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THE HOLY BIBLE Douay-Rheims Version
THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
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The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 1 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of
David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob
begot Judas and his brethren.
3 And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares
begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.
4 And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab 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 Abia. And
Abia begot Asa.
8 And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And
Joram begot Ozias.
9 And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And
Achaz begot Ezechias.
10 And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manesses begot Amon.
And Amon begot Josias.
11 And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the
transmigration of Babylon.
12 And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot
Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel.
13 And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And
Eliacim begot Azor.
14 And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim
begot Eliud.
15 And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And
Mathan begot Jacob.
16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was
born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations, from Abraham to David, are
fourteen generations. And from David to the
transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations: and
from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen
generations.
18 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as
his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.
19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not
willing publicly 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: Joseph,
son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife,
for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
21 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 it 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 Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
24 And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the
Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
25 And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn
son: and he called his name JESUS.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 2
1 When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the
days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the
east to Jerusalem.
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 inquired of them where Christ
should be born.
5 But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is
written by the prophet:
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 captain that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned
diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to
them;
8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently
inquire after the child, and when you have found him,
bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.
9 Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the
star which they had seen in the east, went before them,
until it came and stood over where the child was.
10 And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great
joy.
11 And entering into the house, they found the child with
Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and
opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold,
frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And having received an answer in sleep that they should
not return to Herod, they went back another way into their
country.
13 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord
appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the
child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there
until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that
Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
14 Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and
retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of
Herod:
15 That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the
prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men,
was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men
children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders
thereof, from two years old and under, according to the
time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the
prophet, saying:
18 A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning;
Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted,
because they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord
appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go
into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought
the life of the child.
21 Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came
into the land of Israel.
22 But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of
Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being
warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.
23 And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it
might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he
shall be called a Nazarene.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 3
1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the
desert of Judea.
2 And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet,
saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
4 And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a
leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts
and wild honey.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the
country about Jordan:
6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their
sins.
7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to
his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who
hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham
for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these
stones to raise up children to Abraham.
10 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every
tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be
cut down, and cast into the fire.
11 I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he
that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes
I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy
Ghost and fire.
12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse
his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the
chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John,
to be baptized by him.
14 But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by
thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now.
For so it becometh us to fulfill all justice. Then he
suffered him.
16 And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water:
and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the
Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
17 And behold a voice from heaven, saying: This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4
1 Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be
tempted by the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights,
afterwards he was hungry.
3 And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of
God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone
doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the
mouth of God.
5 Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him
upon the pinnacle of the temple,
6 And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels
charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee
up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and
shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of
them,
9 And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling
down thou wilt adore me.
10 Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is
written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only
shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and
ministered to him.
12 And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he
retired into Galilee:
13 And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in
Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and
Nephthalim;
14 That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the
prophet:
15 Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
16 The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light:
and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death,
light is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do
penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,
Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting
a net into the sea (for they were fishers).
19 And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make
you to be fishers of men.
20 And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James
the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with
Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called
them.
22 And they forthwith left their nets and father, and
followed him.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and
healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among
the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented
to him all sick people that were taken with divers
diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by
devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and he
cured them:
25 And much people followed him from Galilee, and from
Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from
beyond the Jordan.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 5
1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and
when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.
2 And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
4 Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
5 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice:
for they shall have their fill.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blesses are the peacemakers: for they shall be called
children of God.
10 Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice'
sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute
you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for
my sake:
12 Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in
heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were
before you.
13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its
savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for
nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on
by men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city seated on a
mountain cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel,
but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are
in the house.
16 So let your light shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
18 For amen 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 He therefore that shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the
least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and
teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than
that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
21 You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou
shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in
danger of the judgment.
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, Thou
Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23 If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there
thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against
thee;
24 Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to
be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt
offer thy gift.
25 Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, 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 repay 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 shall look on a woman to
lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her
in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and
cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one
of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole
body be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and
cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one
of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole
body be cast into hell.
31 And it hath been said, Whoseoever 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,
excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh 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 forswear 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 footstool: 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 which
is over and above these, is of evil.
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 also the other:
40 And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take
away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.
41 And whosoever will force thee 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
neighbor, and hate thy 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 the publicans this?
47 And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more?
do not also the heathens this?
48 Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is
perfect.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 6
1 Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be
seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of
your Father who is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet
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 dost alms, let not thy left hand know what
thy right hand doth.
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 repay thee.
7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens.
For they think that in their much speaking they may be
heard.
8 Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth
what is needful for you, before you ask him.
9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in
heaven, hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven.
11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from
evil. Amen.
14 For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly
Father will forgive you also your offences.
15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father
forgive you your offences.
16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For
they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men
to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their
reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy
face;
18 That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who
is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will
repay thee.
19 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the
rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through
and steal.
20 But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where
neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves
do not break through, nor steal.
21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.
22 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single,
thy whole body shall be lightsome.
23 But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome.
If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the
darkness itself how great shall it be!
24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the
one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life,
what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put
on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body
more than the raiment?
26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do
they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than
they?
27 And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature
by one cubit?
28 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not,
neither do they spin.
29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory
was arrayed as one of these.
30 And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to
morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how
much more you, O ye of little faith?
31 Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat:
or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
32 For after all these things do the heathens 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 7
1 Judge not, that you may not be judged,
2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged:
and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to
you again.
3 Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye;
and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
4 Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote
out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye,
and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your
pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under
their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find:
knock, and it shall be opened to you.
8 For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that
seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be
opened.
9 Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall
ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
10 Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a
serpent?
11 If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children: how much more will your Father who is in
heaven, give good things to them that ask him?
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 forth evil 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 cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of
my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we
prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name,
and done many miracles in thy name?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, you that work iniquity.
24 Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth
them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house
upon a rock,
25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and they 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 foolish 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 fall 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 8
1 And when he was come down from the mountain, great
multitudes followed him:
2 And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3 And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying:
I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith 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.
5 And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him
a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the
palsy, and is grieviously 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 subject to authority, having under me
soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to
another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this,
and he doeth it.
10 And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that
followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so
great faith in Israel.
11 And I say to you that many shall come from the east and
the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
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 hast
believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was
healed at the same hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into 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:
17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the
prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore
our diseases.
18 And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders
to pass over the water.
19 And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
20 And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the
birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where
to lay his head.
21 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my 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 they came to him, and awaked 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, saying: What have we to do
with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to
torment us before the time?
30 And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine
feeding.
31 And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out
hence, send us into the herd of swine.
32 And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the
swine, and behold the whole herd ran 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 9
1 And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and
came into his own city.
2 And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying
in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man
sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are
forgiven thee.
3 And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He
blasphemeth.
4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think
evil in your hearts?
5 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or
to say, Arise, and walk?
6 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of
palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.
7 And he arose, and went into his house.
8 And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God
that gave such power to men.
9 And when Jesus passed on from hence, he saw a man sitting
in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him:
Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
10 And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the
house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat
down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why
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, I will 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 Pharisees 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 then they shall fast.
16 And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old
garment. For it taketh away the fullness 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 And he was speaking these things unto 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 behold a woman who was troubled with 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 and seeing her, said: Be of good heart,
daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman
was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and
saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
24 He said: Give 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 by the hand. And the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
27 And as Jesus passed from thence, 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, Yea, Lord.
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 they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that
country.
32 And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a
dumb man, possessed with a devil.
33 And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and
the multitudes wondered, 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 gospel of the
kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.
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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 10
1 And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave
them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to
heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of
infirmities.
2 And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The
first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
3 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and
Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James
the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
4 Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed
him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye
not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the
Samaritans enter ye not.
6 But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And going, preach, saying: The kingdom 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 workman 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 the 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 Gomorrha 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 simple 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 shall put them to death.
22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but
he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
23 And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into
another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the
cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
24 The disciple is not above the master, nor the 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
goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his
household?
26 Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that
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 the ear, preach ye upon the
housetops.
28 And fear ye 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 farthing? and not one of
them shall 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 confess me before men, I
will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him
before my Father who is in heaven.
34 Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came
not to send peace, but the sword.
35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father,
and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in
law against her mother in law.
36 And as 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 that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is
not worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that
shall lose his life for me, shall 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 prophet: and he that
receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall
receive 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 11
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of
commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to
teach and preach in their cities.
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 that art to come, or look we for another?
4 And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to
John what you have heard and seen.
5 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 scandalized in me.
7 And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the
multitudes 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 prophet? 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.
11 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 Baptist until now, the
kingdom of heaven suffereth 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, he is Elias that is to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like?
It is like to children sitting in the market place.
17 Who crying to their companions 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 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 miracles, for that they had not done penance.
21 Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in
Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have
been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in
sackcloth 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 in Sodom had
been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee,
perhaps it had remained unto 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 the 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 light.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 12
1 At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath:
and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears,
and to eat.
2 And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy
disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath
days.
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 with him, but for the priests
only?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days
the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are
without blame?
6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the
temple.
7 And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and
not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the
innocent.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
9 And when he has passed from thence, he came into their
synagogues.
10 And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and
they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the
sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 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 than a sheep? Therefore it it
lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.
13 Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he
stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as
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 it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the
prophet, saying:
18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom
my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon
him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man
hear his voice in the streets.
20 The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he
shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto
victory.
21 And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.
22 Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind
and dumb: and he healed him, so that he 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 the 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: how then shall his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your
children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your
judges.
28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the
kingdom of God come upon you.
29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and
rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and
then he will rifle his house.
30 He 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 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 him, neither in
this world, nor in the world to come.
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 justified, and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned.
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him,
saying: Master we would see a sign from thee.
39 Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh 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 days and three
nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the
earth three days and three nights.
41 The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: because they did
penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater
than Jonas here.
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 Solomon 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 himself, and they enter in and dwell
there: and the last state of that man in made worse than
the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
46 As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his
mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to
him.
47 And one said unto 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 13
1 The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea
side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he
went up 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 hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some
thirtyfold.
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 parables?
11 Who answered and said to them: 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 that also 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
understand.
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 should see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand 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 prophets and just men have
desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen
them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not
heard them.
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
catcheth 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 himself, but is only for a time:
and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because
of the word, he is presently scandalized.
22 And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that
heareth the word, and the care of this world and the
deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he
becometh fruitless.
23 But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that
heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit,
and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty,
and another thirty.
24 Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom
of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds 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 had brought forth
fruit, then appeared also the cockle.
27 And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said
to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field?
whence then hath it cockle?
28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the
servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it
up?
29 And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle,
you root up the wheat also together with it.
30 Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of
the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first
the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the
wheat gather ye into my barn.
31 Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The
kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed,
which a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is
grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a
tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the
branches thereof.
33 Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven
is like to leaven, which a woman 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 it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will
utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
36 Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the
house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to
us the parable of the cockle of the field.
37 Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good
seed, is the Son of man.
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 angels, 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 gnashing 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 a man having found, hid 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.
50 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:
Yes.
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 passed 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? Is not his mother called
Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and
Jude:
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence
therefore hath he all these things?
57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said
to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own
country, and in his own house.
58 And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their
unbelief.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 14
1 At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard 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
into 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 having a mind to put him to death, he feared the
people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
6 But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced
before them: and pleased Herod.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give 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 the Baptist.
9 And the king was struck sad: yet because 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.
11 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
boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes 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 disciples 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 not here, but five loaves, and
two fishes.
18 He said to them: Bring them hither to me.
19 And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon
the 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 they took up
what remained, twelve full baskets of fragments.
21 And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand
men, besides women and children.
22 And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into
the boat, and to go before him over the water, till he
dismissed the people.
23 And having dismissed the multitude, he went into a
mountain alone to pray. And when it was evening, 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 they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled,
saying: It is an apparition. 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 little 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 15
1 Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees,
saying:
2 Why do thy disciples trangress the tradition of the
ancients? For they 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: He that shall curse
father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The
gift whatsoever proceedeth 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 honoureth 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 multitudes unto him, he
said to them: Hear ye and understand.
11 Not 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
scandalized?
13 But he answering them, 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 will fall into the
pit.
15 And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this
parable.
16 But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?
17 Do you not understand, that whatsoever 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 grieviously troubled by the
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 that 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 thou wilt: and her daughter
was cured from that hour.
29 And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh
the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat
there.
30 And there came to him great multitudes, having with them
the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many
others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he
healed them:
31 So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak,
the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the
God of Israel.
32 And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have
compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with
me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will
not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33 And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we
have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a
multitude?
34 And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But
they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the
ground.
36 And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving
thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the
disciples to the people.
37 And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took
up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.
38 And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside
children and women.
39 And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a
boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 16
1 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadduccees
tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from
heaven.
2 But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you
say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the
sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the
face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the
times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign:
and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas
the prophet. And he left them, and went away.
5 And when his disciples were come over the water, they had
forgotten to take bread.
6 Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.
7 But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we
have taken no bread.
8 And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within
yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no
bread?
9 Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the
five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets
you took up?
10 Nor the seven loaves among four thousand men, and how many
baskets you took up?
11 Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the
bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and Sadducees?
12 Then they understood that he said not that they should
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and
he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the
Son of man is?
14 But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some
Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?
16 Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son
of the living God.
17 And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon
Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to
thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this
rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.
19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be
bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose
upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
20 Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no
one that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that
he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the
ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to
death, and the third day rise again.
22 And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord,
be it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.
23 Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art
a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things
that are of God, but the things that are of men.
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me.
25 For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he
that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world,
and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange
shall a man give for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father
with his angels: and then will he render to every man
according to his works.
28 Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here,
that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man
coming in his kingdom.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 17
1 And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James,
and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high
mountain apart:
2 And he was transfigured before them. And his face did
shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.
3 And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking
with him.
4 And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for
us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three
tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
Elias.
5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud
overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud,
saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased: hear ye him.
6 And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were
very much afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them, Arise,
and fear not.
8 And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged
them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of
man be risen from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the
scribes say that Elias must come first?
11 But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come,
and restore all things.
12 But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they
knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had
a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.
13 Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them
of John the Baptist.
14 And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him
a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord,
have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth
much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into
the water.
15 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not
cure him.
16 Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse
generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall
I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and
the child was cured from that hour.
18 Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why
could not we cast him out?
19 Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen
I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence
hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be
impossible to you.
20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
21 And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to
them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of
men:
22 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise
again. And they were troubled exceedingly.
23 And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that recieved
the didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him: Doth not
your master pay the didrachmas?
24 He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus
prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The
kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or
custom? of their own children, or of strangers?
25 And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the
children are free.
26 But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and
cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up,
take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt
find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and
thee.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 18
1 At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who
thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the
midst of them,
3 And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and
become as little children, you shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And he that shall receive one such little child in my
name, receiveth me.
6 But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that
believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone
should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be
drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs
be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man
by whom the scandal cometh.
8 And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off,
and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into
life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to
be cast into everlasting fire.
9 And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter
into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10 See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I
say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the
face of my Father who is in heaven.
11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
12 What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one
of them should go astray: doth he not leave the
ninety-nine in the mountains, and go to seek that which is
gone astray?
13 And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he
rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that
went not astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in
heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and
rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear
thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.
16 And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two
more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
word may stand.
17 And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he
will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the
heathen and publican.
18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth,
shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall
loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon
earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it
shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.
20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my
name, there am I in the midst of them.
21 Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall
my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till
seven times?
22 Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times;
but till seventy times seven times.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who
would take an account of his servants.
24 And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought
to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
25 And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded
that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all
that he had, and payment to be made.
26 But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let
him go and forgave him the debt.
28 But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his
fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence: and
laying hold of him, throttled him, saying: Pay what thou
owest.
29 And his fellow servant falling down, besought him, saying:
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till
he paid the debt.
31 Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very
much grieved, and they came and told their lord all that
was done.
32 Then his lord called him; and said to him: Thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou
besoughtest me:
33 Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy
fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?
34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers
until he paid all the debt.
35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive
not every one his brother from your hearts.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 19
1 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he
departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea,
beyond Jordan.
2 And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them
there.
3 And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and
saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for
every cause?
4 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he
who made man from the beginning, Made them male and
female? And he said:
5 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one
flesh.
6 Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What
therefore God hath joined together, let no man put
asunder.
7 They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a
bill of divorce, and to put away?
8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness
of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but
from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is
put away, committeth adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his
wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
11 Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to
whom it is given.
12 For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their
mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by
men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves
eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let
him take it.
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 behold one came and said to him: Good master, what
good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?
17 Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One
is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
18 He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not
steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.
20 The young man saith to him: All these I have 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 they had heard this, the disciples 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 followed 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 hundredfold,
and shall possess life everlasting.
30 And many that are first, shall be last: and the last
shall be first.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 20
1 The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, 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 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.
5 And they went their way. And again he went out about the
sixth and the 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, beginning 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.
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with
her sons, adoring and asking something of him.
21 Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: Say
that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand,
and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.
22 And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask.
Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to
him: We can.
23 He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but
to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to
you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.
24 And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation
against the two brethren.
25 But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the
princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that
are the greater, exercise power upon them.
26 It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the
greater among you, let him be your minister:
27 And he that will be first among you, shall be your
servant.
28 Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for
many.
29 And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude
followed 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 be opened.
34 And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes.
And immediately they saw, and followed him.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 21
1 And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to
Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two
disciples,
2 Saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over
against you, and immediately you shall find an ass tied,
and a colt with her: loose them and bring them to me.
3 And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye, that the
Lord hath need of them: and forthwith he will let them
go.
4 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, 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 used 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 Jerusalem, the whole city was
moved, saying: Who is this?
11 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 be
called the house of prayer; but you have 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; were moved with
indignation.
16 And said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus
said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the mouth
of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
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 wondered, saying: How is it
presently withered away?
21 And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if
you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of
the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to
this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it
shall be done.
22 And in 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 teaching, 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 authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? 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 repentance, 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 Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him:
The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that
the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of
God before you.
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: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards
repent, that you might believe him.
33 Hear ye another parable. There was a man an householder,
who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it,
and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out
to husbandmen; and went into a strange country.
34 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his
servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the
fruits thereof.
35 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one,
and killed another, 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 him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard 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 his 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 builders rejected, the
same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this
has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.
43 Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be
taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding
the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken:
but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to
powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 22
1 And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them,
saying:
2 The kingdom of heaven is likened 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
fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to
the marriage.
5 But they neglected, and went their own ways, one to his
farm, and another to his merchandise.
6 And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having
treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
7 But when the king had 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 marriage indeed is
ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you
shall find, call to the marriage.
10 And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered
together all that they found, both bad and good: and the
marriage was filled with guests.
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 camest thou in hither
not having a wedding garment? But he was silent.
13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and
feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how
to insnare him in his speech.
16 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians,
saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and
teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest 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 Caesar, 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 And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is
this?
21 They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to them:
Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's;
and to God, the things that are God's.
22 And hearing this they wondered, and leaving him, went
their ways.
23 That day there came to him the Sadducees, 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 brethren: and the first
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 of the seven
shall she be? for they all had her.
29 And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing
the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be
married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not
read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the
living.
33 And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at his
doctrine.
34 But the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the
Sadducees, came together:
35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting
him:
36 Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy
whole mind.
38 This is the greatest and the first commandment.
39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the
prophets.
41 And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked
them,
42 Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They
say to him: David'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 footstool?
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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the
chair of Moses.
3 All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you,
observe and do: but according to their works do ye not;
for they say, and do not.
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 seen of men. For
they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their
fringes.
6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first
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 call none your father upon earth; for one is your
father, who is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master,
Christ.
11 He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and
he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because
you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you
yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in,
you suffer not to enter.
14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you
devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For
this you shall receive the greater judgment.
15 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you
go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte;
and when he is made, you make him the child of hell
twofold more than yourselves.
16 Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear
by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by
the gold of the temple, is a debtor.
17 Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or
the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, 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 altar, sweareth by it,
and by all things that are upon it:
21 And whosoever shall swear by 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 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you
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 to
leave those undone.
24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe 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 uncleanness.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the
cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
27 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you
are like to whited 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
inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that 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 Fathers, we
would not have been partakers with them in the blood of
the prophets.
31 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.
33 You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from
the judgment of hell?
34 Therefore behold I send to you prophets, 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 Barachias, 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 together thy children, as the hen doth
gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest
not?
38 Behold, you 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 24
1 And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And
his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the
temple.
2 And he answering, 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 destroyed.
3 And when 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 saying, I am Christ: and
they will seduce many.
6 And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that
ye be not troubled. 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
earthquakes 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 false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.
12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many
shall grow cold.
13 But he that 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 testimony to all nations, and then
shall the consummation 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
understand.
16 Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the
mountains:
17 And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to
take any thing out of his house:
18 And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take
his coat.
19 And woe 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 tribulation, such as hath
not been from the beginning of the world until now,
neither shall be.
22 And unless those days had been shortened, 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 there shall arise false Christs and false prophets,
and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to
deceive (if possible) even the elect.
25 Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.
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 lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth
even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man
be.
28 Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also
be gathered together.
29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the
sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the
powers of heaven shall be moved:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn:
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with much 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 And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch
thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know
that summer is nigh.
33 So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye
that it is nigh, even at the doors.
34 Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass,
till all these things be done.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.
36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of
heaven, but the Father alone.
37 And as 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, even till that
day in which 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 the Son of man be.
40 Then two shall be in the field: one shall be taken, and
one shall be left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill: one shall be
taken, and one shall be left.
42 Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your
Lord will come.
43 But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at
what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch,
and would not suffer his house to be broken 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 wise servant, whom
his lord hath appointed 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 place 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 drunkards:
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he
hopeth not, 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.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins,
who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and
the bride.
2 And five of them were foolish, and five wise.
3 But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not
take oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
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 trimmed 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 perhaps there be not
enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell,
and buy for yourselves.
10 Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and
they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage,
and the door was shut.
11 But at last come also the other virgins, saying: Lord,
Lord, open to us.
12 But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not.
13 Watch 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 had received the five talents, went his way,
and traded with the same, and gained other five.
17 And in like manner he that had received the two, gained
other two.
18 But he that had received the one, going his way digged
into the earth, and hid his lord's money.
19 But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and
reckoned with them.
20 And he that had received the five talents coming, brought
other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to
me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and
above.
21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful
servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou
into the joy of thy lord.
22 And he also that had received the two talents came and
said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold
I have gained other two.
23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful
servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou
into the joy of thy lord.
24 But he that had received the one talent, came and said:
Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where
thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not
strewed.
25 And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth:
behold here thou hast that which is thine.
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 committed 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 with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of
his majesty.
32 And all nations shall be gathered together 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, ye blessed of my Father, possess you 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 covered me: sick, and you visited me: I
was in prison, and you came to me.
37 Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we
see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee
drink?
38 And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or
naked, and covered thee?
39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to
thee?
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 he shall say to them also that shall be on his left
hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire
which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
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
covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit
me.
44 Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did
we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked,
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?
45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as
long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did
you do it to me.
46 And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the
just, into life everlasting.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 26
1 And 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 be crucified:
3 Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients
of the people into the court 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 the 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 the disciples seeing it, had indignation, 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 upon 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, shall 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 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 opportunity to betray him.
17 And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to
Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee
to eat the 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 appointed to them, and they
prepared the pasch.
20 But 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 tr |