the Jefferson Bible the life and morals of Jesus Jefferson's syllabus of an estimate of the merit of the doctrines of Jesus compared with those of others in a letter to dr. Benjamin Rush Jefferson described his views on Jesus and the Christian religion as well as his own religious beliefs he appended to the description a syllabus that compared the teachings of Jesus to those of the earlier Greek and Roman philosophers and to the religion of the Jews of Jesus's time this letter and the appended syllabus are interesting to anyone studying the Jefferson Bible because they explained precisely Jefferson's views which later led him to make the compilation of the moral philosophy of Jesus in the form presented here following the syllabus is a letter to William short which contains further discussion of the syllabus letter to dr. Benjamin Rush Washington April 21st 1803 dear sir in some of the delightful conversations with you in the evenings of 1798 through 99 and which served as an anodyne to the affliction of the crisis through which our country has been laboring the Christian religion was sometimes our topic and I then promised you that one day or other I would give you my views of it they are the result of a life of inquiry and reflection and very different from the anti-christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions to the corruptions of Christianity I am and be deposed but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself I am a Christian in the only sense in which he wished anyone to be sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others ascribing to himself every human excellence and believing he never claimed any other at the short interval since these conversations which I could justifiably abstract my mind from public affairs the subject has been under my contemplation but the more I considered it the more it expanded beyond the measure of either my time or information in the moment of my late departure from Monticello I received from dr. Priestley his little treatise of Socrates and Jesus compared this being a section of the general view I had taken up the field it became a subject of reflection while on the road and unoccupied otherwise the result was to arrange in my mind a syllabus or outline of such an estimate of the comparative merits of Christianity as I wished to see executed by someone of more leisure and information for the task than myself this I now send you as the only discharge of my promise I can probably ever execute and in confiding it to you I know it will not be exposed the malignant perversions of those who make every word from me a text for new misrepresentations and calumnies I am moreover averse to the communication of my religious tenants to the public because it would countenance the presumption of those who have endeavored to draw them before the tribunal and to seduce public opinion to erect itself into that Inquisition over the rights of conscience which the laws have so justly prescribed it behooves every man who values Liberty of conscience for himself to resist invasions of it in the case of others or their case may by change of circumstances become his own it behooves him to in his own case to give no example of concession betraying the common right of independent opinion by answering questions of faith which the laws have left between God and himself except my affectionate salutations Thomas Jefferson syllabus of an estimate of the merit of the doctrines of Jesus compared with those of others in a comparative view of the ethics of the enlightened nations of antiquity of the Jews and of Jesus no notice should be taken of the corruptions of Reason among the ancients to wit the addala tree and the superstition of the vulgar nor of the corruptions of Christianity by the learned among its professors let adjust view be taken of the moral principles inculcated by the most esteemed of the sect's of ancient philosophy or of their individuals particularly Pythagoras Socrates Epicurus Cicero Epictetus Seneca and Antoninus one their precepts related chiefly to ourselves and the government of those passions which unrestrained would disturb our tranquility of mind in this branch of philosophy they were really great too in developing our duties to others they were short and defective they embraced indeed the circles of kindred and friends and inculcated patriotism or the love of our country in the aggregate as a primary obligation towards our neighbors and countrymen they taught justice but scarcely viewed them as within the circle of benevolence still less at the inculcated peace charity and love to our fellow men or embraced with benevolence the whole family of mankind to the Jews one there system with deism that is the belief in one only God but their ideas of him and of his attributes or degrading and injurious to their ethics were not only imperfect but often irreconcilable with the sound dictates of reason and morality as they respect intercourse with those around us and repulsive and anti-social as respecting other nations they needed Reformation therefore in an eminent degree three Jesus in this state of things among the Jews Jesus appeared his parentage was obscure his condition poor his education no his natural endowments great his life correct and innocent he was meek benevolent patient firm disinterested and of the sublime Estella quince the disadvantages under which his doctrines appear are remarkable one like Socrates and epictetus he wrote nothing himself two but Jesus had not like them as in ofin or an Aryan to write for him I name not Plato who in his case only used the name of Socrates to cover the whimsies of his own brain on the contrary all the learner dimension its power and riches were opposed to him lest his labor should undermine their advantages and the committing to writing of Jesus's life and doctrines fell on unlettered and ignorant men who wrote to from memory and not till long after the transactions had passed three according to the ordinary fate of those who attempt to enlighten and reform mankind Jesus fell an early victim to the jealousy and combination of the altar and the throne at about 33 years of age his reason having not yet attained the maximum of its energy nor the course of his preaching which was but of three years at most presented occasions for developing a complete system of morals for hence the doctrines he really delivered were defective as a whole and fragments only of what he did deliver have come to us as mutilated misstated and often unintelligible 5 they have been still more disfigured by the corruptions she's Mathai zhing followers who have found an interest in sophisticated and perverting the simple doctrines he taught by engrafting on them the mysticisms of a Grecian sophist frittering them into subtleties and obscuring them with jargon until they have caused good men to reject the whole and disgust and too few Jesus himself as an impostor notwithstanding these disadvantages a system of morals is presented to us which if filled up in the style and spirit of the rich fragments he left us would be the most perfect and sublime that has ever been taught by man the question of his being member of the Godhead or in direct communication with it claimed for him by some of his followers and denied by others is foreign to the present view which is merely an estimate of the intrinsic merits of his doctrines one he corrected the deism of the Jews confirming them in their belief of one only God and giving them just her notions of his attributes and government to his moral doctrines relating to kindred and friends were more pure and perfect than those of the most correct of the philosophers and greatly moreso than those of the Jews and they went far beyond both in inculcating Universal philanthropy not only to kindred and friends to neighbors and countrymen but to all mankind gathering all into one family under the bonds of love charity peace common wants and common aids a development of this head will events the peculiar superiority of the system of Jesus over all others 3 the precepts of philosophy and of the Hebrew code laid hold of actions only Jesus pushed his scrutinies into the heart of man erected his tribunal and the regions of his thoughts and purified the waters at The Fountainhead 4 Jesus taught in fatica Li the doctrines of a future state which was either doubted or disbelieved by the Jews and welded it with efficacy as an important incentive supplementary to the other motives to moral conduct letter to William short monticello April 13th 1820 dear sir your favor of March the 27th is received and as you request a copy of the syllabus has now enclosed it was originally written to dr. rush on his death fearing that the Inquisition of the public might get hold of it I asked the return of it from the family which they kindly complied with that's a request of another friend I had given him a copy he lent it to his friend to read who copied it and in a few months appeared in the theological magazine of London happily that repository is scarcely known in this country and the syllabus therefore is still a secret and in your hands I'm sure it will continue so but while this syllabus is meant to place the character of Jesus and its true and highlight as no imposter himself but a great reformer of the Hebrew code of religion it is not to be understood that I am with him in all his doctrines I am a materialist he takes the side of spiritualism he preaches the efficacy of repentance towards forgiveness of sin I require counterpoise of good works to redeem it to etc etc it is the innocence of his character the purity and sublimity of his moral precepts eloquence of his ink occasions the beauty of the Apple logs in which he conveys them that I so much admire sometimes indeed needing indulgence to Eastern hyperbole ISM my eulogies too may be found it on a postulate which all may not be ready to grant among the sayings and discourses imputed to him by his biographers I find many passages of fine imagination correct morality and of the most lovely benevolence and others again of so much ignorance so much absurdity so much untruth charlatanism and imposture as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same being I separate therefore the gold from the dross restored to him the former and leave the latter to the stupidity of some and the roguery of others of his disciples of this band of dupes and imposters Paul was the great corypheus and first corruptor of the doctrines of Jesus these palpable interpolations and falsifications of his doctrines led me to try to sift them apart I found the work obvious and easy and that his past composed the most beautiful morsel of morality which has been given to us by man the syllabus is therefore of Jesus's doctrines not all of mine I read them as I do those of other ancient and modern moralists with a mixture of approbation and dissent you you the Jefferson Bible the life and morals of Jesus chapter one now it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled and this enrollment was the first which was made when Quinn arias was governor of Syria and all went to be enrolled everyone into his own City and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judaea unto the City of David which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and lineage of David to be unrolled with Mary his betrothed being then with child and so it was that while they were there the days were accomplished that she should be delivered and she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn and when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child his name was called Jesus and when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord they were turned into Galilee to their own City Nazareth and the child's grew and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him and when he was twelve years old they went up to Jerusalem under the feast according to the custom and when they had fulfilled the days as they were turned the Child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem and his parents knew not of it but they supposing him to have been in the company went a day's journey and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances and when they found him not they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking Him and it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers both hearing them and asking them questions and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers and when they saw him they were amazed and his mother said unto him son why hast thou thus dealt with us behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing and he went down with them and Nazareth and was subject unto them and Jesus increased in wisdom and stature now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip Tetrarch of I Turia and trackin itis and licinia's the tetrarch of abilene Anna's and Caiaphas being the high priests appeared before John the Baptist's in the wilderness now the same John had his raiment of camels hair and a leather and girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild honey then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan and were baptized of him in Jordan then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him and Jesus himself when he began his ministry was about thirty years of age after this he went down to Capernaum he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples and they continued there a few days and the Jews Passover was at hand and Jesus went up to Jerusalem and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep doves and the changers of money sitting and when he had made a scourge of the cords he drove them all out of the temple and the sheep and the oxen and poured out the changers coins and overthrew their tables and said unto them that sold doves take these things hence make not my father's house an House of merchandise after these things came Jesus and His disciples into the land of Judea there he tarried with them and baptized now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison he departed from Galilee for Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John and bound him in prison for Herodias sake his brother Philips wife for he had married her her John had said unto Herod it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife there for Herodias had a grudge against him and would have killed him but she could not for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just man and holy and pected him and when he heard him he was sore perplexed yet he heard him gladly and when a convenient day was come that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his Lords high captains and chief men of Galilee and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced she pleased Herod and them that sat with him and the king said unto the damsel ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee and he swear unto her whatsoever thou shalt ask of me I will give it thee unto the half of my kingdom and she went forth and said unto her mother what shall I ask and she said the head of John the Baptist and she came in immediately with haste unto the king and asked saying I will that thou give me straight away in a charger the head of John the Baptist and the king was exceeding sorry yet for his oak sake and for their sake which sat with him he would not refuse her and immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought and he went and beheaded him in the prison and brought his head in a charger and gave it to the damsel and the damsel gave it to her mother and they went into Capernaum and straightaway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught and they were astonished at his teaching for he taught them as one that had Authority and not as the scribes at that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn fields and his disciples were unhung gerd and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat but when the Pharisees saw it they said unto Him behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day but he said unto them have you not read what David did when he wasn't hungered and they that were with him how we entered into the house of God and did eat the shewbread which was not lawful for him to eat neither of them which were with him but only for the priests or have you not read in the law how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless and when he was departed thence he went into their synagogue and behold there was a man which had his and withered and they asked him saying eat it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days that they might accuse him and he said unto them what man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day will he not lay hold on it and lift it out how much then is a man of more value than a sheep wherefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days and he said unto them the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath but the Pharisees went out and held a council against him how they might destroy him but when Jesus knew it he withdrew himself from thence and great multitudes followed him and it came to pass in those days that he went out into a mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God and when it was day he called unto him his disciples and of them he chose twelve whom he also named apostles Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrew his brother James and John Philip and Bartholomew Matthew and Thomas James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the zealot and Judas the son of James and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor and he came down with them and stood in the plain and there was a great company of his disciples and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem and from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon which came to hear him you chapter 2 and seeing the multitudes he went up into a mountain and when he was set down his disciples came unto Him and he opened his mouth and taught them saying blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake rejoice and be glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you but woe unto you that are rich for ye have received your consolation woe unto you that are full now for ye shall hunger woe unto you that laugh now or you shall mourn and weep woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you for so did their fathers to the false prophets near the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost its savor wherewith shall it again be salted it is thence forth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden underfoot by men ye are the light of the world a city that is set on an Hill cannot be hid neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel but on a lampstand and it gives light unto all that are in the house let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil for verily I say unto you till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these Commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven for I say unto you that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven ye have heard that it was said to them of old time thou shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of judgment but I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of judgment and whosoever shall abuse his brother shall be in danger of the council but whosoever shall say thou fool shall be in danger of hellfire therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift agree with thine adversary quickly whiles thou art in the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer and thou be cast into prison verily I say unto thee thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing you have heard that it was said thou shalt not commit adultery but I say unto you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart and if thy right eye causes me to offend pluck it out and cast it from me for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell and if thy right hand causes me to offend cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell it have been said whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement but I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery again ye have heard that it has been said to them of old time thou shalt not forswear thyself but shalt perform unto the Lord nine oaths but I say unto you swear not at all neither by heaven for it is God's throne nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the Great King neither shalt thou swear by the head because thou canst not make one hair white or black but let your communication be a yay nay nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil ye have heard that it has been said an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth but I say unto you that ye resist not him that is evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also and if any man will sue thee and take away thy coat let him have thy cloak also and whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him Twain give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not now away you have heard that it has been said thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy but I say unto you love your enemies pray for them that persecute you that ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven for he maketh his Sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust for if ye love them which love you what reward have ye do not even the tax gatherers the same and if you salute your brethren only what do you more than others you're not even the Gentiles so and if he lend to them of whom he hope to receive what gain have ye for sinners also lend to sinners and receive as much gain but love you your enemies and do good and lend hoping for nothing in return and your reward shall be great and ye shall be the children of the Most High for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil be he merciful as your father also is merciful Chapter three take heed that ye do not your good works before men to be seen of them otherwise you have no reward of your father which is in heaven therefore when thou doest thine alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men verily I say unto you they have their reward but when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth that dine alms may be in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee and when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men verily I say unto you they have their reward but thou when thou prayest enter into dine in her chamber and when thou has shut thy door pray to thy father which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee and when ye pray use not vain repetitions as the heathen do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking be not ye therefore like unto them for your father knoweth which things ye have need of before ye ask him after this manner therefore pray ye our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you but if you forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their face that they may appear unto men to fast verily I say unto you they have their reward but thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy father which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal for where your treasure is there will your heart be also the lamp of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be sound thy whole body shall be full of light but if thine eye be not sound the NIE whole body shall be full of darkness if therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is that darkness no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other you cannot serve God and riches therefore I say unto you be not concerned for your life what you shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what you shall put on is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them are you not of much more value than they which of you by being concerned can add one hour to his life and why are you concerned for Raymond consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you O ye of little faith therefore be not concerned saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things but seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you have therefore no concern for the morrow for the morrow shall have concern for the things of itself sufficient unto the day is the trouble thereof judge not that ye be not judged for with that judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and with that measure you met it shall be measured to you again give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give unto your bosom and why behold us now the mote that is in thy brother's eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye or how canst thou say to thy brother let me pull out the mote out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye now hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye give not that which is holy unto the dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again to rend you ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you for every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him therefore all things whatsoever ye would have that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat but Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves you shall know them by their fruits do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire wherefore by their fruits you shall know them a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bring it forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things but I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them shall be likened unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock and when the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock and every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand and the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it and it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings the people were astonished at his teaching for he taught them as one having Authority and not as their scribes chapter 4 when he was come down from the mountain great multitudes followed him and he would round about the villages teaching come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy and I will give you rest take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light now one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him and he went into the Pharisees house and sat down to meat and behold a woman in the city which was a sinner when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisees house brought an alabaster vial of ointment and stood at his feet behind him weeping and began to wash his feet with tears and had wiped them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment now when the Pharisees which had bidden him saw it he spake within himself saying this man if he were a prophet would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touch at him for she's a sinner and Jesus answering said unto him Simon I have some what to say unto thee and he saith master say on there was a certain creditor which had two debtors the one owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty and when they had nothing to pay he graciously forgave them both which of him therefore will love him most Simon answered and said I suppose that he to whom he forgave most and he said unto Him thou has rightly judged and he turned to the woman and said unto Simon seest thou this woman I entered into thine house thou gave us me no water for my feet but she hath washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head now gave us me no kiss but this woman since the time I came in had not ceased to kiss my feet my head with oil thou didst not anoint but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment there came then his brethren and his mother and standing without sent unto him calling him and the multitude sat about him and they said unto Him behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee and he answered them saying who is my mother and my brethren and he looked around about on them which sat about him and said Behold my mother my brethren for whosoever shall do the will of God the same is my brother and my sister and mother in the meantime when they were gathered together a multitude of many thousands of people in so much that they trod one upon another he began to say unto his disciples first of all beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed neither hid that shall not be known therefore whatsoever ye have spoken and darkness shall be heard in the light and that which he have whispered in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops they say unto you my friends be not afraid of them that kill the body and after that have no more that they can do but I will forewarn you whom you shall fear fear him which after he has killed has power to cast into hell yea I say unto you fear him are not five sparrows sold for two pennies and yet none of them is forgotten before God but even the very hairs of your head are all numbered fear not therefore ye are of more value than many sparrows and one of the companies said unto Him master speak to my brother that he divided the inheritance with me but he said unto him man who made me a judge or a divider over you and he said unto them take heed and beware of all manner of covetousness for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth and he spake a parable unto them saying the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully and he thought what then himself saying what shall I do because I have no room where to bestow my fruits and he said this will I do I will pull down my barns and build greater and they I will bestow all my fruits and my goods and I will say to my soul soul thou has much good laid up for many years take thine ease eat drink and be merry but God said unto Him thou fool this night thy soul shall be required of thee then whose shall those things be which thou has provided so is he that layeth up measure for himself and is not rich toward God and he said unto his disciples therefore I say unto you be not concerned for your life what ye shall eat neither for your body what ye shall put on the life is more than meat and the body is more than raiment consider the Ravens for they neither sow nor reap which neither have storehouse nor barn and yet God feeds them and how much more value are ye than the fowls and which of you with being concerned can add to his stature one cubit if he then be not able to do that thing which is least why are you concerned for the rest consider the lilies how they grow they toil not they spin not and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these if then God so clothed the grass which is today in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven how much more will he clothe you O ye of little faith and seek not ye what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink neither be ye of a concerned mind for all these things do the nations of the world seek after and your father knoweth that ye have need of these things but rather Sikhi his kingdom and these things shall be added unto you also fear not little flock for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom sell that you have and give alms provide yourselves which wax not old a treasure in the heavens that faileth not where no thief approaches neither moth destroyeth for where your treasure is there your heart be also let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning indeed yourselves like unto men that wait for their lo when he will return from the wedding feast and when he cometh and knocketh they may open unto him immediately blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meet and will come forth and serve them and if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so blessed are those servants and this know that if the good man of the house had known what hour the thief would come he would not have suffered his house to be broken into be therefore ready also for the Son of man cometh at an hour when you think not then Peter said unto Him Lord speakest out as parable unto us or also unto all and the Lord said who then is the faithful and wise steward whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household to give them their portion of meat in due season blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all that he hath but and if that servants say in his heart my lord delayeth his coming and shall begin to beat the man servants and maid servants and to eat and drink and to be drunken the Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him and at an hour when he is not aware and will cut him in sunder and that servant which knew his Lord's will and prepared not himself neither did according to his Will shall be beaten with many stripes but he that knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes for unto whomsoever much is given of him shall be much required and to whom men have committed much of him they will ask them more and he said also to the people when you see a cloud rise out of the West straight away ye say there cometh a shower and so it is and when you see the south wind blow ye say there will be a heat and it cometh to pass ye hypocrites you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth but how is it you discern this present time and why even of yourselves judging not what is right while thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate as thou art in the way give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him lest he hail thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer and the officer cast thee into prison I tell thee thou shalt not department - thou has paid the very last mite chapter five they were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices and Jesus answering said unto them suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things I tell you nay but except you repent ye shall all likewise perish or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them think he that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem I tell you nay but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish he spake also this parable a certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came and sought fruit thereon and found none and said he unto the dresser of his vineyard behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none cut it down why Cumbre that the ground and he answering said unto Him Lord let it alone this year also till I shall dig about it and dung it and if it bear fruit well but if not then thou shalt cut it down and as he spake a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him and he went in and sat down at meat and when the Pharisee saw it he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner and the Lord said unto him now do you Pharisee make clean the outside of the cup and the platter but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness he fools did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also but give alms of such things as ye have and behold all things are clean unto you but woe unto you Pharisees for ye tithe mint and Rue and all manner of herbs and pass over justice and the love of God these ought you to have done and not to leave the other undone woe unto you Pharisees for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets woe unto you for ye are as graves which are not seen and the men that walk over them are not aware of them then answered one of the lawyers and said unto Him master thus saying now R approaches us also and he said what do you also eat lawyers for ye laid them with burdens grievous to be borne and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers woe unto you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge he entered not in yourselves and them that were entering in ye hindered and as he departed from thence the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently and to provoke him to speak of many things laying wait for him to catch him in some same on that same day went Jesus out of the house and he sat by the seaside and great multitudes were gathered together unto him so that he went into a ship and sat and the whole multitude sit on the shore and he spake many things unto them in parables saying behold a sower went forth to sow and as he sowed some seeds fell by the way side and the fowls came and devoured them up some fell upon stony places where they had not much earth and for wit they sprang up because they had no deepness of earth and when the Sun was up they were scorched because they had no root they withered away and some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them but other fell onto good ground and brought forth fruit some an hundredfold some sixtyfold some thirtyfold who has ears to hear let in here and when he was alone they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable here he therefore the parable of the sower when any one heareth the word of the kingdom and understandeth it not then cometh the wicked one and snatched away that which was sown in his heart this is he which received seed by the wayside but he that received the seed into stony places the same is he that heareth the word and at once with joy receiveth it yet hath he not root in himself but endureth for a while and when tribulations or persecutions arises because of the world he quickly falleth away and he also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and it becometh unfruitful but he that received seed under the good ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth it he also beareth fruit and bringeth forth some one hundredfold some sixty some thirty and he said unto them is a lamp brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed and not to be set on a lamp stand for there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested neither was anything kept secret but that it should come to light any man have ears to hear let him hear another parable put he forth unto them saying the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field but while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way and when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit then appeared the tares also and the servants of the householder came and said unto him Sir didst not thou sow good weed in thy field from whence then hath it tares and he said unto them an enemy have done this a servant said unto Him wilt thou then that we go and gather them up but he said nay less while ye gather up the tares he root up also the wheat with them let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the Reapers gather you together first the tares and bind them into bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn many departed from the multitude and went into the house and his disciples came unto him saying declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field he answered them and said unto them he that soweth the good seed is the son of man the field is the world the good seed are the children of the kingdom but the tares are the children of the wicked one the enemy that sowed them is the devil the harvest is the end of the age and the Reapers are the Angels as therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire so shall it be in the end of the age the Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause men to sin and all them which do iniquity and shall cast them into the furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth there shall the righteous shine forth as the Sun in the kingdom of their father who hath ears to hear let him hear again the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field the which when a man hath found he hide it and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls who when he had found one pearl of great value went and sold all that he had and bought it again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind which when it was full they drew it to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away so shall it be at the end of the age the Angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just and shall cast them into the furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth jesus saith unto them have you understood all these things they say unto Him yay then he said unto them therefore every scribe which is instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old and he said so is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed on the ground and should sleep and rise night and day and the seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself first the blade then the ear after that the full corn in the year and when the fruit is brought forth immediately he put it in the sickle because the harvest has come and he said where and to shall we liken the kingdom of God or with what parable shall we describe it it is like a grain of mustard seed which when it is sown in the earth is less than all the seeds that be in the earth and when it is sown it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs and shoot us out great branches so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it and with many such parables steaky the word unto them and they were able to hear it and without a parable spake he not unto them but when they were alone he expounded all things to his disciples you Chapter six and as they went in the way a certain man said unto him I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest and Jesus said unto Him foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head and he said unto another follow me but he said Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father jesus said unto him let the dead bury their dead but go thou and preach the kingdom of God and another also said Lord I will follow thee but let me first go bid them farewell which are at my house but jesus said unto him no man having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God and after these things he went forth and saw a publican named Levi sitting at the receipt of custom and he said unto Him follow me and he left all rose up and followed him and Levi made him a great feast in his house and there was a great company of publicans and many publicans and sinners sad also together with Jesus and His disciples for there were many and they followed him and when the scribes which were Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners they said unto his disciples how is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners when Jesus heard it he saith unto them they that her whole have know needed a physician but they that are sick I came not to call the righteous but sinners and he spake also a parable unto them no man tear at the peace from a new garment and put it upon an old if otherwise then both the new maketh the rent and the peace that was taken out of the new agree if not with the old and no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine will burst the bottles and be spilled and the bottles shall perish but new wine must be put into new bottles and it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables he departed thence and when he was coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue in so much that they were astonished and said whence has this man this wisdom and these mighty works is not this the carpenter's son is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas and his sisters are not all with us whence then hath this man all these things and they were offended in him but jesus said unto them a prophet is not without honour save in his own country and in his own house but when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they were distressed and downcast as sheep having no Shepherd and he called unto Him the twelve and began to send them forth by two and two and charged them saying go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel taking neither gold nor silver nor copper in your purses nor beg for your journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet a staff for the workman is worthy of his meat and into whatsoever city or town you shall enter inquire who in it is worthy and there abide till ye go thence and when you come into a house saluted and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you and whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words when you depart out of that house or city shake off a dust of your feet verily I say unto you it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment and for that city behold I send you forth his sheep in the midst of wolves be therefore wise as serpents and innocent as doves but beware of men for they will deliver you up to the council's and they will scourge you in their synagogues and ye shall be brought before governors and Kings for my sake to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles but when they persecute you in this city flee into another fear them not therefore for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and hid that shall not be known what I tell you in darkness that ye speak in light and what ye hear whispered in the ear that proclaim me upon the housetops fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without the will of your father but the very hairs of your head are all numbered hear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many sparrows they went out and preached that men should repent and the Apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told him all things both what they had done and what they had taught after these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill him men came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes which came from Jerusalem and they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled that is to say with unwashen hands for the Pharisees and all the Jews except they washed their hands off each not holding the tradition of the elders and when they come from the market except they wash they eat not and many other things there be which they have received to hold as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper vessels and the Pharisees and scribes asked him why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders but eat bread with defiled hands and when he called all the people unto him he said unto them hearken unto me every one of you and understand there is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him but the things which come out of him those are they that defile the man and when he was entered into the house from the people his disciples asked him concerning the parable and he saith unto them are you so without understanding also do you not perceive that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man it cannot defile him because it entereth not into his heart but into the belly and goeth out into the waist Gus declared he all meats clean and he said that which cometh out of the man that defiles a man for from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts fornications thefts murders adulteries covetousness wickedness deceit lasciviousness Envy slander pride foolishness all these evil things come from within and defile the man and from thence he arose and went into the region of tyre and sidon and entered into a house and would have no man know it but he could not be hid Chapter seven at the same time came the disciples unto Jesus saying who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven when Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them and said verily I say unto you except ye be converted and become as little children you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven woe unto the world because of its stumbling blocks for it must needs be that stumbling blocks come but woe to that man by whom the stumbling block cometh and if thy hand or thy foot causes feet to stumble cut them off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halts or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire and if thine eye causes thee to stumble pluck it out and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire how think ye if a man have an hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains and goeth and seeketh that which has gone astray and if so be that he find it verily I say unto you he rejoiceth more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine which went not astray even so it is not the will of your father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy brother but if he will not hear thee then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established and if he shall neglect to hear them tell it under the church but if he neglect even to hear the church let him be unto thee as a Gentile man and a publican then came Peter to him and said Lord how oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him till seven times jesus saith unto him I say not unto thee until seven times but until seventy times seven therefore is the Kingdom of Heaven likened unto a certain King which would settle accounts with his servants and when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto Him which owed him ten thousand talents but for so much as he had not wherewith to pay his LORD commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had and payment to be made the servant therefore fell down and bowed before him saying Lord have patience with me and I will pay thee all then the Lord of that servant was moved with compassion and released him and forgave him the debt but the same servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him 100 denarii he laid hands on him and took him by the throat saying pay me that thou owest so this fellow servant fell down at his feet and besought him saying have patience with me and I will pay thee all and he would not but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt so when his fellow servants saw what was done they were very sorry and came and told unto their Lord all that was done then his Lord after that he had called him said unto Him thou wicked servant i forgave thee all that debt because thou did us beseech me should us not now also have had compassion on thy fellow servant even as I had mercy on thee and his Lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till they should pay all that was due unto him so likewise shall my Heavenly Father do unto you if ye from your hearts forgive not every one of his brother after these things the Lord appointed other seventy also and sent them two and two before his face into every city in place whether he himself would come and he said unto them the harvest is great but the laborers are few pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers unto his harvest go your ways behold I send you forth as lambs among wolves carry neither purse nor bag nor shoes and salute no man by the way and into whatsoever house he enter first say peace be to this house and if a son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon him if not it shall turn to you again and in the same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give for the labourer is worthy of his hire go not from house to house and into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you eat such things as I set before you but unto whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you not go ye into the streets of the same and say even the very dust of your city which cleaveth to our feet we do wipe off against you notwithstanding be sure of this that the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you but I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that City now the Jews Feast of Tabernacles was at hand his brethren therefore said unto him depart hence and go unto Judea that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest for no man do with anything in secret if he himself seeketh to be known openly thou do these things show thyself to the world for even his brethren did not believe in him then jesus said unto them my time has not yet come but your time is always at hand the world cannot hate you but me it hate it because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil go ye up unto this feast I go not up unto this feast for my time is not yet full come when he had said these words unto them he abode still in Galilee but when his brethren were gone up then went he also up unto the feast not openly but as it were in secret now the Jews sought him at the feast and said where is he and there was much murmuring among the people concerning him for some said he is a good man others said nay but he deceiveth the people howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught the Jews marveled saying how hath this man received learning having never studied jesus answered them and said did not Moses give you the law and yet none of you keepeth the law why do you seek to kill me the people answered and said thou hast a devil who seeketh to kill thee jesus answered and said unto them I have done one work and ye all Marvel Moses gave unto you circumcision not because it is a Moses but of the father's and ye on the Sabbath to circumcise a man if a man on the Sabbath receives circumcision that the law of Moses should not be broken are you angry at me because I have made the entire body of a man whole on the Sabbath judge not according to the appearance but Judge with righteous judgment then said some of them of Jerusalem is not this he whom they seek to kill and lo he speaketh openly and they say nothing unto him do the rulers know indeed that this is the Christ the Pharisees heard the people murmured such things concerning him and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him so there was a division among the people because of him and some of them would have seized him but no man laid hands on him then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees and they said unto them why have you not brought him the officers answered never man spake like this man then answered them the Pharisees are ye also deceived have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him but this people who knoweth not the law are accursed 'add Nicodemus saith unto them he that came to Jesus before time being one of them doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he do it they answered and said unto Him art thou also of Galilee search and thou shalt find that out of Galilee arise with no prophet and every man went into his own house chapter 8 Jesus went into the Mount of Olives and early in the morning he came again into the temple and all the people came unto him and he sat down and taught them and the scribes and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught committing adultery and when they had set her in the midst they say unto Him master this woman was caught committing adultery in the very act now Moses in the law commands us that such should be stoned but what sayeth thou this they said to test him that they might have cause to accuse him but Jesus stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground so when they continued asking him he lifted up himself and said unto them he that is without sin among you let him be the first to cast a stone at her and again he stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground and they which heard it began going out one by one beginning at the eldest and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing in the midst and when Jesus had lifted up himself he said unto her woman where there are they gone hath no man condemned thee she said no man Lord and Jesus said neither do i condemn thee go and sin no more and as he passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth and his disciples asked him saying rabbi who did sin this man or his parents that he was born blind jesus answered neither hath this man sinned nor his parents but that the works of God should be made manifest in him verily verily I say unto you he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up some other way the same as a thief and a robber but he that entereth in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep to him the porter openeth and the sheep hear his voice and he called his own sheep by name and leadeth them out and when he bring it forth his own sheep he goeth before them and the Sheep follow him for they know his voice and a stranger will they not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of Rangers I am The Good Shepherd the Good Shepherd lays down his life for the Sheep he that isn't hireling and not the shepherd whose own the sheep are not see it's the wolf coming and leave it the Sheep and flee off' and the wolf catcheth them and scatter at them he flee it because he isn't hireling and careth not for the Sheep I am The Good Shepherd and no my own and have known of mine another sheep I have which are not of this fold them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold and one Shepherd and behold a certain lawyer stood up and put him to a test saying master what shall I do to inherit eternal life he said unto him what is written in the law how read a spell and he answering said thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all their mind and thy neighbor as thyself and he said unto him now has answered write this do and thou shalt live but he willing to justify himself said unto Jesus and who is my neighbor and Jesus answering said a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and beat him and departed leaving him half dead and by chance there came down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side and likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side but a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him and on the morrow he took out two denarii and gave them to the host and said unto him take care of him and whatsoever thou spend us more when I come again I will repay thee which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves and he said he that showeth mercy on him then said Jesus unto Him go and do thou likewise and it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased one of his disciples said unto Him Lord teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples and he said unto them when you pray say father hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation and he said unto them which of you shall have a friend and she'll go unto him at midnight and say unto Him friend lend me three loaves for a friend of mine in his journey has come to me and I have nothing to set before him and he from within shall answer and say trouble me not the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed I cannot rise and give thee I say unto you though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needed and I say unto you ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you for every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened if a son shall ask a fish will he for a fish give him a serpent or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him you chapter 9 and it came to pass as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day that they watched him and behold there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy and Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees saying is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day or no but they held their peace and he saith unto them which of you shall have a son or an ox fallen into a pit and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day and they could not answer him to these things and he put forth a parable to those which were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief places saying unto them when thou art bidden of any man to a wedding feast sit not down in the highest place less a more honorable man that thou be bidden by him and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee give this man place and thou begin with shame to take the lowest place the window art bidden go and sit down in the lowest place that when he that bade thee cometh he may say unto thee friend go up higher then shalt thou have honor in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee for whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted then said he also to him that bade him when thou make us to dinner or a feast call not thy friends nor thy brethren neither that kinsman nor thy rich neighbors lest they also bid thee again and a recompense be made thee but when thou make us to feast call the poor the maimed the lame the blind and thou shalt be blessed for thou shalt be recompense at the resurrection of the just then he said unto him a certain man made a great feast and bade many and sent his servant at the time of the feast to say to them that were bidden come for all things are now ready and they all with one consent began to make excuse the first said unto him I have bought a piece of ground and I must needs go and see it I pray thee have me excused and another said I have bought a five yoke of oxen and I go to prove them I pray thee have me excused and another said I have married a wife and therefore I cannot come so that servant came and showed his Lord these things then the master of the house being angry said to his servant go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in hither the poor and the maimed and the blind and the halt and the servant said Lord it is done as thou has commanded and yet there is room and the Lord said unto the servant go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled for I say unto you none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper for which of you intending to build a tower sitteth not down first and count if the cost whether he have sufficient to finish it lest haply after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it all but the whole that begin to mock him saying this man began to build and was not able to finish or that King going to make war against another king sit it's not down first and consulted whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand or else while the other is yet a great way off he sendeth an embassy and desire it conditions of peace bend your knee run to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him and the Pharisees and scribes murmured saying this man receiveth sinners and eateth with him and he spake this parable unto them saying what man of you having an hundred sheep if he lose one of them does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he find it and when he has found it he layeth had on his shoulders rejoicing and when he cometh home he calleth together his friends and neighbors saying unto them rejoice with me for I have found my sheep which was lost I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance either what woman having ten pieces of silver if she lose one piece does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently till she find it and when she had found it she calls her friends and her neighbors together saying rejoice with me for I have found the peace which I had lost likewise I say unto you there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth he said a certain man had two sons and the younger of them said to his father father give me the portion of goods that falleth to me and he divided unto them his living and not many days after the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his substance with riotous living and when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in that land and he began to be in want and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country and he sent him into his fields to feed swine and he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto Him but when he came to himself he said how many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare and I perish with hunger I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him father I have sinned against heaven and before thee and have no more worthy to be called thy son make me as one of the hired servants and he arose and came to his father but when he was a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him and the son said unto him father I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and no more worthy to be called thy son but the father said to his servants bring forth with the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet and bring hither the fatted calf and kill it and let us eat and be merry for this my son was dead and he's alive again he was lost and is found and they began to be merry now his elder son was in the field and as he came and drew nigh to the house he heard music and dancing and he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant and he said unto Him my brother has come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf because he hath received him safe and sound but he was angry and would not go in therefore came his father out and entreated him but he answering said to his father lo these many years do I serve thee neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment and yet now never gave us me a kid that I might make merry with my friends but as soon as this thy son was come which has devoured thy living with harlots now has killed for him the fatted calf and he said unto Him son thou art ever with me and all that I have is dying it was meat that we should make merry and be glad for this thy brother was dead and is alive again and was lost and is found you chapter ten and he said unto his disciples there was a certain rich man which had a steward and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his Goods and he called him and said unto Him what is this that I hear of he give an account of thy stewardship for thou may us be no longer steward and the steward said within himself what shall I do for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship I have not strength to dig to beg I am ashamed I am resolved what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses so he called every one of his Lords debtors unto him and said unto the first how much OS thou unto my lord and he said one hundred measures of oil and he said unto Him take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty then said he to another and how much I was Dow and he said on hundred measures of wheat and he said unto him take thy bill and write fourscore and the Lord commended the dishonest steward because he had done wisely for the children of this world are wiser in their dealings with their own generation than the children of light and I say unto you make to yourselves friends by means of the Mammon of this world that when it fail a few they may receive you into everlasting habitations he that is faithful and that which is least is faithful also in much and he that is dishonest in the least is dishonest also in much if therefore ye have not been faithful with the worldly Mammon who will commit to your trust the true riches and if he have not been faithful and that which is another man's who shall give you that which is your own no servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other you cannot serve God and Mammon now the Pharisees who were lovers of money heard all these things and they derided him and he said unto them ye are they which justify yourselves before men but God knoweth your arts for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God whosoever putteth away his wife and marry us another committeth adultery and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committed adultery there was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus which was laid at his gate full of sores and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table moreover the dogs came and licked his sores and it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom the rich man also died and was buried and in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom and he cried and said father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame but Abraham said son remember that thou in thy lifetime receivest thy good things and likewise lazarus evil things but now he is comforted here and now art tormented and beside all this between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us that would come from thence and then he said I pray thee therefore father that thou wouldest send him to my father's house for I have five brethren that he may warn them lest they also come into this place of torment but Abraham saith unto him they have Moses and the prophets let them hear them and he said nay father Abraham but if one went unto them from the dead they will repent and he said unto Him if they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead then said he unto the disciples it is impossible but that occasions of stumbling will come but woe unto him through whom they come it was better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea than that he should cause one of the little ones to stumble take heed to yourselves if thy brother's sin rebuke him and if you repent forgive him and if he trespass against these seven times in a day and seven times in a day turn again to the I repent thou shalt forgive him but which of you having a servant plowing or keeping sheep will say unto Him when he has come from the field go straightway and sit down to meet but will not rather say unto Him make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thyself and serve me till I have eaten in drunken and afterward thou shalt eat and drink doth he thanked that servant because he did the things that were commanded him so likewise ye when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable servants we have done only that which was our duty to do and when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come he answered them and said the kingdom of God cometh not with signs that are observed and as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the son of man they did eat they drank they married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all likewise also as it was in the days of lot they did eat they drank they bought they sold they planted they builded but the same day that lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all even thus shall at thee and the day when the Son of Man is revealed in that day he would shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house let him not come down to take it away and he that is in the field let him likewise not return back remember Lot's wife whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed the one shall be taken the other shall be left two women shall be grinding together the one shall be taken the other left spake a parable unto them to this end that they ought always to pray and not to faint saying there was in a certain city a judge which feared not God neither regarded man and there was a widow in that city and she came unto him saying render justice for me against mine adversary and he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself though I fear not God nor regard man yet because this Widow trouble with me I will render her justice lest by her continual coming she weary me and the Lord said hear what the unrighteous judge saith shall not God rendered justice for his own elect which cry day and night unto Him shall he delay long over them I tell you that he will avenge him speedily nevertheless when the Son of man cometh shall he find faith on the earth and he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others 2 men went up into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee the other Republican the Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself god I thank thee that I am not as other men are extortioners unjust adulterers or even as this publican I fast twice in the week I give tithes of all that I gain and the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted now it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house and she had a sister called Mary which also sat at the Lord's feet and heard his word but Martha was busy about much serving and came to him and said Lord thus thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone bid her therefore that she helped me but the Lord answered and said unto her Martha Martha now are concerned and troubled about many things but one thing is needful and Mary have chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her you chapter 11 and it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these sayings he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond Jordan and great multitudes followed him the Pharisees also came unto Him testing him and saying unto Him is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause and he answered and said unto them have you not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female and said for this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh wherefore they are no more Twain but one flesh what therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder they say unto him why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement and to put her away he saith unto them Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives but from the beginning it was not so and I say unto you whosoever shall put away his wife except it be for fornication and shall marry another committeth adultery the disciples say unto Him if the case of the man be so with his wife it is not good to marry but he said unto them all men cannot receive it this saying say they to whom it is given for there are some eunuchs which were so born from their mother's womb and there are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men and there be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake he that is able to receive it let him receive it then were there brought unto him little children that he should put his hands on them and pray and the disciples rebuked them but jesus said suffer the little children and forbid them not to come unto me for two such belongeth the kingdom of heaven and he laid his hands on them and departed thence and behold one came when said unto Him master what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life and he said unto Him wherefore asketh thou me concerning that which is good there is none good but one but if thou wilt enter into life the commandments he saith unto Him which jesus said thou shalt do no murder thou shall not commit adultery thou shalt not steal thou shalt not bear false witness honor thy father and thy mother and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself the young man saith unto him all these things have I kept what lack I yet Jesus said unto him if that won't be perfect go and sell that thou hast and give to the poor that thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come and follow me but when the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions then said Jesus unto his disciples verily I say unto you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven and again I say unto you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle and for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God when the disciples heard it they were exceedingly amazed saying who then can be saved the Jesus beheld them and said unto them with men this is impossible but with God all things are possible for the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard and when he had agreed with the labourers for a Denarius a day he sent them into his vineyard and he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace and he said unto them go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right I will give you so they went also again he went out about the sixth a ninth hour and did likewise and about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and saith unto them why stand ye here all the day idle they say unto him because no man had hired us he saith unto them go ye also into the vineyard and when even was come the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward call the labourers and give them their hire beginning from the last unto the first and when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour they receive this to every man a Denarius and the first came they suppose that they should receive more but they likewise received every man a Denarius and when they had received it they murmured against the good man of the house saying these last have labored but one hour and now has made them equal unto us which have borne the burden of the heat of the day but he answered one of them and said friend I do thee no wrong did it not thou agry with me for Denarius take that 9 is and go thy way I will give unto this last even as unto thee is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own or is thine i envious because I give freely so the last shall be first and the first last Jesus entered and passed through Jericho and behold there was a man named Zacchaeus which was the chief among the publicans and he was rich and he sought to see Jesus who he was and could not for the press because he was little of stature and he ran before and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him for he was to pass that way and when Jesus came to the place he looked up and he said unto him Zacchaeus make haste and come down for today I must abide at thy house and he made haste and came down and received him joyfully and when they saw it they all murmured saying he is gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation i restored him fourfold and jesus said unto him this day is salvation come to this house for as much as he also is a son of Abraham for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost and as they heard these things he continued and spake a parable because he was 9 to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear he said therefore a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then to return he called 10 of his servants and delivered them 10 pounds and said unto them do business with this till I come but his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him saying we will not have this man to reign over us and it came to pass that when he was returned having received the kingdom then he commanded these servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money that he might know how much every man had gained by trading then came the first saying Lord they pound at gained 10 pounds more he said unto Him well done thou good servant because thou has been faithful in a very little how though authority over ten cities and the second man came saying Lord that pound hath gained five pounds and he said likewise to him be thou also over five cities and another came saying Lord behold here is thy pound which I have kept laid up in a napkin or I feared thee because thou art an austere man now take us up that thou latest knockdown and repost that thou does not so he said unto him out of thine own mouth will I judge thee thou wicked servant thou knewest that i was not steer man taking up that i laid not down and reaping that i did not sow wherefore then gave us not thou my money into the bank that at my coming I might have received it with interest and he said unto them that stood by take from him the pound and give it to him that hath ten pounds and they said unto Him Lord he hath ten pounds I say unto you that unto every one that hath shall more be given but from him that hath not even that which he hath shall be taken away but those mine enemies which not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me and when he had thus spoken he went before ascending up to Jerusalem you chapter 12 and when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and we're come to Bethpage unto the Mount of Olives then sent Jesus to disciples saying unto them go into the village which is before you and straightaway ye shall find an ass tied and a Colt with her loosed them and bring them unto me and if any man say aught unto you you shall say the LORD hath need of them straight away he will send them and the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them and brought the ass and the Colt and put on them their clothes and sat thereon and a very great multitude spread their garments in the way others cut down branches from the trees and strewed them in the way and when he was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved saying who is this the Pharisees therefore said among themselves perceive he how he prevailed nothing behold the world has gone after him now there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast the same came therefore to Philip which was of Bethsaida of Galilee and asked him saying a sir we would see Jesus Philip cometh and telleth Andrew then Andrew and Philip tell Jesus and jesus answered them saying the hour has come that the son of man should be glorified verily I say unto you except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abideth alone but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit and he left them and went out of the city into Bethany and he lodged there and on the morrow when they were come from Bethany Jesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of them that sold doves and would not suffer that any man should carry any Goods through the temple and he talked saying unto them is it not written my house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations but ye have made it a den of thieves and the chief priests and the scribes heard us and sought how they might destroy him for they feared him because all the people were astonished at his teaching and when even was come they went out of the city and they came again to Jerusalem and as he was walking in the temple there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders and he said unto them but what think he a certain man had two sons and he came to the first and said son go work today and my vineyard and he answered and said I will not but afterward he repented and went and he came to the second and said likewise and he answered and said I go sir and went not which of the Twain did the will of his father they answered the first jesus saith unto them verily I say unto you that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you hear another parable a certain man planted a vineyard and set an hedge about it and digged a pit for the winepress and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country and at the harvest season he sent to the husbandmen a servant that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard and they caught him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed and again he sent unto them another servant and they wounded him in the head and sent him away shamefully handled and again he sent another and him they killed and many others beating some and killing some having yet therefore one son is well beloved he sent him also last unto them saying they will reverence my son but those husbandmen said among themselves this is the heir come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours and they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard what shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do he will come and destroy the husbandmen and will give the vineyard unto others and when the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables they perceived that he spake of them but when they sought to lay hands on him they feared the multitude because they took him for a profit and jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables and said the kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain King which made a marriage feast for his son and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding feast and they would not come again he sent forth other servants saying tell them which are bidden behold I have prepared my dinner my oxen and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready come into the marriage feast but they made light of it and they went their ways one to his farm and another to his business and the remnant took his servants and treated them shamefully and slew them but the king was wroth and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city then saith he to his servants the wedding is ready for they which were bidden were not worthy go ye therefore into the highways and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage feast so those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all as many as they found both bad and good and the wedding ball was furnished with guests but when the king came in to see the guests he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment he saith unto Him friend how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment and he was speechless then said the King to the servants bind him hand and foot and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for many are called but few are chosen men went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk and they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodian saying master we know that thou art true and teaches the way of God in truth neither do first thou to any man for thou regardest not the station of men tell us therefore what thinkest thou is it lawful thou to pay taxes unto Caesar or not but Jesus perceived their wickedness and said why do you test me ye hypocrites show me the tax money and they brought unto him a Denarius he saith unto them who is this image and superscription they say unto Him Caesars then saith he unto them render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are gods when they had heard these words they marveled and left him and went their way the same day came to him the Sadducees which say that there is no resurrection and asked him saying master Moses said if a man died having no children his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother now there were with us seven brethren and the first when he had married a wife deceased and having no issue left his wife unto his brother likewise the second also and the third unto the seventh and last of all the woman died also therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven for they all had her jesus answered and said unto them ye do err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God for in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels in heaven but as touching the resurrection of the dead have you not read that which was spoken unto you by God saying I and the God of Abraham and the god of Isaac and the God of Jacob he is not the god of the dead but of the living and when the multitude heard this they were astonished at his teaching one of the scribes came and having heard them reasoning together and perceiving that he had not answered them well asked him which is the first commandment of all and jesus answered him the first is here o Israel the Lord our God is one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul with all thy mind and with all thy strength this is the first commandment the second is thus thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself there is none other commandment greater than these on these two Commandments hang all the law and the prophets and the scribes said unto them now speakest rightly master and that thou has said God is one and there is none other but he and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength and to love thy neighbor as thyself is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices you you you chapter 13 then spake Jesus to the multitude and to his disciples saying the scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat all therefore whatsoever they did you observe that observe and do do not ye after their works for they say and do not accordingly for they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne and lay them on men's shoulders but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers but all their works they do for it to be seen of men they make broad their phylacteries and lengthen the fringes of their garments and love the place of honor at feasts and the chief seats and the synagogues and greetings in the markets and to be called of men rabbi but be not ye called rabbi for one is your master and all ye are brethren and call no man your father upon the earth for one is your father which is in heaven neither be ye called masters for one is your master even Christ but he that is greatest among you shall be your servant and whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted but woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men for ye neither go in yourselves neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte and when he is made yet make him twofold more the child of Hell than yourselves woe unto you ye blind guides which say whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple he is bound thereby ye fools and blind for whether is greater the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold and whosoever shall swear by the altar it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it he is bound thereby ye blind men for whether is greater the gift or the altar that sanctify at the gift whose so therefore shall swear by the altar sweareth by it and by all things thereon and whoso shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein and he that shall swear by heaven sweareth by the throne of God and by him that sitteth thereon woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin and have omitted the weightier matters of the law justice mercy and faith these ought ye to have done without leaving the other undone you blind guides which strain out a gnat and swallow a camel woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for ye may clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of extortion and excess now blind Pharisee cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are like unto whited Sepulcher which indeed appear beautiful outward but are within full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because he build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous and say if we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets fill ye up then the measure of your father's ye serpents ye generation of vipers how can ye escape the condemnation of hell Jesus sat opposite the Treasury and beheld how the people cast money into the Treasury and many that were rich cast in much and there came a certain poor Widow and she threw in two mites which make a penny and he called unto him his disciples and saith unto them verily I say unto you that this poor Widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the Treasury for all they did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast in all that she had even all her living and Jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came unto Him for to show him the building of the temple and Jesus said unto them see ye not all these things verily I say unto you there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house neither let him which is in the field return back to take his cloak and woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days but pray ye that your flight be not in the winter neither on the Sabbath day for then shall be Great Tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the Sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken now learn a parable from the fig tree when it's branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves you know that summer is nigh so likewise ye when ye shall enter all these things know that he is near even at the doors but of the day an hour knoweth no man not the angels of heaven nor the son but the father only but as the days of Noah were so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be for as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and knew not until the flood came and took them all away so shall the coming of the Son of man be then shall two be in the field and one shall be taken and the other left two women shall be grinding at the mill and one shall be taken the other left watch therefore for ye not know what day your Lord doth come but know this that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come he would have watched and would have not have suffered his house to be broken into therefore ve also ready who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household to give them their meat and due season blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing verily I say unto you that he shall make him ruler over all his goods but and if that evil servant shall say in his heart my lord delayeth his coming and shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him and in an hour that he is not aware of and shall cut him asunder and appoint in his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth you chapter 14 then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out but the wise answered saying not so lest there be not enough for us and you the go ye rather them that sell and buy for yourself and while they went to buy the bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast and the door was shut afterward came also the other virgins saying Lord Lord opened to us but he answered and said verily I say unto you I know you not washed therefore ports shall be like unto a man travelling into a far country who called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods and unto one he gave five talents to another two and to another one to every man according to his several ability and then took his journey straightway he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made there with other five talents and likewise he that had received two he also gained other two but he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid the Lord's money after a long time the Lord of those servants cometh and reckon it with them and he they had received five talents came and brought other five talents saying Lord thou delivered unto me five talents and behold I have gained beside them five talents more the Lord said unto him well done thou good and faithful servant thou has been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter now into the joy of thy Lord he also that had received two towel once came and said Lord thou deliver it unto me two talents behold I have gained two other talents beside them his Lord said unto him well done good and faithful servant thou has been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy Lord then he which had received the one talent came and said lord I knew thee that thou art had hard man reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where there has not strewn and I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth load there thou hast that is dying his Lord answered and said unto Him thou wicked and slothful servant thou knewest that i reap where i sowed not and gather where I have not strewn now audist therefore to have put my money to the exchangers and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest take therefore the talent from him and give it unto him which had Ken talents for unto every one that hath shall more be given he shall have abundance but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath and cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth and take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be filled with revellings and drunkenness and cares of this life and so that day come upon you suddenly like a snare for it shall come upon all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth but watch he always and pray that ye may be with strength to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the King say unto them on his right hand come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I am an hungered and you gave me meat I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you invited me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and he visited me I was in prison and you came unto me then shall the righteous answer him saying Lord when saw we be a stranger and invited the in or naked and clothe thee or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto thee and the King shall answer and say unto them verily I say unto you in as much as he have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me and shall he say also unto them on the left hand depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for I wasn't hungered and he gave me no meat I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink I was a stranger and ye invited me not in naked and ye clothed me not sick and in prison and he visited me not then shall also they answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred or athirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee then shall he answered them saying in as much as he did not to the one of the least of these you did it not to me and these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal you chapter 15 it was now two days until the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread and the chief priests and the scribes saw how they might take him by craft and put him to death but they said not on the feast day lest there be an uproar of the people and being in Bethany and the house of Simon the leper as he sat at meat there came a woman having an alabaster vial of ointment of spikenard very precious and she break the vial and poured it on his head but there were some that had a big nation within themselves and said why was this waste of the ointment made for it might have been sold for more than 300 denarii and have been given to the poor they were beuter but jesus said let her alone why trouble ye her she hath wrought a good work on me for ye have the poor with you always and whensoever he will you may do them good but me ye have not always she hath done what she could she has come a for hand to anoint my body for burying then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went unto the chief priests and said unto them what will you give me if I deliver him unto you and they wait unto Him thirty pieces of silver and from that time he sought opportunity to betray him now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus saying unto Him where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover and he said go into the city to a certain man and say unto Him the master saith my time is at hand I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples and the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them and they made ready to Passover now when the even was come he sat down with the twelve and there arose also a dispute among them which of them should be accounted the greatest and he said unto them the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors but ye shall not be so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that his chief as he that does serve for whether is greater he that sitteth at meat or he that serveth is not he that sitteth at meat but I am among you as he that serveth and while they supped Jesus rises from supper and laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself after that he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded then cometh he to Simon Peter and Peter saith unto Him Lord dust thou wash my feet jesus answered and said unto him what I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt know Hereafter Peter saith unto Him thou shalt never wash my feet jesus answered him if I wash thee not thou hast no part with me Simon Peter saith unto Him Lord not my feet only but also my hands and my head jesus saith to him he that has washed needeth not saved to wash his feet but is clean every wit and ye are clean but not all for he knew who should betray him therefore said he ye are not all clean so after he had washed their feet and had taken his garments and was set down again he said unto them know ye what I have done to you he called me master and Lord and ye say well for so I am if I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet you also ought to wash one another's feet for I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you verily verily I say unto you the servant is not greater than his Lord neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him if he know these things happy are ye if you do them when Jesus had thus said he was troubled in spirit and testified and said verily verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me then the disciples looked one on another doubting of whom he spake now there was leaning on Jesus his bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him and said ask him who it should be of whom he spake he then lying on Jesus's breasts saith unto Him Lord who is it jesus answered he it is to whom I shall give a shop when I have dipped it and when he had dipped the stop he gave it to Judas Iscariot the son of Simon therefore when he was gone out jesus said a new commandment I give unto you that ye love one another even as I have loved you that ye love one another by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if you have loved one another then saith Jesus unto them all ye shall fall away because of me this night Peter answered and said unto him though all men shall fall away because of thee yet will I never fall away I am ready to go with thee both into prison and to death and he said until he Peter the shall not crow this day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me Peter said unto him though I must die with thee yet will I not deny thee likewise also said all the disciples then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane and saith unto the disciples sit ye here while I go and pray yonder and he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and very heavy then saith he unto them my soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death tarry ye here and watch with me and he went a little further and fell on his face and prayed saying my father if it be possible let this cup pass from me nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt and he came unto the disciples and findeth them asleep saith unto Peter wait could you not watch with me one hour watch and pray that he enter not into temptation the Spirit is indeed willing but the flesh is weak he went away again the second time and prayed saying my father if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it I will be done and he came and found them asleep again for their eyes were heavy and he left them and went away again and prayed the third time saying the same words then cometh he to the disciples and saith unto them are you still sleeping and taking your rest you chapter 16 when Jesus had spoken these words he went forth with his disciples through the Kidron Valley where was a garden into the which he entered and his disciples now Judas also which betrayed him knew the place for Jesus oft times resorted thither with his disciples Judas then having received a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons now he that betrayed him gave them a sign saying whomsoever I shall kiss that same is he hold him fast and forthwith he came to Jesus and said hail master and kissed him and Jesus said unto Him friend do that for which thou art come Jesus therefore knowing all things that should come upon him went forth and said unto them whom seek ye they answered him Jesus of Nazareth jesus saith unto them I am he and Judas also which betrayed him stood with them as soon then as he had said unto them I am he they drew backward and fell to the ground then asked him V again whom seek ye and they said Jesus of Nazareth jesus answered I have told you that I am he if therefore ye seek me let these go their way men came they and laid hands on Jesus and seized him and behold one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and smote off his ear then jesus said unto Him put up again thy sword into its place for all that take the sword shall perish by the sword in that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes are you come out as against a thief with swords and stabs for to take me i sat daily with you teaching in the temple and ye laid no hold on me then all the disciples forsook him and fled and there followed him a certain young man having only a linen cloth upon his naked body and they laid hold on him but he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked and they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest where the scribes and the elders were assembled and Simon Peter follow Jesus and so did another disciple now that disciple was known unto the high priest and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest but Peter stood at the door without then went out that other disciple which was known unto the high priest and spake unto her that kept the door and brought in Peter and the servants and officers stood there who had made a fire of coals for it was cold and they warmed themselves and Peter stood with them and warmed himself then saith the damsel but kept the door unto Peter are not thou also one of this man's disciples he saith I am NOT now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself they said therefore unto Him art not thou also one of his disciples he denied it and said I am NOT one of the servants of the high priest being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off say did not I see thee in the garden with him Peter then denied again and immediately the crew and Peter remembered the words which Jesus had said unto him before the crow thou shalt deny me thrice he went out and wept bitterly the high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples and of his teaching jesus answered him I spake openly to the world I ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple whether the Jews always resort and in secret have I said nothing well I ask it thou me ask them which heard me what I have said unto them behold they know what I said and when he had thus spoken one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand saying answerest thou the high priest so jesus answered him if I have spoken evil bear witness of the evil but if well why smite us now me and they led Jesus away to the high priest and there were assembled all the chief priests and elders and the scribes now the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death but found none for many bear false witness against him but their witness agreed not together and there arose certain and bear false witness against him saying we heard him say I will destroy this temple that is made with hands and within three days I will build another made without hands but not even in this regard did their witness agree together and the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus saying answerest thou nothing what is it which these witness against thee but he held his peace and answered nothing again the high priest asked him and said unto Him art thou the Christ the Son of the Blessed but he said unto them if I tell you you will not believe and if I also ask you you will not answer me then said they all art thou then the Son of God and he said unto them ye say that I am then the high priest rent his clothes and saith what need we any further witnesses ye have heard the blasphemy what think he and they all condemned him to be worthy of death and some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffett him and to say unto him prophesy and the guards did strike him with the palms of their hands then led they Jesus from Caiaphas into the praetorium and it was early and they themselves went not into the hall lest they should be defiled but that they might eat the Passover Pilate then went out unto them and said what accusation bring ye against this man they answered and said unto Him if he were not a mal factor we would not have delivered him up unto thee then said Pilate unto them take him and judge him according to your law the Jews therefore said unto Him it is not lawful for us to put any man to death then Pilate entered into the praetorium again and called Jesus and said unto Him art thou the King of the Jews jesus answered him say style this thing of thyself or did others tell it be of me Pilate answered am i a Jew my own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me what has thou done jesus answered my kingdom is not of this world if my kingdom were of this world then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews but now is my kingdom not from hence Pilate therefore said unto Him art thou a king then answered now say us that I am a king to this end was I born and for this cause came I into the world that I should bear witness unto the truth every one that is of the truth heareth my voice Pilate saith unto Him what is truth and when he had said this he went out again unto the Jews and saith unto them I find in him no fault at all but they were more fierce saying he stirreth up the people teaching tore out all judea beginning from galilee to this place then Pilate said unto Him hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee when Pilate heard of Galilee he asked whether the man were a Galilean and as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod who himself who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad for he was desirous to see him of a long season because he had heard many things of him and he hoped to have seen some miracles done by him and he questioned with him at great length but he answered him nothing and the chief priests and scribes stood by and vehemently accused him and Herod with his soldiers dealt with him contemptuously and mocked him and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him again to Pilate and the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at em nnedi between themselves and Pilate when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers of the people said unto them ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverted the people and behold I having examined him before you have found no guilt in this man touching the charges whereof ye accuse him no nor yet Herod for he sent him again to us and lo nothing worthy of death has been done by him and will therefore chastise him and release him you chapter 17 now at the feast the governor was want to release unto the people a prisoner whom they would and they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas therefore when they gathered together Pilate said unto them who will ye that I release unto you Barabbas or Jesus which is called Christ for he knew that for envy they had delivered him moreover while he was set down on the judgment seat his wife sent unto him saying have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him but the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroyed Jesus the governor answered and said unto them whether a between will ye that I release unto you they said Barabbas Pilate saith unto them what shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ they all say unto Him let him be crucified and the governor said Why What evil hath he done but they cried out the more saying let him be crucified then released he Barabbas unto them and when he had scourged Jesus he delivered him to be crucified then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorian and gathered unto Him the whole band of soldiers and when they had plaited a crown of thorns they put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him saying hail King of the Jews and they spit upon him and took the reed and smote him on the head and after they had mocked him they took the robe off from him and put his own raiment on him and led him away to crucify him then Judas which had betrayed him when he saw that he was condemned repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders saying I have sinned in and I have betrayed innocent blood and they said what is that to us see thou to that and he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed and went and hanged himself and the chief priests took the silver pieces and said it is not lawful for to put them into the treasury because it is the price of blood and they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in wear for that field is called the field of blood unto this day and as they led him away they laid hold upon one simon of cyrene coming out of the country and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus and there followed him a great company of people and of women which be wailed and lamented him but Jesus turning unto them said daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but weep for yourselves for your children for behold the days are coming in which they will say blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bare and the paps which never gave suck then shall they begin to say to the mountains fall on us and to the hills cover us for if they do these things in a green tree what shall be done in the dry and there were also two other mal factors led with him to be put to death and he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of the skull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha there they crucified Him and two other with him on either side one and Jesus in the midst and Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross and the writing was Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews this title then read many of the Jews for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city and it was written in Hebrew and Latin and Greek then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate right not the king of the Jews but this man said I am The King of the Jews Pilate answered what I have written I have written then the soldiers when they had crucified Jesus took his garments and made four parts to every soldier apart and also his undergarment now the undergarment was without seam woven from the top to the bottom they said therefore among themselves let us not rend it but cast lots for it in order to determine whose it shall be and they that passed by reviled him wagging their heads and saying thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days save thyself if thou be the Son of God come down from the cross likewise also the chief priests mocking him with the scribes and elders said he saved others himself he cannot save he is the king of Israel let him now come down from the cross and we will believe in him he trusted in God let him deliver him now if he will save him for he said I am the son of God and one of the MAL factors which were hanged railed on him saying art thou not the Christ save thyself and us but the other answering rebuked him saying dost not thou fear God seeing thou art in the same condemnation and we indeed justly for we receive the due reward of our deeds but this man have done nothing amiss then said Jesus Father forgive them for they know not what they do now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mother's sister Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene when Jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved he saith unto his mother woman behold thy son then saith he to the disciple behold thy mother and from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home and about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying Eli Eli lama sabachthani that is to say my God my God why hast thou forsaken me some of them that stood there when they heard that said this man calleth for Elijah and straightaway one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink the rest said let be let us see whether Elijah will come to save him Jesus when he had cried out again with a loud voice yielded up the ghost and many women were there beholding afar off which followed Jesus from Galilee ministering unto him among which was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of Zebedee's sons and Jews therefore because it was the day of preparation that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath for that Sabbath was in high day besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away then came the soldiers and break the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him and when they came to Jesus they saw that he was dead already they break not his legs but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side and forthwith came their out blood and water and after this joseph of arimathea became a disciple of christ but secretly for fear of the jews besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus and Pilate gave him leave he came therefore and took the body of Jesus and there came also Nicodemus which at the first came to Jesus by night and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes about a hundred pound weight men took they the body of Jesus and wound it in linen cloths with the spices as the matter of the Jews is to bury now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a new Sepulcher wherein was never man yet laid there laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed you