The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Part 2

VII.

JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. (2)For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. (3)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

(4)Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye? (5)Hypocrite!

first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

(6)Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and rend you.

(7)Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. (8)For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (9)Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? (10)And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

(11)If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? (12)Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

(13)Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in thereat. (14)[7:14]Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life, and few are they who find it.

(15)Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

(16)Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? (17)So every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. (18)A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. (19)Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. (20)So then, from their fruits ye shall know them.

(21)Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (22)Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name do many miracles? (23)And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

(24)Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine[7:24], and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock. (25)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. (26)And every one who hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. (27)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.

(28)And it came to pa.s.s, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the mult.i.tudes were astonished at his teaching. (29)For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

VIII.

WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great mult.i.tudes followed him. (2)And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. (3)And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (4)And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

(5)And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, (6)and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied, grievously tormented. (7)And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal him. (8)The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my servant will be healed. (9)For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. (10)And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.

(11)And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; (12)but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnas.h.i.+ng of teeth! (13)And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou didst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

(14)And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick with fever. (15)And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to him. (16)When evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick; (17)that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.

(18)And Jesus, seeing great mult.i.tudes about him, commanded to depart to the other side. (19)And a certain scribe came, and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20)And Jesus says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (21)And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (22)But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

(23)And when he had entered into the s.h.i.+p, his disciples followed him.

(24)And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the s.h.i.+p was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. (25)And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish.

(26)And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

(27)And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

(28)And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes[8:28], there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pa.s.s by that way. (29)And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of G.o.d? Camest thou hither to torment us before the time? (30)And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. And the demons besought him, saying: (31)If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. (32)And he said to them, Go. And they, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.

(33)And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. (34)And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought that he would depart from their borders.

IX.

AND entering into the s.h.i.+p he pa.s.sed over, and came to his own city.

(2)And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Child, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven. (3)And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. (4)And Jesus knowing their thoughts said: Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

(5)For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say: Arise, and walk? (6)But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then says he to the palsied man) Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. (7)And rising up he departed to his house. (8)And seeing it the mult.i.tudes feared, and glorified G.o.d, who gave such power to men.

(9)And Jesus, pa.s.sing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him. (10)And it came to pa.s.s that, as he reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples. (11)And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners? (12)And Jesus hearing it, said: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (13)But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

(14)Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? (15)And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn[9:15], so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. (16)And no one puts a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. (17)Nor do they put new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.

(18)While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. (19)And Jesus arose and was following him, he and his disciples. (20)And behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment. (21)For she said within herself: If I only touch his garment, I shall be made whole. (22)And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee whole. (23)And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus, coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the crowd making a noise, (24)said: Give place; for the maiden is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. (25)But when the crowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the maiden arose. (26)And this report went abroad into all that land.

(27)And as Jesus pa.s.sed on from thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. (28)And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yea, Lord. (29)Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you. (30)And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. (31)But they, going out, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

(32)And as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a man dumb, possessed with a demon. (33)And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke. And the mult.i.tudes marveled, saying: It was never so seen in Israel. (34)But the Pharisees said: He casts out the demons through the prince of the demons.

(35)And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every infirmity. (36)And seeing the mult.i.tudes, he was moved with compa.s.sion for them, because they were hara.s.sed, and scattered[9:36], as sheep having no shepherd. (37)Then he says to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. (38)Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

X.

AND calling to him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every infirmity.

(2)And the names of the twelve apostles are these; first Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; (3)Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus surnamed Thaddeus; (4)Simon the Cananite[10:4], and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

(5)These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying: Go not into the way to the Gentiles, and into a city of Samaritans enter not.

(6)But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7)And as ye go, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (8)Heal the sick, raise the dead[10:8], cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye received, freely give. (9)Provide not gold, nor silver, nor bra.s.s in your girdles; (10)nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff; for the laborer is worthy of his living. (11)And into whatever city or village ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. (12)But when ye come into the house, salute it. (13)And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

(14)And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye go out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. (15)Verily I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

(16)Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves. (17)But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in their synagogues; (18)and before governors also and kings will ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

(19)But when they deliver you up, take not thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. (20)For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.

(21)And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. (22)And ye will be hated by all, for my name's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.

(23)But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other; for verily I say to you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.

(24)A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

(25)It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord: If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

(26)Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known. (27)What I say to you in the darkness, that speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, that proclaim upon the house-tops. (28)And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in h.e.l.l.

(29)Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. (30)But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. (31)Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

(32)Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven. (33)But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

(34)Think not that I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. (35)For I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with her mother-in-law; (36)and a man's foes will be they of his household.

(37)He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

(38)And he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. (39)He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.