The Diatessaron / 1

Section I.

^[1] (John 1:1)In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God is the [2,3] Word. (John 1:2)This was in the beginning with God. (John 1:3)Everything was by his hand, and ^[4] without him not even one existing thing was made. (John 1:4)In him was life, and the life ^[5] is the light of men. (John 1:5)And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

^{[6] [1]} (Luke 1:5)There was in the days of Herod the king a priest whose name was Zacharias, of the family of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name ^[7] was Elizabeth. (Luke 1:6)And they were both righteous before God, walking in all his commands, ^[8] and in the uprightness of God without reproach. (Luke 1:7)And they had no son, for ^[9] Elizabeth was barren, and they had both advanced in age. (Luke 1:8)And while he discharged ^[10] [Arabic, p. 2] the duties of priest in the order of his service before God, (Luke 1:9)according to the custom of the priesthood it was his turn to burn incense; so he entered the ^[11] temple of the Lord. (Luke 1:10)And the whole gathering of the people were praying without at the ^[12] time of the incense. (Luke 1:11)And there appeared unto Zacharias the angel of the Lord, standing ^[13] at the right of the altar of incense; (Luke 1:12)and Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, ^[14] and fear fell upon him. (Luke 1:13)But the angel said unto him, Be not agitated,^[2] Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt ^[15] call his name John; (Luke 1:14)and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice ^[16] at his birth. (Luke 1:15)And he shall be great before the Lord, and shall not drink wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit^[3] while he is in his mother’s ^[17] womb. (Luke 1:16)And he shall turn back many of the children of Israel to the Lord their ^[18] God. (Luke 1:17)And he shall go before him in the spirit, and in the power of Elijah the prophet, to turn back the heart of the fathers to the sons, and those that obey not to the knowledge^[4] of the righteous; and to prepare for the Lord a perfect people. ^[19] (Luke 1:18)And Zacharias said unto the angel, How shall I know this, since I am an old man ^[20] and my wife is advanced in years? (Luke 1:19)And the angel answered and said unto him, I am Gabriel, that standeth before God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and give ^[21] thee tidings of this. (Luke 1:20)Henceforth thou shalt be speechless, and shalt not be able to speak until the day in which this shall come to pass, because thou didst not trust ^[22] this my word, which shall be accomplished in its time. (Luke 1:21)And the people were standing [Arabic, p. 3] awaiting Zacharias, and they were perplexed at his delaying in the temple. ^[23] (Luke 1:22)And when Zacharias went out, he was not able to speak unto them: so they knew that he had seen in the temple a vision; and he made signs unto them, and ^[24] continued dumb. (Luke 1:23)And when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his dwelling.

^[25] (Luke 1:24)And after those days Elizabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five ^[26] months, and said, (Luke 1:25)This hath the Lord done unto me in the days when he looked upon me, to remove my reproach from among men.

^[27] (Luke 1:26)And^[5] in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from God to Galilee^[6] to a ^[28] city called Nazareth, (Luke 1:27)to a virgin given in marriage to a man named Joseph, of the ^[29] house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. (Luke 1:28)And the angel entered unto her and said unto her, Peace be unto thee, thou who art filled with grace. Our Lord ^[30] is with thee, thou blessed amongst women. (Luke 1:29)And she, when she beheld, was agitated ^[31] at his word, and pondered what this salutation could be. (Luke 1:30)And the angel said unto ^[32] her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God. (Luke 1:31)Thou shalt now conceive, ^[33] and bear a son, and call his name Jesus. (Luke 1:32)This shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of ^[34] David his father: and he shall rule over the house of Jacob for ever; (Luke 1:33)and to his ^[35] kingdom there shall be no end. (Luke 1:34)Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be to ^[36] me when no man hath known me? (Luke 1:35)The angel answered and said unto her, The [Arabic, p. 4] Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Most High shall rest upon thee, and therefore shall he that is born of thee be pure, and shall be called the Son ^[37] of God. (Luke 1:36)And lo, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old ^[38] age; and this is the sixth month with her, her that is called barren. (Luke 1:37)For nothing is ^[39] difficult for God. (Luke 1:38)Mary said, Lo, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be unto me according unto thy word. And the angel departed from her.

^[40] (Luke 1:39)And then Mary arose in those days and went in haste into the hill country,^[7] to a^{[8] [41]} city of Judah; (Luke 1:40)and entered into the house of Zacharias, and asked for the health of ^[42] Elizabeth. (Luke 1:41)And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in ^[43] her womb. (Luke 1:42)And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and cried with a loud voice and said unto Mary, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the ^[44] fruit that is in thy womb. (Luke 1:43)Whence have I this privilege, that the mother of my ^[45] Lord should come unto me? (Luke 1:44)When the sound of thy salutation reached my ears, ^[46] with great joy rejoiced the babe in my womb. (Luke 1:45)And blessed is she who believed ^[47] that what was spoken to her from the Lord would be fulfilled. (Luke 1:46)And Mary said,

My soul doth magnify the Lord,

^[48] (Luke 1:47)And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour,

^[49] (Luke 1:48)Who hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden:

Lo, henceforth, all generations^[9] shall pronounce blessing on me.

^[50] (Luke 1:49)For^[10] he hath done great things for me, who is mighty,

And holy is his name.

^[51] (Luke 1:50)And his mercy embraceth them who fear him,

Throughout the ages and the times.

^[52] [Arabic, p. 5] (Luke 1:51)He wrought the victory with his arm,

And scattered them that prided themselves in their opinions.

^[53] (Luke 1:52)He overthrew them that acted haughtily from their thrones,

And raised the lowly.

^[54] (Luke 1:53)He satisfied with good things the hungry,

And left the rich without anything.

^[55] (Luke 1:54)He helped Israel his servant,

And remembered his mercy

^[56] (Luke 1:55)(According as he spake with our fathers)

Unto Abraham and unto his seed for ever.

^[57] (Luke 1:56)And Mary abode with Elizabeth about three months, and returned unto her house.

[58, 59] (Luke 1:57)And Elizabeth’s time of delivery was come; and she brought forth a son. (Luke 1:58)And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that God had multiplied his mercy towards her; ^[60] and they rejoiced with her. (Luke 1:59)And when^[11] it was the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and called him Zacharias, calling him by the name of his father. ^[61] (Luke 1:60)And his mother answered and said unto them, Not so; but he shall be called John. ^[62] (Luke 1:61)And they said unto her, There is no man of thy kindred that is called by this name. [63, 64] (Luke 1:62)And they made signs to his father, saying, How dost thou wish to name him? (Luke 1:63)And he asked for a tablet, and wrote and said, His name is John. And every one wondered. ^[65] (Luke 1:64)And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spake and ^[66] praised God. (Luke 1:65)And fear fell on all their neighbours: and this was spoken of^[12] in all ^[67] the mountains of Judah. (Luke 1:66)And all who heard pondered in their hearts and said, What shall this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

^[68] (Luke 1:67)And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied and said,

^[69] (Luke 1:68)Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel,

Who hath cared for his people, and wrought for it salvation;

^[70] (Luke 1:69)And hath raised for us the horn of salvation

[Arabic, p. 6] In the house of David his servant

^[71] (Luke 1:70)(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets from eternity),

^[72] (Luke 1:71)That he might save us from our enemies,

And from the hand of all them that hate us.

^[73] (Luke 1:72)And he hath performed his mercy towards our fathers,

And remembered his holy covenants,

^[74] (Luke 1:73)And the oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,

^[75] (Luke 1:74)That he would give us deliverance from the hand of our enemies,

And without fear we shall^[13] serve before him

^[76] (Luke 1:75)All our days with equity and righteousness.

^[77] (Luke 1:76)And as for thee, O child, prophet of the Most High shalt thou be called.

Thou shalt go forth before the face of the Lord to prepare his way,

^[78] (Luke 1:77)To give the knowledge of salvation^[14] unto his people,

For the forgiveness of their sins,

^[79] (Luke 1:78)Through the mercy of^[15] the compassion of our God,

With which he careth for^[16] us, to appear^[17] from on high

^[80] (Luke 1:79)To give light to them that sit in darkness and under the shadow of death,

And to set straight our feet in the way of peace.

^[81] (Luke i. 80)And the child grew and became strong in the spirit, and abode in the desert until the time of his appearing unto the children of Israel.

Section II.

^[1] [Arabic, p. 7] (Matt. 1:18)Now^[18] the birth of Jesus the Messiah was on this wise: In the time when his mother was given in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, ^[2] she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. (Matt. 1:19)And Joseph her husband was a just man and did not wish to expose her, and he purposed to put her away secretly. ^[3] (Matt. 1:20)But when he thought of this, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, and said unto him, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife, for that ^[4] which is begotten^[19] in her is of the Holy Spirit. (Matt. 1:21)She shall bear a son, and thou shalt ^[5] call his name Jesus, and he shall save^[20] his people from their sins. (Matt. 1:22)And all this was that the saying from the Lord by the prophet might be fulfilled:

^[6] (Matt. 1:23)Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,

And they shall call his name Immanuel,

^[7] which is, being interpreted, With us is our God. (Matt. 1:24)And when Joseph arose from his ^[8] sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife; ^[21]and knew her not until she brought forth her firstborn son.

^[9] (Luke 2:1)And in those days there went forth a decree from Augustus Cæsar that all the ^[10] people of his dominion^[22] should be enrolled. (Luke 2:2)This first enrolment was^[23] while Quirinius [11, 12] was governor of Syria. (Luke 2:3)And every man went to be enrolled in his city. (Luke 2:4)And Joseph went up also from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, to Judæa, to the city of David ^[13] which is called Bethlehem (for he was of the house of David and of his tribe), (Luke 2:5)with ^[14] [Arabic, p. 8] Mary his betrothed, she being with child, to be enrolled there. (Luke 2:6)And while ^[15] she was there the days for her being delivered were accomplished. (Luke ii. 7)And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them where they were staying.

^[16] (Luke ii. 8)And there were in that region shepherds abiding, keeping their flock in the watch ^[17] of the night. (Luke 2:9)And behold, the angel of God came unto them, and the glory of the ^[18] Lord shone upon them; and they were greatly terrified. (Luke 2:10)And the angel said unto them, Be not terrified; for I bring you tidings of great joy which shall be to the ^[19] whole world; (Luke 2:11)there is born to you this day a Saviour, which is the Lord the Messiah, ^[20] in the city of David. (Luke 2:12)And this is a sign for you: ye shall find a babe wrapped ^[21] in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger. (Luke 2:13)And there appeared with the angels suddenly many heavenly forces praising^[24] God and saying,

^[22] (Luke 2:14)Praise be to God in the highest,

And on the earth peace, and good hope to men.

^[23] (Luke 2:15)And when the angels departed from them to heaven, the shepherds spake to one another and said, We will go to Bethlehem and see this word which hath been, as ^[24] the Lord made known unto us. (Luke 2:16)And they came with haste, and found Mary and ^[25] Joseph, and the babe laid in a manger. (Luke 2:17)And when they saw, they reported the word ^[26] which was spoken to them about the child. (Luke 2:18)And all that heard wondered at the ^[27] description which the shepherds described^[25] to them. (Luke 2:19)But Mary kept these^[26] sayings ^[28] and discriminated^[27] them in her heart. (Luke 2:20)And those shepherds returned, magnifying and praising God for all that they had seen and heard, according as it was described unto them.

^[29] [Arabic, p. 9] (Luke 2:21)And when eight days were fulfilled that the child should be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, being that by which he was called by the angel before his conception in the womb.

^[30] (Luke 2:22)And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were ^[31] completed, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him before the Lord (Luke 2:23)(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male opening the womb shall be called the ^[32] holy thing of the Lord), (Luke 2:24)and to give a sacrificial victim as it is said in the law of ^[33] the Lord, A pair of doves or two young pigeons. (Luke 2:25)And there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and this man was upright and pious, and expecting ^[34] the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. (Luke 2:26)And it had been said unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death till he had seen with ^[35] his eyes the Messiah^[28] of the Lord. (Luke 2:27)And this man came by the Spirit to the temple; and at the time when his parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might ^[36] present for him a sacrifice, as it is written in the law, (Luke 2:28)he bare him in his arms and praised God and said,

^[37] (Luke 2:29)Now loosest thou the bonds of thy servant, O Lord, in peace,^[29]

According to thy saying;

^[38] (Luke 2:30)For mine eye hath witnessed thy mercy,

^[39] (Luke 2:31)Which thou hast made ready because of the whole world;

^[40] (Luke 2:32)A light for the unveiling^[30] of the nations,

And a glory to thy people Israel.

^[41] (Luke 2:33)And Joseph and his mother were marvelling at the things which were being said ^[42] concerning him. (Luke 2:34)And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Behold, he is set for the overthrow and rising of many in Israel; and for a sign of contention; ^[43] (Luke 2:35)and a spear^[31] shall pierce^[32] through thine own soul; that the thoughts of the ^[44] [Arabic, p. 10] hearts of many may be revealed. (Luke 2:36)And Anna the prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, was also advanced in years (and she dwelt ^[45] with her husband seven years from her virginity, (Luke 2:37)and she remained a widow about eighty-four years); and she left not the temple, and served night and day with ^[46] fasting and prayer. (Luke 2:38)And she also rose in that hour and thanked the Lord, and she ^[47] spake of him with every one who was expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem. (Luke 2:39)And when they had accomplished everything according to what is in the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to Nazareth their city.

Section III.

[1, 2] ^[33]And after that,^[34] the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, (Matt. 2:2)and said, Where is the King of the Jews which was born? We have seen his star in the east, and have ^[3] come to worship him. (Matt. 2:3)And Herod the king heard, and he was troubled, and all ^[4] Jerusalem with him. (Matt. 2:4)And he gathered all the chief priests and the scribes of the ^[5] people, and asked them in what place^[35] the Messiah should be born. (Matt. 2:5)They said, In Bethlehem of Judæa: thus it is written in the prophet,

^[6] (Matt. 2:6)Thou also, Bethlehem of Judah,

Art not contemptible among the kings of Judah:

From thee shall go forth a king,

And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

^[7] (Matt. 2:7)Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which ^[8] the star appeared to them. (Matt. 2:8)And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said unto them, Go and search about the child diligently; and when ye have found him, come and ^[9] make known to me, that I also may go and worship him. (Matt. 2:9)And they, when they [Arabic, p. 11] heard the king, departed; and lo, the star which they had seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood above the place where the child [10, 11] was. (Matt. 2:10)And when they beheld the star, they rejoiced with very great joy. (Matt. 2:11)And they entered the house and beheld the child with Mary his mother, and fell down worshipping him, and opened their saddle-bags and offered to him offerings, gold and ^[12] myrrh and frankincense. (Matt. 2:12)And they saw in a dream^[36] that they should not return to Herod, and they travelled by another way in going to their country.

^[13] (Matt. 2:13)And when they had departed, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, and said unto him, Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I speak to thee; for Herod is determined to seek the child ^[14] to slay him. (Matt. 2:14)And Joseph arose and took the child and his mother in the night, and ^[15] fled into Egypt, (Matt. 2:15)and remained in it until the time of the death of Herod: that that might be fulfilled which was said by the Lord in the prophet, which said, From ^[16] Egypt did I call my son. (Matt. 2:16)And Herod then, when he saw that he was mocked of the Magi, was very angry, and sent and killed all the male children which were in Bethlehem and all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time ^[17] which he had inquired from the Magi. (Matt. 2:17)Then was fulfilled the saying in Jeremiah the prophet, which said,

^[18] (Matt. 2:18)A voice was heard in Ramah,

Weeping and much lamentation;

Rachel weeping^[37] for her children,

And not willing to be consoled for their loss.

^[19] (Matt. 2:19)But when Herod the king died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to ^[20] Joseph in Egypt, (Matt. 2:20)and said unto him, Rise and take the child and his mother, and [Arabic, p. 12] go into the land of Israel; for they have died who sought the child’s life. ^[21] (Matt. 2:21)And Joseph rose and took the child and his mother, and came to the land ^[22] of Israel. (Matt. 2:22)But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judæa instead of Herod his father, he feared to go thither; and he saw in a dream that he should ^[23] go into the land of Galilee, (Matt. 2:23)and that he should abide in a city called Nazareth: that the saying in the prophet might be fulfilled, that he should be called a Nazarene.

^[24] (Luke 2:40)And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, becoming filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

^[25] (Luke 2:41)And his kinsfolk^[38] used to go every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. ^[26] (Luke 2:42)And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to their custom, ^[27] to the feast. (Luke 2:43)And when the days were accomplished, they returned; and the child ^[28] Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew not: (Luke 2:44)and they supposed that he was with the children of their company. And when they had gone one day’s journey, they sought him beside their people and those who knew them, ^[29] and they found him not; (Luke 2:45)so they returned to Jerusalem and sought him again. ^[30] (Luke 2:46)And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, ^[31] hearing them and asking them questions; (Luke 2:47)and all who heard him wondered at ^[32] his wisdom and his words. (Luke 2:48)And when they saw him they wondered, and his mother said unto him, My son, why hast thou dealt with us thus? behold, I and thy father ^[33] have been seeking for thee with much anxiety. (Luke 2:49)And he said unto them, Why were ^[34] ye seeking me? know^[39] ye not that I must be in the house of my Father? (Luke 2:50)And they ^[35] understood not the word which he spake unto them. (Luke 2:51)And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was obedient to them: and his mother used to keep all these sayings in her heart.

^[36] [Arabic, p. 13] (Luke 2:52)And Jesus grew in his stature and wisdom, and in grace with God and men.

^[37] (Luke 3:1)And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, when Pontius Pilate was governor in Judæa, and one of the four rulers, Herod, in Galilee; and Philip his brother, one of the four rulers, in Ituræa and in the district of Trachonitis; and ^[38] Lysanias, one of the four rulers, in Abilene; (Luke 3:2)in the chief-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the command^[40] of God went forth to John the son of Zacharias in the ^[39] desert. (Luke 3:3)And he came into all the region which is about Jordan, proclaiming the ^[40] baptism of repentance unto^[41] the forgiveness of sins. ^[42]And he was preaching in the ^[41] wilderness of Judæa, and saying, (Matt. 3:2)Repent ye; the kingdom of heaven is come near. ^{[42] [43]}This is he that was spoken of in Isaiah the prophet,

The voice which crieth in the desert,

^{[43] [44]}Prepare ye the way of the Lord,

And make straight in the plain, paths for our God.

^[44] (Luke 3:5)All the valleys shall become filled,

And all the mountains and hills shall become low;

And the rough shall become plain, And the difficult place, easy;

^[45] (Luke 3:6)And all flesh shall see the salvation^[45] of God.

^[46] (John 1:7)This man came to bear witness, that he might bear witness to the light, that ^[47] every man might believe through his mediation. (John 1:8)He was not the light, but that he ^[48] might bear witness to the light, (John 1:9)which was the light of truth, that giveth light to ^[49] every man coming into the world. (John 1:10)He was in the world, and the world was made ^[50] by him, and the world knew ^[51] him not. (John 1:11)He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:12)And those who received him, to them gave he the power^[46] that they might ^[52] be sons of God,—those which believe in his name: (John 1:13)which were born, not of blood, ^[53] nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. (John 1:14)And the Word became flesh, and took up his abode among us; and we saw his glory as the glory ^[54] of the only Son from the Father, which is full of grace and equity.^[47] (John 1:15)John bare witness [Arabic, p. 14] of him, and cried, and said, This is he that I said cometh after me and ^[55] was before me, because he was before me.^[48] (John 1:16)And of his fullness received ^[56] we all grace for grace. (John 1:17)For the law was given through the mediation of Moses, but truth and grace were^[49] through Jesus Christ.

Section IV.

^[1] (John 1:18)No man hath seen God at any time; the only Son, God,^[50] which is in the bosom of his Father, he hath told of him.

^[2] (John 1:19)And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent to him from Jerusalem priests ^[3] and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? (John 1:20)And he acknowledged, and denied not; ^[4] and he confessed that he was not the Messiah. (John 1:21)And they asked him again, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not he. Art thou a prophet? He ^[5] said, No. (John 1:22)They said unto him, Then who art thou? that we may answer them that ^[6] sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? (John 1:23)And he said, I am the voice that crieth in ^[7] the desert, Repair ye the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. (John 1:24)And they ^[8] that were sent were from^[51] the Pharisees. (John 1:25)And they asked him and said unto him, Why baptizest thou now, when thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a prophet? ^[9] (John 1:26)John answered and said unto them, I baptize with^[52] water: among you is standing ^[10] one whom ye know not: (John 1:27)this is he who I said cometh after me and was before ^[11] me, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. (John 1:28)And that was in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

^[12] (Matt. 3:4)Now John’s raiment was camel’s hair, and he was girded with skins, and his food ^[13] [Arabic, p. 15] was of locusts and honey of the wilderness.^{[53] (Matt. 3:5)}Then went out unto him the people of Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region which is about the [14, 15] Jordan; (Matt. 3:6)and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. (Matt. 3:7)But when he saw many of the Pharisees^[54] and Sadducees^[55] coming to be baptized, he said unto them, Ye children of vipers, who hath led you to flee from the wrath to come? [16, 17] (Matt. 3:8)Do now the fruits which are worthy of repentance; (Matt. 3:9)and think and say not within yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, that God is able to ^[18] raise up of these stones children unto Abraham. (Matt. 3:10)Behold, the axe hath been laid at the roots of the trees, and so every tree that beareth not good fruit shall be taken and ^[19] cast into the fire. (Luke 3:10)And the multitudes were asking him and saying, What shall we do? ^[20] (Luke 3:11)He answered and said unto them, He that hath two tunics shall^[56] give to him that ^[21] hath not; and he that hath food shall^[57] do likewise. (Luke 3:12)And the publicans also came ^[22] to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do? (Luke 3:13)He said unto ^[23] them, Seek not more than what ye are commanded to seek. (Luke 3:14)And the servants^[58] of the guard asked him and said, And we also, what shall we do? He said unto them, Do not violence to any man, nor wrong him; and let your allowances satisfy you.

^[24] (Luke 3:15)And when the people were conjecturing about John, and all of them thinking ^[25] in their hearts whether he were haply^[59] the Messiah, (Luke 3:16)John answered and said unto them, I baptize you with water; there cometh one after me who is stronger than I, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen; he will baptize you with the ^[26] Holy Spirit and fire: (Luke 3:17)who taketh the fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floors, [Arabic, p. 16] and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, while the straw he shall burn in fire which can^[60] not be put out.

^[27] (Luke 3:18)And other things he taught and preached among the people.

^[28] (Matt. 3:13)Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized of him. ^{[29] [61]}And Jesus was about thirty years old, and it was supposed that he was the son of ^[30] Joseph.^[62] (John 1:29)And John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, This is the Lamb of ^[31] God, that taketh on itself the burden of the sins of the world! (John 1:30)This is he concerning whom I said, There cometh after me a man who was before me, because he was ^[32] before me.^[63] (John 1:31)And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, ^[33] for this cause came I to baptize with water. (Matt. 3:14)And John was hindering him and ^[34] saying, I have need of being baptized by thee, and comest thou to me? (Matt. 3:15)Jesus answered him and said, Suffer this now: thus it is our duty to fulfill all righteousness. ^[35] Then he suffered him. ^[64]And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also ^[36] was baptized. ^[65]And immediately he went up out of the water, and heaven opened ^[37] [Arabic, p. 17] to him,^{[66] [67]}and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in the similitude of the ^[38] body of a dove; (Matt. 3:17)and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved ^[39] Son, in whom I am well pleased. (John 1:32)And John bare witness and said, I beheld the ^[40] Spirit descend from heaven like a dove; and it abode upon him. (John 1:33)But I knew him not; but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt behold the Spirit descending and lighting upon him, the same is he that ^[41] baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. (John 1:34)And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.

[42, 43] ^[68]And Jesus returned from the Jordan, filled with the Holy Spirit. (Mark 1:12)And immediately the Spirit took him out into the wilderness, to be tried of the devil;^{[69] [70]}and he ^[44] was with the beasts. ^[71]And he fasted forty days and forty nights. ^[72]And he ate nothing ^[45] in those days, and at the end of them he hungered. (Matt. 4:2–3)And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, speak, and these stones shall become ^[46] bread. (Matt. 4:4)He answered and said, It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but ^[47] by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matt. 4:5)Then the devil^[73] brought ^[48] him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, (Matt. 4:6)and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:

And they shall take thee on their arms,

So that thy foot shall not stumble against a stone.

^[49] (Matt. 4:7)Jesus said unto him, And^[74] it is written also, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy ^[50] God. (Luke 4:5)And the devil^[75] took him up to a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms ^[51] [Arabic, p. 18] of the earth, and their glory, in the least time; (Luke 4:6)and the devil^[76] said unto him, To thee will I give all this dominion, and its glory, which is delivered to ^[52] me that I may give it to whomsoever I will. (Luke 4:7)If then thou wilt worship before me, all of it shall be thine.

Section V.

^[1] (Matt. 4:10)Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou ^[2] shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. (Luke 4:13)And when the ^[3] devil^[77] had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season. ^[78]And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him.

[4, 5] (John 1:35)And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; (John 1:36)and he saw Jesus as ^[6] he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! (John 1:37)And his two disciples heard ^[7] him saying this,^[79] and they followed Jesus. (John 1:38)And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Our master, ^[8] where art thou staying? (John 1:39)And he said unto them, Come and see. And they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it was about the tenth hour. ^[9] (John 1:40)One of the two which heard from^[80] John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the ^[10] brother of Simon. ^[81]And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have ^[11] found the Messiah. ^[82]And he brought him unto Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas.^[83]

^[12] (John 1:43)And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Philip, ^[13] [Arabic, p. 19] and said unto him, Follow me. (John 1:44)Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city ^[14] of Andrew and Simon. (John 1:45)And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found that ^[15] he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. (John 1:46)Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and ^[16] see. (John 1:47)And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a^{[84] [17]} son of Israel in whom is no guile. (John 1:48)And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while thou wast under the ^[18] fig tree, I saw thee. (John 1:49)Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art ^[19] the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:50)Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou believed? thou shalt see what is ^[20] greater than this. (John 1:51)And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

^{[21] [85]}And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee.

^[22] (John 2:1)And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,^[86] a^[87] city of Galilee; and the ^[23] mother of Jesus was there: (John 2:2)and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the ^[24] feast. (John 2:3)And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine. ^[25] (John 2:4)And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine ^[26] hour come?^[88] (John 2:5)And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do. ^[27] (John 2:6)And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews’ purification, such as ^[28] [Arabic, p. 20] would contain two or three jars. (John 2:7)And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels ^[29] with water. And they filled them to the top. (John 2:8)He said unto them, Draw ^[30] out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so. (John 2:9)And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), the ruler of the company called ^[31] the bridegroom, (John 2:10)and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine, and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; but thou hast kept the good wine until ^[32] now. (John 2:11)And this is the first sign^[89] which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested ^[33] his glory; and his disciples believed on him. ^[90]And his fame spread in all the country ^[34] which was around them. (Luke 4:15)And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified ^[35] by^[91] every man. (Luke 4:16)And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood ^[36] up to read. (Luke 4:17)And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written,

^[37] (Luke 4:18)The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to the poor;

And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,

And to proclaim forgiveness to the evil-doers,^[92] and sight to the blind,

And to bring the broken into forgiveness,^[93]

^[38] (Luke 4:19)And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

^[39] (Luke 4:20)And he rolled up the book and gave it to the servant, and went and sat down: ^[40] and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were observing him. (Luke 4:21)And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with ^[41] your ears. ^[94]And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which were proceeding from his mouth.

^[42] [Arabic, p. 21] ^[95]And from that time began Jesus to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom ^[43] of God, and to say, Repent ye, and believe in the gospel. (Mark 1:15)The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven hath come near.

^[44] (Matt. 4:18)And while he was walking on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who was called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into ^[45] the sea; for they were fishers. (Matt. 4:19)And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will ^[46] make you fishers of men. (Matt. 4:20)And they immediately left their nets there and followed ^[47] him. (Matt. 4:21)And when he went on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending ^[48] their nets; and Jesus called them. (Matt. 4:22)And they immediately forsook the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed him.

^[49] (Luke 5:1)And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, while he ^[50] was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret, (Luke 5:2)he saw two boats standing beside the sea, while^[96] the two fishers which were gone out of them were washing their ^[51] nets. (Luke 5:3)And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas. And Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little from the land into ^[52] the water. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. (Luke 5:4)And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your ^[53] net for a draught. (Luke 5:5)And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master, we toiled ^[54] all night and caught nothing; now^[97] at thy word I will cast the net. (Luke 5:6)And when they did this, there were enclosed^[98] a great many fishes; and their net was on the ^[55] point of breaking. (Luke 5:7)And they beckoned to their comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of sinking.

Section VI.

^[1] [Arabic, p. 22] (Luke 5:8)But when Simon Cephas saw this he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said unto him, My Lord, I beseech of thee to depart from me, for I am ^[2] a sinful man. (Luke 5:9)And amazement took possession of him, and of all who were with him, ^[3] because of the draught of the fishes which they had taken. (Luke 5:10)And thus also were James and John the sons of Zebedee overtaken,^[99] who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus said ^[4] unto Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be a fisher of men unto life. (Luke 5:11)And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everything, and followed him.

^[5] (John 3:22)And after that came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and he went ^[6] about there with them, and baptized. (John 3:23)And John also was baptizing in Ænon, which is beside Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. [7, 8] (John 3:24)And John was not yet come into prison. (John 3:25)And there was an inquiry between ^[9] one of John’s disciples and one of the Jews about purifying. (John 3:26)And they^[100] came unto John, and said unto him, Our master, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom ^[10] thou hast borne witness, behold, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. (John 3:27)John answered and said unto them,^[101] A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be ^[11] given him^[102] from heaven. (John 3:28)Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am ^[12] not the Messiah, but I am one sent^[103] before him. (John 3:29)And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Lo now,^[104] behold, [13, 14] [Arabic, p. 23] my joy becometh complete.^[105] (John 3:30)And he must increase and I decrease. (John 3:31)For^[106] he that is come from above is higher than everything; and he that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh; and he that came down from heaven is ^[15] higher than all. (John 3:32)And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man ^[16] receiveth his witness. (John 3:33)And he that hath received his witness hath asserted^[107] that he is ^[17] truly God.^[108] (John 3:34)And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words^[109] of God: God gave ^[18] not the Spirit by measure. (John 3:35)The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in ^[19] his hands. (John 3:36)Whosoever believeth in the Son hath eternal^[110] life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh^[111] upon him.

^[20] (John 4:1)And Jesus learned^[112] that the Pharisees had heard that he had received many disciples, ^[21] and that he was baptizing more than John (John 4:2)(not that Jesus was himself baptizing, ^[22] but his disciples); ^[113]and so he left Judæa.

^[23] (Luke 3:19)And Herod the governor, because he used to be rebuked by John because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and for all the sins which he was committing, ^[24] added to all that also this, (Luke 3:20)that he shut up John in prison.

^[25] (Matt. 4:12)And when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he went away to Galilee. ^[26] (John 4:46)And he entered again into Cana, where he had made the water wine. And there ^[27] was at Capernaum a king’s servant, whose son was sick. (John 4:47)And this man heard that Jesus was come from Judæa to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought of him that he would come down and heal his son; for he had come near unto death. [28, 29] (John 4:48)Jesus said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye do^[114] not believe. (John 4:49)The [Arabic, p. 24] king’s servant said unto him, My Lord, come down, that the child die not. ^[30] (John 4:50)Jesus said unto him, Go; for thy son is alive. And that man believed the ^[31] word which Jesus spake, and went. (John 4:51)And when he went down, his servants met him ^[32] and told him, and^[115] said unto him, Thy son is alive. (John 4:52)And he asked them at what time he recovered. They said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left ^[33] him. (John 4:53)And his father knew that that was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, ^[34] Thy son is alive. (John 4:54)And he believed, he and the whole people of his house. And this ^[35] is the second sign^[116] which Jesus did when he returned from Judæa to Galilee. (Luke 4:44)And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

^[36] (Matt. 4:13)And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea shore, in the ^[37] borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: (Matt. 4:14)that it might be fulfilled which was said in Isaiah the prophet, who said,

^[38] (Matt. 4:15)The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali,

The way of the sea, the passage of the Jordan,

Galilee of the nations:

^[39] (Matt. 4:16)The people sitting in darkness

Saw a great light,

And those sitting in the region and in the shadow of death,

There appeared to them a light.

^{[40] [117]}And he taught them on the sabbaths. (Luke 4:32)And they wondered because of his doctrine:^{[118] [41]} for his word was as if it were authoritative. (Luke 4:33)And there was in the synagogue ^[42] a man with an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, and said, (Luke 4:34)Let me alone; what have I to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come for our ^[43] destruction? I know thee who thou art, thou Holy One of God. (Luke 4:35)And Jesus rebuked him, and said, Stop up thy mouth, and come out of him. And the demon threw him ^[44] in the midst and came out of him, having done him no harm. (Luke 4:36)And great amazement [Arabic, p. 25] took hold upon every man. And they talked one with another, and said, What is this word that orders the unclean spirits with power and ^[45] authority, and they come out? (Luke 4:37)And the news of him spread abroad in all the region which was around them.

^[46] (Luke 4:38)And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, (Matt. ix. 9b)he saw a man sitting among the publicans,^[119] named Matthew: and he said unto him, Come after me. And he rose, and followed him.

[47, 48] ^[120]And Jesus came to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. ^[121]And Simon’s wife’s mother was oppressed with a great fever, and they besought him for ^[49] her. (Luke 4:39)And he stood over her and rebuked her fever, and it left her, and immediately ^[50] she rose and ministered to them. ^[122]And at even they brought to him many that had ^[51] demons: and he cast out their devils with the^[123] word. ^[124]And all that had sick, their diseases being divers and malignant, brought them unto him. And he laid his hand ^[52] on them one by one^[125] and healed them: (Matt. 8:17)that that might be fulfilled which was said ^[53] in the prophet Isaiah, who said, He taketh our pains and beareth our diseases. (Mark 1:33)And ^[54] all the city was gathered together unto the door of Jesus. (Luke 4:41)And he cast out devils also from many, as they were crying out and saying, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God; and he rebuked them. And he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him that he was the Lord the Messiah.

Section VII.

^[1] [Arabic, p. 26] (Mark 1:35)And in the morning of that day he went out very early, and went to a ^[2] desert place, and was there praying. (Mark 1:36)And Simon and those that were with ^[3] him sought him. (Mark 1:37)And when they found him, they said unto him, All the people seek for ^[4] thee. (Mark 1:38)He said unto them, Let us go into the adjacent villages and towns, that I may ^[5] preach there also; for to this end did I come. (Luke 4:42)And the multitudes were seeking him, and came till they reached him; and they took hold of him, that he should not ^[6] go away from them. (Luke 4:43)But Jesus said unto them, I must preach of the kingdom of ^[7] God in other cities also: for because of this gospel was I sent. (Matt. 9:35)And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the diseases and all the sicknesses, ^[8] (Mark 1:39)and casting out the devils. ^[126]And his fame became known (Luke 4:15)that^[127] he was teaching in ^[9] every place and being glorified by every man. (Mark 2:14)And when he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting among the tax-gatherers;^[128] and he said unto him, Follow ^[10] me: and he rose and followed him. (Matt. 4:24)And the news of him was heard of in all the land of Syria: and they brought unto him all those whom grievous ills had befallen through divers diseases, and those that were enduring torment, and those that were possessed, and lunatics,^[129] and paralytics; and he healed them.

[11, 12] (Mark 2:1)And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again. (Mark 2:2)And when they heard that he was in the house,^[130] many gathered, so that it could not hold them, even about ^[13] [Arabic, p. 27] the door; and he made known to them the word of God. ^[131]And there were there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, sitting, come from all the villages of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was ^[14] present to heal them. (Luke 5:18)And some men brought a bed with a man on it who was paralytic. ^[15] And they sought to bring him in and lay him before him. (Luke 5:19)And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multitude of people, they went up to the roof, and let him down with his bed from the roofing,^[132] into the midst before Jesus. ^[16] (Luke 5:20)And when Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, My son, thy sins are forgiven ^[17] thee. (Luke 5:21)And the scribes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts, Why doth this man blaspheme?^[133] Who is it that is able to forgive sins, but God alone? ^[18] (Mark 2:8)And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, and he ^[19] said unto them, Why do ye think this within your heart? (Mark 2:9)Which is better,^[134] that it should be said to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or that it should be said ^[20] to him, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk? (Mark 2:10)That ye may know that the Son of man ^[21] is empowered on earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralytic), (Mark 2:11)I say unto thee, ^[22] Arise, take thy bed, and go to thine house. ^[135]And he rose forthwith, and took his bed, and went out in the presence of all. ^[136]And he went to his house praising God. ^{[23] [137]}And when those multitudes saw, they feared; ^[138]and amazement took possession of ^[24] them, (Matt. ix. 8b)and they praised God, who had given such power to men. ^[139]And they said, We have seen marvellous things to-day, ^[140]of which we have never before seen the like.

^[25] [Arabic, p. 28] (Luke 5:27)And after that, Jesus went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting ^[26] among the publicans:^[141] and he said unto him, Follow me. (Luke 5:28)And he left ^[27] everything, and rose, and followed him. (Luke 5:29)And Levi made him a great feast in his house. And there was a great multitude of the publicans and others sitting with him. ^[28] (Luke 5:30)And the scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said unto his disciples, Why do ye eat ^[29] and drink with the publicans and sinners? (Luke 5:31)Jesus answered and said unto them, The physician seeketh not those who are well, but those that are afflicted with grievous [30, 31] sickness.^[142] (Luke 5:32)I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners, to repentance. (Luke 5:33)And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast always, and pray, and the ^[32] Pharisees also, but thy disciples eat and drink? (Luke 5:34)He said unto them, Ye cannot make ^[33] the sons of the marriage feast^[143] fast, while the bridegroom is with them. (Luke 5:35)Days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then will they fast in those ^[34] days. ^[144]And he spake unto them a parable: (Mark 2:21)No man inserteth a new patch and seweth it in a worn garment, lest the newness of the new take from the worn, and ^[35] there occur a great rent. (Mark 2:22)And no man putteth fresh wine into old skins, lest the wine burst the skins, and the skins be destroyed, and the wine spilled; but they put ^[36] the fresh wine in the new skins, and both are preserved. (Luke 5:38–39)And no man drinketh old wine and straightway desireth fresh; for he saith, The old is better.

^[37] (Matt. 12:1)And while Jesus was walking on the sabbath day among the sown fields, his disciples [Arabic, p. 29] hungered. And they were rubbing the ears with their hands, and ^[38] eating. ^[145]But some of the Pharisees, when they saw them, (Mark 2:24)said unto him, See, ^[39] why^[146] do thy disciples on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? (Mark 2:25)But Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in olden time what David did, when he had need and ^[40] hungered, he and those that were with him? (Mark 2:26)how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the table of the Lord, which it was not lawful that any should eat, save the priests, and gave to them that were with him also? ^[41] (Mark 2:27)And he said unto them, The sabbath was created because of man, and man was not ^[42] created because of the sabbath. (Matt. 12:5)Or have ye not read in the law, that the priests in ^[43] the temple profane the sabbath, and yet they are blameless? (Matt. 12:6)I say unto you now, ^[44] that here is what^[147] is greater than the temple. (Matt. 12:7)If ye had known this:^[148] I love mercy, ^[45] not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned^[149] those on whom is no blame. (Matt. 12:8)The ^[46] Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man. (Mark 3:21)And his relatives heard, and went out to take him, and said, He hath gone out of his mind.

^[47] (Luke 6:6)And on the next^[150] sabbath day he entered^[151] into the synagogue and was teaching. ^[48] (Luke 6:7)And there was there a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day, ^[49] that they might find the means of accusing him. (Luke 6:8)But he knew their thoughts, and said unto the man whose hand was withered, Rise and come near into the midst of ^[50] the synagogue. (Luke 6:9)And when he came and stood, Jesus said unto them, I ask you, which is lawful to be done on the sabbath day, good or evil? shall lives be saved or ^[51] [Arabic, p. 30] destroyed? ^[152]But they were silent. (Mark 3:5)Regarding^[153] them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts. And he said unto the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand became straight. ^[52] (Matt. 12:11)Then he said unto them, What man of you shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a ^[53] well on the sabbath day, will not take it and lift it out? (Matt. 12:12)And how much is man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath to do good.

Section VIII.

^[1] (Matt. 12:14)And the Pharisees went out, and consulted together concerning him, that they ^[2] might destroy him. (Matt. 12:15)And Jesus perceived, and removed thence: and great multitudes ^[3] followed him; and he healed all of them: (Matt. 12:16)and he forbade them that they should ^[4] not make him known:^[154] (Matt. 12:17)that the saying in Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

^[5] (Matt. 12:18)Behold, my servant^[155] with whom I am pleased;

My beloved in whom my soul hath delighted:^[156]

My spirit have I put upon him,

And he shall proclaim to the nations judgement.

^[6] (Matt. 12:19)He shall not dispute, nor cry out;

And no man shall hear his voice in the marketplace.

^[7] (Matt. 12:20)And a bruised reed shall he not break,

And a smoking lamp^[157] shall he not extinguish,

Until he shall bring forth judgement unto victory.

^[8] (Matt. 12:21)And the nations shall rejoice in his name.^[158]

^[9] (Luke 6:12)And in those days Jesus went out to the mountain that he might pray, and he ^[10] spent the night^[159] there in prayer to God. ^[160]And when the morning was come, he called the disciples. (Mark 3:7)And he went towards the sea: and there followed him much people ^[11] from Galilee that he might pray,^[161] (Mark 3:8)and from Judæa, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon, and from Decapolis; ^[12] and great multitudes came unto him, which had heard what he did. (Mark 3:9)And he spake to his disciples to bring him the boat because of the multitudes, that they ^[13] might not throng him. (Mark 3:10)And he healed many, so that they were almost falling on [Arabic, p. 31] him^[162] on account of their seeking to get near him. And^[163] those that had ^[14] plagues and unclean spirits, (Mark 3:11)as soon as they beheld him, would fall, and ^[15] cry out, and say, Thou art the Son of God. (Mark 3:12)And he rebuked them much, that they ^[16] should not make him known. (Luke 6:18)And those that were under the constraint of^[164] unclean ^[17] spirits were healed. (Luke 6:19)And all of the crowd were seeking to come near^[165] him; because power went out from him, and he healed them all.

[18, 19] ^[166]And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he went up to the mountain. ^[167]And he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve; and they are those whom he named ^[20] apostles: (Luke 6:14)Simon, whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James and ^[21] John, and Philip and Bartholomew, (Luke 6:15)and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son ^[22] of Alphæus, and Simon which was called the Zealot, (Luke 6:16)and Judas the son of James, ^[23] and Judas the Iscariot, being he that had betrayed him.^{[168] [169]}And Jesus went down with them and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and the great ^[24] multitude of people. (Mark 3:14)And these twelve he chose to be with him, and that he might ^[25] send them to preach, and to have power to heal the sick and to cast out devils.

^[26] (Luke 6:20)Then he lifted up his eyes unto them, and opened his mouth, (Matt. 5:2)and taught them, and said,

^[27] (Matt. 5:3)Blessed are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

^[28] (Matt. 5:4)Blessed are the sorrowful: for they shall be comforted.

^[29] (Matt. 5:5)Blessed are the humble: for they shall inherit the earth.

^[30] (Matt. 5:6)Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied.

^[31] (Matt. 5:7)Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercy.

^[32] [Arabic, p. 32] (Matt. 5:8)Blessed are the pure in their hearts: for they shall see God.

^[33] (Matt. 5:9)Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the sons of God.

^[34] (Matt. 5:10)Blessed are they that were persecuted^[170] for righteousness’ sake: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

^{[35] [171]}Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and separate you from them, and persecute you, and reproach you, ^[172]and shall speak against you with all evil talk, for my ^[36] sake, falsely. (Matt. 5:12)Then rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets before you.

^[37] (Luke 6:24)But woe unto you rich! for ye have received your consolation.

^[38] (Luke 6:25)Woe unto you that are satisfied! ye shall hunger.

Woe unto you that laugh now! ye shall weep and be sad.

^[39] (Luke 5:26)Woe unto you when men praise you! for so did their fathers use to do to the false prophets.

^[40] (Luke 6:27)Unto you do I say, ye which hear, (Matt. 5:13)Ye are the salt of the earth: if then the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? For any purpose it is of no use, but ^[41] is thrown outside, and men tread upon it. (Matt. 5:14)Ye are the light of the world. It is ^[42] impossible that a city built on a mountain should be hid. (Matt. 5:15)Neither do they light a lamp and place it under a bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it giveth light to all ^[43] who are in the house. (Matt. 5:16)So shall^[173] your light shine before men, that they may see ^[44] your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Mark 4:22)There is nothing ^[45] secret that shall not be revealed, or hidden that shall not be known. (Mark 4:23)Whoever hath ears that hear, let him hear.

^[46] (Matt. 5:17)Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets; I came not to destroy, ^[47] but to complete. (Matt. 5:18)Verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth shall pass, there [Arabic, p. 33] shall not pass one point or one letter of the law, until all of it shall be ^[48] accomplished. (Matt. 5:19)Every one who shall violate now one of these small commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called lacking in the kingdom of heaven: every one that shall do and teach shall^[174] be called great in the kingdom ^[49] of heaven. (Matt. 5:20)I say unto you now, unless your righteousness abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.

^[50] (Matt. 5:21)Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Do not kill; and every one that ^[51] killeth is worthy of the judgement. (Matt. 5:22)But I say unto you that every one who is angry with his brother without a cause is worthy of the judgement; and every one that saith to his brother, Thou foul one, is condemned^[175] by the synagogue; and whosoever ^[52] saith to him, Thou fool, is worthy of the fire of Gehenna. (Matt. 5:23)If thou art now offering thy gift at the altar, and rememberest there that thy brother hath conceived ^[53] against thee any grudge, (Matt. 5:24)leave thy gift at the altar, and go first and satisfy thy ^[54] brother, and then return and offer thy gift. ^[176]Join^[177] thine adversary quickly, ^[178]and while thou art still with him in the way, give a ransom and free thyself from him; ^[55] lest thine adversary deliver thee to the judge, ^[179]and the judge deliver thee to the tax-collector, ^[56] and thou fall into prison. (Matt. 5:26)And verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt not go out thence until thou payest the last farthing.

[57, 58] (Matt. 5:27)Ye have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery: (Matt. 5:28)but I now say unto you, that every one that looketh at a woman lusting after her hath forthwith already ^[59] [Arabic, p. 34] committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:29)If thy right eye injure thee, put it out and cast it from thee; for it is preferable for thee that one of thy ^[60] members should perish, and not thy whole body go into the fire of hell. (Matt. 5:30)And if thy right hand injure thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; and it is better for thee that ^[61] one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body fall into Gehenna. (Matt. 5:31)It was said that he that putteth away his wife should give her a writing of divorcement: ^[62] (Matt. 5:32)but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, except for the cause of adultery, hath made it lawful for^[180] her to commit adultery: and whosoever taketh one that is put away committeth adultery.

Section IX.

^[1] (Matt. 5:33)Ye have heard also that it was said unto the ancients, Lie not, but perform unto ^[2] God in thy oaths: (Matt. 5:34)but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it ^[3] is God’s throne; (Matt. 5:35)nor by the earth, for it is a footstool under his feet; nor yet by ^[4] Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great^[181] King. (Matt. 5:36)Neither shalt thou swear by thy ^[5] head, for thou canst not make in it one lock of hair black or white. (Matt. 5:37)But your word shall be either Yea or Nay, and what is in excess of this is of the evil one.

[6, 7] (Matt. 5:38)Ye have heard that it was said, Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: (Matt. 5:39)but I say unto you, Stand not in opposition to the evil;^[182] but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right ^[8] cheek,^[183] turn to him also the other. (Matt. 5:40)And he that would sue thee, and take thy tunic, ^[9] leave to him also thy wrapper. (Matt. 5:41)And whosoever compelleth thee one mile, go with ^[10] [Arabic, p. 35] him twain. (Matt. 5:42)And he that asketh thee, give unto him: ^[184]and he that would borrow of thee, prevent him not. And prosecute^[185] not him that taketh thy ^[11] substance. (Luke 6:31)And as ye desire that men should do to you, so do ye also to them.

[12, 13] (Matt. 5:43)Ye have heard that it was said, Love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy: (Matt. 5:44)but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that curse you, and deal well with those that hate you, and pray for those who take you with violence and persecute you; ^[14] (Matt. 5:45)that ye may be sons of your heavenly Father, who maketh his sun to rise on the good and the evil, and sendeth down his rain on the righteous and the ^[15] unrighteous. (Matt. 5:46)If ye love them that love you, what reward shall ye have? ^[186]for the publicans ^[16] and sinners also love those that love them. (Luke 6:33)And if ye do a kindness to those ^[17] who treat you well, where is your superiority? for sinners also do likewise. (Luke 6:34)And if ye lend to him of whom ye hope for a reward,^[187] where is your superiority? for the ^[18] sinners also lend to sinners, seeking recompense from^[188] them. (Luke 6:35)But love your enemies, and do good to them, and lend, and cut not off the hope of any man; that your reward may be great, and ye may be the children of the Highest: for he is lenient ^[19] towards the wicked and the ungrateful. (Luke 6:36)Be ye merciful, even as your Father also is ^[20] merciful. (Matt. 5:47)And if ye inquire for the good of your brethren only, what more have ^[21] ye done than others? is not this the conduct of the publicans also? (Matt. 5:48)Be ye now^[189] perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

^[22] (Matt. 6:1)Consider your alms; do them not before men to let them see you: and if it be not ^[23] so,^[190] ye have no reward before your Father which is in the heavens. (Matt. 6:2)When then thou givest an alms now, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as do the people of hypocrisy, [Arabic, p. 36] in the synagogues and the marketplaces, that men may praise them. And ^[24] verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. (Matt. 6:3)But thou, when ^[25] thou doest alms, let thy left hand not know what thy right hand doeth; (Matt. 6:4)that thine alms may be concealed: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

^[26] (Matt. 6:5)And whenever thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites, who love to stand in the synagogues and in the corners of the marketplaces for prayers, that men may behold ^[27] them. (Matt. 6:6)And verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and fasten thy door, and pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. ^[28] (Matt. 6:7)And whenever ye pray, be not babblers, as the heathen; for they think that by the ^[29] abundance of their words they shall be heard. (Matt. 6:8)Then be not ye now like unto them: ^[30] for your Father knoweth your request before ye ask him. ^[191]One of his disciples said ^[31] unto him, Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. ^[192]Jesus said unto ^[32] them, Thus now pray ye now:^[193] (Matt. 6:9)Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy [33, 34] name. (Matt. 6:10)Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,^[194] as in heaven, so on earth. (Matt. 6:11)Give us the ^[35] food of to-day. (Matt. 6:12)And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgave those that trespassed ^[36] against us. (Matt. 6:13)And bring us not into temptations, but deliver us from the evil one. For ^[37] thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.^[195] (Matt. 6:14)If ye forgive [Arabic, p. 37] men their wrong-doing,^[196] your Father which is in heaven will forgive you. ^[38] (Matt. 6:15)But if ye forgive not men, neither will your Father pardon your wrong-doing.

^[39] (Matt. 6:16)When ye fast, do not frown, as the hypocrites; for they make their faces austere, that they may be seen of^[197] men that they are fasting. Verily I say unto you, They ^[40] have received their reward. (Matt. 6:17)But when thou fastest, wash thy face and anoint thy ^[41] head; (Matt. 6:18)that thou make not an appearance to men of fasting, but to thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee.

^[42] (Luke 12:32)Be not agitated, little flock; for your Father hath delighted to give you the kingdom. ^{[43] [198]}Sell your possessions, and give in alms; take to yourselves purses that wax ^[44] not old. (Matt. 6:19)Lay not up treasure on earth, where moth and worm corrupt, and where ^[45] thieves break through and steal: (Matt. 6:20)but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where ^[46] moth and worm do not corrupt, nor thieves break through nor steal: (Matt. 6:21)for where your ^[47] treasure is, there also will your heart be. (Matt. 6:22)The lamp of the body is the eye: if then^{[199] [48]} thine eye now be sound, thy whole body also shall be light. (Matt. 6:23)But if thine eye be evil, all thy body shall be dark. And if the light which is in thee is darkness, how ^[49] great is^[200] thy darkness! (Luke 11:35)Be watchful that the light which is in thee be not darkness. ^[50] (Luke 11:36)Because that, if thy whole body is light, and have no part dark, it shall all be light, as the lamp giveth light to thee with its flame.

Section X.

^[1] [Arabic, p. 38] (Matt. 6:24)No man can serve two masters; and that because it is necessary that he hate one of them and love the other, and honour one of them and despise the ^[2] other. (Matt. 6:25)Ye cannot serve God and possessions. And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,^[201] what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink; neither for your bodies, what ye shall put on. Is not the life better than the food, and the body ^[3] than the raiment? (Matt. 6:26)Consider the birds of the heaven, which sow not, nor reap, nor store in barns; and yet your Father which is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye ^[4] better than they? (Matt. 6:27)Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one ^[5] cubit? (Luke 12:26)If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the [6, 7] rest? (Matt. 6:28)Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; (Matt. 6:29)and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of ^[8] them. (Matt. 6:30)And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow ^[9] is cast^[202] into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith! (Matt. 6:31)Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With ^[10] what shall we be clothed? ^[203]Neither let your minds be perplexed in this: (Matt. 6:32)all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth ^[11] your need of all these things. (Matt. 6:33)Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; ^[12] [Arabic, p. 39] and all these shall come to you as something additional for you. (Matt. 6:34)Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil.

^[13] (Matt. 7:1)Judge not, that ye be not judged: ^[204]condemn^[205] not, that ye be not condemned: ^[14] (Luke 6:38)forgive, and it shall be forgiven you: release, and ye shall be released: give, that ye may be given unto; with good measure, abundant, full, they shall thrust^[206] into your ^[15] bosoms. ^[207]With what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you. See to it what ye hear: with what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you; and ye ^[16] shall be given more. (Mark 4:25)I say unto those that hear, He that hath shall be given unto; and he that hath not, that which he regards^[208] as his shall be taken from him.

^[17] (Luke 6:39)And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? ^[18] shall^[209] they not both fall into a hollow? (Luke 6:40)A disciple is not better than his master; ^[19] every perfect man shall be as his master. (Luke 6:41)Why lookest thou at the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but considerest not the column that is in thine own eye? ^[20] (Luke 6:42)Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, I will take out the mote from thine eye; and the column which is in thine eye thou seest not? Thou hypocrite, take out first the column from thine eye; and then shalt thou see to take out the mote from the eye of thy brother.

^[21] (Matt. 7:6)Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and return and wound you.

^[22] (Luke 11:5)And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at midnight, ^[23] and saith unto him, My friend, lend me three loaves; (Luke 11:6)for a friend hath come ^[24] to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him: (Luke 11:7)and that friend shall [Arabic, p. 40] answer him from within, and say unto him, Trouble me not; for the door is shut, and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give thee? ^[25] (Luke 11:8)And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because ^[26] of his importunity he will rise and give him what he seeketh. (Luke 11:9)And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be ^[27] opened unto you. (Luke 11:10)Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and ^[28] he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him. (Luke 11:11)What father of you, shall his son ask for bread—will he, think you, give him a stone? ^[210]and if he ask of him a fish, will he, ^[29] think you, (Luke 11:12)instead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will ^[30] he, think you, extend to him a scorpion? (Luke 11:13)If ye then, although being evil, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your ^[31] Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? (Matt. 7:12)Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: this is the law and the prophets.

^[32] (Matt. 7:13)Enter^[211] ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead to destruction, ^[33] and many they be which go therein. (Matt. 7:14)How narrow is the gate and straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it.

^[34] (Matt. 7:15)Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s^[212] clothing, while within ^[35] they are ravening wolves. ^[213]But by their fruits ye shall know them. (Luke 6:44)For every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered^[214] of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of ^[36] briers. (Matt. 7:17)Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth ^[37] [Arabic, p. 41] forth evil fruit. (Matt. 7:18)The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the ^[38] evil tree bring forth good fruit. (Luke 6:45)The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth evil things: and from the overflowings of the ^[39] heart the lips speak. (Matt. 7:19)Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast [40, 41] into the fire. (Matt. 7:20)Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. (Matt. 7:21)Not all that say unto me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth ^[42] the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 7:22)Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out ^[43] devils, and in thy name do many powers? (Matt. 7:23)Then shall I say unto them, I never ^[44] knew you: depart from me, ye servants of iniquity. (Luke 6:47)Every man that cometh unto ^[45] me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like: (Luke 6:48)he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the ^[46] foundations on a rock: (Matt. 7:25)and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not: for its foundation was laid on ^[47] rocks. (Matt. 7:26)And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like ^[48] the foolish man which built his house on sand, without foundation: (Matt. 7:27)and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell: and the fall of it was great.

Section XI.

^[1] [Arabic, p. 42] (Matt. 7:28)And when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished ^[2] at his teaching; (Matt. 7:29)and that because he was teaching them as one having authority, not as their scribes and the Pharisees.

^[3] (Matt. 8:1)And when he descended from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

^[4] (Matt. 8:5; Luke 7:2)And when Jesus entered Capernaum, the servant of one of the chiefs was in an ^[5] evil case, and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of death. (Luke 7:3)And he ^[6] heard of Jesus, and came to him with the elders of the Jews; (Matt. 8:5–6)and he besought him, and said, My Lord, my boy is laid in the house paralysed,^[215] and he is suffering grievous ^[7] torment. ^[216]And the elders urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that ^[8] this should be done unto him: (Luke 7:5)for he loveth our people, and he also built the synagogue [9, 10] for us. (Matt. 8:7)Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. (Matt. 8:8)That chief answered and said, My Lord, I am not worthy that my roof should shade thee; but it sufficeth ^[11] that thou speak a word, and my lad shall be healed. (Luke 7:8)And I also am a man in obedience to authority, having under my hand soldiers:^[217] and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant that he do this, ^[12] and he doeth it. ^[218]And when Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,^[219] and turned and said unto the multitude that were coming with him, ^[220]Verily I say unto you, I have ^[13] not found in Israel the like of this faith. (Matt. 8:11)I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob ^[14] [Arabic, p. 43] in the kingdom of heaven: (Matt. 8:12)but the children of the kingdom shall be cast ^[15] forth into the outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 8:13)And Jesus said to that chief, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so shall it be unto thee. ^[16] (Luke 7:10)And his lad was healed in that hour. And that chief returned to the house and found that sick servant healed.

^[17] (Luke 7:11)And the day after, he was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples with him, ^[18] and a great multitude. (Luke 7:12)And when he was come near the gate of the city, he saw a crowd^[221] accompanying one that was dead, the only son of his mother; and his mother was a widow: and there was with her a great multitude of the people of the ^[19] city. (Luke 7:13)And when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep ^[20] not. (Luke 7:14)And he went and advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and ^[21] he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. (Luke 7:15)And that dead man sat up and began ^[22] to speak; and he gave him to his mother. (Luke 7:16)And fear came on all the people: and they praised God, and said, There hath risen among us a great prophet: and, God ^[23] hath had regard to his people. (Luke 7:17)And this news concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the region which was about them.

^[24] (Matt. 8:18)And when Jesus saw great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to ^[25] depart to the other side. (Luke 9:57; Matt. 8:19)And while they were going in the way, there came one of the scribes and said unto him, My Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou ^[26] goest. (Matt. 8:20)Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have ^[27] nests; but the Son of man hath not a place in which to lay his head. (Luke 9:59)And he said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My Lord, suffer me first to go and ^[28] bury my father. (Luke 9:60)Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their dead; but thou, ^[29] follow me and preach the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:61)And another said unto him, I will follow [Arabic, p. 44] thee, my Lord; but first suffer me to go and salute my household and ^[30] come. (Luke 9:62)Jesus said unto him, There is no one who putteth his hand to the plough^[222] and looketh behind him, and yet is fit for the kingdom of God.

^{[31] [223]}And he said to them on that day in the evening, Let us go over to the other side ^[32] of the lake; and he left^[224] the multitudes. (Mark 4:36; Luke 8:22)And Jesus went up and sat in the ship, ^[33] he and his disciples, and there were with them other ships. (Mark 4:36; Matt. 8:24)And there occurred on the sea a great tempest^[225] of whirlwind and wind, ^[226] and the ship was on the point of ^[34] sinking from the greatness^[227] of the waves. ^[228]But Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the ship; (Matt. 8:25)and his disciples came and awoke him, and said unto him, Our ^[35] Lord, save us; lo, we perish. ^[229]And he rose, and rebuked the winds and the turbulence of the water, and said to the sea, Be still, for thou art rebuked; ^[230]and the wind ^[36] was still, and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:40)And he said unto them, Why are ye thus ^[37] afraid? and why have ye no faith? ^[231]And they feared greatly.^[232] And they marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who commandeth also the wind and the waves and the sea, and they obey him?

^[38] (Luke 8:26)And they departed and came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is on the ^[39] other side, opposite the land of Galilee. ^[233]And when he went out of the ship to the land, (Mark 5:2; Luke 8:27)there met him from among the tombs a man who had a devil for a long time, ^[40] and wore no clothes, neither dwelt in a house, but among the tombs. ^[234]And no man was [Arabic, p. 45] able to bind him with chains, ^[235]because any time that he was bound with chains ^[41] and fetters he cut the chains and loosened the fetters; ^[236]and he was snatched^{[237] [42]} away of the devil into the desert, (Mark 5:4–5)and no man was able to quiet him; and at all times, in the night and in the day, he would be among the tombs and in the mountains; ^[238]and no man was able to pass by that way; ^[239]and he would cry out and wound himself ^[43] with stones. (Mark 5:6)And when he saw Jesus at a distance, he hastened and worshipped ^[44] him, and cried with a loud voice and said, (Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28)What have we to do with thee, Jesus, ^[45] Son of the most high God? (Mark 5:7; Luke 8:29)I adjure thee by God, torment me not. And Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: and he had suffered^[240] a long ^[46] time since the time when he came into captivity to it. (Luke 8:30)And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? He said unto him, Legion; for there had entered into him many ^[47] devils. (Luke 8:31)And they besought him that he would not command them to depart into ^[48] the depths. (Luke 8:32)And there was there a herd of many swine, feeding in the mountain, and those devils besought him to give them leave to enter the swine; and he gave ^[49] them leave. (Luke 8:33)And the devils went out of the man and entered into the swine. ^[241]And that herd hastened to the summit and fell down into the midst of the sea, about two ^[50] thousand, and they were choked in the water. (Luke 8:34)And when the keepers saw what ^[51] happened, they fled, and told those in the cities and villages. (Luke 8:35)And the people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man whose [Arabic, p. 46] devils had gone out, clothed, modest,^[242] seated at the feet of Jesus; and they ^[52] feared. (Luke 8:36)And they reported what they saw, and how the man was healed who had a devil, ^[243]and concerning those swine also.

Section XII.

^{[1] [244]}And all the multitude of the Gadarenes entreated him to depart from them, because that great fear took hold upon them.

[2, 3] (Matt. 9:1)But Jesus went up into the ship, and crossed, and came to his city. (Luke 8:38)And that man from whom the devils went out entreated that he might stay with him; but ^[4] Jesus sent him away, and said unto him, ^[245]Return to thy house, and make known what ^[5] God hath done for thee. (Mark 5:20)And he went, and began to publish in Decapolis^[246] what Jesus had done for him; and they all marvelled.

^[6] (Mark 5:21; Luke 8:40)And when Jesus had crossed in the ship to that side, a great multitude received ^[7] him; and they were all looking for him. ^[247]And a man named Jairus, the chief of the ^[8] synagogue, fell before the feet of Jesus, ^[248]and besought him much, and said unto him, I have an only daughter, and she is come nigh unto death; ^[249]but come and lay thy ^[9] hand upon her, and she shall live. (Matt. 9:19)And Jesus rose, and his disciples, and they followed ^[10] him. ^[250]And there joined him a great multitude, and they pressed him.

[11, 12] (Mark 5:25)And a woman, which had a flow of blood for twelve years, (Mark 5:26)had suffered much of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not benefited at all, but her ^[13] trouble increased further. (Mark 5:27)And when she heard of Jesus, she came in the thronging of ^[14] [Arabic, p. 47] the crowd behind him, and touched^[251] his garments; (Mark 5:28)and she thought within ^[15] herself, If I could reach to touch his garments, I should live. (Mark 5:29)And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried; and she felt in her body that she was healed ^[16] of her plague. (Mark 5:30)And Jesus straightway knew within himself that power had gone out of him; and he turned to the crowd, and said, Who approached unto my garments? ^{[17] [252]}And on their denying, all of them, Simon Cephas and those with him said unto him, Our Master, the multitudes throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who approached ^[18] unto me? (Luke 8:46)And he said, Some one approached unto me; and I knew that ^[19] power went forth from me. ^[253]And that woman, when she saw that she was not hid ^[20] from him, came fearing and agitated (for she knew what had happened to her), (Mark 5:33; Luke 8:47)and fell down and worshipped him, and told, in the presence of all the people, for what ^[21] reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately. ^[254]And Jesus said unto her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith hath made thee alive; depart in peace, and be whole from thy plague.

^[22] (Luke 8:49)And while he was yet speaking, there came a man from the house of the chief of the synagogue, and said unto him, Thy daughter hath died; so trouble not the ^[23] teacher. (Luke 8:50)But Jesus heard, and said unto the father of the maid, Fear not: but believe ^[24] only, and she shall live. (Mark 5:37)And he suffered no man to go with him, except ^[25] Simon Cephas, and James, and John the brother of James. (Mark 5:38)And they reached the house of the chief of the synagogue; and he saw them agitated, weeping and wailing. ^[26] (Mark 5:39)And he entered, and said unto them, Why are ye agitated and weeping? the ^[27] [Arabic, p. 48] maid hath not died, but she is sleeping. (Luke 8:53)And they laughed at him, for ^[28] they knew that she had died. ^[255]And he put every man forth without, and took the father of the maid, and her mother, and Simon, and James, and John, and ^[29] entered into the place where the maid was laid. (Mark 5:41)And he took hold of the hand of the maid, and said unto her, Maid, arise. ^[256]And her spirit returned, and straightway ^[30] she arose and walked: ^[257]and she was about twelve years of age. ^[258]And he commanded ^[31] that there should be given to her something to eat. (Luke 8:56)And her father wondered greatly: ^[32] and he warned them that they should tell no man what had happened. (Matt. 9:26)And this report spread in all that land.

^[33] (Matt. 9:27)And when Jesus crossed over from there, there joined him two blind men, crying ^[34] out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David. (Matt. 9:28)And when he came to the house, those two blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye ^[35] that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, our Lord. (Matt. 9:29)Then he touched^{[259] [36]} their eyes, and said, As ye have believed, it shall be unto you. (Matt. 9:30)And immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus forbade them, and said, See that no man know. ^[37] (Matt. 9:31)But they went out and published the news in all that land.

^[38] (Matt. 9:32)And when Jesus went out, they brought to him a dumb man having a devil. ^[39] (Matt. 9:33)And on the going out of the devil that dumb man spake. And the multitudes marvelled, and said, It was never so seen in Israel

^[40] (Matt. 9:35)And Jesus was going about in all the cities and in the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease ^[41] [Arabic, p. 49] and sickness; and many followed him. (Matt. 9:36)And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, for they were wearied and scattered,^[260] as sheep ^[42] that have no shepherd. (Matt. 10:1; Luke 9:1)And he called his twelve disciples, and gave them power and ^[43] much authority over all devils and diseases; (Luke 9:2)and sent them two and two, that they ^[44] might proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. (Matt. 10:5)And he charged them, and said, Walk not in the way of the heathen, nor enter into the cities of the Samaritans.^[261] [45, 46] (Matt. 10:6)Go especially unto the sheep that are lost of the sons of Israel. (Matt. 10:7)And ^[47] when ye go, proclaim and say, The kingdom of heaven is come near. (Matt. 10:8)And heal the sick, and cleanse the lepers, and cast out the devils: freely ye have received, freely [48, 49] give. ^[262]Get you not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; (Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3)and take nothing for the way, except a staff only; nor bag, nor bread; neither shall ye have two tunics, ^[50] nor shoes, nor staff, but be shod with sandals; (Matt. 10:10; Mark 6:9)for the labourer is worthy of his food. ^{[51] [263]}And whatever city or village ye enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and there be until [52, 53] ye go out. (Matt. 10:11)And when ye enter into the house, ask for the peace of the house: and if the house is worthy, your peace shall come upon it; (Matt. 10:12; Matt. 10:13)but if it is not worthy, your ^[54] peace shall return unto you. (Matt. 10:14; Mark 6:11)And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your sayings, when ye go out from that house, or from that village, shake off the dust ^[55] [Arabic, p. 50] that is under your feet against them for a testimony. (Matt. 10:15)And verily I say unto you, To the land of Sodom and Gomorrah there shall be rest in the day of judgement, rather than to that city.

Section XIII.

^[1] (Matt. 10:16)I am sending you as lambs among wolves: be ye now wise as serpents, and ^[2] harmless^[264] as doves. (Matt. 10:17)Beware of men: they shall deliver you to the councils of the ^[3] magistrates, and scourge you in their synagogues; (Matt. 10:18)and shall bring you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and against the nations. ^[4] (Matt. 10:19)And when they deliver you up, be not^[265] anxious, nor consider beforehand, what ye ^[5] shall say; but ye shall be given^[266] in that hour what ye ought to speak. (Matt. 10:20)Ye do not ^[6] speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaketh in you. (Matt. 10:21)The brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and the sons shall rise against their ^[7] parents, and put them to death. (Matt. 10:22)And ye shall be hated of every man because of ^[8] my name; but he that endureth unto the end of the matter shall be saved.^[267] (Matt. 10:23)When they expel you from this city, flee to another. Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not finish all the cities of the people of Israel, until the Son of man come.

[9, 10] (Matt. 10:24)A disciple is not superior to his lord, nor a servant to his master. (Matt. 10:25)For it is enough then for the disciple that he be as his lord, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the people ^[11] of his house! (Matt. 10:26)Fear them not therefore:^[268] for there is nothing covered, that shall ^[12] [Arabic, p. 51] not be revealed; nor hid, that shall not be disclosed and published. (Matt. 10:27; Luke 12:3)What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye have told ^[13] secretly in the ears in closets, let it be proclaimed on the housetops. (Luke 12:4; Luke 10:28)I say unto you now, my beloved, Be not agitated at^[269] those who kill the body, but have no power to ^[14] kill the soul. I will inform you whom ye shall fear: him^[270] which is able to destroy ^[15] soul and body in hell. (Luke 12:5; Matt. 10:29)Yea, I say unto you, Be afraid of him especially. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing in a bond?^[271] and one of them shall not fall on the ^[16] ground without your Father. (Matt. 10:30)But what concerns you: even the hair of your heads [17, 18] also is numbered. (Matt. 10:31)Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows. (Matt. 10:32)Every man who confesseth me now before men, I also will confess him before my Father ^[19] which is in heaven; (Matt. 10:33)but whosoever denieth me before men, I also will deny him before my Father which is in heaven.

^[20] (Luke 12:51)Think ye that I am come to cast peace into the earth? I came not to cast peace, ^[21] but to cast dissension. (Luke 12:52)Henceforth there shall be five in one house, three of them ^[22] disagreeing with two, and the two with the three. (Luke 12:53)The father shall become hostile to his son, and the son to his father; and the mother to her daughter, and the daughter to her mother; and the mother in law to her daughter in law, and the daughter ^[23] in law to her mother in law: (Matt. 10:36)and a man’s enemies shall be the people of his house. ^[24] (Matt. 10:37)Whosoever loveth father or mother better than me is not worthy of me; and whosoever [Arabic, p. 52] loveth son or daughter more than his love of me is not worthy of me. ^[25] (Matt. 10:38)And every one that doth not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of ^[26] me. (Matt. 10:39)Whosoever findeth his life^[272] shall lose it; and whosoever loseth his life^[273] for my sake shall find it.

^[27] (Matt. 10:40)And whosoever receiveth you receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me receiveth ^[28] him that sent me. (Matt. 10:41)And whosoever receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall take^[274] a prophet’s reward; and whosoever shall receive a righteous man ^[29] in the name of a righteous man shall take^[275] a righteous man’s reward. (Matt. 10:42; Mark 9:41)And every one that shall give to drink to one of these least ones a drink of water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

^[30] (Matt. 11:1)And when Jesus finished charging his twelve disciples, he removed thence to ^[31] teach and preach in their cities. (Luke 10:38)And while they were going in the way they entered into a certain village; and a woman named Martha entertained him in her house. ^[32] (Luke 10:39)And she had a sister named Mary, and she came and sat at the feet of our Lord, ^[33] and heard his sayings. (Luke 10:40)But Martha was disquieted by much serving; and she came and said unto him, My Lord, givest thou no heed that my sister left me alone to ^[34] serve? speak to her that she help me. (Luke 10:41)Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, ^[35] Martha, thou art solicitous and impatient^[276] on account of many things: (Luke 10:42)but what is sought is one thing. But Mary hath chosen for herself a good portion, and that which shall not be taken from her.

^[36] (Mark 6:12)And the apostles went forth, and preached to the people that they might repent. ^[37] (Mark 6:13)And they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick with oil, and healed them. [38, 39] (Luke 7:18)And the disciples of John told him^[277] of all these things. (Matt. 11:2; Luke 7:19)And when John heard in [Arabic, p. 53] the prison of the doings of the Messiah, he called two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for ^[40] another? (Luke 7:20)And they came to Jesus, and said unto him, John the Baptist hath sent ^[41] us unto thee, and said, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? (Luke 7:21)And in that hour he cured many of diseases, and of plagues of an evil spirit; and he gave sight ^[42] to many blind. (Luke 7:22)Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John everything ye have seen and heard: the blind see, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the blind^[278] hear, and the dead rise, and the poor have the gospel preached to ^[43] them. (Luke 7:23)And blessed is he who doubteth not in me.

^[44] (Luke 7:24)And when John’s disciples departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the ^[45] winds? (Luke 7:25)And if not, then what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are in magnificent garments and in voluptuousness are in the abode ^[46] of kings. (Luke 7:26)And if not, then what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto ^[47] you, and more than a prophet. (Luke 7:27)This is he of whom it is written,

I am sending my messenger before thy face

To prepare the way before thee.

Section XIV.

^[1] (Matt. 11:11)Verily I say unto you, There hath not arisen among those whom women have borne a greater than John the Baptist; but he that is little now in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

^[2] [Arabic, p. 54] (Luke 7:29)And all the people which heard, and the publicans, justified^[279] God, for ^[3] they had been baptized with the baptism of John. (Luke 7:30)But the Pharisees and the scribes wronged^[280] the purpose of God in themselves, in that they were not baptized of ^[4] him. ^[281]And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is ^[5] snatched away by violence. (Luke 16:16)The law and the prophets were until John; and after that, the kingdom of God is preached, and all press to enter it: ^[282]and they that exert themselves [6, 7] snatch it away. (Matt. 11:13)All the prophets and the law until John prophesied. (Matt. 11:14)And if ye ^[8] will, then receive it, that he is Elijah, which is to come. (Matt. 11:15)Whosoever hath ears that hear ^[9] let him hear. (Luke 16:17)Easier is the perishing of heaven and earth, than the passing away of ^[10] one point of the law. ^[283]To whom then shall I liken the people of this generation,^[284] and ^[11] to whom are they like? (Luke 7:32)They are like the children sitting in the market, which call to their companions, and say, We sang to you, and ye danced not; we wailed to you, ^[12] and ye wept not. (Luke 7:33)John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; ^[13] and ye said, He hath demons: (Luke 7:34)and the Son of man came eating and drinking; and ye said, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drinker of wine, and an associate of publicans [14, 15] and sinners! (Luke 7:35)And wisdom was justified of all her children. (Mark 3:19–20)And when he said that, they came to the house. And there gathered unto him again multitudes, ^[16] so that they found not bread to eat. (Luke 11:14)And while he was casting out a devil which was dumb, when he cast out that devil, that dumb man spake. And the multitudes ^[17] [Arabic, p. 55] marvelled. (Matt. 12:24)And the Pharisees, when they heard, said, This man doth not cast out the devils, except by Beelzebul the chief of the demons, which is in him. [18, 19] (Luke 11:16)And others requested of him a sign from heaven, to tempt him. (Matt. 12:25)And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them in parables, Every kingdom that withstandeth itself shall become desolate; and every house or city that disagreeth with itself shall not ^[20] stand: ^[285]and if a devil cast out a devil, he withstandeth himself; neither shall he be ^[21] able to stand, but his end shall be. (Mark 3:26; Matt. 12:26)Then how now shall his kingdom stand? for ye ^[22] said that I cast out devils by Beelzebul. (Luke 11:18; Matt. 12:27)And if I by Beelzebul cast out the devils, then your children, by what do they cast them out? And for this cause they shall ^[23] be judges against you. (Matt. 12:28)But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then the kingdom ^[24] of God is come near unto you. (Matt. 12:29)Or how can a man enter into the house of a valiant man, and seize his garments,^[286] if he do not beforehand secure himself^[287] from ^[25] that valiant man? and then will he cut off^[288] his house. (Luke 11:21)But when the valiant man is ^[26] armed, guarding his house, his possessions are in peace. (Luke 11:22)But if one come who is more valiant than he, he overcometh him, and taketh his whole armour, on which ^[27] he relieth, and divideth his spoil. (Luke 11:23)Whosoever is not with me is against me; and ^[28] whosoever gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. (Mark 3:28)For this reason I say unto you, [Arabic, p. 56] that all sins and blasphemies with which men blaspheme shall be forgiven ^[29] them: (Mark 3:29)but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, there is no ^[30] forgiveness for him for ever, but he is deserving of eternal punishment: (Mark 3:30)because they ^[31] said that he had an unclean spirit. (Matt. 12:32)And he said also, Every one that speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to ^[32] come. (Matt. 12:33)Either ye must make a good tree^[289] and its fruit good; or ye must make an evil ^[33] tree^[290] and its fruit evil: for the tree is known by its fruit. (Matt. 12:34)Ye children of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? from the overflowings of the heart the mouth ^[34] speaketh. ^[291]The good man from the good treasures which are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the wicked man from the evil treasures which are in his ^[35] heart bringeth forth evils. (Matt. 12:36)I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall ^[36] speak, they shall give an answer for in the day of judgement: (Matt. 12:37)for by thy sayings thou shalt be justified, and by thy sayings thou shalt be judged.

^[37] (Luke 12:54)And he said to the multitudes, When ye see the clouds appear from the west, ^[38] straightway ye say that there cometh rain; and so it cometh to pass. (Luke 12:55)And when ^[39] the south wind bloweth, ye say that there will be heat; and it cometh to pass. ^[292]And when the evening is come, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven has become ^[40] red. (Matt. 16:3)And in the morning ye say, To-day there will be severe weather, for the redness [Arabic, p. 57] of the heaven is paling. ^[293]Ye hypocrites, ye know to examine the face of the heaven and the earth; but the signs of this time ye know not to discern.

^[41] (Matt. 12:22)Then they brought to him one possessed of a demon, dumb and blind; and he ^[42] healed him, so that the dumb and blind began to speak and see. (Matt. 12:23)And all the multitudes wondered, and said, Is this, think you, the son of David?

^[43] (Mark 6:30)And the apostles returned unto Jesus, and told him everything that they had ^[44] done and wrought.^[294] (Mark 6:31)And he said unto them, Come, let us go into the desert alone, and rest ye a little. And many were going and returning, and they had not leisure, not even to eat bread.

^[45] (Luke 7:36)And after that, there came to him one of the Pharisees, and besought him that he would eat bread with him. And he entered into the house of that Pharisee, and ^[46] reclined. (Luke 7:37)And there was in that city a woman that was a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting in the house of that Pharisee, she took a box of sweet ointment, ^[47] and stood behind him, (Luke 7:38)towards his feet, weeping, and began to wet his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with the hair of her head, and to kiss his feet, and ^[48] anoint them with the sweet ointment. (Luke 7:39)And when that^[295] Pharisee saw it, who invited him, he thought within himself, and said, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who she is and what is her history: for the woman which touched him was a sinner.

Section XV.

^[1] (Luke 7:40)Jesus answered and said unto him, Simon, I have something to say unto thee. And ^[2] he said unto him, Say on, my Master. (Luke 7:41)Jesus said unto him, There were two debtors [Arabic, p. 58] to one creditor; and one of them owed five hundred pence, and the other ^[3] owed fifty pence. (Luke 7:42)And because they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave ^[4] them both. Which of them ought to love him more? (Luke 7:43)Simon answered and said, I suppose, he to whom he forgave most. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast judged rightly. ^[5] (Luke 7:44)And he turned to that woman, and said to Simon, Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy dwelling, and thou gavest me not water to wash my feet: but this ^[6] woman hath bathed^[296] my feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair. (Luke 7:45)And thou kissedst me not: but this woman, since she^[297] entered, hath not ceased to kiss my ^[7] feet. (Luke 7:46)And thou anointedst not my head with oil:^[298] but this woman hath anointed ^[8] my feet with sweet ointment.^[299] (Luke 7:47)And for this, I say unto thee, Her many sins are forgiven her, because she loved much; for he to whom little is forgiven loveth little. [9, 10] (Luke 7:48)And he said unto that woman, Thy sins are forgiven thee. (Luke 7:49)And those that were invited ^[11] began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? (Luke 7:50)And Jesus said to that woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

^{[12] [300]}And many believed in him when they saw the signs which he was doing. [13, 14] (John 2:24)But Jesus did not trust^[301] himself to them, (John 2:25)for he knew every man, and he needed not any man to testify to him concerning every man; for he knew what was in man.

^[15] (Luke 10:1)And after that, Jesus set apart from his disciples other seventy, and sent them two and two before his face to every region and city whither he was purposing to ^[16] go. (Luke 10:2)And he said unto them, The harvest is abundant, and the labourers are few: ^[17] entreat now the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest. (Luke 10:3)Go ^[18] [Arabic, p. 59] ye: and lo, I am sending you as lambs among wolves. (Luke 10:4)Take not with you ^[19] purses, nor a wallet, nor shoes; neither salute any man in the way. (Luke 10:5)And ^[20] whatsoever house ye enter, first salute that house: (Luke 10:6)and if there be there a son of peace, ^[21] let your peace rest upon him; but if there be not, your peace shall return to you. (Luke 10:7)And be ye in that house eating and drinking what they have:^[302] for the labourer is worthy of ^[22] his hire. (Luke 10:8)And remove not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, ^[23] and they receive you, eat what is presented to you: (Luke 10:9)and heal the sick that are ^[24] therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come near unto you. (Luke 10:10)But whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go out into the market, and say, ^[25] (Luke 10:11)Even the dust that clave to our feet from your city, we shake off against you; but ^[26] know^[303] this,^[304] that the kingdom of God is come near unto you. (Luke 10:12)I say unto you, that for Sodom there shall be quiet in the day of judgement, but there shall not be for ^[27] that city. (Matt. 11:20)Then began Jesus to rebuke the cities in which there had been many ^[28] mighty works,^[305] and they repented not. (Matt. 11:21)And he said, Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! if there had been in Tyre and Sidon the signs which were in ^[29] thee, it may be that they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes. (Matt. 11:22)Howbeit I say unto you, that for Tyre and Sidon there shall be rest in the day of judgement, ^[30] more than for you. (Matt. 11:23)And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt sink down unto Hades; for if there had been in Sodom the wonders^[306] which were ^[31] in thee, it would have remained until this day. (Matt. 11:24)And now I say unto thee, that for the land of Sodom there shall be quiet in the day of judgement, more than for thee.

^[32] [Arabic, p. 60] (Luke 10:16)And he said again unto his apostles, Whosoever heareth you heareth me; and whosoever heareth me heareth him that sent me: and whosoever wrongeth^[307] you wrongeth me; and whosoever wrongeth me wrongeth him that sent me.

^[33] (Luke 10:17)And those seventy returned with great joy, and said unto him, Our Lord, even ^[34] the devils also are subject unto us in thy name. (Luke 10:18)He said unto them, I beheld ^[35] Satan^[308] fallen like lightning from heaven. (Luke 10:19)Behold, I am giving you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and the whole race^[309] of the enemy; and nothing shall ^[36] hurt you. (Luke 10:20)Only ye must not rejoice that the devils are subject unto you; but be glad that your names are written in heaven.

^[37] (Luke 10:21)And in that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I acknowledge thee, my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto children: yea, my Father; so ^[38] was thy will. (Luke 10:22)And he turned to his disciples,^[310] and said unto them, Everything hath been delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and to whomsoever the Son willeth ^[39] to reveal him. (Matt. 11:28)Come unto me, all of you, ye that are wearied and bearers of burdens, ^[40] and I will give you rest. (Matt. 11:29)Bear my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for^[311] I ^[41] am gentle and lowly in my heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matt. 11:30)For my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light.

^[42] (Luke 14:25)And while great multitudes were going with him, he turned, and said unto them, ^[43] (Luke 14:26)Whosoever cometh unto me, and hateth not his father, and his mother, and his brethren, and his sisters, and his wife, and his children, and himself^[312] also, cannot ^[44] [Arabic, p. 61] be a disciple to me. (Luke 14:27)And whosoever doth not take his cross, and follow ^[45] me, cannot be a disciple to me. (Luke 14:28)Which of you desireth to build a tower, and doth not sit down first and reckon his expenses and whether he hath enough to ^[46] complete it?^[313] (Luke 14:29)lest when he hath laid the foundations, and is not able to finish, all that ^[47] behold him^[314] laugh at him, and say, (Luke 14:30)This man began to build, and was not able to ^[48] finish. (Luke 14:31)Or what king goeth to the battle to fight with another king,^[315] and doth not consider first whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh to him ^[49] with twenty thousand? (Luke 14:32)And if he is not able, he sendeth unto him while he is afar ^[50] off, and seeketh peace. (Luke 14:33)So shall^[316] every man of you consider, that desireth to be a disciple to me; for if he renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be a disciple to me.

Section XVI.

^[1] (Matt. 12:38)Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, that they might tempt him, ^[2] and said, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. (Matt. 12:39)He answered and said, This evil and adulterous generation^[317] seeketh a sign; and it shall not be given a sign, ^[3] except the sign of Jonah the prophet. (Luke 11:30)And as Jonah was a sign to the inhabitants ^[4] of Nineveh, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation. (Matt. 12:40)And as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man ^[5] be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. (Luke 11:31)The queen of the south shall rise in the judgement with the people of this generation, and condemn^[318] them: for she came from the ends of the earth that she might hear the wisdom of Solomon; ^[6] [Arabic, p. 62] and behold, here is a better than Solomon. (Matt. 12:41)The men of Nineveh shall stand in the judgement with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at ^[7] the preaching of Jonah; and behold, here is a greater than Jonah. (Luke 11:24)The unclean spirit, when he goeth out of the man, departeth, and goeth about through places wherein are no waters, that he may find rest for himself; and when he findeth it not, he ^[8] saith, I will return to my house whence I came out. (Luke 11:25)And if he come and find it ^[9] adorned and set in order, (Luke 11:26)then he goeth, and associateth with himself seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter and dwell in it: and the end of that man ^[10] shall be worse than his beginning. ^[319]Thus shall it be unto this evil generation.

^[11] (Luke 11:27)And while he was saying that, a woman from the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts that nursed ^[12] thee. (Luke 11:28)But he said unto her, Blessed is he that heareth the word of God, and keepeth it.

^[13] (Matt. 12:46; Luke 8:19)And while he was speaking unto the multitude, there came unto him his mother ^[14] and his brethren, and sought to speak with him; (Matt. 12:46; Luke 8:19)and they were not able, because of ^[15] the multitude; and they stood without and sent, calling him unto them. (Mark 3:31; Matt. 12:47)A man said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, and seek to ^[16] speak with thee. (Matt. 12:48)But he answered unto him that spake unto him, Who is my ^[17] mother? and who are my brethren? (Matt. 22:49)And he beckoned with his hand, stretching it out towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother! and behold, my brethren! ^[18] (Matt. 12:50)And every man that shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

^[19] (Luke 8:1)And after that, Jesus was going about in the cities and in the villages, and proclaiming [Arabic, p. 63] and preaching the kingdom of God, and his^[320] twelve with him, ^[20] (Luke 8:2)and the women which had been healed of diseases and of evil spirits, Mary ^[21] that was called Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven devils, (Luke 8:3)and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to them of their substance.

^[22] (Matt. 13:1)And after that, Jesus went out of the house, and sat on the sea shore. (Matt. 13:2)And there ^[23] gathered unto him great multitudes. And when the press of the people was great upon him, he went up and sat in the boat; and all the multitude was standing on the ^[24] shore of the sea. (Matt. 13:3)And he spake to them much in parables, and said, The sower ^[25] went forth to sow: and when he sowed, (Matt. 13:4; Luke 8:5)some fell on the beaten highway; and it was ^[26] trodden upon, and the birds ate it. (Matt. 13:5)And other fell on the rocks: and some, where there was not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no depth in ^[27] the earth: (Matt. 13:6)and when the sun rose, it withered; and because it had no root, it dried ^[28] up. ^[321]And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it; ^[29] and it yielded no fruit. (Luke 8:8; Mark 4:8)And other fell into excellent and good^[322] ground; and it came up, and grew, and brought forth fruit, some thirty, and some sixty, and some ^[30] a hundred. ^[323]And when he said that, he cried, He that hath ears that hear, let him ^[31] hear. ^[324]And when they were alone, his disciples came, and asked him, and said unto ^[32] him, What is this parable? and why spakest thou unto them in parables? (Mark 4:11; Matt. 13:11)He [Arabic, p. 64] answered and said unto them, Unto you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but it is not given unto them that are ^[33] without. (Matt. 13:12)He that hath shall be given unto, and there shall be added; and he that ^[34] hath not, that which he hath shall be taken from him also. (Matt. 13:13)For this cause therefore I speak unto them in parables; because they see, and see not; and hear, and hear ^[35] not, nor understand. (Matt. 13:14)And in them is being fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said,

Hearing they shall hear, and shall not understand;

And seeing they shall see, and shall not perceive:

^[36] (Matt. 13:15)The heart of this people is waxed gross,

And their hearing with their ears is become heavy,

And they have closed their eyes;

Lest they should see with their eyes,

And hear with their ears,

And understand with their hearts,

And should return,

And I should heal them.

[37, 38] (Matt. 13:16)But ye, blessed are your eyes, which see; and your ears, which hear. ^[325]Blessed ^[39] are the eyes which see what ye see. (Matt. 13:17)Verily I say unto you, Many of the prophets and the righteous longed to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye ^[40] hear, and heard not. ^[326]When ye know not this parable, how shall ye know all parables? [41, 42] (Matt. 13:18)Hear ye the parable of the sower. (Mark 4:14)The sower which sowed, sowed the word ^[43] of God. (Matt. 13:19)Every one who heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the word that hath been sown in his ^[44] heart: and this is that which was sown on the middle of the highway. (Matt. 13:20)But that which was sown on the rocks is he that heareth the word, and straightway receiveth [45, 46] [Arabic, p. 65] it with joy; ^[327]only, it hath no root in his soul, but his belief in it is for a time; (Luke 8:13; Matt. 13:21)and whenever there is distress or persecution because of a^[328] word, he ^[47] stumbleth^[329] quickly. ^[330]And that which was sown among the thorns is he that heareth the word; ^[331]and the care of this world, and the error of riches, and the rest of the ^[48] other lusts enter, and choke the word, and it becometh without fruit. (Luke 8:15)And that which was sown in good ground is he that heareth my word in a pure and good heart, and understandeth it, and holdeth to it, and bringeth forth fruit with patience, ^[332]and produceth either a hundredfold or sixtyfold or thirty.

^[49] (Mark 4:26)And he said, So is the kingdom of God, like a man who casteth seed into the ^[50] earth, and sleepeth and riseth by night and day, (Mark 4:27)and the seed groweth and cometh ^[51] up, whence^[333] he knoweth not. (Mark 4:28)And the earth bringeth it to the fruit; and first it ^[52] will be blade, and after it ear, and at last perfect wheat in the ear: (Mark 4:29)and whenever the fruit ripeneth,^[334] he bringeth immediately the sickle, for the harvest hath come.

Section XVII.

^[1] (Matt. 13:24)And he set forth to them another parable, and said, The kingdom of heaven is ^[2] like a man who sowed good seed in his field; (Matt. 13:25)but when men slept, his enemy came ^[3] and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. (Matt. 13:26)And when the blade sprang up ^[4] and brought forth fruit, there were noticed the tares also. (Matt. 13:27)And the servants of the master of the house came, and said unto him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good ^[5] [Arabic, p. 66] seed in thy field? whence are there tares in it? (Matt. 13:28)He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. His servants said unto him, Wilt thou that we go ^[6] and separate it? (Matt. 13:29)He said unto them, Perhaps,^[335] when ye separate the tares, ye would ^[7] root up with them wheat also. (Matt. 13:30)Leave them to grow both together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say unto the reapers, Separate the tares first, and bind them in bundles to be burned with fire; and gather the wheat into my barns.

[8, 9] ^[336]And he set forth to them another parable, and said, ^[337]To what is the kingdom of ^[10] God like? and to what shall I liken it? and in what parable shall I set it forth? (Mark 4:30; Luke 13:19)It ^[11] is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and planted in his field: (Matt. 13:31; Mark 4:31)and of the number of the things that are sown in the earth it is smaller than all of the things ^[12] which are sown, which are upon the earth; (Matt. 13:32; Mark 4:32)but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and produceth large branches, so that the birds of heaven make their nests in its branches.

[13, 14] (Mark 4:33; Matt. 13:33)And he set forth to them another parable: ^[338]To what shall I liken the kingdom of ^[15] God? ^[339]It is like the leaven which a woman took, and kneaded into three measures of flour, until the whole of it was leavened.

^[16] (Matt. 13:34; Mark 4:33)And Jesus spake all that to the multitudes by way of parables, according as they ^[17] were able to hear. (Matt. 13:34–35)And without parables spake he not unto them; that the saying of the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;

And I will utter secrets which were before the foundations^[340] of the world.

^{[18] [341]}But he explained to his disciples privately everything.

^[19] (Matt. 13:36)Then Jesus left^[342] the multitudes, and came to the house. And his disciples came unto him, and said unto him, Explain unto us that parable about the tares ^[20] [Arabic, p. 67] and the field. (Matt. 13:37)He answered and said unto them, He that sowed good seed is ^[21] the Son of man; (Matt. 13:38)and the field is the world; and the good seed are the children of the ^[22] kingdom; (Matt. 13:39)and the tares are the children of the evil one; and the enemy that sowed them^[343] is Satan; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. ^[23] (Matt. 13:40)And as the tares are separated and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of ^[24] this world. (Matt. 13:41)The Son of man shall send his angels, and separate from his kingdom ^[25] all things that injure, (Matt. 13:42)and all the doers of iniquity, and they shall cast them into the ^[26] furnace of fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 13:43)Then the righteous shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whosoever hath ears that hear, let him hear.

^[27] (Matt. 13:44)And again the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field: that which a man found and hid; and, for his pleasure in it, went and sold all that he had, and bought that field.

^[28] (Matt. 13:45)And again the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a merchant seeking excellent ^[29] pearls; (Matt. 13:46)and when he found one pearl of great price, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it.

^[30] (Matt. 13:47)And again the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast^[344] into the sea, and ^[31] gathered of every kind: (Matt. 13:48)and when it was filled, they drew it up on to the shore of the sea, and sat down to select; and the good of them they threw into the vessels, ^[32] and the bad they threw outside. (Matt. 13:49)Thus shall it be in the end of the world: the angels ^[33] shall go forth, (Matt. 13:50)and separate the wicked from among the good, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

^[34] (Matt. 13:51)Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They said unto ^[35] [Arabic, p. 68] him, Yea, our Lord. (Matt. 13:52)He said unto them, Therefore every scribe that becometh a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, who bringeth out of his treasures the new and the old.

[36, 37] (Matt. 13:53)And when Jesus had finished all these parables, he removed thence, and came to his city; (Matt. 13:54)and he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were perplexed. ^[38] (Mark 6:2)And when the sabbath came, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue; and many of ^[39] those that heard marvelled, and said, Whence came these things to this man? And many envied him and gave no heed to him, but said, What is this wisdom that is given to this man, that there should happen at his hands such as these mighty works?^{[345] [40]} (Matt. 13:55)Is not this a carpenter, son of a carpenter? and is not his mother called Mary? and ^[41] his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? (Matt. 13:56)And his sisters, all of them, ^[42] lo, are they not all with us? (Matt. 13:57)Whence hath this man all these things? And they were in doubt concerning him. (Luke 4:23)And Jesus knew their opinion, and said unto them, Will ye haply^[346] say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal first thyself: and all that ^[43] we have heard that thou didst in Capernaum, do here also in thine own city? (Luke 4:24)And he said, Verily I say unto you, A prophet is not received in his own city, nor among ^[44] his brethren: ^[347]for a prophet is not despised, save in his own city, and among his own ^[45] kin, and in his own house. (Luke 4:25)Verily I say unto you, In the days of Elijah the prophet, there were many widows among the children of Israel, when the heaven held back ^[46] three years and six months, (Luke 4:26)and there was a great famine in all the land; and Elijah [Arabic, p. 69] was not sent to one of them, save to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman that was ^[47] a widow. (Luke 4:27)And many lepers were among the children of Israel in the days of Elisha the prophet; but not one of them was cleansed, save Naaman the Nabathæan.^{[348] [48]} (Mark 6:5)And he was not able to do there many mighty works,^[349] because of their unbelief; ^[49] except that he laid his hand upon a few of the sick, and healed them. ^[350]And he marvelled ^[50] at their lack of faith. (Luke 4:28)And when those who were in the synagogue heard, ^[51] they were all filled with wrath; and they rose up, (Luke 4:29)and brought him forth outside the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill upon which their city was built, that ^[52] they might cast him from its summit: (Luke 4:30)but he passed through among them and went away.

^{[53] [351]}And he went about in the villages which were around Nazareth, and taught in their synagogues.

Section XVIII.

^{[1] [352]}At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and all the things which came to pass at his hand; ^[353]and he marvelled, for he had obtained excellent ^[2] information concerning him.^{[354] [355]}And some men said that John the Baptist was risen ^[3] from among the dead; (Luke 9:8; Matt. 16:14)and^[356] others said that Elijah had appeared; and others, Jeremiah; ^[4] and others, that a prophet of the old prophets was risen; (Luke 9:8; Mark 6:15)and others said that he ^[5] was a prophet like one of the prophets. ^[357]Herod said to his servants, This is John the Baptist, he whom I beheaded; he is risen from among the dead: therefore mighty ^[6] [Arabic, p. 70] works result from him. (Mark 6:17)For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and cast him into prison, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, whom he ^[7] had taken. (Mark 6:18)And John said to Herod, Thou hast no authority to take the wife of thy ^[8] brother. (Mark 6:19)And Herodias avoided him and wished to kill him; and she could not. ^[9] (Mark 6:20)But Herod feared John, for he knew that he was a righteous man and a holy; and ^[10] he guarded him, and heard him much, and did, and obeyed him with gladness. (Matt. 14:5)And he wished to kill him; but he feared the people, for they adhered to him as the ^[11] prophet. (Mark 6:21)And there was a celebrated day, and Herod had made a feast for his great men on the day of his anniversary,^[358] and for the officers and for the chief men ^[12] of Galilee. (Mark 6:22)And the daughter of Herodias came in and danced in the midst of the company, and pleased Herod and those that sat with him. And the king said to the ^[13] damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. (Mark 6:23)And he sware unto her, ^[14] Whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom. (Mark 6:24)And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask him?^[359] She said unto her, The ^[15] head of John the Baptist. (Mark 6:25)And immediately she came in hastily to the king, and said unto him, I desire in this hour that thou give me on a dish the head of John ^[16] the Baptist. (Mark 6:26)And the king was exceeding sorry; but because of the oath and the ^[17] guests he did not wish to refuse her. (Mark 6:27)But immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded that he should bring the head of John: and he went and cut off ^[18] the head of John in the prison, (Mark 6:28)and brought it on a dish, and delivered it to the ^[19] damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. (Mark 6:29)And his disciples heard, and came [Arabic, p. 71] and took his body, and buried it. ^[360]And they came and told^[361] Jesus what ^[20] had happened. (Luke 9:9)And for this cause Herod said, I beheaded John: who ^[21] is this, of whom I hear these things. And he desired to see him. (Matt. 14:13; John 6:1)And Jesus, when he heard, removed thence in a boat to a waste place alone, to the other side of the sea of the Galilee of Tiberias.^[362]

^{[22] [363]}And many saw them going, and knew them, and hastened by land^[364] from all the cities, and came thither beforehand; ^[365]for they saw the signs which he was doing on the [23, 24] sick. (John 6:3)And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his disciples. (John 6:4)And ^[25] the feast of the passover of the Jews was near. ^[366]And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saw great multitudes coming to him. ^[367]And he was moved with compassion for them, for ^[26] they were like sheep that were without a shepherd. ^[368]And he received them, and spake to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

^{[27] [369]}And when the evening approached,^[370] his disciples came to him, and said unto ^[28] him, (Mark 6:36)The place is desert, and the time is past; send away the multitudes of the people,^[371] that they may go to the towns and villages which are around us, and buy for ^[29] themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. (Matt. 14:16)But he said unto them, They have ^[30] no need to go away; give ye them what may be eaten. ^[372]They said unto him, We have not here enough. ^[373]He said unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? [31, 32] (John 6:6)And he said that proving him; and he knew what he was resolved to do. (John 6:7)Philip said [Arabic, p. 72] unto him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread would not suffice them after^{[374] [33]} every one of them hath taken a small amount. (John 6:8)One of his disciples said unto ^[34] him (namely, Andrew the brother of Simon Cephas), (John 6:9)Here is a lad having five loaves ^[35] of barley and two fishes: but this amount, what is it for all these? ^[375]But wilt thou that we go and buy for all the people what may be eaten? for we have no more ^[36] than these five loaves and the two fishes. (John 6:10; Luke 9:14–15)And the grass was plentiful in that place. Jesus said unto them, Arrange all the people that they may sit down on the grass, ^[37] fifty people in a company. (Mark 6:40)And the disciples did so. And all the people sat down ^[38] by companies, by hundreds and fifties. (Matt. 14:18)Then Jesus said unto them, Bring hither ^[39] those five loaves and the two fishes. ^[376]And when they brought him that, Jesus took the bread and the fish, and looked to heaven, and blessed, and divided, and gave to ^[40] his disciples to set before them; ^[377]and the disciples set for the multitudes the bread ^[41] and the fish; and they ate, all of them, and were satisfied. (Matt. 14:20; John 6:12)And when they were satisfied, he said unto his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain over, that nothing ^[42] be lost. (John 6:13)And they gathered, and filled twelve baskets with fragments, being those that remained over from those which ate of the five barley loaves and the two ^[43] fishes. (Matt. 14:21)And those people who ate were five thousand, besides the women and children. ^[44] [Arabic, p. 73] (Mark 6:45)And straightway he pressed his disciples to go up into the ship, and that they should go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he ^[45] himself should send away the multitudes. (John 6:14)And those people who saw the sign which ^[46] Jesus did, said, Of a truth this is a prophet who hath come into the world. (John 6:15)And Jesus knew their purpose to come and take him, and make him a king; and he left them, and went up into the mountain alone for prayer.

[47, 48] (John 6:16)And when the nightfall was near, his disciples went down unto the sea, and sat^[378] in a boat, and came to the side of Capernaum. (John 6:17)And the darkness came on, and Jesus ^[49] had not come to them. (John 6:18)And the sea was stirred up against them by reason of a violent ^[50] wind that blew. (Matt. 14:24)And the boat was distant from the land many furlongs, and they were much damaged by the waves, and the wind was against them.

Section XIX.

^[1] (Matt. 14:25)And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the ^{[2] [379]}water, after they had rowed^[380] with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. ^[3] (Matt. 14:26)And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried ^[4] out from their fear. (Matt. 14:27)But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, ^[5] for it is I; fear not. (Matt. 14:28)Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, ^[6] bid me to come unto thee on the water. (Matt. 14:29)And Jesus said unto him, Come. And ^[7] Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. (Matt. 14:30)But [Arabic, p. 74] when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; ^[8] and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. (Matt. 14:31)And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him, ^[9] Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? (Matt. 14:32)And when Jesus came near, he went up ^[10] unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. (Matt. 14:33)And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the ^[11] Son of God. ^[381]And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. ^[12] (Mark 6:51; Mark 6:54)And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were ^[13] perplexed in themselves: (Mark 6:52)and they had not understood by means of^[382] that bread, because their heart was gross.

^[14] (Mark 6:54; Mark 6:55)And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,^[383] borne in their ^[15] beds to the place where they heard that he was. (Mark 6:56)And wheresoever the place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch^[384] were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched^[385] him were healed and lived.^[386]

^{[16] [387]}And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disciples had ^[17] gone up, (John 6:23)and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near^[388] the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed ^[18] it): (John 6:24)and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they ^[19] [Arabic, p. 75] went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. (John 6:25)And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our ^[20] Master, when camest thou hither? (John 6:26)Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of^[389] your seeing the signs, but because of ^[21] your eating the bread and being satisfied. (John 6:27)Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,^[390] which the Son of man will give unto you: him^{[391] [22]} hath God the Father sealed. (John 6:28)They said unto him, What shall we do that we may ^[23] work the work of God? (John 6:29)Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of ^[24] God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. (John 6:30)They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? ^[25] (John 6:31)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven ^[26] gave he them to eat. (John 6:32)Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from ^[27] heaven; but my Father gave^[392] you the bread of truth^[393] from heaven. (John 6:33)The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the [28, 29] world life. (John 6:34)They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. (John 6:35)Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, ^[30] and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. (John 6:36)But I said unto you, ^[31] Ye have seen me, and have not believed. (John 6:37)And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. ^[32] (John 6:38)I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him ^[33] that sent me; (John 6:39)and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of ^[34] [Arabic, p. 76] that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. (John 6:40)This is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

^[35] (John 6:41)The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread ^[36] which came down from heaven. (John 6:42)And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from [37, 38] heaven? (John 6:43)Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. (John 6:44)No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will ^[39] raise him up in the last day. (John 6:45)It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,^[394] and learneth of him, cometh ^[40] unto me. (John 6:46)No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth ^[41] the Father. (John 6:47)Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal [42, 43] life. (John 6:48)I am the bread of life. (John 6:49)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and ^[44] they died. (John 6:50)This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat ^[45] of it, and not die. (John 6:51)I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: ^[395]and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.

^[46] (John 6:52)The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us ^[47] [Arabic, p. 77] his body that we may eat it? (John 6:53)Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall ^[48] not have life in yourselves. (John 6:54)Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood ^[49] hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. (John 6:55)My body truly is meat,^[396] and ^[50] my blood truly is drink.^[397] (John 6:56)Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth ^[51] in me, and I in him— (John 6:57)as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the ^[52] Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. (John 6:58)This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the ^[53] manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. (John 6:59)This he said in ^[54] the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. (John 6:60)And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?

Section XX.

^[1] (John 6:61)And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of ^[2] that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? (John 6:62)What if ye should see the Son ^[3] of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? (John 6:63)It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words^[398] that I speak unto you are spirit ^[4] and life. (John 6:64)But there are some of you that do not believe. And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should^[399] not believe, and who it was that should betray ^[5] him. (John 6:65)And he said unto them, Therefore I said unto you, No man can come unto me, if that hath not been given him by the Father.

^[6] [Arabic, p. 78] (John 6:66)And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked ^[7] not with him. (John 6:67)And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to ^[8] go away? (John 6:68)Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou ^[9] hast the words of eternal life. (John 6:69)And we have believed and known that thou art the ^[10] Messiah, the Son of the living God. (John 6:70)Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, ^[11] ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? (John 6:71)He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to^[400] betray him.

^[12] (Luke 11:37)And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that he ^[13] would eat with him: and he went in, and reclined to meat. (Luke 11:38)And that Pharisee, when ^[14] he saw it,^[401] marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating. (Luke 11:39)Jesus said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and the dish, and ye think that ye are cleansed; but your inside is full of injustice and wickedness.

[15, 16] (Luke 11:40)Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside? (Luke 11:41)Now give what ye have^[402] in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you.

[17, 18] (Mark 7:1)And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem. (Mark 7:2)And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, ^[19] they found fault. (Mark 7:3)For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their ^[20] hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held^[403] to the ordinance^[404] of the elders. (Mark 7:4)And they ate not what was bought from the market, except they washed it; and many other things did they keep of what they had received, such as the washing of cups, and ^[21] measures, and vessels of brass, and couches. (Mark 7:5)And scribes^[405] and Pharisees asked him, [Arabic, p. 79] Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the elders, but ^[22] eat bread without washing their hands? (Matt. 15:3)Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance? ^[23] (Matt. 15:4; Mark 7:10)God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and ^[24] his mother shall surely die. (Mark 7:11)But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, ^[25] What thou receivest^[406] from me is an offering,— (Mark 7:12)and ye^[407] suffer him not to do anything ^[26] for his father or his mother; (Mark 7:13)and ye^[408] make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye have ordained and commanded, such as the washing ^[27] of cups and measures, and what resembles that ye do much. (Mark 7:8)And ye forsook ^[28] the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men. (Mark 7:9)Do^[409] ye well to wrong^{[410] [29]} the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance? (Matt. 15:7)Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say,

^[30] (Matt. 15:8)This people honoureth me with its^[411] lips;

But their heart is very far from me.

^[31] (Matt. 15:9)But in vain do they fear me,

In that they teach the commands of men.

^[32] (Mark 7:14)And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them, Hear me, all of you, and ^[33] understand: (Mark 7:15)nothing without the man, which then enters him, is able to defile him; ^[34] but what goeth out of him, that it is which defileth the man. (Mark 7:16)He that hath ears ^[35] that hear, let him hear. (Matt. 15:12)Then his disciples drew near, and said unto him, Knowest ^[36] thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were angry? (Matt. 15:13)He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in heaven planted not shall be ^[37] [Arabic, p. 80] uprooted. (Matt. 15:14)Let them alone; for they are blind leading blind. And if the blind lead^[412] the blind, both of them shall fall into a hollow.

^[38] (Mark 7:17; Matt. 15:15)And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked him, ^[39] and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable. ^[413]He said unto them, Do ye also thus not understand? Know ye not that everything that entereth into the ^[40] man from without cannot defile him; (Mark 7:19)because it entereth not into his heart; it entereth into his stomach only, and thence is cast forth in the cleansing which maketh ^[41] clean all the food?^[414] (Matt. 15:18)The thing which goeth forth from the mouth of the man proceedeth ^[42] from his heart, and it is that which defileth the man. (Mark 7:21)From within^[415] the ^[43] heart of men proceed evil thoughts, (Mark 7:22)fornication, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupidity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness: ^[44] (Mark 7:23)these evils all of them from within proceed from the heart, and they are the things ^[45] which defile the man: ^[416]but if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled.

^[46] (Matt. 15:21; Mark 7:24)And Jesus went out thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a certain house, and desired that no man should know it;^[417] and ^[47] he could not be hid. ^[418]But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an [48, 49] unclean spirit, heard of him. ^[419]And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria. ^[420]And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou ^[50] son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan.^[421] (Matt. 15:23)And he answered [Arabic, p. 81] her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, and said, Send ^[51] her away: for she crieth after us. (Matt. 15:24)He answered and said unto them, I was ^[52] not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel. (Matt. 15:25)But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me.

^[53] (Matt. 15:26)Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children’s bread should be taken and ^[54] thrown to the dogs. (Matt. 15:27)But she said, Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs ^[55] that fall from their masters’ tables, and live. ^[422]Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, ^[56] great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired. ^[423]Go then thy way; and ^[57] because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. ^[424]And her daughter was ^[58] healed in that hour. (Mark 7:30)And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.

Section XXI.

^[1] (Mark 7:31)And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the ^[2] sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. (Mark 7:32)And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal ^[3] him. (Mark 7:33)And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, and spat ^[4] upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongue; (Mark 7:34)and looked ^[5] to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. (Mark 7:35)And in that hour his ears ^[6] were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease. (Mark 7:36)And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to any man: but the more ^[7] he charged them, the more they increased in publishing, and marvelled much, (Mark 7:37)and [Arabic, p. 82] said, This man doeth everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak.

[8, 9] (John 4:4)And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, (John 4:5)he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to ^[10] his son. (John 4:6)And there was there a spring of water of Jacob’s. And Jesus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring. And the time was about the ^[11] sixth hour.^{[425] (John 4:7)}And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto ^[12] her, Give me water, that I may drink. (John 4:8)And his disciples had entered into the city ^[13] to buy for themselves food. (John 4:9)And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? ^[14] (John 4:10)(And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.^[426]) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me ^[15] to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life. (John 4:11)That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from ^[16] whence hast thou the water of life? (John 4:12)Can it be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep? ^[17] (John 4:13)Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst ^[18] again: (John 4:14)but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever: but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing ^[19] up unto eternal life. (John 4:15)That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that ^[20] I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here. (John 4:16)Jesus said unto her, ^[21] [Arabic, p. 83] Go and call thy husband, and come hither. (John 4:17)She said unto him, I have no ^[22] husband. (John 4:18)Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and ^[23] in this thou saidst truly. (John 4:19)That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to ^[24] be a prophet. (John 4:20)Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem ^[25] is the place in which worship must be. (John 4:21)Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship ^[26] the Father. (John 4:22)Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which ^[27] we know: for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:23)But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: and the Father also ^[28] seeketh such as these worshippers. (John 4:24)For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him ^[29] must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:25)That woman said unto him, I know that ^[30] the Messiah cometh: (John 4:26)and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

^[31] (John 4:27)And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak^[427] with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, ^[32] What^[428] speakest thou with her? (John 4:28)And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the ^[33] city, and said to the people, (John 4:29)Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: ^[34] perhaps then he is the Messiah. (John 4:30)And people went out from the city, and came to ^[35] him. (John 4:31)And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our [36, 37] master, eat. (John 4:32)And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. (John 4:33)And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?^{[429] [38]} (John 4:34)Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish ^[39] [Arabic, p. 84] his work. (John 4:35)Said ye not that after four months cometh the harvest? behold, I therefore say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the lands, ^[40] that they have become white, and the harvest is already come.^[430] (John 4:36)And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life;^[431] and the sower and ^[41] the reaper rejoice together. (John 4:37)For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and ^[42] another reapeth. (John 4:38)And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour.

^[43] (John 4:39)And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the words ^[44] of that woman, who testified and said, He told me all that ever I did. (John 4:40)And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he [45, 46] abode with them two days. (John 4:41)And many believed in him because of his word; (John 4:42)and they said to that woman, Now not because of thy saying have we believed in him: we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world.

[47, 48] (John 4:43)And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. (John 4:44)And Jesus ^[49] testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city. ^[432]And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.

Section XXII.

^[1] (Luke 5:12)And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a leper, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said unto him, If thou wilt, thou art able to ^[2] cleanse me. (Mark 1:41)And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and ^[3] touched him, and said, I will cleanse^[433] thee. (Mark 1:42)And immediately his leprosy departed ^[4] from him, and he was cleansed. (Mark 1:43)And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, ^[5] [Arabic, p. 85] and said unto him, (Mark 1:44)See that thou tell not any man: but go and shew thyself to the priests, and offer an offering for thy cleansing as Moses commanded ^[6] for their testimony. ^[434]But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, but he remained without in a desert ^[7] place. (Luke 5:15)And much people came unto him from one place and another,^[435] to hear ^[8] his word, and that they might be healed of their pains. (Luke 5:16)And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

^[9] (John 5:1)And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

^[10] (John 5:2)And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,^[436] which was called in ^[11] Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. (John 5:3)And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving ^[12] of the water. (John 5:4)And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,^[437] and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving ^[13] of the water, every pain that he had was healed. (John 5:5)And a man was there who had a ^[14] disease for thirty-eight years. (John 5:6)And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew^[438] that he had ^[15] been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? (John 5:7)That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moveth, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, another goeth down before [16, 17] me. (John 5:8)Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and walk. (John 5:9)And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked.

^[18] (John 5:10)And that day was a sabbath. And when the Jews saw that healed one, they^[439] said ^[19] unto him, It is a sabbath: thou hast no authority to carry thy bed. (John 5:11)And he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take thy bed, ^[20] [Arabic, p. 86] and walk. (John 5:12)They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, ^[21] Take thy bed, and walk? (John 5:13)But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great multitude ^[22] which was in that place. (John 5:14)And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art whole: sin not again, lest there come upon ^[23] thee what is worse than the first. (John 5:15)And that man went, and said to the Jews that it ^[24] was Jesus that had healed him. (John 5:16)And because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus and ^[25] sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbath. (John 5:17)And Jesus said unto ^[26] them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work. (John 5:18)And because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profaned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God. ^[27] (John 5:19)Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, ^[28] that the Son also doeth like him. (John 5:20)The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him: and more than these works will he shew him, that ye ^[29] may marvel. (John 5:21)And as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so the Son ^[30] also giveth life to whomsoever he will. (John 5:22)And the Father judgeth no man, but hath ^[31] given all judgement unto the Son; (John 5:23)that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father. And he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which ^[32] sent him. (John 5:24)Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever heareth my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but passeth from ^[33] [Arabic, p. 87] death unto life. (John 5:25)Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those ^[34] which hear shall live. (John 5:26)And as the Father hath life in himself,^[440] likewise he gave to ^[35] the Son also that he might have life in himself,^[441] (John 5:27)and authority to do judgement also, ^[36] because^[442] he is the Son of man. (John 5:28)Marvel not then at that: I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: ^[37] (John 5:29)those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judgement.

^[38] (John 5:30)I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge: and my judgement ^[39] is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. (John 5:31)I^[443] bear witness ^[40] of myself, and so^[444] my witness is not true. (John 5:32)It is another that beareth witness ^[41] of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true. (John 5:33)Ye have sent ^[42] unto John, and he hath borne witness of the truth. (John 5:34)But not from man do I seek ^[43] witness; but I say that ye may live.^[445] (John 5:35)That^[446] was a lamp which shineth and ^[44] giveth light: and ye were pleased to glory now^[447] in his light. (John 5:36)But I have witness greater than that of John: the works which my Father hath given me to accomplish, ^[45] those works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. (John 5:37)And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his ^[46] voice at any time, nor seen his appearance. (John 5:38)And his word abideth not in you; because ^[47] in him whom he hath sent ye do not believe. (John 5:39)Search the scriptures, in which ye rejoice^{[448] [48]} that ye have eternal life; (John 5:40)and they bear witness of me; and ye do not wish to come to [49, 50] [Arabic, p. 88] me, that ye may have eternal life. (John 5:41)I seek not praise of men. (John 5:42)But I know ^[51] you, that the love of God is not in you. (John 5:43)I am come in the name of my Father, and ye received me not; but if another come in his own name, that one will ^[52] ye receive. (John 5:44)And how can ye believe, while ye receive praise one from another, and ^[53] praise from God, the One, ye seek not? (John 5:45)Can it be that ye think that I will accuse you before the Father? Ye have one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye have ^[54] rejoiced.^[449] (John 5:46)If ye believed Moses, ye would believe me also; Moses wrote of me. ^[55] (John 5:47)And if ye believed not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

Section XXIII.

^[1] (Matt. 15:29)And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went ^[2] up into the mountain, and sat there. ^[450]And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many others, and ^[3] they cast them at the feet of Jesus: ^[451]for they had seen all the signs which he did in ^[4] Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. ^[452]And he healed them all. (Matt. 15:31)And those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men healed, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel.

^[5] (Matt. 15:32)And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, I have compassion on this multitude, because of their continuing with me three days, having nothing to eat; and to send them away fasting I am not willing, lest they faint in the way, ^[453]some of them having ^[6] [Arabic, p. 89] come from far. (Matt. 15:33)His disciples said unto him, Whence have we in the desert ^[7] bread wherewith to satisfy all this multitude? (Matt. 15:34)Jesus said unto them, How ^[8] many loaves have ye? (Matt. 15:35)They said unto him, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he ^[9] commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground; (Matt. 15:36)and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before ^[10] them; and the disciples set before the multitudes. (Matt. 15:37)And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took that which remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls. ^[11] (Matt. 15:38)And the people that ate were four thousand men, besides the women and children. ^[12] (Matt. 15:39)And when the multitudes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada.^[454]

^[13] (Mark 16:1; Mark 8:11)And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and began to seek a discussion with him. And they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven, tempting him. ^[14] (Mark 8:12; Matt. 16:4)And Jesus sighed within himself, and said, What sign seeketh this evil and adulterous generation? It seeketh a sign, and it shall not be given a sign, except the sign ^[15] of Jonah the prophet. ^[455]Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not be given a ^[16] sign. (Mark 8:13)And he left^[456] them, and went up into the boat, and went away to that side.

^[17] (Mark 8:14)And his disciples forgot to take with them bread, and there was not with them ^[18] in the boat, not even^[457] one loaf. (Mark 8:15)And Jesus charged them, and said, Take heed, and guard yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and from the ^[19] leaven of Herod. (Matt. 16:7)And they reflected within themselves that they had taken with them ^[20] no bread. (Matt. 16:8)And Jesus knew, and said unto them, Why^[458] think ye within yourselves, O ye of little faith, and are anxious, because ye have no bread? ^[459]until now do ye not perceive, ^[21] neither understand? is your heart yet hard? (Mark 8:18)And have ye eyes, and yet see not? ^[22] [Arabic, p. 90] and have ye ears, and yet hear not? (Mark 8:19)and do ye not remember when I brake those five loaves for five thousand? and how many baskets full of broken ^[23] pieces took ye^[460] up? They said, Twelve. (Mark 8:20)He said unto them, And the seven also for four thousand: how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye^[461] up? They ^[24] said, Seven. (Mark 8:21; Matt. 16:11)He said unto them, How have ye not understood that I spake not to you because of^[462] the bread, but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees ^[25] and Sadducees? (Matt. 16:12)Then they understood that he spake, not that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which he called leaven.

^[26] (Mark 8:22)And after that, he came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a certain^[463] blind ^[27] man, and besought him that he would touch him. (Mark 8:23)And he took the hand of that blind man, and led him out without the village, and spat in his eyes, and laid his ^[28] hand on him,^[464] and asked him, What seest thou? (Mark 8:24)And that blind man looked intently, ^[29] and said unto him, I see men as trees walking. (Mark 8:25)And he placed his hand ^[30] again on his eyes; and they were restored,^[465] and he saw everything clearly. (Mark 8:26)And he sent him to his house, and said, Do not enter even into the village, nor tell any man in the village.

^{[31] [466]}And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cæsarea Philippi. ^{[32] [467]}And while he was going in the way, and his disciples alone,^[468] he asked his disciples, ^[33] and said, What do men say of me that I am, the Son of man?^[469] (Matt. 16:14)They said unto him, Some say, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the [34, 35] prophets. (Matt. 16:15)He said unto them, And ye, what say ye that I am? (Matt. 16:16)Simon Cephas answered ^[36] [Arabic, p. 91] and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. (Matt. 16:17)Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah: flesh and ^[37] blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 16:18)And I say unto thee also, that thou art Cephas,^[470] and on this rock will I build my church; and the ^[38] gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:19)To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and ^[39] whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (Matt. 16:20)And he sternly charged his disciples, and warned them that they should not tell any man concerning him, ^[40] that he was the Messiah. ^[471]And henceforth began Jesus to shew to his disciples ^[41] that he was determined^[472] to go to Jerusalem, ^[473]and suffer much, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and on the ^[42] third day rise. ^[474]And he was speaking^[475] plainly. (Matt. 16:22)And Simon Cephas, as one grieved ^[43] for him, said, Far be thou, my Lord, from that. ^[476]And he turned, and looked upon ^[44] his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said, ^[477]Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art a stumblingblock unto me: for thou thinkest not of what pertains to God, but of what pertains to men.

^[45] (Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23)And Jesus called the multitudes with his disciples, and said unto them, Whosoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take his cross every day, and ^[46] come after me. (Mark 8:35)And whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever ^[47] loseth his life for my sake, and for the sake of my gospel, shall save it. (Luke 9:25)What shall ^[48] a man profit, if he gain all the world, and destroy^[478] his own life,^[479] or lose it? (Mark 8:37)or what ^[49] [Arabic, p. 92] will a man give in ransom for his life?^[480] (Mark 8:38)Whosoever shall deny me and my sayings in this sinful and adulterous generation, the Son of man also will ^[50] deny him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels. (Matt. 16:27)For the Son of man is about to^[481] come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then shall he reward each man according to his works.

Section XXIV.

^[1] (Mark 9:1)And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There be here now some standing that shall not taste death, until they see the kingdom of God come^[482] with strength, ^[483]and the Son of man who cometh in his kingdom.

^[2] (Matt. 17:1)And after six days Jesus took Simon Cephas, and James, and John his brother, ^[3] and brought them up into a high mountain, the three of them only. ^[484]And while they ^[4] were praying, Jesus changed, and became after the fashion of another person; (Matt. 17:2; Luke 9:29)and his face shone like the sun, and his raiment was very white like the snow, and as ^[5] the light of lightning, so that nothing on earth can whiten^[485] like it. (Mark 9:3–4)And there appeared ^[6] unto him Moses and Elijah talking to Jesus. ^[486]And they thought that the time ^[7] of his decease which was to be accomplished at Jerusalem was come. (Luke 9:32)And Simon and those that were with him were heavy in the drowsiness of sleep; and with effort they roused themselves, and saw his glory, and those two men that were standing with him. ^[8] [Arabic, p. 93] ^[487]And when they began to depart from him, Simon said unto Jesus, My ^[9] Master, it is good for us to be here: ^[488]and if thou wilt, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; ^[489]not knowing ^[10] what he said, because of the fear which took possession of them. (Mark 9:6; Matt. 17:5)And while he ^[11] was yet saying that, a bright cloud overshadowed them. ^[490]And when they saw Moses ^[12] and Elijah that they had entered into that cloud, they feared again. ^[491]And a voice was heard out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, whom I have chosen; ^[13] hear ye therefore him. ^[492]And when this voice was heard, Jesus was found alone. ^[14] (Matt. 17:6)And the disciples, when they heard the voice, fell on their faces from the fear which ^[15] took hold of them. (Matt. 17:7)And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not ^[16] afraid. (Matt. 17:8)And they lifted up their eyes, and saw Jesus as he was.

^[17] (Matt. 17:9)And when they went down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said unto them, Tell not what ye have seen to any man, until the Son of man rise from ^[18] among the dead. (Mark 9:10; Luke 9:36)And they kept the word within themselves, and told no man in ^[19] those days what they had seen. ^[493]And they reflected among themselves, What is this ^[20] word which he spake unto us, I, when I am risen from among the dead? (Mark 9:11; Matt. 17:10)And his disciples asked him, and said, What is that which the scribes say, then, that Elijah ^[21] must first come? (Mark 9:12)He said unto them, Elijah cometh first to set in order everything, [Arabic, p. 94] and as it was written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things, ^[22] and be rejected. (Mark 9:13)But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they knew him not, and have done unto him whatsoever they desired, as it was written of him. [23, 24] ^[494]In like manner the Son of man is to suffer of them. (Matt. 17:13)Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them concerning John the Baptist.

^[25] (Mark 9:14)And on that day whereon they came down from the mountain, there met him a multitude of many people standing with his disciples, and the scribes were discussing ^[26] with them. (Mark 9:15)And the people, when they saw Jesus, were perplexed,^[495] and in the ^[27] midst of their joy hastened^[496] and saluted him. (Luke 13:31)And on that day came certain of the Pharisees, and said unto him, Get thee out, and go hence; for Herod seeketh ^[28] to kill thee. (Luke 13:32)Jesus said unto them, Go ye and say to this fox, Behold, I am casting out demons, and I heal to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I am perfected. ^[29] (Luke 13:33)Nevertheless I must be watchful^[497] to-day and to-morrow, and on the last day I shall depart; for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.

^[30] (Luke 9:38; Matt. 17:14)And after that, there came to him a man from that multitude, and fell upon his knees, and said unto him, I beseech thee, my Lord, look upon my son; ^[498]he is my ^[31] only child: and the spirit cometh upon him suddenly. (Luke 9:39; Matt. 17:15)A lunacy^[499] hath come upon ^[32] him, and he meeteth with evils. ^[500]And when it cometh upon him, it beateth him about;^{[501] [33]} and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and wasteth;^[502] (Matt. 17:15; Luke 9:39)and many times it hath thrown him into the water and into the fire to destroy him, and it hardly leaveth him after ^[34] [Arabic, p. 95] bruising him. (Matt. 17:16)And I brought him near to thy disciples, and they could ^[35] not heal him. (Matt. 17:17)Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, till when shall I be with you? and till when shall I bear with you? bring thy son ^[36] hither. (Mark 9:20)And he brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, immediately ^[37] it beat him about; and he fell upon the ground, and was raging and foaming. (Mark 9:21)And Jesus asked his father, How long is the time during which he hath been thus? He ^[38] said unto him, From his youth until now. ^[503]But, my Lord, help me wherein thou ^[39] canst, and have mercy upon me. (Mark 9:23)Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe! All ^[40] things are possible to him that believeth. (Mark 9:24)And immediately the father of the child ^[41] cried out, weeping, and said, I believe, my Lord; help my lack of faith. (Mark 9:25)And when Jesus saw the hastening of the people, and their coming at the sound, he rebuked that unclean spirit, and said to it, Thou dumb^[504] spirit that speakest not, I command ^[42] thee,^[505] come out of him, and enter not again into him. (Mark 9:26)And that spirit, devil,^[506] cried out much, and bruised him, and came out; and that child fell as one dead, and ^[43] many thought that he had died. (Mark 9:27; Luke 9:42)But Jesus took him by his hand, and raised him ^[44] up, and gave him to his father; and that child was healed from that hour. (Matt. 17:18; Luke 9:43)And the people all marvelled at the greatness of God.

^[45] (Mark 9:28)And when Jesus entered into the house, his disciples came, and asked him ^[46] privately,^[507] and said unto him, Why were we not able to heal him? (Matt. 17:20)Jesus said unto [Arabic, p. 96] them, Because of your unbelief. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence; ^[47] and it shall remove; and nothing shall overcome you. ^[508]But it is impossible to cast out this kind by anything except by fasting and prayer.

^[48] (Mark 9:30)And when he went forth thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not ^[49] that any man should know it.^[509] (Mark 9:31; Luke 9:44)And he taught his disciples, and said unto them, ^{[50] [510]}Keep ye these sayings in your ears and your hearts: for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, he ^[51] shall rise on the third day. (Luke 9:45)But they knew not the word which he spake unto them, for it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they feared to ^[52] ask him about this word. ^[511]And they were exceeding sorrowful.

Section XXV.

^[1] (Luke 9:46)And in that day this thought presented itself to his disciples, and they said, which ^[2] haply should be the greatest among them.^[512] (Mark 9:33)And when they came to Capernaum, and entered into the house, Jesus said unto them, What were ye considering in the ^[3] way among yourselves? ^[513]And they were silent because they had considered that matter.

^{[4] [514]}And when Simon went forth without, those that received two dirhams for the tribute came to Cephas, and said unto him, Doth your master not give his two ^[5] dirhams? He said unto them, Yea. (Matt. 17:25)And when Cephas entered the house, Jesus anticipated him, and said unto him, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom and tribute? from their sons, or from ^[6] [Arabic, p. 97] strangers? (Matt. 17:26)Simon said unto him, From strangers. Jesus said unto him, Children then are free. Simon said unto him, Yea. Jesus said unto him, ^[7] Give thou also unto them, like the stranger. (Matt. 17:27)But, lest it trouble them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook; and the first fish that cometh up, open its mouth, and thou shalt find a stater: take therefore that, and give for me and thee.

^[8] (Matt. 18:1)And in that hour came the disciples to Jesus, and said unto him, Who, thinkest ^[9] thou, is greater in the kingdom of heaven? (Luke 9:47; Mark 9:36)And Jesus knew the thought of their heart, and called a^[515] child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms, and ^[10] said unto them, (Matt. 18:3)Verily I say unto you, If ye do not return, and become as children, ^[11] ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. (Luke 9:48)Every one that shall receive in my name such as this child hath received me: ^[516]and whosoever receiveth me receiveth ^[12] not me, but him that sent me. ^[517]And he who is little in your company,^[518] the same ^[13] shall be great. (Matt. 18:6)But whosoever shall injure one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a great millstone^[519] should be hanged about his neck, and he should be drowned in the depths of the sea.

^[14] (Luke 9:49)John answered and said, Our Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; ^[15] and we prevented him, because he followed not thee with us. (Mark 9:39)Jesus said unto them, Prevent him not; for no man doeth powers in my name, and can hasten to speak evil [16, 17] of me. ^[520]Every one who is not in opposition to you is with you. ^[521]Woe unto the world [Arabic, p. 98] because of trials!^[522] but woe unto that man by whose hand the trials come! ^[18] (Matt. 18:8)If thy hand or thy foot injure thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee to enter into life being halt or maimed, and not that thou shouldest have two hands or two feet, and fall into the hell of fire that burneth^[523] for ever; [19, 20] (Mark 9:44)where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ^[524]And if thine eye seduce^{[525] [21]} thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; ^[526]for it is better for thee to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than that thou shouldest have two eyes, and fall into the [22, 23] fire of Gehenna; (Mark 9:48)where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:49)Every ^[24] one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. ^[527]How good ^[25] is salt! but if the salt also be tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? (Luke 14:34–35)It is fit neither for the land nor for dung, but they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him ^[26] hear. ^[528]Have ye salt in yourselves, and be in peace one with another.

^[27] (Mark 10:1)And he arose from thence, and came to the borders of Judæa beyond Jordan: and there went unto him thither great multitudes, and he healed them; and he taught ^[28] them also, according to his custom. (Mark 10:2)And the Pharisees came unto him, tempting ^[29] him, and asking him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (Mark 10:3)He said, What ^[30] did Moses command you? (Mark 10:4)They said, Moses made it allowable for us, saying, Whosoever ^[31] will, let him write a writing of divorcement, and put away his wife. ^[529]Jesus answered and said unto them, (Matt. 19:4)Have ye not read, He that made them from the beginning ^[32] made them male and female, and said, (Matt. 19:5)For this reason shall the man leave his father [Arabic, p. 99] and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they both shall be one body? ^[33] (Matt. 19:6)So then they are not twain, but one body; the thing, then, which God hath ^[34] joined together, let no man put asunder. (Matt. 19:7)And those Pharisees said unto him, Why did Moses consent^[530] that a man should give a writing of divorcement and put her away? ^[35] (Matt. 19:8)Jesus said unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts gave you leave ^[36] to divorce your wives; but in the beginning it was not so. ^[531]I say unto you, Whosoever putteth away^[532] his wife without fornication, and marrieth another, hath exposed ^[37] her to adultery. (Mark 10:10)And his disciples, when he entered the house, asked him again ^[38] about that. (Mark 10:11)And he said unto them, Every one who putteth away his wife, and ^[39] marrieth another, hath exposed her to adultery. (Mark 10:12)And any woman that leaveth her husband, and becometh another’s, hath committed adultery. ^[533]And whosoever marrieth ^[40] her that is divorced hath committed adultery. (Matt. 19:10)And his disciples said unto him, If there be between the man and the woman such a case^[534] as this, it is not good for ^[41] a man to marry. (Matt. 19:11)He said unto them, Not every man can endure this saying, except ^[42] him to whom it is given. (Matt. 19:12)There are eunuchs which from their mother’s womb^[535] were born so; and there are eunuchs which through men became eunuchs; and there are eunuchs which made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to be content, let him be content.

^{[43] [536]}Then they brought to him children, that he should lay his hand upon them, and ^[44] pray: and his disciples were rebuking those that were bringing them. (Mark 10:13–14)And Jesus saw, and it was distressing to him; and he said unto them, Suffer the children to [Arabic, p. 100] come unto me, and prevent them not; for those that are like these have ^[45] the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:15)Verily I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth not the ^[46] kingdom of God as this child, shall not enter it. (Mark 10:16)And he took them in his arms, and laid his hand upon them, and blessed them.

Section XXVI.

[1, 2] (Luke 15:1)And there came unto him publicans and sinners to hear his word. (Luke 15:2)And the scribes and the Pharisees murmured, and said, This man receiveth sinners, and ^[3] eateth with them. (Luke 15:3)And Jesus, when he beheld their murmuring, spake unto them ^[4] this parable: (Luke 15:4)What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if one of them were lost, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go and seek the straying one ^[5] till he found it? (Matt. 18:13)Verily I say unto you, When he findeth it, he will rejoice over it ^[6] more than over the ninety-nine that went not astray; ^[537]and bear it on his shoulders, and bring it to his house, and call his friends and neighbours, (Luke 15:6)and say unto them, ^[7] Rejoice with me, since I have found my straying sheep. (Matt. 18:14)So your Father which is in heaven willeth^[538] not that one of these little ones that have strayed should perish, ^[8] and he seeketh for them repentance. (Luke 15:7)I say unto you, Thus there shall be rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repentance.

^[9] (Luke 15:8)And what woman having ten drachmas would lose one of them, and not light a ^[10] lamp, and sweep the house, and seek it with care till she found it; (Luke 15:9)and when she found it, call her friends and neighbours, and say unto them, Rejoice with me, as I ^[11] have found my drachma that was lost? (Luke 15:10)I say unto you, Thus there shall be joy [Arabic, p. 101] before the angels of God over the one sinner that repenteth, more than over the ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repentance.

[12, 13] (Luke 15:11)And Jesus spake unto them also another parable: (Luke 15:12)A man had two sons: and the younger son said unto him, My father, give me my portion that belongeth to ^[14] me of thy goods. (Luke 15:13)And he divided between them his property. And after a few days the younger son gathered everything that belonged to him, and went into a ^[15] far country, and there squandered his property by living prodigally. (Luke 15:14)And when he had exhausted everything he had, there occurred a great dearth in that country. ^[16] (Luke 15:15)And when he was in want, he went and joined himself to one of the people of a city ^[17] of that country; and that man sent him into the field^[539] to feed the swine. (Luke 15:16)And he used to long to fill his belly with the carob that those swine were eating: and no man ^[18] gave him. (Luke 15:17)And when he returned unto himself, he said, How many hired servants now in my father’s house have bread enough and to spare, while I here perish with ^[19] hunger! (Luke 15:18)I will arise and go to my father’s house, and say unto him, My father, (Luke 15:19)I ^[20] have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy now to be called thy ^[21] son: make me as one of thy hired servants. (Luke 15:20)And he arose, and came to his father. But his father saw him while he was at a distance, and was moved with compassion ^[22] for him, and ran,^[540] and fell on his breast,^[541] and kissed him. (Luke 15:21)And his son said unto him, My father, I have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy to be ^[23] called thy son. (Luke 15:22)His father said unto his servants, Bring forth a stately robe, and put ^[24] it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and put on him shoes on his feet: (Luke 15:23)and bring and ^[25] slay a fatted ox, that we may eat and make merry: (Luke 15:24)for this my son was dead, and is ^[26] [Arabic, p. 102] alive; and was lost, and is found. (Luke 15:25)And they began to be merry.^[542] Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and drew near to the house, ^[27] he heard the sound of many singing.^[543] (Luke 15:26)And he called one of the lads, and asked him ^[28] what this was. (Luke 15:27)He said unto him, Thy brother hath arrived; and thy father hath ^[29] slain a fatted ox, since he hath received him safe and sound.^[544] (Luke 15:28)And he was angry, ^[30] and would not enter; so his father went out, and besought him to enter. (Luke 15:29)And he said to his father, How many years do I serve thee in bondage, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and thou hast never given me a kid, that I might ^[31] make merry with my friends? (Luke 15:30)but this thy son, when he had squandered thy ^[32] property with harlots, and come, thou hast slain for him a fatted ox. (Luke 15:31)His father said unto him, My son, thou art at all times with me, and everything I have is ^[33] thine. (Luke 15:32)It behoveth thee to rejoice and make merry, since this thy brother was dead, and is alive; and was lost, and is found.

^[34] (Luke 16:1)And he spake a parable unto his disciples: There was a rich man, and he had ^[35] a steward; and he was accused to him that he had squandered his property. (Luke 16:2)So his lord called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear regarding thee? Give me the account of thy stewardship; for it is now impossible that thou shouldest ^[36] be a steward for me. (Luke 16:3)The steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; and to beg^[545] I ^[37] am ashamed. (Luke 16:4)I know what I will do, that, when I go out of the stewardship, they ^[38] may receive me into their houses. (Luke 16:5)And he called one after another of his lord’s ^[39] debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou my lord? (Luke 16:6)He said unto him, An hundred portions^[546] of oil. He said unto him, Take thy writing, and sit down, and write ^[40] quickly fifty portions.^[547] (Luke 16:7)And he said to the next, And thou, how much owest thou my lord? He said unto him, An hundred cors of wheat. He said unto him, Take ^[41] [Arabic, p. 103] thy writing, and sit down, and write eighty cors. (Luke 16:8)And our^[548] lord commended the sinful steward^[549] because he had done a wise deed; for the children ^[42] of this world are wiser than the children of the light in this their age. (Luke 16:9)And I also say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends with the wealth of this unrighteousness;^{[550] [43]} so that, when it is exhausted, they may receive you into their tents for ever. (Luke 16:10)He who is faithful in^[551] a little is faithful also in much: and he who is unrighteous in a ^[44] little is unrighteous also in much. (Luke 16:11)If then in the wealth of unrighteousness ye were ^[45] not trustworthy, who will intrust you with the truth?^[552] (Luke 16:12)If ye are not found faithful in what does not belong to you, who will give you what belongeth to you?

Section XXVII.

^[1] (Matt. 18:23)Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a ^[2] reckoning with his servants. (Matt. 18:24)And when he began to make it, they brought to him one who ^[3] owed him ten talents.^[553] (Matt. 18:25)And because he had not wherewith to pay, his lord ordered that he should be sold, he, and his wife, and children, and all that he ^[4] had, and payment be made. (Matt. 18:26)So that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything. ^[5] (Matt. 18:27)And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, and forgave him his ^[6] debt. (Matt. 18:28)And that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him [Arabic, p. 104] a hundred pence;^[554] and he took him, and dealt severely with him, and said ^[7] unto him, Give me what thou owest. (Matt. 18:29)So the fellow-servant fell down at his ^[8] feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me respite, and I will pay thee. (Matt. 18:30)And he would not; but took him, and cast him into prison, till he should give him his debt. ^[9] (Matt. 18:31)And when their fellow-servants saw what happened, it distressed them much; and ^[10] they came and told their lord of all that had taken place. (Matt. 18:32)Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because ^[11] thou besoughtest me: (Matt. 18:33)was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy ^[12] fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?^[555] (Matt. 18:34)And his lord became wroth, and delivered ^[13] him to the scourgers, till he should pay all that he owed. (Matt. 18:35)So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, if one forgive not his brother his wrong conduct^[556] from ^[14] his heart. (Luke 17:3)Take heed within^[557] yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he ^[15] repent, forgive him. (Luke 17:4)And if he act wrongly towards thee seven times in a day, and on that day return seven times unto thee, and say, I repent towards thee; forgive him. ^[16] (Matt. 18:15)And if thy brother act wrongly towards thee, go and reprove him between thee and ^[17] him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (Matt. 18:16)But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, and so^[558] at the mouth of two or three every saying shall ^[18] be established. (Matt. 18:17)And if he listen not to these also, tell the congregation;^[559] and if he listen not even to the congregation, let him be unto thee as a publican and a Gentile.^{[560] [19]} (Matt. 18:18)Verily I say unto you, All that ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: ^[20] and what ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (Matt. 18:19)I say unto you also, If two of you agree on earth to ask, everything shall^[561] be granted them from my Father ^[21] [Arabic, p. 105] which is in heaven. (Matt. 18:20)For where two or three are gathered in my name, there ^[22] am I amongst them. (Matt. 18:21)Then Cephas drew near to him, and said unto him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother act wrongly towards me, should I forgive him? ^[23] until seven times? (Matt. 18:22)Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until seventy ^[24] times seven, seven.^[562] (Luke 12:47)And the servant that knoweth his lord’s will, and maketh not ^[25] ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment; (Luke 12:48)but he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, shall meet with slight punishment. Every one to whom much hath been given, much shall be asked of him; and he that hath had much committed to him, much shall be ^[26] required at his hand. (Luke 12:49)I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had ^[27] been kindled already.^[563] (Luke 12:50)And I have a baptism to be baptized with, and greatly am ^[28] I straitened till it be accomplished. (Matt. 18:10)See that ye despise not^[564] one of these little ones that believe in me. Verily I say unto you, Their angels at all times see the ^[29] face of my Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 18:11)The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost.

^[30] (John 7:1)And after that, Jesus walked in Galilee; and he did not like to walk in Judæa, ^[31] because the Jews sought to kill him. (Luke 13:1)And there came people who told him of ^[32] the Galilæans, those whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. (Luke 13:2)Jesus answered and said unto them, Do ye imagine that those Galilæans were sinners ^[33] more than all the Galilæans, so that this thing has come upon them? (Luke 13:3)Nay. Verily I say unto you now,^[565] that ye shall all also, if ye repent not, likewise perish. ^[34] (Luke 13:4)Or perchance those eighteen on whom the palace fell in Siloam, and slew them, do ye imagine that they were to be condemned^[566] more than all the people that dwell ^[35] [Arabic, p. 106] in Jerusalem? Nay. (Luke 13:5)Verily I say unto you, If ye do not all repent, ye shall perish like them.

^[36] (Luke 13:6)And he spake unto them this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; ^[37] and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. (Luke 13:7)So he said to the husbandman, Lo, three years do I come and seek fruit on this fig tree, and find ^[38] none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground unoccupied? (Luke 13:8)The husbandman said unto him, My lord, leave it this year also, that I may dig about it, and dung ^[39] it; (Luke 13:9)then if it bear fruit—! and if not, then cut it down in the coming year.

^[40] (Luke 13:10)And when Jesus was teaching on the sabbath day in one of the synagogues, ^[41] there was there a woman that had a spirit of disease eighteen years; (Luke 13:11)and she was ^[42] bowed down, and could not straighten herself at all. (Luke 13:12)And Jesus saw her, and called ^[43] her, and said unto her, Woman, be loosed from thy disease. (Luke 13:13)And he put his hand ^[44] upon her; and immediately she was straightened, and praised God. (Luke 13:14)And the chief^[567] of the synagogue answered with anger, because Jesus had healed on a sabbath, and said unto the multitudes, There are six days in which work ought to be done; ^[45] come in them and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. (Luke 13:15)But Jesus answered and said unto him, Ye hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath day loose ^[46] his ox or his ass from the manger, and go and water it? (Luke 13:16)Ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, and whom the devil^[568] hath bound eighteen years, ^[47] to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? (Luke 13:17)And when he said this, they were all put to shame, those standing, who were opposing him:^[569] and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded from his hand.

Section XXVIII.

[1, 2] [Arabic, p. 107] (John 7:2)And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew near. (John 7:3)So the brethren of Jesus said unto him, Remove now hence, and go to Judæa, that ^[3] thy disciples may see the deeds that thou doest. (John 7:4) For no man doeth a thing secretly ^[4] and wisheth to be apparent. (John 7:5)If thou doest this, shew thyself to the world. For ^[5] up to this time not even the brethren of Jesus believed on him. (John 7:6)Jesus said unto them, My time till now has not arrived; but as for you, your time is alway ready. ^[6] (John 7:7)It is not possible for the world to hate you; but me it hateth, for I bear witness ^[7] against it, that its deeds are evil. (John 7:8)As for you, go ye up unto this feast: but I go ^[8] not up now to this feast; for my time has not yet been completed. (John 7:9)He said this, and remained behind in Galilee.

^[9] (John 7:10; Matt. 19:1)But when his brethren went up unto the feast, he journeyed from Galilee, and ^[10] came to the borders of Judæa, to the country beyond Jordan; (Matt. 19:2)and there came after ^[11] him great multitudes, and he healed them all there. ^[570]And he went out, and proceeded ^[12] to the feast, not openly, but as one that conceals himself. (John 7:11)And the Jews sought him ^[13] at the feast, and said, In what place is this man? (John 7:12)And there occurred much murmuring there in the great multitude that came to the feast, on his account. For ^[14] some said, He is good: and others said, Nay, but he leadeth the people astray. (John 7:13)But no man spake of him openly for fear of the Jews.

^[15] [Arabic, p. 108] (John 7:14)But when the days of the feast of tabernacles were half over, Jesus went ^[16] up to the temple, and taught. (John 7:15)And the Jews wondered, and said, How doth ^[17] this man know writing,^[571] seeing he hath not learned? (John 7:16)Jesus answered and said, My doctrine^{[572] [18]} is not mine, but his that sent me. (John 7:17)Whoever wisheth to do his will understandeth my doctrine,^[573] whether it be from God, or whether I speak of mine own accord. ^[19] (John 7:18)Whosoever speaketh of his own accord seeketh praise for himself; but whosoever seeketh praise for him that sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness in his heart ^[20] there is none. (John 7:19)Did not Moses give you the law, and no man of you keepeth the ^[21] law? (John 7:20)Why seek ye to kill me? The multitude answered and said unto him, Thou ^[22] hast demons:^[574] who seeketh to kill thee? (John 7:21)Jesus answered and said unto them, I did ^[23] one deed, and ye all marvel because of this. (John 7:22)Moses hath given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but it is from the fathers); and ye on the sabbath ^[24] circumcise a man. (John 7:23)And if a man is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I healed on the sabbath ^[25] day the whole man? (John 7:24)Judge not with hypocrisy, but judge righteous judgement.

^[26] (John 7:25)And some people from Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to slay? ^[27] (John 7:26)And lo, he discourseth with them openly, and they say nothing unto him. Think ^[28] you that our elders have learned that this is the Messiah indeed? (John 7:27)But this man is^[575] known whence he is; and the Messiah, when he cometh, no man knoweth whence ^[29] he is. (John 7:28)So Jesus lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and of my own accord am I not come, but he ^[30] [Arabic, p. 109] that sent me is true, he whom ye know not: (John 7:29)but I know him; for I am ^[31] from him, and he sent me. (John 7:30)And they sought to seize him: and no man ^[32] laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. (John 7:31)But many of the multitude believed on him; and they said, The Messiah, when he cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth?

^[33] (Luke 12:13)And a man of that multitude said unto our Lord, Teacher, say to my brother ^[34] that he divide with me the inheritance. (Luke 12:14)Jesus said unto him, Man, who is it that ^[35] appointed me over you as a judge and divider? (Luke 12:15)And he said unto his disciples, Take heed within yourselves of all inordinate desire; for it is not in abundance of ^[36] possessions that life shall be. (Luke 12:16)And he gave them this parable: The ground of a ^[37] rich man brought forth abundant produce: (Luke 12:17)and he pondered within himself, and ^[38] said, What shall I do, since I have no place to store my produce? (Luke 12:18)And he said, I will do this: I will pull down the buildings of my barns, and build them, and make ^[39] them greater; and store there all my wheat and my goods. (Luke 12:19)And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid by for many years; take thine ease, eat, ^[40] drink, enjoy thyself. (Luke 12:20)God said unto him, O thou of little intelligence, this night shall thy soul be taken from thee; and this that thou hast prepared, whose shall it ^[41] be? (Luke 12:21)So is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

^[42] (Mark 10:17)And while Jesus was going in the way, there came near to him a young man^[576] of the rulers,^[577] and fell on his knees, and asked him, and said, Good Teacher, what is ^[43] it that I must do that I may have eternal life? (Mark 10:18)Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou ^[44] me good, while there is none good but the one, even God?^{[578] [579]}Thou knowest the commandments.^{[580] [45]} (Matt. 19:17–18)If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.^[581] The young [Arabic, p. 110] man said unto him, Which of the commandments?^[582] Jesus said unto him, ^{[46] [583]}Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not do injury, Honour thy father ^[47] and thy mother: and, Love thy neighbour as thyself. (Matt. 19:19–20)That young man said unto ^[48] him, All these have I kept from my youth: what then is it that I lack? ^[584]And Jesus ^[49] looked intently at him, and loved him, and said unto him, ^[585]If thou wouldest be perfect, what thou lackest is one thing:^[586] go away and sell everything that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and take thy ^[50] cross, and follow me. (Matt. 19:22; Luke 18:23)And that young man frowned at this word, and went away ^[51] feeling sad; for he was very rich. (Luke 18:24; Mark 10:23)And when Jesus saw his sadness, he looked towards his disciples, and said unto them, How hard it is for them that have possessions to enter the kingdom of God!

Section XXIX.

^[1] (Matt. 19:23)Verily I say unto you, It is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of ^[2] heaven. (Matt. 19:24)And I say unto you also, that it is easier for a camel to enter the eye of ^[3] a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:24)And the disciples were wondering at these sayings. And Jesus answered and said unto them again, My children, how hard it is for those that rely on their possessions to enter the ^[4] kingdom of God! (Mark 10:26)And those that were listening wondered more, and said amongst ^[5] themselves, being agitated,^[587] Who, thinkest thou, can be saved? (Mark 10:27)And Jesus looked at them intently, and said unto them, With men this is not possible, but with God it is: ^[6] [Arabic, p. 111] it is possible for God to do everything. ^[588]Simon Cephas said unto him, Lo, we have left everything, and followed thee; what is it, thinkest thou, that we ^[7] shall have? (Matt. 19:28)Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, Ye that have followed me, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also ^[8] shall sit on twelve thrones, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel. ^[589]Verily I say unto you, No man leaveth houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or kinsfolk, or lands, because of the kingdom of God, or for ^[9] my sake, and the sake of my gospel, (Luke 18:30)who shall not obtain^[590] many times as much in this ^[10] time, and in the world to come inherit eternal life: ^[591]and now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecution; ^[11] and in the world to come everlasting life. (Mark 10:31)Many that are first shall be last,^[592] and that are last shall be first.

^[12] (Luke 16:14)And when the Pharisees heard all this, because of their love for wealth they ^[13] scoffed at him. (Luke 16:15)And Jesus knew what was in their hearts, and said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves before men; while God knows your hearts: the thing that is lofty with men is base before God.

^[14] (Luke 16:19)And he began to say, A certain man was rich, and wore silk and purple, and enjoyed ^[15] himself every day in splendour: (Luke 16:20)and there was a poor man named Lazarus, and ^[16] he was cast down at the door of the rich man, (Luke 16:21)afflicted with sores, and he longed to fill [Arabic, p. 112] his belly with the crumbs that fell from the table of that rich man; yea, ^[17] even^[593] the dogs used to come and lick his sores. (Luke 16:22)And it happened that that poor man died, and the angels conveyed him into the bosom of Abraham: and the ^[18] rich man also died, and was buried. (Luke 16:23)And while he was being tormented in Hades, ^[19] he lifted up his eyes from afar, and saw Abraham with^[594] Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:24)And he called with a loud voice, and said, My father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger with water, and moisten my tongue ^[20] for me; for, behold, I am burned in this flame. (Luke 16:25)Abraham said unto him, My son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus his afflictions: ^[21] but now, behold, he is at rest here, and thou art tormented. (Luke 16:26)And in addition to all this, there is between us and you a great abyss placed, so that they that would cross unto you from hence cannot, nor yet from thence do they cross unto ^[22] us. (Luke 16:27)He said unto him, Then I beseech thee, my father, to send him to my father’s ^[23] house; (Luke 16:28)for I have five brethren; let him go, that they also sin not,^[595] and come to ^[24] the abode of this torment.^[596] (Luke 16:29)Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the ^[25] prophets; let them hear them. (Luke 16:30)He said unto him, Nay,^[597] my father Abraham: but ^[26] let a man from the dead go unto them, and they will repent. (Luke 16:31)Abraham said unto him, If they listen neither to Moses nor to the prophets, neither if a man from the dead rose would they believe him.

^[27] (Matt. 20:1)The kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, which went out early ^[28] in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. (Matt. 20:2)And he agreed with the labourers on ^[29] one penny a day for each labourer, and he sent them into his vineyard. (Matt. 20:3)And he went ^[30] [Arabic, p. 113] out in three hours, and saw others standing in the market idle. (Matt. 20:4)He said unto them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and what is right I will pay you. ^[31] (Matt. 20:5)And they went. And he went out also at the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise, ^[32] and sent them. (Matt. 20:6)And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said unto them, Why are ye standing the whole day idle? ^[33] (Matt. 20:7)They said unto him, Because no one hath hired us. He said unto them, Go ye ^[34] also into the vineyard, and what is right ye shall receive. (Matt. 20:8)So when evening came, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the labourers, and pay them ^[35] their wages; and begin with the later ones, and end with the former ones. (Matt. 20:9)And ^[36] those of eleven hours^[598] came, and received each a penny. (Matt. 20:10)When therefore the first came, they supposed that they should receive something more; and they also ^[37] received each a penny. (Matt. 20:11)And when they received it, they spake angrily against the ^[38] householder, and said, (Matt. 20:12)These last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal ^[39] with us, who have suffered the heat of the day, and its burden. (Matt. 20:13)He answered and said unto one of them, My friend, I do thee no wrong: was it not for a penny that ^[40] thou didst bargain with me? (Matt. 20:14)Take what is thine, and go thy way; for I wish to ^[41] give this last as I have given thee. (Matt. 20:15)Or am I not entitled to do with what is mine^{[599] [42]} what I choose? (Matt. 20:16)Or is thine eye perchance evil, because I am good? Thus shall the last ones be first, and the first last. The called are many, and the chosen are few.

^[43] (Luke 14:1)And when Jesus entered into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, and they were watching him to see what he would [44, 45] do, (Luke 14:2)and there was before him a man which had the dropsy, (Luke 14:3)Jesus answered and ^[46] said unto the scribes and the Pharisees, Is it lawful on the sabbath to heal? (Luke 14:4)But [Arabic, p. 114] they were silent. So he took him, and healed him, and sent him away. ^[47] (Luke 14:5)And he said unto them, Which of you shall have his son or his ox fall on the sabbath day into a well, and not lift him up straightway, and draw water for ^[48] him? (Luke 14:6)And they were not able to answer him a word to that.

Section XXX.

^[1] (Luke 14:7)And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden there, because he saw ^[2] them choose the places that were in the highest part of the sitting room: (Luke 14:8)When a man invites thee to a feast, do not go and sit at the head of the room; lest there ^[3] be there a man more honourable than thou, (Luke 14:9)and he that invited you come and say unto thee, Give the place to this man: and thou be ashamed when thou risest and ^[4] takest^[600] another place. (Luke 14:10)But when thou art invited, go and sit last; so that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, My friend, go up higher: and ^[5] thou shalt have praise before all that were invited with thee. (Luke 14:11)For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.

^[6] (Luke 14:12)And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a feast^[601] or a banquet,^[602] do not invite thy friends, nor even thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy ^[7] rich neighbours; lest haply they also invite thee, and thou have this reward. (Luke 14:13)But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, and those with withered hand, and the ^[8] lame, and the blind: (Luke 14:14)and blessed art thou, since they have not the means to reward ^[9] thee; that thy reward may be at the rising of the righteous. (Luke 14:15)And when one of them that were invited heard that, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

[10, 11] (Matt. 22:1; Matt. 22:2)Jesus answered again in parables, and said, ^[603]The kingdom of heaven hath been likened [Arabic, p. 115] to^[604] a certain king, which made a feast^[605] for his son, and prepared a ^[12] great banquet,^[606] and invited many: and he sent his servants at the time of the feast to inform them that were invited, ^[607]Everything is made ready for you; come. And ^[13] they would not come, but began all of them with one voice to make excuse. (Luke 14:18)And the first said unto them, Say to him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out ^[14] to see it: (Luke 14:19)I pray thee to release^[608] me, for I ask to be excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them: I pray thee ^[15] to release me, for I ask to be excused. (Luke 14:20)And another said, I have married a wife, ^[16] and therefore I cannot come. (Matt. 22:4)And the king sent also other servants, and said, Say to those that were invited, that my feast is ready, and my oxen and my fatlings are ^[17] slain, and everything is ready: come to the feast. (Matt. 22:5)But they made light of it, and ^[18] went, one to his field, and another to his merchandise: (Matt. 22:6)and the rest took his ^[19] servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. ^[609]And one of the servants ^[20] came, and informed his lord of what had happened. (Matt. 22:7)And when the king heard, he became angry, and sent his armies; and they destroyed those murderers, and ^[21] burned their cities. (Matt. 22:8)Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, but those ^[22] that were invited were not worthy. ^[610]Go out quickly into the markets and into the partings of the ways of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and those with pains, and the lame, and the blind. And the servants did as the king commanded them. ^[23] (Luke 14:22)And they came, and said unto him, Our lord, we have done all that thou commandedst ^[24] us, and there is here still room. (Luke 14:23; Matt. 22:9)So the lord said unto his servants, Go out into the roads, and the ways, and the paths, and every one that ye find, invite ^[25] [Arabic, p. 116] to the feast, and constrain them to enter, till my house is^[611] filled. (Luke 14:23–24)I say unto you, that no one of those people that were invited shall taste of my feast. ^[26] (Matt. 22:10)And those servants went out into the roads, and gathered all that they found, good and ^[27] bad: and the banquet-house was filled with guests. (Matt. 22:11)And the king entered to see those ^[28] who were seated, and he saw there a man not wearing a festive garment: (Matt. 22:12)and he said unto him, My friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive garments? ^[29] (Matt. 22:13)And he was silent. Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet, and put him forth into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and ^[30] gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 22:14)The called are many; and the chosen, few.

^{[31] [612]}And after that, the time of the feast of unleavened bread of the Jews arrived, ^[32] and Jesus went out to go to Jerusalem. (Luke 17:11; Luke 17:12)And as he went in the way, there met him ^[33] ten persons who were lepers, and stood afar off: (Luke 17:13)and they lifted up their voice, and ^[34] said, Our Master, Jesus, have mercy upon us. (Luke 17:14)And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. And when they went, they ^[35] were cleansed. (Luke 17:15)And one of them, when he saw himself cleansed, returned, and ^[36] was praising God with a loud voice; (Luke 17:16)and he fell on his face before the feet of ^[37] Jesus, giving him thanks: and this man was a Samaritan. (Luke 17:17)Jesus answered and said, ^[38] Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the nine? (Luke 17:18)Not one of them turned aside to come and praise God, but this man who is of a strange ^[39] people. (Luke 17:19)He said unto him, Arise, and go thy way; for thy faith hath given thee life.^[613]

^[40] (Mark 10:32)And while they were going up in the way to Jerusalem, Jesus went in front of them; and they wondered, and followed him fearing. And he took his twelve disciples apart, ^[41] and began to tell them privately^[614] what was about to befall him. ^[615]And he said unto [Arabic, p. 117] them, We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things shall be fulfilled ^[42] that are written in the prophets concerning the Son of man. ^[616]He shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, ^[43] and deliver him to the peoples;^{[617] [618]}and they shall treat him shamefully, and scourge ^[44] him, and spit in his face, and humble him,^[619]and crucify him, and slay him: (Luke 18:33)and on ^[45] the third day he shall rise. (Luke 18:34)But they understood not one thing of this; but this word was hidden from them, and they did not perceive these things that were addressed to them.

^[46] (Matt. 20:20)Then came near to him the mother of the (two) sons of Zebedee, she and her (two) sons, and worshipped him, and asked of him a certain thing. ^[620]And he said ^[47] unto her, What wouldest thou? (Mark 10:35)And James and John, her two sons, came forward, and said unto him, Teacher, we would that all that we ask thou wouldest ^[48] do unto us. (Mark 10:36)He said unto them,^[621] What would ye that I should do unto you? ^[49] (Mark 10:37)They said unto him, Grant us that we may sit, the one on thy right, and the other ^[50] on thy left, in thy kingdom and thy glory. (Mark 10:38)And Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am to drink? and with the ^[51] baptism that I am to be baptized with, will ye be baptized? (Mark 10:39)And they said unto him, We are able. Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and ^[52] with the baptism wherewith I am baptized ye shall be baptized: (Mark 10:40)but that ye should sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; but it is for him for whom my Father hath prepared it.

Section XXXI.

^[1] (Mark 10:41)And when the ten heard, they were moved with anger against James and John. ^[2] (Mark 10:42)And Jesus called them, and said unto them, Ye know that the rulers of the nations ^[3] are their lords; and their great men are set in authority over them. (Mark 10:43)Not thus shall it [Arabic, p. 118] be amongst you: but he amongst you that would be great, let him be to you a ^[4] servant; (Mark 10:44)and whoever of you would be first,^[622] let him be to every man a ^[5] bond-servant: (Matt. 20:28)even as the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and ^[6] to give himself a ransom in place of the many. (Luke 13:22)He said this, and was going about ^[7] the villages and the cities, and teaching; and he went to Jerusalem. (Luke 13:23)And a man asked him, Are those that shall be saved few? Jesus answered and said unto ^[8] them, Strive ye to enter at the narrow door: (Luke 13:24)I say unto you now, that many shall ^[9] seek to enter, and shall not be able^[623]— (Luke 13:25)from the time when the master of the house riseth, and closeth the door, and ye shall be standing without, and shall knock at the door, and shall begin to say, Our lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and ^[10] say, I say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: (Luke 13:26)and ye shall begin to say, ^[11] Before thee we did eat and drink, and in our markets didst thou teach; (Luke 13:27)and he shall say unto you, I know you not whence ye are; depart^[624] from me, ye servants ^[12] of untruth. (Luke 13:28)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while ye are ^[13] put forth without. (Luke 13:29)And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the ^[14] north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. (Luke 13:30)And there shall then be last that have become first, and first that have become last.

[15, 16] (Luke 19:1)And when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho, (Luke 19:2)there was a man named Zacchæus, ^[17] rich, and chief of the publicans. (Luke 19:3)And he desired to see Jesus who he was; and he was not able for the pressure of the crowd, because Zacchæus was little of stature. ^[18] [Arabic, p. 119] (Luke 19:4)And he hastened, and went before Jesus, and went up into an unripe fig ^[19] tree^[625] to see Jesus: for he was to pass thus. (Luke 19:5)And when Jesus came to that place, he saw him, and said unto him, Make haste, and come down, Zacchæus: ^[20] to-day I must be in thy house. (Luke 19:6)And he hastened, and came down, and received ^[21] him joyfully. (Luke 19:7)And when they all saw, they murmured, and said, He hath gone in ^[22] and lodged with a man that is a sinner. (Luke 19:8)So Zacchæus stood, and said unto Jesus, My Lord, now half of my possessions I give to the poor, and what I have unjustly ^[23] taken^[626] from every man I give him fourfold. (Luke 19:9)Jesus said unto him, Today is salvation ^[24] come to this house, because this man also is a^[627] son of Abraham. (Luke 19:10)For the Son of man came to seek and save the thing that was lost.

^[25] (Luke 18:35; Matt. 20:29; Mark 10:46)And when Jesus went out of Jericho, he and his disciples, there came after him ^[26] a great multitude. ^[628]And there was a blind man sitting by the way side begging. ^[27] (Mark 10:46; Luke 18:36)And his name was Timæus, the son of Timæus. And he heard the sound of the ^[28] multitude passing, and asked, Who is this? (Luke 18:37)They said unto him, Jesus the Nazarene ^[29] passeth by. (Mark 10:47; Luke 18:38)And when he heard that it was Jesus, he called out with a loud ^[30] voice, and said, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. ^[629]And those that went before Jesus were rebuking him, that he should hold his peace: ^[630]but he cried the ^[31] more, and said, Son of David, have mercy on me. (Mark 10:49)And Jesus stood, and commanded that they should call him. And they called the blind man, and said unto ^[32] him, Be of good courage, and rise; for, behold, he calleth thee. (Mark 10:50)And the blind ^[33] man threw away his garment, and rose, and came to Jesus. (Mark 10:51)Jesus said unto him, What dost thou wish that I should do unto thee? And that blind man said unto him, My Lord and Master, that my eyes may be opened, so that I may see thee.^{[631] [34]} [Arabic, p. 120] ^[632]And Jesus had compassion on him, and touched his eyes, and said unto ^[35] him, See; for thy faith hath saved thee. (Luke 18:42–43)And immediately he received his sight,^[633] and came after him, and praised God; and all the people that saw praised God.

^{[36] [634]}And he spake a parable because he was nearing^[635] Jerusalem, and they supposed ^[37] that at that time the kingdom of God was about to appear. (Luke 19:12)He said unto them, A man, a son of a great race, went into a far country, to receive a kingdom, and ^[38] return. (Luke 19:13)And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten shares, and said unto ^[39] them, Trade till the time of my coming. (Luke 19:14)But the people of his city hated him, and ^[40] sent messengers after him, and said, We will not that this man reign over us. (Luke 19:15)And when he had received a^[636] kingdom, and returned, he said that the servants to whom he had given the money should be called unto him, that he might know what each ^[41] of them had traded. (Luke 19:16)And the first came, and said, My lord, thy share hath gained ^[42] ten shares. (Luke 19:17) The king said unto him, Thou good and faithful servant, who hast ^[43] been found faithful in a little, be thou set over ten districts. (Luke 19:18)And the second came, ^[44] and said, My lord, thy portion hath gained five portions. (Luke 19:19)And he said unto him ^[45] also, And thou shalt be set over five districts. (Luke 19:20)And another came, and said, My ^[46] lord, here is thy portion, which was with me laid by in a napkin: (Luke 19:21)I feared thee, because thou art a hard man, and takest what thou didst not leave, and seekest ^[47] what thou didst not give, and reapest what thou didst not sow. (Luke 19:22)His lord said unto him, From thy mouth shall I judge thee, thou wicked and idle servant, who wast untrustworthy. Thou knewest that I am a hard man, and take what I did not ^[48] leave, and reap what I did not sow: (Luke 19:23)why didst thou not put my money at usury, ^[49] and so I might come and seek it, with its gains? (Luke 19:24)And he said unto those that were standing in front of him, Take from him the share, and give it to him that hath [50, 51] [Arabic, p. 121] ten shares. (Luke 19:25)They said unto him, Our lord, he hath ten shares. (Luke 19:26)He said unto them, I say unto you, Every one that hath shall be given unto; and ^[52] he that hath not, that which he hath also shall be taken from him. (Luke 19:27)And those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them, bring them, and slay them before me.