one another, and to every man, even as we love you; ¹³ and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.

³⁰ Leave (them), that both may grow together till the harvest; and in the season of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the zizania, and bind them (together in) bundles, that they may burn; but the wheat collect into my barns.

⁴⁰ As, therefore, the zizania are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the completion of this world. ⁴¹ The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall collect from his kingdom all those who cause offence, and all (who) work iniquity, ⁴² and shall throw them into a furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the just shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁷ The good agony I have fought, and my running I have completed, and my faith I have kept. ⁸ And from now there is kept for me the crown of righteousness, which my Lord will give me in that day, because he is a righteous judge: yet, not only to me, but to all them who love his manifestation.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, blessed are the dead who in Aloha die from now. Yes, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, for their works follow with them. ¹⁴ And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud sat (one) like the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a great voice to him who sat upon the cloud. ¹⁶ And he thrust his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, having also a sharp sickle.

¹⁶ BUT to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in the public place, and cry to their companions,

³¹ Another comparison allegorized he to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² This is less than all other seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the fowl of the heavens come (and) build in its branches.

¹⁸ Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It resembles a grain of mustard,[Chardala, Sinapis orientalis.] which a man took (and) cast into his garden: and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowl of the heaven built in its branches. ²⁰ Jeshu said again, To what shall I compare the kingdom of Aloha? ²¹ It is like leaven which a woman took; (and) hid in three satas of meal, until all had leavened.

³¹ Another comparison allegorized he to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² This is less than all other seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the fowl of the heavens come (and) build in its branches. ³³ Another parable he spake to them: The kingdom of heaven resembles that leaven which a woman took and hid in three satas [The seä, or sata, was the third of an ephah.] of meal, until the whole was leavened.

¹⁸ Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It resembles a grain of mustard,[Chardala, Sinapis orientalis.] which a man took (and) cast into his garden: and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowl of the heaven built in its branches.

⁴¹ And some of them eagerly received his word and believed and were baptized, and there were added in that day as three thousand souls.

⁴ And many who heard the word believed; and they were in number as five thousand men.

¹⁴ And the more were they who believed added to the Lord, an assemblage of men and of women;

²⁰ And thus with great power prevailed and increased the faith of Aloha.

²⁰ And when they heard, they glorified Aloha. And they said to him, Thou seest, our brother, how many myriads there are in Jihud who believe, and all of them are zealous for the law.

¹⁵ And the Seventh angel sounded. And there were voices and thunders, saying, The kingdom of the world is of our Lord, and of his Meshiha; and he will reign for ever and ever!

¹ AND I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. ² And he laid hold of the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the deceiver, and Satana, who seduced all the habitable world, and bound him a thousand years; ³ and cast him into the abyss, and shut and sealed over him, that he should no more seduce the nations, until the thousand years be completed: but after them he will be loosed a little time. ⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and to the souls of them who had been cut asunder for the sake of the testimony of Jeshu, and for the word of Aloha, and them who had not worshipped the beast of prey nor his image, nor received his signature upon their forehead and upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with their Meshiha the thousand years. ⁵ This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection: upon them the second death hath not power; but they shall be priests of Aloha and of his Meshiha, and shall reign with him the thousand years.

¹² I have yet much to tell you, but you cannot now apprehend;

³⁶ Then Jeshu dismissed the multitudes, and came into the house; and his disciples drew near him, and said to him, Expound to us the comparison of the zizania of the field. ³⁷ He answered and said to them, He who sowed the good seed is the Son of man. ³⁸ The field is the world. Now, the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the zizania are the sons of the evil one. ³⁹ The adversary who sowed them is Satana; the harvest is the consummation of the world; the reapers are the angels.

¹⁵ And Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, expound to us this parable. ¹⁶ But he said to them, Do you also not yet understand? ¹⁷ Know you not that whatsoever entereth the mouth, goeth into the belly, and from thence in purification it is cast without? ¹⁸ But whatsoever from the mouth shall come forth, from the heart cometh forth, and this [it is that] contaminates a child of man. ¹⁹ For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, fornication, robbery, false witness, blasphemy. ²⁰ These are they which defile a man; but if any one eat when his hands are not washed, he is not defiled.

¹⁰ And when he was alone, they who were with him along with his twelve inquired of him [concerning] that parable.

¹⁷ But when Jeshu had gone into the house (apart) from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning that parable. ¹⁸ He said to them, How dull are even you! Know you not, that nothing from without that entereth a man can defile him, ¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and is cast out in the purgation which all food purgeth? ²⁰ But that which proceedeth from a man, that polluteth a man. ²¹ For from within, from the heart of the sons of men, go forth evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, ²² robbery, murder, rapacity, malice, fraud, obscenity, an evil eye, blasphemy, vain-glory, folly; ²³ all these evils come from within, and they defile a man.

²⁷ And, beginning from Musha and all the prophets, he explained to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke with you while I was with you, that every thing must be fulfilled which is written in the law of Musha, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. ⁴⁵ Then opened he their minds, that they might understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ And he said to them, that so it is written, and so it was just, that the Meshicha should suffer, and should rise from among the dead in the three days,

²⁵ These in parables I have spoken with you; but the hour cometh when I will not speak with you in parables, but manifestly; and I will announce to you concerning the Father.

¹⁸ Now when Jeshu saw the great multitudes which encompassed him, he commanded that they should go to the opposite shore.

²³ AND when Jeshu had ascended into the ship, his disciples ascended with him. ²⁴ And, behold, a great commotion was made on the sea, insomuch that the vessel was covered by the waves; but Jeshu himself was asleep. ²⁵ And the disciples approached him, that they might awake him, saying to him, Our Lord, deliver us, we are perishing! ²⁶ And Jeshu said to them, Why are you fearful, you little in faith? Then he arose, and forbade the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm. ²⁷ But the men were struck with wonder, saying, What (being) is this, to whom the winds and the sea are obedient?

²² And immediately he constrained his disciples to ascend into the bark, and proceed before him to the other shore, while he was dismissing the crowds.

²¹ AND when Jeshu had passed in the vessel to the opposite side, there were again congregated unto him great gatherings, while he was upon the shore of the sea.

⁴⁵ And immediately he constrained his disciples to ascend into the bark, and to go before him across to Beth-tsaida, while he dismissed the assemblies;

¹³ And he left them, and ascended into the ship, and went to that overland.

²² NOW it was on one of the days that Jeshu ascended and sat in a vessel and his disciples: and he said to them, Let us pass to the other side of the water.

²⁵ And he said to them, Where is your faith? But they, afraid, wondered, saying one with another, Who is this that also commandeth the winds, and to whom the waves and the sea are obedient?

¹ AFTER these Jeshu went over the Sea of Galila of Tiberios,

¹⁷ And they sat in a vessel, and went over for Kapher-nachum. And it was dark, and Jeshu had not come to them.

²⁵ and when they had found him on the opposite side of the sea, they say to him, Raban, when camest thou hither?

⁹ And he spoke to his disciples to bring a vessel for him, that the crowds might not oppress him;

¹ And he began again to teach by the sea-side:[Hand of the sea.] and great assemblies were gathered to him; so that, ascending, he sat in a bark on the sea, and the whole multitude stood on the land, by the edge of the water.[Hand of the sea.]

² And when he had come from the vessel, there met him from the place of tombs a man who had an unclean spirit,

²³ AND when Jeshu had ascended into the ship, his disciples ascended with him. ²⁴ And, behold, a great commotion was made on the sea, insomuch that the vessel was covered by the waves; but Jeshu himself was asleep.

²² NOW it was on one of the days that Jeshu ascended and sat in a vessel and his disciples: and he said to them, Let us pass to the other side of the water. ²³ But as they went, Jeshu himself slept. And there became a storm of wind on the water, and nigh was the vessel to be swallowed up.

¹⁴ And after a little there came forth against us a blowing of the tempest which is called Tuphonikos Euroklidon; ¹⁵ and the ship was carried away, and could not stand against the wind, and we gave her into its hand. ¹⁶ And when we had passed a certain isle that is called Cyra; we could scarcely take up the boat. ¹⁷ And when we had uplifted her, we girded and strengthened the ship. And because we feared lest we should fall into the precipitancy * of the sea, we brought down the sails, and so went forward. [* Locus declivis, descensus, praecipitium. Greek, snrtiv.] ¹⁸ And while there rose against us the hard tempest, the next day we threw the goods into the sea. ¹⁹ And the third day the things of the ship itself we cast forth. ²⁰ And when the storm had held more days, and neither the sun was seen, nor the moon, nor stars, the hope that we should be saved at all was cut off.

⁴¹ And the ship struck on a high place between two depths of the sea, and infixed * herself in it; and her forepart stood upon it, and was immovable, but her afterpart was loosed from the violence of the waves. [* Infixit se. - TREM. Illisa est. - REG. Resupinata est. - Paris, Min. et Angl. Rupta est. - BUXT. C. R.]

²⁵ three times with staves have I been beaten, once was I stoned, three times have I been in shipwreck, a day and a night without a ship have I been in the sea.

²⁵ And the disciples approached him, that they might awake him, saying to him, Our Lord, deliver us, we are perishing!

²⁴ And they approached (and) awoke him, saying to him, Our master, our master, we perish! But he arose and rebuked the winds and the waves of the sea; and they quieted, and there was a calm.

⁶ And the fountain of water of Jakub was there. But Jeshu was wearied with the labour of the way, and sat by the fountain; and it was six hours.

¹⁷ Therefore it was right that in every thing he should be rendered like unto his brethren, that he might be compassionate, and a High Priest faithful in [things pertaining] to Aloha, and become an expiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁵ For we have not an high priest who cannot suffer along with our infirmity, but (one) who, [having been] tempted in every thing as we, (was) separate from sin.

⁷ And all your anxiety cast upon Aloha, because he is careful over you.

²⁵ But when Jeshu saw the people running together, and assembling to him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him, Spirit, deaf and unspeaking! I command thee, come forth from him, and enter not into him again!

³⁹ and he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and she rose up at once and ministered to them.

³⁰ But if the herb of the field, which to-day exists, and tomorrow falleth into the oven, Aloha thus clotheth, how much more you, little of faith?

²⁶ And Jeshu said to them, Why are you fearful, you little in faith? Then he arose, and forbade the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

³¹ And immediately our Lord reached forth his hand, and seized him, and said to him, Little of faith, why art thou divided (in mind)?

⁸ But Jeshu knew, and said to them, Why reason you within yourselves, little in faith, because bread you have not brought?

¹⁹ And they had led stadia twentyfive or thirty, and they saw Jeshu walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the vessel; and they feared. ²⁰ But Jeshu himself said to them, I am, fear not.

²⁷ But the men were struck with wonder, saying, What (being) is this, to whom the winds and the sea are obedient?

³² And when they had ascended into the ship, the wind was tranquil.

³³ But the woman herself, fearing and trembling, because she knew what had been done for her, came, fell before him, and told him all the truth.

³⁷ and they were exceedingly astonished, and said, He doeth every thing well; the deaf he maketh to hear, and them who spoke not, to speak.

³⁶ And wonder seized on every man, and they spake with each other and said, What thing is this? for with authority and with power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they go forth.

²⁸ THEREFORE because we have received the kingdom which is immoveable,[Not moved.] let us hold the grace by which we may serve and please Aloha with reverence and with fear:

⁴ Who shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art [good, Polyglot.] and holy and just; therefore all nations shall come and worship before thee; because thy judgments are revealed.