10 And having called to [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness.

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;

⁴ Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also delivered him up.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into [the] way of [the] nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;

⁶ but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

⁸ Heal [the] infirm, [raise the dead], cleanse lepers, cast out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously.

⁹ Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass, for your belts,

¹⁰ nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

¹¹ But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth.

¹² And as ye enter into a house salute it.

¹³ And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵ Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.

¹⁶ Behold, *I* send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;

¹⁸ and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

²⁰ For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

²¹ But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;

²² and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to [the] end, *he* shall be saved.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

²⁴ The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

²⁵ [It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

²⁶ Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be known.

²⁷ What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;

³⁰ but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

³¹ Fear not therefore; *ye* are better than many sparrows.

³² Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

³³ But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

³⁴ Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵ For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;

³⁶ and they of his household [shall be] a man's enemies.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

³⁸ And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

³⁹ He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰ He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.

⁴¹ He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink to 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.

11 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

² But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

³ and said to him, Art *thou* the coming [one]? or are we to wait for another?

⁴ And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see.

⁵ Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:

⁶ and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

⁷ But as they went [away], Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?

⁸ But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.

⁹ But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet:

¹⁰ this is he of whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

¹¹ Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among [the] born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

¹² But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it.

¹³ For all the prophets and the law have prophesied unto John.

¹⁴ And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.

¹⁵ He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁶ But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,

¹⁷ say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

¹⁸ For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

¹⁹ The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners:—and wisdom has been justified by her children.

²⁰ Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

²¹ Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.

²² But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.

²³ And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

²⁴ But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for [the] land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.

²⁵ At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

²⁶ Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

²⁷ All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him].

²⁸ Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;

³⁰ for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

12 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

² But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

³ But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

⁵ Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

⁶ But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

⁷ But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

⁸ For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

⁹ And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.

¹⁰ And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

¹¹ But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise [it] up?

¹² How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

¹³ Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and it was restored sound as the other.

¹⁴ But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁵ But Jesus knowing [it], withdrew thence, and great crowds followed him; and he healed them all:

¹⁶ and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

¹⁷ that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

¹⁸ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

¹⁹ He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

²⁰ a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

²¹ and on his name shall [the] nations hope.

²² Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb [man] spake and saw.

²³ And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this [man] the Son of David?

²⁴ But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man] does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

²⁵ But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

²⁶ And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?

²⁷ And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.

²⁸ But if *I* by [the] Spirit of God cast out demons, then indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you.

²⁹ Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong [man] and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong [man]? and then he will plunder his house.

³⁰ He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

³¹ For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

³² And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming [one].

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.

³⁴ Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.

³⁶ But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

³⁷ for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

³⁸ Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.

³⁹ But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

⁴⁰ For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴¹ Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.

⁴² A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon [is] here.

⁴³ But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].

⁴⁴ Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

⁴⁵ Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

⁴⁶ But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

⁴⁷ Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.

⁴⁸ But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

⁴⁹ And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;

⁵⁰ for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

13 And that [same] day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea.

² And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore.

³ And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

⁴ and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;

⁵ and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground] because of not having [any] depth of earth,

⁶ but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having [any] root were dried up;

⁷ and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;

⁸ and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

⁹ He that has ears, let him hear.

¹⁰ And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

¹¹ And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

¹² for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

¹³ For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

¹⁴ and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;

¹⁵ for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

¹⁶ But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

¹⁷ for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see [them], and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear [them].

¹⁸ *Ye*, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.

¹⁹ From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

²⁰ But he that is sown on the rocky places—this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

²¹ but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

²² And he that is sown among the thorns—this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²³ But he that is sown upon the good ground—this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

²⁴ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;

²⁵ but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ But when the blade shot up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.

²⁷ And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?

²⁸ And he said to them, A man [that is] an enemy has done this. And the bondmen said to him, Wilt thou then that we should go and gather it [up]?

²⁹ But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.

³⁰ Suffer both to grow together unto the harvest, and in time of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen, Gather first the darnel, and bind it into bundles to burn it; but the wheat bring together into my granary.

³¹ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and sowed in his field;

³² which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.

³³ He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

³⁴ All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

³⁵ so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from [the] world's foundation.

³⁶ Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

³⁷ But he answering said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man,

³⁸ and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one];

³⁹ and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen are angels.

⁴⁰ As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age.

⁴¹ The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness;

⁴² and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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

⁴⁴ The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;

⁴⁶ and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it.

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of every kind,

⁴⁸ which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out.

⁴⁹ Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just,

⁵⁰ and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁵¹ Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, [Lord].

⁵² And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man [that is] a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

⁵³ And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.

⁵⁴ And having come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence has this [man] this wisdom and these works of power?

⁵⁵ Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this [man] all these things?

⁵⁷ And they were offended in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his house.

⁵⁸ And he did not there many works of power, because of their unbelief.

14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

² and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

³ For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

⁵ And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

⁶ But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

⁷ whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

⁸ But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

⁹ And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.

¹⁰ And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

¹¹ and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried [it] to her mother.

¹² And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus.

¹³ And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard [of it] followed him on foot from the cities.

¹⁴ And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.

¹⁵ But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give *ye* them to eat.

¹⁷ But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.

¹⁸ And he said, Bring them here to me.

¹⁹ And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave [them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

²⁰ And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.

²¹ But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²² And immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before him to the other side, until he should have dismissed the crowds.

²³ And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when even was come, he was alone there,

²⁴ but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

²⁵ But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them, walking on the sea.

²⁶ And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

²⁷ But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is *I*: be not afraid.

²⁸ And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*, command me to come to thee upon the waters.

²⁹ And he said, Come. And Peter, having descended from the ship, walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.

³⁰ But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

³¹ And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

³² And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

³³ But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying, Truly thou art God's Son.

³⁴ And having crossed over they came to the land of Gennesaret.

³⁵ And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent to that whole country around, and they brought to him all that were ill,

³⁶ and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.

15 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

² Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

³ But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

⁴ For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

⁵ But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:

⁶ and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

⁷ Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

⁸ This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

⁹ but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

¹⁰ And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

¹¹ Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

¹² Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

¹³ But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

¹⁴ Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

¹⁵ And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

¹⁶ But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?

¹⁷ Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

¹⁸ but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

²⁰ these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

²¹ And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

²² and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

²³ But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

²⁴ But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

²⁵ But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶ But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

²⁷ But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

²⁸ Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith [is] great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from *that* hour.

²⁹ And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

³⁰ and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

³¹ so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

³² But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

³³ And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

³⁴ And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

³⁵ And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

³⁶ and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

³⁷ And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

³⁸ but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁹ And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.

² But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

³ and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red [and] lowering; ye know [how] to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away.

⁵ And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶ And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have taken no bread.

⁸ And Jesus knowing [it], said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread?

⁹ Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]?

¹⁰ nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took [up]?

¹¹ How do ye not understand that [it was] not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

¹² Then they comprehended that he did not speak of being beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³ But when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

¹⁴ And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias; and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

¹⁵ He says to them, But *ye*, who do ye say that I am?

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answering said, *Thou* art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

¹⁸ And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

¹⁹ And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.

²⁰ Then he enjoined on his disciples that they should say to no man that he was the Christ.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised.

²² And Peter taking him to [him] began to rebuke him, saying, [God] be favourable to thee, Lord; this shall in no wise be unto thee.

²³ But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me, Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings.

²⁸ Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste of death at all until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

17 And after six days Jesus takes with [him] Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart.

² And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light;

³ and lo, Moses and Elias appeared to them talking with him.

⁴ And Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good we should be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles: for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elias.

⁵ While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, *This* is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.

⁶ And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified.

⁷ And Jesus coming to [them] touched them, and said, Rise up, and be not terrified.

⁸ And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone.

⁹ And as they descended from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man be risen up from among [the] dead.

¹⁰ And [his] disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

¹¹ And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.

¹² But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

¹³ Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the baptist.

¹⁴ And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying,

¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and suffers sorely; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.

¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour.

¹⁹ Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said [to him], Why were not *we* able to cast him out?

²⁰ And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

²¹ But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.

²² And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered up into [the] hands of men,

²³ and they shall kill him; and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were greatly grieved.

²⁴ And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas?

²⁵ He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers?

²⁶ Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

²⁷ But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee.

18 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

² And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,

³ and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

⁴ Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;

⁵ and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.

⁶ But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁷ Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

⁸ And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, [rather] than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

⁹ And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

¹⁰ See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in [the] heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in [the] heavens.

¹¹ For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.

¹² What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?

¹³ And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

¹⁴ So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵ But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶ But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

¹⁷ But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.

¹⁸ Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

¹⁹ Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the] heavens.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹ Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

²² Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

²³ For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

²⁴ And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.

²⁵ But he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

²⁶ The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.

²⁷ And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.

²⁸ But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.

²⁹ His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down [at his feet], besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

³⁰ But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.

³¹ But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.

³² Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

³³ shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?

³⁴ And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.

³⁵ Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.