Chapter Three

(12.1) “In what way have I sinned that I should go and be baptized by him? Unless perhaps, what I have just said is the misunderstanding of ignorance.”

(15a) “Let it be so; for it is fitting that all things be fulfilled.”

(16) “My son, in all the prophets I was waiting for you, that you might come, and I might rest in you. For you are my rest; and you are my firstborn son who reigns forever.”

(17) “Today I have begotten you. You my son, I bear witness of my joy that this day you have descended from me.”

(18) “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. This Son of mine is loved by Me very much, and I am loving and delighting in Him. Oh how the glory of this child pleases me. Indeed, this is my beloved son in whom my spirit delights.”

Chapter Four

(4) “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but shall live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh.’”

(7) “Again it is written, you shall not tempt Yahweh, your God.”

(10) “Even likewise my mother, the Holy Spirit, compelled me, and carried me to the great Mount Tabor. Thus go away adversary for it is written, ‘I will pray to Yahweh, the Lord God and Him only you shall worship.’”

(17) “Turn! Turn in repentance! Turn around your lives! For the kingdom of the heavens approaches and is near.”

(19) “Come follow me, and I will make you fish for men.”

(22.2) “As I passed by the lake of Tiberias (that is the Sea of Galilee), I chose out John and James (called Jimi), sons of Zabdi, and Simon, and Andrew, Thaddaeus, Philip, and Nathaniel, son of Ptolemy; Thomas, Simon the Canaanite; James son of Alphaeus, Judas Iscariot; and you Matthew, sitting at the tax office. I called and you all followed me. You therefore, I want to be the Twelve Apostles for a testimony to Israel.”

Chapter Five

(3) “Blessed are the humble in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

(4) Blessed are those who wait for they shall be comforted.

(5) Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

(6) Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. For they shall be satisfied.

(7) Blessed are the merciful for mercy shall be done to them.

(8) Blessed are those who are the innocent of heart. For they shall see God.

(9) Blessed are those who pursue Shalom (peace), for they shall be called sons of God.

(10) Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

(11) Blessed are you when men shall falsely reproach you, and persecute you, and falsely say all manner of evil against you, for my sake.

(12) Rejoice, and be jubilant and exalted! For very great is your reward in heaven. For they likewise persecuted the prophets.”

(13) “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has been neutralized in regard to its taste how shall it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be thrown out side and trampled under the feet of men.

(14) You are the light in the world. You cannot hide a city situated on a hill.

(15) Neither do men light a lamp, and put it in a hidden place where it cannot shine but they put it on the lamp stand, and it shines on all that are in the house.

(16) Even so let your light shine before every man that they may see your good works to honour your Father who is in heaven.

(16.1) Be patient, merciful, harmless, quiet, and good, trembling continually at the words that you have heard.”

(17) “Do not think that I came to annul or weaken the Law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to satisfactorily perform it.

(18) For indeed I tell you, until the heaven s and earth pass away, not one letter , dot, or mark shall be abolished from the Law or the Prophets, because all things will be fulfilled.

(19) Whoever therefore shall annul or weaken one word of these least commandments, and shall teach the children of men so, shall be called the least man and smallest person by those in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

(20) For I tell you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the sages and Pharisees, you shall not in any way enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

(21) You have heard it was said to them who lived long ago, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders is guilty of a judgment of death.’

(22) But I say to you, that everyone who has caused sorrow to the spirit of his brother and angers his companion shall be in danger of the judgment. He who calls his brother a good for nothing shall be guilty of judgment before the council of the congregation, and whoever shall say, ‘You mad fool!’ shall be in danger of the fires of hell.

(23) If therefore you are presenting your sacrificial offering for atonement at the altar, and there you remember that you have an argument with a friend, and he is complaining about you because of this matter,

(24) leave there your sacrificial offering before the altar, and go first to atone to your brother to appease him, and then come and give your sacrificial offerings as gifts for atonement.”

(25) “See that you hasten to atone to your enemy and adversary while you are still walking with him in the way; or he will deliver you to the judge, and the judge will deliver you to his servant, and you are thrown into prison.

(26) Indeed I tell you, you shall by no means come out from there until the last piece of money is given.

(27) You have heard that it was said to those of long ago, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ (28) But I tell you, that everyone that sees a married woman (or, woman) and covets her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

(29) And if your right eye seduces you, pluck it out, and throw it from yourself. For it is better for you that one of your members should perish, than your whole body should be thrown into hell.

(30) And if your right hand seduces you, cut it off, and cast it from yourself. For it is better for you to lose one of your limbs than lose your whole body in hell.”

(31) “It was said also to those of long ago, ‘Whoever shall leave his wife and divorces her is to give her a certificate of divorce.

(32) But I tell you not only that everyone that leaves his wife is to give her a divorce certificate, but also he who fails to do so commits adultery and he who takes her commits adultery.

(33) Again, you have heard that it was said to them of long ago, ‘You shall not take an oath by my Name falsely but shall perform your oath to Yahweh.’

(34) However, I tell you, do not swear at all falsely or in vain neither by the heavens, for it is the throne of God,

(35) nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, nor by Jerusalem for it is the city of God in the heavens.

(36) Neither shall you swear by your head, for you have no power to whiten one hair or to turn it black again.

(37) But if you want to be believed, your words should be, ‘Yes, yes; No, no,’ and whatever is more than these is of evil.

(37.1) You shall not be double-minded nor double-tongued for the double tongue is a snare of death. your word shall not be false or empty, but fulfilled by action.

(38) You have heard that it was said in the Law to the magistrates, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

(39) But I tell you as individuals, do not repay evil for evil but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the left and you shall thus be perfect.

(40) And if any man opposes you in judgment and takes away your coat, give him also your shirt.

(41) And whoever shall compel you to go one thousand steps, go with him two thousand.

(42) Give to him that asks to borrow from you, and from him that wishes to borrow of you, do not hold back.

(42.1) Do not be found holding out your hands to receive, but instead draw your hands inward to give.

(42.2) For it is more blessed to give than receive.

(42.3) And if a man takes away something of yours, do not ask for it back. For the Father desires that gifts be given to all from His riches. Blessed is he who gives according to the commandments, for he is blameless. But watch out you who receive. For if anyone receives having need, he is blameless. but whoever did not have need shall give an account why he received it, and for what purpose; and coming into distress, he shall be strictly examined concerning his needs and he will not come out from that until he shall have paid back the last penny. But concerning this it has been said: let your gifts to the poor stay in your hand long enough for you to learn to whom to give.”

(43) “You have heard that it was said to those of long ago, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’

(44) But I tell you, love your enemies and do good to the one who hates you and pray for them that persecute you, and oppress and spitefully use you.

(44.1) Bless them that curse you, and pray for your enemies and fast for them that persecute you.

(44.2) For the one who is far away today, tomorrow will be near you.

(45) Be kind and merciful, as your Father is kind and merciful. In this way you may be come sons of your Father who is in the heavens. For He makes His sun to shine on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

(46) for what thanks do you deserve if you love them that love you? Do not even other men do the same? But Love them that hate you, and You shall not have an enemy. For if you love them that love you, what reward have you? Do not even the transgressors do the same?

(47) And if you ask after the Peace (Shalom) of only your brothers, what do you exceed over what others do?” “You never should be joyful except when you behold your brothers with love and charity.

(47.1) You shall not hate any man, but some you shall reprove, and for others you shall pray, and others you shall love more than your life. (48) Be perfect even as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

Chapter Six

(1.1) You shall never forsake the commandments of the Lord; but shall keep those things which you have received, neither adding to them nor taking away from them.

(1) Beware that you do not give your gifts to the poor before men that they might see and praise you. If you do, you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

(2) When therefore you give gifts to the poor, do not desire to make a proclamation or sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the marketplace and in the streets, that men may see them. Indeed I tell you, they have already received their reward.

(3) But when you give gifts to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing

(4) that your gifts to the poor may be in secret. And your Father, the One who sees hidden things, shall repay you openly and in public.”

(5) “And when you pray, do not raise your voice and do not be like the sad hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the courtyards, and they pray with haughty speech that men might hear and praise them. Indeed I tell you, they have already received their reward.

(6) But you, when you pray, go to your couch and close your doors upon you, and pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, the One who sees in secret, shall reward you.

(7) When praying, do not use many words as the heretics do. For they think that they shall be heard for their multitude of words.

(8) Do not be like them. Don’t you see that your Father who is in the heavens knows your words and what you need before you open your mouth?

(9) And so, you shall pray ‘Our Father, may Your Name be Holy and sanctified.

(10) May Your Kingdom be blessed and attain its proper time. May your will be done – as in the heavens, so be it on earth.

(11) Give us this day our bread for tomorrow.

(12) And forgive us the debt of our sins, as we forgive the debt of those who sin against us.

(13) And do not lead us into the hands of a test but keep us free from all evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.’

(14) For if you forgive men their sins, your Father in the heavens will also forgive your sins.

(15) But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.”

(16) “Moreover when you fast, do not act as the hypocrites who make themselves appear sad and who disfigure their faces to show their fastings before men. Indeed I tell you, they have already received their reward.

(17) But you, when you fast, wash your head, and your face

(18) that you do not appear to men to fast, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who is in secret, shall reward you openly.”

(19) “Don’t keep heaping up treasures on earth so that they decay and the grub devour it, and where thieves dig through and steal.

(20) But make for yourselves treasures in the heavens, where neither the worm nor grub devours, and where thieves do not dig through and steal.

(21) For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be.

(22) The lamp of the body is your eyes. If therefore your eyes look straight ahead then your body shall not be in the dark but shall be full of light.

(23) But if your eye grows dim, your whole body shall become dark. And if the light that is in you becomes darkness, all your ways will be dark.”

(24) “No man can serve two lords. For either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will honour and stay close to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

(24.1) Except you fast to the world, you shall in no wise find the kingdom of God.

(24.2) If you do not observe the sabbath as sabbath, you will not see the Father.

(25) Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your souls in what you shall eat or what you shall drink, or for your bodies in what you shall wear. The soul is more precious than food, and the body more than clothing.

(26) See the birds of the heavens. They do not sow seed. Neither do they reap. Nor do they gather into barns. It is your exalted Father of the heavens who feeds them. Aren’t you more precious than they?

(27) And which of you by being anxious can add twenty inches to your height?

(28) If this is the case, why are you anxious concerning your clothing? Consider the lilies of the Sharon field, how they grow yet they do not labor or weave, neither do they spin.

(29) Of a truth, I tell you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

(30) But if God clothes the straw which is in the standing grain fresh to-day, and tomorrow it is dried up and thrown into the oven, so much the more shall He give you your clothing, Oh you of little faith.

(30.1) Thus, if you have one garment, what do you lack? Who can add years to your life by worrying about such things ? God Himself will provide you with clothing!

(31) If God so thinks of you, do not therefore be anxious to say, ‘What shall we eat?’ Or, ‘What shall we drink?’

(32) because all these things bodies require. For your Father who is in the heavens knows that you have need of all these things.

(33) But pray first on behalf of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you. So if you ask for the Great Things, God will add to you the little things.

(34) Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow. Tomorrow will be anxious about itself. The trouble of today is enough to care about.

Chapter Seven

(1) Judge not and you shall not be judged.

(1.1) Condemn not and you shall not be condemned.

(2) For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged, and with what measure you use to judge, it shall be used again to measure you.

(3) And why do you see the splinter that is in your brother’s eye, but do not see the beam that is in your own eye?

(4) Or how can you say to your fellowman, ‘Permit me to take out the splinter in your eye’ when there is a beam in your own eyes?

(5) Hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eyes; and then you shall see clearly to remove the splinter from your fellowman’s eye.”

(6) “Give not that which is holy body to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine. Otherwise, they will chew them, and the dogs turn and tear at you.

(7) Ask from God, and it shall be given you. Keep seeking, and you shall find. Keep knocking, and it shall be opened to you.

(8) For everyone that keeps asking shall receive; and he that keeps seeking will find; and to him that calls, it shall be opened.

(8.1) He who seeks shall not cease until he finds, and finding he shall marvel, and having marvelled he shall reach the kingdom, and having reached the kingdom he shall rest.

(9) Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks him for a piece of bread, will give him a stone?

(10) Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

(11) If you who are evil therefore know how to seek to give good gifts among yourselves, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good requests and His good spirit to them that seek Him?

(12) All things therefore whatever you would that men should do for you, do to them. For this is the Law and the words of the Prophets. Thus as you prove yourself kind, so you will experience kindness.

(13) At that time, Jesus said to his students, “Enter in by the narrow gate. For wide and deep is the gate of destruction, and many are they that are going through it.

(14) For narrow is the gate, and strict is the way, that leads straight to life, and few are they who find it.

(15) Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside they are as full of deceit as ravening wolves.

(16) By their fruits you shall recognize them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of briars?

(17) Even so, every good tree produces good fruit. But every bad tree produces evil fruit.

(18) A good tree cannot produce evil fruit. Neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.

(19) Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cast into the fire.

(20) Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.

(21) Not every who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens. But he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter with me into the kingdom of the heavens.

(22) Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not eat and drink in your name, and prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out misunderstandings, and do many signs and wonders in your name?

(23) And then I will profess to them ‘ I do not know you. Depart from me, all you that work iniquity.’”

(23.1) “If you be with me gathered in my bosom, and do not the will of the Father who is in the heavens, and you do not keep my commandments, I shall cast you away, out of my bosom, and say to you, ‘Depart from me. I know not where you come from, you workers of wickedness. For if you keep not the lesser mysteries, who shall give you the greater?

(24) Everyone therefore that hears these words of mine, and does them, is like a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

(25) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house. And it did not fall for it was founded upon the rock.

(26) And everyone that hears these words of mine, and does not do them, is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

(27) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, and the house fell. And great was its fall.”

Chapter Eight

(3} “I wish that you are made clean.”

(4) “Strive vigorously not to tell any man. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer, as a testimony, the gift as Yahweh commanded Moses in your law.”

(4.2) “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

(4.3) Not at all for I tell you that unless you are repenting, you will all likewise perish. Or those of the eighteen on whom the lookout tower of Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that these were more debtors than all the other people dwelling in Jerusalem? Not at all for I tell you that unless you are repenting, you will all likewise perish.”

(7) “I will come and heal him.”

(10) “Indeed, I tell you, I have not found such a faith in Israel.

(11) And I tell you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall rest with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,

(12) but sons of the kingdom shall be cast outside into the outer darkness of hell; there shall be the weeping and the grinding of teeth.”

(13) “Go your way. As you have believed, it will be done to you.”

(20) “The foxes have holes, and the birds have nests, but the Son of man has no floor where to lay his head.”

(22) “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.”

(26) “Why are you fearful, Oh you little of faith?”

(29) “Come out from there, evil host.”

(32) “Go!”

Chapter Nine

(2) “My son, have confidence. It is by the faith of Yahweh that your sins have been forgiven.”

(4) “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

(5) For which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Arise, and walk?’

(6) But to inform you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (then he spoke to the sick man), “Arise, and take up your bed and walk.”

(12) “There is no need of a physician to heal the healthy but only to heal them that are sick.

(13) But go and learn that which is written, ‘I desire loving- kindness, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to convert the righteous, but to convert sinners to repentance.’”

(15) “Can the friends of the bridegroom weep and fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

(16) And no man wastes a piece of new cloth upon an old garment; for the force of the piece stretches the worn out garment, and a worse tear is made than before.

(17) Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins. For if they do the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are ruined: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and both are preserved.”

(22) “Have confidence my Daughter. May you have a long life through Yahweh, blessed be He. Your faith has made you whole and thus your healing is because of your faith.”

(24) “Go outside for the girl is not dead, but she is sleeping.”

(25) “Young girl, arise!”

(28) “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

(29) “According to your faith it will be done unto you. And thus your faith will heal you.”

(30) “Be careful lest the matter be made known.”

(37) “The standing grain indeed is plentiful, but the reapers are few.

(38) Pray the Lord of the standing grain sends many reapers to harvest his grain.”

Chapter Ten

(5) “Do not go into any way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans.

(6) But go rather to those sheep who strayed from the family of Israel.

(7) And as you go, preach, saying, ‘Turn, Turn, the kingdom of the heavens is at hand!’

(8) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out misunderstandings. Do not take wages. Freely you received. Freely give. For you received for nothing. And for nothing you shall give.

(9) Possess neither gold nor silver nor money in your money belts.

(10) Neither pack for your journey a change of clothes nor shoes nor staff in your hand. For the workman is worthy to receive enough for his food.

(11) And into whatever city or region you shall enter, ask who is good and honourable among them, and there live until you leave.

(12) And as your enter into the house, give them a Shalom, a salutation of Peace, saying ‘Shalom to this house, Shalom to all who in dwell in it.’

(13) If the house is honourable, it will return to you your peace, that is, your Shalom.

(14) But any man who will not welcome you, nor listen to the sound of your words, go out from that house or city, and shake off even the dust of your feet.

(15) Indeed I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in that day of doom and judgment than for that city.

(16) I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be therefore wiser than snakes, and as harmless as doves.

(17) But beware of men. They will deliver you up in their courts, and scourge you with whips in their houses of assembly. And you shall be led before

(18) governors and kings. You will be able to bear witness on my behalf, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

(19) But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you will say. In that hour the answer you need shall come to you.

(20) For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit of my Father that speaks through you.

(21) And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and the sons shall rise up against their fathers, and cause them to be put to death.

(22) And you shall be come a derision and a fright to all the nations for my name’s sake. But he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved. As often as you fall, rise up, and you will be saved.”

(23) Again Jesus said to his students, “But when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. Indeed I tell you, you shall not have yourselves gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

(24) A student is not greater than his teacher, nor is a servant greater than his master.

(25) It is enough for the student that he should be like his teacher, and the servant to be like his master. If they have called the owner of the house Baalzebub, that is Lord of Tricks, how much more will they do so to the children of his household!

(26) Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed. And nothing hid that shall not be made known.

(27) What I tell you in the darkness, declare it in the light. And what you hear in the ear, proclaim it upon the rooftops.

(28) And do not be afraid of them who kill the body, but have no power to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to cause to be perished both soul and body in hell.

(29) Are not two sparrows sold for the smallest coin? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without the will of your Father who is in the heavens.

(30) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

(31) Therefore do not fear. You man are more valuable than many sparrows.

(32) Everyone therefore who shall confess me in the sight of men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in the heavens.

(33) But whoever shall deny me in the sight of men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heavens. “

(34.2) “I have come to cast divisions upon the earth –

(35) to separate mankind – the son from his father, and the daughter from her mother.

(36) Among the enemy shall be loved ones.

(34.3) For there will be five in a house. There’ll be three against two, and two against three; father against son and son against father. And they will stand alone.

(37) He that loves his father or mother more than me or whoever loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. I am not suitable for him.

(38) And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me, the same is not worthy of me.

(39) He that loves his life shall lose it. And he that loses it for my sake shall find it.

(40) He who hears me, hears Him who sent Me. He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives the One that sent me.

(41) He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a reward of the prophet, and he that receives a righteous one in the name of a righteous one shall receive the reward of the righteous one.

(42) And whoever shall give a single cup of cold water to drink to one of my little students in the name of my student, Amen, I tell you he shall in no way lose his reward.”

Chapter Eleven

(4) “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

(5) the blind – they see, and the lame – they walk, the lepers – they are cleansed, and the deaf – they hear, and the dead – they are now the living, and the poor – they are acquitted and made happy.

(6) And happy and blessed is the one who has no doubt about me.”

(7) “What did you go into the desert to see? A reed shaken in the wind?

(8) But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in noble garments? They that wear noble garments are in king’s houses.

(9) But why did you go out to see him? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

(10) This is he, of whom it is written, ‘I send my messenger who shall make the way clear before me.’”

(11) “Truly I tell you, among them that are born of women there has not arisen a greater one than John the Baptist.

(12) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and has been oppressed. And forceful senseless persons plunder it, tearing it apart.

(13) For the prophets and the law spoke concerning John.

(14) And if you wish to receive it, he is Elijah that is to come.

(15) He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”

(16) Again Jesus said, “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like lads sitting in the marketplaces who call to their companions

(17) and say, ‘We sang to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.’

(18) For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a misunderstanding.’

(19) The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say ‘A gluttonous man and a drinker of wine, a friend of affluent sinners!’ So fools judge the wise. But wisdom is proven correct by her children.”

(21) “Woe to you, Korozin! Woe to you, Beth Saida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sodom which were done in you, they would have repented from evil long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

(22) But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.

(23) And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? From there you shall go down: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, perhaps Sodom would have remained until this day. Unto Sheol you will be brought down.

(24) But I tell you that it shall be easier for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

(25) “I thank you Father. Be praised my Father, Creator of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to the lightly esteemed – humble young children.

(26) Truly this was because it was upright before you, my Father. Yes, Oh Father, for so was your will before you.”

(27) “All things of my Father have been delivered to me.

(27.1) I will choose for myself the most worthy. The most worthy are those whom my Father in the heavens has given me.

(27.2) And no one knows a son except a father. Neither does any know a father except a son, and he to whomever a son wants to reveal him.

(28) Come to me, all you who are weary and enduring labor, and I will help you bear your yoke.

(29) Take my yoke as your yoke, and learn from me. And you shall find rest for your souls. Know that I am downcast in heart, and driven to break up the soil as cattle does for planting of seed.

(30) For my yoke is gentle and soft, and my burden is easy to bear.”

Chapter Twelve

(3) “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

(4) How he entered into the house of God, and ate from the showbread of the Presence (that is holy bread) which is not to be eaten except by the priests alone?

(5) Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath that the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and yet are without misunderstanding?

(6) But I tell you that the temple is greater than this cornfield. So what is lawful in the temple is lawful in this cornfield.

(7) But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

(8) For the Son of Man is Master even of the Sabbath.”

(11) And he said to them, “What man among you, if his sheep falls into a pit in the Sabbath Day would not grab it and lift it out?

(12) So much the more is man better than such a sheep. Thus, it is permissible and necessary to do good during the Sabbath Day.”

(13) “Stretch out your hand.”

(25) “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And every city or house divided against itself shall fall.

(26) And if adversary casts out another adversary, he is divided against himself. How then shall his kingdom stand?

(27) And if I cast out misunderstandings by Baalzebub who belongs to your sons, then why don’t your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

(28) But if I by the Spirit of God cast out misunderstandings, then truly is the end of his kingdom come.

(29) Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and rob his goods, except he binds him first? And then he will rob his house.

(30) He that is not with me is against me. And whoever does not gather with me, the same scatters.

(31) Therefore I tell you, every misunderstanding and blasphemy shall be forgiven the sons of men. However, the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

(32) And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him. However, whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world which is to come.

(33) Determine whether the tree is good, according to good fruit; or determine whether the tree is corrupt according to its bad fruit. For the tree is known by its fruit.

(34) Family of vipers, how can you being evil speak good things? Surely the mouth awakens, the heart speaks.

(35) The good man produces out of the treasure of a good heart good things. And the evil man produces out of the treasure of an evil heart evil things.

(36) And I tell you that every useless and idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account in the day of judgment. In whatever things I find you speaking, in those I shall judge you.

(37) For by your words you shall be judged and by your words you shall be condemned.”

(39) “An evil and hypocritical generation seeks after a sign. And there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

(40) For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so shall the Son of Man be buried in the belly of the earth.

(41) The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. For they turned in repentance at the words of Jonah. And behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

(42) The queen of Sheba shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

(43) But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

(44) Then he says, ‘I will return to my house where I came out.’ And when he returns, he finds it empty, cleaned out with shovels, safe and adorned and ready.

(45) Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so, it shall happen similarly to this evil generation.”

(48) “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?”

(49) “These are my mother and my brothers!

(50) For whoever does the wishes of my Father who is in the heavens, they are my brother and my sister and my mother.”

Chapter Thirteen

(3) “Behold, the sower went out from his house in the morning to sow his seed.

(4) And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

(5) And others fell upon rocks where they had not much soil. And quickly they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

(6) And when the sun arose and above it became warm, they withered. And because they had no root, they dried up.

(7) And others fell upon the thorns. And the thorns grew up and suffocated and darkened them.

(8) And others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, the first a hundred times, the second sixty, and the third thirty.

(9) He that has ears, let him hear.”

(11) “To you it is given to know the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. My secret is for me and the offspring of my house.

(12) For whoever has in their hand, to him it shall be given again, and he shall abound. But whoever has nothing, from him it shall be taken away even that little which he thinks he has.

(13) Therefore I speak to them in parables because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not.

(14) And to them is fulfilled what was said through Isaiah the prophet: ‘Go and say to this people, “Hearing, you hear but do not comprehend. Seeing, you see but do not understand.

(15) Make the heart of this people fat and make their ears heavy and blind their eyes, otherwise, it sees with its eyes, and hears with its ears, and understands with its heart and returns, and is healed.”

(16) But happy are your eyes, for they see. And your ears for they hear.

(17) For Amen I tell you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you are seeing, and saw them not. And to hear the things which you are hearing, and heard them not.

(17.1) I will give you what no eye has seen and no ear has heard and no hand has touched and what has never arisen in the human heart.

(18) But hear then the parable of the sower.

(19) The Sower? He is the Son of Man. And the seed which fell on the road? All those who hear the word of the kingdom of heaven and do not understand it so the Adversary comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what the example of the seed sown on the road represents.

(20) And he that was sown upon the rocks? He is the one who hears the word of the Mighty One, and quickly with joy receives it;

(21) but is like the seed which has no root and is in confusion, but endures for an hour. And when a little trouble and persecution comes to them because of the word, adversary causes them to forget from their heart the word of the Mighty One and he makes no fruit and is offended.

(22) And he that was sown among the thorns? This is he that hears the word, and in his desire to gather wealth – unfair mammon, the Adversary causes him to forget the word of God and suffocates the word, and he doesn’t make any fruit.

(23) And he that was sown upon the good ground? This is he that hears the word, and understands it; who truly bears fruit, that is, good works, and produces from the first a hundred times, and from the second sixty, and from the third thirty. As for the hundred, this is the one purified in heart and sanctified in body; as for the sixty, this is the one separated from women. As for this thirty, this is the one sanctified in matrimony, in body and in heart.”

(24) “The kingdom of heaven is similar to a man that sowed good seed in his field.

(25) However, while his men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also over the wheat, and went away.

(26) But when the herb sprang up and produced fruit, then he saw the tares also.

(27) And the servants of the owner of the house came and told him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Why have tares come into it ?’

(28) And he answered them, ‘My enemy has done this.’ And the servants replied to him, ‘We will uproot the tares.’

(29) But he said to them, ‘No. For as you collect the tares, you might at the same time root up the wheat with them.

(30) Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “Gather up first the tares, and bind them in individual bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

(31) “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field.

(32) It indeed is smaller than all garden herbs. However, when it falls on the tilled ground, it produces a large branch, and it becomes a shelter for the birds of the sky.”

(33) “The kingdom of heaven is similar to leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, and it leavens all of it.”

(36) Then he left the crowds, and went into the house. And his students came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

(37) And he answered and said, “In this example, he that sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

(38) And the field? It’s the world – this age. And the good fruit? These are the righteous. And the tares? They are the ungodly, sons of Belial.

(39) And the enemy that sowed them? He is the Adversary, the devil. And the standing grain at the end? It is the age of the world to come. And the reapers? They are the messengers.

(40) As the reapers gather the tares to burn, so it shall be in the end of days.

(41) The Son of Man shall send out his messengers and they shall uproot from his kingdom all evil ones that cause offence, and them that do iniquity.

(42) And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire.

(43) Then shall the righteous shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”

(44) “The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field which a man found, and hid. And in his joy over the value he went and sold all that he had, and bought that field.

(45) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a merchant who possessed merchandise and was seeking to buy good pearls.

(46) The merchant was prudent. Having found one precious pearl, he went and sold all his merchandise, and bought the pearl alone.

(46.1) You, too, are to seek for the treasure that does not fail, that endures, where no moth comes near to devour and where no worm destroys.

(47) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a drag net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind of fish

(48) which, when it was filled, they drew it out up on the beach. And the fishermen sat down on the sea shore and chose the good and put them into vessels, but the bad they threw away.

(49) So it shall be in the end of days. The messengers shall come, and separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

(50) and shall throw the wicked into the furnace of fire. There shall be the weeping and the grinding of their teeth.

(51) Have you understood all these things?”

(52) “Therefore every scribe or wise man who has been made a student to the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

(57) “ A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither does a physician work cures upon them that know him.”

Chapter Fourteen

(16) “They have no need to go away. You will give them something to eat.”

(18) “Bring them to me.”

(27) “Let faith be among you! Rest assured it is I. Do not be afraid!”

(29) “Come!”

(31) “Man of little belief, why did you doubt?”

Chapter Fifteen

(3) “Why do you also transgress the commandments and words of God, the Mighty One, because of your ordinances and tradition?

(4) Is it not written in your Law from the mouth of God, ‘Honour your father and your mother: and, He that curses or smites his father or mother, will surely be put to death’?

(5) But you say, ‘Whoever can say to his father or his mother in financial need, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me was already given as money donated to the Temple treasury,  then he does not supposedly have to honour his father or mother.’ Thus you make any donation at the temple he might give for the sake of himself as a sinner able to wipe out this iniquity against his parents. It is supposedly forgiven and will be removed from him. You have thus made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

(6) So he does not honour his father and his mother by helping them in their financial need, and so you have despised the words of God, the Mighty One, because of your tradition.

(7) You hypocrites! Isaiah did correctly prophesy of you, saying,

(8) ‘Thus Yahweh says: “This people has come near me with their mouth and lips, but their heart is far from me

(9) and their reverence toward me has become the observance of commandments taught by men.”’

(10) And Jesus called to him the crowd, and said to them, “Hear and know!

(11) It is not that which enters into the mouth which soils and defiles the man. Rather, it is that which comes out of the mouth that renders impure the man.”

(13) “Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up.

(14) Leave them alone. The blind are leading the blind, and if a blind man leads another blind man, both shall fall into a ditch.”

(16) “Are you also still without any understanding?

(17) Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and goes on to the natural place?

(18) But the things which come out of the mouth are moved by the heart. And they are what soils and defiles the man.

(19) For out of the soiled defiled heart comes evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, the witness of liars, curses and blasphemies.

(20) These things soil and render iniquitous the man. However, to eat with unwashed hands does not soil or defile the man.

(20.1) Yet abstain by all means from meat sacrificed to idols; for it is the worship of dead gods.”

(24) “I was only sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

(26) “It is not good that a man take bread from his children and cast it to the dogs.”

(28) “Woman, how great is your belief. What you asked will be done to you even as it is in your heart to be done.”

(32) “I have compassion for the crowds because they continue with me now two days since they came across and have nothing to eat. And I will not let them go fasting, and they faint away.”

(34) “How many loaves of bread do you have?”

Chapter Sixteen

(3) “You know how to judge the face of the heavens and the earth, but you have not known what is ahead of you. You do not know how to test this time and thus you cannot discern the signs of the times.

(4) The offspring of evildoers seek after a sign. And no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah the Prophet.”

(8) “You have little understanding if you think you have no bread.

(9) Don’t you yet understand or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered up afterwards?

(10) Don’t you remember the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered up afterwards?”

(10.1)[old 6] “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

(10.2)[old 7] “What are you thinking, you of little faith, that it is because you have taken no bread that I say this?

(11) How is it that you do not perceive that I am not talking to you concerning round loaves of bread? But beware of the teaching and behaviour of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

(12.1) "The Pharisee plans in advance. Before doing wrong, he slyly reasons everything out by making all manner of subtle excuse. Take care that you do not end up suffering the same fate as them. For the wicked of humanity receive judgment not only among the living, but also they will undergo punishment and much torment later.”

(13) “What do the sons of mankind say about me, the Son of Man?

(15) “But who do you say that I am?”

(17) “Happy are you, Simon, Son of John for this was not revealed to you by body and blood, but was revealed to you by my Father who is in heaven.

(18) And I also tell you, you are a stone and over you I will build my house of prayer and the faction-makers of hell shall not gain the upper hand against you.

(19) I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

(23) “Follow after me! Do not disobey me and do not quarrel with me – adversary. You are an obstacle and insult to me for you do not take pleasure in the word of God but only in the words of men.”

(24) “If any man would follow me, he must reject himself, and take up his cross, and be willing to offer himself up to death, and become a dedicated follower of me.

(25) For whoever would save his life will lose it for my sake. And whoever shall lose his life in this world for my sake, the same will save his soul for the life in the age of the world to come.

(26) For what profit shall a man have if he shall gain the whole world but forfeit his spirit forever? Or what good exchange does the man make if for the present things that are spoiling he should give his soul to the judgment of hell?

(27) For the Son of Man shall come in the glory from his Father with his messengers. And then he shall reward to every man according to his works.

(28) Amen I tell you that some who stand here shall not taste death until they see the Son of Man’s kingdom that comes.

Chapter Seventeen

(5) “This is my Son, my beloved, and My delight is in him. Listen to him. You shall obey him.”

(7) “Arise, and be not afraid.”

(9) “Do not tell anyone about this vision which you have seen until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.”

(11) “Elijah indeed comes, and shall save all the world and restore all things

(12.1) but I tell you that Elijah came already, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they desired.”

(12.2) “Even so shall they do to the Son of Man.”

(17) “O perverse generation! Woe to you who deny me! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear your trouble? Bring him here to me.”

(20) “Because of the limitation of your belief. For truly I tell you, if within you becomes a belief as a grain of mustard seed, you shall tell this mountain, ‘Move away from here!’ and it shall immediately move away. And nothing shall be withheld from you.

(21) But this kind of misunderstanding is overcome only by prayer and fasting.”

(22) “The Son of Man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.

(23) And they shall kill him. And on the third day he shall be raised up.”

(25) “What do you think, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive customs tribute? From their own sons, or from foreigners?”

(26) “If so, the sons are free. Do not be dismayed at this.”

(27) “But, so we do not provoke them, go to the sea, and cast a baited net, and take up the fish that comes up first. And when you open his mouth, you shall find a didrachma coin. That take, and give it to them for us.”

Chapter Eighteen

(2) “Truly I tell you, except you repent and turn, and become as this little child, you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

(4) Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this boy, the same shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

(5) And whoso shall receive one such boy as this in my name receives me.

(6) But whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believes on me to stumble, it would be good for him never to have been born. It would be better for him that an upper millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be cast into the depths of the sea than that he should cause one of my chosen to miss the mark.

(7) Woe unto the inhabitants of the world because of offences. Such offences must come. But woe to that man by whom an offence comes!

(8) And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from yourself. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame, rather than having two hands and two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

(9) And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from yourself. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye rather than having two eyes to be given over to hell.

(10) And you are warned not to judge one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their messengers do continually always report on the children of my Father who is in heaven.”

(11) “The Son of Man has devoted himself entirely to saving the enemies of God.

(12) What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost and runs off, doesn’t he leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and seek those which were led astray?

(13) And if he happens to find it, Amen I tell you he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

(14) Even so, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”

(15) “And if your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault privately. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

(16) But if he does not listen to you, reprove him before another. If by every oath he does not listen, add still one or two more witnesses, in order that your words might be before two or three witnesses because by two or three witnesses a matter and every word may be established.

(17) And if by every oath he does not listen, then tell it in the assembly. And if he also refuses to hear in the assembly, consider him one to be shunned as an enemy and cruel.

(18) Amen I tell you, what oath you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. And what oath you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

(19) Again I tell you that if two of you shall agree on earth, everything which you shall ask shall be done for you by my Father who is in heaven.

(20) For where two or three are assembled together in my Name, there am I among them. Wherever there are two, they are not without God. And wherever there is one alone, I say I am with him.”

(22) “If your brother sins in word and has made amends with you seven times in a day, receive him.” “up to seventy times seven. For the prophets were found with sinful speech even after they were anointed with the Holy Spirit. The one who has not forgiven seventy times seven is not worthy of me.

(23) Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wished to make an accounting with his servants.

(24) And when he had begun to make the accounting, one was brought to him that owed him about ten thousand pieces of gold.

(25) But he had nothing to give to pay, so his master commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, until full payment was made to him.

(26) The servant therefore fell down before his master and implored him to have pity on him, and to be patient with him because he would repay everything saying, ‘Lord, give me time, and be patient with me, for I will pay you all.’

(27) And the master of that servant had pity on him, released him, and forgave him the entire debt.

(28) But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred meahs [that is about 1% of what the unforgiving servant was forgiven] and he laid hold on him, and held him fast and struck him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.’

(29) So his fellow-servant fell down and begged him, saying, ‘Trust me and give me time and have patience with me, and I will pay everything to you.’

(30) And he would not listen to him. So he went and cast him into prison until he should pay all that which was due him.

(31) So when the servants of the king saw this, they were very angry, and came and told their master all that the servant had done.

(32) Then his master called him, and said to him, ‘You cursed Servant of Belial, I forgave you all your debt because you entreated me.

(33) Shouldn’t you also have had pity on and forgiven your servant even as I had pity on you?’

(34) And his master’s anger was kindled, and commanded he be delivered to the prison and afflicted until he should repay him all his debt.

(35) So shall also my Father in Heaven do to you if you do not forgive your brother in a perfect heart your brother's offences against you.”

Chapter Nineteen

(4) “Have you not read that the One who made them of old, made them male and female?”

(5) “For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife. And the two shall become one body.”

(6) So that they are no more two but one body. What therefore the Creator has joined together, man cannot separate.”

(8) “Moses for your obstinacy suffered you to put away your wives. But from the beginning, it had not been so.

(9) And I tell you, whoever has put away or shall put away his wife except for adultery, and shall marry another, commits adultery. And he that marries her when she is put away in an unlawful manner commits adultery.”

(11) “Not all can receive this saying. [It is] only for those to whom it has been given.

(12) For there are eunuchs that were born as such from their mother’s womb. These are those who have not sinned. And there are eunuchs that were made eunuchs by men. And there are eunuchs that made themselves eunuchs who subdue their desire for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. These are those who enter into great prominence. Whoso can accept it, let him accept it. And he that is able to understand it, let him understand it.”

(14) “Permit the little children, and restrain them not, to come to me. For the kingdom of the heavens belongs to such who are like these children. Truly I say to you that one will not enter the kingdom of the heavens except he is like these.”

(17) “Why do you ask me about the good? There is none good but God only. But if you would come into life of the world to come, perform the Law and the Prophets. And thus keep the commandments.”

(18) “You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour,

(19) Honour your father and mother; and, You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”

(21) “If you would be perfect, go, sell that which you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.”

(22) “How do you say ‘I have performed the law and the prophets?’ seeing that it is written in the Law ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself,’ but many of your brothers, sons of Abraham, are clad with filth, dying for hunger, and your house is full of many goods, and nothing at all goes out of it to them.”

(23) “Truly I tell you, It is hard for a rich man to come into the kingdom of the heavens.

(24) And again I tell you, it is easier for camel-rope to go through the eye of a needle, than to bring the rich into the kingdom of the heavens.” “One in the heavens, grant salvation.”

(26) “With men the matter is difficult; but with God all things are easy.”

(28) “Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the day of judgment when the Son of Man shall sit on his throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon the twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

(29) And everyone that has left his home (including his wife and his children, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother), or left his lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundred like them and shall inherit the kingdom of heaven and the sublime life.

(30) Many of the first ones shall be last. And many of the last ones shall be first.”

Chapter Twenty

(1) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man that was a master in his house who rose and went out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineyard.

(2) And when he had agreed with the labourers for one denarius for the whole day, he sent them into his vineyard.

(3) And he went out about nine o’clock in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

(4) And he said to them, ‘Go also into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will give you.’ And they went their way.

(5) Again he went out about noon and also at three o’clock, and did likewise.

(6) And about five o’clock, he went out and found others standing around. And he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’

(7) They said to him, ‘Because no man has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘Go also into the vineyard.’

(8) And when even ing had come, the master of the vineyard said to his overseer, ‘Call the labourers, and pay them their wages.’ He began with the last and finished with the first.

(9) The last received one denarius. And when those came that were hired about three o’clock, they received each man a denarius.

(10) And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more than these. But he only gave a denarius to each of them.

(11) And when they received it, they murmured against the master of the vineyard,

(12) saying, ‘These last have spent but one hour, and you have made them on the same level with us who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.’

(13) But he answered and said to one of them, ‘My Friend, I do you no injustice. Didn’t you contract with me for one denarius?

(14) Take it and go. If I wish to give to this last, even as to you,

(15) may I not do according to my desire? Or is there evil in your eyes when I am good?’

(16) So the last shall be first, and the first last. Many are called but few are the chosen.”

(18) “We are going to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief sages and priests. And they shall condemn him to death.

(19) And they shall deliver him to the Gentiles to smite and destroy him but on the third day he shall be raised up.”

(21) “What do you want?”

(22) “You do not know what you are asking.” “Are you able to endure the suffering and death that I am about to endure? Can you drink the cup that I shall drink of, and be immersed in the immersion that I shall be immersed in?”

(23) “Indeed you shall drink of my cup, and shall be immersed in the immersion that I shall be immersed in. But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give to you, but it belongs only for whom it is prepared for by my Father.”

(25) “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles rule it over them, and their great ones seek to subdue them and exercise authority among them.

(26) It will not be so among you. But whoever wants to become great among you shall serve you.

(27) And whoever wants to be first among you shall be your servant,

(28) even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul as a ransom for many.”

(28.1) “Seek to grow to be less, and you will grow to be more, while great ones who make no such effort will be brought low. And when you go in and have been called upon to dine, do not recline in the most prominent places, lest one more honourable than you should come and the one who called the dinner should come to you and say: ‘Your spot is still lower,’ and you should be ashamed. But if you sit down at the lesser place and one lesser than you should come, the one who called the dinner will say to you: ‘Go still higher.’ And this will be more profitable for you. Thus, seek to increase from that which is small, and from the greater to become less.”

(32) “What do you want me to do for you?”

(34) “Your belief has healed you.”

Chapter Twenty-One

(2) “Go into the fortress enclosure that is opposite from you, and immediately you shall find a female donkey tied, and a foal by her side. Loose them, and bring them to me.

(3) And if anyone says anything to you, say to them, “The Master needs them. And he will quickly let them go.”

(13) “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer by all the nations, but you make it a robber’s den – a cave of violent men.’”

(16) “I heard them. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children you have established strength ?’”

(19) “Let there be no fruit from you from now and forever.”

(21) “Truly I tell you, if you have faith without doubt, you shall be able to do not only what was done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it shall be done.

(22) And all things, whatever you ask in prayer and faith while believing, you shall receive.”

(24) “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what power I do these things.

(25) The baptism of John, from where did it come from? From heaven or from men?”

(27) “Neither then do I tell you by what power I do these things.”

(28) “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. And he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.’

(29) And the son answered and said, ‘I do not wish to,’ but afterward he was sorry, and went.

(30) And the father came to the second son, and said likewise. And the second son answered and said, ‘Here I am Sir.’ But he did not go.

(31) Which of the two did the will of the father?” They answered, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I tell you that transgressors – the tax-collectors, violent men, publicans and the harlots – will be advanced over you into the kingdom of heaven.

(32) For John came to you in the Way of righteousness, and you did not seriously listen to him. But tax-collectors, violent men, and the harlots – transgressors – did heed him seriously. But you, when you saw it, you did not believe him, and you did not turn in repentance afterwards as they have done. To him who has ears to hear let him hear and be ashamed.”

(33) “Hear now another parable – the parable of the Sower. There was a certain honourable man who planted a vineyard, and walled it up on every side, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower in its midst, and entrusted it to vinedressers to cultivate it, and then he went into another country.

(34) And when the fruit season approached, he sent servants to the vinedressers – those working the vineyard – to receive his profit.

(35) But the vinedressers took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

(36) Again, he sent many more servants than the first time. And they did the same to them.

(37) Finally, he sent to them his son, saying, ‘Perhaps they will honour my son.’

(38) But the vinedressers when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and we will inherit his estate.’

(39) And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

(40) Think for yourselves – when the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to them? These vinedressers?”

(42) “Did you never read in the Psalms, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from Yahweh, And it is marvellous in our eyes?’

(43) Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of heaven shall be taken away from you and shall be given to a nation producing fruit.

(44) And he that falls on this stone shall be cast down and broken apart.”

Chapter Twenty-Two

(2) “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who made a marriage ceremony for his son.

(3) And he sent out his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage ceremony. And they did not want to come.

(4) Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell them that are invited. I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my geese are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage ceremony.’

(5) But they scorned it and were unresponsive, and went their way, some into the city and some to their businesses.

(6) And others grabbed his servants, and abused them, and killed them.

(7) The king heard this, and his anger was kindled. And he sent his hosts and destroyed those murderers, and burned their houses with fire.

(8) Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but they that were invited were not worthy.

(9) Go therefore to the outgoings of the highways, and as many as you shall find, invite to the marriage ceremony.’

(10) And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding ceremony was filled with those who were eating at the table.

(11) But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding-garment.

(12) And he said to him, ‘My Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding-garment?’ And he was silent.

(13) Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the nether most and lowest hell. There shall be the weeping and the grinding of teeth.

(14) Many are called but few are chosen.”

(18) “Why entice and tempt me, you hypocrites?

(19) Show me the tax coin to pay tribute.”

(20) “Whose likeness is this image and inscription ?”

(21) “Return therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

(29) “You err, not understanding the Writings, nor the power of God.

(30) For in the day of the resurrection, men will not take women nor women will take men, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

(31) But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

(32) ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ If so, God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

(37) “This is the First Commandment: You shall love and worship Yahweh, your God, and Him only shall you serve with all your heart and with all your strength, and with all your mind.

(38) This is the greatest commandment in the whole Law. And this is the first.

(39) But the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ 

(40) On these two commandments hangs all the Law and the prophets.

(40.1) There are two ways–one of life and one of death. and there is a great difference between the two ways.

(40.2) The way of life is this.

(40.3) First of all, you shall love the God that made you.

(40.4) Secondly, you shall love your neighbour as yourself.

(40.5) And all things you would not want to happen to yourself, neither do to another.

(40.6) These words are the Teaching of the Way of life.”

(43) “How then does David by the holy spirit call him Master, saying,

(44) ‘Yahweh said to my Master “Sit on my right hand until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”

(45) If David then calls him Master, how is he his son?”

Chapter Twenty-Three

(2) “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

(3) Now all that he, Moses, says to you keep and do but do not do works according to their commandments for they quote Moses but do not do what they quote.

(4) Yes, they demand and set forth heavy burdens that the shoulders of men are not able to bear, and they themselves will not lift a finger to help move them.

(5) But all their actions and works they do for appearances – to be seen by the children of men. They wear expensive garments and large tassels,

(6) and love the principal couches and seats at dinner, and to be seated first in the synagogues and at benedictions

(7) and to be called Rabbi in the marketplaces.

(8) As to you, do not desire to be called Rabbi, neither be called Rabbi. For one is your Rabbi, your teacher, the Messiah, and you are all brothers.

(9) Also do not be called father upon the earth. And don’t you call any man on the earth your father because one is your Father – He who is in heaven.

(10) Neither be called teachers for one is your teacher even the Messiah.

(11) The greatest among you shall serve you.

(12) And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled. And whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

(13) But woe to you sages, scribes and Pharisees! Hypocrites! Because you have received the keys of knowledge of the kingdom and have hidden them. And you thus shut the kingdom of heaven against the children of men while you yourselves have not entered the kingdom. And to them that were entering you did not open or permit them to enter, even those who eagerly wished to enter.

(14) Woe to you sages, and Pharisees! Hypocrites! For you divide and devour widows’ houses with lengthy exposition and long speeches. Therefore you shall receive a lengthy punishment.

(15) Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees! Hypocrites! For you travel a circuit of sea and land to bind the heart of one man in your faith as a student. And when you find one, you teach him your ways so he becomes doubly worse than you, and thus twice more a son of hell than yourselves. You have not let other people enter the kingdom of heaven since you yourself have not entered it.

(16) Woe to you, seat of the blind guides, that say, ‘Whoever shall swear by the temple, he is not obligated and it is nothing, but whoever shall swear by anything which is consecrated to the structure of the temple such as the gold of the temple, you say he is obligated to pay.

(17) You mad and blind! For which is greater? The gold? Or the Temple that sanctifies the gold?

(18) And you say, ‘Whoever shall swear by the altar, is not obligated and it is nothing but whosoever shall swear that he will make a gift – offering, then you say he is obligated to give it.’

(19) You blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

(20) He therefore that swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things upon it.

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(22) And he that swears by the throne of God swears by it and by Him that abides therein.

(23) Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees! Hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint, dill, pomegranate and cumin, but commit robbery and have left undone that which are the weightiest matters in the Law – the Torah’s judgments on justice, loving-kindness, faithfulness, and truth. These are commands worthy of doing. One should not forget them.

(24) Offspring of blind leaders, nit-pickers who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

(25) Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees! Hypocrites! For you wash the outside of the cups and of the platters, but inside of them is full of wickedness, robbery and uncleanness.

(26) Hypocrite! Wash first the inside of the cup in order that the outside might become pure.

(27) Woe to you sages and Pharisees! Hypocrites! For you are like white-washed graves which outwardly appear beautiful to the children of men, but inwardly are full of the bones of the dead and the filthy.

(28) So you also outwardly appear righteous to the children of men, but inwardly you are full of depravity, hypocrisy and violence.

(29) Woe to you sages and Pharisees! Hypocrites! For you build the graves of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

(30) and say, ‘If we had been alive in the days of our fathers, we should not have permitted them to put to death the prophets.’

(31) Wherefore you bear witness against yourselves that you are sons of them that slew the prophets.

(32) You behave according to the deeds of your fathers.

(33) You snakes! You offspring of vipers! How shall you escape the judgment of hell if you do not turn in repentance?”

(34) “Therefore, I send to you prophets, and sages, and scribes. Some of them you shall kill. And some of them you shall afflict with whips in your synagogues. And some you will pursue from city to city.

(35) This is so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Jehoiada whom you slew between the sanctuary and the altar.

(36) Truly I tell you, all these things shall come upon this generation and upon

(37) Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and removes those that are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

(38) Behold, you will leave your houses desolate.

(39) For I say unto you, you shall not see me hereafter until you shall say, ‘Blessed is he that comes in the name of our saviour – he that comes in the name of Yahweh.’”

Chapter Twenty-Four

[John 8:7] “He that is without misunderstanding among you, let him cast the first stone at her.”

[John 8:10] “Woman, where are they? Does no man condemn you?”

[John 8: 11] “Neither will I condemn you. Go your way. From now on misunderstand no more.”

(2) “Don’t you see all these things? Amen I tell you, there shall not be left here one stone upon stone.”

(4) “Take heed that no man lead you astray.

(5) For many shall come in My Name saying ‘I am He, the Messiah’ – ‘ I am Christ' [i.e., an imposter Jesus Christ, as Jesus restates in verses 23-27 below] and shall deceive and lead you astray.

(6) And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not foolish and dismayed for 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 pestilence, famines and earthquakes in various places.

(8) But all these things are the beginning of travail.

(9) Then shall they give you over to tribulation, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all the nations, that is the Gentiles because of My Name.

(10) And then shall many be perturbed and shall deal treacherously with his neighbour, and shall be enraged against his brother.

(11) And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

(12) When apostasy and iniquity shall abound, the charity and love of the many shall grow faint and cold.

(13) But he that remains standing firm and patiently waits until the end, the same shall be saved and have life.

(14) And this gospel of the kingdom [i.e., of the imposter using Jesus’ name in verses 5,23-27 whom the apostate false prophets promote in verses 11-12] shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the Gentiles – the nations – concerning me, and then shall the end come.

(15) So this is the Anti-Christ [i.e., the imposter using Jesus’ name in vv. 5, 14, 23-27] and this is the abomination that desolates which was spoken of by Daniel as standing in the holy place. (Let the one who reads understand.)

(16) Then let them that are in Judah flee to the mountains.

(17) Let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

(18) And let him that is in the field not return back to take his clothes.

(19) But woe unto them that are about to bear a child and to them that nurse children in those days!

(20) And pray to God that your flight is not in the winter, neither on a Sabbath,

(21) for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be after it.

(22) And except those days had been shortened, no body would have been saved. But for the chosen’s sake, those days shall be shortened.

(23) If any man shall say to you, ‘Lo, here is the Messiah or, Here,’ don’t believe it.

(24) For there shall arise false messiahs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, so that, if it can be, they will come to lead astray the chosen.

(26) If therefore they shall say to you, ‘Behold, he is in the desert or wilderness,’ do not go out to see; or if they shall say ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.

(27) For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man.

(28) Wherever the body is, there will the vultures be gathered together.

(25) Behold, I have told you beforehand.

(29) After the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the host of the heavens shall be shaken.

(30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens. And then shall all the families of the land mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with many warriors and a very great fortification with dreadful appearance and great power and glory.

(31) And he shall send his messengers with a trumpet, and with a great shout shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the heights of heaven to the farthest ends.

(32) Now from the fig tree learn her parable. When you see its branches and leaves sprouting, you know that the ripe fruit is near.

(33) So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that he is near the gates, even at the doors.

(34) Amen I tell you, this race [mankind? Jews?] shall not pass away until all these things be accomplished.

(35) Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away.

(36) Of that day and concerning that hour there shall be no man that knows. Only the Father knows.”

(37) And Jesus said to his students, “And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man.

(38) For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, being fruitful and multiplying, until the day that Noah entered into the ark.

(39) And they did not know the end was near until the flood came, and took them all away. So shall be the coming of the Son of Man.

(40) Then shall two men be in the field, one righteous and the other evil; the one is taken, and the other is left:

(41) two shall be in one bed; one shall be taken, and one shall be left; two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and the other is left. This is because the messengers at the end of the world will remove the stumbling blocks from the world and will separate the good from the evil.”

(42) Then Jesus said to his students, “Be therefore alert and vigilant! For you do not know at what hour your Lord will come.

(43) This you know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, in truth he would have been alert and vigilant, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

(44) Therefore also be ready because you do not know at what hour the Son of Man is going to come.

(45) What do you think of the obedient and prudent servant whom his lord has set over the children to give them their bread in its time?

(46) Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds him doing so when he comes.

(47) Amen, I tell you that he will place him over all his substance.

(48) But if that servant shall say wickedly in his heart, ‘My lord tarries to come,’

(49) and shall begin to beat the servants which are with him, and shall eat and drink with gluttons;

(50) the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he is not expecting, and at a time when he does not know he is coming.

(51) And his lord shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be the weeping and the grinding of teeth.”

Chapter Twenty-Five

(1) “Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and a bride.

(2) And five of them were lazy fools, and five were alert and prudent.

(3) For the five foolish, when they took their lamps, they took no oil with them

(4) but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

(5) Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all lingered and slept.

(6) But at midnight there is a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out now to meet him.’

(7) Then all those virgins arose, and made ready their lamps.

(8) And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us of your oil. For our lamps have gone out.’

(9) But the prudent answered, saying, ‘We may not give you because there will not be enough for both us and you. Go rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.’

(10) And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came. And they that were ready went in with him to the banquet-hall. And the door was locked closed.

(11) Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, ‘Our Lord, Lord! Open to us.’

(12) But he answered and said, ‘Amen I tell you, I do not know you.’

(13) And therefore you be careful, alert and vigilant! For you do not know the day nor the hour when the bridegroom will come.”

(14) “The kingdom of the heavens is like a man going on a far seafaring journey to a strange country abroad. He called his own servants, and delivered to them his money.

(15) And to one he gave five coins of gold, to another two coins of gold, and lastly he gave one coin of gold to another; to each according to his ability – what was suitable for him. And he went on his journey.

(16) Immediately he that accepted the five coins of gold went and traded with them, and acquired five more gold coins.

(17) He that accepted two gold coins went at once and squandered the substance with harlots and flute-women.

(18) And he that received one gold coin went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money in the hole he dug.

(19) Now after a long time the lord of those servants returned, and made an accounting with them.

(20) And he that had accepted the five gold coins came near, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents, and here are ten, including another five which I have gained for you.’

(21) His lord said to him, “Well done. Truly you are a good and obedient servant. You have been trustworthy over a few things. I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.

(22) He that accepted the two gold coins and squandered them on harlots and flute women was shut up in prison.

(30) His Lord said: ‘And cast out this worthless and lazy servant into prison in the lowest places. There shall be the weeping and the grinding of teeth.’

(24) And he also that had accepted the one gold coin came near and said, ‘Lord, I knew that you are a firm and hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

(25) And I was afraid, and went away and hid your coin of gold in the earth. Here, you have back your gold coin as your own.’

(26) But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant. You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gathered where I did not scatter.

(27) You ought therefore to have put my money to my money-changers, and at my return I should have received back mine own with profit.

(28) Take away therefore the coin of gold from him, and give it to him that has the ten gold coins.’

(29) For to everyone that has shall more be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that does not have any profit to show, even that which he has and was intended for him shall be taken away.”

(31) “But when the Son of Man shall come in his revelation, and all the messengers with him, then he shall sit on his glorious throne.

(32) And before him shall be gathered all the nations. And he shall separate between them one from another, these from those as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

(33) And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left hand.

(34) Then shall he say to them on his right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world until now.

(35) For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a wayfarer, and you took me in.

(36) Naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

(37) Then shall the righteous ones answer him, saying, ‘Oh our Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? Or thirsty, and gave you something to drink?

(38) And when did we see you a stranger and took you in? Or naked, and clothed you?

(39) And when did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?’

(40) And the King shall answer and say to them, ‘Amen I tell you, every time you did it to one of the needy of these which are my brothers even the little ones like these, it is as if you have done it to me.’

(41) Then he shall also say to them on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, and get into the eternal fire – the place prepared for adversary and his messengers.

(42) Because I was hungry, and you did not give me anything to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink.

(43) I was a wayfarer, and you did not take me in. Naked, and you did not clothe me. Sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.’

(44) Then shall they also answer, saying, ‘Oh our Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a wayfarer, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?’

(45) Then shall he answer them, saying, ‘Amen I tell you, whenever you neglected to do so to these needy, even the little ones like these, you did not do it to me.’

(46) And these shall go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

(2) “You know that after two days the Passover arrives, and the Son of Man is betrayed and delivered up to be crucified.”

(10) “Are you making an accusation against this woman? In truth, she has done a good and marvellous work for me.

(11) For you have the poor always with you. But you do not always have me.

(12) Her placing this oil on my body refers to my burial.

(13) Amen I tell you, wherever this Good-News shall be preached in the whole world, what this woman has done shall also be spoken about in memory of her.”

(17.1) “With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you.”

(18) “Go into the city to a certain man who will be a volunteer for the task, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near. I along with my students keep the Passover with you.’”

(21) “Amen I tell you, that one of you shall inform against me.”

(22) And they were very saddened, and began to ask him each one, ‘Is it I, Lord?’

(23) “He that dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall sell me.”

(24) “The Son of Man goes to his fate, even as it is written of him: but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born.”

(25) “You have said it.”

(26) “Take, eat! This is my body.”

(27) “Drink from this all of you;

(28) for this is my blood of the new promise, which will be sacrificially poured out for many for the atonement of sinners.

(29) But I tell you, I shall not drink from this time forward of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of the heavens.”

(30) And when they had recited a psalm, they returned and they went out to the mount of Olives.

(31) Then Jesus told them, “Come all of you, you will be grieved at me this night. For it is written, ‘I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’

(32) But after my resurrection from death, I will be revealed to you in Galilee.”

(34) “Truly I tell you that this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times.”

(36) “Sit here while I go over there to pray.”

(38) “My soul is more than grieving unto death. Support me, and keep watch with me.”

(39) “My Father, if it is possible, please take this cup from me. Nevertheless, let it not be according as I will but only according to your will.”

(40) “What, you couldn’t be vigilant and stay awake with me one hour?

(41) Be vigilant and pray that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing to go to its creator, but the body is weak and sick. But that which is weak shall be saved through that which is strong.”

(42) “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”

(45) “Sleep on now, and take your rest.” “Behold, the time has come near, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

(46) Arise, let us be going. Behold, he is at hand that betrays me.”

(50) “My dear Friend, what have you done? To what end have you come?”

(52) “Put up again your sword into its place. For all they that draw the sword shall perish by the sword.

(53) Do you not understand I am able to meet my enemies if I asked my Father? And indeed there will be for me more than twelve legions of messengers?

(54) But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled what is intended to be done?”

(55) “Have you come out as against robbers with swords and spears, whips and clubs to seize me? I sat daily beside you in the temple teaching you, and you did not take me.

(56) But all this is come to pass to establish the writings of the prophets.”

(64) “You said it. Nevertheless I again say to you, you have yet to see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Yahweh and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Chapter Twenty-Seven

(11) “You said it.”

(32.2) [Luke 23:28] “Daughters of Jerusalem! Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

(32.3) [Luke 23:29] For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

(32.4) [Luke 23:30] Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us;’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

(32.5) [Luke 23:31] For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”

(45.1) “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

(46) “Eliy, eliy, lamah azabetaniy, that is my god, my god, why have you forsaken me?”

Chapter Twenty-Eight

(9) “Shalom be with you. May Yahweh deliver you.”

(10) “Do not fear. Go tell my brothers that they should depart for Galilee. There they shall see me.”

(17.1) “Take, feel me and see that I am not imaginary.” “Why are you troubled, and thoughts ascend in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle and discern, because a spirit does not have body and bones as you see that I have.”

(17.2a) “Unless you cease from sacrificing, the wrath shall not cease from you.”

(17.2b) “No matter where you reside, you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being.”

(17.3) “Bring a table and the bread.” “My brother, eat your bread for the Son of Man is risen from them that sleep.”

(18) “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

(19) Go to them and make students of all nations in my name.

(20.1) And guard and teach them to carry out forever all things whatever I commanded you.

(20.2) Act as you have seen me act. Instruct people in accordance with instructions I have given you. And be for them what I have been for you.

(20.3) And behold, I am with you until the consummation of the ages.”