Luke 5 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And it occurred, that a multitude gathered about him, to hear the word of God. And he was standing by the side of the sea of Gennesaret, ² and he saw two ships standing near the sea, and the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. ³ And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas: and Jesus entered and sat in it. And he told them to draw off a little from the shore, into the sea: and he seated himself, and taught the multitude from the ship. ⁴ And when he ceased from speaking, he said to Simon: Launch out into the deep, and cast your net for a draught. ⁵ Simon answered, and said to him: Rabbi, all the night we have toiled, and have caught nothing: but, at thy bidding, I will cast the net. ⁶ And when they had done so, they inclosed very many fishes, so that the net was rent. ⁷ And they made signs to their associates, in the other ship, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both the ships, so that they were near to sinking. ⁸ And when Simon Cephas saw it, he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said to him: I beseech thee, my Lord, that thou leave me, for I am a sinful man. ⁹ For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had caught: ¹⁰ and in like manner also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. But Jesus said: Fear thou not; henceforth thou shalt catch men unto life. ¹¹ And they brought the vessels to the land: and they left all and followed him. ¹² And when Jesus was in one of the cities, a man came all full of leprosy and seeing Jesus, he fell upon his face, and besought him, and said to him: My Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. ¹³ And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him: I will it; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy went from him. ¹⁴ And he charged him: Speak to no one; but go and show thyself to the priests, and offer the oblation for thy purification, as Moses hath commanded, for a testimony to them. ¹⁵ And his fame spread abroad still more: and much people assembled to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases. ¹⁶ And he retired into a desert, and prayed. ¹⁷ And it occurred, on one of the days when Jesus was teaching, that Pharisees and Doctors of the law were sitting by, who had come from all the villages of Galilee and of Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. ¹⁸ And some persons brought a paralytic man, on a couch, and sought to bring him in, and to place him before him. ¹⁹ And when they could not thus introduce him, because of the multitude of the people, they ascended to the roof, and let him down with the couch, from the covering, into the midst, before Jesus. ²⁰ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹ And the Scribes and Pharisees began to reason, and to say: Who is this that speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God only? ²² And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: What think ye in your heart? ²³ Which is the easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk? ²⁴ But that ye may know, that the Son of man is competent to forgive sins on the earth, he said to the paralytic: I say to thee, Arise, take up thy couch, and go to thy home. ²⁵ And instantly, he rose up before their eyes, and took up his couch, and went home, glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized every one; and they Praised God; and they were filled with awe, and said: We have seen wonders today. ²⁷ And after these things, Jesus went out and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting among the publicans; and he said to him: Come after me. ²⁸ And he left every thing, and arose, and went after him. ²⁹ And Levi made a great entertainment for him at his house; and there was a numerous company of publicans and others who reclined with them. ³⁰ And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said to his disciples: Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ³¹ And Jesus answered and said to them: A physician is not sought after for the well, but for those very sick. ³² I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. ³³ And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and pray, and also those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? ³⁴ And he said to them: Ye cannot make the guests of the nuptial chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them. ³⁵ But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken up from them, and then will they fast, in those days. ³⁶ And he spoke a similitude to them: No one teareth a patch from a new garment, and putteth it to an old garment; lest he tear the new, and the patch from the new cease to make the old garment whole. ³⁷ And no one putteth new wine into old sacks; otherwise, the new wine will burst the sacks, and the wine will run out, and the sacks be ruined. ³⁸ But they put new wine into new sacks, and both are preserved. ³⁹ And no one drinketh old wine, and immediately calleth for new; for he saith, The old is the delicious.

¹⁸ And as he walked on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, who were casting nets into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them: Follow me; and I will cause you to become fishers of men. ²⁰ And immediately, they left their nets, and went after him. ²¹ And as he passed on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, who were mending their nets. And Jesus called them. ²² And they immediately left the ship and their father, and went after him.

¹² And from the days of John the Baptizer, until now, the kingdom of heaven is assailed by force, and the violent seize it.

³⁴ And they rowed on, and came to the land of Gennesaret.

¹⁶ And as he walked near the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ¹⁸ And immediately they left their nets, and went after him. ¹⁹ And as he passed on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets. ²⁰ And he called them: and immediately they left Zebedee their father in the ship, with the hired servants, and went after him.

⁹ And he told his disciples to bring him a ship, on account of the multitude, lest they should crowd upon him

²⁴ And Jesus went with him; and a great company attended him, and pressed upon him.

⁵³ And when they had passed to the other shore, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

⁴⁵ And Jesus said: Who touched me? And when all denied, Simon Cephas and those with him said to him: Our Rabbi, crowds press upon thee and sayest thou, Who touched me?

¹ And when great multitudes were assembled by myriads, so that they trod one upon another, Jesus began to say to his disciples: First of all, beware for yourselves of that leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

²¹ And as he passed on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, who were mending their nets. And Jesus called them.

¹⁹ And as he passed on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets.

¹⁸ And as he walked on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, who were casting nets into the sea; for they were fishermen.

¹ And on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the side of the sea. ² And great multitudes assembled around him; so that he embarked and seated himself in a ship, and all the multitude stood on the shore of the sea.

¹ And again he began to teach by the side of the sea. And great multitudes were assembled about him; so that he embarked and sat in a ship on the sea, and all the multitude stood on the land by the side of the sea. ² And he taught them much by similitudes. And in his teaching, he said:

⁴¹ He first saw Simon his brother, and said to him: We have found the Messiah. ⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him, and said Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas.

² And in the morning he came again to the temple; and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

²⁷ But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater that take, and give for me and for thyself.

⁶ He said to them: Cast your net on the right side of the ship, and ye will find them. And they cast; and they could not draw up the net, because of the multitude of fishes it contained.

⁴⁶ And why call ye me, My Lord, my Lord; while ye do not that which I command you? ⁴⁷ Every one that cometh to me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show to whom he is like: ⁴⁸ He is like a man that built a house; and he dug and went deep, and laid the foundations on a rock: and when a flood occurred, the flood rushed upon that house, and could not move it, for its foundation rested on a rock.

²⁴ And they came and awaked him, and said to him: Our Rabbi, our Rabbi, we are perishing! And he arose, and rebuked the winds and the agitations of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

³³ And when they began t to retire from him, Simon said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is delightful for us to be here. And let us make here three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. But he knew not what he said.

⁴⁹ And John answered, and said: Our Rabbi, we saw a man casting out demons in thy name; and we forbad him, because he doth not, with us, follow thee.

¹³ and raised their voice, and said: Our Rabbi, Jesus, have compassion upon us.

⁵ His mother said to the waiters: Whatever he saith to you, do it.

¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do all that I command you.

³ Simon Cephas said to them: I will go and catch fishes. They said to him: We will go with thee. And they went, and embarked in a ship: and that night, they caught nothing.

⁶ He said to them: Cast your net on the right side of the ship, and ye will find them. And they cast; and they could not draw up the net, because of the multitude of fishes it contained. ⁷ And that disciple whom Jesus loved, said to Cephas That is our Lord. And Simon, when he heard that it was our Lord, took his tunic, and girded his loins, (for he had been naked,) and threw himself into the sea, to go to Jesus. ⁸ But the other disciples came in the ship, (for they were not very far from the land, only about two hundred cubits,) and they dragged the net with the fishes. ⁹ And when they came upon the land, they saw coals placed, and fish laid on them, and bread. ¹⁰ And Jesus said to them: Bring some of the fishes, which ye have just caught. ¹¹ And Simon Cephas embarked, and drew the net to land, full of huge fishes, one hundred and fifty and three. And with all this weight, the net was not rent.

⁴¹ And some of them readily received his discourse, and believed, and were baptized. And there were added, on that day, about three thousand souls.

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

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my brethren and my beloved, be ye steadfast, and be not vacillating; but be ye at all times abundant in the work of the Lord; seeing ye know, that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

⁹ And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us.

²⁵ And he went away to Tarsus, to seek for Saul.

² that ye may receive her in our Lord, as is just for saints; and that ye may assist her, in whatever thing she may ask of you: for she also hath been assistant to many, and to me also. ³ Salute ye Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow-laborers in Jesus Messiah; ⁴ who, for my life, surrendered their own necks; and to whom, not only I am grateful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

² And bear ye one another's burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah.

³ I also beseech of thee, my true yokefellow, that thou assist those women who toiled with me in the gospel; together with Clement, and with the rest of my helpers, whose names are written in the book of life.

¹¹ And they entered the house; and they saw the child, with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him: and they opened their treasures, and presented to him gifts, gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.

⁸ The centurion replied, and said: My Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my child will be healed.

⁶ And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were much afraid.

³² And Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him: If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died.

²⁵ And as Simon came up, Cornelius met him, and fell down worshipping at his feet. ²⁶ And Simon raised him up, and said to him: Arise; I also am a man.

¹² And now we see, as by a mirror, in similitude; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know, just as I am known.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, and said, Fear not: I am the First and the Last;

⁸ And more-over I am John, the hearer and the seer of these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. ⁹ And he said to me: See, thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them that observe the words of this book. Worship God.

⁶ But he did not know what he said, for they were in trepidation.

³² And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was authoritative.

³⁶ And wonder seized every one, and they talked together, and said: What a word is this! For, with authority and efficiency, he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out

¹⁹ And Jesus said to them: Follow me; and I will cause you to become fishers of men.

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a sweep net, which was cast into the sea, and collected fishes of every kind.

²⁷ But Jesus immediately spoke to them, and said: Have courage: it is I; be not afraid.

²⁰ Then came, to him the mother of Zebedee's children, she and her sons; and she worshipped him, and asked something from him.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

⁷ And they made signs to their associates, in the other ship, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both the ships, so that they were near to sinking.

¹⁴ Simon whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.

²³ And therefore, if Titus be inquired about, he is my associate and assistant among you: or if our other brethren, they are the legates of the churches of the Messiah's glory.

²⁰ And immediately, they left their nets, and went after him.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

²⁷ Then answered Cephas, and said to him: Lo, we have forsaken every thing, and come after thee: What therefore shall we receive?

¹⁸ And immediately they left their nets, and went after him. ¹⁹ And as he passed on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets. ²⁰ And he called them: and immediately they left Zebedee their father in the ship, with the hired servants, and went after him. ²¹ And when they entered Capernaum, he immediately taught on the sabbath in their synagogues. ²² And they were astonished at his doctrine; for he taught them, as having authority, and not as their Scribes. ²³ And in their synagogue was a man, in whom was an unclean spirit; and he cried out, ²⁴ and said: What have we to do with thee? Jesus thou Nazarean. Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy One of God. ²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, and said: Shut thy mouth, and come out of him.

²¹ And Jesus looked on him, and loved him, and said to him: One thing thou lackest. Go, sell all that thou possessest, and give to the poor, and there will be a treasure for thee in heaven; and take thy cross, and come after me.

²⁹ Jesus answered and said: Verily I say to you, There is no man that leaveth houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, for my sake, and for the sake of my tidings, ³⁰ who will not receive a hundredfold, here in the present time, houses, and brothers and sisters, and mothers and children, and lands, with persecution; and in the world to come eternal life.

²⁸ And he left every thing, and arose, and went after him.

²⁸ Simon Cephas said to him: Lo, we have left every thing, and come after thee. ²⁹ Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you: There is no man, who hath left houses, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ that shall not receive manifold in the present time, and, in the coming world, eternal life.

⁷ But these things, which had been my excellence, I have accounted a detriment, because of the Messiah. ⁸ And now also I account them all a detriment, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus the Messiah my Lord; for the sake of whom, I have parted with all things, and have accounted them as dung, that I might gain the Messiah,

² And behold, a leper came and worshipped him, and said: My Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ³ And Jesus stretched forth his hand, touched him, and said: I will: be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus said to him, See, thou tell no man: but go, show thyself to the priests, and present an oblation as Moses enjoined, for a testimony to them.

⁸ The centurion replied, and said: My Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my child will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under authority, and there are soldiers under my hands, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this thing, and he doeth it.

²⁸ And when he had entered a house, those blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, our Lord.

⁶ And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁴⁰ And a leper came to him, and fell at his feet, and entreated him, and said to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ⁴¹ And Jesus had compassion on him, and stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said: I will; be thou clean. ⁴² And in that hour, his leprosy departed from him, and he became clean. ⁴³ And he charged him, and sent him away, ⁴⁴ and he said to him: See that thou tell no person; but go, show thyself to the priests, and offer an oblation on account of thy purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ⁴⁵ And he, as he went out, began to proclaim it much, and to divulge the matter; so that Jesus could not openly go into the city, but was without, in desert places; and they came to him from every quarter.

²³ and besought him much, and said to him: My daughter is very sick; but come and lay thy hand on her, and she will be cured, and will live.

²² And many times it hath thrown him into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But, if thou canst do any thing, aid me and have compassion on me. ²³ Jesus said to him: If thou canst believe; every thing can be, to him that believeth. ²⁴ And immediately the father of the child cried out, while he wept and said: I believe; aid thou the defect of my faith.

¹² And when he drew near to enter a certain village, there met him ten leprous men; and they stood at a distance, ¹³ and raised their voice, and said: Our Rabbi, Jesus, have compassion upon us.

¹⁶ And he fell on his face, at the feet of Jesus, and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

²⁵ and he is able to vivify for ever, them who come to God by him; for he always liveth, and sendeth up prayers for them.

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, and said: As ye have believed, so shall it be to you. ³⁰ And forthwith their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them and said: See, that no man know of it.

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

⁵⁴ And he put every one out, and took her by the hand, and called, and said: Maid, arise. ⁵⁵ And her spirit returned, and she instantly arose. And he directed them to give her food.

⁵⁰ Jesus said to him: Go, thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus spake to him, and went away. ⁵¹ And as he was going down, his servants met him, and informed him and said to him: Thy son liveth. ⁵² And he asked them, at what time he recovered. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour the fever left him. ⁵³ And his father knew, that it was at the hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth. And he believed, and all his house.

⁴ And Jesus said to him, See, thou tell no man: but go, show thyself to the priests, and present an oblation as Moses enjoined, for a testimony to them.

³⁰ And forthwith their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them and said: See, that no man know of it.

¹⁸ And they will bring you before governors and kings, on my account, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

¹⁶ And he charged them not to make him known:

⁴⁴ and he said to him: See that thou tell no person; but go, show thyself to the priests, and offer an oblation on account of thy purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

¹¹ And whoever will not receive you, nor hear you, when ye go out from that place shake off the dust that is under your feet, for a testimony to them. Verily I say to you, There will be comfort for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment rather than for that city.

⁵ And against them that receive you not, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet against them, for a testimony.

¹⁴ And when he had looked upon them, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And as they were going, they were cleansed.

²³ And Jesus traveled over all Galilee. and he taught in their synagogues and proclaimed the tidings of the kingdom; and he cured every disease and malady among the people. ²⁴ And his fame spread through all Syria. And they brought to him all them that were very sick with diverse diseases, and them that were afflicted with pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics and paralytics; and he healed them. ²⁵ And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond the Jordan.

²⁶ And the fame of this thing spread in all that land.

³⁰ And great multitudes came to him; and with them were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the maimed, and many others: and they laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them. ³¹ So that the multitudes were amazed, when they saw the dumb speaking, and the maimed made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel.

²⁸ And immediately his fame spread into all the land of Galilee.

⁴⁵ And he, as he went out, began to proclaim it much, and to divulge the matter; so that Jesus could not openly go into the city, but was without, in desert places; and they came to him from every quarter.

⁷ And Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea. And many people joined him from Galilee, and from Judaea,

²⁵ And when great multitudes were travelling with him, he turned himself, and said to them:

² And great multitudes went after him; because they had seen the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

²⁵ So also good deeds are known: and those which are otherwise cannot be hid.

²³ And when he had sent the multitudes away, he ascended a mountain alone to pray. And when it was dark, he was there alone.

³⁵ And in the morning, he rose much before others, and retired to a solitary place, and there prayed. ³⁶ And Simon and his associates sought for him.

⁴⁶ And when he had dismissed them, he went to a mountain to pray.

¹² And in those days, Jesus retired to a mountain to pray; and he passed the night there, in prayer to God.

¹⁵ And Jesus knew, that they were about to come and take him by force, and make him king: and he retired into a mountain alone.

⁵ the blind see, and the lame walk, and the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead rise up, and the needy hear good tidings:

¹ Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that were from Jerusalem, and said:

²² And those Scribes that had come down from Jerusalem, said: Beelzebub is in him; and by the prince of demons he expelleth demons.

³⁰ And Jesus at once knew in himself, that virtue had issued from him: and he turned to the throng, and said: Who touched my clothes?

¹ And there gathered about him Pharisees and Scribes, who had come from Jerusalem.

¹⁸ And they will take up serpents; and if they should drink a deadly poison, it will not harm them; and they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.

⁴⁶ And after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, and listening to them, and asking them questions.

²¹ And the Scribes and Pharisees began to reason, and to say: Who is this that speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God only?

³⁰ And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said to his disciples: Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

¹⁹ And the whole multitude sought to touch him; for there went a virtue out of him and healed them all.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and Scribes rejected the good pleasure of God, against themselves; as they were not baptized by him.

⁴⁶ And he said: Some one touched me; for I perceive, that energy hath gone out from me.

⁵² Woe to you, Scribes; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge: ye yourselves enter not, and them that are entering ye hinder. ⁵³ And when he had said these things to them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to be offended, and became angry, and carped at his discourses, ⁵⁴ and practised many wiles upon him, seeking to catch some thing from his lips, that they might accuse him.

² And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

²¹ But he that doeth right, cometh to the light, that his works may be known to be done in God.

³⁰ while thou extendest thy hand for cures and prodigies, to be done in the name of thy holy Son Jesus.

¹¹ And God wrought very great miracles by the hand of Paul:

² And they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus saw their faith, and said to the paralytic: Take courage, my son; thy sins are forgiven thee. ³ And some of the Scribes said in their minds, This man blasphemeth. ⁴ But Jesus knew their thoughts: and he said to them, Why do ye think evil things in your heart? ⁵ For, which is the easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk? ⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic: Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy home. ⁷ And he arose and went to his home. ⁸ And when the multitudes saw it, they were struck with awe; and they praised God, who had given authority like this to men.

³ And they came to him and brought to him a paralytic, borne between four persons. ⁴ And as they could not come near him on account of the crowd, they ascended to the roof, and removed the covering of the place where Jesus was, and let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. ⁵ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee. ⁶ And there were some Scribes and Pharisees there, who sat and reasoned in their hearts: ⁷ Who is this speaking, blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, except God only? ⁸ And Jesus knew, in his spirit, that they thus reasoned in themselves; and he said to them: Why reason ye thus in your heart? ⁹ Which is the easier, to say to a paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk? ¹⁰ But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic, ¹¹ I say to thee, Arise, take thy bed, and go to thy house. ¹² And he arose in that hour, took up his bed, and departed in presence of them all: so that they were all amazed, and praised God, saying: We never saw the like.

⁵ And a certain man was there, who had been diseased thirty and eight years. ⁶ Jesus saw him lying, and knew that his disease had been a long time upon him, and said to him: Desirest thou to be healed?

³³ And he found a certain man whose name was 'neas, who had lain on a bed and been paralytic eight years.

²⁷ Whatever I say to you in the dark, that speak ye in the light; and what ye have heard in your ears, proclaim ye on the housetops.

¹⁷ and let him who is on the roof, not come down to take what is in his house:

⁴ And as they could not come near him on account of the crowd, they ascended to the roof, and removed the covering of the place where Jesus was, and let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

² And they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus saw their faith, and said to the paralytic: Take courage, my son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

⁵ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

⁴⁸ And he said to the woman: Thy sins are forgiven thee.

²⁵ And he needed not that any one should testify to him respecting any man; for he himself knew what is in man.

¹⁴ After a time, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him: Lo, thou art healed; sin not again, lest something worse come upon thee than before.

²³ And when he came there, and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced: and he entreated them, that with all their heart, they would adhere to our Lord.

⁹ He heard Paul speak: and when Paul saw him, and knew that he had faith to live;

¹⁰ And whom ye forgive, I also forgive: for that which I forgave to any one, for your sakes I forgave it, in the presence of the Messiah;

¹³ And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.

¹⁸ For a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show to me thy faith that is without works; and I will show to thee, my faith by my works.

¹⁴ And if one is sick, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray for him, and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord: ¹⁵ and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and our Lord will raise him up; and if sins have been committed by him, they will be forgiven him.

³ And some of the Scribes said in their minds, This man blasphemeth.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said: Behold, he hath blasphemed! Why therefore should we seek for witnesses? Behold, ye have now heard his blasphemy.

⁶ And there were some Scribes and Pharisees there, who sat and reasoned in their hearts: ⁷ Who is this speaking, blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, except God only?

¹⁷ And it occurred, on one of the days when Jesus was teaching, that Pharisees and Doctors of the law were sitting by, who had come from all the villages of Galilee and of Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

⁴⁹ And they that were reclining, began to say in themselves: Who is this, that even forgiveth sins?

³³ The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.

¹¹ Then they sent men, and instructed them to say: We have heard him speak words of blasphemy, against Moses and against God. ¹² And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and carried him into the midst of the council. ¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place.

³³ Who will set himself against the chosen of God? It is God who justifieth.

⁴ But Jesus knew their thoughts: and he said to them, Why do ye think evil things in your heart?

²⁵ And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become desolate; and every house or city which is divided against itself, will not stand.

¹⁷ And Jesus knew it, and said to them: Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye still not know, nor understand? How long will your heart be hard?

³⁸ Jesus said to them: Why are ye agitated? And why do imaginations arise in your hearts?

³ And Simon said to him: Ananias, why hath Satan so filled thy heart, that thou shouldst lie against the Holy Spirit, and conceal of the money of the price of the field?

¹² For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart:

²³ And her children will I slay with death: and all the churches shall know, that I am he who searcheth reins and hearts; and I will render to each of you according to your works.

⁵ For, which is the easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

⁹ Which is the easier, to say to a paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk?

⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic: Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy home.

¹³ And when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he questioned his disciples, and said: What do men say concerning me, that I the Son of man, am?

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

⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

¹⁸ And Jesus came near, and discoursed with them, and said to them: All authority is given to me, in heaven and on earth. And as my Father sent me, so also I send you.

¹³ And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him: I will it; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy went from him.

¹⁴ And he went, and touched the bier; and they that bore him stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, Arise.

⁵⁴ And he put every one out, and took her by the hand, and called, and said: Maid, arise.

¹³ And no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

⁸ Jesus said to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. ⁹ And immediately the man was healed; and he arose, took up his bed, and walked; and it was the sabbath day. ¹⁰ And the Jews said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to bear thy bed. ¹¹ But he answered, and said to them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed and walk. ¹² And they asked him: Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?

²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath given all judgment to the Son: ²³ that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.

²⁷ and hath moreover given him authority to execute judgment. But that he is the Son of man,

⁴³ And when he had thus spoken, he called with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth!

² As thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he might give life eternal to as many as thou hast given him.

²² And as he said these things, he breathed on them, and said to them: Receive ye the Holy Spirit. ²³ If ye shall remit sins to any one, they will be remitted to him; and if ye shall retain those of any one, they will be retained.

⁶ Simon said to him: Gold and silver, I have not; but what I have, I give to thee; in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, the Nazarean, rise up and walk. ⁷ And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and forthwith, his feet and his heels recovered strength. ⁸ And he sprang, stood up, and walked: and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

³¹ Him hath God established as a head and vivifier; and hath exalted him to his own right hand, so that he might give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

³⁴ And Simon said to him: 'neas, Jesus the Messiah doth heal thee; arise, and spread thy bed. And he rose up immediately.

⁴⁰ And Simon put all the people out, and fell on his knees and prayed; and he turned to the corpse and said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Simon, she sat up.

¹⁰ he said to him, with a loud voice: In the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, I say to thee, Rise upon thy feet. And he sprang up, stood, and walked.

¹³ and, in the midst of the candlesticks, one like the Son of man, clothed to the feet, and girded about his paps with a girdle of gold.

¹³ And he put his hand upon her; and immediately she straightened her self up, and glorified God.

¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, and with a loud voice, glorified God. ¹⁶ And he fell on his face, at the feet of Jesus, and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ And Jesus answered, and said: Were they not ten who were cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Have they so gone as not to come and give glory to God; except this one, who is of another nation?

⁴³ And immediately he saw. And he followed after him, and glorified God. And all the people who beheld, gave glory to God.

²⁴ And they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; for we know that this man is a sinner.

⁸ And when the multitudes saw it, they were struck with awe; and they praised God, who had given authority like this to men.

²³ And all the multitude were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

⁸ And they went quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

¹² And he arose in that hour, took up his bed, and departed in presence of them all: so that they were all amazed, and praised God, saying: We never saw the like.

⁸ And when Simon Cephas saw it, he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said to him: I beseech thee, my Lord, that thou leave me, for I am a sinful man.

¹⁶ And awe seized all the people; and they glorified God, and said: A great prophet hath arisen among us, and God hath visited his people.

³⁷ And the whole throng of the Gadarenes requested him, that he would depart from them: for great fear had seized them. And Jesus embarked in a ship, and retired from among them.

²¹ And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what had been done;

¹¹ And great fear was on all the assembly, and on all them that heard it. ¹² And there were many signs and prodigies wrought by the legates among the people. And they were all assembled together in the porch of Solomon. ¹³ And of the others, no one ventured to come near them; but the people magnified them.

²⁴ and they glorified God in me.

¹⁹ And Jesus said to them: Follow me; and I will cause you to become fishers of men. ²⁰ And immediately, they left their nets, and went after him. ²¹ And as he passed on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, who were mending their nets. And Jesus called them.

²² But Jesus said to him: Follow thou me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.

⁹ And as Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man sitting at the custom-house, whose name was Matthew. And he said to him, Follow me: and he arose and followed him. ¹⁰ And as they were reclining in a house, many publicans an sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it they said to his disciples, Why doth your Rabbi eat with publicans and sinners? ¹² And as Jesus heard it, he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick. ¹³ Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful. ¹⁴ Then came to him the disciples of John, and said: Why do we and the Pharisees fast much and thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵ Jesus said to them: Can the children of the nuptial chamber fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ No one inserteth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; lest that which filleth up, tear from that garment, and the rent become greater. ¹⁷ And they do not put new wine into old sacks; lest the sacks burst, and the wine run out, and the sacks perish. But they put new wine into new sacks and they are both preserved.

³ and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Thomas, and Matthew the publican; and James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was called Thaddeus;

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples: If any one desireth to come after me, let him deny himself; and let him bear his cross, and come after me.

¹³ And he went again to the sea; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. ¹⁴ And as he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting among the publicans. And he said to him: Come after me. And he arose and went after him. ¹⁵ And it was so, that as he reclined in his Levi's house, many publicans and sinners reclined with Jesus and with his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him. ¹⁶ And when the Scribes and Pharisees saw that he ate with publicans and with sinners, they said to his disciples: Why doth he eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, he said to them: The healthy need not a physician, but those laboring under disease: I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners. ¹⁸ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasters; and they came and said to him: Why are the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasters, and thy disciples fast not? ¹⁹ Jesus said to them: Can the guests of the nuptial chamber fast so long as the bridegroom is with them? No. ²⁰ But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast, in that day. ²¹ No one taketh a patch of new cloth and seweth it upon an old garment, lest the supplemental new should take from the old, and the rent become the greater. ²² And no one putteth new wine into old sacks, lest the wine burst the sacks, and the sacks be spoiled, and the wine spilled; but they put new wine into new sacks.

¹⁸ And he chose also Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

²² And when Jesus heard these words, he said to him: One thing is lacking to thee: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou wilt have a treasure in heaven; and come after me.

⁴³ The next day, Jesus was disposed to depart for Galilee: and he found Philip and said to him, Come after me.

²⁶ If any one is servant to me, he will come after me; and where I am, there also will my servant be. Him that serveth me, will the Father honor.

¹⁹ And this he said, to show by what death he was to glorify God. And having said these things, he said to him: Follow me. ²⁰ And Simon turned himself, and saw coming after him, that disciple whom Jesus loved, who fell on the breast of Jesus at the supper, and said, My Lord, who is it will betray thee? ²¹ Him Cephas saw, and said to Jesus: My Lord, as for this man, what? ²² Jesus said to him: If I will, that he abide here until I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me.

²² And the young man heard that speech, and he went away in sadness; for he had much property. ²³ And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ And again, I say to you: It is easier for a camel to enter the aperture of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God ²⁵ And when the disciples heard it, they wondered greatly, and said: Who then can attain to life! ²⁶ Jesus looked on them, and said to them: With men this is not practicable, but with God every thing is practicable. ²⁷ Then answered Cephas, and said to him: Lo, we have forsaken every thing, and come after thee: What therefore shall we receive?

¹¹ And they brought the vessels to the land: and they left all and followed him.

⁵⁹ And he said to another: Come thou after me. And he said to him: My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. ⁶⁰ And Jesus said to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God. ⁶¹ Another said to him: I will follow thee, my Lord; but allow me first to bid adieu to my household, and I will come. ⁶² Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the ox-plough, and looking backward, is fit for the kingdom of God.

¹⁰ And as they were reclining in a house, many publicans an sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

¹⁵ And it was so, that as he reclined in his Levi's house, many publicans and sinners reclined with Jesus and with his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him.

¹ And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear him.

² And they made a supper for him there: and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of the guests with him.

⁹ I wrote to you by letter, not to commingle with whoremongers. ¹⁰ But I say not, with the whoremongers who are in the world, nor speak I of the avaricious, or of the rapacious, or of the idol-worshippers, otherwise ye would be obliged to go out of the world. ¹¹ But this is what I wrote to you, that ye commingle not, if any one is called a brother, and is a whoremonger, or avaricious, or an idol-worshipper, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, with him who is such, not even to eat bread.

²⁷ And if one of the Gentiles invite you, and ye are disposed to go, eat ye whatever is set before you, without an inquiry on account of conscience.

²⁸ But how appeareth it to you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said to him, My son, go, labor to-day in the vineyard. ²⁹ And he answered and said, I am not willing. But afterwards he repented and went. ³⁰ And he came to the other, and said the same to him. And he answered and said: I go, my lord, but did not go. ³¹ Which of these two performed the pleasure of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you That publicans and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him: and ye, after ye had seen it, did not even then repent and believe in him.

³ For all the Jews and the Pharisees, unless they carefully wash their hands do not eat; because they hold fast the tradition of the Elders.

²⁹ And all the people that heard him, justified God, as they had been baptized with John's baptism. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and Scribes rejected the good pleasure of God, against themselves; as they were not baptized by him.

³⁴ The Son of man came, eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold, a gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and one fond of publicans and sinners.

³⁹ And when the Pharisee that invited him, saw it, he thought within himself, and said: If this man were a prophet, he would know who she is, and what is her reputation; for the woman that toucheth him, is a sinner.

¹ And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear him. ² And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

¹¹ And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican.

⁷ And when they all saw it, they murmured, and said: He hath gone in to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

⁹ And there was great vociferation. And some Scribes of the party of the Pharisees rose up, and contended with them, and said. We have found nothing evil in this man: for if a spirit or an angel hath conversed with him, what is there in that?

¹² And as Jesus heard it, he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick. ¹³ Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.

¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, he said to them: The healthy need not a physician, but those laboring under disease: I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their angels in heaven, at all times, are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven.

⁷ And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

¹⁰ For Pilate knew that the chief priests, from envy, had delivered him up.

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; and therefore he hath anointed me to proclaim tidings to the poor; and hath sent me to heal the contrite in heart, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind; and to send away the contrite with forgiveness of their sins; ¹⁹ and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

⁷ I say to you, that there will thus be joy in heaven, over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just ones, to whom repentance was not necessary.

¹⁰ I say to you, That there will thus be joy, before the angels of God, over one sinner that repenteth.

¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹ And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican. ¹² But I fast twice in a week, and tithe all I possess. ¹³ And the publican stood afar off, and would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, and said: God, be merciful to me, a sinner. ¹⁴ I say to you, that this man went down to his house justified, rather than the Pharisee. For every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled; and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

¹⁰ For the Son of man came, to seek and to vivify that which was lost.

⁴⁷ and that, in his name, repentance for the remission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jerusalem.

³⁸ Simon said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

²⁶ he hath first established to you: and God hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be converted, and repent of your wickedness.

³⁰ And the times of this error God hath made to pass away; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every place, should repent.

²¹ while I testified to Jews and to Gentiles, as to repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Messiah.

¹⁸ to open their eyes; that they may turn from darkness to the light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God; and may receive remission of sins, and a portion with the saints, by faith in me. ¹⁹ Wherefore, king Agrippa, I did not contumaciously withstand the heavenly vision: ²⁰ but I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.

⁹ Or do ye not know, that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not mistake; neither whoremongers, nor idol-worshippers, nor adulterers, nor debauchers, nor liers with males, ¹⁰ nor the avaricious, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And these things have been in some of you: but ye are washed, and are sanctified, and made righteous, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and by the Spirit of our God.

¹⁵ Faithful is the declaration, and worthy to be received, that Jesus the Messiah came into the world to give life to sinners, of whom I was the primary. ¹⁶ But for this cause had he mercy on me, that in me first Jesus the Messiah might display all his long suffering, for an example to them who were to believe on him unto life eternal.

²⁵ that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him, if perhaps God may give them repentance, and they may acknowledge the truth, ²⁶ and may recollect themselves, and may escape out of the snare of Satan, at whose pleasure they have been held ensnared.

⁹ The Lord doth not procrastinate his promises, as some estimate procrastination; but he is long suffering, for your sakes, being not willing that any should perish, but that every one should come to repentance.

⁵ And when thou prayest. thou shalt not be like the hypocrites, who are fond of standing up in the synagogues and at the corners of streets to pray, so that they may be seen by people. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest enter into thy closet and close the door, and pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.

¹³ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour the houses of widows, under the disguise of protracting your prayers. Therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.

⁴⁰ They devour the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. These shall receive a greater condemnation.

³⁴ The Son of man came, eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold, a gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and one fond of publicans and sinners. ³⁵ But wisdom is justified by all her children.

¹ And as he was praying in a certain place, it occurred, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

¹² But I fast twice in a week, and tithe all I possess.

⁴⁷ who eat up the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. They will receive a greater condemnation.

³⁵ And the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples.

²⁵ And one of John's disciples and a certain Jew had disputed respecting purification.

¹¹ And our Lord said to him: Arise, go to the street which is called Straight; and inquire in the house of Judas, for Saul who is from the city of Tarsus: for, lo, while he prayed,

² For I bear them witness, that there is in them a zeal for God; but it is not according to knowledge. ³ For they know not the righteousness of God, but seek to establish their own righteousness: and therefore they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.

² The kingdom of heaven is like to a royal person, who made a feast for his son.

¹ Then may the kingdom of heaven be shadowed forth by ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and bride. ² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. ³ And the foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took oil in vessels, with their lamps. ⁵ And while the bridegroom delayed, they all became sleepy and fell asleep. ⁶ And at midnight there was an outcry: Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise; Give us of your oil; for, behold, our lamps have gone out. ⁹ The wise answered and said: We must refuse, lest there should not be enough for us and for you: but go ye to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went with him into the house of the nuptials, and the door was shut.

²⁹ He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full.

² For I am jealous over you, with a godly jealousy for I have espoused you to a husband as a chaste virgin, whom I would present to the Messiah.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it; ²⁶ that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word; ²⁷ and might constitute it a glorious church for himself, in which is no stain, and no wrinkle, and nothing like them; but that it might be holy and without blemish.

⁷ Let us rejoice and exult, and give glory to him: for the marriage supper of the Lamb hath come, and his bride hath made herself ready. ⁸ And it was granted her to be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean: for fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. ⁹ And he said to me, Write; Blessed are they who are called to the supper of the marriage feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These my sayings are the true words of God.

¹⁷ But, when thou fastest, wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head: ¹⁸ that thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee.

²² And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see them.

¹⁷ And he said to them: What are these discourses, which ye hold with each other, as ye walk and are sad? ¹⁸ And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, that thou knowest not the things that have occurred there in these days? ¹⁹ He said to them: What things? They say to him: In regard to Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, and mighty in discourse and in action, before God, and before all the people. ²⁰ And the chief priests and Elders delivered him up to a sentence of death, and crucified him. ²¹ But we expected that he was to deliver Israel. And lo, three days have passed, since all these things occurred.

⁸ For the poor are always with you, but I am not with you always.

³³ My children, a little longer I am with you; and ye will seek for me; and, as I said to the Jews, Whither I go ye cannot come, so I now say to you.

³ And if I go to prepare for you a place, I will come again and take you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. ⁴ And whither I go, ye know; and the way ye know.

⁴ These things have I spoken to you, that when the time of them cometh, ye may recollect, that I told you of them. And I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. ⁵ But now, I am going to Him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? ⁶ And because I have told you these things, sorrow hath come and hath filled your hearts. ⁷ But I tell you the truth, that it is profitable for you that I go away; for, if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

¹⁶ A little while, and ye will not see me; and again a little while, and ye will see me; because I go to the Father. ¹⁷ And his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye will not see me and again a little while, and ye will see me, because I go to my Father? ¹⁸ And they said: What is this little while, of which he speaketh? We know not what he saith. ¹⁹ And Jesus knew, that they desired to ask him; and he said to them: Are ye debating with each other, of what I said to you, A little while, and ye will not see me, and again a little while, and ye will see me? ²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you, That ye will weep and lament: And the world will rejoice, while to you will be sorrow. But your sorrow will be turned to joy. ²¹ A woman, in bringing forth, hath sorrow, for the day of her travail hath come: but when she hath brought forth a son, she remembereth not her anguish, because of the joy that a human being is born into the world. ²² Ye also now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will deprive you of your joy.

²⁸ I proceeded forth from before the Father, and came into the world; and again I leave the world, and go to the Father.

¹¹ Henceforth I am not in the world; but these are in the world, and I go to thee. Holy Father, keep them in that thy name, which thou hast given to me; that they may be one, as we are. ¹² While I have been with them in the world, I have kept them in thy name. Those thou gavest me, have I kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that my joy may be complete in them.

⁹ And when he had said these things, while they beheld him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him, and he was hidden from their eyes.

²¹ whom the heavens must retain, until the completion of the times of those things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of old.

² And while they were fasting and making supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them: Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the work to which I have called them. ³ And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid the hand on them, and sent them away.

²³ And they established for them Elders in each church, while they fasted with them, and prayed, and commended them to our Lord in whom they believed.

⁵ Therefore, deprive not one another, except when ye both consent, at the time ye devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and return again to the same disposition, that Satan tempt you not because of the concupiscence of your body.

²⁷ In toil and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and nakedness:

¹⁶ or what agreement hath the temple of God with that of demons? For ye are the temple of the living God; as it is said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

¹⁷ Whoever therefore is in the Messiah, is a new creature: old things have passed away;

⁴ And in regard to the false brethren, who had crept in to spy out the liberty we have in Jesus the Messiah, in order to bring me under subjection;

¹² For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they came, he withdrew himself, and separated; because he was afraid of them of the circumcision. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews also were with him in this thing; insomuch that even Barnabas was induced to regard persons. ¹⁴ And when I saw, that they did not walk correctly, in the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas, before them all: If thou art a Jew, and livest in the Gentile way, and not in the Jewish, why dost thou compel the Gentiles to live in the Jewish way?

⁹ But now, since ye have known God, or rather, have been known by God, ye turn yourselves again to the weak and beggarly elements, and wish again to be under them! ¹⁰ Ye observe days and moons, and set times, and years! ¹¹ I am afraid, lest I have labored among you in vain.

¹ Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage. ² Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you. ³ And again, I testify to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill the whole law. ⁴ Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace. ⁵ For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. ⁶ For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.

¹³ For not even they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law: but they wish you to become circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. ¹⁴ But as for me, let me not glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; by whom the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

⁵ Circumcised when eight days old; of the stock of Israel; of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew, descendant of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; and as to the righteousness of the law, I was without fault. ⁷ But these things, which had been my excellence, I have accounted a detriment, because of the Messiah.

¹⁹ and holdeth not the head, from which the whole body is framed and constructed, with joints and members, and groweth with the growth given of God. ²⁰ For if ye are dead with the Messiah from the rudiments of the world, why are ye judged as if ye were living in the world? ²¹ But, touch thou not, and taste thou not, and handle thou not: ²² for these things perish in the using; and they are the commandments and doctrines of men. ²³ And they seem to have a kind of wisdom, in a show of humility, and of the fear of God, and of not sparing the body; not in any thing of excellence, but in things subservient to the body.

⁸ For, exercising the body is profitable a little while; but righteousness is every way profitable and hath promise of the life of the present time and of that to come.

⁸ For he chideth them and saith: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will complete with the family of the house of Israel, and with the family of the house of Judah, a new covenant; ⁹ not like the covenant which I gave to their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, and brought them out of the land of Egypt; and because they continued not in my covenant, I also rejected them, saith the Lord. ¹⁰ But this is the covenant which I will give to the family of the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my law in their minds, and inscribe it on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. ¹¹ And one shall not teach his fellow-citizen, nor his brother, nor say: Know thou the Lord: because they shall all know me, from the youngest of them to the oldest. ¹² And I will forgive them their iniquity; and their sins will I remember no more. ¹³ In that he said a New Covenant, he made the first old; and that which is old and decaying, is near to dissolution.

⁹ Be not led away by strange and variable doctrines. For it is a good thing, that we strengthen our hearts with grace, and not with meats; for those have not been benefited, who walked in them. ¹⁰ And we have an altar, of which they who minister in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

⁵ And He who sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said: Write; because these are the faithful and true words of God.

⁷ And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching as doctrines the precepts of men. ⁸ For ye have forsaken the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men, the baptisms of cups, and of pots, and many things like these. ⁹ He said also to them: Full well do ye spurn the precept of God, that ye may establish your tradition! ¹⁰ For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and whoever shall revile his father or his mother, shall surely die. ¹¹ But ye say: If a man say to his father or to his mother, Be it my oblation, whatever thou mayest gain from me: ¹² then ye suffer him not to do any thing for his father or his mother. ¹³ And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. And many things like these, ye do.

¹¹ For he received circumcision, as the sign and the seal of the righteousness of his faith while in uncircumcision: that he might become the father of all them of the uncircumcision who believe; and that it might be reckoned to them also for righteousness: ¹² and the father of the circumcision; not to them only who are of the circumcision, but to them also who fulfill the steps of the faith of our father Abraham in his uncircumcision.

¹ Now faith is the persuasion of the things that are in hope, as if they were in act; and it is the manifestness of the things not seen. ² And for it the ancients are well testified of.

³⁹ And all these, of whose faith there is testimony, received not the promise: