The book
of the generation
of Jesus Christ,
the son of David,
the son
of Abraham.
Abraham begat Isaac;
and Isaac
begat Jacob;
and Jacob
begat Judas
and his brethren;
And Judas
begat Phares
and Zara
of Thamar;
and Phares
begat Esrom;
and Esrom
begat Aram;
And Aram
begat Aminadab;
and Aminadab
begat Naasson;
and Naasson
begat Salmon;
And Salmon
begat Booz
of Rachab;
and Booz
begat Obed
of Ruth;
and Obed
begat Jesse;
And Jesse
begat David
the king;
and David
the king
begat Solomon
of her
that had been
the wife
of Urias;
And Solomon
begat Roboam;
and Roboam
begat Abia;
and Abia
begat Asa;
And Asa
begat Josaphat;
and Josaphat
begat Joram;
and Joram
begat Ozias;
And Ozias
begat Joatham;
and Joatham
begat Achaz;
and Achaz
begat Ezekias;
And Ezekias
begat Manasses;
and Manasses
begat Amon;
and Amon
begat Josias;
And Josias
begat Jechonias
and his brethren,
about the time
they were carried away
to Babylon:
And after they
were brought
to Babylon,
Jechonias begat Salathiel;
and Salathiel
begat Zorobabel;
And Zorobabel
begat Abiud;
and Abiud
begat Eliakim;
and Eliakim
begat Azor;
And Azor
begat Sadoc;
and Sadoc
begat Achim;
and Achim
begat Eliud;
And Eliud
begat Eleazar;
and Eleazar
begat Matthan;
and Matthan
begat Jacob;
And Jacob
begat Joseph
the husband
of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus,
who is called
Christ.
So all the generations
from Abraham
to David
are fourteen generations;
and from David
until the carrying away
into Babylon
are fourteen generations;
and from the carrying away
into Babylon
unto Christ
are fourteen generations.
Now
the birth
of Jesus Christ
was on this wise:
When
as his mother
Mary was espoused
to Joseph,
before they came together,
she was found
with child
of the Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband,
being a just man,
and not willing
to make
her a publick example,
was minded
to put her
away privily.
But
while he
thought
on these things,
behold,
the angel
of the LORD
appeared unto him
in a dream,
saying,
Joseph,
thou son
of David,
fear not
to take
unto thee Mary thy wife:
for that
which is conceived
in her
is of the Holy Ghost.
And
she shall bring forth a son,
and
thou shalt call
his name JESUS:
for he shall save
his people
from their sins.
Now all
this was done,
that it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord
by the prophet,
saying,
Behold,
a virgin
shall be
with child,
and shall bring forth a son,
and
they shall call
his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is,
God with us.
Then Joseph
being raised
from sleep
did as the angel
of the Lord
had bidden him,
and took unto him his wife:
And knew her
not till
she had brought forth
her firstborn son:
and
he called
his name JESUS.
Now
when Jesus
was born in Bethlehem
of Judaea
in the days
of Herod
the king,
behold,
there came wise men
from the east
to Jerusalem,
Saying,
Where
is
he that is born King
of the Jews?
for we
have seen his star
in the east,
and are come
to worship him.
When Herod
the king
had heard
these things,
he was troubled,
and all Jerusalem
with him.
And
when
he had gathered all
the chief priests
and scribes
of the people
together,
he demanded
of them where Christ
should be born.
And
they
said unto him,
In Bethlehem
of Judaea:
for thus
it is written
by the prophet,
And
thou Bethlehem,
in the land
of Juda,
art not
the least
among the princes
of Juda:
for out of thee shall come
a Governor,
that shall rule
my people Israel.
Then Herod,
when
he had privily called
the wise men,
enquired
of them diligently
what time
the star appeared.
And
he sent them
to Bethlehem,
and said,
Go and search diligently
for the young child;
and
when
ye have found him,
bring me
word again,
that I
may come
and worship him also.
When
they had heard
the king,
they departed;
and,
lo,
the star,
which they
saw
in the east,
went before them,
till it
came and
stood over where
the young child was.
When
they saw
the star,
they rejoiced
with exceeding
great joy.
And
when
they were come
into the house,
they saw
the young child
with Mary his mother,
and fell down,
and worshipped him:
and
when
they had opened
their treasures,
they presented
unto him gifts;
gold,
and frankincense
and myrrh.
And being warned
of God
in a dream
that they
should not return
to Herod,
they departed
into their own country
another way.
And
when
they were departed,
behold,
the angel
of the Lord
appeareth to Joseph
in a dream,
saying,
Arise,
and take
the young child
and his mother,
and flee
into Egypt,
and be
thou there until
I bring
thee word:
for Herod
will seek
the young child
to destroy him.
When he arose,
he took
the young child
and his mother
by night,
and departed
into Egypt:
And was there until
the death
of Herod:
that it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord
by the prophet,
saying,
Out of Egypt
have
I called
my son.
Then Herod,
when
he saw
that he
was mocked
of the wise men,
was exceeding wroth,
and sent forth,
and slew all
the children that
were in Bethlehem,
and
in all the coasts
thereof,
from two years old
and under,
according to the time
which he
had diligently enquired
of the wise men.
Then was fulfilled
that
which was spoken
by Jeremy
the prophet,
saying,
In Rama
was there
a voice heard,
lamentation,
and weeping,
and great mourning,
Rachel
weeping
for her children,
and would not be comforted,
because they are not.
But
when Herod
was dead,
behold,
an angel
of the Lord
appeareth in a dream
to Joseph
in Egypt,
Saying,
Arise,
and take
the young child
and his mother,
and go
into the land
of Israel:
for they
are dead which
sought the young child's life.
And he arose,
and took
the young child
and his mother,
and came
into the land
of Israel.
But when he
heard
that Archelaus
did reign
in Judaea
in the room
of his father Herod,
he was afraid
to go thither:
notwithstanding,
being warned
of God
in a dream,
he turned aside
into the parts
of Galilee:
And
he came
and dwelt in a
city called Nazareth:
that it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by the prophets,
He shall be called
a Nazarene.
In those days
came John
the Baptist,
preaching
in the wilderness
of Judaea,
And saying,
Repent ye:
for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
For this
is
he that
was spoken of
by the prophet Esaias,
saying,
The voice of one
crying
in the wilderness,
Prepare
ye the way
of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
And the same John
had
his raiment
of camel's hair,
and a leathern girdle
about his loins;
and his meat
was locusts
and wild honey.
Then went out
to him Jerusalem,
and all Judaea,
and all
the region round
about Jordan,
And were baptized
of him
in Jordan,
confessing
their sins.
But
when he
saw many
of the Pharisees
and Sadducees come
to his baptism,
he said unto them,
O generation
of vipers,
who hath warned you
to flee
from the wrath
to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits
meet
for repentance:
And think not
to say
within yourselves,
We have Abraham
to our father:
for I
say unto you,
that God
is able of these
stones
to raise
up children
unto Abraham.
And
now also
the axe
is laid
unto the root
of the trees:
therefore every tree
which bringeth not
forth good fruit
is hewn down,
and cast
into the fire.
I indeed baptize you
with water
unto repentance.
but he
that cometh
after me
is mightier
than I,
whose shoes
I am not worthy
to bear:
he shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost,
and with fire:
Whose fan
is in his hand,
and
he will throughly purge
his floor,
and gather
his wheat
into the garner;
but
he will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire.
Then cometh Jesus
from Galilee
to Jordan
unto John,
to be baptized of him.
But John
forbad him,
saying,
I have
need to
be baptized
of thee,
and comest
thou to me?
And Jesus
answering
said unto him,
Suffer it to be
so now:
for thus
it becometh us
to fulfil
all righteousness.
Then
he suffered him.
And Jesus,
when
he was baptized,
went up straightway out of the water:
and,
lo,
the heavens
were opened unto him,
and he
saw the Spirit
of God
descending like
a dove,
and
lighting upon him:
And lo a voice
from heaven,
saying,
This is my beloved Son,
in whom
I am well pleased.
Then was
Jesus
led up
of the spirit
into the wilderness
to be tempted
of the devil.
And
when
he had fasted
forty days
and forty nights,
he was afterward
an hungred.
And
when the tempter
came
to him,
he said,
If thou
be the Son
of God,
command
that these
stones be made bread.
But he
answered
and said,
It is written,
Man shall not live
by bread alone,
but by every
word that
proceedeth
out of the mouth
of God.
Then the devil
taketh him up
into the holy city,
and setteth him
on a pinnacle
of the temple,
And
saith unto him,
If thou
be the Son
of God,
cast thyself down:
for it
is written,
He shall give
his angels
charge concerning thee:
and
in their hands
they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time
thou dash thy
foot
against a stone.
Jesus
said unto him,
It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God.
Again,
the devil
taketh him up
into an exceeding high mountain,
and sheweth him all
the kingdoms
of the world,
and the glory
of them;
And
saith unto him,
All these things
will
I give thee,
if thou
wilt fall down
and worship me.
Then saith Jesus
unto him,
Get thee hence,
Satan:
for it
is written,
Thou
shalt worship
the Lord thy God,
and him
only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil
leaveth him,
and,
behold,
angels
came
and
ministered unto him.
Now when Jesus
had heard
that John
was cast
into prison,
he departed
into Galilee;
And leaving
Nazareth,
he came
and dwelt
in Capernaum,
which is upon the sea coast,
in the borders
of Zabulon
and Nephthalim:
That it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by Esaias
the prophet,
saying,
The land
of Zabulon,
and the land
of Nephthalim,
by the way
of the sea,
beyond Jordan,
Galilee
of the Gentiles;
The people which
sat in darkness
saw great light;
and to them which
sat
in the region
and shadow
of death
light
is sprung up.
From that time Jesus
began to preach,
and to say,
Repent:
for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
And Jesus,
walking
by the sea
of Galilee,
saw two brethren,
Simon called Peter,
and Andrew
his brother,
casting a net
into the sea:
for they
were fishers.
And
he saith unto them,
Follow me,
and I
will make
you fishers
of men.
And
they straightway left
their nets,
and followed him.
And going on
from thence,
he saw
other two brethren,
James the son
of Zebedee,
and John
his brother,
in a ship
with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets;
and
he called them.
And
they immediately left
the ship
and their father,
and followed him.
And Jesus
went about all Galilee,
teaching
in their synagogues,
and preaching
the gospel
of the kingdom,
and healing all manner
of sickness
and all manner
of disease
among the people.
And his fame
went throughout all Syria:
and they
brought
unto him all sick people
that were taken
with divers diseases
and torments,
and
those which
were possessed
with devils,
and
those which
were lunatick,
and those
that had
the palsy;
and
he healed them.
And there followed him
great multitudes
of people
from Galilee,
and
from Decapolis,
and
from Jerusalem,
and from Judaea,
and from
beyond Jordan.
And seeing
the multitudes,
he went up
into a mountain:
and
when he
was set,
his disciples
came unto him:
And
he opened
his mouth,
and taught them,
saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for theirs
is the kingdom
of heaven.
Blessed
are
they that mourn:
for they
shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek:
for they
shall inherit
the earth.
Blessed
are
they which
do hunger
and thirst
after righteousness:
for they
shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful:
for they
shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure
in heart:
for they
shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called
the children
of God.
Blessed
are
they which
are persecuted
for righteousness' sake:
for theirs
is the kingdom
of heaven.
Blessed are ye,
when men
shall revile you,
and persecute you,
and shall say all manner
of evil
against you falsely,
for my sake.
Rejoice,
and be exceeding glad:
for great
is your reward
in heaven:
for so
persecuted
they the prophets
which were before you.
Ye are the salt
of the earth:
but
if the salt
have lost
his savour,
wherewith shall
it be salted?
it is thenceforth good
for nothing,
but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under
foot of men.
Ye are the light
of the world.
A city
that is set
on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men
light a candle,
and put it
under a bushel,
but on a candlestick;
and it
giveth
light
unto all
that are in the house.
Let your light so
shine before men,
that they
may see
your good works,
and glorify
your Father
which is in heaven.
Think not
that I
am come
to destroy
the law,
or the prophets:
I am not come
to destroy,
but to fulfil.
For verily
I say unto you,
Till heaven
and earth pass,
one jot
or one tittle
shall in no
wise pass
from the law,
till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break one
of these
least commandments,
and shall teach men so,
he shall be called the least
in the kingdom
of heaven:
but whosoever
shall do
and teach them,
the same
shall be called great
in the kingdom
of heaven.
For I
say unto you,
That except
your righteousness
shall exceed
the righteousness
of the scribes
and Pharisees,
ye shall in no
case
enter
into the kingdom
of heaven.
Ye have heard
that it
was said
of them
of old time,
Thou shalt not kill;
and whosoever
shall kill
shall be
in danger
of the judgment:
But
I say unto you,
That whosoever
is angry
with his brother
without a cause
shall be
in danger
of the judgment:
and whosoever
shall say
to his brother,
Raca,
shall be
in danger
of the council:
but whosoever
shall say,
Thou fool,
shall be
in danger of hell fire.
Therefore if
thou bring
thy gift
to the altar,
and there rememberest
that thy brother
hath ought
against thee;
Leave
there thy gift
before the altar,
and go thy way;
first be reconciled
to thy brother,
and
then come
and offer
thy gift.
Agree with thine
adversary quickly,
whiles
thou art
in the way
with him;
lest at any
time the adversary
deliver thee
to the judge,
and the judge
deliver thee
to the officer,
and
thou be cast
into prison.
Verily
I say unto thee,
Thou shalt by no
means
come out thence,
till thou
hast paid
the uttermost farthing.
Ye have heard
that it
was said
by them
of old time,
Thou
shalt not commit
adultery:
But
I say unto you,
That whosoever looketh
on a woman
to lust after her
hath committed adultery
with her
already in his heart.
And
if thy
right
eye
offend thee,
pluck it out,
and cast it
from thee:
for it
is profitable
for thee that one
of thy members
should perish,
and
not
that thy whole body
should be cast
into hell.
And
if thy
right hand
offend thee,
cut it off,
and cast it
from thee:
for it
is profitable
for thee that one
of thy members
should perish,
and
not
that thy whole body
should be cast
into hell.
It hath been said,
Whosoever
shall put away
his wife,
let him
give
her a writing
of divorcement:
But
I say unto you,
That whosoever
shall put away
his wife,
saving for the cause of fornication,
causeth her
to commit adultery:
and whosoever
shall marry
her that is divorced
committeth adultery.
Again,
ye have heard
that it
hath been said
by them
of old time,
Thou
shalt not forswear
thyself,
but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths:
But
I say unto you,
Swear not at all;
neither by heaven;
for it
is God's throne:
Nor by the earth;
for it
is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem;
for it
is the city
of the great King.
Neither shalt thou
swear by thy head,
because
thou canst
not make one hair
white
or black.
But let
your communication be,
Yea,
yea;
Nay,
nay:
for whatsoever is more than
these cometh of evil.
Ye have heard
that it
hath been said,
An eye
for an eye,
and a tooth
for a tooth:
But
I say unto you,
That ye
resist not evil:
but whosoever
shall smite
thee on thy
right cheek,
turn
to him the other also.
And
if any man
will sue thee
at the law,
and take away
thy coat,
let him
have
thy cloak also.
And whosoever
shall compel thee to go
a mile,
go with him twain.
Give
to him
that asketh thee,
and from him that
would borrow
of thee
turn not thou away.
Ye have heard
that it
hath been said,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour,
and hate
thine enemy.
But
I say unto you,
Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you,
do good
to them that hate you,
and pray for them
which despitefully use you,
and persecute you;
That ye
may be the children
of your Father
which is in heaven:
for he
maketh his sun
to rise
on the evil
and on the good,
and sendeth
rain on the just
and on the unjust.
For if
ye love them which love you,
what reward
have ye?
do not even the publicans
the same?
And
if ye
salute
your brethren only,
what do
ye more than others?
do not even the publicans so?
Be ye
therefore perfect,
even as
your Father
which is in heaven
is perfect.
Take heed that
ye do not
your alms
before men,
to be seen of them:
otherwise
ye have
no reward
of your Father
which is in heaven.
Therefore when
thou doest thine alms,
do not sound a trumpet
before thee,
as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues
and in the streets,
that they
may have glory of men.
Verily
I say unto you,
They
have
their reward.
But
when
thou doest alms,
let not
thy left hand
know what
thy right hand doeth:
That thine alms
may be in secret:
and thy Father
which seeth in secret
himself
shall reward
thee openly.
And
when
thou prayest,
thou shalt not be
as the hypocrites are:
for they
love to pray
standing in the synagogues
and in the corners
of the streets,
that they
may be seen
of men.
Verily
I say unto you,
They
have
their reward.
But thou,
when
thou prayest,
enter into thy closet,
and
when
thou hast shut
thy door,
pray to thy Father
which is in secret;
and thy Father
which seeth in secret
shall reward
thee openly.
But when ye pray,
use
not vain repetitions,
as the heathen do:
for they
think
that they
shall be heard
for their much speaking.
Be not
ye therefore like
unto them:
for your Father
knoweth
what things
ye have need of,
before ye
ask him.
After this manner
therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art
in heaven,
Hallowed
be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done
in earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us
this day
our daily bread.
And forgive us
our debts,
as we
forgive our debtors.
And lead us not
into temptation,
but deliver us
from evil:
For thine
is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
for ever.
Amen.
For if
ye forgive men
their trespasses,
your heavenly Father
will also forgive you:
But
if ye
forgive not men
their trespasses,
neither will
your Father
forgive your trespasses.
Moreover when
ye fast,
be not,
as the hypocrites,
of a sad countenance:
for they
disfigure
their faces,
that they
may appear
unto men
to fast.
Verily
I say unto you,
They
have
their reward.
But thou,
when
thou fastest,
anoint thine head,
and wash
thy face;
That thou
appear not
unto men to fast,
but unto thy Father
which is in secret:
and thy Father,
which seeth in secret,
shall reward
thee openly.
Lay not up
for yourselves
treasures
upon earth,
where moth
and rust
doth corrupt,
and where
thieves
break
through and steal:
But lay up
for yourselves treasures
in heaven,
where neither moth nor
rust
doth corrupt,
and
where thieves
do not break
through nor steal:
For where
your treasure is,
there will
your heart be also.
The light
of the body
is the eye:
if therefore
thine eye
be single,
thy whole body
shall be
full of light.
But if thine
eye
be evil,
thy whole body
shall be
full of darkness.
If therefore
the light
that is in thee
be darkness,
how great
is that darkness!
No man
can serve
two masters:
for either
he will hate
the one,
and love
the other;
or else
he will hold
to the one,
and despise
the other.
Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
Therefore I
say
unto you,
Take no
thought
for your life,
what
ye shall eat,
or what
ye shall drink;
nor
yet for your body,
what
ye shall put on.
Is not
the life more than meat,
and the body
than raiment?
Behold the fowls
of the air:
for they
sow not,
neither do
they reap,
nor gather
into barns;
yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them.
Are
ye not much better
than they?
Which of you
by taking
thought
can add one cubit
unto his stature?
And
why take
ye thought
for raiment?
Consider the lilies
of the field,
how they grow;
they toil not,
neither do
they spin:
And yet
I say unto you,
That even Solomon
in all his glory
was not arrayed like one
of these.
Wherefore,
if God so
clothe the grass
of the field,
which to day is,
and to morrow
is cast
into the oven,
shall
he not much more
clothe you,
O ye
of little faith?
Therefore take
no thought,
saying,
What
shall
we eat?
or,
What
shall
we drink?
or,
Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
(For
after all
these things
do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father
knoweth that
ye have
need
of all these things.
But seek
ye first
the kingdom
of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added
unto you.
Take
therefore no
thought
for the morrow:
for the morrow
shall take
thought
for the things
of itself.
Sufficient
unto the day
is
the evil thereof.
Judge not,
that ye
be not judged.
For with what judgment
ye judge,
ye shall be judged:
and with what
measure
ye mete,
it shall be measured
to you again.
And
why beholdest
thou the mote
that is
in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not
the beam
that is
in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou
say to thy brother,
Let me
pull
out the mote
out of thine eye;
and,
behold,
a beam
is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite,
first cast
out the beam
out of thine own eye;
and
then shalt thou
see clearly
to cast
out the mote
out of thy brother's eye.
Give not
that which
is holy
unto the dogs,
neither cast
ye your pearls
before swine,
lest
they trample them
under their feet,
and turn again
and rend you.
Ask,
and it
shall be given you;
seek,
and
ye shall find;
knock,
and it
shall be opened
unto you:
For every one
that asketh receiveth;
and he
that seeketh findeth;
and to him
that
knocketh
it shall be opened.
Or what man
is there of you,
whom
if his son
ask bread,
will
he give him
a stone?
Or if
he ask a fish,
will
he give him
a serpent?
If ye then,
being evil,
know how
to give good gifts
unto your children,
how much more
shall
your Father
which is in heaven
give good things
to them that ask him?
Therefore all things
whatsoever
ye would
that men
should do to you,
do ye
even so to them:
for this
is the law
and the prophets.
Enter
ye in
at the strait gate:
for wide
is the gate,
and broad
is the way,
that leadeth to destruction,
and many
there be
which go in thereat:
Because strait
is the gate,
and narrow
is the way,
which leadeth unto life,
and few
there be that find it.
Beware
of false prophets,
which come to you
in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly
they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them
by their fruits.
Do men
gather grapes
of thorns,
or figs
of thistles?
Even so every good tree
bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree
cannot bring forth
evil fruit,
neither can
a corrupt tree
bring forth
good fruit.
Every tree that
bringeth not
forth good fruit
is hewn down,
and cast
into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits
ye shall know them.
Not every one
that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord,
shall enter
into the kingdom
of heaven;
but he
that doeth
the will
of my Father
which is in heaven.
Many will say to me
in that day,
Lord, Lord,
have
we not prophesied
in thy name?
and in thy
name
have cast
out devils?
and in thy
name done many wonderful works?
And
then will
I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever
heareth these sayings
of mine,
and doeth them,
I will liken him
unto a wise man,
which built
his house
upon a rock:
And the rain descended,
and the floods came,
and the winds blew,
and beat
upon that house;
and it
fell not:
for it
was founded
upon a rock.
And every one
that heareth
these sayings
of mine,
and doeth them not,
shall be likened
unto a foolish man,
which built
his house
upon the sand:
And the rain descended,
and the floods came,
and the winds blew,
and beat
upon that house;
and it fell:
and great
was the fall of it.
And it
came
to pass,
when Jesus
had ended
these sayings,
the people
were astonished
at his doctrine:
For he
taught them
as one
having authority,
and
not as the scribes.
When
he was come down
from the mountain,
great multitudes
followed him.
And,
behold,
there came a leper
and worshipped him,
saying,
Lord,
if thou wilt,
thou canst
make me clean.
And Jesus put forth
his hand,
and touched him,
saying,
I will;
be thou clean.
And immediately
his leprosy
was cleansed.
And Jesus
saith unto him,
See
thou tell no man;
but go thy way,
shew thyself
to the priest,
and offer
the gift that Moses commanded,
for a testimony
unto them.
And
when Jesus
was entered
into Capernaum,
there came
unto him a centurion,
beseeching him,
And saying,
Lord,
my servant
lieth at home sick
of the palsy,
grievously tormented.
And Jesus
saith unto him,
I will come
and heal him.
The centurion
answered
and said,
Lord,
I am not worthy
that thou
shouldest come
under my roof:
but speak
the word only,
and my servant
shall be healed.
For I
am a man
under authority,
having soldiers
under me:
and I
say
to this man,
Go,
and he goeth;
and to another,
Come,
and he cometh;
and to my servant,
Do this,
and
he doeth it.
When Jesus
heard it,
he marvelled,
and said to them
that followed,
Verily I
say unto you,
I have not found
so great faith,
no,
not in Israel.
And
I say unto you,
That many
shall come
from the east
and west,
and shall sit down
with Abraham,
and Isaac,
and Jacob,
in the kingdom
of heaven.
But the children
of the kingdom
shall be cast out
into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
And Jesus
said
unto the centurion,
Go thy way;
and as thou
hast believed,
so be
it done
unto thee.
And his servant
was healed
in the selfsame hour.
And
when Jesus
was come
into Peter's house,
he saw
his wife's mother laid,
and sick
of a fever.
And
he touched
her hand,
and the fever
left her:
and she arose,
and
ministered unto them.
When the even was come,
they brought
unto him many
that were possessed
with devils:
and he cast
out the spirits
with his word,
and healed all
that were sick:
That it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by Esaias
the prophet,
saying,
Himself took our infirmities,
and bare
our sicknesses.
Now
when Jesus
saw great multitudes
about him,
he gave commandment
to depart
unto the other side.
And a certain scribe came,
and
said unto him,
Master,
I will follow thee
whithersoever
thou goest.
And Jesus
saith unto him,
The foxes
have holes,
and
the birds
of the air
have nests;
but the Son
of man
hath not
where to lay
his head.
And another
of his disciples
said unto him,
Lord,
suffer me first
to go
and bury
my father.
But Jesus
said unto him,
Follow me;
and let
the dead
bury their dead.
And
when
he was entered
into a ship,
his disciples
followed him.
And,
behold,
there arose
a great tempest
in the sea,
insomuch
that the ship
was covered
with the waves:
but
he was asleep.
And his disciples
came
to him,
and awoke him,
saying,
Lord,
save us:
we perish.
And
he saith unto them,
Why are
ye fearful,
O ye
of little faith?
Then he arose,
and rebuked
the winds
and the sea;
and there was
a great calm.
But the men marvelled,
saying,
What manner
of man
is this,
that even
the winds
and the sea
obey him!
And
when
he was come
to the other side
into the country
of the Gergesenes,
there met him two
possessed
with devils,
coming out of the tombs,
exceeding fierce,
so that no man
might pass
by that way.
And,
behold,
they cried out,
saying,
What
have
we to do
with thee,
Jesus,
thou Son
of God?
art
thou come hither
to torment us
before the time?
And there was
a good way off
from them an herd
of many swine feeding.
So the devils
besought him,
saying,
If thou
cast us out,
suffer us
to go away
into the herd
of swine.
And
he said unto them,
Go.
And
when
they were come out,
they went into the herd
of swine:
and,
behold,
the whole herd
of swine
ran violently down a steep place
into the sea,
and perished
in the waters.
And they
that kept them fled,
and went
their ways
into the city,
and told
every thing,
and
what was befallen
to the possessed
of the devils.
And,
behold,
the whole city
came out
to meet Jesus:
and
when
they saw him,
they besought him
that he
would depart
out of their coasts.
And he
entered
into a ship,
and passed over,
and came
into his own city.
And,
behold,
they brought
to him
a man sick
of the palsy,
lying on a bed:
and Jesus
seeing
their faith
said unto the sick
of the palsy;
Son,
be of good cheer;
thy sins
be forgiven thee.
And,
behold,
certain
of the scribes
said within themselves,
This man blasphemeth.
And Jesus
knowing
their thoughts said,
Wherefore
think
ye evil
in your hearts?
For whether
is easier,
to say,
Thy sins
be forgiven thee;
or to say,
Arise,
and walk?
But that
ye may know that
the Son
of man
hath
power
on earth
to forgive sins,
(then saith
he to the sick
of the palsy,)
Arise,
take up
thy bed,
and go
unto thine house.
And he arose,
and departed
to his house.
But
when the multitudes
saw it,
they marvelled,
and glorified God,
which had given such power
unto men.
And
as Jesus
passed forth
from thence,
he saw a man,
named Matthew,
sitting at the receipt of custom:
and
he saith unto him,
Follow me.
And he arose,
and followed him.
And it
came
to pass,
as Jesus
sat at meat
in the house,
behold,
many publicans
and sinners
came
and sat down
with him and his disciples.
And
when the Pharisees
saw it,
they said
unto his disciples,
Why eateth
your Master
with publicans
and sinners?
But
when Jesus
heard that,
he said unto them,
They that
be whole
need not
a physician,
but they
that are sick.
But go
ye and learn
what
that meaneth,
I will have mercy,
and not sacrifice:
for I am not come
to call
the righteous,
but sinners
to repentance.
Then came
to him the disciples
of John,
saying,
Why do
we and the Pharisees
fast oft,
but thy disciples
fast not?
And Jesus
said unto them,
Can the children
of the bridechamber mourn,
as long
as the bridegroom
is with them?
but the days
will come,
when the bridegroom
shall be taken from them,
and
then shall
they fast.
No man
putteth a piece
of new cloth
unto an old garment,
for that which
is put in
to fill it
up taketh from the garment,
and the rent
is made worse.
Neither do men
put new wine
into old bottles:
else the bottles break,
and the wine
runneth out,
and the bottles perish:
but
they put new wine
into new bottles,
and both
are preserved.
While he
spake
these things
unto them,
behold,
there came
a certain ruler,
and worshipped him,
saying,
My daughter
is even now dead:
but come
and lay
thy hand
upon her,
and
she shall live.
And Jesus arose,
and followed him,
and so
did his disciples.
And,
behold,
a woman,
which was diseased
with an issue
of blood twelve years,
came behind him,
and touched
the hem
of his garment:
For she said
within herself,
If I
may
but touch
his garment,
I shall be whole.
But Jesus
turned him about,
and
when he
saw her,
he said,
Daughter,
be of good comfort;
thy faith
hath made thee whole.
And the woman
was made whole
from that hour.
And
when Jesus
came
into the ruler's house,
and saw
the minstrels
and the people
making
a noise,
He said unto them,
Give place:
for the maid
is not dead,
but sleepeth.
And
they laughed him
to scorn.
But
when the people
were put forth,
he went in,
and took her
by the hand,
and the maid arose.
And the fame
hereof went abroad
into all
that land.
And
when Jesus
departed thence,
two blind men
followed him,
crying,
and saying,
Thou son
of David,
have mercy on us.
And
when he
was come
into the house,
the blind men
came to him:
and Jesus
saith unto them,
Believe ye that
I am able
to do this?
They said unto him,
Yea, Lord.
Then touched
he their eyes,
saying,
According to your faith
be it
unto you.
And their eyes
were opened;
and Jesus
straitly charged them,
saying,
See that no man
know it.
But they,
when
they were departed,
spread abroad his fame
in all that country.
As they went out,
behold,
they brought
to him
a dumb man
possessed
with a devil.
And
when the devil
was cast out,
the dumb spake:
and the multitudes marvelled,
saying,
It was never so seen
in Israel.
But the Pharisees said,
He casteth out devils
through the prince
of the devils.
And Jesus
went about all
the cities
and villages,
teaching
in their synagogues,
and preaching
the gospel
of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness
and every disease
among the people.
But
when
he saw
the multitudes,
he was moved
with compassion
on them,
because
they fainted,
and were scattered abroad,
as sheep
having no shepherd.
Then saith
he unto his disciples,
The harvest
truly is plenteous,
but the labourers
are few;
Pray ye
therefore the Lord
of the harvest,
that he
will send forth labourers
into his harvest.
And
when
he had called
unto him his twelve disciples,
he gave them
power
against unclean spirits,
to cast them out,
and
to heal all manner
of sickness
and all manner
of disease.
Now
the names
of the twelve apostles
are these;
The first,
Simon,
who is called Peter,
and Andrew
his brother;
James the son
of Zebedee,
and John
his brother;
Philip,
and Bartholomew;
Thomas,
and Matthew
the publican;
James the son
of Alphaeus,
and Lebbaeus,
whose surname
was Thaddaeus;
Simon the Canaanite,
and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus
sent forth,
and commanded them,
saying,
Go not into the way
of the Gentiles,
and into any city
of the Samaritans
enter
ye not:
But go rather
to the lost sheep
of the house
of Israel.
And as ye go,
preach,
saying,
The kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
Heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead,
cast out devils:
freely
ye have received,
freely give.
Provide neither gold,
nor silver,
nor brass
in your purses,
Nor scrip
for your journey,
neither two coats,
neither shoes,
nor yet staves:
for the workman
is worthy
of his meat.
And into whatsoever city
or town
ye shall enter,
enquire
who in it
is worthy;
and there abide
till ye
go thence.
And
when ye come
into an house,
salute it.
And
if the house
be worthy,
let your peace
come upon it:
but
if it
be not worthy,
let your peace return
to you.
And whosoever
shall not receive you,
nor hear
your words,
when ye
depart
out of that house
or city,
shake
off the dust
of your feet.
Verily
I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable
for the land
of Sodom
and Gomorrha
in the day
of judgment,
than
for that city.
Behold,
I send you forth
as sheep
in the midst
of wolves:
be ye therefore wise
as serpents,
and harmless
as doves.
But beware
of men:
for they
will deliver
you up to
the councils,
and
they will scourge you
in their synagogues;
And
ye shall be brought
before governors
and kings
for my sake,
for a testimony
against them and the Gentiles.
But
when
they deliver you
up, take no
thought how
or
what
ye shall speak:
for it
shall be given you
in that same hour
what
ye shall speak.
For it
is not ye that
speak,
but the Spirit
of your Father
which speaketh in you.
And the brother
shall deliver up the brother
to death,
and the father
the child:
and the children
shall rise up
against their parents,
and cause them
to be put
to death.
And
ye shall be hated
of all men
for my name's sake:
but he
that
endureth to the end
shall be saved.
But
when
they persecute you
in this city,
flee
ye into another:
for verily
I say unto you,
Ye shall not have
gone over the cities
of Israel,
till the Son
of man
be come.
The disciple
is not above
his master,
nor the servant above
his lord.
It is enough
for the disciple
that
he be
as his master,
and the servant
as his lord.
If they
have called
the master
of the house Beelzebub,
how much more
shall
they call them
of his household?
Fear them
not therefore:
for there is
nothing covered,
that shall not be revealed;
and hid,
that shall not be known.
What I
tell you
in darkness,
that speak
ye in light:
and
what
ye hear
in the ear,
that preach
ye upon the housetops.
And fear not them which
kill the body,
but are not able
to kill the soul:
but
rather fear him which
is able
to destroy both soul
and body
in hell.
Are not
two sparrows
sold
for a farthing?
and one
of them shall not fall
on the ground
without your Father.
But the very hairs
of your head
are all numbered.
Fear
ye not therefore,
ye are of more value
than many sparrows.
Whosoever
therefore shall confess me
before men,
him will
I confess also
before my Father
which is in heaven.
But whosoever
shall deny me
before men,
him will
I also deny
before my Father
which is in heaven.
Think not
that I
am come
to send peace
on earth:
I came not
to send peace,
but a sword.
For I
am come
to set a man
at variance
against his father,
and the daughter
against her mother,
and the daughter
in law
against her mother
in law.
And a man's foes
shall be
they
of his own household.
He that
loveth
father
or mother more than me
is not worthy of me:
and he
that loveth son
or daughter
more than me
is not worthy of me.
And
he that
taketh not
his cross,
and followeth
after me,
is not worthy of me.
He that
findeth
his life
shall lose it:
and he
that loseth
his life
for my sake shall find it.
He that
receiveth you
receiveth me,
and he
that receiveth me
receiveth him
that sent me.
He that
receiveth
a prophet
in the name
of a prophet
shall receive
a prophet's reward;
and he
that receiveth a righteous man
in the name
of a righteous man
shall receive
a righteous man's reward.
And whosoever
shall give
to drink
unto one of these
little ones a cup
of cold
water only
in the name
of a disciple,
verily
I say unto you,
he shall in no wise
lose his reward.
And it
came
to pass,
when Jesus
had made
an end
of commanding
his twelve disciples,
he departed thence
to teach
and
to preach
in their cities.
Now
when John
had heard
in the prison
the works
of Christ,
he sent two
of his disciples,
And
said unto him,
Art
thou
he that
should come,
or do
we look for another?
Jesus
answered
and
said unto them,
Go and shew John
again those things
which ye
do hear
and see:
The blind
receive their sight,
and the lame walk,
the lepers
are cleansed,
and the deaf hear,
the dead
are raised up,
and the poor
have
the gospel
preached
to them.
And blessed
is he,
whosoever
shall not be offended in me.
And as they departed,
Jesus began
to say
unto the multitudes concerning John,
What
went
ye out
into the wilderness
to see?
A reed
shaken with the wind?
But
what went
ye out
for to see?
A man
clothed
in soft raiment?
behold,
they that wear soft clothing
are in kings' houses.
But
what went
ye out
for to see?
A prophet?
yea,
I say unto you,
and
more than a prophet.
For this
is he,
of whom
it is written,
Behold,
I send
my messenger
before thy face,
which shall prepare
thy way
before thee.
Verily
I say unto you,
Among them
that
are born of women
there hath not risen
a greater than John
the Baptist:
notwithstanding
he that is least
in the kingdom
of heaven
is greater than he.
And from the days
of John the Baptist
until now
the kingdom
of heaven
suffereth violence,
and the violent take it
by force.
For all
the prophets
and the law
prophesied until John.
And
if ye
will receive it,
this is Elias,
which was for
to come.
He that
hath ears
to hear,
let him hear.
But whereunto shall
I liken
this generation?
It is like
unto children
sitting in the markets,
and calling
unto their fellows,
And saying,
We have piped
unto you,
and
ye have not danced;
we have mourned
unto you,
and
ye have not lamented.
For John
came neither eating
nor drinking,
and they say,
He hath
a devil.
The Son of man
came
eating and drinking,
and they say,
Behold a man gluttonous,
and a winebibber,
a friend
of publicans
and sinners.
But wisdom
is justified
of her children.
Then began
he to upbraid
the cities wherein most
of his mighty works
were done,
because
they repented not:
Woe unto thee,
Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
Bethsaida!
for if the mighty works,
which were done
in you,
had been done
in Tyre
and Sidon,
they would have repented long
ago in sackcloth
and ashes.
But
I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre
and Sidon
at the day
of judgment,
than for you.
And thou,
Capernaum,
which art exalted
unto heaven,
shalt be brought down
to hell:
for if the mighty works,
which have been done
in thee,
had been done
in Sodom,
it would have remained until
this day.
But
I say unto you,
That it
shall be more tolerable
for the land
of Sodom
in the day
of judgment,
than for thee.
At that time Jesus
answered
and said,
I thank thee,
O Father,
Lord
of heaven
and earth,
because
thou hast
hid these things
from the wise
and prudent,
and hast revealed them
unto babes.
Even so,
Father:
for so
it seemed good
in thy sight.
All things
are delivered
unto me
of my Father:
and no man
knoweth the Son,
but the Father;
neither knoweth any man
the Father,
save the Son,
and
he to whomsoever
the Son
will reveal him.
Come unto me,
all
ye that labour
and are heavy laden,
and I
will give you rest.
Take my yoke
upon you,
and learn of me;
for I
am meek and
lowly in heart:
and
ye shall find
rest
unto your souls.
For my yoke
is easy,
and my burden
is light.
At that time
Jesus
went on
the sabbath day
through the corn;
and his disciples
were an hungred,
and began
to pluck
the ears
of corn and
to eat.
But
when the Pharisees
saw it,
they said unto him,
Behold,
thy disciples
do
that which
is not lawful
to do
upon the sabbath day.
But
he said unto them,
Have
ye not read
what David did,
when
he was an hungred,
and
they
that were with him;
How he
entered
into the house
of God,
and did eat
the shewbread,
which was not lawful
for him to eat,
neither for them
which were with him,
but only for the priests?
Or have
ye not read
in the law,
how that
on the sabbath days
the priests
in the temple profane the sabbath,
and are blameless?
But
I say unto you,
That in this place
is one
greater than the temple.
But
if ye
had known
what this meaneth,
I will have mercy,
and not sacrifice,
ye would not have condemned
the guiltless.
For the Son
of man
is Lord
even of the sabbath day.
And
when
he was departed
thence,
he went into their synagogue:
And,
behold,
there was
a man which
had his hand withered.
And
they asked him,
saying,
Is it lawful
to heal
on the sabbath days?
that they
might accuse him.
And
he said unto them,
What man
shall there be
among you,
that shall have
one sheep,
and
if it fall
into a pit
on the sabbath day,
will
he not lay
hold on it,
and lift it out?
How much
then is a man
better
than a sheep?
Wherefore
it is lawful
to do well
on the sabbath days.
Then saith
he to the man,
Stretch forth thine hand.
And
he stretched it forth;
and it
was restored whole,
like
as the other.
Then the Pharisees went out,
and held
a council
against him,
how they
might destroy him.
But
when Jesus
knew it,
he withdrew himself
from thence:
and great multitudes
followed him,
and
he healed them all;
And charged them that
they should not make him known:
That it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by Esaias
the prophet,
saying,
Behold my servant,
whom
I have chosen;
my beloved,
in whom
my soul
is well pleased:
I will put
my spirit
upon him,
and
he shall shew judgment
to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive,
nor cry;
neither shall
any man
hear his voice
in the streets.
A bruised reed
shall
he not break,
and smoking flax
shall
he not quench,
till he
send forth judgment
unto victory.
And in his name
shall
the Gentiles trust.
Then was brought
unto him one
possessed
with a devil,
blind,
and dumb:
and
he healed him,
insomuch
that the blind
and dumb both
spake and saw.
And all
the people
were amazed,
and said,
Is not
this the son
of David?
But
when the Pharisees
heard it,
they said,
This fellow
doth not cast
out devils,
but by Beelzebub
the prince
of the devils.
And Jesus
knew their thoughts,
and
said unto them,
Every kingdom
divided
against itself
is brought
to desolation;
and every city
or house
divided
against itself
shall not stand:
And
if Satan cast
out Satan,
he is divided
against himself;
how shall
then his kingdom stand?
And
if I
by Beelzebub
cast out devils,
by whom do
your children
cast them out?
therefore they
shall be
your judges.
But
if I cast
out devils
by the Spirit
of God,
then
the kingdom
of God
is come
unto you.
Or else
how can
one enter
into a strong man's house,
and spoil
his goods,
except he
first bind
the strong man?
and
then
he will spoil
his house.
He that is not
with me is against me;
and he
that gathereth not
with me
scattereth abroad.
Wherefore
I say unto you,
All manner
of sin
and blasphemy
shall be forgiven
unto men:
but
the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven
unto men.
And whosoever
speaketh
a word
against the Son
of man,
it shall be forgiven him:
but whosoever
speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world,
neither in the world
to come.
Either make
the tree good,
and his fruit good;
or else
make the tree corrupt,
and his fruit corrupt:
for the tree
is known
by his fruit.
O generation
of vipers,
how can ye,
being evil,
speak good things?
for out of the abundance
of the heart
the mouth speaketh.
A good man
out of the good treasure
of the heart
bringeth forth good things:
and
an evil man
out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
But
I say unto you,
That every idle
word that men
shall speak,
they shall give account
thereof in the day
of judgment.
For by thy
words
thou shalt be justified,
and by thy
words
thou shalt be condemned.
Then certain
of the scribes
and of the Pharisees answered,
saying,
Master,
we would see a sign
from thee.
But he
answered
and
said unto them,
An evil
and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign;
and there shall
no sign
be given to it,
but the sign
of the prophet Jonas:
For as Jonas
was three days
and three nights
in the whale's belly;
so shall
the Son of man
be three days
and three nights
in the heart
of the earth.
The men
of Nineveh
shall rise
in judgment
with this generation,
and shall condemn it:
because
they repented
at the preaching
of Jonas;
and,
behold,
a greater than Jonas
is here.
The queen
of the south
shall rise up
in the judgment
with this generation,
and shall condemn it:
for she came
from the uttermost parts
of the earth
to hear the wisdom
of Solomon;
and,
behold,
a greater than Solomon
is here.
When the unclean spirit
is gone
out of a man,
he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest,
and findeth none.
Then he saith,
I will return
into my house
from whence
I came out;
and
when he
is come,
he findeth
it empty,
swept,
and garnished.
Then goeth he,
and taketh with himself
seven other spirits more wicked
than himself,
and they
enter
in and dwell there:
and the last state
of that man
is worse
than the first.
Even so
shall
it be also
unto this
wicked generation.
While he
yet talked
to the people,
behold,
his mother
and his brethren
stood without,
desiring
to speak with him.
Then
one
said unto him,
Behold,
thy mother
and thy brethren
stand without,
desiring
to speak
with thee.
But
he answered
and said
unto him that
told him,
Who is my mother?
and
who are my brethren?
And he
stretched
forth his hand
toward his disciples,
and said,
Behold my mother
and my brethren!
For whosoever
shall do
the will
of my Father
which is in heaven,
the same
is my brother,
and sister,
and mother.
The same day
went Jesus
out of the house,
and sat
by the sea side.
And great multitudes
were gathered together unto him,
so that
he went into a ship,
and sat;
and the whole multitude
stood
on the shore.
And
he spake many things
unto them
in parables,
saying,
Behold,
a sower
went forth
to sow;
And
when he sowed,
some seeds
fell by the way side,
and the fowls
came
and
devoured them up:
Some fell
upon stony places,
where they
had not much earth:
and forthwith
they sprung up,
because
they had no deepness
of earth:
And
when the sun
was up,
they were scorched;
and because
they
had no root,
they withered away.
And some fell
among thorns;
and the thorns
sprung up,
and choked them:
But other
fell
into good ground,
and brought forth fruit,
some an hundredfold,
some sixtyfold,
some thirtyfold.
Who hath ears
to hear,
let him hear.
And the disciples came,
and
said unto him,
Why speakest
thou unto them
in parables?
He answered
and
said unto them,
Because it
is given
unto you
to know the mysteries
of the kingdom
of heaven,
but to them
it is not given.
For whosoever hath,
to him
shall be given,
and
he shall have
more abundance:
but whosoever
hath not,
from him shall be taken away even
that
he hath.
Therefore speak
I to them
in parables:
because
they seeing
see not;
and hearing
they hear not,
neither do
they understand.
And
in them is fulfilled
the prophecy
of Esaias,
which saith,
By hearing
ye shall hear,
and shall not understand;
and seeing
ye shall see,
and shall not perceive:
For this
people's heart
is waxed gross,
and their ears
are dull
of hearing,
and their eyes
they have closed;
lest at any time
they should see
with their eyes
and hear
with their ears,
and should understand
with their heart,
and should be converted,
and
I should heal them.
But blessed
are your eyes,
for they see:
and your ears,
for they hear.
For verily
I say unto you,
That many prophets
and righteous men
have desired
to see those things
which ye see,
and have not seen them;
and
to hear those things
which ye hear,
and have not heard them.
Hear ye
therefore the parable
of the sower.
When any one heareth
the word
of the kingdom,
and understandeth it not,
then cometh the wicked one,
and catcheth away
that which
was sown
in his heart.
This is
he which received
seed
by the way side.
But
he that
received
the seed
into stony places,
the same
is
he that heareth
the word,
and anon with joy
receiveth it;
Yet hath
he not root
in himself,
but dureth
for a while:
for when tribulation
or persecution
ariseth
because
of the word,
by and by
he is offended.
He also
that received
seed
among the thorns
is
he that heareth
the word;
and the care
of this world,
and the deceitfulness
of riches,
choke the word,
and
he becometh unfruitful.
But he
that received
seed into the good ground
is
he that heareth
the word,
and understandeth it;
which also beareth fruit,
and
bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold,
some sixty,
some thirty.
Another parable put
he forth unto them,
saying,
The kingdom
of heaven
is likened
unto a man which sowed
good seed
in his field:
But
while men slept,
his enemy
came
and sowed
tares
among the wheat,
and went his way.
But
when the blade
was sprung up,
and brought forth fruit,
then appeared
the tares also.
So the servants
of the householder
came
and
said unto him,
Sir,
didst not
thou sow good seed
in thy field?
from whence
then hath
it tares?
He said unto them,
An enemy
hath done this.
The servants
said unto him,
Wilt thou
then that
we go
and
gather them up?
But he said,
Nay;
lest
while ye
gather
up the tares,
ye root
up also the wheat
with them.
Let both
grow together until
the harvest:
and in the time
of harvest
I will say
to the reapers,
Gather
ye together first
the tares,
and bind them
in bundles
to burn them:
but gather
the wheat
into my barn.
Another parable put
he forth unto them,
saying,
The kingdom
of heaven
is like
to a grain
of mustard seed,
which a man took,
and sowed
in his field:
Which indeed is the least
of all seeds:
but
when it
is grown,
it is the greatest
among herbs,
and becometh a tree,
so that the birds
of the air
come
and lodge
in the branches
thereof.
Another parable
spake
he unto them;
The kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto leaven,
which a woman took,
and hid in three measures
of meal,
till the whole
was leavened.
All these things
spake Jesus
unto the multitude
in parables;
and without a parable
spake
he not unto them:
That it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by the prophet,
saying,
I will open my mouth
in parables;
I will utter things which
have been kept secret
from the foundation
of the world.
Then Jesus
sent
the multitude away,
and went into the house:
and his disciples
came unto him,
saying,
Declare unto us the parable
of the tares
of the field.
He answered
and
said unto them,
He that
soweth
the good seed
is the Son
of man;
The field
is the world;
the good seed
are the children
of the kingdom;
but the tares
are the children
of the wicked one;
The enemy that
sowed them
is the devil;
the harvest
is the end
of the world;
and the reapers
are the angels.
As therefore
the tares
are gathered
and burned
in the fire;
so shall
it be
in the end
of this world.
The Son of man
shall send
forth his angels,
and they
shall gather
out of his kingdom
all things that offend,
and them which
do iniquity;
And shall cast them
into a furnace
of fire:
there shall be wailing
and gnashing
of teeth.
Then shall
the righteous shine forth
as the sun
in the kingdom
of their Father.
Who hath ears
to hear,
let him hear.
Again,
the kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto treasure
hid in a field;
the which
when a man
hath found,
he hideth,
and for joy
thereof goeth
and selleth all that
he hath,
and buyeth that field.
Again,
the kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto a merchant man,
seeking goodly pearls:
Who,
when
he had found one pearl
of great price,
went
and sold all that
he had,
and bought it.
Again,
the kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto a net,
that was cast
into the sea,
and gathered
of every kind:
Which,
when it
was full,
they drew to shore,
and sat down,
and gathered
the good
into vessels,
but cast
the bad away.
So shall
it be
at the end
of the world:
the angels
shall come forth,
and sever
the wicked from
among the just,
And shall cast them
into the furnace
of fire:
there shall be wailing
and gnashing
of teeth.
Jesus
saith unto them,
Have
ye understood all
these things?
They say unto him,
Yea, Lord.
Then said
he unto them,
Therefore every scribe
which is instructed
unto the kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto a man
that is
an householder,
which bringeth forth
out of his treasure things
new
and old.
And it
came
to pass,
that when Jesus
had finished
these parables,
he departed thence.
And
when he
was come
into his own country,
he taught them
in their synagogue,
insomuch
that
they were astonished,
and said,
Whence
hath
this man
this wisdom,
and these mighty works?
Is not
this the carpenter's son?
is not
his mother called Mary?
and his brethren,
James,
and Joses,
and Simon,
and Judas?
And his sisters,
are
they not
all with us?
Whence then
hath this man
all these things?
And
they
were offended in him.
But Jesus
said unto them,
A prophet
is not
without honour,
save
in his own country,
and
in his own house.
And
he did not many mighty
works there
because
of their unbelief.
At that time Herod
the tetrarch heard
of the fame
of Jesus,
And said
unto his servants,
This is John
the Baptist;
he is risen
from the dead;
and therefore mighty works
do shew
forth themselves
in him.
For Herod
had laid
hold on John,
and bound him,
and put him
in prison
for Herodias' sake,
his brother Philip's wife.
For John
said unto him,
It is not lawful
for thee to have her.
And
when
he would have put him
to death,
he feared
the multitude,
because
they counted him
as a prophet.
But
when Herod's birthday
was kept,
the daughter
of Herodias
danced
before them,
and pleased Herod.
Whereupon
he promised
with an oath
to give her
whatsoever she would ask.
And she,
being
before instructed
of her mother,
said,
Give me here
John Baptist's head
in a charger.
And the king
was sorry:
nevertheless for the oath's sake,
and them which
sat with him
at meat,
he commanded it
to be given her.
And he sent,
and beheaded John
in the prison.
And his head
was brought in
a charger,
and given
to the damsel:
and
she brought it
to her mother.
And his disciples came,
and took up
the body,
and buried it,
and went
and told Jesus.
When Jesus
heard of it,
he departed thence
by ship
into a desert place apart:
and
when the people
had heard thereof,
they followed him
on foot
out of the cities.
And Jesus
went forth,
and saw
a great multitude,
and was moved
with compassion
toward them,
and
he healed
their sick.
And
when it
was evening,
his disciples
came to him,
saying,
This is a desert place,
and the time
is now past;
send
the multitude away,
that they
may go
into the villages,
and buy
themselves victuals.
But Jesus
said unto them,
They
need
not depart;
give
ye them
to eat.
And
they
say unto him,
We have here
but five loaves,
and two fishes.
He said,
Bring
them hither to me.
And he
commanded
the multitude to
sit down
on the grass,
and took the five loaves,
and the two fishes,
and looking up to heaven,
he blessed,
and brake,
and gave
the loaves
to his disciples,
and the disciples
to the multitude.
And
they did all eat,
and were filled:
and
they took up
of the fragments
that remained twelve baskets full.
And they
that had eaten
were about five thousand men,
beside women
and children.
And straightway
Jesus
constrained
his disciples
to get
into a ship,
and to go
before him
unto the other side,
while he
sent
the multitudes away.
And
when he
had sent
the multitudes away,
he went up
into a mountain
apart to pray:
and
when the evening
was come,
he was there alone.
But the ship
was now in the midst
of the sea,
tossed with waves:
for the wind
was contrary.
And
in the fourth watch
of the night Jesus
went unto them,
walking
on the sea.
And
when the disciples
saw him
walking
on the sea,
they were troubled,
saying,
It is a spirit;
and
they cried out for fear.
But straightway
Jesus
spake unto them,
saying,
Be of good cheer;
it is I;
be not afraid.
And Peter
answered him
and said,
Lord,
if it
be thou,
bid me
come unto thee
on the water.
And he said,
Come.
And
when Peter
was come down
out of the ship,
he walked
on the water,
to go
to Jesus.
But
when he
saw
the wind boisterous,
he was afraid;
and beginning
to sink,
he cried,
saying,
Lord,
save me.
And immediately
Jesus
stretched
forth his hand,
and caught him,
and
said unto him,
O thou
of little faith,
wherefore didst
thou doubt?
And
when
they were come
into the ship,
the wind ceased.
Then they
that
were in the ship
came
and worshipped him,
saying,
Of a truth
thou art
the Son
of God.
And
when
they were gone over,
they came
into the land
of Gennesaret.
And
when the men
of that place
had knowledge
of him,
they sent out
into all
that country round about,
and brought
unto him all
that were diseased;
And besought him
that they
might only touch
the hem
of his garment:
and
as many
as touched
were made perfectly whole.
Then came
to Jesus
scribes
and Pharisees,
which were of Jerusalem,
saying,
Why do
thy disciples
transgress the tradition
of the elders?
for they
wash not their hands
when
they eat bread.
But he
answered
and
said unto them,
Why do
ye also transgress
the commandment
of God
by your tradition?
For God commanded,
saying,
Honour thy
father
and mother:
and,
He that
curseth
father or mother,
let him die the death.
But ye say,
Whosoever
shall say
to his father
or his mother,
It is a gift,
by whatsoever
thou
mightest be profited by me;
And honour not
his father
or his mother,
he shall be free.
Thus
have
ye made
the commandment
of God
of none effect
by your tradition.
Ye hypocrites,
well did
Esaias prophesy
of you,
saying,
This people
draweth nigh
unto me
with their mouth,
and honoureth me
with their lips;
but their heart
is far
from me.
But in vain
they do worship me,
teaching
for doctrines
the commandments
of men.
And
he called
the multitude,
and
said unto them,
Hear,
and understand:
Not that
which goeth into the mouth
defileth a man;
but
that which
cometh out of the mouth,
this defileth a man.
Then came
his disciples,
and
said unto him,
Knowest
thou
that the Pharisees
were offended,
after they
heard this saying?
But he
answered
and said,
Every plant,
which my heavenly Father
hath not planted,
shall be rooted up.
Let them alone:
they be blind leaders
of the blind.
And
if the blind
lead the blind,
both shall fall
into the ditch.
Then answered Peter
and
said unto him,
Declare unto us this parable.
And Jesus said,
Are
ye
also yet without understanding?
Do not
ye yet understand,
that whatsoever entereth in
at the mouth
goeth into the belly,
and is cast out
into the draught?
But those things
which proceed
out of the mouth
come forth
from the heart;
and
they defile
the man.
For out of the heart
proceed evil thoughts,
murders,
adulteries,
fornications,
thefts,
false witness,
blasphemies:
These are the things
which defile a man:
but
to eat
with unwashen hands
defileth not
a man.
Then Jesus
went thence,
and departed
into the coasts
of Tyre and Sidon.
And,
behold,
a woman of Canaan
came
out of the same coasts,
and
cried unto him,
saying,
Have mercy
on me, O Lord,
thou son
of David;
my daughter
is grievously vexed
with a devil.
But
he answered her
not a word.
And his disciples
came
and besought him,
saying,
Send her away;
for she
crieth
after us.
But he
answered
and said,
I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep
of the house
of Israel.
Then came
she
and worshipped him,
saying,
Lord,
help me.
But he
answered
and said,
It is not
meet to take
the children's bread,
and to cast it
to dogs.
And she said,
Truth, Lord:
yet the dogs
eat
of the crumbs which fall
from their masters' table.
Then Jesus
answered
and said
unto her,
O woman,
great is thy faith:
be it unto thee
even as thou wilt.
And her daughter
was made whole
from that very hour.
And Jesus
departed
from thence,
and came nigh
unto the sea
of Galilee;
and went up
into a mountain,
and sat down there.
And great multitudes
came unto him,
having with them those
that were lame,
blind,
dumb,
maimed,
and many others,
and cast
them down
at Jesus' feet;
and
he healed them:
Insomuch
that the multitude wondered,
when
they saw
the dumb
to speak,
the maimed
to be whole,
the lame to walk,
and the blind
to see:
and
they glorified
the God
of Israel.
Then Jesus
called
his disciples
unto him,
and said,
I have compassion
on the multitude,
because
they continue
with me now three days,
and have nothing
to eat:
and
I will not send them
away fasting,
lest
they faint
in the way.
And his disciples
say unto him,
Whence
should
we have so much bread
in the wilderness,
as to fill so great
a multitude?
And Jesus
saith unto them,
How many loaves
have ye?
And they said,
Seven,
and a few little fishes.
And he
commanded
the multitude to
sit down
on the ground.
And
he took
the seven loaves
and the fishes,
and gave thanks,
and brake them,
and gave to his disciples,
and the disciples
to the multitude.
And
they did all eat,
and were filled:
and
they took up
of the broken meat
that was left seven baskets full.
And they
that did eat
were four thousand men,
beside women
and children.
And
he sent away
the multitude,
and took ship,
and came
into the coasts
of Magdala.
The Pharisees
also with the Sadducees came,
and tempting
desired him
that he
would shew them
a sign
from heaven.
He answered
and
said unto them,
When it
is evening,
ye say,
It will be fair weather:
for the sky is red.
And
in the morning,
It will be
foul
weather to day:
for the sky
is red
and lowering.
O ye hypocrites,
ye can discern the face
of the sky;
but can
ye not discern
the signs
of the times?
A wicked
and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign;
and there shall
no sign
be given unto it,
but the sign
of the prophet Jonas.
And he
left them,
and departed.
And
when his disciples
were come
to the other side,
they had forgotten
to take bread.
Then Jesus
said unto them,
Take
heed
and beware
of the leaven
of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees.
And they
reasoned
among themselves,
saying,
It is
because
we have taken no bread.
Which when Jesus perceived,
he said unto them,
O ye
of little faith,
why reason
ye among yourselves,
because
ye have brought
no bread?
Do ye
not yet understand,
neither remember
the five loaves
of the five thousand,
and how many baskets
ye took up?
Neither
the seven loaves
of the four thousand,
and how many baskets
ye took up?
How is it that
ye do not understand
that I
spake it
not to you
concerning bread,
that ye
should beware
of the leaven
of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees?
Then understood they
how that
he bade them not beware
of the leaven
of bread,
but of the doctrine
of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees.
When Jesus
came
into the coasts
of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked
his disciples,
saying,
Whom do men
say that
I the Son
of man am?
And they said,
Some say that
thou art John
the Baptist:
some,
Elias;
and others,
Jeremias,
or one
of the prophets.
He saith unto them,
But whom say
ye that I am?
And Simon Peter
answered
and said,
Thou art the Christ,
the Son
of the living God.
And Jesus
answered
and
said unto him,
Blessed art thou,
Simon Barjona:
for flesh
and blood
hath not revealed it
unto thee,
but my Father
which is in heaven.
And
I say also
unto thee,
That thou art Peter,
and
upon this rock
I will build
my church;
and the gates
of hell
shall not prevail
against it.
And
I will give
unto thee
the keys
of the kingdom
of heaven:
and
whatsoever thou
shalt bind
on earth
shall be bound
in heaven:
and
whatsoever thou
shalt loose
on earth
shall be loosed
in heaven.
Then charged
he his disciples
that they
should tell no man
that he
was Jesus
the Christ.
From that time
forth began Jesus
to shew
unto his disciples,
how that
he must go
unto Jerusalem,
and suffer many things
of the elders
and chief priests
and scribes,
and be killed,
and be raised again
the third day.
Then Peter
took him,
and began
to rebuke him,
saying,
Be it far
from thee,
Lord:
this shall not be
unto thee.
But he turned,
and said
unto Peter,
Get thee
behind me, Satan:
thou art
an offence
unto me:
for thou
savourest not
the things that
be of God,
but those that
be of men.
Then said Jesus
unto his disciples,
If any man
will come
after me,
let him
deny himself,
and take up
his cross,
and follow me.
For whosoever
will save
his life
shall lose it:
and whosoever
will lose
his life
for my sake shall find it.
For what
is a man profited,
if he
shall gain
the whole world,
and lose
his own soul?
or what
shall a man
give
in exchange
for his soul?
For the Son
of man
shall come in the glory
of his Father
with his angels;
and
then
he shall reward every man
according to his works.
Verily
I say unto you,
There
be
some standing here,
which shall not taste
of death,
till they
see the Son
of man
coming in
his kingdom.
And after six days
Jesus taketh Peter, James,
and John
his brother,
and bringeth
them up
into an high mountain apart,
And was transfigured
before them:
and his face
did shine
as the sun,
and his raiment
was white
as the light.
And,
behold,
there appeared
unto them Moses
and Elias
talking with him.
Then answered Peter,
and said
unto Jesus, Lord,
it is good
for us to be here:
if thou wilt,
let us
make here three tabernacles;
one for thee,
and one
for Moses,
and one
for Elias.
While he
yet spake,
behold,
a bright cloud
overshadowed them:
and behold
a voice
out of the cloud,
which said,
This is my beloved Son,
in whom
I am well pleased;
hear ye him.
And
when the disciples
heard it,
they fell
on their face,
and were sore afraid.
And Jesus
came
and touched them,
and said,
Arise,
and be not afraid.
And
when
they had lifted
up their eyes,
they saw no man,
save Jesus only.
And as they
came down
from the mountain,
Jesus charged them,
saying,
Tell the vision
to no man,
until the Son
of man
be risen again
from the dead.
And his disciples
asked him,
saying,
Why
then say
the scribes that Elias
must first come?
And Jesus
answered
and
said unto them,
Elias truly shall first come,
and restore
all things.
But
I say unto you,
That Elias
is come already,
and
they knew him not,
but have done
unto him whatsoever
they listed.
Likewise
shall also
the Son
of man
suffer of them.
Then the disciples
understood
that he
spake unto them of John
the Baptist.
And
when
they were come
to the multitude,
there came
to him
a certain man,
kneeling down
to him,
and saying,
Lord,
have mercy
on my son:
for he
is lunatick,
and sore vexed:
for ofttimes
he falleth into the fire,
and oft
into the water.
And
I brought him
to thy disciples,
and
they could not cure him.
Then Jesus
answered
and said,
O faithless
and perverse generation,
how long
shall
I be with you?
how long
shall
I suffer you?
bring him hither to me.
And Jesus
rebuked the devil;
and
he departed out of him:
and the child
was cured
from that very hour.
Then came
the disciples
to Jesus apart,
and said,
Why could not
we cast him out?
And Jesus
said unto them,
Because
of your unbelief:
for verily
I say unto you,
If ye
have
faith as a grain
of mustard seed,
ye shall say
unto this mountain,
Remove
hence to yonder place;
and it
shall remove;
and nothing
shall be impossible
unto you.
Howbeit this kind
goeth not
out but by prayer
and fasting.
And
while they abode
in Galilee,
Jesus
said unto them,
The Son of man
shall be betrayed
into the hands
of men:
And
they shall kill him,
and the third day
he shall be raised again.
And
they were exceeding sorry.
And
when
they were come
to Capernaum,
they that
received
tribute money
came
to Peter,
and said,
Doth
not your master pay tribute?
He saith,
Yes.
And
when he
was come
into the house,
Jesus prevented him,
saying,
What thinkest thou,
Simon?
of whom do
the kings
of the earth take custom
or tribute?
of their own children,
or of strangers?
Peter
saith unto him,
Of strangers.
Jesus
saith unto him,
Then
are
the children free.
Notwithstanding,
lest
we should offend them,
go thou
to the sea,
and cast an hook,
and take up
the fish
that first cometh up;
and
when
thou hast opened
his mouth,
thou shalt find
a piece of money:
that take,
and give
unto them for me and thee.
At the same time
came the disciples
unto Jesus,
saying,
Who is the greatest
in the kingdom
of heaven?
And Jesus
called
a little child
unto him,
and set him
in the midst
of them,
And said,
Verily I
say unto you,
Except
ye be converted,
and become
as little children,
ye shall not enter
into the kingdom
of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall
humble himself
as this little child,
the same
is greatest
in the kingdom
of heaven.
And
whoso
shall receive
one
such little child
in my name
receiveth me.
But
whoso
shall offend
one
of these little ones which
believe in me,
it were
better for him that
a millstone
were hanged
about his neck,
and
that he
were drowned
in the depth
of the sea.
Woe unto the world
because
of offences!
for it
must needs be
that offences come;
but woe to
that man by whom
the offence cometh!
Wherefore
if thy hand
or thy
foot
offend thee,
cut them off,
and cast them
from thee:
it is
better
for thee
to enter
into life halt
or maimed,
rather than having two hands
or two feet
to be cast
into everlasting fire.
And if thine
eye
offend thee,
pluck it out,
and cast it
from thee:
it is
better for thee
to enter
into life
with one eye,
rather than having
two eyes
to be cast
into hell fire.
Take heed that
ye despise not one
of these little ones;
for I
say unto you,
That in heaven
their angels
do always behold the face
of my Father
which is in heaven.
For the Son
of man
is come to save
that which
was lost.
How think ye?
if a man
have an hundred sheep,
and one
of them be gone astray,
doth
he not leave
the ninety
and nine,
and goeth into the mountains,
and seeketh
that which
is gone astray?
And
if so
be that
he find it,
verily
I say unto you,
he rejoiceth more
of that sheep,
than
of the ninety
and nine which
went not astray.
Even so
it is not the will
of your Father
which is in heaven,
that one
of these little
ones should perish.
Moreover if thy brother
shall trespass
against thee,
go and tell him
his fault
between thee
and him alone:
if he
shall hear thee,
thou hast gained
thy brother.
But
if he
will not hear thee,
then take
with thee one
or two more,
that in the mouth
of two
or three witnesses every word
may be established.
And
if he
shall neglect
to hear them,
tell it
unto the church:
but
if he
neglect
to hear the church,
let him
be unto thee
as an heathen man
and a publican.
Verily
I say unto you,
Whatsoever
ye shall bind
on earth
shall be bound
in heaven:
and whatsoever
ye shall loose
on earth
shall be loosed
in heaven.
Again
I say unto you,
That if two
of you
shall agree on
earth
as touching any thing
that
they shall ask,
it shall be done
for them
of my Father
which is in heaven.
For where two
or three
are gathered together
in my name,
there am
I in the midst
of them.
Then came Peter
to him,
and said,
Lord,
how oft
shall
my brother
sin against me,
and
I forgive him?
till seven times?
Jesus
saith unto him,
I say not
unto thee,
Until seven times:
but,
Until seventy times seven.
Therefore is
the kingdom
of heaven
likened
unto a certain king,
which would take account
of his servants.
And
when
he had begun
to reckon,
one
was brought unto him,
which owed him
ten thousand talents.
But forasmuch as he
had not to pay,
his lord
commanded him
to be sold,
and his wife,
and children,
and all that
he had,
and payment
to be made.
The servant
therefore fell down,
and worshipped him,
saying,
Lord,
have patience
with me,
and
I will pay
thee all.
Then the lord
of that servant
was moved
with compassion,
and loosed him,
and forgave him
the debt.
But the same servant went out,
and found one
of his fellowservants,
which owed him
an hundred pence:
and
he laid
hands on him,
and took him
by the throat,
saying,
Pay me
that thou owest.
And his fellowservant
fell down
at his feet,
and besought him,
saying,
Have patience
with me,
and
I will pay
thee all.
And he
would not:
but went
and cast him
into prison,
till he
should pay
the debt.
So when his fellowservants
saw
what was done,
they were very sorry,
and came
and told
unto their lord all
that was done.
Then his lord,
after that
he had called him,
said unto him,
O thou wicked servant,
I forgave thee all
that debt,
because
thou desiredst me:
Shouldest not
thou also have had compassion
on thy fellowservant,
even as
I had
pity on thee?
And his lord
was wroth,
and delivered him
to the tormentors,
till he
should pay
all
that was due
unto him.
So likewise
shall my heavenly Father
do also unto you,
if ye
from your hearts
forgive not every one
his brother
their trespasses.
And it
came
to pass,
that when Jesus
had finished
these sayings,
he departed
from Galilee,
and came
into the coasts
of Judaea
beyond Jordan;
And great multitudes
followed him;
and
he healed them there.
The Pharisees
also came unto him,
tempting him,
and
saying unto him,
Is it lawful
for a man
to put away
his wife
for every cause?
And he
answered
and
said unto them,
Have
ye not read,
that he
which made them
at the beginning
made them male
and female,
And said,
For this cause
shall a man
leave
father
and mother,
and shall cleave
to his wife:
and
they twain
shall be one flesh?
Wherefore
they are
no more twain,
but one flesh.
What
therefore God
hath joined together,
let not man
put asunder.
They say unto him,
Why did Moses
then command
to give
a
writing
of divorcement,
and to put
her away?
He saith unto them,
Moses
because
of the hardness
of your hearts
suffered you
to put away your wives:
but from the beginning
it was not so.
And
I say unto you,
Whosoever
shall put away
his wife,
except it
be for fornication,
and shall marry
another,
committeth adultery:
and
whoso
marrieth
her which
is put
away doth commit
adultery.
His disciples
say unto him,
If the case
of the man
be so
with his wife,
it is not good
to marry.
But
he said unto them,
All men
cannot receive
this saying,
save they
to whom it
is given.
For there are some eunuchs,
which were so born
from their mother's womb:
and there are
some eunuchs,
which were made eunuchs
of men:
and there be
eunuchs,
which have made
themselves eunuchs
for the kingdom
of heaven's sake.
He that is able
to receive it,
let him receive it.
Then were there brought
unto him little children,
that he
should put
his hands
on them,
and pray:
and the disciples
rebuked them.
But Jesus said,
Suffer little children,
and forbid them not,
to come unto me:
for of such
is the kingdom
of heaven.
And he
laid
his hands
on them,
and departed
thence.
And,
behold,
one came
and
said unto him,
Good Master,
what good thing
shall
I do,
that I
may have
eternal life?
And
he said unto him,
Why callest
thou me good?
there is none good
but one,
that is,
God:
but
if thou
wilt enter
into life,
keep the commandments.
He saith unto him,
Which?
Jesus said,
Thou
shalt do
no murder,
Thou
shalt not commit
adultery,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou
shalt not bear
false witness,
Honour
thy father
and thy mother:
and,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
The young man
saith unto him,
All these things
have
I kept
from my youth up:
what lack
I yet?
Jesus
said unto him,
If thou
wilt be perfect,
go and sell that
thou hast,
and give
to the poor,
and
thou shalt have
treasure
in heaven:
and come
and follow me.
But
when the young man
heard
that saying,
he went away sorrowful:
for he
had great possessions.
Then said Jesus
unto his disciples,
Verily I
say unto you,
That a rich man
shall hardly enter
into the kingdom
of heaven.
And again
I say unto you,
It is easier
for a camel
to go through the eye
of a needle,
than for a
rich man
to enter
into the kingdom
of God.
When his disciples
heard it,
they were exceedingly amazed,
saying,
Who
then can be saved?
But Jesus
beheld them,
and
said unto them,
With men
this is impossible;
but with God all things
are possible.
Then answered Peter
and
said unto him,
Behold,
we have forsaken all,
and followed thee;
what shall
we have therefore?
And Jesus
said unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
That ye
which have followed me,
in the regeneration
when the Son
of man
shall sit
in the throne
of his glory,
ye also shall sit
upon twelve thrones,
judging
the twelve tribes
of Israel.
And every one that
hath forsaken houses,
or brethren,
or sisters,
or father,
or mother,
or wife,
or children,
or lands,
for my name's sake,
shall receive
an hundredfold,
and shall inherit
everlasting life.
But many
that are
first shall be last;
and the last
shall be first.
For the kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto a man
that is
an householder,
which went out early
in the morning
to hire labourers
into his vineyard.
And
when
he had agreed
with the labourers
for a penny a day,
he sent them
into his vineyard.
And he
went out
about the third hour,
and saw others
standing
idle
in the marketplace,
And
said unto them;
Go ye
also into the vineyard,
and whatsoever is
right
I will give you.
And
they went their way.
Again
he went out
about the sixth
and ninth hour,
and did likewise.
And
about the eleventh hour
he went out,
and found
others standing idle,
and
saith unto them,
Why stand
ye here
all the day idle?
They say unto him,
Because no man
hath hired us.
He saith unto them,
Go ye
also into the vineyard;
and whatsoever is right,
that shall
ye receive.
So when
even was come,
the lord
of the vineyard
saith unto his steward,
Call the labourers,
and give them
their hire,
beginning
from the last
unto the first.
And
when they
came
that were hired
about the eleventh hour,
they received every man
a penny.
But
when the first came,
they supposed
that they
should have received more;
and
they likewise
received every man
a penny.
And
when
they had received it,
they murmured
against the goodman
of the house,
Saying,
These
last
have wrought
but one hour,
and
thou hast made them
equal unto us,
which have borne
the burden
and heat
of the day.
But
he answered one
of them,
and said,
Friend,
I do
thee no wrong:
didst not
thou
agree with me
for a penny?
Take
that thine is,
and go thy way:
I will give
unto this last,
even as
unto thee.
Is it not lawful
for me to do what
I will with mine own?
Is thine
eye evil,
because
I am good?
So the last
shall be first,
and the first last:
for many
be called,
but few chosen.
And Jesus
going
up to Jerusalem
took the twelve disciples
apart in the way,
and
said unto them,
Behold,
we go
up to Jerusalem;
and the Son
of man
shall be betrayed
unto the chief priests
and unto the scribes,
and
they shall condemn him
to death,
And shall deliver him
to the Gentiles
to mock,
and to scourge,
and
to crucify him:
and the third day
he shall rise again.
Then came
to him the mother
of Zebedees children
with her sons,
worshipping him,
and desiring
a certain thing
of him.
And he
said
unto her,
What wilt thou?
She saith unto him,
Grant
that these
my two sons
may sit,
the one on thy
right hand,
and the other
on the left,
in thy kingdom.
But Jesus
answered
and said,
Ye know not
what ye ask.
Are
ye able
to drink
of the cup
that I
shall drink of,
and
to be baptized
with the baptism
that I
am baptized with?
They say unto him,
We are able.
And
he saith unto them,
Ye shall drink indeed
of my cup,
and be baptized
with the baptism
that I
am baptized with:
but to sit
on my right hand,
and on my left,
is not mine
to give,
but it
shall be given
to them
for whom it
is prepared
of my Father.
And
when the ten heard it,
they were moved with indignation
against the two brethren.
But Jesus
called them unto him,
and said,
Ye know
that the princes
of the Gentiles exercise dominion
over them,
and they
that are great
exercise authority
upon them.
But it
shall not be so
among you:
but whosoever
will be great
among you,
let him
be your minister;
And whosoever
will be chief
among you,
let him
be your servant:
Even as the Son
of man
came not
to be ministered unto,
but to minister,
and
to give his life
a ransom
for many.
And as they
departed
from Jericho,
a great multitude
followed him.
And,
behold,
two blind men
sitting by the way side,
when they
heard
that Jesus
passed by,
cried out,
saying,
Have mercy
on us, O Lord,
thou son
of David.
And the multitude
rebuked them,
because
they should hold
their peace:
but
they cried
the more,
saying,
Have mercy
on us, O Lord,
thou son
of David.
And Jesus
stood still,
and called them,
and said,
What
will
ye that
I shall do
unto you?
They say unto him,
Lord,
that our eyes
may be opened.
So Jesus
had compassion
on them,
and touched
their eyes:
and immediately
their eyes
received sight,
and
they followed him.
And
when
they drew nigh
unto Jerusalem,
and were come
to Bethphage,
unto the mount
of Olives,
then sent
Jesus two disciples,
Saying unto them,
Go into the village over
against you,
and straightway
ye shall find
an ass tied,
and a colt
with her:
loose them,
and
bring them unto me.
And
if any man
say ought
unto you,
ye shall say,
The Lord
hath
need of them;
and straightway
he will send them.
All this
was done,
that it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by the prophet,
saying,
Tell
ye the daughter
of Sion, Behold,
thy King
cometh unto thee,
meek,
and sitting
upon an ass,
and a colt
the foal
of an ass.
And the disciples went,
and did as Jesus
commanded them,
And brought
the ass,
and the colt,
and put on them
their clothes,
and
they set him thereon.
And a very great multitude
spread
their garments
in the way;
others
cut down
branches
from the trees,
and strawed them
in the way.
And the multitudes
that went before,
and
that followed,
cried,
saying,
Hosanna
to the son
of David:
Blessed
is
he that
cometh in the name
of the Lord;
Hosanna
in the highest.
And
when he
was come
into Jerusalem,
all the city
was moved,
saying,
Who is this?
And the multitude said,
This is Jesus
the prophet
of Nazareth
of Galilee.
And Jesus
went into the temple
of God,
and cast out all
them
that sold
and bought
in the temple,
and overthrew
the tables
of the moneychangers,
and the seats
of them
that sold doves,
And
said unto them,
It is written,
My house
shall be called
the house
of prayer;
but
ye have made it
a den
of thieves.
And the blind
and the lame
came
to him
in the temple;
and
he healed them.
And
when the chief priests
and scribes
saw the wonderful things that
he did,
and the children
crying
in the temple,
and saying,
Hosanna
to the son
of David;
they were sore displeased,
And
said unto him,
Hearest thou
what these say?
And Jesus
saith unto them,
Yea;
have
ye never read,
Out of the mouth
of babes
and sucklings
thou hast perfected praise?
And he
left them,
and went out of the city
into Bethany;
and
he lodged there.
Now in the morning
as he returned
into the city,
he hungered.
And
when
he saw
a fig tree
in the way,
he came to it,
and found nothing thereon,
but leaves only,
and said unto it,
Let no fruit
grow
on thee
henceforward for ever.
And presently
the fig tree
withered away.
And
when the disciples
saw it,
they marvelled,
saying,
How soon is
the fig tree
withered away!
Jesus
answered
and
said unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
If ye
have faith,
and doubt not,
ye shall not only do
this which
is done
to the fig tree,
but also
if ye
shall say
unto this mountain,
Be thou removed,
and be
thou cast
into the sea;
it shall be done.
And all things,
whatsoever
ye shall ask
in prayer,
believing,
ye shall receive.
And
when he
was come
into the temple,
the chief priests
and the elders
of the people
came
unto him as he
was teaching,
and said,
By what authority
doest
thou these things?
and who
gave thee
this authority?
And Jesus
answered
and
said unto them,
I also will ask
you one thing,
which if
ye tell me,
I in like wise
will tell you
by what authority
I do
these things.
The baptism
of John,
whence was it?
from heaven,
or of men?
And they
reasoned
with themselves,
saying,
If we
shall say,
From heaven;
he will say unto us,
Why did ye not
then believe him?
But
if we
shall say,
Of men;
we fear
the people;
for all hold John
as a prophet.
And
they answered Jesus,
and said,
We cannot tell.
And
he said unto them,
Neither
tell
I you
by what authority
I do
these things.
But
what think ye?
A certain man
had two sons;
and he
came
to the first,
and said,
Son,
go work to day
in my vineyard.
He answered
and said,
I will not:
but afterward
he repented,
and went.
And he
came
to the second,
and said likewise.
And he
answered
and said,
I go,
sir:
and went not.
Whether of them twain
did the will
of his father?
They say unto him,
The first.
Jesus
saith unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
That the publicans
and the harlots
go
into the kingdom
of God
before you.
For John
came unto you
in the way
of righteousness,
and
ye believed him not:
but the publicans
and the harlots
believed him:
and ye,
when
ye had seen it,
repented
not afterward,
that ye
might believe him.
Hear
another parable:
There was a certain householder,
which planted a vineyard,
and hedged it round about,
and digged
a winepress in it,
and built
a tower,
and let it out
to husbandmen,
and went into a far country:
And
when
the time
of the fruit drew near,
he sent his servants
to the husbandmen,
that they
might receive
the fruits of it.
And the husbandmen
took his servants,
and beat one,
and killed
another,
and stoned
another.
Again,
he sent other servants
more than the first:
and
they did unto them likewise.
But last
of all
he sent
unto them his son,
saying,
They will reverence
my son.
But
when the husbandmen
saw the son,
they said
among themselves,
This is the heir;
come,
let us
kill him,
and let us
seize
on his inheritance.
And
they caught him,
and cast him
out of the vineyard,
and slew him.
When
the lord
therefore of the vineyard cometh,
what will
he do
unto those husbandmen?
They say unto him,
He will miserably destroy
those wicked men,
and will let
out his vineyard
unto other husbandmen,
which shall render him
the fruits
in their seasons.
Jesus
saith unto them,
Did
ye never read
in the scriptures,
The stone
which the builders rejected,
the same
is become
the head
of the corner:
this is
the Lord's doing,
and it
is marvellous
in our eyes?
Therefore say
I unto you,
The kingdom
of God
shall be taken
from you,
and given
to a nation
bringing forth
the fruits thereof.
And whosoever
shall fall
on this stone
shall be broken:
but on whomsoever
it shall fall,
it will grind him
to powder.
And
when the chief priests
and Pharisees
had heard
his parables,
they perceived
that he
spake of them.
But
when they
sought
to lay hands
on him,
they feared
the multitude,
because
they took him
for a prophet.
And Jesus
answered
and spake unto them
again by parables,
and said,
The kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto a certain king,
which made
a marriage
for his son,
And sent
forth his servants
to call them
that were bidden
to the wedding:
and
they would not come.
Again,
he sent
forth other servants,
saying,
Tell them which
are bidden,
Behold,
I have prepared
my dinner:
my oxen
and my fatlings
are killed,
and all things
are ready:
come
unto the marriage.
But
they made light of it,
and went their ways,
one to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
And the remnant
took his servants,
and entreated them spitefully,
and slew them.
But
when the king
heard thereof,
he was wroth:
and he
sent
forth his armies,
and destroyed
those murderers,
and burned
up their city.
Then saith
he to his servants,
The wedding
is ready,
but they which
were bidden
were not worthy.
Go ye
therefore into the highways,
and
as many as ye
shall find,
bid
to the marriage.
So those servants
went out
into the highways,
and gathered
together
all as many
as they found,
both bad
and good:
and the wedding
was furnished
with guests.
And
when the king
came in
to see
the guests,
he saw there
a man which
had not
on a wedding garment:
And
he saith unto him,
Friend,
how camest
thou in hither
not having
a wedding garment?
And
he was speechless.
Then said
the king
to the servants,
Bind him hand
and foot,
and take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
For many
are called,
but few
are chosen.
Then went the Pharisees,
and took
counsel
how they
might entangle him
in his talk.
And they
sent out
unto him their disciples
with the Herodians,
saying,
Master,
we know that
thou art true,
and teachest
the way
of God in truth,
neither carest
thou for any man:
for thou
regardest not
the person
of men.
Tell us therefore,
What thinkest thou?
Is it lawful
to give tribute
unto Caesar,
or not?
But Jesus
perceived
their wickedness,
and said,
Why tempt ye me,
ye hypocrites?
Shew me
the tribute money.
And they
brought
unto him a penny.
And
he saith unto them,
Whose is this image
and superscription?
They say unto him,
Caesar's.
Then saith
he unto them,
Render
therefore unto Caesar
the things
which are Caesar's;
and unto God
the things
that are God's.
When
they had heard
these words,
they marvelled,
and left him,
and went their way.
The same day
came
to him the Sadducees,
which say that
there is
no resurrection,
and asked him,
Saying,
Master,
Moses said,
If a man die,
having
no children,
his brother
shall marry
his wife,
and raise
up seed
unto his brother.
Now there were
with us seven brethren:
and the first,
when
he had married
a wife,
deceased,
and,
having
no issue,
left his wife
unto his brother:
Likewise the second also,
and the third,
unto the seventh.
And last of all
the woman died also.
Therefore in the resurrection
whose wife
shall
she be
of the seven?
for they
all had her.
Jesus
answered
and
said unto them,
Ye do err,
not knowing
the scriptures,
nor the power
of God.
For in the resurrection
they neither marry,
nor are given
in marriage,
but are as the angels
of God
in heaven.
But as touching
the resurrection
of the dead,
have
ye not read
that
which was spoken
unto you
by God,
saying,
I am the God
of Abraham,
and the God
of Isaac,
and the God
of Jacob?
God is not the God
of the dead,
but of the living.
And
when the multitude
heard this,
they were astonished
at his doctrine.
But
when the Pharisees
had heard
that he
had put
the Sadducees
to silence,
they were gathered together.
Then one of them,
which was a lawyer,
asked him
a question,
tempting him,
and saying,
Master,
which is
the great commandment
in the law?
Jesus
said unto him,
Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all thy mind.
This is the first
and great commandment.
And the second
is like unto it,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
On these
two commandments
hang all the law
and the prophets.
While the Pharisees
were gathered together,
Jesus asked them,
Saying,
What
think
ye of Christ?
whose son is he?
They say unto him,
The son
of David.
He saith unto them,
How then
doth
David in spirit
call him Lord,
saying,
The LORD
said unto my Lord,
Sit
thou
on my right hand,
till I
make
thine enemies thy footstool?
If David then
call him Lord,
how is he his son?
And no man
was able
to answer him a word,
neither durst any man
from that day
forth ask him
any more questions.
Then spake Jesus
to the multitude,
and
to his disciples,
Saying The scribes
and the Pharisees
sit
in Moses' seat:
All therefore whatsoever
they bid
you observe,
that observe
and do;
but do not
ye after their works:
for they say,
and do not.
For they
bind heavy burdens
and grievous
to be borne,
and lay them
on men's shoulders;
but
they themselves
will not move them
with one
of their fingers.
But all
their works
they do for
to be seen
of men:
they make broad
their phylacteries,
and enlarge
the borders
of their garments,
And love
the uppermost rooms
at feasts,
and the chief seats
in the synagogues,
And greetings
in the markets,
and
to be called
of men,
Rabbi, Rabbi.
But be not
ye called Rabbi:
for one
is your Master,
even Christ;
and all
ye are brethren.
And call
no man
your father
upon the earth:
for one
is your Father,
which is in heaven.
Neither be
ye called masters:
for one
is your Master,
even Christ.
But
he that is greatest
among you
shall be
your servant.
And whosoever
shall exalt himself
shall be abased;
and he
that shall humble himself
shall be exalted.
But woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye shut
up the kingdom
of heaven
against men:
for ye neither
go in yourselves,
neither suffer
ye them
that are entering
to go in.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
devour widows' houses,
and
for a pretence make long prayer:
therefore ye
shall receive
the greater damnation.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
compass sea
and land
to make one proselyte,
and
when he
is made,
ye make him twofold more
the child
of hell
than yourselves.
Woe unto you,
ye blind guides,
which say,
Whosoever
shall swear
by the temple,
it is nothing;
but whosoever
shall swear by the gold
of the temple,
he is a debtor!
Ye fools
and blind:
for whether
is greater,
the gold,
or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?
And,
Whosoever
shall swear
by the altar,
it is nothing;
but whosoever
sweareth by the gift
that is upon it,
he is guilty.
Ye fools
and blind:
for whether
is greater,
the gift,
or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift?
Whoso therefore shall swear
by the altar,
sweareth by it,
and
by all things thereon.
And whoso
shall swear
by the temple,
sweareth by it,
and by him that
dwelleth therein.
And
he that
shall swear
by heaven,
sweareth by the throne
of God,
and by him that
sitteth thereon.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
pay
tithe of mint
and anise
and cummin,
and have omitted
the weightier matters
of the law,
judgment,
mercy,
and faith:
these ought
ye to have done,
and not
to leave
the other undone.
Ye blind guides,
which strain
at a gnat,
and swallow
a camel.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
make
clean the outside
of the cup
and of the platter,
but within they
are full of extortion
and excess.
Thou blind
Pharisee,
cleanse first
that which
is within the cup
and platter,
that the outside
of them may be clean also.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
are like
unto whited sepulchres,
which indeed appear
beautiful outward,
but are within full of
dead men's
bones,
and
of all uncleanness.
Even so
ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men,
but within ye
are full of hypocrisy
and iniquity.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
because
ye build
the tombs
of the prophets,
and garnish
the sepulchres
of the righteous,
And say,
If we
had been
in the days
of our fathers,
we would not have been partakers
with them
in the blood
of the prophets.
Wherefore
ye be
witnesses
unto yourselves,
that ye
are the children
of them which
killed the prophets.
Fill ye up
then the measure
of your fathers.
Ye serpents,
ye generation
of vipers,
how can
ye escape
the damnation
of hell?
Wherefore,
behold,
I send
unto you prophets,
and wise men,
and scribes:
and some of them
ye shall kill
and crucify;
and some of them
shall
ye scourge
in your synagogues,
and persecute them
from city to city:
That upon you
may come all
the righteous blood
shed
upon the earth,
from the blood
of righteous Abel
unto the blood
of Zacharias son
of Barachias,
whom
ye slew between the temple
and the altar.
Verily
I say unto you,
All these things
shall come upon
this generation.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
thou
that killest the prophets,
and stonest them
which are sent
unto thee,
how often would
I have gathered
thy children
together,
even as
a hen
gathereth
her chickens
under her wings,
and ye would not!
Behold,
your house
is left
unto you desolate.
For I
say unto you,
Ye shall not see me
henceforth,
till ye
shall say,
Blessed
is
he that
cometh in the name
of the Lord.
And Jesus went out,
and departed
from the temple:
and his disciples
came to him for
to shew him the buildings
of the temple.
And Jesus
said unto them,
See
ye not all
these things?
verily
I say unto you,
There
shall not be left
here one stone
upon another,
that shall not be thrown down.
And as he
sat
upon the mount
of Olives,
the disciples
came
unto him privately,
saying,
Tell us,
when shall
these things be?
and what
shall be
the sign
of thy coming,
and of the end
of the world?
And Jesus
answered
and
said unto them,
Take
heed
that no man
deceive you.
For many
shall come in my name,
saying,
I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.
And ye
shall hear
of wars
and rumours
of wars:
see that
ye be not troubled:
for all
these things
must come
to pass,
but the end
is not yet.
For nation
shall rise
against nation,
and kingdom
against kingdom:
and there shall be
famines,
and pestilences,
and earthquakes,
in divers places.
All these
are the beginning
of sorrows.
Then shall
they deliver
you up to
be afflicted,
and shall kill you:
and
ye shall be hated
of all nations
for my name's sake.
And then
shall
many be offended,
and shall betray one
another,
and shall hate one
another.
And many false prophets
shall rise,
and shall deceive many.
And
because iniquity
shall abound,
the love
of many
shall wax cold.
But
he that
shall endure
unto the end,
the same
shall be saved.
And this
gospel
of the kingdom
shall be preached
in all the world
for a witness
unto all nations;
and then
shall the end come.
When
ye therefore shall see
the abomination
of desolation,
spoken of
by Daniel the prophet,
stand
in the holy place,
(whoso readeth,
let him understand:)
Then let them which
be in Judaea
flee
into the mountains:
Let him
which is on the housetop
not come down
to take any thing
out of his house:
Neither let him
which is in the field return back
to take
his clothes.
And woe
unto them that
are with child,
and to them
that give
suck in those days!
But pray
ye that
your flight
be not
in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day:
For then
shall be
great tribulation,
such as was not
since the beginning
of the world
to this time,
no,
nor ever shall be.
And
except those days
should be shortened,
there should
no flesh
be saved:
but for the elect's sake
those days
shall be shortened.
Then if any man
shall say
unto you,
Lo,
here is Christ,
or there;
believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christs,
and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs
and wonders;
insomuch that,
if it
were possible,
they shall deceive
the very elect.
Behold,
I have told you
before.
Wherefore
if they
shall say
unto you,
Behold,
he is in the desert;
go not forth:
behold,
he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not.
For as the lightning
cometh out of the east,
and shineth even
unto the west;
so shall also
the coming
of the Son of man be.
For wheresoever
the carcase is,
there will
the eagles
be gathered together.
Immediately after the tribulation
of those days
shall
the sun
be darkened,
and the moon
shall not give
her light,
and the stars
shall fall
from heaven,
and the powers
of the heavens
shall be shaken:
And
then shall appear
the sign
of the Son
of man
in heaven:
and
then shall all
the tribes
of the earth mourn,
and they
shall see
the Son of man
coming in
the clouds
of heaven
with power
and great glory.
And he
shall send
his angels
with a great sound
of a trumpet,
and
they shall gather
together his elect
from the four winds,
from one end
of heaven
to the other.
Now learn
a parable
of the fig tree;
When his branch
is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves,
ye know
that summer
is nigh:
So likewise ye,
when
ye shall see all
these things,
know
that it is near,
even at the doors.
Verily
I say unto you,
This generation
shall not pass,
till all
these things
be fulfilled.
Heaven
and earth
shall pass away,
but my words
shall not pass away.
But
of that day
and hour
knoweth
no man,
no,
not the angels
of heaven,
but my Father only.
But as the days
of Noe were,
so shall also
the coming
of the Son of man be.
For as in the days
that were before the flood
they were eating
and drinking,
marrying
and giving
in marriage,
until the day
that Noe
entered
into the ark,
And knew not until
the flood came,
and took them
all away;
so shall also
the coming
of the Son of man be.
Then shall two
be in the field;
the one
shall be taken,
and the other left.
Two women
shall be grinding
at the mill;
the one
shall be taken,
and the other left.
Watch therefore:
for ye
know not
what
hour your Lord
doth come.
But know this,
that if the goodman
of the house
had known in what
watch
the thief
would come,
he would have watched,
and would not have suffered
his house
to be broken up.
Therefore be
ye also ready:
for in such
an hour as ye
think not the Son
of man cometh.
Who
then is a
faithful
and wise servant,
whom
his lord
hath made ruler
over his household,
to give them meat
in due season?
Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord
when
he cometh
shall find so doing.
Verily
I say unto you,
That he
shall make him ruler
over all his goods.
But and
if that evil servant
shall say
in his heart,
My lord
delayeth his coming;
And shall begin
to smite
his fellowservants,
and to eat and drink
with the drunken;
The lord
of that servant
shall come in a day
when
he looketh
not for him,
and in an hour
that
he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder,
and appoint him
his portion
with the hypocrites:
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
Then shall
the kingdom
of heaven
be likened
unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps,
and went forth
to meet the bridegroom.
And five
of them were wise,
and five
were foolish.
They that
were foolish
took their lamps,
and took
no oil with them:
But the wise
took
oil
in their vessels
with their lamps.
While the bridegroom tarried,
they all slumbered
and slept.
And at midnight
there was
a cry made,
Behold,
the bridegroom cometh;
go ye
out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose,
and trimmed
their lamps.
And the foolish said
unto the wise,
Give us
of your oil;
for our lamps
are gone out.
But the wise answered,
saying,
Not so;
lest there be not enough
for us and you:
but go
ye rather to them
that sell,
and buy
for yourselves.
And
while they
went to buy,
the bridegroom came;
and they
that were ready
went in with him
to the marriage:
and the door
was shut.
Afterward came also
the other virgins,
saying,
Lord, Lord,
open to us.
But he
answered
and said,
Verily I
say unto you,
I know
you not.
Watch therefore,
for ye
know
neither the day
nor the hour
wherein the Son
of man cometh.
For the kingdom
of heaven
is as a man
travelling
into a far country,
who called
his own servants,
and delivered
unto them his goods.
And unto one
he gave five talents,
to another two,
and to another one;
to every man
according to
his several ability;
and straightway took
his journey.
Then he
that
had received
the five talents
went
and traded
with the same,
and made them
other five talents.
And likewise
he that
had received two,
he also gained
other two.
But he
that
had received
one went
and digged
in the earth,
and hid his lord's money.
After a
long time
the lord
of those servants cometh,
and
reckoneth with them.
And so
he that
had received
five talents
came
and brought
other five talents,
saying,
Lord,
thou deliveredst
unto me five talents:
behold,
I have gained beside them
five talents more.
His lord said
unto him,
Well done,
thou good
and faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful
over a few things,
I will make thee ruler
over many things:
enter
thou
into the joy
of thy lord.
He also
that
had received
two talents
came
and said,
Lord,
thou deliveredst
unto me two talents:
behold,
I have gained
two other talents
beside them.
His lord said
unto him,
Well done,
good
and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful
over a few things,
I will make thee ruler
over many things:
enter
thou
into the joy
of thy lord.
Then he
which had received
the one talent
came
and said,
Lord,
I knew thee
that thou art
an hard man,
reaping
where thou
hast not sown,
and gathering
where thou
hast not strawed:
And I
was afraid,
and went
and hid
thy talent
in the earth:
lo,
there
thou hast
that is thine.
His lord answered
and said unto him,
Thou wicked
and slothful servant,
thou knewest that
I reap
where I
sowed not,
and gather
where I
have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore
to have put my money
to the exchangers,
and
then
at my coming
I should have received
mine
own
with usury.
Take
therefore the talent
from him,
and give it
unto him which
hath ten talents.
For unto every one
that hath
shall be given,
and
he shall have abundance:
but from him that
hath not
shall be taken away even that
which he hath.
And cast
ye the unprofitable servant
into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
When the Son
of man
shall come in
his glory,
and all
the holy angels
with him,
then shall
he sit
upon the throne
of his glory:
And
before him
shall be gathered
all nations:
and
he shall separate them one
from another,
as a shepherd
divideth
his sheep
from the goats:
And he
shall set
the sheep
on his right hand,
but the goats
on the left.
Then shall
the King
say
unto them on his right hand,
Come,
ye blessed
of my Father,
inherit
the kingdom prepared
for you
from the foundation
of the world:
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty,
and
ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me in:
Naked,
and
ye clothed me:
I was sick,
and
ye visited me:
I was in prison,
and
ye came unto me.
Then shall
the righteous
answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
and fed thee?
or thirsty,
and gave thee drink?
When saw
we thee
a stranger,
and took thee in?
or naked,
and clothed thee?
Or when
saw
we thee sick,
or in prison,
and came
unto thee?
And the King
shall answer
and
say unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as
ye have done it
unto one
of the least
of these my brethren,
ye have done it
unto me.
Then shall
he say also
unto them
on the left hand,
Depart from me,
ye cursed,
into everlasting fire,
prepared
for the devil
and his angels:
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me no meat:
I was thirsty,
and ye
gave me
no drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me not in:
naked,
and
ye clothed me not:
sick,
and in prison,
and
ye visited me not.
Then shall
they also answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
or athirst,
or a stranger,
or naked,
or sick,
or in prison,
and did not minister
unto thee?
Then shall
he answer them,
saying,
Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as
ye did it
not to one
of the least
of these,
ye did it not to me.
And these
shall go away
into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous
into life eternal.
And it
came
to pass,
when Jesus
had finished all
these sayings,
he said
unto his disciples,
Ye know
that after two days
is the feast
of the passover,
and the Son
of man
is betrayed
to be crucified.
Then assembled
together the chief priests,
and the scribes,
and the elders
of the people,
unto the palace
of the high priest,
who was called
Caiaphas,
And consulted that
they might take Jesus
by subtilty,
and kill him.
But they said,
Not
on the feast day,
lest
there be
an uproar
among the people.
Now
when Jesus
was in Bethany,
in the house
of Simon the leper,
There came
unto him a woman
having an alabaster box
of very precious ointment,
and poured it
on his head,
as he sat
at meat.
But
when his disciples
saw it,
they had
indignation,
saying,
To what
purpose is this waste?
For this ointment
might have been sold
for much,
and given
to the poor.
When Jesus
understood it,
he said unto them,
Why trouble
ye the woman?
for she
hath wrought
a good work
upon me.
For ye
have the poor
always with you;
but me
ye have not always.
For in
that
she hath poured
this ointment
on my body,
she did it
for my burial.
Verily
I say unto you,
Wheresoever this gospel
shall be preached
in the whole world,
there shall also this,
that this woman
hath done,
be told
for a memorial
of her.
Then one
of the twelve,
called Judas Iscariot,
went unto the chief priests,
And
said unto them,
What
will
ye give me,
and
I will deliver him
unto you?
And
they covenanted
with him
for thirty pieces
of silver.
And
from that time
he sought opportunity
to betray him.
Now the first day
of the feast
of unleavened bread
the disciples
came
to Jesus,
saying unto him,
Where wilt thou
that we
prepare for thee
to eat the passover?
And he said,
Go into the city
to such a man,
and say unto him,
The Master saith,
My time
is at hand;
I will keep
the passover
at thy
house
with my disciples.
And the disciples
did as Jesus
had appointed them;
and
they made ready
the passover.
Now
when the even was come,
he sat down
with the twelve.
And as they
did eat,
he said,
Verily I
say unto you,
that one of you
shall betray me.
And
they were exceeding sorrowful,
and began every one
of them
to say unto him,
Lord,
is it I?
And he
answered
and said,
He that
dippeth
his hand
with me
in the dish,
the same
shall betray me.
The Son of man
goeth as it
is written of him:
but woe
unto that man by
whom the Son
of man
is betrayed!
it had been good
for that man
if he
had not been born.
Then Judas,
which betrayed him,
answered
and said,
Master,
is it I?
He said unto him,
Thou hast said.
And as they
were eating,
Jesus took bread,
and blessed it,
and brake it,
and gave it
to the disciples,
and said,
Take,
eat;
this is my body.
And
he took the cup,
and gave thanks,
and gave it
to them,
saying,
Drink
ye all of it;
For this
is my blood
of the new testament,
which is
shed for many
for the remission
of sins.
But
I say unto you,
I will not drink
henceforth
of this fruit
of the vine,
until that day
when
I drink it new
with you
in my Father's kingdom.
And
when
they had sung
an hymn,
they went out
into the mount
of Olives.
Then saith
Jesus unto them, All
ye shall be offended
because of me this night:
for it
is written,
I will smite
the shepherd,
and the sheep
of the flock
shall be scattered abroad.
But after I
am risen again,
I will go
before you
into Galilee.
Peter
answered
and
said unto him,
Though all men
shall be offended
because of thee,
yet will
I never be offended.
Jesus
said unto him,
Verily I
say unto thee,
That this night,
before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice.
Peter
said unto him,
Though I
should die
with thee,
yet will
I not deny thee.
Likewise
also said all
the disciples.
Then cometh Jesus
with them unto a place called Gethsemane,
and saith unto the disciples,
Sit ye here,
while I
go and pray yonder.
And
he took with him Peter
and the two sons
of Zebedee,
and began to be
sorrowful
and very heavy.
Then saith
he unto them, My soul
is exceeding sorrowful,
even unto death:
tarry ye here,
and
watch with me.
And
he went a little farther,
and fell
on his face,
and prayed,
saying,
O my Father,
if it
be possible,
let this cup pass
from me:
nevertheless
not as I will,
but as thou wilt.
And
he cometh unto the disciples,
and findeth them asleep,
and saith unto Peter, What,
could
ye not watch
with me one hour?
Watch and pray,
that ye
enter not
into temptation:
the spirit
indeed is willing,
but the flesh
is weak.
He went away again
the second time,
and prayed,
saying,
O my Father,
if this cup
may not pass
away from me,
except I
drink it,
thy will be done.
And he
came
and found them asleep again:
for their eyes
were heavy.
And he
left them,
and went away again,
and prayed
the third time,
saying the same words.
Then cometh
he to his disciples,
and
saith unto them,
Sleep on now,
and take
your rest:
behold,
the hour
is at hand,
and the Son
of man
is betrayed into the hands
of sinners.
Rise,
let us
be going:
behold,
he is at hand
that doth betray me.
And
while he
yet spake,
lo,
Judas,
one of the twelve,
came,
and with him a great multitude
with swords
and staves,
from the chief priests
and elders
of the people.
Now he
that betrayed him
gave them
a sign,
saying,
Whomsoever I
shall kiss,
that same
is he:
hold him fast.
And forthwith
he came to Jesus,
and said,
Hail,
master;
and kissed him.
And Jesus
said unto him,
Friend,
wherefore art
thou come?
Then came they,
and laid
hands on Jesus
and took him.
And,
behold,
one
of them which
were with Jesus
stretched out
his hand,
and drew his sword,
and struck
a servant
of the high priest's,
and smote off his ear.
Then said Jesus
unto him,
Put up
again thy sword
into his place:
for all
they
that take the sword
shall perish
with the sword.
Thinkest
thou
that I
cannot now pray
to my Father,
and
he shall
presently give me more than
twelve legions
of angels?
But
how then
shall
the scriptures
be fulfilled,
that thus it
must be?
In that same hour
said Jesus
to the multitudes,
Are
ye come out as
against a thief
with swords
and staves
for to take me?
I sat daily
with you
teaching
in the temple,
and ye
laid no hold on me.
But all this
was done,
that the scriptures
of the prophets
might be fulfilled.
Then
all the disciples
forsook him,
and fled.
And they
that had laid
hold on Jesus
led him away
to Caiaphas
the high priest,
where the scribes
and the elders
were assembled.
But Peter
followed
him afar off
unto the high priest's palace,
and went in,
and sat
with the servants,
to see the end.
Now the chief priests,
and elders,
and all
the council,
sought false witness
against Jesus,
to put him
to death;
But found none:
yea,
though many false witnesses came,
yet found they none.
At the last
came two false witnesses,
And said,
This fellow said,
I am able
to destroy the temple
of God,
and
to build it
in three days.
And the high priest arose,
and
said unto him,
Answerest
thou nothing?
what is it
which these witness
against thee?
But Jesus
held his peace,
And the high priest
answered
and
said unto him,
I adjure thee
by the living God,
that thou
tell us
whether thou
be the Christ,
the Son
of God.
Jesus
saith unto him,
Thou hast said:
nevertheless
I say unto you,
Hereafter
shall
ye see
the Son
of man
sitting
on the right hand
of power,
and coming in
the clouds
of heaven.
Then the high priest
rent his clothes,
saying,
He hath spoken
blasphemy;
what further need
have
we of witnesses?
behold,
now ye
have heard
his blasphemy.
What think ye?
They answered
and said,
He is guilty
of death.
Then did
they spit
in his face,
and buffeted him;
and others
smote him
with the palms
of their hands,
Saying,
Prophesy unto us,
thou Christ,
Who is
he that
smote thee?
Now Peter
sat without
in the palace:
and a damsel
came unto him,
saying,
Thou
also wast
with Jesus
of Galilee.
But he
denied
before them all,
saying,
I know not
what thou sayest.
And
when
he was gone out
into the porch,
another maid
saw him,
and said
unto them that
were there,
This fellow
was also
with Jesus
of Nazareth.
And
again
he denied
with an oath,
I do not know
the man.
And after a while
came unto him they
that stood by,
and said
to Peter,
Surely
thou
also art one
of them;
for thy speech
bewrayeth thee.
Then began
he to curse and
to swear,
saying,
I know not
the man.
And immediately
the cock crew.
And Peter
remembered
the word
of Jesus,
which said
unto him, Before
the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice.
And he went out,
and wept bitterly.
When the morning
was come,
all the chief priests
and elders
of the people
took
counsel
against Jesus to
put him
to death:
And
when
they had bound him,
they led him away,
and delivered him
to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Then Judas,
which had betrayed him,
when he
saw that
he was condemned,
repented himself,
and brought again
the thirty pieces
of silver
to the chief priests
and elders,
Saying,
I have sinned
in that
I have betrayed
the innocent blood.
And they said,
What
is
that to us?
see thou to that.
And he cast
down the pieces
of silver
in the temple,
and departed,
and went
and hanged himself.
And the chief priests
took the silver pieces,
and said,
It is not lawful
for to put them
into the treasury,
because
it is the price
of blood.
And
they took counsel,
and bought
with them the potter's field,
to bury strangers in.
Wherefore
that field
was called,
The field
of blood,
unto this day.
Then was fulfilled
that
which was spoken
by Jeremy
the prophet,
saying,
And they
took
the thirty pieces
of silver,
the price
of him that
was valued,
whom
they of the children
of Israel
did value;
And gave them
for the potter's field,
as the Lord
appointed me.
And Jesus
stood
before the governor:
and the governor
asked him,
saying,
Art
thou the King
of the Jews?
And Jesus
said unto him,
Thou sayest.
And
when
he was accused
of the chief priests
and elders,
he answered nothing.
Then said Pilate
unto him,
Hearest
thou
not how
many things
they witness
against thee?
And
he answered him
to never
a word;
insomuch
that the governor
marvelled greatly.
Now at that feast
the governor
was wont
to release
unto the people a prisoner,
whom they would.
And they
had
then a notable prisoner,
called Barabbas.
Therefore when
they
were gathered together,
Pilate
said unto them,
Whom
will
ye that
I release
unto you?
Barabbas,
or Jesus which
is called Christ?
For he
knew that
for envy
they had delivered him.
When
he was set down
on the judgment seat,
his wife
sent unto him,
saying,
Have
thou nothing to do
with that
just man:
for I
have suffered many things
this day
in a dream
because
of him.
But the chief priests
and elders
persuaded
the multitude
that they
should ask Barabbas,
and destroy Jesus.
The governor
answered
and
said unto them,
Whether of the twain
will
ye that
I release
unto you?
They said,
Barabbas.
Pilate
saith unto them,
What
shall
I do
then with Jesus
which is called
Christ?
They all say unto him,
Let him
be crucified.
And the governor said,
Why,
what evil
hath he done?
But
they cried out
the more,
saying,
Let him
be crucified.
When Pilate
saw that
he could prevail nothing,
but
that rather a tumult
was made,
he took water,
and washed
his hands
before the multitude,
saying,
I am innocent
of the blood
of this
just person:
see ye to it.
Then answered all
the people,
and said,
His blood
be on us,
and on our children.
Then released
he Barabbas
unto them:
and
when
he had scourged Jesus,
he delivered him
to be crucified.
Then the soldiers
of the governor
took Jesus
into the common hall,
and gathered
unto him the whole band
of soldiers.
And
they stripped him,
and put on him
a scarlet robe.
And
when they
had
platted a crown
of thorns,
they put it
upon his head,
and a reed
in his right hand:
and they
bowed
the knee
before him,
and mocked him,
saying,
Hail,
King
of the Jews!
And
they
spit upon him,
and took the reed,
and smote him
on the head.
And after that
they had mocked him,
they took
the robe
off from him,
and put
his own raiment
on him,
and led him away
to crucify him.
And as they
came out,
they found a man
of Cyrene,
Simon by name:
him
they compelled
to bear
his cross.
And
when
they were come
unto a place called Golgotha,
that is to say,
a place
of a skull,
They gave him
vinegar to drink
mingled with gall:
and
when
he had tasted thereof,
he would not drink.
And
they crucified him,
and parted
his garments,
casting lots:
that it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by the prophet,
They parted my garments
among them,
and
upon my vesture
did
they cast lots.
And sitting down
they watched him there;
And set up
over his head
his accusation written,
THIS IS JESUS THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
Then were there
two thieves
crucified with him,
one
on the right hand,
and another
on the left.
And they
that passed
by reviled him,
wagging their heads,
And saying,
Thou that
destroyest the temple,
and buildest
it in three days,
save thyself.
If thou
be the Son
of God,
come down
from the cross.
Likewise also
the chief priests
mocking him,
with the scribes
and elders,
said,
He saved others;
himself he
cannot save.
If he
be the King
of Israel,
let him
now come down
from the cross,
and
we will believe him.
He trusted
in God;
let him
deliver him now,
if he
will have him:
for he said,
I am the Son
of God.
The thieves also,
which were crucified with him,
cast the same
in his teeth.
Now from the sixth hour
there was darkness
over all
the land
unto the ninth hour.
And
about the ninth hour
Jesus
cried
with a loud voice,
saying,
Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani?
that is to say,
My God,
my God,
why hast
thou forsaken me?
Some of them that
stood there,
when
they heard that,
said,
This man calleth
for Elias.
And straightway one
of them ran,
and took a spunge,
and filled it
with vinegar,
and put it
on a reed,
and gave him
to drink.
The rest said,
Let be,
let us
see whether Elias
will come
to save him.
Jesus,
when
he had cried again
with a loud voice,
yielded
up the ghost.
And,
behold,
the veil
of the temple
was rent in twain
from the top
to the bottom;
and the earth
did quake,
and the rocks rent;
And the graves
were opened;
and many bodies
of the saints
which slept arose,
And came
out of the graves
after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city,
and appeared
unto many.
Now
when the centurion,
and
they
that were with him,
watching Jesus,
saw the earthquake,
and those things
that were done,
they feared greatly,
saying,
Truly this
was the Son
of God.
And many women
were there beholding afar off,
which followed Jesus
from Galilee,
ministering unto him:
Among which was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary
the mother
of James
and Joses,
and the mother
of Zebedees children.
When the even was come,
there came
a rich man
of Arimathaea,
named Joseph,
who
also himself
was Jesus' disciple:
He went to Pilate,
and begged
the body
of Jesus.
Then Pilate
commanded
the body
to be delivered.
And
when Joseph
had taken
the body,
he wrapped it
in a clean linen cloth,
And laid it
in his own new tomb,
which he
had hewn out
in the rock:
and he
rolled
a great stone
to the door
of the sepulchre,
and departed.
And there was
Mary Magdalene,
and the other Mary,
sitting over
against the sepulchre.
Now the next day,
that followed the day
of the preparation,
the chief priests
and Pharisees
came together
unto Pilate,
Saying,
Sir,
we remember
that that deceiver said,
while he
was yet alive,
After three days
I will rise again.
Command
therefore that
the sepulchre
be made sure until
the third day,
lest
his disciples
come
by night,
and steal him away,
and say
unto the people,
He is risen
from the dead:
so the last error
shall be worse
than the first.
Pilate
said unto them,
Ye have a watch:
go your way,
make it
as sure as ye can.
So they went,
and made
the sepulchre sure,
sealing the stone,
and setting
a watch.
In the end
of the sabbath,
as it began
to dawn toward
the first day
of the week,
came Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary
to see the sepulchre.
And,
behold,
there was
a great earthquake:
for the angel
of the Lord
descended
from heaven,
and came
and rolled
back the stone
from the door,
and sat
upon it.
His countenance
was like lightning,
and his raiment white
as snow:
And
for fear
of him the keepers
did shake,
and became
as dead men.
And the angel
answered
and said
unto the women,
Fear not ye:
for I
know that
ye seek Jesus,
which was crucified.
He is not here:
for he is risen,
as he said.
Come,
see the place
where the Lord lay.
And go quickly,
and tell
his disciples
that he
is risen
from the dead;
and,
behold,
he goeth before you
into Galilee;
there shall
ye see him:
lo,
I have told you.
And
they departed quickly
from the sepulchre
with fear
and great joy;
and did run
to bring
his disciples word.
And as they
went to tell
his disciples,
behold,
Jesus met them,
saying,
All hail.
And they
came
and held him
by the feet,
and worshipped him.
Then said Jesus
unto them,
Be not afraid:
go tell
my brethren that
they go
into Galilee,
and there shall
they see me.
Now
when
they were going,
behold,
some of the watch
came into the city,
and shewed
unto the chief priests all
the things
that were done.
And
when
they were assembled
with the elders,
and had taken counsel,
they gave large money
unto the soldiers,
Saying,
Say ye,
His disciples
came by night,
and stole him away
while we slept.
And
if this
come
to the governor's ears,
we will persuade him,
and secure you.
So they
took the money,
and did as they
were taught:
and this
saying
is commonly reported
among the Jews
until this day.
Then the eleven disciples
went away
into Galilee,
into a mountain
where Jesus
had appointed them.
And
when
they saw him,
they worshipped him:
but some doubted.
And Jesus
came
and
spake unto them,
saying,
All power
is given unto me
in heaven
and in earth.
Go ye therefore,
and teach
all nations,
baptizing them
in the name
of the Father,
and of the Son,
and
of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them
to observe all things
whatsoever
I have commanded you:
and,
lo,
I am with you alway,
even unto the end
of the world.
Amen.