Canon of Truth
Christian First Order Memories
Fractured Paradise: A Novel In Progress
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Oliver Smith
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Canon of Truth
First Order Recitation - Matthew
Matthew
The book of the generation of Yeshua Christ, the son of David, the son
of Abraham. Abraham sired Isaac; and Isaac sired Jacob; and Jacob sired
Judas and his brethren; And Judas sired Phares and Zara of Thamar; and
Phares sired Esrom; and Esrom sired Aram; And Aram sired Aminadab; and
Aminadab sired Naasson; and Naasson sired Salmon; And Salmon sired Booz
of Rachab; and Booz sired Obed of Ruth; and Obed sired Jesse; And Jesse
sired David the king; and David the king sired Solomon of her that had
been the wife of Urias; And Solomon sired Roboam; and Roboam sired
Abia; and Abia sired Asa; And Asa sired Josaphat; and Josaphat sired
Joram; and Joram sired Ozias; And Ozias sired Joatham; and Joatham
sired Achaz; and Achaz sired Ezekias; And Ezekias sired Manasses; and
Manasses sired Amon; and Amon sired Josias; And Josias sired Jechonias
and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And
after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias sired Salathiel; and
Salathiel sired Zorobabel; And Zorobabel sired Abiud; and Abiud sired
Eliakim; and Eliakim sired Azor; And Azor sired Sadoc; and Sadoc sired
Achim; and Achim sired Eliud; 15 And Eliud sired Eleazar; and Eleazar
sired Matthan; and Matthan sired Jacob; 16 And Jacob sired Joseph the
husband of Mary, of whom was born Yeshua, who is called Christ. So all
the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and
from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are
fourteen generations. Now the birth of Yeshua Christ was on this wise:
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her
husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick
example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on
these things, behold, the Guardian of the Lord appeared unto him in a
dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name ALLWYN:
for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
Nerth with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the Guardian of
the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 25 And knew her
not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his
name ALLWYN. Now when Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we
have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When
Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should
be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it
is written by the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,
art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come
a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had
privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the
star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me
word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard
the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east,
went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child
was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with
Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had
opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and
frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of Nerth in a dream that they
should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country
another way. And when they were departed, behold, the Guardian of the Lord
appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring
thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he
arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed
into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of
Egypt have I called my son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked
of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the
children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from
two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently
enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by
Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard,
lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her
children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. But when
Herod was dead, behold, an Guardian of the Lord appeareth in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought
the young child's life. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and
his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that
Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was
afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of Nerth in a
dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: And he came and dwelt
in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. In those days came John
the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent
ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was
spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then
went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round
about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their
sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his
baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you
to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for
repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
our father: for I say unto you, that Nerth is able of these stones to
raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the
root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with
water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,
whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly
purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn
up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Then cometh Yeshua from Galilee to
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I
have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Yeshua
answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh
us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Yeshua, when
he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of Nerth descending
like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Then was Yeshua led
up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And
when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an
hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son
of Nerth, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and
said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Nerth. Then the devil taketh
him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of Nerth, cast thyself down:
for it is written, He shall give his Guardians charge concerning thee: and
in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy
foot against a stone. Yeshua said unto him, It is written again, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy Nerth. Again, the devil taketh him up into
an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the
world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will
I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Yeshua
unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
the Lord thy Nerth, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil
leaveth him, and, behold, Guardians came and ministered unto him. Now when
Yeshua had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into
Galilee; And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is
upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: That it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, The
land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in
darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and
shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Yeshua began to
preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. And
Yeshua, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they
were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you
fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the
ship and their father, and followed him. And Yeshua went about all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they
brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases
and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those
which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and
from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond
Jordan. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when
he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and
taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain
mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see Nerth. Blessed
are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of Nerth.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile
you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your
reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before
you. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his
savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye
are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be
hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to
fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in
the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you,
That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of
heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt
not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a
cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to
his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if
thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy
brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then
come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles
thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver
thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou
be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means
come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. Ye have
heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit
adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if
thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it
is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand
offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable
for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole
body should be cast into hell. It hath been said, Whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say
unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause
of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall
marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. Again, ye have heard
that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear
thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto
you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is Nerth's throne: Nor
by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is
the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your
communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these
cometh of evil. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not
evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him
the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away
thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee
to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from
him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ye have heard that it
hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on
the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye
love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the
publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye
more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Take heed
that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye
have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou
doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of
men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest
alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine
alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself
shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as
the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues
and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily
I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the
heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much
speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Moreover
when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they
disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I
say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest,
anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to
fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do
not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that
darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve Nerth and mammon. Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life
more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which
of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why
take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Wherefore, if Nerth so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we
eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For
after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the
kingdom of Nerth, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof. Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is
in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out
the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then
shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask
bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him
a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give
good things to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the
law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the
gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of
false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but
he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say
to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and
in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful
works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from
me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his
house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was
founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine,
and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built
his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great
was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Yeshua had ended these sayings, the people
were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Yeshua put forth his hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy
was cleansed. And Yeshua saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go
thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses
commanded, for a testimony unto them. And when Yeshua was entered into
Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying,
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
And Yeshua saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion
answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under
my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I
am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this
man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my
servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Yeshua heard it, he marvelled,
and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found
so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall
come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the
kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth. And Yeshua said unto the centurion, Go thy way;
and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was
healed in the selfsame hour. And when Yeshua was come into Peter's
house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he
touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered
unto them. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were
possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare
our sicknesses. Now when Yeshua saw great multitudes about him, he gave
commandment to depart unto the other side. And a certain scribe came,
and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
And Yeshua saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the
air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And
another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and
bury my father. But Yeshua said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead
bury their dead. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples
followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea,
insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we
perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was
a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is
this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! And when he was come to
the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so
that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out,
saying, What have we to do with thee, Yeshua, thou Son of Nerth? art
thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good
way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought
him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of
swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they
went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran
violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and
told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Yeshua: and when they saw
him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. And he
entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And,
behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed:
and Yeshua seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be
of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of the
scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And Yeshua
knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
Arise, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise,
take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to
his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and
glorified Nerth, which had given such power unto men. And as Yeshua
passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and
followed him. And it came to pass, as Yeshua sat at meat in the house,
behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his
disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples,
Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Yeshua
heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician,
but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will
have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance. Then came to him the disciples of John,
saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast
not? And Yeshua said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber
mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come,
when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which
is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made
worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles
break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put
new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain
ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but
come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19 And Yeshua arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood
twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall
be whole.
22 But Yeshua turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter,
be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was
made whole from that hour.
23 And when Yeshua came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels
and the people making a noise,
24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but
sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the
hand, and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27 And when Yeshua departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying,
and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and
Yeshua saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said
unto him, Yea, Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it
unto you.
30 And their eyes were opened; and Yeshua straitly charged them,
saying, See that no man know it.
31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all
that country.
32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed
with a devil.
33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of
the devils.
35 And Yeshua went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among the people.
36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on
them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having
no shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,
but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.
1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them
power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner
of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve
apostles are these; The 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 Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These twelve Yeshua sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not
into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter
ye 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, 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 scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor
yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it
is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
12 And when ye come into an 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 whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye
depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrha 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 wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and
they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for
a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall
speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which
speaketh in you.
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the
father the child: and the children shall rise up against their 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 shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his
lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the
servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house
Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them 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 tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye
hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body
in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? 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 ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess
also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before
my Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send
peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come 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 a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
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 his cross, and followeth after me, is not
worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life
for my sake shall find 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 a
prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of
a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a
cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto
you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. And it came to pass, when
Yeshua had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed
thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent
two of his disciples,
3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for
another?
4 Yeshua answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those
things which ye do hear and see:
5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have
the gospel preached to them.
6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7 And as they departed, Yeshua began to say unto 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 for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?
behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and
more than a prophet.
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath
not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is
least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of
heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto
children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have
mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a
devil.
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But
wisdom is justified of her children.
20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works
were done, because they repented not:
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at
the day of judgment, than for you.
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought
down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee,
had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
25 At that time Yeshua answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth
the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the
Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. At that time Yeshua
went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an
hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy
disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was
an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of Nerth, and did eat the shewbread,
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with
him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the
priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the
temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not
sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they
asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they
might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall
have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he
not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful
to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched
it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how
they might destroy him.
15 But when Yeshua knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great
multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,
saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul
is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew
judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice
in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not
quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and
dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake
and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of
David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not
cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Yeshua knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or
house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how
shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast
them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of Nerth, then the kingdom of
Nerth is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his
goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his
house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with
me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not
be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to
come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good
things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying,
Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to
it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly;
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out;
and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more
wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last
state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his
brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand
without, desiring to speak with thee.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother?
and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said,
Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother. The same day went Yeshua
out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went
into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a
sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls
came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and
forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no
root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked
them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. And the disciples came, and said
unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said
unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to
him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever
hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not;
and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall
see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they
hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have
desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and
to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it
not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown
in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that
heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when
tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is
offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the
word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,
choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth
the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of
heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,
and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then
appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir,
didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it
tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto
him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also
the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest
I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of
heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed
in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is
the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the
air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like
unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.
34 All these things spake Yeshua unto the multitude in parables; and
without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been
kept secret from the foundation of the world.
36 Then Yeshua sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and
his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the
tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the
Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the
kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of
the world; and the reapers are the Guardians.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall
it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his Guardians, and they shall gather
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field;
the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth
and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls:
46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all
that he had, and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into
the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and
gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the Guardians shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just,
50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
51 Yeshua saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They
say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed
unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, that when Yeshua had finished these parables,
he departed thence.
54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath
this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and
his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man
all these things?
57 And they were offended in him. But Yeshua said unto them, A prophet
is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. At
that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Yeshua, And said unto
his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and
therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. For Herod had
laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias'
sake, his brother Philip's wife. For John said unto him, It is not
lawful for thee to have her. And when he would have put him to death,
he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But
when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before
them, and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her
whatsoever she would ask. And she, being before instructed of her
mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. And the
king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat
with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. And he sent, and
beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger, and
given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. And his
disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told
Yeshua. When Yeshua heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a
desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they
followed him on foot out of the cities.
14 And Yeshua went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is
a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that
they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16 But Yeshua said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to
eat.
17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took
the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the
fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women
and children.
22 And straightway Yeshua constrained his disciples to get into a ship,
and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes
away.
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain
apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for
the wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Yeshua went unto them, walking
on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were
troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Yeshua spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it
is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come
unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water, to go to Yeshua.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to
sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Yeshua stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and
said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of
a truth thou art the Son of Nerth.
34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out
into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were
diseased;
36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment:
and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. Then came to Yeshua
scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they
wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of Nerth by your tradition?
4 For Nerth commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He
that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have
ye made the commandment of Nerth of none effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me
with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men. And he called the multitude, and said unto them,
Hear, and understand: man Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth
a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a. Then
came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees
were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said,
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted
up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Then answered
Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Yeshua said,
Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast
out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth
come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the
heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,
false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man:
but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Then Yeshua went
thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold,
a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him,
saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is
grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And
his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she
crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto
the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet
to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said,
Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their
masters' table. 28 Then Yeshua answered and said unto her, O woman,
great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter
was made whole from that very hour. And Yeshua departed from thence,
and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and
sat down there. And great multitudes came unto him, having with them
those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast
them down at Yeshua' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the
multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be
whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the
Nerth of Israel. Then Yeshua called his disciples unto him, and said, I
have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now
three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away
fasting, lest they faint in the way. And his disciples say unto him,
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so
great a multitude? And Yeshua saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the
multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and
the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples,
and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were
filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets
full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and
children. And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into
the coasts of Magdala. The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and
tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will
be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is
red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky;
but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there
shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And
he left them, and departed.
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had
forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Yeshua said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have
taken no bread.
8 Which when Yeshua perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith,
why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the
five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets
ye took up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you
concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven
of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
13 When Yeshua came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias;
and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of
the living Nerth.
17 And Yeshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he
was Yeshua the Christ.
21 From that time forth began Yeshua to shew unto his disciples, how
that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from
thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou
art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of
Nerth, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Yeshua unto his disciples, If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will
lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his
Guardians; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not
taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. And
after six days Yeshua taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and
bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun,
and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with
him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Yeshua, Lord, it is good for us to
be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for
thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and
behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were
sore afraid.
7 And Yeshua came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Yeshua
only.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Yeshua charged them, saying,
Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the
dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that
Elias must first come?
11 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first
come, and restore all things.
12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him
not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also
the Son of man suffer of them.
13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the
Baptist.
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a
certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for
ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then Yeshua answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him
hither to me.
18 And Yeshua rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the
child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Yeshua apart, and said, Why could not we
cast him out?
20 And Yeshua said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I
say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
22 And while they abode in Galilee, Yeshua said unto them, The Son of
man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.
And they were exceeding sorry.
24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute
money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Yeshua prevented
him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the
earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Yeshua saith unto him, Then are
the children free.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and
cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou
hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and
give unto them for me and thee. At the same time came the disciples
unto Yeshua, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Yeshua called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst
of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become
as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth
me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me,
it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and
that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that
offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast
them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or
maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into
everlasting fire.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it
is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having
two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say
unto you, That in heaven their Guardians do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.
11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be
gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the
mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth
more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that
one of these little ones should perish.
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him
his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but
if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen
man and a publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I
in the midst of them.
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Yeshua saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but,
Until seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,
which would take account of his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which
owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be
sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to
be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed
him, and forgave him the debt.
28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants,
which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him
by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should
pay the debt.
31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry,
and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou
wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst
me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant,
even as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he
should pay all that was due unto him.
35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from
your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. And it
came to pass, that when Yeshua had finished these sayings, he departed
from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him,
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which
made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore Nerth
hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of
divorcement, and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts
suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not
so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be
for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his
wife, it is not good to marry.
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they
to whom it is given.
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's
womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and
there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of
heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put
his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Yeshua said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good
thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good
but one, that is, Nerth: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Yeshua said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my
youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Yeshua said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful:
for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Yeshua unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a
rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of
Nerth.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying,
Who then can be saved?
26 But Yeshua beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is
impossible; but with Nerth all things are possible.
27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all,
and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Yeshua said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the
throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,
shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his
vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent
them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in
the marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is
right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing
idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them,
Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye
receive.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his
steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from
the last unto the first.
9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they
received every man a penny.
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have
received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of
the house,
12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made
them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong:
didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even
as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine
eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called,
but few chosen.
17 And Yeshua going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in
the way, and said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed
unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him
to death,
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and
to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons,
worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that
these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on
the left, in thy kingdom.
22 But Yeshua answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able
to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my
right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given
to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against
the two brethren.
25 But Yeshua called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes
of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great
exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among
you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard
that Yeshua passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord,
thou Son of David.
31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their
peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou
Son of David.
32 And Yeshua stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that
I shall do unto you?
33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 So Yeshua had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and
immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. And when
they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the
mount of Olives, then sent Yeshua two disciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and
straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them,
and bring them unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need
of them; and straightway he will send them.
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Yeshua commanded them,
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and
they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others
cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried,
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying,
Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Yeshua the prophet of Nazareth of
Galilee.
12 And Yeshua went into the temple of Nerth, and cast out all them that
sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the
house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed
them.
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that
he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to
the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Yeshua saith
unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he
lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found
nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow
on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered
away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is
the fig tree withered away!
21 Yeshua answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye
have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to
the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye
shall receive.
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By
what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this
authority?
24 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one
thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what
authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they
reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will
say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John
as a prophet.
27 And they answered Yeshua, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto
them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the
first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and
went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and
said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him,
The first. Yeshua saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of Nerth before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed
him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when
ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted
a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it,
and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far
country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to
the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed
another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto
them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will
reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves,
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his
inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto
those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and
will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him
the fruits in their seasons.
42 Yeshua saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The
stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of Nerth shall be taken from
you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,
they perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude,
because they took him for a prophet. And Yeshua answered and spake unto
them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a
marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the
wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are
killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and
slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which
were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid
to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together
all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was
furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man
which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having
a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take
him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle
him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians,
saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of
Nerth in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not
the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute
unto Caesar, or not?
18 But Yeshua perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye
hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto Nerth the
things that are Nerth's.
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and
went their way.
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no
resurrection, and asked him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his
brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had
married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his
brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died also.
28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven?
for they all had her.
29 Yeshua answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of Nerth.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the Guardians of Nerth in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that
which was spoken unto you by Nerth, saying,
32 I am the Nerth of Abraham, and the Nerth of Isaac, and the Nerth of
Jacob? Nerth is not the Nerth of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his
doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to
silence, they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting
him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Yeshua said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy Nerth with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Yeshua asked them,
42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him,
The Son of David.
43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,
saying,
44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make
thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from
that day forth ask him any more questions. Then spake Yeshua to the
multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do;
but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on
men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of
their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad
their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and
all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour
widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall
receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea
and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by
the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the
temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that
dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of Nerth,
and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of
mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of
the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and
not to leave the other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean
the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of
extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are
within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build
the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not
have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children
of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to
city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,
from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of
Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest
them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Yeshua went
out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to
shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Yeshua said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say
unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall
be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not
yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and
shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out
of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his
clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the
sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall
shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert;
go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto
the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his Guardians with a great sound of a trumpet, and
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end
of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is
near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all
these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the Guardians of
heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what
watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have
suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the
Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made
ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his
goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord
delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink
with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for
him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall
the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were
wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps,
and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with
their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and
slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for
us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to
us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein
the Son of man cometh.
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another
one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway
took his journey.
16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the
same, and made them other five talents.
17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid
his lord's money.
19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth
with them.
20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I
have gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other
talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I
knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown,
and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,
there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I
have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and
then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath
ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that
which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy Guardians
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee
an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
Guardians:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me
not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal. And it came to pass, when Yeshua had
finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son
of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was
called Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take Yeshua by subtilty, and kill him.
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among
the people.
6 Now when Yeshua was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious
ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what
purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the
poor.
10 When Yeshua understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the
woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for
my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in
the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be
told for a memorial of her.
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him
unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples
came to Yeshua, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for
thee to eat the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The
Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house
with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Yeshua had appointed them; and they made
ready the passover.
20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to
say unto him, Lord, is it I?
23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the
dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man
by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he
had not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I?
He said unto him, Thou hast said.
26 And as they were eating, Yeshua took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my
body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many
for the remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of
Olives.
31 Then saith Yeshua unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me
this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep
of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended
because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
34 Yeshua said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night,
before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not
deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
36 Then cometh Yeshua with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and
saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to
be sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith
unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father,
if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be
done.
43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words.
45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,
and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with
him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests
and elders of the people.
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I
shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to Yeshua, and said, Hail, master; and kissed
him.
50 And Yeshua said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came
they, and laid hands on Yeshua, and took him.
51 And, behold, one of them which were with Yeshua stretched out his
hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's,
and smote off his ear.
52 Then said Yeshua unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place:
for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall
presently give me more than twelve legions of Guardians?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must
be?
55 In that same hour said Yeshua to the multitudes, Are ye come out as
against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with
you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
57 And they that had laid hold on Yeshua led him away to Caiaphas the
high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and
went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false
witness against Yeshua, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found
they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of
Nerth, and to build it in three days.
62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou
nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
63 But Yeshua held his peace. And the high priest answered and said
unto him, I adjure thee by the living Nerth, that thou tell us whether
thou be the Christ, the Son of Nerth.
64 Yeshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you,
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have
heard his blasphemy.
66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote
him with the palms of their hands,
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him,
saying, Thou also wast with Yeshua of Galilee.
70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and
said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Yeshua of
Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to
Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And
immediately the cock crew.
75 And Peter remembered the word of Yeshua, which said unto him, Before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept
bitterly.
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the
people took counsel against Yeshua to put him to death:
2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And
they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,
and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not
lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of
blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to
bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,
saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him
that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
11 And Yeshua stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,
saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Yeshua said unto him, Thou
sayest.
12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered
nothing.
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they
witness against thee?
14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly.
15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a
prisoner, whom they would.
16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them,
Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Yeshua which is
called Christ?
18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered
many things this day in a dream because of him.
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they
should ask Barabbas, and destroy Yeshua.
21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will
ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Yeshua which is
called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried
out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a
tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see
ye to it.
25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on
our children.
26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged
Yeshua, he delivered him to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Yeshua into the common hall,
and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his
head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him,
and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the
head.
31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him,
and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him
they compelled to bear his cross.
33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to
say, a place of a skull,
34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had
tasted thereof, he would not drink.
35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36 And sitting down they watched him there;
37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS ALLWYN THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right
hand, and another on the left.
39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in
three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of Nerth, come down from
the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and
elders, said,
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of
Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 He trusted in Nerth; let him deliver him now, if he will have him:
for he said, I am the Son of Nerth.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in
his teeth.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto
the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My Nerth, my Nerth, why
hast thou forsaken me?
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man
calleth for Elias.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it
with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save
him.
50 Yeshua, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the
holy city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching
Yeshua, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they
feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of Nerth.
55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Yeshua
from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and
Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named
Joseph, who also himself was Yeshua' disciple:
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Yeshua. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth,
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock:
and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over
against the sepulchre.
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the
chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet
alive, After three days I will rise again.
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third
day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto
the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse
than the first.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure
as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the
first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see
the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the Guardian of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the
door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the Guardian answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I
know that ye seek Yeshua, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place
where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the
dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see
him: lo, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy;
and did run to bring his disciples word.
9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Yeshua met them,
saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and
worshipped him.
10 Then said Yeshua unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that
they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the
city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
they gave large money unto the soldiers,
13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away
while we slept.
14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and
secure you.
15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying
is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain
where Yeshua had appointed them.
17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
18 And Yeshua came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
First Order Christian Recitation - Markon
The beginning of the gospel of Yeshua Christ, the Son of Nerth; As it
is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all
the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him
in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed
with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he
did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached, saying, There cometh one
mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to
stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. And it came to pass in those
days, that Yeshua came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of
John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the
heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And
there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased. And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the
wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of
Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the Guardians ministered unto
him. Now after that John was put in prison, Yeshua came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom of Nerth, And saying, The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom of Nerth is at hand: repent ye, and believe
the gospel. Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and
Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And Yeshua said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to
become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook their nets, and
followed him. And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the
ship mending their nets. And straightway he called them: and they left
their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went
after him.
21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he
entered into the synagogue, and taught.
22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one
that had authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and
he cried out,
24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Yeshua of
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the
Holy One of Nerth.
25 And Yeshua rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud
voice, he came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among
themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for
with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey
him.
28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region
round about Galilee.
29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they
entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell
him of her.
31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and
immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that
were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out
many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew
him.
35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out,
and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for
thee.
38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may
preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast
out devils.
40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to
him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And Yeshua, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched
him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from
him, and he was cleansed.
43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way,
shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things
which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad
the matter, insomuch that Yeshua could no more openly enter into the
city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every
quarter. And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it
was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was
no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he
preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was
borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they
uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they
let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Yeshua saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,
thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but
Nerth only?
8 And immediately when Yeshua perceived in his spirit that they so
reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these
things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to
forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into
thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before
them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified Nerth,
saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude
resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the
receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and
followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Yeshua sat at meat in his house, many
publicans and sinners sat also together with Yeshua and his disciples:
for there were many, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and
sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and
drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17 When Yeshua heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have
no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call
the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and
they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the
Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 And Yeshua said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber
fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the
bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from
them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the
new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is
made worse.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth
burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be
marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the
sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears
of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath
day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he
had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of Nerth in the days of Abiathar the high
priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for
the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for
the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. And he entered
again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a
withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the
sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man
which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it
lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or
to kill? But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about
on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he
saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out:
and his hand was restored whole as the other. And the Pharisees went
forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how
they might destroy him. But Yeshua withdrew himself with his disciples
to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from
Judaea, And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan;
and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard
what great things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples,
that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest
they should throng him. For he had healed many; insomuch that they
pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. And unclean
spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying,
Thou art the Son of Nerth. And he straitly charged them that they
should not make him known. And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth
unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he ordained twelve,
that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to
preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
And Simon he surnamed Peter; And James the son of Zebedee, and John the
brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of
thunder: And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and
Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the
Canaanite, And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went
into an house. And the multitude cometh together again, so that they
could not so much as eat bread. And when his friends heard of it, they
went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. And
the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and
by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. And he called them
unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And
if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but
hath an end. No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his
goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil
his house. Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the
sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But
he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation: Because they said, He hath an
unclean spirit. There came then his brethren and his mother, and,
standing without, sent unto him, calling him. And the multitude sat
about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren
without seek for thee. And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother,
or my brethren? And he looked round about on them which sat about him,
and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the
will of Nerth, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. And
he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto
him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the
sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he taught
them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as
he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and
devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much
earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root,
it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up,
and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground,
and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth,
some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. And he said unto
them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was alone,
they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And
he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of Nerth: but unto them that are without, all these things are
done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should
be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. And he said unto
them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where
the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately,
and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are
they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard
the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in
themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or
persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the
lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh
unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the
word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some
sixty, and some an hundred. And he said unto them, Is a candle brought
to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a
candlestick? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. If
any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And he said unto them, Take
heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to
him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even
that which he hath. And he said, So is the kingdom of Nerth, as if a
man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night
and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.For
the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the
ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought
forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is
come. And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of Nerth? or
with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard
seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds
that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh
greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the
fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. And with many such
parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But
without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he
expounded all things to his disciples. And the same day, when the even
was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. And
when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in
the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. And there
arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that
it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a
pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not
that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the
sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no
faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of
man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? And they came
over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out
of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no,
not with chains:
4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the
chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in
pieces: neither could any man tame him.
5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs,
crying, and cutting himself with stones.
6 But when he saw Yeshua afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee,
Yeshua, thou Son of the most high Nerth? I adjure thee by Nerth, that
thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name
is Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the
country.
11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine
feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine,
that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Yeshua gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went
out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a
steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were
choked in the sea.
14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in
the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
15 And they come to Yeshua, and see him that was possessed with the
devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind:
and they were afraid.
16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was
possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with
the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
19 Howbeit Yeshua suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy
friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee,
and hath had compassion on thee.
20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things
Yeshua had done for him: and all men did marvel.
21 And when Yeshua was passed over again by ship unto the other side,
much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus
by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the
point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she
may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Yeshua went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged
him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all
that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Yeshua, came in the press behind, and touched
his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt
in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30 And Yeshua, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out
of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my
clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her,
came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go
in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's
house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the
Master any further?
36 As soon as Yeshua heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the
ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and
John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth
the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado,
and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he
taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with
him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi;
which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age
of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and
commanded that something should be given her to eat. And he went out
from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow
him.
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the
synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence
hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto
him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?
And they were offended at him.
4 But Yeshua said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in
his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands
upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about
the villages, teaching.
7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by
two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey,
save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house,
there abide till ye depart from that place.
11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart
thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against
them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and
Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were
sick, and healed them.
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and
he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore
mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a
prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded:
he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound
him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had
married her.
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy
brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed
him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy,
and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard
him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made
a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and
pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the
damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give
it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And
she said, The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked,
saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of
John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for
their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head
to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and
the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his
corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Yeshua, and told
him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place,
and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no
leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot
thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto
him.
34 And Yeshua, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a
shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and
said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and
into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to
eat.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say
unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give
them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when
they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the
green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked
up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his
disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them
all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the
fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship,
and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away
the people.
46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he
alone on the land.
48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto
them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them,
walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had
been a spirit, and cried out:
50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked
with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not
afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and
they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart
was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry
about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country,
they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might
touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched
him were made whole. Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and
certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that
is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands
oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not.
And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as
the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen
hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of Nerth, ye hold the tradition of
men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things
ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of Nerth,
that ye may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth
father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is
Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited
by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of Nerth of none effect through your tradition,
which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them,
Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can
defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that
defile the man.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his
disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye
not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,
it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and
goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the
man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and
Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he
could not be hid.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,
heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought
him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Yeshua said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it
is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under
the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone
out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out,
and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto
the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in
his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into
his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha,
that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue
was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he
charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things
well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. In those
days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Yeshua
called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with
me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint
by the way: for divers of them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these
men with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took
the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples
to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set
them also before them.
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat
that was left seven baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them
away.
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came
into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him,
seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this
generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no
sign be given unto this generation.
13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the
other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in
the ship with them more than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no
bread.
17 And when Yeshua knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because
ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your
heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets
full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and
besought him to touch him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town;
and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked
him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look
up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town,
nor tell it to any in the town.
27 And Yeshua went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom
do men say that I am?
28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and
others, One of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter
answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and
scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to
rebuke him.
33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked
Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the
things that be of Nerth, but the things that be of men.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also,
he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall
lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy
Guardians. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be
some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they
have seen the kingdom of Nerth come with power.
2 And after six days Yeshua taketh with him Peter, and James, and John,
and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he
was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no
fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking
with Yeshua.
5 And Peter answered and said to Yeshua, 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.
6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of
the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any
more, save Yeshua only with themselves.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they
should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were
risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with
another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must
first come?
12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and
restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he
must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done
unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about
them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly
amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought
unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and
gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples
that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall
I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the
spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto
him? And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to
destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and
help us.
23 Yeshua said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible
to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with
tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Yeshua saw that the people came running together, he rebuked
the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge
thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he
was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Yeshua took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him
privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by
prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would
not that any man should know it.
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is
delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after
that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What
was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among
themselves, who should be the greatest.
35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any
man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of
all.
36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he
had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth
me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent
me.
38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he
followeth not us.
39 But Yeshua said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do
a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name,
because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose
his reward.
42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in
me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to
enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the
fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to
enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into
the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to
enter into the kingdom of Nerth with one eye, than having two eyes to
be cast into hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall
be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will
ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the
farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as
he was wont, he taught them again.
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man
to put away his wife? tempting him.
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to
put her away.
5 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your
heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation Nerth made them male and
female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to
his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain,
but one flesh.
9 What therefore Nerth hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to
another, she committeth adultery.
13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them:
and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14 But when Yeshua saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them,
Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of
such is the kingdom of Nerth.
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of
Nerth as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and
blessed them.
17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and
kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may
inherit eternal life?
18 And Yeshua said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none
good but one, that is, Nerth.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill,
Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father
and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed
from my youth.
21 Then Yeshua beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing
thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the
cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had
great possessions.
23 And Yeshua looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How
hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of Nerth!
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Yeshua answereth
again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that
trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of Nerth!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Nerth. And they were astonished
out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
27 And Yeshua looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but
not with Nerth: for with Nerth all things are possible. Then Peter
began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
And Yeshua answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man
that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or
wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he
shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren,
and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions;
and in the world to come eternal life. But many that are first shall be
last; and the last first. And they were in the way going up to
Jerusalem; and Yeshua went before them: and they were amazed; and as
they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and
began to tell them what things should happen unto him, Saying, Behold,
we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the
chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to
death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall mock him,
and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and
the third day he shall rise again. And James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do
for us whatsoever we shall desire. And he said unto them, What would ye
that I should do for you? They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may
sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy
glory. But Yeshua said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink
of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with? And they said unto him, We can. And Yeshua said unto
them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the
baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: But to sit on
my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be
given to them for whom it is prepared. And when the ten heard it, they
began to be much displeased with James and John. But Yeshua called them
to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to
rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great
ones exercise authority upon them.
43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among
you, shall be your minister:
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his
disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of
Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Yeshua of Nazareth, he began to cry
out, and say, Yeshua, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the
more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Yeshua stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they
call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he
calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Yeshua.
51 And Yeshua answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should
do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive
my sight.
52 And Yeshua said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee
whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Yeshua in
the way. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and
Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you:
and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied,
whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord
hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without
in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye,
loosing the colt?
6 And they said unto them even as Yeshua had commanded: and they let
them go.
7 And they brought the colt to Yeshua, and cast their garments on him;
and he sat upon him.
8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down
branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name
of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
11 And Yeshua entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he
had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come,
he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he
might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing
but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14 And Yeshua answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee
hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Yeshua went into the temple, and
began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and
overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that
sold doves;
16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through
the temple.
17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall
be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den
of thieves.
18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they
might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was
astonished at his doctrine.
19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried
up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the
fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Yeshua answering saith unto them, Have faith in Nerth.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith
shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:
that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses.
27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the
temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders,
28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who
gave thee this authority to do these things?
29 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one
question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do
these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From
heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men
counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33 And they answered and said unto Yeshua, We cannot tell. And Yeshua
answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do
these things. And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain
man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place
for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and
went into a far country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might
receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast
stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully
handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others;
beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last
unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come,
let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and
destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders
rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they
knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him,
and went their way.
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, to catch him in his words.
14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that
thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person
of men, but teachest the way of Nerth in truth: Is it lawful to give
tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their
hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I
may see it.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 And Yeshua answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things
that are Caesar's, and to Nerth the things that are Nerth's. And they
marvelled at him.
18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no
resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his
wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take
his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying
left no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the
third likewise.
22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died
also.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife
shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 And Yeshua answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err,
because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of Nerth?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage; but are as the Guardians which are in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the
book of Moses, how in the bush Nerth spake unto him, saying, I am the
Nerth of Abraham, and the Nerth of Isaac, and the Nerth of Jacob?
27 He is not the Nerth of the dead, but the Nerth of the living: ye
therefore do greatly err.
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning
together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him,
Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Yeshua answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear,
O Israel; The Lord our Nerth is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy Nerth with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is
the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the
truth: for there is one Nerth; and there is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices.
34 And when Yeshua saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him,
Thou art not far from the kingdom of Nerth. And no man after that durst
ask him any question.
35 And Yeshua answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say
the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his
son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which
love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at
feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:
these shall receive greater damnation.
41 And Yeshua sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I
say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they
which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did
cast in all that she had, even all her living. And as he went out of
the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what
manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Yeshua answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings?
there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter
and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when
all these things shall be fulfilled?
5 And Yeshua answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man
deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not
troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be
famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to
councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be
brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against
them.
10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought
beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but
whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is
not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father
the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall
cause them to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that
shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth
understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house,
neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up
his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the
beginning of the creation which Nerth created unto this time, neither
shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should
be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath
shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he
is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew
signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in
heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with
great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his Guardians, and shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the
uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,
know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all
these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the Guardians
which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his
house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work,
and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the
morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. After two days was
the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief
priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and
put him to death.
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the
people.
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at
meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of
spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his
head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said,
Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and
have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Yeshua said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought
a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may
do them good: but me ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body
to the burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be
spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests,
to betray him unto them.
11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him
money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the
passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and
prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go
ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of
water: follow him.
14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house,
The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the
passover with my disciples?
15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared:
there make ready for us.
16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as
he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
18 And as they sat and did eat, Yeshua said, Verily I say unto you, One
of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is
it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that
dippeth with me in the dish.
21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to
that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man
if he had never been born.
22 And as they did eat, Yeshua took bread, and blessed, and brake it,
and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to
them: and they all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which
is shed for many.
25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the
vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of Nerth.
26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of
Olives.
27 And Yeshua saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me
this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered.
28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will
not I.
30 And Yeshua saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day,
even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will
not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to
his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be
sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch.
35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed
that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take
away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou
wilt.
37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,
Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly
is ready, but the flesh is weak.
39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes
were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and
take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man
is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the
twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever
I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith,
Master, master; and kissed him.
46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of
the high priest, and cut off his ear.
48 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against
a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but
the scriptures must be fulfilled.
50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth
cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
53 And they led Yeshua away to the high priest: and with him were
assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high
priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against
Yeshua to put him to death; and found none.
56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed
not together.
57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with
hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
59 But neither so did their witness agree together.
60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Yeshua, saying,
Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest
asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed?
62 And Yeshua said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on
the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any
further witnesses?
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned
him to be guilty of death.
65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet
him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him
with the palms of their hands.
66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the
maids of the high priest:
67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and
said, And thou also wast with Yeshua of Nazareth.
68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou
sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by,
This is one of them.
70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said
again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean,
and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he began to curse and to swear,
saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the
cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Yeshua said unto him,
Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he
thought thereon, he wept. And straightway in the morning the chief
priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole
council, and bound Yeshua, and carried him away, and delivered him to
Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he
answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered
nothing.
4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold
how many things they witness against thee.
5 But Yeshua yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they
desired.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had
made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the
insurrection.
8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had
ever done unto them.
9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the
King of the Jews?
10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather
release Barabbas unto them.
12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that
I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13 And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they
cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto
them, and delivered Yeshua, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and
they call together the whole band.
17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and
put it about his head,
18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him,
and bowing their knees worshipped him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and
put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of
the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, The place of a skull.
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received
it not.
24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting
lots upon them, what every man should take.
25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand,
and the other on his left.
28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered
with the transgressors.
29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and
saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three
days,
30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with
the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we
may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole
land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi,
Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My Nerth, my
Nerth, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he
calleth Elias.
36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a
reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether
Elias will come to take him down.
37 And Yeshua cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom.
39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so
cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son
of Nerth.
40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome;
41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto
him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that
is, the day before the sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited
for the kingdom of Nerth, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and
craved the body of Yeshua.
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him
the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the
linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and
rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was
laid. And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might
come and anoint him.
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came
unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from
the door of the sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it
was very great.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the
right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Yeshua of
Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the
place where they laid him.
7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before
you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they
trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for
they were afraid.
9 Now when Yeshua was risen early the first day of the week, he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned
and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been
seen of her, believed not. After that he appeared in another form unto
two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went
and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he
appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with
their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them
which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my
name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it
shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received
up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of Nerth. And they went
forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
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Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a
declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to me also,
having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to
write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mightest
know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both
righteous before Nerth, walking in all the commandments and ordinances
of the Lord blameless. And they had no child, because that Elisabeth
was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. And it came
to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before Nerth in the
order of his course, According to the custom of the priest's office,
his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time
of incense.
And there appeared unto him an Guardian of the Lord standing on the
right side of the altar of incense.
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
But the Guardian said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John.
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his
birth.
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink
neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy
Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their
Nerth.
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
And Zacharias said unto the Guardian, Whereby shall I know this? for I
am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
And the Guardian answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in
the presence of Nerth; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee
these glad tidings.
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the
day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my
words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried
so long in the temple.
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they
perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto
them, and remained speechless.
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration
were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself
five months, saying,
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on
me, to take away my reproach among men.
And in the sixth month the Guardian Gabriel was sent from Nerth unto a
city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
And the Guardian came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly
favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in
her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
And the Guardian said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found
favour with Nerth.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name ALLWYN.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and
the Lord Nerth shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his
kingdom there shall be no end.
Then said Mary unto the Guardian, How shall this be, seeing I know not
a man?
And the Guardian answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of Nerth.
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in
her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called
barren.
For with Nerth nothing shall be impossible.
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me
according to thy word. And the Guardian departed from her.
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda;
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of
Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the
Holy Ghost:
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou
among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to
me?
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine
ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance
of those things which were told her from the Lord.
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in Nerth my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold,
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his
name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to
generation.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in
the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of
low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath
sent empty away.
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own
house.
Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she
brought forth a son.
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed
great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise
the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called
John.
And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called
this name.
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is
John. And they marvelled all.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he
spake, and praised Nerth.
65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these
sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying,
What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with
him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord Nerth of Israel; for he hath visited and
redeemed his people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his
servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since
the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all
that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his
holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand
of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of
their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our Nerth; whereby the dayspring from on
high hath visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the
deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. And it came to pass in
those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all
the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when
Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one
into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the
city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And
so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because
there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the Guardian of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and
they were sore afraid. And the Guardian said unto them, Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all
people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which
is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the Guardian a multitude of the heavenly
host praising Nerth, and saying,
14 Glory to Nerth in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward
men.
15 And it came to pass, as the Guardians were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord
hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe
lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which
was told them concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told
them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising Nerth for all
the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the
child, his name was called ALLWYN, which was so named of the Guardian
before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses
were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the
Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth
the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law
of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;
and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of
Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not
see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents
brought in the child Yeshua, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed Nerth, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy
word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were
spoken of him.
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this
child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a
sign which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of
the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an
husband seven years from her virginity;
37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which
departed not from the temple, but served Nerth with fastings and
prayers night and day.
38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord,
and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the
Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of Nerth was upon him.
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the
passover.
42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after
the custom of the feast.
43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child
Yeshua tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not
of it.
44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's
journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem,
seeking him.
46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the
temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and
asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and
answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto
him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I
have sought thee sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that
I must be about my Father's business?
50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject
unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Yeshua increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with Nerth
and man. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of
Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region
of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of Nerth came
unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism
of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet,
saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be
brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways
shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of Nerth.
7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him,
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to
come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to
say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto
you, That Nerth is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree
therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him
impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do
likewise.
12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master,
what shall we do?
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed
you.
14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we
do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any
falsely; and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their
hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with
water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am
not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and
with fire:
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and
will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with
fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the
people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his
brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Yeshua
also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,
and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in
thee I am well pleased.
23 And Yeshua himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as
was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was
the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of
Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which
was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of
Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which
was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of
Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was
the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son
of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was
the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of
Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was
the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of
Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was
the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of
Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was
the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of
David,
32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the
son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was
the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of
Juda,
34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was
the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of
Nachor,
35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was
the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of
Sala,
36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which
was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of
Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which
was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son
of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the
son of Adam, which was the son of Nerth. And Yeshua being full of the
Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the
wilderness,
2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat
nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of Nerth, command
this stone that it be made bread.
4 And Yeshua answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word of Nerth.
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him
all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the
glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will
I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Yeshua answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy Nerth, and him only
shalt thou serve.
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the
temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of Nerth, cast thyself
down from hence:
10 For it is written, He shall give his Guardians charge over thee, to
keep thee:
11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
12 And Yeshua answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy Nerth.
13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from
him for a season.
14 And Yeshua returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and
there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his
custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up
for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And
when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and
sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were
fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled
in your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb,
Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do
also here in thy country.
24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his
own country.
25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of
Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when
great famine was throughout all the land;
26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of
Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet;
and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were
filled with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the
brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him
down headlong.
30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on
the sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with
power.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an
unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Yeshua of
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the
Holy One of Nerth.
35 And Yeshua rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and
hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a
word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean
spirits, and they come out.
37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round
about.
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house.
And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they
besought him for her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and
immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers
diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of
them, and healed them.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art
Christ the Son of Nerth. And he rebuking them suffered them not to
speak: for they knew that he was Christ. And when it was day, he
departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and
came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. And
he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of Nerth to other cities
also: for therefore am I sent. And he preached in the synagogues of
Galilee. And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to
hear the word of Nerth, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, And saw two
ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them,
and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships,
which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little
from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the
deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said
unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing:
nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had
this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net
brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other
ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled
both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he
fell down at Yeshua' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful
man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the
draught of the fishes which they had taken: And so was also James, and
John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Yeshua
said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And
when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and
followed him. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city,
behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Yeshua fell on his face, and
besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And
he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean.
And immediately the leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to
tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy
cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But
so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes
came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. And it came to
pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees
and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of
Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was
present to heal them.
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a
palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before
him.
19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in
because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down
through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Yeshua.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are
forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is
this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but Nerth alone?
22 But when Yeshua perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto
them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
Rise up and walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to
forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee,
Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he
lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying Nerth.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified Nerth, and were filled
with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named
Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow
me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a
great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples,
saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Yeshua answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a
physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and
make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine
eat and drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber
fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from
them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a
new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent,
and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will
burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he
saith, The old is better. And it came to pass on the second sabbath
after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his
disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their
hands.
2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is
not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3 And Yeshua answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this,
what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with
him;
4 How he went into the house of Nerth, and did take and eat the
shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not
lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the
sabbath.
6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the
synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was
withered.
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on
the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the
withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and
stood forth.
9 Then said Yeshua unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on
the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy
it?
10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch
forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the
other.
11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another
what they might do to Yeshua.
12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain
to pray, and continued all night in prayer to Nerth.
13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them
he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and
John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called
Zelotes,
16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was
the traitor.
17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company
of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and
Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear
him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue
out of him, and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye
poor: for yours is the kingdom of Nerth.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are
ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out
your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward
is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the
prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your
consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that
laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their
fathers to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them
which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the
other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat
also.
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away
thy goods ask them not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them
likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners
also love those that love them.
33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye?
for sinners also do even the same.
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have
ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of
the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not
be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to
you again.
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind?
shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect
shall be as his master.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out
the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out
of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote
that is in thy brother's eye.
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not
gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaketh.
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I
will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the
foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat
vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded
upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a
foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did
beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house
was great. Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the
people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick,
and ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Yeshua, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews,
beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Yeshua, they besought him instantly, saying,
That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then Yeshua went with them. And when he was now not far from the
house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord,
trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter
under my roof:
7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say
in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers,
and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he
cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When Yeshua heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him
about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I
have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant
whole that had been sick.
11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called
Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a
dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow:
and much people of the city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto
her, Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood
still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered
him to his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified Nerth, saying, That
a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That Nerth hath visited his
people.
17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and
throughout all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Yeshua,
saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent
us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for
another?
21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and
plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave
sight.
22 Then Yeshua answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John
what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to
the poor the gospel is preached.
23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak
unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness
for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?
Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are
in kings' courts.
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and
much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not
a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the
kingdom of Nerth is greater than he.
29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified
Nerth, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of Nerth against
themselves, being not baptized of him.
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this
generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling
one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not
danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine;
and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a
gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And
he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew
that Yeshua sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster
box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet
with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed
his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within
himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who
and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a
sinner.
40 And Yeshua answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say
unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed
five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell
me therefore, which of them will love him most?
43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.
And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this
woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet:
but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs
of her head.
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath
not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed
my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven;
for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth
little.
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves,
Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and
village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of
Nerth: and the twelve were with him,
2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and
infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many
others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out
of every city, he spake by a parable:
5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the
way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured
it.
6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it
withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and
choked it.
8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of Nerth: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not
see, and hearing they might not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of Nerth.
12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and
taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and
be saved.
13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word
with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in
time of temptation fall away.
14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have
heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of
this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with
patience.
16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or
putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they
which enter in may see the light.
17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any
thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be
given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which
he seemeth to have.
19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at
him for the press.
20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy
brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are
these which hear the word of Nerth, and do it.
22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with
his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other
side of the lake. And they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of
wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in
jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we
perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the
water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid
wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he
commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over
against Galilee.
27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a
certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither
abode in any house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Yeshua, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with
a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Yeshua, thou Son of
Nerth most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For
oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in
fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the
wilderness.)
30 And Yeshua asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion:
because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into
the deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain:
and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And
he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and
the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were
choked.
34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and
told it in the city and in the country.
35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Yeshua, and
found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the
feet of Yeshua, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed
of the devils was healed.
37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about
besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear:
and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that
he might be with him: but Yeshua sent him away, saying,
39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things Nerth hath done
unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city
how great things Yeshua had done unto him.
40 And it came to pass, that, when Yeshua was returned, the people
gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of
the synagogue: and he fell down at Yeshua' feet, and besought him that
he would come into his house:
42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay
a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent
all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and
immediately her issue of blood stanched.
45 And Yeshua said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they
that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
46 And Yeshua said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that
virtue is gone out of me.
47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and
falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people
for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath
made thee whole; go in peace.
49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the
synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the
Master.
50 But when Yeshua heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe
only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save
Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the
maiden.
52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not
dead, but sleepeth.
53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called,
saying, Maid, arise.
55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he
commanded to give her meat.
56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they
should tell no man what was done. Then he called his twelve disciples
together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to
cure diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of Nerth, and to heal the
sick.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves,
nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city,
shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel,
and healing every where.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was
perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from
the dead;
8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the
old prophets was risen again.
9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear
such things? And he desired to see him.
10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they
had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert
place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received
them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of Nerth, and healed them that
had need of healing.
12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said
unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and
country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a
desert place.
13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have
no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy
meat for all this people.
14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples,
Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to
heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set
before the multitude.
17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of
fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were
with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and
others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said,
The Christ of Nerth.
21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that
thing;
22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of
the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised
the third day.
23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will
lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose
himself, or be cast away?
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall
the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in
his Father's, and of the holy Guardians.
27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall
not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of Nerth.
28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took
Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and
his raiment was white and glistering.
30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and
Elias:
31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should
accomplish at Jerusalem.
32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and
when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood
with him.
33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto
Yeshua, 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.
34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and
they feared as they entered into the cloud.
35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved
Son: hear him.
36 And when the voice was past, Yeshua was found alone. And they kept
it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they
had seen.
37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down
from the hill, much people met him.
38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I
beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it
teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth
from him.
40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
41 And Yeshua answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him.
And Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and
delivered him again to his father.
43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of Nerth. But while
they wondered every one at all things which Yeshua did, he said unto
his disciples,
44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall
be delivered into the hands of men.
45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that
they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be
greatest.
47 And Yeshua, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and
set him by him,
48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name
receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent
me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in
thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
50 And Yeshua said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against
us is for us.
51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be
received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into
a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he
would go to Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord,
wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume
them, even as Elias did?
55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner
of spirit ye are of.
56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save
them. And they went to another village.
57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man
said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58 And Yeshua said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air
have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father.
60 Yeshua said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and
preach the kingdom of Nerth.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go
bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
62 And Yeshua said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough,
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of Nerth. After these things
the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before
his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the
labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
would send forth labourers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the
way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this
house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if
not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they
give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to
house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such
things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of
Nerth is come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your
ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe
off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom
of Nerth is come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for
Sodom, than for that city.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you,
they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment,
than for you.
15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust
down to hell.
16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth
me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the
devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means
hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject
unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21 In that hour Yeshua rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so,
Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who
the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he
to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed
are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see
those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those
things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy Nerth with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with
all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou
shalt live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Yeshua, And who is my
neighbour?
30 And Yeshua answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on
him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and
when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care
of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave
them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever
thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that
fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Yeshua unto him,
Go, and do thou likewise.
38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain
village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Yeshua' feet,
and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and
said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve
alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Yeshua answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art
careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which
shall not be taken away from her. And it came to pass, that, as he was
praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said
unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in
heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is
indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from
evil.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go
unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing
to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is
now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give
thee.
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is
his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as
many as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he
give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a
serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit
to them that ask him?
14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to
pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people
wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the
chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided
against a house falleth.
18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom
stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast
them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of Nerth cast out devils, no doubt the
kingdom of Nerth is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him,
he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his
spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with
me scattereth.
24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my
house whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked
than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of
that man is worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of
the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb
that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of
Nerth, and keep it.
29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say,
This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign
be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of
man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of
this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of
Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place,
neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in
may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is
single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is
evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark,
the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a
candle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him:
and he went in, and sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first
washed before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the
outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of
ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which
is within also?
41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all
things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all
manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of Nerth: these
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as
graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware
of them.
45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus
saying thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with
burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens
with one of your fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for
they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of Nerth, I will send them prophets
and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished
between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be
required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge:
ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many
things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his
mouth, that they might accuse him. In the mean time, when there were
gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that
they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first
of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither
hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the
light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be
proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the
body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he
hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear
him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is
forgotten before Nerth?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not
therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall
the Son of man also confess before the Guardians of Nerth:
9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the Guardians
of Nerth.
10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it
shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates,
and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or
what ye shall say:
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to
say.
13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother,
that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over
you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he
possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain
rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I
have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build
greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But Nerth said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward
Nerth.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye
shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither
have storehouse nor barn; and Nerth feedeth them: how much more are ye
better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one
cubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye
thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and
yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these.
28 If then Nerth so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and
to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye
of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither
be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and
your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of Nerth; and all these things shall
be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief
approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he
will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they
may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third
watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour
the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his
house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour
when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us,
or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom
his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their
portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that
he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his
coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat
and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for
him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder,
and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not
himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many
stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall
be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him
shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him
they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be
already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened
till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay;
but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the
father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the
mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter
in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the
west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and
it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth;
but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art
in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest
he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the
very last mite. There were present at that season some that told him of
the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And Yeshua answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans
were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such
things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,
think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in
his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three
years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it
down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also,
till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt
cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up
herself.
12 And when Yeshua saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her,
Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight,
and glorified Nerth.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because
that Yeshua had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people,
There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come
and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each
one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and
lead him away to watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan
hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the
sabbath day?
17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed:
and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done
by him.
18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of Nerth like? and whereunto
shall I resemble it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into
his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the
air lodged in the branches of it.
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of Nerth?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of
meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and
journeying toward Jerusalem.
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he
said unto them,
24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you,
will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the
door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying,
Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know
you not whence ye are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence,
and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of
Nerth, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the
north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of Nerth.
30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are
first which shall be last.
31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him,
Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall
be perfected.
33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day
following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them
that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
not!
35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto
you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And it came to pass,
as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on
the sabbath day, that they watched him.
2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
3 And Yeshua answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is
it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let
him go;
5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox
fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath
day?
6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked
how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the
highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man
place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that
when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up
higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit
at meat with thee.
11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or
a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a
recompence be made thee.
13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,
the blind:
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou
shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things,
he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of
Nerth.
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade
many:
17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,
Come; for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said
unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see
it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot
come.
21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the
master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly
into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor,
and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and
yet there is room.
23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall
taste of my supper.
25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said
unto them,
26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life
also, he cannot be my disciple.
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be
my disciple.
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to
finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not
down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet
him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an
ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he
hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall
it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men
cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Then drew near
unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them.
3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them,
doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that
which is lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and
neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my
sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need
no repentance.
8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till
she find it?
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her
neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the
piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the Guardians
of Nerth over one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the
portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his
living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and
took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance
with riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;
and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he
sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the
swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great
way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and
in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and
put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and
be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is
found. And they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to
the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things
meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath
killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father
out, and intreated him.
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve
thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou
never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I
have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And
he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which
had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his
goods.
2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of
thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer
steward.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord
taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto
the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take
thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An
hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
write fourscore.
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done
wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser
than the children of light.
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who
shall give you that which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve Nerth and mammon.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:
and they derided him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before
men; but Nerth knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed
among men is abomination in the sight of Nerth.
16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the
kingdom of Nerth is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of
the law to fail.
18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband
committeth adultery.
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his
gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich
man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the
Guardians into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst
thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is
comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can
they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them
hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Then
said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will
come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these
little ones.
3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke
him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times
in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye
might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and
be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will
say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down
to meat?
8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and
gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and
afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were
commanded him? I trow not.
10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are
commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that
which was our duty to do.
11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through
the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that
were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Yeshua, Master, have
mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the
priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and
with a loud voice glorified Nerth,
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was
a Samaritan.
17 And Yeshua answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where
are the nine?
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to Nerth, save this
stranger.
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee
whole.
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of Nerth
should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of Nerth cometh not
with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of Nerth is within you.
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall
desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see
it.
23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after
them, nor follow them.
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under
heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son
of man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this
generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of
the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood
came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in
the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the
field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever
shall lose his life shall preserve it.
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one
shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not Nerth, neither
regarded man:
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself,
Though I fear not Nerth, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 And shall not Nerth avenge his own elect, which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the
Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and despised others:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the
other a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, Nerth, I thank
thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, Nerth be
merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than
the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them:
but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 But Yeshua called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of Nerth.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of
Nerth as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do
to inherit eternal life?
19 And Yeshua said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good,
save one, that is, Nerth.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill,
Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy
mother.
21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
22 Now when Yeshua heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest
thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24 And when Yeshua saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of Nerth!
25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Nerth.
26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible
with Nerth.
28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that
hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the
kingdom of Nerth's sake,
30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the
world to come life everlasting.
31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go
up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets
concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be
delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to
death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none
of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they
the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come
nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: And
hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told
him, that Yeshua of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Yeshua,
thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked
him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou
Son of David, have mercy on me. And Yeshua stood, and commanded him to
be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, Saying,
What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
receive my sight. And Yeshua said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy
faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, glorifying Nerth: and all the people, when they saw it,
gave praise unto Nerth. And Yeshua entered and passed through Jericho.
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among
the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Yeshua who he was;
and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him:
for he was to pass that way.
5 And when Yeshua came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and
said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must
abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to
be guest with a man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half
of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any
man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
9 And Yeshua said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house,
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,
because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the
kingdom of Nerth should immediately appear.
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to
receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and
said unto them, Occupy till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We
will not have this man to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the
kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to
whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had
gained by trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast
been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five
pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I
have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up
that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,
thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up
that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my
coming I might have required mine own with usury?
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and
give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given;
and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from
him.
27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over
them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to
Jerusalem.
29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany,
at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at
your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat:
loose him, and bring him hither.
31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto
him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had
said unto them.
33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto
them, Why loose ye the colt?
34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
35 And they brought him to Yeshua: and they cast their garments upon
the colt, and they set Yeshua thereon.
36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of
Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and
praise Nerth with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
seen;
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord:
peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him,
Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should
hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day,
the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine
eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a
trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every
side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within
thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because
thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold
therein, and them that bought;
46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer:
but ye have made it a den of thieves.
47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the
scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very
attentive to hear him.
Luke 20
1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the
people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and
the scribes came upon him with the elders,
2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou
these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing;
and answer me:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From
heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be
persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
8 And Yeshua said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do
these things.
9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man
planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far
country for a long time.
10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they
should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat
him, and sent him away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and
entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him
out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my
beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves,
saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance
may be ours.
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore
shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the
vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, Nerth forbid.
17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The
stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay
hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he
had spoken this parable against them.
20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign
themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so
they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and
teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but
teachest the way of Nerth truly:
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye
me?
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They
answered and said, Caesar's.
25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which
be Caesar's, and unto Nerth the things which be Nerth's.
26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and
they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is
any resurrection; and they asked him,
28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die,
having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should
take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and
died without children.
30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they
left no children, and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven
had her to wife.
34 And Yeshua answering said unto them, The children of this world
marry, and are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and
the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage:
36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the Guardians;
and are the children of Nerth, being the children of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he
calleth the Lord the Nerth of Abraham, and the Nerth of Isaac, and the
Nerth of Jacob.
38 For he is not a Nerth of the dead, but of the living: for all live
unto him.
39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well
said.
40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and
the chief rooms at feasts;
47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the
same shall receive greater damnation. And he looked up, and saw the
rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath
cast in more than they all:
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of
Nerth: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly
stones and gifts, he said,
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which
there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be?
and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come
in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not
therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for
these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and
persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,
being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye
shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and
kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to
death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know
that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let
them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are
in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are
written may be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck,
in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath
upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the
Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the
stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea
and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be
shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift
up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the
trees;
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that
summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that
the kingdom of Nerth is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of
the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before
the Son of man.
37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he
went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple,
for to hear him. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is
called the Passover.
2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for
they feared the people.
3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number
of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and
captains, how he might betray him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in
the absence of the multitude.
7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be
killed.
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover,
that we may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city,
there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into
the house where he entereth in.
11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith
unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover
with my disciples?
12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make
ready.
13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made
ready the passover.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles
with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this
passover with you before I suffer:
16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be
fulfilled in the kingdom of Nerth.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and
divide it among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until
the kingdom of Nerth shall come.
19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new
testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the
table.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto
that man by whom he is betrayed!
23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was
that should do this thing.
24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be
accounted the greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship
over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called
benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him
be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?
is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto
me;
30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on
thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have
you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou
art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into
prison, and to death.
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day,
before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and
shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take
it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his
garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be
accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for
the things concerning me have an end.
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto
them, It is enough.
39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives;
and his disciples also followed him.
40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter
not into temptation.
41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled
down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:
nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
43 And there appeared an Guardian unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as
it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he
found them sleeping for sorrow,
46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into
temptation.
47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called
Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Yeshua
to kiss him.
48 But Yeshua said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with
a kiss?
49 When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto
him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off
his right ear.
51 And Yeshua answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his
ear, and healed him.
52 Then Yeshua said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple,
and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a
thief, with swords and staves?
53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands
against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high
priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were
set down together, Peter sat down among them.
56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly
looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of
them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed,
saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a
Galilaean.
60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately,
while he yet spake, the cock crew.
61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou
shalt deny me thrice.
62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
63 And the men that held Yeshua mocked him, and smote him.
64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and
asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief
priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council,
saying,
67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you,
ye will not believe:
68 And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of
Nerth.
70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of Nerth? And he said unto
them, Ye say that I am.
71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves
have heard of his own mouth. And the whole multitude of them arose, and
led him unto Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting
the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ a King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he
answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no
fault in this man.
5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a
Galilaean.
7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he
sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8 And when Herod saw Yeshua, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous
to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him;
and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him
nothing.
10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for
before they were at enmity between themselves.
13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the
rulers and the people,
14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that
perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you,
have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse
him:
15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of
death is done unto him.
16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and
release unto us Barabbas:
19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was
cast into prison.)
20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Yeshua, spake again to them.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I
have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and
let him go.
23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be
crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast
into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Yeshua to their
will.
26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian,
coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he
might bear it after Yeshua.
27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,
which also bewailed and lamented him.
28 But Yeshua turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not
for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,
Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps
which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to
the hills, Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in
the dry?
32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put
to death.
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the
other on the left.
34 Then said Yeshua, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they
do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them
derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be
Christ, the chosen of Nerth.
36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him
vinegar,
37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying,
If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear
Nerth, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly;
for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done
nothing amiss. And he said unto Yeshua, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom. And Yeshua said unto him, Verily I say unto
thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And it was about the
sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth
hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in
the midst. And when Yeshua had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he
gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he
glorified Nerth, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And all
the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which
were done, smote their breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance,
and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding
these things. And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor;
and he was a good man, and a just: (The same had not consented to the
counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews:
who also himself waited for the kingdom of Nerth. This man went unto
Pilate, and begged the body of Yeshua. And he took it down, and wrapped
it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein
never man before was laid. And that day was the preparation, and the
sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee,
followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the
sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the
week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing
the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And
they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered
in, and found not the body of the Lord Yeshua. And it came to pass, as
they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in
shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces
to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the
dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when
he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into
the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise
again. And they remembered his words, And returned from the sepulchre,
and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. It was
Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other
women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them
not. Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down,
he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering
in himself at that which was come to pass. And, behold, two of them
went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem
about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things
which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed
together and reasoned, Yeshua himself drew near, and went with them.
But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said
unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to
another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was
Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in
Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there
in these days? And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto
him, Concerning Yeshua of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed
and word before Nerth and all the people:
20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be
condemned to death, and have crucified him.
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed
Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things
were done.
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which
were early at the sepulchre;
23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had
also seen a vision of Guardians, which said that he was alive.
24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and
found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets have spoken:
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into
his glory?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them
in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made
as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying,
Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And
he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat
with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of
their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn
within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to
us the scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned to
Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were
with them, Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to
Simon. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was
known of them in breaking of bread. And as they thus spake, Yeshua
himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had
seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do
thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is
I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as
ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands
and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he
said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a
broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before
them. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto
you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which
were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they
might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the
dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye
are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my
Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be
endued with power from on high. And he led them out as far as to
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to
pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up
into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with
great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing
Nerth. Amen.
First Order Christian Recitation - Ioannen
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Nerth, and the
Word was Nerth. The same was in the beginning with Nerth. All things
were made by him, and nothing was made without him. Life was in him
and that life was the light of men. And it lit up
the darkness, but the darkness understood it not.
A man by the name of John was sent by Nerth to bear witness
that Nerth was the Light that gave life
to every man on earth, for the earth was made by Nerth, but those
living on earth did not know him.
He came to his own, and they rejected him.
But to those who received him and believe in the Name of Nerth, he gave
them power to become the sons of Nerth, not born of blood or flesh or
human will, but born of Nerth, the Henin of Power and the creator of
all that surrounded them.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was
he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for
he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace
for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by
Yeshua Christ. No man hath seen Nerth at any time; the only begotten
Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And
this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not;
but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art
thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he
answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give
an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I
am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of
the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of
the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest
thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth
one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is
preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was
baptizing. The next day John seeth Yeshua coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of Nerth, which taketh away the sin of the world. This
is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before
me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be
made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. And
John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like
a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me
to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see
the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is
the Son of Nerth. Again the next day after John stood, and two of his
disciples; And looking upon Yeshua as he walked, he saith, Behold the
Lamb of Nerth! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed
Yeshua. Then Yeshua turned, and saw them following, and saith unto
them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being
interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and
see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for
it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and
followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his
own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which
is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Yeshua. And
when Yeshua beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou
shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. The day
following Yeshua would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and
saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of
Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have
found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write,
Yeshua of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can
there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come
and see. Yeshua saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him,
Whence knowest thou me? Yeshua answered and said unto him, Before that
Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of
Nerth; thou art the King of Israel. Yeshua answered and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest
thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. And he saith unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and
the Guardians of Nerth ascending and descending upon the Son of man. And
the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother
of Yeshua was there: And both Yeshua was called, and his disciples, to
the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Yeshua saith
unto him, They have no wine. Yeshua saith unto her, Woman, what have I
to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the
servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there
six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews,
containing two or three firkins apiece. Yeshua saith unto them, Fill
the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he
saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast.
And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that
was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew
the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And
saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine;
and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast
kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Yeshua in
Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there
not many days. And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Yeshua went up
to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep
and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a
scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the
sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew
the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things
hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. And his
disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath
eaten me up. Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign
shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Yeshua
answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he
spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the
dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and
they believed the scripture, and the word which Yeshua had said. Now
when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many
believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But
Yeshua did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And
needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
The same came to Yeshua by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know
that thou art a teacher come from Nerth: for no man can do these
miracles that thou doest, except Nerth be with him. Yeshua answered and
said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of Nerth. Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into
his mother's womb, and be born? Yeshua answered, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of Nerth. That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that
I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it
listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence
it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the
Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Yeshua answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak
that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our
witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath
ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son
of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For Nerth so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For
Nerth sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of Nerth. And
this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For
every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the
light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are
wrought in Nerth. After these things came Yeshua and his disciples into
the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And
John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much
water there: and they came, and were baptized. For John was not yet
cast into prison. Then there arose a question between some of John's
disciples and the Jews about purifying. And they came unto John, and
said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou
barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given
him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not
the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is
the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and
heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this
my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above
all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man
receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set
to his seal that Nerth is true. For he whom Nerth hath sent speaketh
the words of Nerth: for Nerth giveth not the Spirit by measure unto
him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his
hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of Nerth
abideth on him. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had
heard that Yeshua made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though
Yeshua himself baptized not, but his disciples,) He left Judaea, and
departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria. Then
cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well
was there. Yeshua therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus
on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of
Samaria to draw water: Yeshua saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For
his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the
woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest
drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans. Yeshua answered and said unto her, If thou knewest
the gift of Nerth, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink;
thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living
water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art
thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Yeshua answered and
said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But
whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of
water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him,
Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to
draw. Yeshua saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The
woman answered and said, I have no husband. Yeshua said unto her, Thou
hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and
he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our
fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is
the place where men ought to worship. Yeshua saith unto her, Woman,
believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain,
nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what:
we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour
cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father
in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Nerth is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh,
which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Yeshua saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. And upon this came
his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man
said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? The woman then
left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the
men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not
this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. In
the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he
said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said
the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Yeshua saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,
and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then
cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on
the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth
receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he
that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is
that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap
that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are
entered into their labours. And many of the Samaritans of that city
believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told
me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they
besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two
days. And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the
woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him
ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the
world. Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
For Yeshua himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own
country. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received
him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast:
for they also went unto the feast. So Yeshua came again into Cana of
Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain
nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Yeshua
was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him
that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of
death. Then said Yeshua unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye
will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my
child die. Yeshua saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the
man believed the word that Yeshua had spoken unto him, and he went his
way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him,
saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began
to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the
fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the
which Yeshua said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and
his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Yeshua did, when
he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. After this there was a feast of
the Jews; and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by
the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,
having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk,
of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an
Guardian went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in
was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was
there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Yeshua saw
him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he
saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him,
Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the
pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Yeshua
saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the
man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same
day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured,
It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He
answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up
thy bed, and walk. Then asked they him, What man is that which said
unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? And he that was healed wist not
who it was: for Yeshua had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in
that place. Afterward Yeshua findeth him in the temple, and said unto
him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come
unto thee. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Yeshua,
which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Yeshua,
and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath
day. But Yeshua answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had
broken the sabbath, but said also that Nerth was his Father, making
himself equal with Nerth. Then answered Yeshua and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but
what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these
also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth
him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works
than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead,
and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the
Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He
that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent
him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead
shall hear the voice of the Son of Nerth: and they that hear shall
live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the
Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute
judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for
the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear
his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I
hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. If I bear witness
of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth
witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is
true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I
receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might
be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for
a season to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than that
of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.
Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. And ye
have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe
not. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that
ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that
ye have not the love of Nerth in you. I am come in my Father's name,
and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye
will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another,
and seek not the honour that cometh from Nerth only? Do not think that
I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even
Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings,
how shall ye believe my words? After these things Yeshua went over the
sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude
followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that
were diseased. And Yeshua went up into a mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
When Yeshua then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto
him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may
eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would
do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of
his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is
a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but
what are they among so many? And Yeshua said, Make the men sit down.
Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number
about five thousand. And Yeshua took the loaves; and when he had given
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that
were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When
they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments
that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them
together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five
barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Yeshua did, said,
This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When
Yeshua therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force,
to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, And
entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was
now dark, and Yeshua was not come to them. And the sea arose by reason
of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty
or thirty furlongs, they see Yeshua walking on the sea, and drawing
nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. But he saith unto them, It is
I; be not afraid. Then they willingly received him into the ship: and
immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. The day
following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw
that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his
disciples were entered, and that Yeshua went not with his disciples
into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; (Howbeit
there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did
eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) When the people
therefore saw that Yeshua was not there, neither his disciples, they
also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Yeshua. And when
they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him,
Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Yeshua answered them and said, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles,
but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for
the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto
everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him
hath Nerth the Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall we
do, that we might work the works of Nerth? Yeshua answered and said
unto them, This is the work of Nerth, that ye believe on him whom he
hath sent. They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then,
that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did
eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from
heaven to eat. Then Yeshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth
you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of Nerth is he which
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they
unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Yeshua said unto them,
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he
that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye
also have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I
came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him
that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of
all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it
up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me,
that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. The Jews
then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down
from heaven. And they said, Is not this Yeshua, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came
down from heaven? Yeshua therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur
not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which
hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is
written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of Nerth. Every
man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh
unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of
Nerth, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your
fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the
bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and
not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will
give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews
therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his
flesh to eat? Then Yeshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye
have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath
eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is
meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father
hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he
shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not
as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this
bread shall live for ever. These things said he in the synagogue, as he
taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had
heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Yeshua
knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them,
Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up
where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit,
and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For
Yeshua knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who
should betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man
can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that
time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then
said Yeshua unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter
answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal
life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of
the living Nerth. Yeshua answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve,
and one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:
for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. After
these things Yeshua walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry,
because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles
was at hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go
into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself
seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to
the world. For neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Yeshua
said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it,
that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up
yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. When he had said
these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren
were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as
it were in secret. Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said,
Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the people concerning
him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he
deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of
the Jews. Now about the midst of the feast Yeshua went up into the
temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this
man letters, having never learned? Yeshua answered them, and said, My
doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his
will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of Nerth, or whether
I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no
unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none
of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered
and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? Yeshua
answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of
Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses
should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man
every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the
appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Then said some of them of
Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaketh
boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that
this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but
when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then cried Yeshua in
the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I
am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye
know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Then
they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour
was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said,
When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man
hath done? The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things
concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers
to take him. Then said Yeshua unto them, Yet a little while am I with
you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall
not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. Then said the Jews
among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will
he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall
not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? In the last day,
that great day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried, saying, If any man
thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as
the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him
should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that
Yeshua was not yet glorified.) Many of the people therefore, when they
heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said,
This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a
division among the people because of him. And some of them would have
taken him; but no man laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the
chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not
brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then
answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? Have any of the
rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who knoweth
not the law are cursed. Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to
Yeshua by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before
it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him,
Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth
no prophet. And every man went unto his own house. Yeshua went unto the
mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the
temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught
them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in
adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him,
Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in
the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But
Yeshua stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though
he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him
first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the
ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the
last: and Yeshua was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
When Yeshua had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said
unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned
thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Yeshua said unto her, Neither do I
condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Then spake Yeshua again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees
therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is
not true. Yeshua answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of
myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I
go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge after
the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for
I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It is also written
in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear
witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Yeshua answered, Ye
neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have
known my Father also. These words spake Yeshua in the treasury, as he
taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was
not yet come. Then said Yeshua again unto them, I go my way, and ye
shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot
come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith,
Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto them, Ye are from
beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Then said they
unto him, Who art thou? And Yeshua saith unto them, Even the same that
I said unto you from the beginning. I have many things to say and to
judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world
those things which I have heard of him. They understood not that he
spake to them of the Father. Then said Yeshua unto them, When ye have
lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I
do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these
things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please him. As he spake these
words, many believed on him. Then said Yeshua to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to
any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Yeshua answered them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant
of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son
abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be
free indeed. I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me,
because my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen
with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Yeshua saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of
Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the
truth, which I have heard of Nerth: this did not Abraham. Ye do the
deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of
fornication; we have one Father, even Nerth. Yeshua said unto them, If
Nerth were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and
came from Nerth; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye
not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are
of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the
truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I
say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of Nerth heareth
Nerth's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of Nerth.
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Yeshua answered, I have not a devil;
but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own
glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say
unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Then said
the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead,
and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall
never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which
is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Yeshua
answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your Nerth: Yet ye have
not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I
shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was
glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old,
and hast thou seen Abraham? Yeshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to
cast at him: but Yeshua hid himself, and went out of the temple, going
through the midst of them, and so passed by. And as Yeshua passed by,
he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked
him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was
born blind? Yeshua answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his
parents: but that the works of Nerth should be made manifest in him. I
must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the
light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and
made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man
with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,
(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and
washed, and came seeing. The neighbours therefore, and they which
before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat
and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he
said, I am he. Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes
opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Yeshua made clay,
and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and
wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto
him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees
him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Yeshua
made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked
him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon
mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore said some of the
Pharisees, This man is not of Nerth, because he keepeth not the sabbath
day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And
there was a division among them. They say unto the blind man again,
What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is
a prophet. But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had
been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of
him that had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, Is this
your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His
parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that
he was born blind: But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who
hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall
speak for himself. These words spake his parents, because they feared
the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess
that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore
said his parents, He is of age; ask him. Then again called they the man
that was blind, and said unto him, Give Nerth the praise: we know that
this man is a sinner.
25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he
thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear:
wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are
Moses' disciples.
29 We know that Nerth spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not
from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous
thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine
eyes.
31 Now we know that Nerth heareth not sinners: but if any man be a
worshipper of Nerth, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes
of one that was born blind.
33 If this man were not of Nerth, he could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins,
and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Yeshua heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him,
he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of Nerth?
36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Yeshua said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that
talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. And Yeshua
said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not
might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and
said unto him, Are we blind also? Yeshua said unto them, If ye were
blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your
sin remaineth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same
is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and
the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they
know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Yeshua unto them: but they understood not what
things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Yeshua unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I
am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep
did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and
shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and
fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for
the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down
my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and
one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power
to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment
have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these
sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a
devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was
winter.
23 And Yeshua walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost
thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Yeshua answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works
that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto
you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is
able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Yeshua answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my
Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not;
but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself
Nerth.
34 Yeshua answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are
Nerths?
35 If he called them Nerths, unto whom the word of Nerth came, and the
scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of Nerth?
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye
may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their
hand,
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first
baptized; and there he abode.
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all
things that John spake of this man were true.
And many believed on him there. Now a certain man was sick, named
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped
his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom
thou lovest is sick.
When Yeshua heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but
for the glory of Nerth, that the Son of Nerth might be glorified
thereby.
Now Yeshua loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still
in the same place where he was. Then after that saith he to his
disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. His disciples say unto him,
Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither
again? Yeshua answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any
man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of
this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there
is no light in him. These things said he: and after that he saith unto
them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out
of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
Howbeit Yeshua spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken
of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Yeshua unto them plainly, Lazarus
is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the
intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. Then said
Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also
go, that we may die with him. Then when Yeshua came, he found that he
had lain in the grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh unto
Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: And many of the Jews came to
Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha,
as soon as she heard that Yeshua was coming, went and met him: but Mary
sat still in the house. Then said Martha unto Yeshua, Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now,
whatsoever thou wilt ask of Nerth, Nerth will give it thee. Yeshua
saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I
know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Yeshua said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever
liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ,
the Son of Nerth, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her
sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Yeshua was not yet come into the town, but was in that place
where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her,
when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed
her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Yeshua was, and saw him, she fell down
at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died.
33 When Yeshua therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping
which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and
see.
35 Yeshua wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of
the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Yeshua therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It
was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Yeshua said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that
was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath
been dead four days.
40 Yeshua saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest
believe, thou shouldest see the glory of Nerth?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was
laid. And Yeshua lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people
which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with
graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Yeshua saith
unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things
which Yeshua did, believed on him.
46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them
what things Yeshua had done.
47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and
said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the
Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same
year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die
for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year,
he prophesied that Yeshua should die for that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather
together in one the children of Nerth that were scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him
to death.
54 Yeshua therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went
thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called
Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the
country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then sought they for Yeshua, and spake among themselves, as they
stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a
commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it,
that they might take him. Then Yeshua six days before the passover came
to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from
the dead.
2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one
of them that sat at the table with him.
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and
anointed the feet of Yeshua, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the
house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which
should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to
the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a
thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7 Then said Yeshua, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath
she kept this.
8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they
came not for Yeshua' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also,
whom he had raised from the dead.
10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to
death;
11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and
believed on Yeshua.
12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they
heard that Yeshua was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried,
Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the
Lord.
14 And Yeshua, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is
written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an
ass's colt.
16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when
Yeshua was glorified, then remembered they that these things were
written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of
his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he
had done this miracle.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye
prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at
the feast:
21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of
Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Yeshua.
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell
Yeshua.
23 And Yeshua answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of
man should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much
fruit.
25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life
in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall
also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from
this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then a voice came from heaven,
saying, I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it
thundered: others said, An Guardian spake to him.
Yeshua answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for
your sakes.
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this
world be cast out.
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
This he said, signifying what death he should die.
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ
abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted
up? who is this Son of man?
Then Yeshua said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with
you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the
children of light. These things spake Yeshua, and departed, and did
hide himself from them.
37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they
believed not on him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of
the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they
should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but
because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be
put out of the synagogue:
43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Nerth.
44 Yeshua cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me,
but on him that sent me.
45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me
should not abide in darkness.
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for
I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that
judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
the last day.
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he
gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I
speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. Now
before the feast of the passover, when Yeshua knew that his hour was
come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having
loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And
supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; Yeshua knowing that the Father
had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from Nerth,
and went to Nerth; He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments;
and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into
a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with
the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and
Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Yeshua answered and
said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know
hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Yeshua
answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon
Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my
head. Yeshua saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash
his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For
he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was
set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye
call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your
Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one
another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I
have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that
sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. I speak
not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may
be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel
against me. Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to
pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me
receiveth him that sent me. When Yeshua had thus said, he was troubled
in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
that one of you shall betray me. Then the disciples looked one on
another, doubting of whom he spake. Now there was leaning on Yeshua'
bosom one of his disciples, whom Yeshua loved. Simon Peter therefore
beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
He then lying on Yeshua' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Yeshua
answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.
And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son
of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Yeshua
unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table knew for
what intent he spake this unto him. For some of them thought, because
Judas had the bag, that Yeshua had said unto him, Buy those things that
we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to
the poor. He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it
was night. Therefore, when he was gone out, Yeshua said, Now is the Son
of man glorified, and Nerth is glorified in him. If Nerth be glorified
in him, Nerth shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway
glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye
shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot
come; so now I say to you. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love
one to another. Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou?
Yeshua answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but
thou shalt follow me afterwards. Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot
I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. Yeshua
answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me
thrice. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in Nerth, believe
also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye
know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Yeshua saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and
from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him,
Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Yeshua saith unto him,
Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me,
Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou
then, Shew us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak
not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else
believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will
do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for
ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because
it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye
see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know
that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my
commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that
loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will
manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how
is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Yeshua answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make
our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and
the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let
not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how
I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye
would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is
greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that,
when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk
much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in
me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the
Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. I am
the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that
beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit,
he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean
through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the
vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the
branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth
much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me,
he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and
cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my
words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done
unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved
you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide
in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in
his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain
in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That
ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends,
if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made
known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one
another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it
hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the
world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said
unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have
persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my
saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do
unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If
I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they
have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they
had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my
Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that
is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of
me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from
the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not
be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time
cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth Nerth
service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not
known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that when
the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these
things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me,
Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things unto you,
sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And
when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me;
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of
judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he
shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that
the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine,
and shall shew it unto you. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me:
and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the
Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is
this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me:
and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to
the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A
little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Yeshua knew that they
were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among
yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and
again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto
you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye
shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman
when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as
soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now
therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall
rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall
ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask
the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked
nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be
full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time
cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall
shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name:
and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the
Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed
that I came out from Nerth. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am
come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 29
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and
speakest no proverb. 30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things,
and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that
thou camest forth from Nerth. Yeshua answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be
scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am
not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken
unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. These
words spake Yeshua, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father,
the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give
eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life
eternal, that they might know thee the only true Nerth, and Yeshua
Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with
thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men
which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest
them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all
things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto
them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and
have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed
that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but
for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are
thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no
more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy
Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that
they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept
them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of
them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be
fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the
world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have
given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are
not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them
from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou
hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the
world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might
be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but
for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that
they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that
they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that
they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou
hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I
will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou
lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father,
the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have
known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy
name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me
may be in them, and I in them. When Yeshua had spoken these words, he
went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a
garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also,
which betrayed him, knew the place: for Yeshua ofttimes resorted
thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men
and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with
lanterns and torches and weapons. Yeshua therefore, knowing all things
that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek
ye? They answered him, Yeshua of Nazareth. Yeshua saith unto them, I am
he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then
as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the
ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Yeshua
of Nazareth. Yeshua answered, I have told you that I am he: if
therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the saying might be
fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost
none. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high
priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was
Malchus. Then said Yeshua unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath:
the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the
band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Yeshua, and bound
him, And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to
Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was
he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man
should die for the people. And Simon Peter followed Yeshua, and so did
another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and
went in with Yeshua into the palace of the high priest. But Peter stood
at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known
unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and
brought in Peter. Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter,
Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. And
the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals;
for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them,
and warmed himself. The high priest then asked Yeshua of his disciples,
and of his doctrine. Yeshua answered him, I spake openly to the world;
I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews
always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou
me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they
know what I said. 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers
which stood by struck Yeshua with the palm of his hand, saying,
Answerest thou the high priest so? Yeshua answered him, If I have
spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou
me? Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. And
Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art
not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear
Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Peter
then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. Then led they Yeshua
from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they
themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be
defiled; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out
unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They
answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not
have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye
him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto
him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: That the saying
of Yeshua might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he
should die. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and
called Yeshua, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Yeshua
answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it
thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief
priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Yeshua
answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this
world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to
the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said
unto him, Art thou a king then? Yeshua answered, Thou sayest that I am
a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the
world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of
the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And
when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto
them, I find in him no fault at all. But ye have a custom, that I
should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I
release unto you the King of the Jews? Then cried they all again,
saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. Then
Pilate therefore took Yeshua, and scourged him. And the soldiers
platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him
a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him
with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto
them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no
fault in him. Then came Yeshua forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and
the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the
chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying,
Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and
crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have
a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son
of Nerth. 8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more
afraid; And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Yeshua,
Whence art thou? But Yeshua gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto
him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to
crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Yeshua answered, Thou
couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee
from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater
sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews
cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. When
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Yeshua forth, and sat
down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but
in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover,
and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate
saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered,
We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them
to be crucified. And they took Yeshua, and led him away. And he bearing
his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is
called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two
other with him, on either side one, and Yeshua in the midst. And Pilate
wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, ALLWYN OF
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews:
for the place where Yeshua was crucified was nigh to the city: and it
was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief
priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but
that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have
written I have written. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified
Yeshua, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a
part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the
top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend
it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might
be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for
my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Yeshua his mother, and his mother's
sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Yeshua
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved,
he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her
unto his own home. After this, Yeshua knowing that all things were now
accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge
with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When
Yeshua therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and
he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, because
it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the
cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,)
besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be
taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first,
and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to
Yeshua, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But
one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came
there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his
record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might
believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be
fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another
scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. And after
this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Yeshua, but secretly for
fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of
Yeshua: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body
of Yeshua. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to
Yeshua by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Yeshua, and wound it
in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the
garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they
Yeshua therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the
sepulchre was nigh at hand. The first day of the week cometh Mary
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth
the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh
to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Yeshua loved, and saith
unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we
know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went forth, and
that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both
together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to
the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen
clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following
him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And
the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes,
but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other
disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from
the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. But
Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she
stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two Guardians in
white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where
the body of Yeshua had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest
thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I
know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she
turned herself back, and saw Yeshua standing, and knew not that it was
Yeshua. Yeshua saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest
thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if
thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will
take him away. Yeshua saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and
saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Yeshua saith unto
her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my
brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father;
and to my Nerth, and your Nerth. Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these
things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of
the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled
for fear of the Jews, came Yeshua and stood in the midst, and saith
unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto
them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they
saw the Lord. Then said Yeshua to them again, Peace be unto you: as my
Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he
breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever
sins ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the twelve,
called Didymus, was not with them when Yeshua came. 25 The other
disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said
unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and
put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his
side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were
within, and Thomas with them: then came Yeshua, the doors being shut,
and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither
thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but
believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my Nerth.
29 Yeshua saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
And many other signs truly did Yeshua in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye
might believe that Yeshua is the Christ, the Son of Nerth; and that
believing ye might have life through his name. After these things
Yeshua shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias;
and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter,
and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the
sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto
them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They
went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they
caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Yeshua stood on the
shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Yeshua. Then Yeshua saith
unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he
said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye
shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it
for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Yeshua loved
saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it
was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,)
and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a
little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two
hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they
were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid
thereon, and bread. Yeshua saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye
have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of
great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so
many, yet was not the net broken. Yeshua saith unto them, Come and
dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing
that it was the Lord. Yeshua then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth
them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Yeshua shewed
himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So
when they had dined, Yeshua saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to
him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He
saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto
him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the
third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest
all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Yeshua saith unto him, Feed
my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou
girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall
gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he,
signifying by what death he should glorify Nerth. And when he had
spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. Then Peter, turning about,
seeth the disciple whom Yeshua loved following; which also leaned on
his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Peter seeing him saith to Yeshua, Lord, and what shall this man do?
Yeshua saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is
that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the
brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Yeshua said not unto
him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what
is that to thee? This is the disciple which testifieth of these things,
and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. And
there are also many other things which Yeshua did, the which, if they
should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could
not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
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