THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Luke

1:1: Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,
1:2: as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
1:3: it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
1:4: that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
1:5: There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
1:6: And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1:7: And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.
1:8: And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,
1:9: it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.
1:10: And all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.
1:11: And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the altar of incense.
1:12: And Zacharias was troubled, seeing him, and fear fell upon him.
1:13: But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
1:14: And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
1:15: For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
1:16: And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
1:17: And *he* shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to the thoughts of just men, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.
1:18: And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for *I* am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?
1:19: And the angel answering, said to him, *I* am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;
1:20: and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.
1:21: And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delaying in the temple.
1:22: But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.
1:23: And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.
1:24: Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
1:25: Thus has the Lord done to me in these days in which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.
1:26: But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which the name was Nazareth,
1:27: to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
1:28: And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art *thou* amongst women.
1:29: But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.
1:30: And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
1:31: and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
1:32: *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;
1:33: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.
1:34: But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?
1:35: And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.
1:36: And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:
1:37: for nothing shall be impossible with God.
1:38: And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
1:39: And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
1:40: and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
1:41: And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
1:42: and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art *thou* amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.
1:43: And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
1:44: For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.
1:45: And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.
1:46: And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
1:47: and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
1:48: For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49: For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy is his name;
1:50: and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him.
1:51: He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty ones in the thought of their heart.
1:52: He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
1:53: He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.
1:54: He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,
1:55: (as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
1:56: And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.
1:57: But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.
1:58: And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
1:59: And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.
1:60: And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.
1:61: And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.
1:62: And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.
1:63: And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.
1:64: And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, blessing God.
1:65: And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the subject of conversation.
1:66: And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the Lord's hand was with him.
1:67: And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
1:68: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,
1:69: and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;
1:70: as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;
1:71: deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;
1:72: to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,
1:73: the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
1:74: to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
1:75: in piety and righteousness before him all our days.
1:76: And *thou*, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
1:77: to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by the remission of their sins
1:78: on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us,
1:79: to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1:80: -- And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.

Chapter 2

2:1: But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.
2:2: The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.
2:3: And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:
2:4: and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,
2:5: to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child.
2:6: And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,
2:7: and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
2:8: And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
2:9: And lo, an angel of the Lord was there by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared with great fear.
2:10: And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;
2:11: for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord.
2:12: And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.
2:13: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
2:14: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.
2:15: And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
2:16: And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;
2:17: and having seen it they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.
2:18: And all who heard it wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.
2:19: But Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.
2:20: And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.
2:21: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.
2:22: And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
2:23: (as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
2:24: and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.
2:25: And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
2:26: And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.
2:27: And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,
2:28: *he* received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
2:29: Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;
2:30: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
2:31: which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
2:32: a light for revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.
2:33: And his father and mother wondered at the things which were said concerning him.
2:34: And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;
2:35: (and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that the thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.
2:36: And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was far advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,
2:37: and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;
2:38: and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.
2:39: And when they had completed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.
2:40: And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.
2:41: And his parents went yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
2:42: And when he was twelve years old, and they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast
2:43: and had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not of it;
2:44: but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their relations and acquaintances:
2:45: and not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.
2:46: And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.
2:47: And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
2:48: And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.
2:49: And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?
2:50: And they understood not the thing that he said to them.
2:51: And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
2:52: And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.

Chapter 3

3:1: Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
3:2: in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3:3: And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
3:4: as it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
3:5: Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become a straight path, and the rough places smooth ways,
3:6: and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
3:7: He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
3:8: Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
3:9: And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
3:10: And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?
3:11: And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
3:12: And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
3:13: And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.
3:14: And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.
3:15: But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether *he* might be the Christ,
3:16: John answered all, saying, *I* indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; *he* shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire;
3:17: whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
3:18: Exhorting then many other things also he announced his glad tidings to the people.
3:19: But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,
3:20: added this also to all the rest, that he shut up John in prison.
3:21: And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,
3:22: and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, *Thou* art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.
3:23: And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,
3:24: of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,
3:25: of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai,
3:26: of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,
3:27: of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,
3:28: of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,
3:29: of Joses, of Eliezer, of Joreim, of Matthat, of Levi,
3:30: of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,
3:31: of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,
3:32: of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,
3:33: of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,
3:34: of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,
3:35: of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,
3:36: of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
3:37: of Methusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
3:38: of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.

Chapter 4

4:1: But Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
4:2: forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
4:3: And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.
4:4: And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
4:5: And the devil, leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.
4:6: And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.
4:7: If therefore *thou* wilt do homage before me, all of it shall be thine.
4:8: And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
4:9: And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;
4:10: for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;
4:11: and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
4:12: And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
4:13: And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed from him for a time.
4:14: And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;
4:15: and *he* taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
4:16: And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
4:17: And the book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,
4:18: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,
4:19: to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
4:20: And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.
4:21: And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
4:22: And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
4:23: And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.
4:24: And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
4:25: But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,
4:26: and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.
4:27: And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.
4:28: And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue, hearing these things;
4:29: and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;
4:30: but *he*, passing through the midst of them, went his way,
4:31: and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.
4:32: And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with authority.
4:33: And there was in the synagogue a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried with a loud voice,
4:34: saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
4:35: And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon, having thrown him down into the midst, came out from him without doing him any injury.
4:36: And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What word is this? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.
4:37: And a rumour went out into every place of the country round concerning him.
4:38: And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.
4:39: And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served them.
4:40: And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid his hands on every one of them, he healed them;
4:41: and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, *Thou* art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
4:42: And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.
4:43: But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I have been sent forth.
4:44: And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

Chapter 5

5:1: And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:
5:2: and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.
5:3: And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.
5:4: But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into the deep water and let down your nets for a haul.
5:5: And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.
5:6: And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes. And their net broke.
5:7: And they beckoned to their partners who were in the other ship to come and help them, and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were sinking.
5:8: But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.
5:9: For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;
5:10: and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.
5:11: And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.
5:12: And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.
5:13: And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed from him.
5:14: And he enjoined him to tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.
5:15: But the report concerning him was spread abroad still more, and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed from their infirmities.
5:16: And *he* withdrew himself, and was about in the desert places and praying.
5:17: And it came to pass on one of the days, that *he* was teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and out of Jerusalem; and the Lord's power was there to heal them.
5:18: And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put him before him.
5:19: And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.
5:20: And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
5:21: And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason in their minds, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone?
5:22: But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
5:23: which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
5:24: But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.
5:25: And immediately standing up before them, having taken up that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying God.
5:26: And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.
5:27: And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.
5:28: And having left all, rising up, he followed him.
5:29: And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
5:30: And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?
5:31: And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
5:32: I am not come to call righteous persons, but sinful ones to repentance.
5:33: And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?
5:34: And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?
5:35: But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.
5:36: And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with the old.
5:37: And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;
5:38: but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.
5:39: And no one having drunk old wine straightway wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.

Chapter 6

6:1: And it came to pass on the second-first sabbath, that he went through cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the ears and eating them, rubbing them in their hands.
6:2: But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?
6:3: And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,
6:4: how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone?
6:5: And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.
6:6: And it came to pass on another sabbath also that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
6:7: And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.
6:8: But *he* knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Get up, and stand in the midst. And having risen up he stood there.
6:9: Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
6:10: And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. And he did so and his hand was restored as the other.
6:11: But *they* were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.
6:12: And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
6:13: And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:
6:14: Simon, to whom also he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,
6:15: and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon who was called Zealot,
6:16: and Judas brother of James, and Judas Iscariote, who was also his betrayer;
6:17: and having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
6:18: and those that were beset by unclean spirits were healed.
6:19: And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.
6:20: And *he*, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
6:21: Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
6:22: Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
6:23: rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.
6:24: But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.
6:25: Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
6:26: Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
6:27: But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;
6:28: bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.
6:29: To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.
6:30: To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.
6:31: And as ye wish that men should do to you, do *ye* also to them in like manner.
6:32: And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
6:33: And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
6:34: And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.
6:35: But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked.
6:36: Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
6:37: And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.
6:38: Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
6:39: And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?
6:40: The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.
6:41: But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?
6:42: or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.
6:43: For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;
6:44: for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.
6:45: The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
6:46: And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?
6:47: Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will shew you to whom he is like.
6:48: He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.
6:49: And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

Chapter 7

7:1: And when he had completed all his words in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
7:2: And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die;
7:3: and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, begging him that he might come and save his bondman.
7:4: But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently, saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,
7:5: for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue for us.
7:6: And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.
7:7: Wherefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to thee. But say by a word and my servant shall be healed.
7:8: For *I* also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.
7:9: And Jesus hearing this wondered at him, and turning to the crowd following him said, I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.
7:10: And they who had been sent returning to the house found the bondman, who was ill, in good health.
7:11: And it came to pass afterwards he went into a city called Nain, and many of his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
7:12: And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.
7:13: And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;
7:14: and coming up he touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.
7:15: And the dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.
7:16: And fear seized on all, and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised up amongst us; and God has visited his people.
7:17: And this report went out in all Judaea concerning him, and in all the surrounding country.
7:18: And the disciples of John brought him word concerning all these things:
7:19: and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art *thou* he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?
7:20: But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has sent us to thee, saying, Art *thou* he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?
7:21: In that hour he healed many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.
7:22: And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized;
7:23: and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7:24: And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?
7:25: But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate garments? Behold, those who are in splendid clothing and live luxuriously are in the courts of kings.
7:26: But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and what is more excellent than a prophet.
7:27: This is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;
7:28: for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater prophet is no one than John the baptist; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
7:29: (And all the people who heard it, and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;
7:30: but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)
7:31: To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?
7:32: They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
7:33: For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
7:34: The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
7:35: and wisdom has been justified of all her children.
7:36: But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table;
7:37: and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, and knew that he was sitting at meat in the house of the Pharisee, having taken an alabaster box of myrrh,
7:38: and standing at his feet behind him weeping, began to wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the myrrh.
7:39: And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This person if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner.
7:40: And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he says, Teacher, say it.
7:41: There were two debtors of a certain creditor: one owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty;
7:42: but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them their debt: say, which of them therefore will love him most?
7:43: And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.
7:44: And turning to the woman he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me not water on my feet, but *she* has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.
7:45: Thou gavest me not a kiss, but *she* from the time I came in has not ceased kissing my feet.
7:46: My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but *she* has anointed my feet with myrrh.
7:47: For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.
7:48: And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven.
7:49: And they that were with them at table began to say within themselves, Who is this who forgives also sins?
7:50: And he said to the woman, Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.

Chapter 8

8:1: And it came to pass afterwards that *he* went through the country city by city, and village by village, preaching and announcing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him,
8:2: and certain women who had been healed of wicked spirits and infirmities, Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
8:3: and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.
8:4: And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
8:5: The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;
8:6: and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;
8:7: and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it choked it;
8:8: and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
8:9: And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?
8:10: And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
8:11: But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
8:12: But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.
8:13: But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.
8:14: But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they who having heard go away and are choked under cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
8:15: But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
8:16: And no one having lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a couch, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
8:17: For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.
8:18: Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.
8:19: And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.
8:20: And it was told him saying, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.
8:21: But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.
8:22: And it came to pass on one of the days, that *he* entered into a ship, himself and his disciples; and he said to them, Let us pass over to the other side of the lake; and they set off from shore.
8:23: And as they sailed, he fell asleep; and a sudden squall of wind came down on the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in danger;
8:24: and coming to him they woke him up, saying, Master, master, we perish. But he, rising up, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.
8:25: And he said to them, Where is your faith? And, being afraid, they were astonished, saying to one another, Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?
8:26: And they arrived in the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
8:27: And as he got out of the ship on the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and put on no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.
8:28: But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee torment me not.
8:29: For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.
8:30: And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
8:31: And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.
8:32: And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.
8:33: And the demons, going out from the man, entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake, and were choked.
8:34: But they that fed them, seeing what had happened, fled, and told it to the city and to the country.
8:35: And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. And they were afraid.
8:36: And they also who had seen it told them how the possessed man had been healed.
8:37: And all the multitude of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were possessed with great fear; and *he*, entering into the ship, returned.
8:38: But the man out of whom the demons had gone besought him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying,
8:39: Return to thine house and relate how great things God has done for thee. And he went away through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done for him.
8:40: And it came to pass when Jesus returned, the crowd received him gladly, for they were all expecting him.
8:41: And behold, a man came, whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus besought him to come to his house,
8:42: because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.
8:43: And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,
8:44: coming up behind, touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux of blood stopped.
8:45: And Jesus said, Who has touched me? But all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the crowds close thee in and press upon thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?
8:46: And Jesus said, Some one has touched me, for *I* have known that power has gone out from me.
8:47: And the woman, seeing that she was not hid, came trembling, and falling down before him declared before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately healed.
8:48: And he said to her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee; go in peace.
8:49: While he was yet speaking, comes some one from the ruler of the synagogue, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher.
8:50: But Jesus, hearing it, answered him saying, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made well.
8:51: And when he came to the house he suffered no one to go in but Peter and John and James and the father of the child and the mother.
8:52: And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.
8:53: And they derided him, knowing that she had died.
8:54: But *he*, having turned them all out and taking hold of her hand, cried saying, Child, arise.
8:55: And her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and he commanded something to eat to be given to her.
8:56: And her parents were amazed; but he enjoined them to tell no one what had happened.

Chapter 9

9:1: And having called together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases,
9:2: and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
9:3: And he said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; nor to have two body-coats apiece.
9:4: And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide and thence go forth.
9:5: And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness against them.
9:6: And going forth they passed through the villages, announcing the glad tidings and healing everywhere.
9:7: And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,
9:8: and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
9:9: And Herod said, John *I* have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things? and he sought to see him.
9:10: And the apostles having returned related to him whatever they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart into a desert place of a city called Bethsaida.
9:11: But the crowds knowing it followed him; and he received them and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those that had need of healing.
9:12: But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and into the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.
9:13: And he said to them, Give *ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless *we* should go and buy food for all this people;
9:14: for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.
9:15: And they did so, and made them all sit down.
9:16: And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven he blessed them, and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.
9:17: And they all ate and were filled; and there was taken up of what had remained over and above to them in fragments twelve hand-baskets.
9:18: And it came to pass as he was praying alone, his disciples were with him, and he asked them saying, Who do the crowds say that I am?
9:19: But they answering said, John the baptist; but others, Elias; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.
9:20: And he said to them, But *ye*, who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
9:21: But, earnestly charging them, he enjoined them to say this to no man,
9:22: saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
9:23: And he said to them all, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;
9:24: for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, *he* shall save it.
9:25: For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?
9:26: For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.
9:27: But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.
9:28: And it came to pass after these words, about eight days, that taking Peter and John and James he went up into a mountain to pray.
9:29: And as he prayed the fashion of his countenance became different and his raiment white and effulgent.
9:30: And lo, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elias,
9:31: who, appearing in glory, spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.
9:32: But Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep: but having fully awoke up they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
9:33: And it came to pass as they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
9:34: But as he was saying these things, there came a cloud and overshadowed them, and they feared as they entered into the cloud:
9:35: and there was a voice out of the cloud saying, *This* is my beloved Son: hear him.
9:36: And as the voice was heard Jesus was found alone: and *they* kept silence, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.
9:37: And it came to pass on the following day, when they came down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
9:38: And lo, a man from the crowd cried out saying, Teacher, I beseech thee look upon my son, for he is mine only child:
9:39: and behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it tears him with foaming, and with difficulty departs from him after crushing him.
9:40: And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out, and they could not.
9:41: And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.
9:42: But as he was yet coming, the demon tore him and dragged him all together. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child and gave him back to his father.
9:43: And all were astonished at the glorious greatness of God. And as all wondered at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
9:44: Do *ye* let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of man is about to be delivered into men's hands.
9:45: But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them that they should not perceive it. And they feared to ask him concerning this saying.
9:46: And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be the greatest of them.
9:47: And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having taken a little child set it by him,
9:48: and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, *he* is great.
9:49: And John answering said, Master, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he follows not with us.
9:50: And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not, for he that is not against you is for you.
9:51: And it came to pass when the days of his receiving up were fulfilled, that *he* stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
9:52: And he sent messengers before his face. And having gone they entered into a village of the Samaritans that they might make ready for him.
9:53: And they did not receive him, because his face was turned as going to Jerusalem.
9:54: And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?
9:55: But turning he rebuked them and said, Ye know not of what spirit ye are.
9:56: And they went to another village.
9:57: And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.
9:58: And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
9:59: And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.
9:60: But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do *thou* go and announce the kingdom of God.
9:61: And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.
9:62: But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.

Chapter 10

10:1: Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
10:2: And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.
10:3: Go: behold *I* send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
10:4: Carry neither purse nor scrip nor sandals, and salute no one on the way.
10:5: And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house.
10:6: And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not it shall turn to you again.
10:7: And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.
10:8: And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you,
10:9: and heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come nigh to you.
10:10: But into whatsoever city ye may have entered and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
10:11: Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.
10:12: I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.
10:13: Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
10:14: But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
10:15: And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.
10:16: He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.
10:17: And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through thy name.
10:18: And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.
10:19: Behold, I give you the power of treading upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in anywise injure you.
10:20: Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.
10:21: In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
10:22: All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him.
10:23: And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
10:24: For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.
10:25: And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?
10:26: And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
10:27: But 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 thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself.
10:28: And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.
10:29: But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
10:30: And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.
10:31: And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
10:32: and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the opposite side.
10:33: But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion,
10:34: and came up to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to the inn and took care of him.
10:35: And on the morrow as he left, taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, *I* will render to thee on my coming back.
10:36: Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?
10:37: And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do *thou* likewise.
10:38: And it came to pass as they went that *he* entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.
10:39: And she had a sister called Mary, who also, having sat down at the feet of Jesus was listening to his word.
10:40: Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
10:41: But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;
10:42: but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

Chapter 11

11:1: And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
11:2: And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, thy name be hallowed; thy kingdom come;
11:3: give us our needed bread for each day;
11:4: and remit us our sins, for we also remit to every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.
11:5: And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,
11:6: since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;
11:7: and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give it thee?
11:8: -- I say to you, Although he will not get up and give them to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants.
11:9: And *I* say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
11:10: For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.
11:11: But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and the father shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?
11:12: or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?
11:13: If therefore *ye*, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
11:14: And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, the demon being gone out, the dumb man spoke. And the crowds wondered.
11:15: But some from among them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casts he out demons.
11:16: And others tempting him sought from him a sign out of heaven.
11:17: But *he*, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and a house set against a house falls;
11:18: and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
11:19: But if *I* by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons -- by whom do they cast them out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.
11:20: But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
11:21: When the strong man armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;
11:22: but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him.
11:23: He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.
11:24: When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding any he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.
11:25: And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.
11:26: Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.
11:27: And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
11:28: But *he* said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.
11:29: But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.
11:30: For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
11:31: A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.
11:32: Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.
11:33: But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
11:34: The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.
11:35: See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
11:36: If therefore thy whole body is light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.
11:37: But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.
11:38: But the Pharisee seeing it wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.
11:39: But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.
11:40: Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?
11:41: But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
11:42: But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
11:43: Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.
11:44: Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know it.
11:45: And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
11:46: And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
11:47: Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
11:48: Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build their sepulchres.
11:49: For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
11:50: that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
11:51: from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
11:52: Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.
11:53: And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;
11:54: watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Chapter 12

12:1: In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
12:2: but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
12:3: therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
12:4: But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
12:5: But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.
12:6: Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
12:7: But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
12:8: But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
12:9: but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;
12:10: and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
12:11: But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
12:12: for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
12:13: And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
12:14: But he said to him, Man, who established me as a judge or a divider over you?
12:15: And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
12:16: And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
12:17: And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.
12:18: And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
12:19: and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
12:20: But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
12:21: Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
12:22: And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
12:23: The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
12:24: Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are *ye* than the birds?
12:25: But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
12:26: If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
12:27: Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
12:28: But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
12:29: And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
12:30: for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
12:31: but seek his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.
12:32: Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
12:33: Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
12:34: For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
12:35: Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
12:36: and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
12:37: Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
12:38: And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those bondmen.
12:39: But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
12:40: And ye therefore, be *ye* ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.
12:41: And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
12:42: And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
12:43: Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;
12:44: verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
12:45: But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
12:46: the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
12:47: But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared himself nor done his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
12:48: but he who knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom men have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
12:49: I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
12:50: But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
12:51: Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
12:52: for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
12:53: father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
12:54: And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.
12:55: And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
12:56: Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how is it then that ye do not discern this time?
12:57: And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
12:58: For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
12:59: I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.

Chapter 13

13:1: Now at the same time there were present some who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.
13:2: And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?
13:3: No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner.
13:4: Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that *they* were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
13:5: No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.
13:6: And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any.
13:7: And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
13:8: But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
13:9: and if it shall bear fruit -- but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.
13:10: And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
13:11: And lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up.
13:12: And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13:13: And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
13:14: But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
13:15: The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading it away, water it?
13:16: And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
13:17: And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him.
13:18: And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
13:19: It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.
13:20: And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
13:21: It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
13:22: And he went through one city and village after another, teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem.
13:23: And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,
13:24: Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
13:25: From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:
13:26: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;
13:27: and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
13:28: There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out.
13:29: And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.
13:30: And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.
13:31: The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him, Get out, and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee.
13:32: And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected;
13:33: but I must needs walk to-day and to-morrow and the day following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
13:34: Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.
13:35: Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

Chapter 14

14:1: And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, who was of the Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that *they* were watching him.
14:2: And behold, there was a certain dropsical man before him.
14:3: And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
14:4: But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.
14:5: And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?
14:6: And they were not able to answer him to these things.
14:7: And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,
14:8: When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,
14:9: and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.
14:10: But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;
14:11: for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.
14:12: And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
14:13: But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:
14:14: and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not the means to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just.
14:15: And one of those that were lying at table with them, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
14:16: And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.
14:17: And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.
14:18: And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.
14:19: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.
14:20: And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
14:21: And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.
14:22: And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.
14:23: And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;
14:24: for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.
14:25: And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,
14:26: If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
14:27: and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
14:28: For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;
14:29: in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,
14:30: saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
14:31: Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?
14:32: and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.
14:33: Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.
14:34: Salt then is good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
14:35: It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Chapter 15

15:1: And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
15:2: and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.
15:3: And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
15:4: What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5: and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
15:6: and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.
15:7: I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
15:8: Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
15:9: and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
15:10: Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
15:11: And he said, A certain man had two sons;
15:12: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.
15:13: And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
15:14: But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
15:15: And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16: And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
15:17: And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
15:18: I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
15:19: I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
15:20: And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
15:21: And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.
15:22: But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in it, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
15:23: and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
15:24: for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
15:25: And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming up, he drew nigh to the house, he hea

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