THE SAVIOUR'S LIFE 

I N T H E W O R D S O F T H E F O U R G O S P E L S 

Compiled by 

R E V . G I L B E R T S I M M O N S , C . S . P . 

With Divisions and Discussion Club Outlines by 

R E V . G E R A L D C . T R E A C Y , S . J . 

I am Alpha and Omega 

The Beginning and the End 

The Way, the Truth and the Life 

T H E P A U L I S T P R E S S 

4 0 1 W E S T 5 9 T H S T R E E T 

N E W Y O R K 1 9 , N . Y . 





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S E C T I O N I 

P R E F A C E TO T H E L I F E OF O U R S A V I O U R — 

St. John 1 

St. Mark 2 

St. Luke 2 

St. Matthew 2 

C H A P T E R 1—Christ's Human Ancestry and Royal Pedigree 2 - 4 

C H A P T E R 2—Birth of His Herald Foretold 4 , 5 

C H A P T E R 3—The Annunciation 5 

C H A P T E R 4—The Visitation 6, 7 

C H A P T E R S—John the Baptist Is Born 7,8 

SECTION I I 

C H A P T E R 6—An Angel Appears to Joseph 9 

C H A P T E R 7—The Nativity 9 , 1 0 

C H A P T E R 8—Christ Is Circumcised and Offered to God.... 1 1 , 1 2 

C H A P T E R 9—The Visit of the Wise Men 12 ' 

C H A P T E R 10—The Flight Into Egypt 13 

C H A P T E R 11—Herod Murders the Holy Innocents 13 

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C H A P T E R 12—Christ Returns From Egypt 14 

C H A P T E R 13—The First Twelve Years at Nazareth 14 

C H A P T E R 14—The Loss in the Temple. The Return to 

Nazareth 14, IS 

SECTION I I I 

COEAPTER 15—John the Baptist Announces the Kingdom.. 16,17 

C H A P T E R 16—Christ Is Baptized by John 17,18 

C H A P T E R 17—Christ Is Tempted in the Desert 18,19 

C H A P T E R 18—John Witnesses to Christ for the Second 
Time 19,20 ' 

CHAPTER 19—The First Disciples of the Saviour 20, 21 

CHAPTER 20—The First Miracle at Cana 21 

C H A P T E R 21—First Visit to Capharnaum. First Passover. 

The Cleansing of the Temple 22, 23 

C H A P T E R 2 2 — T h e Kingdom Explained to Nicodemus...... 2 3 , 2 4 

C H A P T E R 23—Christ Teaches and Baptizes in Judea. 

John Bears Witness for the Last Time. John in Prison 24, 25 

SECTION IV 

C H A P T E R 24—Christ Passes Into Galilee. He Meets the 
Samaritan Woman 2 6 - 2 8 

C H A P T E R 25—Christ Preaches the Gospel in Galilee. He 

Cures the Ruler's Son 28 29 

C H A P T E R 2 6 — H e Is Rejected at Nazareth 2 9 , 3 0 

C H A P T E R 2 7 — H e Leaves Nazareth for Capharnaum 3 0 , 3 1 

C H A P T E R 28—He Preaches By the Sea of Galilee. Four 

Men Are Called to Be Apostles 31,32 

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C H A P T E R 29—Christ Heals a Possessed Man on the 

Sabbath 32 

C H A P T E R 30—He Cures Simon's Mother-in-Law and 

Others. He Begins His First Apostolate in Galilee 32,33 

C H A P T E R 31—Christ Cures a Leper 34 

C H A P T E R 32—At Capharnaum He Cures the Palsied M a n 34,35 

C H A P T E R 33—The Call of Matthew 35,36 

C H A P T E R 34—Christ Speaks on Fasting 36,37 

C H A P T E R 3 5 — A t Jerusalem for the Second Passover. The 

Cure at the Pool of Bethesda 37,38 

C H A P T E R 36—Christ Proclaims Himself Son of God and 

Sourcce of Life. He Proves His Claim 38-40 

C H A P T E R 3 7 — H e Reproves the Pharisees on Sabbath Ob-

servance and Heals the M a n With a Withered Hand.. 40,41 

C H A P T E R 38—Christ Clashes With the Pharisees and Re-

tires to the Seaside 41,42 

S E C T I O N V 

CHAPTER 39—The Kingdom Is Organized and Its Charter 

Proclaimed | 43,44 

CHAPTER 40—His Followers to Be the Salt of the Earth 

and the Light of the World 45 

C H A P T E R 41—Christ Shows the Agreement and Disagree-

ment of His Teaching With the Law 45-47 

C H A P T E R 4 2 — H e Teaches the Golden Rule, Love for 

Enemies, Almsgiving, Prayer. The Our Father 4 8 , 4 9 

C H A P T E R 43—Fasting, the True Treasure of Life, Rash 

Judgment, Criticism, Holy Things, the Narrow Gate, 

Prayer, False Prophets, Deeds and Words 49-52 

C H A P T E R 44—The Cure of the Centurion's Servant. 

Christ Raises From the Dead the Son of the Widow of 

Nairn 52-54 

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P A G E 

C H A P T E R 4 5 — H e Witnesses to John the Baptist 5 4 , 5 5 

C H A P T E R 46—He Upbraids Corozain and Bethsaida. He 

Shows Himself the Friend of the Repentant Sinners.... 55, 56 

C H A P T E R 47—The Second Galilean Apostolate. The 

Pharisees Are Reproved at Capharnaum. The Unfor-

givable Sin Against the Holy Ghost 57, 58 

C H A P T E R 48—Christ Teaches the Value of Words. How 

the Spirit of Evil Acts. The Judgment of God on 

This Generation 58-60 

C H A P T E R 4 9 — T h e Doer of His Word Is Blessed. He Is 

to H i m as Brother, Sister, Mother 60 

C H A P T E R 50—The Parables. The Sower. The Candle. 

The Growing Seed. The Cockle and the Wheat. The 

Mustard Seed. The Leaven. The Hidden Treasure. 

The Valuable Pearl. The Net. Why Christ Taught in 

Parables. Two Parables Explained 60-66 

C H A P T E R 51—Christ Stills the Tempest. He Heals Two 

Possessed Men 66-68 

C H A P T E R 5 2 — T h e Daughter of Jairus. The Woman With 

the Blood Issue. Two Blind Men. The D u m b and 

Possessed M a n 69-71 

C H A P T E R 53^Christ Is Rejected at Nazareth a Second 

Time. Enters Upon His Third Galilean Apostolate. 

Sends the Twelve to the Mission Field and Instructs 

Them for Their Work 71-74 

C H A P T E R 54—Herod Beheads John the Baptist. The 

Apostles Return. Herod Endeavors to See Our Saviour. 

He Retires to the Desert ...: 74-76 

C H A P T E R 55—Christ Feeds the Five Thousand. He Walks 

on the Sea, and Saves Peter's Life 77-79 

C H A P T E R 5 6 — O u r Lord at Sapharnaum Promises the 

Blessed Sacrament and Replies to the Doubts of His 

Listeners. Many Desert H i m ! 79-82 

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SECTION VII 

C H A P T E R 5 7 — H e Argues With the Scribes and Pharisees 

and Explains to the People the Meaning of Sin. He 

Retires, to Tyre and Works a Cure. Returning to the 

Sea of Galilee He Cures Many and Feeds Four 

Thousand .A •••••* 

C H A P T E R 58—Christ Speaks of the Signs From Heaven 

and Warns Against the Leaven of the Pharisees. He 

Cures a Blind M a n and Makes Peter the Rock on 

Which He Will Build His Church. He Foretells His 

Passion and Rebukes Peter for Not Believing Him. 

All Who Follow H i m Must Bear His Cross. His 

Transfiguration 

C H A P T E R 5 9 — H e Heals a Lunatic Boy and Again Predicts 

His Passion. He Pays the Tribute and Urges Humil-

ity With a Child as Example. No Compromise in His 

Service. The Sin of Scandal Especially to Little Ones 

CHAPTER 60—The Parable of the Merciless Servant. His 

Time Is Not Come. He Rebukes James and John. 

The Spirit of the True Discipline. He Cures Ten 

Lepers. He Sends Before H i m Seventy-two Disciples. 

He Is Entertained by Martha. The Jews Seek Him.... 96-100 

C H A P T E R 61-+In the Temple He Teaches His Doctrine Is 

From the Father. He Will Return to the Father. 

He Is the Living Water. The Dispute Over His Teach-

ing. The Woman Taken in Adultery. He Is the Light 

of the World. The Value of Sonship From Abraham.. 100-106 

C H A P T E R 62—The Cure of the M a n Blind From Birth. 

Christ Is the Door of the Sheepfold. He Is the Good 

Shepherd. He Is Rejected By the Jews and Leaves 

Jerusalem. The Seventy-two Return. The Childlike 

Mind. The Greatest Commandment 106-111 

C H A P T E R 63—The Parable of the Good Samaritan. A 

Lesson on Earnest Prayer. Who Are His Sheep. The 

Jews Again Reject Him. He Exposes the Hypocrisy 

of the Pharisees. He Warns His Followers Against 

Hypocrisy and Urges Them to Be Fearless in Con-

fessing H i m 111-116 

8 3 - 8 6 

87-91 

9 1 - 9 6 

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SECTION V I I 

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C H A P T E R 64—The Parable of the Rich Fool. Christ Urges 

His Followers Not to Be Solicitous for Earthly Things 
But to Be Always Ready for His Coming. The Parable 
of the Faithful Steward. The Gospel Will Cause Divi-
sions. He Explains the Need of Prompt Decision and 
Repentance 

117-121 

C H A P T E R 6S—The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree. The 
Cure of a Suffering Woman. The Narrow Gate. Herod 
and Jerusalem Reproved. The Cure of the Dropsical 
Man. True Hospitality. The Great Supper. Renun-
ciation. Five Parables—The Lost Sheep, The Lost 
Com, The Prodigal Son, The Unjust Steward, Dives 
and Lazarus 

C H A P T E R 66—The Power of Faith. False Prophets The 
Unjust Judge. The Pharisee and the Publican The 
Laws of Marriage and Divorce. The Blessing on Chil-
dren. The Call to the Rich Man. Dangers of Riches 
Reward for Renunciation. The Laborers in the Vine-
yard 
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C H A P T E R 67—The Resurrection of Lazarus. The Jews 
Plan Christ's Death. He Withdraws to Ephrem and 
Foretells His Death. The Plea of the Zebedees' Mother 
The Two Blind Men. Zacheus. The Parable of the 
Pounds. Jerusalem and the Supper at Bethany The 
Entry Into the City i 3 <W4S 

SECTION V I I I 

C H A P T E R 68—Christ Weeps Over the City. The Barren 

Fig Tree. Teaching and Miracles in the Temple The 

Power of Faith. Christ's Authority Challenged. Three 

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C H A P T E R 69—Duty to Caesar. The Resurrection Prob-

lem. The Commandments. Christ Warns the People 

Against the Pharisees. The Widow's Mite The De 

struction of the Temple and the End of the World 1S1-160 

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C H A P T E R 70—TWO Parables—The Ten Virgins, The Tal-

ents. The Last Judgment. Christ Announces His Hour. 

The Father Glorifies Him. He Is the Light of the 

World. He Is Rejected By the Jews and Condemned 

By the Chief Priests. Judas Strikes His Bargain. The 

Disciples Prepare the Pasch. He Eats the Paschal 

Supper With His Own 160-167 

C H A P T E R 71—Christ Washes His Discciples' Feet. He 

Foretells His Betrayal. He Institutes the Holy Eucha-

rist. The New Commandment. The Warning to Peter 

and to All. He Consoles His Own. He Is One With 

the Father. He Promises the Paraclete. Peace Is 

Promised. Second Warning to Peter. The Vine and 

the Branches. The World's Hatred. Second Promise 

of the Paraclete. His Death Near. Power of Prayer 

in His Name. He Prays for His Own 167-178 

S E C T I O N I X 

C H A P T E R 72—The Prayer and Agony in the Garden. The 

Betrayal. Peter Draws His Sword. Christ Is Deserted 

By All. He Is Brought Before Annas. Peter Denies 

Him. He Answers the High Priest and Is Struck. He 

Is Led to Caiphas. He Is Again Denied By Peter. 

He Is Condemned to Death By the Council. He Is 

Spit Upon, Struck and Mocked. Judas Returns His 

Bargain Money. Christ Before Pilate. Before Herod. 

Barabbas. He Is Condemned By Pilate. He Is 

Scourged, Crowned With Thorns, Mocked. Con-

demned By Pilate a Second Time. The Journey to 

Calvary. The Crucifixion. The Title on the Cross. 

The Soldiers Divide His Garments. He Speaks From 

the Cross. He Is Mocked By Bystanders. He Dies 

After Three Hours' Agony. Earthquake and Wonders. 

His Side Is Pierced. He Is Buried and a Guard Is 

Set About. His Tomb 179-196 

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SECTION X 

C H A P T E R 73—Christ Rises From the Dead. He Appears 

to Magdalen and to the Hofy Women. The Soldiers 

Are Bribed to Deny His Rising. He Appears to the 

Two Disciples Near Emmaus. He Appears to Ten 

Disciples. He Appears to Eleven. He Appears to 

Seven. He Gives Peter Charge of His Flock. He Ap-

pears to Five Hundred and to James. He Commissions 

the Apostles. He Appears to Eleven Disciples in 

Galilee. He Ascends to Heaven. He Sends the Holy 

Ghost Upon the Apostles 197-207 

D I S C U S S I O N C L U B O U T L I N E 
208-223 



AUTHOR'S FOREWORD 

THE compiler of 'this little book has aimed at making 
a continuous life of our Lord in the exact words o the 
Four Gospels, so far as this was possible. He believes 
that there has been no important omission or change, 
and very few alterations have been made in the con-
struction*. He has followed closely the Rheims Version 
except in a very few instances, in which it was thought 
desirable to adopt that of Father Spencer. The modern 
form of such words as Bethany for Bethania, Passover 
for Pasch, has in this way been adopted. 

While the main outlines of our Lord's Life are ascer-
tained, and the order of events in a few cases, it is impos-
sible to attain certainty as to the precise order and se-
quence in each and every case. Scholars differ so much, 
and each has so many more or less probable arguments 
for his view, that it is very often impossible to come to a 
definite decision. To such an extent has this difference 
gone, that even the length of our Lord's Public Ministry 
is in dispute. A few writers insist on only one year; 
others make its duration two and a half years; many 
and perhaps the majority, hold it to have been three and 
a half years. It is according to the last-named view that 

this book has been arranged. 
It was, however, considered an advantage, for the sake 

of what may be called the Composition of Place, that 
the definite position of each event in the course of our 
Lord's Life, and the place at which it occurred, should 
be given, provided it is understood, that it is often more 
or less a matter of conjecture. . 

The compiler feels that he is bound to express his in-
debtedness to Sir W. J. Herschel's A Gospel Monogram. 
This work has been of the greatest possible service to 
him. 



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And the Voice went forth throughout the world. . . . 

And each one heard it according to his capacity: old men 

and youths and boys and sucklings and women: the 

Voice was to each one as each one had the power to re-

ceive it. 





T h e Saviour's Life 
SECTION I 

Preface of St. John: His Eternol Divinity 

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
rfSSl 3 the Word was God. The same was in the 
beginning with God. All things were made by H B ¡ 1 
without him was made nothing that was made I n him 
waslite- and the life was the light of men. And the light 
shinetlT i n darkness, and the darkness did not compre-

• B was a man sent from God, whose name was 
John This man came for a witness, to give testimony 

The light, that all men might believe through him He 
was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. 
That^ was the true light, which enlighteneth every man 
that cometh into this world. He was m the world, and 
the world was made by him, and the world knew him 
not He came unto his own, and his own received lum 

ButaTmany as received him, he gave them power 
to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his 
nara Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh nor of the will of man, but of God And the Word 
was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we saw g g 
glory, the glory as it were of the only-begotten of the 
Father full of grace and truth. 

John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: 
This was he of whom I spoke, he that shall come after 
me is preferred before me: because he was before me 
And of his fullness we all have received, and grace or 
grace For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth 
came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seenGrclatany 
time: theonly-begotten Son who is in t h e ^ P ^ f the 
Father, he hath declared him. 



Preface of St. Mark 

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°spel of Jesus Christ, the Son 

Preface of St. Luke: Things Most Surely Believed 

F O R A S M U C H as many have taken in hand to set forth 
in order a narration of the things that have been accom-
plished among us, according as they have delivered them 
unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and 
ministers of -the word, it seemed good to me also, having 
diligently attained to all things from the beginning to 
write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that 
thou mayest know the verity of those words in which 
thou hast been instructed. 

Prefoce of St. Matthew 

THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son 
of David, the son of Abraham. 

CHAPTER I 

His Human Ancestry: The Royal Pedigree 

A B R A H A M begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And 
Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. And Judas begot 
Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron 
And Esron begot Aram. And Aram begot Aminadab. 
And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Sal-
mon And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz be-
got Obed of Ruth And Obed begot Jesse. And Jesse 
begot David the king. 

And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had 
been the wife of Urias. And Solomon begot Roboam. 
And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa. And 
Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And 
Joram begot Ozias. And Ozias begot Joatham. And 
Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias. 
And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot 
Amon. And Amon begot Josias. And Josias begot 
Babk>n

S an<1 h i S b r e t h r e n i n t h e
 transmigration of 

And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias 

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begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel. And 
Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot E h a a n , 
And Eliacim begot Azor. And A z o r begot Sadoc And 
Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud And Elmd 
beg^Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan AndMaüian 
begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of 
Mary, of whom was bora Jesus, who 1 called Chnst 

So ali the generations, from Abraham to David, are 
fourteen generations; and from David to 

• tion of Babylon, are fourteen generations: and from the 
transmigration 'of Babylon to Christ are fourteen 
generations. 

His Human Aneestry: His Pedigree as Mon 

AND Jesus himself was (as it was supposed) the son of 
Toseph who was of Heli, who was of Mathat, who was 
of Levi, who was of Melchi, who was of Janne who was 
of Toseph, who was of Mathathias, who was of Amos who 
was of Nahum, who was of Hesli, who was of Nagge 
who was of Mahath, who was of Mathathias, who was of 
Semei, who was of Joseph, who was of Juda who was of 
J O Ì , who was of Reza, who was of Zorobabel, who was 

"of Salathiel, who was of Neri. 

Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of 
Cosan, who was of Helmadan, who was of Her, who was 
of Jesús, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jonm, who was 
of Mathat, who was of Levi, who was of Simeón, who 
was of Judas, who was of Joseph, who was of Jona 
who was of Eliakim, who was of Melea who was of 
Menna, who was of Mathatha, who was of Nathan, who 
was of David. • , „ 

Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz 
who was of Salmón, who was of Naasson who was of 
Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who 
was of Phares, who was of Judas, who was of JacoVwho 
was of Isaac, who was of Abraham, who was of Thare, 
who was of Nachor, who was of Sarug, who was of Ragau, 
who was of Phaleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sale 
who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of 

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Sem, who was of Noe, who was of Lamech, who was of 
Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Jared, who 
was of Malaleel, who was of C'ainan, who was of Henos, 
who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God. 

CHAPTER II 

The Promise of »he Birth of His Forerunner 

Jerusalem. September or October, B. C. 6 

T H E R E was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a 
certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia; and 
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name 
Elizabeth. And they were both just before God, walking 
in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord 
without blame. And they had no son, for that Elizabeth 
was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. 
And jt came to pass, when he executed the priestly func-
tion in the order of his course before God, according to 
the custom of the priestly office, it was his lot to offer 
incense, going into the temple of the Lord. And all the 
multitude of the people was praying without, at the hour 
of incense. 

And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, 
standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And 
Zachary seeing him, was troubled, and fear fell upon 
him. But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for 
thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear 
thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou 
shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice in 
his nativity. For he shall be great before the Lord and 
shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be 
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb 
And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to 
the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the 
spirit and power of Elias, that he may turn the hearts of 
the fathers unto the children, and the incredulous to the 
wisdom of the just; to prepare unto the Lord a perfect 
people. 

And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know 



this? for I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in 
years. And the angel answering said to ta. am 
Gabriel, who stand before God; and am sent to speak to 
thee, and to bring thee these good tidings And behold 
thou shalt be dumb, and ¿halt not be able to I g | g g l 
the day wherein these things shall corne to pass ¡ K g 
thou hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled 
in their time. And the people were waiting for Zachary 
and they wondered that he tarried so long J the temple 
And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and 
they understood that he had seen a vision in the temple. 
And he made signs to them, and remained dumb. And it 
came to pass/after the days of his office were accom-
plished, he departed to his own house. 

And after those days, Elizabeth his ^ f e conceived 
and hid herself five months, saying: Thus hath the Lord 
dealth with me in the days wherein he hath had regard 
to take away my reproach among men. 

CHAPTER 3 

The Annunciation of His Birth to His Mother 

Nazareth. March 25, B. C. 5 

"AND in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent 
from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth to a 
virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the 
house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary An 
the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full ot 
»race the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among 
women. Who having heard, was troubled at his¡saying 
and thought with herself what manner of salutation tins 
should be. And the angel said to h e n F e a r not, Mary, 
for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou shalt 
conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and 
" h a l t calf his name Jesus. He shall be great and 
shall be called the Son of the most High; M | S M 
God shall give unto him the throne of David his father 
and he shall reign in the house of Jacob forever; and of 
his kingdom there shall be no end. 



And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, 
because I know not man? And the angel answering, said 
to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the 
power of the most High shall overshadow thee; and 
therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall 
be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Eliza-
beth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and 
this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: be-
cause no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary 
said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to 
me according to thy word. And the angel departed from 
her. 

CHAPTER 4 

His Mother Pays a Visit to Her Cousin St. Elizabeth 

Hill Country of Judea. April, B. C. 5 

AND Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill 
country with haste into a city of Judea. And she entered 
into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. And 
it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the saluta-
tion of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Eliza-
beth was filled with the Holy Ghost: and she cried out 
with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among 
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And 
whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should 
come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of thy 
salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb 
leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed 
because those things shall be accomplished that were 
spoken to thee by the Lord. 

His Mother's Song 

Hill Country of Judea. April, B. C. 5 

AND Mary said: 

My soul doth magnify the Lord; 

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 

Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: 

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For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me 

blessed. , . . 
Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me, 

And holy is his name. 
And his mercy is from generation unto generation: 

To them that fear him. H e h a t h showed might in his a r m : 
He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. 

He hath put down the mighty from their seat: 
And hath exalted the humble. 
He hath filled the hungry with good things: 
And the rich he hath sent empty away. 
He hath received Israel his servant: 
Being mindful of his mercy. 
As he spoke to our fathers. 

To Abraham and his seed forever. 

And Mary abode with her about three months, and 

she returned to her own house. 

CHAPTER 5 

The Birth of His Forerunner 

Hill Country of Judea. June 25, B. C. 5 

Now Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was 
come, and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors 
and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shewed his great 
mercy toward her, and they congratulated with her. And 
it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to cir-
cumcise the child, and they called him by his father s 
name, Zachary. And his mother answering, said: Not 
so- but he shall be called John. And they said to her: 
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 
And they made signs to his father, how he would have 
him called. And demanding a writing table he wrote 
saving" John is his name. And they all wondered. And 
immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue 
loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came upon 
all their neighbors; and all these things were noised 
abroad over all the hill country of Judea. And all they 

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that had heard them laid them up in their heart, say-
ing: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the 
hand of the Lord was with him. 

The Song of Zachary 

Hill Country of Judea. July 4, B. C. 5 

AND Zachary, his father, Was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and prophesied, saying: 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; 
Because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of 

his people, 

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, 
In the house of David, his servant: 
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets who are 

from the beginning), 

Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all 
that hate us; 

To perform mercy to our fathers, 
And to remember his holy testament; 
The oath which he swore to Abraham our father, that he 

would grant us. 
That we being delivered from the hand of our enemies 
We may serve him without fear, 
In holiness and justice before him all our days. 
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the 

Highest: 
For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare 

his way; 
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, 
Unto the remission of their sins, 
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, 
In which the Orient from on high hath visited us, 
To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow 

of death;. 
To direct our feet into the way of peace. 

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit 
and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation 
to Israel. 

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SECTION II 

CHAPTER 6 

An Angel Appears to St. Joseph 

Nazareth. July, B. C. 5 

Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When 
as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they 
came together, she was found with child, of the Holy 
Ghost. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just 
man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded 
to put her away privately. But while he thought on these 
things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him m 
his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David fear not to take 
unto thee Mary thy wife: for that w h i c h is conceived m 
her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a 
son; and thou shalt call his name J E S U S ; for he shall 
save his people from their sins. Now all this was done 
that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the 
prophet, saying: Behold a virgin shall be with child, and 

bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, 

which being interpreted is, God with us. 
And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of 

the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his 
wife. And he knew her not till she brought forth her 
first-born son. 

CHAPTER 7 

His Birth at Bethlehem 

Bethlehem. December 25, B. C. 5 

AND it came to pass, that in those days, there went 
out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world 
should be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by 
Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. And all went to be en-
rolled, every one into his own city. And Jeseph also 

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went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into 
Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem 
because he was of the house and family of David- to be 

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sed wife, who was with 

child. And it came to pass, that when they were there 
her days were accomplished, that she should be deliv-
ered. And she brought forth her first-born son, and 
wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a 
manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. 

He Is Visited By Shepherds 

Bethlehem. December, B. C. 5 

AND there were in the same country shepherds watch-
ing, and keeping the night watches over their flock. And 
behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the 
brightness of God shone round about them; and they 
feared with a great fear. And the angel said to them: 
bear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great 
joy, that shall be to all the people: for this day is born 
to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of 
David And this shall be a sign unto you: you shall find 
the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a 
manger And suddenly there was with the angel a multi-
tude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: 
Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men 
of good will. 

And it came to pass, after the angels departed from 
them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another 
Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word 
that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us 
And they came with haste; and they found Mary and 
Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. And seeing 
they understood of thè word that had been spoken to 
them concerning this child. And all that heard, wondered 
at those things that were told them by the shepherds 
But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her 
heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and prais-
ing God, for all the things they had heard and seen as it 
was told unto them. 

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CHAPTER 8 

He Is Circumcised 

Bethlehem. January 1, B. C. 4 

AND after eight days were accomplished, that the child 
should be circumcised, Joseph called his name Jesus, 
which was called by the angel, before he was conceived 
in the womb. 

He Is Presented to the Lord 

Jerusalem. February 2, B. C. 4 

AND after the days of her purification, according to 
the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him 
to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written 
in the law of the L o r d : Every male opening the womb 

shall be called holy to the Lord), a n d to offer a sacrifice 

according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of 
turtledoves, or two young pigeons. 

The Song of Simeon in His Praise 

Jerusalem. February 2, B. C. 4 

AND behold there was a man in Jerusalem named 
Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for 
the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was in 
him And he had received an answer from the Holy 
Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen 
the Christ of the Lord. And he came by the Spirit into 
the temple; and when his parents brought in the child 
Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, 
he also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and 
said: 

Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, 
According to thy word in peace: 
Because my eyes have seen thy salvation: 
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: 
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, 
And the glory of thy people Israel. 

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And his father and mother were wondering at those 
Wmgs which were spoken concerning him; and Simeon 
blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: 

Behold, this child is set for the fall and for the resurrec-
tion of many in Israel; 

And for a sign which shall be contradicted 
And. thy own soul a sword shall pierce 
That out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed. 

He Is Praised by Anna 

Jerusalem. February 2, B. C. 4 

AND there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter 
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was far adv^ced 
in years, and had lived with her husband seven years 
from her virginity; and she was a widow until fourscore 
and four years; who departed not from the temple, by 
fastings and prayers serving night and day. Now she 
at the same hour coming in, confessed to the Lord, and I 
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CHAPTER 9 

He Is Visited By Wise Men 

Bethlehem.. February, B. C. 4 

W H E N Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Tudea 
in the days of King Herod, behold, there came wise men 
trom 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 adore him. 

And King Herod hearing this was troubled and all 
Jerusalem with him. And assembling together all the 
chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired 
of them where Christ should be born. But they said to 

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prophet: And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not 
the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall 
come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel. 

I hen Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned 

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diligently of them the time of the star which appeared 
to them; and sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go 
and diligently inquire after the child; and when you 
have found him, bring me word again that I also may 
come and adore him. Who having heard the king, went 
their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in 
the east, went before them, until it came and stood over 
where the child was. And seeing the star, they rejoiced 
with exceeding great joy. And entering into the house 
they found the child with Mary his Mother; and falling 
down they adored him; and opening their treasures they 
offered him gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh. And 
having received an answer in sleep that they should not 
return to Herod, they went back another way into their 
country. 

CHAPTER 10 

He Is Taken Into Egypt 

Egypt. February, B. C. 4 

AND after they were departed, behold an angel of the 
Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and 
take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt; and 
be there until I shall tell thee; for it will come to pass 
that Herod will seek the child to destroy him. Who 
arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and 
retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of 
Herod: that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke 
by the prophet saying: Out of Egypt have I called my 

son. 

CHAPTER 11 

Young Children Are Put to Death By Herod 

Bethlehem. February, B. C. 4 

T H E N Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the 

wise men, was exceeding angry, and sending killed all 

the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the 

borders thereof, from two years old and under, according 

to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise 

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men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by 
Jeremias the prophet saying: A voice in Rama was 
heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewail-

ing her children, and would not be comforted, because 

they are not. • 

CHAPTER 12 

He Is Brought Back from Egypt and Taken to Nazareth 

Nazareth. B. C. 4 

BUT when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the 
Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt, saying: Arise, 
and take the child and his mother, and go into the land 
of Israel: for they are dead that sought the life of the 
child. Who arose, and took the child and his mother, 
and came into the land of Israel. But hearing that 
Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his 
father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in 
sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee. And coming 
he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be ful-
filled which was said by the prophets: That he shall be 
called a Nazarene. 

CHAPTER 13 

His Life at Nazareth for-Twelve Years 

Nazareth. March 29, A. D. 9 

AND the child grew and waxed strong, full of wisdom; 
and the grace of God was in him. 

CHAPTER 14 

He Goes Up to Jerusalem to the Passover 

Jerusalem. March 29, A. D. 9 

AND his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the 
solemn day of the passover. And when he was twelve 
years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the 
custom of the feast, and having fulfilled the days, when 
they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; 

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and his parents knew it not. And thinking that he was 
in the company, they came a day's journey, and sought 
him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance; and not 
finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him. 
And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found 
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, 
hearing them, and asking them questions. And seeing 
him they wondered, and his mother said to him: Son, 
why hast thou done so to us? behold, thy father and I 
have sought thee sorrowing. And he said to them: How 
it is that you sought me? did you not know that I must 
be about my Father's business? And they understood 
not the word which he spoke unto them. 

His Life at Nazareth for Eighteen Years 

Nazareth. A. D. 9 to 27 

AND after they had performed all things according to 
the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their 
city of Nazareth. And he went down with them; and 
was subject to them: and his mother kept all these words 
in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and 
grace with God and men. 

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SECTION III 

CHAPTER 15 

The Ministry of His Forerunner 

Wilderness of Judea. A. D. 26 

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius 
Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and 
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother 
tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and 
Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina under the high-priesthood 
of Annas and Caiphas, the word of the Lord was made 
unto John the son of Zachary in the desert. For this is 
he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: 

Behold I send my angel before thy face, 
Who shall prepare the way before thee: 
A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 
Make straight his paths. 
Every valley shall be filled, 
And every mountain and hill shall be brought low: 
And the crooked shall be made straight, 
And the rough ways plain: 
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 

And in those days came John the Baptist into all the 
country about Jordan preaching in the wilderness of 
Judea the baptism of penance for the remission of sins, 
saying: Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern 
girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey. 
And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and 
all they of Jerusalem and all the region around about 
Jordan, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, 
confessing their sins. 

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And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees 
with the multitudes coming to be baptized by him he 
said to them: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed 
you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth there-
fore fruits worthy of penance; and do not begin to say: 
We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, 
that God is able of these stones to raise up children to 
Abraham. For now the axe is laid to the root of the 
trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good 
fruit, shall be cut down and cast into the fire. And the 
people asked him, saying: What then shall we do? And 
he answering said to them: He that hath two coats, let 
him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, 
let him do in like manner. And the publicans also came 
to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we 
do? But he said to them: Do nothing more than that 
which is appointed you. And the soldiers also asked 
him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to 
them: Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any 
man; and be content with your pay. And as the people 
were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of 
John, that perhaps he might be the Christ; John an-
swered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with 
water unto penance; but there shall come one mightier 
than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to 
loose; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and 
with fire; whose fan is in his hand, and he will purge his 
floor, and will gather the wheat unto his barn; but the 
chaff he shall burn with unquenchable fire. And many 
more things exhorting did he preach to the people. 

CHAPTER 16 

He Is Baptized By His Forerunner 

Bethabara. January, A. D. 27 

AND it came to pass in those days, when all the people 
were baptized, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee 
to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him. But 
John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, 

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and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering, said to 
him: Suffer it to be so now: for so it becometh us to ful-
fill, all justice. Then he suffered him. And Jesus being 
baptized, forthwith came out of the water; and praying, 
he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Holy Ghost, 
the Spirit of God, descending in a bodily form, as a dove, 
and coming upon him: and lo, a voice from heaven, say-
ing, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 

CHAPTER 17 

He Is Tempted in the Desert 

Wilderness of Judea. February to March, A. D. 27 

T H E N Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned 
from the Jordan. And immediately the Spirit drove him 
out into the desert to be tempted of the devil. And he 
was in the desert, led by the Spirit, for the space of forty 
days; and he was with beasts, and the angels ministered 
to him: and he ate nothing in those days. And when 
they were completed, and he had fasted forty days and 
forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. And the tempter 
coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, com-
mand that these stones be made bread. And Jesus an-
swered and said. It is written, Not in bread alone doth 
man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the 

mouth of God. 

Then the devil took him up into Jerusalem, the holy 
city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple. And 
said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down: for it is written: That he hath given his angels 

charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee 

up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Jesus answering said to him: It is written again: Thou 
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 

Again the devil led him up into a very high moun-
tain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a 
moment of time, and the glory of them. And he said to 
him: To thee will I give all this power; for to me they 

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are delivered; and to whom I will give them. If thou 
therefore falling down wilt adore me, all shall be thine. 
Then Jesus answering said to him: Begone, Satan; for 
it is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and 

him only shalt thou serve. 

And all the temptations being ended, the devil de-
parted from him for a time; and behold angels came and 
ministered to him. 

CHAPTER 18 

He Receives for the Second Time the Testimony of His 

Forerunner 

Bethabara. March, A. D. 27 

AND this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent 
from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him, 
Who art thou? And he confessed, and did not deny; and 
he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: 
What then? art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art 
thou the prophet? And he answered: No. They said 
therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an 
answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thy-
self? H e said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilder-

ness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the 

prophet Isaias. And they that were sent, were of the 
Pharisees. And they asked him, and said to him: Why 
then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias; 
nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: I baptize 
with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, 
whom you know not. The same is he that shall come 
after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of 
whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. These things were 
done in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was 
baptizing. The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him, 
and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who 
taketh away the sin of the world. This is he, of whom 
I said: After me there cometh a man who is preferred 
before me: because he was before, me. And I knew him 
not; but that he may be made manifest in Israel, there-

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fore am I come baptizing with water And John gave 
testimony, saying: I saw the Spirit coming down, as a 
dove from heaven, and he remained upon him. And I 
knew him not; but he who sent me to baptize with water, 
said to me: He upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit de-
scending, and remaining upon him, he it is that baptizeth 
with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and I gave testimony, 
that this is the Son of God. The next day again John 
stood, and two of his disciples. And beholding Jesus 
walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. 

CHAPTER 19 

He Calls Five to Follow Him — His First Disciples 

Bethabara. March, A. D. 27 

AND the two disciples heard him speak, and they fol-
lowed Jesus. And Jesus turning, and seeing them fol-
lowing him, saith to them: What seek you? Who said 
to him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Mas-
ter), where dWellest thou? He said to them: Come and 
see. They came, and saw where he abode; and they 
stayed with him that day; now it was about the tenth 
hour. And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one 
of the two who had heard of John, and followed him. 
He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We 
have found the Messias; which is, being interpreted, the 
Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking 
upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou 
shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. 

On the following day, he would go forth into Galilee: 
and he findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him: Follow 
me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew 
and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him: 
We have found him of whom Moses is the law, and the 
prophets did write, Jesus, the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 
And Nathanael said to him: Can any thing of good come 
from Nazareth? Philip saith to him: Come and see. 

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and he saith of 

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him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no 
guile. Nathanael saith to him: Whence knowest thou 
me? Jesus answered, and said to him: Before that Philip 
called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw 
thee. Nathanael answered him, and said: Rabbi, thou 
art the Son of God, thou art l i e king of Israel. Jesus 
answered, and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I 
saw thee under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things 
than these shalt thou see. And he saith to him: Amen, 
amen, I say to you: you shall see the heaven opened, and 
the angels of God ascending and descending upon the 
Son of Man. 

CHAPTER 20 

He Works His First Miracle 

Carta. March, A. D. 27 

AND the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of 
Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there; and Jesus 
also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And 
the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They 
have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is 
that to me and to thee? my hour is not yet come. His 
mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to 
you, do ye. Now there were set there six waterpots of 
stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the 
Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. Jesus 
saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they 
filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith to them: 
Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the 
feast. And they carried it. And when the chief steward 
had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence 
it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; 
the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, and saith to 
him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and 
when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. 
But thou hast kept the good wine until now. This begin-
ning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani-
fested his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 

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CHAPTER 21 

He Pays His First Visit to Copharnaum 

Capharnaum. March, A. D. 27 

A F T E R this he went down to Capharnaum, he and his 
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they re-
mained there not many days. 

He Goes to the Passover for the First Time in His 

Public Ministry 

Jerusalem. April 11-18, A. D. 27 

AND the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus 
went up to Jerusalem. 

He Cleanses the Temple for the First Time 

Jerusalem. April, A. D. 27 

AND he found in the temple them that sold oxen and 
sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. And 
when he had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, 
he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and 
the oxen, and the money of the changers he poured out. 
and the tables he overthrew. And to them that sold doves 
he said: Take these things hence, and make not the 
house of my Father a house of traffic. And his disciples 
remembered that it was written: The zeal of thy house 
hath eaten me up. The Jews, therefore, answered, and 
said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing 
thou dost these things? Jesus answered, and said to 
them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise 
it up. The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this 
temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three 
days? But he spoke of the temple of his body. When 
therefore he was risen again from the dead, his disciples 
remembered, that he had said this, and they believed the 
scripture, and the word that Jesus had said. Now when 
he was at Jerusalem, at the passover, upon the festival 
day, many believed in his name, seeing his signs which 

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he did. But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for 
that he knew all men. And because he needed not that 
any should give testimony of man: for he knew what 
was in man. 

CHAPTER 22 

His Conversation with Nieodemus 

Jerusalem. April, A. D. 27 

AND there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nieo-
demus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by 
night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art 
come a teacher from God; for no man can do these 
signs which thou dost, unless God be with him. Jesus 
answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee: 
unless a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom 
of God. Nieodemus saith to him: 'How can a man be 
born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into 
his mother's womb, and be born again? Jesus answered: 
Amen, amen, I say to thee: unless a man be born again 
of water and the Holy Ghost he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh, is 
flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 
Wonder not that I said to thee, you must be born again. 
The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his 
voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh, and 
whither he goeth; so is every one that is born of the 
Spirit. Nieodemus answered, and said to him: How can 
these things be done? Jesus answered, and said to him: 
Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these 
things? Amen, amen, I say to thee: that we speak what 
we know, and we testify what we have seen, and you 
receive not our testimony. If I have spoken to you 
earthly things, and you believe not; how will you be-
lieve, if I shall speak to you heavenly things? And no 
man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended 
from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as 
Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the 

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Son of Man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in 
him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 

For God so lqved the world, as to give his only-begot-
ten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, may not per-
ish, but may have life everlasting. For God sent not his 
Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world 
may be saved by him. He that believeth in him is not 
judged: but he that doth not believe, is already judged: 
because he believeth not in the name of the only-begotten 
Son of God. And this is the judgment: because the light 
is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather 
than the light, for their works were evil. For every one 
that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the 
light, that his works may not be reproved; but he that 
doth truth, cometh to the light, that his works may be 
made manifest, because they are done in God. 

CHAPTER 23 

He Spends Eight Months in Judeo Preaching and Baptizing 

Judea. April to December, A. D. 27 

A F T E R these things Jesus and his disciples came into 
the land of Judea: and there he abode with them, and 
baptized. 

He Receives the Testimony of His Forerunner for the 

Last Time 

Aenon. December, A. D. 27 

AND John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim; 
because there was much water there; and they came and 
were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison. 

And here arose a question between some of John's dis-
ciples and the Jews concerning purification: and they 
came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with 
thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, 
behold he baptizeth, and all men come to him. John 
answered and a i d : A man cannot receive anything, un-
less it be given him from heaven. You yourselves do 

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bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I 
am sent before him. He that hath the bride, is the bride-
groom: but'the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth 
and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bride-
groom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He 
must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from 
above, is above all: he that is of the earth, of the earth 
he is, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from 
heaven, is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, 
that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony 
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal 
that God is true. For he whom God hath sent, speaketh 
the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by 
measure The Father loveth the Son, and he hath given 
all things into his hand. He that believeth in the Son, 
hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, 
shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. 

His Forerunner Is Cast Into Prison 

Machaerus. December, A. D. 27 

BUT Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by 
him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evils 
which-Herod had done, he added this also above all, and 
shut up John in prison. 



SECTION IV 

CHAPTER 24 

He Leaves Judea and Goes Through Samaria Into Galilee 

Samaria. December, A. D. 27 

W H E N Jesus therefore understood that the Pharisees 
had heard that Jesus maketh more disciples, and bap-
tizeth more than John (though Jesus himself did not 
baptize, but his disciples), he left Judea, and went again 
into Galilee. 

He Converses with a Samaritan Woman 

Sickar. December, A. D. 27 

AND he was of necessity to pass through Samaria. He 
cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called 
Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being 
wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was 
about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria, 
to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink. 
For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats. 
Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost 
thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan 
woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the 
Samaritans. Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou 
didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to 
thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked 
of him, and he would have given thee living water. The 
woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to 
draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou 
living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, 
who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his 
children, and his cattle? 

Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drinketh 



of this water, shall thirst again; but he that .shall drink 
, of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst forever: 

but the water that I will give him, shall become in him 
a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting. 
The woman saith to him: Sir, give me this water, that I 
may not thirst, nor come hither to draw. Jesus saith to 
her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman 
answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to 
her: Thou hast said well, I have no husband: for thou 
hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is 
not thy husband: this thou hast said truly. 

The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that thou 
art a prophet. Our fathers adored on this mountain; and 
you say that at Jerusalem is the place where men must 
adore. Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, that the 
hour cometh when you shall neither on this mountain, 
nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father. You adore that 
which you know not; we adore that which we know; for 
salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now 
is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit 
and in truth: for the Father also seeketh such to adore 
him. God is a spirit; and they that adore him, must 
adore him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith to 
him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called 
Christ); therefore when he is come, he will tell us all 
things. Jesus said to her: I am he, who am speaking 
with thee. 

And immediately his disciples came; and they won-
dered that he talked with the woman: yet no men said: 
What seekest thou? or, why talkest thou with her? The 
woman therefore left her waterpot, and went her way 
into the city, and saith to the men there: Come, and see 
a man who has told me all things whatsoever I have 
done. Is not he the Christ? They went therefore out of 
the city, and came unto him. 

In the meantime the disciples prayed him, saying: 
Rabbi, eat. But he said to them: I have meat to eat, 
which you know not. The disciples therefore said one to 
another: Hath any man brought him to eat? Jesus saith 

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to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, 
that I may perfect his work. Do not you say, There are 
yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, 
I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries, for 
they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth 
receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life everlast-
ing u that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, may 
rejoice together. For in this is the saying true: That it is 
one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. I 
have sent you to reap that in which you did not labor: 
others have labored, and you have entered into their 
labors. 

Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in 
him, for the word of the woman giving testimony, He 
told me all things whatsoever I have done. So when the 
Samaritans were come to him, they desired that he would 
tarry there. And he abode there two days. And many 
more believed in him because of his own word; and they 
said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: 
for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is 
indeed the Saviour of the world. 

Now after two days, he departed thence, and went into 
Galilee. For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet 
hath no honor in his own country. 

CHAPTER 25 

He Begins the Preaching of the Gospel in Galilee 

Galilee. January, A. D. 28 

Now when Jesus had heard that John was delivered 
up, he retired into Galilee. And he returned thither in 
the power of the Spirit. So when he was come into Gali-
lee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things 
he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day; for they 
also went to the festival day. From that time Jesus be-
gan to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God, saying: 
The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at 
hand; repent, and believe the gospel. And the fame of 

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him went out through the whole country. And he taught 
in their synagogues, and was magnified by all. 

He Heals a Ruler's Son 

Cana. January, A. D. 28 

HE came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where 
he made the water wine. And there was a certain noble-
man, whose son was sick at Capharnaum. He having 
heard that Jesus was come out into Galilee, went to him 
and prayed him to come down, and heal his son; for he 
was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him: 
Unless you see signs and wonders you believe not. The 
ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before my son die. 
Jesus saith to him: Go thy way; thy son liveth. 

The man believed the word which Jesus spake to him, 
and went his way. And as he was going down, his serv-
ants met him, and brought word, saying that his son 
lived. He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he 
grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the 
seventh hour, the fever left him. The father therefore 
knew, that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to 
him: Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole 
house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, 
when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. 

CHAPTER 26 

He Is Rejected at Nazareth 

Nazareth. January, A. D. 28 

AND he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; 
and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, 
on the sabbath' day; and he rose up to read. And the 
book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And 
as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was 
written: The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore 

he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; 

he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart; to preach 

deliverance to the captives; and sight to the blind; to set 

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at liberty them that are bruised; to preach the accept-

able year of the Lord; and the day of reward. 

And when he had folded the book, he restored it to 
the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the 
synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to 
them: This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears. 
And all gave testimony to him: and they wondered at 
the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth, and 
they said: Is not this the son of Joseph? 

And he said to them: doubtless you will say to me this 
similitude: Physician, heal thyself: as great things as 
we have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy 
own country. And he said: Amen, I say to you that no 
prophet is accepted in his own country. In truth I say 
to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in 
Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six 
months, when there was a great famine throughout all 
the earth. And to none of them was Elias sent, but to 
Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman. And there were 
many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: 
and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. 

And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, 
were filled with anger; and they rose up and thrust him 
out of the city; and they brought him to the brow of the 
hill, whereon their city was built, that they might cast 
him down headlong. But he, passing through the midst 
of them, went his way. 

CHAPTER 27 

He Departs from Nazareth, and Takes Up His Abode at 

Capharnaum 

Capharnaum. January, A. D. 28 

AND leaving Nazareth he came down and dwelt in 
Capharnaum, a city of Galilee, on the seacoast, on the 
borders of Zabulon and of Nephthalim: that it might be 
fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet: Land of 
Zabulon and land of Nephthalim the way of the sea be-

yond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The people that 

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sat in darkness, hath seen great light; and to them that 

sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung 

up. 
CHAPTER 28 

He Preaches By the Sea of Galilee and Calk Four to Be 

Apostles 

Sea of Galilee. January, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed 
upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake 
of Genesareth, and saw two ships standing by the lake: 
but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were wash-
ing their nets. And going into one of the ships that was 
Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the 
land. And sitting he taught the multitudes out of the 
ship. Now when he h^d ceased to speak, he said to 
Simon: Launch out into the deep, and let down your 
nets for a draught. And Simon answering said to him: 
Master, we have labored all night, and have taken noth-
ing: but at thy word I will let down the net. And when 
they had done this, then enclosed a very great multitude 
of fishes, and their net broke. And they beckoned to 
their partners that were in the other ship, that they 
should come and help them. And they came, and filled 
both the ships, so that they were almost sinking. 

Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, 
0 Lord. For he was wholly astonished, and all that were 
with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had 
taken; and so were also James and John the sons of 
Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus saith to 
Simon: Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 

And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and 
Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea (for they 
were fishermen). And Jesus said to them: Come after 
me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And, 
immediately leaving their nets, they followed him. And 
going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the 
son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were 

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mending their nets in the ship: and forthwith he called 
them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with 
the hired men, they followed him. 

CHAPTER 29 

He Heals a Man wiHi an Unclean Spirit on the Sabbath Day 

Capharnaum. January, A. D. 28 

AND they go into Capharnaum, and forthwith on the 
sabbath day going into the synagogue, he taught them. 
And they were astonished at his doctrine; for he was 
teaching them as one having power, and not as the 
scribes. 

And in the synagogue there was a man who had an 
unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, say-
ing: Let us alone, what have we to do with thee, Jesus of 
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee 
who thou art, the holy one of God. And Jesus rebuked 
him, saying: Hold thy peace, and go out of him. And 
when the devil had thrown him into the midst, tearing 
him and crying out with a loud voice, he went out of 
him, and hurt him not at all. 

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they ques-
tioned among themselves, saying: What thing is this? 
what is this new doctrine? for with authority and power 
he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey 
him. And straightway the fame of him was published 
into every place of the country of Galilee around aJbout. 

CHAPTER 30 

He Heals the Mother of Simon's Wife, and Many Others 

Capharnaum. January, A. D. 28 

AND Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went im-
mediately into the house of Simon and Andrew, with 
James and John; and he saw Simon's wife's mother ly-
ing sick of a great fever; and they besought him for 
her. And coming to her, and standing over her, he lifted 
her up, taking her by the hand: and he commanded the 

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fever, and it left her. And immediately rising she min-
istered to them. And when evening was come, and toe 
sun was down, all they that had any * k : wift. dwer 
diseases, brought them to him. And all fflfiMQH 
fathered together at the door. But he laying his hands 
on every one of them, healed them all; that g might be 
fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, say-
ine- He took our infirmities, and. bore our diseases. 

And they brought unto him also all that were pos-
sessed with devils; and he cast out the spirits with his 
word; and they went out from many: crying out and 
saying: Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them 
he suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was 
Christ. 

He Sets Out Upon His First Preaching Tour Through Galilee 

Galilee. February and March, A. D. 28 

AND rising very early he went into a desert place; and 
there he prayed. And when it was day, the mutitudes 
sought him. And Simon, and they that were with him 
followed after him. And when they had found him they 
said to him: All seek for thee. And he saith to them: 
Let us go into the neighboring towns and cities, that l 
may preach there also, for to this purpose am I come. 

And the multitude stayed him that he should not de-
part from them. To whom he said: To other cities also 
I must preach the kingdom of God: for therefore am I 
sent And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and 
casting out devils, and healing all manner of sickness 
and every infirmity among the people. 

And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they pre-
sented to him all sick people-that were taken with divers 
diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by 
devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and 
he cured them. And much people followed him from 
Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and 
from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. 

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CHAPTER 31 

He Heals a Leper 

Galilee. March, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, 
behold, a man full of leprosy came to him; and he see-
ing Jesus, falling on his face, adored him; and kneeling 
down ¡besought him, saying to him: Lord, if thou wilt, 
thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, having compas-
sion on him, stretched forth his hand, and touching him, 
saith to him: I will: be thou made clean. And when he 
had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, 
and he was made clean. And he strictly charged him, 
and forthwith sent him away. And he saith to him: See 
thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and 
offer for thy cleansing the things—the gift which Moses 
commanded—for a testimony to them. 

But he being gone out, began to publish it the more, 
and to blaze abroad the word, so that Jesus could not 
openly go into the city, but was without in desert places. 
And great multitudes came together and flocked to him 
from all sides to hear, and to be healed by him of their 
infirmities. And he retired into the desert and prayed. 

CHAPTER 32 

He Returns to Capharnoum, and Heals a Man 

Sick of the Palsy 

Capharnaum. March, A. D. 28 

AND again Jesus entered into Capharnaum, his own 
city, after some days. And it was heard that he was in 
the house. And many came together, so that there was 
no room, no, not even about the door; and he spoke to 
them the word. There were also Pharisees and doctors 
of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town 
of Galilee, and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of 
the Lord was to heal them. 

And behold, men came to him bringing a man who 

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had the palsy, lying in a bed who was carried by four. 
And they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him 
before him. And when they could not find by what way 
they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they 
went up upon the roof; and when they had uncovered 
the roof where he was, and opened it, they let him down 
through the tiles with his bed into the midst before 
Jesus. Whose faith when he saw, he said to the sick of 
the palsy: Man, be of good heart, thy sins are forgiven 
thee. 

And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and 
they and the Pharisees began to think in their hearts, and 
to say within themselves: Why doth this man speak 
thus? He blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but God 
alone? Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit that 
they so thought within themselves answering, he said to 
them: Why do you think evil in your hearts? Whether 
is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are 
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, take up thy bed and 
walk? But that you may know that the Son of Man hath 
power on earth to forgive sins (then said he to the man 
sick of the palsy) I say to thee: Arise, take up thy bed, 
and go into thy house. 

And immediately rising up before them, he took up 
the bed on which he lay, and went his way to his own 
house glorifying God in the sight of all; so that when 
the multitude saw it, they were all astonished and glori-
fied God that had given such power to men. And being 
filled with fear they said: We have seen wonderful things 
today; we never saw the like. 

CHAPTER 33 

He Calls Matthew to Be an Apostle 

Sea of Galilee. March, A. D. 28 

AND after these things, he went forth again to the sea-
side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught 
them. And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a 
man named Levi, the son of Alpheus, called Matthew, 

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a publican, sitting in the custom house; and he saith to 
him: Follow me. And leaving all things, he rose up and 
followed him. 

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house. 
And it came to pass as Jesus was sitting at meat in the 
house, behold, a great company of publicans and sinners, 
and of others, came and sat down with Jesus and his 
disciples; for they were many, who also followed him. 
And the Pharisees and their scribes, seeing that he ate 
with publicans and sinners, murmured, saying to his dis-
ciples: Why doth your Master eat with publicans and 
sinners? _ But Jesus, hearing it, said unto them: They 
that are in health need not a physician, but they that are 
ill. Go then and learn what this meaneth: I will have 
mercy and not sacrifice; for I am not come to call the 
just, but sinners to penance. 

CHAPTER 34 

He Answers an Inquiry About Fasting 

Capharnaum. March, A. D. 28 

AND the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to 
fast. Then came to him the disciples of John saying: 
Why do we fast often, and make prayers, and the dis-
ciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thy disciples 
do not fast—thine eat and drink? And Jesus saith to 
them: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast 
and mourn whilst the bridegroom is with them? As long 
as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be 
taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those 
days. 

And he spoke also a similitude to them: No man put-
teth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment: 
otherwise, he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken 
from the new agreeth not with the old. Again, no man 
seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment; other-
wise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and 
there is made a greater rent. Neither do they put new 

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wine into old bottles; otherwise the new wine will break 
the bottles, and it will be spilled; and the bottles will be 
lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles, and 
both are preserved. And no man drinking old, hath pres-
ently a mind to new; for he saith: the old is better. 

CHAPTER 35 

He Goes Up to Jerusalem for the Second Passover of 

His Public Ministry 

Jerusalem. March 30 to April 5, A. D. 28 

A F T E R these things there was a festival day of the 
Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 

He Heals an Impotent Man at the Pool of Bethesda 

Jerusalem. April 5, A. D. 28 

Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, 
which in Hebrew is named Bethesda, having five porches. 
In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, 
of withered; waiting for the moving of the water. And 
an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the 
pond: and the water was moved. And he that went 
down first into the pond after the motion of the water, 
was made whole, of whatsoever infirmity he lay under. 
And there was a certain man there, that had been eight 
and thirty years under his infirmity. Him when Jesus 
had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long 
time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole? The 
infirm man answered: Sir, I have no man, when the wa-
ter is troubled, to put me into the pond; for whilst I am 
coming, another goeth down before me. Jesus saith to 
him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediate-
ly the man was made whole; and he took up his bed, and 
walked. 

And it was the sabbath that day. The Jews therefore 
said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not 
lawful for thee to take up thy bed. He answered them: 
He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed, 



and walk. They asked him therefore: Who is that man 
who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? But he 
who was healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus went 
aside from the multitude standing in the place. 

Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith 
to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest 
some worse thing happen to thee. The man went his 
way, and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made 
him whole. Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, be-
cause he did these things on the sabbath. 

CHAPTER 36 

He Claims to Be the Son of God, the Source of Life 

Jerusalem. April, A. D. 28 

BUT Jesus answered them: My father worketh until 
now; and I work. Hereupon therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he did not only break the 
sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making him-
self equal to God. Then Jesus answered, and said to 
them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do 
any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do-
ing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also 
doth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and 
sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater 
works than these will he shew him, that you may won-
der. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth 
life; so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. For 
neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath given 
all judgment to the Son; that all men may honor the 
Son, as they honor the Father. He who honoreth not 
the Son, honoreth not the Father, who hath sent him. 

Amen, amen, I say unto you, that he who heareth my 
word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlast-
ing, and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from 
death to life. Amen, amen, I say unto you, that the hour 
cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice 
of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. For as 
the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the 

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Son also to have life in himself: and he hath given him 
power to do judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 
Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all 
that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of 
God. And they that have done good things, shall come 
forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have 
done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. 

He Brings Forth Proofs of His Claim 

Jerusalem.. April, A. D. 28 

I C A N N O T of myself do any thing: as I hear, so I 
judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my 
own will, but the will of him that sent me. If I bear 
witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is an-
other that beareth witness of me; and I know that the 
witness which he witnesseth of me is true. You sent to 
John, and he gave testimony to the truth. But I receive 
not testimony from man: but I say these things, that you 
may be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and 
you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 

But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for 
the works which the Father hath given me to perfect; the 
works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that 
the Father hath sent me. 

And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath given 
testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at 
any time, nor seen his shape. And you have not his 
word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you 
believe not. 

Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have 
life everlasting: and the same are they that give testi-
mony of me; - and you will not come to me that you may 
have life. I receive not glory from men. But I know 
you, that you have not the love of God in you. I am 
come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: 
if another shall come in his own name, him you will re-
ceive. How can you believe, who receive glory one from 
another, and the glory which is from God alone, you do 
not seek? 

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Think not that I will accuse you to the Father; there 
is one that acouseth you, Moses, in whom you trust. For 
if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me 
also; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his 
writings, how will you believe my words? 

CHAPTER 37 

He Reproves the Pharisees Concerning the Sabbath 

Galilee. April, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass at that time that the Lord walked 
through the corn fields on the sabbath: and his disciples 
being hungry, began to go forward, and to pluck the ears 
of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. But 
some of the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, why 
do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 
And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so 
much as this, what David did, when he had need and 
was hungry himself, and they that were.with him? How 
he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high 
priest, and took and ate the loaves of proposition, and 
gave to them that were with him; which it is not law-
ful to eat, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read 
in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the 
temple break the sabbath, and are without blame? But 
I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. 
But if ye had known what this meaneth: I will have 
mercy, and not sacrifice, you would never have con-
demned the innocent. 

And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, 
and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of Man 
is Lord even of the sabbath. And he departed thence. 

He Heals a Man with a Withered Hand on the Sabbath Day 

A Galilean Village. April, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he 
entered again into the synagogue, and taught: and be-
hold, there was a man there who had his right hand 
withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, 

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whether he would heal him on the sabbath day. And 
they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sab-
bath day? that they might find an accusation against 
him. But he knew their thoughts: and said to the man 
who had the withered hand: Arise, and stand forth 
in the midst. And rising, he stood forth. 

And Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it is lawful on 
the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, 
or to destroy? But they held their peace. And he said 
to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath 
one sheep: and if the same fell into a pit on the sabbath 
day, will he not take hold on it, and lift it up? How 
much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is law-
ful to do good on the sabbath days. And when he had 
looked around about on them all with anger, being 
grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto 
the man: Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched 
it forth. And it was restored to health even as the other. 

CHAPTER 38 

He Incurs the Indignation of the Pharisees, and Retires 

to the Seaside 

Sea of Galilee. April, A. D. 28 

AND the Pharisees were filled with madness; and they 
talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus. 
And going out, immediately they made a consultation 
with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy 
him. 

And Jesus knowing it, retired with his disciples to the 
sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee 
and Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and 
from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and 
Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he 
did, came to him. 

And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should 
wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should 
throng him. For he healed many, so that they pressed 
upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils. And 

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the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before 

h i m : and they cried, saying: Thou art the Son of God. 

And he healed them all: and he strictly charged them 

that they should not make him known, that it might be 

fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying: 

Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in 

whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my 

spirit upon him, and he shalt shew judgment to the Gen-

tiles. He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any 

man hear his voice in the streets. The bruised reed he 

shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extin-

guish: till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in 

his name the Gentiles shall hope. 

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S E C T I O N V 

CHAPTER 39 

He Organizes His Kingdom in Its External Form By Choosing 

Twelve to Be Apostles 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass in those days, that he went out 
up into a mountain to pray: and he passed the whole 
night in the prayer of God. And when day was come, he 
called unto him his disciples, those whom he would him-
self: and they came to him. And he chose twelve of 
them, whom also he named apostles. And he made that 
the twelve should be with him, and that he might send 
them forth to preach. And he gave them power to heal 
sickness, and to cast out devils. And to Simon he gave the 
name Peter; and James the son of Zebedee, and John 
the brother of James; and he named them, Boanerges, 
which is, the sons of thunder; and Andrew, the brother 
of Simon, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew 
and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus 
(Jude, the brother of James), and Simon the Cananean, 
who is called Zelotes, and Judas Iscariot, who also be-
trayed him. 

And coming down with them, he stood in a plain 
place, and the company of his disciples, and a very great 
multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and 
the sea coast both of Tyre and Sidon, who were come to 
hear him, and to be healed of their diseases. And they 
that were troubled with unclean spirits, were cured. And 
all the multitude sought to touch him, for virtue went 
out from him, and healed all. 

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He Shows What Exterior Conditions Lead to True Blessedness 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

AND see the multitudes, he went up into a mountain; 
and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him. 
And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed 
are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed 
are ye that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed 
are ye that weep now, for you shall laugh. 

He Shows What Interior Dispositions Lead to True Blessedness 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

B L E S S E D are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the king-
dom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall 
possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn: for they 
shall be comforted. Blessed are they that hunger and 
thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed 
are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed 
are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. Blessed 
are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children 
of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for jus-
tice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed 
shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they 
shall separate you and shall revile you, and persecute 
you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly; and 
cast out your name as evil, for my, the Son of Man's 
sake. Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your 
reward is very great jn heaven; for according to these 
things did their fathers to the prophets: so they perse-
cuted the prophets that were before you. 

He Shows What Conditions Lead to Unhappiness 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

BUT woe to you that are rich: for you have your con-
solation. Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hun-
ger. Woe to you that now laugh: for you shall mourn 
and weep. Woe to you when men shall bless you: for 
according to these things did their fathers to the false 
prophets. 

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CHAPTER 40 

He Shows What His Disciples Are to Be in the World 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

You are the salt of the earth. Salt.is good: but if the 
salt lose its savor, wherewith shalt it be seasoned? It is 
good for nothing: it is neither profitable for the land, 
nor for the dunghill: but is to be cast, out, and to be 
trodden on by men. 

You are the light of the world. A city seated on a 
mountain cannot be hid. 

He Shows in What Way His Disciples Are to Be the 

Light of the World 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

THE light of thy body is thy eye; if thy eye be single, 
thy whole body shall be lightsome: but if thy eye be evil, 
thy whole tody also shall be darksome. Take heed there-
fore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkness. If 
then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of 
darkness, the whole shall be lightsome, and as a bright 
lamp shall enlighten thee. 

No man lighteth a candle, and putteth in a hidden 
place, nor under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that 
they that come in may see the light, and that it may 
shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine 
before men, that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your Father who is in heaven. 

CHAPTER 41 

He Shows the Agreement of His Teaching with That 

of the Law 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 
For amen I say unto you, bill heaven and earth pass, one 
jot, or one tittle shall not pass of thè law, till all be ful-
filled. He therefore that shall break one of these least 

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commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called 
the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do 
and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of 
heaven. For I tell you, that unless your justice abound 
more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall 
not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

He Shows the Difference Between His Teaching and That 

of the Law 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou 
shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger 
of the judgment. But I say to you, that whosoever is 
angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judg-
ment; and whosoever shall say to his brother Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, 
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. If therefore 
thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember 
that thy brother hath any thing against thee; leave there 
thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled 
to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. 
Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou 
art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary de-
liver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the 
officer, and thou be cast into prison. Amen I say to thee, 
thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last 
farthing. 

You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou 
shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that who-
soever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath al-
ready committed adultery with her in his heart. And if 
thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it 
from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy 
members should perish, rather than that thy whole body 
be cast into hell. And if thy right hand scandalize thee, 
cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for 
thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than 
that thy whole body go into hell. 

And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his 

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wife let him give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, 
that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the 
cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: 
and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth 
adultery. 

Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, 
Thou shalt no forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform 
thy oaths to the Lord. Bu I say to you not to swear at 
all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God: nor by 
the earth, for it is his footstool: nor 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 speech be yea, yea: no, no: and 
that which is over and aJbove these, is of evil. 

You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an 
eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you not to 
resist evil: but if one strike thee on the right cheek, turn 
to him also the other. And if a man will contend with 
thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy 
cloke also to him. And whosoever will force thee one mile, 
go with him other two. 

Give to every one that asketh thee: and from him that 
would borrow of thee turn not away: and of him that 
taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. 

You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. But I say to you 
that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate 
you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them that 
persecute and calumniate you; that you may be the chil-
dren of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his 
sun to rise upon the good and bad, and raineth upon the 
just and the unjust. 

For if you love them that love you, what reward shqll 
you have? do not even publicans this? for sinners also 
love those that love them. And if you salute your breth-
ren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens 
this? Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly 
Father is perfect. 

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CHAPTER 42 

He Gives the Golden Rule, and Exhorts to the l-ove 

Even of Enemies 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

ALL things therefore whatsoever you would that men 
should do to you do you also to them in like manner: for 
this is the law and the prophets. 

And if you do good to them who do good to you, what 
thanks are to you? for sinners also do this. And if you 
lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks 
are to you? for sinners also lend to sinners, for to re-
ceive as much. But love ye your enemies: do good, and 
lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall 
be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for 
he is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil. Be ye 
therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 

He Gives Instruction Concerning Almsgiving 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

T A K E heed that you do not your justice before men, 
to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a re-
ward of your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when 
thou dost an alms deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, 
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, 
that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, 
they have received their reward. But when thou dost 
alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand 
doth: that thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father 
who seeth in secret will repay thee. 

He Gives Instruction Concerning Prayer, and Teaches 

the Lord's Prayer 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

AND when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, 
that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and cor-
ners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Amen 
I say to you, they have received their reward. But thou 

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when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and hav-
ing shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy 
Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. And when 
you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens: for 
they think that in their much speaking they may be 
heard. Be not you therefore like to them: for your 
Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask 
him. 

Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in 
heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our supersubstantial bread. And forgive us our 
debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead us not 
into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

For if you will forgive men their offenses, your heav-
enly Father will forgive you also your offenses. But if 
you will not forgive men, neither will your Father for-
give you your offenses. 

CHAPTER 43 

He Gives Instruction Concerning Fasting 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

AND when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad: for 
they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto 
men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their 
reward. But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, 
and wash thy face: that thou appear not to men to fast, 
but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who 
seeth in secret, will repay thee. 

He Discloses the True Treasure of Life 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

LAY not up to yourself treasures on earth, where the 
rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through 
and steal: but lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven, 
where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and 
where thieves do not break through, nor steal. For where 
thy treasure is, there is thy heart also. 

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He Reproves Rash Judgment and Censoriousness 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

J U D G E not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, 
and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall 
be forgiven: give, and it shall be given to you; good 
measure and pressed down and shaken together and run-
ning over shall they give into your bosom. For with the 
same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be 
measured to you again. 

And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind 
lead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch? 

The disciple is not above his master; but every one 
shall be perfect, if he be as his master. 

And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but 
the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? 
Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me 
pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest 
not the beam in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast first 
the beam out of thy own eye, and then shall thou see 
clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye. 

He Forbids the Casting of Holy Things to Dogs 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

G I V E not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye 
your pearls before swine: lest perhaps they trample them 
under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you. 

He Exhorts to Prayer and to Enter in at the Narrow Gate 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

AND I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: 
seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened 
to 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 among you, of whom if 
his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone? or if 
he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent? or 
if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? If 
you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your 

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children, how much more will your Father who is in 
heaven, give the good spirit and good things, to them 
that ask him? 

Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, 
and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and 
many there are who go in thereat. How narrow is the 
gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life; and few 
there are that find it! 

He Exhorts to Beware of False Prophets, and to Judge 

Words By Deeds 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

B E W A R E of false prophets, who come to you in the 
clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 
By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather 
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good 
tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. Every 
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut 
down, and shall be cast into the fire. Wherefore by their 
fruits you shall know them. 

He Compares Hearers and Doers to Houses Builded on the 

Sand or on the Rock 

Horns of Hattin. May, A. D. 28 

AND why call you me, Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say? Not every one that saith to me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but 
he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Many will say 
to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied 
in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done 
many miracles in thy name? And then will I profess un-
to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that 
work iniquity. 

Every one that cometh to me, and heareth my words, 
and doth them, I will show you to whom he is like. He 
is like to a wise man building a house, who digged deep, 

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and laid the foundation upon a rock. And when the rain 
fell, and the floods came, and the stream beat vehe-
mently against that house they could not shake it, and 
the winds blew, and they 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 that built his house 
upon the sand without a foundation: and the rain de-
scended, and the floods came, and the stream beat vehe-
mently against it, and the winds blew, and they beat 
against that house, and immediately it fell: and great 
was the fall thereof. 

And it came to pass, when he had fully ended all his 
words in the hearing of the people, they were in admira-
tion at his doctrine: for he was teaching them as one 
having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees. 

CHAPTER 44 

He Returns to Capharnoum, and Heals a Centurion's Servant 

Capharnaum. June, A. D. 28 

AND when he was come down from the mountain, 
great multitudes followed him: and he entered into 
Capharnaum. And the servant of a certain centurion, 
who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die. And 
when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the an-
cients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his 
servant. And when they came to Jesus, they besought 
him earnestly, saying to him: He is worthy that thou 
shouldest do this for him: for he loveth our nation, and 
he hath built us a synagogue. And Jesus went with 
them. 

And when he was now not far from the house, the 
centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble 
not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest 
enter under my roof. For which cause neither did I 
think myself worthy to come to thee; but say the word, 
and my servant shall be healed. 

The centurion came, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, 

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my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is griev-
ously tormented. And Jesus saith to him: I will come 
and heal him. And the centurion making answer, said: 
Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under 
my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be 
healed. For I also am a man subject to authority, hav-
ing under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he 
goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my 
servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 

And Jesus hearing this, marveled, and turning about 
to the multitude that followed him, said: Amen I say 
to you, I have not found so great faith, not even in 
Israel. And I say to you that many shall come from the 
east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and 
Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven: but the chil-
dren of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior 
darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast 
believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was 
healed at the same hour. And they who were sent, being 
returned to the house, found the servant whole who had 
been sick. 

He Raises from the Dead the Son of a Widow of Nairn 

Nairn. June, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass afterwards, that he went into a 
city that is called Nairn; and there went with him his 
disciples, and a great multitude. And when he came 
nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was car-
ried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a 
widow: and a great multitude of the city was with her. 
Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy 
toward her, he said to her: Weep not. And he came 
near and touched the bier. And they that carried it, 
stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. 
And he that was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And 
he gave him to his mother. 

And there came a fear on them all: and they glorified 
God, saying: A great prophet is risen up among us: and, 

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God hath visited his people. And this rumor of him went 
forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the coun-
try round about. 

CHAPTER 45 

He Bears Testimony Concerning John 

Capharnaum. June, A. D. 28 

AND John's disciples told him of all these things. And 
when he had heard in prison the works of Christ, he 
called to him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, 
saying: Art thou he who art to come, or look we for an-
other? And when the men were come unto him, they 
said: John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying: Art 
thou he that art to come, or look we for another? And 
in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases, and 
hurts, and evil spirits; and to many that were blind he 
gave sight. And Jesus answered and said unto them: 
Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen; 
the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, 
the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the 
gospel preached to them. And blessed is he whosoever 
shall not be scandalized in me. 

And when the messengers of John went their way and 
were departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes con-
cerning John: What went ye out into the desert to see? 
a reed shaken with the wind? But what went you out to 
see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that 
are in costly apparel, and are clothed in soft garments, 
and live delicately, are in the houses of kings. But what 
went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and 
more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written: 
Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall pre-

pare thy way before thee. For amen I say to y o u : 

Amongst those that are born of women, there hath not 
risen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the 
lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he. And 
from the days of John the Baptist until now, the king-
dom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it 

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away. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until 
John. And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to 
come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justi-
fied God, being baptized with John's baptism. But the 
Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God 
against themselves, being not baptized by him. 

And the Lord said: Whereunto shall I liken the men 
of this generation, and to what are they like? They are 
like to children sitting in the market place, and crying 
to their companions, and saying, We have piped to you, 
and you have not danced; we have lamented, and you 
have not mourned. For John the Baptist came neither 
eating bread, nor drinking wine; and you say: He hath 
a devil. The Son of Man is come eating and drinking; 
and you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a 
drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners. And 
wisdom is justified by all her children. 

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CHAPTER 46 

He Upbraids the Cities for Disobedience and Unfaithfulness 

Capharnaum. July, A. D. 28 

T H E N began he to upbraid the cities wherein were 
done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done 
penance. Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida; 
for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles 
that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done 
penance, sitting in sack-cloth and ashes. But I say unto 
you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the 
day of judgment than for you. And thou Capharnaum, 
shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt be thrust 
down even to hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought 
the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it 
had remainéd unto 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. 

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He Shows That He Is the Friend of Sinners Who Do Penance 

Magdala. July, A. D. 28 

AND one of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him. 
And he went into the house of the Pharisee, and sat 
down to meat. And behold a woman that was in the 
city, a sinner, when she knew that he sat at meat in the 
Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment; 
and standing behind at his feet, she began to wash his 
feet, and wiped them with her hair of her head, and 
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 

And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, 
spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were a 
prophet, would know surely who and what manner of 
woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. 
And Jesus answering, said 'to him: Simon, I have some-
what to say to thee. But he said: Master, say it. A 
certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hun-
dred pence, and the other fifty: and whereas they had 
not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which 
therefore of the two loveth him most? Simon answering 
said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And 
he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly. 

And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon: Dost 
thou see this woman? I entered into thy house, thou 
gavest me no water for my feet; but she with tears hath 
washed my feet, and with her hairs hath wiped them. 
Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, since she came in, hath 
not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst 
not anoint; but she with ointment hath anointed my 
feet. 

Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, 
because she hath loved much. But to whom less is for-
given, he loveth less. And he said to her: Thy sins are 
forgiven thee. And they that sat at meat with him began 
to say within themselves: Who is this that forgiveth sins 
also? And he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made 
thee safe, go in peace. 

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CHAPTER 47 

He Sets Out Upon a Second Preaching Tour Through Galilee 

Galilee. July-August, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass afterwards, that he traveled 
through the cities and towns, preaching and evangeliz-
ing the kingdom of God; and the twelve with him: and 
certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and 
infirmities; Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom 
seven devils were gone forth, and Joanna the wife of 
Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others 
who ministered unto him of their substance. 

He Returns to Capharnaum, and Reproves the Pharisees 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

AND they come to a house, and the multitude cometh 
together again, so that they could not so much as eat 
bread. And when his friends had heard of it, they went 
out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become 
mad. 

Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, 
blind and clumlb; and he was casting it out. And when 
he had cast out the devil, so that the man spoke and saw, 
all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the 
son of David? But the scribes who were come down 
from Jerusalem, and the Pharisees, hearing it, said: He 
hath Beelzebub; and: This man casteth not out devils, 
but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. And others 
tempting, asked him a sign from heaven. 

But he seeing their thoughts, after he had called them 
together, said to them in parables: How can Satan cast 
out Satan? Every kingdom divided against itself shall 
be brought to desolation; and if a house be divided 
against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan be 
risen up against himself, and cast out Satan, he is divided 
against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? he 
cannot stand, but hath an end: because you say that 
through Beelzebub I cast out devils. And if I cast out 
devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them 

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out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I by the 
Spirit of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of 
God is come upon you. 

When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those 
things are at peace which he possesseth. Or how can any 
one enter into the house of the strong man, and rob him 
of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? But 
if a stronger than he come upon him, and overcome 
him, he will take away all his armor wherein he trusted, 
and then he shall plunder his house, and will distribute 
his spoils. 

He that is not with me is against me; and he that 
gathereth not with me, scattereth. 

He Teaches That Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost 

Cannot Be Forgiven 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

A M E N I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto 
the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they 
shall blaspheme: but the blasphemy against the Holy 
Ghost shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak 
a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him, 
but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, blas-
pheming Him, shall never have forgiveness, neither in 
this world, nor in the world to come; but shall be guilty 
of an everlasting sin. Because they said: He hath an 
unclean spirit. 

Either make the tree good and its fruit good; or make 
the tree evil and its fruit evil: for by the fruit the tree is 
known. 

CHAPTER 48 

He Shows the Importance of Words 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

O G E N E R A T I O N of vipers, how can you speak good 

things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance 

of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of 

the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which 

is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bring-

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eth forth that which is evil. But I say unto you, that 
every idle word that man shall speak, they shall render 
an account for it in the day of judgment. For by thy 
words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 
shal't be condemned. 

He Shows the Manner of Acting of Unclean Spirits as a 

Warning Against Relapse 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

AND when the unclean spirit is gone out of A man, he 
walketh through places without water seeking rest, and 
finding none. Then he saith, I will return into my house 
from whence I came out. And when he is come, he find-
eth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then he goeth, and 
taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than 
himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last 
state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall 
it be also to this wicked generation. 

He Refuses the Sign Asked for By Certain Scribes 

and Pharisees 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

T H E N when the multitudes ran together unto him, 
some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, say-
ing: Master, we would see a sign from thee. Who an-
swering, said to them: This generation is a wicked and 
adulterous generation: it seeketh a sign; and a sign shall 
not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet: for 
as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three 
nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the 
earth three days and three nights. 

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites, so shall the 
Son of Man also be to this generation. The men of 
Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and 
shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preach-
ing of Jonas; and behold, a greater than Jonas here. 

The queen of the south shall rise up in judgment with 
this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came 



from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo-
mon; and behold, a greater than Solomon here. 

CHAPTER 49 

He Shows Who Are the Truly Blessed 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a cer-
tain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to 
him: Blessed is the womb that 'bore thee, and the paps 
that gave thee suck. But he said: Yea, rather, blessed 
are they who hear the word of God, and keep it. 

He Shows Who Are His Brother, and Sister, and Mother 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his 
mother and his brethren came to him seeking to speak 
to him; and they could not come at him for the crowd; 
and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him. 
And the multitude sat about him; and one said unto 
him: Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand with-
out, desiring to see thee. 

But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my 
mother? and who are my 'brethren? And stretching forth 
his hand to his disciples, and looking round about on 
them who sat about him, he said: Behold my mother and 
my brethren. For whosoever shall hear the word of God, 
and do the will of my Father that is in heaven, he is my 
brother, and my sister, and my mother. 

CHAPTER 50 

He Tells the Parable of the Sower 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

THE same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by 

the sea side, and again began to teach. And a very great 

multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of 

the cities to him, so that he went up into a boat, and sat 

in the sea; and all the multitude stood on the shore. 

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And he taught them many things in parables, and said 
unto them in his doctrine: Hear ye: Behold, the sower 
went out to sow his seed: and whilst he sowed, some fell 
by the way side, and it was trodden down, and the birds 
of the air came, and devoured it. 

And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had 
not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it 
had no depth of earth. And when the sun was risen, it 
was scorched; and because it had no root, or moisture, 
it withered away. 

And other some fell among thorns; and the thorns 
growing up with it, choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 

And other some fell upon good ground, and it grew 
up, and increased, and yielded, and brought forth fruit, 
some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirty-
fold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

He Tells the Parable of the Candle 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

AND he said to them: No man lighting a candle cov-
ereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed: is it 
not brought to be put on a candlestick, that they who 
come in may see the light? For there is nothing hid, 
which shall not be made manifest: neither was it made 
secret, but that it may come abroad and be known. If 
any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 

And he said to them: Take heed therefore what and 
how ye hear. In what measure you shall mete, it shall be 
measured to you, and more shall be given to you. For 
to him that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath 
not, that also which he thinketh he hath shall be taken 
away from him. 

He Tells of the Seed Growing Silently 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

AND he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 
should cast seed into the earth, and should sleep, and 

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rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and 
grow up whilst he knoweth not. For the earth of itself 
bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, after-
wards the full corn in the ear. And when the fruit is 
brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, be-
cause the harvest is come. 

He Tells of the Parable of the Cockle and the Wheat 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

A N O T H E R parable he proposed to them, saying: The 
kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good 
seed in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy 
came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, and went 
his way. And when the blade was sprung up, and had 
brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. And 
the servants of the good man of the house coming said to 
him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? 
whence then hath it cockle? And he said to them: An 
enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: 
Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? And he said: 
No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up 
the wheat also together with it. Suffer both to grow 
until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will 
say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind 
it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my 
barn. 

He Tells the Parable of the Mustard Seed 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

A N O T H E R parable he proposed unto them, saying: To 
what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what par-
able shall we set it forth? It is like to a gradn of mustard 
seed, which a man took and cast into his garden: which, 
when it is sown in the earth, is less indeed than all the 
seeds that are in the earth: but when it groweth up it 
becometh greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, 
and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the 
air may lodge in the branches thereof, and dwell under 
its shadow. 

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He Tells the Parable of the Leaven 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

A N O T H E R parable he spoke to them: Whereunto shall 
I esteem the kingdom of God to be like? It is like to 
leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures 
of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

He Tells the Parable of the Treasure Hid in a Field 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

THE kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden 
in a field. Which a man having found, hid it; and for 
joy thereof goeth, and sel'leth all that he hath, and buy-
eth that field. 

He Tells the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

A G A I N the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant 
seeking good pearls. Who when he had found one pearl 
of great price, went his way, and sold all 'that he had, and 
bought it. 

He Tells the Parable of the Draw Net 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

A G A I N the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into 
the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. 
Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by 
the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the 
bad they cast forth. So shall it be at the end of the 
world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the 
wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 

He Brings to an End the Series of Parables 

Shore of the Sea of Galilee. August, A. D. 28 

AND with many such parables, he spoke to them the 

word, according as they were able to hear: and without 

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parables he did not speak to them: that it might be ful-
filled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will 
open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden 

from the foundation of the world. 

He Explains Why He Taught in Parables 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

BUT apart, he explained all things to his disciples, and 
when he was alone, the twelve that were with him came, 
and asked him what this parable might be. And his dis-
ciples said to him: Why speakest thou to them in par-
ables? Who answered and said to them: Because to you 
it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of 
God; but to them it is not given. For he that hath, to 
him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath 
not, from him shall be taken away that also which he 
hath. Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because 
seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither 
do they understand. And to them that are without I 
speak in parables, and all things are done to them in 
parables; that seeing they may see, and not perceive; 
and hearing they may hear, and not understand: lest 
at any time they should be converted, and their sins 
should be forgiven. 

And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who 
saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not under-

stand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. 

For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with 

their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes 

they have shut: lest at any time they should see with 

their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand 

with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal 

them. 

But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your 
ears, because they hear. For, amen, I say to you, many 
prophets and just men have desired to see the things 
that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the 
things that you hear and have not heard them. 

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He Explains the Parable of the Sower 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass, that having sent away the multi-
tudes, when he had. finished these parables he passed 
from thence, and came into the house. And he saith to 
them: Are you ignorant of this paraJble? and how shall 
you know all parables? Hear you therefore the parable 
of the sower. The seed the sower soweth is the word of 
God. And these are they by the way side where the word 
is sown: and as soon as they have heard the word of the 
kingdom, and understand it not, immediately cometh the 
wicked one, Satan, and catcheth away that which was 
sown in their heart, lest believing they should be saved. 
These are they that received the word by the way side. 

And these likewise are they that are sowed on the 
stony ground, who when they have heard the word im-
mediately receive it with joy; yet they have no root in 
themselves: but believing for a while, are only for a 
time; and in time of temptation, when tribulation and 
persecution ariseth for the word, they are presently 
scandalized and fall away. 

And that which fell among the thorns, are they who 
have heard the word, and going on their way, the cares 
of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the 
lusts after other things, and the pleasures of this life 
entering in, choke the word, and it becometh fruitless. 

And these are they that are sown upon the good 
ground, who in a good and perfect heart, hearing the 
word, understand and receive it, and keep it, and bring 
forth fruit in patience, the one thirty, another sixty, and 
another a hundred. 

He Explains the Parable of the Cockle and the Wheat 

Capharnaum. August, A. D. 28 

AND his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us 
the parable of the cockle of the field. Who made answer 
and said to them: He that soweth the good seed, is the 

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Son of Man. And the field, is the world. And the good 
seed are the children of the kingdom. And t'he cockle, 
are the children of the wicked one. And the enemy that 
sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of 
the world. And the reapers are the angels. Even as 
cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so 
shall it be at the end of the world. The Son of Man 
shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his 
kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity. 
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the just 
shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that 
hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

Have ye understood all these things? They say to 
him: Yes. He said unto them: Therefore every scribe 
instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man 
that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his 
treasure new things and old. 

CHAPTER 51 

He Stills the Tempest 

On the Sea of Galilee. September, A. D. 28 

AND it came to pass on a certain day, when evening 
was come, that Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, 
gave orders to pass over the water, saying unto his dis-
ciples: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And 
sending away the multitude, they take him even as he 
was in the ship; and there were other ships with him; 
and they launched forth. And when they were sailing he 
slept. And behold, there came down a storm of wind 
upon the lake, and a great tempest arose on the sea, and 
the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled, 
and they were in danger; and he was in the hinder part 
of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow. 

And they came and awaked him, saying: Master, doth 
it not concern thee that we perish? And he arising, they 
said to him: Lord, save us, we perish. And Jesus saith 

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to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then 
he rebuked the winds and the rage of the water; and 
said unto the sea: Peace: be still. And the wind ceased, 
and there was a great calm. 

And he said to them: Why are you fearful? Have you 
not faith yet? And they feared exceedingly and won-
dered, saying one to another: Who is this, think you, 
that he commandeth both the winds and the sea, and 
they obey him? 

He H eols Two Men Possessed With Unclean Spirits 

Decapolis. September, A. D. 28 

AND when he was come on the other side of the water, 
. into the country of the Gerasens, which is over against 

Galilee, as he went out of the ship, immediately there 
met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out 
of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could 
pass that way. And one of them was a certain man who 
had a devil now a very long time, and he wore no clothes, 
neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres. 
And no man could bind him, not even with chains: for 
many times the unolean spirit seized him, and he was 
bound with chains, and kept in fetters; and he had burst 
the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces; and no man 
could tame him. And he was driven by the devil into the 
deserts, and he was always day and night in the sepul-
chres and in the mountains, crying and cutting himself 
with stones. 

And behold, when he saw Jesus afar off, he cried out, 
and ran and fell down before him, and adored him; and 
with a loud voice said: What have I to do with thee, 
Jesus, Son of the most high God? Art thou come hither 
to torment us before the time? I adjure thee by God 
that thou torment me not. For he said unto him: Go out 
of the man, thou unclean spirit. And Jesus asked him, 
saying: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My 

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name is Legion, for we are many (because many devils 
were entered into him). And he besought him much, 
that he would not drive them out of the country, or 
command them to go into the abyss. 

And there was, not far from them, a great herd of 
many swine feeding on the mountain. And the devils 
besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us 
into the herd of swine, that we may enter into them. And 
he said to them: Go. And the unclean spirits going out 
of the man, entered into the swine; and behold, the whole 
herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, be-
ing about two thousand, and were stifled in the waters. 
Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled 
away; and coming into the city, they told everything 
there, and in the country. 

And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and 
to see what was done; and they came and found the 
man, out of whom the devils had departed, sitting 
clothed, and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus; and 
they were afraid. And they also that had seen it, told 
them in what manner he had been dealt with who had 
the devil, how he had been healed from the legion, and 
concerning the swine. And all the multitude of the coun-
try of the Gerasens when they saw Jesus, besought him 
that he would depart from their coasts; for they were 
taken with great fear. 

And when he went up into the ship, to return back 
again, the man out of whom the devils were departed, 
besought him .that he might be with him. And he ad-
mitted him not, but sent him away, saying: Return to 
thy house, to thy friends, and tell them how great things 
the Lord God hath done for thee, and hath had mercy 
on thee. And he went his way, and began to publish 
through the whole city, and. in Decapolis, how great 
things Jesus had done for him: and all men wondered. 

And when Jesus had passed again in the ship over the 
strait, a great multitude assembled together unto him, 
and received him; for they were all waiting for him; 
and he was nigh unto the sea. 

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CHAPTER 52 

He Is Sought for By Jairus to Heal His Daughter 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 28 

AND as he was speaking these things to him, behold 
there came a man whose name was Jairus, one of the 
rulers of the synagogue; and he, seeing him, falleth 
down at his feet, and adored him; and he besought him 
much that he would come into his house (for he had an 
only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dy-
ing) ; saying: My daughter is at the point of death, is 
even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, that 
she may be safe, and may live. And Jesus, rising up, fol-
lowed him, with his disciples. 

He Heals a Woman With an Issue of Blood 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 28 

AND it happened as he went, that a great multitude 
followed him, and he was thronged by the multitudes. 
And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of 
blood twelve years, and had suffered many things from 
many physicians, and had bestowed all her substance on 
them, and could not be healed by any, and was nothing 
the better, but rather worse; when she had heard of 
Jesus, came in the crowd behind him; and touched the 
hem of his garment; for she said within herself: If I 
shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed. And 
immediately the issue of her blood stopped; and she felt 
in her body that she was healed of the evil. 

And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the virtue 
that had proceeded from him,' turning to the multitude, 
said: Who hath touched my garments? And all deny-
ing, Peter and they that were with him said: Master, 
Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and pressing 
thee, and sayest thou, who hath touched me? And Jesus 
said: Somebody hath touched me; for I know that vir-
tue is gone out of me. And he looked about to see who 

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had done this. And the woman, seeing that she was not 
hid, came fearing and trembling, knowing what was done 
in her; and fell down before his feet, and told him all 
the truth, declaring before all the people for what cause 
she had touched him, and how she was immediately 
healed. 

And he said to her: Daughter, be of good heart, thy 
faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be thou 
whole of thy disease. And the woman was made whole 
from that hour. 

He Raises to Life the Daughter of Jairus 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 28 

W H I L E he was yet speaking, there cometh to the ruler 
of the synagogue one from his house, saying: Thy daugh-
ter is dead: why dost thou trouble the master any fur-
ther? But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, 
saith to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not: believe 
only, and she shall be safe. And he admitted not any 
man to follow him, but Peter and James, and John the 
brother of James. And when Jesus was come into the 
house of the ruler, he saw the minstrels, and the multi-
tude making a tumult, and people weeping and wailing 
much. And going in, he saith unto them: Give place; 
why make ye this ado, and weep? Weep not, the maid 
is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, 
knowing that she was dead. 

But he, having put them all out, taketh the father and 
the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, 
and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 

And taking the damsel by the hand, he cried out, say-
ing to her: "Talitha cumi: which is, being interpreted, 
Damsel, I say to thee, arise. And her spirit returned, 
and she arose immediately, and walked; and she was 
twelve years old. And her parents were astonished with 
a great astonishment. And he charged them strictly that 
no one should know what had been done. And he com-
manded that something should be given her to eat. And 
the fame hereof went abroad into all that country. 

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He Heals Two Blind Men 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 28 

AND Jesus going out from thence, as he passed by, 
there followed him two blind men, crying out and say-
ing: Have mercy on us, O Son of David. And when he 
was come to the house, the blind men came to him: and 
Jesus saith to them: Do you believe that I can do this 
unto you? They say to him; Yea, Lord. Then he 
touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it 
done unto you. 

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly 
charged them, saying: See that no man know this. But 
they going out, spread his name abroad in all that 
country. 

He Heals a Dumb Man Possessed With the Devil 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 28 

AND when they were gone out, behold they brought 
him a dumb man, possessed with a devil. And after the 
devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multi-
tudes wondered saying: Never was the like seen in 
Israel. But the Pharisees said: By the prince of devils 
he casteth out devils. 

CHAPTER 53 

He Is Rejected at Nazareth for the Second Time 

Nazareth. October, A. D. 28 

AND coming into his own country, his disciples fol-
low him. And when the sabbath was come, he began to 
teach them in their synagogues; so that many, hearing 
him, were in admiration at his doctrine, saying: What 
wisdom is this that is given to him? How came this man 
by this wisdom, and suoh mighty works as are wrought 
by his hands? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his 

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mother called Mary? And his brethren James, and 
Joseph, and Simon, and Jude? And his sisters, are they 
not all with us? Whence therefore hath he all these 
things? And they were scandalized in his regard. 

But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without 
honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin-
dred, and in his own house. And he could not do any 
miracles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, 
laying his hands upon them. And he wondered because 
of their unbelief. 

He Goes on His Third Preaching Tour Through Galilee 

Galilee. November and December, A. D. 28 

AND Jesus went about all the cities and towns, teach-
ing in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity. 
And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, 
because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that 
have no shepherd. 

Then he saith to his disciples: The harvest indeed is 
great, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the 
Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his 
harvest. 

He Sends the Twelve on a Preaching Tour 

Capharnaum. January, A. D. 29 

T H E N calling together the twelve disciples he began 
to send them two and two, and he gave them power and 
authority over all devils and unclean spirits, to cast them 
out, and to cure diseases, and to heal all manner of dis-
eases, and all manner of infirmities. 

And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The 
first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; 
James the son of Zeebedee, and John his brother; Philip, 
and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the publican; 
and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus; Simon the 
Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 

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He Instructs Them for Their Work 

Capharnaum. January, A. D. 29 

T H E S E twelve Jesus sent to preach the kingdom of 
God, and to heal the sick; and he commanded them, 
saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into 
the city of the Samaritans enter ye not; but go ye 
rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And go-
ing, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out 
devils: freely have you received, freely give. 

And he said to them: Do not possess gold, nor silver, 
not brass, nor money in your purses; and put not on two 
coats, nor shoes; but be shod with sandals. Take noth-
ing for your journey, save a staff, nor scrip, nor bread: 
for the workman is worthy of his meat. 

Into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire 
who in it is worthy, and there abide till you depart from 
that place. And when you come into the house, salute 
it, saying: Peace be to this house. And. if that house be 
worthy, your peace shall come upon it: but if it be not 
worthy, your peace shall return to you. And whosoever 
shall not receive you, nor hear your words, going forth 
out of that house or city, when ye go out, shake off the 
dust 'from your feet, for a testimony against them. Amen 
I say to 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 as sheep in the midst of wolves:, 
be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. 

But look to yourselves, and beware of men: for they 
will deliver you up to councils; and they will scourge 
you in their synagogues; and you shall be brought before 
governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testi-
mony to them, and to the Gentiles. 

And when they shall lead you, and bring you into the 
synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solic-
itous beforehand how or what you shall answer, or what 
you shall say: for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the 
same hour what you must say. But whatsoever shall be 

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given you in that hour that speak ye: for it is not you 
that speak, but the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of the Father, 
that speaketh in you. The brother also shall deliver up 
his brother to death, and the father his son; and the 
children shall rise up against their parents, and shall 
work their deaths. And you shall be hated by all men for 
my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the 
end, he shall be saved. 

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into 
another: amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the 
cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come. 

The disciple is not above the 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 goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much 
more them of his household. Therefore fear them not. 

He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that re-
ceiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. He that receiv-
eth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the 
reward of a prophet; and he that receiveth a just man in 
the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a 
just man. And whosoever shall give to drink to one of 
these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of 
a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of 
commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, 
to teach and preach in their cities. 

And going out, they went about through the villages, 
preaching the gospel that men should do penance. And 
they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many 
that were sick, healing every where. 

CHAPTER 54 

His Precursor Is Beheaded By Herod Antipas 

Machaerus. March, A. D. 29 

AND King Herod heard; for his name was made mani-
fest. For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, 
and bound him, and put him into prison, because of 
Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had 

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married her. For John said to Herod: It is not lawful 
for thee to have thy brother's wife. And having a mind 
to put him to death, he feared the people, because they 
esteemed him as a prophet. 

Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous 
to put him to death, and could not. For Herod feared 
John, knowing him to be a just and holy man; and kept 
him. And when he heard him, did many things: and he 
heard him willingly. 

And when a convenient day was come—Herod's birth-
day—he made a supper for the princes, and tribunes, 
and chief men of Galilee. And when the daughter of the 
same Herodias had come in and had danced before them, 
she pleased Herod, and them that were at table with 
him. Whereupon the king said to the damsel: Ask of 
me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he prom-
ised with an oath: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give 
thee, though it be the half of my kingdom. 

Who when she was gone out, said to her mother: 
What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the 
Baptist. And she being thus instructed by her mother, 
came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, 
saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish the 
head of John the Baptist. And the king was struck sad; 
yet because of his oath, and because of them that sat 
with him at table, he would not displease her. But send-
ing an executioner, he commanded that his head should 
be brought in a dish. And he beheaded John in the 
prison, and brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the 
damsel; and the damsel brought it in, and gave it to her 
mother. 

Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body 
and buried it, laying it in a tomb; and came and told 
Jesus. 

His Apostles Return from Their Preaching Tour 

Capharnaum. March, A. D. 29 

AND the apostles, when they were returned, coming 
together unto Jesus, told him all things that they had 
done and taught. 

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He Is Sought for By Herod the Tetrorch 

Tiberias. March, A. D. 29 

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done 
by him, and the fame of Jesus; and he said: John I have 
beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things? 
And he sought to see him. And he was in a doubt, be-
cause it was said by some, that John was risen from the 
dead; but by other some, that Elias had appeared; and 
by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 
Which Herod hearing said: This is John the Baptist 
whom I beheaded, he is risen from the dead; and there-
fore mighty works show forth themselves in him. 

He Retires Into a Desert Place 

Capharnaum. March, A. D. 29 

W H I C H when Jesus had heard, taking them, he re-
tired from thence; and he said unto them: Come apart 
into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were 
many coming and going, and they had not so much as 
time to eat. And going up into a ship, they went over 
the Sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias, aside into 
a desert place apart which belongeth to Bethsaida. 

And multitudes saw them going, and many heard of 
it, and many knew: and they ran flocking thither on foot 
from all the cities, because they saw the miracles which 
he did on them that were diseased; and they were there 
before them. 

And he coming forth went up into a mountain, and 
there he sat with his disciples. Now the Passover, the 
festival day of the Jews, was near at hand. When Jesus 
therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very 
great multitude cometh to him, he had compassion on 
them, because they were as sheep not having a shep-
herd, and he received them, and spoke to them of the 
kingdom of God, and healed them who had need of 
healing. 

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CHAPTER 55 

He Feeds Five Thousand Men 

Near Bethsaida Julias. March, A. D. 29 

Now the day began to decline. And when it was eve-
ning, the twelve came and said to him: This is a desert 
place, and the hour is now past; send away the multi-
tude, that going into the next villages and towns round 
about, they may lodge and get victuals. But Jesus an-
swered and said to them: They have no need to go; give 
you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and 
buy bread for two hundred pence, and give them to eat. 
Jesus said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that 
these may eat? And this he said to try him, for he him-
self knew what he would do. Philip answered him: Two 
hundred penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them, 
that every one may take a little. 

One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon 
Peter, saith to him: There is a boy here that hath five 
barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among 
so many? And he saith unto them: How many loaves 
have you? go and see. And when they knew, they said 
unto him: But five loaves and two fishes. He said to 
them: Bring them hither to me. 

Then Jesus commanded the multitude to sit down. 
Now there was much grass in the place; and he said to 
his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a com-
pany on the green grass. And they did so. The men 
therefore sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 

And Jesus took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and 
looking up to heaven, when he had given thanks, he 
blessed them, and broke the loaves, and gave to his dis-
ciples to set before the multitude: and the disciples gave 
the loaves to the multitude; in like manner also of the 
fishes he divided among them all, as much as they would. 

And they did all eat, and had their fill. And when 
they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the 
fragments that remain, lest they be lost. They gathered 
up therefore; and there were taken up of fragments that 

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remained to them of the five barley loaves which re-
mained over and above to them that had eaten, twelve 
full baskets, and of the fishes. And the number of them 
that did eat was five thousand men, besides women and 
children. 

Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle 
Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, 
that is to come into the world. Jesus therefore, when he 
knew that they would come to take him by force, and 
make him king, immediately obliged his disciples to go 
up into the ship, that they might go before him over the 
water to Bethsaida, whilst he dismissed the people. And 
when he had dismissed them he fled again into the moun-
tain himself alone to pray. And when it was evening, he 
was there alone. 

He Walks on the Sea 

Sea of Galilee. March, A. D. 29 

AND his disciples went down to the sea. And when 

they had gone up into a ship, they went over the sea to 

Capharnaum. And it was now dark, and the boat in l i e 

midst of the sea was tossed with the waves; for the wind 

was contrary. 
And Jesus was not come to them, himself, being alone 

on the land. An dthe sea arose by reason of a great wind 
that blew. And seeing them laboring in rowing, about 
the fourth watch of the night, when had had rowed there-
fore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, Jesus com-
eth to them, walking upon the sea. And he would have 
passed them: but they, when they saw Jesus walking 
on the sea, and drawing nigh to the ship, were troubled, 
saying: It is an apparition; for they all saw him; and 
they cried out for fear. And immediately Jesus spoke to 
them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye not. 

He Saves the Life of Peter 

Sea of Galilee. March, A. D. 29 

AND Peter making answer said: Lord, if it be thou, 

bid me come to thee upon the waters. And he said: 

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strong, he was afraid; and when he began to sink, he 8 1 E E SPSI ford' save me- And immediately 
Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, *md 
said to him: 0 thou of little faith, why didst thou <toubt? 
They were wilhng therefore to take him into the ship 
i
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? ™ P ^ were come up into the boat, the wind 
ceased. And they that were in the boat come and adored 
him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God. And thev 
were far more astonished within themselves; for they 
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« r n i n g the loaves, for their heart was 
blinded. And presently the ship was at the land to which 
they were going. mini 3NI passed°ver the water, they came into the 
country of Genesareth, and set to the shore. And when 
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f
 ^ e ship, straightway the men 

of that place knew him, and they sent into all that coun-
try and brought to him, where they heard he was, all 
that were diseased; carrying about in beds those that 
were siek. And whithersoever he entered into towns or 
into villages or cities, they laid the sick in the streets, 
and besought him that they might touch but the hem of 

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CHAPTER 56 

On His Return to Capharnaum He Is Questioned By the 

Multitude 

Capharnaum. April, A. D. 29 

THE next day, the multitude that stood on the other 

side of the sea, saw that there was no other ship there 

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 J e s u s h a d

 entered into the ship 
with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away 
alone. But other ships came in from Tiberias, nigh unto 
the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giv-
ing thanks. When therefore the multitude saw that Tesus 
was not there, nor his disciples, they took shipping, and 
came to Capharnaum, seeking for Jesus. 



And when they had found him on the other side of the 
sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when earnest thou hither? 
Jesus answered them, and said: Amen, amen I say to 
you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, 
but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that 
which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of 
Man will give you. For him hath God the Father sealed. 

He Discourses Concerning the Bread of Heaven 

Capharnaum. April, A. D. 29 

T H E Y said therefore unto him: What shall we do, that 
we may work the works of God? Jesus answered, and 
said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe 
in him whom he hath sent. They said therefore to him: 
What sign therefore dost thou show, that we may see, 
and may believe thee? What dost thou work? Our 
fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He 
gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said to 

them: Amen, amen I say to you; Moses gave you not 
bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true 
bread from heaven. For the Bread of God is that which 
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. 
They said therefore unto him: Lord, give us always this 
bread. And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life: 
he that cometh to me shall not hunger: and he that be-
lieveth in me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, 
that you also have seen me, and you believe not. All 
that the Father giveth to me shall come to me; and 
him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. Because I 
came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the 
will of him that sent me. Now this is the will of the Fa-
ther who sent me: that of all that he hath given me, I 
should lose nothing; but should raise it up again in the 
last day. And this is the will of my Father that sent me: 
that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, 
may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up in the 
last day. 

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He Replies to the Objections of the Jews 

Capharnaum. April, A. D. 29 

THE Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had 
said: I am the living bread which came down from 
heaven. And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of 
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then 
saith he, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore 
answered, and said to them: Murmur not among your-
selves. No man can come to me, except the Father, who 
hath sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up in the 
last day. It is written in the prophets: And they shall 
all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the 
Father, and hath learned, cometh to me. Not that any 
man hath seen the Father; but he who is of God, he hath 
seen the Father. Amen, amen I say unto you: He that 
believeth in me hath everlasting life. I am the bread of 
life. Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are 
dead. This is the bread which cometh down from 
heaven, that if any man eat of it, he may not die. I am 
the living bread which came down from heaven; if any 
man eat of this bread, he shall live forever; and the 
bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the 
world. 

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: 
How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus 
said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you 
eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you 
shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise 
him up in the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed: 
and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, 
and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him.' 
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the 
Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by 
me. This is the bread that came down from heaven: not 
as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that 
eateth this bread, shall live forever. These things he 
said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum. 

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He Is Abandoned By Many of His Disciples 

Capharnaum. April, A. D. 29 

M A N Y therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This 
saying is hard, and who can hear it? But Jesus, knowing 
in himself, that his disciples murmured at this, said to 
them: Doth this scandalize you? If then you shall see 
die Son of Man ascend up where he was before? It is 
the spirit that quickeneth': the flesh profiteth nothing. 
The words that I have spoken to you, are spirit and life. 
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus 
knew from the beginning, who they were that did not be-
lieve, and who he was, that would betray him. And he 
said: Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come 
to me, unless it be given him by my Father. 

After this many of his disciples went back; and 
walked no more with him. Then Jesus said to the twelve: 
Will you also go away? And Simon Peter answered 
him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of 
eternal life. And we have believed and have known, 
that thou art the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus an-
swered them: Have not I chosen you twelve; and one of 
you is a devil? Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the son of 
Simon: for this same was about to betray him, whereas 
he was one of the twelve; 

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SECTION VI 

CHAPTER 57 

He Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees 

Galilee. May, A. D. 29 

A F T E R these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he 
would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill 
him. 

And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees 
and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem. And 
when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with 
oprnmon, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault 
Fpr the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without 
often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the 
ancients: and when they come from the market, unless 
they be washed, they eat not: and many other things 
there are that have been delivered to them to observe 
the washing of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels! 
and of beds. 

And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do thy 
disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? for 
they wash not, but eat bread with common hands. But 
he answering said to them: Why do you also transgress 
the commandment of God for your tradition? Well do 
you make it void that you may keep your own tradition 
For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and, 

He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the 

death. But you say: If a man shall say to his father or 
mother: That wherewith thou mightest have been 
profited by me is Corban, that is to say, given to God-
ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father and 
mother, making void the word of God by your own tra-
dition which you have given forth. And many other 
such like things you do. And he answering, said to 
them: Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, 
saying: This people honoreth me with their lips, but their 

heart ts far from me. And in vain do they worship me, 

teaching doctrines and commandments of men. Y o u 

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leave the commandment of God, and behold the tradi-
tion of men. 

He Teaches What 1» Is That Defiles 

Galilee. May, A. D. 29 

AND calling again the multitude unto him, he said to 
them: Hear ye me all, and understand: there is nothing 
from without a man, that entering into the mouth can 
defile him; but the things which come from a man, 
these are they that can defile him. If any man have ears 
to hear, let him hear. 

And when he was come into the house from the multi-
tude, then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost 
thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this 
word, were scandalized? But he answering, said: Every 
plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall 
be rooted up. Let them alone: they are blind, and lead-
ers of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both 
fall into the pit. 

And Peter answering said to him: Expound to us this 
parable. And he saith to them: Are you also yet with-
out understanding? Do you not understand, that what-
soever entereth from without into the mouth cannot de-
file the man; because it entereth not the heart; but 
goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy, purging 
all meats? But the things which proceed out of the man 
come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. 
For from within out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, 
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testi-
monies, covetousness, wickedness, blasphemies, deceit, 
lasciviousness, an evil eye, pride, foolishness: all these 
evil things come from within, and defile a man: but to 
eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man. 

He Retires Into the Coasts of Tyre and Sidon, Where He Heals 

the Daughter of a Syrophoenician Woman 

Coasts of Tyre and Sidon. June, A. D. 29 

AND rising from thence, he retires into the coasts of 

Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he would 

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that no one should know it; and he could not be hid. 
For behold a woman of Canaan, whose daughter had an 
unclean spirit, as soon as she heard of him, came out of 
those coasts crying out, and said to him: Have mercy 
on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is 
grievously vexed with a devil. Now the woman was a 
Gentile, a Syrophoenician born. Jesus answered her not 
a word. And his disciples came and besought him say-
ing: Send her away for she crieth after us. And he an-
swering, said: I am not sent, but to the sheep that are 
lost of the house of Israel. 

But she came in, and fell down at his feet, and adored 
him, saying: Lord, help me. And she besought him that 
he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Who 
said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is 
not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to 
the dogs. But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord: 
for the whelps also eat under the table of their masters 
of the crumbs of the children. 

Then Jesus answering said to her: O woman, great is 
thy faith: for this saying be it done to thee as thou wilt. 
Go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And 
her daughter was cured from that hour. And when she 
was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon 
the bed, and that the devil was gone out. 

He Returns to the Eost Side of the Sea of Galilee, and Heals 

a Deaf and Dumb Man and Many Others 

Decapolis. July, A. D. 29 

AND again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came 
by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the 
coasts of Decapolis; and going up into a mountain, he 
sat there. 

And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they 
besought him that he would lay his hand upon him. And 
taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers 
into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue: and 
looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: 

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Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened. And immediately 
his earg were opened, and the string of his tongue was 
loosed, and he spoke right. And he charged them that 
they should tell no man; but the more he charged them, 
so much the more a great deal did they publish it. And 
so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath 
done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, 
and the dumb to speak. 

And there came to him great multitudes, having with 
them the dumb, the blind, the . lame, the maimed, and 
many others: and they cast them, down at his feet, and 
he healed them: so that the multitudes marveled seeing 
the dumb speak, the lame walk, the blind see: and they 
glorified the God of Israel. 

He Feeds Four Thousand Men 

Decapolis. July, A. D. 29 

IN those days, when there was a great multitude, and 
they had nothing to eat, Jesus called unto him his dis-
ciples, and saith to them: I have compassion on the 
multitude, for behold they have now been with me three 
days, and have nothing to eat; and I will not send them 
away fasting lest they faint in the way; for some of 
them came from afar off. And his disciples answered 
and said to him: Whence then should we have so many 
loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude with 
bread? And Jesus asked them: How many loaves have 
you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. And 
he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the 
ground: and taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he 
broke, and gave to his disciples for to set before them; 
and the disciples gave to the people. And he blessed the 
few little fishes, and commanded them to be set before 
them. And they did all eat, and had their fill: and they 
took up that which was left of the fragments seven 
baskets full. And they that did eat were about four 
thousand men besides children and women: and he sent 
them away. And immediately going up into a ship with 
his disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmanutha, the 
coasts of Magedan. 

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CHAPTER 58 

He Speaks of Signs from Heaven 

Dalmanutha. JulytA. D. 29 

AND there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees, 
and began to question with hiin; and tempting him, they 
asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 

But he answered and said to them: When it is eve-
ning,: you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 
And in the morning: Today there will be a storm, for 
the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to dis-
cern the face of the sky; and can you not know the 
signs of the times? And sighing deeply in spirit, he 
saith: Why doth this wicked and adulterous generation 
seek after a sign? Amen I say to you, a sign shall not 
be given it, but the sign of Jonas, the prophet. 

He Warns the Disciples Against the Leaven of the Pharisees 

East Side of the Sea of Galilee. July, A. D. 29 

AND leaving them, he went up again into the ship, and 
passed to the other side of the water. And the disciples 
forgot to take bread, and they had but one loaf with 
them in the ship. And Jesus charged them, saying: Take 
heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sad-
ducees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned 
among themselves, saying: Because we have taken no 
bread. And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think 
within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have 
no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand? have 
you still your heart blinded? Having eyes, see you not? 
and having ears, hear you not? neither do you remember? 
When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how 
many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say 
to him: Twelve. When also the seven loaves among four 
thousand, how many baskets of fragments took you up? 
And they say to him: Seven. And he said to them: How 
do you not yet understand? Why do you not under-
stand that it was not concerning bread I said to you: 

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Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? 
Then they understood that he said, not that they should 
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and Sadducees. 

He Gives Sight to a Blind Man 

Bethsaida Julias. July, A. D. 29 

AND they came to Bethsaida. And they bring to him 
a blind man, and they besought him that he would touch 
him. And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him 
out of the town; and spitting upon his eyes, laying 
his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. 
And looking up, he said: I see men as it were trees, 
walking. After that again he laid his hands upon his 
eyes, and he 'began to see, and was restored, so that he 
saw all things clearly. And he sent him into his house, 
saying: Go into thy house, and if thou enter into the 
town, tell nobody. 

He Makes Peter the Rock on Which He Is to Build 

His Church 

Region of Caesarea Philippi. August, A. D. 29 

AND Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns 
of Caesarea Philippi. And in the way it came to pass, as 
he was alone praying, his disciples also were with him: 
and he asked them, saying: Whom do men say that I the 
Son of Man am? Who answered him, saying: Some 
John the Baptist; and other some, Elias; and others, 
Jeremias; and others say, that one of the former proph-
ets is risen again. Then Jesus saith unto them: But 
whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and 
said: Thou art the Christ of God, the Son of the living 
God. And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art 
thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not 
revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 
And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this 
rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall 

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not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys 
of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt 
bind upon earth, it should be bound also in heaven: and 
whatsoever thou shall loose on earth, it shall be loosed 
also in heaven. 

Then strictly charging his disciples, he commanded 
that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ. 

He Foretells His Passion and Resurrection 

Region of Caesarea Philippi. August, A. D. 29 

F R O M that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, 
that he must go to Jerusalem, saying: The Son of Man 
must suffer many things, and be rejected by the ancients 
and by the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed: 
and the third day be raised up. And he spoke the word 
openly. 

He Rebukes Peter 

Region of Caesarea Philippi. August, A. D. 29 

AND Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: 
Lord, be it far from thee: this shall not be unto thee. 
Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened 
Peter, saying: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal 
unto me: because thou savorest not the things that are 
of God, but the things that are of men. 

He Admonishes His Disciples to Bear the Cross 

Region of Caesarea Philippi. August, A. D. 29 

AND calling the multitude together with his disciples, 
he said to them all: If any man will come after me, let 
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and fol-
low me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and 
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, 
shall save it. For what doth it profit a man, if he gain 
the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul, and 
cast himself away? Or what shail a man give in ex-
change for his soul? 

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For he that shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, 
in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son 
of Man shall be ashamed, when he shall come in his 
majesty, and in the glory of the Father with his holy 
angels; and then will he render to every man according 
to his works. But I tell you of a truth: There are some 
standing here, that shall not taste death, till they see 
the kingdom of God—the Son of Man coming in his 
kingdom. 

He Is Transfigured 

Mount Tabor. August, A. D. 29 

AND it came to pass about eight days after these words, 
Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John, and 
leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by them-
selves to pray. And whilst he prayed, he was trans-
figured before them: the shape of his countenance was 
altered, and his face did shine as the sun, and his gar-
ments became shining and exceeding white as snow, so 
as no fuller upon earth can make white. And behold 
there appeared to them two men in majesty, Moses and 
Elias, and they were talking with Jesus; and they spoke 
of his disease that he should accomplish in Jerusalem. 

But Peter and they that were with him were heavy 
with sleep. And waking, they saw his glory, and the two 
men that stood with him. And it came to pass that as 
they were departing from him, Peter answering said to 
Jesus: Rabbi, 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. For he knew not what he 
said, for they were struck with fear. 

And as he was yet speaking, behold there came a 
bright cloud and overshadowed them; and they were 
afraid, when they entered into the cloud. And a voice 
came out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. And whilst 
the voice was uttered, Jesus was found alone. 

And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and 
were very much afraid. And Jesus came and touched 

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them, and said to them: Arise and fear not. And imme-
diately looking about, they saw no man any more, but 
Jesus only with them. 

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus 
charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the 
Son of Man be risen from the dead. And they held their 
peace, and told no man in those days any of the things 
which they had seen; but they kept the word to them-
selves, questioning together what that should mean, when 
he shall be risen from the dead. 

He Speaks to Them Concerning Elias 

Region of Mount Tabor. August, A. D. 29 

AND his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the 
scribes say that Elias must come first? But he answer-
ing said to them: Elias, when he shall come first, shall 
restore all things; and it is written of the Son of Man, 
that he must suffer many things and be despised. But I 
say to you: that Elias is already come, and they knew 
him not, and have done unto him whatsoever they had a 
mind, as it is written of him. So also the Son of Man 
shall suffer from them. Then the disciples understood 
that he had spoken of them concerning John the Baptist. 

CHAPTER 59 

He Heals a Lunatic Boy 

Region of Mount Tabor. August, A. D. 29 

AND it came to pass the day following, when they came 

down from the mountain, coming to his disciples, he saw 

a great multitude about them, and the scribes disputing 

with them. And presently all the people seeing Jesus 

were astonished and struck with fear; and running to 

him they saluted him. And he asked them: What do you 

question about among you? 
And one of the multitude answering said: Master, I 

have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit: I 
beseech thee, look upon him, because he is my only one. 
And the man came to him falling down on his knees be-

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fore him saying: Lord, have pity on my son: for he is a 
lunatic and suffereth much. And lo, a spirit seizeth him, 
and he suddenly crieth out, and he throweth him down, . 
and teareth him, so that he foameth, and gnasheth with 
his teeth, and pineth away; and bruising him, he hardly 
departeth from him. And I desired thy disciples to cast 
him out, and they could not. 

Then Jesus answered them and said: O unbelieving 
and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? 
how long shall I suffer you? bring hither thy son. And 
they brought him. And as he was coming to him, when 
he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him; 
and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about 
foaming. And he asked his father: How long time is it 
since this hath happened unto him? But he said: From 
his infancy: and oftentimes hath he cast him into the 
fire and into waters to destroy him. But if thou canst 
do any thing, help us, having compassion on us. And 
Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are 
possible to him that believeth. And immediately the 
father of the 'boy crying out, with tear said: I do believe, 
Lord: help my unbelief. And when Jesus saw the multi-
tude running together, he threatened the unclean spirit, 
saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee, 
go out of him; and enter not any more into him. And 
crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, 
and he became as dead, so that many, said: He is dead. 
But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up; and 
he arose. And Jesus restored him to his father; and the 
child was cured from that hour. And all were astonished 
at the mighty power of God. 

And when he was come into the house, then came the 
disciples of Jesus secretly and asked, him: Why could 
not we cast him out? And he said to them: Because of 
your unbelief: for amen I say to you, if you have faith 
as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this moun-
tain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove, 
and nothing shall be impossible to you. But this kind is 
not cast out but by prayer and fasting. 

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He Again Predicts His Passion 

Galilee. August, A. D. 29 

AND departing from thence, they passed through Gali-
lee, and he would not that any man should know it. And 
while all wondered at all the things he did, he taught his 
disciples, when they abode together in Galilee, and said 
unto them: Lay you up in your hearts these words, for 
it shall come to pass that the Son of Man shall be be-
trayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; 
and after that he is killed, he shall rise again the third 
day. But they understood not this word, and it was hid 
from them, so that they perceived it not. And they were 
afraid to ask him concerning this word. And they were 

I troubled exceedingly. 

He Pays Tribute With Money Taken from a Fish's Mouth 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

AND when they were come to Capharnaum, they that 
received the didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him: 
Doth not your master pay the didrachmas? He said: 
Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus pre-
vented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The 
kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or 
custom? of their own children, or of strangers? And he 
said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children 
are free. But that we may not scandalize them, go to the 
sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first 
come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, 
thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them 
for me and thee. 

He Exhorts to Humility Like That of a Little Child 

Caphar nawn. September, A. D. 29 

AT that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who 

thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? 
And when they were in the house, he asked them: 

What did you treat of in the way? But they held their 

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peace; for in the way they had disputed among them-
selves, which of them should be the greatest. And Jesus 
seeing the thoughts of their heart, sitting down, he called 
the twelve, and saith to them: If any man desire to be 
first, he shall be the last of all, and the minister of all. 

And calling to him a little child, he set him by him, in 
the midst of them, and said: Amen I say to you, unless 
you be converted, and become as little children, you 
shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever 
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is 
the greater in the kingdom of heaven. Whom when he 
had embraced, he saith: Whosoever shall receive one 
such child as this in my name receiveth me: and who-
soever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that 
sent me. For he that is the lesser among you, he is the 
greater. And whosoever shall scandalize one of these 
little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that 
a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he 
should be drowned in the depths of the sea, than that he 
should scandalize one of these little ones. 

He Teaches That the Man Who Is Not Against Him Is on 

His Side 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

AND John, answering, said unto him: Master, we saw 
a certain man casting out devils in thy name, and we for-
bade him, because he followeth not with us. But Jesus 
said to him: Do not forbid him: for there is no man 
that doth a miracle in my name, that can soon speak ill 
of me. For he that is not against you, is for you. For 
whosoever shall give you to drink a cup of water in my 
name, because you belong to Christ, amen I say to you, 
he shall not lose his reward. 

He Warns His Disciples to Avoid Offenses 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

WOE to the world because of scandals: for it must 

needs be that scandals come; but nevertheless woe to 

that man by whom the scandal cometh. 

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And if thy hand or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off 
and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into 
life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet 
to be cast into everlasting fire; where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not extinguished. And if thy eye 
scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is 
better for thee having one eye to enter into life,—the 
kingdom of God,—than having two eyes to be cast into 
the hell of fire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire 
is not extinguished. 

For every one shall be salted with fire, and every vic-
tim shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt 
become unsavory, wherewith will you season it? Have 
salt in you, and have peace among you. 

He Gives Warning Against Despising Little Ones 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

SEE that you despise not one of these little ones: for 
I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the 
face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of Man 
is come to save that which was lost. What think you? 
If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should 
go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the moun-
tains, and go seek that which is gone astray? And if it 
so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth 
more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not 
astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is 
in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 

He Gives Instruction Concerning tha Forgiveness «1 lajurii 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

BUT if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and 
rebuke him between thee and him alone: if he shall hear 
thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear 
thee, take with thee one or two more; that in the mouth 
of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if 
he will not hear them, tell the church: and if he will not 
hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and 
publican. 

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Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon 
earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you 
shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. 
Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon 
earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, 
it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven. 
For where there are two or three gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

And he said to his disciples: Take heed to yourselves: 
if thy brother sin against thee, reprove him; and if he do 
penance, forgive him. And if he sin against thee seven 
times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted 
unto thee, saying, I repent; forgive him. 

CHAPTER 60 

He Tells the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

T H E N came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often 

shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? 

till seven times? Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, 

till seven times; but till seventy times seven times. 
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, 

who would take an account of his servants. And when 
he had begun to take account, one was brought to him, 
that owed him ten thousand talents. And as he had not 
wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should 
be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, 
and payment to be made. But that servant falling down, 
besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I 
will pay thee all. And the lord of that servant being 
moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt. 
But when that servant was gone out, he found one of 
his fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence: 
and laying hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay 
what thou owest. And his fellow servant falling down, 
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 paid the debt. Now his fellow serv-

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ants seeing what.was done, were very much grieved; and 
they came and told their lord all that was done. Then 
his lord called him, and said to him: Thou wicked serv-
ant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest 
me: shouldest not thou then have had compassion also 
on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee? 
And his lord being angry, delivered him to the tortures 
until he paid all the debt. So also shall my heavenly 
Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother 
from your hearts. And it came to pass when Jesus had 
ended these words, he rose up from thence. 

He Replies to His Brethren That His Time Is Not Yet Come 

Capharnaum. September, A. D. 29 

Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. And 
his brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into 
Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy works which 
thou dost. For there is no man that doth any thing in 
secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly: if 
thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world. For 
neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said 
to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is al-
ways ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hat-
eth: because I give testimony of it, that the works there-
of are eVil. Go you up to this festival day: but I go 
not up to this festival day, because my time is not ac-
complished. When he had said these things, he himself 
stayed in Galilee. And it came to pass, when the days 
of his assumption were accomplishing, that he steadfastly 
set his face to go to Jerusalem. But after his brethren 
were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not 
openly, but as it were in secret. 

He Rebukes His Disciples James and John 

Borders of Samaria and Galilee. September, A. D. 29 

AND he departed from Galilee, and sent messengers 
before his face; and going, they entered into a city of 
the Samaritans, to prepare for him. And they received 

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him not, because his face was of one going to Jerusalem. 
And when his disciples James and John had seen this, 
they said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come 
down from heaven, and consume them? And turning, he 
rebuked them, saying: You know not of what spirit you 
are. The Son of Man came not to destroy souls, but to 
save. And they went into another town. 

He Teaches What is Required of a True Disciple 

Borders of Samaria. September, A. D. 29 

AND it came to pass as they walked in the way, a cer-
tain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow 
thee whithersoever thou shalt go. And Jesus saith to 
him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests, 
but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head. 

And he said to another of his disciples: Follow me. 
And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my 
Father. But Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their 
dead; but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 
And another said: I will follow thee, Lord: but let me 
first take my leave of them that are at my house. Jesus 
said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, 
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 

He Heals Ten Lepers 

Borders of Samaria and Galilee. September, A. D. 29 

AND it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he 
passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And 
as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men 
that were lepers, who stood afar off; and lifted up their 
voice, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us. Whom 
when he saw, said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. 
And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. 
And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, 
went back, with a loud voice glorifying God: and he fell 
on his face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a 
Samaritan. And Jesus answering, said: Were not ten 

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made clean? and where are the nine? There is no one 
found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger. 
And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith 
hath made thee whole. 

He Sends Seventy-two of His Disciples to Go Before Him 

Borders of Samaria and Galilee. September, A. D. 29 

AND after these things the Lord appointed also other 
seventy-two: and he sent them two and two before his 
face into every city and place whither he himself was to 
come. And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, 
but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of 
the harvest that he send laborers into his 'harvest. Go: 
behold I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither 
purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the 
way. Into whatsoever house you enter, first say: Peace 
be to this house.- And if the son of peace be there, your 
peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to 
you. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking 
such things as they have: for the laborer is woTthy of his 
hire. Remove not from house to house. 

And into what city soever you enter, and they receive 
you, eat such things as are set before you. And heal the 
sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of 
God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city 
you enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the 
streets thereof, say: Even the very dust of your city that 
cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you: yet know this, 
that the kingdom of God is at hand. I say to you, it 
shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom than for 
that city. He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that 
despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, 
despiseth him that sent me. 

He Is Received By Martha Into Her House 

Bethany. October, A. D. 29 

AND he came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan. 

Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into 

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a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha re-
ceived him into her house. And she had a sister called 
Mary, who sitting also at the Lord's feet, heard his word. 
But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood 
and said: Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath 
left me alone to serve? speak to her therefore, that she 
help me. And the Lord answering, said to her: Martha, 
Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled about many 
things; but one thing is necessary: Mary hath chosen 
the best part, which shall not be taken away from her. 

He Is Sought for By the Jews 

Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

THE Jews therefore sought him on the festival day, 
and said: Where is he? And there was much murmur-
ing among the multitude concerning him: for some said: 
He is a good man; and others said: No, but he seduceth 
the people. Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of 
the Jews. 

CHAPTER 61 

He Teaches in the Temple That His Doctrine Is 

from the Father 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into 
the temple, and taught. And the Jews wondered, saying: 
How doth this man know letters, having never learned? 
Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, 
but his that sent me. If any man will do the will of him, 
he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or 
whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself, 
seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of 
him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in 
him. 

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you 
keepeth the law. Why seek you to kill me? The multi-
tude answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seek-

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eth to kill thee? Jesus answered, and said to them: One 
work I have done; and you all wonder: therefore, Moses 
gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but 
of the fathers); and one the sabbath day you circumcise 
a man. If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath 
day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you 
angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the 
sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, 
but judge just judgment. 

He Teaches That He Himself Is from the Father 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

S O M E therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom 
they seek to kill? And behold, he speaketh openly, and 
they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a 
truth, that this is the Christ? But we know this man, 
whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man 
knoweth whence he is. Jesus therefore cried out in the 
temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and 
you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself; 
but he that sent me is true, whom you know not. I 
know him; because I am from him, and he hath sent me. 
They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man 
laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 
But of the people many believed in him, and said: When 
the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles, than these 
which this man doth? The Pharisees heard the people 
murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers 
and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him. 

He Predicts His Return to the Father 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

J E S U S therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am 
with you: and then I go to him that sent me. You shall 
seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither 
you cannot come. The Jews therefore said among them-

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selves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? 
will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and 
teach the Gentiles? What is this saying that he hath 
said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and 
where I am, you cannot come? 

He Teaches That He Is the Living Water 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

AND on the last and great day of the festivity, Jesus 
stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come 
to me, and drink. He that believeth in me, as the scrip-
ture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 

water. Now this he said of the Spirit which they should 
receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was 
not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. 

His Teaching Becomes a Cause of Dissension 

Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

OF that multitude therefore, when they had heard these 
words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed. 
Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth 
the Christ come out of Galilee? Doth not the scripture 
say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from 
Bethlehem the town where David was? So there arose a 
dissension among the people because of him. And some 
of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid 
hands upon him. 

The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and 
the Pharisees; and they said to them: Why have you not 
brought him? The ministers answered: Never did man 
speak like this man. The Pharisees therefore answered 
them: Are you also seduced? Hath any one of the rulers 
believed in him, or of the Pharisees? But this multitude, 
that knoweth not the law, are accursed. Nicodemus said 
to them (he that came to him by night, who was one of 
them): Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear 

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him, and know what he doth? They answered, and said 
to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, 
and see, that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not. And 

j every man returned to his own house: and Jesus went 
unto Mount Olivet. 

He Delivers the Woman Taken in Adultery 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

AND early in die morning he came again into the 
temple, and all the people came to him; and sitting down 
he taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees bring 
unto him a woman taken in adultery; and they set her in 
the midst, and said to him: Master, this woman was even 
now taken in adultery. Now Moses in the law com-
manded us to stone such a one; but what sayest thou? 
And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse 
him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his 
finger on the ground. 

When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted 
up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin 
among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again 
stooping down, he wrote on the ground. But they hear-
ing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest: 
and Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in 
the midst. Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: 
Woman, where are they that accused thee? hath no man 
condemned thee? Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus 
said: Neither will I condemn thee: go; and now sin no 
more. 

He Teaches That He Is the Light of the World 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

A G A I N therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am 
the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not 
in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Phari-
sees

 :
 therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of 

thyself; thy testimony is not true. Jesus answered, and 

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said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my 
testimony is true; for I know whence I came, and 
whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or 
whither I go. You judge according to the flesh; I judge 
not any man. And if I do judge, my judgment is true; 
because I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent 
me. 

And in your law it is written, that the testimony of 
two men is true. I am one that give testimony of my-
self, and the Father that sent me giveth testimony of 
me. They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? 
Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Fa-
ther; if you did know me, perhaps you would know my 
Father also. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, 
teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, 
because his hour was not yet come. 

Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go, and you 
shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin: whither I 
go, you cannot come. The Jews therefore said: Will he 
kill himself, because he said: Whither I go, you cannot 
come? And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am 
from above: you are of this world, I am not of this world. 
Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins: 
for if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your 
sin. 

They said therefore to him: Who are thou? Jesus 
said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you. 
Many things I have to speak and to judge of you: but 
he that sent me, is true; and the things I have heard of 
him, these same I speak in the world. And they under-
stood not that he called God his Father. 

He Reasons With the Jews Concerning Their Boasted 

Sonship from Abraham 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

J E S U S therefore said to them: When you shall have 
lifted up the Son of Man, then shall you know, that I 
am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father 

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hath taught me, these things I speak. And he that sent 
me, is with me, and he hat'h not left me alone; for I do 
always the things that please him. When he spoke these 
things, many believed in him. 

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him: If 
you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples in-
deed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall 
make you free. They answered him: We are the seed of 
Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man: 
how sayest thou, you shall be free? Jesus answered 
them: Amen, amen I say unto you: that whosoever com-
mitteth sin is the servant of sin. Now the servant abid-
eth not in the house forever; but the son abideth forever. 
If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be 
free indeed. I know that you are the children of Abra-
ham; but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no 
place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my 
Father: and you do the things that you have seen with 
your father. 

They answered, and said to him: Abraham is our 
father. Jesus saith to them: If you be the children of 
Abraham, do the works of Abraham. But now you seek 
to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, 
which I have heard of God: this Abraham did not. You 
do the works of your Father. They said therefore to 
him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Fa-
ther, even God. Jesus therefore said to them: If God 
were your Father, you would indeed love me: for from 
God I proceeded, and came; for I came not of myself, 
but he sent me. Why do you not know my speech? Be-
cause you cannot hear my word. 

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of 
your father you will do. He was a murderer from the be-
ginning, and he stood not in the truth, because truth is 
not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his 
own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. But if I 
say the truth, you believe me not. Which of you shall 
convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do 
you not believe me? He that is of God, heareth the 

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words of God: therefore you hear them not, because you 
are not of God. 

The Jews therefore answered, and said to him: Do not 
we say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 
Jesus answered: I have not a devil; but I honor my 
Father, and you have dishonored me. But I seek not my 
own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Amen, 
amen I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall 
not see death forever. 

The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast 
a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou 
sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste 
death forever. Art thou greater than our father Abra-
ham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead. Whom 
dost thou make thyself? Jesus answered: If I glorify 
myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glori-
fieth me, of whom you say that he is your God; and you 
have not known him: but I know him; and if I shall say 
that I know him not, I shall be like to you, a liar: but 
I do know him, and do keep his word. Abraham your 
father rejoiced that he might see my day; he saw it, and 
was glad. 

The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty 
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said to 
them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was 
made, I am. They took up stones therefore to cast at 
him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. 

CHAPTER 62 

He Heals a Man Blind from His Birth 

Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

AND Jesus passing by saw a man who was blind from 
his birth. And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath 
sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born 
blind? Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, 
nor his parents; but that the works of God should be 

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made manifest in him. I must work the works of him 
that sent me whilst it is day: the night cometh when no 
man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the 
light of the world. When he had said these things, he 
spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and 
spread the clay upon his eyes, and said to him: Go, 
wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. 
He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing. 

The neighbors therefore, and they who had seen him 
before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat 
and begged? Some said: This is 'he; but others said: 
No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he. They said 
therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened? He an-
swered: That man that is called Jesus made clay, and 
anointed my eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of 
Siloe, and wash. And I went, I washed, and I see. And 
they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not. 

They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees. 
Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and 
opened his eyes. Again therefore the Pharisees asked 
him, how he had received his sight. But he said to them: 
He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see. 
Some therefore of the Pharisees said: That man is not of 
God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: 
How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And 
there was a division among them. They say therefore to 
the ¡blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath 
opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet. 

The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that 
he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they 
called the parents of him that had received his sight, 
and asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say 
was born blind? how then doth he now see? His par-
ents answered them, and said: We know that this is our 
son, and that he was born blind: but how he now seeth, 
we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know 
not: ask himself: he is of age, let him speak for himself. 
These things his parents said, because they feared the 
Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among them-

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selves, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, 
he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore did his 
parents say: He is of age, ask himself. 

They therefore called the man again that had been 
blind, and said to him: Give glory to God: we know 
that this man is a sinner. He said therefore to them: If 
he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that 
whereas I was ¡blind, now I see. They said then to him: 
What did he to thee? how did he open thy eyes? He an-
swered them: I have told you already, and you have 
heard: why would you hear it again? will you also be-
come his disciples? They reviled him therefore, and said: 
Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses. 
We know that God spoke to Moses, but as to this man, 
we know not from whence he is. The man answered, and 
said to them: Why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you 
know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my 
eyes. Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but 
if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he 
hearet'h. From the beginning of the world it hath not 
been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one 
born blind. Unless this man were of God, he could not 
do any thing. They answered, and said to him: Thou 
wast wholly 'born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And 
they cast him out. 

Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when 
he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou believe in 
the Son of God? He answered, and said: Who is he, 
Lord, that I may believe in him? And Jesus said to him: 
Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with 
thee. And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, 
he adored him. And Jesus said: For judgment I am 
come into this world; that they who see not, may see; 
and they who see, may become blind. And some of the 
Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto 
him: Are we also blind? Jesus said to them: If you were 
blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We 
see, your sin remaineth. 

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He Declares Himself to Be the Door of the Sheepfold 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

AMEN, amen I say to you: he that entereth not by 
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another 
way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he ¿hat en-
tereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To 
him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; 
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them 
out. And when he hath let out his own stheep, he goeth 
before them: and the sheep follow him, because they 
know his voice. But a stranger they follow not, but fly 
from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. 
This proverb Jesus spoke to them: but they understood 
not what he spoke to them. 

Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say 
to you, I am the door of the sheep. All others, as many 
as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep 
heard them not. I am the door: by me, if any man 
enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go 
out, and shall find pastures. The thief cometh not, but 
for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that 
they may have life, and may have it more abundantly. 

He Declares Himself to Be the Good Shepherd 

Temple at Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

I AM the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth 
his life for his sheep. But the hireling, and he that is 
not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth 
the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and 
the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep: and the 
hireling flieth, because he is a hireling, and he hath no 
care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I 
know mine, and mine know me, as the Father knoweth 
me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for 
my sheep. And other sheep I have, that are not of this 
fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my 
voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. 

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Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down 
my life, that I may take it again. No man taketh it 
away from me, but I lay it down of myself. And I have 
power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up 
again. This commandment have I received of my Father. 

He Is Rejected By the Jews and Leaves Jerusalem 

Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29 

A D I S S E N S I O N rose again among the Jews for these 
words. And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is 
mad: why hear you him? Others said: These are not 
the words of one that hath a devil: can a devil open the 
eyes of the blind? 

He Receives the Seventy-two on Their Return 

Perea. November, A. D. 29 

AND the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, 
the devils also are subject to us in thy name. And he 
said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from 
heaven. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon 
serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the 
enemy: and nothing shall hurt you. But yet rejoice not 
in this, that spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice in 
this, that your names are written in heaven. 

He Shows the Necessity of a Childlike Mind 

Perea. November, A. D. 29 

IN that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and 
said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and 
earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the 
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones: 
Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight. 

All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no 
one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who 
the Father is, but the Son, and to whom the Son will 

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reveal him. Come to me, all you that laJbor and are 
burdened, and I will refresh you. Take up my yoke 
upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek and 
humble of heart, and you shall find rest to your souls. 
For my yoke is sweet and my burden light. 

And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the 
eyes that see the things which you see: for I say to you, 
that many prophets and kings have desired to see the 
things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear 
the things that you hear, and have not heard them. 

He Teaches Which of the Commandments Is the Greatest 

Perea. November, A. D. 29 

AND behold a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, 
and saying: Master, what must I do to possess eternal 
life? But he said to him: What is written in the law? 
how readest thou? He answering, said: Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy 

whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy 

mind: and thy neighbor as thyself. A n d he said to h i m : 

Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 

CHAPTER 63 

He Tells the Parable of the Good Samaritan 

Perea. November, A. D. 29 

BUT he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And 
who is my neighbor? And Jesus answering, said: A cer-
tain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell 
among robbers, who also stripped him, and having 
wounded him Went away, leaving him half dead. And it 
chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: 
and seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a Levite, 
when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But 
a certain Samaritan being on his journey, came near 
him; and seeing him, was moved with compassion, and 
going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and 

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wine; and setting him upon his own beast, brought him 
to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he 
took out two pence, and gave to the host, and said: Take 
care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and 
above, I, at my return, will repay thee. 

Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbor to 
him that fell among the robbers? But he said: He that 
shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and 
do thou in like manner. 

He Teaches How Earnestly Men Ought to Pray 

Perea. November, A. D. 29 

AND it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place 
praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: 
Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 
And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hal-
lowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we 
also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead 
us not into temptation. 

And he said to them: Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say 
to him: Friend, lend me three loaves; because a friend 
of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not 
what to set before him: and he from within should an-
swer, and say: Trouble me not: the door is now shut, 
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and 
give thee? Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to 
you, although he will not rise and give him because he 
is his friend; yet, because of his importunity he will rise, 
and give him as many as he needeth. 

And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, 
and you Shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seek-
eth, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be 
opened. And which of you, if he ask his father bread, 
will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give 
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him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to 
give good gifts to your children, how much more will 
your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them 
that ask him? 

He Teaches at the Feast of Dedication, and Is Again Rejected 

Jerusalem. December, A. D. 29 

AND it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: 
and it was winter; and Jesus walked in the temple in 
Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about 
him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls 
in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus 
answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not; the 
works that I do in the name of my Father, they give 
testimony of me. 

But you do not believe, because you are not of my 
sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and 
they follow me: and I give them life everlasting; and 
they shall not perish forever, and no man shall pluck 
them out of my hand. That which my Father hath given 
me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out 
of the hand of my Father. I and the Father are one. 

The Jews then took up stones to stone him. Jesus 
answered them: many good works have I showed you 
from my Father; for which of those works do you stone 
me? The Jews answered him: For a good work we 
stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that 
thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered 
them: Is it not written in your laws, I said you are gods? 
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God was 
spoken (and the scripture cannot be broken), do you 
say to him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent 
into the world: Thou blasphemest, because I said I am 
the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, be-
lieve me not. But if I do, though you will not believe me, 
believe the works: that you may know and believe that 
the Father is in me, and I in the Father. 

They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped 

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out of their hands. And he went again beyond the Jor-
dan, into that place where John was baptizing first; and 
there he abode. And great multitudes flock' to him 
again; and as he was accustomed, he taught them again; 
and he healed them there. And they said: John indeed 
did no sign: but all things whatsoever John said of this 
man were true. And many believed in him. 

He Rebukes thè Pharisees for Their Hypocrisy 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed 
him, that he would dine with him; and he going in, sat 
down to eat. And the Pharisee began to say, thinking 
within himself, why he was not washed before dinner. 
And the Lord said to him: Woe to you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites. Now you Pharisees make clean 
the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your in-
side is full of rapine and uncleanness and iniquity. Thou 
blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and 
of the dish, that the outside may appear clean. Ye fools, 
did not he that made that which is without, make also 
that which is within? But yet that which remaineth, 
give alms; and behold, all things are clean unto you. 

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, be-
cause you tithe mint and rue and anise and cummin and 
every herb; and have left the weightier matters of the 
law, judgment, and mercy, and faith, and the charity of 
God. Now these things you ought to have done, and 
not to leave the other undone. Blind guides, who strain 
out a gnat, and swallow a camel. 

Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the upper-
most seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the 
market-place. Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres 
that appear not, and men that walk over are not aware. 

And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Mas-
ter, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also. But 
he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men 

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with burdens which they cannot bear, and you your-
selves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. Woe 
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you 
shut the kingdom of heaven against men, and have taken 
away the key of knowledge: you yourselves do not enter 
in, and those that are going in you suffer not. 

And as he was saying these things to them, the Phari-
sees and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to 
oppress his mouth about many things: lying in wait for 
him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, 
that they might accuse him. 

He Teaches His Disciples to Avoid Hypocrisy and to Be 

Fearless in Publishing His Doctrine 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND when great multitudes stood about him, so that 
they trod one upon another, he began to say to his dis-
ciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which 
is hypocrisy: for nothing is covered that shall not be 
revealed, nor hid that shall not be known. That which I 
tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light; and that which 
you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops. For 
whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be 
published in the light; and that Which ye have spoken in 
the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the house-
tops. 

And I say to you my friends: Be not afraid of them 
that kill the body, and after that have no more that they 
can do: they are not able to kill the soul. But I will 
show you whom you shall fear: rather fear him, who 
after he hath killed, hath power to destroy both soul 
and body and to cast them into hell; yea, I say to you: 
Fear him. Are not two sparrows sold for two farthings? 
and not one of them is forgotten before God, or shall fall 
to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs 
of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore: you 
are of more value than many sparrows. 

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And I say to you: Whosoever shall confess me before 
men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the 
angels of God, and before my Father who is in heaven; 
but he that denieth me before men, I will also deny 
before the angels, and before my Father who is in heaven. 

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SECTION VIII 

CHAPTER 64 

He Tells the Parable of the Rich Fool 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND one of the multitude said to him: Master speak 
to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me. 
But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, 
or divider, over you? And he said to them: Take heed 
and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not 
consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. 

And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land 
of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. 
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, 
because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And 
he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns and 
will build greater, and into them will I gather all things 
that are grown to me, and my goods. And I will say to 
my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many 
years, take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer. But 
God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require 
thy soul of thee; and whose shall those things be which 
thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for 
himself, and is not rich toward God. 

He Teaches His Disciples Not to Be Solicitous for Even the 

Necessaries of Life 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, 
be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for 
your body, what-you shall put on. Is not the life more 
than the meat, and the body more than the raiment? 
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reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and your 
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much 
more value than they? 

And which of you by taking thought can add to his 
stature one cubit? If then ye be not able to do so much 
as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest? 
Consider the lilies of die field, how they grow; they la-
bor not, neither do they spin: but I say to you, that not 
even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of 
these. Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that 
is today in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven, 
how much more you, O ye of little faith? Be not solicit-
ous therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall 
we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed? and be 
not of unsettled mind. For all these things do the na-
tions of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that 
you have need of all these things. Seek ye therefore first 
the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things 
shall be added unto you. Be not therefore solicitous for 
the morrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. 
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

He Teaches His Disciples to Be Always Ready for His Coming 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

F E A R not, little flock; for it hath pleased your Father 
to give you a kingdom. Sell what you possess, and give 
alms; make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a 
treasure in heaven which faileth not, where no thief ap-
proacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treas-
ure is, there will your heart be also. 

Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your 
hands; and you yourselves like to men who wait for 
their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that 
when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him 
immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord 
when he cometh, shall find watching: amen I say to you, 
that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to 
meat, and passing will minister unto them. And if he 

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shall come in the second watch, or come in the third 
watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 

But this know ye, that if the householder did know 
at what hour the thief would come, he would surely 
watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. 
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, 
the Son of Man will come. 

He Tells the Parable of the Faithful Steward 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this 
paraJble to us, or likewise to all? And the Lord said: 
Who, thinkest thou, is the faithful and wise steward, 
whom his lord setteth over his family to give them their 
measure of wheat in due season? Blessed is that servant 
whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing. 
Verily I say to you, he will set him over all he possesseth. 
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord 
is long a coming; and shall begin to strike his fellow 
servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk with the 
drunkards: the lord of that servant shall come in the 
day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he know-
eth not; and shall separate him, and appoint him his 
portion with the hypocrites and unbelievers: there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And that servant 
who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not him-
self, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten 
with many stripes. But he that knew not and did things 
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And 
unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be 
required: and to whom they have committed much, of 
him they will demand the more. 

He Speaks of Divisions on Account of the Gospel 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

I AM come to cast fire on the earth: and what will I, 
but that it be kindled? And I have a baptism wherewith 

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I am to be baptized; and how am I straitened until it 
be accomplished? 

Think ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I 
tell you, no: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 
For there shall be from henceforth five in one house 
divided: three against two, and two against three. For 
I came to set a man at variance against his father, and 
the daughter against her mother; the mother-in-law 
against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law 
against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies shall 
be they of his household. He that loveth his 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 up his cross, and followeth 
me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life, shall 
lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it. 

He Teaches the Necessity for Prompt Decision 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND he said also to the multitudes: When you see a 
cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower 
is coming: and so it happeneth. And when ye see the 
south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it 
cometh to pass. You hypocrites, you know how to dis-
cern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is 
it that you do not discern this time? And why even of 
yourselves, do you not judge that which is just? And 
when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst 
thou art in the way, endeavor to be delivered from him: 
lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge 
deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee 
into prison. And I say to thee, thou shalt not go out 
thence, until thou pay the very last mite. 

He Teqches Repentance By the Calamity of the Galileans 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND there were present, at that very time, some that 

told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had min-
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gled with their sacrifices. And he answering, said to 
them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above 
all the men of Galiee, because they suffered such things? 
No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you 
shall all likewise perish. 

Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, 
and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors 
above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem? No, I say 
to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise 
perish. 

CHAPTER 65 

He Tells the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

HE spoke also this paraJble: A certain man had a fig 
tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit 
on it, and found none. And he said to the dresser of the 
vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking 
fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down 
therefore: why cumbereth it the ground? But he an-
swering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, 
until I dig about it, and dung it. And if happily it bear 
fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 

He Heals a Woman Who Had Suffered a Long Time from a 

Spirit of Infirmity 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND he was teaching in their synagogue on their sab-
bath. And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit 
of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed to-
gether, neither could she look upwards at all. Whom 
when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: 
Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity. And he 
laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made 

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straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the syna-
gogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the sab-
bath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there 
are wherein you ought to work: in them therefore come, 
and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 

And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, 
doth not every one of you, on the saibbath day, loose his 
ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water? 
And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan 
hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this 
bond on the sabbath day? And when he said these 
things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the 
people rejoiced for all things that were gloriously done 
by him. 

He Exhorts His Disciples to Enter in at the Narrow Gate 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND he went through the cities and towns teaching 
and making his journey to Jerusalem. And a certain 
man said to him: Lord, are there few that (be saved? 
But he said to them: Strive to enter by the narrow 
gate: for many I say to you shall seek to enter, and 
shall not be able. But when the master of the house 
shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall be-
gin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: 
Lord, open to us: and he answering shall say to you: I 
know not whence you are. Then shall you begin to say: 
We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou 
hast taught in our streets. And he shall say to you: I 
know you not, whence you are; depart from me, all ye 
woikers of iniquity. 

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when 
you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the 
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves 
thrust out. And there shall come from the east and the 
west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down 
in the kingdom of God. And behold, they are last that 
shall be first; and they are first that shall be last. 

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He Reproves Herod and Jerusalem 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

THE same day, there came some of the Pharisees, 
saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod 
hath a mind to kill thee. And he said to them: Go and 
tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures to-
day and tomorrow, and the third day I am consum-
mated. Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, 
and the day following, because it cannot be that a 
prophet perish, out of Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and 
stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I 
have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood 
under her wings, and thou wouldest not! Behold your 
house shall be left to you desolate: and I say to you, 
that you shall not see me till the time come, when you 
shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 

He Heals a Man That Had the Dropsy on the Sabbath Day 

Perea. January, A. D. 30 

AND it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house 
of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, 
to eat bread, that they watched him. And behold, there 
was a certain man before him that had the dropsy. And 
Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, 
saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? But 
they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, 
and sent him away. And answering them, he said: 
Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, 
and will not immediately draw him out on the sabbath 
day? And they could not answer him to these things. 

He Teaches the Law of True Hospitality 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND he spoke a parable also to them that were in-

vited, marking how they chose the first seats at the 

table, saying to them: When thou art invited to a wed-
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ding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one 
more honorable than thou be invited by him, and he 
that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give 
this man place: and then thou begin with shame to 
take the lowest place. But when thou art invited, go, 
sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited 
thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher: 
then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table 
with thee. Because every one that exalteth himself, 
shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall 
be exalted. 

And he said to him also that had invited him: When 
thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, 
nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbors 
who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, 
and a recompense be made to thee. But when thou 
makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and 
the blind; and thou shalt be blessed; because they have 
not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recom-
pense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just. 

He Tells the Parable of the Great Supper 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

W H E N one of them that sat at table with him, had 
heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that 
shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. But he said to 
him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited 
many: and he sent his servant at the hour of supper to 
say to them that were invited that they should come, 
for now all things are ready. And they began all at 
once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have 
bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it; I 
pray thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have 
bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them; I pray 
thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have mar-
ried a wife, and therefore I cannot come. And the serv-
ant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the 
master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go 

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out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and 
bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, 
and the lame. And the servant said: Lord, it is done 
as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And 
the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways 
and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house 
may be filled. But I say unto you, that none of those 
men that were invited, shall taste of my supper. 

He Teaches His Disciples to Count the Cost Beforehand 

Perea. February, A. D\ 30 

AND there were great multitudes with him. And turn-
ing, he said to them: If any man come to me, and hate 
not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and 
brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he can-
not be my disciple. And whosoever doth not carry his 
cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 

For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth 
not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are 
necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it: lest 
after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish 
it, all that see it begin to mock him, saying: This man 
began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what 
king, about to go to make war against another king, 
doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, 
with ten thousand, to meet him that with twenty thou-
sand cometh against him? Or else, whilst the other is 
yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions 
of peace. So likewise every one of you that doth not re-
nounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple. 

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

He Tells the Parable of the Lost Sheep 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him 
to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes mur-
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with them. And he spoke to them this parable, saying: 
What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he 
shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-
nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost, until 
he find it: and when he hath found it, lay it upon his 
shoulders, rejoicing: and coming home, call together his 
friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me, 
because I have found my sheep that was lost? I say to 
you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one 
sinner that doth p.enance, more than upon ninety-nine 
just who need not penance. 

He Tells the Parable of the Lost Piece of Money 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

OR what woman having ten groats, if she lose one 
groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and 
seek diligently until she find it? And when she hath 
found it, call together her friends and neighbors, say-
ing: Rejoice with me because I have found the groat 
which I had lost. So I say to you, there shall be joy 
before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance. 

He Tells the Parable of the Prodigal Son 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND he said: A certain man had two sons: and the 
younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the 
portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided 
unto them his substance. And not many days after, the 
younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a 
far country, and there wasted his substance living 
riotously. And after he had spent all, there came a 
mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in 
want. And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens 
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swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the 
husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him 

And returning to himself, he said: How many hired 
servants in my father's house abound with bread and I 
here perish with hunger! I will arise, and will go to my 
father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and before thee: I am not worthy to be called 
thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And 
rising up he came to his father. 

And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw 
him, and was moved with compassion, and running to 
him fell upon his neck, and kissed him. And the son 
said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and 
before thee, I am not now worthy to ibe called thy son. 
And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly 
the first robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his 
hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted 
calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: because 
this my son was dead, and is come to life again; was 
lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 

Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came 
and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and danc-
ing. And he called one of the servants, and asked him 
what these things meant. And he said to him- Thy 
brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted 
calf, because he hath received him safe. And he was 
angry, and would not go in. His father therefore com-
ing out began to entreat him. And he answering said 
to his father: Behold for so many years do I serve thee, 
and I have never transgressed thy commandment; and 
yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with 
my friends: but as soon as this thy son is come, who 
hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou' hast 
killed for him the fatted calf. But he said to him: Son 
thou art always with me, and all I have is thine. But it 
was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this 
thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was 
lost, and is found. 

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He Tells the Parable of the Unjust Steward 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND he said also to his disciples: There was a certain 
rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused 
unto him, that he had wasted his goods. And he called 
him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of 
thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for now thou 
canst be steward no longer. And the steward said with-
in himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh 
away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; 
to beg I am ashamed. I know what I will do, that when 
I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may re-
ceive me into their houses. Therefore calling together 
every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: 
How much dost thou owe my lord? But he said: An 
hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy 
bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then he said 
to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: 
An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: lake 
thy bill, and write eighty. And the lord commended 
the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: 
for ithe children of this world are wiser in their genera-
tion than the children of light. 

And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the 
mammon of iniquity, that when you shall fail, they may 
receive you into everlasting dwellings. He that is taitJi-
ful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which 
is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, 
is unjust also in that which is greater. If then you have 
not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will 
trust you with that which is the true? And if you 
have not been faithful in that which is another's; who 
will give you that which is your own? 

He Teaches That No One Can Serve Both God and Mammon 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate 
the one, and love the other, or he will hold to the one, 

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and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mam-
mon. 

Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these 
things; and they derided him. And he said to them: 
You are they who justify yourselves before men, but 
God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, 
is an abomination before God. 

He Tells the Parable of Dives and Lazarus 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

T H E R E was a certain rich man, who was clothed in 
purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every 
day; and there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, 
who lay at the gate, full of sores, desiring to be filled 
with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and 
no one did give him; moreover the dogs came and licked 
his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, 
and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 
And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. 
And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw 
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he 
cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, 
and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in 
water, to cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this 
flame. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that 
thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and like-
wise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and 
thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us 
and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who 
would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence 
come hither. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, 
that thou wouldst send him to my father's house: for I 
have five"brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest 
they also come into this place of torments. And Abra-
ham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let 
them hear them. But he said: No, father Abraham: but 
if one went to them from the dead, they will do pen-
ance. And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and 
the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again 
from the dead. 

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CHAPTER 66 

He Shows the Power of Faith 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. 
And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of 
mustard seed, you might say to this mulberry tree: Be 
thou rooted up, and be thou transplanted into the sea; 
and it would obey you. 

He Shows the Duty of Service 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

BUT which of you having a servant ploughing, or feed-
ing cattle, will say to him, when he is come from the 
field: Immediately go, sit down to meat; and will not 
rather say to him: Make ready my supper, and gird thy-
self, and serve me, whilst I eat and drink; and after-
wards thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank that 
servant, for doing the things which he commanded him? 
I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all 
these things that are commanded you, say: We are un-
TM-OAtable servants; we have done that which we ought 
to do. 

He Warns His Disciples Against False Christs and 

False Prophets 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom 
of God should come, he answered them, and said: The 
kingdom of God cometh not with observation; neither 
shall they say: Behold here, or behold there; for lo, the 
kingdom of God is within you. 

And he said to his disciples: The days will come, 
when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of Man; 
and you shall not see it. And then if any man shall say 
to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, Lo, he is there: do not be-

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lieve him. For there shall arise false Christs and false 
prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, inso-
much as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Go not ye 
after, nor follow them. Take you heed, therefore; be-
hold I have foretold you all things. If therefore they 
shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert; go ye not 
out. Behold he is in the closets; believe it not. For as 
lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even 
unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of 
Man be. But first he must suffer many things, and be 
rejected by this generation. 

He Tells the Parable of the Unjust Judge 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought 
always to pray, and not to faint, saying: There was a 
judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded 
man: and there was a certain widow in that city, and she 
came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. And 
he would not for a long time: but afterwards he said 
within himself: Although I fear not God, nor regard 
man; yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I 
will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me. 
And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. 
And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day 
and night; and will he have patience in their regard? I 
say to you, that he will quickly revenge them. But yet 
the Son of Man, when he cometh, shall he find, think 
you, faith on earth? 

He Tells the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican 

Perea'. February, A. D. 30 

AND to some who trusted in themselves as just, and 
despised others, he spoke also this parable: Two men 
went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and 
the other a publican. The Pharisee standing, prayed 

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thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am 
not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, 
as also is this publican. I fast twice in a week; I give 
tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing 
afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes toward 
heaven, but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merci-
ful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down 
into his house justified rather than the other: because 
every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and 
he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted. 

He Teaches the True Laws of Marriage and Divorce 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

THE law and the prophets were until John; from 
that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one 
uses violence toward it. And it is easier for heaven and 
earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 

And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him 
and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife 
for every cause? But he answering, saith to them: What 
did Moses command you? Who said: Moses permitted 
to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. To whom 
Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your 
heart he wrote you that precept. But have ye not read 
that he who made man from the beginning, made them 
male and female. A n d he said: For this cause shall a 

man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, 

and the twain shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they 

are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath 
joined together, let not man put asunder. 

And in the house again his disciples asked him con-
cerning the same thing. They say to him: Why then did 
Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put 
away? He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of 
the hardness of your hearts permitted you to put away 
your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. And 
I say to you: that whosoever shall put away his wife, 
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committeth adultery against her: and he that shall 
marry her that is put away, committeth adultery: and 
if the wife shall put away her husband, and be married 
to another, she committeth adultery. 

His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with 
his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry. Who said 
to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom 
it is given. For there are eunuchs, who were born so 
from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who 
were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have 
made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. 
He that can take, let him take it. 

He Blesses Little Children 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND L they brought unto him also infants that he 
should impose hands upon them and pray: which when 
the disciples saw, they rebuked them. Whom when 
Jesus saw he was much displeased, and calling them to-
gether, he said to them: Suffer the little children to 
come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the 
kingdom of God. Amen I say to you: Whosoever shall 
not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not 
enter into it. And embracing them, and laying his hands 
upon them, he blessed them. And he departed from 
thence. 

He Teaches the Rich Young Ruler the Way of Perfection 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND when he was gone forth into the way, behold, 
a certain ruler running up and kneeling before him, 
asked him, saying: Good Master, what good shall I do 
that I may receive life everlasting? And Jesus said to 
him: Why callest thou me good? Why askest thou me 
concerning good? None is good but one, that is God. 
But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 

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He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou knowest 
them. Thou shalt do no murder. Thou shalt not commit 

adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear 

false witness. Do no fraud. Honor thy father and 

mother. A n d , Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

The young man saith to him: Master, all these things 
have I kept from my youth: what is yet wanting to me? 
And Jesus looking on him, loved him, and said to him: 
One thing is wanting to thee: if thou wilt be perfect, go 
sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and 
thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. 
And when the young man had heard that word, being 
struck sad at that saying, he went away sorrowful: for 
he had great possessions. 

He Teaches His Disciples That Riches Are a Hindrance 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

AND Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, looking round 
about, saith to his disciples: How hardly shall they that 
have riches enter into the kingdom of God. And the dis-
ciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again 
answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for 
them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of 
God. And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to 
pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. And when they had 
heard this, the disciples wondered very much, saying 
among themselves: Who then can be saved? And Jesus 
looking on them, saith: With men it is impossible; but 
not with God: for all things are possible with God. 

He Promises Rewards to Those Who Leaye All Things 

for His Sake 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

T H E N Peter began to say unto him: Behold, we have 
left all things, and followed thee; what therefore shall 
we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, 

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that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration when 
the Son of Man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you 
also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes 
ot Israel. And there is no man that hath left house, or 
« ¡ g i g or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or 
children, or lands, for my name's sake and for the gos-
pel, who shall not receive a hundred times as much in 
this present time, houses, and brethren, and sisters and 
mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and 
in the world to come life everlasting. And many that are 
first shall be last: and the last, first. 

He Tells the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 

Perea. February, A. D. 30 

THE kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who 
went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his 
vineyard And having agreed with the laborers for a 
penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going 
out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the 
market place idle; and he said to them: Go you also into 
my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just. And 
they went their way. And again he went out about the 
sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner. But 
about the eleventh hour he went out and found others 
standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all 
the day idle? They say to him: Because no man hath 
hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vine-
yard. And when evening was come, the lord of the vine-
yard saith to his steward: Call the laborers and pay 
them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first 
When therefore they were come that came about the 
eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But 
when the first also came, they thought that they should 
receive more: and they also received every man a penny 
And receiving it they murmured against the master of 
the house, saying: These last have worked but one hour 

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said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst 
thou not agree with me for a penny? Take what is thine, 
and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to 
thee. Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy 
eye evil, because I am good? So shall the last be first, 
and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen. 

CHAPTER 67 

He Raises Lazarus from the Dead 

Bethany. March, A. D. 30 

Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of 
Bethany, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sister. 
And Mary was she -that anointed the Lord with oint-
ment, and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother 
Lazarus was sick. His sisters therefore sent to him, say-
ing: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. And 
Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto 
death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may 
be glorified by it. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sis-
ter Mary, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore 
that he was sick, he still remained in the same place two 
days. Then after that, he said to his disciples: Let us go 
into Judea again. The disciples say to him: Rabbi, the 
Jews but now sought to stone thee; and goest thou 
thither again? Jesus answered: Are there not twelve 
hours of the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth 
not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if he 
walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not 
in him. These things he said; and after that he said to 
them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; but I go that I may 
awake him out of sleep. His disciples therefore said: 
Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. But Jesus spoke of 
his death; and they thought that he spoke of the repose 
of sleep. Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: 
Lazarus is dead. And I am glad, for your sakes, that I 
was not there, that you may believe: but let us go to 
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his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with 
him. 

Jesus therefore came, and found that he had been four 
days already in the grave. Now Bethany was near Jeru-
salem about fifteen furlongs off; and many of the Jews 
were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them con-
cerning their brother. Martha therefore, as soon as she 
heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him: but Mary 
sat at home. Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord if 
thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But 
now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, 
God will give it thee. Jesus said to her: Thy brother 
shall rise again. Martha saith to him: I know that he 
shall rise again, in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus 
said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that 
believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: and 
every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die 
forever. Believest thou this? She saith to him: Yea, 
Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the Son of 
the living God, who art come into this world. 

And when she had said these things, she went, and 
called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is 
come and calleth for thee. She, as soon as she heard 
this, riseth quickly, and ccwneth to him. For Jesus was 
not yet come into the town, but he was still in that place 
where Martha had met him. The Jews therefore, who 
were with her in the house, and comforted her, when 
they saw Mary that she rose up speedily and went out, 
followed her, saying: She goeth to the grave to weep 
there. When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, 
seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and saith to him: 
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 
Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews 
that were come with her, weeping, groaned in the spirit, 
and troubled himself, and said: Where have you laid 
him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. And Jesus 
wept. The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved 
him. But some of them said: Could not he that opened 
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man should not die? Jesus therefore again groaning in 
himself, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it was a cave; 
and a stone was laid over it. Jesus saith: Take away 
the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith 
to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of 
four days. Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee, that 
if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? They 
took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifting up his 
eyes said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast 
heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always; but 
because of the people who stand about have I said it, 
that they may believe that thou hast sent me. When he 
had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Laz-
arus, come forth. And presently he that had been dead 
came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands; 
and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said 
to them: Loose him, and let him go. 

Many therefore of the Jews, who were come to Mary 
and Martha, and had seen the things that Jesus did, be-
lieved in him. 

His Death Is Decided Upon By the Jews 

Jerusalem. March, A. D. 30 

BUT some of them went to the Pharisees, and told 
them the things that Jesus had done. The chief priests 
therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered a council, and 
said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? 
If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the 
Romans will come, and take away our place and nation. 
But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest 
that year, said to them: You know nothing, neither do 
you consider that it is expedient for you that one man 
should die for the people, and that the whole nation per-
ish not. And this he spoke not of himself: but being the 
high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should 
die for the nation; and not only for the nation, but to 
gather together in one the children of God that were dis-
persed. From that day therefore they devised to put 
him to death. 

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He Withdraws to a City Called Ephrem 

Ephrem. March, A. D. 30 

W H E R E F O R E Jesus walked no more openly among the 
Jews; but he went into a country near the desert unto 
a city that is called Ephrem, and there he abode with his 
disciples. 

He Foretells His Death for the Third Time 

On the Way to Jerusalem. March, A. D. 30 

AND they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and 
Jesus went before them; and they were astonished and 
following were afraid. And taking again the twelve dis-
ciples apart, he began to tell them the things that should 
befall him, saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and 
ail things shall be accomplished which were written bv 
the prophets concerning the Son of Man. For he shall 
be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes and 
the ancients; and they shall condemn him to death, and 
shall deliver him to the Gentiles; and they shall mock 
him and spit upon him, and scourge him; and after thev 
have scourged him they will crucify and put him to 
death; and the third day he shall rise again. And thev 
understood none of these things, and this word was hid 
from them, and they understood not the things that were 

He Answers the Petition of the Mother of Zebedee's Children 

On the Way to Jerusalem. March, A. D. 30 

T H E N came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee 
with her sons James and John, adoring and asking of 
him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall 
ask, thou wouldst do it for us. But he said to them: 
What would you that I should do for you? She saith to 
him: Grant to us that these my two sons may sit, the one 
on thy right hand, and the other on thy left in the king-

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dom of thy glory. And Jesus said to them: You know 
not what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice that I 
shall drink? or be baptized with the baptism wherewith 
I am baptized? But they said to him: We can. And 
Jesus saith to them: You shall indeed drink of the 
chalice that I drink of, and with the baptism wherewith 
I am baptized you shall be baptized: but to sit on my 
right hand, or on my left, is not mine to give you, but to 
them for whom it is prepared by my Father. 

And the ten hearing it, began to be moved with indig-
nation against the two brethren. But Jesus called them to 
him, and said to them: You know that they who seem 
to rule over the Gentiles, lord it over them; and they 
that are the greater exercise power over them. It shall 
not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater 
among you shall be your minister; and whosoever will 
be the first among you shall be the servant of all: even 
as the Son of Man is not come to be ministered unto, 
but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for 
many. 

He Heals Two Blind Men, Bartimeus and Another 

Jericho. March, A. D. 30 

Now it came to pass when he drew nigh to Jericho, 
that a certain blind man sat by the way side begging. 
And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked 
what this meant. And they told him that Jesus of Naz-
areth was passing by. And when he came out of Jericho 
with his disciples, a great multitude followed him. And 
behold two men sitting by the way side begging; one was 
Bartimeus, the blind man, the son of Timeus. When 
they heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth that passed by, 
he began to cry out, saying: Jesus son of David have 
mercy on me. And the multitude that went before re-
buked him that he might hold his peace. But they cried 
out the more saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have 
mercy on us. And Jesus standing still commanded him 
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him: Be of better comfort; arise, he calleth thee. Who 
casting off his garment, leaped up, and came to him. 
And when he was come near, he asked him, saying: 
What will ye that I do to you? And the blind man said 
to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. And Jesus 
having compassion on them touched their eyes, saying: 
Receive thy sight: go thy way, thy faith hath made thee 
whole. And immediately they saw and followed him in 
the way, glorifying God. And all the people who saw it 
gave praise to God. 

He Pays a Visit to Zacheus, a Publican 

Jericho. March, A. D. 30 

AND entering in, he walked through Jericho. And be-
hold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief 
of the publicans; and he was rich. And he sought to see 
Jesus who he was; and he could not for the crowd, be-
cause he was low of stature. And running before, he 
climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him, 
for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus was come 
to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: 
Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must 
abide in thy house. And he made haste and came down; 
and received him with joy. And when all saw it, they 
murmured, saying that he was gone to be a guest with a 
man that was a sinner. But Zacheus standing, said to 
the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to 
the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, 
I restore him fourfold. Jesus said to him: This day is 
salvation come to this house, because he also is a son 
of Abraham. For the Son of Man is come to seek and 
to save that which was lost. 

He Tells the Parable of the Pounds 

Jericho. March, A. D. 30 

As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke 

a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because 

they thought that the kingdom of God should immedi-
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ately be manifested. He said therefore: A certain noble-
man went into a far country, to 'receive for himself a 
kingdom and to return. And calling his ten servants, he 
gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I 
come. But his citizens hated him, and they sent an 
embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man 
to reign over us. And it came to pass, that he returned, 
having received the kingdom: and he commanded his 
servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, 
that he might know how much every man had gained by 
trading. And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound 
hath gained ten pounds. And he said to him: Well 
done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful 
in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities. And 
the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained 
five pounds. And he said to him: Be thou also over five 
cities. And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is 
thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin; for I 
feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou tak-
est up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest 
that which thou didst not sow. He saith to him: Out of 
thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. 
Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what 
I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow; 
and why then didst thou not give my money into the 
bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with 
usury? And he said to them that stood by: Take the 
pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten 
pounds. 

And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds. 
But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be 
given, and he shall abound; and from him that hath not, 
even that which he hath, shall be taken from him. But 
as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign 
over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me. 

He Goes Forward on the Way to Jerusalem 

On the Way to Jerusalem. March, A. D. 30 

AND having said these things, he went before, going 
up to Jerusalem. 

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And the Passover of the Jews was at hand; and many 
from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the Pass-
over to purify themselves. They sought therefore for 
Jesus; and they discoursed one with another, standing 
in the temple: What think you that he is not come to 
the festival day? And the chief priests and Pharisees 
had given a commandment, that if any man knew where 
he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend him. 

Jesus therefore, six days before the Passover, came to 
Bethany, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Tesus 
raised to life. 

He Is Anointed Beforehand for His Burial 

Bethany. Saturday, April 1, A. D. 30 

AND when he was in Bethany in the house of Simon 
the leper, they made him a supper there, and Martha 
served; but Lazarus was one of them that were at table 
with him. Mary therefore having an alabaster box of 
ointment of precious spikenard of great price, came unto 
him, and breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out 
upon his head, as he was at table; and she anointed the 
feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the 
house was filled with the odor of the ointment. And the 
disciples seeing it had indignation within themselves and 
said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? Then 
one of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to 
betray him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for 
three hundred pence, and given to the poor? Now he 
said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because 
he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things 
that were put therein. And they murmured against her 
But Jesus knowing it, said to them: Let her alone that 
she may keep it against the day of my burial. Why do 
you trouble the woman? for she hath wrought a good 
work upon me. For the poor you have always with you 
and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but 
me you have not always. She hath done what she could-
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before hand to anoint my body for the burial. Amen I 
say to you: Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached 
in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall 
be told for a memorial of her. 

A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he 
was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but 
that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from 
the dead. But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus 
also, because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went 
away, and believed in Jesus. 

He Proceeds in Triumph Toward Jerusalem 

Bethphage. Sunday, April 2, A. D. 30 

AND it came to pass on the next day when they drew 
nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto 
the mount called Olivet, Jesus sent two of His disciples, 
saying to them: Go into the village that is over against 
you; and immediately at your coming in thither, you 
shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her, upon which 
no man yet hath sat': loose him, and bring him to me. 
And if any man shall say to you, What are you doing? 
say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and immediately 
he will let him come hither. And the disciples went. _ 

And a great multitude that was come to the festival 
day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to 
Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth 
to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that Com-
eth in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel. 

And they that were sent found the colt tied before the 
gate without in the meeting of two ways, as he had said 
to them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners 
thereof said to them: Why loose ye the colt? Who said 
to them as Jesus had commanded them: and they let 
him go with them. And they brought the ass and the 
colt to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, 
they sat Jesus thereon. 

Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet saying: Tell ye the daughter 

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of Zion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sit-

ting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of her that is used 

to the yoke. These things his disciples did not know at 
the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remem-
bered that these things were written of him, and that 
they had done these things to him. 

The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was 
with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave, and 
raised him from the dead. For which reason also the 
people came to meet him, because they heard that he had 
done this miracle. As as he went, a very great multitude 
spread their garments in the way, and others cut boughs 
from ithe trees, and strewed them in the way. And they 
that went before and they that followed cried, saying: 
Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed is he that cometh 
in the name of the Lord: blessed is the kingdom of our 
father David that cometh: Hosanna in the highest. 

And when he was now coming near the descent of 
Mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began 
with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the 
mighty works they had seen; saying: Blessed be the 
king who cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in 
heaven, and glory on high. And some of the Pharisees, 
from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, re-
buke thy disciples. To whom he said: I say to you, that 
if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. 
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you 
see that we prevail nothing? behold, the whole world is 
gone after him. 

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S E C T I O N V I I I 

CHAPTER 68 

He Weeps Over the City of Jerusalem 

Near Jerusalem. Sunday, April 2, A. D. 30 

AND when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over 
it, saying: If thou also hadst known, and that in this 
thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they 
are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall come upon 
thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and 
compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side. 

And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city 
was moved, saying: Who is this? And the people said: 
This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee. 
And he entered into the temple: and having viewed all 
things round about, when now the eventide was come, 
he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 

He speaks of the Barren Fig Tree 

The Road Between Bethany and Jerusalem 

Monday, April 3, A. D. 30 

AND the next day, returning to the city in the morn-
ing, when they came out from Bethany, he was hungry. 
And when he had seen afar off a fig tree by the way side 
having leaves, he came if perhaps he might find any 
thing on it: and when he was come to it, he found noth-
ing but leaves only; for it was not the time for figs. And 
answering he said to it: May no man hereafter eat fruit 
of thee any more forever. And his disciples heard it. 
And immediately the fig tree withered away. 

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He Cleanses the Temple a Second Time 

Jerusalem. Monday, April 3, A. D. 30 

AND they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus went into 
the temple of God, and began to cast out them that sold 
therein and them that bought, and overthrew the tables 
of the money changers, and the chairs of that that sold 
doves; and he suffered not that any man should carry a 
vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying to 
them: Is it not written, My house shall be called the 
house of prayer to all nations? but you have made it a 
den of thieves. 

He Teaches and Works Miracles in the Temple 

The Temple. Monday, April 3, A. D. 30 

AND he was teaching daily in the temple. And when 
the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the 
people heard, they sought how they might destroy him: 
for they feared him, and found not what to do to him; 
because the whole multitude was in admiration at his 
doctrine, and were very attentive to hear. 

And there came to him the blind and the lame in the 
temple: and he healed them. And the chief priests and 
scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the 
children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to 
the son of David; were moved with indignation, and 
said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus 
said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the 
mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected 

praise? And leaving them, every evening he went out of 
the city into Bethany, and remained there. 

He Speaks of the Power of Faith 

Road from Bethany to Jerusalem 

Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND when they passed by in the morning, they saw 
the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter remem-
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thou didst curse is withered away. And the disciples see-
ing it wondered, saying: How is it presently withered 
away? And Jesus answering saith to them: Have the 
faith of God. Amen I say to you: If you shall have faith 
and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, 
but also if you shall say to this mountain: Be thou re-
moved and be cast into the sea; and shall not stagger in 
his heart, but believe that whatsoever he saith shall be 
done; it shall be done to him. Therefore I say unto you: 
All things whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe 
that you 9hall receive, and they shall come unto you. 
And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have 
aught against any man; that your Father also who is in 
heaven may forgive you your sins. But if you will not 
forgive, neither will your Father that is in heaven for-
give you your sins. 

He Refuses an Answer to Those Who Question His Authority 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND they came again to Jerusalem. And it came to 
pass, when he was walking in the temple, teaching the 
people, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and 
the scribes with the ancients met together, and came to 
him, saying: Tell us by what authority dost thou these 
things? or who is he that hath given thee this authority 
that thou shouldest do these things? And Jesus answer-
ing, said to them: I will also ask you one thing, which, if 
you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I 
do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? 
from heaven or from men? answer me. And they thought 
within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: 
he will say to us: Why then did ye not believe him? But 
if we shall say: From men; we are afraid of the multi-
tude—the whole people will stone us: for they are per-
suaded that John was a prophet. And they answered 
Jesus and said: We know not whence it was. And Jesus 
also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what author-
ity I do these things. 

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He Tells the Parable of the Two Sons 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

BUT what think you? A certain man ¡had two sons; 
and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work today in 
my vineyard. And he answering, said: I will not. But 
afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went. And 
coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he 
answering, said: I do, sir; and he went not. Which of 
the two did the father's will? They say to him: The 
first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the 
publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of 
God before you. For John came to you in the way of 
justice, and you did not believe him; but the publicans 
and the harlots believed him: but you, saying it, did not 
even afterwards repent that you might believe him. 

He Tells the Parable of the Wicked Husbandman 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND he began to speak to the people: Hear ye another 
parable: There was a man an householder, who planted 
a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug 
a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out 
to husbandmen, and went into a strange country; and 
was abroad for a long time. And when the time of the 
fruits drew nigh, he sent to the husbandmen a servant to 
receive of them of the fruits of the vineyard. Who hav-
ing laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away 
empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; 
but they beat him also, and wounded him in the head, 
and treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty. 
And again,'he sent the third; and they wounded him 
also and killed him, and cast him out: and many others; 
and they did to them in like manner: some of whom they 
beat, and others they killed, and others they stoned. 
Therefore having yet one son most dear to him, the lord 
of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my 
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reverence him. So last of all he sent to them his son. But 
the husbandmen seeing the son, thought within them-
selves, saying: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and 
the inheritance shall be ours. And taking him, they cast 
him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. 

When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, 
what will he do to those husbandmen? They say to him: 
He will bring those evil men to an evil end, and will let 
out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render 
him the fruit in due season. And Jesus said: He will 
come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the 
vineyard to others. Which they, hearing, said to him: 
God forbid. But he looking upon them said: Have you 
not read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders I 

rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By 

the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our 

eyes. Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God 
shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation 
yielding the fruits thereof. Whosoever shall fall upon 
that stone shall be broken; and upon whomsoever it shall 
fall, it shall grind him to powder. And when the chief 
priests and the scribes and the Pharisees had heard his 
parables, they knew that he spoke of them; and they I 
sought to lay hands on him the same hour; but they 
feared the people, because they held him as a prophet. I 
And leaving him they went their way. 

He Tells the Parable of the Wedding Garment 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, 
saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who 
made a marriage for his son. And he sent his servants 
to call-them that were invited to the marriage; and they 
would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying: 
Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared 
my dinner; my beeves and failings are killed, and all 
things are ready; come ye to the marriage. But they 
neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, and an-

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other to his merchandise. And the rest aid hands on his 
servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put 
them to death. But when the king had heard of it, he 
was angry; -and sending his armies, he destroyed those 
murderers, and burnt their city. Then he saith to his 
servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that 
were invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the 
highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the 
marriage. And his servants going forth into the ways, 
gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: 
and the marriage was filled with guests. And the king 
went in to see the guests, and he saw there a man who 
had not on a wedding garment. And he said to him: 
Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having on a wed-
ding garment? But he was silent. Then the king said 
to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him 
into the exterior darkness; there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are 
chosen. 

CHAPTER 69 

He Answers the Question of the Herodians Concerning the 

Payment of Tribute Money 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

T H E N the Pharisees going consulted among themselves; 
and being upon the watch, they sent spies—their disciples 
with the Herodians,—who should feign themselves just, 
that they might catch him in his words, so as to deliver 
him up to the authority and power of the governor. Who 
coming, they asked him, saying: Master, we know that 
thou art a true speaker, and that thou speakest and teach-
est rightly, and carest not for any man: for thou regard-
est not the person of men, but teachest the way of God 
in truth. Tell us therefore what dost thou think? is it 
lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or shall we not 
give it? But Jesus knowing their wickedness and consid-
ering their wiliness, said unto them: Why do you tempt 

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me, ye hypocrites? Show me the coin of the tribute. 
And they brought to him a penny. And he saith unto 
them: Whose image and inscription is this? They say to 
him: Caesar's. And Jesus answering said to'them: Ren-
der therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and 
to God the things that are God's. And they could not 
reprehend his word before the people; and marveling at 
his answer, they held their peace: and leaving him, they 
went their ways. 

He Answers the Question of the Sadducees Concerning the 

Resurrection 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND on that day there came to him some of the Sad-
ducees, who deny that there is any resurrection; and they 
asked him, saying: Master, Moses wrote unto lis: If a 
man die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no 
children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up 
issue to his brother. Now there were with us seven breth-
ren; and the first took a wife, and died without children, 
and left his wife to his brother. In like manner the sec-
ond took her, and died, and neither did he leave any is-
sue; and the third in like manner, and so on to the sev-
enth; and they left no children, and died. Last of all the 
woman also died. In the resurrection therefore whose 
wife of them shall she be? for all the seven had her to 
wife. And Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not 
therefore err because you know not the Scriptures, nor 
the power of God? The children of this world marry and 
are given in marriage; but they that shall be accounted 
worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the 
dead, shall neither marry nor be married; neither can 
they die any more: for they are equal to the angels, and 
are the children of God, being the children of the resur-
rection. And as concerning the dead that they rise again, 
have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush 
God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, 
and the Gbd of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not 

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the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him. 
You therefore do greatly err. And the multitudes hear-
ing it, were in admiration at his doctrine. And some 
answering said to him: Master, thou hast well said. And 
after this they durst not ask him any more questions. 

He Answers the Question of a Scribe Concerning the 

Commandments 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

BUT the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the 
Sadducees came together. And one of the scribes, a 
doctor of the law that had heard them reasoning to-
gether, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked 
him, tempting him: Master, which is the great command-
ment in the law? And Jesus answered him: The first 
commandment of all is: Hear, O Israel; the Lord thy 
God is one God; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with 
thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is 
the greatest and the first commandment. And the second 
is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On 
these two commandments dependeth the whole law and 
the prophets. There is no other commandment greater 
than these. 

And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast 
said in truth, that there is one God, and there is no other 
besides him: and that he should be loved with the whole 
heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the 
whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love 
one's neighbor as one's self, is a greater thing than all 
holocausts and sacrifices. And Jesus seeing that he had 
answered wisely, said to him: Thou art not far from the 
kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him 
any question. 

He Questions the Pharisees 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND the Pharisees being gathered together Jesus asked 

them, saying, while teaching in the temple: How do the 

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scribes say that Christ is David's son? What think you 
of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him: David's. 
He saith to them: David himself said by the Holy Ghost 
in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, sit 

thou on my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy foot-

stool. David then called him Lord: and how is he his 
son? And no man was able to answer him a word. And a 
great multitude heard him gladly. 

He Warns the People Against the Scribes and Pharisees 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

T H E N Jesus spoke to the multitudes in his doctrine in 
the hearing of all the people, saying: Beware of the 
scribes. The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the 
chair of Moses. All things therefore whatsoever they 
shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their 
works do ye not; for they say, and do not. For they bind 
heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's 
shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not 
move them. And all their works they do for to be seen 
of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and en-
large their fringes, and desire to walk in long robes, and 
love salutations in the market-place, and the first places 
at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and to 
be called by men Rabbi; who devour the houses of 
widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall 
receive greater damnation. 

But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your master, 
and all you are brethren. And call none your father upon 
earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven. Neither 
be ye called masters; for one is your master, Christ. He 
that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.' 
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and 
he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because 
you go round about the sea and the land to make one 
proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child 
of hell twofold more than yourselves. 

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Woe to you, blind guides, that say: Whosoever shall 
swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear 
by the gold of the temple, is a debtor. Ye foolish 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 shall swear by the gift 
that is upon it, is a debtor. Ye blind: for whether is 
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 
He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, 
and by all things that are upon it. And whosoever shall 
swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that 
dwelleth in it. And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth 
by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because 
you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly ap-
pear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's 
bones, and of all filthiness. So you also outwardly indeed 
appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypoc-
risy and iniquity. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that 
build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monu-
ments of the just, and your fathers killed them; and ye 
say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should 
not have been partakers with them in the blood of the 
prophets. Truly you bear witness that you consent to the 
doings of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and 
you build their sepulchres. Fill ye up then the measure 
of your fathers. You serpents, generation of vipers, how 
will you flee from the judgment of hell? For this cause 
also the wisdom of God said: behold I send to you 
prophets and apostles, and wise men and scribes: and 
some of them you will put to death, and crucify; and 
some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute 
from city to city: that upon you may come the just blood 
of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world, 
from the blood of Abel the just unto the blood of Zacha-
rias, the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the 
temple and the altar. Amen, I say to you, all these things 
shall come upon this generation. 

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He Praises the Poor Widow for Her Offering 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND Jesus sitting over against the treasury, and look-
ing on, beheld how the people cast money into the treas-
ury; and many that were rich cast in much. And he saw 
also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites, 
which make a farthing. And calling his disciples together, 
he saitih to them: Verily I say to you that this poor widow 
hath cast in more than they all who have cast into the 
treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance into 
the offerings of God; but she of her want cast in all she 
had, even her whole living. 

He Foretells the Destruction of the Temple 

The Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND as Jesus was going out of the temple, on his way 
his disciples came to show him the buildings of the 
temple, saying of it that it was adorned with goodly 
stones and gifts. And one of them said to him: Master, 
behold what manner of stones and what buildings are 
here. And Jesus answering said to them: Do you see all 
these great buildings? Amen, I say to you, the days will 
come in which there shall not be left one stone upon an-
other that shall not be thrown down. 

He Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple and of the 

End of the World 

Mount of Olives. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND when he was sitting on Mount Olivet over against 
the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew came 
to him privately, saying: Master, when shall these things 
be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall 
begin to be fulfilled? and what shall be the sign of thy 
coming, and of the consummation of the world? And 
Jesus answering began to say to them: Take heed lest 
any man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, 

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saying, I am Christ: and, the time is at hand; and they 
shall deceive many: go ye not therefore after them. And 
when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, see that 
ye be not troubled: for 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 great earthquakes 
and pestilences and famines in divers places, and terrors 
from heaven; and there shall be great signs. Now all 
these things are the beginnings of sorrow. 

But before all these things they will lay their hands 
on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the syna-
gogues, and into prisons, to be afflicted, dragging you be-
fore kings and governors, for my name's sake; and shall 
put you to death. And it shall happen unto you for a 
testimony. Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to 
meditate before how you shall answer: for I will give you 
a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not 
be able to resist and gainsay. And then shall many be 
scandalized, and hate one another; and you shall be be-
trayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and 
friends; and some of you they will put to death. And 
you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. And 
many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many. 
And because iniquity 'hath abounded, the charity of 
many shall grow cold. But he that shall persevere to ¿he 
end, he shall be saved. But a hair of your head shall not 
perish. In your patience you shall possess your souls. 

And this gospel of the kingdom must first be preached 
in the whole world for a testimony to all nations; and 
then shall the consummation come. 

But when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about 
with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at 
hand. When therefore you shall see the abomination of 
desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet 
standing where it ought not in the holy place (he that 
.readeth let him understand) then let them that are in 
Judea flee unto the mountains; and those in the midst 
thereof depart out; and those that are in the country not 

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enter into it. In that day, let him that is on the housetop 
not go down into the house, nor enter therein to take his 
goods out of the house; and let him that shall be in the 
field not turn back to take up his garment. Remember 
Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall 
lose it; and whosoever shall lose it shail preserve it. I 
say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one 
bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 
Then two shall be in the field; one shall be taken, and 
one shall be left. Two women shall be grinding at the 
mill; one shall be taken and one shall be left. For these 
are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled 
that are written. 

And woe to them that are with child, and give suck 
in those days. And pray that your flight be not in the 
winter, or on the sabbath. For in those days shall be 
such tribulations as were not from the beginning of the 
creation which God created until now, neither shall be. 
And unless the Lord had shortened the days no flesh 
should be saved: but for the sake of the elect which he 
hath chosen he hath shortened the days. They answer-
ing say to him: Where, Lord? Who said to them: Where-
soever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be 
gathered together. 

For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath 
upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the 
sword, and shall be led away captives into all nations; 
and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, till 
the times of die nations be fulfilled. 

But in those days immediately after the tribulation 
there shall be signs; the sun shall be darkened, and the 
moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall 
from heaven; and upon the earth distress of nations by 
reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and 
waves; men withering away for fear and expectation of 
what shall come upon the whole world: for the powers 
that are in the world shall be moved. And then shall 
appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then 
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the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with great 
power and majesty. And then shall he send his angels 
with a trumpet and a great voice; and they shall gather 
together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest 
parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. But 
when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift 
up your heads, because your redemption is at hand. And 
from the fig tree learn ye a parable. When all the trees 
shoot forth their fruit, and the branch thereof is now 
tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that sum-
mer is nigh. So you also, when you shall see these things 
come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand, 
even at the doors. Amen, I say to you, this generation 
shall not pass away till all these things come to pass. 
Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall 
not pass away. 

But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the 
angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the 
time is. And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the com-
ing of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the 
flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving 
in marriage, till the day in which Noe entered into the 
ark, and they knew not till the flood came, and destroyed 
them; so also shall the coming of the Son of Man be. 
Likewise as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they did 
eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and 
built: and in the day that Lot went out of Sodom it 
rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed 
them all: even thus shall it be in the day when the Son 
of Man shall be revealed. Watch ye therefore; because 
you know not what hour your Lord will come. Even as 
a man who going into a far country, left his house, and 
gave authority to his servants over every work, and com-
manded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for you 
know not when the lord of the house cometh; at even, or 
at midnight, or at the cock-crowing or in the morning; 
lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping. 

And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts 
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be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the 
cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly, 
for as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the 
face of the whole earth. Watch ye, therefore, praying at 
all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape 
all these things that are to come, andto stand before the 
Son of Man. And what I say to you, I say to all. Watch. 

CHAPTER 70 

He Tells the Parable of the Ten Virgins 

Mount of Olives. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

T H E N shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten vir-
gins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bride-
Iroom and the bride. And five of them were foolish, and 
five wise. But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, 
did not take oil with them: but the wise took oil in their 
vessels with the lamps. And the bridegroom tarrying 
they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was 
a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to 
meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed 
their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise: Give us 
of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. The wise an-
swered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us 
and for you, go ye rathr to them that sell, and buy for 
yourselves. Now whilst they went to buy, _ the bride-
groom came; and they that were ready, went in with him 
to the marriage, and the door was shut But at last came 
also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. 
But he answering said: Amen, I say to you, I know you 
not. Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day 
nor the hour. 

He Tells the Parable of the Talents 

Mount of Olives. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

FOR even as a man going into a far country called his 
servants and delivered to them his goods. And to one he 

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gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, 
to every one according to his proper ability; and imme-
diately he took his journey. And he that had received the 
five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, 
and gained other five. And in like manner he that had 
received the two, gained other two. But he that had re-
ceived the one, going his way digged into the earth, and 
hid his lord's money. 

But after a long time the lord of those servants came, 
and reckoned with them. And he that had received the 
five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: 
Lord, they didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have 
gained other five over and above. His lord said to him: 
Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast 
been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over 
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. And 
he also that had received the two talents came and said: 
Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have 
gained other two. His lord said to him: Well done, good 
and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful 
over a few things, I will place thee over many things: 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 

But he that had received the one talent, came and 
said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reap-
est where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou 
hast not strewed. And being afraid I went and hid thy 
talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is 
thine. And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and 
slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow 
not, and gather where I have not strewed: Thou oughtest 
therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, 
and at my coming I should have received my own with 
usury. Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and 
give it him that hath ten talents. For to every one that 
hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him 
that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall 
be taken away. And the unprofitable servant cast ye out 
into the exterior darkness: 'there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

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He Describes the Last Judgment 

Mount of Olives. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30 

AND when the Son of Man shall come in his majesty, 
and all the angels with him, then shall he sif upon the 
seat of his majesty: and all nations shall be gathered to-
gether before him: and he shall separate them one from 
another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the 
goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but 
the goats on his left. 

Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his 
right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you 
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the 
world: for I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was 
thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and 
you took me in; naked, and you covered me; sick, and 
you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me. 
Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did 
we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee 
drink? And when did we see thee a stranger, and took 
thee in? or naked, and covered thee? Or when did we 
see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? And l i e 
king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as 
long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you 
did it to me. 

Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left 
hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire 
which was prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was 
hungry, and you gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and 
you gave me not to drink; I was a stranger, and you took 
me not in; naked, and you covered me not; sick and in 
prison, and you did not visit me. Then they also shall 
answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, 
or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, 
and did not minister to thee? Then he shall answer 
them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it 
not to one of .these least, neither did you do it to me. 
And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the 
just, into life everlasting. 

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And in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple; 
but at night, going out, he abode in the mount that is 
called Olivet. And all the people came early in the morn-
ing to him in the temple, to hear him. 

He Announces That His Hour Has Come 

The Temple. Wednesday, April 5, A. D. 30 

Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who 
came up to adore on the festival day: these therefore 
came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and de-
sired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip com-
eth, and telleth Andrew: again Andrew and Philip told 
Jesus. But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is 
come, that the Son of Man should be glorified. Amen, 
amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into 
the ground die, itself remaineth alone; but if it die, it 
bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall 
lose it; and he 'that hateth his life in this world, keepeth 
it unto life eternal. If any man minister to me, let him 
follow me; and where I am, there also shall my minister 
be: if any man minister to me, him will my Father honor. 

He Is Glorified By the Father 

The Temple. Wednesday, April 5, A. D. 30 

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Fa-
ther, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came 
unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. A voice there-
fore came from heaven: I have both glorified it, and will 
glorify it again. The multitude therefore that stood and 
heard, said that it thundered; others said: An angel 
spoke to him. Jesus answered, and said: This voice came 
not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judg-
ment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be 
cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will 
draw all things to myself. Now this he said, signifying 
what death he should die. The multitude answered him: 
We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for-

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ever; and how sayest thou: The Son of Man must be 
lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Jesus therefore said 
to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk 
whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you 
not: and he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not 
whither he goeth. Whilst you have the light, believe in 
the light, that you may be the children of light. 

He Declares That He Is the Light of the World 

The Temple. Wednesday, April 5, A. D. 30 

BUT Jesus cried, and said: He that believeth in me, 
doth not believe in me, but in him that sent me. And he 
that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. I am come a light 
into the world, that whosoever believeth in me, may not 
remain in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and 
keep them not, I do not judge him: for I came not to 
judge the world, but to save the world. He that despiseth 
me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth 
him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge 
him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; 
but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment 
what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know 
that his commandment is life everlasting. The things 
therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, 
so do I speak. 

These things Jesus spoke, and he went away, and hid 
himself from them. 

He Is Rejected By the Jews 

The Temple. Wednesday, April 5, A. D. 30 

AND whereas he had done so many miracles before 
them, they believe not in him: that the saying of Isaias 
the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who 
hath believed our hearing? and to whom hath the arm of 

the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not be-
lieve, because Isaias said again: He hath blinded their 
eyes, and hardened their heart, that they! should not see 

with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be 

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converted, and I should heal them. These things said 

Isaias, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. 
However, many of the chief men also believed in him; 

but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, 
that they might not be cast out of the synagogue: for 
they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. 

His Death Is Decided Upon By the Chief Priests 

The Temple. Wednesday, April 5, A. D. 30 

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which 
is called the Passover. And it came to pass, when Jesus 
had ended all these words, he said to his disciples: You 
know that after two days shall be the Passover, and the 
Son of Man shall be delivered to be crucified. Then were 
gathered together the chief priests and the scribes and 
ancients of the people into the court of the high priest, 
who was called Caiphas; and they consulted together 
and sought how by subtilty they might apprehend him, 
and put him to death. But they feared the people, and 
said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should 
be a tumult among the people. 

His Betrayal Is Promised By Judas 

Jerusalem. Wednesday, April 5, A. D. 30 

AND Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed 
Iscariot, one of the twelve; and he went, and discoursed 
with the chief priests and the magistrates, and said to 
them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto 
you? Who hearing it were glad; and they promised him 
that they would give him money. And'he promised; and 
they appointed unto him thirty pieces of silver. And from 
thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him in the 
absence of the multitude. 

He Sends Two Disciples to Prepare the Passover 

Bethany. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

AND the day of the unleavened bread came, on which 

it was necessary that the Passover should be killed. 

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And on the first day of the unleavened bread, he sent 
two of his disciples, Peter and John, saying: Go and pre-
pare for us the Passover, that we may eat. And they 
came to him, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare 
for thee? And he said to them: Go ye into the city and 
behold, as ye go into it, there shall meet you a man 
carrying a pitcher of water: follow him into the house 
where he entereth in. And you shall say to the good man 
of the house: The Master saith to thee: My name is near 
at hand: where is the guest chamber where I may eat the 
Passover "with my disciples? And he will show you a 
large dining room furnished: and there prepare ye for 
us. And his disciples went their way; and came into the 
city, and they found as he had told them: and they did 
as he appointed them, and prepared the Passover. And 
when evening was come, the twelve came. 

He Eats the Passover With His Disciples 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

B E F O R E the festival day of the Passover Jesus knowing 
that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this 
world to the Father, having loved his own who were in 
the world, he loved them unto the end. And when the 
hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with 

h l
 And he said to them: With desire I have desired to 

eat the Passover with you before I suffer: for I say to 
you, that from this time I will not eat it, till it be ful-
filled in the kingdom of God. 

And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks, and 
said: Take, and divide it among you: for amen I say to 
you I will drink no more of this fruit of the wine until 
that day when I shall drink it with you new in the king-
dom of my Father. 

But yet behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is 
with me on the table. And the Son of Man indeed goeth, 
according to that which is determined, as it is written of 
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be betrayed: it were better for him, if that man had not 
been born. And they began to inquire among them-
selves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 

CHAPTER 71 

He Washes the Feet of His Distiples 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

AND when supper was done, the devil having now put 
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to be-
tray him, knowing that the Father had given him all 
things into his hands, and that he came from God, and 
goeth to God; he riseth from supper, and layeth aside his 
garments, and having taken a towel, girded himself. 
After that, he putteth water into a basin, and began to 
wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the 
towel wherewith he was girded. He cometh therefore to 
Simon Peter. And Peter saitih to him: Lord, dost thou 
wash my feet? Jesus answered, and said to him: What I 
do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 
Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus 
answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no 
part with me. Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only 
my feet, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to 
him: He that is washed needeth not but to wash his feet, 
but is clean wholly: and you are clean, but not all. For 
he knew who he was that would betray him; therefore he 
said: You are not all clean. 

Then after he had washed their feet, and taken his 
garments, being set down again, he said to them: Know 
you what I have done to you? You call me Master, and 
Lord; and you say well, for so I am. If then I being your 
Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought 
to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an 
example, that as I have done to you, so you do also. 

And there was also a strife amongst them, which of 
them should seem to be the greater. 

And he said to them :The kings of the Gentiles lord 

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it over them; and they that have power over them, are 
called beneficent. But you not so: but he that is the 
greater among you, let him become as the younger ; and 
he that is the leader, as he that serveth. For which is 
greater, he 'that sitteth at table, or he.that serveth? is not 
he that sitteth at able? but I am in the midst of you, as 
he that serveth.-

Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater 
than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that 
sent him. If you know these things, you shall be blessed 
if you do them. And you are they who have continued 
with me in my temptations; and I dispose to you, as my 
Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom: that you may 
eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom; and may sit 
upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

He Foretells His Betrayal 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

I S P E A K not of you all; I know whom I have chosen: 
but that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth 
bread with me, shall lift up his heel against me. A t 

present I tell you, before it come to pass, that when it 
shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he. Amen, 
amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, 
receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him 

that sent me. . . 
When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled m 

spirit- and when they were at table and were eating, he 
testified and said: Amen, amen I say to you, one of you 
shall betray me—one of you that eateth with me. The 
disciples therefore looked one upon another doubting ot 
whom he spoke. And they began to be sorrowful and 
every one began to say to him one by one: Is it I,. Lord/ 
But he answering said: One of the twelve, who dippeth 
with me his hand into the dish, he shall betray me. 

Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his dis-
ciples whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beck-
oned to him, and said to him: Who is it of whom he 

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speaketh? He therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, 
saith to him: Lord, who is it? Jesus answered: He it is to 
whom I shall reach bread dipped. And Judas that be-
trayed him answering, said: Is it I, Rabbi? He saith to 
him: Thou hast said it. 

And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas 
•Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the morsel, Satan 
entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which 
thou dost, do quickly. Now no man at the table knew to 
what purpose he said this unto him. For some thought, 
because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: 
Buy those things which we have need of for the festival 
day; or that he should give something to the poor. He 
therefore having received the morsel, went out immedi-
ately. And it was night. 

When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now is 
the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If 
God be glorified in him, God also will glorify him in him-
self, and immediately will he glorify him. 

He Institutes the Holy Eucharist 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

AND whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and 
blessing gave 'thanks; and broke: and gave to his dis-
ciples; and said: Take ye and eat: this is my body, 
which is given for you: do this for a commemoration of 
me. In like manner after he had supped, having taken 
the chalice also, giving thanks, he gave it to them, say-
ing: Drink ye all of this. And they all drank of it. And 
he said to them: This is my blood of the new testament, 
which shall be shed for many unto the remission of sins. 

He Gives the New Commandment 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

L I T T L E children, yet EL little while I am with you. You 
shall seek me; and as I said to the Jews: Whither I go 
you cannot come; so I say to you now. A new command-

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ment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I 
have loved you, that you also love one another. By this 
shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have 
love one for another. 

He Gives a Warning to Peter and to the Rest of the Disciples 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

S I M O N P E T E R saith to him: Lord, whither goest thou? 
Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me 
now; but thou shalt follow hereafter. Peter saith to him: 
Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life 
for thee. Jesus answered him: Wilt thou lay down thy 
life for me? 

Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, 
that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for 
thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once con-
verted, confirm thy brethren. Who said to him: Lord, 
I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to 
death. And he said: I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall 
not crow this day, till thou thrice deniest that thou know-
est me. 

And he said to them: When I sent you without purse, 
and scrip, and shoes, did you want any thing? But they 
said: Nothing. Then said he unto them: But now he 
that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip; 
and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a 
sword. For I say to you, that this that is written must 
yet be fulfilled i n me: And with the wicked was he reck-

oned. For the things concerning me are having fulfill-
ment. But they said: Lord, behold here are two swords. 
And he said to them, It is enough. 

He Comforts His Disciples 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

LET not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, 
believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many 
mansions; if not, I would have told you; because I go to 
prepare a place for you. And if I shall go, and prepare 

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a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to 
myself; that where I am, you also may be. And whither 
I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas saith to 
him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how 
can we know the way? Jesus saith to him: I am the way, 
and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, 
but by me. If you had known me, you would without 
doubt have known my Father also; and from henceforth 
you shall know him, and you have seen him. 

He Teaches Philip Concerning the Father 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

P H I L I P saith to him: Lord, shew us the Father, and it 
is enough for us. Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long 
a time with you; and have you not known me? Philip, he 
that seeth me seeth the Father also; how sayest thou, 
Shew us the Father? Do you not believe, that I am in 
the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak 
to you, I speak not of myself; but the Father who abid-
eth in me, he doth the works. Believe you not that I am 
in the Father, and the Father in me? otherwise believe 
for the very works' sake. Amen, amen I say to you, he 
that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall 
do; and greater than these shall he do: because I go to 
the Father. And whatsoever you shall ask the Father in 
my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified 
in the Son. If you shall ask me any thing in my name, 
that I will do. If you love me, keep my commandments. 
And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another 
Paraclete, that he may abide with you forever, the Spirit 
of truth, whom the world cannot receive; because it seeth 
him not, nor knoweth him: but you shall know him; be-
cause he shall abide with you, and shall be in you. 

He Promises the Paraclete 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

I W I L L not leave you orphans, I will come to you. Yet 
a little while: and the world seeth ihe no more; but you 

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see me: because I live, and you shall live. In that day 
you shall know, that I am in my Father, and you in me, 
and I in you. He that hath my commandments and keep-
eth them, he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, 
shall' be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and 
will manifest myself to him. Judas saith to him (not the 
Iscariot): Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thy-
self to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered, and 
said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word; 
and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and 
will make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, 
keepeth-not my words: and the word which you have 
heard, is not mine, but the Father's, who sent me. These 
things have I spoken to you, abiding with you. But the 
Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send 
in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all 
things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you. 

He Gives the Promise of Peace 

Jerusalem. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

P E A C E I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: 
not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. You have heard 
that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you. If 
you loved me, you would indeed be glad, because I go to 
the Father: for the Father is greater than I. And now I 
have told you before it come to pass, that when it shall 
come to pass, you may believe. I will not now speak 
many things with you. For the prince of this world com-
eth, and in me he hath not any thing; but that the world 
may know, that I love the Father, and as the Father hath 
given me commandments, so do I. Arise, let us go hence. 

He Gives a Second Warning to Peter 

Road to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

AND when they had said a hymn, he went out, accord-
ing to his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and his dis-
ciples also followed Mm. Then Jesus saith to them: All 

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you shall be scandalized in me this night; for it is writ-
ten: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock 

shall be dispersed. But after I shall be risen again, I will 
go before you into Galilee. But Peter answering said to 
him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, I will 
never be scandalized. Jesus said to him: Amen I say to 
thee that in -this night before the cock crow twice, thou 
shalt deny me thrice. But Peter spoke the more vehe-
mently: Although I should die together with thee, I will 
not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. 

He Tells the Parable of the Vine 

Road to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

I AM the true vine; and my Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take 
away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, 
that it may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean 
by reason of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide 
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, un-
less you abide in me. I am the vine, you the branches: 
he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth 
much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. If any 
one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, 
and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast 
him into the fire, and he burneth. If you abide in me, 
and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you 
will, and it shall be done unto you. In this is my Father 
glorified, that you bring forth very much fruit, and be-
come my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, I also 
have loved you: abide in my love. If you keep my com-
mandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have 
kept my Father's commandments, and do abide in his 
love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy be 
in you, and your joy may be filled. 

This is my commandment, that you love one another, 
as I have loved you. Greater love than this no man hath, 
that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my 

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friends, if you do the things that I command you. I will 
not now call you servants; for the servant knoweth not 
what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; be-
cause all things whatsoever I have heard of my Father, 
I have made known to you. You have not chosen me, but 
I have chosen you, and have appointed you, that you 
should go, and should bring forth fruit, and your fruit 
should remain: that whatsoever^ you shall ask of the 
Father in my name, he may give it you. 

He Foretells to Them the Hatred of the World 

Road to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

T H E S E things I command you, that you love one an-
other. If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated 
me before you. If you had been of the world, the world 
would love its own: but because you are not of Hie world, 
but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the 
world hateth you. Remember my word that I said to you: 
The servant is not greater than his master. If they have 
persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have 
kept my word, they will keep yours also. But all these 
things they will do to you for my name's sake, because 
they know not him that sent me. 

If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not 
have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. He 
that hateth me, hateth my Father also. If I had not done 
among them the works that no other man hath done, they 
would not have sin; but now they have both seen and 
hated both me and my Father. But that the word may 
be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me 
without cause. But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I 
will send you from the Father, 'the Spirit of truth, who 
proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of 
me: and you shall give testimony, because you are with 
me from the beginning. 

These things have I spoken to you, that you may not 
be scandalized. They will put you out of the synagogues; 
yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will 

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think that he doth a service to God. And these things 
will they do to you; because they have not known the 
Father, nor me. But these things I have told you, that 
when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told 
you of them. But I told you not these things from the 
beginning, because I was with you. And now I go to him 
that sent me, and none of you asketh me: Whither goest 
thou? But because I have spoken these things to you, 
sorrow hath filled your heart. 

He Promises the Paraclete a Second Time 

Road to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

BUT I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I 
go; for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you; 
but if I go, I will send him to you.. And when he is come, 
he will convince the world of sin, and of justice, and of 
judgment: of sin, because they believed not in me; and of 
justice, because I go to the Father, and you shall see me 
no longer; and of judgment, because the prince of this 
world is already judged. 

I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot 
bear them now. But when he, the Spirit of truth, is 
come, he will teach you all truth: for he shall not speak 
of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall 
speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you. 
He shall glorify me; because he shall receive of mine, and 
shall shew it to you. All things whatsoever the Father 
hath, are mine: therefore I said, that he shall receive of 
mine, and shew it to you. 

He Tells H is Disciples That His Death Is Close at Hand 

Road to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

A L I T T L E while, and now you shall not see me; and 
again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to 
the Father. Then some of his disciples said one to an-
other: What is this that he saith to us: a little while, and 
you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you 

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shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? They said 
therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We 
know not what he speaketh. And Jesus knew that they 
had a mind to ask him; and he said to them: Of this do 
you inquire among yourselves, because I said: A little 
while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, 
and you shall see me? Amen, amen I say to you, that 
you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; 
and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall 
be turned into joy. A woman, when- she is in labor, hath 
sorrow,, because her hour is come; but when she hath 
brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the 
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. So 
also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you 
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man 
shall take from you. . 

He Teaches His Disciples the Efficacy af Prayer Offered in 

His Name 

Road, to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

AND in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, 
amen I say to you: if you ask the Father any things in 
my name, he will give it you. Hitherto you have not 
asked any thing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, 
that your joy may be full. These things I have spoken to 
you in proverbs: the hour cometh, when I will no more 
speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the 
Father. In that day you shall ask in my name; and I 
say not to you, that I will ask the Father for you: for the 
Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, 
and have believed that I came out from God. I came 
forth from the Father, and am come into the world: 
again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. 

His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speaketh 
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now we know that 
thou knowest all things, and thou needest not that any 
man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou earnest 
forth from God. Jesus answered them: Do you now be-

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heve? Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that 
you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall 
leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the 
Father is with me. These things I have spoken to you, 
that m me you may have peace. In the world you shall 
have distress; but have confidence, I have overcome the 
world. 

His Solemn Prayer for His Disciples 

Road to Mount of Olives. Thursday, April 6, A. D. 30 

T H E S E things Jesus spoke; and lifting up his eyes to 
heaven he said: Father, the hour is come; glorify thy 
Son, that thy Son may glorify thee; as thou hast given 
him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to 
all whom thou hast given him. Now this is eternal life 
that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the 
earth, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to 
do And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, 
with the glory which I had, before the world was, with 
thee. I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou 
hast given me out of the world: thine they were and to 
me thou gavest them: and they have kept thy word 
Now they have known, that all things which thou hast 
given me, are from thee: because the words which thou 
gavest me, I have given to them; and they have received 
them, and have known in very deed that I came out from 
thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me I 
pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them 
whom thou hast given me; because they are thine. And 
all my things are thine, and thine are mine; and I am 
glorified in them. 

And now I am not in the world, and these are in the 
world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in 
thy name whom thou hast given me, that they may be 
one, as we also are. While I was with them, I kept them 
in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept-
and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition that 
the scripture may be fulfilled. And now I come to thee; 

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and these things I speak in the world, that they may 
have my joy filled in themselves. I have given them thy 
word, and the world hath hated them because they are 
not of the world; as I also am not of the world. I pray 
not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but 
that thou shouldest keep them from evil. They are not 
of the world, as I also am not of the world. Sanctify 
them in truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me 
into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 
And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be 
sanctified in truth. 

And not for them only do I pray, but for them also 
who through their word shall believe in me: that they all 
may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that 
they also may be one in us; that the world may believe 
that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou hast 
given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, 
as we also are one; I in them, and thou in me; that they 
may be made perfect in one; and the world may know 
that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast 
also loved me. 

Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou 
hast given me may be with me; that they may see my 
glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved 
me before the creation of the world. Just Father, the 
world hath not known thee: but I have known thee; and 
these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have 
made known thy name to them, and will make it known; 
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in 
them, and I in them. 

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SECTION IX 

CHAPTER 72 

His Prayer and Agony in the Garden 

Gethsemane. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

W H E N Jesus had said these things, he went forth with 
his disciples over the brook Kedron and came into a 
country place which is named Gethsemane. Now Judas 
also, who betrayed him, knew the place; because Jesus 
had often resorted thither with his disciples. There was 
a garden into which he entered with his disciples. And 
he said unto them: Sit you here, till I go yonder and 
pray. 

And taking with him Peter and James and John, the 
two sons of Zebedee, he began to fear and to grow sor-
rowful, and to be heavy. Then he saith to them: My soul 
is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch 
with me. And when he was gone forward a little, and was 
withdrawn away from them a stone's cast, he knelt down, 
and fell flat upon his face on the ground, praying that if 
it might be the hour might pass from him. And he saith: 
Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: if you wilt, 
remove this chalice from me; nevertheless not as I will' 
but as thou wilt. 

And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them 
asleep; and he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? 
What, could you not watch one hour with me? Watch 
ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit 
indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. Again the second 
time he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if this 
chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will 
be done. And there appeared unto him an angel from 
heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he 

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prayed the longer; and his sweat became as drops of 
blood, trickling down upon the ground. And when he 
rose up from prayer, he returned again to his disciples, 
and found them sleeping for sorrow; for their eyes were 
heavy. And they knew not what to answer him. And he 
said to them: Why sleep you? Arise, pray, lest you enter 
into temptation. 

And leaving them he went again: and he prayed the 
third time, saying the selfsame word. Then he cometh to 
his disciples the third time, and saith to them: Sleep ye 
now and,-take your rest. It is enough; the hour is come; 
behold the Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands 
of sinners. Rise up, let us go: behold he that will betray 
me is at hand. 

He Is Betrayed By Judas 

Gethsemane. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

As he was yet speaking behold a great multitude with 
swords and clubs sent from the chief priests and the 
scribes and the ancients of the people. And he that was 
called Judas, one of the twelve, having received a band 
of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the 
Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and 
weapons. And he that betrayed him went before them, 
having given a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, 
that is he: lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. 
And when he was come, immediately he drew near to 
Jesus to kiss him. And Jesus said to him: Judas dost 
thou betray the Son of Man with a kiss? And Judas said: 
Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him. And Jesus said: Friend, 
do that for which you are come. Jesus therefore, knowing 
all things that should come upon him, went forth, and 
said to them: Whom seek ye? They answered him: 
Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them: I am he. And 
Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them. As soon 
therefore as he had said to them, I am he, they went 
backward, and fell to the ground. Again therefore he 
asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus of 

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Nazareth. Jesus answered: I have told you that I am 
he; if therefore you seek me, let these go their way: that 
the word might be fulfilled which he said: Of them whom 
thou hast given me, I have not lost any one. Then they 
came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him. 

He Rebukes Peter for Using the Sword 

Gethsemane. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND they that were about him, seeing what would fol-
low, said to him: Lord, shall we strike with the sword? 
Then Simon Peter having a sword, stretching forth his 
hand, drew it; and striking the servant of the high priest, 
cut off his ear. But Jesus answering said: Suffer ye thus 
far. And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. 
And the name of the servant was Malchus. Jesus there-
fore said to Peter: Put up again thy sword into its place: 
for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will 
give me presently more than twdve legions of angels? 
How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must 
be done? The chalice which my Father hath given me, 
shall I not drink it? 

In that same hour Jesus said to the chief priests, and 
magistrates of the temple, and the ancients that were 
come unto him, and to the multitudes: Are ye come out 
as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs, to ap-
prehend me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, 
and you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but 
this is your hour and the power of darkness. Now all this 
was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be 
fulfilled. 

He Is Abandoned By His Disciples 

Gethsemane. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

T H E N the disciples all leaving him fled. And a certain 
young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about 
his naked body; and they laid hold on him; but he, cast-
ing off the linen cloth, fled from them naked. 

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He Is Led Before Annas 

Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

T H E N the band and the tribune, and the servants of 
the Jews, took Jesus and bound him, and brought him 
to the high priest. And they led him to the house of 
Caiphas, the high priest, where all the priests and the 
scribes and the ancients assembled together. And they 
led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to 
Caiphas, who was the high priest of that year. Now 
Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews, 
that it was expedient that one man should die for the 
people. 

He Is Denied By Peter for the First Time 

Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND Simon Peter followed Jesus afar off, even into 
the court of the high priest, and so did another disciple. 
And that disciple was known to the high priest, and went 
in with Jesus into the court of the high priest; but Peter 
stood at the door without. The other disciple therefore, 
who was known to the high priest, went out, and spoke 
to die portress, and brought in Peter. The maid there-
fore that was portress, saith to Peter: Art not thou also 
one of this man's disciples? He saith: I am not. And he 
sat with the servants, that he might see the end. Now 
the servants and ministers stood, and warmed them-
selves, having kindled a fire of coals in the midst of the 
hall, because it was cold: and with them was Peter also, 
standing, and warming himself. 

He Is Put to the Question By the High Priest 

Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

THE high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, 
and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him: I have spoken 
openly to the world; I have always taught in the syna-
gogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews resort; 
and in secret I have spoken nothing. Why askest thou 

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me? ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto 
them: behold they know what things I have said. And 
when he had said these things, one of the servants stand-
ing by, gave Jesus a blow, saying: Answerest thou the 
high priest so? Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, 
give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou 
me? 

He Is Led Before Caiphas 

Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the high priest. 

He Is Again Denied By Peter 

Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

BUT when Peter sat in the court below, there came to 
him a servant maid, one of the servants of the high 
priest. And when she had seen Peter warming himself, 
she came to him, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus, the 
Galilean of Nazareth. But he denied before them all, 
saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. 
When she had earnestly beheld him, she said: This man 
also was with him. But he denied him, saying: Woman, 
I know him not. 

And after a little while, as Simon Peter was standing 
and warming himself, another seeing him, said: Art not 
thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said: O 
man, I am not. And he went forth before the court; and 
the cock crew. And as he went out of the gate, another 
maid saw him, and she began to say to the standers by: 
This is one of them; he also was with Jesus of Nazareth. 
And again he denied with an oath: I know not the man. 

And after the space as it were of one hour, one of the 
servants of the high priest, a kinsman to him whose ear 
Peter had cut off, saith to him: Did not I see thee in the 
garden with him? Another certain man affirmed, saying: 
Of a truth this man was also with him; for he is also a 
Galilean. And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou 

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savest. They that stood by said again to Peter: Surely 
thou art one of them, for even thy speech doth discover 
thee. Then he began to curse and swear, saying; I know 

not this man of whom you speak. 
And immediately, as he was yet speaking, the cock 

crew. And the Lord turning looked at Peter. And Peter 
remembered the word that the Ix>rd had said to him: 
Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. 
And Peter going out began to weep bitterly. 

He Is Condemned to Death By the Council 

. Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people 
and the chief priests and scribes, came together; and 
they brought him into their council, saying: If thou be 
the Christ, tell us. And he saith to them: If I shall tell 
you, you will not believe me; and if I shall also ask you, 
you'will not answer me, nor let me go. 

And the chief priests and all the council sought fa se 
witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 
and found none; whereas many false witnesses came 
against him their evidence was not agreeing. And last 
of all there came two false witnesses against him, and 
thev said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple 
of God, and after three days to rebuild it. We heard him 
say I will destroy this temple made with hands, and 
within three days I will build another not made with 
hands. And their witness did not agree. And the high 
priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: An-
swerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy 
charge by these men? But Jesus held his peace. And the 
high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the livmg God 
that thou tell us if thou be the Christ, the Son of the 
blessed God? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said it : I am 
Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son 
of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, 
and coming in the clouds of heaven Then said they all 
Art thou then the Son of God? Who said: You say that 
I am. 

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Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He 
hath blasphemed; what further need have we of wit-
nesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy from 
his own mouth. What think you? But they answering, 
said: He is worthy of death. 

He Is Spit Upon, Buffeted, and Mocked 

Palace of High Priest. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND some began to spit in his face, and to buffet him; 
and the men that held him, mocked him, and struck him. 
And they blindfolded him, and smote his face with the 
palms of their hands, saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, 
who is it that struck thee? And blaspheming, many other 
things they, said against him. And the servants struck 
him with tlie palms of their hands. 

His Betrayer Brings Back the Thirty Pieces of Silver 

Jerusalem. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

T H E N Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was 
condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty 
pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients, saying: 
I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they 
said: What is that to us? look thou to it. And casting 
down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and 
went and hanged himself with an halter. But the chief 
priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not 
lawful to put them into the carbona, because it is the 
price of blood. And after they had consulted together, 
they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying 
place for strangers. For this cause that field was called 
Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day. 
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the 
prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of sil-

ver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized 

of 'the children of Israel; and they gave them unto the 

potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me. 

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He Is Led Before Pilate for the First Time 

The Pretorium. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND when morning was come, all the chief priests and 
ancients of the people, and the scribes with the whole 
council held a consultation together against Jesus to put 
him to death; and the whole multitude of them rising 
up, when they had bound him, led him away, and deliv-
ered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 

Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's 
hall, and it was morning; and they went not into the hall, 
that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat 
the Passover. Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: 
What accusation bring you against this man? They an-
swered and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we 
would not have delivered him up to thee. Pilate there-
fore said to them: Take him you, and judge him accord-
ing to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is 
not lawful for us to put any man to death: that the word 
of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what 
death he should die. 

And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found 
this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give 
tribute to Caesar, and saying that he is Christ the king. 

Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called 
Jesus. And Jesus stood before the governor; and Pilate 
asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus 
answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have 
others told it thee of me. Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? 
Thy own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee 
up to me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered: My 
kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this 
world, my servants would certainly strive that I should 
not be delivered to -the Jews: but now my kingdom is not 
from hence. Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a 
king then? Jesus answering saith unto him: Thou sayest 
that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came 
I into the world, that I should give testimony to the 
truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 
Pilate saith to him: What is truth? 

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And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews, 
and saith to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I 
find no cause in him. And the chief priests and ancients 
accused him in many things; but he answered nothing. 
And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou 
nothing? dost thou not hear of how many things they ac-
cuse thee? But Jesus still answered nothing; so that the 
governor wondered exceedingly. But they were more 
earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching 
throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this 
place. 

He Is Led Before Herod 

Herod's Residence. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

BUT Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of 
Galilee? And when he understood that he was of Herod's 
jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also 
himself at Jerusalem in those days. 

And Herod seeing Jesus, was very glad; for he was 
desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard 
many things of him; and he hoped to see some sign 
wrought by him. And he questioned him in many words; 
but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and 
the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him. And Herod 
with his army set him at nought, and mocked him, put-
ting on him a white garment, and sent him back to Pilate. 

And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same 
day; for before they were enemies one to another. 

He Is Rejected for Barabbas 

The Pretorium. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

Now upon the festival day the governor was accus-
tomed to release to the people one prisoner whom they 
would. And he had then a notorious prisoner that was 
called Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber, who for 
a certain sedition made in the city was in prison with the 
seditious men who had committed murder. The multi-

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tude therefore being gathered together, came up and be-
gan to desire that he would do as he had ever done unto 
them. 

And Pilate, calling together the chief priests, and the 
magistrates, and the people, said to them: You have pre-
sented unto me this man, as one that perverteth the peo-
ple; and behold I, having examined him before you, find 
no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse 
him: no, nor Herod either: for I sent you to him, and 
behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him. I will 
chastise him therefore, and release him. Now of neces-
sity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day. 
But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: 
Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas. He 
knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of 
envy. He therefore answered the multitudes, and said: 
You have a custom that I should release one unto you at 
the Passover; will you therefore that I release unto you 
the king of the Jews? Whether of .the two, will ye that I 
release unto you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ? 

But the chief priests and ancients moved the people, 
and persuaded them that they should rather release 
Barabbas, and make Jesus away. And the governor an-
swering said .to them: Whether will you of the two to be 
released unto you? They cried all again saying: Not this 
man, but Barabbas. 

He Is Condemned By Pilate the First Time 

The Pretorium. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his 
wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with 
this just man; for I have suffered many things this day in 
a dream because of him. 

And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release 
Jesus, and said to them: What shall I do then with Jesus 
that is called Christ, the king of the Jews? But they 
cried out again: Crucify him, crucify him. And Pilate 
said to 'them the third .time: Why what evil hath he 

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done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise 
him therefore, and let him go. But they were insistent, 
with loud voices crying out the more: Crucify him. And 
their voices prevailed. 

And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that 
rather a tumult was made, taking water washed his hands 
before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of 
this just man; look you to it. And the whole people 
answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our 
children. And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the peo-
ple, gave sentence that it should be as they required. 
Then he released unto them Barabbas, him who for 
murder and sedition had been cast into prison, whom 
they had desired. 

He Is Scourged, Crowned With Thorns, and Mocked 

The Pretorium. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

THEN, therefore, Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. 
And the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the 
court of the palace called together the whole band; and 
stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him; and 
plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and 
a reed upon his right hand; and bowing the knee before 
him, they began to salute him, and to mock him, saying: 
Hail, king of the Jews. And spitting upon him, they 
gave him blows, and they took the reed, and struck his 
head; and bowing their knees, .they adored him. 

He Is Condemned By Pilate a Second Time 

The Pretorium. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND after they had mocked him, Pilate therefore went 
forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring him forth 
unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. 
Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns 
and .the purple garment. And he saith to them: Behold 
the Man. When the chief priests, therefore, and the serv-

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ants, had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, 
crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and 
crucify him: for I find no cause in him. The Jews an-
swered him: We have a law, and according to the law he 
ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God-

When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he feared the 
more; and he entered into the hall again, and he said to 
Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 
Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest thou not to me? 
kiiowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and 
I have power to release thee? Jesus answered:_ Thou 
shouldest not have any power against me, unless it were 
given thee from above; therefore, he that hath delivered 
me to thee, hath the greater sin. And from henceforth 
Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, 
saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's 
friend: for whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh 
against Caesar. 

Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought 
Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat, in the 
place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gab-
batha. And it was the Preparation of the Passover, about 
the sixth hour. And he saith to the Jews: Behold your 
king. But they cried out: Away with him, away with 
him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Shall I crucify 
your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king 
but Caesar. Then therefore he delivered him to their will 
to be crucified. 

He Is Led Forth to Be Crucified 

On the Way to Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND the soldiers took off the purple from him, and put 
on his own garments on him; and they led him out to 
crucify him. And they took Jesus and led him forth, 
bearing his own cross. And going out, they laid hold of 
one who passed by, a man of Cyrene, named Simon, com-
ing from the country, the father of Alexander and of 
Rufus: they laid the cross on him to carry it after Jesus. 

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He Speaks to the Women Who Lament Him on the 

Way of the Cross 

On the Way to Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND there followed him a great multitude of people, 
and of women, who bewailed and lamented him. But 
Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, 
weep not over me, but weep for yourselves, and for your 
children. For behold, the days shall come, wherein they 
will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that 
have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck. 
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon 
us; and to the hills: Cover us. For if in the green wood 
they do these things, what shall be done in the dry? 

And there were also two other malefactors led with 
him to be put to death. 

He Is Crucified Between Two Robbers 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND they bring him into the place which is called in 
Hebrew Golgotha, which being interpreted is the place 
of Calvary. And they gave him to drink wine mingled 
with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink. 
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him there, 
and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on 
the left, and Jesus in the midst. And Jesus said: Father, 
forgive them for they know not what they do. 

His Superscription Is Written By Pilate 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND Pilate wrote also a superscription of his cause, 
and put it upon the cross over his head. And the writing 
w a s : T H I S i s J E S U S OF N A Z A R E T H , T H E K I N G OF T H E 

J E W S . 

This title therefore many of the Jews did read: be-
cause the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the 
city: and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in 

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Latin. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: 
Write not: The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am 
King of the Jews. Pilate answered: What I have written, 
I have written. 

His Garments Are Divided By the Soldiers 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

THE soldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, 
took his garments, and they made four parts, to every 
soldier a part, casting lots upon them, what every man 
should take; and also his coat. Now fie coat was with-
out seam, and woven from the top throughout. They 
said then one to another: Let us not cut it, but let us 
cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the Scripture might 
be fulfilled, saying: They have parted my garments among 

them, and upon my vesture they have cast lot. A n d the 

soldiers indeed did these things. And they sat and 
watched him; and the people stood beholding. 

He Commends His Mother to the Beloved Disciple 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and 
his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Mag-
dalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the 
disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: 
Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the dis-
ciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the dis-
ciple took her to his own. 

He Is Mocked By the People, the Chief Priests, and the 

Soldiers 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging 
their heads, and saying: Vah! thou that destroyest the 
temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it, save 

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thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from 
the cross. In like manner also the chief priests mocking 
with the scribes and ancients said one to another: He 
saved others; himself he cannot save. Let Christ, the 
king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we 
may see and believe in him. He trusted in God; if he be 
Christ, the elect of God, let him now deliver him if he will 
have him: for he said: I am the Son of God. And the sol-
diers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering vine-
gar, and saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save 
thyself. And the self same thing the thieves also that 
were crucified with him reproached him with. 

He Promises Paradise to the Good Thief 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed 
him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But 
the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost 
thou fear God, seeing thou art under the same condem-
nation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due 
reward of our deeds; but this man hath done no evil. 
And he said to Jesus: Lord remember me when thou shalt 
come into thy kingdom. And Jesus said to him: Amen I 
say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. 

He Hangs Upon the Cross for Three Hours, and Speaks His 

Fourth and Fifth Words 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND it was almost the sixth hour, and there was dark-
ness over all the earth until the ninth hour, and the sun 
was darkened. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out 
with a loud voice saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? 
which is being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast 
thou forsaken me? And some of the standers by hearing, 
said: This man calleth for Elias. 

Afterwards Jesus knowing that all things were now 
accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said: 
I thirst. Now there was a vessel set there full of vinegar: 

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and immediately one of them running took a sponge, and 
filled it full of vinegar, and put it about hyssop on a 
reed; and put it to his mouth, and gave him to drink. 
And the others said: Let be, let us see whether Elias will 
come to take him down and deliver him. 

He Expires on the Cross 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

J E S U S therefore when he had taken the vinegar, said: 
It is consummated: and crying with a loud voice, he said: 
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And say-
ing this, bowing his head, he yielded up the ghost. 

His Death Is Followed By Many Signs and Wonders 

Jerusalem. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

Now the centurion who stood over against him, seeing 
what was done, and that crying out in this manner he 
had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the 
Son of God. And he glorified God, saying: Indeed this 
was a just man. 

And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from 
the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and 
the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened, and 
many bodies of the saints that had slept arose; and com-
ing out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the 
holy city, and appeared to many. 

Now the centurion and they that were with him watch-
ing Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things 
that were done, were sore afraid. And all the multitude 
of them that were come together to that sight, and saw 
the things that were done, returned striking their breasts. 

And all his acquaintance stood afar off beholding these 
things; and the women, who also when he was in Galilee 
followed him and ministered to him; among them was 
Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James the less 
and of Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee and 
Salome; and many other women that came up with him 
to Jerusalem. 

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His Side Is Pierced With a Spear 

Calvary. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

T H E N the Jews, because it was the Preparation, that 
the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sab-
bath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought 
Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they 
might be taken away. The soldiers therefore, came, and 
they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was 
crucified with him; but after they were come to Jesus, 
when they saw that he was already dead, they did not 
break his legs; but one of the soldiers with a spear 
opened his side, and immediately there came out blood 
and water. And he that saw it, hath given testimony, 
and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he saith 
true, that you also may believe. For these things were 
done, that the Scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not 
break a bone of him. And again another Scripture saith: 
They shall look on him whom they pierced. 

He Is'Laid in the Sepulchre 

Jerusalem. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND after these things, when evening was now come, 
because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before 
the sabbath, behold there came a certain rich man named 
Joseph of Arimathea, a city of Judea, a noble counselor, 
a good and a just man (the same had not consented to 
their counsel and doings), who was also himself looking 
for the kingdom of God, being a disciple of Jesus, but 
secretly for fear of the Jews. This man went in boldly to 
Pilate, and besought him that he might take away the 
body of Jesus. But Pilate wondered that he should be 
already dead; and sending for the centurion, he asked 
him if he were already dead. And when he had under-
stood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph, 
and commanded that the body should be delivered. 

And Joseph buying fine linen, taking the body down, 
wrapped it up in the clean linen cloth, and took it away. 

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And Nicodemus also came, he who at the first came to 
Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, 
about an hundred pound weight. They took therefore 
the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the 
spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now there 
was in the place Where he was crucified, a garden; and 
in the garden a new sepulchre, Joseph's own, which he 
had hewn out in a rock, wherein no man yet had been 
laid. There, therefore, because of the Preparation of the 
Jews they laid Jesus, because the sepulchre was nigh at 
hand. 

And Mary Magdalen was there, and the other Mary 
the mother of Joseph, and sitting over against the 
sepulchre, they beheld where he was laid. And Joseph 
rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre, and went his 
way. 

And the women which were come With Jesus from 
Galilee, following after, saw the sepulchre, and how his 
body was laid. And it was the day of the Preparation, 
and the sabbath drew on. And returning, they prepared 
spices and ointments. 

And on the sabbath day they rested according to the 
commandment. 

His Tomb Is Placed Under a Guard of Soldiers 

Jerusalem. Friday, April 7, A. D. 30 

AND the next day, which followed the day of Prepara-
tion, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together 
to Pilate, saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that 
seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I 
will rise again. Command therefore the sepulchre to be 
guarded until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples 
come and steal him away, and say to the people: He is 
risen 'from the dead; and the last error shall be worse 
than the first. Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; 
go, guard it as you know. And they departing, made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards. 

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S E C T I O N X 

CHAPTER 73 

He Rises From the Dead 

Jerusalem,. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and 
Mary the mother of James, and Salome, brought sweet 
spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus. But he ris-
ing early the first day of the week, behold there was a 
great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended 
from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat 
upon it. And Ms countenance was as lightning, and his 
raiment as snow; and for fear of him, the guards were 
struck with terror, and became as dead men. 

He Appears to Mary Magdalen 

Jerusalem. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

AND in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn 
toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen 
and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. 

Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalen, out of whom 
he had cast seven devils. She cometh early, when it was 
yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and ¿he saw the stone taken 
away from the sepulchre. She ran therefore and cometh 
to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus 
loved, and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord 
out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have 
laid him. 

Peter therefore rising up, and that other disciple, came 
to the sepulchre. And .they both ran together, and that 
other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the 
sepulchre. And when he stooped down he saw the linen 
cloths lying; but yet he went not in. Then cometh Simon 
Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre, and 

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saw the linen cloths lying, laid by themselves: and the 
napkin ¿hat had been about his head, not lying with the 
linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place. Then 
that other disciple also went in, who came first to the 
sepulchre; and he saw, and believed. For as yet they 
knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again from the 
dead. 

The disciples therefore departed again to their home, 
and went away wondering at that which was come to 
pass. 

But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping: 
now as she was weeping, she stooped down, and looked 
into the sepulchre; and she saw two angels in white, sit-
ting, one at tie head, and one at the feet where the body 
of Jesus had been laid. They say to her: Woman, why 
weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have 
taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have 
laid him. When she had thus said, she turned herself 
back, and saw Jesus standing, and she knew not that it 
was Jesus. Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? 
whom seekest thou? She, thinking that it was the gar-
dener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him hence, tell 
me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 
Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to him: 
Rabboni, which is to say, Master. 

Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet 
ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say 
to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to 
my God and your God. 

Mary Magdalen went and told them that had been 
with him, who were mourning and weeping: I have seen 
the Lord, and these things he said to me. And they hear-
ing that he was alive, and had been seen by her, did not 
believe. 

He Appears to the Holy Women 

Jerusalem. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

AND on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the 
women that were come with him from Galilee came to the 

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sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 
And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the 
stone from the door of the sepulchre? And they come to 
the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. And looking, 
they saw the stone rolled back; for it was very great. 

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young 
man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe; 
and they were astonished. And the angel answering said 
to the women: Fear not you: for I know that you seek 
Jesus who was crucified: he is not here; for he is risen, 
as he said: come see the place Where the Lord was laid. 
And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 
And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their 
mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining 
apparel. And as they were afraid, and bowed down their 
countenance toward the ground, they said unto them: 
Why seek you the living with the dead? He is not here, 
but is risen: remember how he spoke unto you, when he 
was yet in Galilee, saying: The Son of Man must be de-
livered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, 
and the third day rise again. And going quickly tell ye 
his disciples and Peter that he is risen: and behold he 
goeth before you into Galilee; there you shall see him as 
he told you: lo I have foretold it to you. And they going 
out, fled from the sepulchre; for a trembling and fear 
had seized them. And they remembered the words of 
Jesus, and went out quickly from the sepulchre, with fear 
and great joy, running to tell his disciples; and they said 
nothing to any man, for they were afraid. 

And behold Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they 
came up and took hold of his feet, and adored him. Then 
Jesus said to them: Fear not; go tell my brethren that 
they go into Galilee, there they shall see me. And going 
back from the sepulchre they told all these things to the 
eleven, and to all the rest. And it was Mary Magdalen, 
and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women 
that were with them, who told these things to the apos-
tles. And these words seemed to them as idle tales; and 
they did not believe them. 

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The Soldiers Are Bribed to Deny His Resurrection 

Jerusalem. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

WHO when they were departed, behold some of the 
guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all 
tilings that had been done. And they being assembled 
together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great 
sum of money to the soldiers: saying: Say you, His dis-
ciples came by night, and stole him away when we were 
asleep; and if the governor shall hear of this we will per-
suade him, and secure you. So they taking the money, 
did as they were taught; and this word was spread 
abroad among the Jews even unto this day. 

He Appears to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus 

Road to Emmaus. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

AND after that Jesus appeared in another shape to two 
ot them walking, as they were going into the country, to 
a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named 
Emmaus and they talked together of all these things 
which had happened. And it came to pass, that while 
tftey talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself 
also drawing near, went with them. But their eyes were 
held, that they should not know him. And he said to 
them: What are these discourses that you hold one with 
another as you walk, and are sad? 

And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, an-
swering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jeru-
salem, and hast not known the things that have been 
done there in these days? To whom he said: What 
things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, 
who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God 
and all the people; and how our chief priests and princes 
delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified 
him. But we hoped, that it was he that should have re-
deemed Israel. And now besides all this, today is the 
third day since these things were done. Yea and certain 
women also of our company affrighted us, who before it 

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was light, were at the sepulchre; and not finding his 
body, came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of 
angels, who say that 'he is alive. And some of our people 
went to the sepulchre, and found it so as the women had 
said; but him they found not. 

Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to 
believe in all things which the prophets have spoken. 
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to 
enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the 
prophets, he expounded to them in all the Scriptures, the 
things that were concerning him. And they drew nigh to 
the town, whither they were going; and he made as 
though he would go farther. But they constrained him; 
saying: Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and 
the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. 
And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he 
took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them. 
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he 
vanished out of their sight. 

And they said one to the other: Was not our heart 
burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way, and opened 
to us the Scriptures? And rising up the same hour, they 
went back to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven gath-
ered together, and those that were with them, saying: 
The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. 
And they told what things were done in the way, and 
how they knew him in the breaking of bread. 

He Appears to the Ten Disciples 

Jerusalem. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

IT was late that same day the first of the week, and 
the doors were shut where the disciples were gathered to-
gether for fear of the Jews. Now whilst they were speak-
ing these 'things, Jesus appeared to the eleven as they sat 
at table; for he came and stood in the midst of them, and 
saith to them: Peace be to you; it is I, fear not. But 
they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they 
saw a spirit. And he upbraided them with their incredu-

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lity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe 
them who had seen him after he was risen again. And 
he said to them: Why are you troubled and why do 
thoughts arise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, 
that it is I myself; handle, and see; for a spirit hath not 
flesh and bones, as you see me to have. And when he had 
said this, he shewed them his hands and feet and his 
side. But while they yet believed not, and wondered for 
joy, he said: Have you here any thing to eat? And they 
offered him a piece of a broiled fish, and a honeycomb. 
And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, 
he gave to them. The disciples therefore were glad, when 
they saw the Lord. 

He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you; as 
the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had 
said this, he breathed on them, and he said to them: Re-
ceive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive, 
they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, 
they are retained. 

He Appears to the Eleven Disciples 

Jerusalem,. Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30 

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didy-
mus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other dis-
ciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But 
he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print 
of the nails, and put my fingers into the place of the 
nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. 

And after eight days again his disciples were within, 
and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being 
shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you. 
Then he saith to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and 
see my hands; and bring hither thy hand, and put it into 
my side: and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas 
answered and said to him: My Lord, and my God. 

Jesus saith to him: Because thou has seen me, Thomas, 
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, 
and have believed. 

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Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his dis-
ciples, which are not written in this book; but these are 
written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, 
the Son of God: and that believing, you may have life in 
his name. 

He Appears to Seven Disciples in Galilee 

Sea of Galilee. May, A. D. 30 

AFTER this, Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples 
at the sea of Tiberias. And he shewed himself after this 
manner. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, 
who is called Didymus, and Nathanael, who was of Cana 
of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his 
disciples. Simon Peter saith to them: I go a fishing. 
They say to him: We also come , with thee. And they 
went forth, and entered into the ship: and that night they 
caught nothing. But when the morning was come, Jesus 
stood on the shore: yet the disciples knew not that it was 
Jesus. Jesus therefore said to them: Children, have you 
any meat? They answered him: No. He saith to them: 
Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall 
find. They cast therefore; and now they were not able 
to draw it, for the multitude of fishes. That disciple 
therefore whom Jesus loved, said to Peter: It is the Lord. 
Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, girt his 
coat about him (for he was naked), and cast himself 
into the sea. But the other disciples came in the ship (for 
they were not far from 'the land, but as it were two hun-
dred cubits), dragging the net with fishes. As soon then 
as they came to land, they saw hot coals lying, and a fish 
laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith to them: Bring 
hither of the fishes which you have now caught. Simon 
Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great 
fishes, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there 
were so many, the net was not broken. Jesus saith to 
them: Come, and dine. And none of them who were at 
meat durst ask him: Who art thou? knowing that it was 
the Lord. And Jesus cometh and taketh bread, and giv-

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eth them, and fish in like manner. This is now the third 
time that Jesus was manifested to his disciples, after he 
was risen from the dead. 

He Gives to Peter the Charge of His Flock 

Sea of Galilee. May, A. D. 30 

W H E N therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than 
these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I 
love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He saith to 
him again: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith 
to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He 
saith to him: Feed my lambs. He said to him the third 
time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was 
grieved, because he had said to him the third time: Lov-
est thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest 
all things; thou knowest that I love thee. He said to 
him: Feed my sheep. Amen, amen I say to thee, when 
thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself, and didst 
walk where thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old, 
thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird 
thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldest not. And this 
he said signifying by what death he should glorify God. 
And when he had said this, he saith to him: Follow me. 

Peter turning about, saw that disciple whom Jesus 
loved following; who also leaned on his breast at supper, 
and said: Lord, who is he that shall betray thee? Him 
therefore when Peter had seen, he saith to Jesus: Lord, 
and what shall this man do? Jesus saith to him: So I will 
have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee? follow 
thou me. This saying therefore went abroad among the 
brethren, that that disciple should not die; and Jesus did 
not say to him, he should not die; but, So I will have him 
to remain till I come, what is it to thee? This is that 
disciple who giveth testimony of these things, and hath 
written these things; and we know that his testimony is 
true. 

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He Appears to Eleven Disciples in Galilee 

Galilee. May, A. D. 30 

BUT the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the 
mountain where Jesus appointed them. And when they 
saw him; they worshiped him: but some doubted. 

He Appears to Five Hundred Disciples and to James 

Galilee. May, A. D. 30 

T H E N was he seen by more than five hundred brethren 
at once, of whom many remain until this present, and 
some are fallen asleep. 

•After that he was seen by James. 

He Gives H is Commission to the Apostles 

Jerusalem. May, A. D. 30 

J E S U S shewed himself alive after his passion, by many 
proofs to the apostles whom he had chosen, for forty 
days appearing to them, and speaking of the kingdom of 
God. 

And eating together with them, he commanded them, 
that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should 
wait for the promise of the Father, which you have heard, 
saith he, by my mouth. And he said to them: These are 
the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, 
that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written 
in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the 
psalms, concerning me. Then he opened their under-
standing, that they might understand the Scriptures; and 
he said to them: Thus it is written and thus it behoved 
Christ ;to suffer and to rise again from the dead the third 
day; and that penance and remission of sins should be 
preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at 
Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things. And 
I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you 
in the city, till you be endued with power from on high; 

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for John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be 
baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence. 

When they were come together, Jesus spoke to them, 
saying: All power is given to me in heaven and on earth. 
They therefore asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at 
this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? But he 
said to them: It is not for you to know the times or 
moments, which the Father hath put in his own power. 
But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost com-
ing upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in 
Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the 
uttermost part of the earth. jfi 

And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth 
and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believer not 
shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them 
that believe: in my name they shall cast out devils; they 
shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up ser-
pents; and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall 
not hurt them; they shall lay their hands upon the sick, 
and they shall recover. 

Going therefore, teach ye 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 what-
soever I have commanded you: and behold I am with 
you all days, even to the consummation of the world. 

He Ascends to Heaven 

Mount of Olives. Thursday, May 18, A. D. 30 

AND when he had said these things he led them out as 
far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he departed 
from them, and while they looked on, he was raised up: 
and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while 
they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two 
men stood by them in white garments; who also said: 
Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up into heaven? 

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this Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so 
come, as you have seen him going into heaven. 

Then they adoring returned with great joy to Jeru-
salem from the mount that is called Olivet, which is nigh 
Jerusalem, within a sabbath day's journey. And the 
Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven, and sitteth on the 
right hand of God. 

And when they were come in, they went up into an 
upper room, where abode Peter and John, James and 
Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, 
James of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Jude thé 
brother of James. All these were persevering with one 
mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother 
of Jesus, and with his brethren. 

He Sends the Holy Ghost Upon the Apostles 

Jerusalem. Sunday, May 28, A. D. 30 

AND when the days of the Pentecost were accom-
plished, they were all together in one place. And sudden-
ly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind 
coming, and it filled the whole house where they were 
sitting; and there appeared to them parted tongues as it 

I were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak. But they going forth preached _ everywhere: the Lord working withal, and confirming the 
word with signs that followed. 

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, 
which if they were written every one the world itself, I 
think, would not be able to contain the books that should 
be written. 

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DISCUSSION CLUB OUTLINE 

(Numerals Indicate Pages) 

St. John begins the life of Our Saviour by opening the gates of 

heaven and giving us a glimpse of the Eternal Godhead. The 

Eternal Word, Who is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity 

becomes M a n in order that we may become the children of God 

through Divine Grace which He wins for us by His life and 

death. John the Baptist proclaims Him the Saviour of the world. 

As M a n He is of the royal House of David for His Mother and 

St. Joseph are of David's line. To Zachary an old priest fulfilling 

his duties at the Temple an angel appeared and announced that 

the child to be born of Zachary and Elizabeth would be the 

Herald of the Messias and bring many Israelites to follow their 

Messias. Zachary was an old man, his wife Elizabeth was barren. 

Nevertheless God in His power accomplished the birth of the 

Baptist. It seemed impossible to Zachary. He doubted it. He 

was struck dumb and did not recover his speech until the naming 

of his child. The Incarnation and birth of Christ were, announced 

to Mary, a Virgin of Nazareth, by Gabriel the angel who had 

spoken to Zachary. Mary was startled by the Angel's message 

announcing that she was to be the Mother of God: "The Holy 

Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High 

shall overshadow thee, and therefore the Holy that shall be born 

of thee shall be called the Son of God." Our Blessed Mother 

gave her consent and by the power of the Holy Ghost our Lord 

was conceived in her womb. She then visited her cousin Eliza-

beth who greeted her as "blessed among women" while Eliza-

beth's child leaped for joy within her womb. Our Lady returned 

the greeting with her Magnificat, a song of joy, thanksgiving, 

humility. John the son of Zachary and Elizabeth was born and 

at his circumcision his father's speech was restored and he uttered 

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his Benedictus, a song of praise and prophecy. Shortly after John 

went into the desert and a pall of silence shrouded his life until 

he appeared announcing the coming of the King and the King-

dom. (1-10.) 

Questions 

How does St. John begin his life of our Lord? 

How do we become the children of God? 

Who was John the Baptist? 

What is remarkable about his conception and birth? 

What is the Annunciation? 

What incidents took place at the Visitation? 

What happened at the naming of John the Baptist? 

From whom do we get the Magnificat and Benedictus and 

what is their message? 

II 

St. Joseph was disturbed when he found that our Lady had 

conceived, and was determined to put her away privately, when 

an angel appeared to him telling him not to fear for "that which 

is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost." According to prophecy 

Christ will be born of a virgin. His name will be Jesus which 

means Saviour. So it happened as foretold and God was born in 

Bethlehem, and laid in a manger for there was no room in the 

inn. Shepherds heard an angels' song in the silence of the night 

and an angel message bade them go to Bethlehem and find their 

Saviour, Christ the Lord. They went and found Him and told 

their friends that the King of Israel had come. Everyone mar-

veled but Mary kept all these words pondering them in her heart. 

After eight days the Child was circumcised and Joseph called 

His Name Jesus. He was presented to the Lord in the Temple 

according to the Law, and Simeon the priest took Him in his 

arms and praised God, and said his life was complete now for he 

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had seen the salvation of his people. He blessed Mary and Joseph 

and foretold Mary's sorrow would be as a sword piercing her 

heart. Anna a prophetess who served in the Temple proclaimed 

the Child as Israel's Redemption. Soon after three Kings from 

the East entered Jerusalem and asked King Herod where was the 

newborn King. Herod summoned the chief priests and the scribes 

and they informed him that the Messias should be born in 

Bethlehem as the time for the fulfillment of the prophecies had 

come. Herod heard from the Kings that a star had announced 

the King's birth and had guided them on their long journey to 

Jerusalem. "Go and find the Child and let me know so I can 

adore Him," said Herod. They went and the star led them to 

the Child, and His Mother. They adored Him and offered Him 

kingly gifts, and then returned to their country without calling 

on Herod. An angel shortly after appeared to Joseph and told 

him to take the Child and Mother and go into Egypt as Herod 

planned killing Him. Herod in anger murdered all the men chil-

dren in Bethlehem who were two years old and younger. After 

his death Joseph was told by an angel to return to the land of 

Israel. He brought the Holy Family to Nazareth and settled 

there, fulfilling a prophecy. For it had been prophesied that "He 

shall be called a Nazarene." The Child grew in wisdom and 

Grace, and at twelve years of age He was brought by Mary and 

Joseph to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. He remained in 

Jerusalem though His parents thought He was in their caravan. 

When they discovered their loss they returned to the Holy City 

and searched for Him for three days. When they found Him He 

was in discussion with the learned rabbis. His Mother asked Him 

why He had caused her and Joseph this sorrow, and His reply 

that He had to be about His Father's business only puzzled her 

as it did Joseph. He returned with them to Nazareth and was 

subject to them. He passed from childhood to boyhood to youth 

and manhood and no one knew during all these years that He 

was the Light of the world. Only Mary and Joseph knew this 

and they kept it in their hearts. (12-19.) 

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Questions 

What did the angel tell Joseph of the Motherhood of Mary? 

Where and how was our Saviour born? 

Who witnessed His birth? 

Who were Simeon and Anna and when did they meet our Lord? 

What did Simeon foretell? 

What was the message of the Three Kings and how did it 

affect Herod? 

Why did the Holy Family go to Egypt and where did they live 

on their return? 

How old was our Lord when He went to Jerusalem and what 

took place there? 

Where was the greater part of His life spent and why did He 

spend it there? 

Ill 

After years of desert solitude John the Baptist appeared on the 

banks of the Jordan and called upon all: "Repent for the King-

dom of heaven is at hand." It was the fifteenth year of the reign 

of Tiberius Caesar. His was a strong message. He denounced 

the Pharisees and Sadducees as a brood of vipers and told them 

if they did not repent from their hearts they would perish. He 

urged justice and charity on all classes and the people were so 

stirred by his life and teaching that they thought he was the Re-

deemer. He disabused them and declared he was the herald an-

nouncing the King. Our Lord one day joined the throngs and 

was baptized by John. At this a voice sounded out of heaven: 

"Thou art My Beloved Son, in Thee I am well pleased." Forty 

days after His baptism our Lord spent in the desert in prayer and 

fasting. At their close He was tempted by Satan who offered 

Him the kingdoms of the world if He would adore him. It was 

a threefold temptation and when it was conquered angels came 

and consoled Him. 

John the Baptist was visited by an official delegation from 

Jerusalem and asked: "Who art thou?" His reply was clear and 

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positive: " I am not the Christ, but only His voice crying in the 

wilderness. Make ready for His coming. He is here and you do 

not know Him." The next day our Lord appeared" and John 

greeted Him and said to the people: "Here is the Lamb of God 

who will take away the sins of the world." Now two of John's 

pupils heard this announcement and they followed after Christ. 

He challenged them saying: W h a t are you looking for? In won-

der they parried: "Where do you live?" He replied: Come and 

see. They did and remained with Him that whole day. Andrew 

was the name of one of these men. He found his brother Simon 

and exclaimed: "We have found the Christ." And he brought 

him to Jesus. Our Lord looking on him said: You shall be called 

Cephas. That means rock. Philip was next called, and after 

Philip, Nathanael. These were our Lord's first followers. We call 

them apostles, which means men who are sent on a mission. A 

few days later our Lord, His Mother and the apostles were in-

vited to a wedding at Cana in Galilee. This was the scene of His 

first miracle for at His Mother's request He changed water into 

wine as the wine for the guests was all used up. He tarried a bit 

in Capharnaum, then went to Jerusalem and drove the money 

changers from the temple. This caused a storm of opposition 

from the Jews who challenged His authority. His answer was: 

Destroy this temple and in three days I will rebuild it. He was 

speaking of the resurrection of His Body. And many believed in 

Him seeing His power. His next follower was Nicodemus, a 

Pharisee and leader among the Jews. This man came at night 

and declared his belief. Our Lord told him he must be reborn to 

enter His Kingdom. Nicodemus was puzzled. Our Lord said: 

I mean you must be reborn of water and the Holy Ghost. 

That means the Sacrament of Baptism. Our Lord explained 

further that He had come to save the world, for "God so loved 

the world as to give His only-begotten Son, that whosoever be-

lieves in Him may not perish but may have everlasting life." 

Our Lord spent some time in Judea teaching and baptizing. John 

was also baptizing. And when he was asked what he thought of 

Christ who was drawing all men to Himself, he said he was glad 

of it. "He must increase, I must decrease." Soon after John was 

cast into prison by Herod because he had reproved Herod for his 

sin of adultery. (22-33.) 

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Questions 

What was the message announced by John the Baptist? 

When he was mistaken for the Messias what did he say? 

What happened at Christ's baptism by John? 

How was our Lord tempted by Satan? 

Who were the first followers of Christ, and how did they come 

to follow Him? 

Where was Christ's first miracle performed and what was it? 

How did our Lord answer those who challenged His authority 

in the temple? 

What was Christ's lesson to Nicodemus. 

Did John approve the growing power of our Lord? 

Why was he imprisoned and by whom? 

IV 

Our Lord stopped at a city in Samaria called Sichar. At 

Jacob's well He met the Samaritan woman and converted her. 

She in turn brought others to Him for He had proved to her that 

He was the Messias. His disciples marveled at His talking with 

the Samaritans for it was not a usual thing among the Jews. He 

spoke to them of the labors of their apostolate. I hare sent you 

to reap that in which you did not labor; others have labored 

and you have entered into their labors. Our Lord then began 

His Galilean apostolate. At Cana where He had worked His first 

miracle a ruler from Capharnaum asked Him to come and heal 

his sick son who was at the point of death. Christ said to him: 

Your boy is healed. The man believed and when he arrived 

home found that at the very moment our Lord had spoken the 

boy had recovered. He next journeyed to Nazareth and spoke in 

the synagogue. The Nazarenes took offense at His- words for He 

reproached them for not believing in Him. They actually cast 

Him out of the city and attempted to throw Him from the brow 

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of the hill whereon their city was built but He escaped and went 

His way. Capharnaum saw Him next, and shortly afterwards 

He addressed the people from Simon's ship. After His talk He 

told Simon to launch out into the Sea of Galilee and let down 

the nets. "Master, we have fished all night and caught nothing, 

but at Your command I will try again," said Simon. The result 

was a splendid catch so that the net broke and they needed help 

from another ship. Everyone of the fishermen startled at the re-

sult and Simon cried out: "Depart from me, O Lord, for I am 

a sinful man." But Christ replied to Simon, and James and John 

his partners: Fear not; in future you shall eateh men. Simon, 

James, John were all fishermen called to be apostles, Christ say-

ing: Come after Me and I will make you fishers of men. A 

man possessed by the devil was cured by Christ in the synagogue 

at Capharnaum; Simon's mother-in-law was cured of fever by a 

touch of His Hand; in fact the sick and the suffering were 

brought before Him and in His compassion He cured them all, 

fulfilling the saying of Isaias: "He took our infirmities and bore 

our diseases." In Galilee He preached and healed and drove out 

the demons from the possessed, restored lepers to health, cured 

the palsied man and forgave him his sins. At this the Pharisees 

took offense and declared Him a blasphemer as God alone for-

gives sin. They would not believe He was God. And from time 

to time He would retire from the crowds of people and go into 

the desert to pray. Levi, called Matthew, was a tax collector. 

Christ saw him and said: Come. Follow Me. And leaving all 

things he followed Him. And he gave our Lord a banquet in his 

house. The Pharisees and Scribes were there and they accused 

Him of making friends and companions of publicans and sinners. 

His answer was: They that are in health need not a physician 

but they that are ill. I am not come to call the just but sinners 

to penance. He was asked why His disciples did not fast as did 

the followers of the Baptist and the Pharisees. He said the time 

for fasting had not come for He was with them so it was the 

time for rejoicing. Then He went to Jerusalem and near a pond 

named Probatica he found a cripple waiting for the moving of 

the waters that would cure him. Christ said to him: Arise and 

take up thy bed and walk. He was immediately cured. Now it 

was the Sabbath and the Jews seeing the cripple fully recovered 

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and carrying his bed told him he was breaking the Sabbath law. 

He replied that Jesus had cured him and bade him carry his bed. 

Then the Jews criticized Jesus for doing these good things on the 

Sabbath. He answered them: My Father worketh until now 

and I work. Then the Jews wanted to kill Him for not only did 

He break the Sabbath but He claimed to be God. He took up 

their challenge and made clear His claim. The Father has power 

of life and so has He for He is the Son and even to the dead will 

He give life in the General Resurrection. John testified that He 

was God, but the Pharisees and the Jews would not heed him. 

His miracles showed Him to be God but they only found fault 

with His miracles. The Scriptures testify that He is God but 

they will not read the Scriptures aright. They will not come to 

Him that they may have life. Moses is His witness. If you be-

lieved Moses you would believe Me also for he wrote of Me. 

But if you do not believe his writings how will you believe My 

words? When they reproached Him because His disciples plucked 

the corn and ate it on the Sabbath He told them: The Sabbath 

is made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; therefore the 

Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. He followed this up 

by curing the man with 'the withered hand on the Sabbath. The 

Pharisees grew more and more bitter against Him and they con-

sulted with the Herodians and planned with them to destroy 

Him. Knowing this Jesus retired to the sea with His disciples. 

And people came to Him from every part of the country. The 

crowd was so great He got into a small ship for there was danger 

of the crowd crushing Him as they pressed in from all sides. He 

continued to teach them and cure their ills. (36-55.) 

Questions 

What effect did Christ have on the Samaritan woman? On the 

Samaritans ? 

How was the Ruler's son cured? 

How were the Nazarenes affected by His teaching? 

What did He promise Simon after he had made his big haul 

of fish? 

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How did He fulfill the prophecy: "He took our infirmities and 
bore our diseases"? 

What did He tell the Pharisees about the observance of the 
Sabbath? 

What threefold testimony did He invoke to prove that He 
was God? 

How did the Pharisees react to this? 

V 

After spending the whole night in prayer our Lord came down 

from the mountain and chose His twelve apostles. This was the 

first step in establishing His Kingdom. He promised to give them 

all His powers to do for people what He did. Then He announced 

the charter of the Kingdom. It is known as the Beatitudes. His 

apostles were to be the salt of the earth and the light of the 

world. He explained how He had come to fulfill the Law. He 

gave the true meaning of the Law. It was the Golden Rule. He 

spoke of almsgiving and prayer and taught them the Our Father. 

He gave them and all who would receive their teaching the True 

Rule of Life. All must be doers and not merely hearers of His 

Word. After this our Lord came down from the Mountain of the 

Beatitudes and at Capharnaum healed the Centurion's servant. 

The Centurion's prayer has been said in every Holy Mass all 

through the centuries. Next he called back to life the son of the 

widow of Nairn and paid glowing tribute to the Baptist. He re-

proached the cities of Corozain and Bethsaida for their unbelief 

and spoke of His mercy to the repentant sinners. He began His 

second teaching tour through Galilee, returning to Capharnaum 

to rebuke the Pharisees. He refused to give them a sign that they 

asked for to prove He was the Son of Man. All who heard His 

Word were as dear to Him as His Mother and relatives. Then 

He taught His doctrine through beautiful parable, The Seed and 

the Sower, The Candle, The Silently Growing Seed, The Cockle 

and the Wheat, The Mustard Seed, The Leaven, The Hidden 

Treasure, The Pearl, The Net, fulfilling the prophecy: I will open 

My Mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the 

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foundation of the world. Then our Lord explained the parables 

He had spoken. Shortly after this He stilled the tempest .on the 

Sea of Galilee, banished Satan from two men, healed the woman 

suffering from an issue of blood, and raised the daughter of 

Jairus from the dead. After other miracles Christ began His 

third preaching tour through Galilee and instructed His apostles 

on their apostolate and sent them out to preach the Kingdom of 

God. About this time John was beheaded by Herod who was 

anxious to get in touch with our Saviour. When our Lord knew 

this He sought the safety and solitude of the desert. His next 

miracles were the multiplication of the loaves for the five thou-

sand who formed His audience, His walking on the Sea of Galilee 

when He rescued the sinking Peter. The next important event 

was His announcing Himself as the Bread of Life. This took 

place at Capharnaum in the springtime of the year 29. St. John 

tells of it in his sixth chapter. He would give all who believed in 

Him heavenly food, His Body and His Blood, His entire Self, 

God and Man. Many who had followed Him up to this time 

rebelled at the strange promise, and walked no more with Him. 

Our Lord turned to His apostles when He saw the defection of so 

many of His followers and challenged them: Will you also go 

away? Peter answered for them and for us: Lord, to whom shall 

we go? You have the words of Eternal Life and we have known 

and believed that You are the Son of the Living God. (58-104.) 

Questions 

What event took place that marked the beginning of the King-

dom of God on earth? 

What commission did the apostles receive? 

What is the charter of the Kingdom? 

How may God's law be summed up? 

What did Christ teach about prayer? 

What is the True Rule of Life? 

Why did our Lord reproach Corozain and Bethsaida? 

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Mention some of the miracles our Lord performed. 

Name some of His parables and indicate their meaning. 

Of the miracles performed, which ones are the most striking? 

What did Christ mean by calling Himself the Bread of Life? 

How did His promise affect a great many of His followers? 

What was Peter's answer to our Lord's challenge? 

VI 

As the Jews in Judea sought to kill our Lord He passed over 

to Galilee. He here argued with the Pharisees and Scribes about 

the true meaning of sin and God's Law. He explained further to 

the people that sin was a thing of the mind and the heart, and 

not of the lips and the hands merely. He then went along the 

coast of Tyre and Sidon and to the eastern shore of the Lake of 

Galilee where He continued to teach and work miracles. This was 

July, A. D. 29. At Caesarea Philippi He asked for an act of Faith 

from His apostles and when Simon gave it He changed his name 

to Peter the Rock and promised to build His Church on that 

Rock. He foretold His Passion and rebuked Peter for not appre-

ciating this sacred fact. He would take up the Cross and all who 

followed Him must do likewise. A little after this He was trans-

figured on Mount Tabor. His Face shone as the sun and His 

garments became shining white as snow. After curing the 

lunatic boy He again foretold His Passion. His next lesson was 

on humility and He drove it home with a little child as its model. 

There can be no compromise in His Service. It means living for 

Christ or against Christ. The penalty for scandal is eternal pun-

ishment. The scandal of little ones is the worst of sins. All must 

forgive injury if they expect forgiveness. This lesson is clinched 

with the parable of the unmerciful servant. His followers wanted 

Him to declare Himself but He told them His time was not yet 

come. James and John asked for fire from Heaven to punish the 

Samaritans. He rebuked them and then explained what a true 

follower of Christ should be. He healed ten lepers and only one 

returned to thank Him. He appointed seventy-two disciples to 

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make a missionary tour to prepare the people for His coming. 

Martha received H i m as her Guest and He warned her of over-

activity. The Jews were still disputing about His claims when 

He appeared in the Temple and declared His doctrine was from 

the Father. He is One with the Father. He will return to the 

Father. He calls Himself the Living Water and His teaching 

arouses further disputes. After forgiving the woman taken in 

adultery He calls Himself the Light of the World. He argues 

with the Jews about kinship with Abraham and concludes: Be-

fore Abraham was made I am. They were so wrought up by 

this that they tried to stone H i m to death. He healed the man 

blind from birth and revealed Himself as the Saviour. He de-

clares Himself to be the Door of the Sheepfold and the Good 

Shepherd. The Jews accused H i m of having a devil. His seventy-

two disciples return and He teaches the beauty of the child-mind 

and proclaims the Greatest Commandment. He gives His dis-

ciples the parable of the Good Samaritan, tells them how to 

pray, is rejected again by the Jews on the Feast of the Dedication, 

exposes the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and warns His own fol-

lowers against the sin of hypocrisy and urges them to profess be-

lief in Him boldly. (107-145.) 

Questions 

What is the true meaning of God's Law as explained by our 

Saviour ? 

Where does sin begin? 

What reward did Peter receive for his act of Faith? 

Did Peter appreciate the prophecy of Christ's Passion? 

What did Christ say of the Cross? 

What happened at His Transfiguration? 

How must a man serve God? 

What is the punishment for the sin of scandal? 

How do we obtain forgiveness? 

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How many of the ten cured lepers returned to thank Him? 

What was the task of the seventy-two disciples? 

What was His word to Martha? 

What relation exists between Him and the Father? 

What is He in relationship to Abraham? 

What sin especially are His apostles to avoid and how are they 
to profess belief in Him? 

VII 

In January, A. D. 30, our Lord was in Perea. His teaching in 

that year began with the parable of the Rich Fool. It was fol-

lowed by a warning to His disciples not to be anxious over the 

necessities even of life. They must always be prepared for His 

coming. He gives them the parable of the Faithful Steward, 

warns them that the Gospel He teaches will cause divisions even 

in homes. He mentions the need of judging what is just, of doing 

penance for sin, and then gives the parable of the barren fig tree. 

After curing a woman on the Sabbath, He urges His followers 

to enter into salvation by the narrow gate. There is no privileged 

claim to the Kingdom of God. Many Jews will be shut out and 

many Gentiles from far and near will enter. When He was told 

that Herod sought His Life He reproved Herod, and called Jeru-

salem the killer of prophets. He would save Jerusalem but the 

city would not have Him. After healing a dropsical patient on 

the Sabbath He taught the parables of the Wedding Feast, The 

Great Supper, The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coins, The Prodigal 

Son, The Unjust Steward, Dives and Lazarus. Then He spoke of 

Faith as a grain of mustard seed, and the spirit of service that 

should animate His followers. He warned all against false 

prophets and false Christs. He told the parables of the Unjust 

Judge and the Pharisee and Publican. Next He taught the true 

doctrine on Marriage and Divorce. After urging the children to 

come to Him, He blessed them and spoke of them as fitted for 

the Kingdom of God. A rich young man asked Him if he could 

be His disciple. He was told to sell all he owned first. He would 

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not do this for he was very wealthy and loved his wealth. Christ 

took occasion from this event to warn His disciples of the danger 

of riches. Those who become poor for His sake shall be blessed. 

After telling'the parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard He went 

to Bethany at the call of Martha and Mary and raised Lazarus 

from the grave. This miracle sealed His doom for it hardened the 

hearts of the chief priests and the Pharisees. From that day 

therefore they determined to put Him to death. So He with-

drew from all public places and retired to the city of Ephrem. 

For the third time He predicted His Passion. The mother of 

James and John asked Him to give her sons the first places in 

His Kingdom. He refused but foretold they would be called on 

to follow Him in suffering. He took occasion from this event to 

tell His apostles that he who would be the greater among them must 

act as the servant of all. He healed Bartimeus and another blind 

man, was entertained by Zacheus the tax-gatherer and explained 

the parable of the Ten Pounds. While He was entertained by 

Simon the leper and Martha and Mary and Lazarus, Mary 

anointed His Head and Feet and wiped His Feet with her hair. 

When the guests criticized Mary He defended her deed and said 

it would be proclaimed as long as His Gospel was preached. A 

great many people were there to see our Lord and Lazarus whom 

He had brought back from the grave. But the chief priests 

wanted to kill Lazarus for many because of him believed in 

Jesus. Then there followed the triumphal procession of our Lord 

into Jerusalem. People cast their garments in the way and cut 

boughs from the trees and carpeted His road with them and cried 

out: Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is He that comes 

in the Lord's name. The Pharisees protested against this honor. 

But our Lord told them if people were to remain silent the very 

stones would cry out. (148-180.) 

Questions 

What did Christ teach His followers about anxiety for the 

things of life? 

What is meant by "entering in by the narrow gate"? 

What did our Lord say of His love for Jerusalem? 

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How was it returned and what would be the result? 

What parables did He teach at this time? 

How did He treat the little children? 

Why did not the rich young man follow Him? 

What was His comment on this? 

Who was Lazarus and what miracle was he the recipient of? 

How did this miracle affect the Jews and their leaders? 

What did He say about Mary's anointing His Head and Feet? 

How did- He enter the city of Jerusalem and what was the 
Pharisees' comment? 

VIII 

It was early April, A. D. 30, when Christ made His triumphal 

entry into Jerusalem. As He got near to the city He wept over it 

saying: O if you only knew the things that are for your peace. 

He went straight to the Temple and taught the people. On the 

following day He cursed the barren fig tree, cleansed the Temple 

a second time, cured the blind and the lame, and met with vicious 

hostility from the leaders of the people. This had been their con-

stant attitude from the first days of His ministry. They hated 

Him for the Truth He taught and the good He did. To His 

apostles He gave a final instruction on prayer, and refused to 

answer His critics when they challenged His authority. Then He 

spoke the parables of The Two Sons, The Wicked Husbandman, 

The Wedding Garment, answered the Herodians' question on 

giving tribute to Caesar, and the questions of the Sadducees on 

the Resurrection. He proclaimed the Great Commandment of 

the Law in answer to the Scribes and warned the people against 

the Scribes and Pharisees. He commended the poor widow for 

her mite of charity, foretold the destruction of the Temple and 

the end of the world with all the signs that would precede this 

day of doom. He warned all: Of that day or hour no man 

knows. Take heed, watch and pray for you know not when the 

time is. After teaching the parable of the Ten Virgins and the 

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Talents He described the Last Judgment. He announced that 

His great hour had come and a voice from Heaven gave H i m 

glory. He was rejected by official Jewry and His death was de-

creed by the chief priests and leaders of the people on the feast 

of the Passover. The following day Judas went to the con-

spirators and said: W h a t will yau give me and I will deliver 

Him up to you? He sent two of His disciples to prepare the 

Pasch. I t was the first Holy Thursday. While at table He fore-

told His betrayal by His false apostles. Judas when he heard the 

statement went out. I t was night. When supper was over He 

rose from table and washed the feet of His disciples telling them 

the lesson His loving action portrayed. After this He took bread 

and wine and instituted the Blessed Sacrament, commissioning 

His apostles to offer Holy Mass in His memory. Then He bade 

them: Love one another as I have loved you. He warned Peter 

that his weakness would lead him into the sin of the denial. He 

spoke of the Mansions of the Father prepared for those who 

loved the Son. He was the Way, Truth, Life and no one could go 

to the Father but by Him. The Father and the Son are One. 

The test of loving H i m was the keeping of His commandments. 

To them all He promised His peace and the Paraclete. He warned 

them all that they would desert H i m and a second time told 

Peter he would deny Him. They must live a life in Him. He 

was the Vine, they the branches. Without Me you can do nothing. 

The world of sin would hate them as it had hated Him. Cruel 

torture and death awaited them because they loved Him. He 

would send the Holy Ghost as their Strengthener and Consoler. 

His death was close by. He told them how to pray and prayed 

to the Father for them: Father, I will that where I am they 

also whom Thou hast given Me may be with Me, that they 

may see My Glory which Thou hast given Me because Thou 

hast loved Me before the creation of the world. (183-220.) 

Questions 

What was Christ's lament over the city of Jerusalem? 

Why did He curse the fig tree? 

Name the last parables He taught. 

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Name the Great Commandment He promulgated. 

What signs did He say would precede the end of the world? 

What did He teach about the Last Judgment? 

What was the proposal of Judas to the Jewish leaders? 

What was His first action after the Paschal Supper? 

How did He explain it to His apostles? 

When and how did He institute the Blessed Sacrament? 

What command did He give regarding the Blessed Sacrament? 

What were His words to Peter and Judas? 

Whom would He send to His apostles to strengthen them and 
give them peace? 

How is our Lord the Vine and Who are the branches? 

What did He say of the world of sin? 

How were His apostles to pray and what was His prayer for 
them? 

IX 

It was midnight when He left the Supper Room and with His 

apostles retired to the Garden of Gethsemane. Here He entered 

into His agony, His Body drenched in Blood. He prayed that 

the chalice of suffering might be taken away. During all this 

terrible time His apostles slept. He was alone as no man before 

or since has been alone. When He rose from prayer Judas ap-

peared with an armed band and kissed Him. It was a pre-

arranged signal, followed by His capture. Peter slashed at the 

mob with his sword. Then Peter and the others deserted Him. 

He was led before Annas and Caiphas the High Priests for trial. 

Challenged by the court to state plainly if He was God He an-

swered plainly that He was. As God He would come and judge 

them all. During the trial Peter denied Him three times. Then 

Peter going out wept bitterly. Sentence of death was passed. 

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upon H i m because He claimed His eternal title, Son of God. He 

was spit upon, struck with fist and club, mocked and scorned. 

I n the meantime Judas came back to the Council, declared he 

had betrayed innocent Blood and threw back the thirty pieces of 

silver. Then he hanged himself. Before the Council Christ pro-

claimed Himself King of all mankind. At once they seized upon 

the statement as treasonable and brought H i m before Pilate. 

Pilate after a brief examination sent H i m to Herod. Herod would 

not hear the case and He was returned to Pilate's court. Pilate 

pronounced H i m innocent. The Council threatened to denounce 

Pilate to Caesar. Pilate weakened and condemned H i m to death. 

He was scourged, crowned with thorns in mockery of His King-

ship, and sent on His Way of the Cross. Simon of Cyrene was 

forced to help Him carry the Cross, the women of Jerusalem 

gave H i m their sympathy ,and He reached Calvary a bruised and 

livid Wound. There He was crucified between two thieves. 

Pilate put on His Cross: Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews. 

The mob surging around Him, mocked and blasphemed. The 

soldiers gambled for His garments. He prayed. To John He en-

trusted Mary, to Mary John and all the human family. He 

asked the Father to forgive His executioners and all sinners. He 

promised Paradise to the contrite robber. He asked the Father: 

W h y have You forsaken me? After three hours' agony He cried 

with a loud voice: Father, into Your Hands I give My Soul. 

And saying this He died. The Roman captain proclaimed His 

divinity: Indeed this Man was the Son of God. Then all nature 

was shaken. The Temple veil was rent in two from the top 

even to the bottom, and the rocks were rent, and the graves 

opened, and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose. 

Lightning, thunder, earthquake struck terror into all who stood 

on Calvary. One of the soldiers when he saw He was already 

dead, sent his spear crashing through His Side. Then those who 

loved H i m took His Body and placed it in the tomb that was 

not His. Even in death He had nothing. No one spoke. They 

watched Joseph of Arimathea seal the sepulchre with a stone. All 

went away to their homes. It was the day of the Preparation and 

the Sabbath drew on. The chief priests and Pharisees on the fol-

lowing day threw a guard around the sepulchre and sealed it with 

a stone. (223-243.) 

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Questions 

Where did Christ take His apostles after the Last Supper? 

What took place there? 

How did Christ pray there? 

What were the circumstances of His capture? 

Who were His Jewish judges? 

What was Pilate's verdict? 

Why was He condemned by Pilate? 

Before He reached Calvary what torments were His? 

What were His prayers on the Cross? 

How did the soldiers and spectators act during His three hours' 
dying? 

Why did the soldier pierce His Side? 

In whose tomb was He laid? 

How was it made secure? 

X 

Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome 

came to Calvary on the first day of the week. They found an 

empty tomb. At once they returned and told the apostles. Peter 

and John ran to the tomb and verified the statement. He was 

not there. He had risen. Mary Magdalene stood by the sepulchre 

weeping. She thought her Lord's Body had been stolen. Jesus 

appeared to her and told her to announce His Resurrection to 

His loved ones. On first hearing this the apostles treated the news 

as idle tales; and they did not believe them. Then the guard 

went into the city and reported to the priests that their Victim 

had risen from the dead. A huge sum of money was given the 

soldiers by the Jewish Council with the command: Say that His 

disciples came by night and stole Him away. The soldiers did 

as commanded for the bribe was big. On that first Easter Sun-

day two of His disciples left Jerusalem and as they walked along 

a Stranger met them asking what they were discussing. They 

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replied: "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth who was killed by our 

leaders and is reported to be risen from the dead." He explained 

the Scriptures to them. They recognized Him and He vanished. 

They returned to the city and burst into the group of eleven 

apostles declaring: "He is risen, and we have seen H i m . " Then 

our Lord appeared to all who were gathered in the upper room 

and said: Peace be to you. It is I. Fear not. Receive you the 

Holy Ghost whose sins you shall forgive are forgiven, whose 

sins you shall retain are retained. I t was evening the first day 

of the week. A week from that day He appeared again to the 

disciples and to Thomas who had doubted His Resurrection. 

Later on He appeared on the shore of the Lake of Galilee when 

all the apostles were fishing. On this occasion He confirmed 

Peter in his office of Supreme Pastor. Peter was to feed the 

lambs and the sheep of the Flock of Christ. After showing Him-

self to eleven followers and then to five hundred, He made His 

last appearance. This was to His apostles. He said to them: 

AJI power is given to M e in heaven and on earth. . . . You 

shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you 

and you shall be witnesses unto Me in Jerusalem . . . and 

even to the uttermost part of the earth. . . . Going therefore 

teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father 

and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to ob-

serve all things I have commanded you. And behold I am 

with you all days even to the end of the world. When He said 

this, He blessed them. And while they looked on He was raised 

up and a cloud received H i m out of their sight. He had ascended 

into Heaven from the mount that is called Olivet. Joyfully they 

returned to Jerusalem where they awaited the coming of the 

Holy Spirit which had been promised them. On Pentecost He 

came and they were all filled with grace and strength, and He 

rested on each one of them in parted tongues like fire. And they 

went forth and preached the Gospel to everyone everything as He 

had commanded them. Now our Lord did many other things 

besides these that are set down here. If every one of these things 

were written the world itself would not be able to contain the 

needed books that should be written. But these are written that 

all may see that He is Christ the Living God and believing may 

have Life in His Name. (24S-2S7.) 

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Questions 

What did Magdalen discover at the Tomb of Christ? 

How many apostles were present Sunday evening when He 
appeared ? 

How many times did He appear to the apostles and disciples? 

What power did He give His apostles at one apparition? 

What power did He confer on Peter? 

What promise did He make to the apostles? 

What task did He appoint them to carry out? 

What happened on Mount Olivet? 

Where did the apostles go after this? 

How did the Holy Ghost appear to them? 

What action did they take on Pentecost? 

Is everything Christ did written in the Gospels? 

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M a n y other signs did Jesus in the 

sight of His disciples which are not 

written in this book. But these are 

written that you may believe that 

Jesus is the Christ the Son of God; 

and that believing you may have life 

in His Name (John xx. 30, 31). 





B E H O L D 

I C O M E Q U I C K L Y , 

A N D M Y R E W A R D I S W I T H M E , 

TO R E N D E R TO E V E R Y M A N 

A C C O R D I N G TO H I S 

W O R K S . 

A M E N . C O M E , L O R D J E S U S . 











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