Mark 11 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And as they approached Jerusalem, near by Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ² and said to them: Go ye to the village that is over against us, and as soon as ye enter it, ye will find a colt tied, on which no person hath ridden: loose him, and bring him hither. ³ And, if any one say to you, Why do ye this? Say ye to him: Because our Lord hath need of him. And immediately he will send him hither. ⁴ And they went, and they found the colt tied, by the door, without in the street. And as they were loosing him, ⁵ some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, untying the colt? ⁶ And they said to them, as Jesus had commanded them; and they permitted them. ⁷ And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments upon him, and set Jesus upon him. ⁸ And many spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. ⁹ And those preceding him, and those following him shouted and said: Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. ¹⁰ And blessed is the advancing kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest heavens. ¹¹ And Jesus entered Jerusalem and the temple, and surveyed every thing. And when evening arrived, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. ¹² And the following day, as he left Bethany, he was hungry: ¹³ and he saw a fig-tree at a distance, on which were leaves, and he came to it, if he could find somewhat on it. And when he had come, he found on it only leaves; for the time of figs had not arrived. ¹⁴ And he said to it: Henceforth and for ever, let no man eat fruit from thee: and the disciples heard it. And they came to Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And Jesus entered the temple of God: and he began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple; and he overturned the counters of the money-brokers, and the seats of them that sold doves. ¹⁶ And he suffered no one to carry goods through the temple. ¹⁷ And he taught them, and said: Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers. ¹⁸ And the chief priests and the Scribes heard him, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they were afraid of him, because all the people admired his doctrine. (l9) And when it was evening, they went out from the city. ¹⁹ :²⁰ And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up, as it were, from its root. ²¹ And Simon remembered, and said to him: Rabbi; behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst, is dried up. ²² And Jesus replied, and said to them: Have faith in God. ²³ Verily I say to you, That whoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and fall into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said will occur, to him will be the thing he spoke. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall pray and ask for, believe that it will be, and it will be to you. 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. ²⁶ For if ye forgive not, your Father also who is in heaven will not forgive you your offences. ²⁷ And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and Scribes and Elders came to him, ²⁸ and said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee the authority to do these things? ²⁹ And Jesus said to them: I also will ask you one thing, that ye may tell me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? Tell me. ³¹ And they reasoned with themselves, and said: If we should say to him, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him? ³² But if we should say, From men; there is fear from the people; for they have all held John to be truly a prophet. ³³ And they answered, and said to Jesus: We do not know. He said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

¹ And as he approached Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, by the side of the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples; ² and said to them: Go into this village which is over against you, and directly ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie and bring them to me. ³ And if any man say ought to you, tell him, That they are needed by our Lord: and at once he will send them hither. ⁴ Now this whole occurrence was, that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, saying: ⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh to thee, meek, and riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of an ass. ⁶ And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them. ⁷ And they brought the ass and the colt. And they placed their garments on the colt, and set Jesus upon it. ⁸ And a very great throng strewed their clothes in the path; and others cut branches from the trees, and cast them in the path. ⁹ And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed after him, shouted and said: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And as he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in commotion; and they said, Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitudes said, This is Jesus the prophet, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹⁷ thou hast acquired praise? And he left them, and retired out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

³ And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world.

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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.

³ And as Jesus was sitting on the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Cephas and James and John and Andrew asked him, privately:

¹³ And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them: Go ye to the city, and behold, there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water. Go ye after him,

²⁹ And when he arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, near to the mount called the place of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ and said to them: Go ye to the village that is over against us, and as ye enter it, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever rode; loose him and bring him. ³¹ And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? say to him: Our Lord needeth him. ³² And they went who were sent, and they found, as he said to them. ³³ And as they loosed the colt, the owner of him said to them: Why do ye loose that colt? ³⁴ And they said: Because our Lord needeth him. ³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus. And they cast their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus upon him. ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their garments in the way. ³⁷ And when he came near to the descent of the place of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all the mighty deeds which they had seen. ³⁸ And they said: Blessed be the king, that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory on high. ³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from among the crowd, said to him: Rabbi, rebuke thy disciples. ⁴⁰ He said to them: I tell you, that, if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

¹ And Jesus went to the mount of Olives.

¹⁴ And Jesus found an ass, and sat upon it; as it is written ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion. Behold, thy king cometh to thee; and he rideth upon a colt, the foal of an ass. ¹⁶ These things understood not his disciples, at that time; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did them to him. ¹⁷ And the multitude that had been with him, testified that he had called Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from the dead. ¹⁸ And for this reason, great multitudes went out to meet him, as they had heard that he wrought this sign. ¹⁹ But the Pharisees said, one to another: Do ye see, that ye are gaining nothing? For, lo, the whole world is going after him.

¹² And afterwards they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the place of Olives, which was near to Jerusalem, and distant from it about seven furlongs.

² and said to them: Go into this village which is over against you, and directly ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie and bring them to me. ³ And if any man say ought to you, tell him, That they are needed by our Lord: and at once he will send them hither.

³⁰ and said to them: Go ye to the village that is over against us, and as ye enter it, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever rode; loose him and bring him. ³¹ And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? say to him: Our Lord needeth him.

¹⁵ And lo, he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

²⁴ And when they had prayed, they said: Thou, Lord, knowest what is in the hearts of all, manifest which thou hast chosen of these two,

³⁶ For this is the word, which he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing to them peace and rest by Jesus Messiah, He is Lord of all;

²⁵ Nor is he ministered to by human hands, neither hath he any wants; for he it is giveth life and breath to every man.

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.

⁷ Thou hast depressed him somewhat lower than the angels: glory and honor hast thou put on his head; and thou hast invested him with authority over the work of thy hand. ⁸ And all things hast thou subjected under his feet. And in this subjecting of all things to him, he omitted nothing, which he did not subject. But now, we do not yet see all things subjected to him. ⁹ But we see him, who was depressed somewhat lower than the angels, to be this Jesus, because of the passion of his death; and glory and honor are placed on his head; for God himself, in his grace, tasted death for all men.

⁶ And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them. ⁷ And they brought the ass and the colt. And they placed their garments on the colt, and set Jesus upon it.

¹⁹ And his disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the Passover.

³² And they went who were sent, and they found, as he said to them. ³³ And as they loosed the colt, the owner of him said to them: Why do ye loose that colt? ³⁴ And they said: Because our Lord needeth him.

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

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed, and departed to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance: and he departed, while he knew not whither he was going.

⁴ Now this whole occurrence was, that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, saying: ⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh to thee, meek, and riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of an ass.

⁷ And they brought the ass and the colt. And they placed their garments on the colt, and set Jesus upon it. ⁸ And a very great throng strewed their clothes in the path; and others cut branches from the trees, and cast them in the path.

³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus. And they cast their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus upon him. ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their garments in the way.

¹² And the next day, a great multitude who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ took boughs of palm-trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel! ¹⁴ And Jesus found an ass, and sat upon it; as it is written ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion. Behold, thy king cometh to thee; and he rideth upon a colt, the foal of an ass. ¹⁶ These things understood not his disciples, at that time; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did them to him.

⁹ And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed after him, shouted and said: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

³⁹ For I say to you, That ye shall not see me henceforth, until ye shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

³⁷ And when he came near to the descent of the place of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all the mighty deeds which they had seen. ³⁸ And they said: Blessed be the king, that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory on high.

¹³ took boughs of palm-trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!

¹⁵ But they cried out: Away with him, away with him; hang him, hang him. Pilate said to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests said to him: We have no king, but Caesar.

³¹ For lo, thou wilt conceive in thy womb, and wilt bear a son, and wilt call his name Jesus. 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. ³³ And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his reign there will be no end.

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest heavens, and on earth peace and good hope for men.

¹⁰ And as he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in commotion; and they said, Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitudes said, This is Jesus the prophet, who is from Nazareth of Galilee. ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and expelled all them that bought and sold in the temple, and overset the counters of the money-brokers, and the seats of them that sold doves. ¹³ And he said to them: It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers. ¹⁴ And there came to him in the temple the blind and the lame; and he healed them. ¹⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees saw the wonderful things which he performed, and the children shouting in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their indignation was excited. 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 ¹⁷ thou hast acquired praise? And he left them, and retired out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

⁴¹ And as he drew near, and beheld the city, he wept over it: ⁴² and said: O, hadst thou known the things that are of thy peace, at least in this thy day: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will encompass thee, and besiege thee on every side. ⁴⁴ And they will destroy thee, and thy children within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. ⁴⁵ And when he entered the temple, he began to expel those who bought and sold in it.

³⁷ And, in the daytime he taught in the temple, and at night he went out and lodged in the mount, called the Place of Olives. ³⁸ And all the people came early to him in the temple, to hear his discourse.

¹ And Jesus went to the mount of Olives. ² And in the morning he came again to the temple; and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

² And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he hungered.

¹⁸ And in the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. ¹⁹ And he saw a fig-tree by the way, and came to it and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And he said to it: There shall no more be fruit on thee for ever. And immediately the fig-tree withered. ²⁰ And the disciples saw it, and admired, and said: How suddenly hath the fig-tree withered! ²¹ Jesus replied and said to them: Verily I say to you, That if there be faith in you, and ye shall not doubt, ye may not only do this thing of the fig-tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, be thou lifted up, and fall into the sea, it will be so. ²² And whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, and shall believe, ye shall receive.

² forty days, to be tempted by the Calumniator. And during those days, he ate nothing; and when he had completed them, he was at last hungry.

⁶ And Jacob's well of water was there. And Jesus was weary with the toil of travelling, and seated himself by the well: and it was at the sixth hour. ⁷ And a woman from Samaria came to draw water. And Jesus said to her: Give me water to drink.

³¹ In the mean time, his disciples entreated him, and said to him: Our Rabbi, eat. ³² But he said to them: I have food to eat, of which ye are ignorant. ³³ The disciples said among themselves: Hath any one brought him something to eat?

²⁸ After these things, Jesus knew that every thing was finished; and, that the scripture might be fulfilled, he said: I thirst.

¹⁷ Wherefore it was right, that he should be in all respects like his brethren; that he might be merciful, and a high priest faithful in the things of God, and might make expiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁹ And he saw a fig-tree by the way, and came to it and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And he said to it: There shall no more be fruit on thee for ever. And immediately the fig-tree withered.

³¹ And a certain priest went down by that way; and he saw him, and passed on.

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two assarii? and not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷ And as for you, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; for ye are superior to many sparrows.

⁶ And he spoke this similitude: A man had a fig-tree that was planted in his vineyard: and he came, seeking fruits upon it, and found none. ⁷ And he said to the cultivator: Lo, these three years, I have come seeking fruits on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down: why should it cumber the ground? ⁸ The cultivator said to him: My Lord, spare it this year also, until I shall work about it, and manure it. ⁹ And if it bear fruits, well; and if not, thou wilt cut it down: why should it live?

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.

¹⁹ Every tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned to the fire.

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. 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.

³³ Hear ye another similitude. A certain man, the lord of a house, planted a vineyard, and inclosed it with a hedge, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower in it, and leased it to cultivators, and removed to a distance.

⁴⁴ And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be fractured; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to atoms?

²⁰ And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up, as it were, from its root. ²¹ And Simon remembered, and said to him: Rabbi; behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst, is dried up.

⁶ And if a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a withered branch; and they gather it up, and cast it into the fire to be burned.

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.

¹¹ He that doth evil, let him do evil still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him practise righteousness still; and he that is sanctified, let him be sanctified still.

¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and expelled all them that bought and sold in the temple, and overset the counters of the money-brokers, and the seats of them that sold doves. ¹³ And he said to them: It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers. ¹⁴ And there came to him in the temple the blind and the lame; and he healed them. ¹⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees saw the wonderful things which he performed, and the children shouting in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their indignation was excited. 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

⁴⁵ And when he entered the temple, he began to expel those who bought and sold in it. ⁴⁶ And he said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers. ⁴⁷ And he taught daily in the temple: and the chief priests and Scribes and Elders of the people, sought to destroy him.

¹³ And the pass over of the Jews drew near; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And he found in the temple those who sold beeves and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵ And he made himself a whip from a cord, and turned them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the beeves and the money-changers; and he poured out their money, and overset their tables: ¹⁶ and he said to them that sold doves, Take away these things; and make not my Father's house a house of traffic. ¹⁷ And his disciples remembered, that it is written: The zeal of thy house hath devoured me.

⁴⁶ And he said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers.

¹⁶ and he said to them that sold doves, Take away these things; and make not my Father's house a house of traffic.

²⁸ And so it was, that when Jesus had ended these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:

¹⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees saw the wonderful things which he performed, and the children shouting in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their indignation was excited.

³⁸ But the cultivators, when they saw the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: Come; let us kill him, and retain his inheritance. ³⁹ And they laid hold of him, thrust him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his similitudes, they understood that he spoke in reference to them. ⁴⁶ And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the multitude, because they accounted him as a prophet.

³ Then assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. ⁴ And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him.

²² And they were astonished at his doctrine; for he taught them, as having authority, and not as their Scribes.

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.

²⁰ For Herod was afraid of John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man: and he observed him, and gave ear to him in many things and did the things, and he heard him with satisfaction.

³² But if we should say, From men; there is fear from the people; for they have all held John to be truly a prophet.

¹² And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the people; for they knew that he spoke this similitude against them. And they left him, and went away.

¹ And after two days, was the passover of unleavened cakes. And the chief priests and the Scribes sought how they might take him by stratagem, and kill him. ² But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be commotion among the people.

²² And all bare him witness, and admired the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth; and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?

⁴⁷ And he taught daily in the temple: and the chief priests and Scribes and Elders of the people, sought to destroy him.

¹⁹ And the chief priests and Scribes sought to lay hands on him, at that time; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew, that he spoke this similitude against them.

⁴⁶ The constables say to them: Never did a man speak, as this man speaketh.

⁵³ And from that day, they plotted to kill him. ⁵⁴ And Jesus did not walk openly among the Jews; but retired from them to a place near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he abode with his disciples. ⁵⁵ And the passover of the Jews drew near: and many went up from the villages to Jerusalem, before the feast, that they might purify themselves. ⁵⁶ And they sought for Jesus; and they said one to another, in the temple: What think ye? that he will not come to the feast? ⁵⁷ And the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known to them, that they might take him.

²⁵ And while he was discoursing with them on righteousness, and on holiness, and on the future judgment, Felix was filled with fear; and he said: For the present time, go: and when I have opportunity, I will send for thee.

⁵ And if any person will harm them, fire cometh out of their mouth, and consumeth their adversary; and if any one will harm them, thus must he be slain. ⁶ They have power to shut up heaven, so that the rain shall not fall in those days: and they have power over the waters, to turn them into blood; and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they please. ⁷ And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast of prey that came up from the abyss, will make war upon them, and will overcome them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will be in the open street of that great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And they of the nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, will look upon their dead bodies, three days and a half; and will not suffer their dead bodies to be laid in the grave. ¹⁰ And they who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will be merry, and will send presents to one another; because those two prophets tormented them who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ And Jesus entered Jerusalem and the temple, and surveyed every thing. And when evening arrived, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

³⁷ And, in the daytime he taught in the temple, and at night he went out and lodged in the mount, called the Place of Olives.

³⁶ While the light is with you, confide in the light; that ye may be children of the light. These things said Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.

⁶ But when the sun was up it wilted. And, because it lacked root, it dried up.

¹³ And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated.

¹⁴ And he said to it: Henceforth and for ever, let no man eat fruit from thee: and the disciples heard it. And they came to Jerusalem.

⁸ But if it should put forth thorns and briers, it would have reprobation, and be not far from a curse, and its end would be a burning.

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;

⁷ and the greeting in the market places, and to be addressed by men with Rabbi.

⁴¹ Then will he say also to them on his left hand: Go from me, ye accursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the Calumniator and his angels,

²² Whoever loveth not our Lord Jesus the Messiah, let him be accursed: our Lord cometh.

²³ Jesus said to him: If thou canst believe; every thing can be, to him that believeth.

¹ Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, and, believe in me.

¹² And ye have been buried with him, by baptism; and by it ye have risen with him; while ye believed in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹ PAUL, a servant of God, and a legate of Jesus the Messiah; according to the faith of the elect of God, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of God,

¹³ And Jesus, when he had heard it, retired alone, in a ship, to a desert place. And when the multitudes heard of it, they followed him by dry land from the cities.

²⁰ Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you.

²¹ Jesus replied and said to them: Verily I say to you, That if there be faith in you, and ye shall not doubt, ye may not only do this thing of the fig-tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, be thou lifted up, and fall into the sea, it will be so.

⁶ He said to them: If ye had faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye might say to this mulberry-tree, Be thou torn up by the roots, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

¹³ And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for you; that the Father may be glorified in his Son.

⁷ But if ye shall abide in me, and my instructions shall abide in you, whatever ye shall be pleased to ask, it will be given to you.

¹⁸ And without hope, he confided in the hope of becoming the father of a multitude of nations; (as it is written: So will thy seed be.) ¹⁹ And he was not sickly in his faith, while contemplating his inert body, (for he was a hundred years old,) and the inert womb of Sarah. ²⁰ And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and gave glory to God; ²¹ and felt assured, that what God had promised to him, he was able to fulfill. ²² And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness. ²³ And not for his sake alone, was it written, that his faith was accounted for righteousness; ²⁴ but for our sakes also; because it is to be accounted so to us, who believe in him that raised our Lord Jesus Messiah from the dead; ²⁵ who was delivered up, on account of our sins; and arose, that he might justify us.

² And if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, in his trial, offered up Isaac; and he laid on the altar his only son, whom he had received by promise. ¹⁸ For it had been said to him, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. ¹⁹ And he reasoned with himself, that God was able even to raise him from the dead: and therefore, in the similitude of a resurrection, he was restored to him.

⁵ And if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth not; and it will be given him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given to you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸ For, every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. ⁹ For what man is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he reach him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he ask of him a fish, will he reach him a serpent? ¹¹ If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

¹⁹ Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be to them from my Father who is in heaven.

²² And whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, and shall believe, ye shall receive.

⁹ I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened. ¹¹ For which of you being a father, if his son shall ask him for bread, will he reach to him a stone? Or, if he ask of him a fish, will he, instead of a fish, reach to him a serpent? ¹² Or, if he ask of him an egg, will he reach to him a scorpion? ¹³ And if ye, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

¹ And he spoke to them a similitude also, that men should pray at all times, and not become weary. ² There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, and regarded not men. ³ And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, and said: Vindicate me against my adversary. ⁴ And he would not, for a long time: but afterwards, he said to himself: Though I fear not God, and regard not men, ⁵ yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will vindicate her; that she may not be always coming and troubling me. ⁶ And our Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. ⁷ And will not God, much more, vindicate his chosen, who call upon him by day and by night; and have patience with them? ⁸ I tell you, He will vindicate them speedily. Yet the Son of man will come; and will he find faith on the earth?

²³ And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to you. ²⁴ Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy may be complete. ²⁵ These things have I spoken to you in allegories: but the hour will come, when I shall not speak to you in allegories, but I will speak to you plainly of the Father. ²⁶ In that day ye will ask in my name; and I do not say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you; ²⁷ for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I proceeded from the presence of the Father.

¹⁵ and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and our Lord will raise him up; and if sins have been committed by him, they will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ And confess ye your faults one to another, and pray ye one for another, that ye may be healed; for great is the efficacy of the prayer which a righteous man prayeth. ¹⁷ Elijah also was a man of sensations like us, and he prayed that rain might not descend upon the earth; and it descended not, for three years and six months. ¹⁸ And again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth gave forth its fruits.

²² And whatever we ask, we receive from him; because we keep his commandments, and do acceptable things before him.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatever we ask of him, agreeably to his will, he heareth us. ¹⁵ And if we are persuaded that he heareth us respecting what we ask of him, we are confident of receiving presently the petitions which we asked of him.

²³ If therefore thou shalt bring thy oblation to the altar, and shalt there remember that thy brother hath any offence against thee,

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.

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

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.

²³ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like to some king, who wished to have a reckoning with his servants. ²⁴ And when he began to reckon, they brought to him one debtor of ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, him and his wife and his children, and all that he possessed, and payment to be made. ²⁶ And that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said: My lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole. 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. ³¹ And when their fellow-servants saw what was done, it grieved them much; and they came and made known to their lord all that had occurred. ³² Then his lord called him, and said to him: Thou vile servant! Lo, I forgave thee that whole debt, because thou entreatedst of me: ³³ oughtest not thou also to have compassion on thy fellow-servant, as I had compassion on thee? 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.

³⁷ Judge not, and ye will not be judged: condemn not, and ye will not be condemned: release, and ye will be released.

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

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.

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

⁴ These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks which stand before the Lord of the earth.

²³ And when Jesus came to the temple, the chief priests and the Elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ Jesus replied and said to them: I also will ask you one question, and if ye will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The baptism of John, from whence was it? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, and said: If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why did ye not believe in him? ²⁶ And if we should say, From men; we are afraid of the multitude, for they all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered, and said to him: We do not know. Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

¹ And after two days, was the passover of unleavened cakes. And the chief priests and the Scribes sought how they might take him by stratagem, and kill him.

¹ And on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching, the chief priests and Scribes, with the Elders, came upon him, ² and said to him: Tell us, by what authority thou doest these things? And who is it, that gave thee this authority? ³ Jesus answered, and said to them: I also will ask you a word, and tell ye me. ⁴ The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? ⁵ And they reasoned with themselves, and said: If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, And why did ye not believe him? ⁶ But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. ⁷ And they said to him: We do not know, whence it was. ⁸ Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.

²³ And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.

²⁰ And Jesus said to him: I have discoursed openly with the people, and have at all times taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble; and I have uttered nothing in private.

⁵ And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled; ⁶ and also Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests. ⁷ And when they had set them in the midst, they interrogated them: By what power or what name, have ye done this? ⁸ Then Simon Cephas was filled with the Holy Spirit, and said to them: Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye.

²⁷ For, in reality, against thy holy Son Jesus whom thou hast anointed, Herod and Pilate, with the Gentiles and the congregation of Israel, have been combined together in this city, ²⁸ to do whatever thy hand and thy pleasure previously marked out to be done.

²⁷ But he who did the wrong to his fellow, repulsed him from him, and said to him: Who constituted thee a ruler and a judge over us? ²⁸ Dost thou seek to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

³⁸ He it was, who was in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel that conversed with him and with our fathers at mount Sinai; and he it was, received the living words to give them to us. ³⁹ And our fathers would not hearken to him, but forsook him, and in their hearts returned again to Egypt;

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.

²⁴ Jesus replied and said to them: I also will ask you one question, and if ye will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

¹ And in those days came John the Baptizer. And he proclaimed in the desert of Judaea, ² and said: Repent; the kingdom of heaven hath approached. ³ For this is he of whom it was said, by Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make smooth his paths. ⁴ And as to this John, his raiment was of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin was upon his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country about the Jordan. ⁶ And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins. ⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, who came to be baptized, he said to them: Generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the wrath that cometh? ⁸ Bring forth the fruits therefore, that accord with repentance. ⁹ And do not think, and say within yourselves, that Abraham is our father: for I say to you, that God is able of these tones to raise up children to Abraham. 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. ¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is more powerful than I; whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. ¹² His winnowing shovel is in his hand; and he will make clean his threshing-floor. The wheat he will gather into his storehouse; and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished. ¹³ Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John refused him; and said, I need to be baptized by thee, and hast thou come to me? ¹⁵ And Jesus answered, and said to him: Allow it now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him. ¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. And heaven was opened to him; and he saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and it came upon him. ¹⁷ And lo, a voice from heaven, which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have delight.

¹ THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. ² As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way. ³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths. ⁴ John baptized in the wilderness, and proclaimed the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the region of Judaea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and he baptized them in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins. ⁶ And this John was clad in raiment of camels' hair; and was girded with a cincture of skin about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he proclaimed, and said: Behold, after me cometh one more powerful than I, of whom I am not worthy to stoop and untie the fastenings of his shoes. ⁸ I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. ⁹ And it occurred, in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized in Jordan by John. ¹⁰ And immediately on his coming from the water, he saw the heavens cleft, and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him. ¹¹ And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

¹³ But I say to you: That Elijah hath come; and they have done to him all that they desired, as it was written of him.

¹ And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the presidency of Pontius Pilate in Judaea, while Herod was Tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraea and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene, ² in the high priesthood of Annas and of Caiaphas; the word of God was upon John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. ³ And he came into all the region about the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God. ⁵ All valleys shall be filled up, and all mountains and hills be lowered; and the hillock shall be levelled down, and the rough place become smooth. ⁶ And all flesh shall see the life which is of God. ⁷ And he said to the multitudes, who came to him to be baptized: Ye progeny of vipers, who hath instructed you to flee from the future wrath? ⁸ Bring forth, therefore, fruits comporting, with repentance. And begin not to say in yourselves: We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God can, from these stones, raise up sons to Abraham. ⁹ And lo, the ax is put to the root of trees. Every tree therefore that beareth not good fruits, is hewed down, and falleth into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, and said: What, then, shall we do? ¹¹ He answered and said to them: Whoever hath two tunics, let him give one to him that hath none; and whoever hath food, let him do the same. ¹² And publicans also came to be baptized. And they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ And he said to them: Exact no more than ye are required to exact. ¹⁴ And those serving in war inquired of him, and said: And what shall we do? He said to them: Be insolent to no one, and oppress no one, and let your pay satisfy you. ¹⁵ And while the people were thinking of John, and all pondered in their heart, whether he were the Messiah; ¹⁶ John answered and said to them: Behold, I baptize you with water; but after me cometh one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. ¹⁷ He holdeth his winnowing shovel in his hand, and he will make clean his threshing floor; and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished. ¹⁸ And many other things also, he taught and proclaimed to the people. ¹⁹ But Herod the Tetrarch, because he was reproved by John, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, and on account of all the evil things he had done, ²⁰ added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came for testimony, to bear witness concerning the light. ⁸ He was not himself the light, but came to bear witness concerning the light.

¹⁵ John testified of him, and cried, and said: This is he, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to me. ¹⁶ And of his plenitude have we all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given by the hand of Moses; but the reality and grace was by the hand of Jesus Messiah. ¹⁸ No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him. ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites, to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed I am not the Messiah. ²¹ And they asked him again: Who then? Art thou Elijah? And he said: I am not. Art thou a prophet? And he said, No. ²² And they said to him: Who art thou? that we may give answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make smooth the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ And they who were sent, were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him: Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a prophet? ²⁶ John answered, and said to them; I baptize with water; but among you standeth one, whom ye do not know. ²⁷ He it is that cometh after me, and was before me, whose shoe-strings I am not worthy to untie. ²⁸ These things occurred in Bethany, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The day after, John saw Jesus coming towards him, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God, that beareth the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who is before me, for he was prior to me. ³¹ And I knew him not; but that he might be known to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. ³² And John testified, and said: I saw the Spirit descend from heaven, as a dove, and rest upon him. ³³ And I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me- On whom thou seest the Spirit descend, and rest upon him, he baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. ³⁴ And I saw; and I testify, that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ And the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God!

²⁵ And one of John's disciples and a certain Jew had disputed respecting purification. ²⁶ And they came to John, and said to him: Our Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond Jordan, and of whom thou gavest testimony, lo, he also baptizeth; and many go after him. ²⁷ John answered, and said to them: A man cannot take any thing by his own choice, unless it be given him from heaven. ²⁸ Ye are witnesses for me, that I said: I am not the Messiah, but am sent to go before him. ²⁹ He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full. ³⁰ To him must be increase, and to me decrease. ³¹ For he that cometh from above, is above all; and he that is from the earth, is of the earth, and talketh of the earth. He that cometh from heaven, is above all; ³² and what he hath seen and heard, he testifieth; and his testimony, no one receiveth. ³³ But he that receiveth his testimony, hath set his seal, that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God hath not given the Spirit by measure to him. ³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given every thing into his hands. ³⁶ He that believeth on the Son, hath life eternal; but he who obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life. but the wrath of God will abide upon him.

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. ⁹ And if not; what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, say I to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, that he may prepare the way before thee. ¹¹ Verily I say to you, Among those born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptizer: yet the small one in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the Baptizer, until now, the kingdom of heaven is assailed by force, and the violent seize it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied, until the time of John. ¹⁴ And, if ye are willing, receive ye, that this is he who was to come.

³¹ Which of these two performed the pleasure of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you That publicans and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him: and ye, after ye had seen it, did not even then repent and believe in him.

¹⁵ John testified of him, and cried, and said: This is he, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to me.

²⁹ The day after, John saw Jesus coming towards him, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God, that beareth the sin of the world.

³⁴ And I saw; and I testify, that this is the Son of God.

³⁶ And he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God!

⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country about the Jordan. ⁶ And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins.

⁹ And if not; what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, say I to you, and more than a prophet.

⁵ And he had wished to kill him; but he was afraid of the people, seeing that they regarded him as a prophet.

⁴⁶ And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the multitude, because they accounted him as a prophet.

²⁶ Or if not; what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, say I to you; and more than a prophet. ²⁷ For this is he, of whom it is written: Behold I send my messenger before thy face, to prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸ I say to you, that no prophet, among those born of women, was greater than John the Baptizer: and yet the little one in the kingdom of God, is greater than he. ²⁹ And all the people that heard him, justified God, as they had been baptized with John's baptism.

² And the chief priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people.

⁴¹ And many persons came to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of his man, was true.

²⁶ Then went the rulers with attendants, to bring them without violence; for they feared, lest the people should stone them.

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.

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation asketh for a sign; but no sign shall be given it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

²⁷ And they answered, and said to him: We do not know. Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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.

²¹ In that hour Jesus exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said: I thank thee, my Father, thou Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes: yes, my Father, for such was thy good pleasure. ²² And he turned himself to his disciples, and said to them: Every thing is committed to me by my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; or who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

⁶⁶ And when the day dawned, the Elders and chief priests and Scribes assembled together; and they led him to the place of their meeting, ⁶⁷ and said to him: If thou art the Messiah, tell us. He said to them: If I tell you, ye will not believe in me. ⁶⁸ And if I should ask you, ye will not return me an answer; nor will ye release me. ⁶⁹ From this time, the Son of man will sit on the right hand of the majesty of God.

¹⁰ Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

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?

¹⁸ For the wrath of God from heaven is revealed against all the iniquity and wickedness of men, who hold the truth in iniquity. ¹⁹ Because a knowledge of God is manifest in them; for God hath manifested it in them. ²⁰ For, from the foundations of the world, the occult things of God are seen, by the intellect, in the things he created, even his eternal power and divinity; so that they might be without excuse; ²¹ because they knew God, and did not glorify him and give thanks to him as God, but became vain in their imaginings, and their unwise heart was darkened. ²² And, while they thought within themselves that they were wise, they became fools.

²⁸ And as they did not determine with themselves to know God, God gave them over to a vain mind; that they might do what they ought not,

¹⁵ And unto this day, when Moses is read, a vail is thrown upon their hearts.

³ And if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed to them that perish; ⁴ to them whose minds the God of this world hath blinded, in order that they might not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of the Messiah (who is the likeness of God) should dawn upon them.

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.