Matthew 19 Cross References - YLT

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, ² and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
³ And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' <sup>4</sup> And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them, ⁵ and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be—the two—for one flesh? ⁶ so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.' ⁷ They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' <sup>8</sup> He saith to them—`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. ⁹ `And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.' <sup>10</sup> His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.' ¹¹ And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given; <sup>12</sup> for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive it —let him receive.'
<sup>13</sup> Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. <sup>14</sup> But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;' ¹⁵ and having laid on them his hands, he departed thence.
¹⁶ And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' <sup>17</sup> And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One—God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.' ¹⁸ He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, ¹⁹ honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' ²⁰ The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?' <sup>21</sup> Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.' ²² And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;
²³ and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens; <sup>24</sup> and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.' <sup>25</sup> And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?' ²⁶ And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' <sup>27</sup> Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?' ²⁸ And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit—ye also—upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; ²⁹ and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit; ³⁰ and many first shall be last, and last first.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, ² and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
³ And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' <sup>4</sup> And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them, ⁵ and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be—the two—for one flesh? ⁶ so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.' ⁷ They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' <sup>8</sup> He saith to them—`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. ⁹ `And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

¹ And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. ² And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, ³ and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?' <sup>4</sup> and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.' ⁵ And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command, <sup>6</sup> but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; <sup>7</sup> on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, <sup>8</sup> and they shall be—the two—for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; <sup>9</sup> what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.' <sup>10</sup> And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him, <sup>11</sup> and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; ¹² and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

⁴⁰ and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

²³ And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people, ²⁴ and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them. ²⁵ And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

³⁵ And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people. ³⁶ And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

¹⁵ and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,

³⁵ and having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill, ³⁶ and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.

³⁰ and there came to him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them, ³¹ so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

⁵⁵ having run about through all that region round about, they began upon the couches to carry about those ill, where they were hearing that he is, ⁵⁶ and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.

¹⁴ And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. ¹⁵ And He did not make one only, And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what is the one alone! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously. ¹⁶ For I hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He who hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

³¹ `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; ³² but I—I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

¹⁶ and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men; <sup>17</sup> tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' <sup>18</sup> And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

³⁵ and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

² And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

¹³ and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,

¹⁵ And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, `Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;'

⁵³ And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things, ⁵⁴ laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

⁶ and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

⁹ in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;

²⁷ And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

¹⁸ And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper—as his counterpart.'

²³ and the man saith, `This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

² a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

¹⁵ And He did not make one only, And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what is the one alone! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

³ And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him—

⁶ And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,

⁴² Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

³¹ `And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

²⁵ And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

¹⁰ And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

²⁶ `And concerning the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the Book of Moses (at The Bush), how God spake to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

³ And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

²⁶ And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

²¹ And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. ²² And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; ²³ and the man saith, `This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; ²⁴ therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

³ and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

⁴ and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, are alive, all of you, to-day.

²⁰ `Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, Him thou dost serve, and to Him thou dost cleave, and by His name thou dost swear.

²² `For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you—to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him,

¹ And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

²⁶ I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

² of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, `Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.

¹⁰ Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

⁸ Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

⁵ And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command, ⁶ but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; ⁷ on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, ⁸ and they shall be—the two—for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; ⁹ what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

⁹ The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

¹⁶ have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be—saith He—the two for one flesh.'

² and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

⁴ the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

³¹ `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be—the two—for one flesh;'

¹⁷ Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

¹⁴ And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.

⁹ what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

² for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

¹⁰ and to the married I announce—not I, but the Lord—let not a wife separate from a husband: ¹¹ but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife. ¹² And to the rest I speak—not the Lord—if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; ¹³ and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away; ¹⁴ for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

²⁸ so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—himself he doth love;

⁴ honourable is the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

¹ `When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house, <sup>2</sup> and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's, <sup>3</sup> and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife: <sup>4</sup> `Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it is before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—an inheritance.

¹ Thus said Jehovah: `Where is this—the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

⁸ And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication—she also.

¹⁶ For I hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He who hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

¹⁹ and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

³¹ `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

⁴ and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

²⁴ therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

⁷ And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge;

⁸ Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

¹⁶ Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where is this—the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'

¹² And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.

¹³ And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. ¹⁴ And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.

¹⁵ But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

³¹ and the demons were calling on him, saying, `If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

⁵ And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

⁶ and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command,

¹⁸ And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What is this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she is thy wife? ¹⁹ Why hast thou said, She is my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'

³ And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou art a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken—and she married to a husband.'

¹¹ also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.

¹ Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁸ And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time is a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

¹⁵ And thou dost trust in thy beauty, And goest a-whoring because of thy renown, And dost pour out thy whoredoms On every passer by—to him it is.

²⁹ And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan—toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.

³² but I—I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

¹⁸ `Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

² for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; ³ so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

¹ Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations—as that one hath the wife of the father! —

¹⁰ and to the married I announce—not I, but the Lord—let not a wife separate from a husband: ¹¹ but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife. ¹² And to the rest I speak—not the Lord—if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; ¹³ and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

³⁹ A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will—only in the Lord;

¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. ¹⁶ Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. ¹⁷ Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, ¹⁹ A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

²² Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

¹³ A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
¹⁴ House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

⁹ Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.

¹⁹ Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.

¹ And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good it is for a man not to touch a woman, ² and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

⁸ And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;

²⁶ I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that it is good for a man that the matter be thus: — ²⁷ Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. ²⁸ But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

³² And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; ³³ and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife. ³⁴ The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband. ³⁵ And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

³⁹ A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will—only in the Lord; ⁴⁰ and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

³ forbidding to marry—to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

¹¹ and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry, ¹² having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away, ¹³ and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not; ¹⁴ I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling; ¹⁵ for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.

¹¹ And he answering said to them that—`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

⁷ for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. ⁸ And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am; ⁹ and if they have not continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

¹⁷ if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each—so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

³⁵ And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

⁷ and of thy sons who come forth from thee, whom thou begettest, they take, and they have been eunuchs in a palace of the king of Babylon.'

³ Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: `Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo, I am a tree dried up,' ⁴ For thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:

³² And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; ³³ and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife. ³⁴ The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband. ³⁵ And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
³⁶ and if any one doth think it to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin—let him marry. ³⁷ And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart—not having necessity—and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart—to keep his own virgin—doth well; ³⁸ so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

⁵ have we not authority a sister—a wife—to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

¹⁵ And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for it is good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

¹ And it cometh to pass, after these things, that one saith to Joseph, `Lo, thy father is sick;' and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

⁹ and Joseph saith unto his father, `They are my sons, whom God hath given to me in this place;' and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.' ¹⁰ And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them; ¹¹ and Israel saith unto Joseph, `To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.' <sup>12</sup> And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth; <sup>13</sup> and Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel's right, and bringeth them nigh to him. <sup>14</sup> And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth it upon the head of Ephraim, who is the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh is the first-born. <sup>15</sup> And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day: ¹⁶ the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.' ¹⁷ And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh; ¹⁸ and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.' <sup>19</sup> And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;' ²⁰ and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.

²⁴ and she causeth him to go up with her when she hath weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she bringeth him into the house of Jehovah at Shiloh, and the youth is but a youth.

¹⁴ Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

³⁹ and I have given to them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for good to them, and to their sons after them:

²² And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'

² And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them, ³ and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens; <sup>4</sup> whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens. <sup>5</sup> `And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

³¹ And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, `Deal kindly with us sir—Son of David.'

¹³ And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, ¹⁴ and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; ¹⁵ verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child—he may not enter into it;' ¹⁶ and having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing them.

⁴⁹ And John answering said, `Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;' <sup>50</sup> and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

⁵⁴ And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?' <sup>55</sup> and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

¹⁵ And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, ¹⁶ and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; ¹⁷ verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

³⁹ for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

¹⁴ for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

⁷ `And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee; ⁸ and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

²⁴ And Abraham is a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; ²⁵ and Ishmael his son is a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; ²⁶ in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

⁴ and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

⁷ and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

¹¹ and voweth a vow, and saith, `Jehovah of Hosts, if Thou dost certainly look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and hast remembered me, and dost not forget Thy handmaid, and hast given to Thy handmaid seed of men—then I have given him to Jehovah all days of his life, and a razor doth not go up upon his head.'

²² And Hannah hath not gone up, for she said to her husband, `Till the youth is weaned—then I have brought him in, and he hath appeared before the face of Jehovah, and dwelt there—unto the age.'

¹⁸ And Samuel is ministering in the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt with an ephod of linen;

²⁵ At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

³ and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

¹⁴ and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

²⁰ Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

¹ Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, ² as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

¹¹ As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth them : Suckling ones He leadeth.

¹⁶ and having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing them.

¹⁵ and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise—to salvation, through faith that is in Christ Jesus;

² `And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches—to abhorrence age-during.

¹⁷ And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One—God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.' <sup>18</sup> He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

²⁶ And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

²⁹ and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

⁴⁶ And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

¹⁷ And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?' <sup>18</sup> And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One—God; ¹⁹ the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.' ²⁰ And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.' <sup>21</sup> And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast—sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.' ²² And he—gloomy at the word—went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions. ²³ And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!' <sup>24</sup> And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.' ²⁶ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, `And who is able to be saved?' <sup>27</sup> And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.' ²⁸ And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.' <sup>29</sup> And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news', ³⁰ who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

²⁵ And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' <sup>26</sup> And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?' ²⁷ And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.' <sup>28</sup> And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'

¹⁸ And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done—shall I inherit life age-during?' <sup>19</sup> And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good, except One—God; ²⁰ the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.' ²¹ And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;' <sup>22</sup> and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things—as many as thou hast—sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;' ²³ and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich. ²⁴ And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, `How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God! <sup>25</sup> for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.' <sup>26</sup> And those who heard, said, `And who is able to be saved?' ²⁷ and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.' <sup>28</sup> And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;' ²⁹ and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God, ³⁰ who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'

¹⁵ that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

¹⁴ but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst—to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

³⁹ `Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

²⁷ work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal—even God.'
²⁸ They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?' <sup>29</sup> Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

⁴⁷ `Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

⁶⁸ Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

²⁸ and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish—to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

²⁵ he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world—to life age-during shall keep it;

² according as Thou didst give to him authority over all flesh, that—all that Thou hast given to him—he may give to them life age-during; ³ and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send—Jesus Christ;

³⁰ and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do—that I may be saved?'

⁷ to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility—life age-during;

²¹ that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²² And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit—to sanctification, and the end life age-during; ²³ for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁶ but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

¹² be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

¹⁹ treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.

² upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

⁷ that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

² and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us—

²⁵ and this is the promise that He did promise us—the life the age-during.

¹¹ and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this—the life—is in His Son; ¹² he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God—the life he hath not. ¹³ These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

²⁰ and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

²¹ yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ—to life age-during;

⁵ and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I am Jehovah.

² There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.

²⁹ and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they—they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, —which man doth and hath lived in them—and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

¹ To the Overseer. —An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

⁷ The memorial of the abundance of Thy goodness they send forth. And Thy righteousness they sing. ⁸ Gracious and merciful is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness. ⁹ Good is Jehovah to all, And His mercies are over all His works.

¹¹ And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth—liveth by them. ¹² And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I am Jehovah their sanctifier.

²¹ And—the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have not observed—to do them, Which the man who doth—liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness.

⁵ for Moses doth describe the righteousness that is of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'

¹¹ and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;' <sup>12</sup> and the law is not by faith, but—`The man who did them shall live in them.' ¹³ Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

¹⁷ every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

⁸ he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love. ⁹ In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son—the only begotten—hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him; ¹⁰ in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

¹⁶ and we—we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

¹² `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>13</sup> `Thou dost not murder. ¹⁴ `Thou dost not commit adultery. <sup>15</sup> `Thou dost not steal. ¹⁶ `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony. <sup>17</sup> `Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour's.'

¹⁶ `Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>17</sup> `Thou dost not murder. ¹⁸ `Thou dost not commit adultery. <sup>19</sup> `Thou dost not steal. ²⁰ `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour—a false testimony. <sup>21</sup> `Thou dost not desire thy neighbour's wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which is thy neighbour's.

²¹ `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; <sup>22</sup> but I—I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire. <sup>23</sup> `If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go—first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift. ²⁵ `Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast, <sup>26</sup> verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.
<sup>27</sup> `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; ²⁸ but I—I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

¹⁹ the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

²⁰ the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

⁸ To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other—law he hath fulfilled, ⁹ for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' ¹⁰ the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.

¹⁰ for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law—to do them,'

¹⁰ for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one point, he hath become guilty of all; ¹¹ for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

¹² `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

¹⁴ `Thou dost not commit adultery. <sup>15</sup> `Thou dost not steal.

³ `Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah your God.

¹⁸ `Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah.

¹⁶ `Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

¹⁷ An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

⁴³ `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

⁴ for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother—let him die the death; ⁵ but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering is whatever thou mayest be profited by me; — ⁶ and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

³⁹ and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

²⁷ And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

⁹ for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

¹⁴ for all the law in one word is fulfilled—in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

¹ The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; ² honour thy father and mother,

⁸ If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' —ye do well;

²⁰ And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.' <sup>21</sup> And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast—sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

⁷ `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

²⁹ and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

¹¹ the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer; ¹² I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things—as many as I possess.

²¹ And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;' <sup>22</sup> and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things—as many as thou hast—sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

⁷ and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you—let him first cast the stone at her;'

¹⁹ And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God; ²⁰ wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin. ²¹ And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, ²² and the righteousness of God is through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, —for there is no difference, ²³ for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God—

⁹ And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

²⁴ so that the law became our child-conductor—to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

⁶ according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

⁹ These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

¹ And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

¹ A man there hath been in the land of Uz—Job his name—and that man hath been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

³⁷ Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

¹⁹ and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

¹⁹ `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands—the least—and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. <sup>20</sup> `For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

⁴⁸ ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

¹⁹ `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, ²⁰ but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

²² and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

⁹ And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit—ye also—upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

¹⁴ and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

³⁴ And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me—let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

²¹ And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast—sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

²⁷ And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'

⁴⁰ A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

²³ And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

³³ sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

³³ `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

⁹ and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

²² and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things—as many as thou hast—sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

²⁷ according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

²⁶ if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me—honour him will the Father.

⁴⁵ and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.

³² and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common. ³³ And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all, ³⁴ for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the thing sold, ³⁵ and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

¹² Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus; ¹³ brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing—the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth— ¹⁴ to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
¹⁵ As many, therefore, as are perfect—let us think this, and if in anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,

¹⁷ Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; — ¹⁸ to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate, ¹⁹ treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.

³⁴ for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

²³ and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What—to thee that thou hast been called together?' <sup>24</sup> And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what is this ye say unto me, What—to thee!'

¹⁴ From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

³¹ And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee—My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

¹⁴ Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him. ¹⁵ Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, `know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is : That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.' <sup>16</sup> Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast him into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, `Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.' ¹⁷ And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.

²⁴ `None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

²² `And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

⁹ and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;

²⁶ for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

²⁶ And the king—made very sorrowful—because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

²² And he—gloomy at the word—went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

²³ and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

¹² From this time was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.' <sup>13</sup> Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without—and he sat down upon the tribunal—to a place called, `Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha; ¹⁴ and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!' <sup>15</sup> and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'
¹⁶ Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led him away,

⁵ for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

⁵ Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth—whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry—

¹⁰ `And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee—cities great and good, which thou hast not built, <sup>11</sup> and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied; <sup>12</sup> `Take heed to thyself lest thou forget Jehovah who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

¹⁰ and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee. ¹¹ `Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day; <sup>12</sup> lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited; <sup>13</sup> and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied: <sup>14</sup> `And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants; ¹⁵ who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness—burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst—where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock; ¹⁶ who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end), ¹⁷ and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: ¹⁸ `And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it is who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as at this day.

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' ²⁵ If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. ⁷ A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

¹⁶ Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant, ¹⁷ For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him. ¹⁸ For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.) ¹⁹ It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

²⁸ Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

⁸ Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, ⁹ Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

²⁰ `For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

³¹ which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

²³ And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'

¹⁵ And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.' <sup>16</sup> And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well; ¹⁷ and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits? ¹⁸ and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things, ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare—to whom shall they be? ²¹ so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

¹³ `No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.' ¹⁴ And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

¹⁹ `And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, <sup>20</sup> and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores, <sup>21</sup> and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores. <sup>22</sup> `And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham—and the rich man also died, and was buried; ²³ and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, ²⁴ and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame. ²⁵ `And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive—thou—thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed; <sup>26</sup> and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through. <sup>27</sup> `And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father, ²⁸ for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

²⁴ And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, `How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

³ Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

⁵ Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

²⁶ for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

⁹ and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction, ¹⁰ for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

⁹ And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; ¹¹ for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

⁶ and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

¹ Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you; ² your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; ³ your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days! ⁴ lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you—doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

²³ Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

²⁴ `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

²⁵ for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.'

⁴⁴ how are ye able—ye—to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?

²² And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

²⁰ and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

²³ and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them, <sup>24</sup> `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

¹³ for every one—whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

⁵ So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been; ⁶ and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work. ⁷ What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,

¹⁴ And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why is this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really—I bear—and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

²³ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.'

² Thou hast known that for all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is any device:

⁸ Of Jehovah is this salvation; On Thy people is Thy blessing! Selah.

¹¹ Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That `strength is with God.'

¹⁷ `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm; there is nothing too wonderful for Thee:

²⁷ `Lo, I am Jehovah, God of all flesh: For Me is anything too wonderful?

⁶ Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Surely it is wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, Also in Mine eyes it is wonderful, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

²⁷ And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

³⁷ because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

²⁷ and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

⁹ Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.

²⁰ and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. ²¹ And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, ²² and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

¹⁰ `And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary, ¹¹ and having received it, they were murmuring against the householder, saying, ¹² that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day—and the heat.

¹⁷ and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;' ¹⁸ and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him. ¹⁹ And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, ²⁰ and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

²⁸ And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

¹¹ and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

²⁷ And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;' ²⁸ and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

²⁸ And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'

²⁹ that no flesh may glory before Him;

⁷ for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

⁸ yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

²⁷ And they come to Elim, and there are twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.

⁴ And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;

²¹ and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.

⁵ `And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,

¹² and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man—one man for a tribe;

³¹ and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;'

¹⁷ and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;

¹⁷ For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.

²² For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.

²⁷ `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

²¹ and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit—these my two sons—one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

³¹ `And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

²⁸ `And ye—ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations, ²⁹ and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a kingdom, ³⁰ that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'

²¹ whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age.

² have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments? ³ have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

⁷ and to you who are troubled—rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power, ⁸ in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ who shall suffer justice—destruction age-during—from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength, ¹⁰ when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing—because our testimony was believed among you—in that day;

¹² if we do endure together—we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

¹³ and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

²⁶ and he who is overcoming, and who is keeping unto the end my works, I will give to him authority over the nations, ²⁷ and he shall rule them with a rod of iron—as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken—as I also have received from my Father;

²¹ He who is overcoming—I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

⁴ And around the throne are thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;

⁴ And I heard the number of those sealed, (one hundred and forty four thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel):

¹ And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars,

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; ¹² and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls—according to their works; ¹³ and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works; ¹⁴ and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire—this is the second death; ¹⁵ and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.

⁵ And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'

¹² having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, ¹³ at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates; ¹⁴ and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

² in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, is a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the nations;

¹¹ `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake—

³³ but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;' <sup>22</sup> and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

²² and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

³⁷ `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, ³⁸ and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

⁸ and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

²³ `And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

²⁵ for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

¹⁶ And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'

³⁴ `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

²² `Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake—

²⁶ `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

¹⁹ if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not—but I chose out of the world—because of this the world hateth you.

¹⁶ for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

⁹ but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him—'

¹⁶ So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

¹⁴ if ye be reproached in the name of Christ—happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

⁷ because for His name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;

¹¹ and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens, ¹² but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness—there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

³¹ which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, ³² for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last—to believe him.

³¹ and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

²⁹ And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John, ³⁰ but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

³⁰ and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

¹³ `And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me—the sinner! ¹⁴ I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

²⁰ And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound, ²¹ that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

³⁰ What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith, ³¹ and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive; ³² wherefore? because—not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling, ³³ according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

⁷ Ye were running well; who did hinder you—not to obey the truth?

¹ We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,