Luke 6 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And on a sabbath it occurred, as Jesus walked among the tilled grounds, that his disciples plucked ears, and rubbed them in their hands and ate. ² And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do ye that, which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath? ³ Jesus replied, and said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and those with him? ⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Lord's table, and gave it to those that were with him; which it was not lawful, except for the priests only, to eat? ⁵ And he said to them: The Son of man is lord of the sabbath. ⁶ And on another sabbath, he entered a synagogue and taught. And a man was there, whose right hand was withered. ⁷ And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might be able to accuse him. ⁸ And as he knew their thoughts, he said to the man with a withered hand: Rise and come into the midst of the congregation. And when he came and stood there, ⁹ Jesus said to them: I ask you, What is it lawful to do on the sabbath? that which is good? or that which is evil? to save life or to destroy it? ¹⁰ And he looked upon them all; and then said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched out his hand, and it was restored like the other. ¹¹ And they were filled with envy; and they conferred one with another, what they should do to Jesus. ¹² And in those days, Jesus retired to a mountain to pray; and he passed the night there, in prayer to God. ¹³ And when the day dawned, he called his disciples, and selected from them twelve, whom he named Legates : ¹⁴ Simon whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, ¹⁵ and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who was called Zelotes, ¹⁶ and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. ¹⁷ And Jesus descended with them, and stood in the plain; and a great company of his disciples, and a multitude of assembled people, from all Judaea, and from Jerusalem and from the seashore of Tyre and Sidon; who came to hear his discourse, and to be healed of their diseases; ¹⁸ and they who were afflicted by unclean spirits: and they were healed. ¹⁹ And the whole multitude sought to touch him; for there went a virtue out of him and healed them all. ²⁰ And he lifted his eyes upon his disciples, and said: Blessed are ye poor; for the kingdom of God is yours. ²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye will be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye will laugh. ²² Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and repel you, and revile you, and cast out your names as base, for the Son of man's sake. ²³ Rejoice in that day and exult, for your reward is great in heaven; for so did their fathers to the prophets. ²⁴ But, woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation. ²⁵ Woe to you that are full; for ye will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now, for ye will weep and mourn. ²⁶ Woe to you, when men shall speak your praise; for so did their fathers to the false prophets. ²⁷ And to you who hear, I say: Love your enemies; and do favors to them that hate you; ²⁸ and bless them that curse you; and pray for them that drag you with violence. ²⁹ To him that smiteth thee on thy cheek, offer the other: and from him that taketh away thy cloak, keep not back thy tunic. ³⁰ To every one that asketh of thee, give thou: and from him that taketh thy property, demand it not. ³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you, so do ye also to them. ³² For, if ye love them that love you, what goodness is it in you? For even sinners love those that love them. ³³ And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what goodness is it in you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if ye lend to one from whom ye expect recompense, what goodness is it in you? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive adequate recompense. ³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do them good; and lend ye, and disappoint the hopes of no one: and great will be your reward, and ye will be children of the Highest; for he is kind to the evil, and to the unthankful. ³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful. ³⁷ Judge not, and ye will not be judged: condemn not, and ye will not be condemned: release, and ye will be released. ³⁸ Give ye, and it will be given to you; in good measure, pressed down, and running over, will they cast into your lap. For, with what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you. ³⁹ And he spake a similitude to them: Can a blind man lead a blind? Will not both fall into the ditch? ⁴⁰ No disciple is better than his teacher; for whoever is perfect, will be like his teacher. ⁴¹ And why observest thou the straw that is in thy brother's eye, but regardest not the beam that is in thy own eye? ⁴² Or how canst thou say to thy brothers, My brother, allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; when, lo, the beam that is in thy own eye, thou regardest not. Hypocrite! first cast the beam out thy eye, and then thy vision will be clear to pluck the straw from thy brother's eye. ⁴³ There is no good tree, that beareth bad fruits; nor a bad tree, that beareth good fruits. ⁴⁴ For every tree is known by its fruits. Do men gather figs from thorn-bushes? So, neither do they pluck grapes from brambles. ⁴⁵ A good man, from the good treasure that is in his heart, bringeth out good things: and a bad man, from the bad treasure that is in his heart, bringeth out bad things. For, from the abundance of the heart, the lips speak. 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. ⁴⁹ But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built his house upon the earth, without a foundation; and when the torrent rushed upon it, it fell immediately, and the ruin of that house was great.

¹ At that time Jesus, on the sabbath, walked in the tillage grounds: and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat. ² And when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him: See; thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. ³ But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him? ⁴ How he went to the house of God, and ate the bread of the Lord's table; which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but solely for the priests? ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, how that in the temple the priests profane the sabbath, and are without fault? ⁶ But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here. ⁷ And if ye had known what that is, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; ye would not have criminated them who are without fault. ⁸ For the Son of man, is lord of the sabbath.

²³ And it was so, that as Jesus on a sabbath walked in the tillage grounds, his disciples walked and plucked the ears. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said to him: See, how on the sabbath, they do that which is not lawful? ²⁵ Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants? ²⁶ How he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Lord's table, which it was not lawful for any but priests to eat, and gave it also to those with him? ²⁷ And he said to them: The sabbath was made on man's account, and not man for the sake of the sabbath. ²⁸ Therefore also the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

² And when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him: See; thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?

²³ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and omit the graver matters of the law, judgment, and mercy, and fidelity: these ought ye to do, and those not to omit. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out gnats, and swallow down camels.

²⁴ And the Pharisees said to him: See, how on the sabbath, they do that which is not lawful?

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?

⁷ And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might be able to accuse him. ⁸ And as he knew their thoughts, he said to the man with a withered hand: Rise and come into the midst of the congregation. And when he came and stood there, ⁹ Jesus said to them: I ask you, What is it lawful to do on the sabbath? that which is good? or that which is evil? to save life or to destroy it?

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.

¹⁶ And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him; because he had done these things on the sabbath.

¹⁴ Now it was on the sabbath that Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ And again the Pharisees asked him: How was thy sight restored? And he said to them: He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, and my sight was restored. ¹⁶ And some of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, for he doth not observe the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner, work these signs? And there was a division among them.

³ But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him? ⁴ How he went to the house of God, and ate the bread of the Lord's table; which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but solely for the priests? ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, how that in the temple the priests profane the sabbath, and are without fault?

⁴ And he answered and said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning, made them a male and a female?

¹⁶ And they said to him: Hearest thou what these are saying? Jesus said to them: Yes. Have ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and infants

⁴² Jesus said to them: Have ye never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: this is from the Lord; and it is marvellous in our eyes?

³¹ But as to the resurrection of the dead,: have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, who said:

²⁵ Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants? ²⁶ How he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Lord's table, which it was not lawful for any but priests to eat, and gave it also to those with him?

¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner:

²⁶ But concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in a book of Moses, how God said to him from the bush: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

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: ⁶ and happy is he, who shall not be stumbled at me. ⁷ And when they were gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John: What went ye into the wilderness to see? A reed that waved in the wind? ⁸ And if not; what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate robes? Lo, they that are clothed in delicate robes, are in the dwelling of kings.

²⁷ And he said to them: The sabbath was made on man's account, and not man for the sake of the sabbath.

⁷ And there was a cloud, and it overshadowed them. And a voice issued from the cloud, which said: This is my beloved Son. Hear ye him.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day; and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, which said:

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.

⁹ And Jesus went from there, and came to their synagogue. ¹⁰ And a man was there, whose hand was withered. And they questioned him and said, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might defame him. ¹¹ And he said to them, What man among you is there, who, if he have a sheep, and it fall into a pit on the day of the sabbath, doth not lay hold of it and lift it out? ¹² Now, how much better is a human being than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do what is good, on the sabbath. ¹³ Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched out his hand; and it was restored, and like the other. ¹⁴ And the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him.

¹ And again Jesus entered into a synagogue. And there was a man there, whose hand was withered. ² And they watched him, that if he should heal on the sabbath, they might accuse him. ³ And he said to the man of the withered hand: Stand up in the midst. ⁴ And he said also to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to give life to a person, or to destroy? But they were silent ⁵ And he looked on them with indignation, being grieved with the hardness of their heart. And he said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched forth, and his hand was restored. ⁶ And the Pharisees went out, that very hour, with the domestics of Herod, and held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he went, as he was accustomed, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and rose up to read.

³¹ And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and taught them on sabbath days.

¹ And on a sabbath it occurred, as Jesus walked among the tilled grounds, that his disciples plucked ears, and rubbed them in their hands and ate.

¹⁰ And when Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the sabbath,

¹³ And he put his hand upon her; and immediately she straightened her self up, and glorified God. ¹⁴ And the chief of the synagogue, being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered, and said to the multitude: There are six days, on which it is lawful to work; on them come ye, and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

³ And Jews answered, and said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?

³ And in them were laid a great multitude of the sick, and the blind, and the lame, and the withered, waiting for the moving of the waters.

¹⁶ And some of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, for he doth not observe the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner, work these signs? And there was a division among them.

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they might put him to death; ⁶⁰ and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two came forward,

² And they watched him, that if he should heal on the sabbath, they might accuse him.

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.

¹⁴ And the chief of the synagogue, being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered, and said to the multitude: There are six days, on which it is lawful to work; on them come ye, and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

¹ And it occurred, that, as he entered the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread, on the sabbath day, they watched him. ² And lo, a dropsical man was before him. ³ And Jews answered, and said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? ⁴ And they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, and dismissed him. ⁵ And he said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox fall into a pit on the sabbath day, doth not immediately lift and draw him out? ⁶ And they could give him no answer to that.

²⁰ And they sent to him spies, who feigned themselves righteous men, that they might insnare him in discourse, and deliver him up to a court, and to the authority of the president.

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? ¹³ But the man that was healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus had slid away, in the great multitude that was in the place. 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. ¹⁵ And the man went and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had cured him. ¹⁶ And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him; because he had done these things on the sabbath.

²⁶ They said to him again: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes? ²⁷ He said to them: I have told you, and ye did not hear. Why would ye hear again? Do ye also wish to become his disciples? ²⁸ But they reproached him, and said to him: Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses. ²⁹ And we know that God conversed with Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

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

²² And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: What think ye in your heart?

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

⁴ I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh, in which no one can work.

¹⁷ Again, Jesus said to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me.

²⁴ But my life is accounted by me as nothing, so that I may but finish my course, and the ministration which I have received from our Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

²⁶ And king Agrippa is also well acquainted with these things; and I therefore speak confidently before him, because I suppose not one of these things hath escaped his knowledge; for they were not done in secret.

²⁸ And in nothing be ye startled, by those who rise up against us; which is an indication of their destruction, and of life for you.

¹³ neither is there any creature, which is concealed from before him; but every thing is naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom we are to give account.

¹ If then the Messiah hath suffered for you in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind: for every one that is dead in his body, hath ceased from all sins,

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.

¹² Now, how much better is a human being than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do what is good, on the sabbath. ¹³ Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched out his hand; and it was restored, and like the other.

⁴ And he said also to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to give life to a person, or to destroy? But they were silent

⁵⁶ For the Son of man hath not come to destroy souls; but to quicken them. And they went to another village.

¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law? Yet no one of you observeth the law. ²⁰ Why do ye seek to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee? ²¹ Jesus replied, and said to them: I have wrought one work, and ye all wonder. ²² Because Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it was from Moses, but it was from the fathers,) ye circumcise a child on the sabbath. ²³ And if a child is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be violated, do ye murmur at me, because I have made a man entirely sound on the sabbath day?

⁵ And he looked on them with indignation, being grieved with the hardness of their heart. And he said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched forth, and his hand was restored.

⁸ Jesus said to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.

¹⁴ And the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him. ¹⁵ But Jesus knew it; and he retired from there. And great multitudes followed him: and he cured them all.

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his similitudes, they understood that he spoke in reference to them.

²⁸ And when they heard these things, those in the synagogue were all filled with wrath.

¹ After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to slay him.

⁴⁷ And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs.

¹⁵ Then they commanded to remove them from the presence of the council; and said one to another:

¹⁹ Simon Cephas and John answered, and said to them: Whether it be right before God, that we hearken to you more than to God, judge ye.

³³ And when they heard these things, they burned with indignation, and thought of putting them to death.

⁵⁴ And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls; and they gnashed their teeth against him.

¹¹ And in every synagogue I tortured them, while I pressed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them.

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.

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. ²⁴ And the ship was distant from land many furlongs: meanwhile it was much tossed by the waves; for the wind was adverse to it. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came up to them, walking upon the waters.

³⁵ And in the morning, he rose much before others, and retired to a solitary place, and there prayed.

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

³⁴ And he said to them: My soul hath anguish, even to death. Wait for me here, and be watchful. ³⁵ And he advanced a little, and fell upon the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ And he said: Father, my Father, thou canst do all things. Let this cup pass from me. Yet not my pleasure, but thine.

² Persevere in prayer; and be watchful in it, and in giving thanks.

⁷ Likewise, when he was clothed in flesh, he presented supplication and entreaty with intense invocation, and with tears, to him who was able to resuscitate him from death; and he was heard.

³⁶ And when Jesus looked on the multitudes, he pitied them; because they were wearied and dispersed, like sheep that have no shepherd.

²⁸ Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, that, as for you who have followed me, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory in the new world, ye also shall sit on twelve seats, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹³ And he ascended a mountain, and called whom he pleased; and they came to him. ¹⁴ And he chose twelve to be with him, whom he would send out to preach, ¹⁵ and who would have power to heal the sick, and to cast out demons. ¹⁶ And to Simon he gave the name of Cephas. ¹⁷ And to James the son of Zebedee and to John the brother of James, he gave the name of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder. 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, ¹⁹ And Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. And they came to the house:

⁷ And he called his twelve, and began to send them forth, two and two; and he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out.

³⁰ And the legates assembled before Jesus, and told him all they had done, and all they had taught.

¹ And Jesus called his twelve, and gave them power and authority over all demons and diseases, to heal them. ² And he sent them forth, to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

⁴⁹ Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay;

³⁰ that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹³ And when they had entered, they went to an upper chamber; where were Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, and Philip, and Thomas, and Matthew, and Bartholomew, and James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the son of James.

²⁰ And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice.

¹¹ And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers:

¹ Wherefore, my holy brethren, who are called with a calling that is from heaven, consider this Legate and High Priest of our profession, Jesus the Messiah: ² that ye may be mindful of the words which were formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the injunction of our Lord and Redeemer by the hand of the legates:

¹ And a great wonder was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a coronet of twelve stars.

²⁰ Rejoice over her, O heaven, and ye Angels, and Legates, and Prophets; because God judgeth your cause with her.

¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and upon them the twelve names of the twelve legates of the Lamb.

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.

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.

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

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.

²⁹ And he retired from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁷ And he suffered no one to go with him, except Simon Cephas, and James, and John the brother of James.

² And after six days, Jesus took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them.

³³ And he took with him Cephas and James and John, and began to be gloomy and distressed.

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.

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.

⁴⁰ And one of those who heard John and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon. 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.

⁴⁵ And Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him, of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth.

⁵ And Jesus raised his eyes, and saw a great multitude coming towards him; and he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Cephas, said to him:

⁸ Philip said to him: Our Lord, show us the Father, and it will suffice for us.

¹⁵ And when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Cephas: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me, more than these do? He said to him: Yes, my Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my lambs for me. ¹⁶ Again, he said to him the second time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He said to him: Yes, my Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me. ¹⁷ Again, Jesus said to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me. ¹⁸ Verily, verily, I say to thee: When thou wast young, thou girdedst thy own loins, and walkedst whither it pleased thee: but when thou shalt be old, thou wilt extend thy hands, and another will gird thy loins for thee, and will conduct thee whither thou wouldst not. 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. ²³ And this saying went forth among the brethren, that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say, that he would not die; but, If I will that he abide here until I come, what is that to thee. ²⁴ This is the disciple who hath testified of all these things, and hath written them: and we know, that his testimony is true.

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

¹ SIMON PETER, a servant and legate of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have obtained equally precious faith with us, through the righteousness of Our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus the Messiah;

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.

³ and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Thomas, and Matthew the publican; and James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was called Thaddeus; ⁴ and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed him.

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.

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,

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.

¹⁶ Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples: Let us also go and die with him.

²⁴ But Thomas, who was called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not there with them, when Jesus came.

¹³ And after they ceased, James arose and said: Men, brethren, hearken to me.

¹⁹ But others of the legates I saw not, except James, our Lord's brother.

⁹ And James, Cephas, and John, who were accounted pillars, when they perceived the grace that was given to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship; that we should labor among the Gentiles, and they among the circumcision.

¹ JAMES, a servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; to the twelve tribes dispersed among the Gentiles; greeting peace.

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, ¹⁵ and said to them: What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

³ Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, repented. And he went and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders; ⁴ and said: I have sinned, by betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself. ⁵ And he cast down the silver in the temple, and retiring, went and strangled himself

⁷⁰ Jesus said to them: Have not I chosen you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil. ⁷¹ This he spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon; for he was afterwards to betray him, being one of the twelve.

²² Judas, not Iscariot, said to him: My Lord, how is it that thou art to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?

¹⁶ Men, brethren, it was right that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus. ¹⁷ For he was numbered with us, and had a part in this ministry. ¹⁸ He purchased a field with the wages of sin; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured out. ¹⁹ And this was known to all that dwelt at Jerusalem; so that the field was called, in the language of the country, Aceldama, which is interpreted Field of Blood. ²⁰ For it is written, in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation be desolate, and let no resident be in it; and let another take his service.

²⁵ that he should take part in this ministry and legateship, from which Judas broke away, that he might go to his own place.

¹ JUDE, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and the brother of James, to the called people, the beloved of God the Father, the preserved by Jesus the Messiah :

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.

²¹ And he said: Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, doubtless, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁵ But Jesus knew it; and he retired from there. And great multitudes followed him: and he cured them all.

¹⁴ And when Jesus disembarked, he saw great multitudes; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

²¹ And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.

⁷ And Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea. And many people joined him from Galilee, and from Judaea, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon: great multitudes, when they heard all that he did, came to him. ⁹ And he told his disciples to bring him a ship, on account of the multitude, lest they should crowd upon him ¹⁰ For he had healed many, so that they rushed upon him, in order to touch him. ¹¹ And they who were afflicted with unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down and cried out, and said: Thou art the Son of God. ¹² And he charged them much, not to make him known.

²⁴ Thence Jesus arose, and went to the border of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and wished no man to know him; but he could not be concealed. ²⁵ For immediately a woman, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him; and she came, and fell before his feet, ²⁶ (the woman was a Gentile from Phenicia of Syria), and besought him, that he would expel the demon from her daughter. ²⁷ Jesus said to her: Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not becoming, to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs. ²⁸ And she replied, and said to him: Yes, my Lord: and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs. ²⁹ Jesus said to her: Go thou; because of this speech, the demon hath departed from thy daughter. ³⁰ And she went to her house, and found her daughter lying on a bed, and the demon gone from her. ³¹ Again Jesus departed from the border of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the border of Decapolis.

¹⁵ And his fame spread abroad still more: and much people assembled to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases.

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

²² And lo, a woman, a Canaanitess from those confines, came forth, calling out and saying: Compassionate me, my Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously distressed by a demon.

¹⁵ and said to him: My Lord, compassionate me. I have a son who is a lunatic, and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire, and often into the water.

¹⁶ And many came to them from other cities around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who had unclean spirits; and they were all cured.

²⁰ And behold, a woman whose blood had flowed fourteen years, came up behind him, and touched the extremity of his robe: ²¹ for she had said in her mind, If I but touch his garment I shall be cured.

³⁶ and they entreated of him, that they might touch at least the extremity of his garment. And they who touched, were healed.

¹⁰ For he had healed many, so that they rushed upon him, in order to touch him.

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?

⁵⁶ And wherever he entered into villages or cities, the sick were laid in he streets: and they besought him, that they might touch but the extremity of his raiment. And all they that touched him, were healed.

²² And he came to Bethsaida and they brought to him a blind man, and besought him to touch him.

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.

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

¹⁴ And as Moses elevated the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up: ¹⁵ that every one who believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life eternal.

¹⁵ So that they brought out into the streets the sick, laid on beds, that when Simon should pass, at least his shadow might cover them. ¹⁶ And many came to them from other cities around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who had unclean spirits; and they were all cured.

¹² so that, from the clothes on his body, napkins and rags were carried and laid upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and demons also went out.

⁹ But ye are an elect race, officiating as priests of the kingdom; a holy people, a redeemed congregation; that ye should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to his precious light:

² and he opened his mouth, and taught them, and said: ³ Blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! ⁴ Blessed are the mourners: for they shall be comforted! ⁵ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth! ⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be satiated! ⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercies! ⁸ Blessed are the clean in heart: for they shall behold God! ⁹ Blessed are the cultivators of peace: for they shall be called sons of God! ¹⁰ Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! ¹¹ Blessed are ye, when they revile you and persecute you, and speak every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account. ¹² At that time, rejoice and be glad: for your reward in heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

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:

⁴⁹ And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said: Behold my mother, and behold my brothers! ⁵⁰ For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

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

³⁴ And he looked upon those who sat by him, and said: Behold my mother! and, behold my brothers! ³⁵ For whoever shall do the pleasure of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

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;

²⁰ And he lifted his eyes upon his disciples, and said: Blessed are ye poor; for the kingdom of God is yours. ²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye will be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye will laugh. ²² Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and repel you, and revile you, and cast out your names as base, for the Son of man's sake. ²³ Rejoice in that day and exult, for your reward is great in heaven; for so did their fathers to the prophets. ²⁴ But, woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation.

³² Fear not, little flock; for your Father is disposed to give you the kingdom

²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God; and yourselves will be thrust out.

¹⁵ And when one of those reclining heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

²⁵ And Abraham said to him: My son, remember, that thou receivedst thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus his evil things: and now, behold he is here at rest, and thou art tormented.

⁴⁸ Have any of the chiefs, or of the Pharisees, believed in him? ⁴⁹ But this people, who know not the law, are accursed.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, and entreating them to persevere in the faith; and they told them, that it was necessary, through much affliction, to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶ For look also at your calling, my Brethren; that not many among you are wise, according to the flesh; and not many among you are mighty, and not many among you are of high birth. ²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolish ones of the world, to shame the wise; and he hath chosen the feeble ones of the world, to shame the mighty; ²⁸ and he hath chosen those of humble birth in the world, and the despised, and them who are nothing, to bring to naught them who are something: ²⁹ so that no flesh might, glory before him.

²¹ Wherefore, let no one glory in men: for all things are yours; ²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all things are yours: ²³ and ye are Messiah's, and Messiah is God's.

¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as indigent, yet enriching many; as possessing nothing, yet having all things.

² that in the great trial of their affliction, there was an abounding to their joy, and the depth of their poverty was exuberant in the riches of their liberality.

⁹ For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

⁶ And ye became imitators of us, and of our Lord, in that ye received the word in great affliction, and with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

⁵ for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye suffer.

⁹ And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away.

¹² Blessed is the man who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of the world, but the rich in faith, to be heirs in the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

⁹ I know thy works, and the affliction, and the poverty, (yet thou art rich;) and the railing which is from them who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are of the congregation of Satan.

⁴ Blessed are the mourners: for they shall be comforted!

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be satiated!

⁵³ The hungry hath he satisfied with good things, and the rich hath he sent away empty.

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

¹⁰ Jesus replied and said to her: If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living waters.

³⁵ Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall not thirst, for ever.

³⁷ And on the great day, which was the last of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, and said: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believeth in me, as the scriptures have said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters.

³⁵ And the tears of Jesus came.

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.

¹ I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit; ² that I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing. ³ For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:

¹¹ Unto this hour, we hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no permanent home:

⁴ who comforteth us in all our afflictions, that we also might be able to comfort those who are in all afflictions, with the consolation wherewith we are comforted by God. ⁵ For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah. ⁶ And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your life that we are afflicted; or whether we be comforted, it is, that ye may be comforted; and that there may be in you an eagerness, wherewith ye may endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

¹⁰ For, sorrowing on account of God, worketh a conversion of the soul which is not reversed, and a turning unto life: but the sorrowing of the world worketh death. ¹¹ For behold this same thing, that ye were distressed on account of God, what solicitude it wrought in you, and apologizing and indignation, and fear, and love, and zeal, and revenge? And in all things ye have shown, that ye are now pure in that matter.

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

¹⁰ Therefore I have pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in afflictions, in persecutions, in distresses, which are for the Messiah's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

² Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials. ³ For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience. ⁴ And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack nothing.

⁶ wherein ye will rejoice for ever, notwithstanding ye at the present time are pressed a little, by the various trials that pass over you; ⁷ so that the proof of your faith may appear more precious than refined gold that is tested by fire, unto glory and honor and praise, at the manifestation of Jesus the Messiah: ⁸ whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,

¹⁶ they will not hunger, nor thirst any more; nor will the sun fall on them, nor any heat.

³ And I heard a great voice from heaven, which said: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men; and he dwelleth with them: they will be his people; and God will be with them, a God to them.

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

²² And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that shall endure to the end, shall have life.

³⁹ He that preserveth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall preserve it.

⁹ And take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my account, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ And my tidings must first be proclaimed among all the nations. ¹¹ And when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them. ¹³ And ye will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live.

¹⁵ And they cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁷ And ye will be hated by every one, on account of my name.

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth; because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

²² These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue. ²³ For this reason his parents said, He hath come to his years, ask him. 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. ²⁵ He replied, and said to them: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; but, one thing I know, that I was blind, and lo, now I see. ²⁶ They said to him again: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes? ²⁷ He said to them: I have told you, and ye did not hear. Why would ye hear again? Do ye also wish to become his disciples? ²⁸ But they reproached him, and said to him: Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.

³⁴ They replied, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they expelled him.

⁴² And of the chiefs also, many believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

¹⁸ And if the world hate you, know ye, that it hated me before you. ¹⁹ And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; for this cause, the world hateth you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours. ²¹ But all these things will they do to you, on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.

² For they will eject you from their synagogues; and the hour will come, that whoever shall kill you, will suppose that he presenteth an offering to God.

¹⁴ I have given them thy word: and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁶ For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.

²² And when they had heard Paul as far as this sentence, they raised their voice, and cried out: Away with such a man from the earth! for he ought not to live!

⁵ For we have found this man to be an assassin, and a mover of sedition among all Jews in the whole land: for he is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazareans.

¹⁰ We are fools, on account of Messiah; but ye are wise in Messiah! We are feeble; but ye are strong! Ye are lauded, we are contemned. ¹¹ Unto this hour, we hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no permanent home:

²³ If they are ministers of the Messiah, (in defect of understanding, I say it,) I am superior to them: in toils more than they, in stripes more than they, in bonds more than they, in deaths many times. ²⁴ By the Jews, five times was I scourged, each time with forty stripes save one. ²⁵ Three times was I beaten with rods: at one time I was stoned: three times I was in shipwreck, by day and by night; I have been in the sea, without a ship. ²⁶ In journeyings many, in peril by rivers, in peril by robbers, in peril from my kindred, in peril from Gentiles: I have been in peril in cities; I have been in peril in the desert, in peril in the sea, in peril from false brethren.

²⁸ And in nothing be ye startled, by those who rise up against us; which is an indication of their destruction, and of life for you. ²⁹ And this is given to you by God, that ye not only really believe in the Messiah, but also that ye suffer on his account; ³⁰ and that ye endure conflict, as ye have seen in me, and now hear concerning me.

¹⁴ For ye, my brethren, became assimilated to the churches of God in Judaea, the persons who are in Jesus the Messiah; in that ye so suffered, even ye from your own countrymen, as also they from the Jews, ¹⁵ the persons who slew our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and persecuted their own prophets and us; and they please not God, and are made hostile to all men;

¹¹ and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what I endured at Antioch, and at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecution I endured: and from all these my Lord delivered me. ¹² And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of God, in Jesus the Messiah, will be persecuted.

¹⁹ For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully. ²⁰ But they who endure afflictions on account of their offences, what praise have they? But if, when ye do well, they vex you, and ye endure it; then great is your praise with God.

¹⁴ But if it should occur, that ye suffer on account of righteousness, happy are ye. And be not terrified, by those who would terrify you, nor be agitated:

¹² My beloved, be not dismayed at the trials that befall you, as if some strange thing had come upon you; for these things are for your probation. ¹³ But rejoice, that ye participate in the sufferings of the Messiah, that so ye may also rejoice and exult at the revelation of his glory. ¹⁴ And if ye are reproached on account of the name of the Messiah, happy are ye: for the glorious Spirit of God resteth upon you. ¹⁵ Only let none of you suffer, as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer. ¹⁶ But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on account of this name.

¹² At that time, rejoice and be glad: for your reward in heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

¹ Be cautious in your alms-giving, not to perform it before men, so that ye may be seen of them: otherwise, ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ² Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward.

³⁵ And the cultivators laid hold of his servants, and beat one, and stoned another and one they slew. ³⁶ And again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first; and they did the like to them.

³¹ Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets. ³² And as for you, fill ye up the measure of your fathers. ³³ Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how can ye escape the condemnation of hell? ³⁴ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city: ³⁵ so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathereth her young under her wings, and ye would not.

⁴¹ And it was so, that when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and she was filled with the Holy Spirit.

⁴⁴ For lo, as the voice of thy salutation fell upon my ears, with great joy the child leaped in my womb.

³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do them good; and lend ye, and disappoint the hopes of no one: and great will be your reward, and ye will be children of the Highest; for he is kind to the evil, and to the unthankful.

⁸ And he sprang, stood up, and walked: and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

⁴¹ And they went from before them, rejoicing that they were worthy to suffer abuse on account of that name.

⁵¹ O ye stiff of neck, and uncircumcised in their heart, and in their hearing; ye do always set yourselves against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, so also ye. ⁵² For, which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute and kill, even them, who foretold the coming of the Just One, whom ye delivered up and slew?

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.

³ And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience;

²⁴ And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;

⁵ for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye suffer. ⁶ And since it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense trouble to them that trouble you: ⁷ and you, who are the troubled, he will vivify, with us, at the manifestation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah from heaven, with the host of his angels;

¹² and, if we shall have suffered, we shall also reign with him. But if we shall have rejected him, he will reject us.

⁷ I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity; ⁸ and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation.

⁶ But, without faith, a man cannot please God. For he that draweth near to God, must believe his existence, and that he will recompense those who seek him.

²⁶ and he esteemed the reproach of the Messiah a greater treasure than the hoarded riches of Egypt; for he looked upon the recompense of reward.

³² What more shall I say? For I have little time to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Sampson, and of Jephtha, and of David, and of Samuel, and of the other prophets: ³³ who, by faith, subdued kingdoms, and wrought righteousness, and received promises, and shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ and quenched the force of fire, and were rescued from the edge of the sword, and were healed of diseases, and became strong in battle, and routed the camps of enemies, ³⁵ and restored to women their children, by a resurrection from the dead. And some died under tortures, and did not hope to escape, that there might be for them a better resurrection; ³⁶ and others endured mockings and, scourgings; others were delivered up to bonds and prisons; ³⁷ others were stoned; others were sawed; others died by the edge of the sword; others roamed about clothed in sheep skins and goat skins, and were needy, and afflicted, and agitated; ³⁸ persons of whom the world was not worthy, and yet they were as wanderers in the desert, and in mountains, and in caves, and in caverns of the earth. ³⁹ And all these, of whose faith there is testimony, received not the promise:

² Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials.

¹³ But rejoice, that ye participate in the sufferings of the Messiah, that so ye may also rejoice and exult at the revelation of his glory.

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

¹⁰ Be not terrified at any of the things thou art to suffer. For lo, the Accuser will throw some of you into custody, that ye may be tried; and there will be trouble to you ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. ¹¹ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that is victorious, shall not be harmed by the second death.

¹⁷ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that is victorious, will I give to eat of the hidden manna; and I will give him a white counter, and upon the counter a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

²⁶ And to him that is victorious, and to him that observeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority, over the nations;

⁵ He that is victorious, shall be so clothed in white robes; and I will not blot out their name from the book of life; and I will confess their name before my Father, and before his angels.

¹² Him that is victorious, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall not again go out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and of the new Jerusalem which descendeth from heaven from my God, and my own new name.

⁷ He that overcometh, shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

² Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward.

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.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward.

¹⁵ And he said to his disciples: Beware of all avarice, for life consisteth not in abundance of riches. ¹⁶ And he spoke to them a similitude: The land of a certain rich man brought forth produce in abundance. ¹⁷ And he considered with himself, and said: What shall I do; for I have not where I can store up my produce? ¹⁸ And he said This will I do; I will pull down my storehouses, and build them larger; and there will I store up all my corn and my good things: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: My soul, thou hast good things in abundance, which are stored up for many years; take thy ease; eat, drink, and live in pleasure. ²⁰ But God said to him: Thou void of reason! This night, thy soul will be required of thee; and to whom will belong these things provided by thee? ²¹ Such is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

¹⁹ And there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in fine linen and scarlet, and passed every day in splendid luxury. ²⁰ And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Lazarus; and he was laid at the gate of the rich man, smitten with ulcers. ²¹ And he desired to fill his belly with the fragments that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs also came and licked his ulcers. ²² And so it was, that the poor man died; and angels transported him to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. ²³ And being tormented in hell, he raised his eyes from afar off, and saw Abraham, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he called with a loud voice, and said: Abraham, my father, have pity on me; and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and moisten my tongue; for, lo, I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ And Abraham said to him: My son, remember, that thou receivedst thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus his evil things: and now, behold he is here at rest, and thou art tormented.

²³ And he, when he heard these words, was dejected; for he was very rich. ²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he was dejected, he said: How difficult it is, for those that have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than a rich man the kingdom of God.

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world, that they be not uplifted in their minds; and that they confide not in riches, in which is no security; but in the living God, who giveth us all things abundantly for our comfort:

⁶ But ye have despised the poor man. Do not rich men exalt themselves over you, and drag you before the tribunals?

¹ O ye rich ones, wail and weep, on account of the miseries that are coming upon you. ² For your wealth is spoiled and putrid; and your garments are moth-eaten: ³ and your gold and your silver have contracted rust; and the rust of them will be testimony against you; and it will eat your flesh. Ye have heaped up a fire to you against the latter days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped your ground, which ye have wrongfully retained, crieth out; and the clamor of the reapers hath entered the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ For ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and revelled, and feasted your bodies as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ Ye have condemned and slain the just, and none resisted you.

⁶ Recompense ye to her, as she also hath recompensed; and render to her double, according to her deeds; in the cup which she hath mixed, mix ye to her two fold. ⁷ As much as she pleased herself with lasciviousness, so much of anguish and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow; ⁸ therefore, in one day, shall these her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

¹¹ And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who was not clad in the festal garments. ¹² And he said to him: My friend, how camest thou here without the festal robes? But he was silent. ¹³ Then said the king to the servitors: Bind his hands and his feet, and cast him into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁵³ And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.

²⁰ But God said to him: Thou void of reason! This night, thy soul will be required of thee; and to whom will belong these things provided by thee?

¹⁴ And the Pharisees, when they heard all these things, because they loved money, derided him. ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them: Ye are such as justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your heart: for that which is exalted among men, is abominable before God.

⁴ Neither obscenities, nor words of folly, or of division, or of scurrility, which are not useful; but instead of these, thanksgiving.

¹² I know how to be depressed, and I also know how to abound in every thing; and in all things am I exercised, both in fullness and in famine, in abundance and in penury. ¹³ I find strength for every thing, in the Messiah who strengtheneth me.

³ While they will be saying, Peace and quietness, then suddenly destruction will burst upon them, as distress upon a child-bearer, and they will not escape.

⁹ Humble yourselves, and mourn: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into grief.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked;

⁷ As much as she pleased herself with lasciviousness, so much of anguish and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow; ⁸ therefore, in one day, shall these her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. ⁹ And the kings of the earth who committed whoredom and were lascivious with her, shall weep, and mourn, and bewail her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ standing afar off, from fear of her torment, and saying, Alas, alas! that great city Babylon, that powerful city; for in one hour is thy judgment come! ¹¹ And the merchants of the earth will mourn over her, because no one purchaseth their cargo;

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious wolves.

¹⁹ And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; for this cause, the world hateth you.

¹⁸ For they who are such, do not serve our Lord Jesus Messiah, but their own belly: and by bland speeches and good wishes, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

⁸ then at length will that evil One be revealed; whom our Lord Jesus will consume by the breath of his mouth, and will bring to naught by the visibility of his advent. ⁹ For the coming of that evil One, is the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and with all the deceptiveness of iniquity, in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, by which they might have life. ¹¹ Therefore God will send upon them the operation of deception, that they may believe a lie; ¹² and that they all may be condemned, who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in iniquity.

⁴ Ye adulterers, know ye not, that the love of the world is hostility towards God? He therefore who chooseth to be a lover of this world, is the enemy of God.

¹ But in the world, there have been also false prophets, as there will likewise be false teachers among you, who will bring in destructive heresies, denying the Lord that bought them; thus bringing on themselves swift destruction. ² And many will go after their profaneness; on account of whom, the way of truth will be reproached. ³ And, in the cupidity of raving words, they will make merchandise of you: whose judgment, of a long time, is not idle; and their destruction slumbereth not.

¹⁸ For, while they utter astonishing vanity, they seduce, with obscene lusts of the flesh, them who have almost abandoned these that walk in error. ¹⁹ And they promise them liberty, while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for, by whatever thing a man is vanquished, to that is he enslaved.

⁵ And they are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and the world heareth them. ⁶ But we are of God; and he that knoweth God, heareth us; and he that is not of God, heareth us not. By this, we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

³ And one of his heads was wounded as it were to death; and his deadly wound was healed. And all the earth wondered after the beast of prey. ⁴ And they worshipped the dragon, because he had given authority to this beast of prey, and they said, who can make war upon him?

⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you: ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous.

²⁴ And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you: and there shall more be given to you who hear.

²² Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and repel you, and revile you, and cast out your names as base, for the Son of man's sake.

⁸ And other fell on good and fair ground, and sprung up, and bore fruits, a hundred for one. Having said these things, he cried: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁵ And that on good ground, are those who, with a humble and good heart, hear the word, and retain it, and with patience bring forth fruits.

¹⁸ Take heed how ye hear: for to him that hath, shall be given; and from him that hath not, shall be taken even what he thinketh he hath.

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

⁶⁰ And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

³⁸ concerning Jesus, who was of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power. And he it was, who went about and healed those that were suffering from evil, because God was with him.

¹⁷ And repay to no man evil for evil: but let it be your study to do good before all men. ¹⁸ And if possible, so far as it dependeth on you, live in peace with every man. ¹⁹ And be ye not avengers of yourselves, my beloved: but give place to wrath. For it is written: If thou dost not execute judgment for thyself, I will execute judgment for thee, saith God. ²⁰ And if thy adversary be hungry, feed him: and if he be thirsty, give him drink. For if thou doest these things to him, thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be ye not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, while we have the opportunity, let us practice good works towards all men, and especially towards them of the household of faith.

¹⁵ And beware, lest any of you return evil for evil, but always follow good deeds, towards one another, and towards all men.

¹¹ Our beloved, be not a follower of what is evil, but of what is good. He that doeth good, is of God; but he that doeth evil, hath not seen God.

⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you:

²⁷ And to you who hear, I say: Love your enemies; and do favors to them that hate you;

⁵ And an assault was made on them, by the Gentiles, and by the Jews and their chiefs, to insult them, and to stone them with stones.

¹⁴ Bless your persecutors: bless, and curse not.

¹² and we toil, working with our own hands: they defame us, and we bless: they persecute us, and we endure it:

¹⁰ and from the same mouth, proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

⁹ And that ye recompense to no one evil for evil, neither railing for railing; but, in contrariety to these, that ye bless: for to this were ye called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

³⁹ But I say to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And if one is disposed to sue thee and get away thy coat, relinquish to him also thy cloak. ⁴¹ Whoever compelleth thee to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴² Whoever demandeth of thee, give to him: and whoever wisheth to borrow of thee, deny him not.

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him,

⁶⁴ and smote him on his face, and said: Prophesy thou, who smote thee?

²² And as he said these things, one of the officials standing by, smote the cheek of Jesus, and said to him: Givest thou such an answer to the high priest?

² And Ananias, the priest, commanded those who stood by his side, to smite Paul on the mouth.

⁷ Now therefore ye condemn yourselves, in that ye have litigation one with another. For why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

²⁰ And ye give ear to him, who putteth you in bondage; and to him, who devoureth you; and to him, who taketh from you; and to him, who exalteth himself over you; and to him, who smiteth you in the face.

³⁴ and ye were grieved for those who were imprisoned; and ye cheerfully endured the plundering of your goods, because ye knew that ye had a possession in heaven, superior and not transitory.

⁴² Whoever demandeth of thee, give to him: and whoever wisheth to borrow of thee, deny him not. ⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you: ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this? ⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that is not common? Do not even publicans do this? ⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors:

²⁷ And his lord had compassion on that servant, and set him free, and forgave him his debt. ²⁸ Then that servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hold of him and choked him, and said to him: Pay me what thou owest me. ²⁹ And that fellow-servant fell at his feet and entreated him, and said: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole. ³⁰ But he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.

³⁵ So will my Father who is in heaven do to you, unless ye from your heart forgive each his brother his offence.

³⁸ Give ye, and it will be given to you; in good measure, pressed down, and running over, will they cast into your lap. For, with what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

⁴¹ But, give ye alms from what ye possess; and lo, every thing will be clean to you.

³³ Sell your property, and give alms: make for yourselves bags that do not become old, and a treasure that is not transient, in the heavens; where no thief approacheth, and no moth eateth.

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.

³⁵ And I have showed you all things; that thus it is a duty to labor, and to care for the infirm, and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus; for he hath said, That he is more blessed who giveth, than he who receiveth.

⁶ And this I say: He that soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall also reap bountifully. ⁷ Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver. ⁸ For it is in the power of God, to make all good abound to you, so that ye may have, at all times, and in every thing, what is sufficient for you; and may abound in every good work. ⁹ As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor; and his righteousness is established for ever. ¹⁰ Now he that giveth seed to the sower, and bread for food, may he give and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: ¹¹ so that in every thing, ye may be enriched unto all liberality, to the completion of our thanksgiving to God. ¹² For the performance of this ministration, not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is also rich in many thanksgivings to God. ¹³ For on account of the test of this ministration, we glorify God, that ye do subject yourselves to the profession of the gospel of the Messiah, and that in your liberality, ye communicate with them and with all men: ¹⁴ and they put up prayer for you, with much love, because of the abundance of the grace of God that is upon you.

²⁸ And let him that stole, steal no more; but let him labor with his hands, and do good acts; that he may have to give to him who needeth.

¹² Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you; so also do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

³⁹ And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

⁸ And if in this ye fulfill the law of God, as it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye will do well: ⁹ but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin; and ye are convicted by the law, as transgressors of the law. ¹⁰ For he that shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one precept, is obnoxious to the whole law. ¹¹ For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. If then thou commit no adultery, but thou killest, thou hast become a transgressor of the law. ¹² So speak ye, and so act, as persons that are to be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³ For judgment without mercy shall be on him, who hath practised no mercy: by mercy, ye will be raised above judgment. ¹⁴ What is the use, my brethren, if a man say, I have faith; and he hath no works? can his faith vivify him? ¹⁵ Or if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you say to them, Go in peace, warm yourselves, and be full; and ye give them not the necessaries of the body, what is the use?

⁴⁶ For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this? ⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that is not common? Do not even publicans do this?

⁴² Whoever demandeth of thee, give to him: and whoever wisheth to borrow of thee, deny him not.

¹² And he said to him that invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee, and thou have this recompense. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ And thou wilt be blessed. For they cannot recompense thee; but thy recompense will be at the resurrection of the just.

⁷ and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the High God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

³² He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

²⁷ And to you who hear, I say: Love your enemies; and do favors to them that hate you; ²⁸ and bless them that curse you; and pray for them that drag you with violence. ²⁹ To him that smiteth thee on thy cheek, offer the other: and from him that taketh away thy cloak, keep not back thy tunic. ³⁰ To every one that asketh of thee, give thou: and from him that taketh thy property, demand it not. ³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you, so do ye also to them.

³⁵ By this will every one know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for each other.

⁸ In this is the Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will be my disciples.

¹⁷ although he did not leave himself without testimony, while he did them good from heaven, and sent down the rain, and made the fruits to grow in their seasons, and filled their hearts with food and pleasure.

⁸ God hath here manifested his love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah died for us; ⁹ how much more, shall we now be justified by his blood and be rescued from wrath by him? ¹⁰ For if when we were enemies, God was reconciled with us by the death of his Son; how much more shall we, in his reconciliation, lived by his life?

¹⁰ By this are the children of God discriminated from the children of Satan. Every one that practiseth not righteousness, and that loveth not his brother, is not of God: ¹¹ because this is the commandment, which ye heard from the beginning, that ye should love one another. ¹² Not like Cain, who was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And why did he slay him, but because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous? ¹³ And wonder not, my brethren, if the world hate you. ¹⁴ We know that we have turned from death unto life, by this, that we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, remaineth in death.

⁷ My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever loveth, is born of God and knoweth God. ⁸ Because God is love; and whoever loveth not, doth not know God. ⁹ By this was the love of God towards us made known, because God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we by him might live. ¹⁰ In this is love; it was not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ My beloved, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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

³¹ Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamoring, and reviling, be taken from you, with all malice:

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children: ² and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

¹⁵ But be ye holy in all your conduct, as he is holy who hath called you. ¹⁶ Because it is written: Be ye holy, even as I am holy.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercies!

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their faults, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if ye shall not forgive men, your Father also forgiveth not you your faults.

¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged. ² For with the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be measured to you. ³ And why observest thou the straw in thy brother's eye, and regardest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴ Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; and lo! a beam is in thy own eye. ⁵ Thou hypocrite; pluck first the beam from thy own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly, to pluck the straw out of thy brother's eye.

³⁰ But he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.

³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him. ³⁵ So will my Father who is in heaven do to you, unless ye from your heart forgive each his brother his offence.

²⁵ And when ye stand up to pray, forgive what ye have against any one; that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive your offences.

³ Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother transgress, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. ⁴ And if he shall offend against thee seven times in a day, and, seven times in a day, shall turn himself to thee, and say, I repent; forgive him.

¹ There is therefore no excuse for thee, O man, that judgest thy neighbor; for by judging thy neighbor, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest, dost practise the same things. ² And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth, in regard to those who practise these things.

³ And he that eateth, should not despise him that eateth not; and he that eateth not, should not judge him that eateth, for God hath received him. ⁴ Who art thou, that thou judgest a servant not thine; and who, if he standeth, he standeth to his Lord; and if he falleth, he falleth to his Lord? But he will assuredly stand; for his Lord hath power to establish him.

¹⁰ But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we must all stand before the judgment seat of Messiah, ¹¹ as it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow; and to me every tongue shall give praise. ¹² So then, every one of us must give account of himself to God. ¹³ Henceforth, judge ye not one another; but rather, judge ye this, that thou erect not a stumbling-block for thy brother. ¹⁴ I know indeed, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing which is unclean in itself; but to him who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him only it is defiled. ¹⁵ But if thou grievest thy brother, because of food, thou walkest not in love. On account of food, destroy not him for whom Messiah died. ¹⁶ And let not our good thing be matter of reproach.

³ But to me, it is a light matter to be judged of by you, or by any man whatever; nay, I am no judge of myself. ⁴ -(For I am not conscious in myself of any thing flagrant; yet I am not by this justified; for the Lord is my judge.) ⁵ Therefore pronounce not judgments before the time, or until the Lord come, who will pour light upon the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the thoughts of men's hearts: and then will each one have due praise from God.

⁴ Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated; ⁵ and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil; ⁶ rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷ beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all, and endureth all.

³² and be ye affectionate towards one another, and sympathetic; and forgive ye one another, as God by the Messiah hath forgiven us.

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.

¹¹ Speak not against each other, my brethren; for he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but its judge. ¹² There is one Law-giver and Judge, who can make alive, and can destroy: but who art thou, that thou judgest thy neighbor?

⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door.

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

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

³⁰ To every one that asketh of thee, give thou: and from him that taketh thy property, demand it not.

¹⁴ but that ye may be on equality at the present time; and that your abundance may be a supply to their want; that their abundance likewise may be a supply to your want; that there may be equality. ¹⁵ As it is written, He who gathered much, had nothing over; and he that gathered little, was not deficient.

⁶ And this I say: He that soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall also reap bountifully. ⁷ Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver. ⁸ For it is in the power of God, to make all good abound to you, so that ye may have, at all times, and in every thing, what is sufficient for you; and may abound in every good work.

¹⁷ Not that I desire a gift; but I wish fruits may multiply unto you. ¹⁸ I have now received all, and I abound, and am full: and I accepted all that ye sent to me by Epaphroditus, a sweet odor, and an acceptable sacrifice that pleaseth God. ¹⁹ And may God supply all your necessity, according to his riches, in the glory of Jesus the Messiah.

¹³ For judgment without mercy shall be on him, who hath practised no mercy: by mercy, ye will be raised above judgment.

⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters say: Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, and art holy; because thou hast done this judgment. ⁶ For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets; and thou hast given them blood to drink, for they deserve it.

¹⁴ Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if a blind man leadeth one blind, they will both fall into the ditch.

¹⁶ Woe to you, ye blind guides: for ye say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he is holden. ¹⁷ Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing: but whoever shall swear by the oblation upon it, he is holden. ¹⁹ Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the oblation, or the altar that sanctifieth the oblation? ²⁰ He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it. ²¹ And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it. ²² And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by throne of God, and by him that sitteth on it. ²³ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and omit the graver matters of the law, judgment, and mercy, and fidelity: these ought ye to do, and those not to omit. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out gnats, and swallow down camels. ²⁵ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, while within they are full of rapine and wickedness. ²⁶ Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that their outside may be clean also.

³³ Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how can ye escape the condemnation of hell?

¹⁹ and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in darkness,

³ But if there be any one, who teacheth a different doctrine, and doth not accede to the salutary words of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and to the doctrine of the fear of God, ⁴ he is one that exalteth himself, while he knoweth nothing; and he languisheth in the search and inquiry about words, from which come envy, and contention, and railing, and evil surmising, ⁵ and the disputation of men, whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth, and who suppose that gain is godliness. But from these stand thou aloof.

¹³ But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.

²⁴ No disciple is better than his rabbi; nor a servant, than his lord. ²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his family?

¹⁵ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, ye make him a child of hell twofold more than yourselves.

¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say to you, That no servant is greater than his lord; and no legate is greater than he who sent him.

²⁰ Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.

⁷ And as they continued asking him, he straightened himself up, and said to them: Whoever among you is without sin, let him first cast a stone at her.

⁴⁰ But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham. ⁴¹ But ye do the works of your father. They say to him: We are not the offspring of whoredom; we have one Father, God. ⁴² Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, ye would love me; for I proceeded and came from God: I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me. ⁴³ Why do ye not understand my speech? It is because ye cannot hear my speech. ⁴⁴ Ye are of your father, the calumniator; and the lust of your father ye are disposed to do. He was from the beginning a manslayer, and abode not in the truth; for the truth is not in him, and when he speaketh a lie he speaketh from himself, for he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹ There is therefore no excuse for thee, O man, that judgest thy neighbor; for by judging thy neighbor, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest, dost practise the same things.

²¹ Thou therefore, who teachest others, teachest thou not thyself? And thou who teachest that men must not steal, dost thou steal? ²² And thou who sayest, Men must not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? And thou who contemnest idols, dost thou plunder the sanctuary? ²³ And thou who gloriest in the law, dost thou, by acting contrary to the law, insult God himself? ²⁴ For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account.

²⁴ for he seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a man he was.

²² The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thy eye shall be sound, thy whole body will be luminous. ²³ But if thy eye shall be diseased, thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness!

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. ¹⁴ Woe to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye hold the kingdom of heaven closed before men; for ye enter not yourselves, and those that would enter ye suffer not to enter. ¹⁵ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, ye make him a child of hell twofold more than yourselves.

⁷⁵ And Cephas remembered the declaration of Jesus, who said to him: Before the cock croweth, thou wilt three times deny me. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

¹⁵ But Jesus replied, and said to him: Thou hypocrite! Doth not every one of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him to water?

³² but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And thou also, in time, turn; and confirm thy brethren.

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.

²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith; because thy heart is not right before God.

⁹ And he had no sight for three days; and he neither ate nor drank. ¹⁰ And there was in Damascus a certain disciple, whose name was Ananias. And the Lord said to him, in a vision: Ananias! And he said: Lo, I am here, my Lord. 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, ¹² he saw in vision a man named Ananias, who came and laid his hand upon him, that his eyes might be opened. ¹³ And Ananias said: My Lord, I have heard of this man, from many, how much evil he hath perpetrated towards thy saints at Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And, lo, here also, he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all them that call on thy name. ¹⁵ The Lord said to him: Arise and go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, and to kings, and among the sons of Israel. ¹⁶ For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name. ¹⁷ Then Ananias went to the house to him; and he laid his hand upon him, and said to him: Saul, my brother, our Lord Jesus, he who appeared to thee by the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thy eyes might be opened, and thou be filled with the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes something like a scab; and his eyes were opened. And he arose and was baptized. ¹⁹ And he took food, and was invigorated. And he was some days with the disciples of Damascus. ²⁰ And forthwith he announced Jesus, in the synagogues of the Jews, that he is the Son of God.

¹⁰ and said: O thou full of all subtilties, and all mischiefs, thou child of the calumniator, and enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

²¹ Thou therefore, who teachest others, teachest thou not thyself? And thou who teachest that men must not steal, dost thou steal? ²² And thou who sayest, Men must not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? And thou who contemnest idols, dost thou plunder the sanctuary? ²³ And thou who gloriest in the law, dost thou, by acting contrary to the law, insult God himself? ²⁴ For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account. ²⁵ For circumcision profiteth, indeed, if thou fulfillest the law: but if thou departest from the law, thy circumcision becometh uncircumcision. ²⁶ And if uncircumcision should keep the precepts of the law, would not that uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision? ²⁷ And the uncircumcision, which from its nature fulfilleth the law, will judge thee; who, with the scripture, and with circumcision, transgressest against the law. ²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is so in what is external: nor is that circumcision, which is visible in the flesh. ²⁹ But he is a Jew, who is so in what is hidden: and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not from men, but from God.

¹⁸ and all things are made new, by God; who hath reconciled us to himself by the Messiah, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God also, how we preached to you the gospel of God, purely, and uprightly, and were blameless towards all them that believe: ¹¹ as yourselves know, we entreated each one of you, as a father his children, and comforted your hearts: ¹² and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.

²¹ If therefore any one purge himself from these things, he will be a pure vessel for honor, fit for the use of his Lord, and prepared for every good work.

¹⁰ I beseech thee for my son, whom I had begotten in my bonds for Onesimus; ¹¹ from whom formerly thou hadst no profit, but now very profitable will he be both to thee and to me; and whom I have sent to thee.

⁹ For he, in whom these things are not found, is blind and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purgation of his former sins.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked; ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, to be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be seen; and put eye-salve on thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

¹⁰ And lo, the ax is put to the root of trees. Every tree, therefore, which beareth not good fruit, is felled, and falleth into the fire.

¹⁶ And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So every good tree beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruits; nor can a bad tree bear good fruits. ¹⁹ Every tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned to the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruits good; or make the tree bad, and its fruits bad: for a tree is known by its fruits.

¹⁹ For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness, ²⁰ idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords, ²¹ envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience. ²³ Against these there standeth no law.

¹¹ For the all-vivifying grace of God, is revealed to all men; ¹² and it teacheth us, to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world in sobriety, and in uprightness, and in the fear of God, ¹³ looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the glory of the great God, and our Life-giver, Jesus the Messiah;

¹² Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.

¹² These are they who, in their feastings, riot while polluting themselves, feeding themselves without fear; clouds without rain, moved about by the winds; trees whose fruit hath failed, and they are without fruit, twice dead, and uplifted from their root;

³⁴ Offspring of vipers, how can ye who are evil, speak good things? For out of the fullnesses of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of good treasures bringeth forth good things, and a bad man out of bad treasures bringeth forth bad things. ³⁶ For I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified; and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

³⁸ Whoever believeth in me, as the scriptures have said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters.

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?

¹⁹ saying: Give me also this prerogative, that he on whom I impose a hand, may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ Simon Cephas said to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God may be purchased by a worldly substance. ²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith; because thy heart is not right before God. ²² Nevertheless, repent of this thy wickedness, and entreat of God, if perhaps the guile of thy heart may be forgiven thee. ²³ For I perceive that thou art in the bitter gall and in the bonds of iniquity.

¹³ Their throats are open sepulchres, and their tongues treacherous; and the venom of the asp is under their lips. ¹⁴ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

⁶ Because God, who commanded the light to arise from darkness, hath himself shined in our hearts, that we might be illuminated with the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Jesus the Messiah. ⁷ But we have this treasure in an earthen vessel, that the excellency of the power might be from God, and not from us.

⁸ to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,

²⁹ Let no hateful language come from your mouth, but that which is decorous, and useful for edification, that it may convey grace to those who hear.

³ But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints; ⁴ Neither obscenities, nor words of folly, or of division, or of scurrility, which are not useful; but instead of these, thanksgiving.

¹⁹ And converse with yourselves in psalms and hymns; and with your hearts sing to the Lord, in spiritual songs.

¹⁶ And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.

⁶ And let your speech at all times be with grace; as it were, seasoned with salt: and know ye, how ye ought to give answer to every man.

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.

⁵ So likewise the tongue is a small member, and it exalteth itself. Also a little fire inflameth large forests. ⁶ Now the tongue is a fire, and the world of sin is like a forest. And this tongue, which is one among our members, marreth our whole body; and it inflameth the series of our generations that roll on like a wheel; and it is itself on fire. ⁷ For all natures of beasts and birds and reptiles, of the sea or land, are subjugated by the nature of man. ⁸ But the tongue hath no one been able to tame: it is an evil thing, not coercible, and full of deadly poison.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all; and to convict all the wicked, because of all the deeds they have wickedly committed; and because of all the hard speeches, which they, ungodly sinners, have uttered.

²¹ Not whoever may say to me, My Lord, my Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, have-we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name wrought many works of power? ²³ And then will I declare to them; I never knew you. Depart from me, ye doers of evil.

¹¹ And at length came also the other virgins, and said: Our lord, our lord, open to us.

²⁴ And he also that received the one talent, came and said: My lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sowed, and gathering where thou hast not scattered;

⁴⁴ Then will they also answer and say: Our Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?

²⁵ From the time that the lord of the house shall rise and close the door, then ye will stand without, and knock at the door; and ye will begin to say: Our Lord, our Lord, open to us and he will answer, and say: I tell you, I know you not, whence ye are. ²⁶ And ye will begin to say: We have eaten and drunken before thee; and thou hast taught in our streets. ²⁷ And he will say to you: I know you not, whence ye are: depart from me, ye doers of falsehood.

¹³ Ye call me, Our Rabbi, and Our Lord; and ye speak well; for I am so. ¹⁴ If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another? ¹⁵ For I have given you this example, that ye might do, as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say to you, That no servant is greater than his lord; and no legate is greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy will ye be if ye do them.

⁷ Do not mistake; God is not deceived; for what a man soweth, that also will he reap.

²⁴ Every one therefore that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them, will be like to a wise man, one that built his house upon a rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house; and it fell not, for its foundations were laid upon a rock. ²⁶ And every one that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man that built his house upon sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house, and it fell; and great was the ruin of it.

²⁸ Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily burdened, and I will ease you. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you; and learn from me, that I am gentle and subdued in my heart: and ye will find rest for your souls:

⁵⁰ For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

⁵ And while he was yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and there was a voice from the cloud which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have pleasure; hear ye him.

¹³ And those upon the rock, are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy: but they have no root in them, and their faith is temporary, and in time of temptation they are stumbled.

²⁸ He said to her: Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

²⁶ He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.

⁴⁰ And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal may be yours.

³⁷ All that my Father gave me, will come to me: and him, that cometh to me, I will not cast out.

⁴⁴ No man can come to me, unless the Father who sent me, shall draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ For it is written, in the prophet: And they shall all be taught of God. Whoever, therefore, heareth from the Father, and learneth from him, cometh to me.

⁵² The Jews say to him: Now we know, that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; yet thou sayest: He that keepeth my word, will never taste death.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice: and I know them: and they go after me.

¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy will ye be if ye do them.

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commands.

²¹ He, with whom are my commands, and who keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, will be loved by my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²² Judas, not Iscariot, said to him: My Lord, how is it that thou art to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered, and said to him: He that loveth me, observeth my instruction; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. ²⁴ But he that loveth me not, observeth not my instruction. And the instruction which ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

⁹ As my Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in the love of me. ¹⁰ If ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. ¹² This is my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. ¹³ There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do all that I command you.

⁷ to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal; ⁸ but to them who are obstinate and obey not the truth, but obey iniquity, to them he will retribute wrath and ire. ⁹ And tribulation and anguish will be to every man that doeth evil; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles: ¹⁰ but glory and honor and peace to every one that doeth good; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles.

⁹ And thus he was perfected and became the cause of eternal life to all them who obey him.

²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves. ²³ For if any man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his face in a mirror: ²⁴ for he seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a man he was. ²⁵ But every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work.

¹⁷ He that knoweth the good, and doeth it not, to him is sin.

⁴ to whom ye have come, because he is a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God elect and precious.

¹⁰ And therefore, my brethren, be ye exceedingly diligent to make your calling and election sure, by your good actions: for, by so doing, ye will never fall away.

²⁹ If ye know that he is righteous, ye also know, that whoever doeth righteousness, is from him.

⁷ My children, let no one deceive you: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous, as the Messiah also is righteous.

¹⁴ Blessed are they who do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

²⁵ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house; and it fell not, for its foundations were laid upon a rock. ²⁶ And every one that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man that built his house upon sand.

³³ These things have I said to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye will have trouble: but, take courage, I have vanquished the world.

³⁵ What will sever me from the love of Messiah? Will affliction? or distress? or persecution? or famine? or nakedness? or peril? or the sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For thy sake, we die daily: and, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ³⁷ But in all these things we are victorious, by means of him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

¹⁰ According to the grace of God which was given me, I laid the foundation like a wise architect; and another buildeth on it. But let each one see, how he buildeth on it. ¹¹ For any other foundation can no man lay, different from that which is laid, which is Jesus Messiah. ¹² And if any one buildeth on this foundation, either gold, or silver, or precious stones, or wood, or hay, or stubble; ¹³ the work of each will be exposed to view; for the day will expose it; because it is to be tested by fire; and the fire will disclose the work of each, of what sort it is. ¹⁴ And that builder whose work shall endure, will receive his reward. ¹⁵ And he, whose work shall burn up, will suffer loss; yet himself will escape; but it will be, as from the fire.

⁵⁵ Where is thy sting, O death? And where is thy victory, O grave? ⁵⁶ Now the sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, that giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus the Messiah. 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.

¹⁹ But the firm foundation of God standeth; and it hath this seal, The Lord knoweth them who are his: and, Let every one who invoketh the name of our Lord, stand aloof from iniquity.

⁴ to whom ye have come, because he is a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God elect and precious. ⁵ And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah. ⁶ For it is said in the scripture, Behold, in Zion I lay a chosen and precious stone, for the head of the corner; and whoever believeth in him, will not be ashamed.

¹⁰ And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found. ¹¹ As therefore all these things are to be dissolved, what persons ought ye to be, in holy conduct, and in the fear of God, ¹² expecting and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being tried by fire will be dissolved, and the elements being ignited will melt? ¹³ But we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth. ¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, as ye expect these things, strive that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

²⁸ And now, my children, remain ye in him; that so, when he shall be manifested, we may not be ashamed before him, but may have an open countenance at his coming.

²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish,

¹⁴ And the heavens separated, as a book is rolled up: and all mountains and islands were removed out of their places. ¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the nobles, and the captains of thousands, and the rich men, and the men of valor, and every servant and free man, hid themselves in caves, and in the clefts of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they said to the mountains and to the clefts, Fall over us, and hide us from the face of him who sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: ¹⁷ For the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and Him who sitteth thereon; from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and this their place was not found. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small standing before the throne; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged from the things written in the books, according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead in it; and death and the grave gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each one according to his deeds. ¹⁴ And death and the grave were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, namely, this lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any one was not found enrolled in the book of life, he was cast into this lake of fire.

⁴³ And when an unclean spirit goeth out of a man, it wandereth in places where is no water, and seeketh comfort and findeth it not. ⁴⁴ Then it saith: I will return to my house, from which I came out. And it cometh, and findeth it vacated, and swept clean, and set in order. ⁴⁵ So it goeth and taketh with it seven other spirits, worse than itself, and they enter and dwell in it; and the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So will it be to this evil generation.

²⁰ And that which was sowed on the rock, is he that heareth the word, and at once receiveth it with joy. ²¹ Yet hath he no root in him, but is of short duration, and when there is trouble or persecution on account of the word, he soon stumbleth. ²² And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits.

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.

³ Whatever therefore they tell you to observe, that observe and do. But according to their deeds, practise ye not: for they say, and do not.

¹⁰ Then many will be stumbled: and they will hate one another, and will betray one another.

¹⁷ And they have no root in them, but are temporary; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are quickly stumbled.

⁴⁶ And why call ye me, My Lord, my Lord; while ye do not that which I command you?

⁵ A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the side of the path, and was trodden upon, and a bird devoured it. ⁶ And other fell upon a rock, and sprung up forthwith; but, as it lacked moisture, it dried up. ⁷ And other fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up with it, and choked it.

¹² I say to you, that for Sodom there will be comfort in that day, rather than for that city. ¹³ Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon there had been the mighty deeds, that were in you, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But for Tyre and Sidon there will be comfort in the day of judgment, rather than for you. ¹⁵ And thou Capernaum, that art lifted up to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell. ¹⁶ He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.

²⁴ An unclean spirit, when he goeth out of a man, goeth wandering in places where no water is, in order to find rest; and, as he cannot find it he saith: I will return to my habitation, from which I came. ²⁵ And when he cometh, he findeth it swept clean and set in order. ²⁶ Then he goeth and taketh seven other spirits, worse than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

⁴⁷ And the servant that knew his lord's pleasure, and did not prepare for him according to his pleasure, shall be beaten with many stripes.

¹⁴ But the inhabitants of his city hated him; and they sent envoys after him, saying: We wish this man not to reign over us.

²⁷ But as for those my enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me.

² Every branch in me, which yieldeth not fruits, he taketh it away: and that which yieldeth fruits, he cleanseth it, that it may yield more fruits.

²⁹ For I know, that after I am gone, fierce wolves will come in among you, and will have no mercy on the flock.

⁵ Therefore also I could not be quiet, until I sent to learn your faith; lest the Tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain.

²⁶ For if a man sin, voluntarily, after he hath received a knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice which may be offered for sins: ²⁷ but the fearful judgment impendeth, and the zeal of fire that consumeth the adversaries. ²⁸ For if he, who transgressed the law of Moses, died without mercies, at the mouth of two or three witnesses; ²⁹ how much more, think ye, will he receive capital punishment, who hath trodden upon the Son of God, and hath accounted the blood of his covenant, by which he is sanctified, as the blood of all men, and hath treated the Spirit of grace with contumely?

²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves. ²³ For if any man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his face in a mirror: ²⁴ for he seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a man he was. ²⁵ But every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work. ²⁶ And if any one thinketh that he worshippeth God, and doth not restrain his tongue, but his heart deceiveth him; his worship is vain.

¹⁷ So also faith alone, without works, is dead. 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. ¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well; the demons also believe, and tremble. ²⁰ Wouldst thou know, O frail man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Abraham our father, was not he justified by works, in offering his son Isaac upon the altar? ²² Seest thou, that his faith aided his works; and that by the works his faith was rendered complete? ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: Abraham believed in God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness, and he was called the Friend of God. ²⁴ Thou seest, that by works a man is justified, and not by faith alone. ²⁵ So also Rahab, the harlot, was not she justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and sent them forth by another way? ²⁶ As the body without the spirit, is dead; so faith without works, is dead also.

⁵ And, while ye apply all diligence in the matter, add to your faith moral excellence; and to moral excellence, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, perseverance; and to perseverance, patience; and to patience, the fear of God; ⁷ and to the fear of God, sympathy with the brotherhood; and to sympathy with the brotherhood, love. ⁸ For, while these are found in you, and abounding, they render you not slothful, and not unfruitful, in the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. ⁹ For he, in whom these things are not found, is blind and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purgation of his former sins.

²⁰ For if, when they have escaped the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah, they become again involved in the same, and are vanquished, their latter state is worse than the former.

³ And by this we shall be sensible that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ For he that saith, I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

¹⁹ From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out from us, that so it might be known, that they were not of us.