i THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF PROFESSOR ROBERT K. SPAULDING :xi^ ^'§,0^1 in^ The foUmoing letter of hif^ Holivesx Pius the Sixlk to the most Rev. Anthony Martini, Archbishop of Florence, on his translation of the Holy Bible into Italian, shows the benefit which the faithful may reap from their having the Holy Scriptures in the vulgar tongue. POPE PIUS THE SIXTH. Beloved Son :— Health and apostolical benediction. At a time that a vast number of bad books, whicli grossly attack the Catholic relinrion, are circulated even among the unlearned, to the great destruction of souls, you judge exceedingly well, that the faUhful should be excited to the reading of the holy scriptures: for these are the most abundant sources ^vhich ought to be left open to every one, to draw from them purity of morals and of doctrine, to eradicate the errors which are so widely disseminated in these corrupt times. This you have seasonably effected, as you declare, by publish- ing the sacred writings in the language of your country, suitable to every one's capa- city; especially when you shew and set forth, that you have added explanatory notes, which, being extracted from the holy fathers, preclude every possible danger of abuse. Thus you Imve not swerved either from the laws of the Congregation of the Index, or tVom the constitution published on this subject by Benedict XIV. that immortal Pope, our predecessor in the pontificate, and formerly, when we held a place near his person, our excellent master in ecclesiastical learning, circumstances which we mention as hon- ourable to us. We therefore applaud your eminent learning, joined with your extraordinary piety, and we return you our due acknowledgments for the books which you have transmit- ted to us, and which, when convenient, we will read over. In the mean time, as a token of our pontifical benevolence, receive our apostolical benediction, which to you, beloved son, we very affectionately impart. Given at Rome, on the calends of April, 1778, the fourth year of our Pontificate. PHILIP BUONAiMICI, Latin Secretary. To our beloved Son, ) Anthony Martini, at Turin. ) (a translation from the latin original.) APPROBATIONS. Baltimore, Dcember \ith, 1817. My Dear Sir : You have my olieerful approbation of your proposed edition of the New Testament, about to be published under the direction of the Right Rev. Bishop of New- York. Y'our very faithful servant in Christ. t SAMUEL, A_RCHBrsHOP of Raltijioke. RIr. H W. Hewet, New-Y^ork, Neic- York, Feast of St. Thoinas Apostle, 1847. Dear Sir : Thu purpose which you have made known to me, of publishing a Pictorial and Illuminated edition of the Catholic New Testament, is one which meets my entire approbition. Knowin;; the superior advantages otyour establi.-hnient in executing such a work, with appropriate embellishments. I cheerfully recommend to the pa- tronage of the Catholic public the entei prise in which you aie ensageil. The expenditure on your part in ac- complishing it must be large, and yet I cannot allow myself to doubt of your being sustained by the community at large, and more especially the Catholic portion of it. No work of equal artistical beauty has, as yet, been published in this country ; whilst, on the other hand, the cheapness at which you furnish it to subscfibers, will bring it within the means of almost every individual. Y'our generous purpose, of appropriating one-fourth of the profits to charitable purposes, to be applied as I may judge he.st, is a sufficient prool of your earnestness, and disinterestedness in the undertaking, which a corresponding liberality on the part of the Catholic community themselves will, I trust, render eminently successful. 1 remain, very sincerely, your obedient servant, t JOHN HUGHES, Bishop of New-York. H. W. Hewet, Esa. Mr. Hewet being about to undertake the publication of an edition of the New Testament, with Illustra- tions, with the sanction of the Bistiop of New-York, I cheerfully concur in recommending it to the faulilul ol tliis diocess. Given under my hand this 27th day of November, 1S47. t FRANCIS PATRICK KENRICK, Bishop of Phu.adei.phia. My Dear Sir : It is with a great pleasure that I see your Illustrated edition of the Catholic New Testament about to be pub- lished, and I cheerfully recommend it to the faithful of this diocess. t AMEDEUS, Bishop op Cleveland. Cleveland, Jiibj 29tri, 1848. Neic-Orleans, August ■ilh, 1848. My Dear Sir : 1 have read you"- prospectus of an Illuminated Testament, which you propose publishing under the edito- rial supervi-ion oltlie Right Rev. Bishop of New- Y'^ork : I cannot but approve the undertaking, and I will cheer- fully recommend it to the faithful of this dioc-iss. I remain, most sincerely, your obedient servant, t ANT., Bishop of NewOrlkaxs. Mr. II. W. Hewet, NewY^ork. Charleston, S. C, August I2th, 1318. Dear Sir : I am highly pleased with your very laudable undertaking, — "an edition of the Illustrated Catholic New Testament," — and trust your enterprise will meet with the encouragement which it so well merits. I shall subscribe to it, and will endeavor lo induce others to do the same. Very trulv, your servant in Christ, t lOUS. AL. REVNOI-DS, Bi6hop of Charleston II. VV. Hewet, Esa. Wheeling-, August ['ith, 1818. Dear Sir : The names of the Arrhbislinp of Baltimore, and of the Bishops of New- York and Philadelphia, are such a recommendation to your Illustrated Testament as to render any other unnecessary. With them I heariily join in their expression of approbation. Very respectfully and sincerelv voiirs. 1 RICHARD VINCENT, Bishop of UiruMOND. II. W. Hewet, Esq. i ^M, ^ A mm ^i <'/ it <»" '«^ (2)) A jt ' '^' A- f^ «^ 5riijv.aias.>&©ig^ >,x^ 9 Ijr' 'y "^r *^f 'XT '^ 'Y "X c)i"S ^ TT>^ :,Li^ <-'>;-':, !jjj' '^^^S!^'Jj^y^^^Uj^'!j 0^'^"'^0 tf -%^- 51} a nj. IP HI njsjasiiit^ m >ro. 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And when any variation has been observed in tiiem, great pains were taken to select the clearest, and most authentic rendering of the Sacred text. Besides this collection of the best English editions, to which constant reference has been made in forming the present edition, it has the advantage of being diligently com- pared with the Latin Vulgate. A judicious and approved use has been also made of the original Greek, wlien a strict, and verbal translation of the Latin would convey an ambi- guous, or obscure meaning in our language. And an extensive knowledge of Hebrew has been made available in rendering with correctness and precision the many Hebrew- isms of St. Paul. Many inaccuracies, which the close, and critical observer must have remarked in pre- ceding editions, will be found corrected in this : and the division of chapters and verses used by the Latin Vulgate (a point of considerable importance in scriptural re- ferences; invariably adhered to. We may therefore confidently recommend this edition, as one of the most correct, and faithful hitherto issued from the English press. The illustrations will be found also to have their merit: being numerous, and copied from original masterpieces of tiie best artists, by one of the best wood-engravers that this country has produced. The design of a pictorial Testament is new, and hitherto unattempted, but worthy of being patronised, as it contributes to enrich and embellish the Sacred volume, whilst it serves to foment piety by rendering more sensible, and impressive many of the aflecting scenes described by the inspired penmen. We hope therefore, that tliis project, to real- ize which so much labour and expense has been incurred, will recommend itself favour- ably to the pious Catholic public. 853 ^{kx;^'uk2£i^;^TrtK^';^;; =r^ i£ik'2kk^<;arif^^i;i^<;^kib£&^ ORDER B^ GhC^*^ BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. ST. MATTHEW MAth CHApfERs XXVI II ST. MARK < .1 XVI ST. LUKE ......... .. .. XXIV GT. JOHN .: >i XXI THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES XXVIH ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS < XVI 1 CORINTHIANS < XVI 2 CORINTHIANS « >< XIII GALATIANS .< .. VI EPHESlANS ■ ' .. VI PHILIPIANS ,V COLOSSIANS .. I. IV 1 THESSALONIANS .< c v 2 THESSALONIANS .. u m 1 TIMOTHY <. ,. yj 2 TIMOTHY .. u ,v TITUS • . ,11 PHILEMON i, ,< J HEBREWS .( ., XIII ST. JAMES .. .. V 1 ST. PETER .. ., V 2 ST. PETER .. .< in 1 ST. JOHN ••..'... .< .< V 2 ST. JOHN ■ . .. .. I 3 ST. JOHN .. ,. J ST. JUDE » .( , APOCALYPSIA .. u REVELATION ..... . . .. ,. XXH 3 I >S)^ i I I J? A- SS5&"9TO"«r4'"?^"^'- 2. Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac '^■^g»^^%^ • ^ begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas ^^ty^^a^ •<^ ^ and his brethren. k^MB!l<'^) 1 ST. MATTHEW. 3 And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Tliamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram. 4 And Aram begot Aminidab. And Aminidab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. 5 And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse. 6 And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias. 7 And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abias. And Abias begot Asa. 8 And Asa begot Jehosopliat. And Jeho- sophat begat Joram. And Joram begotOzias. 9 And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joa- tliara begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias. 10 And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Anion. And Amon begot Josia.s. 1 1 And Josiiiis begot Jeclionias «nrl his brethren, aoout the time they were carried away to Babylon. 12 And after they were carried to Baby- lon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Sala- thiel begot Zorobabel. 13 And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor. 14 And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achiin. And Achim begot Eliud. 15 And Eliud begot Eioazer. And Eleazer begot Mathan. And Matlian he- got Jacob. 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husbind of Mary,* of whom was born Jesus, who is called Ciirtst. 17 So all the generations from Abraham unto David, are fourteen generations. And from David until tlie carrying away to Baby- lon, are fourteen generations. And from the carrying away to Babylon to Christ, are fourteen generations. 18 Now the birth of Christ was in this wise. When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of tlie Holy Ghost. 19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing pu))licly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying : Josepii, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mart thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. 2 1 And she shall bring forth a Son ; and thou shalt call his name Jesus ; for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done that the word might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: 23 Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24 And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lor^ had commanded him, and took unto him his wife. 25 And he knew her not ftill she brought forth her first-born Son ; and called his name Jesus. CHAP. n. The offerings of the wise men: the flight into Egypt: the massacre of the inno- cents. ^OW when Jesus was horn in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of King Herod, behold, tliere came wise men from the east to Jeru- salem, 2 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. 3 And King Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he • Ver. 16. 7^e hnshand of Mary. The Evangelist gives us rather the i^digrcc of St. Joseph, than that of the Blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Hebrews, who in their genealogies took no notice of women : but as they were near akin, the pedigree of the one showeth that of the other. t Ver. 25. Till— first Iwrn. These are ways of speech common among :he Hebrews; and only assure us that our Blessed Lady wa." => -irsin when she brough' forth her Son ; which is the great iioint the Evangelist haa here in view ; without meddling with the i]Ucslion, whul was done aflerwsids. Bui, by apostolical tradi- tion, we are ansured tliat she niways remained a virgin. inquired of them where Clirist should be born. 5 But they said to him : In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the pro- phet : 6 And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda ; for out of thee shall come forth the Ruler that shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, inquired of them diligently the time of the star's appearing to them ; 8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said ; Go, and inquire diligently after the child: and when you iuive found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and adore him. 9 And when they had heard the king, they went their way : and behold the star which they had i-eon in tlie east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was. 10 And seeing the star, they rejoiced witii exceeding great joy. 11 And enterinff into the hou.se, they found the child with Makv his mother, and I :r_^ [.X^it fallinp down they adored him : and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold, frani;;-^'^f ^.-^ .^^,^, ,,,,ks, and ^"l^^-are the light.of the world A | g>-^^;-^a,her w.;o is m hea..^^^ ^^ city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. 17 »" ""^ '^'"^ . pr„phets. I am 15 Neither do men hght a candle and put I destroy the '"^^^- «J, J'" ^^1, it under a bushel,but upon a candlestick, that not come to destroj but .o Inlhl • Ver. 17. To fulfil. perfect. ^7;;;;;;;pli;,-g^ir;h77sur.8 a„d prop!.ecie.; and perfecting all that was im- Q.O ST. MATTHEW. 18 For *iunen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kintjdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, that except your justice exceed that of fthe scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the king- dom of heaven. 21 You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be Jin danger of the judgment. 22 But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, ^Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, IIThou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there shalt remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee ; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then come and ofler thy gift. 25 Be at agreement with thy adversary quic'.ly, whilst thou art in the way with him : lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26 Amen, I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou pay the last farthing. 27 You have heard that it was said to them of old : Thou shalt not commit adultery. 28 But I say to you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye Icause thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, than that thy whole body should be east into hell. 30 And if thy right hand cause thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee : for it is better for thee that one of thy mem- bers should perish, than that thy whole body go into hell. 31 And it hath also been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. 32 But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, e.xcepting the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. 33 Again you have heard that it was said to them of old : Thou shalt not for- swear thyself: But thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. 34 But I say to you **not to swear at all : neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God: 35 Nor by the earth, for it is his foot- stool : nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no : and that wiiich is over and above these, is of evil. * Ver. 18. Amen. Thai is, assuredly, of a truth. .This Hebrew word. Amen, is here retauied by the exam- ple and authority of the four evangelists, who have retained it. It is used by our Lord aa a strong asseveration and afTirmation of the truth. t Ver. 20. The Scribes and of the Pharisees. The Scribes were the doctors of the law of Moses : the Pharisees were a precise set of men, making profession of a more exact observance oi' the law : and upon that account greatly esteemed among the people. I Ver. 21. Jn danger if the judgment, &c. i.e. Sliall be liable to be brought before the lower court, amongst the Jews, which took cognizance of such crimes, whereas the Council or Sanhedrim was a higher court, and had greater authority. S Ver. 22. Raca. A word expressing great indignation or contempt. I Ibid. Thou fool. This was then looked upon as a heinous injury : and therefore is here so severely con- demned. n Ver. 29. Cause thee to offend. That is. if it be a stumbling block, or occasion of sin to thee. By which wc arc taught to fly the immediate occasions of sin, though they be as dear to us, or as necessary aa a hand or an eye. • • Ver. 34. Not to suiear at all. 'Tis not forbid to swear in Truth, Justice and Judgment ; to the honor of God, or our own or neighbor's just defence ; but only to swear rashly, or profanely, in common discourse ami without necessity. ( ^^- ST. MATTHEW. 38 You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say to you *not to resist evil : but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also : 40 And if a man will go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall force thee to go one mile, go with him other two. 42 Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away. 43 You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neigiibour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you; and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you; 45 That you may be the children 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. 46 For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have ? do not even f the publicans the same 1 47 And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more 1 do not also the heathens the same 1 48 Be ye therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect. CHAP. VI. A continuation of the sermon on the Mount. AKE heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen ' by them : otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Fa- ther who is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trum- j pet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand dotl). 4 That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will repay thee. 5 And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men : Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret : and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee. 7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that they shall be heard for their much- speaking. 8 Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. 9 You therefore shall pray in this man- ner : Our Father who art in heaven, |hal- lowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in lieaven. 11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 5 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13 And Ulead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. 14 For if you forgive men their of- fences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your oifences. 15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your ofi'ences. 16 And when you fast, be not as the * Ver. 39. M'ot to resist evil, &c. What is here commanded, ia a christian patience under injuries and afTronts, and to be willing even to suffer still more, rather than to indulge the desire of revenge : but what is further added does not strictly oblige according to the letter, lor neither did Christ, not St. Paul turn tlie other cheek. St. John xviii. and Acts xxiii. t Ver. 46. The Publicans. These were the gatherers of the public taxes : a set of men odious and infamous among the Jews for their extortions and injustices. 1 Chap. VI., Ver. 9. Hallowed. That is, blessed and glorified. § Ver. II. Supersubstantial bread. In St. Z,«/te, the same word is rendered daiVy 6reairrt; + ^> tlioni flint ns,k iim ? these. , 30 Now if God so clothe the grass ot the j field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is | cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little foith ? 31 Be not solicitous therefore, saymg, what shall we eat : or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? 32 For after all these things do the heathen seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. 33" Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and" his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Be not therefore solicitous for to- morrow : for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. CHAP. VII. 2'he third part of the sermon on the Mount. jUDGE not, that you may ' not be judged. 2 For with what judg- ment ycu judge, you shall be judged: and >vith what ~^^g,,.~y be measured to you again 3 And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brotlier's eye ; and seest not the beam that is in thine* own eye ? 4 Or how sayest thou to thy brother : Let me cast the mote out of tliy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye ? 5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast the mote out of thy bro- ther's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy to dogs ; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under then- feet, and turning upon you. they tear you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you : seek, and you shall find : knock, and it shall be op Ml ■•! '• you give good things to them that ask iiim ? 12 All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets. 13 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. 14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life : and few there are that find it ! 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 By their fruits you shall know them._ Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. _ .^ 18 A good tree cannot bring fortii evii fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth _^ _ good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be measur'e you mete, it shall cast into the fire. , , . ^ .^ , ,, •^ - '20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith fo me, Lord, Lord, slinll enter into the kingdom of heav- en : but lie that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that d:iy : Lord, Lord, have no"t we prophesied in tliy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name ? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I nevi'r knew you : depart from me, you that work iniquitv- 24 Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened !o a wise man that built his house u;)on a rock ; ^^nli ST. MATTHEW. 26 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and thej' beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolisli man that built his house upon the sand; 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came. and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the full thereof. 28 And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine. 29 For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the Scribes and Pharisees. ^^m/^mmmry^^s^^f^ > CHAP. VIII. Christ cleanses the leper, heals the Centu- rion's servant, Peters mother-in-law, and many others: he stills the storm at sea, drives the devils out of two men possessed, and suffers them to go into the sicine. ND when he was come down from the moun- tain, great multitudes followed him : 2 And behold a leper came and adored him, ,^-v — ^-^ ' ^'iy'"o • Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saving: I will. Be thou made clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith to him : See thou tell no man : but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them. 6 And when he had entered into Caphar- naum, there came to him a centurion, be- seeching him, 6 And saying : Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith to him : I will come and heal him. 8 And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I also am a man under author- ity, having soldiers under me ; and I say to this man. Go, and he goeth, and to ano- ther, Come, and he cometh, and to my ser- vant. Do this, and he doeth it. 10 And Jesus hearing this, he mar- velled ; and said to them that followed him : Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel. 1 1 And I say unto 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: 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said to the centurion : Go, and as thou liast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same liour. 14 And when Jesus was coinc into ST. MATTHEW. 13 I Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever ; 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them. 16 And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils; and he" cast out the spirits with his word : and all that were sick he healed. 1 7 That the word might be fulfilled,wliich was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying : He look our infirmities, and bore our diseases. 18 And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him., g'ave orders to pass over the water. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said to him : Master, I will follow thee whither- soever thou shalt go. 20 And Jesus saith to him : The foxes I have holes, and the birds of the air nests, but the Son of ]Man hath not where to lay his liead. 21 And another of his disciples said to him : Lord, suffer me first to go and bury mv father. '22 But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead. 23 And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awakened him, saying : Lord, save us, we perish ! 26 And Jesus saith to them : Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm. 27 But the men wondered, saying : What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him? 28 And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way. 29 And behold they cried out, saymg: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God ? Art thou come iiither to torment us before tlie time ? 30 And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding. 3 1 And tiie devils besought him, saying : ^^-^.-.^M-:. ST. MATTHEW. If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine. 32 And he ssiid to them : Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd run violently down a steep place into the sea : and they perished in the waters. 33 And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils. 34 And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts. CHAP. IX. Christ heals one sick of the palsy: calls Matthew : cures the issue of blood : raises to life the daughter of Jairus : gives sight to two blind men : and heals a dumb man vossessed by the devil. ND entering into a boat, he passed over the water, and kj^y Vp(R came into his own 2 And behold j^^ they brought to ^tj^ 'iit^^ajSF-^fe' liini a man sick of tlie palsy lying in a bed. And .Jesus seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy : Son, be of good heart, thy sins are for- given thee. 3 And behold some of the Scribes said within themselves : He blaspliemeth. 4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said : Why do you think evil in your hearts ? 5 Which is easier to say, thy sins are forgiven thee : or to say, arise and walk ? 6 But tliat you may know tliat the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (tlicn saith he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy Ijed, and go into thy house. 7 And he arose, and went into his house. 8 And the multitudes seeing it, feared, and glorified God who had given such power to men. 9 And when Jesus pas-sed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom- liouse, named Matthew ; and he saith to him : Follow me. And he arose up and followed him. 10 And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publi- cans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 1 1 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples : Wiiy doth your master eat with publicans and sinners ? 12 But Jesus hearing it, said : They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. 13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, / ivill have mercy, and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners. 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying : Why do we and the Phari- sees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast? 15 And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and tiien they shall fast. 16 And no one putteth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. 17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles : and both are preserved. 18 As he was speaking these things to them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead ; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples. 20 And beiiold a woman who was troubled witli an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. 21 For she said within herself. If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed. 22 But Jesus turning about and seeing her, said : Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made ihee whole. And tlie woman was made whole from that hour. 23 And when Jesus came into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout, 24 He said: (Jive place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to .scorn. 25 And when the multitude was put forth, he went in. and took her hy the hand. And the maid arose. iL^M g mm S^^ ST. .MATTHKW. 26 And tlic fame hereof wont iibroad into all thiit country. 27 And as Jesus passed from thenec, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O son of David. 28 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. Yca.T.ord. 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith.be it done unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this. 31 But tliey going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country. 32 And when they were gone out, be- hold tlu'v brought him a dundi man pos- sessed wi'h a devil. 33 And af;tT the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes won- dered, saying. Never was the like seen in Israel. 34 But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the (fospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infir- mity. 36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd. 37 Then he saith to his disciples. The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest. CHAP. X. Christ sends out his twelve apostles, with the power of miracles. The lessons he gives them. ND having called his twelve disciples to- gether, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases and all manner of infirmities. 2 Now the names of tlie twelve apostles are these- the first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brotlier, 3 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alplieus, and Thaddeus, 4 Simon the Camuiean, and Judas Is- cariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent, and com- manded them, saying: Go not in the way of the gentiles, and into the cities of the Sji- maritans enter not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And going, preach, saying : The king- dom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils : freely have you received, freely give. 9 Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses : 10 Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff'; for the work- man is worthy of his meat. 11 And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence. 12 And when you come into a house, salute it, saying : Peace be to this house. 13 And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it ; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words : going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Go- morrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and *simplc as doves. 17 But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. 18 And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings, for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles : 19 But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak. 20 For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. 21 The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son ; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and siiall put them to death. 22 And you .shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall per- severe unto the end, he shall be saved. 23 And when they .shall persecute you in this city, tlee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of 3Ian come. 24 The disciple is iu)t above his master, nor tiie servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the good man of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household ? Ver. 16. Simple. Thai i^. harmless, plain, .sincere, and without iiiile. '^Sg^- '•iJ 'Os^ 26 Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered, th.it shall not be revealed : nor hid, that shall not be known. 27 That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light : and that which you hear 'in tlie ear, preach ye upon the house-tops. 28 And fear not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a far- thing? and not one of them siiall fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. 32 Every one therefore that shall con- fess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father wlio is in heaven. 33 But he that shall deny me before men, I \vill also deny iiim before my Father who is in heaven. 3 4 Do not think that I am come to send peace upon earth: I came not to send pe;ice, but the sword. ST. MATTHEW. 35 For*I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daugliter against her motiuT, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-hiw. 36 And a man's enemies, shall be they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 38 And he tliat taketli not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it : and he tliat shall lose his life for my sake, sliall find it. 40 He that receiveth you, receiveth me : and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a propliet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall re- ceive the reward of a just man. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. CHAP. XI. John sends his disciples to Christ, who up- braids the Jews with their incredulity, and calls to him such as are sensible of their burdens. ND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of command- ing his twelve disci- ples, he passed from .thence, to teacli and 'preacli in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to him : 3 Art thou he tliat is to come, or do we look for another? 4 And Jesus making answer said to them : Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen. 6 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. 6 And blessed is he that shall not be fscandalizcd in me. 7 And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitude concerning John : What went you out into the desert to see ? a reed shaken with the wind ? 8 But what went you out to see ? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings. 9 But what went you out to see ? a pro- phet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written : Behold I send my Angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 1 1 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist : yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Bap- tist until now, the kingdom of heaven Jsuffereth violence, and the violent bear it away. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John : 14 And if you will receive it, Jhe is Elias that is to come. 15. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16 But to what shall I compare this generation ? It is like to children sitting in tlie market-place, who crying out to tiieir companions, 17 Say : We have piped to you, and you have not danced : we have lamented, and you have not mourned. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil. 19 The son of man came eating and * Ver. 35. / am come to set a man at variance, &c. Not that this was the end or design of the coming of our Saviour : but thai his coming, and his doctrine, would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him. t Chap. XI. Ver. 6. Scandalized in me. That is, who shall not talce occasion of scandal or o5ence from my humility, and the disgraceful death of the cross which I shall endure. J Ver. 12. Sufferet/i violence, &c. It ib not to be obtained but by main force, by using violence upon our- selves, and by mortification and penance. S Ver. 14. He is Elias, &c. Not in person, but in spirit. Luke i. 17. ST. MATTHEW, drinking, and they say : Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children. 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities, wherein were done the most of his mira- cles, because they had not done penance. 21 Wo to thee, Corozain, wo to thee, Bethsaida : for if in Tyre and Sidon the miracles had been done that have been done in you, they long ago would have done penance in sack-cloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. 23 And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if the mira- cles had been done in Sodom that have been done in thee, perhaps it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 25 At that time Jesus answered and said : I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. 26 Yea, Father ; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father : neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. 29 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. 30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light. ST. MATTHEW CHAP. XII. Christ reproves the blindness of the Phari- sees. And confutes their attributing his miracles to Satan. T that time Jesus walked through fields of corn on the sabbath day : and his disciples be- ing hungry, began to plnek the ears of 'corn, and to eat. 2 And the Pharisees seing them, said to liim : Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath. 3 But he said to them : Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him : 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat *the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were witli him, but for the priests only ? 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame ? 6 But 1 tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. 7 And if you knew what this meaneth, / will have mercy, and not sacrifce : you would never have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath-day. 9 And when he had departed from thence, he came into their synagogue. 10 And behold there was a man wlio had a withered hand, and tiiey asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath ? that they might accuse him. 1 1 But he said to them : What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep : and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up ? 12 How much better is a man Ihnn a sheep ? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath-days. 13 Tlien he saith to the man: Stretch forth liiy hand, and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health like the other. 14 And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence : and many followed him, and he healed them all. 16 And he charged them that they should not make him known. 17 That the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying : 18 Behold 7ny servant ichom Ihave chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, ami he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall Tint contend, nor cry out, nei- ther shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not extiiiguish : till he seiul forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name the Gentiles shall hope. 22 Then was brought unto him one pos- sessed with a devil, blind and dumb : and he healed him, so that he both spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David? 24 But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them : Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate : and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: iiow then shall his kingdom stand ? 27 x\nd if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your cliildren cast them out ? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I'by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is tiie kingdom of God come unto you. 29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong man, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong man ? and then he will rifle his house. 30 lie that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. 31 Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but * Chap. XII. Ver. 4. The loaves of proposition. So were called the twelve loaves which were placed before the sanctuary in the temi)le of God. *the blasphemy of the spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 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, it shall not be forgiven hira neither in this world, fnor in the world to come. • Ver. 31. The blasphemy against the spirit. The pin here spnken of, is ihat blasphemy by which the Phar- isees attributed the miracles of Christ, wrought by the spirit of God, to Beelzebub prince of devils. Now, this kind of sin is usually accompanied with so much obstinacy, and such wilful opposin? the Spirit of Ond. and the known truth ; that men who are Ruilty of it, are seldom or never converted : and therefore are never forgiven, because they will not repent. Otherwi.'ie there is no sin which God cannot, or will not forgive, to such as sm- cerely repent, and have recourse to the keys of the Church. t Ver. 32. Nor in the world to come. From these words St. Austin. (De Civ. 1. xxi. C. 13.) and St. Gregory (Dialog, iv. c. 39) gather, that some sins may be remitted in the world to come : and, consequently, that there is a purgatory or a middle place. ST. MATTHEW. 33 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. 34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil ? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, that *every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be jus- tified, and by thy words thou shalt be con- demned. 38 Then some of the Scribes and Phari- sees answered him, saying: Master, we would see fa sign from thee. 39 But he answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign ; and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three cLij s and thiee nights so sliall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth Jthree days and three nights. 41 The men of Ninive shall rise in judg- ment with this generation, and shall con- demn it : because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas is liere. 42 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solo- mon is here. 43 And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith : I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than liira- self, and they enter in and dwell there ; and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. 46 As he was yet speaking to the multi- Ver. 36. Every idle word. This shews there must be a place of temporal pmiishnicnt hereal'ter, where these slighter faults shall be punished. t Ver. 38. A sign. That is, a miracle from heaven, St. Luke xi. 16. t Ver. 40. Three day.'}, &c. Not complete days and nights ; but part of three days and three nights, taken according to the way that the Hebrews counted their days and nights, viz. from evening to evening. ST. MATTHEW tudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. 47 And one said to him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee. 48 But he answering him that told him, said : *Who is my mother, and who are my brethren ? 49 And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said : Behold my mother and my brethren. 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. CHAP. XIII. The parables of the sower: of the cockle; of the mustard-seed, c|-c. >.^'^itJt^.^(if^>> HE same day Jesus Aw going out of the house, sat by the sea side. 2 And great multi- ' tudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a boat and sat : and all the multitude stood on the shore ; 3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying : Behold the sower went forth to sow. 4 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up. 5 And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth : and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth. 6 And when the sun was up they were scorched : and because they had not root, they withered away. 7 And others fell among thorns : and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 And others fell upon good ground : and they brought forth fruit, some an hun- dred fold, some si.vty fold, and some thirty fold. 9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And his disciples came and said to him : Why -speakest thou to them in para- bles? 11 He answered and said to them: 23 Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given. 12 For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound : but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. 13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables : because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they un- derstand : 14 And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith : By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand : and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. 15 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 slwuld see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and un- derstand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17 For, Amen I say to you, many pro- phets 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. 18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catclieth away that which was sown in his heart : this is he that received the seed by the way side. 20 And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy. 21 Yet hath he not root in liiinself, but is only for a time : and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized. 22 And he chat received tlie seed among the tliorns, is he that heareth the word, and the cares of this world, and the dcceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he Le- cometh fruitless. 23 But he that received the seed into good ground, is he that heareth the word. ■ Ver. 48. Who is iny mother! This was not spoken by way of slighting his mother : but to shew that we are never to suffer ourselves to be taken off from tlie service of GoJ, by any inorJinate affection to our earthly parents : and that what our Lord chiefly regarded in his mother, was her doing the will of his Father in heaven. It may also further allude to the reprobation of the Jews, his carnal kindred, and the election of the Gentiles. and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth, one a hundred fold, and another sixty, and another thirty. 24 Another parable he proposed to them, sayinff: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, and went his way. 26 And when the blade was sprung up, and brouglit forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. 27 Then the servants of the good man of the house came, and said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it cockle ? 28 And he sjiid to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him : Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? 29 And he said : No, lest perhaps while ye gather up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together witli it. 30 Let both 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 int(( bundles to burn, but gather the wheat into my barn. 31 Another parable he jiroposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in Iiis field, 32 Which is the least indeed of all seeds : but when it is grown up, it is greater than any herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof. 33 Another j)arable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a wonum took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. 34 All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes : and without parables he did not speak to them. 35 That the word might be fulfilled w^hich was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my month in jjarablcs, I irill utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. 36 Then having sent away the multi- tudes, he came Into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the cockle of the field. 37 He made answer, and said to them; He that aoweth the good seed, is the Son of Man. ST. MATTHEW. 38 And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one. 39 And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the Angels. 40 Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire : so shall it be at the end of the world. 41 The Son of Man shall send his An- gels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity. 42 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be weeping and gnash- ing of teeth. 43 Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field : which when a man hath found, he iiideth it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. 46 Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. 48 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. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just. 60 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 Have ye understood all these things ? They say to him : Yea. 52 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. 53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from thence. 54 And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered and said : How came this man by this wisdom and miracles. 55 Is not this the carpenter's son 1 Is not his mother called Mary, and *his breth- ren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude ? 56 And his sisters, are not they all with us 1 Whence therefore hath he all these things? 57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them : A pro- phet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58 And he wrought not many mu*acles there, because of their unbelief. CHAP. XIV. Herod puts John to death. Christ feeds 5000 in the desert. He walks upon the sea, and heals all the diseased with the touch of his garment. T that time Herod the fTetrach heard of the fame of Jesus. 2 And he said to his servants : This is John the Baptist : he is risen from the dead, and _ therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother's wife. 4 For John said to him : It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And wishing to put him to death, he feared the people : because they esteemed him as a prophet. 6 But on Herod's birth-day, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath, * Chap. Xm. Ver. 55. His brethren. These were the children of Mary the wife of Clcopas, sister to our Blessed Lady (St. Matt, xxviii. 56. St. John xix. 25.) and therefore, according to the usual style of the Scriptures, they were called brethren, that is, near relations to our Saviour. t Chap. XIV. Ver. 1. 1 etrarch. This word, derived from the Greek, signifies one that rules over the fourth part of a kingdom : as Herod then ruled over Galilee, which was but the fourth part of the kingdom of hia father. ST. MATTHEW, to g ve her whatsoever she would ask of him. 8 But she being instructed before by her mother, said : Give me here in a dish the head of John tlie Baptist. 9 And the king was struck sad : yet be- cause of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given. 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 1 1 And his head was brought in a dish : and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus. 13 Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by a boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitude having heard of it, followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disci- ples came to him, saying : This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals. 16 But Jesus said to them. They have no need to go : give you them to eat. 17 They answered him: We have here but five loaves and two fishes. 18 Who said to them: Bring them hither to me. 19 And when they had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon tlie grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled. And tliey took up what remained, twelve full baskets of fragments. 21 And the number of them that had eaten was five thousand men, besides wo- men and children. 22 And forthwith Jesus obliged his dis- ciples to get up into the boat, and to go before him over the water, wliile he sent the multitude away. 23 And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a mountain alone to pray. And when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24 But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves : for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea. 26 And tliey seeing liim walking on the sea, were troubled, saying : It is an appar- ition. And they cried out for fear. 27 And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart; it is I, fear ye not. 28 And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters. 29 And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come to Jesus. 30 But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid : and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying : Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him : O thou of httle faith, why didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God. 34 And having passed the water, they came into the country of Genesar. 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent into all that country, and brought to him all that were diseased. 36 And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment. And as many as touched, were made whole. CHAP. XV. Christ reproves the scribes. He cures the daughter of the woman of Canaan ; and many others : and feeds 4000 with seven loaves. ^i HEN came to him from Jerusalem Scribes and Pharisees, saying: ^ 2 Why do thy disci- ples transgress the tra- dition of the ancients? For tliey wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answering, said to them : Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition ? For God said : 4 Honour thy father and mother. And, ST. MATTHEW. He that shall curse father or mother, lei him die the death. 5 But you say : Whosoever shall say to father or mother, the *gift whatsoever pro- ceedeth from me shall profit thee. 6 And he shall not honour his father or his mother : and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition. 7 Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying" 8 This people lionoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. 9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and \commandments of men. 10 And having called together the mul- titudes unto him, he said to them : Hear ye and understand. 11 JNot that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said to him : Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scan- dalized ? 13 But he answering said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit. 15 And Peter answering said to him: Expound to us this parable. 1 6 But he said : Are you also yet without understanding ? 17 Do you not understand, that what- soever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy. 18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. 19 For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 20 These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man. 21 And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him : Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David : my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil. 23 Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying : Send her away, for she crieth after us : 24 And he answering said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and adored him, saying : Lord, help me. 26 Who answering, said : It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. 27 But she said : Yea, Lord: for the whelps also eat of the crumbs tliat fall from the table of their masters. 28 Then Jesus answering, said to her : O woman, great is thy faith : be it done to thee as tliouwilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour. • Chap. XV. Ver. 5. The Gift, &c. That is, the offering that I shall make to God, shall be instead of that which should be expended for thy profit. This tradition of the Pharisees was calculated to enrich themselves : by exempting children from giving any further as-sistance to their parents, if they once offered to the temple and the priests, that which should have been the support of their parents. But this was a violation of the law of God, and of nature, which our Saviour here condemns. t Ver. 9. Commandments of men. The doctrines and commandments here reprehended are such as are either contrary to thelaw of God (as that of neglecting parents, under pretence of giving to God) or at least are frivolous, unprofitable, and no ways conducing to true piety, as that of often washing hands, &c. without regard to the purity ol the heart. But as to the rules and ordinances of the holy church, touching fasts, festivals, ^^•^■ i;/' ' bom 80 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 tfiat can take, let him take it. 13 Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me : for the kingdom of heaven is for such. 15 And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence. 16 And bciiold one came and said : Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? 17 Who said to him: Why askcth thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 lie saith to him: Wliich ? And Je- sus said : Thou shall do no murder. Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not bear false witness. ST. MATTHEW, 19 Honnur thy father and thy mother : and, Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself. 20 The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me ? 21 Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me. 22 And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad : for he had great possessions. 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 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. 25 And when the disciples had heard this, they wondered very much, saying : Who then can be saved ? 26 And Jesus beholding said to them : With men this is impossible : but with God all things are possible. 27 Then Peter answering, said to him : Behold we have left all things, and have fol- lowed thee : what therefore shall we have ? 28 And Jesus said to them : Amen I say to you, 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 of Israel. 29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake: shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting. 30 But many that are first, shall be last ; and the last shall be first. CHAP. XX. The parable of the labourers in the vine- yard. The ambition of the two sons of Zebedee. Christ gives sight to two blitid men. HE kingdom of hea- ven is like to a house- holder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle. 4 And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just. 6 And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour ; and did in like manner. 6 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? 7 They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them : Go you also into my vineyard. 8 And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, be- ginning from the last even to the first. 9 When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10 But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny. 11 And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house, 12 Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us that have borne the burden of the day and the heats. 13 But he answering said to one of them : Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst thou not agree with me for a penny ? 14 Take what is thine, and go thy way : I will also give to this last even as to thee. 15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will ? is thy eye evil, because I am good ? 16 So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them : 18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again. • Chap. XX. Ver. 15. What Iteill. viz. with my own, and in matters that depend on my own bounty. '-T wed him. 30 And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out saying : O Lord, thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 31 And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying : O Lord, thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 32 And Jesus stood, and called them, and said : What will ye that I do to you ? 33 They say to him : Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and followed him. CHAP. XXL Christ rides itUo Jerusalem upon an ass : He casts the buyers and sellers out of the temple: curses the fig-tree; and puts to silence the priests and scribes. ND when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Beth- phage, unto Mount Ol- ivet, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 Saying to them : Go ye into the village that is over against you, and innnediately ^^C'- ST. MATTHEW you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose ihem and bring them to me : 3 And if any man shall say any thing to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them : and forthwith he will let fhem go. 4 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the pro- phet, saying : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold, thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of her that is vsed to the yoke. 6 And the disciples going did as Jesus commanded them. 7 And they brought the ass and the colt : and laid their garments upon them, and made him sit thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way : and others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way : 9 And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying : Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord : Hosanna in the highest. 10 And when he was come into Jerusa- lem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this ] 1 1 And the people said : This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee. 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves : 13 And he saith to them, it is written. My house shall he called the house of prayer : but ye hare made it a den of thieves. 14 And there came to him the blind, and the lame in the temple; and he healed them. 15 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 ; they were moved with indignation, 16 And said to him: Hearest thou what these say 'i And Jesus said to them : Yea, have you never read : Out of the moiUh of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise 1 17 And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there. 18 And in the morning returning into the city, he was hungry. 19 And seeing a certain fig-tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig-tree withered away. 20 And the disciples seeing it won- dered, saying : How is it presently withered away ? 21 And Jesus answering said to them: Amen I say to you, if you shall have fai'h, and stagger not, not only this of the fig- tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done. 22 And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive. 23 And when he was come into the temple, there came to him as he was teach- ing, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying: By what authority dost thou these things] and who hath given thee this authority ? 24 Jesus answering said to them : I also will ask you one word, which if you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what au- thority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John whence was if? from heaven, or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying : 26 If we shall say from heaven, he will say to us : Why then did you not believe him ? But if we shall say from men, we are afraid of the multitude : for all held John as a prophet. 27 And answering Jesus they said : We know not. He also said to them : Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what think you ? A certain man had two sons, and coming to the first, he said : Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. 29 And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repent- ance, he went. 30 And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, sir, and he went not : 31 Wiiich of the two did the will ? Thoy say to him : The first, saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and harlots sliall go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him : father's Jesus but you seeinj^ it, did not even afterwards repent, th;it you nii^rht believe him. 33 Hear ye another parable : There was a man an householder who planted a vineyard, and made a hedfjfe round about it, and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen : and went into a stranfje country. 34 And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husband- men, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen laid hands on his servants, and beat one, and killed an- other, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants more than the former : and they did to them in like manner. 37 And last of all he sent to them his son, saying : They will reverence my son. 38 But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves : This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance. 39 And taking him they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed hira. 40 When therefore the Lord of the vine- yard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen ? 41 They say to him : He will bring those evil men to an evil end : and will let out iiis vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season. 42 Jesus saith to them : Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the huihlers rejected, the same is become the head of the corner ? By the Lord this hath been done, and it is wonderful hi our eyes. 43 Therefore I say to you, that the king- dom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall ])e broken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and Phar- isees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. 46 And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes : because they held him as a prophet. ST. MATTHEW CHAP. xxn. The parable of the marriage-feast : Christ orders tribute to be paid to Cesar : he con,- futes the Sadducees : shews which is the first commandment in the law : and puz- zles the Pharisees. N D Jesus an- swering, spoke to them again in par- ables, saying: 2 The kingdom of heaven is like to a king, who made a marriage for his son 3 And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage : and they would not come. 4 Again he sent other servants, saying : Tell them that were invited : Behold, I have prepared my dinner ; my beeves and fat- lings are killed, and all things are ready : come ye to the wedding. 6 But they neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandize. 6 And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death. 7 But when the king heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. 8 Then he saith to his servants : The wedding indeed is ready ; but they that were invited, were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the high-ways ; and as many as ye shall find, invite to the wedding. 10 And his servants going out into Ihe high-ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good ; and the wed- ding was filled with guests. 11 And the king went in to see the guests : and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. 12 And he saith to him: Friend, how earnest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment 1 But he was silent. 13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the exterior darkness : there shall be weejv ing and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. 15 Then the Pharisees going consulted among themselves how to ensnare him in his speech. 16 And they sent to him their disciples .-■^■^y^ /' li^ ./ |fi|i ^:^^^^--^ // _ ST. MATTHEW. with *the Herodians, saying . Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither earest thou for any man : for thou dost not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not ? 18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said : Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites ? 19 Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny. 20 But Jesus saith to them : W^hose image and inscription is this ? 21 They say to him : Cesar's. Then he saith to them : Render therefore to Cesar the things that are Cesar's : and to God, the things that are God's. 22 And hearing this they wondered, and leaving liim went their way. 23 The sjime day the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no resurrection : and asked him, 24 Saying : Master, Moses said : If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven breth- ren: and the fii-st having married a wife, died ; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother. 26 In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also, 28 At the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had licr. 29 And Jesus answering, said to them : You err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in tlie resurrection they shall nei- ther marry, nor be given in marriage : but shall be as the angels of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read thatwiiich was spoken by God, saying to you : 32 / am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God >f Jacob ? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33 And the multitudes hearing this, were in admiration at his doctrine. 34 And the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together. 35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him : 36 Master, which is the great command- ment of the law? 37 Jesus said to him : Thou shall love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy ichole soul, and with thy whole mind. 38 This is the greatest and first com- mandment. 39 And the second is like to this : Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments depend- eth the whole law and the prophets. ■ 41 And the Pharisees being gathered to- gether, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he ? They say to him : Da- vid's. 43 He saith to them : How then doth David in spirit call him Lord ; saying . 44 The Lord said to my Lord : Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy foot-stool. 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son ? 46 And no man was able to answer him a word : neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. CHAP. XXIII. Christ admonishes the people to follow the good doctrine, not the bad example of the Scribes and Pharisees : he waims his dis- ciples not to imitate their ambition : and denounces divers woes against them for their hypocrisy and blindness. HEN Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples, 2 Saying: The Scribes and the Phar- ^t'^. isees have sitten on the chair of Moses. 3 All therefore whatsoever they siiall say to you, observe and do : but according to their works do ye not ; for they say, and do not : 4 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. 5 And all their works they do for to be • Chap. XXll. Ver. 16. Tfte Herodians. That is, some tliat belongeJ to Ilerod, and that joined with him in standing up for the necessity of paying tribute to Cesar ; that is, to the Roman emperor. Some are of opinion, Ihat there was a sect among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining that Ilerod was the Messias. ST. MATTHEW seen of men. For they make their *phy- lacteries broad, and enhirge their fringes. 6 Anu they love tiie iirst places at feasts, and tlie tirst chairs in the synagogues, 7 And salutations in the market-place, and to be called by men. Rabbi : 8 But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master, and all you are brethren. 9 And fcall none your father upon earth : for one is your father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called f masters : for one is your master, Christ. 1 1 He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled : and he that shall hum- ble himself, shall be exalted. 13 But wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men : for you go not in yourselves, and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter. 14 Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : because you devour the houses of widows, making long prayers : therefore you shall receive tTie greater judgment. 15 Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you go round about sea and land to make one proselyte : and when he is made, you make him the child of hell two-fold more than yourselves. 16 Wo 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. 17 Ye foohsh and blind : for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sancti- fieth the gold? 18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing : but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind : for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the 41 altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it : 21 And whosoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it : 22 And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : who tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not leave those others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish : But within you are full of rapine and unclean- ness. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean. 27 Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : because you are like to whiten- ed sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. 28 So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just : but within you are full of hy- pocrisy and iniquity. 29 Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who |;build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, 30 And say : If we had been in the days of our lathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 3 1 Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. * Chap. XXIII. Ver. 5. Phylacteries ; i. e. Parchments, on which they wrote the ten commandments, and carried them on their foreheads before their eyes : which the Pharisees affected to wear broader thanotlier men; so to seem more zealous for the law. t Ver. 9. 10 Call nvne your father — neither be ye called masters, &c. The meaning is, that our Father in heaven is incomparably more to be regarded than any father upon earth : and no master is to be followed, who would lead us away from Christ. But this does not hinder but that we are by the law of God to have a due re- spect both for our cirnal and spiritual fathers, (1 Cor. iv. 15.) and for our masters and teachers. } Ver. 29. Build the sepulchres, &c.. This is not blamed, as if it were in itself evil to build or adorn tho monuments ol the prophets: but the hypocrisy of the Pharisees is here taxed ; who, whilst they pretended to lionour the memory of the prophets, were persecuting even unto death the Lord of the prophets. ST. MATTHEW 33 You serpents, generation of vipers, how will }-ou escape tiie judgment of hell ? 34 Therefore behold I send to you pro- phets, 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. 35 *That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Baracliias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. 36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered togetiier thy children, as the hen gatliereth her ciiickens under her wings, and thou wouldst not? 38 Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. 39 For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say : Blessed is he that Cometh in the name of the Lord. 'yhh • That upon you may come, &c. Not that they should siifTer more than their own sins richly deserved : but that the justice of (Joii should now fall upon them with such a final vengeance, once for all, as might comprise all the dill'erent kinds of judgments and punishments, that had at any lime before been inflicted for the shedding of just blood. ST. MATTHEW. CHAP. XXIV. Christ foretells the destruction of the temple ; with the signs that shall come before it, and before the last judgment. We must always watch. ND Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And he answer- ing, said to them : Do you see all these things ? Amen I say to you, there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying : Tell us when shall these things be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world ? 4 And Jesus answering, said to them : Take heed that no man seduce you : 5 For many will come in my name, say- ing : I am Christ : and they will seduce many. 6 And you shall hear of wars, and ru- mours of wars. See that ye be not trou- bled. For these things must come to pass, but the .end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom ; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earth- quakes in places : 8 Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death : and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be scandalized : and shall betray one another : and shall hate one another. 11 And many ftilse prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many. 12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold. 13 But he tliat shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved. 14 And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testi- mony to all nations, and then shall the con- summation come. 15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place : he that readeth, let him under- stand. 16 Then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains : 17 And let him that is on the house-top, not come down to take any thing out of his house : 18 And let him that is in the field, not go back to take his coat. 19 And wo to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days. 20 But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath. 21 For there shall be then great tribula- tion, such as hath not been from the be- ginning of the world until now, neither shall be. 22 And unless those days had been shor- tened, no flesh should be saved : but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say to you : Lo here is Christ, or there : do not believe him. 24 For tliere shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. 25 Behold I have told it to you before hand. 26 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. 27 For as the lightnuig cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so also shall the coming of the Son of man be. 28 ^Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered to- gether. 29 And immediately after the tribulation of tiiose days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon siiall not give her liglit, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of lieaven shall be moved. • Chap. XXIV. Ver. 23. \V?ieresoci-er, &c. The coming of Christ shall be sudden, and manifest to all the world, like lichming : and wheresoever he shall come, ihither shall all mankind be gathered lo him, as eagles are gathered about a dead body. 30 And then shall appear *the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn : and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and majesty. 31 And he shall 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. 32 Now learn a parable from the fig- tree : when its branch is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that sum- mer is nigh. 33 So you also, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Amen I*ifli'\ to you, this generation shall not pass, tilrall these things be done. 35 Heaven and earth ts'ndl pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth, no not the Angels of heaven, but the Father alone. 37 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark. 39 And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away : so also shall the coming of tiie Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field: the one shall be taken and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill : the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 42 Watch ye therefore, because you know not at what hour your Lord will come. 43 But this know ye, that if the good man of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be liroken open. 44 Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not, the Son of man will come. 45 Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and * Ver. 30. The sign, &c. Thr cross of Christ. 1 Ver. :J5. Shall pass away : Because they shall be changed at the end of the world into a new heaven and r\v cartli. ST. MATTHEW, wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his family, to give them meat in season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing. 47 Amen I say to you, he shall set him over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart : My lord is long a coming. 49 And shall begin to strike his fellow- servants, and shall eat and drink with drunk- ards : ' 60 The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he looketh not for him, and at an hour that he knoweth not. 51 And shall separate him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAP. XXV. The parable of the ten virgins ; and of the talents : the desa iption of the last judg- ment. ^^mf^V dom of heaven be like -^|orV4 ^^ ^®" virgins, wlio \f^ ^?|f taking tlieir lamps 4^1? went out to meet the 1^ bridegroom and the ?>^^ bride. 2 Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 But the five foolish having taken their lamps, took no oil with them : 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels wiih the lamps. MATTHEW. 5 And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made : Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose and trim- med their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. 9 The wise answered, saying : Lest there be not enough for us and for you, go you rather to them that sell, and buy for your- selves. 10 Now while they went to buy, the bridegroom came : and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. 1 1 But at last came also the other vir- gins, saying : Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answering, said: Amen I say to you, I know you not. 13 Watcli ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour. 14 For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants and delivered to them his goods : 15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability : and immediately he took his journey. 16 And he that received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained otlier five. 17 And in like manner he that had re- ceived the two, gained other two. 18 But he that had received the one, go- ing his way, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 But after along time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them. 20 And he that had received the five tal- ents coming, brought other five talents, say- ing : Lord, thou deliveredst to me five tal- ents ; behold I have gained other five over and above. 21 His lord said to him: Well done, thou good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 And he also that had received the two talents came and said : Lord, thou deliver- edst two talents to me, behold I have gained other two. 23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 But he that had received the one tal- ent, came and said : Lord, I know that thou art a hard man : tliou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed. 25 And being afraid I went, and hid thy talent in tlie earth : behold here thou hast that wiiich is tiiine. 26 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 : 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have com- mitted my. money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. 29 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. 30 And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the Angels witli him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his ma- jesty : 32 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 : 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. 34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand : Come, yc bles- sed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 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 : 36 Naked, and you clothed me : sick, and you visited me : I was in prison, and you came to me. 37 Then shall the just answer him, say- ing : Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee: thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 And when did we see thee a stran- ger, and took thee in: or naked, and clothed thee ? . , • 39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee 1 40 And the 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. 41 Then shall he 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. 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat : I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in : naked, and you clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying : Lord, when did we see thee hun- gry or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? 45 Then he shall answer them, saying : Amen I say to you, as long as ye did it not to one of these least ones, neither did you it to me. 46 And these shall go into everlasting punishment : but the just, into life ever- lasting. ST. MATTHEW. ^Sr^, CHAP. XXVI. The Jeics conspire against Christ. He is anointed by Mary. The treason of Judas. The last supper. The prayer in the garden. The apprehension of our Lord: his treat- ment in the house of Caiphas. ND it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples : 2 You know that after two days shall >be the pasch, and the _ Son of man shall be delivered up to bo crucified : 3 Tlienwere gatiicrcd together the chief priests and the ancients of tlie people, into the palace of the high priest who was called Caiphas: 4 And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death. 5 But they said : Not on tlie festival-day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people. 6 And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table. 8 And his disciples seeing it, had indigna- tion, saying : To what purpose is this waste ? 9 For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman ? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For the poor you have always with you ; but *me you have not always. 12 For she, in pouring this ointment up- on my body, hath done it for my burial. 13 Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world. that also which she hath done shail be told for a memory of her. 14 Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests : 15 And he said to them : What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you ? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from thenceforth he sought op- portunity to betray him. 17 And on the first day of the fAzymes the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt tliou that we prepare for thee to eat Jthe pasch ? 18 But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him : The master saith : My time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had ap- pointed them, and they prepared the pasch. 20 Now when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples. 21 And whilst they were eating, he said : Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me. 22 And they being very much troubled, began every one to say : Is it I, Lord ? 23 But he answering, said: He that dip- peth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 24 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed : it were better for that man if he had not been born. 25 And Judas that betrayed him, answer- ing said : Is it I, Rabbi? He saith to him : Thou hast said it. 26 And whilst they were at supper, Je- sus took bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave to his disciples, and said : Take ye, and eat : Jthis is my body. 27 And taking the chalice he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink llye all of this. * Chap. XXVI. Vcr. 11. Me 'jou hare not always, vi?.. In a visible manner, aa when conversant here on earth, and as we have the poor, whom we may daily a.-sist and relieve. t The feast of the unleavened bread. J The paschal lamb. § Ver. '.J6. This is my body. He docs not say, this is the figure of my body — but this is my body, (2 Counril of Nice, Act vi.) Neither doe.-< lie say in this, or with this is my tmdy ; but absolutely, this is my body : which plainly implies tninsub.siantiation. II Ver. 27. Drinkye all of this. This was spoken to the twelve apostles : who were the all then present : and they all drank of it, says St. Mark xiv. 23. But it noways follows from these words spoken to the apostles, that all the faithful are here commanded to drink of the chalice : any more than that all the faithful arc commanded Id consecrate, offer and administer this sacrament; becau.^e Christ, upon this .same occasion, and, as I may say with the same breath, bid the apostles do so : in these words, St. Luke xxii. 19. Do this in commemoration of me. ST. MATTHEW. 28 For this is my *blood of the new tes- tament, which shall be shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 And I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this ffruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father. 30 And a hymn being said, they went out to mount Olivet. 31 Then Jesus saith to them: All you shall be Jscandalized in me this night. For it is written : / will strike the shep- herd, and the sheep of the flock shall he dis- persed. 32 But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 And Peter answering, said to him : Though all shall be scandalized in thee, i will never be scandalized. 34 Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, that in this niglit before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. 35 Peter saith to him : Though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner said all the disciples. 36 Then Jesus came with them to a country place which is called Gethsemani ; and he said to his disciples : Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray. 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad. 38 Then he saith to them : My soul is sorrowful even unto death : stay you here, and watch with me. 39 And going a little further, he fell on his face, praying, and saying : My Father, if it is possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. 40 And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter : What ? Could you not watch one hour with me? 41 Watch ye and pray, that ye enter not 49 into temptation. The spirit indeed is wil- ling, but the flesh is weak. 42 Again he went the second time and prayed, saying: My Father, if this chal- ice may not pass away but I must drink it, thy will be done. 43 And he cometh again, and findeth them asleep : for their eyes were heavy. 44 And leaving them, he went away again, and he prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them : Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us go : behold he is at hand that will betray me. 47 As he yet spoke, behold Judas one of the twelve came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. 48 And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying : Whomsoever I sliall kiss, that is he, hold him fast. 49 And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him. 50 And Jesus said to him : Friend, whereto art thou come ? Then they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him. 51 And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword ; and striking the servant of the high priest, cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus saith to him : Put up again thy sword into its place, for all that take the sword shall perish by the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels ? 54 How then shall the scriptures be ful- filled, that so it must be done ? 55 In that same hour Jesus said to the multitude : You are come out as aarainst a • Ver. 28. Blood of the New Testavxent. As the Old Testament was dedicated with the blood of victims, by Moses, in these words ; this is the blood of the testament, &c. Hebrews ix. 20. So liere is the dedication and institution of the New Testament, in the blood of Christ, here mystically shed, by these words ; this is the blood of the New Testament, &c. t Ver. 29. Fruit of the vine. These words, by the account of St. Luke xxii. 18. were not spoken of the sa- cramental cup, but of the wine that was drunk with the paschal lamb. Though the sacramental cup might also be called \]xcfrtUt of the vine, because it was consecrated from wine, and retains the likeness, and all the acci- dents or qualities of wine. 1 Ver. 31. Scandalized in me, &c. For as much as my being apprehended shall make you all run away and forsake me. robber with >words and clubs to apprehend me : I sat daily with you teachinif in the temple, and you laid not hands on me. 56 Now ail this was done, that the scrip- tures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all leaving him, fled away. 57 But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled: 58 But Peter followed him afar off, to the iiigh priest's palace. And going in, he sat witii the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, tJint they might put him to death : 60 And they found not, though many false witnesses iiad come in. And last of all tiiere came two false witnesses, 61 And they said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and af- ter three days to rebuild it. 62 And the high priest rising up, said to him : Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee? 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him : I adjure thee by the living God, tiiat thou tell us if thou be the Christ tiie son of God. 64 Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ST. MATTHEW you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and com- ing in the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his gar- ments, saying : He hath blasphemed, wliat further need have we of witnesses 1 Be- hold, now you have heard the blasphemy : 66 What think you ? But they answer- ing, said : He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him ; .ind others struck his face with the palms of their hands, 68 Saying : Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee ? 69 But Peter sat without in the palace : and there came to him a servant-maid, say- ing : Thou also wast with Jesus the Gali- lean. 70 But he denied before them all, saying : I know not what thou sayest. 71 And as he went out of the gate, an- other maid saw him, and she saith to them that were there : This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath : that I know not the man. 73 And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter : Surely thou also art one of them : for even thy speech doth discover thee. 74 Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immedi- ately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said : Before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And go- ing forth, he wept bitterly. CHAP. XXVII. T*he continuation of the history of the pas- sion of Christ : his death and burial. ND when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took coun- sel against Jesus, to put him to death. 2 And they brought him bound, and deliv- ered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that lie was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and tiie ancients. 4 Saying : I have sinned in betraying in- nocent blood. But they said: What is that to us 1 look tliou to it. 5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed ; and went and hanged himself witli a halter. 6 But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said : It is not lawful to put them into the *corbona, because it is the price of blood. 7 And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying-place for strangers. 8 Wherefore that field was called Hacel- dama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued whom they prized of the children of Israel, 10 And they gave them unto the patterns field, as the Lord appointed to me. 1 1 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying : Art thou the king of tlie Jews ? Jesus saith to him : Thou sayest it. 12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing. 13 Then Pilate saith to him : Dost not thou hear how great testimonies they allege against thee ? 14 And he answered him to never a word : so that the governor wondered ex- ceedingly. 15 Now upon the solemn day the gov- ernor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would. 16 And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas. 17 They therefore being gathered toge- ther, Pilate said : Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. 19 And as he was sitting on the judg- ment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying : Have thou nothing to do with tiiat just man. For I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20 But the chief priests and ancients persu.ided the people that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away. * Chap. XXVII. Ver. 6. Corhona. A place in iho icmple wlicre the people pui in their gifts or offerings. 21 And tlie frovcrnor answerinrr, said to them : Whether will you have of the two to be released unto you. But they said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith to them : What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ 1 They say all : Let him be crucified. 23 The governor said to them : Why, what evil hath he done 1 But they cried out tiie more, saying : Let him be crucified. 24 And Pilate seeing that he prevailed notiiiiig; but that rather a tumult was made : taking water, washed his hands be- fore the people, saying : I am innocent of the blood of this just man ; look you to it. 2.5 And all the people answering, said : His blood be upon us, and upon our chil- dren. 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to them to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesiis in'o the hall, gathered toge- ther unto him the whole band : 2ft And s'rpping liim, they put a scarlet cloak aboM' iiim. 29 And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his he.id,and a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, tiiey mocked him, saying : Hail, king of the Jews. 30 And spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head. 31 And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to cru- cify him. 32 And going out they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon : him they forced to take up his cross. 33 And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is, the place of Cal- vary. 34 And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink. 35 And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots ; that the word might be fulfilled wliicii was spoken by the prophet, saying : Thei/ divi- ded my i^annrnts among them ; and upon my vesture they cast lots. 36 And sitting down, they watched him. 37 And thev put over his head his cause written : THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were crucified with him two thieves; the one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 39 And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagginor their heads, 40 And saying: Vah, thou that destroy- est the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it, save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests with the scribes and ancients, mocking him, said : 42 He saved others, iiimself he cannot save : if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe liim. 43 He trusted m God, let him deliver him now, if he will have him : for he s;iid : I am the son of God. 44 And the self-same things the tiiieves also,thatwerecrucifiedwith him, reproacheti him with. 46 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth, until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: P]li, Eli, LAMMA SABACTHANi? that is, j\Iy God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 And some tliat stood there and heard, said : Tliis man calleth Elias. 48 And immediately one of them run- ning, took a sponge, and tilled it with vine- gar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 And the others said : Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him. 50 And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 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, 52 And the graves were opened : and many bodies of the saints that had slept, arose, 53 And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city, and appeared to many. 54 Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were greatly afraid, saying : Indeed this was the Son of God. 55 And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Gal- ilee, ministering unto him : 56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 57 And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered. 59 And Joseph taking the body, wrapt it up in H clean linen cloth. 60 And laid it in his own new monu- ment, wiiich he had hewn out in a rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of tlie monument, and went his way. 61 And there was there Mary Magda- lene, and the other Mary, sitting over I against the sepulchre. 6-2 And the next day, which followed *the day of the preparation, tiie chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, 63 Saying : Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive : After three days I will rise agiun. 64 Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day ; lest his dis- ciples 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. 65 Pilate said to them : Vou have a guard : go, guard it as you know. 66 And they departing, made the sepul- chre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards. CHAP. XXVIIl. The resurrection of Christ. His commis- sion to his disciples. ND in the end of the Sabbatli, when it be- gan to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. 2 And behold there was a great earth- quake. For an Angel of the Lord des- cended from heaven : and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it : 3 And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. 4 And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men. 5 And the Angel answering said to the women : Fear not you : for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid. 7 And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen : and behold he will go be- fore you into Galilee : tiiere you shall see him. Lo I have foretold it to you. 8 And they wont out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples. 9 And behold Jesus met them, sayino; : All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them: Be not afraid. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, there tliey siiall see me. 1 1 Now wlicn tlu'v were departed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and Ver. 62. The day of the preparation. The eve of the sabbai h ; so calleO, because i>n thai day ihey prepiirtit 11 ihhi^a necessary ; not beiu^ alluweil so much as to dress their meal on the sabbath daj. told the chief priests all the things that had been done. 12 And they being assembled together with tlie ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers, 13 Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep. 14 And if the governor shall hear of this, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15 So they taking the money, did as they were taught. And this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day. 16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed tliem. 17 And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying : *all power is given to me in heaven and ill earth. 19 Going therefore teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 20 Teaching them to obsor\i' .all things whatsoever I have commanded you : and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. t Chap. XXVIII. Ver. 18, &c. All power, &c. See here the warrant and commission of the apostles and their successors, the bishops and pastors of Christ's church. He received from his Fatlier all poirer in heaven and in earth : and in virtue of this power he sends them (even as his Father sent him. Si John xx. 21.) to leach a.nd disciple fiadoTcvtii' not one, hut all nations, a.nd inalrucl ihem in ail Irulhs: and that lie may assist them effectually in the execution of this commission, he promises lo be with them (not for three or four hundred years only,) but all days even to the consumtnation of the world. Ifow then could the Catholic Church ever go astray, having always with her pastors, as is here promised, Christ himself, who is the way, the truth, and the life 1 St. John xiv. 6. The }.rrarliiiius CiiKiST the Son of Cod, 2 As it is written in Isaias tlie prophet : Behold I send my Angel befure thy face., who shall prepare thy way before thee. ST. MARK. 67 3 The voice of one crying in the desert : Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. 4 John was in the desert baptizing, and preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins. 5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all they of Jerusa- lem, and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins : and he ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying : 7 There cometh after me one mightier than I, the lachet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 I have baptized you with water ; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 9 And it came to pass, in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee ; and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit as a dove descending, and remaining on him. 1 1 And there came a voice from heaven : Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 12 And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the desert. 13 And he was in the desert forty days and forty nights : and was tempted by sa- tan ; and he was with beasts, and the Angels ministered to him. 14 And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying: The time is accom- plished, and the kingdom of God is at hand : repent, and believe the gospel. 16 And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea (for they were fishermen), j 17 And Jesus said to them : Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And immediately leaving their nets, they followed him. 19 And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brotlier, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20 And forthwith he called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with his hired men, they followed him. 21 And they enter into Capharnaum, and forthwith on the sabbath-days going into the synagogue, he taught them. 22 And they were astonished at his doc- trine : for he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes. 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit ; and he cried out, 24 Saying : What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come to destroy us ? I know who thou art, the Holy one of God. 25 And Jesus threatened him, saying : Speak no more, and go out of the man. 26 And the unclean spirit tearing him, and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying : What thing is this ? what is this new doctrine ? for with power he com- mandeth even the unclean spirits and they obey him. 28 And the fame of him was spread forthwith through all the country of Gali- lee. 29 And immediately going out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Si- mon and x\ndrew. with James and John. 30 And Simon's wife's motlier lay sick of a fever : and forthwith they tell him of her. 31 And coming to her he lifted her up, taking her by the hand : and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And when it was evening after sun- set, they brought to him all that were dis- eased, and all that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered toge- ther at the door. 34 And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases, and he cast out many devils, and he sutfered tliem not to speak, because they knew him. 35 And rising very early in the morning, going out he went into a desert place: and there he prayed. 36 And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him. 37 And when they had found hira, they said to hitn: All men seek for thee. 38 And he saith to them: Let us go in- to the neighbouring towns and cities, thati 68 ST. MARK. for to this purpose may preach there also am I come. 39 And he was preaching in their syna- gogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils. 40 And there came a leper to him, be- seeching him : and kneeling down, said to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me cle.an. 41 And Jesus having compassion on him, stretclied forth his hand ; and touching him, saith to him : I will. Be thou made clean. 42 And when he had spoken, immedi- ately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. 43 And he strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away. 44 And he saith to him: See thou tell no man : but go, shew thyself to the high- priest and offer for thy cleansing the things that Closes commanded, for a testimony to them. 45 But he being gone out,beg.an to pub- lish and to blaze abroad the word ; so that now he could not openly go into the city, but was without in desert places, and they flocked to him from all sides. CHAP. II. Christ heals the sick of the palsy; calls Matthew ; and excuses his disciples. ND again he entered into Capliarnaum after some days. 2 And it was heard t h a t h e w a s in the house, and many came together, so that there was no room, not even at the door: and he spoke to them the word. ST. MARK. 59 3 And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four. 4 And when they could not offer him to him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was : and opening it, they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he s.aith to the sick of the palsy : Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. 6 And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and thinking in their hearts : 7 \Vhy doth this man speak thus? he blasphcmeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only 1 8 Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit, that they so thought within them- selves, .saitli to them: Why think you these things in your hearts ? 9 Which 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? 1 But that you may know that the Son of man liath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 111 say to thee. Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 12 And immediately he arose ; and taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all ; so that all wondered, and glorified God, saying: We never saw the like. 13 And he went forth again to the sea side ; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them : 14 And when he was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the re- ceipt of custom, and he saith to him : Fol- low me. And rising up he followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many who also followed him. 16 And the Scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he did eat with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples : Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 17 Jesus hearing this saith to them: They that are well have no need of a phy- sician, but tliey tliat are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners. 18 Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast : and tliey come, and say to him : Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast : but thy disciples do not fast ? 1 9 And Jesus saith to them : Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can- not fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them ; and then they shall fast in those days. 21 No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles : otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go for- ward, and to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said to him : Be- hold, why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful ? 25 And he said to them : Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him ? 26 How he went into the house of God under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him ? 27 And he said to them : The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. CHAP. IH. Christ heals the ivithered hand : He chooses the twelve : He confutes the blasphemy of the Pharisees. ND he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a with- ered hand. 2 And they watched Ihim whetherhe would heal on the sabbath- day : that they niiglit accuse Iiim. 3 And he saith to the man who had the withered hand : Stand up in the midst. 60 4 And he sailh to them : Is it hiwful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy ? But they held their peace. 5 And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man : Stretch forth thy liand. And he stretclied it forth ; and liis hand was restored unto him. 6 And the Pharisees going out immedi- ately, made a consultation with the Hero- dians against liim, how they migiit destroy him. 7 But Jesus retired witli his disciples to the sea : and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea, 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan : and they about Tyre and tSidon, a great multitude, hearing the things wliicli he did, came to him. 9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as had evils. 11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him : and they cried, saying: 12 Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not uiake him known. 1 3 And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him. 14 And he made that twelve should be with him : and that he might send them to preach. 15 And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. 16 And to Simon he gave the name of Peter : 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he named them Boanerges, wiiich is. The sons of thun- der. 18 And Andrew ai;d Philip, and Barthol- omew and Matthew and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Si- mon the Cananean. 19 And Judas Iscariot,who also betrayed him. 20 And they come to a house : and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends hadlieard of it, ST. MARK they went out to lay hold of him : for they said : He is become mad. 22 And the Scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said : He hath Beel- zebub : and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils. 23 And after he had called them toge- ther, he said to them in parables : How can satan cast out satan ? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against it- self, that house cannot stand. 26 And if satan be risen up against him- self, he is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into the house of a strong man, and rob him of his goods, un- less he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. 28 Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blas- pheme : 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgive- ness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. 30 Because they said : He hath an un- clean spirit. 31 And his mother and his brethren came ; and standing without, sent to him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat about him : and they say to him : Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren? 34 And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith : Behold my mother and my brethren. 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother. CHAP. IV. The parable of the sower : Christ stills the tempest at sea. ND he began again to teach by the sea side: and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he A went up into a ship and y sat in the sea, and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side. 1 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doc- trine : 3 Hear ye : Behold a sower went out to sow. 4 And whilst he is sowing, some fell by the way side : and the birds of the air came, and ate it up. 5 And other some fell upon stony ground where it had not much earth : and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of eayth : 6 And when the sun was risen, it was scorched: and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns : and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yield- ed no fruit. 8 And some fell upon good ground : and brought forth fruit that grew up and in- creased, and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred. 9 And he said : He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, tne tweive that were with him asked him the parable. 1 1 And he said to them : To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God : but to them that are without, all things are done in parables : 12 *That seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand : lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And he saith to them : Know you not this parable 1 how then shall you know all parables ? 14 He that soweth, soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately satan comet h and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy : • Chap. IV. Ver. 12. That seeing they may see, - ST. MARK. 63 8 For he said to him : Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him : What is thy name ? And he saith to him : My name is Legion, for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not drive him away out of the coun- try. 1 1 And there was there near the moun- tain a great herd of swine, feeding. 12 And the spirits besought him saying : Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits going out, entered into the swine : and the herd with great violence was carried headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, and were stifled in the sea. 14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the fields. And they went out to see what was done : 15 And they come to Jesus, and they see him that wils troubled with the devil, sitting, clothed, and well in his wits, and they were afraid. 16 And they that had seen it, told them in what manner he had teen dealt with who had the devil ; and concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pray him to depart from their coasts. 18 And when he went up into the ship, he that had been troubled with the devil, began to beseech him that he might be with him. 19 And he admitted him not, but saith to him : Go into thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercy on thee. 20 And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Je- sus had done for him : and all men won- dered. 21 And when Jesus had passed again in the ship over the strait, a great multitude assembled together unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 x\nd there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue named Jairus : and see- ing him, falleth down at his feet. 23 And he besought him much, saying: My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live. 24 And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. 25 And a woman who was under an is- sue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things from many physicians, and had spent allthatshe had, and was nothing the better, but ratlier worse : 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment. 28 For she said: If I shall but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 29 And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. 30 And immediately Jesus knowing in himself the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said : Who hath touched my garments? 31 And his disciples said to him : Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou. Who hath touched me ? 32 And he looked about to see her who had done this. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole : go in peace, and be thou whole of thy disease. 35 While he was yet speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying : Thy daughter is dead : why dost thou trouble the master any farther ? 36 But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, saith to the ruler of the syna- gogue : Fear not : only believe. 37 And he admitted not any man to fol- low him but Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. 38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue ; and he seeth a tu- mult, and people weeping and wailing much. 39 And going in, he saith to them : Why make you this a-do, and weep ? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he having put them all out, taketh the father and mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 41 And taking the damsel by the hand, he saith to her : Tahtha cumi, which is, being 64 ST. MARK. interpreted : Damsel (I say to thee) arise. 42 And immediately the damsel rose up and walked: now she was twelve years old : and they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43 And he charged them strictly that no man should know it ; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. CHAP. VI. Christ teaches at Nazareth. He sends forth the twelve apostles : he feeds 5000 with Jive loaves ; and walks upon the sea. ND going out from thence, he went into his own country ; and his disciples followed him. 2 And when tlie sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue : and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, say- ing : How came this man by all these things ? and what wisdom is this that is given to him, and sucli mighty works as are wrought by his hands ? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph and Jude, and Simon ? are not also his sis- ters here with us ? And they were scan- dalized in regard of him. 4 And Jesus said to them : A prophet is not without lionour, but in his own coun- try, and in his own house, and among his own kindred. 6 And *he could not do any miracle there, only that lie healed a few that were sick, laying his iiands upon them. 6 And he wondered because of their un- belief, and he went through the villages round about teaching. 7 And he called the twelve : and began to send them two and two, and gave them power over imclean spirits. 8 And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, but a staff only : no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse, 9 But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two coats. • Chap. VI. Vcr. 5. theirs. He could not. Not for want of power on his side ; but for want of a due disposition on ...vcvttt:^ 10 And he said to them : Wheresoever you shall enter into a house, there abide till you depart from that place. 1 1 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a tes- timony to them. 12 And going forth they preached that men should do penance : 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. 14 And king Herod heard : (for his name was made manifest) and he said : John the Baptist is risen again from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth them- selves in him. 15 And others said: It is Elias. But others said : It is a prophet, as one of the prophets. 16 Which Horod hearing, said : John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent and ap- prehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. 18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 19 Now Herodias laid snares for him : and was desirous to put him to death, and could not. 20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man : and kept him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him willingly. 21 And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birth- day, for the princes and tribunes and chief men of Galilee. 22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him : the king said to the damsel : Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 66 ST. .M 23 And lie swore to licr : NVIiatsoever tlioii slialt ask I will give thee, ihougli it be the half of my kingdom. 24 Who when she was gone out, said to her mother: What sluiHI ask? But she said : The head of John the Baptist. 25 And when she was come in immedi- ately with haste to the king, she asked, say- ing : Iwill that forthwith thou give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was struck sad : yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease lier : 27 But sending an executioner, lie com- manded that his head should be brought in a dish. And he beheaded him in the prison. 28 And brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29 Wliicii his disciples hearing, came, and took liis body, and laid it in a tomb. 30 And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all things that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them: Come ye 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. 32 And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart. 33 And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran Hocking thither on loot from all the cities, and were there j before them. 34 And Jesus going out saw a great multitude ; and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: 36 Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat. 37 But he answering, said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat. 38 And he saith to them : How many loaves have you ? go and see. And when they knew, they say : Five, and two fishes. 39 And he commanded them to make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass. ARK. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hun- dreds and by fifties. 41 And when he had taketi the five loaves and the two fishes : looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, nnd gave to his disciples, to set before tiiem: and the two fishes he divided among them all. 42 And tlicv all did eat, and had their fill. 43 And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat were five thou- sand men. 45 And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship, that they might go before him over the water to Belhsaida ; whilst he dismissed the people. 46 And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray. 47 And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land. 48 And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them, walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them. 49 But they seeing him walking upon the aea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out. 50 For they all saw him, and were trou- bled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them : Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not. 51 And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased. And they were far more astonished within themselves: 52 For they understood not concerning the loaves : for their heart was blinded. 53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genesareth, and set to the shore. 54 And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew him : 65 And running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 56 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 his garment, and as many as touched him were made whole. ST. MARK. 6: CHAP. VII. Christ rebuJtes the. Pharisees. He heals the daughter nf the icovian if Canaan; and the "man that was deaf and dumb. ND there assemble to- gether unto him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem. 2 And when they had seen some of his disci- Iples eat bread with common, that is with unwashed hands, they found f:uilt. 3 For the Pimrisces, and :i11 tlie Jews eat not without often washing tlieir hands, holding the tradition of the ancients : 4 And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, tliey 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. 5 And tlie Pharisees and Scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk accor- ding to the tradition of the ancients, but eat bread with common hands? 6 But he answering, said : Well did Isaias prophesy of you, hypocrites, as it is written: This people honnureth me ivith their lips, but their heart is far from me. 68 ST. MARK. 7 And in vain do theij tvorship me, teach- ing *doclrines and precepts of men. 8 For leaving tlie commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups : and many other things you do lilvs to these. 9 And he said to them : Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother; and. He that shall curse father vr mother, dying let him die. 1 1 But you say : If a man shall say to his fiither or mother, Corban (that is a gift) whatsoever is from me, shall profit thee : 12 And farther you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother, 13 Making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do. 14 And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them : Hear me ye all, and understand. 15 There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him : but the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. f 7 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable. 18 And he saith to them: Are you also so unwise ? understand you not that what- soever thing from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him : 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats ? 20 And he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man. 21 For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, for- nications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, de- ceit, lascivionsness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from with- in, and defile a man. 24 And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon : and entering into a house, he would have no man know it, but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman heard of him. wliose daughter had an unclean spirit, and presently came in, and fell down at his feet. 26 For the woman was a Gentile, a Sy- ropheuician born. And she besought him to cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her: Let the children first be filled : for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs. 28 But she answered, and said to him : Vea, Lord ; for the whelps also eat under the table of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said to her : For this saying go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gone out. 31 And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Gal- ilee tlirough the midst of the coasts of De- capolis. 32 And they bring to him one that was deaf and dumb; and they besought him to lay his iiand upon him. 33 And taking him aside from the multi- tude, he put liis fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue ; 34 And lookiiiu' up to heaven, he groan- ed, and said to him : Ephphetha, that is, Be opened. 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right. 36 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. 37 And so much the more did they won- der, saying : He hath done all things well ; lie hatli made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. CHAP. VIII. Christ feeds 4000. He gives sight to a blind man. He foretells his passion. N those days again, when there was a great multitude, and had nothing to eat, calling his disci- ples together he saith to them: 2 I have com])assion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: • Chap. VII. Ver. 7. Doctrines mid precepts o/ nien. See the annotations, j)ia^ft5?>,, -- 43 And wiiile he was yet speaking, com- eth Judas Iscariot, one o"f the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the ciiief priests and the scribes and the ancients. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever [ shall kiss, that is he, lay hold on him and lead him away carefully. 45 And when he was come, immediately ST. MARK. 83 going up to him, he saith : Hail, Rabbi : and he kissed him. 46 But they laid hands on him, and held him. 47 And one of them that stood by draw- ing a sword, struck a servant of the cliief priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus answering, said to them : Are you come out as against a robber with swords and staves to apprehend me ? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But, that the scriptures may be fulfilled. 50 Tlien his disciples leaving him, all fled away. 51 Aud a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his na- ked body : and tiiey laid hold on him. 52 But he casting off the linen cloth fled from them naked. 53 And they brought Jesus to the high priest ; and all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together. 54 And Peter followed him afar off' even into the palace of the high priest ; and he sat with the servants at tlie fire, and warm- ed himself 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and they found none. 56 For many bore false witness against him, and their evidence did not agree. 57 And some rising up, bore false wit- ness against him, saying : 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made witli hands, and within three days I will build another not made with hands. 59 And their witness did not agree. 60 And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying : Answerest tiiou notiiing to the things that are laid to tiiy charge by these men ? 61 But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to hiui: Art thou the Christ the Son of the blessed God? 62 And Jesus said to him : I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and com- ing with the clouds of heaven. 63 Then the iiigii priest rending his gar- ments, saith: What need we any farther witnesses ? 64 You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? Who all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him : Propiiesy : and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands. 66 Now when Peter was in the court be- low, there cometh one of the maid-servants of the high-priest : 67 And when she had seen Peter warm- ing himself, looking on him, she saith: Tliou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied, saying : I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court ; and tlie cock crew. 69 And again a maid-servant seeing him, began to say to the standers-by : This is one of them. 70 But he denied again. And after a while they that stood by said again to Pe- ter: Surely thou art one of them, for thou also art a Galilean. 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying: I know not tiiis man of whom you speak. 72 And immediately the cock crew again, and Peter remembered the word tliat Jesus had said to him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he began to weep. CHAP. XV. The continuation of the history of the passion. N D straightway in the morning, tiie chief priests holding a con- sultation witli the an- cients and the scribes, and the whole coun- cil, and binding .Tesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate, 2 And Pilate asked him : Art thou the king of the Jews? but he answering, saith to liim : Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests acciised him in many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? beiiold in how many things tliey accuse thee. 5 But Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered. 6 Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever tiiey demanded. 84 ST. MARK. 7 And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder. 8 And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do as he had ever done to them. 9 And Pilate answered them, and said : Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews ? 10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy. 11 But the chief priests moved the peo- ple, that he should rather release Barabbas to them. 12 And Pilate again answering, saith to them : What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews? 13 But they again cried out: Crucify him. 1 4 And Pilate saith to them : Why, what evil hath he done ? But they cried out the more : Crucify him. 15 So Pilate, being willing to satisfy the people, released to tiiem Barabbas, and de- livered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him into the court of tiie palace, and they call together the whole band : 17 And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him. 18 And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews. 19 And they struck his head with a reed : And they did spit on him ; and bowing their knees, they worshipped him. 20 And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own garments on him, and they led him out to crucify him. 21 And they forced one Simon a Cyre- nian who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross. ST. MARK. 85 22 And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted, 13, The place of Calvary. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh ; but he took it not. 24 And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them what eve- ry man should take. 25 And it was *the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of his cause was written over. The King of the Jews. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves, the one on his right hand and the other on his left. 28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith : And with the wicked he tvas reputed. 29 And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying : Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days buildest it up again : 30 Save thyself, coming down from the cross. 31 In like manner also the chief priests with the scribes, mocking, said one to an- other : He saved others, himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified witii him reviled him. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying : Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being inter- preted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 35 And some of the standers-by hearing, said : Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying : Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down. 37 And Jesus having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. 39 And the centurions who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said : Indeed this man was the Son of God. 40 And there were also women looking on afor off; among whom was Mary Mag- dalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, and Salome: 41 Who also when he was in Galilee followed him, and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem. 42 And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the Sabbath) 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a noble coim- sellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 44 But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the cen- turion, he asked him if he were already dead. 45 And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock, and he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where he was laid. CHAP. XVI. Christ''s Resurrection and Ascension. ND when the Sabbath was past, Mary Mag- dalene, and Mary the mother of James and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming ithey might anoint Je- sus. 2 And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sep- ulchre, fthe sun being now risen. 3 And they said one to another : Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And looking, they saw the stone roll- ed back. For it was verv great. • Chap. XV. Ver. 25. The third hour. The anciont account divided the day into four parts, which were named from the hour from which they began, the first, third, sixth, and ninih hour. Our Lord was crucified a little before noon, before the third hour had quite expired, but when the sixth Iwtir was near at hand. t Ver. 2. The sun being now risen. They set out before it was light, to go to the sepulchre; but the sun was risen when they arrived there. Or figuratively, the sun here spokenof is the SunofJtw^ice, Christ Jesus our Lord, who was risen before their coming. ^S£ 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a yoiinj,' miin sitting on the riglit side, clotlied with a white robe : and they were astonislicd. 6 Who saith to tliem : Be not affright- ed ; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen; he is not here; be- hold tiie phice where they laid him. 7 But go and tell his disciples, and Pe- ter, thai lie goeth before you into Galilee ; tliere vou shall see him as he told you. 8 But they going out, fled from the sep- ulchre : for a trembling and fear had seized them: and they said nothing to any man: for tiiey were afraid. 9 But he rising early the first day of the week, appeared first to ]\Iary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10 Slie went and told them that had been with him, who were mourning, and weeping. 1 1 And they hearing that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe. 12 And after that he appeared in another form to two of them walking, as they were going into the country. 1 3 And they going told it to the rest : neither did tliey believe them. 14 At length he appeared to the eleven as they were at table ; and he upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of heart: because they did not believe tiiem who had seen him after he was risen again. 15 And he said to tiiem: Go ye into the whole world, and preacli tlie gospel to eve- ry creature. 16 lie that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved : but lie that believeth not, shall be condemned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe : In my name tiiey shall cast out devils : tlicy shall speak with new tongues : 18 They shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them : they siiall lay their hands upon the sick, and they siiail recover. 19 And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God. 20 But they going forth, preached every where : the Lord working withal, and con- firming the word with signs that followed. 88 ST. LUKE. 4 That tliou inayest know the verity of those words in whicli thou hast been in- structed. 5 Tiiere was in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zach- ary, of the course of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and iier name Elisabeth. 6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and jus- tifications of the Lord without blame. 7 And they had no son, for that Elisa- beth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. 8 And it came to pass, that while he ex- ecuted the priestly office, in the order of his course, before God, 9 According to the custom of the priest- ly office, it was his lot to offer incense, go- ing into the temple of the Lord: 10 And all the multitude of the people was praying without at the hour of incense. 1 1 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zachary seeing hira, was trou- bled, and fear fell upon him : 13 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John ; 14 And thou shalt have joy and glad- ness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 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. 16 And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias ; that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the incredulous to tlie wisdom of the just, to prepare for the Lord a perfect people. 18 And Zachary said to the Angel: Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man ; and my wife is advanced in years. 19 And tiie Angel answering, said to him : I am Gabriel who stand before God ; and am sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these good tidings. 20 And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be able to speak until the day wherein these things shall come to pass; because thou hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. 21 And the people were waiting for Zacliary; and they wondered that he tar- ried so long in the temple. 22 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. 23 And it came to pass, after tiie days of his office were accomplished, that he de- parted to his own house. 24 And after those days his wife Elisa- beth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying : 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he hath had regard to take away my reproach among men. 26 And in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee called Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the hou.se of David : and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the Angel being come in, said to her: Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee : Blessed art thou among women. 29 Who when she had heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the Angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. 31 Behold thou siialt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son ; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the ^lost High, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of Da- vid his father : and he siiall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, 33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 And Mary said to the angel : How shall this be done, because 1 know not man '? 35 And the Angel answering, Siiid to her : The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and tiie power of the most High shall overshadow tiiee. And therefore also the Holy which siiall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of (Jod. 36 And behold thy cousin Elisabeth she also hath conceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren; 37 Because no word shall be impossible with God. ST. LUKE, 89 38 And Mary said: Behold the hand- maid of the Lord, be it done to me accord- ing to thy word. And the Angel departed from her. 39 And i\Iary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda. 40 And she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass; that when Elis- abeth heard the salutation of Mary, the in- fant leaped in her womb: and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. 42 And she cried out with a loud voice, 90 ST. LUKE. and said : Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is tlie fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me ? 44 For behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the in- fiint in ray womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed art thou that hast be- lieved, because those things shall be ac- complished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. 46 And Mary said : My soul doth mag- nify the Lord : 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 Because he had regarded the humili- ty of his hand-maid : for behold from hence- forth all generations *shall call me bless- ed. 49 For he that is mighty hath done great things to me, and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is from generation to generations, to them that fear him. 51 He hath shewed might in his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble. 53 He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. 54 He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy. 55 As he spoke to our fothers, to Abra- ham and to his seed for ever. 66 And Mary abode with her about three months : and she returned to her own house. 57 Now Elisabeth's full time of being delivered was come, and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her, and they congratulated with her. 59 And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zach- ary. 60 And his mother answering, said : Not so, but he shall he called John. 61 And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63 And demanding a writing-table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered. 64 And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke blessing God. 65 And fear came upon all their neigh- bours: and all those things were noised abroad over all the hill-country of Judea: 66 And all they that had heard tiiem laid them up in their heart, saying : What a one, think ye, shall this child be ? For the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost: and he prophesied, saying : 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people ; 69 And hath raised up a horn of salva- tion to us, in the house of David his servant. 70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the begin- ning : 71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us: 72 To perform mercy to our fathers ; and to remember his holy covenant. 73 The oath which he swore to Abra- ham our father, that he would grant to us, 74 That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and justice before him, all our days. 76 And thou, Child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways : 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins: 78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God: in which fthe Orient from on high hath visited us : 79 To enlighten them that sit in dark- ness, and in the .shadow of death : to direct our feet in the way of peace. 80 And the child grew, and was strength- ened in spirit : and was in the deserts un- til the day of his manifestation to Israel. * Vcr. 48. Shall call me hlessed. These words arc a prediclion of that honour which the church of all ages should pay to the Blessed Virgin. t Ver. 78. The Orient. It is one of the titles of the Messias, the true light of the world, and the Sun of Justice. ST. LUKE. 91 CHAP. II. The Birth of Christ : his Presentation in the Temple : Simeon's prophecy : Christ at twelve years of age is found amongst the doctors. ND it came to pass that in those days there went out a de- cree from Cesar Au- gustus,that the whole world should be en- rolled. 2 This enrolling was first made by Cy- nnus the go\ernor of S\ria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Gali- lee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Beth- lehem : because he was of the house and family of David, 6 To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child. 6 And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were ac- complished, that she should be deliver- ed. 7 And she brought forth her *first-bom son, and wiapped him up in swaddling * Ver. 7. Herfirst-borti. The meaning: is not that she had afterwards any other child: but it is a form of Bpeech among the Hebreics, to call them also ihc first-born wiio are the only children. 92 ST. LUKE. clothes, and laid him in a manger: be- cause there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock. 9 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. 10 And the Angel said to them: Fear not : for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the peo- ple: 1 1 For this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of Da- vid. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the infant wrapped in swad- ling clothes, and laid in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the an- gel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying : 14 Glory to God in tiie highest; and on earth peace to men of good will. 15 And it came to pass, that 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. 16 And they came with haste: and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant ly- ing in a manger. 17 And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them con- cerning this child. 18 And all they that heard wondered: and at those things that were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these words, pon- dering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorify- ing and praising God, for all the things thi-y had heard, and seen, as it was told un- to them. 21 And after eight days were accom- plished that the child should be circumcised : his name was called Jesus, which was call- ed by the Angel before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were ac- complished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord. 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord : Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord. 24 And to offer a sacrifice according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves, or tv.'o young pigeons. 25 And behold there was a man in Jeru- salem named Simeon ; and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consola- tion of Israel, and the Holy Ghost was in him. 26 And lie had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that lie should not see death, before he had seen tlie Christ of the Lord. 27 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 : 28 He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said : 29 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word, in peace ; 30 Because my eyes have seen thy sal- vation, 31 Which thou hast* prepared before the face of all people : 32 A light to the revelation of the gen- tiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33 And his fatiier and motiicr were won- dering at these things which were spoken concerning him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is *set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign whicli shall be contradicted: 35 And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed. 36 And there was one Anna a prophet- ess, the daugliter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was far advanced in years, and had lived witii her husband seven years from her virginity. 37 And she was a widow until fourscore and four years : who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving nigiit and day. 38 Now she at the same hour coming in, confessed to the Lord : and spoke of him ' Ver. M. Forthe/all. Not lliat Rod scni his Son for the fall of any man ; bmthat many, by tlieirown per- Terseness in wilfully refusing to receive and obey him, should take occasion of falling. ST. LUKE. 93 to all that looked for the redemption of Is- rael. 39 And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom : and the grace of God was in him. 41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 43 And after they had fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remain- ed in Jerusalem, and his parents knew it not. 44 And thinking that he was in the com- pany, they came a day's journey, and sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were aston- ished at iiis wisdom and his answers. 48 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. 49 And he said to them : How is it that you sought me : did you not know that I must be about my father's business? 50 And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came lo Nazareth : and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom, and age, and grace with God and man. CHAP. III. Jdhnh mission and preaching. Christ is baptized by him. pW in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Cesar, JPontius Pilate being governor of Judea; and Herod being tetrarch of GaHlee, and PhiUp W his brother tetrarch of Iturea, and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina ; 2 Under the high priests Annas and Cai- phas : the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. 3 And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaias the prophet : A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord : make straight his paths. 6 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. 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7 He said therefore to the multitudes that came forth to be baptized by him : Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance, and do not begin to say : We have Abraham for our father. For I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that bring- eth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire. 10 And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do ? 11 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. 12 And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we do ? 13 But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you. 14 And the soldiers also asked him, say- ing : 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. 15 And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ : 16 John answered, saying to them all .* I indeed baptize you with water : 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 Jloly Ghost and with fire : 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his bam, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. 18 And many otlier things exhorting did he preach to the people. 19 But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by iiim for Herodias his brotlier's wife, and for all the evils which Herod iiad done, 20 He added this also above all, and shut up John in prison. 21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened: 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape as a dove upon Jiim : and a voice came from heaven ; Thou art my be. loved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus iiimself was beginning about the age of thirty years ; being (as it was supposed) the son of Joseph, *vvho was of Heli, who was of Matliat. 24 Who was of Levi, who was of Mel- chi, who was of Janne, who was of Joseph. 25 Who was of Mathathias, who was of Amos, who was of Nahum, who was of Hesli, who was of Nagge, 26 Who was of Maliath, who was of Mathathias, who was of Scmei, who was of Josepii, who was of Juda. 27 Who was of Joanna, who was of Re- za, who was of Zorobabel, who was of Sa- latiiiel, who was of Neri, 28 Who was of Melchi, who was of Ad- di, who was of Cosan, who was of Elma- dan, wlio was of Her. 29 Who was of Jesus, who was of Elie- zer, who was of Jorim, who was of Matliat, who was of Levi. 30 Who was of Simeon, who was of Ju- das, wlio was of Joseph, who was of Jona, who was of Eliakim. 31 Who was of Melea, who was of ' Chap. III. Ver. 23. Who teas of Heli. St. JbsepA, who, by nature, was the son of ^acoi, (St. Af a//, i. IG,) in the account of the law was the son of //e/i. For Heli am! .Inmh were brothers by the same mother: and Heli, who was the cliicr, dying without issue, Jacob, as the law directed, married his widow : in consequence of which marriage, his son Joseph was reputed in the law the son oi Heli. ST. LUKE. 95 Menna, who was of M.atliatha, who was of Nathan, who was of David, 32 Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of Sahnon, who was of Naason, 33 Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Pha- res, who was of Judas, 34 Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abraiiam, who was of Thare, who was of Nachor, 35 Who was of Sarug, who was of Ra- gau, who was of Phaleg, who was of He- ber, who was of Sale. 36 Who was of Cainan, who was of Ar- phaxad, who was of Sem, who was of Noe, who was of Lamech, 37 Who was of Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Javed, who was of Malaleel, who was of Cainan, 38 Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God. CHAP. IV. Chrises fasting, and temptation. He is persecuted in Nazareth : his miracles in Capharnaum. N D Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan : and was led by the Spirit into the de- > sert, _^ 2 For the space of forty days; ancl was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 And the devil said to him : If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him : It is writ- ten : that man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 .A.nd the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the king- doms of the world in a moment of time ; 6 And he said to him : To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them : for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them. 7 If tliou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answering, said to him : It is written : Thou shall adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple ; and he said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence. 10 For it is written : that he hath given his Angels charge over thee, that they keep thee. 1 1 And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said : Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him for a time. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, and was magnified by all. 1 6 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up : and he went into the syn- agogue according to his custom on the Sabbath-day ; and he rose up to read, 17 And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he un- folded the book, he found the place where it was written : 18 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. 19 To preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward. 20 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. 21 And he began to say to them: this day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears. 22 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 1 23 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. 24 And he said : Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, 96 ST. LUKE. when heaven was shut up three years and six months ; when there was a great fam- ine throughout all the land : 26 And to none of them was Elias sent, but to a widow at Sarepta of Sidon. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet : and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue hearing these things, were filled with an- ger. 29 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 head- long. 30 But he passing through the midst of them, went his way. 31 And he went down into Capharnaum a city of Galilee : and there he taught them oa the sabbath-days. 32 And they were astonished at his doc- trine : for his word was with power. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 Saying : 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. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace, and go out of him. And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, and hurt him not at all. 36 And there came fear upon all, and they talked among themselves, saying: What word is this, for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they go out? 37 And the fame of him was published into every place of the country. 38 And Jesus rising up out of the syn- agogue, went into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever: and they besought him for her. 39 And standing over her, he command- ed the fever : and it left her. And imme- diately rising, she ministered to them. 40 And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers diseases, brought them to him. But he, laying his hands on every one of them, healed them. 41 And deviiS went out from many, cry- ing- out and saying : Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them lie suffered them not to speaiv : for they knew that he was Christ. 42 And when it was day, going out he went into a desert place : and the multi- tudes sought him, and came to him : and they stayed him that he should not depart from tliem. 43 To whom he said: I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also : for therefore am 1 sent. 44 And he was preaching in the syna- gogues of Galilee. CHAP. V. The miraculous draught of fishes. The cure of the leper, and of the paralytic. The call of Matthew. ND it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of ■^^l Genesareth. '^ 2 And he saw two ships standing by the lake : but the fisher- men were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And going up into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to thrust out a little from the land. And sitting down he taught the multitudes out of the ship. 4 Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon : Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering, said to him : Master, we have laboured all the night, and have taken nothing : but at thy word I will let down the net. 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes, and their net broke. 7 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 al- most sinking. 8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus's knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken. ST. LUKE, 97 10 And so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesx» saith to Simon: Fear not ; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, leaving all things they fol- lowed him. 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, saying : Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will : be thou clean- sed. And immediately the leprosy depart- ed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man : but,^ Go, shew thy.self to the priest, and of- fer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, lor a testimony to them. 15 But the fome of him went abroad the more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by liim of their infirmities. 16 And he retired into the desert, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass, on a certain day as he sat teaching. And there were Pha- risees 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. 18 And behold men brought in a bed a man who had the palsy : and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him be- fore him. 1 9 And when they could not find by what way they might bring liim in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof, and let him down through the tiles witii his bed into the midst, before Jesus. 20 And when he saw their faith, he said : Man, thy sins are forgiven thee, 21 And the Scribes and the Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is tliis w|io speaketh blasphemies ? Who can forgive sins, but God alone ? 22 And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering he said to tiiein : What is it you think in your hearts? 23 winch is easier to say : Thy sins are forgiven tiiee: or to say: Arise and walk? 24 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy) I say to 98 ST, LUKE. thee, Arise, tjike up tliy bod and go into thy house. 25 And immedJatciy rising up before them, he took up the bed on wiiieii he hiy ; and lie went away to liis own house, glori- fying God. 26 And all were astonished, and they glorified God. And tliey were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to-day. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said to him : Follow me. 28 And leaving all things he rose up and followed iiim. 29 And Levi made iiim a great feast in his own house : And there was a great ann- pany of publicans, and of others, that were at table with tliem. 30 But the Pharisees and Scribes mur- mured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole, need not the physi- cian : but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the just but sinners to penance. 33 And they said to him : Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner : but thine eat and drink ? 34 And he said to them : Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bridegroom is with them ? 35 But the d;iys will come, when the bridegroom shall l)e taken away from them, then siiall they fast in those days. 36 And he spoke also a similitude to them : That no man jjutteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment: otiier- wise he both reiidetii the new, and the j)iece taken from the new ngreetii not with the old. 37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise tiie new wine will burst the bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles: and both are preserved. 39 And no man drinking old, hath pres- ently a mind for new ; for lie saitli. The old is better. CHAP. VI. Christ excuses his disci])les : He cures upon the tSahbalh-day : chooses the twelce, aiul makes a sermon to them. ND it came to pass on *the second first sab- bath, that as he went through the corn fields, his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And some of the Pharisees said to them : Why do you that which is not law- ful to do on the sabbatli-days? 3 And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry, and they that were with him : 4 How he went into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of proposition, and gave to them that were with him, which is not lawful to eat but only for the priests ] 5 And he said to them : The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath. 6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taugiit. And there was a man whose right hand was withered. 7 And the Scribes and Pharisees watched to see if he would heal on the sabbath : that they might find an accusation against him. 8 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. 9 Then Jesus said to them : I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good or to do evil : to save life or to destroy ? 10 And looking round about on them all, he said to the man : Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth : and his hand was restored. 11 And they were filled with madness, and they talked one witii another, what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the pray- er of God. ' Chap. VI. Ver. 1. The second first sabbath. Some iin(Ior.'