Living Oracles
1835 by George Campbell,
James MacKnight, and Philip Doddridge
Mat 1:1 ¶ The History of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.
Mat 1:2 Abraham begot Isaac. Isaac begot Jacob. Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
Mat 1:3 Judah had Pharez and Zarah by Tamar. Pharez begot Ezrom. Ezrom begot Aram.
Mat 1:4 Aram begot Aminidab. Aminidab begot Nashon. Nashon begot Salmon.
Mat 1:5 Salmon had Boaz by Rahab. Boaz had Obed by Ruth. Obed begot Jesse.
Mat 1:6 Jesse begot David the king. David the king had Solomon, by her [who had been the wife] of Uriah.
Mat 1:7 Solomon begot Rehoboam. Rehoboam begot Abia. Abia begot Asa.
Mat 1:8 Asa begot Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat begot Joram. Joram begot Uzziah.
Mat 1:9 Uzziah begot Jotham. Jotham begot Ahaz. Ahaz begot Hezekiah.
Mat 1:10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh. Manasseh begot Amon. Amon begot Josiah.
Mat 1:11 Josiah had Jeconiah and his brothers, about the time of the migration into Babylon.
Mat 1:12 After the migration into Babylon, Jeconiah begot Salathiel. Salathiel begot Zerubbabel.
Mat 1:13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud. Abiud begot Eliakim. Eliakim begot Azor.
Mat 1:14 Azor begot Zadoc. Zadoc begot Achim. Achim begot Eliud.
Mat 1:15 Eliud begot Eleazar. Eleazar begot Matthan. Matthan begot Jacob.
Mat 1:16 Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Mat 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David till the migration into Babylon, fourteen; from David till the migration into Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen.
Mat 1:18 ¶ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened thus: Mary his mother had been espoused to Joseph; but before they came together, she proved to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
Mat 1:19 Joseph her husband being a virtuous man, and unwilling to expose her, intended to divorce her privately.
Mat 1:20 But while he was thinking upon this, an angel of the Lord appearing to him in a dream, said, Joseph, son of David, scruple not to take home Mary your wife; for her pregnancy is from the Holy Spirit.
Mat 1:21 And she shall bear a son, whom you shall call Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
Mat 1:22 In all this what the Lord had spoken by the Prophet was verified,
Mat 1:23 "Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, who shall be called Immanuel;" which signifies, God with us.
Mat 1:24 When Joseph awoke, he did as the messenger of the Lord had commanded him, and took home his wife;
Mat 1:25 but knew her not, until she had brought forth her first born son, whom he named Jesus.
Mat 2:1 ¶ After the birth of Jesus, at Bethlehem of Judea, in the reign of King Herod, certain eastern magians came to Jerusalem, and inquired,
Mat 2:2 Where is the new–born King of the Jews; for we have seen his star in the east country, and are coming to do him homage?
Mat 2:3 King Herod hearing this, was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
Mat 2:4 And having assembled all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he demanded of them where the Messiah should be born.
Mat 2:5 They answered, at Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the Prophet,
Mat 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, in the canton of Judah, are not the least illustrious among the cities of Judah; for out of thee shall come a ruler, who will govern my people Israel."
Mat 2:7 Then Herod having secretly called the magians, procured from them exact information concerning the time of the star’s appearing.
Mat 2:8 And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go, make an exact inquiry about the child; and when you have found him bring me word, that I may go also, and pay him homage.
Mat 2:9 ¶ Having heard the King, they departed; and lo! the star which had appeared to them in the east country, moved before them, till it came, and stood over the place, where the child was.
Mat 2:10 When they again saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly.
Mat 2:11 And being come into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother; and, prostrating themselves, did him homage. Then opening their caskets, they offered, as presents to him, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Mat 2:12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went home another way.
Mat 2:13 ¶ When they were gone, lo! a messenger of the Lord appearing to Joseph in a dream, said, Arise, take the child with his mother, and flee into Egypt; and remain there till I order you; for Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
Mat 2:14 Accordingly he arose, took the child with his mother, and withdrew by night into Egypt,
Mat 2:15 where he continued until the death of Herod; so that, what the Lord had spoken by the Prophet, was verified, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."
Mat 2:16 ¶ Then Herod, finding that he had been deceived by the magians, was highly incensed and dispatched emissaries who slew, by his order, all the male children in Bethlehem, and in all its territory, from those entering the second year, down to the time of which he had procured exact information from the magians.
Mat 2:17 Then was the word of Jeremiah the Prophet verified,
Mat 2:18 "A cry was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and bitter complaint: Rachel bewailing her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
Mat 2:19 ¶ When Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appearing in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, said,
Mat 2:20 Arise, take the child with his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought his life.
Mat 2:21 Accordingly, he arose, took the child with his mother, and came to the land of Israel;
Mat 2:22 but hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod in the throne of Judea, he was afraid to return thither; and being warned in a dream, retired into the district of Galilee,
Mat 2:23 and resided in a city named Nazareth; in this verifying the declarations of the Prophet [concerning Jesus], that he should be called a Nazarene.
Mat 3:1 ¶ In those days appeared John the Immerser, who proclaimed in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
Mat 3:2 Reform, for the Reign of Heaven approaches.
Mat 3:3 For this is he, of whom the Prophet Isaiah speaks in these words, "The voice of one proclaiming in the wilderness, Prepare a way for the Lord, make for him a straight passage."
Mat 3:4 Now John wore raiment of camel’s hair with a letter girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Mat 3:5 Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the country along the Jordan, resorted to him,
Mat 3:6 and were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mat 3:7 ¶ But he seeing many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to receive immersion, said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has prompted you to flee from the impending vengeance?
Mat 3:8 Produce, then, the proper fruit of reformation;
Mat 3:9 and presume not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I assure you, that of these stones God can raise children to Abraham.
Mat 3:10 And even now the ax lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which produces not good fruit, is cut down, and turned into fuel.
Mat 3:11 I, indeed, immerse you in water, into reformation; but he who comes after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit, and in fire.
Mat 3:12 His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his grain; he will gather his wheat into the granary, and consume the chaff in unquenchable fire.
Mat 3:13 ¶ Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, to be immersed by John.
Mat 3:14 But John excused himself, saying, It is I who need to be immersed by you; and you come to me!
Mat 3:15 Jesus answering, said to him, Permit this at present; for thus ought we to ratify every institution. Then John acquiesced.
Mat 3:16 Jesus being immersed, no sooner arose out of the water, than heaven was opened to him; and the Spirit of God appeared, descending like a dove, and lighting upon him;
Mat 3:17 while a voice from heaven proclaimed, This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I delight.
Mat 4:1 ¶ Then was Jesus conducted by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
Mat 4:2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
Mat 4:3 Then the tempter accosting him, said, If thou be God’s Son, command that these stones become loaves.
Mat 4:4 Jesus answering, said, It is written, "Man lives not by bread only, but by everything which God is pleased to appoint."
Mat 4:5 Then the devil conveyed him into the holy city, and having placed him on the battlement of the temple,
Mat 4:6 said to him, If thou be God’s Son, throw thyself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels the charge of thee: they shall uphold thee in their arms, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."
Mat 4:7 Jesus again answered, It is written, "Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof."
Mat 4:8 Again the devil took him up a very high mountain, whence he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their glory,
Mat 4:9 and said to him, All these will I give thee, if thou wilt prostrate thyself, and worship me.
Mat 4:10 Jesus answered, Satan, begone; for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord they God, and shall serve him only."
Mat 4:11 Then the devil leaving him, angels came and ministered to him.
Mat 4:12 ¶ Now Jesus, hearing that John was imprisoned, retired into Galilee,
Mat 4:13 and having left Nazareth, resided at Capernaum, a seaport in the confines of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Mat 4:14 thereby verifying the words of Isaiah the Prophet;
Mat 4:15 "The canton of Zebulun and the canton of Naphtali, situate on the Jordan near the sea, Galilee of the nations;
Mat 4:16 the people who abode in darkness, saw a great light, and on those who inhabited a region of the shades of death, light has arisen.
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, saying, Reform, for the Reign of Heaven approaches.
Mat 4:18 ¶ Then walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon named Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers.
Mat 4:19 And he said to them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Mat 4:20 Immediately they left the nets and followed him.
Mat 4:21 Passing on he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the bark with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
Mat 4:22 They immediately, leaving the bark and their father, followed him.
Mat 4:23 ¶ Then Jesus went over all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the glad tidings of the Reign, and curing every sort of disease and malady among the people.
Mat 4:24 And his fame spread through all Syria, and they brought him all their sick, seized and tormented with various distempers, demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
Mat 4:25 And vast multitudes followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the banks of the Jordan.
Mat 5:1 ¶ Jesus, seeing so great a confluence, repaired to a mountain, and having sat down, his disciples came to him.
Mat 5:2 Then breaking silence, he taught them, saying:
Mat 5:3 ¶ Happy the poor who repine not; for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Mat 5:4 Happy they who mourn; for they shall receive consolation!
Mat 5:5 Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the land!
Mat 5:6 Happy they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be satisfied!
Mat 5:7 Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy!
Mat 5:8 Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see God!
Mat 5:9 Happy the peace–makers; for they shall be called sons of God!
Mat 5:10 Happy they who suffer persecution on account of righteousness; for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Mat 5:11 Happy shall you be, when men shall revile and persecute you; and, on my account, accuse you falsely of every evil thing!
Mat 5:12 Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for thus the Prophets were persecuted, who were before you.
Mat 5:13 ¶ You are the salt of the earth. If the salt become insipid, how shall its saltness be restored? It is thenceforth fit only to be cast out, and trod under foot.
Mat 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city situate on a mountain must be conspicuous.
Mat 5:15 A lamp is lighted to be put, not under a vessel, but on a stand, that it may shine to all the family.
Mat 5:16 Thus, let your light shine before men, that they, seeing your good actions, may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
Mat 5:17 ¶ Think not that I am come to subvert the law or the prophets. I am come not to subvert, but to ratify.
Mat 5:18 For, indeed, I say to you, heaven and earth shall sooner perish, than one iota, or on tittle of the law shall perish, without attaining its end.
Mat 5:19 Whosoever, therefore, shall violate, or teach others to violate, were it the least of these commandments, shall be in no esteem in the Reign of Heaven; but whosoever shall practice and teach them, shall be highly esteemed in the Reign of Heaven.
Mat 5:20 For I tell you, that unless your righteousness excel the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:21 ¶ You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "You shall not commit murder; for whosoever commits murder shall be obnoxious to the judges."
Mat 5:22 But I say to you, whosoever is angry with his brother unjustly, shall be obnoxious to the judges; whosoever shall call him fool, shall be obnoxious to the council; but whosoever shall call him miscreant, shall be obnoxious to hell fire.
Mat 5:23 Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recollect, that your brother has ground to complain of you;
Mat 5:24 leave there your gift before the altar: first go and procure reconciliation with your brother; then come, and offer your gift.
Mat 5:25 Compound speedily with your creditor, while you are on the road together; lest he deliver you to the judge; and the judge consign you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
Mat 5:26 Indeed, I say to you, you will not be released, until you have discharged the last farthing.
Mat 5:27 ¶ You have heard that it was said, "You shall not commit adultery."
Mat 5:28 But I say to you, whoever looks on another man’s wife, in order to cherish impure desire, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Mat 5:29 Therefore, if your right eye ensnare you, pluck it out, and throw it away: it is better for you to lose one of your members, than that your whole body be cast into hell.
Mat 5:30 And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off and throw it away: it is better for you to lose one of your members, than that your whole body be cast into hell.
Mat 5:31 It has been said, "Whosoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a writ of divorce."
Mat 5:32 But I say to you, whosoever shall dismiss his wife, except for whoredom, is the occasion of her becoming an adulteress; and whosoever marries her that is dismissed, commits adultery.
Mat 5:33 ¶ Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, "You shall not forswear yourself, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord."
Mat 5:34 But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
Mat 5:35 nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither shall you swear by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King;
Mat 5:36 not by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 But let your yes, be Yes; your no, No; for whatever exceeds these, proceeds from evil.
Mat 5:38 ¶ You have heard that it was said, "Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth."
Mat 5:39 But I say to you, contend not with the injurious. But if any one strike you on the right cheek, turn to him also the left.
Mat 5:40 Whoever will sue you for your coat, let him have your mantle likewise.
Mat 5:41 And if a man constrain you to go one mile with him, go two.
Mat 5:42 Give to him that asks you; and him that would borrow from you, put not away.
Mat 5:43 ¶ You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
Mat 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies; bless them who curse you; do good to them who hate you; and pray for them who arraign and persecute you;
Mat 5:45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven, who makes his sun arise on bad and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.
Mat 5:46 For if you love them only who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not even the publicans so?
Mat 5:47 And if you salute your brothers only, wherein do you excel? Do not even the Pagans as much?
Mat 5:48 Be you therefore perfect, as your father who is in heaven is perfect.
Mat 6:1 ¶ Take heed that you perform not your religious duties before men, in order to be observed by them; otherwise you will obtain no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Mat 6:2 When, therefore, you give alms, do not proclaim it by sound of trumpet, as the hypocrites do, in the assemblies and in the streets, that they may be extolled by men. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Mat 6:3 But you, when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;
Mat 6:4 that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, to whom nothing is secret, will himself recompense you.
Mat 6:5 ¶ And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites, who affect to pray standing in the assemblies, and at the corners of the streets, that men may observe them. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Mat 6:6 But you, when you would pray, retire to your closet; and having shut the door, pray to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.
Mat 6:7 And in prayer, use not a multiplicity of words as the Pagans do, who think that using many words will gain them acceptance.
Mat 6:8 Imitate them not; for your Father knows what things you want, before you ask him.
Mat 6:9 ¶ Thus, therefore, pray you: Our Father, who art in heaven, thy name be hallowed;
Mat 6:10 thy Reign come; thy will be done upon earth, as it is in heaven;
Mat 6:11 give us to–day our daily bread;
Mat 6:12 forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
Mat 6:13 and lead us not into temptation, but preserve us from evil.
Mat 6:14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
Mat 6:15 but if you forgive not others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mat 6:16 ¶ Moreover, when you fast, look not dismal, as the hypocrites, who disfigure their faces, that men may observe that they fast. Indeed, I say to you, they have their reward.
Mat 6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
Mat 6:18 that your fasting may not appear to men, but to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.
Mat 6:19 ¶ Amass not for yourselves treasure upon the earth, where moths and rust may consume it, or thieves breaking in may steal it.
Mat 6:20 But provide for yourselves treasure in heaven, where are neither moths nor rust to consume it, nor thieves to break in and steal it.
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, your heart will also be.
Mat 6:22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be enlightened;
Mat 6:23 but if your eye be distempered, your whole body will be dark. And if even the light which is in you be darkness, how great will the darkness be!
Mat 6:24 A man can not serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or at least he will attend to one, and neglect the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.
Mat 6:25 ¶ Therefore I charge you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body more than raiment?
Mat 6:26 Observe the fowls of heaven. They neither sow nor reap. They have no storehouse; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you much more valuable than they?
Mat 6:27 Besides, which of you can, by his anxiety, prolong his life one hour?
Mat 6:28 And why are you anxious about raiment? Mark the lilies of the field. How do they grow? They toil not: they spin not.
Mat 6:29 Yet I affirm that even Solomon in all his glory, was not equally adorned with one of these.
Mat 6:30 If, then, God so array the herbage, which to–day is in the field, and to–morrow will be cast into the oven, will he not much more [array] you, O you distrustful!
Mat 6:31 Therefore say not anxiously, (as the heathens do,) What shall we eat; or what shall we drink; or with what shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness required by him; and all these things shall be superadded to you.
Mat 6:34 Be not then anxious about the morrow: the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for every day is its own trouble.
Mat 7:1 ¶ Judge not, that you be not judged;
Mat 7:2 for as you judge, you shall be judged; and the measure which you give, the same you shall receive.
Mat 7:3 And why do you observe the mote in your brother’s eye, but you are insensible of the splinter in your own eye?
Mat 7:4 Or how dare you say to your brother, let me take the mote out of your eye; when lo! you have a splinter in your own?
Mat 7:5 Hypocrite, first take the splinter out of your own eye; then you will see clearly to take the mote out of your brother’s eye.
Mat 7:6 Give not things holy to dogs, and cast not your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot, and turn upon you, and tear you apart.
Mat 7:7 ¶ Ask, and you shall obtain; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Mat 7:8 For whosoever asks, obtains; whosoever seeks, finds; and to every one who knocks, the door shall be opened.
Mat 7:9 Who of you men would give his son a stone, when he asks bread;
Mat 7:10 or a serpent, when he asks a fish?
Mat 7:11 If you then, though evil, can give good things to your children, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?
Mat 7:12 ¶ Whatever you would that others do to you, do you the same to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Mat 7:13 Enter in through the strait gate; for wide is the gate of perdition, broad is its way leading thither; and many are they who enter by it.
Mat 7:14 But how strait is the gate of life; how narrow the way leading thither; and how few are they who find it!
Mat 7:15 ¶ Beware of false teachers, who come to you in the garb of sheep, while inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Mat 7:16 By their fruits you shall discover them. Are grapes gathered from thorns; or figs from thistles?
Mat 7:17 Every good tree yields good fruit, and every evil tree evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree can not yield evil fruit, nor an evil tree good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree which yields not good fruit, is cut down, and turned into fuel.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore, by their fruits you shall discover them.
Mat 7:21 ¶ Not every one who says to me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me on that day, Master, Master, have we not taught in thy name, and in thy name performed many miracles?
Mat 7:23 To whom I will declare, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, you who practice iniquity.
Mat 7:24 Therefore, whosoever hears these my precepts, and does them, I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock.
Mat 7:25 For although the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, it fell not, because it was founded upon the rock.
Mat 7:26 But whosoever hears these my precepts, and does them not, shall be compared to a simpleton, who built his house upon the sand.
Mat 7:27 For when the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and dashed against that house, it fell, and great was its ruin.
Mat 7:28 When Jesus had ended this discourse, the people were struck with awe at his manner of teaching;
Mat 7:29 for he taught as [one] who had authority, and not as the Scribes.
Mat 8:1 ¶ Being come down from the mountain, followed by a great multitude,
Mat 8:2 a leper came, who, presenting himself before him, said, Sir, if you will, you can cleanse me.
Mat 8:3 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be you clean. Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.
Mat 8:4 Then Jesus said to him, See you tell no person; but go, show yourself to the priest, and make the oblation prescribed by Moses, for notifying [the cure] to the people.
Mat 8:5 ¶ Having entered Capernaum, a centurion accosted him with this request,
Mat 8:6 Sir, my man–servant lies sick at home, exceedingly afflicted with a palsy.
Mat 8:7 Jesus answered, I will go and cure him.
Mat 8:8 The centurion replying, said, Sir, I am not worthy, that you should come under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Mat 8:9 For even I, who am under command myself, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go, and he goes; to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
Mat 8:10 Jesus hearing this, was astonished, and said to those who followed, Indeed, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.
Mat 8:11 But I assure you, that many will come from the east and from the west, and will be placed at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven,
Mat 8:12 while the sons of the kingdom shall be thrust out into outer darkness, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 8:13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, Go home; be it to you, according to your faith. That instant his servant was cured.
Mat 8:14 ¶ Then Jesus having entered Peter’s house, saw his wife’s mother lying sick of a fever,
Mat 8:15 and having touched her hand, the fever left her; on which she arose and entertained him.
Mat 8:16 In the evening they presented to him many demoniacs; and he expelled the spirits with a word, and cured all the sick;
Mat 8:17 thus verifying the saying of the Prophet Isaiah, "He has himself carried off our infirmities, and borne [our] distresses."
Mat 8:18 ¶ Jesus seeing himself crowded on all sides, gave orders to pass to the opposite shore.
Mat 8:19 Meantime, a scribe accosted him, saying, Rabbi, I will follow you whithersoever you go.
Mat 8:20 Jesus answered, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have places of shelter, but the Son of Man has not where to repose his head.
Mat 8:21 Another, one of his disciples, said to him, Master, permit me to go first, and bury my father.
Mat 8:22 Jesus answered, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
Mat 8:23 ¶ Then entering the bark, his disciples followed him.
Mat 8:24 Soon after there arose in the sea so great a tempest, that the bark was covered with billows. But he being asleep,
Mat 8:25 the disciples came and waked him, saying, Save us, Master, we perish.
Mat 8:26 He answered, Why are you so timorous, O you distrustful? Then he arose, and having commanded the winds and the sea, a great calm ensued;
Mat 8:27 insomuch that every one exclaimed with admiration, What personage is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey.
Mat 8:28 ¶ When he was come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two demoniacs, issuing out of the monuments, so furious, that no person durst pass that way.
Mat 8:29 These instantly cried, saying, What hast thou to do with us, Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Mat 8:30 Now there was feeding, at some distance, a great herd of swine.
Mat 8:31 And the friends besought him, saying, If thou expel us, permit us to go into the herd of swine.
Mat 8:32 He answered, Go. And when they were cast out, they went into the swine; on which the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Mat 8:33 Then the herdsmen fled into the city, and reported everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs.
Mat 8:34 Presently the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and having seen him, entreated him to depart out of their territory.
Mat 9:1 ¶ Then having gone aboard the bark, he repassed, and went to his own city;
Mat 9:2 where they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed. Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the paralytic, Son, take courage, your sins are forgiven you.
Mat 9:3 On which some of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes.
Mat 9:4 But Jesus knowing their sentiments, said, Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
Mat 9:5 Which is easier––to say, [Your] sins are forgiven; or to say, [with effect] ––Arise and walk?
Mat 9:6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power upon the earth to forgive sins; Arise, then, (said he to the paralytic,) take up your bed and go home.
Mat 9:7 Accordingly he arose, and went home.
Mat 9:8 And the people saw and wondered, glorifying God, who had given such power to men.
Mat 9:9 ¶ As Jesus departed thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the toll office; to whom he said, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
Mat 9:10 Afterward Jesus being at table in a house, many publicans and sinners came, and placed themselves with him and his disciples.
Mat 9:11 Some of the Pharisees observing this, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?
Mat 9:12 Jesus hearing them, answered, The whole need not a physician, but the sick.
Mat 9:13 Go, therefore, and learn what this means, "I desire humanity, and not sacrifice:" for I came to call, not the righteous, but sinners.
Mat 9:14 ¶ Then John’s disciples addressing him, said, We and the Pharisees often fast: why do your disciples never fast?
Mat 9:15 Jesus answered, Can the bridemen mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast.
Mat 9:16 No person mends an old garment with undressed cloth; else the patch itself tears the garment, and makes a greater rent.
Mat 9:17 Neither do people put new wine into old leather bottles; otherwise the bottles burst: and thus, both the wine is spilt, and the bottles are rendered useless. But they put new wine into new bottles, and bother are preserved.
Mat 9:18 ¶ While he was speaking, a ruler came, and prostrating himself, said, My daughter is by this time dead; but come, and lay your hand upon her, and she will revive.
Mat 9:19 And Jesus arose, and, as he followed him, with his disciples,
Mat 9:20 a woman, who had been twelve years afflicted with a bloody issue, coming behind, touched the tuft of his mantle;
Mat 9:21 for she said within herself, If I but touch his mantle, I shall recover.
Mat 9:22 Jesus turning about, saw her, and said, Daughter, take courage, your faith has cured you. And the woman was well from that instant.
Mat 9:23 Being come into the ruler’s house, and seeing the players on the flute, with the crowd, making a bustle,
Mat 9:24 he said to them, Withdraw, for the young woman is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him:
Mat 9:25 but when the people were put out, he entered, and having taken her by the hand, the young woman arose.
Mat 9:26 Now the fame of this action spread through all the country.
Mat 9:27 ¶ When Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, Son of David, have pity upon us.
Mat 9:28 Being come into the house, the blind men approached him: and Jesus said to them, Do you believe I can do this? They answered, Yes, Master.
Mat 9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, Be it to you according to your faith.
Mat 9:30 Immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charging them, said, Take care that no person know it.
Mat 9:31 But being departed, they spread his fame through all that country.
Mat 9:32 They were scarcely gone, when a dumb demoniac was presented to him.
Mat 9:33 The demon being expelled, the dumb spoke, and the people wondered, saying, Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel.
Mat 9:34 But the Pharisees said, He expels the demons by the prince of the demons.
Mat 9:35 ¶ Then Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the glad tidings of the Reign, and curing every disease and every malady.
Mat 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he had compassion upon them, because they were scattered and exposed, like a flock without a shepherd.
Mat 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are few:
Mat 9:38 entreat, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he would send laborers to reap it.
Mat 10:1 ¶ And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power to expel unclean spirits, and to cure diseases and maladies of every kind.
Mat 10:2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: The first, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Mat 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James, [son] of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, surnamed Thaddeus;
Mat 10:4 and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed him.
Mat 10:5 ¶ These twelve Jesus commissioned, instructing them, and saying: Go not away to the Gentiles, nor enter a Samaritan city;
Mat 10:6 but go directly to the lost sheep of the stock of Israel.
Mat 10:7 And as you go, proclaim, saying, The Reign of Heaven approaches.
Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead; cleanse lepers, expel demons; freely they have received, freely give.
Mat 10:9 Put not gold or silver, or brass in your girdles;
Mat 10:10 carry no traveling bag, no spare coat, shoes, or staff; for the workman is worthy of his maintenance.
Mat 10:11 And whatever city or village you enter, inquire what person of worth dwells there; and abide with him until you leave the place.
Mat 10:12 When you enter the home, salute the family.
Mat 10:13 If the family be worthy, the peace you wish them shall come upon them: if they be not worthy, it shall rebound upon yourselves.
Mat 10:14 Wheresoever they will not receive you, nor regard your words, in departing that house or city, shake the dust off your feet.
Mat 10:15 Indeed, I say to you, the condition of Sodom and Gomorrah shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment, than the condition of that city.
Mat 10:16 ¶ Behold! I send you forth as sheep amidst wolves. Be therefore prudent as the serpents, and harmless as the doves.
Mat 10:17 But be upon your guard against [these] men; for they will deliver you to councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;
Mat 10:18 and you shall be brought before governors and kings, on my account, to bear testimony to them, and to the Gentiles.
Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how, or what you shall speak; for what you shall speak shall be suggested to you in that moment.
Mat 10:20 For it shall not be you that shall speak; but the Spirit of my Father, who will speak by you.
Mat 10:21 Then the brother will deliver up the brother to death; and the father the child; and children will arise against their parents, and procure their death.
Mat 10:22 And for my name you shall be hated universally. But the man who perseveres to the end, shall be saved.
Mat 10:23 Therefore, when they persecute you in one city, flee to another; for indeed, I say to you, you shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man be come.
Mat 10:24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Mat 10:25 It is enough for the disciple to be as his teacher, and for the servant to be as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?
Mat 10:26 Therefore, fear them not; for there is nothing hid that shall not be detected; nothing secret that shall not be known.
Mat 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, publish in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the house tops.
Mat 10:28 And fear not them you kill the body, but can not kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Mat 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet neither of them falls to the ground without your Father.
Mat 10:30 Nay, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Mat 10:31 Fear not, then; you are much more valuable than sparrows.
Mat 10:32 Whoever, therefore, shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.
Mat 10:33 But whoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father, who is in heaven.
Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to bring peace to the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
Mat 10:35 For I am come to cause dissension between father and son, between mother and daughter, between mother–in–law and daughter–in–law;
Mat 10:36 so that a man’s enemies will be found in his own family.
Mat 10:37 He who loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:38 He who will not take his cross and follow me, is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:39 He who preserves his life, shall lose it: but he who loses his life, on my account, shall preserve it.
Mat 10:40 He that receives you, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him who sent me, receives him who sent me.
Mat 10:41 He that receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, shall obtain a prophet’s reward; and he that receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward:
Mat 10:42 and whosoever shall give one of these little ones, because he is my disciple, a single cup of cold water to drink; indeed, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
Mat 11:1 ¶ When Jesus had made an end of instructing his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and give warning in the cities.
Mat 11:2 Now John, having heard in prison of the works of the Messiah, sent two of his disciples,
Mat 11:3 who asked him, Are you he that comes, or must we expect another?
Mat 11:4 Jesus answering, said to them, Go, and relate to John, what you have heard and seen.
Mat 11:5 The blind are made to see, the lame to walk; lepers are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; and good news is brought to the poor;
Mat 11:6 and happy is he, to whom I shall not prove a stumbling block.
Mat 11:7 ¶ When they were departed, Jesus said to the people concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?
Mat 11:8 But what did you go out to see? A man effeminately dressed? It is king’s palaces that such frequent.
Mat 11:9 What did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and something superior to a prophet:
Mat 11:10 for this is he, concerning whom it is written, "Behold I will send my angel before you, who shall prepare your way."
Mat 11:11 Indeed, I say to you, among those that are born of women, there has not arisen a greater than John the Immerser. Yet the least in the Reign of Heaven is greater than he.
Mat 11:12 From the first appearing of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of heaven is invaded, and invaders take possession by force.
Mat 11:13 For till John appeared, all the prophets and the law were your instructions:
Mat 11:14 and, if you will bear to be told it, this is the Elijah that was to come.
Mat 11:15 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
Mat 11:16 ¶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like boys in the market places, to whom their playfellows complain,
Mat 11:17 saying, We have played to you upon the pipe, but you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs to you, but you have not lamented.
Mat 11:18 For John came abstaining from meat and drink, and they say, He has a demon;
Mat 11:19 the Son of Man came using meat and drink, and they say, He is a lover of banquets and wine, a companion of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
Mat 11:20 Then he began to reproach the cities, in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they reformed not.
Mat 11:21 Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which have been performed in you, had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they had reformed long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Mat 11:22 Know, therefore, that the condition of Tyre and Sidon, on the day of judgment, shall be more tolerable than yours.
Mat 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to Hades; for, if the miracles which have been performed in thee, had been performed in Sodom, it had remained till now.
Mat 11:24 Know, therefore, that the condition of Sodom, on the day of judgment, shall be more tolerable than thine.
Mat 11:25 ¶ On that occasion Jesus said, I adore thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because, having concealed these things from sages and the learned, thou hast revealed them to babes:
Mat 11:26 yes, Father, because such is thy pleasure.
Mat 11:27 My Father has imparted everything to me; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; neither knows any one the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Mat 11:28 Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and be taught by me; for I am meek and condescending: and your souls shall find relief.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Mat 12:1 ¶ At that time, as Jesus was walking through the corn on Sabbath, his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat them.
Mat 12:2 The Pharisees observing this, said to him, Lo! your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
Mat 12:3 He answered, Have you not read what David did, and his attendants, when they were hungry;
Mat 12:4 how he entered the tabernacle of God, and eat the loaves of the presence, which was not lawful for him, or his attendants, to eat but solely for the priests?
Mat 12:5 Or have you not learnt from the law, that the priests in the temple violate the rest to be observed on Sabbaths, and are blameless?
Mat 12:6 Now I affirm, that something greater than the temple is here.
Mat 12:7 But had you know what this means, "I desire humanity and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned the guiltless;
Mat 12:8 for the Son of Man is master of the Sabbath.
Mat 12:9 Leaving that place, he went into their synagogue,
Mat 12:10 and found a man there whose hand was blasted. They asked Jesus, with a design to accuse him, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?
Mat 12:11 He answered, What man is there amongst you, who having one sheep, if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Mat 12:12 And does not a mean greatly excel a sheep? It is lawful, therefore, to do good on the Sabbath.
Mat 12:13 Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And as he stretched it out, it became sound like the other.
Mat 12:14 ¶ But the Pharisees went out, and concerted against Jesus to destroy him.
Mat 12:15 Jesus knowing this, departed; and being followed by a vast multitude, healed all their sick,
Mat 12:16 enjoining them not to make him known.
Mat 12:17 Thus the word of the Prophet Isaiah was verified,
Mat 12:18 "Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul delights; I will cause my Spirit to abide upon him, and he shall give laws to the nations;
Mat 12:19 he will not contend, nor clamor, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets.
Mat 12:20 A bruised reed he will not break; and a dimly burning taper he will not quench, till he render his laws victorious.
Mat 12:21 Nations also shall trust in his name."
Mat 12:22 ¶ Then was brought to him a demoniac, dumb, and blind, and he cured him, so that he both spoke and saw.
Mat 12:23 And all the people said with amazement, Is this the son of David?
Mat 12:24 But the Pharisees hearing them, said, This man expels demons only by Beelzebub, prince of the demons.
Mat 12:25 But Jesus, knowing their surmises, said to them, By intestine dissensions any kingdom may be desolated; and no city or family, where such dissensions are, can subsist.
Mat 12:26 Now if Satan expel Satan, his kingdom is torn by intestine dissensions; how can it then subsist?
Mat 12:27 Besides, if I expel demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons expel them? Wherefore they shall be your judges.
Mat 12:28 But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, the Reign of God has overtaken you.
Mat 12:29 For how can one enter the strong one’s house, and plunder his goods, unless he first overpower the strong one? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
Mat 12:30 He who is not for me, is against me; and he who gathers not with me, scatters.
Mat 12:31 Wherefore I say to you, though every other sin and detraction in men is pardonable, their detraction from the Spirit is unpardonable:
Mat 12:32 for whosoever shall inveigh against the Son of Man may obtain pardon; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, shall never be pardoned, either in the present state or the future.
Mat 12:33 Either call the tree good, and its fruit good; or call the tree bad, and its fruit bad: for we distinguish the tree by its fruit.
Mat 12:34 Offspring of vipers! how can you that are evil speak good things, since it is out of the fullness of the heart that the mouth speaks.
Mat 12:35 The good man, out of his good treasure, produces good things; the bad man, out of his bad treasure, produces bad things.
Mat 12:36 Be assured, however, that of every pernicious word which men shall utter, they shall give an account on the day of judgment.
Mat 12:37 For by your words you shall be acquitted, and by your words you shall be condemned.
Mat 12:38 ¶ Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees interposed, saying, Rabbi, we desire to see a sign for you.
Mat 12:39 He answering, said to them, An evil and adulterous race demands a sign; but no sign shall be given it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonah.
Mat 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the bosom of the earth.
Mat 12:41 The Ninevites will stand up in the judgment against this race, and cause it to be condemned, because they reformed when they were warned by Jonah; and behold here something greater than Jonah.
Mat 12:42 The Queen of the South country will arise in the judgment against this race, and cause it to be condemned; because she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wise discourses of Solomon; and behold here something greater than Solomon.
Mat 12:43 An unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, wanders over the parched deserts in search of a resting–place. And not finding any,
Mat 12:44 he says, I will return to my house whence I came; and being come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.
Mat 12:45 Then he goes, and brings with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and having entered, they dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first: thus will it fare with this evil race.
Mat 12:46 ¶ While he discoursed to the people, his mother and brothers were without, desiring to speak with him.
Mat 12:47 And one said to him, Your mother and your brothers are without, desiring to speak with you.
Mat 12:48 He answering, said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?
Mat 12:49 The stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brothers.
Mat 12:50 For whosoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mat 13:1 ¶ The same day, Jesus having gone out of the house, sat by the sea–side;
Mat 13:2 but so great a multitude flocked about him, that he went into a bark, and sat down there, while all the people stood on the shore.
Mat 13:3 Then he discoursed to them of many things in parables.
Mat 13:4 The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some [seeds] fell by the way–side, and the birds came and picked them up:
Mat 13:5 some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth:
Mat 13:6 but after the sun had beat upon them, they were scorched, and having no root, withered away.
Mat 13:7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked them.
Mat 13:8 Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold.
Mat 13:9 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
Mat 13:10 Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables?
Mat 13:11 He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.
Mat 13:12 For to him that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.
Mat 13:13 For this reason I speak to them in parables; because they seeing, see not; and hearing, hear not, nor regard;
Mat 13:14 insomuch that this prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, "You will indeed hear, but will not understand; you will look, but will not perceive.
Mat 13:15 For this people’s understanding is stupefied, their ears are deafened, and their eyes they have closed; lest seeing with their eyes, hearing with their ears, and apprehending with their understanding, they should reform, and I should reclaim them."
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
Mat 13:17 For, indeed, I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which you see, but have not seen them; and to hear the things which you hear, but have not heard them.
Mat 13:18 Understand you, therefore, the parable of the sower.
Mat 13:19 When one hears the doctrine of the Reign, but considers it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. This explains what fell by the way–side.
Mat 13:20 That which fell on rocky ground, denotes him who, hearing the word, receives it at first with pleasure;
Mat 13:21 yet, not having it rooted in his mind, retains it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes, because of the word, instantly he relapses.
Mat 13:22 That which fell among thorns, denotes that hearer in whom worldly cares, and deceitful riches, choke the word, and render it unfruitful.
Mat 13:23 But that which fell into good soil, and bore fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold, denotes him, who not only hears and considers, but obeys the word.
Mat 13:24 ¶ Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a field, in which the proprietor has sown good grain:
Mat 13:25 but while people were asleep, his enemy came, and sowed darnel among the wheat, and went off.
Mat 13:26 When the blade was up, and putting forth the ear, then appeared also the darnel.
Mat 13:27 And the servants came, and said to their master, Sir, you sowed good grain in your field; whence, then, has it darnel?
Mat 13:28 He answered, An enemy has done this. They said, Will you, then, that we weed them out?
Mat 13:29 He replied, No, lest in weeding out the darnel, you tear up the wheat.
Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, first gather the darnel, and make them into bundles for burning; then carry the wheat into my barn.
Mat 13:31 Another similitude he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man planted in his field;
Mat 13:32 for though it is the smallest of seeds, when grown, larger than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air take the shelter in its branches.
Mat 13:33 Another similitude he gave them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman mingled in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Mat 13:34 All these similitudes Jesus spoke to the people; for he taught them only by similitudes;
Mat 13:35 in this verifying the word of the Prophet, "I will discourse in parables; I will utter things concerning which, all antiquity has been silent."
Mat 13:36 Then Jesus, leaving the multitude, retired to the house, where his disciples accosted him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.
Mat 13:37 Jesus answering, said to them, He who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
Mat 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;
Mat 13:39 the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the conclusion of this state; and the reapers are the angels.
Mat 13:40 As, therefore, the darnel is gathered and burnt, so shall it be at the conclusion of this state.
Mat 13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels who shall gather out of his kingdom all seducers and iniquitous persons,
Mat 13:42 and throw them into the burning furnace: weeping and gnashing of teeth shall be there.
Mat 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear let him hear.
Mat 13:44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field, which, when a man has discovered, he conceals the discovery, and for joy thereof, sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Mat 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a pearl extremely precious, which a merchant, in quest of fine pearls,
Mat 13:46 having found, sold all that he had, and purchased it.
Mat 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a sweep–net cast into the seam which incloses fish of every kind.
Mat 13:48 When it is full, they draw it ashore, and gather the good into vessels, but throw the useless away.
Mat 13:49 So it shall be at the conclusion of this state. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
Mat 13:50 and throw them into the burning furnace. Weeping and gnashing of teeth shall be there.
Mat 13:51 Jesus said, Do you understand all these things? They answered, Yes, Master.
Mat 13:52 He added, Every scribe, therefore, instructed for the Reign of Heaven, is like a householder, who brings out of his storehouse new things and old.
Mat 13:53 ¶ And after he had finished these similitudes, he departed thence.
Mat 13:54 Jesus being come into his own country, taught the inhabitants in their synagogue; and they said with astonishment, Whence has this man this wisdom, and this power of working miracles?
Mat 13:55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And do not his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas,
Mat 13:56 and all his sisters, live amongst us? Whence, then, has he all these things?
Mat 13:57 Thus they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is no where disregarded, except in his own country, and in his own family.
Mat 13:58 And he did not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Mat 14:1 ¶ At that time, Herod the tetrarch, hearing of the fame of Jesus,
Mat 14:2 said to his servants, This is John the Immerser; he is raised from the dead and therefore miracles are performed by him.
Mat 14:3 For Herod had caused John to be apprehended, imprisoned, and bound, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife;
Mat 14:4 for John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
Mat 14:5 And Herod would have put him to death, but was afraid of the populace, who accounted him a prophet.
Mat 14:6 But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and pleased Herod,
Mat 14:7 wherefore he swore he would grant her whatever she would ask.
Mat 14:8 She being instigated by her mother, said, Give me here, in a basin, the head of John the Immerser.
Mat 14:9 And the king was sorry; nevertheless, from a regard to his oath and his guests, he commanded that it should be given her.
Mat 14:10 Accordingly John was beheaded in the prison by his order.
Mat 14:11 And his head was brought in a basin, and presented to the young woman; and she carried it to her mother.
Mat 14:12 After which, his disciples went and brought the body, and having buried it, came and told Jesus.
Mat 14:13 ¶ When Jesus heard this, he embarked privately; and retired into a desert place; of which the people being informed followed him by land out of the cities.
Mat 14:14 Observing, as he landed, a great multitude, he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
Mat 14:15 Toward the evening, his disciples accosted him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past, dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the villages; and buy themselves provisions.
Mat 14:16 Jesus answered, They need not go. Supply them yourselves.
Mat 14:17 They said to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.
Mat 14:18 He replied, Bring them hither to me.
Mat 14:19 Then having commanded the people to recline upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking toward heaven, blessed them; then breaking the loaves, he gave them to the disciples, and they distributed them among the people.
Mat 14:20 When all had eat, and were satisfied, they carried off twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.
Mat 14:21 Now they that had eat were about five thousand men; besides women and children.
Mat 14:22 ¶ Immediately he obliged the disciples to embark and pass over before him, while he dismissed the multitude.
Mat 14:23 Having dismissed the multitude, he retired by himself to a mountain to pray, and remained there alone.
Mat 14:24 By that time the bark was half way over, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
Mat 14:25 In the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
Mat 14:26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, being terrified, they exclaimed, An apparition! and cried out for fear.
Mat 14:27 Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is I, be not afraid.
Mat 14:28 Peter answering, said to him, If it be you, Master, bid me to come to you on the water.
Mat 14:29 Jesus said, Come. Then Peter getting out of the bark, walked on the water toward Jesus.
Mat 14:30 But finding the wind boisterous, he was frightened; and beginning to sink, cried, Master, save me.
Mat 14:31 Jesus instantly stretching out his hand, caught him; and said to him, Distrustful man, wherefore did you doubt?
Mat 14:32 When they had gone aboard, the wind ceased.
Mat 14:33 Then those in the bark came, and prostrated themselves before him, saying, You are assuredly God’s son.
Mat 14:34 ¶ Having passed over, they landed on the territory of Gennesaret;
Mat 14:35 the inhabitants of which knowing him, sent through all that country, and brought to him all the diseased,
Mat 14:36 who besought him to let them touch but a tuft of his mantle; and as man as touched were cured.
Mat 15:1 ¶ Then some Scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem addressed him, saying,
Mat 15:2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders; for they was not their hands before meals.
Mat 15:3 Jesus answering, saud to them, Why do you yourselves by your tradition, transgress the commandment of God?
Mat 15:4 For God has commanded, saying, "Honor father and mother"; and "Whosoever reviles father or mother, let him be punished with death."
Mat 15:5 But you affirm, If a man say to father or mother, I devote whatever of mine shall profit you,
Mat 15:6 he shall not afterward honor [by his assistance], his father or his mother. Thus, by your tradition, you annul the commandment of God.
Mat 15:7 Hypocrites, well do you suit the character which Isaiah gave of you, saying,
Mat 15:8 "This people honor me with their lips. though their heart is estranged from me.
Mat 15:9 But in vain they worship me, while they teach institutions merely human."
Mat 15:10 ¶ Then, having called the multitude, he said to them, Hear, and be instructed.
Mat 15:11 It is not what goes into the mouth pollutes the man; but it is what proceeds out of the mouth, that pollutes the man.
Mat 15:12 On which his disciples accosting him, said, Did you observe how the Pharisees, when they heard that saying were offended?
Mat 15:13 He answered, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be extirpated.
Mat 15:14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.
Mat 15:15 Then Peter addressing him, said, Explain to us that parable.
Mat 15:16 Jesus answered, Are you also void of understanding?
Mat 15:17 Do you not apprehend, that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach, and is thrown out into the sink.
Mat 15:18 But that which proceeds out of the mouth, issues from the heart, and so pollutes the man.
Mat 15:19 For out of the heart proceed malicious contrivances, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies.
Mat 15:20 These are the things which pollute the man; but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not the man.
Mat 15:21 ¶ Then Jesus withdrew into the confines of Tyre and Sidon;
Mat 15:22 and behold! a Canaanitish woman of these territories came to him, crying, Master, Son of David, have pity on me; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a demon.
Mat 15:23 But he gave her no answer. Then his disciples interposed, and entreated him, saying, Dismiss her, for she clamors after us.
Mat 15:24 He answering said, My mission is only to the lost sheep of the stock of Israel.
Mat 15:25 She, nevertheless, advanced, and prostrating herself before him, said, O Lord, help me.
Mat 15:26 He replied, It is not seemly to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the dogs.
Mat 15:27 True, Sir, returned she. Yet even the dogs are allowed the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.
Mat 15:28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman! great is your faith. Be it to you as you desire. And that instant her daughter was healed.
Mat 15:29 ¶ Jesus having left that place, came nigh to the sea of Galilee, and repaired to a mountain, where he sat down;
Mat 15:30 and great multitudes flocked to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the cripple, and several others, whom they laid at his feet; and he healed them:
Mat 15:31 insomuch that the people beheld, with admiration, the dumb speaking, the cripple sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
Mat 15:32 Then Jesus called to him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude because they have now attended me three days, and have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting, lest they faint by the way.
Mat 15:33 His disciples answered, Whence can we get bread enough, in the solitude, to satisfy such a crowd?
Mat 15:34 He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
Mat 15:35 Then commanding the people to recline upon the ground,
Mat 15:36 he took the seven loaves and the fishes, which, having given thanks, he divided and gave to his disciples, who distributed them among the people.
Mat 15:37 When all had eat, and were satisfied, they carried off seven hand–baskets full of the fragments that remained.
Mat 15:38 Now they that had eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Mat 15:39 Then having dismissed the multitude, he embarked, and sailed to the coast of Magdala.
Mat 16:1 ¶ Thither some Pharisees and Sadducees repaired, who, to try him, desired that he would show them a sign in the sky.
Mat 16:2 He answering, said to them, In the evening you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red:
Mat 16:3 and in the morning, There will be a storm to–day, for the sky is red and lowering. You can judge aright of the appearance of the sky, but can you not discern the signs of the times?
Mat 16:4 An evil and adulterous race demands a sign, but no sign shall be given it, except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. Then leaving them he departed.
Mat 16:5 ¶ Now his disciples, before they came over, had forgot to bring loaves with them.
Mat 16:6 Jesus said to them, Take head, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Mat 16:7 On which they said, reasoning among themselves, This is because we have brought no loaves with us.
Mat 16:8 Jesus perceiving it, said, What do you reason amongst yourselves, O you distrustful! that I speak thus, because you have brought no loaves.
Mat 16:9 Have you no reflection? or do you not remember the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many baskets you filled with the fragments:
Mat 16:10 nor the seven loaves among the four thousand, and how many hand–baskets you filled?
Mat 16:11 How is it, that you do not understand, that I spoke not concerning bread, when I bade you beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Mat 16:12 Then they understood, that he cautioned them not against the leaven which the Pharisees and the Sadducees used in bread, but against their doctrine.
Mat 16:13 ¶ As Jesus was going to the district of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of Man is?
Mat 16:14 They answered, Some say, John the Immerser; others, Elijah; others, Jeremiah, or one of the Prophets.
Mat 16:15 But who, returned he, do you say that I am?
Mat 16:16 Simon Peter answering, said, You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 Jesus replying, said to him, Happy are you, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 I tell you, likewise, you are named Stone; and on this rock I will build my congregation, over which the gates of Hades shall not prevail.
Mat 16:19 Moreover, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you shall bind on the earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on the earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
Mat 16:20 Then he forbade his disciples to tell any many that he is the Messiah.
Mat 16:21 ¶ From that time Jesus began to disclose to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and there suffer much from the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and that he must be raised the third day.
Mat 16:22 On which, Peter taking him aside, reproved him, saying, Be this far from you, Master; this shall not befall you.
Mat 16:23 But he turning, said to Peter, Get you thence, adversary, you are an obstacle in my way; for you relish not the things of God, but the things of men.
Mat 16:24 ¶ Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come under my guidance, let him renounce himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mat 16:25 For, whosoever would save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Mat 16:26 What is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, with the forfeit of his life? or what will a man not give in ransom for his life?
Mat 16:27 For the Son of Man, vested with his Father’s glory, shall come hereafter with his heavenly messengers, and recompense every one according to his actions.
Mat 16:28 Indeed, I say to you, some of those who are present, shall not taste death, until they see the Son of Man enter upon his Reign.
Mat 17:1 ¶ After six days, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, brother of James, apart to the top of a high mountain,
Mat 17:2 and was transfigured in their presence, His face shone as the sun; and his raiment became white as the light.
Mat 17:3 And presently appeared to them Moses and Elijah conversing with him.
Mat 17:4 Peter, upon this, addressing Jesus, said, Master, it is good for us to stay here; let us make here, if you will, three booths; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
Mat 17:5 While he was speaking, behold! a bright cloud covered them, and out of the cloud a voice came, which said, This is my Son, the beloved in whom I delight; hear him.
Mat 17:6 The disciples, hearing this, fell upon their faces, and were greatly frightened.
Mat 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, Arise; be not afraid.
Mat 17:8 Then lifting up their eyes, they saw none but Jesus.
Mat 17:9 As they went down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell no person what you have seen, until the Son of Man rise from the dead.
Mat 17:10 Then the disciples asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must come first?
Mat 17:11 Jesus answering, said to them, To consummate the whole, Elijah, indeed, must come first.
Mat 17:12 But I tell you, Elijah is come already, though they did not acknowledge him, but have treated him as they pleased. Thus they will treat the Son of Man also.
Mat 17:13 Then the disciple understood, that he spoke concerning John the Immerser.
Mat 17:14 ¶ When they were come to the multitude, a man came to him, who kneeling, said,
Mat 17:15 Sir, have pity on my son; for he is grievously distressed with lunacy; often ge falls into the fire, and often into the water,
Mat 17:16 and I presented him to your disciples; but they could not cure him.
Mat 17:17 Jesus answering, said, O unbelieving and perverse race! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me.
Mat 17:18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and he came out: and the lad was instantly cured.
Mat 17:19 At that time the disciple came to him privately, saying, Why could not we expel the demon?
Mat 17:20 Jesus answered, Because of your unbelief; for, indeed, I say to you, if you had faith, though but as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this mountain, Remove to yonder place, and it would remove: yes, nothing would be impossible to you.
Mat 17:21 This kind, however, is not dispossessed, unless by prayer and fasting.
Mat 17:22 ¶ While they remained in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is to be delivered up to men,
Mat 17:23 who will kill him: but the third day he shall be raised again. And they were grieved exceedingly.
Mat 17:24 ¶ When they were come to Capernaum, the collectors came and asked Peter, Does not your teacher pay the didrachma?
Mat 17:25 He said, Yes. Being come into the house, before he spoke, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth exact tribute or custom? from their own sons, or from others?
Mat 17:26 Peter answered, From others. Jesus replied, The sons then are exempted.
Mat 17:27 Nevertheless, lest we shall give them offense, go to the sea and throw a line, draw out the first fish that is hooked, and, having opened its mouth, you shall find a stater; take that, and give it to them for me and you.
Mat 18:1 ¶ At that time the disciples came to Jesus inquiring, Who shall be the greatest in the Reign of Heaven?
Mat 18:2 Jesus calling to him a child, placed him in the midst of them,
Mat 18:3 and said, Indeed, I say to you, unless you be changed, and become as children, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:4 Whosoever, therefore, shall become humble like this child.
Mat 18:5 Nay, whosoever receives one such child, in my name, receives me:
Mat 18:6 but whosoever shall ensnare any of these little ones, who believe in me, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were sunk in the ocean.
Mat 18:7 ¶ Alas for the world because of snares! Snares indeed there must be; nevertheless, alas for the ensnarer!
Mat 18:8 Wherefore, if your hand or foot ensnare you, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter lame or maimed into life, than having two hands or feet to be cast into the everlasting fire.
Mat 18:9 And if your eye ensnare you, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter one–eyed into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Mat 18:10 Beware of contemning any of these little ones; for I assure you, that in heaven, their angels continually behold the face of my heavenly Father:
Mat 18:11 and the Son of Man is come to recover the lost.
Mat 18:12 What think you? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them has strayed, will he not leave the ninety–nine upon the mountains, and go in quest of the stray?
Mat 18:13 And if he happens to find it, indeed, I say to you, he derives greater joy from it, than from the ninety–nine which went not astray.
Mat 18:14 Thus it is not the will of your Father in heaven, that any of these little ones should be lost.
Mat 18:15 ¶ Wherefore, if your brother trespass against you, go and expostulate with him, when you and he are alone together. If he hear you, you have gained your brother;
Mat 18:16 but if he will not hear, take one or two along with you, that by the testimony of two or three witnesses everything may be ascertained.
Mat 18:17 If he despises them, tell the congregation; and if he despise the congregation also, let him be to you as a pagan or a publican.
Mat 18:18 Indeed, I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind on the earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
Mat 18:19 Again, I say to you, whatever two of you upon the earth shall agree to ask, shall be granted them by my Father, who is in heaven.
Mat 18:20 For wherever two or three are assembled in my name, I am in the midst of them.
Mat 18:21 ¶ Then Peter approaching, said to him, Master, if my brother repeatedly trespass against me, how often must I forgive him? must I seven times?
Mat 18:22 Jesus answered, I say to you, not seven times, but seventy times seven times.
Mat 18:23 In this the Administration of Heaven resembles a king, who determined to settle accounts with his servants.
Mat 18:24 Having begun to reckon, one was brought, who owed him ten thousand talents.
Mat 18:25 But that servant not having the means to pay; his master, to obtain payment, commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had should be sold.
Mat 18:26 Then the servant, throwing himself prostrate before his master, cried, Have patience with me, my lord, and I will pay the whole.
Mat 18:27 And his master had compassion upon him, and dismissed him, remitting the debt.
Mat 18:28 But this servant, as he went out, meeting one of his fellow–servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.
Mat 18:29 His fellow–servant, falling down, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you.
Mat 18:30 And he would not, but instantly caused him to be imprisoned, until he should discharge the debt.
Mat 18:31 His fellow–servants seeing this, were deeply affected, and went, and informed their master of all that had passed.
Mat 18:32 Then his master, having given orders to call him, said to him, You wicked servant: all that debt I forgave you, because you besought me.
Mat 18:33 Ought not you to have shown such pity to your fellow–servant, as I showed to you?
Mat 18:34 So his master, being provoked, delivered him to the jailors, to remain in their hands until he should clear the debt.
Mat 18:35 Thus will my heavenly Father treat every one of you, who forgives not, from his heart, his brother.
Mat 19:1 ¶ When Jesus had ended this discourse, he left Galilee, and came to the confines of Judea, upon the Jordan,
Mat 19:2 whither great multitudes followed him, and he healed their sick.
Mat 19:3 ¶ Then some Pharisees came to him, and trying him asked, Can a man lawfully, upon every pretense, divorce his wife?
Mat 19:4 He answered, Have you not read, that at the beginning, when the Creator made man, he formed a male and a female,
Mat 19:5 and said, "For this cause a man shall leave father and mother, and adhere to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."
Mat 19:6 Wherefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. What, then, God has conjoined, let not man separate.
Mat 19:7 They replied, Why, then, did Moses command to give a writing of divorce, and dismiss her?
Mat 19:8 He answered, Moses, indeed, because of your untractable disposition, permitted you to divorce your wives, but it was not so from the beginning.
Mat 19:9 Therefore, I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for whoredom, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries the woman divorced, commits adultery.
Mat 19:10 His disciples said to him, If such be the condition of the husband, it is better to live unmarried.
Mat 19:11 He answered, They alone are capable of living thus, on whom the power is conferred.
Mat 19:12 For some are eunuchs from their birth; others have been made eunuchs by men; and others, for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, have made themselves eunuchs. Let him act this part who can act it.
Mat 19:13 ¶ Then children were presented to him, that he might lay his hands on them, and pray, but the disciples reproved them.
Mat 19:14 Jesus said, Let the children alone, and hinder them not from coming to me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 19:15 And having laid his hands on them, he departed thence.
Mat 19:16 ¶ Afterward, one approaching, said to him, Good Teacher, what good must I do to obtain eternal life?
Mat 19:17 He answered, Why do you call me good? God alone is good. If you would enter into that life, keep the commandments.
Mat 19:18 He said to him, Which? Jesus answered, "You shall not commit murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony.
Mat 19:19 "Honor father and mother; and love your neighbor as yourself."
Mat 19:20 The young man replied, All these I have observed from my childhood. In what am I still deficient?
Mat 19:21 Jesus answered, If you would be perfect, go sell your estate, and give the price to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven.
Mat 19:22 The young man hearing this, went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
Mat 19:23 ¶ Then Jesus said to his disciples, Indeed, I say to you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven:
Mat 19:24 I say further, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Mat 19:25 The disciples, who heard this with amazement, said, Who then can be saved?
Mat 19:26 Jesus, looking at them, answered, With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.
Mat 19:27 Then Peter replying, said, As for us, we have forsaken all, and followed you; what then shall be our reward?
Mat 19:28 Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, that at the Renovation, when the Son of Man shall be seated on his glorious throne, you, my followers, sitting upon the twelve thrones, shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mat 19:29 And whoever shall have forsaken, on my account, houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, shall receive a hundred fold, and inherit eternal life.
Mat 19:30 But many shall be first that are last, and last that are first.
Mat 20:1 ¶ For the Administration of Heaven will resemble the conduct of a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Mat 20:2 Having agreed with some for a denarius a–day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Mat 20:3 About the third hour he went out, and seeing others unemployed in the market place,
Mat 20:4 said to them, Go you likewise into my vineyard, and I will give you what is reasonable. Accordingly they went.
Mat 20:5 Again, about the sixth hour, and about the ninth, he went out and did the same.
Mat 20:6 Lastly, about the eleventh hour, he went out, and finding others standing, said to them, Why do you stand here all the day doing nothing?
Mat 20:7 They answered, Because no person has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into my vineyard, and you shall receive what is reasonable.
Mat 20:8 When it was night, the proprietor of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first.
Mat 20:9 Then they who had been hired at the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius.
Mat 20:10 When the first came, they imagined they should receive more; but they got only a denarius a–piece.
Mat 20:11 Upon receiving it, they murmured against the householder,
Mat 20:12 saying, These last have worked but one hour; yet you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Mat 20:13 He answering, said to one of them, Friend, I do you no injury. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Mat 20:14 Take what is yours, and depart. It is my will to give to this last as much as to you.
Mat 20:15 And may not I do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
Mat 20:16 Thus the last shall be first, and first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.
Mat 20:17 ¶ When Jesus was on the road to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside, and said to them,
Mat 20:18 We are now going to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, who will condemn him to die,
Mat 20:19 and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified; but the third day he will rise again.
Mat 20:20 ¶ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to him with her sons, and, prostrating herself, entreated he would grant the request she had to make.
Mat 20:21 He said to her, What do you wish? She answered, That, in your Reign, one of these my two sons may sit at your right hand, the other at your left.
Mat 20:22 Jesus replying, said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink such a cup as I must drink? They said to him, We can.
Mat 20:23 He answered, You shall indeed drink such a cup. But to sit on my right hand, and at my left, I can not give, unless to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.
Mat 20:24 The then, hearing this, were full of indignation against the two brothers;
Mat 20:25 but Jesus, calling them to him, said, You know that the Princes of the nations domineer over them, and the great exercise their authority upon them.
Mat 20:26 It must not be so amongst you: on the contrary, whosoever would become great amongst you, let him be your servant;
Mat 20:27 and whosoever would be chief amongst you, let him be your slave:
Mat 20:28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Mat 20:29 ¶ As they left Jericho, followed by a great multitude,
Mat 20:30 two blind men, who sat by the way–side, hearing that Jesus passed by cried, saying, Master, Son of David, have pity on us.
Mat 20:31 The multitude charged them to be silent: but they cried the louder, saying, Master, Son of David, have pity on us.
Mat 20:32 Then Jesus stopping, called them, and said, What do you want me to do for you?
Mat 20:33 They answered, Sir, to make us see.
Mat 20:34 Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. Immediately they received sight, and followed him.
Mat 21:1 ¶ When they were nigh Jerusalem, being come to Bethphage, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,
Mat 21:2 saying, Go to the village opposite to you, where you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her; loose them, and bring them hither.
Mat 21:3 If any man say anything to you, say, Your Master wants them, and he will send them directly.
Mat 21:4 Now all this was done, that the words of the Prophet might be fulfilled,
Mat 21:5 "Say to the daughters of Zion, behold your King comes to you lowly, riding on an ass, even the colt of a laboring beast."
Mat 21:6 Accordingly the disciples went, and having done as Jesus had commanded them,
Mat 21:7 brought the ass and the colt, and covering them with their mantles, made him ride.
Mat 21:8 Now the greater part spread their mantles in the way; others lopped branches off the trees, and strowed them in the way,
Mat 21:9 while the crowd that went before and that followed, shouted, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!
Mat 21:10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar, everybody asking, Who is this?
Mat 21:11 The crowd answered, It is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth, in Galilee.
Mat 21:12 ¶ Then Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove thence all who sold and who brought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money–changers, and the stalls of those who sold doves,
Mat 21:13 and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."
Mat 21:14 Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Mat 21:15 But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which he performed, and the boys crying in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David,
Mat 21:16 said to him with indignation, Do you hear what these say? Jesus answered, Yes. Have you never read, "From the mouth of infants and sucklings thou hast procured praise?"
Mat 21:17 And leaving them, he went out of the city of Bethany, where he remained that night.
Mat 21:18 ¶ Returning to the city in the morning, he was hungry,
Mat 21:19 and seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it; but finding only leaves on it, said, Let no fruit grow on you henceforward. And the fig tree withered forthwith.
Mat 21:20 When the disciples saw it, they said with astonishment, how soon is the fig tree withered?
Mat 21:21 Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, if you have an unshaken faith, you may not only do as much as is done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, Be lifted up, and thrown into the sea, it shall be done.
Mat 21:22 Whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, with faith, you shall receive.
Mat 21:23 ¶ Being come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came near, as he was teaching, and said, by what authority do you these things?
Mat 21:24 Jesus answering, said to them, I also have a question to propose, which if you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mat 21:25 Whence had John authority to immerse? From heaven or from men? Then they reasoned thus within themselves: If we say, From heaven, he will retort, Why then did you not believe him?
Mat 21:26 And if we say, From men, we dread the multitude, amongst whom John is universally accounted a prophet.
Mat 21:27 They, therefore, answered him, We can not tell. Jesus replied, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.
Mat 21:28 ¶ But what do you think of this? A man had two sons, and addressing his elder son, said, Son, go work today in any vineyard.
Mat 21:29 He answered, I will not, but afterward repented and went.
Mat 21:30 Then addressing the younger, he bade him likewise. He answered, Immediately, Sir, but went not.
Mat 21:31 Now, which of the two obeyed his father? They said, The first. Jesus replied, Indeed, I say to you, even the publicans and harlots show you the way into the kingdom of God.
Mat 21:32 For John came to you in the way of sanctity, and you believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: yet you who saw this, did not afterward repent and believe him.
Mat 21:33 ¶ Hear another parable: A landlord planted a vineyard, and hedged it round, and digged a wine press in it, and built a tower; and having farmed it out, went abroad.
Mat 21:34 When the vintage approached, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive the fruits.
Mat 21:35 But they seized his servants, beat one, drove away with stones another, and killed another.
Mat 21:36 Again he sent other servants more respectable; but they received the same treatment;
Mat 21:37 finally he sent his son to them: for he said, They will reverence my son.
Mat 21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and keep possession of his inheritance.
Mat 21:39 Then they seized him, thrust him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Mat 21:40 When, therefore, the proprietor of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen?
Mat 21:41 They answered, He will put those wretched to a wretched death, and will let the vineyard to others, who will render him the fruits in the season.
Mat 21:42 Jesus replied, Did you never read in the scriptures, "A stone which the builders rejected, is made the head of the corner? This the Lord has effected, and we behold it with admiration."
Mat 21:43 Know, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation who will produce the fruits of it.
Mat 21:44 For whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be bruised; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to pieces.
Mat 21:45 The chief priests and the Pharisees hearing his parables, perceived that he spoke of them;
Mat 21:46 but though they wished to lay hold on him, they were afraid of the populace, who reckoned him a prophet.
Mat 22:1 ¶ Jesus continuing to discourse to them in parables, said,
Mat 22:2 The Administration of Heaven resembles the conduct of a king, who having made a marriage feast for his son,
Mat 22:3 sent his servants to call them, who had been invited; but they would not come.
Mat 22:4 Then he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited I have prepared my feast; my bullocks and fatlings are slain, and all is ready; come to the marriage.
Mat 22:5 But they turned away with indifference, one to his farm, another to his merchandize.
Mat 22:6 And the rest seizing his servants, abused and killed them.
Mat 22:7 When the king heard this, being enraged, he sent his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.
Mat 22:8 Then he said to his servants, The entertainment is ready; but they who were invited were not worthy:
Mat 22:9 go therefore, into the public roads, and all that you can find, invited to the marriage.
Mat 22:10 Accordingly they went into the highways, and assembled all that they found, good and bad, so that the hall was furnished with guests.
Mat 22:11 When the king came in to see the guests, observing one who had not on a wedding garment,
Mat 22:12 he said to him, Friend, how came you here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Mat 22:13 Then the king said to the attendants, Bind him hand and foot, and thrust him out into darkness, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth;
Mat 22:14 for there are many called, but few chosen.
Mat 22:15 ¶ Then the Pharisees retired, and having consulted how they might entrap him in his words,
Mat 22:16 sent to him some of their disciples, and some Herodians, who being instructed by them, said, Rabbi, we know that you are sincere, and faithfully teach the way of God, without partiality, for you respect not the person of men.
Mat 22:17 Tell us, therefore, your opinion: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?
Mat 22:18 Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, Dissemblers, why would you entangle me?
Mat 22:19 Show me the tribute money. And they reached him a denarius.
Mat 22:20 He asked them, Whose image and inscription is this?
Mat 22:21 They answered, Cesar’s. He replied, Render, then, to Cesar that which is Cesar’s, and to God that which is God’s.
Mat 22:22 And admiring his answer, they left him, and went away.
Mat 22:23 ¶ The same day Sadducees, who say that there is no future life, came to him and addressed him:
Mat 22:24 Rabbi, Moses has said, if one die, and have no children, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise issue to the deceased.
Mat 22:25 Now there lived among us seven brothers; the eldest married and died without issue, leaving his wife to his brother.
Mat 22:26 Thus also the second, and the third, and so to the seventh.
Mat 22:27 Last of all the woman died also.
Mat 22:28 Now, at the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven; for they all married her?
Mat 22:29 Jesus answering, said to them, You err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God;
Mat 22:30 for in that state, they neither marry, nor give in marriage: they resemble the angels of God.
Mat 22:31 But as to the revival of the dead, have you not read what God declared to you, saying,
Mat 22:32 "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not a God of the dead, but of the living.
Mat 22:33 Now, the people who heard this, were struck with awe at his doctrine.
Mat 22:34 ¶ Meantime, the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, flocked about him.
Mat 22:35 Then, one of them, a lawyer, trying him, proposed this [question],
Mat 22:36 Rabbi, which is the greatest commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."
Mat 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
Mat 22:39 The second is like it, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets depend.
Mat 22:41 ¶ While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them,
Mat 22:42 saying, What do you think of the Messiah? Who son should he be? They answered, David’s.
Mat 22:43 He replied, How then does David, speaking by inspiration, call him his Lord?
Mat 22:44 "The Lord," says he, "said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your foes your footstool."
Mat 22:45 If the Messiah were David’s son, would David call him his Lord?
Mat 22:46 To this none of them could answer; and from that day no person presumed to interrogate him.
Mat 23:1 ¶ Then Jesus addressed the people and his disciples,
Mat 23:2 saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ chair;
Mat 23:3 therefore observe and do whatsoever they enjoin you; nevertheless, follow not their example; for they say and do not.
Mat 23:4 Heavy and intolerable burdens they prepare for other men’s shoulders, burdens to which they themselves will not put a finger.
Mat 23:5 But whatever they do they do to be observed by men. For this they wear broader phylacteries than others, and larger tufts on their mantles;
Mat 23:6 and love the uppermost places at entertainments, and the principal seats in the synagogues,
Mat 23:7 and salutations in public places; and to hear men addressing them, cry, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Mat 23:8 But as for you, assume not the title of Rabbi; for you have only one teacher;
Mat 23:9 and style no man on earth your father, for he alone is your Father, who is in heaven; and all you are brothers.
Mat 23:10 Neither assume the title of leaders, for you have only one leader––who is the Messiah.
Mat 23:11 The greatest of you, on the contrary, shall be your servant;
Mat 23:12 for whosoever will exalt himself, shall be humbled; and whosoever will humble himself, shall be exalted.
Mat 23:13 ¶ But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; and will neither enter yourselves, nor permit others that would, to enter.
Mat 23:14 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrite! because you devour the families of widows; and use long prayers for a disguise. This will but aggravate your punishment.
Mat 23:15 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, you make him a son of hell doubly more than yourselves.
Mat 23:16 Alas for you, blind guides, who say, To swear by the temple binds not, but swear by the gold of the temple is binding.
Mat 23:17 Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the gold, or the temple that consecrates the gold?
Mat 23:18 and, to swear by the altar, binds not, but to swear by the offering that is upon it is binding.
Mat 23:19 Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the offering, or the altar that consecrates the offering?
Mat 23:20 Whoever, therefore, swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
Mat 23:21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who dwells in it;
Mat 23:22 and whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him who sits on it.
Mat 23:23 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you pay the tithe of mint, dill, and cummin, and omit the more important articles of the law, justice, humanity, and fidelity. These you ought to have practiced without omitting those.
Mat 23:24 Blind guides! you are skimming off the gnat, and swallowing the camel.
Mat 23:25 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of those cups and platters, which within are laid with rapine and iniquity.
Mat 23:26 Blind Pharisee! begin with cleansing the inside of the cup, and of the platter, if you would make even the outside clean.
Mat 23:27 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you resemble whitened sepulchers, which without indeed, are beautiful, but within are full of corruption, and of dead men’s bones.
Mat 23:28 Thus you outwardly appear righteous to men; but are inwardly fraught with subtlety and injustice.
Mat 23:29 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
Mat 23:30 and say, Had we lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their accomplices in the slaughter of the prophets.
Mat 23:31 Thus you testify against yourself, that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Fill you up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 Ah! serpents, offspring of vipers! how can you escape the punishment of hell?
Mat 23:34 ¶ Therefore, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will scourge in your synagogues, and banish from city to city;
Mat 23:35 so that all the innocent blood shed upon the earth shall be charged upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the altar and the sanctuary.
Mat 23:36 Indeed, I say to you, all shall be charged upon this generation.
Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! who killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!
Mat 23:38 Soon shall your habitation be turned into a desert;
Mat 23:39 for know, that you shall not henceforth see me, until you say, Blessed be He, who comes in the name of the Lord.
Mat 24:1 ¶ As Jesus walked out of the temple, his disciples came, and caused him to observe the buildings of it.
Mat 24:2 Jesus said to them, All this you see; indeed I say to you, one stone shall not be left here upon another. All shall be razed.
Mat 24:3 As he sat upon the Mount of Olives his disciples addressed him privately, saying, Tell us, when will this happen; and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the conclusion of this state?
Mat 24:4 ¶ Jesus answering, said to them, Take heed that no man seduce you:
Mat 24:5 for many will assume my character, saying, I am the Messiah, and will seduce many.
Mat 24:6 Nay, you shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars; but take care that you be not alarmed: for all these things must happen; but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation will arise against nation; and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes in sundry places.
Mat 24:8 Yet these are but the prelude of woes.
Mat 24:9 For they will deliver you to torments and to death, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account.
Mat 24:10 Then many will be ensnared, and will betray their fellows, and hate them.
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets will arise, who will seduce many.
Mat 24:12 And because vice will abound, the love of the greater number will cool.
Mat 24:13 But the man who perseveres to the end shall be saved.
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the Reign shall be published through all the world, for the information of all nations. And then shall come the end.
Mat 24:15 When, therefore, you shall see, on holy ground, the desolating abomination foretold by the Prophet Daniel, (reader, attend!)
Mat 24:16 then let those in Judea flee to the mountains:
Mat 24:17 let not him, who shall be upon the housetop, come down to carry things out of his house;
Mat 24:18 and let not him, who shall be in the field, return to take his mantle.
Mat 24:19 But alas for the women with child, and for them that give suck in those days!
Mat 24:20 Pray, therefore, that your flight happen not in the winter, nor on a Sabbath;
Mat 24:21 because there shall be then so great tribulation, as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor shall be ever after.
Mat 24:22 For, if the time were protracted, no soul could survive; but for the sake of the elect, the time will be short.
Mat 24:23 If any man shall say to you then, Lo! the Messiah is here, or he is there, believe it not:
Mat 24:24 for false Messiahs and false prophets will arise, who will perform great wonders and prodigies, so as to seduce, if possible, the elect themselves.
Mat 24:25 Remember, I have warned you.
Mat 24:26 Wherefore, if they say, He is in the desert, go not out. He is in the closet, believe it not.
Mat 24:27 For the coming of the Son of Man shall be like lightning, which breaking forth from the east, shines even to the west.
Mat 24:28 For wheresoever the carcass is, the eagles will be gathered together.
Mat 24:29 Immediately after those days of affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall withhold her light; and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the heavenly powers shall be shaken.
Mat 24:30 Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and all the tribes of the land shall mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with great majesty and power.
Mat 24:31 And he will send his messengers with a loud sounding trumpet, who shall assemble his elect from the four quarters of the earth, from one extremity of the world to the other.
Mat 24:32 ¶ Learn now a similitude from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh.
Mat 24:33 In like manner, when you shall see all these things, know that he is near, even at the door.
Mat 24:34 Indeed, I say to you, this race shall not pass, until all these things happen.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall fail; but my words shall never fail.
Mat 24:36 But of that day, and that hour, know none, but the Father; no, not the angels.
Mat 24:37 Now that which happened in Noah’s time, will also happen at the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days before the flood, even to that day that Noah entered the ark, they were eating and drinking, and marrying,
Mat 24:39 and suspected nothing, until the flood came and swept them all away: so shall it also be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat 24:40 Two men shall be in the field; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
Mat 24:42 Watch, therefore, since you know not at what hour your master will come.
Mat 24:43 You are sure, that if the householder knew at what time of the night the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer him to break into his house.
Mat 24:44 Be you, therefore, always prepared; because the Son of Man will come at an hour, when you are not expecting him.
Mat 24:45 Who, now, is the discreet and faithful servant, whom his master has set over his household, to dispense to them regularly their allowance?
Mat 24:46 Happy that servant, if his master, at his return, find him so employed.
Mat 24:47 Indeed, I say to you, he will intrust him with the management of all his estate.
Mat 24:48 But as to the vicious servant, who shall say within himself, My master defers his return,
Mat 24:49 and shall beat his fellow–servants, and feast and carouse with drunkards;
Mat 24:50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not apprised,
Mat 24:51 and having discarded him, will assign him his portion among the perfidious. Weeping and gnashing of teeth shall be there.
Mat 25:1 ¶ Then may the kingdom of heaven be compared to ten virgins, who went out with their lamps to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:2 Of these, five were prudent and five foolish.
Mat 25:3 The foolish took their lamps, but carried no oil with them.
Mat 25:4 But the prudent, besides their lamps, carried oil in their vessels.
Mat 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all became drowsy, and fell asleep.
Mat 25:6 And at midnight a cry was raised, The bridegroom is coming, go out and meet him.
Mat 25:7 Then all the virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
Mat 25:8 And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
Mat 25:9 But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, go rather to them who sell, and buy for yourselves.
Mat 25:10 While they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, Master, Master, open to us.
Mat 25:12 He answered, Indeed, I say to you, I know you not.
Mat 25:13 Watch, therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.
Mat 25:14 ¶ For [the Son of Man] is like one who intending to travel, called his servants, and committed to them his stock;
Mat 25:15 to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his respective ability, and immediately set out.
Mat 25:16 Then he who had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five others.
Mat 25:17 Likewise he who had [received] two, gained other two.
Mat 25:18 Whereas he who had received but one, digged a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
Mat 25:19 After a long time, their master returned and reckoned with them.
Mat 25:20 Then he who had received the five talents, came and presented five other talents, saying, Sir, you delivered to me five talents; here they are, and five other talents which I have gained.
Mat 25:21 His master answered, Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful in a small matter, I will give you a more important trust. Partake you of your master’s joy.
Mat 25:22 He, also, who had received the two talents, advancing said, Sir, you delivered to me two talents: here they are, and two other talents which I have gained.
Mat 25:23 His master answered, Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful in a small matter, I will give you a more important trust. Partake you of your master’s joy.
Mat 25:24 Then came he also who had received the talent, and said, Sir, I know that you are a severe man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered;
Mat 25:25 being therefore afraid, I hid your talent under ground; but now I restore you your own.
Mat 25:26 His master answering, said to him, Malignant and slothful servant, did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered?
Mat 25:27 Should you not then have given my money to the bankers, that, at my return, I might have received it with interest?
Mat 25:28 Take from him, therefore, the talent, and give it to him who has ten:
Mat 25:29 for to every one that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.
Mat 25:30 And thrust out this unprofitable servant into darkness, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 25:31 ¶ Now when the Son of Man shall come in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, and shall be seated on his glorious throne;
Mat 25:32 then shall all the nations be assembled before him; and out of them he will separate the good from the bad, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Mat 25:33 The sheep he will set at his right hand, and the goats at his left.
Mat 25:34 Then will the King say to those at his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mat 25:35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you lodged me; I was a stranger, and you lodged me;
Mat 25:36 I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you assisted me; I was in prison, and you visited me.
Mat 25:37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee; or thirsty, and give thee drink?
Mat 25:38 When did we see thee a stranger, and lodged thee; or naked, and clothed thee?
Mat 25:39 When did we see thee sick, or in prison, and visited thee?
Mat 25:40 The King will reply to them, Indeed, I say to you, that inasmuch as you have done this to any the least of these my brethren, you have done it to me.
Mat 25:41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers;
Mat 25:42 for I was hungry, but you gave me no food; thirsty, but you gave me no drink;
Mat 25:43 I was a stranger, but you did not lodge me; naked, but you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, but you did not visit me.
Mat 25:44 Then they also will answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not assist thee?
Mat 25:45 Then he will reply to them, saying, Indeed, I say to you, that inasmuch as you did it not to any the least of these, you did it not to me.
Mat 25:46 And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Mat 26:1 ¶ Jesus, having ended this discourse, said to his disciples,
Mat 26:2 You know that two days hence comes the passover. Then the Son of Man shall be delivered up to be crucified.
Mat 26:3 About this time the chief priests and scribes, and the elders of the people, were convened in the palace of Caiaphas the high priest,
Mat 26:4 where they consulted how they might take Jesus by surprise, and kill him.
Mat 26:5 They said, however, not during the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.
Mat 26:6 ¶ Now Jesus being in Bethany, in the house of Simon, [formerly] a leper,
Mat 26:7 a woman came to him with an alabaster box of balsam, very precious, which she poured on his head while he was at table.
Mat 26:8 His disciples observing it, said, with indignation, Why this profusion?
Mat 26:9 This might have been sold for a great price, and the money given to the poor.
Mat 26:10 Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good office.
Mat 26:11 For you have the poor always amongst you, but me you have not always.
Mat 26:12 For it is to embalm me, that she has poured this balsam upon my body.
Mat 26:13 Indeed, I say to you, in what part soever of the world the gospel shall be preached, what this woman has now done, shall be mentioned to her honor.
Mat 26:14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,
Mat 26:15 and said, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed to him thirty shekels.
Mat 26:16 And from that time he watched an opportunity to deliver him up.
Mat 26:17 ¶ Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where shall we prepare for you the paschal supper?
Mat 26:18 He answered, Go into the city, to such a man, and tell him, The Teacher says, My time is near; I must celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.
Mat 26:19 And the disciples did as they were ordered, and prepared the passover.
Mat 26:20 In the evening he placed himself at table with the twelve;
Mat 26:21 and while they were eating, he said, Indeed, I say to you, that one of you will deliver me up.
Mat 26:22 And they were extremely sorrowful, and began every one of them to say, Master, is it I?
Mat 26:23 He answering, said, The man, whose hand is in the dish with mine, is he who betrays me.
Mat 26:24 The Son of Man departs in the manner foretold in the scripture concerning him; but alas for that man, by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! it had been better for that man never to have been born.
Mat 26:25 Then Judas, who betrayed him, said also, Rabbi, is it I?
Mat 26:26 ¶ As they were eating, Jesus took the loaf; and having given thanks, broke it; and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Mat 26:27 Then he took the cup, and, having given thanks, gave it to them, saying, Drink of this all of you:
Mat 26:28 for this is my blood, the blood of the new institution, shed for many, for the remission of sins.
Mat 26:29 I assure you, that I will not henceforth drink of the product of the vine, until the day when I shall drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
Mat 26:30 And after the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Mat 26:31 ¶ Then Jesus said to them, This night I shall prove a stumbling stone to you all; for it is written, "I will smite the Shepherd, and the flock will disperse."
Mat 26:32 But after I am raised again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Mat 26:33 Peter, then, said to him, Though you should prove a stumbling stone to them all, I never will be made to stumble.
Mat 26:34 Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, that this very night, before the cock crow, you will thrice disown me.
Mat 26:35 Peter replied, Although I should die with you, I never will disown you. And all the disciples said the same.
Mat 26:36 ¶ Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, Stay here, while I go yonder and pray.
Mat 26:37 And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee; and being oppressed with grief,
Mat 26:38 said to them, My soul is overwhelmed with a deadly anguish; abide here, and watch with me.
Mat 26:39 And going a little before, he threw himself on his face, and praying, said, My Father, remove this cup from me, if it be possible; nevertheless, not as I would, but as thou wilt.
Mat 26:40 And he returned to his disciples, and finding them asleep, said to Peter, Is it so, then, that you could not keep awake with me a single hour?
Mat 26:41 Watch and pray, that you be not overcome by temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mat 26:42 A second time he withdrew and p
