THE NEW TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE(ACV)

MATTHEW

CHAPTER 1

¹A book of a genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ²Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers, ³and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram, ⁴and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon, ⁵and Salmon begot Boaz from Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed from Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse, ⁶and Jesse begot David the king. And David begot Solomon from the widow of Uriah, ⁷and Solomon begot Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa, ⁸and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah, ⁹and Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah, ¹⁰and Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah, ¹¹and Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers during the Babylonian exile. ¹²And after the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel, ¹³and Zerubbabel begot Abiud, and Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor, ¹⁴and Azor begot Zadoc, and Zadoc begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud begot Eleazar, and Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian exile fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations. ¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately. ²⁰But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins. ²²Now all this has come to pass, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, ²³Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us. ²⁴And Joseph, being roused from his sleep, did as the agent of the Lord ordered him. And he took his wife, ²⁵and knew her not until she brought forth her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.

CHAPTER 2

¹Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ²Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him. ³And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴And having gathered together all the chief priests and scholars of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born. ⁵And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written through the prophet, ⁶And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of thee will come forth a man who rules, who will tend my people Israel. ⁷Then Herod having called the wise men privately, ascertained from them what time the star appeared. ⁸And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, After going, search diligently about the child. And when ye find him, report to me, so that I also having come, may worship him. ⁹And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the child was. ¹⁰And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. ¹¹And having come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down, they worshiped him. And having opened their treasures, they brought to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹²And divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way. ¹³Now after they departed, behold, an agent of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and thou be there until I tell thee, for Herod is going to seek the child to destroy him. ¹⁴And having awakened, he took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt. ¹⁵And he was there until the end of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my Son. ¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. ¹⁷Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says, ¹⁸A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not. ¹⁹But when Herod perished, behold, an agent of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, ²⁰After rising, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the child�s life have died. ²¹And having awaken, he took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. ²²But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee. ²³And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.

CHAPTER 3

¹And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, ²Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached. ³For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴Now John himself had his raiment of camel�s hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region of the Jordan went out to him, ⁶and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance. ⁹And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit. ¹²Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. ¹³Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be immersed by him. ¹⁴But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and thou come to me? ¹⁵But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him. ¹⁶And when Jesus was immersed, he went up straightaway out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him. ¹⁷And lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

CHAPTER 4

¹Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. ³And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread. ⁴But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God. ⁵Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and stands him on the pinnacle of the temple. ⁶And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. ⁷Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge the Lord thy God. ⁸Again, the devil takes him onto an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. ⁹And he says to him, All these things I give thee, if after falling down, thou will worship me. ¹⁰Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve. ¹¹Then the devil leaves him, and behold, agents came and served him. ¹²Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee. ¹³And having left Nazareth behind, after coming, he dwelt in Capernaum by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, ¹⁵The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, ¹⁶the people who dwell in darkness saw a great light, and to those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, light sprang up to them. ¹⁷From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached. ¹⁸And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men. ²⁰And straightaway having left the nets, they followed him. ²¹And having gone on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them. ²²And straightaway having left the boat and their father, they followed him. ²³And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ²⁴And his fame went forth into all Syria. And they brought to him all those faring badly with various diseases, and gripped with pain, and being demon-possessed, and being lunatic, and paralyzed. And he healed them. ²⁵And many multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan followed him.

CHAPTER 5

¹And having seen the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. And when he sat down, his disciples came to him. ²And having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying, ³Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ⁴Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled. ⁷Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God. ⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God. ¹⁰Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ¹¹Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me. ¹²Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you. ¹³Ye are the salt material of the earth. But if the salt material becomes ineffective, by what will it be salted? It is potent for nothing further, except to be cast outside and to be trodden down by men. ¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid, ¹⁵nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all in the house. ¹⁶Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens. ¹⁷Think not that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to fulfill. ¹⁸For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle will, no, not pass away from the law, until all things come to pass. ¹⁹Whoever therefore may relax one of these least commandments, and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever may do and may teach them, this man will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens. ²⁰For I say to you, that unless your righteousness abounds more than of the scholars and Pharisees, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ²¹Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment. ²²But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to the hell of fire. ²³If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee, ²⁴leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift. ²⁵Be agreeing with thine opponent quickly, while thou are with him on the way, lest the opponent deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the subordinate, and thou will be cast into prison. ²⁶Truly I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid the last quadran. ²⁷Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall not commit adultery. ²⁸But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰And if thy right hand causes thee to stumble, cut it off and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³¹And it was said, Whoever may divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate. ³²But I say to you, that whoever may divorce his wife apart from a matter of fornication, disposes her to commit adultery, and whoever may marry her who has been divorced commits adultery. ³³Again, ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not swear falsely, but shall render to the Lord thine oaths. ³⁴But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God, ³⁵nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. ³⁶Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷But let your word be, Yes, yes, No, no. And anything beyond these is from evil. ³⁸Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also. ⁴¹And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two. ⁴²Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee. ⁴³Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, ⁴⁵so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same? ⁴⁷And if ye only greet your friends, what do ye extra? Do not even the tax collectors this way? ⁴⁸Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

CHAPTER 6

¹Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens. ²When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. ³But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does, ⁴so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open. ⁵And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. ⁶But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy private room, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee in the open. ⁷And while praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard by their much speaking. ⁸Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him. ⁹Pray ye therefore this way: Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰May thy kingdom come. May thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day the bread sufficient for us. ¹²And forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors. ¹³And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly. ¹⁴For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ¹⁶And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. ¹⁷But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, ¹⁸so that thou may not appear fasting to men, but to thy Father in secret. And thy Father, who sees in secret, will reward thee. ¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal, ²⁰but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²²The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye is sound, thy whole body will be bright. ²³But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness! ²⁴No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing? ²⁶Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they? ²⁷And which man of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span? ²⁸And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, ²⁹yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. ³⁰And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith? ³¹Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear? ³²For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things. ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. ³⁴Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow will be anxious about things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

CHAPTER 7

¹Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized. ²For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you. ³And why do thou see the speck in thy brother�s eye, but do not notice the beam in thine own eye? ⁴Or how will thou say to thy brother, Let me take out the speck from thine eye, and behold, the beam in thine own eye? ⁵Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother�s eye. ⁶Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turned back may lacerate you. ⁷Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ⁹Or what man is there of you, who, if his son may ask for bread, will give him a stone, ¹⁰and if he may ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? ¹¹If ye therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father in the heavens will give good things to those who ask him? ¹²All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets. ¹³Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it. ¹⁴How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it. ¹⁵But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep�s clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves. ¹⁶From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits. ¹⁸A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits. ¹⁹Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. ²⁰So then from their fruits ye will know them. ²¹Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? ²³And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness. ²⁴Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock. ²⁶And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it. ²⁸And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, ²⁹for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as their scholars.

CHAPTER 8

¹And upon his coming down from the mountain, many multitudes followed him. ²And behold, a leper who came, worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can cleanse me. ³And having reached out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleansed. And straightaway his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus says to him, See thou speak to no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them. ⁵And upon his entering into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him, ⁶and saying, Lord, my boy has been laid down in the house, paralyzed, extremely tormented. ⁷And Jesus says to him, after coming I will heal him. ⁸And having answered, the centurion said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof, but only speak the word, and my boy will be healed. ⁹For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it. ¹⁰And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith. ¹¹And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens, ¹²but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ¹³And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thou. And as thou have believed, be it done to thee. And his boy was healed in that hour. ¹⁴And when Jesus came into Peter�s house, he saw his mother-in-law, having been laid down, and feverish. ¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she was raised up, and served him. ¹⁶And having become evening, they brought to him many being demon possessed. And he cast out the spirits by word, and healed all those faring badly, ¹⁷so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases. ¹⁸Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side. ¹⁹And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go. ²⁰And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head. ²¹And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father. ²²But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead. ²³And upon his entering into the boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping. ²⁵And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing. ²⁶And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm. ²⁷But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? ²⁸And upon his coming to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two men being demon possessed met him, coming out of the sepulchers, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way. ²⁹And behold, they cried out, saying, What is with us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? Did thou come here before the time to torment us? ³⁰Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. ³¹And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine. ³²And he said to them, Go. And having come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of the swine stampeded down the slope into the sea, and perished in the waters. ³³And those who tended them fled, and having gone into the city, they told everything, also the things of the men being demon possessed. ³⁴And behold, the whole city came out to a meeting with Jesus. And having seen him, they besought him that he would depart from their regions.

CHAPTER 9

¹And after entering into the boat, he passed over, and came into his own city. ²And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee. ³And behold, some of the scholars said within themselves, This man blasphemes. ⁴And having known their thoughts Jesus said, Why think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk? ⁶But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. ⁷And after rising, he departed to his house. ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who gave such authority to men. ⁹And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him. ¹⁰And it came to pass while he relaxed in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, they were sitting with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners? ¹²But Jesus having heard it, he said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who fare badly. ¹³But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance. ¹⁴Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶And no man puts a patch of new cloth upon an old garment, for the patch of it pulls from the garment, and a tear becomes worse. ¹⁷Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will perish. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. ¹⁸While he spoke these things to them, behold, one ruler who came worshiped him, saying, My daughter has just now perished, but after coming, lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. ¹⁹And having risen, Jesus followed him, also his disciples. ²⁰And behold, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, after coming from behind, touched the edge of his garment. ²¹For she said within herself, If only I may touch his garment, I will be healed. ²²But having turned around and seen her, Jesus said, Cheer up, daughter, thy faith has healed thee. And the woman was healed from that hour. ²³And Jesus having come into the ruler�s house, and having seen the minstrels, and the crowd making a commotion, ²⁴he says to them, Depart, for the little girl did not die, but sleeps. And they ridiculed him. ²⁵But when the crowd was put out, having entered in, he took her hand, and the little girl arose. ²⁶And this report went forth into all that land. ²⁷And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Be merciful to us, thou son of David. ²⁸And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord. ²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith may it happen to you. ³⁰And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly warned them, saying, See that no man knows it. ³¹But having departed, they widely proclaimed him in all that land. ³²And after they departed, behold, they brought to him a mute man possessed with a demon. ³³And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. ³⁴But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of the demons he casts out demons. ³⁵And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then he says to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the workmen are few. ³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth workmen into his harvest.

CHAPTER 10

¹And having called in his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every disease. ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, ³Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus, ⁴Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. ⁵These twelve Jesus sent forth, having ordered them, saying, Go not into a way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans, ⁶but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And while going, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come near. ⁸Heal those who are feeble, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye received, freely give. ⁹Acquire no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, ¹⁰no bag for the road, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staffs, for the workman is worthy of his provision. ¹¹And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide until ye go forth. ¹²And while entering into the house, salute it. ¹³And if indeed the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, while departing that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. ¹⁵Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. ¹⁶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves. ¹⁷But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues, ¹⁸and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak. ²⁰For ye are not who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you. ²¹And a brother will deliver up a brother to death, and a father a child. And children will rise up against parents, and condemn them to death. ²²And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved. ²³But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes. ²⁴A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a bondman above his lord. ²⁵It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household. ²⁶Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known. ²⁷What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. ²⁸And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father. ³⁰But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Fear not therefore, ye are of worth more than many sparrows. ³²Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens. ³³But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens. ³⁴Think not that I came to spread peace on the earth. I came not to spread peace, but a sword. ³⁵For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ³⁶And a man�s foes, are those of his own household. ³⁷He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. ³⁸And he who does not take his cross and follow behind me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it. ⁴⁰He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet�s reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man�s reward. ⁴²And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.

CHAPTER 11

¹And it came to pass when Jesus finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. ²Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, ³he said to him, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man? ⁴And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye hear and see: ⁵the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good news. ⁶And blessed is he, whoever will not be caused to stumble by me. ⁷And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? ⁸But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king�s houses. ⁹But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my agent before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹²And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively, and aggressors seize it. ¹³For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come. ¹⁵He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁶But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions, ¹⁷and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not beat the breast. ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children. ²⁰Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent. ²¹Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that occurred in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. ²⁵Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike. ²⁶Yea, Father, because this way it was done pleasing in thy sight. ²⁷All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him. ²⁸Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

CHAPTER 12

¹At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears, and to eat. ²But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the sabbath. ³But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him, ⁴how he entered into the house of God, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, except only for the priests? ⁵Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? ⁶But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here. ⁷But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. ⁹And having departed from there, he went into their synagogue. ¹⁰And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they interrogated him, asking if it is permitted to heal on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out? ¹²How much therefore a man is superior to a sheep. So then it is permitted to do good on the sabbath. ¹³Then he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole, as the other. ¹⁴But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵And having known it Jesus withdrew from there, and many multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. ¹⁶And he chided them so that they would not make him known, ¹⁷so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, ¹⁸Behold, my Boy whom I chose, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will declare justice to the Gentiles. ¹⁹He will not quarrel, nor will he shout, nor will any man hear his voice in the thoroughfares. ²⁰A bruised reed he will not break, and smoldering flax he will not quench, until he sends forth justice for victory. ²¹And in his name Gentiles will hope. ²²Then a blind and mute man being demon possessed, was brought to him. And he healed him, so as for the blind and mute man both to speak and to see. ²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Is this not the son of David? ²⁴But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons. ²⁵And having known their thoughts Jesus said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. ²⁶And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ²⁷And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges. ²⁸But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come near you. ²⁹Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. ³⁰He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. ³¹Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit will not be forgiven men. ³²And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age, nor in the one that is coming. ³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment. ³⁷For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned. ³⁸Then some of the scholars and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we want to see a sign from thee. ³⁹But having answered, he said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. ⁴⁰For as Jonah was in the belly of the sea-creature three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴²The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³But when the unclean spirit goes forth out of the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not. ⁴⁴Then it says, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation. ⁴⁶While he was still speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers had stood outside, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷And some man said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to thee. ⁴⁸But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹And having stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold, my mother and my brothers. ⁵⁰For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER 13

¹And on that day, having departed from the house, Jesus was sitting beside the sea. ²And many multitudes were gathered to him, so as for him (having entered in) to sit in the boat, and all the multitude had stood on the shore. ³And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow. ⁴And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil. ⁶But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered. ⁷And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. ⁸But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹He who has ears, let him hear. ¹⁰And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given. ¹²For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand. ¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive. ¹⁵For this people�s heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them. ¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men longed to see the things that ye see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that ye hear, and did not hear them. ¹⁸Hear ye then the parable of the man who sows. ¹⁹Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside. ²⁰And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy, ²¹yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble. ²²And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³But that which was sown upon the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and is productive, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ²⁴He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man sowing good seed in his field. ²⁵But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away. ²⁶And when the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also appeared. ²⁷But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares? ²⁸And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the bondmen said to him, Do thou desire therefore, after going, we would gather them up? ²⁹But he said, No, lest while gathering up the tares, ye uproot the wheat together with them. ³⁰Allow both to grow together until the harvest. And at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles in order to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. ³¹He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field. ³²Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it. ³³He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened. ³⁴Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable, ³⁵so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world. ³⁶Then having sent the multitudes away, Jesus came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man, ³⁸and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil. ³⁹And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are agents. ⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned in fire, so it will be at the end of this age. ⁴¹The Son of man will send forth his agents, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness, ⁴²and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ⁴⁴Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls. ⁴⁶Who, having found one very valuable pearl, after departing, sold all, as many things as he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered from every kind, ⁴⁸which, when it was full, after dragging to the shore, having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, but they cast out the useless. ⁴⁹So it will be at the end of the age. The agents will come forth, and separate the bad from among the righteous, ⁵⁰and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord. ⁵²And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old. ⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there. ⁵⁴And having come into his fatherland he taught them in their synagogue, so as for them to be astonished, and say, From where is this wisdom and powers in this man? ⁵⁵Is not this the carpenter�s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all near us? From where then are all these things in this man? ⁵⁷And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house. ⁵⁸And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

CHAPTER 14

¹At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report of Jesus, ²and he said to his boys, This is John the immerser. He has risen from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him. ³For Herod having arrested John, bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip�s wife. ⁴For John said to him, It is not permitted for thee to have her. ⁵And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet. ⁶But Herod�s birthday being brought, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. ⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. ⁸And she, having been put forward by her mother, says, Give me here on a platter the head of John the immerser. ⁹And he became sad, but because of the oaths, and of those dining together, the king commanded it to be given. ¹⁰And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the maiden, and she brought it to her mother. ¹²And after coming, his disciples took up the body and buried it, and having gone, they informed Jesus. ¹³Now when Jesus heard it, he departed from there in a boat into a desolate place in private. And when the multitudes heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴And having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and he felt compassion toward them, and healed the feeble of them. ¹⁵And having become evening, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desolate, and the hour is now past. Send the multitudes away, so that having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves. ¹⁶But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart. Give ye them to eat. ¹⁷And they say to him, We have not here, except five loaves and two fishes. ¹⁸But he said, Bring them here to me. ¹⁹And after commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looking up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken them in pieces, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ²⁰And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up that which remained of the fragments, twelve baskets full. ²¹And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²²And straightaway Jesus compelled the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, until he would dismiss the multitudes. ²³And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain in private to pray. And having become evening, he was there alone. ²⁴But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, being buffeted by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking upon the sea. ²⁶And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost, and they cried out from fear. ²⁷But straightaway Jesus spoke to them, saying, Cheer up. It is I, fear not. ²⁸And having answered him, Peter said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the waters. ²⁹And he said, Come. And having come down from the boat, Peter walked upon the water to go to Jesus. ³⁰But seeing the boisterous wind, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. ³¹And straightaway having stretched forth his hand, Jesus took hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why did thou doubt? ³²And when they entered into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³And those who came in the boat worshiped him, saying, Thou really are the Son of God. ³⁴And when they crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵And when they recognized him, the men of that place sent into that whole region round about, and brought to him all those faring badly. ³⁶And they besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment. And as many as touched were healed.

CHAPTER 15

¹Then scholars and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying, ²Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition? ⁴For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death. ⁵But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering. ⁶And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition. ⁷Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying, ⁸This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. ⁹And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. ¹⁰And having called in the multitude, he said to them, Hear and understand. ¹¹Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man. ¹²Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying? ¹³But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted. ¹⁴Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch. ¹⁵And having answered, Peter said to him, Explain this parable to us. ¹⁶And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding? ¹⁷Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet? ¹⁸But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man. ¹⁹For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, revilings. ²⁰These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man. ²¹And having gone out from there, Jesus departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. ²²And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed. ²³But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us. ²⁴But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵But having come, she worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. ²⁶And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children�s bread and cast it to the house dogs. ²⁷But she said, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. ²⁸Then Jesus having answered, said to her, O woman, great is thy faith. Be it done for thee as thou desire. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹And having departed from there, Jesus came near the sea of Galilee. And having gone up onto the mountain, he sat there. ³⁰And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus� feet, and he healed them, ³¹so as for the multitudes to marvel seeing the mute speaking, the maimed healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. ³²And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they might faint on the way. ³³And his disciples say to him, From where are so many loaves for us in a wilderness so as to feed so great a multitude? ³⁴And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. ³⁵And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground. ³⁶And after taking the seven loaves and the fishes, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ³⁷And they all ate and were filled. And they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained. ³⁸And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹And having dismissed the multitudes, he entered into the boat, and came into the regions of Magdala.

CHAPTER 16

¹And the Pharisees and Sadducees who came, testing, demanded him to exhibit to them a sign from the sky. ²But having answered, he said to them, When it becomes evening, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky is red. ³And at morning, Bad weather today, for the sky is red, being gloomy. Hypocrites! Ye indeed know how to discern the face of the sky, but the signs of the times ye are not able. ⁴An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And having left them behind, he departed. ⁵And his disciples having come to the other side, they forgot to take loaves. ⁶And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ⁷And they deliberated among themselves, saying, We took no loaves. ⁸And having known it, Jesus said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye deliberate among yourselves because ye brought no loaves? ⁹Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up, ¹⁰nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many hampers ye took up? ¹¹How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ¹²Then they understood that he said not to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³Now when Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say I, the Son of man, am? ¹⁴And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵He says to them, But who say ye, I am? ¹⁶And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens. ¹⁸And I also say to thee, that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. ¹⁹And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever thou may bind on earth will be what is bound in the heavens, and whatever thou may loose on the earth will be what is loosed in the heavens. ²⁰Then he commanded his disciples that they should tell no man that he is Jesus, the Christ. ²¹From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scholars, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. ²²And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, Be merciful to thee, Lord. This will, no, not be to thee. ²³But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men. ²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶For what does it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions. ²⁸Truly I say to you, there are some of those who stand here, who will, no, not taste of death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

CHAPTER 17

¹And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up onto a high mountain in private. ²And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light. ³And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him. ⁴And having responded, Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou desire, we could make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ⁵While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him. ⁶And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid. ⁷And having come, Jesus touched them and said, Arise, and fear not. ⁸And having lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, except Jesus only. ⁹And while they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man will rise from the dead. ¹⁰And his disciples questioned him, saying, Why then do the scholars say that Elijah must first come? ¹¹And having answered, Jesus said to them, Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things. ¹²But I say to you, that Elijah already came, and they knew him not, but did to him how many things they wanted. Likewise also the Son of man is going to suffer by them. ¹³Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them about John the immerser. ¹⁴And when they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him, and saying, ¹⁵Lord, be merciful to my son, because he is lunatic, and suffers badly. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him. ¹⁷And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me. ¹⁸And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon departed from him. And the boy was cured from that hour. ¹⁹Then the disciples having come to Jesus in private, said, Why could we not cast it out? ²⁰And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of a mustard plant, ye will say to this mountain, Remove from here to there, and it will depart, and nothing will be impossible to you. ²¹But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. ²²And while they turned back in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, ²³and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up. And they were exceedingly sorry. ²⁴And when they came to Capernaum, those who receive the double-drachma came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher pay the double-drachma? ²⁵He says, Yes. And when he entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What think thou, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they take taxes or tribute, from their sons or from strangers? ²⁶And Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Therefore the sons are free. ²⁷But, so that we might not offend them, after going to the sea, cast a hook. And take up the first fish coming up, and having opened its mouth, thou will find a four-drachma coin. After taking that, give thou to them for me and thee.

CHAPTER 18

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who then is greater in the kingdom of the heavens? ²And having called in a child, Jesus set it in the midst of them. ³And he said, Truly I say to you, if ye are not turned, and become as children, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴He therefore who will make himself lowly as this child, this man is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens. ⁵And whoever will receive one such child in my name receives me. ⁶But whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is advantageous for him that a donkey-powered millstone were hanged on his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. ⁷Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes. ⁸And if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee. It is good for thee to enter into life crippled or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. ⁹And if thine eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee. It is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. ¹⁰See that ye not disparage one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in the heavens their agents do always behold the face of my Father in the heavens. ¹¹For the Son of man came to save that which was lost. ¹²What does it seem to you? If it happens a hundred sheep are with some man, and one of them went astray, after going (having left the ninety-nine on the mountains), does he not seek the one going astray? ¹³And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you, that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray. ¹⁴So, it is not a purpose before your Father in the heavens, that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother. ¹⁶But if he should not hear, take with thee one or two besides, so that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he is heedless of them, speak to the church. But if he is also heedless of the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the tax collector. ¹⁸Truly I say to you, however many things ye may bind on the earth will be things that are bound in heaven, and however many things ye may loose on the earth will be things that that are loosed in heaven. ¹⁹Again I say to you truly, that if two of you should agree on the earth concerning every matter, whatever they might ask, it will happen for them from my Father in the heavens. ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? ²²Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven. ²³Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen. ²⁴And when he began to settle, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶The bondman therefore having fallen down, worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient toward me and I will pay thee all. ²⁷And having felt compassion, the lord of that bondman released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything. ²⁹So his fellow bondman having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Be patient toward me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰But he would not, instead, having left him, he cast him into prison until he would pay that which was owed. ³¹And when his fellow bondmen saw the things that happened, they were extremely sorry. And after coming, they reported to their lord all the things that happened. ³²Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me. ³³Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee? ³⁴And having become angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors until he would pay all that was due to him. ³⁵So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

CHAPTER 19

¹And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the regions of Judea beyond the Jordan. ²And many multitudes followed him and he healed them there. ³And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying to him, Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for every cause? ⁴And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh? ⁶So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, no man shall separate. ⁷They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to divorce her? ⁸He says to them, For your hard heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it did not happen this way. ⁹And I say to you, that whoever may divorce his wife, not for fornication, and will marry another, commits adultery. And he who married her who has been divorced commits adultery. ¹⁰His disciples say to him, If the case of the man with his wife is this way, it is not advantageous to marry. ¹¹But he said to them, Not all men can accommodate this saying, but to whom it has been given. ¹²For there are eunuchs who were born this way from their mother�s belly, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it. ¹³Then children were brought to him, so that he would lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But Jesus said, Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for of such kind is the kingdom of the heavens. ¹⁵And having laid his hands on them, he departed from there. ¹⁶And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life? ¹⁷And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. ¹⁹Honor the father and mother, and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. ²⁰The young man says to him, All these things I have kept from my youthfulness. What do I lack yet? ²¹Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. ²²But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions. ²³And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly. ²⁴And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵And when his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? ²⁶And having looked, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. ²⁷Then having answered, Peter said to him, Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What then will be for us? ²⁸And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man will sit on the throne of his glory, ye also will sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life. ³⁰But many first will be last, and last, first.

CHAPTER 20

¹For the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a house-ruler, who went out in the early morning at the same time to hire workmen for his vineyard. ²And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others having stood idle in the marketplace. ⁴And he said to those men, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right I will give you, and they went. ⁵Again having gone out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise. ⁶And having gone out about the eleventh hour, he found others who have stood idle. And he says to them, Why have ye stood here idle the whole day? ⁷They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right ye will receive. ⁸And having become evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his manager, Call the workmen, and render to them their wage, having begun from the last until the first. ⁹And those who came about the eleventh hour, each received a denarius. ¹⁰But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more. And they also received a denarius each. ¹¹And when they received it, they murmured against the house-ruler, ¹²saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat. ¹³But having answered, he said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong. Did thou not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴Take thine and go. But I want to give to this last man, as to thee also. ¹⁵Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶So the last will be first, and the first last, for many are called, but few chosen. ¹⁷And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them, ¹⁸Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scholars. And they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹and will deliver him to the Gentiles to ridicule, and to scourge, and to crucify. And the third day he will rise. ²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshiping, and asking something from him. ²¹And he said to her, What do thou want? She says to him, Speak that these my two sons may sit, one at thy right hand and one at thy left hand in thy kingdom. ²²But having answered, Jesus said, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am going to drink, or to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed? They say to him, We are able. ²³And he says to them, Ye will indeed drink my cup, and ye will be immersed the immersion that I am immersed. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but to whom it has been prepared by my Father. ²⁴And when the ten heard it, they were indignant about the two brothers. ²⁵But having summoned them, Jesus said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord over them, and their eminent men have power over them. ²⁶But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper, ²⁷and whoever wants be first among you shall be your bondman. ²⁸Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. ²⁹And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰And behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Be merciful to us, Lord, thou son of David. ³¹And the multitude rebuked them, so that they would be quiet, but they cried out greater, saying, Be merciful to us, Lord, thou son of David. ³²And having stood still, Jesus called them and said, What do ye want that I would do to you? ³³They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴And having felt compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and straightaway they received their sight, and followed him.

CHAPTER 21

¹And when they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ²saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and straightaway ye will find a donkey tied, and a colt with it. Having loosed them, bring to me. ³And if any man says anything to you, ye will say, The Lord has need of them, and straightaway he will send them. ⁴Now all this came to pass, so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, ⁵Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, meek, and mounted upon a donkey, and a colt the foal of a pack animal. ⁶And the disciples having gone, and having done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their garments over them. And he sat upon them. ⁸And the great multitude spread their garments on the road, and others cut down branches from the trees, and spread them on the road. ⁹And the multitudes who went ahead and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest! ¹⁰And when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this? ¹¹And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee. ¹²And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves. ¹³And he says to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers. ¹⁴And the lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵But when the chief priests and the scholars saw the wonderful things that he did, and the boys crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant, ¹⁶and said to him, Do thou hear what these are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes! Did ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and those who suckle thou have perfected praise? ¹⁷And having left them behind, he went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there. ¹⁸Now early while returning to the city, he was hungry. ¹⁹And having seen a fig tree, one on the way, he came to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And he says to it, Let fruit no longer be produced from thee into the age. And immediately the fig tree dried out. ²⁰And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree dry out immediately? ²¹And having answered, Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye will not only do that of the fig tree, but even if ye may say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen. ²²And all things, as many as ye may ask in prayer, believing, ye will receive. ²³And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught, saying, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee this authority? ²⁴And having answered, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. He said to them, And neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁸But what does it seem to you? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, Child, go work today in my vineyard. ²⁹And having answered, he said, I do not want to, but having repented later, he went. ³⁰And having come to the second, he said likewise. And having answered, he said, I, sir, and did not go. ³¹Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³²For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him. ³³Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man who was a house-ruler, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey. ³⁴And when the time of the fruits approached, he sent his bondmen to the farmers to receive his fruits. ³⁵And the farmers having taken his bondmen, they beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶Again, he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner. ³⁷But finally he sent to them his son, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son. ³⁸But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance. ³⁹And having seized him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers? ⁴¹They say to him, Evil men, he will miserably destroy them, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will render him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴²Jesus says to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be in the head of the corner. This happened from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes? ⁴³Because of this I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it. ⁴⁴And he who falls on this stone will be shattered, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust. ⁴⁵And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them. ⁴⁶And when they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.

CHAPTER 22

¹And having responded, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying, ²The kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a king who made a wedding for his son. ³And he sent forth his bondmen to call those who were invited to the wedding festivities, and they did not want to come. ⁴Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities. ⁵But having disregarded, they departed, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, ⁶and the others having seized his bondmen, abused and killed them. ⁷But having heard that, the king was angry, and having sent forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. ⁸Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding is indeed ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. ⁹Go ye therefore to the crossings of the ways, and as many as ye may find, call to the wedding festivities. ¹⁰And those bondmen having departed into the roads, they gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with those who were dining. ¹¹But when the king came in to see those who were dining, he saw there a man who was not clothed with a wedding garment. ¹²And he says to him, Friend, how did thou come in here not having a wedding garment? But he was speechless. ¹³Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴For many are called, but few chosen. ¹⁵Then the Pharisees having departed, they took counsel how they might trap him in his talk. ¹⁶And they send out their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and it is not a concern to thee about a man, for thou look not to the personage of men. ¹⁷Tell us therefore, what does it seem to thee? Is it permitted to give tribute to Caesar or not? ¹⁸But Jesus having known their wickedness, said, Why do ye tempt me, ye hypocrites? ¹⁹Exhibit to me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denarius. ²⁰And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? ²¹They say to him, Caesar�s. Then he says to them, Therefore, render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. ²²And when they heard it, they marveled. And having left him, they departed. ²³On that day Sadducees came to him, those who claim to be no resurrection. And they questioned him, saying, ²⁴Teacher, Moses said, If some man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first having married perished. And having no seed left his wife to his brother. ²⁶Likewise also the second, and the third, until the seventh. ²⁷And last of all, the woman also died. ²⁸In the resurrection therefore, which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her. ²⁹But having answered, Jesus said to them, Ye are led astray, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as agents of God in heaven. ³¹But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, ³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living. ³³And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his doctrine. ³⁴But the Pharisees, having heard that he silenced the Sadducees, they came together in the same place. ³⁵And one of them, a lawyer, questioned, trying him, and saying, ³⁶Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? ³⁷And Jesus said to him, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. ³⁸This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. ⁴¹Now the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus interrogated them, saying, ⁴²What does it seem to you about the Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him, Of David. ⁴³He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, ⁴⁴The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet? ⁴⁵If David therefore calls him Lord, how is he his son? ⁴⁶And no man was able to answer him a word, nor did any man from that day dare to question him any more.

CHAPTER 23

¹Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, ²The scholars and the Pharisees sit on Moses� seat. ³All things therefore, however many they may tell you to observe, observe and do. But do not ye according to their works, for they say, and do not. ⁴For they bind heavy burdens and difficult to bear, and lay them on men�s shoulders, but they do not want to move them with their finger. ⁵But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments. ⁶And they love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, ⁷and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be designated by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. ⁸But be ye not designated Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Christ, and ye are all brothers. ⁹And do not designate a father of you upon the earth, for one is your Father, he in the heavens. ¹⁰And be ye not designated leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ. ¹¹But the greater of you will be your helper. ¹²And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted. ¹³Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in. ¹⁴But woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye devour widows� houses, and praying long in pretence. Because of this ye will receive greater condemnation. ¹⁵Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves. ¹⁶Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated. ¹⁷Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated. ¹⁹Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? ²⁰He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it. ²¹And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it. ²²And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it. ²³Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law�justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting those things. ²⁴Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. ²⁵Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness. ²⁶Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean. ²⁷Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men�s bones, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ²⁹Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous, ³⁰and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. ³¹So then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³²Then fill ye up the measure of your fathers. ³³Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell? ³⁴Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city, ³⁵so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶Truly I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who have been sent to her. How often I wanted to gather thy children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and ye would not. ³⁸Behold, your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹For I say to you, ye will, no, not see me henceforth, until ye say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 24

¹And when Jesus departed he was going from the temple. And his disciples came near to exhibit to him the buildings of the temple. ²But Jesus said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Truly I say to you, there will be left here, no, not a stone upon a stone, that will not be thrown down. ³And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign of thy coming, and of the termination of the age? ⁴And having answered, Jesus said to them, See that not any man may lead you astray. ⁵For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will lead many astray. ⁶And ye are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye not be alarmed, for all the things must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁷For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in places. ⁸But all these things are the beginning of travail. ⁹Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name. ¹⁰And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other. ¹¹And many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. ¹²And because of the increased lawlessness, the love of the many will become cold. ¹³But he who endures to the end, this man will be saved. ¹⁴And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. ¹⁶then let those in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷Let the man on the housetop not go down to take things from his house. ¹⁸And let the man in the field not return back to take his clothes. ¹⁹And woe to those who have in the womb and to those who suckle in those days. ²⁰And pray ye that your flight may not happen in winter, nor on a sabbath, ²¹for then there will be great tribulation, such as not has happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor, no, it will not happen. ²²And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved. But because of the chosen those days will be shortened. ²³Then if any man should say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here, believe ye not. ²⁴For there will arise false Christs and false prophets, and they will give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen. ²⁵Behold, I have foretold it to you. ²⁶If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the wilderness, do not go forth. Behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe. ²⁷For as the lightning comes out from the east, and shines as far as the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of man. ²⁸For wherever the carcass may be, there the vultures will be gathered together. ²⁹But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the sky. And then all the tribes of the earth will beat the breast, and they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the sky with power and much glory. ³¹And he will send forth his agents with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the boundaries of the heavens�as far as their boundaries. ³²Now learn a parable from the fig tree. When its branch now becomes tender, and sprouts leaves, ye know that the summer is near. ³³So ye also, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors. ³⁴Truly I say to you, this generation will, no, not pass away, until all these things happen. ³⁵The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away. ³⁶But about that day and hour no man knows, not even the agents of the heavens, except my Father only. ³⁷And as the days of Noah, so also will be the coming of the Son of man. ³⁸For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until that day Noah entered into the ark. ³⁹And they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man. ⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field, one is taken, and one is left. ⁴¹Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, and one is left. ⁴²Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes. ⁴³But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes. ⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time? ⁴⁶Blessed is that bondman, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing. ⁴⁷Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over all things being possessed by him. ⁴⁸But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming, ⁴⁹and should begin to beat the fellow bondmen, and to eat and drink with the drunken, ⁵⁰the lord of that bondman will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, ⁵¹and he will cut him in two, and place his share with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

CHAPTER 25

¹Then the kingdom of the heavens will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom�s gathering. ²And five of them were wise, and five were foolish, ³foolish women, who, having taken their lamps, took no olive oil with them. ⁴But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. ⁷Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order. ⁸And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. ⁹But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut. ¹¹But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹²But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. ¹³Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes. ¹⁴For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him. ¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed. ¹⁶And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents. ¹⁷And likewise also the man of the two gained two others. ¹⁸But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord�s silver. ¹⁹Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them. ²⁰And having come, the man who received the five talents brought five other talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered five talents to me, lo, I have gained five other talents besides them. ²¹And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²²And also having come, the man who received the two talents said, Lord, thou delivered two talents to me, lo, I have gained two other talents besides them. ²³His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴And the man who received the one talent also having come, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou are a hard man, reaping where thou did not sow, and gathering from where thou did not scatter. ²⁵And after being afraid, having gone, I hid thy talent in the ground. Lo, thou have thine own. ²⁶But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter. ²⁷Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest. ²⁸Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. ²⁹For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ³⁰And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ³¹But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³²And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³And he will truly place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. ³⁴Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, ³⁶naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink? ³⁸And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹And when did we see thee weak, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me. ⁴¹Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents. ⁴²For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in, naked, and ye did not clothe me, weak, and in prison, and ye did not come to help me. ⁴⁴Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or weak, or in prison, and did not serve thee? ⁴⁵Then he will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

CHAPTER 26

¹And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, ²Ye know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. ³Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, ⁴and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him. ⁵But they said, Not during the feast, lest an uproar develop among people. ⁶Now when Jesus happened to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷a woman came to him having an alabaster cruse of precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head as he sat relaxing. ⁸But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste? ⁹For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor. ¹⁰But Jesus knowing it, he said to them, Why do ye cause troubles to the woman? For she has wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me. ¹²For by pouring this ointment upon my body, she did it for my burial. ¹³Truly I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told for a memorial of her. ¹⁴Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests, ¹⁵he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces. ¹⁶And from that time he sought a favorable opportunity so that he might betray him. ¹⁷Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where do thou want that we should prepare for thee to eat the Passover? ¹⁸And he said, Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, The teacher says, My time is near. I keep the Passover with my disciples with thee. ¹⁹And the disciples did as Jesus arranged for them, and they prepared the Passover. ²⁰Now having become evening, he was sitting with the twelve. ²¹And as they were eating, he said, Truly I say to you, that one of you will betray me. ²²And being exceedingly sorrowful, they began, each of them, to say to him, Is it I, Lord? ²³And having answered, he said, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, this man will betray me. ²⁴The Son of man indeed goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born. ²⁵And Judas (the man who betrayed him) having answered, he said, Is it I, Rabbi? He says to him, Thou have said. ²⁶And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken bread, having expressed thanks, broke in pieces, and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body. ²⁷And having taken the cup, having expressed thanks, he gave to them, saying, All ye drink of it, ²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed on behalf of many for remission of sins. ²⁹But I say to you, that I will, no, not drink of this fruit of the grapevine henceforth until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father�s kingdom. ³⁰And having sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives. ³¹Then Jesus says to them, All ye will be caused to stumble by me in this night, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. ³²But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee. ³³But having answered, Peter said to him, If all men will be caused to stumble by thee, I will never be caused to stumble. ³⁴Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, that in this night, before a cock sounds, thou will deny me thrice. ³⁵Peter says to him, Even if I must die with thee, I will, no, not deny thee. And likewise also, said all the disciples. ³⁶Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, Sit ye here until, after going, I may pray there. ³⁷And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and distressed. ³⁸Then Jesus says to them, My soul is deeply grieved, as far as of death. Remain ye here and watch with me. ³⁹And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou. ⁴⁰And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, So ye could not watch with me one hour. ⁴¹Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. ⁴²Having gone again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to pass from me, except I drink it, may thy will happen. ⁴³And having come again, he finds them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴And when he left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying again the same statement. ⁴⁵Then he comes to his disciples, and says to them, Sleep what remains, and take rest. Behold, the hour has come near, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶Awake, we go. Behold, he who betrays me has come near. ⁴⁷And while he was still speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs from the chief priest and elders of the people. ⁴⁸Now the man who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I may kiss is he. Seize him. ⁴⁹And straightaway having come to Jesus, he said, Hail, Rabbi, and kissed him much. ⁵⁰And Jesus said to him, Friend, why are thou here? Then having come, they threw their hands on Jesus, and seized him. ⁵¹And behold, one of those with Jesus, having stretched out a hand, drew his sword, and when he struck the bondman of the high priest, he cut off his ear. ⁵²Then Jesus says to him, Return thy sword into its place, for all those who take a sword will die by a sword. ⁵³Or do thou think that I cannot now call my Father, and he will provide to me more than twelve legions of agents? ⁵⁴How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it is necessary to happen this way? ⁵⁵In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, Did ye come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me. ⁵⁶But all this has come to pass, so that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples fled, having forsook him. ⁵⁷And those who seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest where the scholars and the elders were assembled together. ⁵⁸But Peter followed him from afar, as far as the courtyard of the high priest. And having entered inside, he sat with the subordinates to see the outcome. ⁵⁹Now the chief priests and the elders and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰and they did not find it. And although many false witnesses came, they did not find it. ⁶¹But finally two false witnesses having come, they said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it by three days. ⁶²And the high priest having stood up, he said to him, Answer thou nothing? What do these testify against thee? ⁶³But Jesus was silent. And having responded, the high priest said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou are the Christ, the Son of God. ⁶⁴Jesus says to him, Thou have said. Nevertheless I say to you, Henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of the sky. ⁶⁵Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, He has blasphemed. What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What does it seem to you? Having answered, they said, He is deserving of death. ⁶⁷Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him, ⁶⁸saying, Prophesy to us, thou Christ. Who is he who struck thee? ⁶⁹Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one servant girl came to him, saying, Thou also were with Jesus the Galilean. ⁷⁰But he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what thou say. ⁷¹And when he was gone out into the porch, another woman saw him, and says to them there, This man was also with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁷²And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³And after a little while those who stood, having approached, said to Peter, Surely thou also are of them, for thy accent even makes thee apparent. ⁷⁴Then he began to curse vehemently and to swear, I do not know the man. And straightaway a cock sounded. ⁷⁵And Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, Before a cock sounds, thou will deny me thrice. And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.

CHAPTER 27

¹But having become morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held consultation against Jesus in order to condemn him to death. ²And having bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. ³Then Judas, who betrayed him, after seeing that he was condemned, having repented, he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the chief priests and elders, ⁴saying, I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? See thou to it. ⁵And having cast down the silver pieces in the temple, he departed, and after going away, he hanged himself. ⁶And after taking the silver pieces, the chief priests said, It is not permitted to put them into the treasury, since it is a price of blood. ⁷And having held consultation, they bought the potter�s field with them for burial for foreigners. ⁸Therefore that field was called the field of blood, to this day. ⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says, And they took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who was valued, whom they valued from the sons of Israel, ¹⁰and they gave them for the potter�s field, as the Lord appointed me. ¹¹Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned him, saying, Are thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou say. ¹²And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³Then Pilate says to him, Do thou not hear how many things they testify against thee? ¹⁴And he did not answer him, not even one word, so as for the governor to marvel greatly. ¹⁵Now during a feast the governor had been accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted. ¹⁶And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do ye want I should release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? ¹⁸For he knew that they delivered him up because of envy. ¹⁹And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, There is nothing for thee and that righteous man. For I suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. ²⁰But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹Now the governor having answered, he said to them, Which of the two do ye want I would release to you? And they said, Barabbas. ²²Pilate says to them, What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, He should be crucified. ²³And the governor said, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, saying, He should be crucified. ²⁴And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it. ²⁵And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children. ²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified. ²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole band to him. ²⁸And having stripped him, they put a scarlet robe on him. ²⁹And having woven a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And having knelt down before him, they ridiculed him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews! ³⁰And having spat upon him, they took the reed and were striking him on his head. ³¹And after they ridiculed him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify. ³²And while coming out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They drafted this man, so that he might take his cross. ³³And having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called, the place of a skull, ³⁴they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall. And having tasted it, he would not drink. ³⁵And when they crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot. ³⁶And as they sat, they keep watch over him there. ³⁷And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸Then two robbers are crucified with him, one at the right hand and one at the left. ³⁹And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, ⁴⁰and saying, Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou are the Son of God, come down from the cross. ⁴¹And likewise also the chief priests, ridiculing with the scholars, and elders, and Pharisees, said, ⁴²He saved others, he cannot save himself. If he is the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusted in God, let him rescue him now, if he wants him, for he said, I am the Son of God. ⁴⁴And also the robbers who were crucified with him reviled him the same way. ⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me? ⁴⁷And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls Elijah. ⁴⁸And straightaway one of them, after running, and having taken a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. ⁴⁹But the others said, Leave thou be. We might see if Elijah comes he will save him. ⁵⁰And Jesus, having cried out again in a great voice, yielded up his spirit. ⁵¹And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks split, ⁵²and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the sanctified who have been asleep arose. ⁵³And having come forth out of the sepulchers after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴Now the centurion, and those with him watching over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that happened, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. ⁵⁵And many women were there watching from afar, who followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him, ⁵⁶among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. ⁵⁷And having become evening, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled by Jesus. ⁵⁸This man having come to Pilate, requested the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given. ⁵⁹And Joseph having taken the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new sepulcher, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, he departed. ⁶¹And Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. ⁶²Now on the morrow, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, ⁶³saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was still alive, After three days I am raised. ⁶⁴Command therefore to secure the tomb until the third day, lest his disciples having come by night steal him away, and say to the people, He was raised from the dead. And the last error will be worse than the first. ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, Ye have security. Go, make it as secure as ye know how. ⁶⁶And having gone, they made the tomb secure, with the security having sealed the stone.

CHAPTER 28

¹Now late on the sabbath day, being dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ²And behold, a great earthquake occurred. For an agent of the Lord, having descended from heaven, having come, he rolled the stone away from the door and sat upon it. ³And his appearance was as lightning and his clothing white as snow. ⁴And those watching over shook from fear of him, and became as dead men. ⁵And having responded, the agent said to the women, Fear ye not, for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here, for he was raised as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷And after going quickly, tell his disciples, He was raised from the dead, and lo, he goes before you into Galilee. There ye will see him. Behold, I have told you. ⁸And after coming out quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, they ran to notify his disciples. ⁹And as they were going to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail. And having come, they held his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus says to them, Fear not. Go notify my brothers that they should depart into Galilee, and there they will see me. ¹¹Now while they were going, behold, some of the security having come into the city, reported to the chief priests all the things that happened. ¹²And after assembling with the elders, and having taken consultation, they gave many silver pieces to the soldiers, saying, ¹³Say ye, His disciples, having come by night, stole him from us while we slept. ¹⁴And if this should be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and will make you worry free. ¹⁵And having taken the silver pieces, they did as they were instructed. And this saying was spread abroad among the Jews until this day. ¹⁶But the eleven disciples went for Galilee to the mountain where Jesus arranged for them. ¹⁷And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but men doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me. ¹⁹After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

MARK

CHAPTER 1

¹The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ²As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my agent before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ³The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴It came to pass, that John was immersing in the wilderness and preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins. ⁵And all the land of Judea and the Jerusalemites went out to him, and they were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel�s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and eating locusts and wild honey. ⁷And he preached, saying, A man mightier than I comes after me of whom I am not worthy, having stooped down, to loosen the strap of his shoes. ⁸I indeed immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit. ⁹And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰And straightaway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens divided, and the Spirit descending upon him as a dove. ¹¹And a voice occurred out of the heavens, Thou are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹²And straightaway the Spirit drives him forth into the wilderness. ¹³And he was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild beasts. And the agents served him. ¹⁴Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the good news of God, ¹⁵and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent ye, and believe in the good news. ¹⁶And walking beside the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, the son of Simon, casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, Come ye behind me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men. ¹⁸And straightaway they left the nets, and followed him. ¹⁹And having advanced a little from there he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰And straightaway he called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the workmen, they went behind him. ²¹And they entered into Capernaum, and straightaway on the sabbath day, having entered into the synagogue, he taught. ²²And they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scholars. ²³And a man was in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, ²⁴saying, Oh no! What is with us and with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Did thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou are, the Holy man of God. ²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him. ²⁶And the unclean spirit, having convulsed him and having cried in a great voice, came out of him. ²⁷And they were all amazed, so as to question among themselves, saying, What is this? What is this new doctrine, that he commands with authority, and the unclean spirits also obey him? ²⁸And his fame went forth straightaway into the entire region around Galilee. ²⁹And straightaway, when they came forth out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ³⁰But Simon�s mother-in-law lay feverish, and straightaway they tell him about her. ³¹And upon coming, having taken hold of her hand, he raised her up and the fever left her. And straightaway she served them. ³²And having become evening when the sun set they brought to him all who were faring badly, and those who were demon-possessed. ³³And the whole city was gathered together near the door. ³⁴And he healed many who were faring badly with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he did not allow the demons to speak, because they had recognized him. ³⁵And having risen early, very much in the night, he came out and departed into a desolate place, and prayed there. ³⁶And Simon and those with him searched for him. ³⁷And having found him, they say to him, All are seeking thee. ³⁸And he says to them, Let us go into the nearby towns, so that I may preach there also. For I came forth for this. ³⁹And he was preaching in their synagogues in all Galilee, and casting out the demons. ⁴⁰And a leper comes to him beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If thou will thou can make me clean. ⁴¹And Jesus, having felt compassion, having reached out his hand, he touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou clean. ⁴²And after he spoke, straightaway the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³And having strictly warned him, straightaway he sent him out. ⁴⁴And he says to him, See thou say nothing to any man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded for a testimony to them. ⁴⁵But having gone out, he began to proclaim it much, and to spread abroad the matter, so as for him to no longer be able to enter openly into a city, but was outside in desolate places. And they came to him from all directions.

CHAPTER 2

¹And having again entered into Capernaum, after some days it was heard that he was in a house. ²And straightaway many were gathered together, so as to accommodate no more, not even near the door. And he spoke the word to them. ³And they come bringing to him a paralyzed man, being taken by four men. ⁴And not being able to come near to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralyzed man lay. ⁵And having seen their faith, Jesus says to the paralyzed man, Child, thy sins are forgiven thee. ⁶But some of the scholars were sitting there, and deliberating in their hearts, ⁷Why does this man speak blasphemies this way. Who can forgive sins but one, God? ⁸And straightaway Jesus, having perceived in his spirit that they so deliberated within themselves, said to them, Why do ye deliberate these things in your hearts? ⁹Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed and walk? ¹⁰But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he says to the paralyzed man), ¹¹I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go to thy house. ¹²And straightaway he arose, and having taken up the bed, he went forth before them all, so as for all to be amazed, and to glorify God, saying, We never saw it like this. ¹³And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude resorted to him, and he taught them. ¹⁴And as he passed by he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow thou me. And having risen, he followed him. ¹⁵And it came to pass, while he was dining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him. ¹⁶And the scholars of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners? ¹⁷And when Jesus heard it he says to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those faring badly. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance. ¹⁸And John�s disciples and those of the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to him, Why do John�s disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but the disciples with you do not fast? ¹⁹And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them. As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those day. ²¹And no man sews a new patch of cloth on an old garment, otherwise the patch of it pulls away, the new from the old, and a tear becomes worse. ²²And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. ²³And it came to pass, that he was passing through the grain fields on the sabbath day, and his disciples began to make a path while plucking the ears. ²⁴And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the sabbath day? ²⁵And he said to them, Did ye never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry, he and those with him? ²⁶How he entered into the house of God under Abiathar the high priest, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which is not permitted to eat except for the priests. And he also gave to those who were with him? ²⁷And he said to them, The sabbath came into being for sake of man, and not man for sake of the sabbath. ²⁸So then the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

CHAPTER 3

¹And he entered again into the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. ²And they watched him whether he would heal him on the sabbath day, so that they might accuse him. ³And he says to the man who had a withered hand, Stand up in the midst. ⁴And he says to them, Is it permitted to do good on the sabbath day or to do harm, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. ⁵And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other. ⁶And the Pharisees having gone out, they straightaway were making a plot with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. ⁷And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. ⁸And from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard how many things he did, came to him. ⁹And he spoke to his disciples that a small boat would stay by him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him. ¹⁰For he healed many, so as to press upon him, so that as many as had afflictions might touch him. ¹¹And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, Thou are the Son of God. ¹²And he chided them much that they should not make him known. ¹³And he goes up onto the mountain, and calls in those whom he himself wanted, and they went to him. ¹⁴And he appointed twelve men, so that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, ¹⁵and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons. ¹⁶And he added to Simon the name Peter; ¹⁷and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he added to them the name Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder; ¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And they come to a house. ²⁰And the multitude comes together again, so as for them, no, not even to be able to eat bread. ²¹And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself. ²²And the scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons. ²³And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶And if Satan has rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. ²⁷But no man, having entered into the house of the strong man, can plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man, and then he may plunder his house. ²⁸Truly I say to you, that all the sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies, as many as they may blaspheme. ²⁹But whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness, into the age, but is deserving of eternal damnation, ³⁰because they said, He has an unclean spirit. ³¹Then his brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. ³²And a multitude was sitting around him, and they said to him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brothers, and thy sisters, outside seek for thee. ³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brothers? ³⁴And having looked around at those who sat about him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brothers. ³⁵For whoever may do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

CHAPTER 4

¹And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to him, so as for him, after entering into the boat, to sit on the sea, and all the multitude was by the sea on the land. ²And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching, ³Listen. Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow. ⁴And it came to pass during the sowing, some fell by the path, and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵And others fell on the rocky ground where it had not much soil. And straightaway it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. ⁶And when the sun was risen it was scorched, and because it had no root it dried out. ⁷And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. ⁸And others fell into the good ground and gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and brought forth, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. ⁹And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰And when he became alone, those around him, with the twelve, asked him the parable. ¹¹And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables. ¹²So that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand, lest they should turn, and the sins would be forgiven them. ¹³And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? And how will ye understand all the parables? ¹⁴The man who sows sows the word. ¹⁵And these are those by the path where the word is sown. And whenever they may hear, straightaway Satan comes, and takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts. ¹⁶And these in like manner are those being sown upon the rocky places, who, whenever they may hear the word, straightaway receive it with joy. ¹⁷And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway they are caused to stumble. ¹⁸And these are those being sown in the thorns, who hear the word, ¹⁹and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. ²¹And he said to them, Does the lamp come so that it might be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not so that it might be put on the lampstand? ²²For there is not anything hid, except that it may be revealed, nor become secret, but that it may come to be visible. ²³If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you. ²⁵For whoever has, to him it will be given. And he who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁶And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, ²⁷and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and lengthen, he knows not how. ²⁸For the earth bears fruit spontaneously, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹But when the fruit yields, straightaway he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come. ³⁰And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or by what parable shall we compare it? ³¹It is like a grain of the mustard plant, which, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all the seeds upon the ground. ³²Yet when it is sown, it goes up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it makes great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shade of it. ³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. ³⁴And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples. ³⁵And on that day, having become evening, he says to them, Let us pass through to the other side. ³⁶And having sent the multitude away, they bring him along as he was in the boat. And other small boats were also with him. ³⁷And a great storm of wind develops, and the waves were thrown into the boat, so as for it now to be filling. ³⁸And he himself was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him, and say to him, Teacher, does it not concern thee that we perish? ³⁹And having awaken, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be quiet! Silence! And the wind ceased, and it became a great calm. ⁴⁰And he said to them, Why are ye cowardly this way? How have ye no faith? ⁴¹And they feared a great fear, and said to each other, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea also obey him?

CHAPTER 5

¹And they came to the other side of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes. ²And when he came out of the boat, straightaway there met him out of the sepulchers a man with an unclean spirit who had his habitation among the sepulchers. ³And no man was able to bind him, not even with chains. ⁴Because he was often bound with shackles and chains, and the chains were pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces. And no man had strength to subdue him. ⁵And always, night and day, in the mountains and in the sepulchers, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. ⁶And when he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and worshiped him. ⁷And having cried out in a great voice, he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me. ⁸For he said to him, Come out from the man, thou unclean spirit. ⁹And he demanded him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, because we are many. ¹⁰And he besought him much that he would not send them outside of the territory. ¹¹Now there was near the mountain a great herd of swine feeding. ¹²And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, so that we may enter into them. ¹³And straightaway, Jesus allowed them. And the unclean spirits having come out, entered into the swine. And the herd stampeded down the slope into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. And there were about two thousand. ¹⁴And those who fed the swine fled, and reported in the city and in the fields. And they came to see what it was that happened. ¹⁵And they come to Jesus, and see the man who was demon-possessed, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind (the man who had the legion), and they were afraid. ¹⁶And those who saw it related to them how it happened to the man who was demon-possessed, and about the swine. ¹⁷And they began to beg him to depart from their borders. ¹⁸And as he entered into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed besought him that he might be with him. ¹⁹But Jesus did not allow him, but says to him, Go to thy house to thy men, and report to them how much the Lord has done for thee, and was merciful to thee. ²⁰And he departed, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus did for him. And all men marveled. ²¹And when Jesus crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to him, and he was near the sea. ²²And behold, one of the synagogue rulers comes, Jairus by name. And having seen him, he falls at his feet, ²³and besought him much, saying, My little daughter has a terminal condition, so that having come, thou may lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved and will live. ²⁴And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. ²⁵And a certain woman, being with an issue of blood twelve years, ²⁶and having suffered many things by many physicians, and having spent all of her things, and was helped nothing, but who became worse instead, ²⁷when she heard about Jesus, having come in the crowd from behind, she touched his garment. ²⁸For she said, If I but touch his garments, I will be healed. ²⁹And straightaway the flow of her blood was dried up, and she knew in the body that she was healed of her scourge. ³⁰And straightaway, Jesus, when he recognized in himself that power went forth from him, having turned around in the crowd, he said, Who touched my garments? ³¹And his disciples said to him, Thou see the multitude crowding thee, and thou say, Who touched me? ³²And he looked around to see the woman who did this thing. ³³But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what has happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. ³⁴And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith has healed thee. Go in peace, and be healthy from thy scourge. ³⁵While he still spoke, they come from the synagogue ruler saying, Thy daughter died, why still trouble the teacher? ³⁶But straightaway, Jesus, having heard the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe. ³⁷And he allowed no man to accompany him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. ³⁸And he comes to the house of the synagogue ruler, and sees a commotion, much weeping and wailing. ³⁹And when he entered in, he says to them, Why do ye make a commotion, and weep? The child did not die, but sleeps. ⁴⁰And they ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, takes the father of the child and the mother and those with him, and enters in where the child was lying. ⁴¹And having taken the child�s hand, he says to her, Talitha cumi. Which is, being interpreted, Little girl, I say to thee, awake. ⁴²And straightaway the little girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed with a great amazement. ⁴³And he commanded them much that no man should know this. And he said to give her to eat.

CHAPTER 6

¹And he went out from there, and came into his fatherland, and his disciples follow him. ²And having become sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, How are these things in this man? and, What is the wisdom that was given to him, and such mighty works happen by his hands? ³Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him. ⁴But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and among his kin, and in his house. ⁵And he could do no mighty work there, none, except having laid his hands upon a few feeble men he healed them. ⁶And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching. ⁷And he summons the twelve, and began to send them forth in pairs. And he gave them authority over the unclean spirits. ⁸And he commanded them that they should take up nothing for the way, except only a staff�no scrip, no bread, no copper in the belt� ⁹but shod with sandals, and, Do not wear two coats. ¹⁰And he said to them, Wherever ye enter into a house, lodge there until ye depart from there. ¹¹And as many as might not receive you nor hear you, as ye depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. ¹²And having departed, they preached that men should repent. ¹³And they cast out many demons, and anointed many feeble men with olive oil, and healed them. ¹⁴And king Herod heard, for his name had become well known. And he said, John, the man who immerses, was raised from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him. ¹⁵Others said, He is Elijah, and others said, He is a prophet, like one of the prophets. ¹⁶But Herod, when he heard, said, This is John whom I beheaded. He was raised from the dead. ¹⁷For Herod himself having sent forth, he arrested John, and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip�s wife, because he married her. ¹⁸For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother�s wife. ¹⁹And Herodias was resentful toward him, and wanted to kill him. And she could not, ²⁰for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. And having heard of him�the many things he was doing�he even heard of him gladly. ²¹And having become an opportune day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men of Galilee, ²²and the daughter of her (of Herodias) having come in and danced, and having pleased Herod and those who sat with the king, he said to the maiden, Ask of me whatever thou may want, and I will give to thee. ²³And he swore to her, Whatever thou may ask of me, I will give to thee, as much as half of my kingdom. ²⁴And having gone out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the immerser. ²⁵And having come in straightaway with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I want that thou may give me, of it on a platter, the head of John the immerser. ²⁶And the king, who became exceeding sorry, did not want to refuse her because of the oaths, and of those dining together. ²⁷And straightaway having sent an executioner, the king commanded his head to be brought. And having departed, he beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the maiden. And the maiden gave it to her mother. ²⁹And when his disciples heard, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a sepulcher. ³⁰And the apostles gather together to Jesus, and reported all to him, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught. ³¹And he said to them, Come ye yourselves in private into a desolate place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat. ³²And they departed in the boat to a desolate place in private. ³³And they saw them going. And many recognized him, and ran together on foot there from all the cities. And they went before them, and came together to him. ³⁴And Jesus having come out, he saw a great multitude. And he felt compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. ³⁵And now many an hour having come to pass, his disciples having come to him, they say, The place is desolate, and it is now many an hour. ³⁶Send them away, so that after going into the fields and villages around, they may buy loaves for themselves, for they do not have what they may eat. ³⁷But having answered, he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, After departing, shall we buy loaves of two hundred denarii, and give them to eat? ³⁸And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. ³⁹And he commanded them to sit down, all by companies upon the green grass. ⁴⁰And they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. ⁴¹And after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves in pieces, and he gave to the disciples so that they might set before them. And he distributed the two fishes to them all. ⁴²And they all ate, and were filled. ⁴³And they took up fragments, twelve baskets full, and from the fishes. ⁴⁴And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. ⁴⁵And straightaway he compelled his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself would send the crowd away. ⁴⁶And after sending them away, he departed onto the mountain to pray. ⁴⁷And having become evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. ⁴⁸And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea, and wanted to passed by them. ⁴⁹But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed it to be a ghost, and cried out. ⁵⁰For they all saw him, and were troubled. And straightaway he spoke with them, and says to them, Cheer up. It is I, fear not. ⁵¹And he went up to them into the boat, and the wind ceased. And they were exceedingly amazed in themselves, extraordinarily so. And they wondered, ⁵²for they did not understand about the loaves, for their heart was hardened. ⁵³And having crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. ⁵⁴And when they came out of the boat, straightaway, having recognized him, ⁵⁵after running around that whole region around, they began to carry about on beds those who were faring badly, where they heard he was there. ⁵⁶And wherever he entered, into villages or cities or fields, they laid those who were feeble in the marketplaces, and besought him that if they might but touch the hem of his garment. And as many as touched him were being healed.

CHAPTER 7

¹And the Pharisees, and some of the scholars, having come from Jerusalem, gathered in to him. ²And having seen some of his disciples eating their loaves with profane hands, that is, unwashed, they accused them. ³(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands carefully, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴And coming from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe. And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain: washings of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and beds.) ⁵Then the Pharisees and the scholars demand of him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands? ⁶And having answered, he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. ⁷But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. ⁸For having set aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men: washings of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do. ⁹And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition. ¹⁰For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death. ¹¹But ye say, If a man should say to his father or mother, Whatever ye might be benefited from me is Corban, that is, an offering, ¹²then ye no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, ¹³annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered. And many such like things ye do. ¹⁴And having summoned all the people, he said to them, Hear me all of you, and understand. ¹⁵There is nothing outside the man, entering into him that can defile him, but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man. ¹⁶If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁷And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. ¹⁸And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him, ¹⁹because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)? ²⁰And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, ²²covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from inside, and defile the man. ²⁴And having risen from there, he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, he wanted no man to know it, and yet he could not be hid. ²⁵For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, after hearing about him, having come, she fell down at his feet. ²⁶Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. ²⁷And Jesus said to her, Allow the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children�s bread and cast it to the house dogs. ²⁸But she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs under the table eat of the children�s crumbs. ²⁹And he said to her, Because of this saying, go thou. The demon has gone out of thy daughter. ³⁰And having departed to her house, she found the demon having gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. ³¹And again having departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee in the midst of the regions of Decapolis. ³²And they bring a deaf, tongue-tied man to him, and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him. ³³And having taken him from the multitude in private, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spat, he touched his tongue. ³⁴And having looked up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. ³⁵And straightaway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶And he commanded them that they should tell no man, but as much as he commanded them, so much the more abundantly they proclaimed it. ³⁷And they were exceedingly astonished, saying, He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.

CHAPTER 8

¹In those days, the multitude being very great, and not having what they might eat, Jesus having summoned his disciples, he says to them, ²I feel compassion toward the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and do not have what they might eat. ³And if I send them away without food to their house, they will faint on the way, for some of them come from afar. ⁴And his disciples answered him, From where will anyone be able to fill these men of loaves here in a desolate place? ⁵And he questioned them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. ⁶And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And after taking the seven loaves, having given thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to his disciples so that they might place before them. And they place before the crowd. ⁷And they had a few small fishes. And having blessed them, he said to also place before them. ⁸And they ate and were filled. And they took up seven hampers of surplus fragments. ⁹And those who ate were about four thousand, and he sent them away. ¹⁰And straightaway having entered into the boat with his disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmanutha. ¹¹And the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the sky, testing him. ¹²And having sighed deeply in his spirit, he says, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I am telling you if a sign will be given to this generation. ¹³And having left them, having entered again into a boat, he departed to the other side. ¹⁴And they forgot to take loaves, and they did not have with them in the boat except one loaf. ¹⁵And he commanded them, saying, Take heed, watch for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. ¹⁶And they deliberated among each other, saying, We have no loaves. ¹⁷And knowing it Jesus says to them, Why do ye deliberate because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart still hardened? ¹⁸Having eyes, ye see not, and having ears, ye hear not? And do ye not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? They say to him, Twelve. ²⁰And when the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did ye take up? And they said, Seven. ²¹And he said to them, How do ye not understand? ²²And he comes to Bethsaida, and they bring a blind man to him, and call for him so that he might touch him. ²³And having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him outside of the village. And having spat on his eyes, having laid his hands upon him, he questioned him if he sees anything? ²⁴And having looked up, he said, The men that I see, I see as trees walking. ²⁵Then again he put his hands upon his eyes, and made him look up. And he was restored, and saw all men clearly. ²⁶And he sent him away to his house, saying, Thou may neither go into the village, nor may tell any man in the village. ²⁷And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he questioned his disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am? ²⁸And they answered, saying, John the immerser, and others, Elijah, but others, one of the prophets. ²⁹And he says to them, But who do ye say that I am? And having answered, Peter says to him, Thou are the Christ. ³⁰And he chided them that they should tell no man about him. ³¹And he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of man to suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scholars, and be killed, and after three days to rise. ³²And he spoke the matter openly. And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him. ³³But he, having turned around, and having looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Go thee behind me, Satan, because thou think not the things of God, but the things of men. ³⁴And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ³⁵For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good news, this man will save it. ³⁶For what will it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? ³⁷Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy agents.

CHAPTER 9

¹And he said to them, Truly I say to you, there are some of those who have stood here, who will, no, not taste of death until they see the kingdom of God come in power. ²And after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John, and leads them up onto a high mountain alone, in private. And he was transfigured before them, ³and his garments became glistening, exceedingly white, as snow, such as no fuller on earth is able to whiten. ⁴And Elijah with Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵And having responded, Peter says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And we could make three tabernacles: one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ⁶For he knew not what he would say, for they were frightened. ⁷And a cloud developed overshadowing them. And a voice came out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son. Hear ye him. ⁸And suddenly having looked around, they saw no man anymore, but only Jesus with themselves. ⁹And as they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no man what they saw, except when the Son of man will rise from the dead. ¹⁰And they kept the saying to themselves, discussing what is the rising from the dead. ¹¹And they questioned him, saying, The scholars say that Elijah must first come. ¹²And having answered, he said to them, Elijah indeed comes first and restores all things. And how it is written for the Son of man, that he would suffer many things and be rejected. ¹³But I say to you, that Elijah has also come, and they did to him as much as they wanted, just as it is written for him. ¹⁴And when they came to the disciples he saw a great multitude around them, and scholars disputing with them. ¹⁵And straightaway all the multitude, having noticed him, were startled. And running near they greeted him. ¹⁶And he questioned the scholars, What are ye disputing with them? ¹⁷And having answered, one from the multitude said, Teacher, I brought my son to thee, who has a mute spirit. ¹⁸And wherever it seizes him, it tears him, and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and becomes limp. And I spoke to thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able. ¹⁹And having answered him, he says, O faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him to me. ²⁰And they brought him to him. And when he saw him, straightaway the spirit convulsed him. And having fallen on the ground, he wallowed, foaming. ²¹And he questioned his father, How much time is it since this has happened to him? And he said, From childhood. ²²And it often casts him both into the fire and into the waters so that it might destroy him. But if thou can do anything, help us, having compassion toward us. ²³And Jesus said to him, If thou are able to believe, all things are possible to him who believes. ²⁴And straightaway the father of the child having cried out, he said with tears, I believe. Lord, help thou my unbelief. ²⁵And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, Thou mute and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and enter into him no more. ²⁶And having cried out, and having convulsed him much, it came out. And he became as if dead, so as for many to say that he was dead. ²⁷But having taken him by the hand, Jesus lifted him up, and he arose. ²⁸And when he came into the house, his disciples questioned him privately, We were not able to cast it out. ²⁹And he said to them, This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting. ³⁰And having departed from there, they passed through Galilee, and he did not want that any man would know it. ³¹For he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And after being killed, he will rise the third day. ³²But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to question him. ³³And he came to Capernaum. And having become in the house he questioned them, What were ye deliberating among yourselves on the way? ³⁴But they were silent, for on the way they discussed among each other, who is greater. ³⁵And having sat down, he called the twelve, and he says to them, If any man wants to be first, he will be last of all, and helper of all. ³⁶And having taken a child, he set it in the midst of them. And after embracing it, he said to them, ³⁷Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, receives me, and whoever may receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me. ³⁸And John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw a certain man, who does not follow us, casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow us. ³⁹But Jesus said, Forbid him not, for there is no man who will do a mighty work in my name, and will be able quickly to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰For he who is not against you is for you. ⁴¹For whoever may give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are of Christ, truly I say to you, he will, no, not lose his reward. ⁴²And whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is good for him instead, if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. ⁴³And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, ⁴⁴where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life crippled, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the unquenchable fire ⁴⁶where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, pluck it out. It is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, ⁴⁸where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹For every man will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt material. ⁵⁰The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes saltless, by what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace among each other.

CHAPTER 10

¹And having risen from there, he comes into the borders of Judea through the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes come together to him again, and, as he has practiced, he taught them again. ²And the Pharisees having approached, they demanded of him if it is permitted for a man to divorce a wife, testing him. ³And having answered, he said to them, What did Moses command you? ⁴And they said, Moses permitted to write a document of divorce, and to divorce her. ⁵But having answered, Jesus said to them, For your hard heart he wrote for you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. ⁷Because of this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, ⁸and the two will be in one flesh. So then they are no more two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined together, no man shall separate. ¹⁰And in the house the disciples questioned him again about the same thing. ¹¹And he says to them, Whoever may divorce his wife, and will marry another, commits adultery against her. ¹²And if a woman should divorce her husband, and will be married to another, she commits adultery. ¹³And they brought children to him, so that he would touch them. And the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was displeased, and said to them, Allow the children to come to me. Forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, he will, no, not enter it. ¹⁶And having embraced them, while laying his hands upon them, he blessed them. ¹⁷And as he was going forth on the way, one man having ran to him, and having knelt to him, questioned him, Good teacher, what should I do that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. ¹⁹Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother. ²⁰And having answered, he said to him, Teacher, all these things I have observed from my youth. ²¹And having looked at him, Jesus loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lack. Go thou, sell as many things as thou have, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And after taking up the cross, come, follow me. ²²But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions. ²³And Jesus having looked around, he says to his disciples, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁴And the disciples were astonished at his words. But again having answered, Jesus says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, saying among themselves, Then who can be saved? ²⁷And having looked at them, Jesus says, With men, impossible, but not with God. For with God all things are possible. ²⁸Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. ²⁹And having answered, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of me, and because of the good news, ³⁰but he will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands�with persecutions�and in the coming age, eternal life. ³¹But many first will be last, and the last first. ³²And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And again having summoned the twelve, he began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him. ³³Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scholars. And they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. ³⁴And they will mock him, and will scourge, and will spit upon him, and will kill him. And the third day he will rise. ³⁵And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying, Teacher, we wish that thou would do for us whatever we ask. ³⁶And he said to them, What do ye want me to do for you? ³⁷And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and one at thy left hand, in thy glory. ³⁸But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? And to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed? ³⁹And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, Ye will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and the immersion that I am immersed ye will be immersed. ⁴⁰But to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared. ⁴¹And when the ten heard it they began to indignant about James and John. ⁴²And having summoned them, Jesus says to them, Ye know that those who presume to rule over the Gentiles, lord over them, and their great men have power over them. ⁴³But it is not so among you. Instead, whoever may want to become great among you, will be your helper, ⁴⁴and whoever of you may want to become first, will be a bondman of all. ⁴⁵For the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. ⁴⁶And they come to Jericho. And as he went out from Jericho, and his disciples and a considerable crowd, Bartimaeus, the blind son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road begging. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, thou son of David, be merciful to me. ⁴⁸And many rebuked him, that he would be quiet, but he cried out much more, Thou son of David, be merciful to me. ⁴⁹And having stood still, Jesus said for him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him, Cheer up. Arise, he calls thee. ⁵⁰And he, having thrown off his garment, having risen, came to Jesus. ⁵¹And having answered, Jesus says to him, What do thou want I would do to thee? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight. ⁵²And Jesus said to him, Go thou, thy faith has healed thee. And straightaway he received his sight, and followed him on the way.

CHAPTER 11

¹And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, ²and says to them, Go ye into the village opposite you, and straightaway as ye enter into it, ye will find a colt tied, on which none of men have ever sat. After untying it, bring it. ³And if any man should say to you, Why are ye doing this? say ye, The Lord has need of it, and straightaway he sends it here. ⁴And they departed, and found the colt tied by the door outside in the street, and they untied it. ⁵And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, untying the colt? ⁶And they said to them just as Jesus commanded, and they allowed them. ⁷And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and he sat upon it. ⁸And many spread their garments upon the road, and others were cutting branches from the fields, and were spreading on the road. ⁹And those who went in front, and those who came behind, cried out saying, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest! ¹¹And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple. And when he looked around on all things, the hour now being evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. ¹²And on the morrow when they came out from Bethany he was hungry. ¹³And having seen a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he will find anything on it. And when he came to it he found nothing except leaves, for it was not the time of figs. ¹⁴And having responded, Jesus said to it, No man may eat fruit from thee, no more into the age. And his disciples heard it. ¹⁵And they come to Jerusalem. And having entered into the temple, Jesus began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves. ¹⁶And he did not permit that any man might carry a container through the temple. ¹⁷And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ye made it a den of robbers. ¹⁸And the scholars and the chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him, for they feared him, because all the people were awed at his doctrine. ¹⁹And when it became evening he went forth outside of the city. ²⁰And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried out from the roots. ²¹And having remembered, Peter says to him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree that thou cursed has been dried out. ²²And having answered, Jesus says to them, Have faith in God. ²³For truly I say to you, that whoever may say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, and will not doubt in his heart, but will believe that what he says comes to pass, whatever he may say will be for him. ²⁴Because of this I say to you, all things, as many as ye may ask, praying, believe that ye receive, and it will be for you. ²⁵And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses. ²⁶But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father in the heavens forgive your trespasses. ²⁷And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders come to him. ²⁸And they say to him, By what authority are thou doing these things? Or who gave thee this authority so that thou may do these things? ²⁹And having answering, Jesus said to them, I also will question you one word, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰The immersion of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me. ³¹And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? ³²But should we say, From men? (They feared the people, for all held John that he was indeed a prophet.) ³³And having answered, they say to Jesus, We do not know. And having answering, Jesus says to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

CHAPTER 12

¹And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set up a hedge, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey. ²And at the season he sent forth a bondman to the farmers, so that he might receive by the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard. ³And having seized him, they beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴And again he sent another bondman to them. And that man, having stoned, they wounded in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. ⁵And again he sent another, and that man they killed, and many others, beating some, and killing some. ⁶Therefore, still having his one beloved son, he also sent him to them, last, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son. ⁷But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸And having taken him, they killed him, and cast him outside of the vineyard. ⁹What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture: The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be into the head of the corner. ¹¹This happened from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes? ¹²And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away. ¹³And they send some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, so that they might catch him in talk. ¹⁴And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we have seen that thou are true, and it is not a care to thee about any man, for thou look not to a personage of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to give tribute to Caesar or not? ¹⁵Should we give, or should we not give? But Jesus, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do ye test me? Bring me a denarius, so that I may see it. ¹⁶And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they said to him, Caesar�s. ¹⁷And having answered, Jesus said to them, Render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. And they marveled at him. ¹⁸And Sadducees come to him, who say there is no resurrection. And they questioned him, saying, ¹⁹Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man�s brother dies, and leaves behind a wife, and leaves no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed for his brother. ²⁰There were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. ²¹And the second took her, and died, neither did he leave seed behind, and the third likewise. ²²And the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman also died. ²³In the resurrection when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as wife. ²⁴And having answered, Jesus said to them, Are ye not led astray because of this: not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God? ²⁵For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as agents in the heavens. ²⁶But about the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? ²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but God of the living. Ye therefore are much misled. ²⁸And one of the scholars having come, having heard them disputing, knowing that he had answered them well, he questioned him, Which is the first commandment of all? ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, thou Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. ³⁰And thou shall love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. ³¹And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³²And the scholar said to him, Well, teacher. Thou spoke in truth that he is one, and there is no other but he. ³³And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴And when Jesus saw him, that he answered wisely, he said to him, Thou are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man dared to question him any more. ³⁵And having responded as he taught in the temple, Jesus said, How do the scholars say that the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The Lord says to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I may place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet. ³⁷David himself therefore calls him Lord, and in what way is he his son? And the great multitude heard him gladly. ³⁸And in his teaching he said to them, Look away from the scholars, those who desire to go about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces, ³⁹and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at the feasts, ⁴⁰those who devour widows� houses, and praying long in pretence. These will receive greater condemnation. ⁴¹And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much. ⁴²And one poor widow having come, she cast in two mites, which are a quadrans. ⁴³And having summoned his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury. ⁴⁴For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them, but she from her need cast in all, as many things she had, her whole living.

CHAPTER 13

¹And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings. ²And Jesus having answered, he said to him, See thou these great buildings? There will be left, no, not a stone upon a stone, that will, no, not be brought down. ³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew questioned him privately, ⁴Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled? ⁵And having answered them, Jesus began to say to them, Watch that not any man lead you astray. ⁶For many will come in my name, saying, I am, and they will lead many astray. ⁷And when ye may hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not alarmed, for it must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁸For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginnings of travails. ⁹But watch ye yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and ye will be beaten in synagogues. And ye will be stood before rulers and kings because of me, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰And the good news must first be preached to all the nations. ¹¹But when they lead you, delivering you up, be not anxious before what ye might speak, nor meditate. But whatever may be given you in that hour, speak ye this, for ye are not who speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²And brother will betray brother to death, and a father a child. And children will rise up against parents, and will condemn them to death. ¹³And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved. ¹⁴But when ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, ¹⁵and let the man on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house, ¹⁶and let the man who is in the field not turn back for the things behind, to take his cloak. ¹⁷But woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who suckle in those days. ¹⁸And pray ye that your flight may not be in winter. ¹⁹For those days will be tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and no, will not happen. ²⁰And unless the Lord cut short the days, no flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, whom he chose, he cut short the days. ²¹And then if any man should say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Lo, there, do not believe. ²²For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will give signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen. ²³But watch ye. Behold, I have foretold all to you. ²⁴But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, ²⁵and the stars of the sky will be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with much power and glory. ²⁷And then he will send forth his agents, and will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the outermost part of the earth as far as the outermost part of heaven. ²⁸But learn a parable from the fig tree. When its branch now becomes tender, and sprouts the leaves, ye know that summer is near. ²⁹So ye also, when ye may see these things happening, know ye that it is near, at the doors. ³⁰Truly I say to you, that this generation will, no, not pass away, until all these things happen. ³¹The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away. ³²But about that day or that hour no man knows, not even the agents in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. ³³Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is, ³⁴like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch. ³⁵Watch therefore, for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning, ³⁶lest having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping. ³⁷And what I say to you I say to all, watch!

CHAPTER 14

¹Now after two days was the Passover and the unleavened bread. And the chief priests and the scholars sought how, having take him with trickery, they might kill him, ²but they said, Not during the feast, lest there will be an uproar of the people. ³And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat relaxing, a woman came having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure spikenard, very valuable. And having broken the alabaster cruse, she poured it on his head. ⁴And some were indignant within themselves, saying, Why has this waste of the ointment happened? ⁵For this could have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they grumbled at her. ⁶But Jesus said, Leave her be. Why do ye cause troubles for her? She performed a good work on me. ⁷For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me. ⁸She applied what she had to anoint my body. She did it beforehand for the burial. ⁹And truly I say to you, wherever this good news may be preached in the whole world, also what she did will be told for a memorial of her. ¹⁰And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might betray him to them. ¹¹And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might betray him conveniently. ¹²And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples say to him, Where do thou want, after going, we should prepare that thou may eat the Passover? ¹³And he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴And wherever he may enter, say ye to the house-ruler, The teacher says, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ¹⁵And he himself will show you a large upper room spread out ready. Prepare ye for us there. ¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found just as he had said to them. And they prepared the Passover. ¹⁷And having become evening he comes with the twelve. ¹⁸And as they were relaxing and eating, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, that one of you eating with me will betray me. ¹⁹They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, Not I? and another, Not I? ²⁰And having answered, he said to them, It is one of the twelve dipping with me in the dish. ²¹The Son of man indeed goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It was good for him if that man was not born. ²²And as they were eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, he broke in pieces, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat, this is my body. ²³And after taking the cup, having expressed thanks, he gave to them, and they all drank from it. ²⁴And he said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many. ²⁵Truly I say to you, that I will no more drink of the fruit of the grapevine, until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God. ²⁶And when they sang a hymn, they went out onto the mount of Olives. ²⁷And Jesus says to them, All ye will be caused to stumble by me this night, because it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. ²⁸But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee. ²⁹But Peter said to him, Even if all will be caused to stumble, yet not I. ³⁰And Jesus says to him, Truly I say to thee, that thou today, in this night, before a cock sounds twice, will deny me thrice. ³¹But he spoke more extreme, If I must die with thee, I will, no, not deny thee. And they all spoke the same way also. ³²And they come to a place the name of which was Gethsemane. And he says to his disciples, Sit ye here until I pray. ³³And he takes Peter and James and John with him, and began to be greatly disturbed, and very distressed. ³⁴And he says to them, My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain ye here, and watch. ³⁵And having gone forward a little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee. Remove this cup from me, but not what I want, but what thou want. ³⁷And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, Do thou sleep? Could thou not watch one hour? ³⁸Watch ye and pray that ye may not enter into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. ³⁹And again having departed, he prayed, having said the same statement. ⁴⁰And having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down, and they knew not what they should reply to him. ⁴¹And he comes the third time, and says to them, Sleep the remaining, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me has come near. ⁴³And straightaway, while he still spoke, Judas, being one of the twelve, comes, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs from the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders. ⁴⁴Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I may kiss is he. Seize him, and lead away securely. ⁴⁵And when he came, straightaway having approached him, he says, Rabbi, Rabbi, and kissed him much. ⁴⁶And they threw their hands on him, and seized him. ⁴⁷And a certain one of those who stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the bondman of the high priest, and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸And having answered, Jesus said to them, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to arrest me? ⁴⁹I was daily near you, teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me�but that the scriptures might be fulfilled. ⁵⁰And having forsook him, they all fled. ⁵¹And a certain one young man followed with him, having been wrapped naked in a linen cloth. And the young men seized him, ⁵²but having left behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked. ⁵³And they led Jesus away to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scholars assemble with him. ⁵⁴And Peter followed him from a distance, as far as inside the courtyard of the high priest, and was sitting with the subordinates, and warming himself near the light. ⁵⁵Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and did not find it. ⁵⁶For many testified falsely against him, and their testimonies were not consistent. ⁵⁷And some men having stood up, testified falsely against him, saying, ⁵⁸We heard him saying, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and by three days I will build another not made with hands. ⁵⁹And not even this way was their testimony consistent. ⁶⁰And the high priest having stood up in the midst, he demanded Jesus, saying, Thou answer nothing? What is it these men testify against thee? ⁶¹But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest demanded him, and says to him, Are thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? ⁶²And Jesus said, I am. And ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky. ⁶³And the high priest having torn his clothes, he says, What further need have we of witnesses? ⁶⁴Ye have heard the blasphemy. What does it seem to you? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death. ⁶⁵And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with a fist, and to say to him, Prophesy. And the subordinates were throwing him with slaps. ⁶⁶And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest comes. ⁶⁷And having seen Peter warming himself, having looked at him, she says, Thou also were with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁶⁸But he denied, saying, I know not, nor understand what thou say. And he went outside onto the porch, and a cock sounded. ⁶⁹And the servant girl having seen him, she began again to say to those who stood by, This man is from them. ⁷⁰But he again denied it. And after a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, Surely thou are from them, for thou are a Galilean, and thy accent is similar. ⁷¹But he began to curse and to swear, I do not know this man of whom ye speak. ⁷²And the second time a cock sounded. And Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, Before a cock sounds twice, thou will deny me thrice. And having broke down, he wept.

CHAPTER 15

¹And straightaway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scholars and the whole council, having made a plan, after binding Jesus, they took him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. ²And Pilate questioned him, Are thou the king of the Jews? And having answered, he said to him, Thou say. ³And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴And Pilate again questioned him, saying, Thou answer nothing? Behold how many things they testify against thee. ⁵But Jesus answered nothing any more, so as for Pilate to wonder. ⁶Now during a feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they requested. ⁷And a man who was called Barabbas was with the rebels who were bound, men who had committed murder during the insurrection. ⁸And having cried aloud, the multitude began to ask as he was always doing for them. ⁹And Pilate answered them, saying, Do ye wish that I would release to you the king of the Jews? ¹⁰For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up because of envy. ¹¹But the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he would release Barabbas to them instead. ¹²And again having answered, Pilate said to them, What then do ye wish I would do to the man whom ye call the king of the Jews? ¹³And they cried out again, Crucify him. ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, Crucify him. ¹⁵And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficient for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified. ¹⁶And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band. ¹⁷And they put purple clothing on him, and clothe him with a woven crown of thorns, ¹⁸and began to salute him, Hail, king of the Jews! ¹⁹And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took the purple garment off of him, and dressed him with his own garments. And they lead him out so that they might crucify him. ²¹And they draft a certain Simon, a Cyrenian passing by coming from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, so that he would take his cross. ²²And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, the place of a skull. ²³And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but he did not take it. ²⁴And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot for them, who would take what. ²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of his accusation was inscribed, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁷And they crucify two robbers with him, one at his right hand, and one at his left. ²⁸And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was reckoned with lawless men. ²⁹And those who passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, ³⁰save thyself, and come down from the cross. ³¹Likewise also the chief priests mocking among each other with the scholars said, He saved others, he cannot save himself. ³²Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe in him. And those who were crucified with him reviled him. ³³And having become the sixth hour, darkness occurred over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me? ³⁵And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elijah. ³⁶And one having ran, and having filled a sponge of vinegar, and having placed it on a reed, gave him to drink, saying, Leave be. We might see if Elijah comes to take him down. ³⁷And having given out a great voice, Jesus expired. ³⁸And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. ³⁹And when the centurion, who stood from opposite him, saw that he expired, having cried out this way, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. ⁴⁰And there were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were also Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the small man, and of Joses, and Salome; ⁴¹women who also followed him and served him when he was in Galilee, also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. ⁴²And now having become evening, since it was the Preparation, that is, pre-sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea came, an honorable councilman who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of God, emboldened, he went in near Pilate, and requested the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴And Pilate wondered if he died already. And having summoned the centurion, he questioned him if he was already dead. ⁴⁵And having ascertained from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And having bought fine linen, and having taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher, being that which had been hewn out of rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher. ⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

CHAPTER 16

¹And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that having come, they might anoint him. ²And very much early morning on the first day of the week, they come near to the sepulcher when the sun was risen. ³And they said to themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulcher? ⁴And having looked, they see that the stone has been rolled back, for it was very large. ⁵And having entered into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ⁶And he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the man of Nazareth who was crucified. He was raised. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. Ye will see him there, just as he said to you. ⁸And having come out, they fled from the sepulcher, and trembling and astonishment seized them. And they said nothing to any man, for they were afraid. ⁹Now having risen early morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰That woman, having gone, informed those who became with him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹And those men, when they heard that he is alive, and was seen by her, did not believe. ¹²And after these things he appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked going into the countryside. ¹³And those men having departed, they reported to the others. Neither did they believe those men. ¹⁴Afterward he became visible to them, to the eleven, who were relaxing. And he upbraided their unbelief and hard heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he was raised. ¹⁵And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good news to the whole creation. ¹⁶He who believes and is immersed will be saved, but he who does not believe will be damned. ¹⁷And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new tongues. ¹⁸They will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will, no, not harm them. They will lay hands on the feeble, and they will fare well. ¹⁹Therefore indeed, the Lord, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰And those men, having gone forth, they preached everywhere, the Lord working jointly, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Truly.

CHAPTER 24

¹⁵When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand),

LUKE

CHAPTER 1

¹Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to arrange in order a narration about the deeds that have been brought to fullness among us, ²just as they delivered them to us, who became from the beginning eyewitnesses and servants of the word, ³it occurred to me also, having followed closely from the beginning all things accurately, to write to thee in order, eminent Theophilus, ⁴so that thou might know the certainty of the declarations about which thou were instructed. ⁵It came to pass in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, from the division of Abijah, and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless. ⁷And there was no child to them because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days. ⁸But it came to pass during his service as a priest in the course of his division in the presence of God, ⁹that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. ¹¹And an agent of the Lord became visible to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²And Zacharias having seen, was shaken, and fear fell upon him. ¹³But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John. ¹⁴And there will be joy and exultation for thee, and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of the Holy Spirit, even from his mother�s belly. ¹⁶And he will turn back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷And he will go ahead, in front of him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward children, and the disobedient in a mentality of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. ¹⁸And Zacharias said to the agent, How will I know this? For I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days. ¹⁹And having answered, the agent said to him, I am Gabriel who stands in the presence of God. And I was sent to speak to thee, and to announce these good news to thee. ²⁰And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time. ²¹And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they wondered during his delay in the temple. ²²And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was beckoning to them, and remained speechless. ²³And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. ²⁴And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she concealed herself five months, saying, ²⁵Thus the Lord has done to me during the days in which he looked, to take away my shame among men. ²⁶Now in the sixth month the agent Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin�s name was Mary. ²⁸And the agent having come in near her, he said, Hail, thou who are highly favored. The Lord is with thee, thou who are blessed among women. ²⁹But having seen, she was perplexed at his saying, and was pondering what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰And the agent said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou have found favor with God. ³¹And behold, thou will conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son. And thou shall call his name JESUS. ³²This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David. ³³And he will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages. And of his kingdom there will be no end. ³⁴And Mary said to the agent, How will this be, since I know not a man? ³⁵And having answered, the agent said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God. ³⁶And behold, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. ³⁷For no word from God will be impossible. ³⁸And Mary said, Behold the maid-servant of the Lord. May it happen to me according to thy word. And the agent departed from her. ³⁹And having risen in these days, Mary went with haste into the hill country, into a city of Judah, ⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled of the Holy Spirit, ⁴²and she exclaimed in a great voice, and said, Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy belly. ⁴³And why is this to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? ⁴⁴For lo, when the voice of thy greeting happened in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my belly. ⁴⁵And blessed is she who believed, because there will be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord. ⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, ⁴⁸because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed, ⁴⁹because the Mighty has done great things to me. And his name is holy. ⁵⁰And his mercy is for generations of generations to those who fear him. ⁵¹He did a mighty work by his arm. He scattered the proud in the mentality of their heart. ⁵²He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men. ⁵³He filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he sent away empty. ⁵⁴He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy, ⁵⁵just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and his seed into the age. ⁵⁶And Mary dwelt with her about three months, and returned to her house. ⁵⁷Now the time for Elizabeth was fulfilled for her to give birth, and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸And her neighbors and her kinfolk heard that the Lord magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias. ⁶⁰And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John. ⁶¹And they said to her, There is no man among thy relatives who is called by this name. ⁶²And they made signs to his father, whatever he wanted to call him. ⁶³And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled. ⁶⁴And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spoke, praising God. ⁶⁵And fear developed in all who dwell around them. And all these sayings were talked about in the entire hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶And all who heard stored up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷And his father Zacharias was filled of the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he came to help, and made ransom for his people. ⁶⁹And he raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his boy David, ⁷⁰just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, ⁷¹salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷²to do mercy with our fathers, and his holy covenant to be remembered, ⁷³the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to give to us, ⁷⁴without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him ⁷⁵in piety and righteousness before him all the days of our life. ⁷⁶And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways, ⁷⁷to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸because of the bowels of mercy of our God, by which the dayspring from on high came to help us, ⁷⁹to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace. ⁸⁰And the child grew, and became strong in spirit. And he was in the desolate regions until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

CHAPTER 2

¹Now it came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to enroll all the world. ²This enrollment first occurred when Quirinius was governor of Syria. ³And all went to be enrolled, each into his personal city. ⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and patriarchy of David, ⁵to enroll himself with Mary, the woman who was betrothed to him, being pregnant. ⁶And it came to pass while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to bring forth. ⁷And she brought forth her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the feed trough, because there was no place for them in the inn. ⁸And there were shepherds in the same region living in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock. ⁹And behold, an agent of the Lord stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. And they feared a great fear. ¹⁰And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be to all the people, ¹¹because to you was born today in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ¹²And this is the sign to you: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a feed trough. ¹³And suddenly there came to be with the agent a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, ¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men. ¹⁵And it came to pass, as the agents went away from them into heaven, that the men (the shepherds) said to each other, Let us indeed go through as far as Bethlehem, and see this declaration that has come to pass, which the Lord made known to us. ¹⁶And having hastened, they came and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the feed trough. ¹⁷And when they saw it, they informed about the declaration that was told them about this child. ¹⁸And all who heard it wondered about the things that were spoken to them by the shepherds. ¹⁹But Mary kept all these proclamations, pondering in her heart. ²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was told to them. ²¹And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise him, that his name was called JESUS, the one called by the agent before he was conceived in the belly. ²²And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord, ²³(just as it is written in a law of the Lord that every male that opens a womb will be called holy to the Lord), ²⁴and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in a law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. ²⁵And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the encouragement of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. ²⁶And it was divinely revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death before he would see the Christ of the Lord. ²⁷And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, for them to do according to the custom of the law about him, ²⁸he also received it into his arms, and praised God, and said, ²⁹Now dismiss thy bondman in peace, Master, according to thy word, ³⁰because my eyes have seen thy salvation, ³¹which thou prepared toward the face of all the peoples: ³²a light for enlightenment of Gentiles, and glory of thy people Israel. ³³And Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things being spoken about him. ³⁴And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated ³⁵(and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed. ³⁶And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, ³⁷and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day. ³⁸And having stood near at that same hour, she acknowledged the Lord, and spoke about him to all those who were awaiting redemption in Jerusalem. ³⁹And when they completed all things according to the law of Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth. ⁴⁰And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was upon him. ⁴¹And his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. ⁴²And when he became twelve years old, them having gone up according to the custom of the feast, ⁴³and having fulfilled the days, during their return the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother did not know it, ⁴⁴but, having supposed him to be in the caravan, they went a day�s journey. And they sought him among their kinfolk and acquaintances. ⁴⁵And not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem, seeking him. ⁴⁶And it came to pass after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and questioning them. ⁴⁷And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. ⁴⁸And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him, Child, why did thou this way to us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee sorrowing. ⁴⁹And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father? ⁵⁰And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. ⁵¹And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. ⁵²And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.

CHAPTER 3

¹Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region belonging to Ituraea, and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, ²in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to be in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ³And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins, ⁴as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁵Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked things will be into straight and the rough into smooth ways. ⁶And all flesh will see the salvation of God. ⁷He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire. ¹⁰And the crowds questioned him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise. ¹²And tax collectors also came to be immersed, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do? ¹³And he said to them, Collect not one thing more than from what has been appointed for you. ¹⁴And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages. ¹⁵And as the people were expectant, and all pondering in their hearts about John, if perhaps he was the Christ, ¹⁶John responded, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water, but a man mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to unloose the strap of his shoes. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire, ¹⁷whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. ¹⁸Indeed therefore, also exhorting the people with many other things, he preached the good news. ¹⁹But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him about Herodias his brother�s wife, and about all of which evil things Herod had done, ²⁰also added this to them all, he even locked up John in prison. ²¹Now it came to pass, during the immersion of all the people, Jesus also having been immersed and praying, for the heaven to be opened, ²²and the Holy Spirit to descend in a bodily form as a dove upon him, and a voice to occur out of heaven, saying, Thou are my beloved Son. In thee I am well pleased. ²³And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, ²⁴the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, ²⁵the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, ²⁶the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Joda, ²⁷the son of Joannan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, ²⁸the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, ²⁹the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, ³⁰the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, ³¹the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ³²the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, ³³the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, ³⁴the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ³⁵the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah ³⁶the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ³⁷the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, ³⁸the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

CHAPTER 4

¹And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, ²being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry. ³And the devil said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread. ⁴And Jesus answered, saying to him, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every saying of God. ⁵And having brought him onto a high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶And the devil said to him, I will give to thee all this authority, and the glory of them, because it has been delivered to me, and to whomever I want I give it. ⁷If therefore thou will worship before me, it will all be thine. ⁸And having answered, Jesus said to him, Go thee behind me, Satan. It is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. ⁹And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down from here, ¹⁰for it is written, He will give his agents orders about thee, to protect thee, ¹¹and, They will take thee up on their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹²And having answered, Jesus said to him, It is said, Thou shall not challenge the Lord thy God. ¹³And when the devil ended every temptation, he withdrew from him until a time. ¹⁴And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. And a report went out about him through the entire region around. ¹⁵And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. ¹⁶And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up. And according to that which was customary to him, he entered into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And having opened the book, he found the place where it was written, ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to send forth in deliverance those who have been broken, ¹⁹to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. ²⁰And having closed the book, having given it back to the attendant, he sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were focused on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your ears. ²²And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph? ²³And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland. ²⁴And he said, Truly I say to you, that not one prophet is acceptable in his fatherland. ²⁵But in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine occurred on all the land. ²⁶And Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, to a widow woman of Sidon. ²⁷And many lepers were in Israel near Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian. ²⁸And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, having heard these things. ²⁹And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong. ³⁰But he, having passed through the midst of them, departed. ³¹And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day, ³²and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority. ³³And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean deity. And it cried out in a great voice, saying, ³⁴Oh no! What is with us and with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Did thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou are, the Holy man of God. ³⁵And Jesus rebuked it, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him. And the demon having thrown him down in the midst, it came out of him, not having harm him. ³⁶And amazement developed in all, and they spoke among each other, saying, What is this word? Because with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out. ³⁷And a report about him went forth into every place of the region around. ³⁸And having arisen from the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon�s mother-in-law was gripped by a great fever, and they besought him about her. ³⁹And having stood over her, he rebuked the fever. And it left her, and immediately after rising up, she served them. ⁴⁰And when the sun was setting, all, as many as had those who were incapacitated with various diseases, brought them to him. And having laid his hands on each one of them, he healed them. ⁴¹And also demons came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou are the Christ, the Son of God. And rebuking them, he did not allow them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ. ⁴²And when it became day, having departed, he went to a desolate place. And the multitudes sought him, and they came to him, and were restraining him not depart from them. ⁴³But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for this. ⁴⁴And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

CHAPTER 5

¹Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and having stood still, he was beside the lake of Gennesaret. ²And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets. ³And having entered into one of the boats, which was Simon�s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, he taught the crowds from the boat. ⁴And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the depth, and let down your nets for a catch. ⁵And having answered, Simon said to him, Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing, but at thy saying, I will let down the net. ⁶And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was tearing. ⁷And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, after coming, to assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so as for them to be sunk down. ⁸But Simon Peter having seen, he fell down at Jesus� knees, saying, Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, Lord. ⁹For astonishment surrounded him, and all those with him, at the catch of the fishes that they caught, ¹⁰and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men. ¹¹And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him. ¹²And it came to pass while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy. And having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can make me clean. ¹³And having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, I will, be thou clean. And straightaway the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴And he commanded him to tell no man, but, After going, show thyself to the priest, and bring concerning thy cleansing, just as Moses commanded for a testimony to them. ¹⁵But the report about him went through more, and many multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him from their infirmities. ¹⁶But he himself was withdrawing into the desolate regions, and praying. ¹⁷And it came to pass during one of those days, he was also teaching. And there were seated Pharisees and law teachers, who were men having come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was to heal them. ¹⁸And behold, men bringing a man on a bed who was paralyzed. And they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him. ¹⁹And not having found how they might bring him in because of the multitude, after going up upon the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the small bed into the midst in front of Jesus. ²⁰And having seen their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹And the scholars and the Pharisees began to deliberate, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone? ²²But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, having responded, he said to them, Why do ye deliberate in your hearts? ²³Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk? ²⁴But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralyzed man), I say to thee, Arise, and after taking up thy small bed, go to thy house. ²⁵And immediately having risen up before them, after taking up that on which he lay, he departed to his house glorifying God. ²⁶And amazement gripped all, and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today. ²⁷And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me. ²⁸And after leaving behind all, having risen up, he followed him. ²⁹And Levi made a great feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were relaxing with them. ³⁰And their scholars and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners? ³¹And having answered, Jesus said to them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those faring badly. ³²I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. ³³And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink. ³⁴And he said to them, Ye cannot make the sons of the wedding hall fast while the bridegroom is with them. ³⁵But the days will also come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days. ³⁶And he also spoke a parable to them. No man puts a patch of a new garment on an old garment, otherwise both the new tears, and that from the new will not blend with the old. ³⁷And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine will burst the wineskins, and will itself be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. ³⁸But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved together. ³⁹And no man having drunk old straightaway desires new, for he says, The old is better.

CHAPTER 6

¹Now it came to pass for him to be going through the grain fields on a particular sabbath, and his disciples were plucking the ears and were eating, rubbing them in their hands. ²But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not permitted to do on the sabbath day? ³And having answered them, Jesus said, Have ye not read even this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him, ⁴how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the loaves of the presentation, and also gave to those who were with him, which is not permitted to eat, except the priests alone? ⁵And he said to them, The Son of man is lord also of the sabbath. ⁶And it also came to pass on another sabbath for him to enter into the synagogue and teach. And a man was there, and his right hand was withered. ⁷And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And having risen, he stood up. ⁹Then Jesus said to them, I will question you. What? Is it permitted on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm, to save life, or to kill? ¹⁰And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did, and his hand was restored whole as the other. ¹¹But they were filled with fury, and deliberated with each other what they might do to Jesus. ¹²And he happened in these days to go out onto the mountain to pray, and he was continuing all night in prayer to God. ¹³And when it became day, he called his disciples, and chose twelve from them, whom he also named apostles: ¹⁴Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, ¹⁶Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor. ¹⁷And having come down with them, he stood on a level place. And a company of his disciples, and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, were those who came to hear him, and to be healed from their diseases, ¹⁸also those who were afflicted with unclean spirits. And they were healed. ¹⁹And all the multitude sought to touch him, because power came forth from him, and healed them all. ²⁰And having lifted up his eyes on his disciples, he said, Blessed are the poor, because the kingdom of God is what belongs to you. ²¹Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh. ²²Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man. ²³Rejoice ye in that day, and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did in the same way to the prophets. ²⁴However, woe to you the rich, because ye have received your consolation. ²⁵Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep. ²⁶Woe when men will speak well of you, for their fathers did in the same way to the false prophets. ²⁷But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. ²⁸Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹To him who strikes thee on the cheek offer the other also, and from him who takes away thy cloak, also do not withhold thy coat. ³⁰Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back. ³¹And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise. ³²And if ye love those who love you, what credit is for you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad. ³⁶Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful. ³⁷And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven. ³⁸Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you. ³⁹And he spoke a parable to them. Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a ditch? ⁴⁰A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher. ⁴¹And why do thou see the speck in thy brother�s eye, but do not perceive the beam in thine own eye? ⁴²Or how can thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in thine eye, when thou thyself do not see the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck in thy brother�s eye. ⁴³For a good tree is not producing corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree producing good fruit. ⁴⁴For each tree is known from its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they harvest grapes from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. ⁴⁶And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and not do the things that I say? ⁴⁷Every man who comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock. ⁴⁹But he who heard, and not having done, is like a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation, on which the stream beat, and straightaway it fell. And the ruin of that house became great.

CHAPTER 7

¹And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. ²And a certain centurion�s bondman faring badly was going to perish, who was esteemed by him. ³And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him who asked him that, having come, he would save his bondman. ⁴And when they came to Jesus they urged him earnestly, saying, He is worthy for whom thou may offer this, ⁵for he loves our nation, and he himself built the synagogue for us. ⁶And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far distant from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof. ⁷Therefore neither did I consider myself worthy to come to thee, but speak by word, and my boy will be healed. ⁸For I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does. ⁹And when Jesus heard these things, he marveled him, and having turned around to the multitude who followed him, he said, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith. ¹⁰And those who were sent, having returned to the house, found the bondman who was feeble, being well. ¹¹And it came to pass on the next day that he went to a city called Nain, and a considerable number of his disciples went with him, also a large multitude. ¹²Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, an only begotten son who died was being carried out for his mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable crowd of the city was with her. ¹³And when the Lord saw her, he felt compassion toward her, and said to her, Weep not. ¹⁴And having come, he touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to thee, arise. ¹⁵And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. ¹⁶And fear seized all. And they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised among us, and, God came to help his people. ¹⁷And this report about him went forth in the whole of Judea, and in all the region around. ¹⁸And the disciples of John informed him about all these things. ¹⁹And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man? ²⁰And when they came to him, they said, John the immerser has sent us to thee, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man? ²¹And in the same hour he healed many from diseases and plagues and evil spirits. And he granted sight to many blind men. ²²And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor are preached good news. ²³And blessed is he, whoever will not be offended by me. ²⁴And after John�s messengers departed, he began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? ²⁵But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those in elegant clothing, and existing in luxury, are in kingly places. ²⁶But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷This is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my agent before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he. ²⁹And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors, who were immersed the immersion of John, justified God. ³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers who were not immersed by him, rejected the purpose of God for themselves. ³¹To what, then will I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like? ³²They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to each other, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance. We mourned to you, and ye did not weep. ³³For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon. ³⁴The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ³⁵And wisdom is justified from all her children. ³⁶And a certain man of the Pharisees asked him that he would eat with him. And having entered into the Pharisee�s house, he sat down. ³⁷And behold, a woman in the city who was sinful. And when she knew that he sat in the Pharisee�s house, having brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, ³⁸and having stood behind near his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. And she kissed his feet much, and anointed them with the ointment. ³⁹But when the Pharisee who invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind the woman is who touches him, that she is sinful. ⁴⁰And having responded, Jesus said to him, Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he says, speak Teacher. ⁴¹There were two debtors to a certain creditor, the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. ⁴²And of them not having to repay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, do thou say, will love him more? ⁴³And having answered, Simon said, I suppose that it was to whom he forgave more. And he said to him, Thou have judged correctly. ⁴⁴And having turned to the woman, he said to Simon, See thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gave no water for my feet. But this woman has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. ⁴⁵Thou gave me no kiss, but this woman, since I came in, has not ceased kissing my feet much. ⁴⁶Thou did not anoint my head with olive oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷For this reason I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, loves little. ⁴⁸And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹And those who sat together began to say within themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins? ⁵⁰And he said to the woman, Thy faith has saved thee. Go in peace.

CHAPTER 8

¹And it came to pass that he traveled through, by city and village in succession, announcing and preaching the good news of the kingdom of God, and the twelve men with him, ²and certain women who were healed from evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, ³and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod�s steward, and Susanna, and many other women who served them from the things they possessed. ⁴And when a large multitude gathered together, and those coming to him from each city, he spoke by a parable. ⁵The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it. ⁶And another fell on the rock, and having grown, it withered away because of not having moisture. ⁷And another fell amidst the thorns, and having grown together, the thorns choked it. ⁸And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹And his disciples questioned him, saying, What is this parable? ¹⁰And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand. ¹¹Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God. ¹²And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved. ¹³And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial. ¹⁴And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity. ¹⁵But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance. ¹⁶And no man, having lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or places it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light. ¹⁷For there is no secret that will not become visible, nor hid, that will not be known and come to be visible. ¹⁸Notice therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever has not, even what he seems to have will be taken from him. ¹⁹And his mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him because of the crowd. ²⁰And it was reported to him, saying, Thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, desiring to see thee. ²¹But having answered, he said to them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it. ²²Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, also his disciples. And he said to them, Let us pass through to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth, ²³but as they sailed he began to asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were filling up, and were in peril. ²⁴And having approached, they awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. And having risen, he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm. ²⁵And he said to them, Where is your faith? And having feared, they wondered, saying to each other, Who then is this man, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him? ²⁶And they sailed toward the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. ²⁷And when he came forth upon the land, a certain man met him out of the city, who had demons of a considerable time. And he wore no clothing, and did not dwell in a house, but in the sepulchers. ²⁸And when he saw Jesus, having cried out, he fell down before him. And in a great voice he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. ²⁹For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man, for many times it had seized him. And he was bound with chains and shackles, and guarded. And breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desolate regions. ³⁰And Jesus demanded him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion, because many demons were entered into him. ³¹And they entreated him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss. ³²Now a herd of considerable swine was there feeding on the mountain, and they implored him that he would allow them to enter into those. And he allowed them. ³³And the demons having come out from the man, they entered into the swine. And the herd stampeded down the slope into the lake, and were drowned. ³⁴And when those who tended them saw what happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the fields. ³⁵And they came out to see what happened. And they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons had gone out, sitting near the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. ³⁶And also those who saw it informed them how the man who was demon-possessed was saved. ³⁷And the whole multitude of the region around the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them, because they were gripped by great fear. And he, having embarked into the boat, returned. ³⁸But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him to be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, ³⁹Return to thy house, and relate everything God did for thee. And he departed, proclaiming throughout the whole city how many things Jesus did for him. ⁴⁰And it came to pass during Jesus returning, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. ⁴¹And behold, there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And having fallen down near Jesus� feet, he besought him to come into his house, ⁴²because there was with him an only begotten daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But during his going the multitudes thronged him. ⁴³And a woman being with an issue of blood for twelve years, who, although she spent her entire living on physicians, was unable to be healed by any, ⁴⁴having come from behind, she touched the border of his garment. And immediately the issue of her blood stayed. ⁴⁵And Jesus said, Who is he who touched me? But when they all denied, Peter and those with him, said, Master, the multitudes come together and crowd thee, and thou say, Who is he who touched me? ⁴⁶But Jesus said, Who touched me? For I perceived power having gone forth from me. ⁴⁷And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling. And having fallen down before him, she declared to him in the presence of all the people for what reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately. ⁴⁸And he said to her, Cheer up, Daughter. Thy faith has healed thee. Go in peace. ⁴⁹While he still spoke, some man comes from the synagogue ruler, saying to him, Thy daughter has died. Do not trouble the teacher. ⁵⁰But having heard it, Jesus answered him, saying, Fear not, only believe and she will be saved. ⁵¹And when he came to the house, he did not allow any man to enter in except Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and the mother. ⁵²And all were weeping and bewailing her. But he said, Weep not. She did not die, but sleeps. ⁵³And they ridiculed him, knowing that she died. ⁵⁴But having sent them all away outside, having taken her by the hand, he called out, saying, Girl, awake. ⁵⁵And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. And he commanded to give her to eat. ⁵⁶And her parents were amazed, but he ordered them to tell no man that which happened.

CHAPTER 9

¹And having summoned the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases. ²And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal those who were incapacitated. ³And he said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither staffs, nor bag, nor bread, nor silver, nor have two coats each. ⁴And into whatever house ye may enter, remain there, and from there depart. ⁵And as many as will not receive you, when departing from that city, also shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them. ⁶And having departed, they passed through the villages, preaching the good news, and healing everywhere. ⁷But Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead, ⁸and by some that Elijah appeared, and by others that a prophet, one of the ancient men arose. ⁹And Herod said, I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him. ¹⁰And when the apostles returned, they related to him as many things as they did. And having taken them along, he withdrew in private into a desolate place of a city called Bethsaida. ¹¹But the multitudes having known, they followed him. And having received them, he spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing. ¹²And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, they said to him, Send the multitude away, so that, after going into the villages and fields around, they may rest and find provision, because we are here in a desolate place. ¹³But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are for us not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless, after going, we might buy food for all this people. ¹⁴For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of fifty each. ¹⁵And they did so, and made them all sit down. ¹⁶And after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. ¹⁷And they ate, and were all filled. And there were taken up to them of the remaining fragments, twelve baskets. ¹⁸And it came to pass, as he was praying privately, the disciples were with him. And he questioned them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am? ¹⁹And having answered, they said, John the immerser, but others, Elijah, and others, that a certain prophet of the ancient men arose. ²⁰And he said to them, But ye, who say ye that I am? And having answered, Peter said, The Christ of God. ²¹But having chided them, he commanded to tell this to no man, ²²saying, It is necessary for the Son of man to suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scholars, and be killed, and the third day to rise. ²³And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁴For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever may lose his life because of me, this man will save it. ²⁵For what is a man benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself? ²⁶For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of this man when he comes in his glory, and of the Father, and of the holy agents. ²⁷But I tell you truly, there are some of those who stand here, who will, no, not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. ²⁸And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings that, after taking Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray. ²⁹And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing glistening white. ³⁰And behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah, ³¹who, having appeared in glory, spoke of his departure, which he was going to fulfill at Jerusalem. ³²But Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep, and having become awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him. ³³And it came to pass, as they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and we could make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah, not knowing what he was saying. ³⁴And while he was speaking these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them. And they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. ³⁵And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son. Hear ye him. ³⁶And at the occurrence of the voice, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and informed no man in those days any of the things that they have seen. ³⁷And it came to pass, on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. ³⁸And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son, because he is the only begotten to me. ³⁹And lo, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him with foaming. And it departs from him difficultly, injuring him. ⁴⁰And I begged thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they could not. ⁴¹And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you and endure you? Bring thy son here. ⁴²And as he was still coming, the demon tore him, and he convulsed. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. But while all were wondering at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁴Place ye these sayings into your ears, for the Son of man is going to be delivered up into the hands of men. ⁴⁵But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying. ⁴⁶But a thought entered among them, which of them may be greater. ⁴⁷But having perceived the thought of their heart, having taken a child, Jesus stood it beside him, ⁴⁸and he said to them, Whoever may receive this child in my name receives me, and whoever may receive me receives him who sent me, for he who exists smaller among you all, this man will be great. ⁴⁹And having answered, John said, Master, we saw a certain man casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us. ⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, Do not forbid, for he who is not against us is for us. ⁵¹And it came to pass, while fulfilling the days for his ascension, that he also set his face to go to Jerusalem. ⁵²And he sent agents before his face, and they went. And having gone, they entered into a village of Samaritans, so as to make ready for him. ⁵³And they did not receive him, because his face was going to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did? ⁵⁵But having turned around, he rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what kind of spirit ye are. ⁵⁶For the Son of man came not to destroy the lives of men, but to save. And they went to another village. ⁵⁷And it came to pass while they went on the way, a certain man said to him, I will follow thee wherever thou may go, Lord. ⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has not where he might lay his head. ⁵⁹And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first, after departing, to bury my father. ⁶⁰But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God. ⁶¹And also another said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those in my house. ⁶²But Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to a plow, and looking to things behind, is fit for the kingdom of God.

CHAPTER 10

¹Now after these things the Lord also appointed seventy other men, and sent them by twos before his face into every city and place where he himself was going to come. ²Therefore he said to them, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the workmen are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen into his harvest. ³Go ye. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴Carry no bag, no pouch, no shoes, and greet no man on the way. ⁵And into whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house. ⁶And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him, and if not, it will return to you. ⁷And remain in the same house eating and drinking from their things, for the workman is worthy of his wage. Do not depart from house to house. ⁸And into whatever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you. ⁹And heal the weak in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you. ¹⁰But into whatever city ye enter, and they will not receive you, after departing into the thoroughfares of it, say, ¹¹Even the dust that clings on us from your city, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know ye this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you. ¹²I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. ¹³Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works were done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you. ¹⁵And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted to the sky, will be thrust down to Hades. ¹⁶He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me. ¹⁷And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are made subject to us in thy name. ¹⁸And he said to them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from the sky. ¹⁹Behold, I give you authority to tread over serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and, no, nothing will harm you. ²⁰Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens. ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, that thou hid these things from the wise and astute, and revealed them to the childlike. Yea, Father, because it became pleasing this way in thy sight. ²²And having turned to the disciples, he said, All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him. ²³And having turning toward the disciples in private, he said, Blessed are the eyes that see what ye see. ²⁴For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear. ²⁵And behold, a certain lawyer stood up testing him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, would I inherit eternal life? ²⁶And he said to him, What is written in the law? How read thou? ²⁷And having answered, he said, Thou shall love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. ²⁸And he said to him, Thou answered correctly. Do this and thou will live. ²⁹But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? ³⁰And having replied, Jesus said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he encountered bandits, who also, having stripped him and having beat him, departed having left him being half dead. ³¹And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²And likewise also a Levite who happened upon the place, having come, and having looked, passed by on the other side. ³³But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to him, and when he saw him, felt compassion. ³⁴And having come, he wrapped up his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. And having set him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵And on the morrow when departing, after taking out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatever thou might spend more, I will repay thee at my return. ³⁶Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits? ³⁷And he said, He who did mercy with him. Therefore Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise. ³⁸And it came to pass as they went, he also entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. ³⁹And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus� feet, was listening to his word. ⁴⁰But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me. ⁴¹But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things, ⁴²but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.

CHAPTER 11

¹And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, that when he ceased, a certain man of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples. ²And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name. May thy kingdom come, may thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven. ³Give us our bread sufficient for each day. ⁴And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. ⁵And he said to them, Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, ⁶since a friend arrived from the road to me, and I do not have what I would set before him, ⁷and that man from inside, having answered, would say, Do not cause toils for me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, after getting up, to give thee? ⁸I say to you, though he will not give him, after getting up, because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, having awaken, he will give him as many as he needs. ⁹And I say to you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened. ¹⁰For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹And which father of you, if the son will ask a loaf, will give him a stone, or also if a fish, in place of a fish will give him a serpent? ¹²Or if he should ask for an egg, will he give him a scorpion? ¹³If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? ¹⁴And he was casting out a demon, and it was mute. And it happened when the demon was gone out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, ¹⁵but some of them said, He casts out the demons by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons. ¹⁶And others, challenging, sought from him a sign from the sky. ¹⁷But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom that was divided against itself is made desolate, and a house against a house falls. ¹⁸And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom be made to stand? Because ye say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebub. ¹⁹And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges. ²⁰But if by a finger of God I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹When the fully armed strong man guards his palace, the things possessed by him are in peace, ²²but when a stronger than he comes, after defeating him, he takes away his full armor in which he trusted, and divides his booty. ²³He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. ²⁴When the unclean spirit departs out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest. And not finding, it says, I will return to my house from where I came out. ²⁵And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. ²⁶Then it goes, and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered in, it dwells there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. ²⁷And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled. ²⁸But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it. ²⁹And when the multitudes gathered together he began to say, This generation is evil. They seek a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet. ³⁰For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation. ³¹The queen of the south will awake in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. ³²The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ³³And no man, having lit a lamp, puts it in a concealed place, nor under the bushel, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light. ³⁴The lamp of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is sound, thy whole body is also bright, but when it is bad, thy body is also dark. ³⁵Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness. ³⁶If therefore thy whole body is bright, not having any part dark, the whole will be bright, as when the lamp illuminates thee by the radiance. ³⁷Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him. And having entered in, he sat down. ³⁸And when the Pharisee saw, he marveled that he did not first wash before dinner. ³⁹And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness. ⁴⁰Ye foolish men, did not he who made the outside also make the inside? ⁴¹But give compassion, things that are inside, and behold, all things are clean to you. ⁴²But woe to you Pharisees! Because ye tithe mint and rue and every plant, and pass by justice and the love of God. It is necessary to do these things, and not to neglect those things. ⁴³Woe to you Pharisees! Because ye love the place of honor in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴Woe to you scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers, and the men who walk over them do not know. ⁴⁵And having answered, a certain man of the lawyers says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou rebuke us also. ⁴⁶And he said, Woe also to you lawyers! Because ye load men with burdens difficult to bear, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷Woe to you! Because ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, but your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸Consequently, ye testify and approve the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. ⁴⁹Because of this also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles. And some of them they will kill and persecute, ⁵⁰so that the blood of all the prophets that was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ⁵¹from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it will be required of this generation. ⁵²Woe to you lawyers! Because ye took away the key of knowledge. Ye did not enter in yourselves, and ye hindered those who were entering in. ⁵³And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things, ⁵⁴waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.

CHAPTER 12

¹During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ²But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. ³Therefore, as many things as ye have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed upon the housetops. ⁴And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after these things not having anything more severe to do. ⁵But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him. ⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God. ⁷But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows. ⁸And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God, ⁹but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God. ¹⁰And every man who will speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but to him who blasphemed against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven. ¹¹And when they bring you to the synagogues, and the principal positions, and the offices of authority, be not anxious how or what ye should answer in defense, or what ye should say, ¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. ¹³And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me. ¹⁴But he said to him, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you? ¹⁵And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him. ¹⁶And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. ¹⁷And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God. ²²And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear. ²³For the life is more than the food, and the body, the clothing. ²⁴Consider the ravens, because they do not sow, nor do they reap, for which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. How much ye are worth more than the birds. ²⁵And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his age? ²⁶If then ye are not able to do even the least, why are ye anxious about the rest? ²⁷Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. ²⁸And if God so clothes the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow being cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith? ²⁹And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled. ³⁰For the nations of the world seek all these things, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things. ³¹However, seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you. ³²Fear not, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. ³³Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts. ³⁴For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning, ³⁶and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him. ³⁷Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them. ³⁸And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen. ³⁹But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose. ⁴¹And Peter said to him, Lord, did thou speak this parable to us, or also to all? ⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time? ⁴³Blessed is that bondman whom his lord when he comes will find so doing. ⁴⁴Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over the things being possessed by him. ⁴⁵But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, ⁴⁶the lord of that bondman will arrive in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will place his portion with the unbelieving. ⁴⁷And that bondman who knew his lord�s will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much, ⁴⁸but he who did not know, and did things worthy of blows, will be beaten little. And to every man to whom much was given, much will be required from him. And to whom they entrust much, they will ask him more abundantly. ⁴⁹I came to cast fire upon the earth, and what I desire is if it were kindled already. ⁵⁰But I have an immersion to be immersed, and how am I constrained until it will be accomplished. ⁵¹Do ye suppose that I came to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. ⁵²For henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. ⁵³A father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ⁵⁴And he also said to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, straightaway ye say, A shower is coming, and so it happens. ⁵⁵And when a south wind is blowing, ye say, There will be heat, and it happens. ⁵⁶Ye hypocrites, ye know how to examine the face of the earth and the sky, but how can ye not examine this season? ⁵⁷And also why do ye not judge yourselves what is right? ⁵⁸For when thou go with thine opponent to the magistrate on the way give effort to be delivered from him, lest he may drag thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer would cast thee into prison. ⁵⁹I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid even the last mite.

CHAPTER 13

¹Now some were present at the same time who informed him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices. ²And having answered, Jesus said to them, Do ye suppose that these Galileans became sinful above all the Galileans because they have suffered such things? ³I tell you, no, but if ye do not repent, ye will all perish similarly. ⁴Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them. Do ye think that these became debtors above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? ⁵I tell you, no, but if ye do not repent, ye will all likewise perish. ⁶And he spoke this parable. A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. ⁷And he said to the vine workman, Behold, three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down, why also waste the ground? ⁸And having answered, he says to him, Sir, allow it this year also until I may dig around it and cast manure. ⁹Although surely it should bear fruit, and if not, in the coming year thou will cut it down. ¹⁰And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. ¹¹And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. And she was bent over, and not being able to straighten up completely. ¹²And when Jesus saw her, he called out, and said to her, Woman, thou are loosed from thine infirmity. ¹³And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. ¹⁴And having responded, the synagogue-ruler, being indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which he ought to work. Therefore coming in these, be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath. ¹⁵But the Lord therefore answered him and said, Ye hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and after leading away, give to drink? ¹⁶And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath? ¹⁷And as he said these things all those opposing him were shamed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. ¹⁸And he said, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it? ¹⁹It is like a grain of a mustard plant, which having taken, a man cast into his own garden. And it grew and developed into a great tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches if it. ²⁰And again he said, To what will I compare the kingdom of God? ²¹It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. ²²And he went through by cities and villages, teaching, and making a journey toward Jerusalem. ²³And a certain man said to him, Lord, are they few who are being saved? And he said to them, ²⁴Compete to enter in by the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵From the time the house-ruler has risen up, and has closed the door, and ye begin to stand outside, and to knock the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and having answered, he will say to you, I know not where ye are from, ²⁶then ye will begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou taught in our thoroughfares. ²⁷And he will say, I tell you, I know not where ye are from. Depart from me, all ye workmen of unrighteousness. ²⁸There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you being thrust out. ²⁹And they will arrive from the east and west, and from the north and south, and will sit down in the kingdom of God. ³⁰And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last. ³¹In the same day some Pharisees came, saying to him, Get thee out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill thee. ³²And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected. ³³Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. ³⁴O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather thy children together as a hen does her brood under her wings, and ye would not. ³⁵Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you, that ye will, no, not see me, until it will come when ye say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 14

¹And it came to pass, when he went into the house of a certain man of the chiefs of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. ²And behold, there was a certain man in front of him afflicted with edema. ³And having responded, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it permitted to heal on the sabbath? ⁴But they were silent. And having taken him, he healed him and released him. ⁵And having responded, he said to them, Of which of you will a son or an ox fall into a pit, and he will not straightaway lift him out on the day of the sabbath? ⁶And they could not answer him back to these things. ⁷And he spoke a parable to those who were invited when he noticed how they chose out the chief places, saying to them, ⁸When thou are invited by any man to wedding festivities, do not sit down in the chief place, lest there may be a more honorable man than thou who was invited by him. ⁹And he who invited thee and him, having come, will say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou will begin with embarrassment to take the last place. ¹⁰But when thou are invited, having gone, sit down in the last place, so that when he who has invited thee comes, he will say to thee, Friend, go up higher, then it will be esteem to thee in the presence of those dining with thee. ¹¹Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up. ¹²And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made to thee. ¹³But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, ¹⁴and thou will be blessed, because they do not have to recompense thee, for it will be recompensed to thee at the resurrection of the righteous. ¹⁵And a certain man of those dining together having heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the kingdom of God. ¹⁶And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many. ¹⁷And he sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready. ¹⁸And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused. ¹⁹And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused. ²⁰And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come. ²¹And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and crippled and blind. ²²And the bondman said, Lord, as thou commanded it has happened, and yet there is room. ²³And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. ²⁴For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few chosen. ²⁵Now many multitudes went with him, and having turned, he said to them, ²⁶If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷And whoever does not bear his cross, and come behind me, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion? ²⁹So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him, ³⁰saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. ³¹Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³²And if not, while he is still far off, having sent a delegation, he asks the things about peace. ³³So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple. ³⁴The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes tasteless, by what will it be seasoned? ³⁵It is fit neither for the land nor for manure; they cast it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

CHAPTER 15

¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were approaching him to hear him. ²And the Pharisees and the scholars murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them. ³And he spoke this parable to them, saying, ⁴What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it? ⁵And when he finds it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶And when he comes to the house, he calls together his men friends and his men neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost. ⁷I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance. ⁸Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it? ⁹And when she has found it, she calls together her lady friends and lady neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, because I found the drachma that I lost. ¹⁰Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents. ¹¹And he said, A certain man had two sons, ¹²and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living. ¹³And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered all together, journeyed into a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth living recklessly. ¹⁴And when he spent all, a mighty famine developed in that country, and he began to be in want. ¹⁵And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. ¹⁶And he longed to fill his belly from the husks that the swine ate, and no man gave to him. ¹⁷But when he came to himself, he said, How many hired men of my father�s have abundance of loaves, but I am perishing with hunger. ¹⁸After rising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. ¹⁹I am no more worthy to be called thy son. Make me as one of thy hired men. ²⁰And having risen, he went to his father. But while he was still distant, afar off, his father saw him and felt compassion. And having ran, he fell on his neck, and kissed him much. ²¹And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. I am no more worthy to be called thy son. ²²But the father said to his bondmen, Bring forth the best robe and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and shoes for his feet. ²³And having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we will be cheerful, ²⁴because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful. ²⁵But his elder son was in a field. And while coming, having approached the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶And having summoned one of the boys, he inquired what these things might be. ²⁷And he said to him, Thy brother arrived, and thy father has killed the fatted calf, because he received him back healthy. ²⁸But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore, his father having come out, he called him. ²⁹But having answered, he said to his father, Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and I never passed by a commandment of thine, and yet thou never gave me a goat that I might be merry with my friends. ³⁰But when this thy son came, who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou killed for him the fatted calf. ³¹And he said to him, Child, thou are always with me, and all my things are yours. ³²But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.

CHAPTER 16

¹And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him. ²And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage. ³And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg. ⁴I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses. ⁵And having summoned each one of his lord�s debtors, he said to the first, How much do thou owe to my lord? ⁶And he said, A hundred measures of olive oil. And he said to him, Receive thy document, and having sat down, quickly write fifty. ⁷Next he said to another, And how much do thou owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he says to him, Receive thy document, and write eighty. ⁸And his lord commended the unrighteous manager because he did shrewdly. Because the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the light. ⁹And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. ¹⁰The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much. ¹¹If therefore ye did not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true? ¹²And if ye did not become faithful in the alien, who will give thine to you? ¹³No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ¹⁴And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him. ¹⁵And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God. ¹⁶The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good news, and every man in it is treated aggressively. ¹⁷But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall. ¹⁸Every man who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and every man who marries her who has been divorced from a husband commits adultery. ¹⁹Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily. ²⁰But there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who had been placed near his gate, covered with sores, ²¹and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man�s table. But even the dogs that came licked his sores. ²²And it came to pass for the poor man to die and be carried by the agents to Abraham�s bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried. ²³And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom. ²⁴And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame. ²⁵But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony. ²⁶And besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those here who want to cross over to you are not able, nor may those go across from there to us. ²⁷And he said, I beg thee therefore, father, that thou would send him to my father�s house, ²⁸for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. ²⁹But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them. ³⁰And he said, No, father Abraham, but if some man would go to them from the dead they will repent. ³¹And he said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if some man would rise from the dead.

CHAPTER 17

¹And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come! ²It is better for him if a donkey-powered millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. ³Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him. ⁵And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase faith for us. ⁶And the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard plant, ye would say to this sycamine tree, Be thou uprooted and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you. ⁷But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down? ⁸Will he not rather say to him, Prepare what I may dine, and having gird thyself, serve me until I eat and drink, and after these things thou will eat and drink? ⁹Does he have a favor for that bondman because he did the things that were commanded? I think not. ¹⁰Thus ye also, when ye did all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen, because we have done what we are obligated to do. ¹¹And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem, that he was passing through the middle of Samaria and Galilee. ¹²And as he entered into a certain village, ten leprous men who stood from afar met him. ¹³And they raised a voice, saying, Jesus, Master, be merciful to us. ¹⁴And when he saw them, he said to them, After departing, display yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, during their going they were cleansed. ¹⁵And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back with a great voice glorifying God. ¹⁶And he fell upon his face beside his feet giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷And having answered, Jesus said, Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? ¹⁸Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner? ¹⁹And he said to him, After rising, go. Thy faith has healed thee. ²⁰And questioned by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation, ²¹nor will they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For behold, the kingdom of God is inside of you. ²²And he said to the disciples, The days will come when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it. ²³And they will say to you, Lo, here! Lo, there! Do not depart, nor pursue. ²⁴For just as the lightning, its flashing from under the sky to under the sky, illuminates, so will the Son of man be in his day. ²⁵But first it is necessary for him to suffer many things and be rejected from this generation. ²⁶And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of man. ²⁷They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸And likewise as it happened in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. ²⁹But in that day Lot went out from Sodom he rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed them all. ³⁰It will be according to these things in that day the Son of man is revealed. ³¹In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his vessels in the house, let him not go down to take them up. And let him who is in the field likewise not return for the things behind. ³²Remember Lot�s wife. ³³Whoever will seek to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose it will keep it alive. ³⁴I say to you, in that night there will be two in one bed. The one man will be taken, and the other man will be left. ³⁵Two will be grinding together. The one woman will be taken, and the other woman will be left. ³⁶[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.] ³⁷And having answered, they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.

CHAPTER 18

¹And he also spoke a parable to them about it being necessary to always pray, and not to give up, ²saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man. ³And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my opponent. ⁴And for a time he would not, but after these things he said within himself, Although I fear not God, and regard not man, ⁵yet because this widow causes me a beating, I will avenge her, lest by no end of coming she give me a black eye. ⁶And the Lord said, Hear ye what the unrighteous judge says. ⁷And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them? ⁸I say to you, that he will do their vengeance speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he then find faith on the earth? ⁹And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men. ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. ¹¹Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹²I fast twice of the week. I tithe all things, as many as I acquire. ¹³But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man. ¹⁴I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up. ¹⁵And they were also bringing the infants to him, so that he would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. ¹⁶But having summoned them, Jesus said, Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God. ¹⁷Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, will, no, not enter into it. ¹⁸And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, Good teacher, having done what, will I inherit eternal life? ¹⁹And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. ²⁰Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not give false testimony. Honor thy father and thy mother. ²¹And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth. ²²And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. ²³But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. ²⁴And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵For it is easier for a camel to enter in through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁶And those who heard it said, And who can be saved? ²⁷And he said, The things impossible with men are possible with God. ²⁸And Peter said, Lo, we have left all and followed thee. ²⁹And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰who will, no, not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life. ³¹And having taken along the twelve, he said to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets about the Son of man will be completed. ³²For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, and he will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. ³³And after scourging, they will kill him, and the third day he will rise up. ³⁴And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said. ³⁵And it came to pass as he approached Jericho, a certain blind man sat beside the road begging. ³⁶And having heard a multitude going by, he inquired what this may be. ³⁷And they informed him that Jesus the Nazarene passes by. ³⁸And he cried out, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, be merciful to me. ³⁹And those who went ahead rebuked him, so that he would be quiet, but he cried out much more, Thou son of David, be merciful to me. ⁴⁰And having stood still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he questioned him, ⁴¹saying, What do thou want I would do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive sight. ⁴²And Jesus said to him, Receive sight. Thy faith has healed thee. ⁴³And immediately he received sight, and followed him glorifying God. And all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

CHAPTER 19

¹And having entered, he was passing through Jericho. ²And behold, a man called by name, Zacchaeus. And he was a chief tax collector, and this man was rich. ³And he sought to see Jesus, who he was. And he was not able because of the crowd, because his stature was small. ⁴And having ran ahead, he climbed up in a sycamore tree so that he might see him, because he was going to pass that one. ⁵And when Jesus came to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, after making haste, come down, for today I must lodge at thy house. ⁶And having made haste, he came down and received him, rejoicing. ⁷And all who saw murmured, saying, He went in to relax with a sinful man. ⁸And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold. ⁹And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost. ¹¹And as they heard these things, he spoke, adding on a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. ¹²He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come. ¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us. ¹⁵And it came to pass for him to return, having taken the kingdom. And he said for these bondmen to be called to him, to whom he gave the silver, so that he might know what any man gained by trading. ¹⁶And the first came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained ten minas. ¹⁷And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities. ¹⁸And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained five minas. ¹⁹And he also said to him, And thou become over five cities. ²⁰And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy mina, which I had put away in a napkin. ²¹For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow. ²²He says to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, thou evil bondman. Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow. ²³Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank, and having come I would have collected it with interest? ²⁴And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas. ²⁵And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas. ²⁶For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me. ²⁸And having spoke these things, he went ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹And it came to pass when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying, ³⁰Go ye into the opposite village, in which, having entered, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat. Having untied, bring it. ³¹And if any man asks you, Why do ye untie it? Thus ye will say to him, The Lord has need of it. ³²And having departed, those who were sent found just as he said to them. ³³And as they were untying the colt, the masters of it said to them, Why do ye untie the colt? ³⁴And they said, The Lord has need of it. ³⁵And they brought it to Jesus. And having cast their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus. ³⁶And as he went, they spread their garments on the road. ³⁷And as he was now coming near, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God in a great voice about all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, ³⁸Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest! ³⁹And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. ⁴⁰And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out. ⁴¹And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it, ⁴²saying, If thou knew, even thou, indeed even in this thy day, the things for thy peace. But now they are hidden from thine eyes. ⁴³Because the days will come upon thee, and thine enemies will build a barricade around thee, and will surround thee, and enclose thee on every side. ⁴⁴And they will raze thee and thy children within thee. And they will not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou knew not the time of thy visitation. ⁴⁵And having entered into the temple, he began to cast out those selling and buying in it, ⁴⁶saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers. ⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scholars sought to destroy him, even the foremost men of the people. ⁴⁸And they did not find what they might do, for the people all hung upon him, listening.

CHAPTER 20

¹And it came to pass on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the good news, the chief priests and the scholars with the elders stood near. ²And they spoke, saying to him, Tell us, by what authority are thou doing these things? Or who is he who gave thee this authority? ³And having answered, he said to them, I also will ask you one word, and ye tell me. ⁴The immersion of John, was it from heaven or from men? ⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say, Why did ye not believe him? ⁶But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are convinced John is a prophet. ⁷And they replied not to know from where. ⁸And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. ⁹And he began to speak this parable to the people. A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went abroad for a considerable time. ¹⁰And at the season he sent a bondman to the farmers, so that they would give him from the fruit of the vineyard. But having beaten him, the farmers sent him away empty. ¹¹And he proceeded to send another bondman. And they, having beaten and shamefully treated, sent him also away empty. ¹²And he proceeded to send a third. And they also having wounded this man, cast him out. ¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will be made ashamed after seeing this man. ¹⁴But when the farmers saw him, they deliberated among themselves, saying, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours. ¹⁵And having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. And having heard it, they said, May it not happen! ¹⁷But having looked upon them, he said, What then is this that is written, The stone that those who build rejected, this became the head of the corner? ¹⁸Every man who falls on that stone will be broken, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust. ¹⁹And the chief priests and the scholars sought to throw hands on him in the same hour. And they were afraid, for they knew that he spoke this parable against them. ²⁰And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. ²¹And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth, ²²Is it permitted for us to give tribute to Caesar or not? ²³But having perceived their craftiness, he said to them, Why do ye try me? ²⁴Display to me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it? And having answered, they said, Caesar�s. ²⁵And he said to them, Then render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. ²⁶And they were unable to lay hold of his word before the people. And having marveled at his answer, they were silent. ²⁷And some of the Sadducees having approached, those who say there is no resurrection, they questioned him, ²⁸saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if any brother dies, having a wife, and this man dies childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁹There were therefore seven brothers. And the first having taken a wife, died childless. ³⁰And the second took the woman, and this man died childless. ³¹And the third likewise took her, and likewise also the seven; they left behind no children, and died. ³²And last of all the woman also died. ³³In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them does she become? For the seven had her as wife. ³⁴And having answered, Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry, and are given in marriage, ³⁵but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. ³⁶For neither can they die any more, for they are like the agents, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the Bush when he calls the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ³⁸Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him. ³⁹And some of the scholars having answered, they said, Teacher, thou said well. ⁴⁰For they no longer dared to question him anything. ⁴¹And he said to them, How do they say the Christ is David�s son? ⁴²Even David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, ⁴³until I will place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet. ⁴⁴David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son? ⁴⁵And while all the people were listening, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁶Beware of the scholars, who desire to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at the feasts, ⁴⁷who devour widows� houses, and in pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.

CHAPTER 21

¹And having looked up, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury. ²And he also saw a certain poor widow there casting in two mites. ³And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than they all. ⁴For all these cast into the offerings of God from their abundance, but this woman from her poverty cast in all the living that she had. ⁵And as some spoke about the temple, that it was adorned with fine stones and gifts, he said, ⁶These things that ye see, the days will come during which there will not be left a stone upon a stone that will not be thrown down. ⁷And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, when therefore will these things be? And what is the sign when these things are going to happen? ⁸And he said, Watch that ye may not be led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, I am, and, The time has come near. Go ye not therefore after them. ⁹And when ye may hear of wars and tumults, do not be alarmed, for these things must first happen, but the end is not straightaway. ¹⁰Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹And great earthquakes will be in various places, and famines and plagues. And there will be fearful sights and great signs from the sky. ¹²But before all these things, they will throw their hands on you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name�s sake. ¹³But it will go out from you for testimony. ¹⁴Settle therefore in your hearts not to premeditate to make defense. ¹⁵For I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to contradict or to resist. ¹⁶And ye will be betrayed even by parents, and kinsmen, and friends, and brothers. And some of you they will condemn to death. ¹⁷And ye will be hated by all men because of my name. ¹⁸And, no, not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹In your perseverance ye gain your souls. ²⁰But when ye see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that the desolation of it has come near. ²¹Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those in the midst of it depart out, and let not those in the rural areas enter into it. ²²Because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all things that are written. ²³But woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who suckle in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people. ²⁴And they will fall by the jaw of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. ²⁵And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, roaring of sea and of tossing, ²⁶fainting of men from fear, and of anticipation of the things coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and much glory. ²⁸And when these things begin to happen, stand upright, and lift up your heads, because your redemption approaches. ²⁹And he spoke a parable to them. Behold the fig tree, and all the trees. ³⁰When they are now sprouting, ye know seeing for yourselves that summer is now near. ³¹Even so ye, when ye see these things happening, know ye that the kingdom of God is near. ³²Truly I say to you, that this generation will, no, not pass away until all things happen. ³³The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away. ³⁴But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden. ³⁵For it will come like a trap upon all those who sit upon the face of all the earth. ³⁶Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man. ³⁷And during the days he was teaching in the temple, and going forth the nights, he lodged on the mount that is called Olives. ³⁸And all the people rose early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.

CHAPTER 22

¹Now the feast of unleavened bread was coming near, which is called Passover. ²And the chief priests and the scholars sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people. ³And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. ⁴And having departed, he conversed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them. ⁵And they were glad, and agreed together to give him silver. ⁶And he consented and sought opportunity to betray him to them apart from the multitude. ⁷And the day of unleavened bread came during which it was necessary to kill the Passover. ⁸And he sent Peter and John, saying, After departing, prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat. ⁹And they said to him, Where do thou want that we should prepare? ¹⁰And he said to them, Behold, having entered into the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he enters. ¹¹And ye shall say to the house-ruler, The teacher says to thee, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ¹²And he will show you a large upper room furnished. Prepare there. ¹³And having gone, they found just as he said to them, and they prepared the Passover. ¹⁴And when the hour came, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. ¹⁵And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before my suffering. ¹⁶For I say to you, that I will eat of it no more, no, not till when it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. ¹⁷And having taken a cup, having expressed thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. ¹⁸For I say to you, that I will, no, not drink from the fruit of the grapevine till when the kingdom of God comes. ¹⁹And after taking bread, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to them, saying, This is my body that is given for you. Do ye this in my memory. ²⁰Likewise also the cup after dining, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood being shed for you. ²¹Nevertheless behold, the hand of the man who betrays me is with me on the table. ²²And the Son of man indeed goes according to that which has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed! ²³And they began to question among themselves who then of them would be going do this thing. ²⁴And also a dispute develop among them, which of them is considered to be greater. ²⁵And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles have dominion over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors. ²⁶But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves. ²⁷For who ranks higher, he who sits dining, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits dining? But I am in the midst of you as he who serves. ²⁸But ye are those who have continued with me in my trials. ²⁹And I appoint to you, just as my Father appointed to me a kingdom, ³⁰that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ³¹And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you to sift you as wheat, ³²but I prayed for thee, so that thy faith may not fail. And thou, when thou have returned, strengthen thy brothers. ³³And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee both to prison and to death. ³⁴And he said, I say to thee, Peter, a cock will, no, not sound today, before thou will thrice deny that thou know me. ³⁵And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing. ³⁶Then he said to them, But now, he who has a bag, let him take it, and likewise a pouch. And he who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy. ³⁷For I say to you, that this that is written is still necessary to be completed in me, And he was counted with lawless men, for these things about me also have fulfillment. ³⁸And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough. ³⁹And having come out, he proceeded according to his habit to the mount of Olives, and his disciples also followed him. ⁴⁰And when he came at the place, he said to them, Pray ye not to enter into temptation. ⁴¹And he was withdrawn from them about a stone�s throw. And he knelt down and prayed, ⁴²saying, Father, if thou want, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but thine be done. ⁴³And an agent from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. ⁴⁴And having become in agony he prayed more intensely, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground. ⁴⁵And after rising up from his prayer, having come to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow. ⁴⁶And said to them, Why sleep ye? Having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation. ⁴⁷While he yet spoke, behold, a multitude, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them. And he came near to Jesus to kiss him. ⁴⁸But Jesus said to him, Judas, thou betray the Son of man with a kiss? ⁴⁹And when those who were around him saw what would be, they said, Lord, shall we strike with the sword? ⁵⁰And a certain one of them struck the bondman of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹But having answered, Jesus said, Allow ye as far as this. And having touched his ear, he healed him. ⁵²And Jesus said to the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, who came to him, Have ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³When I was with you daily in the temple, ye did not stretch forth hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness. ⁵⁴And having seized him, they led him, and brought him into the high priest�s house. But Peter followed from afar. ⁵⁵And having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them. ⁵⁶But a certain servant girl having seen him sitting near the light, and having looked intently upon him, she said, This man was also with him. ⁵⁷But he denied him, saying, Woman, I do not know him. ⁵⁸And after a little while, another man having see him, said, Thou also are from them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. ⁵⁹And about one hour having passed, some other man insisted, saying, In truth this man was also with him, for he is also a Galilean. ⁶⁰And Peter said, Man, I do not know what thou are saying. And immediately, while he still spoke, a cock sounded. ⁶¹And having turned, the Lord looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before a cock sounds thou will deny me thrice. ⁶²And having gone outside, Peter wept bitterly. ⁶³And the men who held Jesus mocked him, while striking him. ⁶⁴And having covered him, they struck his face, and demanded him, saying, Prophesy! Who is he who struck thee? ⁶⁵And they spoke many other things against him, railing against him. ⁶⁶And when it became day, the eldership of the people, the chief priests, and the scholars, came together, and led him into their council, saying, ⁶⁷If thou are the Christ, tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not believe, ⁶⁸and if I also ask, ye will, no, not answer nor release. ⁶⁹From henceforth the Son of man will be sitting at the right hand of the power of God. ⁷⁰And they all said, Therefore thou are the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say that I am. ⁷¹And they said, What further need have we of testimony? For we have heard from his mouth.

CHAPTER 23

¹And having risen, the whole company of them led him to Pilate. ²And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king. ³And Pilate questioned him, saying, Are thou the king of the Jews? And having answered him, he said, Thou say. ⁴And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, I find nothing guilty in this man. ⁵But they were emphatic, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee as far as here. ⁶And when Pilate heard Galilee, he questioned if the man is a Galilean. ⁷And when he perceived that he is from Herod�s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was himself also in Jerusalem in these days. ⁸Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he was wanting of a considerable time to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he hoped to see some sign happening by him. ⁹And he interrogated him in considerable words, but he answered him nothing. ¹⁰And the chief priests and the scholars had stood, vehemently accusing him. ¹¹But Herod having disdained him with his soldiers, and having mocked him, having arraying him in a bright robe, he sent him back to Pilate. ¹²And both Pilate and Herod became friends with each other on the same day, for they were formerly being at enmity toward themselves. ¹³And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, ¹⁴said to them, Ye brought this man to me as turning away the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, found nothing guilty in this man of what ye accuse against him. ¹⁵But not even Herod, for I sent you back to him, and lo, nothing having been done by him is worthy of death. ¹⁶Therefore, having scourged I will release him. ¹⁷Now he had need to release one man to them at every feast. ¹⁸But they cried out all together, saying, Take away this man, and release to us Barabbas ¹⁹(a man who was cast into prison because of a certain insurrection that occurred in the city, and for murder). ²⁰Again therefore Pilate called out wanting to release Jesus, ²¹but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him. ²²And he said to them a third time, For what evil did this man do? I have found nothing guilty of death in him. I will therefore, having scourged, release him. ²³But they were relentless with loud voices demanding him to be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. ²⁴And Pilate decreed their request to happen. ²⁵And he released the man who had been cast into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they asked for, but he delivered Jesus to their will. ²⁶And when they led him away, having taken hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian coming from the countryside, they laid the cross on him to bring behind Jesus. ²⁷And a great multitude of the people followed him, and also of women who bewailed and lamented him. ²⁸But having turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, instead weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹Because, behold, the days are coming, during which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the bellies that gave no birth, and the breasts that did not suckle. ³⁰Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us. ³¹Because if they do these things in the green tree, what will happen in the dry? ³²And two other men, malefactors, were also led with him to be executed. ³³And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one at the right hand and the other at the left. ³⁴And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot. ³⁵And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God. ³⁶And the soldiers also mocked him, approaching, and bringing him vinegar, ³⁷and saying, If thou are the king of the Jews, save thyself. ³⁸And there was also an inscription over him written in letters, in Greek and Latin and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁹And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed him, saying, If thou are the Christ, save thyself and us. ⁴⁰But the other man having answered, rebuking him, saying, Thou fear not even God, since thou are in the same condemnation? ⁴¹And we indeed justly, for we receive worthy of what we did, but this man did nothing amiss. ⁴²And he said to Jesus, Remember me, Lord, when thou come into thy kingdom. ⁴³And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, today thou will be with me in the paradise. ⁴⁴And it was about the sixth hour, and darkness occurred over the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle. ⁴⁶And Jesus, having sounded out in a great voice, said, Father, into thy hands I entrust my spirit. And having said these things, he expired. ⁴⁷And when the centurion saw that which happened, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this man was righteous. ⁴⁸And all the multitudes who came together to this scene, watching that which happened, turned back, beating their breasts. ⁴⁹And all his acquaintances, and the women who accompanied him from Galilee, had stood from afar, seeing these things. ⁵⁰And behold a man named Joseph, a council member, being a good and righteous man ⁵¹(this man not having consented to their purpose and deed), was from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also himself awaited the kingdom of God. ⁵²This man having gone to Pilate, requested the body of Jesus. ⁵³And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher cut in rock, of which no man was yet lain. ⁵⁴And the day was Preparation; sabbath was beginning. ⁵⁵And having followed closely, the women who were gathered to him out of Galilee, they saw the sepulcher, and how his body was laid. ⁵⁶And having returned, they prepared spices and ointments. And they indeed rested on the sabbath according to the commandment.

CHAPTER 24

¹And on the first day of the week, very early morning, they came to the sepulcher bringing the spices that they prepared, and some women with them. ²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher. ³And having entered in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴And it came to pass while they were bewildered about this, that behold, two men stood near them in shining apparel. ⁵And since they became frightened and bowing down their face to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, but was raised. Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee, ⁷saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day to rise. ⁸And they remembered his sayings. ⁹And having returned from the sepulcher, they reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the others. ¹⁰Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles. ¹¹And their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they disbelieved them. ¹²But having risen, Peter ran to the sepulcher. And having stooped down, he sees the linen cloths laying alone. And he departed, wondering to himself at that which happened. ¹³And behold, two of them were going the same day to a village that was sixty furlongs away from Jerusalem, which name was Emmaus. ¹⁴And they conversed with each other about all these things that happened. ¹⁵And it came to pass, while they conversed and discussed, that Jesus himself also having approached, went along with them. ¹⁶But their eyes were held, not to recognize him. ¹⁷And he said to them, What are these words that ye toss back to each other, while walking and are looking sad. ¹⁸And one, whose name was Cleopas, having answered, said to him, Thou only visit Jerusalem and do not know the things that happened in it during these days? ¹⁹And he said to them, What? And they said to him, The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who became a prophet, a mighty man in work and word before God and all the people, ²⁰and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up for condemnation of death, and crucified him. ²¹But we hoped that he is the man who is going to redeem Israel. But even with all these things, it brings this third day today from which time these things happened. ²²But also some of our women astonished us, having come to be at the sepulcher early morning. ²³And not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen a vision of agents who say he is alive. ²⁴And some of those with us went to the sepulcher, and found it this way, just as also the women said, but they did not see him. ²⁵And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke. ²⁶Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things about himself. ²⁸And they came near to the village where they were going, and he pretended to go further. ²⁹And they constrained him, saying, Remain with us, because it is toward evening, and the day has declined. And he went in to remain with them. ³⁰And it came to pass during his dining with them, that, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken in pieces he gave to them. ³¹And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he became invisible from them. ³²And they said to each other, Was not our heart burning within us while he spoke to us on the way, while he opened to us the scriptures? ³³And having risen up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven gathered together, ³⁴and those who were with them who said, The Lord really was raised, and was seen by Simon. ³⁵And they reported the things on the road, and how he was made known to them during the breaking of the bread. ³⁶And as they spoke these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and says to them, Peace to you. ³⁷But having been startled, and having become frightened, they presumed to see a spirit. ³⁸And he said to them, Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? ³⁹See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as ye see me having. ⁴⁰And having said this, he displayed to them his hands and feet. ⁴¹And while they still disbelieved from joy and wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything to eat here? ⁴²And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and from a bees honeycomb. ⁴³And having taken it, he ate before them. ⁴⁴And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfilled. ⁴⁵Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶And he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷and to proclaim in his name repentance and remission of sins for all the nations, having begun from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸And ye are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But stay ye in the city until ye are clothed with power from on high. ⁵⁰And he led them outside as far as to Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹And it came to pass while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was brought up into heaven. ⁵²And having worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³and they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Truly.

JOHN

CHAPTER 1

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²This man was in the beginning with God. ³All things came to be through him, and apart from him not even one thing came to be that has come to be. ⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ⁶A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John. ⁷This man came for testimony so that he might testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. ⁸That man was not the light, but that he might testify about the light. ⁹He was the true light coming into the world that enlightens every man. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, and the world knew him not. ¹¹He came to his own, and his own did not accept him. ¹²But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, ¹³who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God. ¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵John testified about him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me came to be before me, because he was before me. ¹⁶And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace. ¹⁷Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him. ¹⁹And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou? ²⁰And he confessed, and did not deny, and confessed, I am not the Christ. ²¹And they asked him, What therefore, are thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are thou the prophet? And he answered, No. ²²They said therefore to him, Who are thou, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do thou say about thyself? ²³He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said. ²⁴And those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? ²⁶John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but amidst you stands him whom ye know not. ²⁷He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe. ²⁸These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan where John was immersing. ²⁹On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This is he about whom I said, After me comes a man who has become before me, because he was before me. ³¹And I had not known him, but that he would be made known to Israel. Because of this I came immersing in water. ³²And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon him. ³³And I had not known him. But he who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, Upon whomever thou will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, this is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit. ³⁴And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God. ³⁵Again on the morrow John stood, and two of his disciples. ³⁶And having looked upon Jesus walking, he says, Behold, the Lamb of God! ³⁷And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸And Jesus having turned, and having seen them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which says, being interpreted, Teacher), where do thou dwell? ³⁹He says to them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and remained with him that day. It was about the tenth hour. ⁴⁰Andrew, Simon Peter�s brother, was one of the two who heard from John and who followed him. ⁴¹This man first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ). ⁴²And he brought him to Jesus. And having seen him, Jesus said, Thou are Simon the son of Jonah. Thou will be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter). ⁴³On the morrow he wanted to go forth into Galilee, and he finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, Follow me. ⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. ⁴⁶And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see. ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit. ⁴⁸Nathanael says to him, How do thou know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called thee, being under the fig tree, I saw thee. ⁴⁹Nathanael answered, and says to him, Rabbi, thou are the Son of God. Thou are the king of Israel. ⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, thou believe? Thou will see greater than these things. ⁵¹And he says to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, henceforth ye will see the heaven opened, and the agents of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

CHAPTER 2

¹And the third day a wedding occurred in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ²And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding. ³And having lacked wine the mother of Jesus says to him, They have no wine. ⁴And Jesus says to her, What is with me and with thee, woman? My hour is not yet here. ⁵His mother says to the helpers, Whatever he may say to you, do. ⁶Now there were six stone water pots laying there in accordance with the purification of the Jews, containing two or three measures each. ⁷Jesus says to them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them until over. ⁸And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry to the feast-ruler. And they carried. ⁹And when the feast-ruler tasted the water that became wine, and had not known from where it was (but the helpers who drew the water had known), the feast-ruler called the bridegroom, ¹⁰and says to him, Every man sets out the good wine first, and when they drank much, then the lesser. Thou have kept the good wine until now. ¹¹This is the beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and he manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. ¹²After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples. And they remained there not many days. ¹³And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴And he found sitting in the temple those who sell oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers. ¹⁵And having made a whip from cords, he drove all out from the temple both the sheep and the oxen. And he poured out the coins of the moneychangers, and turned over their tables. ¹⁶And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father�s house a house of merchandise. ¹⁷And his disciples remembered that it is written, Zeal for thy house will consume me. ¹⁸The Jews therefore answered, and said to him, What sign do thou show us since thou do these things? ¹⁹Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. ²⁰The Jews therefore said, This temple was forty-six years being built, and will thou raise it up in three days? ²¹But that man spoke about the temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was raised from the dead his disciples remembered that he spoke this, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus said. ²³Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover during the feast, many believed in his name seeing his signs that he did. ²⁴But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, ²⁵and because he had no need that any man should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

CHAPTER 3

¹Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. ²This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou have come a teacher from God, for no man can do these signs that thou do if God is not with him. ³Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be begotten, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother�s belly, and be born? ⁵Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Marvel not that I said to thee, It is necessary for you to be begotten from above. ⁸The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit. ⁹Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things happen? ¹⁰Jesus answered and said to him, Thou are the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things? ¹¹Truly, truly, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify of what we have seen, and ye do not accept our testimony. ¹²If I told you earthly things, and ye do not believe, how will ye believe if I should tell you heavenly things? ¹³And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, ¹⁵so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. ¹⁸He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil. ²⁰For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed. ²¹But he who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God. ²²After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the Judean country. And he remained there with them and immersed. ²³And John also was immersing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there. And they came and were immersed. ²⁴For John was not yet cast into prison. ²⁵Therefore a debate developed from John�s disciples with the Jews about purification. ²⁶And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, about whom thou have testified, behold, this man immerses, and all men come to him. ²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸Ye yourselves testify that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent ahead of that man. ²⁹He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom�s voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled. ³⁰It is necessary for that man to increase, but me to decrease. ³¹He who comes from above is above all things. He who is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all things. ³²And what he has seen and heard, of this he testifies, and no man receives his testimony. ³³He who has received his testimony has set a seal that God is true. ³⁴For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. ³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

CHAPTER 4

¹When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John ²(although Jesus himself did not immerse, but his disciples), ³he left Judea, and departed into Galilee. ⁴And it was necessary for him to pass through Samaria. ⁵So he comes to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶And Jacob�s well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied from the journey, thus was sitting on the well. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink. ⁸For his disciples had gone away into the city so that they might buy food. ⁹The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How do thou, being Jewish, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman, for Jews do not associate with Samaritans? ¹⁰Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water. ¹¹The woman says to him, Sir, thou have not even a container, and the well is deep. From where then have thou the living water? ¹²Are thou greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his livestock? ¹³Jesus answered and said to her, Every man who drinks of this water will thirst again, ¹⁴but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will, no, not thirst into the age. But the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life. ¹⁵The woman says to him, Give me this water, sir, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw out. ¹⁶Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here. ¹⁷The woman answered and said to him, I have no husband. Jesus says to her, Thou said correctly, I have no husband. ¹⁸For thou have had five husbands, and he whom thou now have is not thy husband. This thou have said true. ¹⁹The woman says to him, Sir, I perceive that thou are a prophet. ²⁰Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship. ²¹Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour is coming when neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem will ye worship the Father. ²²Ye worship what ye do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. ²³But an hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for also the Father seeks such kind who worship him. ²⁴God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. ²⁵The woman says to him, I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When that man comes he will declare all things to us. ²⁶Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am the man. ²⁷And upon this his disciples came. And they marveled that he spoke with the woman, yet no man said, What seek thou? or, Why do thou speak with her? ²⁸The woman therefore left her water pot, and departed into the city, and says to the men, ²⁹Come, see a man who told me all, as many things as I did. Is not this the Christ? ³⁰They went out of the city, and came to him. ³¹In the meanwhile the disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, eat. ³²But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not. ³³The disciples therefore said to each other, Did any man bring him to eat? ³⁴Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work. ³⁵Do ye not say, There are still four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are already white for harvest. ³⁶And he who reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷For in this the saying is true, One is who sows, and another who reaps. ³⁸I sent you to reap what ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor. ³⁹And many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all, as many things as I did. ⁴⁰So when the Samaritans came to him they asked him to remain with them, and he remained there two days. ⁴¹And many more believed because of his word. ⁴²And they said to the woman, We no longer believe because of thy speaking, for we have heard ourselves, and know that this really is the Savior of the world, the Christ. ⁴³And after the two days he departed from there and went into Galilee. ⁴⁴For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own fatherland. ⁴⁵So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast. ⁴⁶Jesus therefore came again to Cana of Galilee where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. ⁴⁷This man having heard that Jesus comes out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was going to die. ⁴⁸Jesus therefore said to him, Unless ye may see signs and wonders, ye will, no, not believe. ⁴⁹The nobleman says to him, Sir, come down before my child dies. ⁵⁰Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and he departed. ⁵¹And as he was now going down, his bondmen met him and reported, saying, Thy boy lives. ⁵²So he inquired of them the hour in which he fared well. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. ⁵³So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son lives. And he himself believed and his whole house. ⁵⁴This again is a second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.

CHAPTER 5

¹After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ²Now there is in Jerusalem by the place pertaining to sheep, a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. ³In these lay a great multitude of those who are feeble, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the movement of the water. ⁴For an agent went down at a certain time into the pool, and agitated the water. Therefore the first man who stepped in after the agitation of the water became well from whatever affliction he had. ⁵And a certain man was there who was thirty-eight years in the weakness. ⁶When Jesus saw this man lying down, and knew that he fares now a long time, he says to him, Do thou desire to become well? ⁷The infirmed man answered him, Sir, I have no man so that when the water is agitated he might put me into the pool, but while I am coming another steps down before me. ⁸Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy bed and walk. ⁹And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was sabbath on that day. ¹⁰The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed. ¹¹He answered them, The man who made me well, that man said to me, Take up thy bed and walk. ¹²Therefore they asked him, Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk? ¹³But the man who was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus withdrew, a multitude being in the place. ¹⁴After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee. ¹⁵The man departed and reported to the Jews that Jesus is the man who made him well. ¹⁶And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on a sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now and I work. ¹⁸Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God. ¹⁹Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever he may do, the Son also does these things in like manner. ²⁰For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. And he will show him works greater than these, so that ye may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will. ²²For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son, ²³so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. ²⁵Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man. ²⁸Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice, ²⁹and will come forth, those who have done right to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced wrong to a resurrection of judgment. ³⁰I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me. ³¹If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. ³²There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he testifies about me is valid. ³³Ye have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴But I do not take the testimony from man. However, I say these things, so that ye may be saved. ³⁵That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light. ³⁶But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me. ³⁷And the Father, he who sent me, has testified about me.Ye have neither heard his voice, nor have ever seen his appearance. ³⁸And ye have not his word dwelling in you, because ye do not believe that man whom he sent for this. ³⁹Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me. ⁴⁰And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life. ⁴¹I do not receive glory from men. ⁴²But I know you, that ye have not the love of God within yourselves. ⁴³I have come in my Father�s name, and ye do not accept me. If another man should come in his own name, ye will accept that man. ⁴⁴How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God? ⁴⁵Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped. ⁴⁶For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for that man wrote about me. ⁴⁷But if ye believe not the writings of that man, how will ye believe my sayings?

CHAPTER 6

¹After these things Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias). ²And a great multitude followed him because they saw his signs, which he did on those who are infirmed. ³And Jesus went up onto the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples. ⁴Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵Jesus therefore having lifted up his eyes, and having seen that a great multitude comes to him, he says to Philip, From where will we buy loaves, so that these may eat? ⁶But he said this testing him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. ⁷Philip answered him, Loaves of two hundred denarii of bread are not sufficient for them, so that each of them may take a little something. ⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter�s brother, says to him, ⁹There is one child here that has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for so many? ¹⁰And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹And Jesus took the loaves, and having expressed thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fishes as much as they wanted. ¹²And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, so that not anything may be lost. ¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over from those who have eaten. ¹⁴When therefore the men saw what sign Jesus did, they said, This really is the prophet who comes into the world. ¹⁵Jesus therefore having perceived that they are going to come and seize him, so that they might make him king, departed onto the mountain himself alone. ¹⁶And when it became evening his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷and having entered into the boat, they were going to the other side of the sea toward Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ¹⁸And the sea was being raised by a great wind blowing. ¹⁹Therefore having impelled forward about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near to the boat, and they were afraid. ²⁰But he says to them, It is I, fear not. ²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat, and straightaway the boat came to be at the land to which they were going. ²²On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other boat there except that one in which his disciples entered, and that Jesus did not go with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples went away alone, ²³and other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord expressed thanks, ²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they entered into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus. ²⁵And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when did thou become here? ²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man. ²⁸They said to him therefore, What shall we do that we may work the works of God? ²⁹Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in that man whom he has sent. ³⁰They said to him therefore, What sign do thou, that we may see and believe in thee? What do thou work? ³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. ³²Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. ³³For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world. ³⁴They said to him therefore, Lord, always give us this bread. ³⁵Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will, no, not hunger, and he who believes in me will, no, not ever thirst. ³⁶But also I said to you, that ye have seen me, and yet do not believe. ³⁷All that the Father gives me will come to me, and he who comes to me I will, no, not cast out. ³⁸Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me. ³⁹And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all that he has given me I would not lose from it, but I will raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰And this is the will of him who sent me, that every man who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured about him because he said, I am the bread that came down out of heaven. ⁴²And they said, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Therefore how does this man say, I have come down out of heaven? ⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among each other. ⁴⁴No man can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they will all be taught of God. Every man who hears from the Father, and having learned, comes to me. ⁴⁶Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God. This man has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me has eternal life. ⁴⁸I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread, having come down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he will live into the age. And also, the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵²The Jews therefore contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink. ⁵⁶He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, also he who eats me, that man will also live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live into the age. ⁵⁹He said these things in a synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. ⁶⁰Therefore many of his disciples having heard, said, This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it? ⁶¹But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples are grumbling about this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble? ⁶²Then if ye should see the Son of man ascending where he was before? ⁶³It is the spirit that makes alive. The flesh benefits nothing. The sayings that I speak to you are spirit, are life. ⁶⁴Nevertheless, there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who do not believe, and who he is who will betray him. ⁶⁵And he said, Because of this I have said to you that no man is able to come to me, if it is not given to him from my Father. ⁶⁶From this, many of his disciples went back at these things, and walked no more with him. ⁶⁷Jesus said therefore to the twelve, Do ye not also want to go? ⁶⁸Simon Peter therefore answered him, Lord, to whom will we go? Thou have sayings of eternal life. ⁶⁹And we have believed and know that thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Did I not choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil? ⁷¹But he spoke of Judas Iscariot son of Simon. For this man, being one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

CHAPTER 7

¹And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. ²Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was near. ³His brothers therefore said to him, Depart from here, and go into Judea so that thy disciples also may see thy works that thou do. ⁴For no man does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be in public. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world. ⁵For not even his brothers believed in him. ⁶Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready. ⁷The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil. ⁸Go ye up to this feast. I am not yet going to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled. ⁹And having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee. ¹⁰But when his brothers went up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in private. ¹¹The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man? ¹²And there was much murmuring among the multitudes about him. Some said, He is a good man, others said, No, but he leads the multitude astray. ¹³Yet no man spoke openly about him because of fear of the Jews. ¹⁴And when it was now in the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. ¹⁵The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How does this man know scholarly material, not having learned? ¹⁶Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself. ¹⁸He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, this man is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. ¹⁹Did not Moses give you the law, and none of you does the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? ²⁰The multitude answered and said, Thou have a demon. Who seeks to kill thee? ²¹Jesus answered and said to them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because of this. ²²Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on a sabbath. ²³If a man receives circumcision on a sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be loosed, are ye angry with me because I made a man entirely well on a sabbath? ²⁴Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment. ²⁵Therefore some of the Jerusalemites said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? ²⁶And lo, he speaks in public, and they say nothing to him. Perhaps the rulers really know that this really is the Christ? ²⁷However we know this man, where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no man knows where he is from. ²⁸Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know where I am from? And I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom ye know not. ²⁹I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. ³⁰They sought therefore to seize him, and yet no man laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come. ³¹But many from the crowd believed in him, and they said, When the Christ comes, will he do more signs than these that this man did? ³²The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent subordinates so that they might take him. ³³Jesus therefore said, Yet a little time I am with you, and then I go to him who sent me. ³⁴Ye will seek me, and will not find me, and where I am, ye cannot come. ³⁵The Jews therefore said among themselves, Where is this man going to go that we will not find him? Is he going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? ³⁶What is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and will not find me, and, Where I am, ye cannot come? ³⁷Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus had stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. ³⁹But he spoke this about the Spirit that those who believe in him were going to receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified. ⁴⁰Many from the multitude therefore, when they heard the saying, said, This is truly the prophet. ⁴¹Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, For does the Christ come out of Galilee? ⁴²Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? ⁴³So there became a division among the multitude because of him. ⁴⁴And some of them wanted to take him, but no man laid hands on him. ⁴⁵The subordinates therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And those men said to them, Why did ye not bring him? ⁴⁶The subordinates answered, A man never so spoke like this man. ⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, Have ye not also been led astray? ⁴⁸Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹But this multitude that does not know the law are accursed. ⁵⁰Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one of them), ⁵¹Does our law judge a man, unless it first may hear from himself and know what he does? ⁵²They answered and said to him, Are thou also from Galilee? Search and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet. ⁵³And each man went to his house.

CHAPTER 8

¹But Jesus went to the mount of Olives. ²And at early morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. And having sat down, he taught them. ³And the scholars and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery. And having stood her in the midst, ⁴tempting, they say to him, Teacher, we found this woman committing adultery, in the act. ⁵Now in the law, Moses commanded us such women are to be stoned. What therefore do thou say about her? ⁶But they said this, trying him, so that they might have an accusation against him. But Jesus having stooped down, wrote on the ground with his finger, not pretending. ⁷And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her. ⁸And again having stooped down, he wrote on the ground. ⁹And they, having heard and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, having begun from the elder until the last. And Jesus was left behind alone, and the woman being in the midst. ¹⁰And Jesus, after standing erect, and having seen no man but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are those accusers of thee? Did no man condemn thee? ¹¹And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and henceforth sin no more. ¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows me would, no, not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life. ¹³The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou testify about thyself. Thy testimony is not valid. ¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I might testify about myself, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I go, but ye do not know where I come from and where I go. ¹⁵Ye judge according to the flesh. I judge no man. ¹⁶But even if I judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. ¹⁷And also it is written in your law that the testimony of two men is valid. ¹⁸I am he who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me. ¹⁹They said therefore to him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also. ²⁰Jesus spoke these sayings in the treasury as he taught in the temple, and no man seized him, because his hour had not yet come. ²¹Jesus therefore again said to them, I go, and ye will seek me, and ye will die in your sin. Where I go, ye cannot come. ²²The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, because he says, Where I go, ye cannot come? ²³And he said to them, Ye are from below, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world. ²⁴I said therefore to you that ye will die in your sins. For unless ye believe that I am he, ye will die in your sins. ²⁵They said therefore to him, Who are thou? And Jesus said to them, The beginning, something that I am even telling you. ²⁶I have many things to say and to judge about you. But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the world these things that I heard from him. ²⁷They did not understand that he spoke the Father to them. ²⁸Jesus therefore said to them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then ye will know that I am he, and I do nothing from myself, but I speak these things as my Father taught me. ²⁹And he who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do things pleasing to him. ³⁰As he spoke these things of him, many believed in him. ³¹Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples, ³²and ye will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. ³³They answered to him, We are Abraham�s seed, and have been in bondage to no man, ever. How can thou say, Ye will become free? ³⁴Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin. ³⁵And the bondman does not remain in the house into the age. The Son remains into the age. ³⁶If therefore the Son should make you free, ye will truly be free. ³⁷I know that ye are Abraham�s seed, yet ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. ³⁸I speak what I have seen from my Father, and ye therefore do what ye have seen from your father. ³⁹They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham�s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. ⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. ⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God. ⁴²Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For, neither have I come for myself, but he sent me. ⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word. ⁴⁴Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and the father of it. ⁴⁵And I, because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me. ⁴⁶Which of you convicts me about sin? And if I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? ⁴⁷He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God. ⁴⁸Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon? ⁴⁹Jesus answered, I have no demon, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. ⁵⁰But I seek not my own glory. He is who seeks and judges. ⁵¹Truly, truly, I say to you, if any man keeps my word, he will, no, not see death, into the age. ⁵²The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets, and thou say, If any man keeps my word, he will, no, not taste of death, into the age. ⁵³Are thou greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do thou make thyself? ⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is he who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God. ⁵⁵And ye do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word. ⁵⁶Your father Abraham rejoiced that he could see my day, and he saw it, and was glad. ⁵⁷The Jews therefore said to him, Thou have not yet fifty years, and thou have seen Abraham? ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am. ⁵⁹Therefore they took up stones so that they might throw at him, but Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, having passed through the midst of them, and thus passed on.

CHAPTER 9

¹And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind? ³Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him. ⁴I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work. ⁵When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ⁶Having said these things, he spat toward the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man. ⁷And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing. ⁸The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is this not he who sits and begs? ⁹Others said, He is this man, but others said, He is like him. That man said, I am. ¹⁰They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened? ¹¹That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight. ¹²Therefore they said to him, Where is that man? He says, I do not know. ¹³They brought him to the Pharisees�the former blind man. ¹⁴Now it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see. ¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them. ¹⁷They say again to the blind man, What do thou say about him, that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. ¹⁸The Jews therefore did not believe about him, that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received sight. ¹⁹And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom ye say that he was born blind? How then does he now see? ²⁰And his parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind, ²¹but how he now sees, we know not. Or who opened his eyes, we know not. He has maturity, ask him. He will speak for himself. ²²His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him as Christ, he should become excommunicated from the synagogue. ²³Because of this his parents said, He has maturity, ask him. ²⁴So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful. ²⁵That man therefore answered and said, If he is sinful, I know not. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see. ²⁶But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes? ²⁷He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples? ²⁸They reviled him, and said, Thou are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from. ³⁰The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man. ³²From the age, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. ³³If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. ³⁴They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us? And they cast him outside. ³⁵Jesus heard that they cast him outside. And having found him, he said to him, Do thou believe in the Son of God? ³⁶That man answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him? ³⁷And Jesus said to him, Thou have both seen him, and he is that man who speaks with thee. ³⁸And he affirmed, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him. ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind. ⁴⁰And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind? ⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.

CHAPTER 10

¹Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter in by the door into the fold of the sheep, but goes up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber. ²But he who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³The gatekeeper opens to this man. And the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. ⁴And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him because they know his voice. ⁵And they will, no, not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers. ⁶Jesus spoke this allegory to them, but those men did not understand what it was that he spoke to them. ⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All, as many as came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹I am the door. If any man enters in by me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture. ¹⁰The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly. ¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²But the hired man, and not being the shepherd, whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. ¹³But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and it is no care to him about the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and I know mine, and I am known by mine. ¹⁵Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd. ¹⁷Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, so that I may take it again. ¹⁸No man takes it from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father. ¹⁹Therefore again there became a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him? ²¹Others said, These are not the sayings of a man possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? ²²And the feast of the dedication happened at Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³And Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon�s porch. ²⁴The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, When do thou lift up our soul? If thou are the Christ, tell us plainly. ²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye did not believe. The works that I do in my Father�s name, these testify about me. ²⁶But ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father who has given to me, is greater than all, and not one is able to snatch out of my Father�s hand. ³⁰I and the Father are one. ³¹Therefore again the Jews took up stones so that they might stone him. ³²Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me? ³³The Jews answered him, saying, We stone thee not about a good work, but about blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, make thyself God. ³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? ³⁵If he designated those men gods, for whom the word of God came to be (and the scripture cannot be broken), ³⁶whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, do ye say, Thou blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God? ³⁷If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸But if I am doing them, even though ye do not believe me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. ³⁹Therefore they sought again to take him, and he went forth out of their hand. ⁴⁰And he departed again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was first immersing, and he stayed there. ⁴¹And many came to him, and they said, John indeed did not one sign, but all, as many things as John spoke about this man, were true. ⁴²And many believed in him there.

CHAPTER 11

¹Now a certain Lazarus, from Bethany of the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick. ²And Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou love is sick. ⁴But when Jesus heard, he said, This sickness is not about death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it. ⁵Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶When therefore he heard that he is sick, then he actually remained two days in that place he was. ⁷Later after this he says to the disciples, Let us go into Judea again. ⁸The disciples say to him, Rabbi, the Jews were now seeking to stone thee, and thou go there again. ⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But if any man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. ¹¹He spoke these things, and after this he says to them, Our friend Lazarus has become asleep, but I go that I may awake him. ¹²His disciples therefore said, Lord, if he has become asleep, he will be healed. ¹³But Jesus had spoken about his death, but those men thought that he was speaking about the restfulness of sleep. ¹⁴Therefore Jesus then said to them plainly, Lazarus died. ¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that ye may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him. ¹⁶Therefore Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. ¹⁷So when Jesus came, he found him already four days being kept in the sepulcher. ¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away from it, ¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to the women, about Martha and Mary, so that they might console them about their brother. ²⁰Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him, but Mary was sitting in the house. ²¹Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou were here, my brother would not have died. ²²But I know even now that as many things as thou may ask of God, God will give to thee. ²³Jesus says to her, Thy brother will rise. ²⁴Martha says to him, I know that he will rise in the resurrection at the last day. ²⁵Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live. ²⁶And every man who lives and believes in me will, no, not die, into the age. Do thou believe this? ²⁷She says to him, Yes, Lord, I have believed that thou are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world. ²⁸And when she said these things, she departed and called Mary her sister privately, saying, The teacher is here and calls thee. ²⁹When that woman heard, she rises quickly, and comes to him. ³⁰(Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.) ³¹The Jews therefore being with her in the house and consoling her, having seen Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying that she was going to the sepulcher that she may weep there. ³²Therefore when Mary came where Jesus was, after seeing him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou were here, my brother would not have died. ³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who gathered with her, weeping, he groaned in the spirit, and was himself troubled. ³⁴And he said, Where have ye laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. ³⁵Jesus wept. 35 ³⁶The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him. ³⁷But some of them said, This man who opened the eyes of the blind man, was he not also able to cause that this man also would not die? ³⁸Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the sepulcher. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. ³⁹Jesus says, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of the man who came to end, says to him, Lord, he smells now, for it is the fourth day. ⁴⁰Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou believed, thou will see the glory of God? ⁴¹So they took away the stone where the man who died was laying. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heard me. ⁴²And I had known that thou always hear me, but because of the multitude that stands by I spoke, so that they may believe that thou sent me. ⁴³And having said these things, he cried out with a great voice, Lazarus, come out. ⁴⁴And the man who died came forth, wrapped hands and feet with grave-clothes, and his face had been wrapped around with a face cloth. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and allow him to go. ⁴⁵Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and who saw what Jesus did, believed in him. ⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus did. ⁴⁷Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs. ⁴⁸If we allow him this way, all men will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and the nation. ⁴⁹And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all, ⁵⁰nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation should perish. ⁵¹Now he said this not from himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation. ⁵²And not for the nation only, but also that he might gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³So from that day they consulted together so that they might kill him. ⁵⁴Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the region near the wilderness into a city called Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples. ⁵⁵Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the countryside before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves. ⁵⁶Therefore they sought Jesus, and spoke with each other as they stood in the temple, What does it seem to you? That he will, no, not come to the feast? ⁵⁷Now also the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that if any man knew where he is, he should disclose it, so that they might take him.

CHAPTER 12

¹Therefore six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the man who died whom he raised from the dead. ²So they made a supper for him there, and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those who sat dining with him. ³Mary therefore, after taking a pound of ointment of very costly genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled of the aroma of the ointment. ⁴Therefore one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, the man who was going to betray him, says, ⁵Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor? ⁶Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in. ⁷Jesus therefore said, Let her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial. ⁸For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me. ⁹Now a great multitude of the Jews knew that he is there. And they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they might also see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰But the chief priests decided that they should kill Lazarus also, ¹¹since because of him many of the Jews were going and were believing in Jesus. ¹²On the morrow a great multitude having come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! ¹⁴And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it, as it is written, ¹⁵Fear not, daughter of Zion. Behold, thy King comes, sitting on a donkey�s colt. ¹⁶Now his disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these were things written because of him, and they did these things to him. ¹⁷Therefore the multitude, the one that was with him when he called Lazarus from the sepulcher, and raised him from the dead, testified. ¹⁸Also because of this the multitude met him, because they heard of him doing this sign. ¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye see that ye accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him. ²⁰Now some Greeks were from those who came up so that they might worship at the feast. ²¹These men therefore came to Philip, the man from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we want to see Jesus. ²²Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. ²³And Jesus answered them saying, The hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified. ²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat that falls into the ground dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit. ²⁵He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will honor him. ²⁷Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But because of this I came to this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came out of heaven, saying, I both glorified it, and I will glorify again. ²⁹The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said thunder occurred, others said, An agent has spoken to him. ³⁰Jesus answered and said, This voice occurred not for my sake, but for your sakes. ³¹Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³²And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself. ³³And he said this, signifying by what death he was going to die. ³⁴The multitude answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ remains into the age. And how can thou say, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? ³⁵Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going. ³⁶While ye have the light, believe in the light, so that ye may become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, he was hid from them. ³⁷But although having done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, ³⁸so that the word of Isaiah the prophet that he spoke might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹Because of this they could not believe. Because Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I would heal them. ⁴¹Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke about him. ⁴²Yet, nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess, so that they would not become excommunicated from the synagogue, ⁴³for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. ⁴⁴And Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. ⁴⁵And he who sees me sees him who sent me. ⁴⁶I have come a light into the world, so that every man who believes in me may not remain in the darkness. ⁴⁷And if any man hears my sayings, and will not believe, I do not judge him, for I came not so that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world. ⁴⁸He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings, has that which judges him: the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day. ⁴⁹Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. ⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore what things I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

CHAPTER 13

¹Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, having seen that his hour has come that he would depart out of this world to his Father, having loved his own in the world, he loved them to the end. ²And supper having occurred, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon�s son, that he would betray him, ³Jesus, having seen that the Father has given all the things to him, into his hands, and that he came from God, and goes to God, ⁴rises from supper, and set his garments aside, and after taking a towel, he girded himself. ⁵Then he pours water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples� feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. ⁶So he comes to Simon Peter, and that man says to him, Lord, do thou wash my feet? ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou do not know now, but thou will understand after these things. ⁸Peter says to him, Thou may, no, not wash my feet into the age. Jesus answered him, If I may not wash thee, thou have no part with me. ⁹Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head. ¹⁰Jesus says to him, He who is bathed has no need to wash the feet either, but is entirely clean. And ye are clean, but not all. ¹¹For he knew the man betraying him. Because of this he said, Ye are not all clean. ¹²When therefore he washed their feet, and took his garments, having sat down again, he said to them, Do ye understand what I have done to you? ¹³Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord. And ye say well, for I am. ¹⁴If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other�s feet. ¹⁵For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you ye also should do. ¹⁶Truly, truly, I say to you, a bondman is not greater than his lord, nor is an apostle greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷If ye have seen these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. ¹⁸I speak not about you all. I have seen whom I chose, but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me lifted up his heel against me. ¹⁹From henceforth I tell you before it happens, so that when it happens, ye may believe that I am. ²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any man whomever I may send, receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ²¹Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray me. ²²Therefore the disciples looked at each other, being uncertain about whom he speaks. ²³And one of his disciples whom Jesus loved was sitting at Jesus� bosom. ²⁴Simon Peter therefore gestured to this man to inquire whoever he may be about whom he speaks. ²⁵And that man, having leaned thus toward Jesus� breast, says to him, Lord, who is he? ²⁶Jesus replies, He is that man to whom I, having dipped the morsel, will give. And when he dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that man. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou do, do more quickly. ²⁸But no man who was sitting knew why he said this to him. ²⁹For some thought, since Judas had the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰Therefore having received the morsel, straightaway that man went out, and it was night. ³¹When he went out, Jesus says, Now the Son of man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. ³²If God is glorify in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him straightaway. ³³Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, ye cannot come, I also now say to you. ³⁴A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other. ³⁵By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other. ³⁶Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where do thou go? Jesus answered him, Where I go, thou cannot follow me now, but thou will follow me afterwards. ³⁷Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. ³⁸Jesus answered him, Will thou lay down thy life for me? Truly, truly, I say to thee, A cock will, no, not sound, until thou will deny me thrice.

CHAPTER 14

¹Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. ²In my Father�s house are many dwellings, and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will take you along to myself, so that where I am, ye may be also. ⁴And ye know where I go, and ye know the way. ⁵Thomas says to him, Lord, we know not where thou go. How can we know the way? ⁶Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me. ⁷If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also. And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. ⁸Philip says to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. ⁹Jesus says to him, Have I been so long a time with you, and thou do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. And how can thou say, Show us the Father? ¹⁰Do thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The sayings that I speak to you I speak not from myself, but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works. ¹¹Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves. ¹²Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, that man will also do. And he will do greater than these, because I go to the Father. ¹³And anything whatever ye may ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If ye will ask me anything in my name, I will do it. ¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age, ¹⁷the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see nor know it. But ye know it, because it dwells with you, and will be in you. ¹⁸I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you. ¹⁹Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live. ²⁰In that day ye will know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. ²¹He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²²Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, Lord, and what has happened that thou are going to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him. ²⁴He who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father�s who sent me. ²⁵I have spoken these things to you while remaining with you. ²⁶But the helper, the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you. ²⁷Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be cowardly. ²⁸Ye heard that I said to you, I go, and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced because I said I go to the Father, because my Father is greater than I. ²⁹And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, ye might believe. ³⁰I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world comes. And he has nothing on me, ³¹but that the world may know that I love the Father. And as the Father commanded me, thus I do. Arise, let us go from here.

CHAPTER 15

¹I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the farmer. ²Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit. ³Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me. ⁵I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing. ⁶If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned. ⁷If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you. ⁸By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples. ⁹As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love. ¹⁰If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father�s commandments, and dwell in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you that my joy may dwell in you, and your joy may be full. ¹²This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you. ¹³Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do as many things as I command you. ¹⁵I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you. ¹⁶Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you. ¹⁷These things I command you, so that ye may love each other. ¹⁸If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you. ¹⁹If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also. ²¹But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³He who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause. ²⁶But when the helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, that will testify about me. ²⁷And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

CHAPTER 16

¹I have spoken these things to you, so that ye may not be caused to stumble. ²They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God. ³And they will do these things, because they have not known the Father nor me. ⁴But I have told you these things, so that when the hour comes, ye may remember that I told you of them. But I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. ⁵But now I go to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, Where do thou go? ⁶But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I depart, for if I do not depart, the helper will not come to you. But whenever I go, I will send him to you. ⁸And having come, that will convict the world about sin, and about justice, and about judgment. ⁹About sin because they truly did not believe in me, ¹⁰and about justice because I go to the Father, and ye see me no more, ¹¹and about judgment because the ruler of this world has been judged. ¹²I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. ¹³However when that, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but as many things as he may hear, he will speak. And he will report to you the things that are coming. ¹⁴He will glorify me because he will receive from me, and will report to you. ¹⁵All things, as many as the Father has are mine. Because of this I said that he takes from me, and will report to you. ¹⁶A little while, and ye do not see me. Again a little while, and ye will behold me, because I go to the Father. ¹⁷Therefore some of his disciples said among themselves, What is this that he says to us, A little while, and ye do not see me, and, Again a little while, and ye will behold me, and, Because I go to the Father? ¹⁸They said therefore What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says. ¹⁹Therefore Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, Do ye inquire among yourselves about this, because I said, A little while, and ye do not see me, and, Again a little while, and ye will behold me? ²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. Ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become into joy. ²¹When a woman brings forth she has pain because her hour has come. But when she has given birth to the child she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a man was born into the world. ²²And now therefore indeed ye have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no man takes your joy away from you. ²³And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, that as many things as ye may ask the Father in my name, he will give you. ²⁴Until now ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive, so that your joy may be made full. ²⁵These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father. ²⁶In that day ye will ask in my name, and I do not say to you, that I will pray the Father about you, ²⁷for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. ²⁸I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again I leave the world, and go to the Father. ²⁹His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speak plainly, and speak not one veiled word. ³⁰Now we know that thou know all things, and have no need that any man should question thee. By this we believe that thou came forth from God. ³¹Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? ³²Behold, the hour comes, and now has come, that ye will be scattered, each man to his own things, and ye will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. ³³These things I have spoken to you, so that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation. But cheer up, I have overcome the world.

CHAPTER 17

¹Jesus spoke these things, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify thy Son, that the Son may also glorify thee, ²just as thou gave him authority over all flesh, so that all things that thou have given him, he will give them eternal life. ³And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent. ⁴I glorified thee on the earth. I finished the work which thou have given me that I should do. ⁵And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was. ⁶I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gave me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gave them to me, and they have kept thy word. ⁷Now they know that all things, as many as thou gave me are from thee. ⁸Because the sayings that thou gave to me, I gave to them. And they received them, and knew truly that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou sent me. ⁹I pray about them. I do not pray about the world, but about whom thou have given me, because they are for thee. ¹⁰And all my things are thy things, and thy things are my things, and I am glorified in them. ¹¹And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name that thou have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we. ¹²While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Whom thou gave to me, I kept, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of destruction, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³And now I come to thee. And I speak these things in the world, so that they may have my joy fulfilled in them. ¹⁴I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. ¹⁶They are not of the world just as I am not of the world. ¹⁷Sanctify them in thy truth. Thy word is truth. ¹⁸Just as thou sent me into the world, so also I sent them into the world. ¹⁹And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they may also themselves be sanctified in truth. ²⁰And I pray not about these only, but also about those who believe in me through their word, ²¹so that they may all be one, just as thou, Father, are in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou sent me. ²²And I, the glory that thou have given me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as we are one, ²³I in them, and thou in me, that they may be fully perfected in one, and so that the world may know that thou sent me, and loved them, just as thou loved me. ²⁴Father, whom thou gave to me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me, so that they may see my glory that thou have given me, because thou loved me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵And righteous Father, the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and these know that thou sent me. ²⁶And I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, so that the love that thou loved me may be in them, and I in them.

CHAPTER 18

¹After speaking these things, Jesus went forth with his disciples on the other side of the brook Kidron, where there was a garden into which he entered, he and his disciples. ²Now Judas, the man betraying him, had also known the place, because Jesus also often gathered there with his disciples. ³Judas therefore having received the band and subordinates from the chief priests and the Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴Jesus therefore knowing all the things that were coming upon him, after going forth, he says to them, Whom seek ye? ⁵They answered him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them, I am he. And Judas, the man betraying him had also stood with them. ⁶When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward and fell to the ground. ⁷Again therefore he questioned them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene. ⁸Jesus answered, I told you that I am. If therefore ye seek me, allow these men to go, ⁹so that the word that he spoke might be fulfilled, Of whom thou have given me, I lost, no, not one of them. ¹⁰Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest�s bondman, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant�s name was Malchus. ¹¹Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup that the Father has given me, shall I, no, not drink it? ¹²So the band, and the chief captain, and the subordinates of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound him, ¹³and led him away first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴Now Caiaphas was the man who counseled the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people. ¹⁵And Simon Peter followed Jesus, also the other disciple. But that disciple was known to the high priest, and he went in with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. ¹⁶But Peter had stood near the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought in Peter. ¹⁷Therefore the servant girl (the doorkeeper) says to Peter, Are thou not also of this man�s disciples? That man says, I am not. ¹⁸Now the bondmen and the subordinates had stood, having made a fire of coals because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing with them warming himself. ¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his doctrine. ²⁰Jesus answered him, I spoke in public to the world. I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple where the Jews always gather together, and I spoke nothing in secret. ²¹Why question thou me? Question those who have heard what I said to them. Behold, these know the things that I said. ²²And when he said these things, one of the subordinates standing by gave a slap to Jesus, saying, Answer thou the high priest this way? ²³Jesus answered him, If I spoke wrongly, testify about the wrong, but if correctly, why strike me? ²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. ²⁵Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Therefore they said to him, Are thou not also of his disciples? That man therefore denied, and said, I am not. ²⁶One of the bondmen of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, Did I not see thee in the garden with him? ²⁷Peter therefore denied again, and straightaway a cock sounded. ²⁸They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover. ²⁹Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man? ³⁰They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to thee. ³¹Pilate therefore said to them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted for us to kill any man, ³²so that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he spoke, signifying what kind of death he was going to die. ³³Pilate therefore again entered into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are thou the king of the Jews? ³⁴Jesus answered, Do thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee about me? ³⁵Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee to me. What have thou done? ³⁶Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world my subordinates would have fought so that I would not be delivered to the Jews, but now my kingdom is not from here. ³⁷Pilate therefore said to him, Then thou are a king? Jesus answered, Thou say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth. Every man who is of the truth hears my voice. ³⁸Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find not one cause in him. ³⁹But there is a custom for you that I should release to you one man at the Passover. Do ye wish therefore I would release to you the king of the Jews? ⁴⁰They all cried out again therefore, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. But Barabbas was a robber.

CHAPTER 19

¹Therefore Pilate then took Jesus and scourged him. ²And the soldiers having woven a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put around him a purple garment. ³And they said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they gave him slaps. ⁴Therefore Pilate again went forth outside, and says to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, so that ye may know that I find not one cause in him. ⁵Jesus therefore came outside, wearing the thorny crown and the purple robe. And he says to them, Look at the man! ⁶When therefore the chief priests and the subordinates saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Ye take him and crucify, for I find no cause in him. ⁷The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God. ⁸When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was more afraid. ⁹And he went into the Praetorium again, and says to Jesus, Where are thou from? But Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰Pilate therefore says to him, Thou do not speak to me? Know thou not that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee? ¹¹Jesus answered him, Thou would have no authority against me, unless it were given thee from above. Because of this he who delivered me to thee has greater sin. ¹²From this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou are not Caesar�s friend. Every man who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. ¹³When Pilate therefore heard this word, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, Look at your king! ¹⁵But they cried out, Away, away, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king except Caesar. ¹⁶Therefore he then delivered him to them, so that he might be crucified, and they took and led Jesus away. ¹⁷And he went out bearing his cross to a place called, of a Skull, a place that is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, ¹⁸where they crucified him, and two others with him, on this side and that, and Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And it was written, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁰Therefore many of the Jews read this title, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Latin. ²¹Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The king of the Jews, but, That man said I am king of the Jews. ²²Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. ²³The soldiers therefore when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. But the tunic was a seamless weave, from the top throughout. ²⁴They said therefore among themselves, Let us not divide it, but cast a lot for it, whose it will be, so that the scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast a lot. Therefore the soldiers indeed did these things. ²⁵And his mother, and his mother�s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene had stood near the cross of Jesus. ²⁶When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son. ²⁷Then he says to the disciple, Behold, thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own place. ²⁸After this, Jesus, having seen that all things are now completed, so that the scripture might be fully complete, says, I thirst. ²⁹Therefore a vessel full of vinegar was set there. And having filled a sponge with the vinegar, and having put it around a hyssop, they brought it to his mouth. ³⁰When therefore Jesus received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and after bowing his head, he gave up the spirit. ³¹The Jews therefore, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was Preparation (for it was the high day of that sabbath), they besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they might be removed. ³²The soldiers therefore came, and indeed broke the legs of the first, and of the other man who was crucified with him. ³³But having come to Jesus, when they saw him now having died, they did not break his legs. ³⁴But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and straightaway blood and water came out. ³⁵And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And that man knows that he speaks true, so that ye may believe. ³⁶For these things happened so that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken. ³⁷And again another scripture says, They will look toward whom they pierced. ³⁸And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate allowed him. Therefore he came and removed the body of Jesus. ³⁹And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. ⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, just as is the custom of the Jews to bury. ⁴¹Now a garden was in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new sepulcher in which no man was yet laid. ⁴²Therefore because of the Jews� Preparation (because the sepulcher was near) they laid Jesus there.

CHAPTER 20

¹Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene comes early, while it was still darkness, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher. ²Therefore she runs and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and says to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. ³Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went toward the sepulcher. ⁴And the two men ran together, and the other disciple ran ahead quicker than Peter and came first to the sepulcher. ⁵And after stooping down, he sees the linen cloths lying, yet he entered not. ⁶Simon Peter therefore comes following him, and he entered into the sepulcher. And he sees the linen cloths lying, ⁷and the face cloth that was on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped up in one place separately. ⁸Therefore then the other disciple who came first to the sepulcher, also entered in, and he saw and believed. ⁹For they had not yet known the scripture that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰So the disciples departed again to themselves. ¹¹But Mary had stood outside near the sepulcher weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped down to the sepulcher. ¹²And she sees two agents in white, sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus was lain. ¹³And those men say to her, Woman, why weep thou? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. ¹⁴And having said these things, she turned backward, and sees Jesus standing. And she had not known that it is Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus says to her, Woman, why weep thou? Whom seek thou? That woman, supposing that he is the gardener, says to him, Sir, if thou have taken him, tell me where thou have laid him, and I will take him away. ¹⁶Jesus says to her, Mary. After turning around, that woman says to him, Rabboni, which says, Teacher. ¹⁷Jesus says to her, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. ¹⁸Mary Magdalene comes informing the disciples that she has seen the Lord, and he spoke these things to her. ¹⁹Therefore being evening that day, the first day of the week, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were who assembled because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace to you. ²⁰And having said this, he showed them his hands and side. His disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord. ²¹Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. ²²And after saying this, he breathed on them, and says to them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit. ²³If ye forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If ye retain of any, they are retained. ²⁴But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I may see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will, no, not believe. ²⁶And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace to you. ²⁷Then he says to Thomas, Bring thy finger here, and see my hands, and bring thy hand, and put into my side, and do not become faithless, but believing. ²⁸Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God. ²⁹Jesus says to him, Because thou have seen me, thou have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed. ³⁰And indeed therefore many other signs Jesus did in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. ³¹But these are written, so that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.

CHAPTER 21

¹After these things Jesus manifested himself again to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And he revealed himself this way. ²There were together, Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other men of his disciples. ³Simon Peter says to them, I am going to harvest fish. They say to him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and straightaway entered into the boat. And in that night they caught nothing. ⁴But having now become morning, Jesus stood on the shore. However the disciples had not seen that it was Jesus. ⁵Therefore Jesus says to them, Children, have ye anything eatable? They answered him, No. ⁶And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye will find. Therefore they cast, and they were no longer able to draw it for the magnitude of fishes. ⁷That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved says to Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it is the Lord, he tied the coat around himself (for he was undressed), and threw himself into the sea. ⁸And the other disciples came in the skiff (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net of the fishes. ⁹So when they came to the land, they saw a fire of coals set, and fish laying on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus says to them, Bring from the fishes that ye now caught. ¹¹Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty-three. And being so many, the net was not broken. ¹²Jesus says to them, Come, eat breakfast. And none of the disciples dared to query him, Who are thou? knowing that it is the Lord. ¹³Jesus therefore comes, and takes the bread, and gives to them, and the fish likewise. ¹⁴This is now a third time Jesus was manifested to his disciples after being raised from the dead. ¹⁵So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁸Truly, truly, I say to thee, When thou were younger, thou girded thyself, and walked where thou would, but when thou become old, thou will stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and carry thee where thou do not want. ¹⁹Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he will glorify God. And after saying this, he says to him, Follow me. ²⁰But Peter, having turned around, sees the disciple whom Jesus loves, following, who also leaned near his chest at the supper, and said, Lord, who is the man betraying thee? ²¹Having seen this man, Peter says to Jesus, Lord, and what of this man? ²²Jesus says to him, If I want him to remain until I come, what is it to thee? Follow thou me. ²³This saying therefore went forth among the brothers, that that disciple does not die. And yet Jesus did not say to him, that he does not die, but, If I want him to remain until I come, what is it to thee? ²⁴This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and who wrote these things. And we know that his testimony is true. ²⁵And there are also many other things, as many as Jesus did, which if they would be written every one, I suppose not even the world itself to make room for the books being written. Truly.

ACTS

CHAPTER 1

¹I indeed made the former treatise, O Theophilus, about all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, ²until a day in which he was taken up, having commanded, through the Holy Spirit, the apostles whom he chose, ³to whom he also presented himself living, after his suffering, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things about the kingdom of God. ⁴And being assembled together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, Which, he said, ye heard from me. ⁵Because John indeed immersed in water, but ye will be immersed in the Holy Spirit after not many of these days. ⁶Indeed therefore having come together, they questioned him, saying, Lord, do thou restore the kingdom to Israel at this time? ⁷And he said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father established in his own authority. ⁸But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth. ⁹And having said these things, as they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their eyes. ¹⁰And while they were gazing at his going into the sky, behold, two men had also stood by them in white apparel, ¹¹who also said, Men, Galileans, why stand ye gazing into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into the sky will so come, in that same way as ye saw him going into the sky. ¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem having a sabbath day journey. ¹³And when they came in, they went up into the upper floor where they were lodging, including, Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. ¹⁴All these men were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. ¹⁵And in those days, Peter, having stood up in the midst of the disciples (and there was a multitude of names at the same place, about a hundred twenty), he said, ¹⁶Men, brothers, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus, ¹⁷because he was numbered with us, and received a share of this ministry. ¹⁸(Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹And it became known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem, so as to call that field in their own dialect, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.) ²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation become desolate, and let no man be dwelling in it, and, Let another take his office. ²¹It is necessary therefore, of the men who accompanied us during all the time during which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, ²²having begun from the immersion of John to the day that he was taken up from us, for one of these to become a witness with us of his resurrection. ²³And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴And having prayed, they said, Thou, Lord, knowing the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou have chosen ²⁵to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas transgressed to go to his own place. ²⁶And they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

CHAPTER 2

¹And while fulfilling the day of Pentecost, they were all together at the same place. ²And suddenly there developed a sound from the sky as of a forceful wind moving, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³And there appeared to them dividing tongues, as of fire, and they settled upon each one of them. ⁴And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to declare. ⁵Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And the sound of this that happened brought the multitude together. And it was bewildered because each one heard them speaking in his own language. ⁷And they were amazed and marveled, saying to each other, Behold, are not all these men who speak Galileans? ⁸And how do we each hear our own language in which we were born? ⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰and Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya along Cyrene, and those Roman aliens, including Jews and proselytes, ¹¹Cretes and Arabians. We hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God. ¹²And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, others saying to others, Whatever does this intend to be? ¹³But others, mocking said, They are filled of new wine. ¹⁴But Peter having stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and spoke out to them, saying, Jewish men, and all who dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my sayings. ¹⁵For these men are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. ¹⁶But this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams. ¹⁸And also on my bondmen and on my bondmaids in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. ²⁰The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and wonderful day of the Lord comes. ²¹And it will be, that every man, whoever may call on the name of the Lord will be saved. ²²Men, Israelites, hear ye these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man shown by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know, ²³this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified, ²⁴whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵For David speaks for him: I beheld the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved. ²⁶Because of this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad. And moreover my flesh will also rest in hope. ²⁷Because thou will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will thou give thy Holy man to see decay. ²⁸Thou made known to me the paths of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance. ²⁹Men, brothers, being permitted to speak to you with openness about the patriarch David, that he both perished and was buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day. ³⁰Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, to raise the Christ from the fruit of his loins according to flesh to sit upon his throne. ³¹Having foreseen this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left behind in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay. ³²This Jesus, God raised up, of which we are all witnesses. ³³Therefore, exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out this that ye now see and hear. ³⁴For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand ³⁵until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet. ³⁶Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ. ³⁷Now having heard this, they were pierced in the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, Men, brothers, what will we do? ³⁸And Peter said to them, Repent ye, and be immersed each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those in afar, as many as the Lord our God may call. ⁴⁰And with many more other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation. ⁴¹Indeed therefore those who received his word gladly, were immersed. And there were added in that day about three thousand souls. ⁴²And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostle�s doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers. ⁴³And fear developed in every soul. And many wonders and signs occurred through the apostles. ⁴⁴And all who believed were together, and had all things common. ⁴⁵And they sold properties and possessions, and divided them to all, according as any man had need. ⁴⁶And continuing steadfastly, daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of nourishment in gladness and evenness of heart, ⁴⁷praising God, and having favor with the whole populace. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those being saved.

CHAPTER 3

¹Now at the same time Peter and John were going up into the temple, at the hour of prayer, the ninth. ²And a certain man, being lame from his mother�s belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple, ³who, having seen Peter and John intending to go into the temple, asked charity. ⁴And Peter, having gazed intently at him, with John, said, Look at us. ⁵And he gave attention to them expecting to receive something from them. ⁶But Peter said, No silver and gold exists to me, but what I have, this I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk. ⁷And after taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. ⁸And leaping up, he stood and walked. And he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. ⁹And all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰and they recognized him, that this was the man who sat for charity at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled of astonishment and amazement at that which happened to him. ¹¹And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon�s, amazed. ¹²And Peter having seen, he responded to the people, Men, Israelites, why do ye marvel at this man? Or why do ye stare at us, as by our own power or piety we have made him to walk? ¹³The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Boy Jesus, whom ye actually delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate who preferred to release that man. ¹⁴But ye denied the Holy and Righteous, and asked for a man, a murderer to be granted to you. ¹⁵And ye killed the Pathfinder of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. ¹⁶And by faith in his name, this man whom ye see and know, his name has made strong. And faith through him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷And now, brothers, I know that ye did it from ignorance, as also your rulers. ¹⁸But this way God fulfilled what things were foretold, through the mouth of all his prophets, the Christ was to endure. ¹⁹Repent ye therefore, and change in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. ²⁰And he may send Christ Jesus who has been pre-ordained for you, ²¹whom heaven must indeed receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of all his holy prophets from the age. ²²For Moses indeed said to the fathers, the Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you. ²³And every soul, whichever it will be, if it will not hear that prophet will be utterly destroyed from the people. ²⁴And also all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession, as many as spoke, also proclaimed these days. ²⁵Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed. ²⁶To you first, having raised up his Boy Jesus, God sent him blessing you, in turning away each man from your evils.

CHAPTER 4

¹And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them, ²being greatly annoyed because of their teaching the people, and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. ³And they threw hands on them, and put them in custody for the morrow, for it was now evening. ⁴But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand. ⁵And it came to pass on the morrow, to be assembled in Jerusalem, their rulers, and elders, and scholars, ⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family. ⁷And after placing them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this? ⁸Then Peter being filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, ⁹if we are examined today about a good deed, of a feeble man, by what this man has been healed, ¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this, this man stands here before you healthy. ¹¹This is the stone that was rejected by you who build, which became into the head of the corner. ¹²And salvation is not in any other man, for there is no other name under the heaven, that has been given among men, by which we must be saved. ¹³Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are illiterate and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they had nothing to contradict. ¹⁵But after commanding them to go outside of the council, they conferred among each other, ¹⁶saying, What will we do to these men? For that indeed a notable sign has happened by them, is apparent to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷But that it may not spread on further among the people, let us threaten them with threats to speak no longer in this name, to not one man. ¹⁸And having called them, they commanded them entirely, not to utter nor to teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹But Peter and John having replied to them, they said, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God, judge ye. ²⁰For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard. ²¹And they, having further threatened, released them, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people. Since all glorified God for that which happened. ²²For the man was more than forty years old on whom this sign of healing had occurred. ²³And after being released, they went to their own men, and reported as many things as the chief priests and the elders said to them. ²⁴And the men who heard lifted up a voice to God with one accord, and said, Thou Master, the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them. ²⁵He who said through the mouth of thy boy David, Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things? ²⁶The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord, and against his Christ. ²⁷For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸to do as many things as thy hand and thy purpose predetermined to happen. ²⁹And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word, ³⁰by thy stretching forth thy hand for healing, and signs and wonders to happen through the name of thy holy Boy Jesus. ³¹And when they prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. ³²And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. And not even one man said that anything of the things that was possessed by him was his own, but all things were common to them. ³³And with great power the apostles gave back the testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. ³⁴For not even any needy was among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling, they brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, ³⁵and placed them at the apostles� feet. And it was distributed to each, according as any man had need. ³⁶And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles, Barnabas (which is, being translated, son of encouragement), a Levite, a Cypriot by nationality, ³⁷having sold a field that was possessed by him, brought the money and placed it at the apostles� feet.

CHAPTER 5

¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold property, ²and kept back from the price, his wife also having joint awareness. And having brought a certain part, he placed it at the apostles� feet. ³But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land? ⁴While it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, it was in thine authority. Why is it that thou have placed this matter in thy heart? Thou have not lied to men, but to God. ⁵And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things. ⁶And after rising the young men wrapped him, and having carried him out they buried him. ⁷And it came to pass after an interval of three hours, his wife also came in, not knowing that which happened. ⁸And Peter responded to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much. ⁹But Peter said to her, How is it that it was agreed by you to challenge the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out. ¹⁰And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired. And after coming in the young men found her dead, and having carried her out, they buried her by her husband. ¹¹And great fear developed in the whole church, and in all who heard these things. ¹²And by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders happened among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon�s porch. ¹³But of the rest no man dared join them, but the people magnified them. ¹⁴And more who believe were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, ¹⁵so as to bring the feeble to the thoroughfares, and to place them on cots and mats, so that while coming, the shadow of Peter might at the least overshadow some of them. ¹⁶And also the populace of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem bringing the feeble, and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all healed. ¹⁷But after rising up, the high priest and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled of envy. ¹⁸And they threw their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison. ¹⁹But an agent of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and after leading them out, he said, ²⁰Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life. ²¹And having heard, they entered into the temple at early morning, and taught. But the high priest having arrived, and those with him, they called the council together, and all the senate of the sons of Israel. And they sent to the prison for them to be brought. ²²But the subordinates who came did not find them in the prison. And having returned, they reported, ²³saying, We found the prison indeed shut in all security, and the guards standing before the doors, but after opening, we found no man inside. ²⁴Now when they heard these words, the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests, were perplexed about them, whatever this would become. ²⁵But a certain man who arrived, reported to them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people. ²⁶Then after departing, the captain with the subordinates brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they would be stoned. ²⁷And having brought them, they placed them in the council. And the high priest demanded them, ²⁸saying, Did we not command by an order for you not to teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem of your doctrine, and intend to bring upon us this man�s blood. ²⁹And Peter and the apostles having answered, they said, We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye murdered, having hung on a tree. ³¹God exalted this man with his right hand, a Pathfinder and a Savior to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. ³²And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him. ³³And when they heard this, they were as being split with a saw, and wanted to kill them. ³⁴But after standing up in the council, a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, a law teacher, esteemed by all the people, commanded to make the apostles be outside a little while. ³⁵And he said to them, Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves what ye are going to do against these men. ³⁶For before these days Theudas rose up saying himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, bonded themselves, who was killed. And all, as many as were persuaded by him, were dispersed and developed into nothing. ³⁷After this man Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the registration, and drew a considerable crowd behind him. That man was also destroyed, and all, as many as were persuaded by him, were scattered. ³⁸And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them go, because if the project or this work is from men, it will be overthrown, ³⁹but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God. ⁴⁰And they were persuaded by him. And after summoning the apostles, having beat them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. ⁴¹Indeed therefore they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be treated shamefully for the name of Jesus. ⁴²And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching good news, Jesus, the Christ.

CHAPTER 6

¹Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance. ²And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables. ³Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need. ⁴But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word. ⁵And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch, ⁶men whom they placed before the apostles. And having prayed, they laid hands upon them. ⁷And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a large company of the priests were obedient to the faith. ⁸And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. ⁹But some of those from the synagogue called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up disputing with Stephen. ¹⁰And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke. ¹¹Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God. ¹²And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council. ¹³And they put forward false witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law. ¹⁴For we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us. ¹⁵And all who sat in the council, having gazed upon him, saw his face like a face of an agent.

CHAPTER 7

¹And the high priest said, Are these things so? ²And he said, Men! Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran. ³And he said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and from thy kinfolk, and come into a land that I will show thee. ⁴Then after coming out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God resettled him in this land in which ye now dwell. ⁵And he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep. And he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, although there was no child by him. ⁶And God spoke thus: His seed would be alien in a foreign land, and they would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years. ⁷And I will judge the nation to whomever they will be in bondage, God said, and after these things they will come forth and serve me in this place. ⁸And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. ⁹And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him, ¹⁰and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house. ¹¹Now a famine came on all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance. ¹²But when Jacob heard of grain being in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time. ¹³And during the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph�s race became manifest to Pharaoh. ¹⁴And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five. ¹⁵And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he perished, he and our fathers. ¹⁶And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem. ¹⁷But as the time of the promise approached that God swore to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ¹⁸until another king arose who had not known Joseph. ¹⁹This man, who cunningly victimized our race, mistreated our fathers to make their infants be placed outside in order not to keep alive. ²⁰During which time Moses was born (and he was well-formed by God) who was reared three months in his father�s house. ²¹And when he was exposed, Pharaoh�s daughter took him away, and reared him for a son to herself. ²²And Moses was reared in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds. ²³But when a forty year time span was fulfilled by him, it came into his heart to go help his brothers, the sons of Israel. ²⁴And after seeing a certain man suffering wrong, he defended him, and did vengeance for the man being oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian. ²⁵And he presumed his brothers understood that, by his hand, God was giving them salvation, but they did not understand. ²⁶And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other? ²⁷But the man doing wrong to his neighbor thrust him away, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us? ²⁸Do thou not want to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian yesterday? ²⁹And Moses fled at this word, and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. ³⁰And forty years having been fulfilled, an agent of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire of a bush. ³¹And when Moses looked, he wondered at the sight. And as he approached to examine, a voice of the Lord came to him, ³²I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. But Moses, who developed trembling, dared not examine. ³³And the Lord said to him, Put off the shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground. ³⁴Having looked, I saw the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and I came down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. ³⁵This Moses whom they refused, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge? This man God sent, a ruler and a liberator by the hand of the agent who appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶This man brought them forth after performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. ³⁷This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, the Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. ³⁸This is he who became in the congregation in the wilderness with the agent who spoke to him on the mount Sinai, and of our fathers who received living oracles to give to us. ³⁹To whom our fathers did not want to become obedient, but they thrust away, and turned back in their heart to Egypt, ⁴⁰after saying to Aaron, Make gods for us who will lead us. For this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him. ⁴¹And they made a calf in those days, and offered up sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands. ⁴²But God turned, and gave them over to serve the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? ⁴³And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the images that ye made to worship them. And I will deport you beyond Babylon. ⁴⁴The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, just as he arranged (he who spoke to Moses), to make it according to the pattern that he had seen. ⁴⁵Which also our fathers, having received in succession, brought in with Joshua into the possession of the nations whom God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David ⁴⁶who found favor in the sight of God. And he asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob, ⁴⁷but Solomon built him a house. ⁴⁸However the Most High does not dwell in man-made temples, just as the prophet says, ⁴⁹The heaven is to me a throne, and the earth a footstool of my feet. What house will ye build for me? says the Lord. Or what is the place of my rest? ⁵⁰Did not my hand make all these things? ⁵¹Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also. ⁵²Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous man, of whom ye now have become betrayers and murderers, ⁵³who received the law at directions of agents, and did not keep it. ⁵⁴Now when they heard these things, they were split with a saw in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth against him. ⁵⁵But being full of the Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ⁵⁶And he said, Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. ⁵⁷But they, having cried out in a great voice, held their ears shut, and rushed upon him with one accord. ⁵⁸And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul. ⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, who was calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ⁶⁰And having knelt down, he cried out in a great voice, Lord, place not this sin to them. And after saying this, he slept.

CHAPTER 8

¹And Saul was approving the killing of him. And on that day there developed a great persecution against the church at Jerusalem. And they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. ²And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him. ³But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison. ⁴Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good news, the word. ⁵And Philip, who went down to a city of Samaria, proclaimed the Christ to them. ⁶And the multitudes unanimously heeded the things that were spoken by Philip during their listening and seeing the signs that he did. ⁷For of many of those who had unclean spirits, they came out, crying in a great voice. And many who were paralyzed, and who were lame, were healed. ⁸And there became great joy in that city. ⁹But a certain man in the city, Simon by name, was formerly practicing sorcery, and fascinating the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great man, ¹⁰to whom they gave heed, from small to great, saying, This man is the great power of God. ¹¹And they heeded him, because he fascinated them for a considerable time with the sorceries. ¹²But when they believed Philip preaching good news, the things about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women. ¹³And Simon himself also believed. And after being immersed, he was continuing with Philip. And seeing miracles and signs occurring, he was astonished. ¹⁴Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria has received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, ¹⁵who, when they came down, prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit, ¹⁶for it was not yet fallen upon any of them. They were only immersed in the name of the Christ Jesus. ¹⁷Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles� hands, he brought money to them, ¹⁹saying, Give me also this power, so that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money. ²¹There is no part nor lot for thee in this matter, for thy heart is not straight in the sight of God. ²²Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee. ²³For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness. ²⁴And having answered, Simon said, Beg ye to the Lord for me, so that none of which things ye have spoken may come upon me. ²⁵Indeed therefore, having solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news in many villages of the Samaritans. ²⁶And an agent of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desolate region. ²⁷And after rising, he went. And behold a man, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a high official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. ²⁸And he was returning, and sitting in his chariot, and reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and be joined to this chariot. ³⁰And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read? ³¹And he said, For how can I unless some man may guide me? And he encouraged Philip, after coming up, to sit with him. ³²Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb, mute before shearing him, thus he opened not his mouth. ³³In his lowly condition his justice was taken away. And who will describe his generation, because his life was taken from the earth? ³⁴And having answered, the eunuch said to Philip, I ask thee, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself, or about some other man? ³⁵And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this scripture, he preached the good news to him�the man Jesus. ³⁶And as they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch says, Look, water! What prevents me to be immersed? ³⁷[This verse in not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.] ³⁸And he commanded the chariot to stand still. And they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him. ³⁹And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through all the cities he preached the good news until he came to Caesarea.

CHAPTER 9

¹But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest, ²he requested letters from him for Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. ³And on going, it came to pass for him to approach Damascus. And suddenly there shone around him a light out of heaven. ⁴And after falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? ⁵And he said, Who are thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute. ⁶But arise, and enter into the city, and it will be told thee what thou must do. ⁷And the men who traveled with him had stopped, speechless, indeed hearing the voice, but seeing no man. ⁸And Saul arose from the ground. And when his eyes were opened, he saw no man. But they brought him into Damascus, leading him by the hand. ⁹And he was three days not seeing, and did not eat or drink. ¹⁰Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold me, Lord. ¹¹And the Lord said to him, After rising, go into the street called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, a man named Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. ¹²And he saw in a vision a man named Ananias who came in and laid a hand on him, so that he might receive sight. ¹³But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evil things he did to thy sanctified at Jerusalem. ¹⁴And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name. ¹⁵But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings, and sons of Israel. ¹⁶For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name. ¹⁷And Ananias departed and entered into the house. And having laid hands on him he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, he who appeared to thee on the road on which thou came, has sent me so that thou may receive sight, and be filled of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸And straightaway there fell from his eyes, like scales, and he looked up. And immediately after rising up, he was immersed. ¹⁹And having received nourishment, he was strengthened. And Saul became with the disciples in Damascus some days. ²⁰And straightaway he proclaimed the Christ in the synagogues, that this man is the Son of God. ²¹And all those who heard were amazed, and said, Is this not the man who destroyed those in Jerusalem who call on this name? And he has come here for this, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests. ²²But Saul was strengthened more, and was confounding the Jews who dwell at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. ²³And after considerable days were fulfilled, the Jews plotted to destroy him, ²⁴but their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates both day and night so that they might destroy him. ²⁵But the disciples, after taking him by night, let him down through the wall, having lowered him in a hamper. ²⁶And when Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to join with the disciples, and they all feared him, not believing that he is a disciple. ²⁷But Barnabas having taken him, he brought him to the apostles. And he related to them how he saw the Lord on the road, and that he spoke to him, and how he spoke boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. ²⁸And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem, and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. ²⁹And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to destroy him. ³⁰But when the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus. ³¹Indeed therefore the congregations throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified. And, going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied. ³²And it came to pass, Peter, passing through all parts, to also come down to the sanctified who dwell at Lydda. ³³And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed, laying on a bed for eight years. ³⁴And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals thee. Arise and make thy bed. And straightaway he arose. ³⁵And all those dwelling at Lydda and Sharon who saw him, turned to the Lord. ³⁶Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being translated, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charities that she did. ³⁷And in those days, having been ill, she happened to die. And after washing her, they laid her in an upper chamber. ³⁸And since Lydda is near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter is in it, they sent two men to him, exhorting him not to delay to go through to them. ³⁹And after rising, Peter went with them, whom, after coming, they brought into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood by him weeping, and exhibiting the coats and garments, as many things as Dorcas made being with them. ⁴⁰But Peter, having sent them all out, having knelt down, he prayed. And having turned to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And the woman opened her eyes. And when she saw Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹And having given her a hand, he raised her up. And after calling the sanctified and the widows, he presented her alive. ⁴²And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. ⁴³And it came to pass for him to remain considerable days at Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.

CHAPTER 10

¹Now a certain man was in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called Italian, ²a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always. ³He saw plainly in a vision about the ninth hour of the day, an agent of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. ⁴And after gazing at him, and having become afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy charities have come up for a memorial before God. ⁵And now send men to Joppa and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. ⁶This man lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is beside the seaside. ⁷And when the agent speaking to Cornelius departed, having called two of his housemen, and a devout soldier of those who personally served him, ⁸and after reporting all things to them, he sent them to Joppa. ⁹Now on the morrow, while those men were traveling and approaching the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. ¹⁰And he became very hungry and wanted to eat. But while those men prepared, a trance fell upon him. ¹¹And he sees heaven opened, and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet bound at four corners, and being lowered to the earth, ¹²in which were all the four-footed things of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky. ¹³And a voice came to him, After rising, Peter, kill and eat. ¹⁴But Peter said, Not so, Lord, because I have never eaten anything profane or unclean. ¹⁵And a voice again for a second time, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane. ¹⁶And this happened thrice, and again the vessel was taken up into heaven. ¹⁷Now while Peter was bewildered in himself whatever the vision which he saw might be, that lo, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having inquired the house of Simon, stood at the gate. ¹⁸And after calling out they asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, lodges here. ¹⁹And while Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men seek thee. ²⁰But after rising, go down, and go with them, doubting nothing, because I have sent them. ²¹And having gone down to the men, Peter said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek. What is the cause for which ye are here? ²²And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and being well testified by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy agent to summon thee to his house, and to hear sayings from thee. ²³So, having invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brothers from Joppa went with him. ²⁴And on the morrow they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and close friends. ²⁵And when it came about for Peter to enter, Cornelius, having met him, after falling down at his feet, worshiped. ²⁶But Peter lifted him up, saying, Stand up. I am also myself a man. ²⁷And as he conversed with him, he went in and found many who came together. ²⁸And he said to them, Ye understand how it is unlawful for a Jewish man to fraternize or to visit with a foreign man, and yet God demonstrated to me not to call one man profane or unclean. ²⁹And so I came without objection when summoned. I ask therefore for what matter ye summoned me. ³⁰And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour, and the ninth hour praying in my house. And behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel. ³¹And he says, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy charities are remembered before God. ³²Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. This man lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea, who, after coming, will speak to thee. ³³Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou did well having come. Now therefore we are all present in the sight of God, to hear all the things commanded thee by God. ³⁴And having opened his mouth, Peter said, In truth, I am overwhelmed that God is not partial, ³⁵but in every nation, he who fears him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to him. ³⁶The word that he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching good news, peace by Jesus Christ (this man is Lord of all), ³⁷ye know, the word having occurred throughout the whole of Judea beginning from Galilee after the immersion that John preached� ³⁸Jesus of Nazareth�how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who passed through doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him. ³⁹And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, whom also they killed, having hung on a tree. ⁴⁰This man God raised up the third day, and granted him to become manifest, ⁴¹not to all the people, but to witnesses who were previously chosen by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he arose from the dead. ⁴²And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to solemnly testify that this is the man designated by God, judge of the living and the dead. ⁴³To this man all the prophets testify, that every man who believes in him, to receive remission of sins through his name. ⁴⁴While Peter still spoke these sayings, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word. ⁴⁵And the faithful men of circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because also on the Gentiles the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out. ⁴⁶For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, ⁴⁷Can any man forbid the water for these not to be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also? ⁴⁸And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to remain some days.

CHAPTER 11

¹Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God. ²And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the men of circumcision contended against him, ³saying, Thou went in to uncircumcised men, having also eaten with them. ⁴But when Peter began, he expounded to them in order, saying, ⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain container descending, as a great sheet being lowered from heaven by four corners, and it came as far as to me, ⁶having gazed at which, I was examining. And I saw the four footed things of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky. ⁷And I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, kill and eat. ⁸But I said, Not so, Lord, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered into my mouth. ⁹But a voice answered me for a second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane. ¹⁰And this happened thrice, and all were drawn up again into heaven. ¹¹And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, who were sent from Caesarea to me. ¹²And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man�s house. ¹³And he informed us how he saw the agent in his house, who stood and said to him, Send forth men to Joppa, and summon Simon, the man surnamed Peter, ¹⁴who will speak sayings to thee, by which thou will be saved, thou and all thy house. ¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as also on us at the beginning. ¹⁶And I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed immersed in water, but ye will be immersed in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷If then God gave to them the identical gift as also to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, but what power was I to hinder God? ¹⁸And when they heard these things, they relaxed and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life. ¹⁹Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only. ²⁰And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good news, the Lord Jesus. ²¹And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. ²²And the word about them was heard in the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they dispatched Barnabas to pass through as far as Antioch, ²³who, having arrived, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he encouraged all, with purpose of heart, to remain in the Lord. ²⁴Because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable multitude was added to the Lord. ²⁵And Barnabas departed to Tarsus to seek Saul, ²⁶and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass a whole year for them to be assembled in the congregation, and to teach a considerable multitude, and to call the disciples Christians, first at Antioch. ²⁷Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. ²⁸And one of them named Agabus, after standing up, signified by the Spirit there was going be a great famine in the whole world, which also happened under Claudius Caesar. ²⁹And the disciples, as any man prospered, determined, each of them regarding aid, to send to the brothers who dwell in Judea, ³⁰which also they did, having sent it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

CHAPTER 12

¹Now about that time Herod the king threw on hands to harm some of those from the church. ²And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. ³And after seeing that it was pleasing the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also (and those were the days of unleavened bread), ⁴whom, having also arrested, he put in prison, having delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people. ⁵Indeed therefore Peter was kept in the prison, but fervent prayer was being made by the church to God for him. ⁶And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains. And guards in front of the door guarded the prison. ⁷And behold, an agent of the Lord stood near, and light shone in the room. And after striking the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, Get up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. ⁸And the agent said to him, Gird thyself, and tie on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Throw on thy garment, and follow me. ⁹And after going out, he followed him. And he had not seen that the thing happening by the agent was true, but presumed to see a vision. ¹⁰And when they passed a first and a second watch, they came to the iron gate, the one leading to the city, which opened spontaneously to them. And after going out, they advanced one street. And straightaway the agent withdrew from him. ¹¹And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know truly, that the Lord dispatched his agent and delivered me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews. ¹²And having realized it, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where a considerable were gathered and praying. ¹³And when Peter knocked the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to hearken. ¹⁴And after recognizing Peter�s voice, she did not open the gate for joy, but having ran in, she reported Peter was standing in front of the gate. ¹⁵And they said to her, Thou are mad. But she insisted to have it so. But they said, It is his agent. ¹⁶But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him, and were astonished. ¹⁷But after motioning to them with the hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he said, Report these things to James, and to the brothers. And having departed, he went to a different place. ¹⁸But having become day, there was no small stir among the soldiers what then became of Peter. ¹⁹And Herod, who sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, he commanded them to be led away. And going down from Judea to Caesarea, he remained there. ²⁰Now Herod was angry at the Tyrians and Sidonians. But they came with one accord to him, and, having persuaded Blastus the man over the king�s bedchamber, they requested peace, because their country was sustained from the monarchy. ²¹And at a set day Herod, having arrayed himself in royal apparel, and having sat on the tribunal, he made an oration to them. ²²And the populace shouted, The voice of a god, and not of a man. ²³And immediately an agent of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And after becoming worm-eaten, he expired. ²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied. ²⁵And Barnabas and Saul turned back in Jerusalem after fulfilling the service, also having taken along John who was surnamed Mark.

CHAPTER 13

¹Now there were some men from the congregation that was in Antioch, prophets and teachers, including Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen reared with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ²And while they were serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me now Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them. ³Then, having fasted and prayed and laid hands on them, they sent them away. ⁴Indeed therefore these men, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed for Cyprus. ⁵And after becoming in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John for a helper. ⁶And after going through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus, ⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man, having summoned Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God. ⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) opposed them, seeking to deviate the proconsul from the faith. ⁹But Saul (the man is also Paul) having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having gazed on him, ¹⁰said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹And now, behold, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou will be blind, not seeing the sun until a time. And immediately there fell on him gloom and darkness, and going around he sought hand-guides. ¹²Then the proconsul, who saw that which happened, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. ¹³Now those around Paul, having launched from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴And they, having passed through from Perga, arrived at Antioch of Pisidia, and after entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down. ¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets the synagogue rulers sent to them, saying, Men, brothers, if there is among you a word of exhortation for the people, speak. ¹⁶And Paul having stood up, and having motioned with the hand, he said, Men! Israelites and those who fear God, listen. ¹⁷The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and raised up the people during the sojourn in the land of Egypt. And with a lofty arm he brought them out of it. ¹⁸And for about a forty-year time he was patient with them in the wilderness. ¹⁹And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he allotted their land to them. ²⁰And after these things he gave them judges about four hundred and fifty years until Samuel the prophet. ²¹And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²²And having removed him, he raised up David for a king to them, also about whom he said, when he testified, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will do all my purposes. ²³From this man�s seed according to promise, God brought salvation to Israel, ²⁴John having earlier proclaimed, before his coming presence, the immersion of repentance to Israel. ²⁵And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not, but behold, he comes after me of whom I am not worthy to loose the shoes of his feet. ²⁶Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation was sent. ²⁷For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this and the voices of the prophets being read at every sabbath, they fulfilled, having condemned him. ²⁸And not having found one cause of death in him, they asked for Pilate to kill him. ²⁹And when they completed all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb. ³⁰But God raised him from the dead, ³¹who was seen for more days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are witnesses of him to the people. ³²And we proclaim good news to you: the promise to the fathers, which happened because God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, ³³as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee. ³⁴And because he raised him from the dead, no longer going to return to decay, he has spoken this way: I will give to you the faithful holy things of David. ³⁵Therefore also he says in another, Thou will not give thy Holy Man to see decay. ³⁶For indeed David, who served his own generation in the plan of God, became asleep, and was added near his fathers, and saw decay. ³⁷But he whom God raised up saw no decay. ³⁸Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹And from all things of which ye could not be make righteous by the law of Moses, in this man every man who believes is made righteous. ⁴⁰Watch therefore, lest that which is spoken in the prophets should come upon you: ⁴¹Behold, ye scoffers, and wonder, and perish, because I work a work in your days, which ye would, no, not believe, if some man should fully narrate it to you. ⁴²And as they went out from the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles urged that these sayings be spoken to them the next sabbath. ⁴³Now after the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, while conversing, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. ⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was assembled to hear the word of God. ⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled of envy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and slandering. ⁴⁶But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth. ⁴⁸And hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as were appointed for eternal life believed. ⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was spread abroad through the whole region. ⁵⁰But the Jews incited the religious women, and the prominent women, and the principle men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they threw them out of their boundaries. ⁵¹But after shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they came to Iconium. ⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

CHAPTER 14

¹And it came to pass in Iconium according to the same thing, for them to enter into the synagogue of the Jews, and to speak so as for a great quantity to believe, both of Jews and of Greeks. ²But the disobedient Jews aroused the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil against the brothers. ³Indeed therefore they remained a considerable time speaking boldly in the Lord�him testifying to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to occur by their hands. ⁴But the majority of the city was divided, and verily there were those with the Jews, and those with the apostles. ⁵And as a violent movement developed, both of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to denounce and to stone them, ⁶having become aware of it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the neighboring region. ⁷And there they were preaching the good news. ⁸And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, disabled in his feet, being a cripple from his mother�s belly, who had never walked. ⁹This man was listening to Paul speaking, who, having gazed at him, and having seen that he has faith to be healed, ¹⁰said with a great voice, Stand correctly on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked. ¹¹And the multitudes who saw what Paul did, lifted up their voice, speaking Lycaonian, The gods came down to us, having become like men. ¹²And they actually called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the man who led the word. ¹³And the priest of Zeus, being in front of their city, after bringing oxen and garlands to the gates, wanted to sacrifice with the multitudes. ¹⁴But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard, having torn their garments, they rushed into the crowd, crying out ¹⁵and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the things in them, ¹⁶who in the generations that have passed allowed all the nations to go in their own ways, ¹⁷although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness. ¹⁸And saying these things, they scarcely restrained the multitudes not to sacrifice to them. ¹⁹But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. And having persuaded the crowds, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, after presuming him to be dead. ²⁰But the disciples having surrounded him, after rising, he came into the city. And on the morrow he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. ²¹And having preached the good news to that city, and having made considerable disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, ²²strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations. ²³And having appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed. ²⁴And after passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. ²⁵And when they spoke the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, ²⁶and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they were delivered to the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled. ²⁷And after arriving, and after gathering the assembly together, they reported as many things as God did with them, and that he opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they remained there no little time with the disciples.

CHAPTER 15

¹And certain men, who came down from Judea, taught the brothers, Unless ye will be circumcised in the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. ²Therefore, no small dissension and debate having developed with Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some other men from them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue. ³Indeed therefore, having been helped for the trip by the congregation, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy to all the brothers. ⁴And after arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders. And they reported as many things as God did with them. ⁵But some of the men who believed from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. ⁶And the apostles and the elders were assembled together to see about this matter. ⁷And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good news, and to believe. ⁸And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us. ⁹And he made not one distinction between both us and them, having purified their hearts by faith. ¹⁰Now therefore why do ye challenge God, to place a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? ¹¹But through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe to be saved, in the same way as those men also. ¹²And all the multitude kept silent, and they heard Barnabas and Paul describing how many signs and wonders God did among the Gentiles through them. ¹³And after they were quiet, James answered, saying, Men, brothers, hear me. ¹⁴Simeon described how God first came to help, to take from the Gentiles a people for his name. ¹⁵And to this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written, ¹⁶After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David that has fallen. And I will rebuild the things of it that have been demolished, and I will restore it, ¹⁷so that the rest of men might seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called upon them, says the Lord, who does these things. ¹⁸Known to God from the age are all his works. ¹⁹Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles who are turning to God, ²⁰but to write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. ²¹For Moses from generations past, has from city to city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues on every sabbath. ²²Then it was decided by the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to send men chosen from them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, ²³after writing by their hand these things: The apostles, and the elders, and the brothers, to those down in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, to the brothers of the Gentiles, greeting. ²⁴Since we have heard that certain men who went out from us have troubled you with words, disturbing your souls, saying to be circumcised, and to keep the law, to whom we did not command, ²⁵it was decided by us, having become unanimous, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶men who have given over their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, themselves also declaring the same things by speech. ²⁸For it was decided by the Holy Spirit, and by us, to lay upon you not one greater burden than these necessary things: ²⁹to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, keeping yourselves from which, ye will do well. Be strong. ³⁰Indeed therefore after being dismissed, they came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter. ³¹And after reading it, they rejoiced for the encouragement. ³²And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brothers by much speech, and strengthened them. ³³And after spending some time, they were dismissed with peace from the brothers to the apostles. ³⁴[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.] ³⁵But Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching good news, the word of the Lord, with many others also. ³⁶And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, After returning, surely we could help our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, how they fare. ³⁷And Barnabas wanted to take along John called Mark. ³⁸But Paul thought it not worthy to bring along this man who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone with them to the work. ³⁹Therefore a provocation developed, so as for them to separate from each other, and Barnabas to sail for Cyprus, after taking Mark, ⁴⁰but Paul, having selected Silas, went forth after being delivered to the grace of God by the brothers. ⁴¹And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, encouraging the congregations.

CHAPTER 16

¹And he came to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain faithful Jewish woman, but of a Greek father, ²who was well reported of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. ³Paul wanted this man to go forth with him. And having taken him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those regions, for they had all seen that his father was a Greek. ⁴And as they were going through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. ⁵Indeed therefore the congregations were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. ⁶But having passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, ⁷having come toward Mysia, they attempted to go toward Bithynia. And the Spirit did not allow them. ⁸And after passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul during the night. A certain Macedonian man was standing, imploring him, and saying, After crossing over into Macedonia, help us. ¹⁰And after he saw the vision, straightaway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord called us to preach the good news to them. ¹¹Therefore, having launched from Troas, we took a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis, ¹²and from there to Philippi, which is a principle city of the district of Macedonia colony. And we were in the same city remaining some days. ¹³And on the sabbath day we went outside the city beside a river, where it was customary for prayer to be. And having sat down, we spoke to the women who came together. ¹⁴And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, a woman who worshiped God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things being spoken by Paul. ¹⁵And when she was immersed, and her household, she urged us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, after coming into my house, remain. And she constrained us. ¹⁶And it came to pass, as we were going to prayer, for a certain servant girl having a spirit of divination to meet us, who brought her masters much business by soothsaying. ¹⁷This woman having followed Paul and us was crying out, saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation. ¹⁸And she did this on many days. But Paul, after being exasperated, and having turned, he said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour. ¹⁹But when her masters saw that the hope of their business was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers. ²⁰And after bringing them to the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, disturb our city, ²¹and proclaim customs that are not permitted for us to receive nor to do, being Romans. ²²And the multitude rose up together against them. And the magistrates, having torn off their clothes, commanded to beat them with rods. ²³And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely, ²⁴who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. ²⁵Now toward midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶And suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so as for the foundations of the prison to shake. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all the men were unfastened. ²⁷And the jailor, who became awake and who saw the prison doors opened, having drawn out a sword was going to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have fled. ²⁸But Paul cried out in a great voice, saying, Do nothing harmful to thyself, for we are all here. ²⁹And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and having become trembling, he fell down before Paul and Silas. ³⁰And after bringing them outside, he said, Sirs, what must I do so that I may be saved? ³¹And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou will be saved, thou and thy household. ³²And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all those in his house. ³³And having taken them in that hour of the night, he washed from the stripes, and was immersed, he and all those of him, immediately. ³⁴And having brought them into his house, he set out a table, and rejoiced, having believed in God with all his house. ³⁵But when it became day, the magistrates sent out the police, saying, Release those men. ³⁶And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent out so that ye may be released. Now therefore after coming out, go in peace. ³⁷But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, uncondemned men, being Romans, they cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out privately? Certainly not, but after coming, they shall lead us out. ³⁸And the police reported these sayings to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans. ³⁹And having come they besought them, and when they brought them out, they asked them to go out of the city. ⁴⁰And having departed from the prison, they came in to Lydia. And after seeing the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

CHAPTER 17

¹Now after passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ²And according to Paul�s custom, he went in to them, and for three sabbaths he discoursed with them from the scriptures, ³explaining and pointing out that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and, This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ. ⁴And some of them were persuaded, and joined with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great quantity, and of the prominent women not a few. ⁵But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace. ⁶And not having found them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the city rulers, shouting, The men who have agitated the world, these are present here also, ⁷whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus. ⁸And they disturbed the multitude and the city rulers when they heard these things. ⁹And after taking bond from Jason and the other men, they released them. ¹⁰And the brothers straightaway sent both Paul and Silas away through the night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the scriptures daily, if it has these things this way. ¹²Indeed therefore many of them believed, also of the prominent Greek women and men, not a few. ¹³But when the Jews of Thessalonica also learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there also, agitating the crowds. ¹⁴But then straightaway the brothers sent Paul away to go as far as to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy remained there. ¹⁵And those who brought Paul led him as far as Athens. And after taking a command for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they departed. ¹⁶But while Paul waited for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him, seeing the city being completely idolatrous. ¹⁷Indeed therefore he was discoursing in the synagogue with the Jews, and with those who worship, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened by. ¹⁸And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good news�Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹And having taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, Can we understand what this new doctrine is, being spoken by thee? ²⁰For thou bring some surprising things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know whatever these things aim to be. ²¹Now all the Athenians, and the foreigners who dwell alien there, were at leisure in nothing else, than to tell or to hear something new. ²²And having stood in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said, Athenian men, I perceive you as deity-fearing in all things. ²³For, passing through and examining your religious objects, I also found an altar on which had been engraved, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye worship unknowingly, him I proclaim to you. ²⁴The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands, ²⁵nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things. ²⁶And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy, ²⁷to search for the Lord, if indeed perhaps they might grope for him and find him, although being not far from each one of us. ²⁸For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring. ²⁹Being therefore offspring of God, we ought not think the Divine to be like gold, or silver, or stone handiwork of the skill and thought of man. ³⁰Indeed therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands for all men everywhere to repent. ³¹Because he appointed a day during which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he appointed, having provided assurance to all men because he raised him from the dead. ³²But when they heard the resurrection of the dead, of course they mocked, but others said, We will hear thee again about this. ³³And so Paul departed from among them. ³⁴But some men, having joined with him, believed, among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

CHAPTER 18

¹And after these things Paul having separated from Athens, he came to Corinth. ²And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by origin, who recently came from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius arranged for all the Jews to separate from Rome, he came to them. ³And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft. ⁴And he was discoursing in the synagogue every sabbath, and was persuading Jews and Greeks. ⁵And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being held by the Spirit, fully testifying to the Jews, Jesus the Christ. ⁶But when they opposed and slandered him, having shaken out his clothes, he said to them, Your blood is upon your heads. I am clean. From henceforth I will go to the Gentiles. ⁷And having departed from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Justus, who worships God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue. ⁸And Crispus, the synagogue ruler, believed in the Lord with his whole household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed, and were immersed. ⁹And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent, ¹⁰because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city. ¹¹And he remained a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. ¹²But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord attacked Paul and brought him to the judgment seat, ¹³saying, This man is persuading men to worship God against the law. ¹⁴But when Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If therefore indeed it were some crime or evil reckless deed, O ye Jews, I would have tolerated you according to the matter. ¹⁵But if it is an issue about a word and names and the law from you, look ye yourselves, for I do not intend to be a judge of these things. ¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment seat. ¹⁷But all the Greeks, having taken Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, were beating him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not going to judge, even of these things. ¹⁸But Paul, who still remained considerable days with the brothers, having separated, sailed away to Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shaved his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow. ¹⁹And he came to Ephesus and left behind those there, but having entered into the synagogue himself, he discoursed with the Jews. ²⁰And when they asked him to remain on more time with them, he did not consent, ²¹but separated from them, having said, I must definitely keep the coming feast at Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he launched from Ephesus. ²²And after coming down to Caesarea, having gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. ²³And after spending some time, he departed, passing through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, successively, strengthening all the disciples. ²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by origin, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures. ²⁵This was a man who was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in the Spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about the Lord, knowing only the immersion of John. ²⁶And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside, and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. ²⁷And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers wrote, having encouraged the disciples to receive him, who, when he arrived, assisted much those who believed through the grace. ²⁸For he forcibly refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the scriptures Jesus to be the Christ.

CHAPTER 19

¹And it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, for Paul, having passed through the upper regions, to come to Ephesus. And having found some disciples, ²he said to them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said to him, But we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit. ³And he said to them, Into what then were ye immersed? And they said, Into John�s immersion. ⁴And Paul said, John indeed immersed an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus, the Christ. ⁵And when they heard this, they were immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And Paul having laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues, and prophesied. ⁷And all the men were about twelve. ⁸And after entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for three months, discoursing and persuading the things about the kingdom of God. ⁹But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, having withdrawn from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of a certain Tyrannus. ¹⁰And this happened for two years, so as for all those dwelling in Asia to hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. ¹¹And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹²so as to even bring handkerchiefs or aprons from his skin to those who were incapacitated and to free their infirmities from them, and the evil spirits to go out from them. ¹³But some of the wandering Jewish exorcists, attempted to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had the evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul proclaims. ¹⁴And there were some sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, seven doing this. ¹⁵And having answered, the evil spirit said, I know Jesus and I recognize Paul, but who are ye? ¹⁶And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, and having overpowered them, he prevailed against them, so as for them to flee out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, to those who dwell at Ephesus. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸And many of those who have believed came, confessing, and reporting their practices. ¹⁹And a considerable number of those who practiced magical things, having brought their books together, burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰Thus the word of the Lord was growing mightily and was prevailing. ²¹Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul decided in the spirit, after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, having said, After becoming there, I must also see Rome. ²²And having sent into Macedonia two of those who help him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. ²³And about that time there developed no small stir about the Way. ²⁴For a certain silversmith named Demetrius who makes silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little work to the craftsmen, ²⁵to whom also (having assembled the workmen about such things) he said, Men, ye know that our prosperity is from this work. ²⁶And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this man Paul, having persuaded them, turned away a considerable multitude, saying that there are no gods made by hands. ²⁷And not only is this our part liable to come into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis is going to be regarded for nothing, and also her magnificence be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship. ²⁸And when they heard this, having become full of wrath, they cried out, saying, The great Artemis of Ephesians. ²⁹And the whole city was filled with the confusion. And they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul. ³⁰And when Paul wanted to enter in to the crowd, the disciples did not let him. ³¹And also some of the Asian officers, being their friends, having sent to him, implored him not to give himself into the theatre. ³²Indeed therefore some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was confused, and most had not seen why they had come together. ³³And they urged forward Alexander out of the multitude, having put him forward from the Jews. And Alexander having waved his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd. ³⁴But after recognizing that he was a Jew, one voice developed from them all, crying out for about two hours, The great Artemis of Ephesians. ³⁵And when the town clerk calmed the multitude, he says, Ephesian men, now who is the man who does not know the city of the Ephesians being temple-guardian of the great goddess Artemis, and of what fell from Zeus? ³⁶Therefore these things being undeniable, ye ought to be restrained, and do nothing rash. ³⁷For ye brought these men, who are neither sacrilegious nor blaspheming your goddess. ³⁸Indeed therefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen with him, have a matter against any man, forums are brought, and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse each other. ³⁹And if ye seek anything about other things, it will be decided in the assembly within law. ⁴⁰For we are also in danger to be accused about the uproar today, there being no cause about which we can give account of this commotion. ⁴¹And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

CHAPTER 20

¹And after the uproar ceased, Paul having summoned the disciples and having embraced them, he departed to go into Macedonia. ²And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece. ³And having spent three months there, and a conspiracy having developed against him by Jews, intending to go up into Syria, a decision developed to return through Macedonia. ⁴And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater a Berean, and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius a Derbean, and Timothy, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. ⁵These men, who went ahead, awaited us at Troas. ⁶And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days. ⁷And upon the first day of the week, the disciples having come together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the word until midnight. ⁸And there were considerable lights in the upper floor where we were gathered together. ⁹And a certain young man named Eutychus sitting in the window, being carried away by deep sleep (Paul discoursing on more), being carried away by sleep, he fell down below from the third floor, and was taken up dead. ¹⁰But Paul having come down, he fell on him, and having embraced him he said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him. ¹¹And after getting up, and having broken bread and eaten, and having conversed for a considerable time, until dawn, thus he departed. ¹²And they brought the boy alive, and were not a little comforted. ¹³But we, having gone ahead to the ship, went up to Assos, intending from there to take up Paul, for so it was arranged, he himself intending to go on foot. ¹⁴And when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene. ¹⁵And having sailed from there on the next day, we arrived opposite Chios, and the next day we came near to Samos. And having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus. ¹⁶For Paul determined to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not happen to lose time in Asia. For he was hastening, if it were possible, for him to become at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. ¹⁷And from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the congregation. ¹⁸And when they came to him, he said to them, Ye know, from the first day in which I stepped in Asia, how I became with you all the time, ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews. ²⁰How I kept back nothing of these things that are beneficial, not to inform you, and to teach you in public, and from house to house, ²¹testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus. ²²And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it, ²³except that the Holy Spirit testifies from city to city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. ²⁴But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God. ²⁵And now behold, I have seen that ye will no longer see my face, ye all among whom I passed through preaching the kingdom of God. ²⁶Therefore I solemnly declare to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men. ²⁷For I did not withdraw from declaring to you the whole plan of God. ²⁸Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood. ²⁹For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹Therefore watch ye, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease warning each one with tears. ³²And now brothers, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified. ³³I coveted no man�s silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me. ³⁵I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. ³⁶And having spoken these things, having knelt down, he prayed with them all. ³⁷And there developed considerable weeping of all. And having fallen on Paul�s neck, they kissed him much, ³⁸sorrowing especially for the word that he had spoken, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

CHAPTER 21

¹And when it came to pass to launch us, after being drawn away from them, after going a straight course, we came to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. ²And having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, having gotten on, we launched. ³And having sighted Cyprus, and having left it behind on the left side, we sailed to Syria and came down to Tyre, for there the ship was unloading the cargo. ⁴And having found disciples we remained there seven days, who said to Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. ⁵And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed. ⁶And having bid farewell to each other, we went up in the ship, and those men returned to their own things. ⁷And when we finished the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. And having greeted the brothers, we remained with them one day. ⁸And on the morrow, after going forth, those around Paul came to Caesarea. And having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, being of the seven, we dwelt with him. ⁹Now four virgin daughters who prophesied were with this man. ¹⁰And as we remained more days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. ¹¹And having come to us, and having taken Paul�s belt, having bound both his feet and hands, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: Thus the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of Gentiles. ¹²And when we heard these things, both we and those local men urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁴And since he was not persuaded, we were quiet, having said, May the will of the Lord happen. ¹⁵And after these days, having made preparation, we went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶And also the disciples from Caesarea went together with us, bringing a certain Mnason, a Cypriot, an old disciple with whom we would lodge. ¹⁷And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. ¹⁸And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. ¹⁹And having greeted them, he reported one by one what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry. ²⁰And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law. ²¹And they were informed about thee, that thou teach all the Jews throughout the nations desertion from Moses, telling them not to circumcise the children nor to walk by the customs. ²²What is it therefore? Certainly the multitude needs to get together, for they will hear that thou have come. ²³Therefore do this that we say to thee. Four men are with us who have a vow on themselves. ²⁴Having taken these, be purified with them. And pay expenses for them, so that they may shave the head. And all may know, that things of which they have been informed about thee, are nothing, but thou thyself also walk orderly, keeping the law. ²⁵And about the Gentiles who have believed, we sent word, having decided for them to keep no such thing, except for them to guard against what is sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication. ²⁶Then Paul, having taken the men on the following day, having been purified with them, entered into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for each one of them. ²⁷And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and threw hands on him, ²⁸crying out, Men, Israelites, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. And besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place. ²⁹For they were men who saw Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple. ³⁰And the whole city was moved, and there developed a running together of the people. And having taken Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and straightaway the doors were shut. ³¹And while seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem has been stirred up. ³²And immediately after taking soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them. And they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul. ³³And the chief captain having come near, he seized him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. And he inquired whoever he may be, and what it is he has been doing. ³⁴And some among the crowd shouted out one thing, some another. And not being able to know the certainty because of the uproar, he commanded him to be carried into the fort. ³⁵And it came to pass when on the steps (it happened for him to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd, ³⁶for the mass of the people followed, crying out, Away with him), ³⁷and as Paul was going to be brought into the fort, he says to the chief captain, Is it permitted for me to speak to thee? And he said, Thou know Greek? ³⁸Then thou are not the Egyptian who revolted before these days, and who led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins? ³⁹But Paul said, I am really a Jewish man of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. And I beg thee, allow me to speak to the people. ⁴⁰And having permitted him, Paul, having stood on the steps, motioned his hand to the people. And when a great hush developed, he called out in the Hebrew language, saying,

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¹Men, brothers, and fathers, hear now my defense to you. ²And having heard that he called out to them in the Hebrew language, they offered more silence. And he says, ³I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today. ⁴And I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. ⁵As also the high priest testifies about me, and all the senior council, from whom also having received letters to the brothers in Damascus, I was going to bring bound even those who were there to Jerusalem so that they might be punished. ⁶And there happened to me, while going and approaching Damascus about noon, suddenly to flash forth from heaven a great light around me. ⁷And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? ⁸And I answered, Who are thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecute. ⁹And those who were with me indeed saw the light and became afraid, but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me. ¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, After rising, go into Damascus, and there it will be told thee about all things that have been assigned for thee to do. ¹¹And as I was not seeing from the splendor of that light, I came into Damascus, being led by hand by those who accompanied me. ¹²And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there, ¹³having come near me, and having stood by, he said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And I looked up on him the same hour. ¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous Man, and to hear a voice from his mouth, ¹⁵because thou will be a witness for him to all men of the things that thou have seen and heard. ¹⁶And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. ¹⁷And it came to pass, my having returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, for me to became in a trance. ¹⁸And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me. ¹⁹And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee. ²⁰And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself also was standing by, and approving his killing, and keeping the garments of those who killed him. ²¹And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles. ²²And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live. ²³And of them crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air, ²⁴the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way. ²⁵And as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it permitted for you to scourge a Roman man, and uncondemned? ²⁶And when the centurion heard, having come to the chief captain, he reported, saying, Look! What are thou about to do? For this man is a Roman. ²⁷And the chief captain having come, he said to him, Tell me if thou are a Roman. And he said, Yes. ²⁸And the chief captain answered, Of a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But then I was born so. ²⁹Straightaway therefore those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the chief captain was also afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he was who bound him. ³⁰But on the morrow, wanting to know the certainty of why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to come. And having brought Paul down, he set him before them.

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¹And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day. ²And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth. ³Then Paul said to him, God is going to smite thee, a whitewashed wall. Thou even sit judging me according to the law, and violating law, thou command me to be struck? ⁴And those who stood by said, Thou revile God�s high priest? ⁵And Paul said, I had not known, brothers, that he is a high priest, for it is written, Thou shall not speak ill of a ruler of thy people. ⁶But when Paul ascertained that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, son of a Pharisee. About the hope and resurrection of the dead I am judged. ⁷And when he said this, there developed a conflict of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group was divided. ⁸For in fact Sadducees say to be no resurrection nor agent nor spirit, but Pharisees acknowledge them all. ⁹And there developed a great clamor. And some of the scholars of the Pharisees part having risen, they argued vehemently, saying, We find nothing wrong in this man. But if a spirit spoke to him, or an agent, we should not fight against God. ¹⁰And a great conflict having developed, the chief captain, having been alarmed lest Paul might be torn apart by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from the midst of them, and bring him into the fort. ¹¹And the following night the Lord, having stood by him, said, Cheer up, Paul, for as thou have testified these things about me at Jerusalem, so thou must testify also at Rome. ¹²And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul. ¹³And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy, ¹⁴who, having come near to the chief priests and the elders, said, We have put ourselves under a curse, a curse to taste of nothing until we would kill Paul. ¹⁵Now therefore ye with the council report to the chief captain that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as though going to inquire more accurately the things about him. And we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him. ¹⁶But the son of Paul�s sister, having heard of the ambush, having come and entered into the fort, he informed Paul. ¹⁷And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to inform him. ¹⁸Indeed therefore having taken him, he brought him to the chief captain, and says, Paul the prisoner, having called me, asked me to bring this young man to thee, who has something to say to thee. ¹⁹And the chief captain having grasped his hand, and having gone in private, he asked him, What is it that thou have to inform me? ²⁰And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee that tomorrow thou would bring Paul down to the council, as though going to inquire something more accurately about him. ²¹Therefore thou should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them wait to ambush him, who have put themselves under an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, expecting the promise from thee. ²²Indeed therefore the chief captain dismissed the young man, having ordered, Tell no man that thou have shown these things to me. ²³And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night. ²⁴And provide beasts, so that after mounting Paul, they may bring him safely to Felix the governor, ²⁵after writing a letter containing this form: ²⁶Claudius Lysias to the eminent governor Felix, greeting. ²⁷This man who was seized by the Jews, and was going to be killed by them, having stood by with the soldiers, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman. ²⁸And wanting to know for what reason they accused him, I brought him down to their council, ²⁹whom I found accusing about issues of their law, having not one accusation worthy of death or of bonds. ³⁰And when it was reported to me of a plot going to be against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to thee, also having commanded the accusers to speak before thee the things against him. Be strong. ³¹Indeed therefore, the soldiers, according to that which was precisely arranged for them, having taken Paul, they brought him through the night to Antipatris. ³²But on the morrow they returned to the fort, having allowed the horsemen to depart with him, ³³who, after coming to Caesarea and having delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him. ³⁴And the governor having read it, and having questioned from what province he was, and having found out that he was from Cilicia, ³⁵he said, I will hear thee when thine accusers also will arrive. And he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

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¹And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, who appeared to the governor against Paul. ²And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Experiencing much peace because of thee, and worthy deeds happening to this nation because of thy foresight, ³we welcome, both always and everywhere, eminent Felix, with all thankfulness. ⁴But, that I may not detain thee on more, I entreat thee in thy clemency to hear us briefly. ⁵For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, ⁶who also attempted to profane the temple, whom also we took, ⁷[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts] ⁸from whom thou will be able, having examined him, to learn about all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way. ¹⁰And when the governor gestured to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing for many years thou being a judge to this nation, I gladly make a defense of these things about myself, ¹¹thou being able to learn that there are for me not more than twelve days from which I went up to worship in Jerusalem. ¹²And they found me neither in the temple disputing against any man, nor making a gang of a group, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city. ¹³Neither can they prove against me of which things they now accuse me. ¹⁴But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets, ¹⁵having hope toward God, which they themselves also await, to come to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. ¹⁶And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always non-stumbling before God and men. ¹⁷Now after more years I came, going to make donations to my nation, and offerings, ¹⁸during which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd or with a tumult, ¹⁹who ought to be here before thee, and to accuse, if they would have anything against me. ²⁰Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me, having stood before the council, ²¹or about this one voice that I cried out standing among them: About a resurrection of the dead I am judged by you this day. ²²Now Felix, having heard these things, having known more precisely the things about the Way, he deferred them, having said, When Lysias the chief captain comes down, I will determine the things toward you. ²³He also arranged for the centurion to guard Paul, and to have reduced confinement, and to forbid none of his own men to serve or to come to him. ²⁴And after some days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla, his wife being Jewish, he summoned Paul, and heard him about the faith in Christ. ²⁵And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee. ²⁶He also hoped simultaneously that money would be given him by Paul so that he might free him. And so, summoning him more frequently, he conversed with him. ²⁷But two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wanting to lay down favors to the Jews, Felix left behind Paul bound.

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¹Festus therefore having entered into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. ²And the high priest and the principal men of the Jews appeared to him against Paul, and urged him, ³asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him on the way. ⁴Indeed therefore Festus answered to keep Paul in Caesarea, and he himself was going to go out quickly. ⁵Therefore he says, Let the able men among you, after coming down together, accuse him if there is anything in this man. ⁶And after remaining among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought. ⁷And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around, bringing many and serious accusations against Paul, which they could not prove, ⁸while he was defending, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I transgressed anything. ⁹But Festus, wanting to lay down a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Are thou willing, after going up to Jerusalem, to be judged there about these things before me? ¹⁰But Paul said, I am standing at the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. I did nothing wrong Jewish, as thou also very well know. ¹¹For if I am indeed wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing of what these men accuse me, no man can give me to them freely. I appeal Caesar. ¹²Then Festus, when he conferred with the council, answered, Thou have appealed Caesar, to Caesar thou will go. ¹³Now some days having passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, greeting Festus. ¹⁴And as he was remaining there more days, Festus declared to the king the things concerning Paul, saying, There is a certain man who was left behind a prisoner by Felix, ¹⁵about whom, when I became in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews revealed, asking judgment against him. ¹⁶To whom I answered, that it is not a custom by Romans to give any man freely for destruction, before the man being accused has the accusers in person, and receives an occasion of defense about the accusation. ¹⁷When therefore they assembled here, not having made one delay, next in order, having sat on the judgment seat, I commanded the man to be brought. ¹⁸About whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought not one cause of what I supposed, ¹⁹but had certain issues against him about his own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who has died, whom Paul was claiming to be alive. ²⁰And I, being uncertain of the controversy about this man, asked whether he wants to go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these things. ²¹But when Paul appealed to be kept for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I might send him to Caesar. ²²And Agrippa said to Festus, I also want to hear the man myself. And tomorrow, he says, thou will hear him. ²³Therefore on the morrow, Agrippa and Bernice having come with great pomp, and having entered into the courtroom, and with the chief captains and the men of prominence who were of the city, and Festus who commanded, Paul was brought in. ²⁴And Festus says, King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵But I, having understood him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also him, this man, having appealed Augustus I decided to send him. ²⁶About whom I do not have anything certain to write to the lord. Therefore I brought him before you, and especially before thee, King Agrippa, so that, an examination having occurred, I may have something to write. ²⁷For it seems to me unreasonable, sending a prisoner, and not to specify the causes against him.

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¹And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul, having stretched forth his hand, made a defense. ²Concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed, being about to make my defense before thee today. ³Especially thee, being an expert of all things regarding Jews, both habits and issues. Therefore I beg thee to hear me patiently. ⁴Indeed therefore, my manner of life from youth, having developed from the beginning among my nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know, ⁵having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee. ⁶And now for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers, I stand being judged, ⁷to which our twelve tribes, serving in earnestness night and day, hope to attain, about which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews! ⁸Why is it judged incredible with you, if God raises the dead? ⁹Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene, ¹⁰which also I did at Jerusalem. And I locked up many of the sanctified in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I gave a vote against them. ¹¹And punishing them often at all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being extraordinarily furious toward them, I persecuted them even as far as to outside cities. ¹²And during which, while going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, ¹³at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me. ¹⁴And when we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads. ¹⁵And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute. ¹⁶But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee, ¹⁷delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee, ¹⁸to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me. ¹⁹Whereupon, King Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision, ²⁰but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance. ²¹Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me. ²²Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen, ²³that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations. ²⁴And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness. ²⁵But Paul says, I am not mad, eminent Festus, but I speak forth sayings of truth and soberness. ²⁶For the king knows about these things, before whom I also speak boldly. For I am convinced not any of these things, nothing, to be hidden from him. For this was not done in a corner. ²⁷King Agrippa, do thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believe. ²⁸And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian. ²⁹And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds. ³⁰And when he spoke these things, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them. ³¹And having withdrawn, they spoke to each other, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. ³²And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.

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¹And when it was determined for us to sail for Italy, they delivered both Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the band of Augustus. ²And having gotten on a ship of Adramyttium that was going to sail to the places along Asia, we launched, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. ³And on another day we put in at Sidon. And Julius, who treated Paul kindly, allowed him to undergo care, after going to his friends. ⁴And having launched from there, we sailed under lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. ⁵And having sailed across the depths along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, of Lycia. ⁶And there, the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, he put us in it. ⁷And sailing slowly during considerable days, and with difficulty having come along the Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under lee of Crete, along Salmone. ⁸And sailing by it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was Lasea City. ⁹And considerable time having past, and the voyage now being dangerous, also because the Fast was now past, Paul urged, ¹⁰saying to them, Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to be with injury and much damage, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives. ¹¹But the centurion was convinced more by the captain and the shipmaster than to those things spoken by Paul. ¹²And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest. ¹³And when a south wind blew gently, having presumed to have obtained their purpose, after taking up anchor, they sailed very near by Crete. ¹⁴But not long after, there threw against it a cyclonic wind called the Euroclydon. ¹⁵And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven. ¹⁶And having sailed under lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were able with difficulty, to develop control of the skiff. ¹⁷And having taken that up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall off into the sandbank, having lowered the vessel, they were driven this way. ¹⁸And since we were exceedingly storm-tossed, on the next day they jettisoned. ¹⁹And the third day we cast out by hands the tackling of the ship. ²⁰And when neither sun nor stars appeared for more days, and no small storm laying on, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away. ²¹And being long without food, then Paul, who stood in the midst of them, said, Ye truly ought, O men, to have complied with me, not to launch from Crete, and gain this damage and loss. ²²And now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will not be one loss of life from you, except of the ship. ²³For there stood by me this night an agent of the God whose I am, whom also I serve, ²⁴saying, Fear not, Paul. Thou must stand before Caesar, and lo, God has granted thee all those sailing with thee. ²⁵Therefore men, cheer up, for I believe God, that it will be so in that way it has been told to me. ²⁶But we must fall off upon a certain island. ²⁷And when it became the fourteenth night, as we were driven about in the Adriatic sea, toward midnight the sailors suspected some region to come near them. ²⁸And having tossed lead, they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and having tossed lead again, they found fifteen fathoms. ²⁹And fearing lest somehow we might falloff on rough places, having cast off four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day to develop. ³⁰And since the sailors sought to flee out of the ship, and having lowered the skiff into the sea in pretense as going to stretch out anchors from the bow, ³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved. ³²Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff, and let it fall off. ³³And until day was going to develop, Paul urged them all to partake of food, saying, Today is the fourteenth day, waiting, ye continue without food, having taken nothing. ³⁴Therefore I encourage you to take of food, for this is for your safety. For not a hair will fall from the head of one of you. ³⁵And having said these things, and having taken bread, he expressed thanks to God in the presence of all. And having broke in pieces, he began to eat. ³⁶And they all, having become encouraged, also took food. ³⁷And all the souls in the ship were two hundred seventy-six. ³⁸And after being filled of food, they unloaded the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea. ³⁹And when it became day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which, they decided if possible, to drive the ship. ⁴⁰And having cast off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time unfastening the bands of the rudders. And having hoisted up the foresail to the wind, they held firm for the shore. ⁴¹And having chanced upon a place where two seas meet, they ran the ship aground. And of course, the bow having become stuck, it remained immovable, but the stern was coming apart by the force of the waves. ⁴²And a decision of the soldiers developed that they should kill the prisoners, lest any man, having swam away, might escape. ⁴³But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prevented them from their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, having first jumped out, to go to the land, ⁴⁴and the remaining, some on boards, and some on any of the things from the ship. And so it came to pass for all to be saved to the land.

CHAPTER 28

¹And after being saved, then they learned that the island was called Malta. ²And the foreigners presented uncommon kindness to us, for, having kindled a fire, they received us all because of the present rain, and because of the cold. ³And Paul having gathered a quantity of sticks, and having placed them on the fire, a viper having come out from the heat, it fastened on his hand. ⁴And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, Justice did not allow to live. ⁵Indeed therefore having shaken off the creature into the fire, he experienced nothing harmful. ⁶But they expected he was going to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead, but when they were long expecting, and seeing nothing amiss happening to him, thinking differently, they declared him to be a god. ⁷Now among the things around that place were fields of the chief of the island, named Publius, who, having received us kindly, lodged us three days. ⁸And it came about for the father of Publius to be laid down, gripped by fever and dysentery, to whom Paul, having entered in, and having prayed, having laid his hands on him, healed him. ⁹Therefore when this happened, the others also who had infirmities on the island came and were healed, ¹⁰who also honored us with many honorariums. And while putting out to sea, they furnished the things for our necessities. ¹¹And after three months we set out in a ship that wintered at the island, an Alexandrian with The Twin Brothers emblem. ¹²And after being brought down to Syracuse, we remained there three days, ¹³from where having made a circuit, we arrived at Rhegium. And after one day, wind from the south having developed, we came a second day to Puteoli, ¹⁴where, having found brothers, we were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome. ¹⁵And from there the brothers, who heard these things about us, came for a meeting with us as far as Appius Forum and The Three Taverns, whom, when Paul saw, having expressed thanks to God, he took courage. ¹⁶And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commandant, but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him. ¹⁷And it came to pass after three days, for Paul to call together those who were the principle men of the Jews. And when they came together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I, having done nothing against the people, or the paternal customs, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, ¹⁸who, after examining me, wanted to release me, because there was not one cause of death in me. ¹⁹But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation. ²⁰Because of this reason therefore I summoned you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. ²¹And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea about thee, nor did any of the brothers who came report or speak anything bad about thee. ²²But we think it worthy to hear from thee what thou think. For indeed about this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against. ²³And having appointed a day for him, more came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded, solemnly testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening. ²⁴And some were convinced by the things that were spoken, and some disbelieved. ²⁵And being discord among each other, they departed after Paul spoke one thing, saying, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, ²⁶saying, Go thou to this people, and say, Hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive. ²⁷For this people�s heart was made fat, and they hear heavily with the ears. And they shut their eyes, lest they may perceive with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should turn, and I would heal them. ²⁸Be it known to you therefore, that the salvation of God was sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear. ²⁹And when he said these things, the Jews departed, having much disputing among themselves. ³⁰And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired lodging. And he received all who came in to him, ³¹preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

ROMANS

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, a bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle having been separated for the good news of God ²(which he fore-promised through his prophets in the holy scriptures) ³concerning his Son who was made from the seed of David according to flesh. ⁴He who was designated Son of God in power, according to a spirit of holiness, from a resurrection of the dead�Jesus Christ our Lord� ⁵through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations on behalf of his name, ⁶among which ye also are the called of Jesus Christ. ⁷To all who are in Rome beloved of God, to the called, to the sanctified: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸First, I indeed express thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world. ⁹For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers, ¹⁰pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you. ¹¹For I long to see you, so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to establish you, ¹²and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other�s faith, both yours and mine. ¹³But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵So the willingness is in me to preach the good news also to you in Rome. ¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the good news of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to every man who believes, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek. ¹⁷For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith for faith, just as it is written, And the righteous man will live from faith. ¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, ¹⁹because what is knowable of God is apparent in them, for God made it known to them. ²⁰For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both his eternal power and divinity, for them to be without excuse. ²¹Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding. ²²Professing to be wise, they became foolish, ²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things. ²⁴And for this reason God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to degrade their bodies among themselves, ²⁵who changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the creation against him who created it, who is blessed into the ages. Truly. ²⁶Because of this God gave them up to shameful passions, for even their females changed the natural use into what is against nature. ²⁷And likewise also the males, having left the natural use of the female, burned in their lust toward each other, males with males producing shamelessness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their deviancy that was fitting. ²⁸And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit; ²⁹having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; ³⁰being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents; ³¹without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. ³²Who, knowing the righteousness of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also favor those who do.

CHAPTER 2

¹Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things. ²And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who commit such things. ³And think thou this, O man who judge those who do such things and do the same, that thou will escape the judgment of God? ⁴Or do thou despise the wealth of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides thee to repentance? ⁵But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revealing, and righteous judgment of God, ⁶who will render to each man according to his works, ⁷to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and honor and immortality�eternal life� ⁸but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness�anger and wrath, ⁹pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek, ¹⁰but glory and honor and peace to every man who works good, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek. ¹¹For there is no partiality with God. ¹²For as many as have sinned without law will also be destroyed without law, and as many as have sinned in law will be judged by law. ¹³For the hearers of the law are not righteous with God, but the doers of the law will be made righteous. ¹⁴For when the Gentiles who have no law do by nature the things of the law, these men, not having law, are a law to themselves. ¹⁵Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, testifying of their conscience, and their thoughts amidst each other accusing or also defending them ¹⁶in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good news. ¹⁷Behold, thou are called a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast in God, ¹⁸and know his will, and approve the things that are significant, being instructed out of the law. ¹⁹And thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, ²⁰a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth, ²¹thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal? ²²Thou who say not to commit adultery, do thou commit adultery? Thou who abhor idols, do thou rob temples? ²³Thou who boast in law, dishonor God by thy transgression of the law. ²⁴For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, just as it is written. ²⁵For circumcision is indeed beneficial if thou perform law, but if thou are a transgressor of law, thy circumcision has become uncircumcision. ²⁶If therefore a man of uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered circumcision? ²⁷And the man of natural uncircumcision who fulfills the law, will judge thee, a transgressor of law through a document and circumcision. ²⁸For he is not a Jew in what is visible, nor is circumcision in what is visible, in flesh, ²⁹but he is a Jew in what is hidden, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit not a document, whose praise is not from men but from God.

CHAPTER 3

¹What then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? ²Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God. ³For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective? ⁴May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized. ⁵But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous inflicting wrath? (I speak according to a man.) ⁶May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world? ⁷For if by my lie, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as sinful, ⁸and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come ⁹What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin, ¹⁰as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one. ¹¹There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God. ¹²All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one. ¹³Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips, ¹⁴whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. ¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood. ¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways, ¹⁷and the way of peace they have not known. ¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes. ¹⁹Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God. ²⁰Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin. ²¹But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. ²²And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction. ²³For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred ²⁶(in the forbearance of God), for proof of his justice at the present time, for him to be righteous, and who makes the man from Jesus� faith righteous. ²⁷Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law, of works? No, but by a law of faith. ²⁸We therefore consider a man to be made righteous by faith independent of works of law. ²⁹Or is God of Jews only and not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also, ³⁰since God is one, who will make the man of circumcision righteous from faith, and the man of uncircumcision through faith. ³¹Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.

CHAPTER 4

¹What then will we say Abraham, our father according to flesh, to have found? ²For if Abraham was made righteous from works, he has a boast, but not before God. ³For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness. ⁴Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation. ⁵But to the man not being employed, but who believes in him who makes the impious man righteous, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. ⁶Just as David also tells the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness independent of works, ⁷saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ⁸Blessed is a man to whom the Lord does, no, not impute sin. ⁹Is this blessedness therefore upon men of circumcision, or also upon men of uncircumcision? For we say, Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. ¹⁰How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. ¹¹And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of his faith during uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those who believe during uncircumcision (for righteousness to also be imputed to them), ¹²and father of those of circumcision, to those not only of circumcision, but also to those who march in the steps of faith�of that during the uncircumcision of our father Abraham. ¹³For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith. ¹⁴For if those from law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless. ¹⁵For the law works wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression. ¹⁶Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all ¹⁷(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing. ¹⁸Who, against hope, believed in hope, in order for him to become father of many nations according to that which was spoken, So thy seed will be. ¹⁹And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah�s womb. ²⁰And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹and being fully assured that what he promised, he was able also to perform. ²²And therefore it was reckoned to him for righteousness. ²³Now it was not written because of him alone that it was imputed to him, ²⁴but also because of us to whom it is going to be imputed, to those who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵who was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised up for our justification.

CHAPTER 5

¹Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God. ³And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, ⁴and perseverance, character, and character, hope. ⁵And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us. ⁶For while we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the impious. ⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will some man die, indeed perhaps for the good man some man would even dare to die. ⁸But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, now having been made righteous by his blood, we will be saved from the wrath through him. ¹⁰For if, while being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled we will be saved by his life. ¹¹And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. ¹²Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned. ¹³For until law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. ¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam�s transgression, who is a type of the coming man. ¹⁵But in this way also, the gift is not as the transgression. For if by the trespass of the one man the many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. ¹⁶And the gift is not as through one man who sinned, for indeed the judgment from one man was for condemnation, but the gift from many offenses is for righteousness. ¹⁷For if, by the offense of the one man, death reigned through the one man, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. ¹⁸So then, as through an offense of one man was for condemnation for all men, so also through a righteousness of one man was for justification of life for all men. ¹⁹For as through the one man�s disobedience the many were led sinful, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be led righteous. ²⁰And the law entered so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant, ²¹so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 6

¹What will we say then? We continue in sin so that grace may abound? ²May it not happen! How will we who died to sin, still live in it? ³Or are ye ignorant that as many as were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into his death? ⁴We were buried therefore with him through the immersion into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may walk in newness of life. ⁵For if we have become co-planted in the likeness of his death, then we will also be of the resurrection. ⁶Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin. ⁷For he who has died has been made righteous away from sin. ⁸And if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him, ⁹knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him. ¹⁰For that he died, he died to sin once, but that he lives, he lives to God. ¹¹So also ye, reckon yourselves to be indeed dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. ¹²Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body in order to obey it, in its lusts. ¹³And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God, ¹⁴for sin will not have dominion over you. For ye are not under law, but under grace. ¹⁵What then? May we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? May it not happen! ¹⁶Know ye not, that to what ye present yourselves as bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to what ye obey, whether of sin for death, or of obedience for righteousness? ¹⁷But thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart a model of doctrine for which ye were delivered. ¹⁸And having been set free from sin, ye were made servile to righteousness ¹⁹(I speak man-like because of the weakness of your flesh). For as ye presented your body-parts servile to uncleanness, and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present your body-parts servile to righteousness for sanctification. ²⁰For when ye were bondmen of sin, ye were uninhibited by righteousness. ²¹What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. ²²But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life. ²³For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

CHAPTER 7

¹Or are ye ignorant, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over the man for as long a time as he lives? ²For the woman under authority to the living husband has been bound by law, but if the husband should die, she has been released from the law of the husband. ³So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man. ⁴Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God. ⁵For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were working in our body-parts (through the law) in order to bear fruit to death. ⁶But now we have been released from the law, having died to what we were held, so as for us to serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of a document. ⁷What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet. ⁸But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead. ⁹And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. ¹⁰And I found to me, the commandment being for life, this is for death. ¹¹For sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. ¹²So the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. ¹³Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme. ¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, having been sold under sin. ¹⁵For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do. ¹⁶But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good. ¹⁷But now I no longer perform it, but the sin dwelling in me. ¹⁸For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not. ¹⁹For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do. ²⁰But if I do this that I do not want, I no longer perform it, but sin dwelling in me. ²¹Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me. ²²For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man, ²³but I see a different law in my body-parts, warring against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin, which is in my body-parts. ²⁴I am a wretched man. Who will rescue me out of the body of this death? ²⁵I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, I of myself in the mind indeed serve a law of God, but in the flesh a law of sin.

CHAPTER 8

¹Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus freed me from the law of sin and of death. ³For the impotence of the law, in that it was weak because of the flesh, God, having sent his own Son in a form of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ⁵For those who are according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those according to the Spirit the things of the Spirit. ⁶For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able. ⁸And those who are in flesh cannot please God. ⁹But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, this man is not of him. ¹⁰And if Christ is in you, the body is indeed dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up the Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you. ¹²So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to flesh. ¹³For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live. ¹⁴For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God. ¹⁷And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly. ¹⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the glory that is going to be revealed for us. ¹⁹For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation was made subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope. ²¹Because the creation itself will also be freed from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing together until now. ²³And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. ²⁴For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience. ²⁶And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. ²⁷And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mentality of the Spirit, because it appeals to God for the sanctified. ²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose. ²⁹Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers. ³⁰And whom he predestined, these he also called, and whom he called, these he also made righteous, and whom he made righteous, these he also glorified. ³¹What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? ³²He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him? ³³Who will accuse against the chosen of God? God is he who makes righteous. ³⁴Who is he who will condemn? It is Christ who died, but more, who also was raised up, who also is at the right hand of God, who also appeals for us. ³⁵Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or restriction, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter. ³⁷But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming, ³⁹nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

CHAPTER 9

¹I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit, ²that great distress is in me, and unceasing sorrow in my heart. ³For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh, ⁴who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises, ⁵of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly. ⁶But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel, ⁷nor, because they are Abraham�s seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee. ⁸That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed. ⁹For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and there will be a son by Sarah. ¹⁰And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac ¹¹(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls), ¹²it was said to her, The older will serve the younger. ¹³As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior. ¹⁴What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen! ¹⁵For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate. ¹⁶So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who is merciful. ¹⁷For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same thing I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. ¹⁸So then he is merciful to whom he will, and whom he will he hardens. ¹⁹Thou will say to me therefore, Why does he still find fault? For who has resisted his purpose? ²⁰Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way? ²¹Or has the potter no right over the clay, from the same lump certainly to make this vessel for esteem, and that for disesteem? ²²And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, ²³even that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory, ²⁴namely us whom he called, not only from Jews but also from Gentiles. ²⁵As also he says in Hosea, I will call those not my people, my people, and her who was not beloved, beloved. ²⁶And it will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will be called, sons of the living God. ²⁷And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. ²⁸Since he is completing and finishing quickly a matter in righteousness, because a matter that has been cut short upon the earth, the Lord will perform. ²⁹And just as Isaiah has foretold, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah. ³⁰What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith. ³¹But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness. ³²Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling, ³³just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

CHAPTER 10

¹Brothers, truly my heart�s desire and my supplication to God for Israel is for salvation. ²For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. ³For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God. ⁴For Christ is the end of law for righteousness, to every man who believes. ⁵For Moses writes in the righteousness from the law, that the man that does them will live in them. ⁶But the righteousness from faith says thus: Thou should not say in thy heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷or, Who will descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, the word of faith that we preach: ⁹that if thou will confess with thy mouth, Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved. ¹⁰For a man believes in the heart for righteousness, and he confesses with the mouth for salvation. ¹¹For the scripture says, Every man who believes in him will not be shamed. ¹²For there is no distinction of a Jew and also of a Greek, for the same Lord is of all men, being rich toward all those who call upon him. ¹³For every man, whoever may call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. ¹⁴How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching? ¹⁵And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of peace, of those who proclaim good news of good things. ¹⁶But not all were obedient to the good news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? ¹⁷So faith is from hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ¹⁸But I say, did they, no, not hear? Rather, Their voice went forth into all the earth, and their sayings to the limits of the inhabited world. ¹⁹But I say, did Israel, no, not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy toward a non-nation. Toward a foolish nation, I will make you angry. ²⁰And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those not seeking me. I became manifest to those not asking for me. ²¹But to Israel he says, The whole day I stretched forth my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people.

CHAPTER 11

¹I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. ²God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel. ³Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and they have torn down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life. ⁴But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal. ⁵So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace. ⁶And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work. ⁷What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened, ⁸just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day. ⁹And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them. ¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always. ¹¹I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy. ¹²Now if their transgression is wealth of the world, and their failure is wealth of Gentiles, how much more their fullness? ¹³For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry, ¹⁴if somehow I may provoke my flesh to jealousy and may save some of them. ¹⁵For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead? ¹⁶And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also. ¹⁷And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree, ¹⁸do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee. ¹⁹Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in. ²⁰Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear, ²¹for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps neither will he spare thee. ²²Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off. ²³And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree. ²⁵For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in. ²⁶And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob. ²⁷And this is the covenant from me to them when I will take away their sins. ²⁸They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers� sake. ²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. ³⁰For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these, ³¹so also now these have been disobedient for thy mercy, so that they also may receive mercy. ³²For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all. ³³O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out! ³⁴For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who became his counselor? ³⁵Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him? ³⁶Because from him, and through him, and for him, are all things. To him is the glory into the ages. Truly.

CHAPTER 12

¹I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service. ²And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. ³For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith. ⁴For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function, ⁵so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one body-parts of each other. ⁶And having different gifts according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith; ⁷or service, in the service; or he who teaches, in the teaching; ⁸or he who exhorts, in the exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who leads, in diligence; he who does mercy, in cheerfulness. ⁹Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good, ¹⁰with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition, ¹¹not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord, ¹²rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer, ¹³sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers. ¹⁴Bless those who persecute you. Bless ye and do not curse. ¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep, ¹⁶thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves, ¹⁷rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men. ¹⁸If possible from you, keeping peace with all men, ¹⁹not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says the Lord. ²⁰Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head. ²¹Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

CHAPTER 13

¹Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher. For there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God are those that have been instituted. ²So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves. ³For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it. ⁴For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil. ⁵Therefore there is a need to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience. ⁶For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing. ⁷Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem. ⁸Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law. ⁹For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law. ¹¹And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed. ¹²The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light. ¹³Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.

CHAPTER 14

¹But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions. ²One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables. ³The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him. ⁴Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. ⁵One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for the Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat, and expresses thanks to God. ⁷For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. ⁸For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord�s. ⁹For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. ¹⁰But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. ¹¹For it is written, I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God. ¹²So then each of us will give account about himself to God. ¹³Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare. ¹⁴I know and am persuaded in Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane. ¹⁵For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died. ¹⁶Therefore do not let your good be maligned. ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men. ¹⁹So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other. ²⁰Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance. ²¹It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak. ²²The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows. ²³But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

CHAPTER 15

¹Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves. ²Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification. ³For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell upon me. ⁴For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. ⁵Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus, ⁶so that unanimously, with one mouth, ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God. ⁸And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God�s truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers), ⁹and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name. ¹⁰And again he says, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹And again, Praise ye the Lord all nations, and let all the peoples praise him. ¹²And again, Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who arises to reign over Gentiles. In him Gentiles will hope. ¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁴And I also myself am persuaded about you, my brothers, that ye yourselves are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. ¹⁵But I wrote more boldly to you, brothers, in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, ¹⁶for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷I have therefore a boast in Christ Jesus in things toward God. ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work, ¹⁹in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a Spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good news of Christ. ²⁰And thus having aspired to proclaim the good news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man, ²¹but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard. ²²Therefore also, I was delayed these many times coming to you. ²³But now, having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire from many years to come to you, ²⁴whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you. ²⁵But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the sanctified. ²⁶For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem. ²⁷For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the Gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things. ²⁸Having therefore completed this, and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart by you to Spain. ²⁹And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of the Christ. ³⁰Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me. ³¹So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified, ³²so that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and be rested with you. ³³And the God of peace is with all of you. Truly.

CHAPTER 16

¹Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe who is a helper of the congregation at Cenchreae, ²so that ye may welcome her in the Lord worthily of the sanctified, and that ye provide for her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she also became a helper of many, and of me myself. ³Salute Prisca and Aquila my co-workmen in Christ Jesus ⁴(who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I thank, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles), and the congregation associated with their house. ⁵Salute Epaenetus my beloved who is the first fruit of Achaia for Christ. ⁶Salute Mary who labored many things for us. ⁷Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners who are notable men among the apostles, who also became in Christ before me. ⁸Salute Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord. ⁹Salute Urbanus our co-workman in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. ¹⁰Salute Apelles, a man reliable in Christ. Salute the men from those of Aristobulus. ¹¹Salute Herodion my kinsman. Salute the men from those of Narcissus who are in the Lord. ¹²Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, the women who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis who labored many things in the Lord. ¹³Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ¹⁴Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them. ¹⁵Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the sanctified with them. ¹⁶Salute each other by a holy kiss. The congregations of Christ salute you. ¹⁷Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them. ¹⁸For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive. ¹⁹For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil. ²⁰And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you. ²¹Timothy my co-workman, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. ²²I Tertius, the man who transcribed the letter, salute you in the Lord. ²³Gaius my host, and of the whole congregation, salutes you. Erastus, the manager of the city, salutes you, and Quartus the brother. ²⁴The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with all of you. Truly. ²⁵Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times, ²⁶but that was now revealed, and by prophetic scriptures, according to a commandment of the eternal God that was made known to all the nations for obedience of faith, ²⁷to the only wise God through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory into the ages. Truly.

1ST CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, ²to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, to called men, to holy men who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus with all in every place who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ�both ours and theirs. ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴I thank my God always about you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge. ⁶Just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, ⁷so that ye come behind in not one gift, waiting for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸who will also confirm you until the end, irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹God is faithful through whom ye were called for the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. ¹⁰Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding. ¹¹For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. ¹²Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. ¹³Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were ye immersed in the name of Paul? ¹⁴I thank God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius, ¹⁵lest some man should say that I immersed in my name. ¹⁶And I also immersed the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I immersed any other. ¹⁷For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied. ¹⁸For the message of the cross is of course foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God. ¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding. ²⁰Where is a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its wisdom, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. ²²And because Jews demand a sign and Greeks search for wisdom, ²³but we proclaim Christ crucified, it is truly to Jews a stumbling-block and to Gentiles foolishness. ²⁴But to them, to the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weak thing of God is stronger than men. ²⁶For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent. ²⁷But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful. ²⁸And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are, ²⁹so that no flesh may boast before God. ³⁰But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, ³¹so that, just as it is written, He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

CHAPTER 2

¹And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you. ²For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man. ³And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, ⁵so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God. ⁶But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing. ⁷But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, ⁸which none of the rulers of this age have known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. ⁹But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him. ¹⁰But God disclosed to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. ¹¹For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. ¹²But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God. ¹³Which things also we speak, not in things learned from mankind, in words of wisdom, but in things learned from the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. ¹⁴Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually. ¹⁵But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none. ¹⁶For who has known the mind of the Lord that he will stand with him? But we have the mind of Christ.

CHAPTER 3

¹And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ. ²I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able, ³for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man? ⁴For while one may say, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? ⁵Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man. ⁶I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused growth. ⁷So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who causes growth. ⁸Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor. ⁹For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God. ¹⁰According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation and another man is building on it. But let each man take heed how he is building on it. ¹¹For no man can lay another foundation besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹²And if any man builds upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, ¹³each man�s work will become manifest. For the day will make it known, because it is revealed by fire. And the fire will test each man�s work of what kind it is. ¹⁴If any man�s work that he built on will remain, he will receive benefit. ¹⁵If any man�s work will be burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire. ¹⁶Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? ¹⁷If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are. ¹⁸Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He who catches the wise in their craftiness, ²⁰and again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain. ²¹Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours, ²²whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours, ²³and ye are Christ�s, and Christ is God�s.

CHAPTER 4

¹Thus let a man regard us as of helpers of Christ, and managers of mysteries of God. ²And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful. ³But it is a very small thing to me that I might be appraised by you or by a day of mankind. Yet neither do I appraise myself, ⁴for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is the Lord. ⁵Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God. ⁶Now these things, brothers, I applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us ye might learn not to think above that which is written, so that ye may not be puffed up, one over the one against the other. ⁷For who makes thee different? And what have thou that thou did not receive? And also if thou received it, why do thou boast as not having received it? ⁸Already ye are filled. Already ye have become rich. Ye reigned without us, and O that ye did indeed reign, so that we also might reign with you. ⁹For I think God has exhibited us the apostles least, as men sentenced to die, because we became a spectacle to the world, both to agents and to men. ¹⁰We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable. ¹¹As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless. ¹²And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; ¹³being slandered, we entreat. We became as trash of the world, an offscouring of all things, until now. ¹⁴I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children. ¹⁵For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good news. ¹⁶I beseech you therefore, become followers of me. ¹⁷Because of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation. ¹⁸But as of me not coming to you, some men are puffed up. ¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. ²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. ²¹What do ye want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?

CHAPTER 5

¹Fornication is actually heard among you, and such fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for some man to have his father�s wife. ²And ye are puffed up and did not rather mourn, so that he who committed this deed might be taken away from the midst of you. ³For I truly, as being absent in the body but present in the spirit, I have already, as though present, judged the man who committed this thing this way. ⁴In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? ⁷Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us. ⁸Therefore we should feast, not by old leaven, nor by leaven of evil and wickedness, but by non-leaven of sincerity and truth. ⁹I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with fornicators, ¹⁰and not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with greedy men, or with predators, or with idolaters, since then ye would need to go out of the world. ¹¹But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind. ¹²For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside? ¹³But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.

CHAPTER 6

¹Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified? ²Or know ye not that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of very small legal disputes? ³Know ye not that we will judge agents? Then why not mundane things? ⁴Indeed therefore whenever ye have mundane legal disputes, men who are disdained by the church, these ye seat to judge. ⁵I speak shame about you. So there is not among you not even one wise man who will be able to arbitrate between his brother? ⁶But brother goes to law against brother, and this before unbelievers? ⁷Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? ⁸Instead ye do wrong, and defraud, and these things to brothers. ⁹Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And some of you were these things, but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were made righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God. ¹²All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything. ¹³The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴And God both raised up the Lord and will raise us up through his power. ¹⁵Know ye not that your bodies are body-parts of Christ? Therefore, having taken the body-parts of the Christ, should I make them body-parts of a harlot? May it not happen! ¹⁶Or know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For, The two, he says, will be in one flesh. ¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. ¹⁸Flee fornication. Every sin, whatever a man may do, is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body. ¹⁹Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own, ²⁰for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.

CHAPTER 7

¹Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman. ²But because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ³Let the husband render the goodwill owed to the wife, and likewise also the wife to the husband. ⁴The wife has not the right of her private body, but the husband, and likewise also the husband has not the right of his private body, but the wife. ⁵Do not deprive each other except from agreement for a time, so that ye may have time for fasting and prayer. And come together again for the same thing, so that Satan not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶But I say this from concession not from commandment. ⁷For I wish all men to be even as myself. However each man has his own gift from God, one in this way, and another after that. ⁸But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I. ⁹But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn. ¹⁰And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband. ¹¹But even if she separates, she shall remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to leave his wife. ¹²But to the rest I say, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and this woman consents to dwell with him, he should not leave her. ¹³And whichever woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, she should not leave him. ¹⁴For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband, then otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. ¹⁵But if the unbeliever separates, he shall separate. The brother or the sister has not been bound in such things. And God has called us to peace. ¹⁶For how do thou know, O wife, whether thou will save thy husband? Or how will thou know, O husband, whether thou will save thy wife? ¹⁷Only, as God has distributed to each man, as the Lord has called each, so let him walk. And so I command in all the congregations. ¹⁸Was any man called circumcised? He should not become uncircumcised. Was any man called in uncircumcision? He should not be circumcised. ¹⁹Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, instead, the keeping of God�s commandments. ²⁰Each man, in the situation in which he was called, in this he should remain. ²¹Were thou called being a bondman? It should not concern thee. However if also thou are able to become free, take advantage of it instead. ²²For he who was called in the Lord a bondman is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise also he who was called a free man is a bondman of Christ. ²³Ye were bought with a price, become not bondmen of men. ²⁴Brothers, each man, in what he was called, should remain in this before God. ²⁵Now concerning the virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give an opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy. ²⁶I suppose therefore this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be this way: ²⁷Are thou bound to a wife? Do not seek separation. Are thou free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. ²⁸But also if thou did marry thou have not sinned, and if the virgin married she has not sinned. Yet such kind will have stress in the flesh, but I spare you. ²⁹But this I say, brothers, the time is shortened. It is the remaining, so that also those who have wives may be as not having, ³⁰and those who weep, as not weeping, and those who rejoice, as not rejoicing, and those who buy, as not possessing, ³¹and those who use this world, as not making full use, for the form of this world passes away. ³²But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord. ³³But he who is married cares for things of the world, how he will please his wife. ³⁴And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, so that she may be set apart both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares for the things of the world, how she will please her husband. ³⁵And I say this for your own benefit, not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for what is respectable and assiduous toward the Lord, undistracted. ³⁶But if any man thinks to behave improperly toward his virgin, if it is past the best time, and so ought to happen, she should do what she wants, she does not sin, they should marry. ³⁷But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has power based upon his own will, and has decided this in his heart, to keep his own celibacy, does well. ³⁸And therefore he who gives in marriage does well, but he who does not give in marriage does better. ³⁹A wife is bound by law as long a time as her husband lives, but also if the husband should sleep, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord. ⁴⁰But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have the Spirit of God.

CHAPTER 8

¹Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. ²If any man presumes to know anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. ³But if any man loves God, this man is known by him. ⁴Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one. ⁵For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords, ⁶yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him. ⁷Nevertheless the knowledge is not in all men, but some, with conscience of the idol until now, eat as sacrificed to idols, and their weak conscience is defiled. ⁸But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind. ⁹But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak. ¹⁰For if some man sees thee, who has knowledge, dining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? ¹¹And by thy knowledge the brother, being weak, will be ruined, for whom Christ died. ¹²And sinning this way against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. ¹³Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

CHAPTER 9

¹Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are ye not my work in the Lord? ²If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. ³My defense to those who examine me is this. ⁴Have we no, not a right to eat and to drink? ⁵Have we no, not a right to lead about a sister wife, as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? ⁶Or have only I and Barnabas no right not to be occupied earning a living? ⁷Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock? ⁸Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things? ⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen, ¹⁰or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share. ¹¹If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things? ¹²If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good news of the Christ. ¹³Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar? ¹⁴And so the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good news to live from the good news. ¹⁵But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty. ¹⁶For if I preach the good news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good news. ¹⁷For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if involuntarily, I have been entrusted with a commission. ¹⁸What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good news, I may make the good news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good news. ¹⁹For although being free from all men, I made myself a bondman to all, so that I might gain the more. ²⁰And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews, to those under law, as under law, so that I might gain those under law, ²¹to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ), so that I might gain men without law. ²²To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some. ²³And I do this for sake of the good news, so that I might become a fellow participant of it. ²⁴Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it. ²⁵And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable. ²⁶I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air. ²⁷But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

CHAPTER 10

¹But I want you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, ²and all in Moses were immersed in the cloud and in the sea. ³And they all ate the same spiritual food, ⁴and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ. ⁵However with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness. ⁶But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted. ⁷Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel. ⁸Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. ⁹Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents. ¹⁰And ye should not grumble as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. ¹¹Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came. ¹²Therefore let him who seems to stand take heed lest he fall. ¹³No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure. ¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. ¹⁵I speak as to wise men, judge ye what I say. ¹⁶The cup of the blessing that we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of the Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation of the body of the Christ? ¹⁷Because we, the many, are one bread, one body, for we are all partakers of the one bread. ¹⁸Look at Israel according to flesh. Those who eat the sacrifices, are they not partakers of the altar? ¹⁹What therefore do I say, that an idol is anything, or that a sacrifice to an idol is anything? ²⁰Rather, that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partakers of demons. ²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons. Ye cannot be partakers of a table of the Lord, and of a table of demons. ²²Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? ²³All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive. ²⁴Let not one man seek that of himself, but each man that of the other. ²⁵Eat everything being sold in a meat market, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience, ²⁶for the earth is the Lord�s, and the fullness of it. ²⁷If any of those unbelievers invites you, and ye want to go, eat everything being set before you, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience. ²⁸But if any man says to you, This is a sacrifice to an idol, do not eat for the sake of that man who informed, and the conscience, for the earth is the Lord�s, and the fullness of it. ²⁹And I say conscience, not the one of himself, but the one of the other man. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience? ³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why am I maligned about which I express thanks? ³¹Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God. ³²Become ye inoffensive both to Jews and to Greeks, and to the church of God, ³³just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

CHAPTER 11

¹Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. ²Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. ³But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. ⁴Every man praying or proclaiming the word of God having something upon his head dishonors his head. ⁵But every woman praying or proclaiming the word of God with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same thing as the woman who has been shaven. ⁶For if a woman is not covered, let her also shear herself. But if it is an ugly thing for a woman to shear herself or be shaven, she should be covered. ⁷For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God, but woman is a glory of man. ⁸For man is not from woman, but woman from man. ⁹For also man was not created for the woman, but woman for the man. ¹⁰Because of this the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the agents. ¹¹Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. ¹²For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God. ¹³Judge ye among yourselves, is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered? ¹⁴Or does not nature itself teach you that if a man actually wears long hair it is a disgrace to him? ¹⁵But if a woman wears long hair, it is a glory to her, because her hair has been given for a cloak. ¹⁶But if any man appears to be a lover of strife, we have no such custom, nor the congregations of God. ¹⁷Now in this that is commanded, I do not praise you, because ye do not assemble for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸For indeed first, when ye come together in a congregation, I hear divisions are present among you, and I partly believe it. ¹⁹For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you. ²⁰When therefore ye come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord�s supper. ²¹For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken. ²²For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you. ²³For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴and having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and said, Take ye, eat, this is my body broken for you. This do ye in my memory. ²⁵Likewise also the cup after the supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do, as often as ye drink it, in my memory. ²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye proclaim the Lord�s death until he comes. ²⁷Therefore, whoever may eat this bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily of the Lord, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸But let a man examine himself, and let him so eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. ²⁹For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. ³⁰Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and a considerable sleep. ³¹But if we were discerning ourselves we would not be judged. ³²But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world. ³³Therefore, my brothers, when ye come together to eat, await each other. ³⁴And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.

CHAPTER 12

¹Now concerning the spiritual things, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. ²Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led. ³Therefore I make known to you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed, and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit. ⁴Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵And there are varieties of services, and the same Lord. ⁶And there are varieties of functions, but it is the same God who works all in all. ⁷But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each man toward that which is beneficial. ⁸For to one, the word of wisdom is given through the Spirit, and to another, the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹to a different man, faith by the same Spirit, and to another, gifts of healings by the same Spirit, ¹⁰and to another, workings of miracles, and to another, prophecy, and to another, discerning of spirits, and to a different man, kinds of tongues, and to another, the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each man individually as it wills. ¹²For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ. ¹³For also by one Spirit we are all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or freemen, and we were all made to drink into one Spirit. ¹⁴For the body also is not one part, but many. ¹⁵If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, it is not by this not of the body. ¹⁶And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, it is not by this not of the body. ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? ¹⁸But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as he intended. ¹⁹And if they were all one part, where would be the body? ²⁰But now of course there are many body-parts, but one body. ²¹And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. ²²Instead, much more the parts of the body that seem to be more feeble are necessary. ²³And those things of the body presumed to be without esteem, we place around these more abundant regard. And our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety, ²⁴whereas our presentable parts have no need. Instead, God united the body together, having given more abundant regard to the part that lacks, ²⁵so that there would be no schisms in the body, but that the parts would have the same care for each other. ²⁶And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together. ²⁷Now ye are the body of Christ, and body-parts individually. ²⁸And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹But be zealous for the better gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

CHAPTER 13

¹If I speak with the tongues of men and of agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal. ²And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. ³And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing. ⁴Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up. ⁵It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil, ⁶does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth, ⁷covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ⁸Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished. ⁹But we know in part, and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰but when the perfect comes, then what is in part will be abolished. ¹¹When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child, but when I became a man, I abolished the childish things. ¹²For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known. ¹³And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.

CHAPTER 14

¹Pursue love, and be zealous for the spiritual things, but more that ye may prophesy. ²For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God, for no man hears, but in spirit he speaks mysteries. ³But he who prophesies speaks to men edification and encouragement and comfort. ⁴He who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the congregation. ⁵Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more that ye may prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the congregation may receive edification. ⁶But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I benefit you, unless I would speak to you either in a revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in doctrine? ⁷Likewise lifeless things that give a sound, whether flute or harp, if they give no distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is being piped or harped? ⁸For also if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle? ⁹So also ye, unless ye give understandable speech by the tongue, how will that which is spoken be known? For ye will be talking into the air. ¹⁰Since there are perhaps, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without significance. ¹¹If therefore I know not the force of the voice, I will be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. ¹²So also ye, since ye are zealots of spirits, seek so that ye may excel for the edification of the church. ¹³Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. ¹⁴For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my intellect is unfruitful. ¹⁵What is it therefore? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the intellect also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the intellect also. ¹⁶Otherwise if thou would bless with the spirit, how will the man who fills the place of the unlearned, say the Truly at thy thanksgiving, since he knows not what thou say? ¹⁷For thou indeed express thanks well, but the other man is not edified. ¹⁸I thank my God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue. ²⁰Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature. ²¹In the law it is written, In other tongues and in other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear me, says the Lord. ²²Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving. But proclaiming the word of God is not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe. ²³If therefore the whole congregation comes together in the same place, and all men speak in tongues, and unlearned or unbelieving men come in, will they not say that ye are mad? ²⁴But if all proclaim the word of God, and some unbelieving or unlearned man comes in, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all. ²⁵And so the secrets of his heart are made manifest. And so having fallen down on his face he will worship God, declaring that God is really among you. ²⁶What is it therefore, brothers? When ye come together, each man of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. ²⁷If any man speaks in a tongue, be according to two, or at the most three, and in succession. And let one interpret. ²⁸But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silence in an assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God. ²⁹And let two or three men who have the word of God speak, and let the other men pass judgment. ³⁰But if it should be revealed to another man who is seated, let the first be silent. ³¹For ye can all proclaim the word of God one by one, so that all may learn, and all may be encouraged. ³²And the spirits of men who proclaim the word of God are subject to men who proclaim the word of God, ³³for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. ³⁴As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says. ³⁵And if they want to learn anything, let them question their own husbands at home, for it is an ugly thing for women to speak in an assembly. ³⁶Or did the word of God come forth from you? Or did it come to you only? ³⁷If any man presumes to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge what I write to you, that they are commandments of the Lord. ³⁸But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant. ³⁹Therefore brothers, be zealous for prophesying, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. ⁴⁰Let all things be done decently and in order.

CHAPTER 15

¹And, brothers, I make known to you the good news that I preached to you, which also ye received, and in which ye stand, ²by which also ye are saved if ye hold firm that word I preached to you, unless ye believed in vain. ³For I delivered to you at first what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, ⁴and that he was buried, and that he arose on the third day according to the scriptures, ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ⁶Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some also slept. ⁷Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, ⁸and last of all, as to the untimely birth, he also appeared to me. ⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. ¹¹Therefore whether I or those men, so we proclaim, and so ye believed. ¹²Now if Christ is proclaimed that he has risen from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ risen. ¹⁴And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty. ¹⁵And also we are found false witnesses of God, because we witnessed according to God that he raised up the Christ, whom he did not raise up, if therefore the dead are really not raised. ¹⁶For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. ¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain. Ye are still in your sins. ¹⁸Then also those who slept in Christ have perished. ¹⁹If we are men who have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men more miserable. ²⁰But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep. ²¹For since death is because of a man, the resurrection of the dead is also because of a man. ²²For as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all will be made alive. ²³But each in his own order. Christ the first fruit, then those of Christ at his coming. ²⁴Afterwards the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will abolish all rule, and all authority and power. ²⁵For he must reign until he will put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy abolished is death. ²⁷For he subordinated all things under his feet. But when he says that all things have been subordinated, it is clear that he who subordinated all things under him, is excepted. ²⁸And when all things are made subordinate to him, then the Son himself will also be made subordinate to him who subordinated all things to him, so that God may be all in all. ²⁹Otherwise what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they immersed for the dead? ³⁰And we, why are we in peril every hour? ³¹By the pride that belongs to you, that I keep in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. ³²If in respect to men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ³³Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits. ³⁴Sober up rightly, and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak shame about you. ³⁵But some man will say, How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body do they come? ³⁶Thou foolish man, what thou sow is not made alive unless it dies. ³⁷And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind. ³⁸But God gives it a body as he wills, and to each of the seeds its own body. ³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh, but one of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds, ⁴⁰and heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies (but the glory of the heavenly is different, and the glory of the earthly is different), ⁴¹another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory. ⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in the perishable, it is raised in imperishability. ⁴³It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁴⁴It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. ⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a life giving spirit. ⁴⁶Nevertheless the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual. ⁴⁷The first man was of the earth, earthly. The second man is the Lord from heaven. ⁴⁸As is the earthly, such also are the earthly. And as is the heavenly, such also are the heavenly. ⁴⁹And just as we have worn the form of the earthly, we will also wear the form of the heavenly. ⁵⁰Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability. ⁵¹Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed, ⁵²in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be transformed. ⁵³For this perishable must put on imperishability, and this mortal put on immortality. ⁵⁴But when this perishable will have put on imperishability, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory. ⁵⁵O death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory? ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.

CHAPTER 16

¹Now concerning the collection for the sanctified, as I arranged for the congregations of Galatia, so also do ye. ²Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then. ³And when I arrive, whomever ye may approve by letters, I will send these men to bring your gift to Jerusalem. ⁴And if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me. ⁵But I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I do pass through Macedonia. ⁶And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go. ⁷For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows. ⁸But I will remain at Ephesus until Pentecost. ⁹For a great and effective door has opened to me, and yet there are many who are hostile. ¹⁰But if Timothy comes, see that he becomes without fear with you, for he works the work of the Lord, as I also. ¹¹Let not any man therefore disparage him, but send him forth in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers. ¹²And about Apollos the brother, I urged him much that he would come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all his will that he should come now, but he will come when he has opportunity. ¹³Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. ¹⁴Let all things of you be done in love. ¹⁵Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified), ¹⁶that ye also be subject to such men, and to every man working together and laboring. ¹⁷And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these men filled your lack. ¹⁸For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge ye such men. ¹⁹The congregations of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the congregation associated with their house. ²⁰All the brothers salute you. Salute each other by a holy kiss. ²¹The salutation of Paul by my hand. ²²If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha. ²³The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with you. ²⁴My love is with all of you in Christ Jesus. Truly.

2ND CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, with all the sanctified who are in the whole of Achaia. ²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. ³Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement, ⁴who encourages us in all our affliction, in order for us to be able to encourage those in every affliction, through the encouragement of which we ourselves are encouraged by God. ⁵Because, as the sufferings of the Christ abound to us, so also our encouragement abounds through the Christ. ⁶But whether we are oppressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation, which works by endurance from the same sufferings that we also experience (and our hope for you is steadfast), or we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement and salvation, ⁷knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement. ⁸For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive. ⁹But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. ¹⁰Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue. ¹¹And of you who help together by supplication for us (a gift for us from many persons, because of many), so that there may be gratitude about you. ¹²For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the sincerity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you. ¹³For we write no other thing to you, but rather what ye read or also acknowledge. And I hope ye will also acknowledge until the end, ¹⁴as also ye did acknowledge us in part, because we are your boast, just as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁵And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier, so that ye might have a second benefit, ¹⁶and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea. ¹⁷Therefore intending this, did I accordingly employ anything in lightness? Or what I decide, do I decide according to flesh, so that it would be with me the yes, yes and the no, no? ¹⁸But God is faithful, because our word toward you became not, yes and no. ¹⁹For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was proclaimed among you by us (by me and Silvanus and Timothy) became not, yes and no, but in him has become, yes. ²⁰For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us. ²¹Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and who anointed us, is God. ²²He also is who put a seal on us, and who gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. ²³But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that I did not yet come to Corinth, sparing you. ²⁴Not because we lord over your faith, but are co-workmen of your joy, for by faith ye stand.

CHAPTER 2

¹But I determined this in myself, not to come again to you in sadness. ²For if I make you sad, who then is he who makes me glad except he who is made sad by me? ³And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you. ⁴For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you. ⁵But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all. ⁶Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many, ⁷so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow. ⁸Therefore I beseech you to affirm love for him. ⁹For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. ¹⁰But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ, ¹¹so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods. ¹²Now having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the Lord, ¹³I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia. ¹⁴And thanks to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us. ¹⁵Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God in those being saved and in those perishing; ¹⁶to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things? ¹⁷For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

CHAPTER 3

¹Are we beginning again to commend ourselves, unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you? ²Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men, ³being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts. ⁴And we have such confidence toward God through Christ, ⁵not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, ⁶who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a Spirit, for the document kills but the Spirit makes alive. ⁷But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance, ⁸how will the administration of the Spirit not be more in glory? ⁹For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory. ¹⁰For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends. ¹¹For if that which is abolished was through glory, much more that which remains is in glory. ¹²Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness, ¹³and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading. ¹⁴But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ. ¹⁵But to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart. ¹⁶But whenever it turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. ¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. ¹⁸But we all, with unveiled face seeing by reflection the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of the Lord.

CHAPTER 4

¹Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged. ²But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. ³But even if our good news is concealed, it is concealed in those who are perishing, ⁴in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them. ⁵For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus. ⁶Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ. ⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us, ⁸restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing, ⁹persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed. ¹⁰Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body. ¹¹For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus� sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. ¹²So death indeed works in us, but life in you. ¹³And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore we speak, ¹⁴knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present us with you. ¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace, which has multiplied because of the thankfulness of the many, may abound for the glory of God. ¹⁶Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day. ¹⁷For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness, ¹⁸while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.

CHAPTER 5

¹For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. ²For also in this we groan, longing to clothe ourselves with our habitation from heaven, ³if indeed also having put it on we will not be found naked. ⁴For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life. ⁵Now he who wrought us for this same thing is God, who also gave us the pledge of the Spirit. ⁶Therefore always being confident, and knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the Lord, ⁷for we walk by faith, not by sight. ⁸And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord. ⁹Therefore also we aspire, whether at home or away from home, to be well-pleasing to him. ¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad. ¹¹Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences. ¹²For we are not commending ourselves again to you, but giving you an opportunity of boasting about us, so that ye may have for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. ¹³For whether we are beside ourselves to God, or we are of normal mind, it is for you. ¹⁴For the love of Christ holds us together, having judged this, that if one died for all, then all died. ¹⁵And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised. ¹⁶So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer. ¹⁷So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. ¹⁸And all things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation. ¹⁹How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. ²¹For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

CHAPTER 6

¹And working jointly, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ²For he says, At an acceptable time I heard thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee. Behold, now is an acceptable time. Behold, now is a day of salvation. ³Giving not one cause of stumbling in anything, so that the ministry may not be criticized, ⁴but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions, ⁵in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hungerings, ⁶in purity, in knowledge, in forbearance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in non-hypocritical love, ⁷in word of truth, in power of God, through the weapons of righteousness of the right hand and of the left, ⁸through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true; ⁹as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not put to death; ¹⁰as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. ¹¹O Corinthians, our mouth has been opened to you, our heart has been enlarged. ¹²Ye are not limited in us, but ye are limited in your bowels. ¹³But I speak the same recompense as to children, be ye also enlarged. ¹⁴Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness? ¹⁵And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what share have believers with non-believers? ¹⁶And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me. ¹⁷Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says the Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you ¹⁸and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says Lord Almighty.

CHAPTER 7

¹Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God. ²Make room for us. We wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we exploited no man. ³I speak not for condemnation, for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die together and to live together. ⁴Great is my boldness toward you, great is my pride for you. I have been filled with encouragement. I over-abound with joy in all our affliction. ⁵For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had not one relief, but being oppressed in everything: battles outside, fears within. ⁶Nevertheless God, who encourages the lowly, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. ⁷And not only by his presence, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, reporting to us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more. ⁸Because even though I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret (even though I did regret), for I perceive that that letter grieved you, even though for an hour. ⁹Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved for repentance. For ye were grieved toward God, so that ye might suffer loss from us in nothing. ¹⁰For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death. ¹¹For behold this same thing�your grieving toward God. How much eagerness it worked in you, even a defense, even indignation, even fear, even longing, even zeal, even vengeance! In everything ye demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. ¹²And so then, although I wrote to you, it was not because of the man who did wrong, nor because of the man who was wronged, but in order to reveal to you your eagerness for us in the sight of God. ¹³Because of this we have been encouraged. And from your encouragement, we rejoiced to a greater degree more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. ¹⁴Because, if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed, but as we spoke all things in truth to you, so also our boast to Titus became truth. ¹⁵And his bowels are more abundant toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how ye received him with fear and trembling. ¹⁶I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.

CHAPTER 8

¹And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia, ²that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity, ³so that according to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, willingly, ⁴with much exhortation, begging of us the favor, even the fellowship of service for the sanctified. ⁵And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God, ⁶for us to urge Titus that, as he earlier began this kindness, so he would even finish it for you also. ⁷But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, so that ye may also abound in this kindness. ⁸I speak not from commandment, but because of the zeal of others, also examining the genuineness of your love. ⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man�s poverty ye might become rich. ¹⁰And in this I give judgment, for this is expedient for you who earlier began, from a year ago, not only the doing but also the intending. ¹¹And now also finish the doing, so that just as was the willingness of the intending, so also to finish from the having. ¹²For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have. ¹³For it is not so that ease is for others and stress for you, but out of parity your abundance at the present time is for the need of those men. ¹⁴So that the abundance of those men may also happen for your need, so that there may become equity, ¹⁵as it is written, he of much did not abound, and he of little did not lack. ¹⁶But thanks to God who gives the same eagerness for you in the heart of Titus, ¹⁷because he indeed approved the exhortation. But his own will being more zealous, he went forth to you. ¹⁸And we sent along with him the brother whose praise in the good news is throughout all the congregations. ¹⁹And not only so, but who was also chosen by the congregations, a traveling companion of us with this gift administered by us, for the glory of the same Lord and our willingness. ²⁰Arranging this lest any man may criticize us in this bounty administered by us, ²¹providing things right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. ²²And we sent along with them our brother whom we often proved being diligent in many things, but is now much more diligent (with much confidence toward you), ²³whether on behalf of Titus my partner and co-workman for you, or our brothers, representatives of congregations, a glory of Christ. ²⁴Therefore show ye the proof of your love and our boast about you, for them in the face of the congregations.

CHAPTER 9

¹For indeed it is superfluous for me to write to you about the service for the sanctified. ²For I know your willingness, which I boast about you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from a year ago. And your zeal provoked the majority. ³But I sent the brothers so that our boast about you would not be empty in this regard. So that, as I said, ye may be prepared, ⁴if somehow Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we (that we might not say, ye) would be embarrassed in this confidence of boast. ⁵Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go ahead to you, and arrange in advance your gift that was earlier announced, for this to be ready this way as a gift and not as an exaction. ⁶But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings. ⁷Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to abound all grace for you, so that always in everything having all sufficiency, ye may abound for every good work, ⁹as it is written, He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness endures into the age. ¹⁰And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness, ¹¹being enriched in everything for every generosity, which works gratitude to God through us. ¹²Because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the sanctified, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God ¹³through the evidence of this service, glorifying God at the subjection of your confession toward the good news of the Christ, and at the generosity of the participation, for them and for all, ¹⁴and by their supplication about you, yearning for you because of the transcending grace of God in you. ¹⁵And thanks to God for his indescribable gift.

CHAPTER 10

¹Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who indeed am lowly in presence among you, but am bold toward you when absent. ²But I pray not to be bold when present with the confidence by which I consider to be valiant toward some who consider us as walking according to flesh. ³For though walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh. ⁴For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds, ⁵casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ, ⁶and having in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled. ⁷Ye are looking at things according to appearance. If any man has convinced himself to be of Christ, let him consider this again of himself, that, as he is of Christ, so also are we of Christ. ⁸For even if I also should boast somewhat more abundantly about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up and not for tearing you down), I will not be shamed, ⁹so that I would not seem as if to terrify you by the letters. ¹⁰Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained. ¹¹Let such a man think this, that such kind we are in word by letters when absent, we are also such kind when present in the work. ¹²For we dare not classify or compare ourselves to some of those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves to themselves, do not understand. ¹³But we will not boast in things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the standard that God apportioned to us, of a measure to reach even as far as you. ¹⁴For it is not as not reaching for you. We overextend ourselves. For we even reached as far as you in the good news of the Christ, ¹⁵not boasting in things immeasurable, in other men�s labors, but having hope of your faith growing in you to be enlarged according to our measure for abundance, ¹⁶in order to preach the good news beyond you, not to boast in another measure, in things prepared. ¹⁷But he who boasts should boast in the Lord. ¹⁸For he who commends himself, that man is not approved, but whom the Lord commends.

CHAPTER 11

¹O that ye tolerated a little of my foolishness, but tolerate me too. ²For I am jealous for you with a jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, a pure virgin to present to the Christ. ³But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent enticed Eve by his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity in the Christ. ⁴For indeed if a man who comes, preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, or ye receive another spirit that ye did not receive, or another good news that ye did not accept, ye well tolerated it. ⁵For I reckon to come short in nothing of those, superlative apostles. ⁶But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything made known in all things to you. ⁷Or did I commit a sin lowering myself so that ye might be lifted up, because I preached to you the good news of God freely? ⁸I robbed other congregations, having taken a wage in order for your service. ⁹And being present with you, and when needy, I was a burden to no man. For the brothers who came from Macedonia, they supplied my need. And in everything I kept and I will keep myself non-burdensome to you. ¹⁰The truth of Christ is in me that this pride in me will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹Why? Because I do not love you? God knows. ¹²But what I do, I also will do, so that I may cut off the opportunity of those who desire an opportunity, that in what they boast, they might appear just as we also. ¹³For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴And no marvel, for even Satan disguises himself into an agent of light. ¹⁵Therefore, it is no great thing if his helpers also disguise themselves as helpers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. ¹⁶I say again, let not any man think me to be foolish, but if otherwise�even if as foolish�accept me, so that I also may boast some a little. ¹⁷What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of the boast. ¹⁸Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. ¹⁹For being wise, ye gladly tolerate the foolish. ²⁰For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face. ²¹I speak as from shame, that we were so weak. Yet in whatever any man may be bold in foolishness, I say I too am bold. ²²Are they Hebrews? I too. Are they Israelites? I too. Are they a seed of Abraham? I too. ²³Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often. ²⁴From the Jews five times I received forty save one. ²⁵Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth, ²⁶in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among false brothers, ²⁷in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness. ²⁸Besides the external things, crowding upon me daily is the care of all the congregations. ²⁹Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I am not made fiery? ³⁰If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of the things of my weakness. ³¹The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed into the ages, knows that I do not lie. ³²In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes wanting to apprehend me. ³³And I was lowered in a hamper through a window through the wall, and escaped his hands.

CHAPTER 12

¹(Really, to me boasting is not helpful.) For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. ²I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in body, I know not, or whether outside the body, I know not, God knows) such a man was caught up as far as the third heaven. ³And I know such a man (whether in body, or whether outside the body, I know not, God knows) ⁴that he was caught up into the paradise, and heard inexpressible sayings that are not permitted for a man to utter. ⁵For such a man I will boast, but for myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses. ⁶For if I should want to boast, I will not be foolish, for I will speak the truth. But I refrain lest any man should reckon to me above what he sees of me or hears anything from me. ⁷And so that I might not be over exalted by the extraordinariness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an agent of Satan so that he would buffet me, so that I would not be over exalted. ⁸I besought the Lord thrice about this, that it might depart from me. ⁹And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me. ¹⁰Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ¹¹I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing. ¹²Indeed the signs of the apostle were performed among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works. ¹³For what is there which ye were inferior to the other congregations? Except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. ¹⁴Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵And I most gladly will spend, and will be spent for your souls. Even though more earnestly loving you, the worse I am loved. ¹⁶But let it be. I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being clever, I caught you with bait. ¹⁷Any man of whom I have sent to you, did I exploit you through him? ¹⁸I encouraged Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in anything? Did we not walk in the same spirit, not in the same steps? ¹⁹Do ye think that all this time we are defending ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edification. ²⁰For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want. Lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, turmoils. ²¹Lest having come again my God will make me low toward you, and I will bewail many of those who have sinned previously, and who did not repent from the trash and fornication and licentiousness that they committed.

CHAPTER 13

¹This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two witnesses or three every saying will be confirmed. ²I have told you before, and I say in advance, as present the second time, and now absent, I write to those who have previously sinned, and to all the others, that if I come to it again, I will not spare, ³since ye seek proof of the Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but is mighty in you. ⁴For even if he was crucified from weakness, yet he lives from the power of God. For we in him are also weak, but we will live with him from the power of God toward you. ⁵Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or know ye not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless ye are somehow unfit. ⁶But I hope that ye will know that we are not unfit. ⁷Now I pray to God, to do you nothing harmful, not that we would appear approved, but that ye would do right, even if we were unfit. ⁸For we do not have any power against the truth, but for the truth. ⁹For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, your perfection. ¹⁰Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down. ¹¹Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. ¹²Salute each other by a holy kiss. ¹³All the sanctified salute you. ¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, are with all of you. Truly. ¹⁵Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead),

GALATIONS

CHAPTER 1

²and all the brothers with me, to the congregations of Galatia: ³Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ ⁴who gave himself for our sins, so that he might rescue us, according to the will of our God and Father, out of the evil age that has come, ⁵to whom is the glory into the ages of the ages. Truly. ⁶I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him who called you in the grace of Christ to another good news, ⁷which is not another, except there are some who confuse you, and who want to pervert the good news of the Christ. ⁸But even if we, or an agent from heaven, should preach a good news to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹As we have said before, I now also say again, if any man preaches a good news to you contrary to what ye received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰For do I now trust men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men I would not be a bondman of Christ. ¹¹For I make known to you, brothers, the good news that was preached by me, that it is not according to man. ¹²For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it was through revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³For ye heard of my former behavior in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God to extraordinariness, and ravaged it. ¹⁴And I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my race, being a more extreme zealot of my paternal traditions. ¹⁵But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother�s belly and called me through his grace, ¹⁶to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not straightaway confer with flesh and blood. ¹⁷Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again to Damascus. ¹⁸Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit with Peter, and I remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹But I did not see another of the apostles, only James the Lord�s brother. ²⁰Now what I write to you, behold before God, I do not lie. ²¹Later I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²²And I was unknown by face to the congregations of Judea in Christ, ²³but they were only hearing that the man who once persecuted us now preaches the good news, the faith that he once ravaged. ²⁴And they glorified God in me.

CHAPTER 2

¹Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken along Titus also. ²And I went up according to revelation, and I declared to them the good news that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of repute, lest somehow I might be running or had run in vain. ³But not even Titus with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. ⁴But that issue was because of those false brothers smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us, ⁵To whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, so that the truth of the good news might continue with you. ⁶But from those who were reputed to be something (what kind they were formerly, it makes no difference to me, God does not accept a personage of man), for those who were of repute added nothing to me. ⁷But to the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the good news for men of uncircumcision, as Peter for men of circumcision ⁸(for he who was working in Peter for the apostleship for men of circumcision was also working in me for the Gentiles), ⁹and when they understood the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship. So that we were for the Gentiles, and they for men of circumcision, ¹⁰only that we should remember the poor, which this same thing I also was eager to do. ¹¹But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to the face, because he was blameworthy. ¹²For before certain men came from James he ate together with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing men of circumcision. ¹³And the other Jews also joined in hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas went along with their hypocrisy. ¹⁴But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews? ¹⁵We are Jews by nature and not sinful men of the Gentiles, ¹⁶knowing that a man is not made righteous from works of law, instead through faith of Jesus Christ. And we believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made righteous from faith of Christ, and not from works of law, because no flesh will be made righteous from works of law. ¹⁷But if, while seeking to be made righteous in Christ, we ourselves were also found sinful, then is Christ an aide of sin? May it not happen! ¹⁸For if I build again these things that I tore down, I demonstrate myself a transgressor. ¹⁹For I, through law, died to law, so that I might live to God. ²⁰I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. ²¹I do not disregard the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died in vain.

CHAPTER 3

¹O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was earlier described among you, crucified? ²I only want to learn this from you. Did ye receive the Spirit from works of law, or from a listening ear of faith? ³Are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? ⁴Did ye suffer so many things in vain? If it is indeed in vain. ⁵He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and who works miracles among you, is it from works of law or from a listening ear of faith? ⁶Just as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness. ⁷Ye know therefore that those from faith, these are sons of Abraham. ⁸And the scripture having foreseen that God makes the Gentiles righteous from faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: In thee all the nations will be blessed. ⁹So then those from faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham. ¹⁰For as many as are from works of law are under a curse, for it is written, Cursed is every man who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them. ¹¹But that no man is made righteous by law before God, is evident, because, The righteous man will live from faith. ¹²And the law is not from faith, but the man who does them will live in them. ¹³Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, Cursed is every man who hangs on a tree. ¹⁴So that the blessing of Abraham might occur for the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith. ¹⁵Brothers (I speak according to a man), in the same way of a man, no man annuls or adds to a contract that has been ratified. ¹⁶Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, And to the seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, who is Christ. ¹⁷And I say this, a covenant previously confirmed by God in Christ, the law, which happened four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul in order to make the promise useless. ¹⁸For if the inheritance is from law, it is no longer from promise. But God has given it to Abraham through promise. ¹⁹Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the seed would come to whom it was promised, which was arranged through agents in the hand of a mediator. ²⁰Now a mediator is not of one, but God is one. ²¹Is the law therefore against the promises of God? May it not happen! For if a law was given that could make alive, truly righteousness would be from law. ²²But scripture confined all things under sin, so that the promise from faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³But before faith came we were kept in custody under law, having been confined for faith that was going to be revealed. ²⁴So that the law became our schoolmaster for Christ, so that we might be made righteous from faith. ²⁵But faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. ²⁶For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷For as many as were immersed into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondman nor freeman, there is no male and female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if ye are Christ�s, then ye are Abraham�s seed and heirs according to promise.

CHAPTER 4

¹But I say the heir, for as long a time as he is a child, differs nothing from a bondman though he is lord of all. ²Instead he is under stewards and managers until the time appointed from the father. ³And so when we were children, we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world. ⁴But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law, ⁵so that he might redeem those under law, so that we might receive the sonship. ⁶And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. ⁷So that thou are no longer a bondman but a son, and if a son, then an heir through Christ. ⁸But of course then, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those that are by nature not gods. ⁹But now knowing God, but rather being known by God, how is it ye turn again to the weak and destitute elements to which ye desire again to be in bondage anew? ¹⁰Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. ¹¹I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have labored toward you in vain. ¹²I beseech you, brothers, become like me, because I also am like ye. Ye wronged me in nothing. ¹³But ye know that through a weakness of the flesh I preached the good news to you the first time. ¹⁴And ye did not disdain, nor did ye reject my trial in my flesh, but ye received me as an agent of God, as Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Where then is your satisfaction? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked your eyes out, ye would have given them to me. ¹⁶So then have I become your enemy telling you the truth? ¹⁷They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them. ¹⁸But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹My little children, of whom I suffer birth pains again until Christ is formed in you. ²⁰But I was wishing to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed at you. ²¹Tell me those desiring to be under law, do ye not hear the law? ²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from the servant girl, and one from the freewoman. ²³But in fact, the man from the servant girl was born according to flesh, but the man from the freewoman through promise. ²⁴Which things are allegorized, for these are two covenants, indeed one from mount Sinai giving birth for bondage, which is Hagar. ²⁵For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children. ²⁶But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all. ²⁷For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren woman not giving birth. Burst forth and shout, thou not suffering birth pains, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her who has the husband. ²⁸Now we, brothers, who correspond to Isaac, are children of promise. ²⁹But just as then, the man who was born according to flesh persecuted the man according to Spirit, so also now. ³⁰Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? Send away the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will, no, not inherit with the son of the freewoman. ³¹So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant girl, but of the freewoman.

CHAPTER 5

¹Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. ²Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing. ³And I solemnly declare again to every man who is circumcised, that he is obligated to do the whole law. ⁴Ye were discharged from the Christ, ye who are made righteous by law. Ye have fallen from grace. ⁵For we through the Spirit, from faith, wait for a hope of righteousness. ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. ⁷Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth? ⁸This persuasion is not from him who calls you. ⁹A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ¹⁰I have confidence toward you in the Lord, that ye will think no other thing. But the man who troubles you will bear the verdict, whoever he may be. ¹¹But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the cross has been abolished. ¹²O that those who trouble you would even cut it all off. ¹³For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love. ¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁵But if ye bite and devour each other, watch out that ye be not consumed by each other. ¹⁶But I say, walk in the Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit is against the flesh. For these are hostile to each other, so that whatever ye may want, these things ye may not do. ¹⁸But if ye are led by the Spirit ye are not under law. ¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, ²¹envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³meekness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. ²⁴And those of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and the lusts. ²⁵If we live in the Spirit, we should also march in the Spirit. ²⁶Let us not become conceited, provoking each other, envying each other.

CHAPTER 6

¹And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted. ²Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ. ³For if some man presumes to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have the boast in himself alone and not in the other man. ⁵For each man will bear his own burden. ⁶But let him who is taught in the word share in all good things with him who teaches. ⁷Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap. ⁸Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. ⁹And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding. ¹⁰So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith. ¹¹See in how large letters I wrote to you with my hand. ¹²As many as desire to make a good impression in flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of the Christ. ¹³For not even those who have been circumcised themselves keep law, but they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast in thy flesh. ¹⁴But may it not be from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. ¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. ¹⁶And as many as will march by this standard, peace upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. ¹⁷Finally, let no man cause troubles for me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with your spirit, brothers. Truly.

EPHESIANS

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the sanctified who are at Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: ²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. ³Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly things in Christ. ⁴Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love. ⁵Who predestined us for sonship through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the desire of his will, ⁶for appreciation of the glory of his grace, by which he blessed us in him who is beloved. ⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace, ⁸which he abounded for us in all wisdom and intelligence. ⁹Having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his desire, which he purposed within himself ¹⁰for an administration of the fullness of the times. To gather together all things in the Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, ¹¹in him in whom also we obtained an inheritance. Having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the deliberation of his will, ¹²for us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ. ¹³In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, ¹⁴which is a pledge of our inheritance, for the redemption of the acquired possession, for appreciation of his glory. ¹⁵Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love for all the sanctified, ¹⁶I cease not expressing thanks for you, making remembrance of you in my prayers. ¹⁷So that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowledge of him, ¹⁸having the eyes of your heart enlightened. For you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the sanctified, ¹⁹and what is the transcending greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of the dominion of his might, ²⁰which he wrought in the Christ. Having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things, ²¹far above every principle office, and position of authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is coming. ²²And he subordinated all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things for the church, ²³which is his body, the fulfillment of him who fills all in all.

CHAPTER 2

¹Even you, who were dead in trespasses and sins ²in which ye once walked according to the era of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience. ³Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others. ⁴But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us, ⁵even us being dead in the transgressions, he made alive together with the Christ (ye are saved by grace), ⁶and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenly things in Christ Jesus. ⁷So that in the coming ages he might show the transcending wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you, ⁹not from works, so that not any man may boast. ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them. ¹¹Remember therefore that once ye, the Gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision (in flesh, made by hands), ¹²that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and unknown of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus ye, being formerly far off, became near in the blood of the Christ. ¹⁴For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the dividing wall of partition, ¹⁵having abolished in his flesh the enmity�the law of the commandments in ordinances�so that he might create in himself the two into one new man, making peace, ¹⁶and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it. ¹⁷And after coming he preached good news, peace to you, to those far off and to those near, ¹⁸because through him we both have the access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹So then ye are no more alien and foreign, but fellow citizens of the sanctified, and belonging to the household of God. ²⁰Which was built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner, ²¹in whom the whole building joined together grows into a holy temple in the Lord, ²²in whom ye also are built together in Spirit into a habitation of God.

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 6

¹Let bondmen, as many as are under a yoke, regard their own masters worthy of all respect, so that the name of God and the doctrine may not be blasphemed. ²And those who have believing masters, let them not disparage them because they are brothers, instead let them serve more because they are believers and beloved�those who are recipients of the benefit. Teach and exhort these things. ³If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety, ⁴he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings, ⁵constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such. ⁶But piety with contentment is great gain, ⁷for we brought nothing into the world. It is clear that neither can we carry anything out, ⁸but having food and covering we will be content with these. ⁹But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin. ¹⁰For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ¹¹But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness. ¹²Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life for which thou are called, and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. ¹³I command thee in the sight of God, who makes all live, and of Christ Jesus, who testified to Pontius Pilate the good confession, ¹⁴that thou keep the commandment, without spot, blameless, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵which he will show in his own times, the blessed and only Potentate, the King of those who are kings, and Lord of those who are lords, ¹⁶who alone has immortality, dwelling in irreproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see, to whom is honor and eternal dominion. Truly. ¹⁷Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment, ¹⁸to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share, ¹⁹storing up for themselves a good foundation for that which is coming, so that they may take hold of the eternal life. ²⁰O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge, ²¹which some men professing have missed the mark concerning the faith. Grace is with thee. Truly.

2ND TIMOTHY

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life in Christ Jesus, ²to Timothy, a beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³I have gratitude to God whom I serve from the forefathers in a pure conscience, as I have unceasing remembrance about thee in my supplications, night and day ⁴longing to see thee, having remembered thy tears, so that I may be filled with joy, ⁵taking memory of the non-hypocritical faith in thee, which first dwelt in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that is in thee also. ⁶Because of which reason I remind thee to rekindle the gift of God that is in thee through the laying on of my hands. ⁷For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness. ⁸Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but suffer together with the good news according to the power of God. ⁹Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal. ¹⁰But which has now been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who indeed abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the good news, ¹¹for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of Gentiles. ¹²Because of which reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to preserve my consignment for that day. ¹³Hold the pattern of sound words that thou heard from me, in faith and love in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴Guard the good consignment through the Holy Spirit that dwells in us. ¹⁵This thou know, that all those in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain. ¹⁷But when he happened to be in Rome he sought me more diligently and found me ¹⁸(may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day), and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou know very well.

CHAPTER 2

¹Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace in Christ Jesus. ²And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also. ³Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army. ⁵And also if any man competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully. ⁶The farmer who labors must be the first to partake of the fruits. ⁷Consider what I say, for may the Lord give thee understanding in all things. ⁸Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news, ⁹within which I suffer evil to the point of bonds as an evildoer, but the word of God is not bound. ¹⁰Because of this I endure all things because of the chosen, so that they also may experience salvation in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. ¹¹Faithful is the saying, For if we die together, we will also live together. ¹²If we endure, we will also reign together. If we renounce him, that man will also renounce us. ¹³If we are unfaithful, that man remains faithful. He cannot renounce himself. ¹⁴Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear. ¹⁵Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, an irreproachable workman, correctly traversing the word of truth. ¹⁶But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety, ¹⁷and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸men who missed the mark about the truth, saying the resurrection happened already, and they overthrow the faith of some. ¹⁹Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, the Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of the Lord keep away from unrighteousness. ²⁰Now in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wood and earthen, and some for esteem and some for disesteem. ²¹If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work. ²²And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. ²³But shun foolish and uneducated questions, knowing that they breed quarrels. ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, ²⁵in meekness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth, ²⁶and they may sober up out of the snare of the devil, having been captured by him for his will.

CHAPTER 3

¹But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. ²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious, ³devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good, ⁴traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, ⁵having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men, ⁶for from these are those who creep into houses, and take captive petty women laden with sins, being led away by various impulses, ⁷ever learning and never able to come to knowledge of truth. ⁸And by which way Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also do these oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, worthless about the faith. ⁹But they will not advance in much more, for their folly will be evident to all men, as also that of those men came to be. ¹⁰But thou have closely followed my doctrine, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, ¹¹persecutions, sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra. I endured such persecutions, and the Lord rescued me out of them all. ¹²And also all those who want to live devoutly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. ¹³But evil men and impostors will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray. ¹⁴But continue thou in what thou learned and were convinced of, knowing from whom thou learned them. ¹⁵And that from a babe thou have known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for instruction, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be qualified, having been completed for every good work.

CHAPTER 4

¹I solemnly testify therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom, ²preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ³For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear, ⁴and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths. ⁵But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness. ⁶For I am already poured out a libation, and the time of my dissolution is imminent. ⁷I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. ⁸Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing. ⁹Hurry to come to me quickly, ¹⁰for Demas forsook me having loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. ¹¹Only Luke is with me. Having taken Mark, bring him with thee, for he is useful to me for service. ¹²But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus. ¹³Bring the cloak that I left behind at Troas with Carpus when thou come, and the books, especially the parchments. ¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did many evil things to me. May the Lord repay him according to his works, ¹⁵of whom thou also beware, for he extremely opposed our words. ¹⁶At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them. ¹⁷But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸And the Lord will rescue me from every evil work, and will save me for his heavenly kingdom, to whom is the glory into the ages of the ages. Truly. ¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus. ²⁰Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left being sick at Miletus. ²¹Hurry to come before winter. Eubulus salutes thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brothers. ²²The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit. Grace is with you. Truly.

TITUS

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, a bondman of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen of God, and the knowledge of truth according to piety, ²in hope of eternal life, which the non-lying God promised before times eternal, ³but in his own times he made known his word by preaching, which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior, ⁴to Titus, a genuine child according to the common faith: Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. ⁵I left thee behind in Crete on account of this: That thou should set in order the things lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded thee, ⁶if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not with an accusation of debauchery or insubordinate. ⁷For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, ⁸but a lover of strangers, a lover of good, serious minded, just, devout, self-controlled, ⁹holding firm the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may also be able to exhort by the sound doctrine, and to correct those who contradict. ¹⁰For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision, ¹¹who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit. ¹²A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies. ¹³This testimony is true, because of which reason, reprove them harshly, so that they may be sound in the faith, ¹⁴not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. ¹⁵Truly to the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. ¹⁶They profess to know God, but in their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and worthless for every good work.

CHAPTER 2

¹But speak thou the things that are fitting for the sound doctrine. ²Aged men are to be sober, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. ³Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good, ⁴so that they may admonish the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵to be serious-minded, pure, homemakers, good, submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be blasphemed. ⁶Likewise exhort the younger men to be sober-minded. ⁷Concerning all things presenting thyself a pattern of good works in the doctrine: incorruption, dignity, incorruptibility, ⁸sound speech, irreproachable, so that the man of opposition may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us. ⁹Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary, ¹⁰not pilfering, but demonstrating all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. ¹¹For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men, ¹²disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age. ¹³Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, ¹⁴who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works. ¹⁵These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.

CHAPTER 3

¹Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work, ²to slander no man, to be noncontentious, gentle, showing all meekness to all men. ³For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other. ⁴But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, ⁵he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶which he poured out upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior. ⁷So that, having been made righteous by the grace of that man, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ⁸Faithful is the saying. And I want thee to strongly insist about these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to manage good works. These things are good and beneficial to men. ⁹But avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and contentions, and legalistic fightings, for they are useless and vain. ¹⁰Shun a factious man after a first and second admonition, ¹¹knowing that such a man is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned. ¹²When I will send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there. ¹³Help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way diligently, so that nothing may be lacking for them. ¹⁴And also let our men learn to be in the lead of good works for the essential needs, so that they may not be unfruitful. ¹⁵All those with me salute thee. Salute those who love us in faith. Grace is with all of you. Truly.

PHILEMON

CHAPTER 1

¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon our beloved and co-workman, ²and to the beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation at thy house: ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴I thank my God, making recollection of thee always in my prayers, ⁵hearing of thy love and faith, which thou have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the sanctified, ⁶so that the fellowship of thy faith may become potent (in the knowledge of every good thing in us) for Christ Jesus. ⁷For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother. ⁸Therefore, though I have much boldness in Christ to command thee that which is befitting, ⁹because of love I rather beseech, being such as aged Paul, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰I beseech thee for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds. ¹¹A man formerly unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me, whom I sent back. ¹²And thou should welcome him, that is, my bowels. ¹³Whom I wanted to keep back for myself, so that in thy behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the good news. ¹⁴But I wanted to do nothing without thy mind, so that thy goodness might not be as from obligation, but from volition. ¹⁵For perhaps because of this he departed for an hour, so that thou might receive him back forever, ¹⁶no longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord. ¹⁷If then thou have me a partner, accept him as myself. ¹⁸But if he has wronged thee, or owes anything, charge this to me. ¹⁹I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself. ²⁰Yes, brother, let me have a favor of thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord. ²¹Being confident in thine obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou will do above what I say. ²²But simultaneously also prepare a lodging for me, for I hope that by your prayers I will be granted to you. ²³Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, salutes thee, ²⁴and Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my co-workmen. ²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with your spirit. Truly.

HEBREWS

CHAPTER 1

¹God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son, ²whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the ages. ³Who, being the radiance of his glory, and the exact image of his essence, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of our sins through himself, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the heights. ⁴Having become so much better than the agents, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they. ⁵For to which of the agents did he ever say, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee? And again, I will be to him for a Father, and he will be to me for a Son? ⁶And again when he brings the firstborn into the world he says, And let all the agents of God worship him. ⁷And indeed toward the agents he says, He who makes his agents spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. ⁸But toward the Son, Thy throne, O God, is into the age of the age. The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of straightness. ⁹Thou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. ¹⁰And thou, Lord, at the beginnings founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. ¹¹They will perish, but thou are permanent. And they will all become old as a garment. ¹²And thou will roll them up as a mantle, and they will be changed. But thou are the same, and thy years will not cease. ¹³But to which of the agents has he ever said, Sit thou by my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet? ¹⁴Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

CHAPTER 2

¹Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away. ²For if the word spoken through agents became certain, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward, ³how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard; ⁴God also testifying simultaneously by signs and wonders, and by various powers and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will. ⁵For he did not subject the coming world to agents, about which we speak. ⁶But a certain man has somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou remember him? Or a son of man, that thou help him? ⁷Thou made him a little something less than the agents. Thou crowned him with glory and honor. ⁸Thou subordinated all things under his feet. For in subordinating all things to him, he left nothing not subordinate to him. But now we do not yet see all things subordinated to him. ⁹But we see Jesus who has been made a little something less than the agents, who, because of the suffering of death, has been crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God he would taste of death for every man. ¹⁰For it was fitting for him, through whom are all things, and because of whom are all things, having brought many sons to glory, to make the Pathfinder of their salvation fully perfect through sufferings. ¹¹For both he who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all of one, because of which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹²saying, I will declare thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to thee. ¹³And again, I will be a man who has trusted in him. And again, Behold, I and the children that God has given me. ¹⁴Since therefore the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might make him who has the power of death impotent, that is, the devil. ¹⁵And he might liberate these, as many as throughout all their lifetime were deserving of bondage, with a specter of death. ¹⁶For he certainly did not embrace agents, but he embraced the seed of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in accordance with all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things toward God, in order to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help those being tempted.

CHAPTER 3

¹Because of which, holy brothers, companions of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our affirmation, Jesus Christ, ²who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. ³For this man was considered worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he who built it has more honor than the house. ⁴For every house is built by some man, but he who built all things is God. ⁵And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things that were going to be spoken, ⁶but Christ as a Son over his house, whose house we are, if only we keep in possession our confidence and pride of hope, firm until the end. ⁷Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice, ⁸do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, according to the day of the trial in the wilderness, ⁹where your fathers challenged me, tested me, and saw my works forty years. ¹⁰Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, They are always led astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways. ¹¹So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest. ¹²Watch, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in withdrawing from the living God. ¹³But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴For we have become companions of the Christ, if only we keep in possession the primacy of the essence, steadfast until the end, ¹⁵while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. ¹⁶For some who heard rebelled, but not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses. ¹⁷But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸And to whom did he swear were not going to enter into his rest, if not to those who were disobedient? ¹⁹And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

CHAPTER 4

¹Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short. ²For we also are having good news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard. ³For those who believe enter into that rest, just as he said, So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest, although the works occurred from the foundation of the world. ⁴For he spoke somewhere about the seventh this way, And God rested during the seventh day from all his works, ⁵and in this again, They will not enter into my rest. ⁶Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had good news did not enter because of disobedience, ⁷again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying in David after so long a time (as it is said), Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. ⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things. ⁹There remains therefore a sabbath for the people of God. ¹⁰For a man who has entered into his rest, he has also rested from his works, as God did from his own. ¹¹Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience. ¹²For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us. ¹⁴Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of the affirmation. ¹⁵For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin. ¹⁶Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.

CHAPTER 5

¹For every high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. ²Who can be gentle to those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself is also encompassed with weakness. ³And because of this he is obligated, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. ⁴And not any man takes the honor to himself, but being called by God, just as also Aaron. ⁵So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee. ⁶(And just as he says in another, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.) ⁷Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence, ⁸although being a Son, he learned obedience from the things that he suffered. ⁹And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him, ¹⁰having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. ¹¹About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing. ¹²For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food. ¹³For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike. ¹⁴But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.

CHAPTER 6

¹Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, ²of doctrine of immersions, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. ³And this we will do, if of course God will permit. ⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, ⁶and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly. ⁷For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God. ⁸But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning. ⁹But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way. ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving. ¹¹And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, ¹²so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises. ¹³For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself, ¹⁴saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath. ¹⁸So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed. ¹⁹Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and that enters into the interior of the veil, ²⁰where the forerunner, Jesus, entered for us, having become a high priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.

CHAPTER 7

¹For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, also blessed him. ²To whom also Abraham divided a tenth of all. Being actually translated, first, king of righteousness, and then also, king of Salem, which is king of peace, ³without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but having been made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually. ⁴And notice how great this man was, to whom also the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the best spoils. ⁵Now indeed those of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have commandment to collect tithes from the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, although having come out of the loins of Abraham. ⁶But the man who did not descend from them has received tithes from Abraham, and has blessed the man having the promises. ⁷And without all contradiction the inferior is blessed by the superior. ⁸And here indeed, men who die receive tithes, but there, he who is testified about that he lives. ⁹And, so to speak, Levi also, the man who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham, ¹⁰for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. ¹¹If indeed therefore perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people had received the law), what further need is there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron? ¹²For the priesthood being changed, of necessity a change of law also occurs. ¹³For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man has attended to the altar. ¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, regarding which tribe Moses spoke nothing about the priesthood. ¹⁵And it is still far more evident, if according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest, ¹⁶who has become, not according to a law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indestructible life. ¹⁷For he testifies, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁸For indeed there becomes an annulment of a preceding commandment because of its weakness and uselessness ¹⁹(for the law made nothing fully perfect), and an introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God. ²⁰And inasmuch as it is not without an oath. For actually those who become priests are so without an oath, ²¹but he with an oath, because of him who says to him, The Lord swore and will not change his mind, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek. ²²By so much, Jesus has become the surety of a better covenant. ²³And of course those who have become priests are more, because of being prevented to continue by death, ²⁴but he, because of his remaining into the age, has the priesthood unchangeable. ²⁵Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf. ²⁶For such a high priest is fitting for us, devout, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens. ²⁷Who has no need to offer up sacrifices each day, as those high priests, first for his own sins, then for those of the people, for this he did, once, when he offered up himself. ²⁸For the law appoints men high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath after the law, a Son who has been fully perfected into the age.

CHAPTER 8

¹Now a summation about the things being spoken is, we have such a high priest who was seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ²a minister of the holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord erected and not man. ³For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices, whereupon it is necessary for this man also to have something that he may offer. ⁴For certainly if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, there being the priests who offer the gifts according to the law, ⁵who serve for an example and shadow of the heavenly things. Just as Moses who was divinely warned while going to complete the tabernacle, for he says, See thou make all things according to the pattern that was shown thee on the mountain. ⁶But now he has obtained a superior ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a superior covenant, which has been enacted upon superior promises. ⁷For if that first one was faultless, no place would have been sought for a second. ⁸For, finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, and I will perfect a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. ⁹Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. ¹⁰Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me for a people. ¹¹And they will, no, not teach each man his fellow citizen, and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because all will know me, from their small as far as their great. ¹²Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their lawlessness I will no, not further remember. ¹³In saying, New, he has made the first old. And what is becoming old and obsolete is near disappearance.

CHAPTER 9

¹Now indeed therefore the first had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. ²For a tabernacle was prepared, the first in which was also the lampstand, and the table, and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the Holy place. ³And behind the second curtain, the tabernacle called the Holy of holies, ⁴having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid entirely in gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron�s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. ⁵And above it were cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness. About which things it is not now to speak in detail. ⁶And these things thus having been prepared, the priests indeed enter into the first part of the tabernacle continually, accomplishing the services. ⁷But into the second part, the high priest alone, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. ⁸This signifying from the Holy Spirit, the way into the holy things is not yet to be made known while the first tabernacle still remains. ⁹Which is a figure for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able to make the man officiating fully perfect in respect to conscience, ¹⁰only in foods and drinks and various washings: carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation. ¹¹But Christ, having arrived a high priest of the good things that are coming, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, ¹²and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered in once into the Holy things, having found eternal redemption. ¹³For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those who were defiled, sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God? ¹⁵And because of this he is mediator of a new covenant, so that a death having occurred for the redemption of the transgressions against the first covenant, those who are called might take the promise of the eternal inheritance. ¹⁶For where a covenant is, a necessity is to present the death of the man who made the covenant. ¹⁷For a covenant is effective with the dead, since it is never enforced while the man who made the covenant lives. ¹⁸Whereupon neither has the first been dedicated without blood. ¹⁹For of every commandment according to law that was spoken by Moses to all the people, after taking the blood of the calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God made for you. ²¹And likewise he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service. ²²And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood, and remission does not occur without bloodshed. ²³Indeed therefore, a necessity was for the models of the things in the heavens themselves to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴For the Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, representative of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us. ²⁵And not so that he might offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the Holy things each year with blood by another, ²⁶since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment, ²⁸so also the Christ, having been offered once in order to take up the sins of many, will appear a second time, independent of sin, to those waiting for him for salvation.

CHAPTER 10

¹For the law having a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the same substance of the events, with the same sacrifices that are offered continually each year, they are never able to fully perfect those who are approaching. ²Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of those who worship, once having been cleansed, to have no further conscience of sins? ³But in them is a reminder of sins each year. ⁴For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ⁵Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but thou prepared for me a body. ⁶In whole burnt offerings, and for sin thou were not pleased. ⁷Then I said, Lo, I come (in the volume of a book it is written about me) to do thy will, O God, ⁸saying above, Sacrifice and offering and whole burnt offerings and for sin thou did not desire, nor were thou pleased with things that are offered according to the law. ⁹Then he said, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He takes away the first, so that he may establish the second. ¹⁰By which will we are sanctified through the one time offering of the body of Jesus Christ. ¹¹And indeed every priest stands daily serving and offering the same sacrifices often, which can never take away sins. ¹²But this man, having offered one sacrifice on behalf of sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³waiting henceforth until his enemies are placed a footstool of his feet. ¹⁴For by one offering he has fully perfected forever those being sanctified. ¹⁵And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, after indeed foretelling, ¹⁶This is the covenant that I will ordain with them after those days, says the Lord, giving my laws on their hearts, and on their minds I will write them, ¹⁷and, Their sins and their lawlessness I will, no, not further remember. ¹⁸Now where there is remission of these, there is no more offering for sin. ¹⁹Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entrance into the holy things by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰which he inaugurated for us, a new and living way through the curtain, that is, his flesh, ²¹and a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water. ²³Let us hold firm the affirmation of the hope unwavering, for he who promised is faithful. ²⁴And let us examine each other for provocation of love and good works. ²⁵Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching. ²⁶For when we sin willfully after taking the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and of fire, a fervor that is going to devour the opposition. ²⁸Any man who has disregarded the law of Moses dies without mercies from two or three witnesses. ²⁹By how much worse punishment do ye think he will deserve who has trampled the Son of God, and who considered profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who treated the Spirit of grace contemptuously? ³⁰For we know him who said, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people. ³¹It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ³²But remember the former days, in which, after being enlightened, ye endured a great contest of sufferings, ³³partly made a spectacle, both by reviling and afflictions, and partly having become companions of those so treated. ³⁴For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens. ³⁵Therefore do not throw off your boldness, which has great recompense of reward. ³⁶For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. ³⁷For yet a very little while, he who is coming will come, and will not delay. ³⁸But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him. ³⁹But we are not of retreat for destruction, but of faith for the preservation of the soul.

CHAPTER 11

¹Now faith is the foundation of hoping, the evidence of events not being seen. ²For by this the ancients were well reported. ³By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible. ⁴By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, because of which he was reported to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it, he who died still speaks. ⁵By faith Enoch was transferred to not see death, and he was not found, because God transferred him. For before his removal he was reported to be pleasing to God. ⁶And apart from faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him. ⁷By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became an heir of righteousness according to faith. ⁸By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise. ¹⁰For he anticipated the city that has the foundations, whose builder and architect is God. ¹¹By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised. ¹²And therefore from one man, and these things having become deadened, were begotten as the stars of the heaven for multitude, and as the sand of the seashore, countless. ¹³All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth. ¹⁴For those who say such things show that they are seeking a fatherland. ¹⁵And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return. ¹⁶But now they aspire for a superior one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. ¹⁷By faith Abraham, being tested, offered Isaac. And he who received the promises offered his only begotten son, ¹⁸about whom it was said, The seed by thee will be called in Isaac. ¹⁹Having reckoned that God is able to raise up even from the dead, from where also, in a figure, he did receive him back. ²⁰By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau about things coming. ²¹By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff. ²²By faith Joseph, while perishing, remembered about the Exo of the sons of Israel, and commanded about his bones. ²³By faith Moses, after being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child well-formed, and they were not afraid of the king�s edict. ²⁴By faith Moses, having become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh�s daughter, ²⁵having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily. ²⁶Having esteemed the vilification of the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he focused toward the recompense of reward. ²⁷By faith he forsook Egypt, not having feared the wrath of the king, for he persevered as seeing the invisible. ²⁸By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them. ²⁹By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land, of which the Egyptians, having taken an attempt, were drowned. ³⁰By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, having been encircled for seven days. ³¹By faith Rahab the harlot was not destroyed with those who were disobedient, having received the spies with peace. ³²And what shall I say further? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon, also Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³who, through faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions, ³⁴quenched the force of fire, escaped the jaw of the sword. Out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, bowed down armies of aliens. ³⁵Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection. ³⁶And others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, and moreover of bonds and imprisonment. ³⁷They were stoned, they were sawed apart, they were tempted, they died in murder by sword. They wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, restricted, tormented ³⁸(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth. ³⁹And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise, ⁴⁰God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.

CHAPTER 12

¹Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us. ²Looking to Jesus the Pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened. ⁴Ye have not yet resisted as far as blood, struggling against sin. ⁵And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of the Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him? ⁶For whom the Lord loves he chastens. And he whips every son whom he receives. ⁷Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? ⁸And if ye are without chastening, of which all have become participants, then ye are bastards, and not sons. ⁹Besides, we indeed have had chastisers�the fathers of our flesh�and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live? ¹⁰For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. ¹²Therefore lift up the drooping hands, and the feeble knees, ¹³and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead. ¹⁴Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord. ¹⁵Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled, ¹⁶lest a fornicator or profane man like Esau, who, in place of one meal sold his birthright. ¹⁷For ye also know that wanting afterward to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though having sought it with tears. ¹⁸For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, ¹⁹and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of words, of which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them. ²⁰For they did not bear that which was commanded, if even a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned. ²¹And so fearful was that which was made visible, that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling. ²²But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city of a living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of agents, ²³to a festal gathering and assembly of firstborn sons who were enrolled in the heavens, and to God, a Judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men who were made fully perfect, ²⁴and to Jesus a mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling that speaks better than Abel. ²⁵Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens, ²⁶whose voice then shook the earth. But now he has promised, saying, Yet once, I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven. ²⁷And the, Yet once, signifies the removal of the things being shaken�as of things that were made�so that the things not being shaken may remain. ²⁸Therefore, receiving an immovable kingdom, we may have grace, through which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and awe. ²⁹For our God is also a consuming fire.

CHAPTER 13

¹Let brotherly love abide. ²Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged agents, unaware. ³Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body. ⁴Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers. ⁵The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee. ⁶So then we have confidence to say, The Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me? ⁷Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith� ⁸Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today, and into the ages. ⁹Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited. ¹⁰We have an altar from which they have no right to eat, those officiating at the tabernacle. ¹¹For of the beasts whose blood is brought into the holy things for sin by the high priest, the bodies of these are burned outside the camp. ¹²Therefore Jesus also, so that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside the gate. ¹³Let us therefore go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. ¹⁴For here we have no enduring city, but we seek that which is coming. ¹⁵Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name. ¹⁶But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices. ¹⁷Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you. ¹⁸Pray about us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, desiring to behave well in all things. ¹⁹But I urge you to do this even more, so that I may be restored to you sooner. ²⁰Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an eternal covenant�our Lord Jesus� ²¹may he make you fully qualified in every good work in order to do his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory into the ages of the ages. Truly. ²²And I urge you, brothers, bear with the word of exhortation, for I also wrote to you in brief. ²³Know ye, brother Timothy who was set free is with whom I will see you, if he comes sooner. ²⁴Salute all those who lead you, and all the sanctified. The men from Italy salute you. ²⁵Grace is with all of you. Truly.

JAMES

CHAPTER 1

¹James, a bondman of God and of Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting. ²Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials, ³knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. ⁴And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing. ⁵And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him. ⁶But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about. ⁷For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord, ⁸a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. ⁹Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, ¹⁰but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away. ¹¹For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits. ¹²Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. ¹³Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man. ¹⁴But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed. ¹⁵Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death. ¹⁶Be not led astray, my beloved brothers. ¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning. ¹⁸Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures. ¹⁹Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. ²⁰For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God. ²¹Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. ²²But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror. ²⁴For he observes himself, and goes away, and straightaway forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing. ²⁶If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man�s religion is futile. ²⁷Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

CHAPTER 2

¹My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism. ²For if a man with a gold ring in bright clothing comes into your synagogue, and also a poor man in dirty clothing comes in, ³and ye have regard for the man wearing the bright clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here well, and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here below my footstool, ⁴then are ye not partial among yourselves, and become judges from evil thoughts? ⁵Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? ⁶But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts? ⁷Do they not blaspheme the good name that was called upon you? ⁸If ye indeed fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. ⁹But if ye respect personages, ye work sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. ¹⁰For whoever keeps the whole law, and stumbles on one, he has become guilty of all. ¹¹For he who said thou shall not commit adultery, also said thou shall not murder. Now if thou will not commit adultery, but murder, thou have become a transgressor of law. ¹²So speak ye, and so do ye, as men who are to be judged by a law of liberty. ¹³For the judgment is without mercy to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. ¹⁴What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him? ¹⁵And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food, ¹⁶and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit? ¹⁷So also faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself. ¹⁸But some man will say, Thou have faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith from thy works, and I will show thee from my works my faith. ¹⁹Thou believe that there is one God, thou do well. The demons also believe, and shudder. ²⁰But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? ²¹Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? ²²Thou see that faith was working with his works, and from the works, faith was fully perfected. ²³And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called a friend of God. ²⁴Ye see therefore that from works a man is made righteous, and not from faith only. ²⁵And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way? ²⁶For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without the works is dead.

CHAPTER 3

¹Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment. ²For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. ³Behold we put bits into the mouths of horses for them to obey us, and we guide about their whole body. ⁴Behold also the ships, being so great and driven by fierce winds, are guided about by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the man who steers determines. ⁵So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles. ⁶And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell. ⁷For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species. ⁸But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God. ¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way. ¹¹Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter? ¹²A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet. ¹³Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. ¹⁵This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed. ¹⁷But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical. ¹⁸And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.

CHAPTER 4

¹From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts? ²Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask. ³Ye ask, and do not receive, because ye ask wrongly, so that ye may spend on your pleasures. ⁴Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. ⁵Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The Spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy? ⁶But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly. ⁷Be subordinate therefore to God, but resist the devil and he will flee from you. ⁸Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded. ⁹Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look. ¹⁰Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up. ¹¹Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge. ¹²There is one lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy, but thou, who are thou who judge the other man? ¹³Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain� ¹⁴men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away� ¹⁵in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that. ¹⁶But now ye boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷He therefore who knows to do good, and is not doing it, to him it is sin.

CHAPTER 5

¹Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. ²Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days. ⁴Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. ⁶Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you. ⁷Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain. ⁸Be ye also patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has approached. ⁹Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors. ¹⁰Take an example, my brothers, of evil-suffering and longsuffering, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹Behold, we regard those who endured, blessed. Ye have heard of the fortitude of Job, and have seen the outcome of the Lord, that he is very compassionate and merciful. ¹²But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy. ¹³Is any man among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. ¹⁴Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. ¹⁶Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful. ¹⁷Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. ¹⁸And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. ¹⁹Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him, ²⁰let him know that he who converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.

1ST PETER

CHAPTER 1

¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen who are sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ²chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied. ³Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴for an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heavens for you, ⁵men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while, ⁷so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and honor and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ. ⁸Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy, ⁹receiving back the outcome of your faith, the salvation of souls. ¹⁰About which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently. Men who prophesied about the grace for you, ¹¹searching for what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ in them indicated, predicting the sufferings in Christ, and the glories after these things. ¹²To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good news to you in the Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things agents longed to stoop to see. ¹³Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance, ¹⁵but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, ¹⁶because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy. ¹⁷And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man�s work, live the time of your sojourn in fear. ¹⁸Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold, ¹⁹but by precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted�of Christ. ²⁰Who was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in the last times because of you: ²¹men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to be in God; ²²men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart, ²³begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age. ²⁴Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away, ²⁵but the word of the Lord endures into the age. And this is the word, the good news that was preached to you.

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 4

¹Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. ²By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God. ³And every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already. ⁴Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world. ⁵They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them. ⁶We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. ⁷Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. ⁸He who does not love does not know God, because God is love. ⁹By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him. ¹⁰In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other. ¹²No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected. ¹³In this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us from his Spirit. ¹⁴And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, a Savior of the world. ¹⁵Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ¹⁷By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world. ¹⁸Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love. ¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us. ²⁰If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? ²¹And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

CHAPTER 5

¹Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him. ²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. ³For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. ⁴Because everything that has been begotten from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. ⁵And who is he who overcomes the world, if not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁶This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth. ⁷Because those who testify are three: ⁸the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And the three are in one. ⁹If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Because this is the testimony of God that he has testified about his Son. ¹⁰He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son. ¹¹And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son. ¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. ¹³I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God. ¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵And if we know that he hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him. ¹⁶If any man may see his brother sinning a sin not toward death, he will ask, and he will give life to him, to those not sinning toward death. There is sin toward death. I do not say that he should make request about that. ¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin. And there is sin not toward death. ¹⁸We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him. ¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world is set in the evil. ²⁰And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life. ²¹Little children, guard yourselves from the idols. Truly.

2ND JOHN

CHAPTER 1

¹The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who know the truth, ²because of the truth that abides in us, and will be with us into the age. ³Grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴I rejoice exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but what we had from the beginning, that we would love each other. ⁶And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it. ⁷Because many deceivers have gone forth into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. ⁸Watch yourselves, so that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive a full reward. ⁹Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice. ¹¹For he who speaks to him to rejoice, partakes of his evil works. ¹²Having many things, I did not want to write to you by paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, so that our joy may be filled. ¹³The children of thy chosen sister salute thee. Truly.

3RD JOHN

CHAPTER 1

¹The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. ²Beloved, I pray for thee to prosper concerning all things, and to be healthy, just as thy soul prospers. ³For I rejoiced exceedingly of brothers coming and testifying to the truth of thee, just as thou walk in truth. ⁴I have no greater joy than these things that I hear my children walking in truth. ⁵Beloved, thou do a faithful thing, whatever thou work for the brothers and for strangers, ⁶who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God. ⁷For they went forth on behalf of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸We therefore ought to welcome such men, so that we might become fellow workmen for the truth. ⁹I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us. ¹⁰Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them out of the congregation. ¹¹Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God. ¹²Demetrius has been testified by all, and by the truth itself. But we also testify, and ye know that our testimony is true. ¹³I had many things to write, but I did not want to write to thee by pen and ink. ¹⁴But I hope to see thee straightaway, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

JUDE

CHAPTER 1

¹Jude, a bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, sanctified in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: ²Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied. ³Beloved, making all diligence to write to you about the common salvation, I had need to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the sanctified. ⁴For certain men have sneaked in, those written about formerly for this condemnation, irreverent men, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only Master God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶And the agents who did not keep their own principality, but left their own habitation, he has kept reserved in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. ⁷As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. ⁸Nevertheless in the same way also these men who dream, indeed defile flesh, and reject lordship, and speak evil of dignities. ⁹But Michael the arch-agent, when he disputed with the devil, contending about the body of Moses, dared not bring a railing judgment, but said, May the Lord rebuke thee. ¹⁰But these men indeed revile whatever they have not seen. But whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational beasts, in these things they are corrupted. ¹¹Woe to them! Because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed to the error of Balaam�s reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. ¹²These are reefs in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly tending to themselves, waterless clouds carried along by winds, autumn trees without fruit, who died twice having being uprooted, ¹³wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age. ¹⁴And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, The Lord came with his holy myriads, ¹⁵to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the irreverent of them about all the works of their own irreverence that they have done irreverently, and about all the harsh things that irreverent sinners spoke against him. ¹⁶These are grumblers, fault-finders, going according to their lusts, and their mouth speaks overblown things, marveling personages for the sake of advantage. ¹⁷But ye, beloved, remember the sayings previously spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸that they told you that there will be scoffers during the last time, going according to their own desires of irreverences. ¹⁹These are those who make divisions, world-soul men, not having the Spirit. ²⁰But ye beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. ²²And on some be ye merciful�being discerning. ²³And in fear save some, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment that was stained by the flesh. ²⁴Now to him who is able to keep them non-stumbling, and to present before his glory, unblemished in gladness, ²⁵to the only wise God our Savior, is glory, majesty, dominion and power, both now and into all the ages. Truly.

REVELATION

CHAPTER 1

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his bondmen what must happen quickly. And he signified it, having sent by his agent to his bondman John ²who testified the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things as he saw. ³Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things written in it, for the time is near. ⁴John, to the seven congregations in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne, ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and washed us from our sins by his blood ⁶and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly. ⁷Behold, he comes with the clouds and every eye will see him, even the men who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will wail against him. Yea, Truly. ⁸I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord, the God who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty. ⁹I John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Christ Jesus, happened to be on the isle that is called Patmos because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰I became in spirit on the Lord�s day and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet ¹¹saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. ¹²And I turned there to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands. ¹³And in the midst of the seven lampstands, resembling a son of man, he who was clothed down to the foot, and girded about with a golden belt at the breasts. ¹⁴And his head and hair were white as wool, white as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire, ¹⁵and his feet resembling highly refined metal, as in a furnace having been fiery hot, and his voice as the sound of many waters, ¹⁶and having in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of his mouth. And the sight of him was as the sun shines in its strength. ¹⁷And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last, ¹⁸and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹Therefore write the things that thou saw, and things that are, and things that are going to happen after these things. ²⁰The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.

CHAPTER 2

¹To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: ²I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy perseverance, and that thou cannot tolerate evil, and thou examined those who say themselves to be apostles, and are not, and found them false. ³And thou have perseverance. And thou endured because of my name, and did not become weary. ⁴Nevertheless, I have against thee because thou left thy first love. ⁵Remember therefore from where thou have fallen, and repent and do the first works. And if not, I come to thee quickly, and will move thy lampstand out of its place, if thou do not repent. ⁶But this thou have, that thou hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ⁷He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat from the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of my God. ⁸And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived: ⁹I know thy works and tribulation and poverty (but thou are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life. ¹¹He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will, no, not be hurt from the second death. ¹²And to the agent of the congregation in Pergamos write, These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword: ¹³I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan�s throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells. ¹⁴But I have a few things against thee, because thou have there men who adhere to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, even to eat idol sacrifices, and to fornicate. ¹⁵So also thou have men who likewise adhere to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ¹⁶Repent therefore, and if not I come to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth. ¹⁷He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which none knows except he who receives it. ¹⁸And to the agent of the congregation in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet resembling highly refined metal: ¹⁹I know thy works, and thy love and faith and service and perseverance. And thy last works are more than the first. ²⁰Nevertheless, I have against thee that thou tolerate thy woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and leads astray my bondmen to fornicate, and to eat idol sacrifices. ²¹And I gave her time so that she would repent, and she did not want to repent of her fornication. ²²Behold, I throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, if they do not repent of her works. ²³And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you�to each�according to your works. ²⁴But I say to you, to those remaining in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who do not know, as they say, the deep things of Satan, I do not cast upon you another burden. ²⁵But hold firm what ye have until I come. ²⁶And he who overcomes, and he who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. ²⁷And he will tend them with a rod of iron (they will be shattered like ceramic vessels), as I also have received from my Father. ²⁸And I will give him the morning star. ²⁹He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

CHAPTER 3

¹And to the agent of the congregation in Sardis write, These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou have a name that thou live, and thou are dead. ²Become thou watchful, and strengthen the remaining things that thou were going to throw away, for I have not found thy works made complete before my God. ³Remember therefore how thou have received and heard, and be on guard, and repent. If therefore thou will not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou will, no, not know what hour I will come upon thee. ⁴But thou have a few names in Sardis who did not defile their garments. And they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy. ⁵He who overcomes, this man will be clothed in white garments, and I will, no, not erase his name out of the book of life. And I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his agents. ⁶He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. ⁷And to the agent of the congregation in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, who opens, and none will shut it except he who opens, and none will open: ⁸I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee an opened door that none is able to shut it, because thou have little power, and thou keep my word, and did not deny my name. ⁹Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them so that they will come and bow down before thy feet, and may know that I have loved thee. ¹⁰Because thou keep the word of my perseverance, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole inhabited world, to try those who dwell upon the earth. ¹¹I come quickly, hold firm what thou have, so that none may take thy crown. ¹²He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will, no, not go out any more. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem (it comes down out of the heaven from my God), and my new name. ¹³He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. ¹⁴And to the agent of the congregation in Laodicea write, These things says the Truly, the faithful and true witness, the primacy of the creation of God: ¹⁵I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot. O that thou were cold or hot. ¹⁶So because thou are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spew thee out of my mouth. ¹⁷Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. ¹⁸I counsel thee to buy from me gold refined from fire, so that thou may become wealthy, and white garments, so that thou may clothe thyself, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be made known, and eye-salve, so that thou may anoint thine eyes, so that thou may see. ¹⁹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. ²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. ²¹He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. ²²He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

CHAPTER 4

¹After these things I looked, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard like a trumpet, speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show thee what must happen after these things. ²And straightaway I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in heaven, and him sitting upon the throne ³similar in appearance to a jasper and a sardius stone. And a rainbow was around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. ⁴And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones were sitting twenty-four elders clothed in white garments, and golden crowns upon their heads. ⁵And out of the throne proceeds lightnings and voices and thunders. And seven lamps of fire burned before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. ⁶And before the throne was like a glassy sea similar to crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and all around the throne, were four living creatures containing eyes in front and back. ⁷And the first living creature was similar to a lion, and the second living creature was similar to a young bull, and the third living creature having a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was similar to a flying eagle. ⁸And the four living creatures, one by one, each having six wings, are full of eyes around and inside. And they have no cessation day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord, the Almighty God, he was, and who is, and who is coming. ⁹And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, he who lives into the ages of the ages, ¹⁰the twenty-four elders would fall down before him who sits on the throne, and would worship him who lives into the ages of the ages, and would cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ¹¹Thou are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy, to take the glory and the honor and the power, because thou created all things, and because by thy will they are, and were created.

CHAPTER 5

¹And I saw at the right hand of him who sits on the throne a book, written inside and outside, sealed with seven seals. ²And I saw a powerful agent proclaiming in a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals of it? ³And none in heaven above nor on the earth nor under the earth was able to open the book or to see in it. ⁴And I wept much because none was found worthy to open the book or to see in it. ⁵And one of the elders says to me, Weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame to open the book and the seven seals of it. ⁶And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, like it had been killed, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God being sent forth into all the earth. ⁷And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who sits on the throne. ⁸And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls containing incense, which are the prayers of the sanctified. ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. ¹⁰And thou made them kings and priests to our God, and they will reign over the earth. ¹¹And I looked, and I heard as a voice of many agents all around the throne and the living creatures and the elders. And the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands, ¹²saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been killed to receive the power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing! ¹³And every creature that is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and is in the sea, and things in them all, I heard saying, The blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion is to him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, into the ages of the ages. Truly! ¹⁴And the four living creatures were saying the Truly. And the elders fell down and worshiped.

CHAPTER 6

¹And I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four living creatures saying like the sound of thunder, Come and see. ²And behold, a white horse, and he who sits on it having a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering, and so that he might conquer. ³And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. ⁴And another horse came forth, fiery red. And it was given to him (to him who sits on it) to take peace from the earth, so that they would kill each other. And a great sword was given to him. ⁵And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come and see. And behold, a black horse, and he who sits on it having a balance in his hand. ⁶And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius. And thou may not harm the olive oil and the wine. ⁷And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, Come and see. ⁸And behold, a green horse, and he who sits on top of it. His name was Death, and Hades followed with him. And authority was given to him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with starvation, and with what is deadly, and by the beasts of the earth. ⁹And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of the Lamb that they held. ¹⁰And they cried out in a great voice, saying, Master, Holy and True, how long do thou not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth? ¹¹And a white robe was given to them each, and it was said to them that they should still rest a time, until also their fellow bondmen, and their brothers, and those going to be killed as they too, would be fulfilled. ¹²And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred, and the sun became black as hairy sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood. ¹³And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree that casts its unripe figs being shaken by a great wind. ¹⁴And the sky departed as a scroll being rolled up. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places. ¹⁵And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. ¹⁷Because the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?

CHAPTER 7

¹And after this I saw four agents standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth, so that wind would not blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree. ²And I saw another agent ascending from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God. And he cried out in a great voice to the four agents to whom it was given to them to harm the earth and the sea, ³saying, Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we may seal the bondmen of our God on their foreheads. ⁴And I heard the number of those sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. ⁵Twelve thousand were sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad, ⁶twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh, ⁷twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar, ⁸twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed. ⁹After these things, I looked and lo, a great multitude, which none could number, out of every nation, and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands, ¹⁰and crying out in a great voice, saying, Salvation is in our God who sits upon the throne, and in the Lamb! ¹¹And all the agents had stood all around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell before his throne on their faces, and worshiped God, ¹²saying, Truly! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, are for our God into the ages of the ages. Truly! ¹³And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and where did they come from? ¹⁴And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵Because of this they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will dwell among them. ¹⁶They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat. ¹⁷Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

CHAPTER 8

¹And when he opened the seventh seal, silence occurred in heaven, like half an hour. ²And I saw the seven agents who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. ³And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne. ⁴And the vapor of the incense, with the prayers of the sanctified, ascended before God out of the agent�s hand. ⁵And the agent who took the censer, also filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it to the earth. And there occurred thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake. ⁶And the seven agents who have the seven trumpets prepared themselves so that they might sound. ⁷And the first sounded, and there occurred hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth. And the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. ⁸And the second agent sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was cast into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood, ⁹and the third part of the creatures in the sea (those having lives) died, and the third part of the ships was destroyed. ¹⁰And the third agent sounded, and a great star fell from the heaven burning like a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the springs of the waters. ¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood oil. And the third part of the waters developed into wormwood oil, and many of the men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. ¹²And the fourth agent sounded, and the third part of the sun was struck, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them would be darkened. And the day did not shine the third part of it, and likewise the night. ¹³And I looked, and I heard one eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying in a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell on the earth from the remaining sounds of the trumpet of the three agents who are going to sound.

CHAPTER 9

¹And the fifth agent sounded, and I saw a star fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him. ²And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the pit, like smoke of a burning furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit. ³And locusts came forth out of the smoke upon the earth, and power was given to them, like the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴And it was told them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor anything green, nor any tree, except the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵And it was given them that they would not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. ⁶And in those days men will seek death, and will, no, not find it. And they will long to die, and death will flee from them. ⁷And the likeness of the locusts was similar to horses prepared for battle. And upon their heads were like golden crowns, and their faces were as men�s faces. ⁸And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as of lions. ⁹And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle. ¹⁰And they have tails similar to scorpions, and stings. And in their tails they have power to hurt men five months. ¹¹Having a king over them, the agent of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. ¹²One woe is departed, behold, two woes yet come after these. ¹³And the sixth agent sounded, and I heard a voice, one from the four horns of the golden altar before God, ¹⁴saying to the sixth agent who has the trumpet, Loose the four agents who have been bound at the great river Euphrates. ¹⁵And the four agents were loosed, who were prepared for the hour and for the day and month and year, so that they would kill the third part of men. ¹⁶And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ten thousands of ten thousands. I heard the number of them. ¹⁷And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sit on them having breastplates fiery red, and hyacinth color, and brimstone. And the heads of the horses are like heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and brimstone. ¹⁸By these three plagues the third part of men was killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone coming out of their mouths. ¹⁹For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails. For their tails are similar to serpents, having heads, and by them they injure. ²⁰And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they would not worship the demons, and the golden and silver and brass and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. ²¹And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

CHAPTER 10

¹And I saw a mighty agent coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire, ²and having in his hand an opened book. And he placed his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the earth. ³And he cried out in a great voice as a lion roars. And when he cried out, the seven thunders uttered their voices. ⁴And when the seven thunders uttered, I was going to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them. ⁵And the agent whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth raised his right hand to heaven, ⁶and swore by him who lives into the ages of the ages, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that time would be no more. ⁷But in the days of the voice of the seventh agent, when he is going to sound, even the mystery of God is finished, as he declared the good news to his bondmen the prophets. ⁸And the voice that I heard from heaven was again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the little book that has been opened in the hand of the agent who stands upon the sea and upon the earth. ⁹And I went to the agent, telling him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it. And it will make thy belly bitter, but it will be sweet as honey in thy mouth. ¹⁰And I took the book out of the agent�s hand, and ate it. And it was sweet as honey in my mouth, and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter. ¹¹And he says to me, Thou must prophesy again against many peoples, and against nations and tongues and kings.

CHAPTER 11

¹And there was given me a reed similar to a rod, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. ²And leave out the court outside the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months. ³And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth. ⁴These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth. ⁵And if any man wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if any man wants to harm them, he must be killed this way. ⁶These men have authority to shut the sky, so that it may not rain the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they may desire. ⁷And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the abyss will make war with them, and he will overcome them and kill them. ⁸And their corpses are in the thoroughfare of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹And out of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations they see their corpses three and a half days. And they will not allow their corpses to be put in a sepulcher. ¹⁰And those who dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and will celebrate, and will give gifts to each other, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those who watched them. ¹²And I heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³And in that day a great earthquake occurred, and the tenth part of the city fell. And seven thousand names of men were killed in the earthquake. And the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God of heaven. ¹⁴The second woe departed. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. ¹⁵And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages. ¹⁶And the twenty-four elders who sit before the throne of God, on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, who is and was, because thou have taken thy great power and reigned. ¹⁸And the nations were angry. And thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to thy bondmen the prophets, and to the sanctified, and to those who fear thy name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth. ¹⁹And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was seen in his temple. And there occurred lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and great hail.

CHAPTER 12

¹And a great sign was seen in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars upon her head. ²And having in her womb, she cried out, suffering birth pains, and suffering to give birth. ³And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads. ⁴And his tail drags the third part of the stars of the heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was going to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. ⁵And she gave birth to a son, a male who was going to tend all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. ⁶And the woman fled into the wilderness where she has a place there prepared by God, so that they may nourish her there a thousand two hundred sixty days. ⁷And war developed in heaven: Michael and his agents to fight with the dragon. And the dragon and his agents fought. ⁸And he did not prevail, nor was a place found for him any more in heaven. ⁹And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, he who leads the whole world astray. He was cast out to the earth, and his agents were cast out with him. ¹⁰And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now it came to pass, the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. Because the accuser of our brothers was cast out, who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they loved not their life to the point of death. ¹²Rejoice because of this, O heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time. ¹³And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male. ¹⁴And two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness to her place. So that she might be nourished there for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. ¹⁵And the serpent cast water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might make her carried away by the flood. ¹⁶And the earth helped the woman. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon cast out of his mouth. ¹⁷And the dragon was angry toward the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, those keeping the commandments of God, and having the testimony of Jesus.

CHAPTER 13

¹And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having ten horns, and seven heads, and ten diadems upon its horns, and upon its heads names of blasphemy. ²And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard. And its feet were like a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority. ³And one of its heads was as in death, having been killed. And its deadly wound was healed. And the whole earth marveled behind the beast. ⁴And they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast, and who is able to war against it? ⁵And a mouth was given to it speaking great things and blasphemy. And authority was given it to make war forty-two months. ⁶And it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷And it was given it to make war with the sanctified, and to overcome them. And authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to it. ⁸And all who dwell upon the earth will worship it, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was killed from the foundation of the world. ⁹If any man has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰If any man keeps in captivity, he goes. If any man kills with a sword, he must be killed with a sword. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the sanctified. ¹¹And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns similar to a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon. ¹²And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it. And it made the earth and those who dwell in it so that they would worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. ¹³And it does great signs, so that even fire would come down out of the sky upon the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴And it leads my kind astray (those dwelling on the earth) because of the signs that were given it to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast that had the sword-wound and lived. ¹⁵And it was given it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would both speak, and would make as many as would not ever worship the image of the beast be killed. ¹⁶And it makes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the freemen and the bondmen, that they would give them marks on their right hand, or on their foreheads. ¹⁷And so that not any man can buy or sell unless having the mark�the name of the beast or the number of its name. ¹⁸Here is wisdom: He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number of a man. And its number is 666. 666

CHAPTER 14

¹And I looked, and lo, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with it a number, a hundred and forty-four thousand, having its name and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. ²And I heard a sound from heaven as a sound of many waters, and as a sound of great thunder. And the voice that I heard was as of harpers harping with their harps. ³And they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And none could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, those who have been redeemed from the earth. ⁴These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased by Jesus, out of men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb. ⁵And no lie was found in their mouth, for they are unblemished. ⁶And I saw an agent flying in mid-heaven having eternal good news to proclaim to those who sit on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, ⁷saying in a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. And worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and springs of waters. ⁸And another, a second agent, followed, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen. She has given all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. ⁹And another agent, a third, followed them, saying in a great voice, If any man worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰he also himself will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which was mixed undiluted in the cup of his anger. And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy agents and before the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment ascends into the ages of ages. And they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and if any man receives the mark of its name. ¹²Here is the perseverance of the sanctified. Here are those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. ¹³And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them. ¹⁴And I looked, and behold, a white cloud. And sitting upon the cloud, like a son of man, having a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵And another agent came out from the temple, crying out in a great voice to him who sits on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle and reap, because the hour has come to reap, because the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶And he who sits on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷And another agent came out from the temple in heaven, also himself having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸And another agent came out from the altar having power over the fire. And he cried out in a great shout to him who has the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the grapevine of the earth, because its grapes are fully ripe. ¹⁹And the agent sent his sickle to the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. ²⁰And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

CHAPTER 15

¹And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven agents having seven plagues, the last, because in them the wrath of God is ended. ²And I saw like a glassy sea mingled with fire, and those who were victorious over the beast and over its image and over the number of its name, standing on the glassy sea, having harps of God. ³And they sing the song of Moses the bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the nations. ⁴Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known. ⁵And after these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. ⁶And the seven agents came forth from the temple having the seven plagues, who were clothed in pure bright linen, and golden belts girded around their breasts. ⁷And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven agents seven golden bowls containing the wrath of God who lives into the ages of the ages. ⁸And the temple became full of vapor from the glory of God and from his power. And none was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven agents were ended.

CHAPTER 16

¹And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven agents, Go ye and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth. ²And the first went and poured out his bowl into the earth, and a bad and evil sore developed upon the men who have the mark of the beast and who worship its image. ³And the second agent poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like of a dead man, and every living soul in the sea died. ⁴And the third agent poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the springs of the waters, and they became blood. ⁵And I heard the agent of the waters saying, Thou are righteous who is and was�the Divine�because thou judged these things. ⁶Because they poured out the blood of the sanctified and prophets, and thou have given them blood to drink; they are deserving. ⁷And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. ⁸And the fourth agent poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given him to scorch men with fire. ⁹And the men were scorched with great heat. And the men blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory. ¹⁰And the fifth agent poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from the anguish. ¹¹And they blasphemed the God of heaven from their pains and from their sores. And they did not repent of their works. ¹²And the sixth agent poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and the water of it was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared. ¹³And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. ¹⁴For they are spirits of demons, doing signs that go forth to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the battle of that great day of the Almighty God. ¹⁵(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked, and they see his shame.) ¹⁶And he gathered them together into the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. ¹⁷And the seventh agent poured out his bowl upon the air, and a great voice came forth out of the temple of heaven, out of the throne, saying, It has come to pass. ¹⁸And there occurred lightnings, and thunders, and voices. And a great earthquake occurred, such as did not happen from that time men came to be upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, so great. ¹⁹And the great city became in three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And the great Babylon was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger. ²⁰And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹And great hail, like a talent weight, descended out of the sky upon men. And the men blasphemed God from the plague of the hail, because the plague of it was exceedingly great.

CHAPTER 17

¹And one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore who sits upon the many waters ²with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication. ³And he carried me away in spirit into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast containing names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup containing abominations and the filthy things of her fornication, ⁵and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. ⁶And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the sanctified, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And having seen her, I wondered with great amazement. ⁷And the agent said to me, Why did thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. ⁸The beast that thou saw was, and is not, and is going to ascend out of the abyss and go into destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will come. ⁹Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them. ¹⁰And there are seven kings, the five are fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain a little while. ¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and he goes into destruction. ¹²And the ten horns that thou saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast. ¹³These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with him are the called and chosen and faithful. ¹⁵And he says to me, The waters that thou saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. ¹⁶And the ten horns that thou saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her with fire. ¹⁷For God gave in their hearts to do his will. Even to do one will, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God would be ended. ¹⁸And the woman whom thou saw is the great city having reign over the kings of the earth.

CHAPTER 18

¹And after these things I saw another agent coming down out of heaven having great authority, and the earth was illuminated from his glory. ²And he cried out in a mighty voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird. ³Because all the nations have drunk from the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the kings of the earth fornicated with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her wantonness. ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, so that ye may not participate with her sins, and that ye may not receive from her plagues. ⁵Because her sins have reached as far as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. ⁶Render to her as she also rendered to you, and double to her two-fold according to her works. In the cup that she mixed, mix two-fold for her. ⁷In an amount she glorified herself and lived wantonly, give her so much torment and grief, because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will, no, not see grief. ⁸Because of this her plagues will come in one day, death, and grief, and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, because strong is the Lord, the God who judged her. ⁹And the kings of the earth who fornicated and lived wantonly with her, will weep and will beat their breasts for her when they see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰having stood from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! Because thy judgment has come in one hour. ¹¹And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no man buys their merchandise any more, ¹²merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, ¹³and cinnamon, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and olive oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and sheep, and cattle, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. ¹⁴And the fruit of the lust of thy soul have departed from thee. And all the fat and bright things are destroyed from thee. And thou will, no, not find them any more. ¹⁵The merchants of these things who became rich from her will stand from afar because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶and saying, Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls! ¹⁷Because in one hour such great wealth was devastated. And every shipmaster, and every man who sails anywhere, and sailors, and as many as work by sea, stood from afar ¹⁸and cried out seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What is like the great city? ¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, and saying, Alas, alas, the great city in which all who had ships in the sea became rich from her luxuriance! Because in one hour she was devastated. ²⁰Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her. ²¹And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more. ²²And a sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will, no, not be heard in thee any more. And every craftsman of every craft will, no, not be found in thee any more. And a sound of a millstone will, no, not be heard in thee any more. ²³And the light of a lamp will, no, not shine in thee any more. And a voice of a bridegroom and of a bride will, no, not be heard in thee any more. Because thy merchants were the chief men of the earth, because all the nations were led astray by thy enchantments. ²⁴And in her was found blood of prophets, and of the sanctified, and of all who have been killed upon the earth.

CHAPTER 19

¹And after these things I heard as a great sound of a large multitude in heaven, saying, Praise the Lord, the salvation, and the power, and the glory of our God! ²Because true and righteous are his judgments, because he has judged the great whore who ruined the earth by her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his bondmen from her hand. ³And a second time they said, Praise the Lord! And the smoke of her ascended into the ages of the ages. ⁴And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, Truly! Praise the Lord! ⁵And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise ye our God, all his bondmen and those who fear him, the small and the great. ⁶And I heard as the sound of a large multitude, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying, Praise the Lord! Because the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. ⁷We should be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself. ⁸And it was given her that she clothe herself in fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the sanctified. ⁹And he says to me, Write, Blessed are those who have been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true sayings of God. ¹⁰And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, See thou not. I am a fellow bondman of thee and thy brothers, those who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. ¹¹And I saw the heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sits upon it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. ¹²And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems having names written, and a name written that none knows except he himself, ¹³and clothed in a garment dipped in blood. And his name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴And the armies in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, pure white. ¹⁵And a sharp two-edged sword comes out of his mouth, so that he would smite the nations by it. And he will tend them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of the anger of the Almighty God. ¹⁶And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. ¹⁷And I saw one agent having stood in the sun, and he cried out in a great voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, Come, gather together to the great supper of God, ¹⁸so that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit upon them, and the flesh of all men, both freemen and bondmen, and both small and great. ¹⁹And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sits upon the horse, and against his army. ²⁰And the beast was taken, and the false prophet with it who did the signs in its sight by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone. ²¹And the others were killed by the sword that comes forth out of his mouth (of him who sits upon the horse), and all the birds were filled from their flesh.

CHAPTER 20

¹And I saw an agent coming down out of heaven having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ²And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him a thousand years. ³And he cast him into the abyss, and locked and sealed over him, so that he would no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be loosed for a little time. ⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them and the souls of those who were beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they lived, and reigned with the Christ the thousand years. ⁵The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will reign with him a thousand years. ⁷And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed out of his prison. ⁸And he will come forth to lead astray the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the battle, of whom the number of them is as the sand of the sea. ⁹And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the sanctified and the beloved city. And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. ¹⁰And the devil who leads them astray was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also were the beast and the false prophet. And they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages. ¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him who sits upon it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged from the things that were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each according to their works. ¹⁴And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if any man was found not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

CHAPTER 21

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more. ²And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. ⁴And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will not be any more death, nor grief, nor crying, nor will there be any more anguish, because the former things are gone. ⁵And he who sits upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write, because these words are true and faithful. ⁶And he said to me, I have become, I, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely. ⁷He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be God to him, and he will be a son to me. ⁸But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. ⁹And there came one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the woman, the bride of the Lamb. ¹⁰And he carried me away in spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹having the glory of God, the light of it similar to a most precious stone, like a jasper stone being crystal clear, ¹²which has a great and high wall having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve agents, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel: ¹³from the east, three gates, and from the north, three gates, and from the south, three gates, and from the west, three gates. ¹⁴And the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, so that he might measure the city, and the gates of it, and the walls of it. ¹⁶And the city lies foursquare, and the length of it is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs, the length and the breadth and the height of it being equal. ¹⁷And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four forearms, a measure of a man, that is, of an agent. ¹⁸And the structure of its wall was jasper. And the city was pure gold, similar to clear glass. ¹⁹And the foundations of the wall of the city adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second, sapphire, the third, chalcedony, the fourth, emerald, ²⁰the fifth, sardonyx, the sixth, sardius, the seventh, chrysolite, the eighth, beryl, the ninth, topaz, the tenth, chrysoprase, the eleventh, jacinth, the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹And the twelve gates were twelve pearls apiece, each one of the gates was of one pearl. And the thoroughfare of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. ²²And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb. ²³And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb. ²⁴And the nations will walk by the light of it. And the kings of the earth bring to them the splendor and worth of the nations into it. ²⁵And the gates of it will, no, not be locked by day, for there will be no night there. ²⁶And they will bring the splendor and the worth of the nations into it. ²⁷And there will, no, not enter into it anything profane, and doing an abomination and a lie, since they are not written in the Lamb�s book of life.

CHAPTER 22

¹And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, ²in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ³And there will be no curse there. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his bondmen will serve him. ⁴And they will see his face, and his name is on their foreheads. ⁵And there will be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp and the light of sun, because Lord God will illuminate them. And they will reign into the ages of the ages. ⁶And he says to me, These words are faithful and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his agent to show to his bondmen the things that must quickly come to pass. ⁷And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. ⁸And I am John, the man hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the agent showing me these things. ⁹And he says to me, See thou not. I am thy fellow bondman, and of thy brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God! ¹⁰And he says to me, Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. ¹¹Let the man doing wrong still do wrong, and let the filthy man still be filthy. And let the righteous man still do righteousness, and let the holy man still be holy. ¹²Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me to render to each man as his work will be ¹³�I, the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. ¹⁴Blessed are those doing his commandments, so that their right will be to the tree of life, and they may enter in the gates into the city. ¹⁵Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie. ¹⁶I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star. ¹⁷And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he who hears, let him say, Come. And he who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely. ¹⁸I testify to every man who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man should add to them, God will add to him the seven plagues that are written in this book. ¹⁹And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and from the holy city, the things written in this book ²⁰He who testifies these things says, Yea, I come quickly. Truly. Yea, come, Lord Jesus! ²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus is with all the sanctified. Truly.