against himself, how shall his king- man also be to this generation. dom stand? because you say, that 31 The queen of the south shall through Beelzebub I cast out devils. rise in the judgment with the men 19 Now if I cast out devils by of this generation, and shall conBeelzebub: by whom do your chil- demn them: because she came from dren cast them out? Therefore the ends of the earth to hear the they shall be your judges. wisdom of Solomon; and behold 20 But if I by the finger of God more than Solomon here. cast out devils: doubtless the king32 The men of Ninive shall rise dom of God is come upon you. in the judgment with this genera21 When a strong man armed tion and shall condemn it, because keepeth his court: those things are they did penance at the preaching in peace which he possesseth. of Jonas; and behold more than 22 But if a stronger than he Jonas here. come upon him and overcome him: 33 No man lighteth a candle, he will take away all his armour wherein he trusted, and will distribute his spoils. 23 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest: and not finding, he saith: I will return into my house whence I came out. and putteth it in a hidden place, nor under a bushel: but upon a candlestick, that they that come in may see the light. 34 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be darksome. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness. 36 If then thy whole body be 25 And when he is come, he lightsome, having no part of darkfindeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. 27 And it came to pass: as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd lifting up her voice said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck. 23 But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it. 1 ness: the whole shall be lightsome, and as a bright lamp shall enlighten thee. 37 And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him that he would dine with him. And he going in sat down to eat. 38 And the Pharisee began to say thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, make 29 And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This also that which is within. generation is a wicked generation: 41 But yet that which remaineth, it asketh a sign, and a sign shall give alms, and behold all things are not be given it, but the sign of Jo-clean unto you. nas the prophet. 42 But wo to you Pharisees, be 30 For as Jonas was a sign to cause you tithe mint and rue and the Ninivites: so shall the Son of every herb: and pass overjudgment and the charity of God. Now these seeking to catch something from things you ought to have done, and his mouth, that they might accuse not to leave the other undone. 43 Wo to you Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-place. him. A CHAP. XII. Christ warns us against hypocrisy. ND when great multitudes stood about him so that they 44 Wo to you, because you are trod one upon another, he began to as sepulchres that appear not, and say to his disciples: Beware ye of men that walk over, are not aware. the leaven of the Pharisees, which 45 And one of the lawyers an-is hypocrisy. swering, saith to him: Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden that shall not be known. 46 But he said: Wo to you law3 For whatsoever things you have yers also: because you load men spoken in darkness, shall be pubwith burdens which they cannot lished in the light: and that which bear, and you yourselves touch not you have spoken in the ear, in the the packs with one of your fingers. chambers, shall be preached on the 47 Wo to you who build the mo-house-tops. numents of the prophets: and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres. 49 For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute. 50 That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias who was slain between the altar and the temple. Yea I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. 4 And I say to you my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: fear ye him who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 7 Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 8 And I say to you, whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the Angels of God. 52 Wo to you lawyers, for you 9 But he that shall deny me behave taken away the key of know-fore men, shall be denied before the ledge: you yourselves have not en- Angels of God. tered in, and those that were entering in you have hindered. 53 And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began vehemently to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many things, 10 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. 11 And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to matous how or what you shall answer, | and God feedeth them. How much or what you shall say. are you more valuable than they? 54 Lying in wait for him, and gistrates and powers, be not soliciVer. 52. Wo to you lawyers. He speaks of the doctors of the law of Moses, commonly called the scribes. 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say. 13 And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge or divider over you ? 15 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: fora man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. 16 And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. 17 And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thy rest, eat, drink, make good cheer. 20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee; and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God. 22 And he said to his disciples : Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on. 23 The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the rai ment. 24 Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they store-house nor barn, Cam 25 And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit. 26 If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow; they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 28 Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink : and be not lifted up on high. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things, 31 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. 33 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags, which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands, 36 And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding : that when he cometh and knocketh they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 But this know ye, that if the house-holder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open. 40 Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come. 41 And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all? 49 I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I but that it be kindled? 50 And I have a baptism, wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished? 51 Think ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you no, but separation. 52 For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided; three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the 42 And the Lord said: Who daughter, and the daughter against (thinkest thou) is the faithful and the mother, the mother-in-law wise steward, whom his lord set- against her daughter-in-law, and teth over his family, to give them the daughter-in-law against her their measure of wheat in due sea- mother-in-law. son. 43 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing. 44 Verily I say to you he will set him over all that he possesseth. 54 And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth: 55 And when ye see the south45 But if that servant shall say wind blow, you say: There will be in his heart, My lord is long a co-heat: and it cometh to pass. ming; and shall begin to strike the 56 You hypocrites, you know men-servants and maid-servants, how to discern the face of the heaand to eat and to drink, and be ven and of the earth: but how is it drunk: that you do not discern this time? 57 And why even of yourselves do you not judge that which is just? 46 The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers. 58 And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the 47 And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared judge deliver thee to the exactor, not himself, and did not according and the exactor cast thee into prito his will, shall be beaten with son. many stripes. 59 I say to thee thou shalt not very last mite. CHAP XII. 48 But he that knew not, and did go out thence, until thou pay the things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much they have required and to of him they will demand the more. of the Galileans, whose blood Pi shall be The necessity of penance. AND there were present that very time some that told him late had mingled with their sacri- healed on the sabbath) answering fices. 2 And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things? 3 No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 No, I say to you: but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish. 6 He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. 7 And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down therefore; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 But he answering said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it. 9 And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath. 11 And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all. 12 Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed; and not on the sabbath-day. 15 And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you on the sabbath-day loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water? 16 And ought not this daughter of Abraham whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? 17 And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him. 18 He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it. 19 It is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof. 20 And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like? 21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem. 23 And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: 24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able. 25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall 14 And the ruler of the syna-shut the door, you shall begin to gogue (being angry that Jesus had stand without, and knock at the Ver. 24. Shall seek, &c. Shall desire to be saved; but for want of taking sufficient paine, and being thoroughly in earnest, shall not attain to it. |