Mark 12 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And he began to discourse with them in similitudes. A certain man planted a vineyard, and inclosed it with a hedge, and dug in it a wine vat, and built a tower in it, and put it into the hands of husbandmen, and removed to a distance. ² And at the proper time, he sent his servant to the husbandmen, to receive of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ And they beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and him also they stoned, and wounded, and sent him away under indignities. ⁵ And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many other servants, some of whom they beat, and some they killed. ⁶ At last, having an only and dear son, he sent him to them; for he said, Perhaps they will respect my son. ⁷ But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took him, and slew him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and transfer the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: ¹¹ From the Lord, was this; and it is wonderful in our eyes? 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. ¹³ And they sent to him some of the Scribes and of the household of Herod, to ensnare him in discourse. ¹⁴ And these came, and asked him: Teacher; we know that thou art veracious, and hast no fear of man; for thou regardest not the face of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give capitation money to Caesar; or not? Shall we give, or not give? ¹⁵ And he knew their wile, and said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it. ¹⁶ And they brought one to him. And he said to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They said to him: Caesar's. ¹⁷ Jesus said to them: What is Caesar's, give to Caesar; and what is God's, give to God. And they wondered at him. ¹⁸ Then came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, and said: ¹⁹ Teacher; Moses wrote to us, that if a man's brother die, and leave a widow, but leave no children, his brother shall take his widow, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁰ There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died, and left no seed. ²¹ And the second took her, and died, and he also left no seed: and the third in like manner. ²² And the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died. ²³ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them will she be the wife? For all the seven took her. ²⁴ Jesus said to them: Is it not on this account that ye err, because ye understand not the scriptures, nor the power of God? ²⁵ For when they rise from the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels that are in heaven. 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? ²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Ye, therefore, do err greatly. ²⁸ And one of the Scribes came, and heard them as they discussed, and he saw that he gave them an excellent answer; and he asked him, Which is the first of all the commandments? ²⁹ Jesus said to him: The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: ³⁰ and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy might. This is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second, which is like it, is: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³² The Scribe said to him: Excellently! Rabbi; thou hast spoken the truth; for he is one God, and there is no other beside him. ³³ And for a man to love him, with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the might; and to love his neighbor, as himself; is better than all holocausts and sacrifices. ³⁴ And Jesus perceived that he replied wisely; and he answered, and said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared again to question him. ³⁵ And as Jesus was teaching in the temple, he answered and said: How can the Scribes say, that Messiah is the son of David? ³⁶ For David himself saith, by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord; Seat thyself on my right hand, until I place thy enemies as a footstool beneath thy feet. ³⁷ David therefore calleth him " My Lord;" and how is he his son? And all the multitude heard him with pleasure. ³⁸ And he said to them in his teaching Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love the salutation in the streets, ³⁹ and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief couches at feasts. ⁴⁰ They devour the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. These shall receive a greater condemnation. ⁴¹ And as Jesus sat over against the treasury-room, he saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. And many rich ones cast in much. ⁴² And a poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a brass farthing. ⁴³ And Jesus called his disciples, and said to them: Verily I say to you, That this poor widow hath cast into the treasury more than all they that cast in. ⁴⁴ For they all cast in of that which abounded to them, but she, of her poverty, hath cast in all that she possessed, the whole of her property.

¹⁰ And his disciples came and said to him, Why discoursest thou to them in similitudes? ¹¹ And he answered, and said to them: Because, to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ¹² For to him that hath, shall be given; and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken from him. ¹³ For this cause I discourse to them in similitudes, because they see and do not see, and they hear and do not hear, nor understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said: By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and by seeing ye see, and shall not know: ¹⁵ For the heart of this people hath grown fat, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and should hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should turn; and I should heal them.

³⁴ All these things Jesus discoursed to the multitude in similitudes; and without similitudes he did not discourse with them. ³⁵ That so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, who said: I will open my mouth in similitudes; I will utter things concealed from before the foundation of the world.

²⁸ But how appeareth it to you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said to him, My son, go, labor to-day in the vineyard.

¹⁴ For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;

² And he taught them much by similitudes. And in his teaching, he said:

¹¹ And Jesus said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them without, all is in similitudes: ¹² that when they see, they may see and not see, and when they hear, they may hear and not understand; lest they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them. ¹³ And he said to them: Do ye not understand this similitude? And how will ye understand all similitudes?

³³ And by many such similitudes, similitudes such as they could hear, Jesus discoursed with the people. ³⁴ And without similitudes he did not converse with them: but to his disciples, between himself and them, he explained every thing.

¹ And he began to discourse with them in similitudes. A certain man planted a vineyard, and inclosed it with a hedge, and dug in it a wine vat, and built a tower in it, and put it into the hands of husbandmen, and removed to a distance. ² And at the proper time, he sent his servant to the husbandmen, to receive of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ And they beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and him also they stoned, and wounded, and sent him away under indignities. ⁵ And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many other servants, some of whom they beat, and some they killed. ⁶ At last, having an only and dear son, he sent him to them; for he said, Perhaps they will respect my son. ⁷ But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took him, and slew him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and transfer the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: ¹¹ From the Lord, was this; and it is wonderful in our eyes? 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.

³⁴ For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service; and he commanded the porter to be watchful.

¹⁰ And he said to them: To you it is given, to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to others, it is spoken in allegories; that, while seeing, they may not see, and while hearing, may not understand.

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?

¹³ And after a few days, the younger son collected together all that fell to him, and went to a distant place and there squandered his property, by living in dissipation.

¹² And he said: A certain man of high birth was going to a distant place, to obtain royalty, and return again.

⁹ And he began to utter this similitude to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to cultivators, and went abroad for a long time. ¹⁰ And in time, he sent his servant to the cultivators, that they might give him of the fruits of the vineyard. But the cultivators beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹ And again he sent another servant; and him also they beat, and treated with rudeness, and sent empty away. ¹² And again he sent the third. And they wounded him, and cast him out. ¹³ The lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my dear son. Perhaps they will look upon him, and be ashamed. ¹⁴ But when the cultivators saw him, they reasoned with themselves, and said: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ¹⁵ And they cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come, and destroy those cultivators, and will lease the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: This shall not be. ¹⁷ And he looked upon them, and said: What is that which is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief corner stone? ¹⁸ And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be broken; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him in pieces. 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.

⁹ And they said to him: Where wilt thou, that we prepare?

¹ I am the true vine; and my Father is the cultivator. 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. ³ Ye henceforth are clean, on account of the discourse I have held with you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot yield fruits of itself, unless it abide in the vine; so also, neither can ye, unless ye abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he yieldeth much fruit; for without me, ye can do nothing. 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. 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. ⁸ In this is the Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will be my disciples.

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.

⁴⁶ He found favor before God; and he requested, that he might find a residence for the God of Jacob. ⁴⁷ But Solomon built the house.

¹ What then is the superiority of the Jew? Or what is the advantage of circumcision? ² Much, every way. And first, because to them were intrusted the oracles of God.

⁴ who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers; ⁵ and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were plucked off; and thou, an olive from the desert, wast in-grafted in their place, and hast become a participator of the root and fatness of the olive-tree; ¹⁸ do not glory over the branches. For if thou gloriest, thou sustainest not the root, but the root sustaineth thee. ¹⁹ And shouldst thou say, The branches were plucked off, that I might be grafted into their place. ²⁰ Very true. They were plucked off, because they believed not; and thou standest by faith. Be not exalted in thy mind, but fear. ²¹ For if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. ²² Behold now the benignity and the severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but on thee, benignity, if thou continuest in that benignity; and if not, thou also wilt be plucked off. ²³ And they, if they do not continue in their destitution of faith, even they will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if thou wast plucked from the wild olive-tree, which was natural to thee, and wast grafted, contrary to thy nature, into a good olive-tree; how much more may they be grafted into their natural olive-tree?

³⁴ And when the time for the fruits arrived, he sent his servants to the cultivators that they might remit to him of the fruits of the vineyard.

⁴⁸ But he that knew not, yet did that which deserved stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, from him will much be required; and to whom much is committed, the more will be required at his hand.

¹⁰ And in time, he sent his servant to the cultivators, that they might give him of the fruits of the vineyard. But the cultivators beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹ IN many ways, and many forms, God anciently conversed with our fathers, by the prophets:

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.

⁴⁷ Woe to you! who build the sepulchres of the prophets, whom your fathers slew. ⁴⁸ Thus ye testify, that ye acquiesce in the deeds of your fathers; for they slew them, and ye build their sepulchres. ⁴⁹ Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay; ⁵⁰ that from this generation may be required, the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the world was created; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zachariah who was slain between the temple and the altar. Yea, say I to you: It will be required of this generation.

³³ But I must labor to-day and to-morrow, and on the following day I will go; because it cannot be, that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem. ³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee; how many times would I have gathered thy children, as a hen that gathereth her young under her wings, and ye would not?

¹⁰ And in time, he sent his servant to the cultivators, that they might give him of the fruits of the vineyard. But the cultivators beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹ And again he sent another servant; and him also they beat, and treated with rudeness, and sent empty away. ¹² And again he sent the third. And they wounded him, and cast him out.

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?

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;

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;

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.

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.

⁶ and the rest seized his servants, and abused them, and slew them.

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.

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.

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.

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

²³ Behold, a virgin will conceive, and will bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, Our God with us.

¹⁷ And lo, a voice from heaven, which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have delight.

²⁷ Every thing is given up by my Father to me. And no one knoweth the Son, except the Father. Also, no one knoweth the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

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.

⁶³ And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God.

¹¹ And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

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.

²² and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, in the bodily likeness of a dove: and there was a voice from heaven, which said: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I have delight.

³⁵ And there was a voice from the cloud, which said: This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.

¹⁴ And the: Word became flesh, and tabernacled with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.

¹⁸ No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.

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

⁴⁹ Nathaniel answered, and said to him: Rabbi; thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not perish, but should have life eternal. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world might live by means of him. ¹⁸ He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not, is already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given every thing into his hands.

²³ that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.

¹ IN many ways, and many forms, God anciently conversed with our fathers, by the prophets: ² But in these latter days, he hath conversed with us, by his Son; whom he hath constituted heir of all things, and by whom he made the worlds;

⁶ And again, when bringing the first begotten into the world, he said: Let all the angels of God worship him.

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.

¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Every one that taketh hold of the Son, taketh hold of life; and every one that taketh not hold of the Son, hath not life.

⁹ And they sung a new anthem, saying: Competent art thou, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; ¹⁰ and thou hast made them kings and priests to our God; and they reign on the earth. ¹¹ And I looked, and I heard, as it were the voice of many angels, around the throne, and the Animals and the Elders; and the number of them was a myriad of myriads, and thousand of thousands, ¹² who said, with a loud voice; Competent is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing; ¹³ and to be over every created thing, that is in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, or in the sea; and all that are in them. And I heard him who sat on the throne say: Unto the Lamb be given, blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, for ever and ever.

³ And Herod the king heard, and he was disturbed; and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And he assembled all the chiefs of the priests and the scribes of the people, and inquired of them, Where is the birthplace of the Messiah? ⁵ And they said: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written in the prophet: ⁶ Thou also, Bethlehem of Judaea, art not the little among the kings of Judaea, for a king shall come from thee who shall rule my people Israel. ⁷ Then Herod privately called the Magi, and learned from them at what time the star appeared to them. ⁸ And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, Go, search diligently for the child; and when ye have found him, come and tell me, that I also may go and worship him. ⁹ And they, when they had heard from the king, went forward: and lo, the star they had seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was. ¹⁰ And when they saw the star, they rejoiced much, with great joy. ¹¹ And they entered the house; and they saw the child, with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him: and they opened their treasures, and presented to him gifts, gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. ¹² And it was shown them in a dream, that they should not return to Herod. And by another way, they returned to their country. ¹³ And when they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt; and be thou there, until I tell thee: for Herod will seek for the child, to destroy it.

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he had been deluded by the Magi, was very angry. And he sent and slew all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its confines, from a child of two years and under, according to the time that he had carefully learned from the Magi.

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.

⁴⁷ And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs. ⁴⁸ And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away our place and our nation. ⁴⁹ But, one of them, named Caiaphas, was the high priest of that year; and he said to them: Ye know not any thing. ⁵⁰ Neither do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this whole people perish.

²³ him, being hereto appointed by the prescience and the good pleasure of God, ye have delivered into the hands of the wicked; and have crucified and slain.

²⁸ Did we not strictly charge you, to teach no person in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine; and ye would bring the blood of this man upon us.

²⁷ For, those inhabitants of Jerusalem and their chiefs, did not apprehend it; neither did they apprehend also the writings of the prophets, which are read every sabbath; but they condemned him, and fulfilled all the things written. ²⁸ And while they found no ground for his death, they desired of Pilate that they might kill him.

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.

³⁹ And they laid hold of him, thrust him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

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

¹¹ For the flesh of those animals, whose blood the high priest brought into the sanctuary for sins, was burned without the camp. ¹² For this reason, Jesus also, that he might sanctify his people with his blood, suffered without the city. ¹³ Therefore, let us also go forth to him, without the camp, clothed with his reproach:

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.

¹¹ And I say to you, that many shall come from the east, and from the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; ¹² but the children of the kingdom shall go forth into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion. Go; be it to thee as thou hast believed. And his child was cured in that same hour.

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.

⁴⁰ When the lord of the vineyard, therefore, shall come; what will he do to those cultivators? ⁴¹ They say to him: He will utterly destroy them; and will lease the vineyard to other cultivators, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

⁴³ Therefore I say to you, That the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a people that will yield fruits.

⁷ And when the king heard of it, he was angry; and he sent his military forces, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

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. ³⁸ Behold, your house is left to you desolate!

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

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.

¹⁵ And they cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come, and destroy those cultivators, and will lease the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: This shall not be.

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas said openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so hath our Lord commanded us; as it is written: I have set thee a light to the Gentiles; that thou shouldst be for life unto the ends of the earth. ⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified God. And those believed, who were appointed to life eternal.

²³ And they appointed him a day; and many assembled, and came to him at his lodgings. And he explained to them respecting the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. ²⁴ And some of them assented to his discourses, and others did not assent. ²⁵ And they went out from him, disagreeing among themselves. And Paul addressed to them this speech: Well did the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, speak concerning your fathers, ²⁶ saying: Go unto this people, and say to them, Hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and ye will see, and will not comprehend. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is stupefied, and their hearing they have made heavy, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted unto me, and I should forgive them. ²⁸ Therefore, be this known to you, that to the Gentiles is this redemption of God sent: and, moreover, they will hear it.

³⁰ What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who ran not after righteousness, have found righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith: ³¹ But Israel, who ran after the law of righteousness, hath not found the law of righteousness. ³² And why? Because they sought it, not by faith, but by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone: ³³ As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling-stone, and a stone of offence: and he who believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.

²⁰ And Isaiah was bold, and said: I was seen by those who sought me not; and I was found by those who inquired not for me.

³ But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

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 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?

¹⁴ And when ye see the profane sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; (let him that readeth, understand;) then let those that are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

³ Jesus replied, and said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and those with him?

¹⁷ And he looked upon them, and said: What is that which is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief corner stone? ¹⁸ And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be broken; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him in pieces.

¹¹ This is the stone, which ye builders rejected; and it hath become the head of the corner. ¹² Neither is there deliverance in any other; for there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby to live.

³³ As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling-stone, and a stone of offence: and he who believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.

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. ²¹ And in him all the edifice is framed together, and groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; ²² while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

⁷ On you therefore who believe, is this honor conferred: but to them who believe not, ⁸ he is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. And they stumble at it, because they believe not the word: whereto they were appointed.

¹² And they all wondered and were astonished, saying one to another: From whom is this thing?

³² This Jesus hath God resuscitated; and we all are his witnesses. ³³ And he it is, who is exalted by the right hand of God, and hath received from the Father a promise respecting the Holy Spirit, and hath sent this gift which, lo, ye see and hear. ³⁴ For David hath not ascended into heaven; because he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand, ³⁵ until I shall place thy enemies a footstool to thy feet. ³⁶ Therefore, let all the house of Israel know, assuredly, that God hath made that Jesus whom ye crucified, to be Lord and Messiah.

¹² And when Simon saw it, he answered and said to them: Men, sons of Israel, why do ye wonder at this? or why do ye gaze on us, as if by our own power or authority we had made this man to walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free. ¹⁴ But ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you. ¹⁵ And that Prince of life ye slew; and him, hath God raised from the dead, and all of us are witnesses of it. ¹⁶ And, by the faith in his name, he hath strengthened and cured this man, whom ye see and know; and faith in him hath given the man this soundness before you all.

⁴⁰ Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you, which is written in the prophets: ⁴¹ Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though a man relate it to you.

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, ⁹ and should show to all men what is the dispensation of the mystery, which for ages was hid up in God the Creator of all things: ¹⁰ so that, by means of the church, the manifold wisdom of God might become known to the principalities and powers that are in heaven: ¹¹ which wisdom he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord;

²⁷ to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which mystery is the Messiah; who in you is the hope of our glory;

¹⁶ and truly great, is this mystery of righteousness, which was revealed in the flesh, and justified in the spirit, and seen by angels, and proclaimed among the Gentiles, and believed on in the world, and received up into glory.

²⁶ And if we should say, From men; we are afraid of the multitude, for they all hold John as a prophet.

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.

²² And when they heard it they were surprised: and they left him, and went away.

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.

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.

⁶ But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

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.

²⁵ And some from Jerusalem said: Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

³⁰ And they sought to apprehend him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

⁴⁴ And there were some of them who wished to apprehend him. But no one laid hands on him.

⁶ And he said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

¹⁵ Then went the Pharisees and took counsel, how they might ensnare him in discourse. ¹⁶ And they sent to him their disciples, with domestics of Herod, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou art veracious, and teachest the way of God with truth, regardless of man, for thou hast no respect of persons. ¹⁷ Tell us, therefore, how doth it appear to thee: is it lawful to pay capitation money to Caesar, or not? ¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wickedness, and said: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me a denarius of the capitation money. And they brought to him a denarius. ²⁰ And Jesus said to them: Whose is this image and inscription? ²¹ They say, Caesar's. He saith to them: Give then Caesar's things to Caesar, and God's things to God. ²² And when they heard it they were surprised: and they left him, and went away.

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.

¹⁵ And he charged them, and said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

⁵⁴ and practised many wiles upon him, seeking to catch some thing from his lips, that they might accuse him.

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. ²¹ And they questioned him, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest correctly, and hast no respect of persons, but teachest the way of God in truth. ²² Is it lawful for us to pay head-money to Caesar, or not? ²³ But he perceived their craftiness, and said: Why tempt ye me? ²⁴ Show me a denarius. Whose is this image and superscription upon it? They said to him, Caesar's. ²⁵ Jesus said to them: Then, give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's. ²⁶ And they could not catch from him a word of accusation before the people: and they were surprised at his answers, and were silent.

²⁵ He said to them, Yes. And when Cephas had entered the house, Jesus anticipated him and said to him: How doth it appear to thee, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute and capitation money? of their children, or of aliens? ²⁶ Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free. ²⁷ But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater that take, and give for me and for thyself.

¹⁷ Tell us, therefore, how doth it appear to thee: is it lawful to pay capitation money to Caesar, or not?

⁴⁵ And immediately he came up, and said to him: Rabbi, Rabbi; and kissed him.

²² Is it lawful for us to pay head-money to Caesar, or not?

² And they began to accuse him, and said: We have found this man seducing our people, and forbidding to pay the capitation money to Caesar, and declaring himself to be king Messiah.

¹⁸ He that speaketh according to the pleasure of his own mind, seeketh glory for himself: but he who seeketh the glory of him that sent him, is veracious, and evil is not in his heart.

⁶ For this cause also ye pay tribute money; for they are the ministers of God, established for these same objects.

² For if I should make you sad, who would make me joyful, unless he whom I had made sad?

¹⁷ For we are not like others, who dilute the words of God; but as of the truth, and as of God, we speak in the Messiah before God.

¹ Therefore, we are not weary in this ministry which we have received, according to the mercies that have been upon us:

¹¹ Therefore because we know the fear of our Lord we persuade men; and we are made manifest unto God; and I hope also, we are made manifest to your minds.

¹⁶ And therefore, we know no person after the flesh: and if we have known the Messiah after the flesh, yet henceforth we know him no more.

¹⁰ For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I had till now pleased men, I should not have been a servant of the Messiah.

⁶ And they who were esteemed prominent, (what they were, I care not; for God regardeth not the persons of men,)even these persons added nothing to me.

¹¹ But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I rebuked him to his face; because they were stumbled by him. ¹² For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they came, he withdrew himself, and separated; because he was afraid of them of the circumcision. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews also were with him in this thing; insomuch that even Barnabas was induced to regard persons. ¹⁴ And when I saw, that they did not walk correctly, in the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas, before them all: If thou art a Jew, and livest in the Gentile way, and not in the Jewish, why dost thou compel the Gentiles to live in the Jewish way?

⁴ but as we had been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who searcheth our hearts.

¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wickedness, and said: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

² And the Pharisees came to him, and, tempting him, inquired if it were lawful for a man to divorce his wife.

²³ But he perceived their craftiness, and said: Why tempt ye me?

²⁴ But Jesus did not confide himself to them; because he knew all men: ²⁵ And he needed not that any one should testify to him respecting any man; for he himself knew what is in man.

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.

⁹ Simon said to her: Since ye have been equals in tempting the Spirit of the Lord, lo, the feet of the buriers of thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

⁹ Neither let us tempt the Messiah, as some of them tempted; and serpents destroyed them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

³³ And when the multitude heard it they were astonished at his doctrine.

⁴⁶ And no one was able to give him an answer? And from that day, no one dared to question him.

³⁰ and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy might. This is the first commandment.

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. ²⁰ For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard.

¹³ And also give not up your members as instruments of evil unto sin, but give up yourselves to God, as those who have been resuscitated from the dead; and let your members be instruments for the righteousness of God.

¹ I beseech you, therefore, my brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, by a rational service of him.

⁷ Render therefore to every one, as is due to him; tribute-money, to whom tribute-money; and excise, to whom excise; and fear, to whom fear; and honor, to whom honor.

¹⁹ Or know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who abideth in you, whom ye have received from God? And ye are not your own. ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price. Therefore, glorify ye God, with your body, and with your spirit, which are God's.

²⁴ But if ye should be all prophesying, and one unlearned or an unbeliever should come among you, he is explored by you all, and rebuked by you all; ²⁵ and the secrets of his heart are laid open to him: and so he will fall upon his face, and will worship God, and say: Verily, God is in you.

¹⁴ For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus: One died for all; therefore are all dead. ¹⁵ And he died for all, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again.

¹⁷ Honor all men; love your brethren; fear God; and honor kings.

²³ The same day came Sadducees, and said to him: There is no life of the dead. And they questioned him, ²⁴ and said to him: Teacher; Moses commanded us, that if a man should die childless, his brother must take his wife and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. The first took a wife, and deceased; and, as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ In like manner also the second, and the third, and up to the whole seven. ²⁷ And after them all, the woman also herself died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, to which of those seven will she be the wife? For they all had taken her? ²⁹ Jesus answered, and said to them: Ye do err, from not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection of the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels of God in heaven. ³¹ But as to the resurrection of the dead,: have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, who said: ³² I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob? Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. ³³ And when the multitude heard it they were astonished at his doctrine.

²⁷ And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came and questioned him, ²⁸ and said to him: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if a man's brother die, who had a wife without children, his surviving brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his deceased brother. ²⁹ Now, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰ And the second took her to wife; and he died without children. ³¹ And again, the third took her, and in like manner also all the seven; and they died, and left no children. ³² At last, the woman likewise died. ³³ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them will she be the wife, for the seven took her? ³⁴ Jesus said to them: The children of this world take wives, and wives are given to husbands. ³⁵ But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands. ³⁶ Neither can they die any more; for they are as the angels, and are the children of God, because they are children of the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead will arise, even Moses showed; for, at the bush, he maketh mention, while he saith: The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ³⁸ Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for they all live to him. ³⁹ And some of the Scribes answered, and said to him: Teacher, thou hast spoken well. ⁴⁰ And they did not again venture to question him, on any matter.

¹ And while they were speaking these words to the people, the priests and the Sadducees and the rulers of the temple rose up against them; ² being angry with them, that they taught the people, and preached a resurrection from the dead by the Messiah.

⁶ And, as Paul knew that a part of the people were of the Sadducees, and a part of the Pharisees, he cried out, in the assembly: Men, my brethren; I am a Pharisee the son of a Pharisee; and for the hope of the resurrection of the dead, I am judged. ⁷ And when he had said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees fell upon one another, and the people were divided ⁸ For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angels, nor a spirit: but the Pharisees confess all these. ⁹ And there was great vociferation. And some Scribes of the party of the Pharisees rose up, and contended with them, and said. We have found nothing evil in this man: for if a spirit or an angel hath conversed with him, what is there in that?

¹³ And if there is no reviviscence of the dead, the Messiah also hath not risen. ¹⁴ And if the Messiah hath not risen, our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain. ¹⁵ And we too are found false witnesses of God; for we have testified concerning God, that he raised up the Messiah, when he did not raise him up. ¹⁶ For, if the dead will not arise, the Messiah also hath not risen. ¹⁷ And if the Messiah rose not, your faith is inane; and ye are yet in your sins: ¹⁸ and also, doubtless, they who have fallen asleep in the Messiah, have perished.

¹⁸ who have wandered from the truth, while they say, The resurrection of the dead hath passed: and they subvert the faith of some.

²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. The first took a wife, and deceased; and, as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ In like manner also the second, and the third, and up to the whole seven. ²⁷ And after them all, the woman also herself died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, to which of those seven will she be the wife? For they all had taken her?

²⁹ Now, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰ And the second took her to wife; and he died without children. ³¹ And again, the third took her, and in like manner also all the seven; and they died, and left no children. ³² At last, the woman likewise died. ³³ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them will she be the wife, for the seven took her?

²⁹ Jesus answered, and said to them: Ye do err, from not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

²⁷ And Jesus looked on them again, and said to them: With men, this is not possible, but with God it is; for with God all things are possible.

³⁷ Because nothing is difficult for God.

³⁹ Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me.

⁹ For they had not yet learned from the scriptures, that he was to arise from the dead.

¹¹ For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so.

⁴ For every thing written of old, was written for our instruction; that we, by patience and by the consolation of the scriptures, might possess hope.

¹⁹ and what is the excellence of the majesty of his power in us who believe; according to the efficiency of the strength of his power,

²¹ who will change the body of our abasement, that it may have the likeness of the body of his glory, according to his great power, whereby all things are made subject to him.

¹⁵ because from thy childhood, thou wast taught the holy books, which can make thee wise unto life, by faith in Jesus the Messiah. ¹⁶ All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness; ¹⁷ that the man of God may become perfect, and complete for every good work.

³⁰ For in the resurrection of the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels of God in heaven.

³⁵ But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands. ³⁶ Neither can they die any more; for they are as the angels, and are the children of God, because they are children of the resurrection.

⁴² So also in the reviviscence of the dead. They are sown in corruption, they arise without corruption: ⁴³ they are sown in dishonor, they arise in glory: they are sown in weakness, they arise in power: ⁴⁴ it is sown an animal body, it ariseth a spiritual body. For there is a body of the animal life, and there is a body of the spirit. ⁴⁵ So also is it written: " Adam, the first man, became a living soul;" the second Adam became a quickening spirit. ⁴⁶ And the spiritual was not first; but the animal, and then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man was of dust from the earth; the second man was the Lord from heaven. ⁴⁸ As he was of the dust, so also those who are of the dust; and as was he who was from heaven, so also are the heavenly. ⁴⁹ And as we have worn the likeness of him from the dust, so shall we wear the likeness of him from heaven. ⁵⁰ But this I say, my brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. ⁵¹ Lo, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵² suddenly, as in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, when it shall sound; and the dead will arise, without corruption; and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this which is corruptible, is to put on incorruption; and that which dieth, will put on immortality. ⁵⁴ And when this that is corruptible, shall put on incorruption, and this that dieth, immortality; then will take place the word that is written, " Death is absorbed in victory."

²² But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the Jerusalem that is in heaven; and to the assemblies of myriads of angels; ²³ and to the church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven and to God the judge of all; and to the spirits of the just, who are perfected;

² My beloved, now are we the sons of God; and hitherto, it hath not appeared what we are to be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be in his likeness, and we shall see him as he is.

³¹ But as to the resurrection of the dead,: have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, who said: ³² I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob? Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

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

³⁷ But that the dead will arise, even Moses showed; for, at the bush, he maketh mention, while he saith: The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

³⁰ And when forty years had been passed by him there, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a fire that burned in a bush. ³¹ And when Moses saw it, he admired the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the Lord said to him, audibly : ³² I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and dared not to gaze at the sight.

²⁴ Jesus said to them: Is it not on this account that ye err, because ye understand not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

¹⁷ as it is written: " I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if they were.

⁹ Moreover, for this cause Messiah died, and revived, and arose; that he might be Lord of the dead and of the living.

¹⁰ Therefore I was disgusted with that generation, and said: This is a people, whose heart wandereth, and they have not known my ways:

¹³ All these died in faith, and received not their promise; but they saw it afar off, and rejoiced in it; and they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ Now they who say thus, show that they seek a city. ¹⁵ But if they had been seeking that city from which they came out, they had opportunity to return again and go to it. ¹⁶ But now it is manifest that they longed for a better city than that, namely, for that which is in heaven. Therefore God did not refuse to be called their God; for he prepared for them the city.

¹⁹ Therefore whoever shall break one of these small commands and shall so inculcate on the children of men, shall be called little in the kingdom of heaven: but every one that shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

¹⁸ He said to him, Which? And Jesus said to him: Thou shalt not kill; and thou shalt not commit adultery; and thou shalt not steal; and thou shalt not bear false testimony;

³⁴ And when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together; ³⁵ and one of them, who was expert in the law, to tempt him, inquired: ³⁶ Teacher, which is the great command in the law? ³⁷ Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first command. ³⁹ And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ⁴⁰ On these two commands hang the law and the prophets.

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.

²⁵ And behold, a Scribe stood up to try him, and said: Teacher, what must I do, to inherit eternal life? ²⁶ And Jesus said to him: How is it written in the law? How readest thou? ²⁷ He answered and said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor, as thyself ²⁸ Jesus said to him: Thou hast said correctly; do thus, and thou wilt live.

⁴² But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and every pot-herb; but pass over justice and the love of God. Now ye ought to do these things, and not to omit those.

³⁹ And some of the Scribes answered, and said to him: Teacher, thou hast spoken well.

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

⁹ And ye shall not call yourselves Father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.

³² The Scribe said to him: Excellently! Rabbi; thou hast spoken the truth; for he is one God, and there is no other beside him. ³³ And for a man to love him, with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the might; and to love his neighbor, as himself; is better than all holocausts and sacrifices.

²⁷ He answered and said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor, as thyself

³⁰ Because there is, one God, who justifieth the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision by the same faith.

⁴ As to the eating of the sacrifices of idols, therefore, we know that an idol is nothing in the world; and that there is no other God, but one.

²⁰ Now a mediator is not of one; but God is one.

⁵ Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.

⁵ For God is one; and the mediator between God and men is one, namely the man Jesus the Messiah;

¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well; the demons also believe, and tremble.

²⁵ before his majesty, with joy, namely, the only God, our Deliverer, by means of Jesus the Messiah our Lord, be praise, and dominion, and honor, and majesty, both now and in all ages. Amen.

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

¹⁸ He said to him, Which? And Jesus said to him: Thou shalt not kill; and thou shalt not commit adultery; and thou shalt not steal; and thou shalt not bear false testimony; ¹⁹ and honor thy father and thy mother; and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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

³⁶ Which therefore of these three, appears to thee, to have been neighbor to him that fell into the hands of marauders? ³⁷ And he said: He that had pity on him. Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou also the like.

⁸ And owe nothing to any one; but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbor, hath fulfilled the law. ⁹ For this likewise, which it saith: Thou shalt not kill; nor commit adultery; nor steal; nor covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is completed in this sentence: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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. ⁸ Love will never cease. But prophesyings will end; and tongues will be silent; and knowledge will vanish.

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.

¹⁷ But whoever hath worldly possessions, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how is the love of God in him? ¹⁸ My children, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in acts and in truth. ¹⁹ And by this, we recognize that we are of the truth; and, before he shall come, we make our hearts confident.

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.

²¹ And this command we have received from him, that whoever loveth God, must love also his brother.

²⁹ Jesus said to him: The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord:

¹³ Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.

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.

¹ If I could speak in every tongue of men, and in that of angels, and there should be no love in me, I should be like brass that resoundeth, or the cymbal that maketh a noise. 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. ³ And if I should feed out to the destitute all I possess; and if I should give my body to be burned; and there should be no love in me, I gain nothing.

⁸ He first said: Sacrifices and oblations and holocausts for sins, which were offered according to the law, thou desiredst not;

²⁰ The crushed reed he will not break; and the flickering lamp he will not extinguish; until he bring judgment to be victorious.

⁴⁰ And they did not again venture to question him, on any matter.

¹⁹ Now we know, that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God. ²⁰ Wherefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified before him: for, by the law, sin is known.

⁹ And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;

¹⁹ For I, by the law, have become dead to the law, that I might live to God; and I am crucified with the Messiah.

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.

⁹ and studious of the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able by his wholesome teaching both to console, and to rebuke them that are contentious. ¹⁰ For many are unsubmissive, and their discourses vain; and they mislead the minds of people, especially such as are of the circumcision. ¹¹ The mouth of these ought to be stopped: they corrupt many families; and they teach what they ought not, for the sake of base gains.

²⁷ And when Jesus had passed from there, two blind men followed after him, and said: Have mercy on us, Thou Son of David!

⁴¹ And while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them, ⁴² and said: What say ye respecting, the Messiah? Whose son is he? They say to him; The son of David. ⁴³ He saith to them: How then doth David, by the Spirit, call him Lord? for he said: ⁴⁴ The Lord said to my Lord, Seat thyself at my right hand, until I place thy enemies under thy feet. ⁴⁵ If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me.

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,

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

⁴¹ And he said also to them: How do the Scribes say of Messiah, that he is the son of David? ⁴² And David himself said, in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand, ⁴³ until I shall place thy foes under thy feet. ⁴⁴ If David, therefore, called him, My Lord; how is he his son?

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.

⁴² Doth not the scriptures say, That Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town of David?

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.

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.

²⁵ And they went out from him, disagreeing among themselves. And Paul addressed to them this speech: Well did the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, speak concerning your fathers,

²⁵ For he is to reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet.

¹⁶ All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness;

¹³ And to which of the angels did he ever say Sit thou at my right hand, until I shall place thy enemies a footstool under thy feet?

⁷ Because the Holy Spirit hath said: To-day, if ye will hear his voice, ⁸ harden not your hearts to anger him, like the provocators, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

⁷ again he established another day, a long time afterwards; as above written, that David said, Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

¹² But this Priest offered one sacrifice for sins, and for ever sat down at the right hand of God; ¹³ and thenceforth waited, until his foes should be placed as a footstool under his feet.

¹¹ And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory.

²¹ For at no time was it by the pleasure of man, that the prophecy came; but holy men of God spoke, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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:

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said: I praise thee, O my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to little children.

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

⁴⁸ But they found not, what they could do to him; for all the people hung upon him to hear him.

³⁸ And all the people came early to him in the temple, to hear his discourse.

⁴⁶ The constables say to them: Never did a man speak, as this man speaketh. ⁴⁷ The Pharisees said to them: Are ye also deceived? ⁴⁸ Have any of the chiefs, or of the Pharisees, believed in him? ⁴⁹ But this people, who know not the law, are accursed.

⁹ And great multitudes of the Jews heard that he was there: and they came, not only on account of Jesus, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead.

³ concerning his Son, (who was born in the flesh, of seed of the house of David, ⁴ and was made known as the Son of God, by power, and by the Holy Spirit,) who arose from the dead, Jesus Messiah, our Lord,

⁵ and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen.

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?

¹⁶ I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things before the churches. I am the root and offspring of David: like the splendid star of the morning.

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.

¹⁷ And beware of men; for they will deliver you over to the tribunals, and will scourge you in their synagogues.

¹ Then Jesus conversed with the multitude and with his disciples, ² and said to them: The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses. 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. ⁴ They tie up heavy burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but will not themselves touch them with their finger. ⁵ And all their works they do, to be seen of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and extend the fringes of their garments. ⁶ And they love the highest couches at suppers and the highest seats in the synagogues, ⁷ and the greeting in the market places, and to be addressed by men with Rabbi.

⁴³ Woe to you, Pharisees! who love the chief seats in the synagogues, and a salutation in the streets.

⁷ And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches. ⁸ When thou art invited by any one to a house of feasting, go not and recline on the highest couch; lest there should be invited there, one more honorable than thou; ⁹ and he that invited both him and thee come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and thou be ashamed, when thou risest, and takest a lower couch. ¹⁰ But when thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee. ¹¹ For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

⁴⁵ And while all the people heard, he said to his disciples: ⁴⁶ Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love a salutation in the streets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief couches at suppers: ⁴⁷ who eat up the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. They will receive a greater condemnation.

⁹ I was desirous of writing to the church; but he who loveth to be foremost among them, Diotrephes, receiveth us not.

² For if there come into your assembly a man with rings of gold or splendid garments, and there come in a poor man in sordid garments; ³ and ye show respect to him who is clothed in splendid garments, and say to him, Seat thyself here, conspicuously; while to the poor man, ye say, Stand thou there, or sit thou here before my footstool;

⁷ And when ye pray, be not garrulous like the heathen; for they expect to be heard for their abundance of words.

²² But I say to you, It will be comfortable for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judgment, rather than for you. ²³ And thou, Capernaum, which hast been lifted up to heaven, shalt be brought down to the grave. For if those deeds of power which were done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have stood to this day. ²⁴ But I say to thee, It will be comfortable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, rather than for thee.

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.

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

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. ⁴⁸ But he that knew not, yet did that which deserved stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, from him will much be required; and to whom much is committed, the more will be required at his hand.

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

⁶ For of them are they who creep into this and that house, and captivate the women who are plunged in sins and led away by divers lusts,

⁶ And the chief priests took up the silver, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

¹ And Jesus looked upon the rich, who cast their oblations into the treasury. ² And he saw also a certain poor widow, who cast in two mites. ³ And he said: Truly I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than any one. ⁴ For all they, from what was superfluous to them, have cast into the receptacle of oblations to God; but she, from her penury, hath cast in all that she possessed.

²⁰ These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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.

²⁹ And moreover the disciples, each of them according to his several ability, determined to send to the relief of the brethren who dwelt in Judaea.

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.

¹² For if there is a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

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.

⁸ What was in her power, she hath done; and by anticipation, hath perfumed my body, as if for burial.

⁴³ And a certain woman, whose blood had flowed twelve years, and who had expended all her property among physicians, and could not be cured by any one,

¹² And his younger son said to him: My father, give me the portion that falleth to me from thy house. And he divided to them his property.

³⁰ But for this thy son, when he had dissipated thy property with harlots, and came home, thou hast slain the fatted bullock for him.

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. ³ For I testify that, according to their ability, and beyond their ability, in the spontaneity of their mind,

¹⁰ And I rejoice greatly in our Lord, that ye have again commenced caring for me; even as ye had before cared for me, but ye had not the opportunity. ¹¹ Yet I say this, not because I was in want; for I have learned to make that satisfy me, which I have. 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. ¹⁴ Yet ye have done well, in that ye communicated to my necessities. ¹⁵ And ye know also, Philippians, that in the beginning of the annunciation, when I left Macedonia, not one of the churches communicated with me in respect to receiving and giving, except ye only; ¹⁶ that also at Thessalonica, once and again ye sent me relief. ¹⁷ Not that I desire a gift; but I wish fruits may multiply unto you.

¹⁷ But whoever hath worldly possessions, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how is the love of God in him?