Part 2
TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. (2)Therefore when thou givest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They receive their reward. (3)But when thou givest alms, let not thy right hand know what thy left is doing: (4)that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly.
(5)And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. (6)But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and shut thy door, to pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. (7)And when thou art at prayer, use not vain repetitions, like the heathen: for they imagine that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (8)Be not ye therefore like them: for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need, before you ask him. (9)Thus then pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. (10)Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (11)Give us this day our daily bread. (12)And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (13)And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen! (14)For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: (15)but if ye forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.
(16)And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. (17)But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; (18)that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
(19)Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal: (20)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor canker spoil, and where thieves do not dig through and steal; (21)for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
(22)The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be enlightened. (23)But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
(24)No man can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will adhere to the one, and disregard the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (25)For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment? (26)Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they? (27)But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature? (28)And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin: (29)yet I tell you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. (30)If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, _in beauty_, and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (31)Wherefore be under no anxiety, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? (32)(for after all these things the heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of them all. (33)But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over. (34)Be not therefore anxious about to-morrow: for tomorrow will provide for its own wants. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
CHAP. VII.
JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. (2)For with the same judgment ye judge others, shall ye be judged: and with the measure ye mete, shall it be measured to you again. (3)And why spiest thou out the mote which is in thy brother's eye, yet payest no attention to the beam which is in thine own eye? (4)Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer me to take the mote off from thine eye: and behold there is a beam in thine own eye? (5)Thou hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to take off the mote from thy brother's eye.
(6)Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.
(7)Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: (8)for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (9)What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone? (10)or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? (11)If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask him? (12)All things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
(13)Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and spacious the road, which leadeth to perdition, and they are many who enter that way: (14)because strait is the gate, and narrow the road, which leadeth to life, and they are but a few who find it.
(15)Take heed then of false prophets, who come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (16)By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? (17)So every good tree beareth good fruits; but every bad tree in kind, produceth bad fruits. (18)A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, neither can a tree bad in kind produce good fruits. (19)Every tree that beareth not good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire. (20)Well then! by their fruits ye shall know them. (21)Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. (22)Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have we not cast out devils? and in thy name done many miracles? (23)And then will I profess unto them, that I never knew you: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.
(24)Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock: (25)and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell not; for it was founded on a rock. (26)And every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: (27)and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the fall of it was great.
(28)And it was so, that when Jesus had concluded all these sayings, the multitudes were exceedingly struck with his teaching: (29)for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
CHAP. VIII.
NOW when he descended from the mount, great multitudes followed him. (2)And lo! a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (3)And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly the leprosy was cleansed. (4)And Jesus said to him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.
(5)Then as Jesus was entering into Capernaum, there met him a centurion, intreating him, (6)and saying, My servant is lying in the house paralytic, terribly tormented with pain. (7)And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. (8)And the centurion said, I am not a fit person, that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only speak a word, and my servant be cured. (9)For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. (10)And Jesus hearing him, marvelled, and said to those who were following, Verily I say unto you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith. (11)And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. (12)But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (13)And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was cured at that very hour.
(14)And when Jesus was come into the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law laid on a bed, and in a fever. (15)And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and waited upon them.
(16)And when evening was come, they brought him many possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all who had illnesses he cured: (17)that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, "Himself he took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
(18)Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave orders to pass to the other side. (19)And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20)And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where he can lay his head. (21)And another of his disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury my father. (22)And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their own dead.
(23)And going on board a vessel, his disciples followed him. (24)And, behold, there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was hid by the waves; but he was asleep. (25)And his disciples coming, awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are perishing! (26)And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great calm. (27)And the men marvelled, saying, What a wondrous man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! (28)And when he came to the other side, into the region of the Girgasenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming from the sepulchres; exceeding fierce, so that no person was able to pass by that road. (29)And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us? (30)And at a considerable distance, there was a great herd of swine feeding. (31)Then the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of swine. (32)And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out _of him_, entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters. (33)But they who fed them fled, and going away into the city, reported all things, and what had happened to the demoniacs. (34)And, behold, all the city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their territories.
CHAP. IX.
AND going on board the vessel, he passed over, and came to his own city. (2)And lo! they brought him a paralytic stretched on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Be of good cheer, son; thy sins are forgiven thee. (3)And lo! some of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. (4)And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, wherefore do ye imagine evil things in your hearts? (5)For which is the easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? (6)But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, (then he saith to the paralytic,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. (7)And he arose, and went to his house. (8)But when the multitude saw it, they were astonished, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.
(9)And Jesus passing from thence, saw a man sitting at the custom house, called Matthew: and saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. (10)And it came to pass, as he sat in his house, many tax-gatherers and sinners came, and sat down at table with Jesus and his disciples. (11)And the Pharisees observing it, said to his disciples, How is this, that your Master eateth with publicans and sinners? (12)But Jesus hearing it, said unto them, They who are in the vigour of health have no need of the physician, but they who have illness. (13)Go then, and learn what is said, "I require mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
(14)Then came unto him disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees keep many fasts, but thy disciples fast not? (15)And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber weep, whilst the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast. (16)But no man ingrafts a patch of undressed cloth into an old garment, for the piece supplied taketh from the garment, and the rent becomes worse. (17)Nor do they put new wine into old bottles: but if they do, the bottles burst, and the wine is spilt, and the bottles are destroyed: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
(18)As he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and prostrated himself before him, saying, My daughter hath just now died: but come and lay thine hand upon her, and she shall live. (19)And Jesus arose, and followed him, and his disciples also. (20)And, behold, a woman, who had an haemorrage 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 cured. (22)Then Jesus, turning about and beholding her, said, Be encouraged, daughter; thy faith hath saved thee. And the woman was cured from that hour. (23)And when Jesus was come into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and a multitude confusedly lamenting, (24)he saith to them, Retire; for the little girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they derided him. (25)So when the multitude was put out, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose. (26)And the fame of it went forth into all that country.
(27)And as Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, son of David! (28)So when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord. (29)Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. (30)And their eyes were opened; and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, Take care that no person know it. (31)But they going forth, blazoned his fame through all that country.
(32)And when they were coming out, behold, they brought unto him a man, dumb, a demoniac. (33)And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, Never at any time was the like to this seen in Israel. (34)But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the devils doth he cast the devils out.
(35)And Jesus took a circuit through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease, and every malady among the people. (36)And beholding the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were fainting, and lying here and there, as sheep that had no shepherd. (37)Then said he to his disciples, The harvest indeed is abundant, but the labourers are few; (38)entreat therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen for his harvest.
CHAP. X.
AND having called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease, and every malady. (2)Now these are the names of the twelve apostles; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee, and John his brother; (3)Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname is Thaddeus; (4)Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
(5)These twelve did Jesus send forth, commanding them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter not: (6)but go rather to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. (7)And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is approaching. (8)Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. (9)Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, (10)nor a scrip for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor stick: for the workman is worthy of his food. (11)And into whatsoever city or village ye enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye depart. (12)And when ye come into a family, salute it: (13)and if the family shall be deserving, your peace shall come upon it: and if it be not deserving, your peace shall return to you. (14)And whosoever shall not receive you, nor attend to your discourses, go out of that house, or city, and shake off the dust of your feet. (15)Verily I say unto 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 ye therefore prudent as serpents, and harmless as doves. (17)But be on your guard against men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrim, and scourge you in their synagogues. (18)And ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the heathen. (19)But when they shall deliver you up, be under no anxiety what ye shall say; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye should speak: (20)for it is not you who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father which is speaking in you. (21)Then brother shall surrender brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. (22)And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.
(23)But when they shall persecute you in one city, flee unto another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not complete your circuit through the cities of Israel before the Son of man comes. (24)The disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor the servant above his master. (25)It is sufficient if the disciple be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more his domestics? (26)However, fear them not: for there is nothing concealed, which shall not be discovered; nor hid, which shall not be known. (27)What I say unto you in the dark, publish in the light: and what ye hear whispered into the ear, proclaim upon the roofs.
(28)And be not afraid of those who kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but fear him rather who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (29)Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father. (30)But even the 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 make confession of me before men, of him will I also make confession before my Father who is in heaven. (33)But whosoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father who is in heaven.
(34)Think not that I am come to bring peace to the earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword. (35)For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. (36)And the enemies of a man shall be those of his own house. (37)He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. (38)And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
(39)He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it. (40)He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. (41)He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous man. (42)And whosoever shall give to one of these little ones, if but a cup of cold water to drink, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
CHAP. XI.
AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished his injunctions to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.
(2)Then John, having heard in prison the works of Christ, sent two of his disciples, (3)and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or should we expect another? (4)And Jesus answering said unto them, Go, and tell John what things ye hear and see. (5)The blind receive sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. (6)And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended at me.
(7)And when they were gone, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? (8)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate garments? Lo! they who wear delicate garments are in the houses of kings. (9)Yet what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and abundantly more than a prophet. (10)For this is he of whom it is written, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee." (11)Verily I say unto you, There hath not arisen, from those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. (12)But from the days of John the Baptist unto the present, the kingdom of heaven is assaulted by violence, and the invaders forcibly seize upon it. (13)For all the prophets and the law until John, foretold _this_. (14)And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come. (15)He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
(16)But to whom shall I resemble this generation? it is like little boys sitting in the places of concourse, and calling to their companions, (17)and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have sung mournful ditties to you, and ye have not beat your breasts. (18)For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil: (19)the Son of man is come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, what a man! a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners: though wisdom hath been justified by her children.